Volume 2 The Storm and the Storm Section 3 Entering Qinzhou
The water kept pouring on Li Shimin, it was autumn at this time, and the water of the waterfall was already cold, and it would be sick after pouring it for a long time.
Xue Li wanted to step forward and ask Li Shimin to come out to see the information, but was stopped by Liu Hongji, he was ten years older than Xue Li, so he was naturally much more stable.
After the more than 2,000 soldiers had washed all the blood stains on their armor, Li Shimin slowly stood up, jumped in front of Xue Li, looked at his somewhat anxious face, and asked, "What's the situation?" ”
Xue Li saluted and said: "One hour Xue Ming has led the army to storm the east gate of Qinzhou, the defenders are struggling to support, and Xue Ju is also accelerating the excavation of the tunnel at the west gate, general, what should we do next?" ”
Li Shimin took a look at the information and said: "First of all, our number is too small, and we can't delay the progress of the enemy's siege in the periphery, so we have to drive Xue Ming's soldiers and horses away from the east gate first, and then enter the city to help defend the city." ”
After a pause, he continued: "Prepare five gunpowder bullets per person, and use the rest after entering the city, send an order, the whole army will line up, march normally to two miles from the east gate of Qinzhou, and then charge quickly, greet all the gunpowder bullets to Xue Ming, and catch him off guard, it will be regarded as a meeting gift for him." ”
Liu Hongji said: "If we rush over like this, if the defenders don't open the city gate, won't we have to suffer the enemy on our backs?" ”
Xue Li said: "Don't worry about this, General Yin has one of our second-generation team members by his side, and the third-generation team member who just sent a letter said that he saw someone waving a flag on the city wall, it should be that team member, and we have informed him of the news that the reinforcements are coming." ”
Liu Hongji said: "In this case, there is nothing to worry about, there are still ten miles away from the east gate, and now it will be half an hour to go, general, let's go out of the valley first." ”
There were only three of them left in the huge valley, but fortunately the sun was shining on the wet clothes, which would not be long in drying.
The three of them walked out of the valley through the narrow passage together, and the road outside was already lined up, waiting for the military order to leave.
Li Shimin flew on his horse, his spear was picked up by the sergeant who cleaned the battlefield, and at this moment it was inserted in the weapon bag hanging from the neck of the war horse.
Liu Hongji and Xue Li stayed on both sides of the formation, and the knights slowly moved forward, and after the military order was delivered, each knight took out a small black bag containing five gunpowder bullets from the gray bag in the horsetail.
Then, while advancing, he took out a ceramic gunpowder bullet fixed with a strip-shaped cloth bag, hung it on a small hook on the chest of the armor, and gradually accelerated his speed after preparation, and advanced towards Qinzhou.
At the time of departure, Li Shimin found someone to hurry up the production of 50,000 ceramic gunpowder shells, and each of the 3,000 horsemen on this expedition carried 10.
After fixing it with a five-mouth long cloth bag, it can effectively prevent the ceramics from cracking due to collision, and then put them in a large bag for easy access when needed.
The use of gunpowder shells has been taught to lieutenants at all levels as early as the march to Chang'an, in fact, as long as they can light fire, the main thing is to teach the timing of throwing out.
Li Shimin looked at the war horse, and suddenly remembered Bai Ling, after returning to Taiyuan, he had no time to go back to Weize Pass, so he had to ask the nearest eldest grandson Wuji to go to the small valley to find it.
Bai Ling is the smartest war horse he has ever seen, and he hopes that it can live well and accompany him to conquer the heroes and unify the world.
Thinking far, one Xue Ju in front of him is enough for a headache, the siege of Qinzhou can't be solved, can he have the life to return to Chen Cang?
Liu Hongji and Xue Li rushed over and informed Li Shimin that he had reached the charging position, and the terrain in front of him was gradually opening up and he could set up a formation.
Li Shimin nodded, raised his spear and blurred a square above his head, and the knights of the rear team caught up from both sides, forming a small phalanx for every eight horsemen, surrounding the three of them in the center, ready to charge.
Wait for the majestic time of the gunpowder bomb, there is no need to let Li Shimin and the three of them take the lead, in case they are accidentally injured, it will be a joke.
The horseshoe began to slam on the ground again, and the reverberation was deafening, and the distance of two miles was most suitable for cavalry charges, which could not only ensure the speed of the charge, but also preserve the horse's physical strength to deal with the subsequent charge.
