On the issue of sending troops, Liu Yu has always been cautious, and now he wants to personally lead the troops to Lang County, which means that he will leave the nest, and at such a sensitive time as the purging of the Three Puritans, his departure will bring a very special reaction to the court.

Liu Yu called Han Sheng and explained some things to him, Han Sheng knew that Liu Yu was about to personally take the new army to Lang County, and he disagreed with Liu Yu's decision, he felt that Liu Yu should send Huo Yi or other generals, and Liu Yu might not be able to help much in Lang County.

"You don't know how long it will take for you to go, if it takes a long time, what happens to the court, you may be out of reach." Han Sheng reminded, "It's okay for you to let whoever go, just go by yourself, it's too inappropriate." Brother Liu, you still have to think carefully before making a decision. ”

Liu Yu has always been bent on going his own way, and this time he naturally will not listen to Han Sheng's opinion, he personally led the troops to Pinglang County, which was his own decision.

"Don't worry, this will go for a day or two at most, the last time I went to Lang County, I found a large number of tunnels in the city, some of which are connected outside the city, plus there are canals in Lang County, and there are new army soldiers in it, and it will take more than one day to go to Ping."

Han Sheng didn't think that Liu Yu's visit would help things much this time, and when he heard Liu Yu say this, he didn't speak again.

After Liu Yu explained the matter, he immediately told the female relatives of the inner court about it, and when everything was explained, he hurriedly ordered the soldiers and horses, let Huo Yi be the vanguard, and issued a military order, so that Huo Yi could be killed in Langxian County within four hours.

Rapid marching has long been commonplace in the new army, and the distance of this dispatch is not far, only a few dozen miles. It is naturally incomparable to the previous march of thousands of miles. Liu Yu gave plenty of time. Even Huo Yi felt that three hours had gone up.

Liu Yu calculated the time. Huo Yi led the troops to the city of Langxian until about the first half of the night, and he led the Chinese army to the rear and would arrive after midnight. This time he didn't bring many people, Huo Yi took a thousand men and horses, and he himself only brought two thousand people, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were left in Chang'an City to prevent unforeseen things from happening.

Liu Yu also gave a special explanation to Xu Xuanzhu and asked her to pay attention to some developments in Chang'an City. If there is any situation to inform him through the channel of the female army, and Xu Xuanzhu can also mobilize the female army now, which can help stabilize the situation in Chang'an City in a short period of time.

Everything was settled, Liu Yu didn't stay long, personally led the soldiers and horses, and set off on the march half an hour after Huo Ill sent troops.

This way, although there was no Xu Xuanzhu to accompany him, Liu Yu had Liu Liniang by his side. Liu Yu also needs Liu Liniang's intelligence system to help him investigate further changes in the situation in Lang County. Judging from Liu Liniang's initial feedback, Liu Yu learned that the people in Lang County were now in a very passionate mood. There should be a three-puritan-minded high-ranking person in the city who is secretly in command. That means that Su Zhe should have appeared in the city. And all the time in the city, he has been waiting for the opportunity to get together.

Originally, Liu Yu thought that Su Zhe would mobilize the people of the church as soon as possible, but Liu Yu did not expect that this outdated prince would have such good endurance and be able to stay in the city until the people of the church clashed with the imperial court, and it took a day before and after to launch such a riot that was not like a military riot. Liu Yue could feel the cleverness of this uprising, which intensified the contradictions between the parishioners and the people in the city, and at the same time intensified the relationship between the parishioners and the imperial court and the army, forcing those parishioners to feel as if the only way to survive was to rebel. Liu Yu also guessed that the contradiction between the people and the court was probably caused by Su Zhe, and he deliberately found some people to conflict with the people in the court, because there was a centripetal force between the people of the church, and if something happened to some people, others would feel that they were related to themselves and would participate, and then spread the matter more and more trouble.

In the evening, when Liu Yu's department was still twenty miles away from Lang County, and Huo Yi had already arrived outside Lang County, Liu Liniang's people suddenly came to report that it had been determined that the leader of the Three Qing Sects was in the city, and that he had held an agitation meeting in the city, saying a lot of "great rebellion".

