Three days later, at dusk, under the welcome of the cavalry of Zhou Ting's organization, Liu Renzhan finally escorted a huge team of 500 grain and straw materials back from Haozhou. Li Yuan deliberately led the generals to greet him at the gate of the camp of Bagong Mountain, only to see that the old general Liu Renzhan was covered in dust, and his already old face looked tired, and this trip must have been in a hurry.

"Li Dashuai!" The moment Liu Renzhan saw Li Yuan, he immediately turned over and dismounted, stepped forward quickly and said with a smile: "Let you wait for a long time!" The old man's trip is worthy of his mission! ”

Li Yuan hurriedly surrendered his hand and replied happily: "Liu Dashuai has worked hard all the way!" As soon as you come back, the army's heart will be settled! Shouzhou City is not broken! ”

At this time, Liu Renzhan suddenly avoided a few steps to the side, revealing a thin figure behind him. Li Yuan looked at it a little, only to find that this person he had never met before was wearing a vermilion official robe, although the color of the clothing was conspicuous, but his figure was thin, no wonder everyone had not paid attention.

Liu Renzhan flicked his long beard and smiled mysteriously: "Oh, Li Dashuai, this is the old man's friend Haozhou Thorn Shi Mengwa!" The old man returned to Haozhou City this time, and he was able to quickly mobilize a lot of grain and grass, thanks to Meng Tingshi's great help! ”

This Meng Wat was originally born as a Jinshi, and he served only a year from Jinling to Haozhou, but he was a good hand in local governance, and he was honest and loved by the people, so after Liu Renzhan was transferred to Haozhou before the month, the two quickly got along very well. This time Liu Renzhan returned to the city, and after Meng Wat heard about the battle in Shouzhou, he did not hesitate to support the army to quell the rebellion, and even asked to go together.

At this time, Meng Wat was curiously looking around the camp, and when he heard Liu Renzhan speak, he reacted, and hurriedly stepped forward and arched his hand to Li Yuan: "Xiaguan Meng Wat pays a visit to Li Dashuai!" ”

The big battle is imminent, and the people are united to win by three points. Seeing this, Li Yuan felt a lot more steady, so he nodded and smiled: "Meng Tingshi doesn't have to be polite!" It's been a long journey! As long as we work together, can we win this battle? ”

Meng Wat seemed to be a little afraid, although he had long admired the famous Li Dashuai, but at this time, seeing Li Yuan smiling kindly at him, he hurriedly lowered his head, and just whispered: "Hey! As the rumors say, Li Dashuai is so young! Could it be that Dashuai is really a martial artist? ”

is worthy of being a civil official, and his words are good, which immediately provoked everyone to laugh. Li Yuanyuan was happy, and then raised his hand and said: "Please, two of you, I have prepared a little wine in the camp, and I will give you two a good time tonight!" ”

When everyone was happy, they saw Liu Renzhan and Meng Wat staring at each other for a moment, and then said, "Very good! However, Li Dashuai, before this, the old man and Meng Thorn had important matters to discuss with Dashuai! Can I move to the tent to speak? ”

Seeing that the two of them looked a little strange, although Li Yuan was suspicious, he still nodded in agreement, and after the generals instructed him on military affairs, he hugged Liu Renzhan and Meng Wat left and right, and the three of them walked side by side.

As soon as he arrived at the tent and sat down, Liu Renzhan took the initiative to speak: "Li Dashuai, the old man will say a few good news first!" ”

"Oh? What's the good news? Li Yuan didn't have time to rejoice for a moment, and immediately reacted again, another meaning of these words is that it means that there is bad news to come.

Liu Renzhan said calmly: "One is that the grain and grass raised this time are enough for our army for a month, and the rest of the ordnance and materials are all available, and the old man also brought 300,000 arrows. ”

Li Yuan nodded again and again, sufficient grain and grass is naturally the basic guarantee, and this arrow is indeed indispensable, although the previous cleaning of the battlefield has recovered a lot, but it is far from enough to deal with the next siege battle, this Liu Renzhan is thoughtful.

