Chapter 502: Walking the Same Way
That night, the soldiers and civilians began to build barracks and siege fortifications, and everywhere you could see the figures of the people carrying the soil working at trots.
A few days later, there were people in Luoyang who took baskets and other tools and carried dry food to the Luoyang military camp to serve voluntarily, and some people were in rags, but they still wanted to help Wang Shi.
Obviously, Yuguo has been unpopular in Henan County. In the early period of Yuyang's occupation, Yu had not yet firmly ruled, and various contradictions emerged one after another. Although the later Henan county guards implemented a pacification strategy, even if they were as talented as Zhu Hai, they obviously could not make up for the extremely unfair actions between the nobles and the common people of the Yu State. After Li Li took over, the situation became worse, and in order to attack the Tang fortress, he forcibly captured the innocent people of Henan County and drove them to the battlefield to fill the trenches.
After the Tang army arrived in Luoyang, such a situation was logical.
Although the city of Luoyang is majestic, the scene of thousands of people digging and building fortifications at this time seems to be like an ant colony digging the foundation of Yu State's rule in Henan County.
The sun was shining, Zhang Liang stood at the head of the city, looking at the continuous earthen walls and fences hundreds of steps away, and the huge Tang Army infantry phalanx in front of the city tower was like a sea of people, which would flood the city at any time. The tall ladder buildings are like buildings built outside the city.
The circumambulation around the city was foggy, a sign of dust in the air. The Tang army lined up, although the scene was very quiet for the time being, but seeing the prepared men and horses, the atmosphere was already tense.
The city was not besieged, and there was a wide opening at the upper east gate. However, Zhang Liang has already found out that the main force of the Tang army is divided into two parts, one is in the east of Luoyang City, on the north bank of Luoshui; One is in the camp north of the city. As soon as you run out, you will be besieged by the cavalry of the Tang Army.
Leaving a bite in the siege is to give the defenders a way out, and to break the determination of the defenders to defend to the death. Zhang Liang saw through it at a glance, and was still a little annoyed in his heart: "Then Wang Rong looks down on himself so much, thinking that he will escape from the Upper East Gate and throw himself into the net."
At this moment, there was a loud sound of "coaxing".
The huge cannon sound, like a thunderbolt in the clear sky, broke the tranquility between heaven and earth, as if the war drums of war had been beaten before the war.
Zhang Liang felt the bricks standing under his feet tremble, and a puff of white smoke rose into the air in the distance. Zhang Liang subconsciously raised his head, and sure enough, he saw a cobblestone coming from the sky. A moment later, Zhang Liang even saw the stones tumbling rapidly in mid-air, and there was a faint howling of strong wind.
The general of the personal guard behind him hurriedly persuaded. "Dushuai! We've got to get out!"
Zhang Liang pressed his sword and turned to leave, the flags above and below the city wall were also shaking their heads anxiously, and a team of soldiers with weapons ran from the wall to the ramp in turn.
On the upper floor of Liangxian County, the guard general Li Xin stood on it silently watching the cavalry of the Jing Army slowly moving on the main road.
The surrounding Yu soldiers and officials were also watching. Zhang Tan, the county lieutenant of Liang County, glanced at Li Xin, who was standing in the distance, and whispered to one of his subordinates beside him: "Hurry up and send someone to see the Tang Emperor, the reinforcements of Jing State are coming, and they have entered from Liang County, and there are a large number of Jing State iron cavalry. When we find out the specific number of men and horses, we will send someone to report it."
The subordinate clenched his fists and said, "Wow."
Li Xun's face was calm and composed, and after a while, he saw the words on the banner clearly, and said in his heart: "Ling Huyi's men and horses may be the vanguard of the Yu army."
At this time, a group of cavalry rushed to the city, raised their heads and pointed at the top of the city with their whips, and shouted: "Dajing Guo Bowang Marquis Linghu Yi led the army to the north, is the grain and grass ready? Why haven't you opened the gates?"
Li Xin immediately ordered the city gate to be opened, and walked quickly down the city to greet him.
As soon as the first cavalry of the Jing army came in, they immediately drove away the soldiers of the Yu army above and below the city gate and took control of the city gate. After a while, he saw that under the banner of the big banner, Ling Hu Yi rode into the city in a big way, his angular face was already fierce, and the majesty of his face was even more awe-inspiring.
