Chapter 144: The Tiande army is approaching the city, and the underlying waves of Taiyuan City are surging

Tiande poured the country's troops to attack the Southern Qi, the battle of Qixiu Mountain, the Tianguan City of the Southern Qi fell, all the defenders in the city were killed, and the city was also burned.

The military situation was urgent, all the flying pigeons in Taiyuan City were released, and the news quickly spread throughout the entire southern territory, and then spread all over the Southern Qi, and the whole country of Southern Qi was shocked!

Yuwen Junxun, the new generalissimo of the Southern Qi Dynasty, immediately ordered Zhou Qiwu and Song Xiaozhi in the south to lead troops to resist, and at the same time recruited the remaining three leaders to lead troops to support the south.

However, before the order could be issued, the bad news came again.

The 30,000 reinforcements led by the hussar general Hu Chao blocked the Tiande army in the Qixiu Valley, but they were outnumbered and the whole army was annihilated. The Tiande cavalry straddled the horses and drove straight to Taiyuan.

In fact, when Jingzhong got the news, the Tiande cavalry had already arrived under Taiyuan City.

The formation of millions of troops stretched for dozens of miles, waving flags and crowding people, and it was almost impossible to see the edge at a glance.

Compared with the millions of heroes under the city, the strength in the city is a little thin.

At this moment, reinforcements from all directions were gathered in Taiyuan City, totaling more than 26,000 people, Li Hengchuan, as the current chief general of Taiyuan City, was most familiar with the defense of Taiyuan City, and was the highest-ranking military general, so he was naturally promoted as the commander of the whole army.

However, after becoming this commander, Li Hengchuan was worried.

Although the soldiers and horses in the city now seem to be only a few thousand fewer than before, their combat strength is far from the same.

In addition to the 3,000 Taiyuan defenders who stayed behind, the remaining 23,000 people came from the four counties, each team had its own system, and the commanders were all of the same rank.

They nominally obeyed Li Hengchuan's moderation, but in private, they made frequent small moves. The military orders issued by Li Hengchuan cannot be completely implemented every time, and every military horse wants to preserve its strength, pass the buck to each other, and avoid the important and light.

In addition, the armament of each army is completely different. Combined, there were less than six thousand archers on the five routes. From this point alone, the combat effectiveness of this army horse is far from the original Taiyuan defenders.

In addition, there was another thing that made Li Hengchuan extremely distressed, that is, the defenders of Taiyuan City attacked before and took away most of the arrows in the city, and now there are not many arrows in the city. Bows and arrows are the most effective weapons to defend the city, and the lack of arrows at the moment seriously restricts the combat effectiveness of the bow and arrow troops.

Together, these disadvantages made the garrison of Taiyuan City much weaker, and the situation became extremely serious.

Now the only thing that can be relied on is the tall and sturdy city walls of Taiyuan City, the Tiande army is all cavalry, lacking effective siege equipment, they only have simple hooks and soft ladders, and the siege efficiency is extremely low. Therefore, as long as the city gate is not lost, it will be difficult for the Tiande army to attack the city.

What Li Hengchuan is worried about now is that the Tiande Army should know that reinforcements from the south are coming. Now the military spirit in the city has not been unified, and the defense preparations are not sufficient, if they start to attack the city without stopping, even if there is no effective siege means, Taiyuan City will not be able to hold it as usual.

However, contrary to Li Hengchuan's expectations, the Tiande cavalry did not immediately start attacking the city, but set up camp under the city.

This made Li Hengchuan quite a little confused by the monk, but it was Zhuang Xiaowei who reminded him that Li Hengchuan understood.

Zhuang Xiaowei called Li Hengchuan out alone, and the two chatted while walking.

Zhuang Xiaowei said: "General Li, I think the Tiande army will not move, and it is likely that it will have to repeat the old tricks." ”

Li Hengchuan was puzzled: "What do you mean?"

Zhuang Xiaowei worried: "I'm worried that they are likely to send that group of mysterious assassins again. ”

Li Hengchuan was taken aback.