"Second, according to Li Dashuai's instructions, the old man prepared a siege equipment, not only that, but Meng Tingshi also specially transferred ten crossbows and five trebuchets, although there are not many, but they are all treasures at the bottom of the box in Haozhou City!"

Hearing this, Li Yuan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he couldn't help but be surprised: "It's not much?" I heard that most of the crossbows and trebuchets in Jiangbei have been allocated to the Northern Expedition army! Where did all this come from? Meng Thorn has made great contributions......"

Hearing this, Liu Renzhan was quite calm, but Meng Wat just smiled awkwardly, and said helplessly, When this crossbow and trebuchet moved out of nowhere, I was shocked as a state assassin, and later learned that Liu Dashuai's late father Liu Jin was Yang Wu's Haozhou regimental training envoy......

At this time, Li Yuan was overjoyed, Shouzhou City was already strong and difficult to break, and it was probably not very effective to rely on ordinary equipment such as rushing cars, ladders, trenches, and bridges alone. Unexpectedly, this small Haozhou City still has a hidden hand, and now that he has these two big killing weapons in his hand, although he has not yet started the war, he has a little more confidence.

Needless to say, the trebuchet is necessary for attacking a big city, this trebuchet is not only to throw stones, but also to throw a burning fireball, or a bag of poison, or even dead corpses, a large number of dead corpses can cause plague in the city, bring diseases, it is simply an ancient biological weapon.

This crossbow is even rarer, because it is very expensive to build, not to mention the delicate structural parts, and the huge and powerful bowstring alone has extremely strict requirements for the materials used to make it. Although it is not very accurate, it has a very long range and a huge hit power, and it can often work wonders when attacking a city at certain times.

Then Liu Renzhan continued: "Again, it was Meng Tingshi who transferred five thousand recruits from Haozhou. Previously, the army suffered a lot of casualties in the south of Shouzhou City, and the soldiers and horses brought by Li Dashuai from Langzhou also suffered losses, just to make up for some. Although these state soldiers have not been recruited for a long time, they may not have much combat effectiveness, and they are not impossible to use to transport supplies to the army. ”

Li Yuan agreed, nodded and replied: "What Liu Dashuai said is very true! At present, Shouzhou City is a hard bone, no matter how effective these soldiers are, it is always good for our soldiers to have more soldiers! ”

"Originally, the old man still thought that the untrained state soldiers would not play a role! Hearing Li Dashuai say this, the old man was relieved! Liu Renzhan said earnestly: "Meng Thorn Shi Gaoyi, not a single recruit just recruited is left, and they are all sent to us!" ”

Meng Wat straightened up at this time, and said loudly: "Liu Dashuai has been raised!" Although the lower officials were born in school and knew little about military affairs, they also knew that the disaster of war was nothing more than the suffering of the country and the suffering of the people. If these state soldiers in Haozhou can be made to follow the two commanders to relieve the national crisis, then the lower officials will be worthy of His Majesty's kindness! This time, the two commanders can rest assured that they will hand over the logistics of counterinsurgency to the lower officials, and the lower officials will do their best! ”

Looking at the seemingly weak but upright Haozhou Thorn Shi in front of him, Li Yuan couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he was also a scholar, why Chen Jue, Feng Yansi, Feng Yanlu and others were in a different way, although they had not had deep contact with this Meng Wat, but from the current point of view, the perception was very good.

"Li Dashuai, these are the good news brought by the old man! And then there's the bad news......"

Seeing that Liu Renzhan and Meng Hu's faces had become heavy one after another, Li Yuan understood that there must be something critical, so he took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Liu Dashuai, it's okay to say it directly!" ”

Liu Renzhan's long white beard trembled obviously, and he suddenly sighed: "The Northern Expedition army is defeated!" ”