When Li Shimin adopted Zhang Gongjin's central strategy, the main force of the Tang army abandoned the four counties of Nanyang, Shuyang, Huai'an, and Xiangcheng, and turned to march to Mianchi County, rushing to join Qu Tutong's 30,000 troops. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The main force gathered in Nanyang immediately went north, divided the troops into various routes, and occupied Nanyang, Shuyang, Huai'an, Xiangcheng and other counties, Zhang Xuan sent the general Han Qide to lead an army of 5,000 people to Xiyang to reinforce, he personally led the 50,000 army to Luoyang to kill, at the same time, Zhang Xuan issued an order to capture Luoyang to the 100,000 army stationed in Yanshi.

The situation in Luoyang City is becoming more and more tense day by day, the eight counties of the Zheng Dynasty have been lost, only Luoyang is left, which makes the Luoyang court has existed in name only, the entire Luoyang City is divided and controlled by Wang Shichong's brothers and nephews, martial law is implemented in the city during the day, and a curfew is implemented at night, all shops are closed, all families are also closed, only open for one hour at noon every day, and the people are allowed to queue up to receive porridge.

The streets and alleys are full of patrolling soldiers, Wang Shichong issued a strict order, the young men in the city must participate in the defense of the city, at the same time Wang Shichong is also well versed in the hearts of the people, he ordered to stop the porridge, and at the same time issued a food reward order, as long as the young men in the city who joined the army, while ensuring that the military rations are full, in addition to giving each person two liters of rice per day, the effect of this order is very obvious, in just three days, Wang Shichong recruited 80,000 young men, so that the garrison reached as many as 130,000.

However, Zheng Jun did not have so many armor to arm 80,000 recruits, so Wang Shichong had to use cloth to make cloth armor, and collected weapons from the people, and obtained hundreds of thousands of swords, all of which were used to arm the recruits.

Wang Shichong didn't have time to concentrate on training, so he directly handed over the 80,000 troops to his brothers and nephews to train by themselves.

Wang Shiyun was in charge of the defense of Nancheng, he was assigned 15,000 people, together with his original 10,000 troops, the army reached 25,000 people, Wang Shiyun had never led so many troops in his life, how to train, how to lead, he had no idea for a while.

Just after noon, Xu Shanming hurriedly came to Wang Shiyun's study, he officially became Wang Shiyun's army staff ten days ago, he took care of Wang Shiyun's military affairs neatly with his extraordinary shrewdness and ability, and continued to give Wang Shiyun advice, so that Wang Shiyun can get the bulk of both military food and materials, Xu Shanming also won Wang Shiyun's trust, and gradually mastered Wang Shiyun's power to dispatch the army.

Xu Shanming is indeed a shrewd and capable official, but if he is a military genius, it is inevitable that he will be a little exalted, and it is not accidental that he is suddenly good at making suggestions, the fundamental reason is that there is a Cen text behind him, and Xu Shanming is just implementing the various plans formulated by Cen Wenwen.

He walked quickly to the study, sorted out his thoughts a little, he knew what Wang Shiyun was going to ask him today?

A personal soldier reported for him, and came out with a smile: "Lord Wang, please join the army!" ”

Xu Shanming walked into the room quickly, bowed and saluted, "See the prince for his humble duties!" ”

Wang Shiyun is looking at a diamond that has just been collected, he is only interested in money and power, money can bring luxury life, power can bring glory, luxury and glory, these are his two favorite things, as for military power and the army, he is really not very interested, but he was forced by his brother Wang Shichong to drive ducks to the shelf, and had to command the largest number of troops.

Fortunately, there was a Xu Shanming who gave him advice, which made him worry a lot, Wang Shiyun put down the diamond, smiled and waved his hand: "Sir, please take a seat!" ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang!"

"Looks like I've been busy lately, and I'm tired on my face! Be mindful of rest. ”

Wang Shiyun also has a characteristic that he is stingy, he will gladly accept things when others give him, but let him take things out to show that he has no hair.

That's the case for Xu Shanming, Xu Shanming's eyes are red when he does things for him, obviously lack of sleep, and his face is full of tiredness, Wang Shiyun doesn't say that he will send two beauties to treat him, at least he should send two ginseng to his subordinates to replenish their bodies, but he refuses to take out anything, preferring a few large boxes of ginseng piled up in the warehouse and rotting, just saying a few words of comfort to appease the hard work of his subordinates.

Xu Shanming didn't care about Wang Shiyun's stinginess back then, he bowed down and said: "Thank you for the relationship between the prince, I am very comfortable to do my humble job, and I am not tired at all!"

Wang Shiyun laughed, he heard this sentence very well, 'It's very comfortable, not tired,' that is to say, he manages it well, uses people properly, and doesn't cost too much.

"Mr. Xu is worthy of the most important person in this king! Speaking also makes people feel confident. ”

Wang Shiyun praised him, and then changed the topic back, he muttered and said: "The Holy Lord gave me 15,000 soldiers of the New Army today, frankly speaking, 15,000 people with swords, how to settle them, I want to hear your opinion." ”

"How are other princes settled?"