Zhuang Xiaowei said: "Tiande's group of mysterious assassins are extremely weird, I still don't know what means they used to assassinate several adults in Tianguan City silently. ”

Li Hengchuan was puzzled: "General Zhuang, tell the truth

Speech. I'm still a little skeptical, but those Assassins are really as amazing as you say?"

Zhuang Xiaowei said: "Although my subordinates have never seen them do it with their own eyes, Tianguan City is the most important checkpoint in our southern border, and the strict garrison can be said to be the most in the entire southern border. Moreover, several adults are extraordinary, and there are guards in the mansion who are highly cultivated, but even so, they can still sneak into the city without knowing and kill several adults and the mansion, and there is no movement at all. The subordinates thought that even a martial saint could not do this, and based on this alone, their methods were by no means ordinary. ”

Li Hengchuan nodded: "In this way, it is very likely that Tiande really intends to do this." ”

Zhuang Xiaowei said: "It is better to believe it than to believe it! Be careful and make no big mistakes!"

Li Hengchuan said: "Since this is the case, I will immediately send an order to several generals and ask them to strengthen their vigilance tonight." ”

After Li Hengchuan finished speaking, he was about to leave.

"General, wait a minute. Zhuang Xiaowei suddenly stopped Li Hengchuan.

Li Hengchuan looked back and said, "What else is going on with General Zhuang?"

Zhuang Xiaowei wanted to speak and stopped.

Li Hengchuan said with a smile: "You and I have fought side by side with each other, experienced life and death together, I already regard you as brothers, if you have anything to say, it doesn't hurt to say it, don't have any scruples." ”

Zhuang Xiaowei looked grateful, looked at both sides, took two steps closer and said in a low voice: "My subordinates think that this matter is just that we know, and there is no need to tell those generals." ”

Li Hengchuan's face changed: "What do you mean?"

Zhuang Xiaowei said: "The general thinks that what those generals have done during this period of time, have you ever taken you seriously?"

Li Hengchuan frowned and did not speak.

Zhuang Xiaowei continued: "There are only 3,000 defenders in Taiyuan City now, and the other four soldiers and horses are above us. Those four generals openly obeyed the general's orders, but in private, they connived at their subordinates to disobey the orders, and only thought about preserving their strength. In this case, can Taiyuan City hold it?"

Li Hengchuan let out a long sigh, he knew that what Zhuang Xiaowei said was true.

Previously, he discussed with the four generals who came to the city lord's mansion to discuss the matter of defending the city.

The four men were respectful to themselves on the surface, but as soon as they arranged the defense, the four of them began to rush to blame, pouring bitter water, and in the end, several dangerous places still had to be guarded by their own 3,000 soldiers and horses, and they were only responsible for garrisoning relatively safe places. Because of the limited number of soldiers and horses under his command, the defense of several dangerous places is not sound, leaving a lot of loopholes.

At this moment, Zhuang Xiaowei put all this in the light, and the dangerous situation of Taiyuan City was undoubtedly revealed.

Li Hengchuan said: "Then what do you mean?"

Zhuang Xiaowei's face became gloomy, and he said in a cold voice: "Before General Hu Chao sacrificed his life, he instructed us to defend Taiyuan City for at least three days! This matter is related to the safety of my southern border, and the success or failure of the great cause of the governor must not be lost! As long as we can defend Taiyuan City, we can pay any price!"

Zhuang Xiaowei's voice was cold, and the hidden meaning made Li Hengchuan startled.

Without waiting for Li Hengchuan to speak, Zhuang Xiaowei said: "Small amount is not a gentleman, no poison is not a husband! If you want to achieve great things, you are not informal! Not to mention that we don't need to do it ourselves, and the general doesn't have to be responsible for it!"

Li Hengchuan hesitated: "But after all, that's our brother robe in the south." ”

Zhuang Xiaowei said in a cold voice: "If they don't die, there will be more brothers to die! This kind of black sheep, before the catastrophe, did not know how to work together, and is still deceiving and seeking personal gains, what is the pity of dying?"