Xue Ming was organizing troops to storm the city, and the ladders to the city had been broken and burned by the defenders, and he saw that his brothers were about to climb the city wall from the only five remaining ladders, and they were shot back by a rain of arrows, losing dozens of brothers.
I wanted to attack from a city gate without a moat, but I found that the tall city gate was made of thick wooden planks wrapped in cast iron, and it was impossible to break the gate without siege trucks.
Xue Ming was conceited and superior in force, and seeing that his brothers were not attacking the city well, he was about to go into battle in person when he lifted the big sword, and suddenly there was a shocking sound of horses' hooves from behind him.
He suddenly woke up, this was not the sound of the hooves of the two thousand horsemen he had sent out, then there was only one possibility, enemy reinforcements were coming.
But he refused to believe that the two thousand horsemen had disappeared without a trace. Otherwise, why didn't anyone come to report it?
There is only one official road on this road, there is no other place to hide so many soldiers and horses, the Qiujia Pass is such a dangerous terrain, and it is always possible for two thousand horsemen to block the enemy's reinforcements for two or three hours, what is the situation now?
Before he could think about it again, hundreds of gray-armored cavalry had already come closer, and before he could give the military order, the enemy used fire folds to ignite one after another earth-colored ceramic jars.
The smoke-emitting porcelain jar was thrown into the sky, the firelight flashed, and a loud noise came, and countless fragments and black dots spread rapidly with the loud noise, and in an instant, there was the painful wail of the knight who was getting on the horse and the neighing of the war horse.
And those gray-armored knights didn't stop at all, and lit a clay pot and threw it into the crowd......
The fires and loud noises came and went, and the knights who had mounted their horses were thrown to the ground by the mad war horses, and were about to get up, but they were greeted by the hooves of the horses that scattered and fled in panic.
The screams overshadowed the loud noise, Xue Ming saw that the situation was not good, threw away the big knife and flew on the horse, unexpectedly stepped off the war horse and stood up in shock, kicked a few times with his front hooves, and then landed, his eyes flashing with fear.
Immediately afterwards, "Xi Jinjin" looked up to the sky and neighed, almost knocking him off the horse.
Their horses had never heard such a loud noise, and if he hadn't pulled the reins from the beginning, the horses would have run away in fright.
Xue Ming is worthy of being the son of Xue Ju, when the war horse man was established, he stepped forward to hug the horse's neck to avoid being taken off the horse, when the front hooves of the war horse landed, he couldn't care so much, his legs knocked the horse's belly, and ran forward, the farther away from the smoking thing, the better.
Li Shimin was fighting bloodily outside Qinzhou City, but Luo Yu and the others were discussing the next tutorial in the quiet school at this time.
There are seventy-six children under the age of fifteen in the village, which means that fifty sets of tables and chairs are not enough, but the school is so big that there is no way to add more tables and chairs, so it is divided into two classes.
According to Luo Yu's thoughts, six classes a day, one session for half an hour, a pillar of incense during the recess, an hour rest after lunch and an hour of free activity before going home in the afternoon, so that they can digest what they have learned.
In this way, you can not only learn cultural classes and martial arts classes separately, but also reduce the pressure of studying, and you can also help the family do some farm work when you go home in the afternoon, killing three birds with one stone.
This is completely arranged according to Luo Yu's original time and space curriculum, of course, this is the summer schedule, and you can come back later when it is cold in winter.
Everyone has no opinion, and they prefer to publicize that they are responsible for teaching martial arts, and it will harm the children if they are asked to teach cultural courses.
Li Xiuning and Yang Man are responsible for teaching the Four Books and Five Classics, while Luo Yu can only teach arithmetic and Kewu, to be honest, he is really a little stunned, these two courses are not his strong point, but when he thinks of the era when he can go sideways at the junior high school level, he still can't believe in them.
The textbooks of the Four Books and the Five Classics are available to Father Li, but the textbooks of arithmetic and Kewu can only be rewritten, and his calligraphy is not good, and the textbooks cannot be faked.
In a dilemma, Li Xiuning said with a smile: "You write it out first, and I and Man'er can copy it once, and then take it to engraving and printing." ”
Luo Yu's heart moved, yes, movable type printing, why are you so stupid, wait and ask Kunshan, is there a carving master in the village, and if you get a set, everything will be solved?