"There are all kinds of placements, but most of them are a mix of old and new troops, using veterans to bring new recruits, and I don't know if this method will work."

Xu Shanming had already received clear instructions from Cen Wenwen on this issue, and he pretended to ponder for a moment and said: "It is easy to cause chaos when the old and new armies are mixed together, and it is also easy to collapse when fighting, for example, if a new soldier is scared and runs away, it will cause the veteran soldiers next to him to flee, and finally be defeated. ”

"Do you still need to train?"

"Actually, training is not necessary, if there is no training for a few months, it will not have any effect, I estimate that the Tang army or the Sui army will soon attack the city, instead of training and eating rice, it is better to let them do more work."

"That's right, instead of training to eat rice, it's really better to let them do more work, just when the Holy Lord asked to demolish the houses within two hundred steps of the city wall and clear out the usable rolling wood and stones, let them do these jobs."

At this time, Xu Shanming said again: "There is another plan for the humble position, please make a decision on the prince." ”

"That's it."

"Lord Wang, patrolling at night consumes the physical strength of soldiers, and it is recommended to let veterans rest at night to maintain sufficient physical strength, and let recruits be on duty at night, what does the prince think?"

Wang Shiyun groaned: "The plan is not bad, but I am afraid that the recruits will make a mistake." ”

"This is easy to solve, let the veterans of the fifth battalion and the first battalion be on duty every night, the veterans will guard the key positions, and the recruits will guard the secondary positions, so that it can be taken into account."

Wang Shiyun didn't know that Xu Shanming was not loyal to himself, and he didn't know that this plan was the key to the siege of the Northern Sui army, he also felt that it made sense, so that the soldiers could maintain sufficient physical strength to facilitate the battle, Wang Shiyun nodded happily and said: "This plan is feasible, I agree!" ”

Xu Shanming's heart was overjoyed, and he bowed down and said: "The prince is the most virtuous prince he has ever met!" ”

Wang Shiyun smiled and waved his hand, "Go get busy!" Draw up the plan, sign it and implement it. ”

Coming out of the palace, Xu Shanming hurried to the barracks, in the barracks he found Lu Ping, who had just been named the general of Yingyanglang, Wang Shichong used a combination of temptation and coercion to recruit soldiers in the whole city, almost all the young and strong were unavoidable, and Lu Ping and his dozens of buddies were also not spared, Lu Ping took Wang Shiyun's way, and donated a Yingyanglang general with one hundred taels of gold, in charge of a battalion of recruits, that is, a thousand people.

Lu Ping was really a little crying and laughing, he had been promoted by Zhang Xuan to the general of the Tiger Ben Lang in the Northern Sui Dynasty, and was given the title of Xiang'an County Duke, but now he was a Lang general in the Zheng army, put on the armor that he had not seen for a long time, found a fifty-pound broadsword, and rode a high-grade war horse given to him by Yun Shitai, and he found the feeling of dominating the field again.

However, at this time, Lu Ping no longer had the time and mind to train his soldiers, and as soon as he saw Xu Shanming, he said, "I am looking for you in an emergency." ”

"News from outside the city?"

Lu Ping nodded, he glanced at the two subordinates at the door of the tent, and the two subordinates immediately retreated, and Lu Ping said in a low voice: "I just got the news from outside the city, and I will start on time at two o'clock tomorrow night." ”

Xu Shanming heard that he would do it later, and he was a little nervous in his heart, and hurriedly asked, "What do you need me to do?" ”

"I need to patrol the streets and pass the news to Mr. Cen, and you can arrange it for me immediately."

Xu Shanming hurriedly nodded in agreement, he held the power of scheduling, and it was within his scope of authority to transfer Lu Ping to patrol the city.

"I'll transfer troops when I go back, and besides, I talked to Wang Shiyun just now, and he agreed to our night patrol plan."

Xu Shanming told him and Wang Shiyun in detail, Lu Ping was overjoyed, with this plan, Luoyang City was at his fingertips.

Xu Shanming said goodbye and left, and soon an order came from the office to order Lu Ping's military camp to send 100 people to the streets to maintain order.

Lu Ping divided the 100 men into two teams, and he left the barracks with dozens of his men and walked along the high wall towards Zhengpingfang.

Zhengpingfang is not far from the south city, Yun Dingxing's mansion is in the square, including the station of a thousand elite Sui troops is also in Zhengpingfang, although Yun Dingxing handed over a thousand troops to Wang Shiyun, but this is only a form, Wang Shiyun will not return Yun Dingxing to help him transport back the wealth of Luokoucang, the actual control of this army has not changed at all, the nominal general is still Yun Shitai, but the actual commander is Shen Guang.

Lu Ping entered Yun Dingxing's mansion through the side door, and not long after, Yun Shitai and Shen Guang also hurried to the mansion, including Cen Wenwen, Lu Ping, Shen Guang and Yun Dingxing's father and son, a total of five people, they discussed and decided on the plan to break the city tomorrow night. (To be continued.) )