Li Hengchuan thought for a long time but still couldn't make a decision, and said, "You let me think about it again." ”

"General!" Zhuang Xiaowei wanted to persuade again, but was stopped by Li Hengchuan.

Li Hengchuan said: "The military affairs are busy, I'll go first." We'll talk about that later. ”

Looking at Li Hengchuan's figure leaving in a hurry, Zhuang Xiaowei showed a bitter smile.

He again

Why do you want to do this? Turning your back on your comrades, seeing death and not saving you, everyone despises it, and the big husband disdains it.

But as he said, the battle of Taiyuan City is related to the safety of the southern border and even the entire Southern Qi, those selfish villains only know intrigue, and have no responsibility at all, with them in the way, how can Taiyuan City be able to defend it?

Now I only hope that Li Hengchuan will give up the small righteousness and take the great righteousness, don't care about his reputation, and make a painful decision, borrow a knife to kill people, and get rid of these few-stirring sticks!

Zhuang Xiaowei sighed and stopped thinking about it. His identity is limited, and he can only admonish, as for whether Li Hengchuan will listen to it, it is not up to him to influence it.

He also had military affairs in his body, so he didn't dare to delay, so he turned around and went to work.

Li Hengchuan walked on the way to the city wall, and Zhuang Xiaowei's words involuntarily appeared in his mind.

Kill people with a knife and clear the obstacles! Once this thought was born, it lingered in Li Hengchuan's heart like a magic spell, lingering.

Li Hengchuan stopped, took a deep breath, shook his head heavily, and threw this thought out of his mind.

Li Hengchuan is a square person, and he really can't do this kind of thing with bad virtue.

He calmed down and walked toward the gate.

The walls on both sides of the city gate were the top priority of the guards, guarded by a thousand Thai yuan defenders under his command, and the general of the unified army had reported to him that he wanted to apply for a batch of arrows, and he had already passed. Now he was going to see if the arrows had arrived.

Nowadays, there is a shortage of arrows in the city, and arrows have become controlled materials, and the transfer must be approved by Li Hengchuan, otherwise no one is allowed to embezzle them.

Li Hengchuan's footsteps were extremely fast, and he had already arrived at the city gate in a short time.

The soldiers defending the city were all under his command, and they saluted one after another. Someone turned around and went to inform the generals who were guarding the gates.

After a while, a person hurriedly ran down the city wall, and it was Li Chengde, the captain of the 1,000 soldiers guarding the city.

Li Chengde clenched his fists and bowed deeply to Li Hengchuan, got up and said, "General, why are you here? ”

Li Hengchuan said: "Oh, what's the matter with you?"

Li Chengde said a little anxiously: "My subordinates have applied for a batch of arrows from you before, but until this moment, the arrows have not arrived. The Tiande army does not know when it will attack the city, and the arrows in the hands of my brothers are seriously missing, how can this work?

Li Hengchuan frowned, and said: "The general has already sent the approval document for the transfer of arrows, and ordered them to ship them immediately!

While the two were talking, a fast horse galloped not far away.

Before the horse could stop, the knight jumped down, crawled to Li Hengchuan with a rolling belt, knelt on the ground with a plop, and said urgently: "General, something is wrong!"

Li Hengchuan hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"

The knight said in a trembling voice: "The small one is the soldier of the treasury of the military department, we transported the arrows you ordered here before, but we were intercepted by the soldiers and horses of Hengfeng City on the way, they said that they were ordered by General Zhou Xifeng to requisition and transfer the arrows we transported! The commander of the escort refused to give them the arrows, and as a result, he was seriously injured, and the soldiers who escorted him were also detained by them. The little one escaped by luck, and when he heard that the general was here, he came to report the news!"

Hearing this, Li Hengchuan's heart burst into flames.

Zhou Xifeng is the commander of the reinforcements of Hengfeng City, with 7,000 men and horses, which is the strongest of the five forces. At this moment, he actually bullied people again, and seized and intercepted the arrows of the city gate guards.

Li Hengchuan gritted his silver teeth, his anger was attacking, he didn't say a word, and two cold lights suddenly shot out of his eyes.