Chapter 107: Gathering the Remnants of the Army, Strategizing Three Seedlings
Fang Changge originally wanted to lure the remnant tiger to the council hall before making a move, but helplessly, the remnant tiger refused to enter, and he had to see Du Qi to do it.
Seeing that the people in the city hesitated, the remnant tiger turned his head and prepared to evacuate the city with the soldiers, who knows if they will pour a barrel of oil.
Seeing that the remnant tiger was leaving, Li Chengzhou hurriedly dissuaded him.
"Remnant Tiger Commander, wait a minute! Dooch is on his way! ”
Li Chengzhou's words made the remnant tiger stop in place again.
Yes, Dooch was on the way, his head hanging from the top of the council chamber to deter those in the city who would try to rebel.
Now a soldier had plucked off Duch's head and hurried to the city.
At the same time, there were crossbowmen who rushed to the city.
The remnant tiger felt that there seemed to be soldiers moving on the city wall, and felt the crisis, and turned around to leave.
Li Chengzhou shouted.
"Dudge is coming!"
How is it like bringing an object?
The remnant tiger turned around again and looked at the city.
Li Chengzhou looked at the remnant tiger with a smile and slowly lifted Du Qi's head from his chest.
It is indeed Dooche, but why does he close his eyes tightly? The way the appearance is so strange?
Before he could figure it out, he saw the hand under Dudge's head.
It's clearly just a head! The remnant tiger didn't have time to grieve, at this time he felt it, this is also a trap!
Li Chengzhou threw Du Qi's head towards the remnant tiger, who hurriedly caught the head, and then turned around and wanted to escape.
Li Chengzhou took a crossbow from the soldier next to him, and then aimed and shot, but unfortunately he didn't shoot, and the crossbow bolt hit the ground next to the ear of the remnant tiger.
As soon as Meng Biao raised his hand, an ambushed crossbowman immediately appeared on the city wall, and they aimed and fired, and easily shot through the remnant tiger and killed him on the ground.
Remnant Tiger died under Longshan City with Du Qi's head, no matter what Remnant Tiger thinks, he shouldn't die because of carelessness.
As soon as the remnant tiger died, the surrounding Longshan soldiers lost their backbone.
At the behest of Li Chengzhou, the soldiers shouted in unison.
"The remnant tiger is dead, the past is gone, as long as you put down your weapons and return to Longshan City, we will not be embarrassed for you!"
Most of the soldiers are just trying to eat, and now that the leader is dead, who will die for him? And even if you escape, where can you flee to? Without the backing of the city, the final result can only be death in the forest.
The soldiers laid down their weapons and raised their hands in surrender, and some of the fast runners had already run into the forest, and when they saw that the other soldiers had surrendered, they all turned back, threw down their weapons, and squeezed into the ranks of the surrenderers.
After all, one or two people are more likely to die in the forest, so it is better to return to Longshan City, after all, no ruler will have trouble with the labor force.
The 4,500 surrendered troops returned to Longshan City, and Li Chengzhou did not let them return to the barracks, but left all the small commanders behind.
Originally, such a huge army should be led by thirty or forty small commanders, but now only a dozen people dare to stand up.
The rest of the people, fearing that they would be in trouble, hid themselves and were reluctant to come forward.
Li Chengzhou asked each of the ten men to select a hundred soldiers in the army, and each of them to follow and protect the officials he had handpicked, so that the decisions they made could be carried out whether they were good or bad.
In this way, the city was completely self-governing by the inhabitants of the city, and the army was completely disbanded and led by a minor commander.
The present situation is most favorable to these hand-picked officials and petty commanders.
They will definitely try their best to protect their interests, and they will also try their best to maintain the rule of the Tang Dynasty, because only under the rule of the Tang Dynasty can they obtain these rights.
Once the old nobles of Longshan City return to the throne, everything they have now will be lost.
Now that Longshan City has been stabilized, Fang Changge immediately decided to evacuate Longshan City quickly, leaving this city to them to toss.
Leave plenty of time for their conflicts to ferment.
After pacifying Sanmiao City and returning to Longshan City, it should be possible to harvest.
Li Chengzhou's suggestions for Fang Changge have always been unconditionally adopted. Meng Biao has no opinion.
The Tang army immediately assembled and prepared to leave Longshan City, and the baggage carts were full of supplies for the past few days.
Before leaving, Li Chengzhou summoned the hand-picked officials and those small commanders, and told them that he would pacify Sanmiao City and let them manage it well in the next few days.
The wicked people promised again and again, saying that they would definitely do this well, but in fact, their hearts were smiling, and they were waiting for this opportunity.
Only when the Tang army leaves, can they wantonly loot the city, and when the time comes, they will collude with the small commander, and before the Tang army returns, isn't this city their own? He could even overthrow the rule of the Tang and take the city under his own command.
Obviously, they had forgotten about the defeat of the defenders of Longshan City a few days ago.
They also forgot about the piles of burned corpses outside the city, and naively thought that as long as they held the city well, it would be impossible for the Tang army outside the city to attack it.
Of course, Li Chengzhou didn't know that the official he had just appointed was already thinking about how to usurp Longshan City, of course, this was not within his consideration.
After all, if you can beat it once, you can beat it a second time.
The Tang army left Longshan City and headed towards Sanmiao City, of course, this road was not fast, and it was possible to walk fifty kilometers during the day.
Camped and rested at night, although there were no craftsmen, the soldiers could barely build a simple camp.
"Uncle, what means did we use to deal with the people of Sanmiao City this time?"
"Salute first and then soldiers, if they are willing to surrender, we will spare their lives, and then tell them generously that Longshan has been taken, and the four northern cities have also been taken."
"If they don't know each other, then storm them, but this time we're going to make catapults, and we're going to smash their poor walls to pieces, and we're going to push them through step by step, until they beg for mercy and surrender."
While the Tang army was camping, they began to collect materials, prepare the required wood in advance, and distribute the food on the baggage carts evenly to each soldier.
Now the carts were loaded with timber and collected stones, after all, catapults were built, and they could not have been made without ammunition.
Even from now on, soldiers are not allowed to go to the toilet unless they really can't hold it back.
Li Chengzhou somewhat understood the meaning of Fang Changge, this is to send a heavy gift to the defenders in the city!
The Tang army had already marched for two days to reach the foot of Sanmiao City, and now it was already dark, and the soldiers were also a little tired, which was not suitable for attacking the city.
Fang Changge also has his own plans.
He asked the soldiers to repair the latrines first, and asked the soldiers who had been holding back for a long time to "relax" now.
Then he led the soldiers to start building catapults, collecting stones in the vicinity and polishing them into ammunition for catapults.