I really want to hug Li Xiuning and kiss her, and it is really a blessing to be able to marry her.
The lens of the telescope is also about to be polished, and the shelf has to be drawn for Kunshan to find someone to make, as for making a monocular or a binocular, when the time comes, it is estimated that it will be difficult to make the binocular.
Everything was agreed, it was too late, the two aunts brought the meal, the blackboard and chalk were not ready, and after the meal, they had to continue to be busy.
This is a place to live for more than a year in the future, and there is not enough accommodation in the wings there, and the second floor here needs to be rebuilt, which should be started in five days.
The information of the special combat team was not sent over again, but Luo Yu knew that Li Yuan must know something about this place, otherwise how could he rest assured that he would leave his beloved daughter in this place where he knew nothing?
There must be someone among the six people who exchanges news with the team members outside, Luo Yu doesn't say it, this is their duty, Li Yuan will not come over to disturb them unless he has to.
Originally, the four elders who came together today were blocked by the village affairs and could not make the trip, Luo Yu guessed that they should be discussing the problem of students with the villagers.
When Luo Yu was leaving, Kunshan gave him a large bag of herbs, saying that they were anthelmintic medicines, and that they should be boiled in water and sprinkled around the school.
These things are left to Zhang Yang and them, they all live here without spraying medicine last night, and they are not special combat members if they are afraid of poisonous insects.
There are still a lot of things to be busy in the afternoon, Luo Yu shook his head, put away other thoughts, and compile the arithmetic textbook first.
Outside the city of Qinzhou, the chaos continued, more than 10,000 bombs were thrown only three or five hundred, and such brilliant results were achieved, so they no longer carried out the military order to throw all of them, but changed to throw them wherever the crowd was dense, so it only took less than five hundred, and Xue Ming's men and horses retreated to the path south of the city with their tails between their legs.
Seeing that they threw away their armor and hated their father and mother for running away on two legs, Li Shimin felt that he looked down on them, this bomb was used on a large scale for the first time, and the results were really unexpected.
This scene reminded him of Sister Ah and Luo Yu who were far away in Jiandong, when Sister Ah taught him to configure black gunpowder, although he didn't say that it was made up by Luo Yu, how could Li Shimin not guess?
Luo Yu is really a person who can't see through, he should still have a lot of things to take out, fortunately he is not an enemy, otherwise he will be the one who will be bombed, Sister, you must catch him.
The soldiers on the wall of Qinzhou were also startled by the explosion, they forgot to shoot arrows, but after seeing the enemy's retreat, they broke out into bursts of cheers, such a strong army came, and this place was finally no longer a dangerous city.
The city gate slowly opened, and Li Shimin rushed in first, and there was a large square in his eyes, which was still three or four hundred steps away from the east gate of Qinzhou in the inner city.
The suspension bridge on the moat had already been lowered, and more than a dozen rode out of the newly opened city gate to come quickly, it should be Yin Kaishan.
Li Shimin slapped his horse forward, and more than 2,000 horsemen behind him had all entered the city, and the defenders slowly closed the city gate, and their fate was also linked with the ancient city of Qinzhou.
Yang Yu's holy decree was carried in his arms, and there was a national seal on it, and he was not afraid that Yin Kaishan would not recognize it.
They came very quickly, to the front of the two sides at the same time dismounted, more than forty-year-old Yin Kaishan is the secretary of the Great Sui Cheng Yin monk head of the son, the name Qiao, the word Kaishan, born in Chen County Yin, rarely learned, work in the ruler, the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, started Taigu County magistrate, outstanding political achievements.
Because of the fight against the southern invasion of the Turks and abandoned the civil and military forces, he was promoted all the way to the head of the march of Longyou Road, he acted low-key, long in the battle array, is a rare wisdom general.
When Yuwen Chengdu came over, he was ordered by Yang Guang to take away his position as the head of the march, and he had no complaints, and assisted him wholeheartedly.
It was not until Yuwen Chengdu abandoned the city and marched east that he took over Qinzhou, and he has been struggling to resist Xue Ju's attack for more than 20 days.
When the news of Yang Guang's death came, he looked up to the sky and roared, and when the domestic smoke was everywhere, he was unswerving and determined to live and die with Qinzhou, because Qinzhou was lost, and the domestic chaos would be even more out of control.
