A day later, a residential area north of Chang'an City was requisitioned.

Two thousand soldiers of the Shence Army surrounded this place, and no one within a radius of three miles was allowed to approach, otherwise they would be killed.

Three hundred blacksmiths recruited from the household department were sent here, along with a large amount of wrought iron. In order to transport these wrought iron, more than 200 horse-drawn carts were used.

I heard that the three provinces of Hubu Shangshu and Liu offended many people in order to get these iron materials, and many big gate lords began to gather people to make trouble, and the excerpts of impeachment were sent to Ouchi one after another.

Fortunately, Liu Sanxing himself was born in a scholar family, and the emperor did not go to the court at all, so these things were forcibly suppressed.

For this matter, Liu Yu made a special trip to thank Liu Sanxing, and sent a letter written by his father, Liu Lao Xuexue. Liu San Province let everyone in the house circulate this letter, which won bursts of appreciation, and the pride was overflowing.

In the days that followed, a clanging sound could be heard in the requisitioned houses north of the city, and no one knew what the blacksmiths were doing. Anyone who dared to stop in the surrounding area was driven away by the officers and men of the Shence Army who were in charge of the garrison.

On this day, the west wind was bitter and the sky was overcast. Liu Yu climbed the tower of Chunming Gate to observe the situation of the rebels outside the city.

In the cold weather, those soldiers of the rebel army were tightly wrapped, and there was no shortage of cotton jackets and pants. In contrast, the defenders on the walls were rather shabby. Due to the shortage of materials in the city, most of the soldiers below the rank of captain did not change into cotton clothes for the winter.

Yan Lie, the commander of the forbidden army, was worried about this, and said to Liu Yu: "My lord, if this continues, even if the thief army does not attack the city, our people will be frozen to death." ”

"Now that the weather is getting colder, it is becoming more and more difficult to supply food and grass for the thief army. If we can win a big battle, then we can survive the winter. Liu Yu's face was not surprised.

"Then it's all up to you, my lord, everyone trusts you. ”

Yan Lie has not been idle these days, he has been to the requisitioned house in the north of the city many times. As the commander of the Forbidden Army, he has the privilege of witnessing the tightly sealed "secret" up close.

He didn't look at it, he was startled when he saw it, and his heart was even more confused, he didn't know what Lord Liu was secretly doing with such a useless thing.

Even so, he still felt at ease. In his opinion, no matter how sinister the situation is, as long as Lord Liu is still there, the situation will have a chance to be reversed.

Knock! Knock!

The battle drums suddenly sounded in the array of the rebels outside the city, and after a pause for more than ten days, the other army once again launched a formation and attacked under the city wall.

Liu Yu looked at the crowded heads of people under the city like ants from a distance, and couldn't help frowning.

As early as yesterday evening, Dixin had put the rebels' siege plan for the day on his desk. According to the Black Crow Wire Report, the main general in charge of the siege of the rebel army this time is different from the past, and it is Shang Rang, who is known as the first general of the rebel army.

Liu Yu took a closer look at the formation of the incoming army, and saw that the formation was compact, and the two wings were tightly defended, which was the handwriting of a famous general at a glance.

As early as ten years ago, when Liu Yu was still a child who was ignorant of the world, this Shang Rang was already a famous general of the rebel army. In the battle of Songzhou City, Shang Rang did not choose to dig the water of the Yellow River to break the city, so that his name of benevolence and righteousness spread all over the world, and his reputation was much better than that of ordinary righteous generals.

It is estimated that the rebels have realized that winter is coming, and they do not want to drag out the war until next spring, so they must open up the situation as soon as possible, so they sent this famous Renyi general.

Yan Lie saw that the enemy army was getting closer and closer, and asked urgently: "My lord, the enemy army has as many as 200,000 this time, what should we do next?"

"Open the city gates!" Liu Yu said in a deep voice.

"My lord, you want to go out of the city in person, I'm afraid it's too dangerous to do this all the time!" Yan Lie was startled.

"No, I don't go out of town. Liu Yu shook his head, "You go and allocate 20,000 soldiers and horses, including 3,000 cavalry, 2,000 crossbowmen, 5,000 sword and shield bearers, and 10,000 spear-wielding foot soldiers." ”

"Obey!" Yan Lie said busily.

Before long, a garrison of 20,000 men assembled under the city gates. The city gate slowly rose, and the war drums on the city tower sounded.

Liu Yu stood on the city tower, and the howling west wind blew his black hair flying.

Under his gaze, the 20,000-strong garrison slowly drove out of the city and greeted the 200,000 rebels led by Dishin.

The disparity in military strength between the two sides is huge, and it looks like a freshly weaned puppy trying to challenge a huge gluttonous monster.

Yan Lie's eyes were beating anxiously, and he walked back and forth on the city wall like an ant on a hot pot. Although there were more than 90,000 soldiers under his command, the more than 20,000 people who had just been sent out of the city were the most elite soldiers under his command, and even the slightest mistake would be a great blow to the defenders.

A wrestler was beating the war drums according to Liu Yu's military orders, and the defenders under the city began to quickly adjust their formation according to the rhythm of the war drums.

Five thousand sword and shield bearers took the lead in the battle, propping their shields on the ground and holding long knives in their hands. Behind them, ten thousand spears struck, the tips of which glittered like a sea of silver.

A large area was vacated in the Silver Sea for his 3,000 cavalry to hide.

Two thousand crossbows quickly moved towards the two wings, bending their bows and arrows, aiming at the rushing rebels.

This rebel army, led by Shang Rang himself, was indeed extraordinary, constantly changing its formation on the way to attack, and soon divided into several teams and surrounded the 20,000-strong Tang army.

"General, do we want to increase our troops?" Yan Lie couldn't help it.

The tail of these 20,000 soldiers is too big, unlike the 300 cavalry personally led by Liu Yu last time, if you want to go back and forth in the enemy army and retreat, it is really very difficult.

All the generals followed suit.

"Yes, Lord Liu, our troops are too small. ”

"Lord Liu, I can bring another 20,000 people down for reinforcements!"

"This time, the enemy's formation is well deployed, which is completely different from usual, and Lord Liu must be careful. ”

But Liu Yu didn't listen to it. He smiled slightly, "If 20,000 people can't match their 200,000, then how can our 90,000 people be able to defeat their million-strong army." ”

One sentence choked everyone speechless.

Ren is a person who understands the situation a little, and he understands that what Liu Yu said is an unquestionable fact.

Some people hope that Dali Siqing can create a miracle and break the siege of Chang'an City in one fell swoop, but they refuse to give him the opportunity to perform a miracle, which cannot but be said to be a very ironic opportunity.

Yan Lie let out a long sigh, motioned to the generals to silence, looked ashamed, and said to Liu Yu: "The humble position is just a mediocre person, and he can't understand the tricks on the battlefield, so please ask Lord Liu to decide." ”

Liu Yu didn't think it was angry, and comforted: "General Yan, don't worry too much, although his army is strong, it is not invincible. ”