According to the informant, after Su Zhe raised an incident in the city, the parishioners almost controlled the whole city, and the imperial army was pressed outside the city and could not attack, so he showed up and calmed the people in the city. In the eyes of the parishioners, the leader is the embodiment of God, who will guide the parishioners to the light on behalf of God. Su Zhe's appearance was just the right time, and when he appeared, the people in the city would feel that the gods were with them, and even the sect leader supported them in doing so, and they did not deviate from the will of the gods.

After that, Su Zhe held a mobilization meeting, gathered some missionaries in the city, and some middle and upper-class believers, conveyed some wills to them, and put forward the idea that God should rule the country with the emperor in a country. It is equivalent to telling the people that in the Dashun Dynasty, there are gods and emperors, but the emperor also needs to listen to God, and the believers even have the power above the emperor, and even the emperor must be God's people. Liu Yu listened to these reports and felt that this Su Zhe was very smart, the coexistence of divine power and imperial power was actually the usual means of governing the country in the West and even in many places, that is, while fooling the people, the divine power was mixed with the imperial power, and then the people were divided into four classes, monks, nobles, commoners and slaves. Su Zhe's set is just a change on this basis, the Chinese people never admit that they have slaves, so the slave class does not exist in this system, but only changes the disciples to the position of monks.

Hearing this, Liu Yu couldn't wait to step up his horse and whip up, wanting to break through Lang County before dawn. He was even thinking about the scene when he strangled Su Zhe by the neck with a horse's reins and strangled him to death. Liu Yu had a fierce face, and even Liu Liniang was a little jealous.

When he arrived outside Langxian County, it was exactly midnight, and Huo Ying led his troops to the city in advance, and he had already attacked first. At night, part of Huo Ill's department first killed the city, but encountered stubborn resistance, Huo Ill felt that he was unfamiliar with life, and in the absence of a way forward, no support, he temporarily chose to wait and see, and did not further enter the army, and the group of people who attacked the city also found difficulties, and most of them came back along the rope. The parishioners in the city knew that this group of new army soldiers was so powerful that they didn't even dare to chase after them, which meant that the Huo Sick Department tried the gun first and withdrew immediately.

When Liu Yu arrived, he summoned the officers and men of the two major battalions around him to the big tent of the Chinese army for a meeting to understand the situation. Liu Yu also made a decision.

"Rest first. Dawn Siege! ”

Liu Yue didn't want to fight a battle that he was not sure of. He expected that the news of his arrival in Lang County should soon reach the city, and Su Zhe should have a move, either fleeing or breaking the net. Liu Yu immediately arranged for the new army to start an ambush, since there was a secret passage leading to the outside of the city in the city, Liu Yu didn't want to use it for the time being, so let Su Zhe in the city use it first. When they sent out troops, they thought that they came out to attack unknowingly, and fell into the trap, and Liu Yu waited to collect the net.

Because the imperial court only sent more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and Langxian itself is not too big, the siege is not used to besiege the city on all sides, but a typical siege of three and one. In this way, in fact, Liu Yu is also giving those undetermined parishioners a chance to escape, whether it is at night. Or wait for the battle to start in the morning, as long as the general attack of the imperial army begins. The parishioners in the city understood the gap between the regular army and them, so they knew whether it was important to stay and die to listen to God's will, or whether it was better to get peace by hurrying away. As far as Liu Yu knew, even the death squads who were confused by the divine beating and thought they were invulnerable, when they saw the sword added, they would bleed and hurt, and they would scream and lose their lives, they would also flee, and most of the parishioners in the city followed the trend, they were ordinary Shengdou people, and there were almost no people who wanted to be martyred for the Holy Sect and the sect leader.

Liu Yu went outside the city, he didn't sleep, he couldn't sleep this time, thinking that the next day, maybe a turbulent life would end after coming to this world, he felt a sense of relief. In the future, if you can live a peaceful life and have fun, it should be a good enjoyment. No one can interfere in his life, everything is his own decision, enjoy the supreme power of being an emperor, but don't have to be an emperor so tired, I am afraid there is nothing better in this world.