Li Shimin took a few steps forward and came to Yin Kaishan, they had a relationship before, but Li Shimin was only seven years old at the time.
The gray hair, simple clothes, and haggard expression show how much the old general has endured here, and the arrival of Li Shimin's reinforcements made him finally breathe a sigh of relief.
The dozen or so horsemen who followed him all dismounted, lined up behind him, all of them were lieutenant generals and lieutenant-level officers about thirty years old, and they all came over, proving that Xicheng Xue Ju had stopped attacking the city.
Li Shimin arched his hand and said, "Uncle Yin Shi, do you still recognize the little nephew?" ”
Yin Kaishan said with a smile: "You were a child when the old man saw you, but I didn't expect to become General Angzang in the blink of an eye, how is your father?" ”
Li Shimin also smiled and said: "Uncle Lao Shi, my father is fine, now he is escorting in Chang'an, there is a decree in the saint, and the little nephew will not be announced, just take a look." ”
Yin Kaishan was stunned for a while and took the holy decree handed over by Li Shimin, he wondered in his heart, who is this saint? The three brothers of the crown prince have died, and only one child is missing, isn't it Li Yuan who has found the emperor's grandson?
Full of doubts, he opened the holy decree, and the handwriting on it was indeed written by a child, to the effect that Li Shimin should take over Qinzhou, transfer him back to Hanzhong to serve as the assassin, take charge of Hanzhong, and take over the defense of Chencang.
The national seal, the military department, and the official department all have stamped instructions to prove that the holy decree is true, but this new position is a little incomprehensible, Hanzhong is three hundred and twenty miles away from Chencang, and there is no problem in governing Hanzhong.
Li Shimin saw that he was puzzled, and explained: "Uncle Shi, you are no longer confused, the saint is worried about your body, you have fought for the court for more than 20 years, you really can't bear to let you fight hard again, there are no soldiers in Hanzhong for the time being, so I let you go to the government, as for the military affairs of Chen Cang, as long as Qinzhou is not lost, Chen Cang is naturally safe, and you don't have to worry too much." ”
Yin Kaishan was actually tired of the battlefield duel, his grandson wrote several times to ask him when he would go back, but there were many wars, and he couldn't bear to leave his brothers to go back alone.
After Yin Kaishan thanked him in the direction of Chang'an, he took the holy decree to the people behind him, and said with a smile: "Thank you for your kindness, Weichen will hand over the defense with the virtuous nephew today, and leave for Hanzhong tomorrow." ”
Li Shimin said with a smile: "Aunt and Sister Jiao have already arrived in Hanzhong Mansion, as for the Yin Yuan brothers, they are still in Chang'an County, I am afraid that they will not be able to pass Hanzhong for a while." ”
Yin Kaishan said happily: "Thank you, Lord Longen, the old minister will go to Hanzhong, and he must do his best and die." ”
Li Shimin said: "Uncle Shi doesn't have to be like this, this is arranged by my father, and there is another surprise, you will know it when you go to Hanzhong." ”
After some words, Yin Kaishan cried with joy, and after being moved, he remembered that Li Shimin's subordinates had not been arranged, and he was busy asking the deputy general to arrange reinforcements to rest and recuperate, and send additional troops to patrol the city to prevent Xue Ju from making a comeback.
Li Shimin's entry into Qinzhou is a blessing or a curse? In the face of the powerful Xue Ju's attack, how did he arrange his troops?
Luo Yu is no better than Li Shimin, movable type printing made him anxious, and he had to sit down and think of a way, where was the problem, the plate was arranged and inked, and it was not clear when it was printed, it seemed that he still underestimated the wisdom of the ancients.
If it really doesn't work, let's write it by hand first, anyway, Li Xiuning and the others can just copy it once, and the course of arithmetic can be learned without books, but it takes more notes for the children.
Junior high school, that is, physics, is better to teach, but now the conditions are not mature, and it is not scientific to teach so much at once, take your time, you can't become fat in one bite.
Luo Yu doesn't want to cultivate a group of nerds who are not diligent in their limbs and do not distinguish between grains, and when the time comes, they will go out to serve as an official, and they must be worthy of the Li family.
Li Xiuning and Yang Man are whispering, these two are now more and more like sisters, is Li Xiuning still not giving up and wants him to marry Yang Man?
This is a bit excessive, Luo Yu feels a little like crying without tears.