The soldiers of the Jing army on both sides of the city gate saluted one after another, bowing to Ling Huyi, who slowly came in the middle of the road, but there was no need to speak.
Li Xun, the guard general of Liang County, led his generals, bowed and saluted, clasped his fists and respectfully bowed: "Welcome to Bowanghou."
Ling Huyi restrained the war horse in front of Li Xun and looked down at him. Li Xun didn't look up, but he felt Ling Huyi's gaze from the afterglow, and suddenly
Tremendous pressure pressed on the top of the head. He held his breath and kept bowing, motionless.
However, Li Xin's heart was beating a drum: Could it be that the matter of secretly surrendering to the Tang State was revealed.
Ling Huyi deliberately stood in front of him, Li Xun was already weak-hearted, and immediately thought of the secret, and his heart was cold, and his heart was in his throat.
Ling Huyi stood for a while and said, "Is the grain ready?"
"Back to Bowanghou, the last general has received the holy decree of the emperor of my Yu Kingdom, as well as the official document of the imperial court, and has done his best to prepare grain." Li Xinlang said loudly, his voice was very steady.
"Get up and speak." Ling Huyi's tone softened slightly.
Li Yu bowed, stood up, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Ling Huyi suddenly asked, "You surrendered to the Tang Kingdom?!"
Li Xun was shocked in his heart, looking at Ling Huyi's face, and Ling Huyi also squinted at himself. Li Xun hurriedly said, "If the last general wants to surrender to the Tang Kingdom, why will he stay here and wait for the arrival of the Marquis of Bowang and the warriors of the Jing Kingdom?"
Ling Huyi was silent for a moment, and then asked, "How much grain is there?"
Li Xun replied, "It can provide five days of food for 10,000 horses."
Ling Huyi's face changed suddenly: "Liang County is such a large territory, why only has such a little food?"
Li Yu calmed down and replied, "Marquis Bowang, a few months ago, the army of Jing Guo had already emptied the treasury of more than 100,000 people. In the end, it will take a lot of effort to get this grain and grass."
Ling Hu Yi asked coldly, "A few months, just such a little grain?"
Li Xin replied: "The grain collected in the summer and autumn seasons was transported to Luoyang as soon as possible, and the people were also hungry and cold because of the military disasters since last year, so they really couldn't collect grain."
"Idiot!" Ling Hu Yi scolded angrily, took a deep breath, and said coldly, "The official is given to you by Yu Guo, not the favor given to you by the people." ,
Li Xun hurriedly said, "What Bo Wanghou said is true."
Ling Hu Yi patted his horse and left, and the generals of the Jing army behind him glared at Li Xin coldly.
The 30,000 cavalry of the Jing army entered the northern city of Liang County, and Ling Hu Yi pointed directly to a nearby house and divided it into a military camp. The cavalry led the men into the shop, beating gongs and drums and shouting, "Leave within half an hour, or you will be killed!"
When the people fled, Xiaoniang was arrested a lot. However, the Jing army did not move the families of the civil and military generals of the Yu State in Liang County.
Ling Huyi walked into the requisitioned Chinese army and called the Yuguo guard general of Liang County to inquire about the military situation.
Zhang Tan replied, "Luoyang is surrounded on three sides, and there is a gap in Dudong City, but there are riding activities. The artillery of the Tang army's camp rang out this morning, and the siege of the city had just begun, and there might be more than 100,000 infantry troops gathered under the city of Luoyang. The cavalry was divided into two battalions, one on the north bank of the city and the other on the north bank of the city."
Ling Huyi sneered, "More than 100,000 infantry are only useful to Luoyang City, and they are just local chickens and dogs to us. The cavalry of the Tang Army is more than 50,000 cavalry at most, and there is something to say about the decisive battle, if you want to keep Ben Hou, there is still a little less."
Although Ling Huyi was fierce and unpleasant, his tone and momentum at this time immediately cheered up the generals of the Jing Army. The generals said, "Master Hou is the Xiong Zhen of Jing Guoyun Mengze!"
"Smack!"