He also looked forward to the battle after dawn.

It was not yet dawn, and the parishioners in the city had not moved, but Liu Yue knew that they would definitely make a move, otherwise after the real war, it would be difficult for the parishioners in the city to escape without falling into the wilderness. Su Zhe should understand this truth, if he can't fight the imperial army before the army destroys the confidence of the people, then all the actions of the Three Qing Sects in Lang County will be in vain. Liu Yue knew that the closer to dawn, the more the army below thought that there was nothing to do tonight, and the more the rebels in the city actually attacked, Liu Yue could even smell the smell of an enemy attacking in the wind, just like a fierce beast smelling the smell of prey.

Sure enough, less than half an hour before dawn, the intelligence officers below heard movement underground. This is also the only thing Liu Yu has done overnight, that is, to send people to listen to the situation in the tunnels, he did not send troops to guard the secret passages, which made Su Zhe think that the imperial court had forgotten these tunnels for the time being.

"Be careful." Before the immediate start of the sneak attack and counter-attack battle, Liu Yu gave some warnings to the people under him, "If the rebels use gunpowder or something on fire this time, you must save your life as soon as possible, instead of fighting hard with the rebels." ”

Liu Yu said this situation, and he could feel that the soldiers below were also a little jealous. Although the imperial army is now using regular methods, they have never seen "terrorist attacks", and even the soldiers below do not know how to prevent explosions and incendiary bombs. Only Huo Yi felt curious, the more uncertain the battle, the more excited he was, and the purpose of his coming this time was to take revenge, he knew that he would soon be able to teach the group of mysterious rebels who had trapped him in Yuzhou City for a few months, and the whole person seemed to be a little more energetic, and his eyes were full of a desire to fight.

"Well, how about we blow it up the tunnels below? Let those people die inside, and see how he comes out and attacks us! Huo Yi suggested.

Liu Yu didn't think about this, but in this way, waiting for this night is tantamount to waiting in vain. After all, if those who come to attack are buried in the tunnels, the high-ranking leaders of the Three Puritans in the city will definitely try their best to conceal and prevent ordinary people from knowing the Dao, and there is no propaganda value for the imperial army.

"Do your job well, and don't let it go wrong." Liu Yu scolded, but after the simple mobilization meeting was dismissed, Liu Yu still left Huo Yi first and gave him some instructions.

Liu Yu did not let Huo Yi participate in this counter-attack battle, but let him be the vanguard, and after the victory of this counter-attack battle, he directly launched an attack on the city, which was tantamount to a victory that was not a big victory, which boosted the morale of the whole army, and at the same time made the people in the city feel disgraced and frightened, and immediately launched a large-scale siege. Under the trade-off. It's also the best opportunity to siege the city.

Liu Yu's idea is good. But many things were not something he could have predicted. When the people in the tunnels below suddenly sneaked up, Liu Yu realized that the tunnels in Lang County were not only the ones they found, but there were some secret passages that they didn't know, which showed that the inventory in Lang County last time was not thorough, which brought some hidden dangers today. Liu Yu immediately realized that even if he was winning. It is also possible that Su Zhe escaped through these unknown secret passages.

The rebels who came out to sneak attack were not as smart as Liu Yu imagined, they did not have gunpowder, and they did not have the tactics of starting a fire with tung oil. They just rushed out of the tunnel one by one without fear of death, and they were all facing the clear-eyed Chinese army's big tent. But that's actually just a disguise, Liu Yu's Chinese army tent is not in that disguise, it's just a bait.

It is not so much that these rebels came out to attack the camp, but that they are all a group of assassins, and the purpose of coming out is Liu Yu himself. Because Liu Yu had no interest in using himself as bait, and predicted this sneak attack in advance, the actions of these "assassins". There was no gain. As more and more "assassins" are taken down, beheaded. The sky also began to brighten, for the morning of this day, it was destined to be unusual, even Liu Yu was sighing when he saw the rising sun, it was only less than three months after the end of the Lingnan War, but he seemed to have alienated this life of horse leather shroud.

Liu Yue secretly decided that he would not personally lead the troops out in the future.

The battle was on the verge of breaking out, and as the rebels who came out to attack the camp were gradually eliminated, Huo Ill's side was ready to attack the city. Just when Huo Yi was gearing up to go into battle in person, Liu Yu suddenly gave an order to let Huo Yi temporarily stand still, and he had to listen to Liu Yu's instructions before attacking the city.

In the past, even if the king of heaven Lao Tzu came, he couldn't change Huo Yuan's decision, he wanted to go up to fight, and whoever stopped him would destroy him first. But after many hard battles, Huo Yi's mind matured a little, and he suddenly felt that since Liu Yu didn't let him attack the city, he must have his reasons, maybe a little change happened later.

The "maturity" of Huo disease, to put it bluntly, is a little afraid of death. After Huo Zhi knew what it was like to die, he began to understand that he could not save his life and enjoy life just by impulse and the second tiger, after experiencing several wars, he also enjoyed the glory and wealth that he had never dared to think of before, not only could he eat with fine clothes and jade food himself, but there were many soldiers behind him to eat with him, even his little brothers who did not have to go to the battlefield, the second tiger, the third tiger, the fourth tiger and the newly collected little brothers, they could eat meat at once, wear good clothes, and go without making people roll their eyes. He also knows now that if he finishes playing, then his group of little brothers will also finish playing.

Huo Disease, who has a sense of responsibility, is gradually on the road to "maturity".

After receiving Liu Yu's order, Huo Ying really waited for Liu Yu's further instructions, but until the sun rose high in the sky, Liu Yu still did not continue to order the ride. Now Huo is gone, and impulse regains the upper hand.

Just when Huo Ying was preparing to disobey the military order to attack the city, Liu Yu personally led the troops to the first line, and this first line was only two miles away from the north gate of the city, and even the situation on the city tower could be seen clearly.

"You're here, I thought you forgot about me." When Huo Yi saw Liu Yu, he hurriedly went up immediately and said hello.

Liu Yu was in a good mood, although there were some secret passages that were not known in advance, but fortunately, the sneak attack planned by Su Zhe was exactly the same as he thought, so that the rebels could not steal chickens and rice. At the beginning of the war, Liu Yu fully occupied the initiative.

"Let you march under orders, are you going to disobey orders and rush forward yourself?" Liu Yu saw that Huo Yao's department already had an order to attack the city, and those who were ready to climb the city were also eager to try, frowning and saying.

Huo Yi smiled embarrassedly: "I just warmed up, and I didn't say that I would attack the city immediately." Don't wronged me. ”

When he learned to cheat, Huo was a little more clever, he would definitely admit this kind of thing before, anyway, the siege was not a shameful thing, so he didn't care what the people below thought. But at that time, he even dared to contradict the commander, which naturally caused some adverse effects on the people below, and it would seem that his army was not neat enough.

Now Huo is tantamount to learning to cheat and play tricks, and play sloppy with Liu Yu. Liu Yu felt that this was also a kind of progress in Huo Disease, so he didn't continue to dwell on this problem.

Liu Yu immediately ordered the whole army to launch an attack on the city from the north, east, and west of Lang County, and the army was lined up, forming a large enough psychological oppression for the rebels and religious people in the city. Because of the lack of siege baggage, the army could only enter the city by breaking through the gates. At the same time, Liu Yu also issued a reward order, who can take the head of the rebel sect leader in the city, and the reward will be generous.

There must be brave men under the heavy reward, Liu Yue believes in this.

When the army officially marched under the city, the rebels on the city walls also looked terrified. Most of them were just ordinary people, and when it came to the fact that so many imperial troops were going to attack the city, the rain of soldiers, guns, and even the firearms of the imperial court, they no longer had the confidence to follow the sect leader, but thought about fleeing for their lives.

But at this time, a man appeared on the head of the northern wall. This man was surrounded by people, and when he walked up to the city, both the parishioners and the rebels who looked different from the parishioners bowed down to him.

At this time, Liu Yu was outside the North City, and when he saw it, he felt like an old friend reunited. Although he was dressed with bells and whistles, he looked like a visitor from outside the world. But it's not who Su Zhe is. (To be continued......)