Ling Huyi picked up a few pieces of charcoal and put them next to the fire, drew a few branches with a branch, and said, "Don't care about the Tang army infantry surrounding Luoyang, if Zhang Liang can't hold it in January and February, then this battle can't be fought, and it's not Lao Tzu's head to blame. Let's fight the grain road on the water, just to grab the grain of the Tang Army for the needs of the army, so as not to force those mothers-in-law and mothers-in-law stupidity; At the same time, it is also a salary for the Tang army in Luoyang, no matter how many people there are, they will attack a fart city without food."
Everyone listened, and no one objected.
Ling Huyi simply decided on the tactics, which was very simple and concise. His prestige is high, and he is also violent and powerful, and ordinary people really dare not oppose him, so he is very simple and effective in the battle formation. If nothing else, the anger on his face can make people fearful.
A Jing army general said complimentally: "Master Hou said a few words, but he grasped the key points everywhere, and saw the method of using soldiers, which made us admire it greatly."
Ling Hu Yi was unimpressed with this kind of sycophancy, and snorted coldly with his face up.
The military general was not depressed, and seemed to guess that although Ling Huyi snorted coldly, he should be very useful in his heart.
The military general also seemed to sincerely admire Ling Huyi, and continued: "Hou Ye is worthy of being the number one tiger general in Jing Kingdom, I firmly believe that if there is a battle in this world that Hou Ye can't win, even the gods can't win. Now that the Jing Kingdom is weak, it is really on the border of Tang Jing, and its strength has fallen behind, and it is completely outnumbered."
Ling Huyi said proudly: "Even if my Jing army has few people, it is still a tiger wolf, and no matter how many people there are in the Tang army, it is useless. Benhou wants you to be convinced of this insight with your own eyes."
The generals' eyes widened and gradually became excited, and a pair of wild eyes reflected the fire light on the fire, shining in the dark night, and there was really some wolf-like appearance.
Ling Huyi calmly picked up the wooden stick, pointed to the ground, and said, "The Tang cavalry is arranged in these two places for two purposes, wanting to ambush and besiege when Zhang Liang's defenders escape; Protect the infantry besieging the city of Luoyang, so as to cut off the direction of the northward retreat of the Yu army.
Let's take the opportunity to plunder this place first, and the grain ships on the water. The army crossed the water from the west, avoided the cavalry of the Tang army, and drove eastward, killing all the Tang army and robbing the grain ships. Then wait for the opportunity to move back north."
A general said nervously, "Go deep into the water, and you will be surrounded by the cities of the Tang army."
"Ben Hou has already said that the only thing that can threaten us is the two Tang cavalry, what is the use of these city pestles there except for looking good?!" Ling Hu Yi said coldly, with no fear on his face, and said, "The Tang army is only more than 50,000 horsemen when it is full, less than twice the size of Ben Hou, unless they can surround us from all sides at the same time, can they keep the Jing Guo Iron Cavalry?"
Ling Huyi was very sure of this, if the Tang cavalry merged to block the attack, he would change the direction and let them chase after him; As long as the Tang army divides its troops, or maintains mobility and protrusion, it will encircle or find the weakest link to break through. The Jing army was an elite cavalry that was good at fighting, and it was impossible for the Tang army to divide its troops and get close to him at the same time.
Based on experience, Ling Huyi estimated that the Jing army suddenly drove north, and after approaching Yushui, the Tang army might be able to react. After all, military intelligence messaging takes time; The cavalry of the Tang Army also gathered and prepared when they set off. When the grain road was robbed and the road was returned, the cavalry of the Tang Army was probably too anxious to temporarily encircle.
The main force of the infantry of the Tang Army is in the siege of Luoyang, and the distance that can be threatened by other places is too short, and if it is too open, it will be like sending the head to the iron cavalry.
Ling Huyi observed the flag on the opposite side of the door fluttering weakly from time to time, and said, "If there is no wind tomorrow, you can attack. When there is no wind or the wind is not in the right direction, the boat moves more slowly, and on those rivers it is like a turtle in an urn."
"Hou Ye is wise!" The congregations will bow down.
Ling Hu Yi said hatefully, "How did you tell Tang Jun to retract last year, and this time I told them to go the same way!"