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Chapter 1028 Capture Lingzhou

The Sui army had already opened the city gate hole, and nearly a hundred huge rocks blocked the city gate hole were dragged into the moat by the Sui army.

Using huge rocks to block the door is actually not an effective method. While blocking the city gate hole, it also blocks the defenders' counterattack against the attacking Sui army, which allows the enemy to calmly drag the huge rocks away in the city hole.

As the last layer of the huge rock was dragged away, the city cave suddenly became unobstructed, and the defenders could finally shoot arrows into the cave, but it was too late at this time. Dozens of Sui soldiers shouted and pushed away the two huge rocks that were blocking the road. The Sui soldiers began to rush into the city.

As Duan Decao said, the Liang army's strength had gradually been exhausted in the two years of battle with the Tang army. It would have been stagnant two months ago. If Duan Decao had not been transferred away in the Yan'an County crisis, the Liang army would have been completely wiped out.

Although the Liang army had desperately conscripted more than 20,000 troops in the past two months, they were powerless to make the world come true. The people were completely lost and the army had no fighting spirit. No one was willing to work for him anymore. So when the Sui army opened the North City Gate, it was like a needle stabbing a balloon, and the "bang!" exploded. The defenders collapsed all over the line. More than 20,000 soldiers who had conscripted took the opportunity to escape home, and even fled with the original soldiers.

Only more than two thousand soldiers were left, led by general Wen Changqing, fighting fiercely with the Sui army rushing into the city at the North City Gate. At this time, three thousand cavalry rushed over under Luo Cheng's leadership. The soldiers on the suspension bridge avoided one after another. The cavalry rushed across the suspension bridge like lightning and rushed towards the city.

"The soldiers in front dodge!"

Luo Shixin shouted loudly, and the Sui soldiers who were fighting fiercely heard Luo Cheng's voice and shouted: "General Luo is here!"

The soldiers split like waves and made way for the battlefield. Luo Cheng rushed in first, the war horses were like thunder, and the spear stabbed Wen Changqing like lightning.

Wen Changqing was shocked and hurriedly swung the knife to block it. Unexpectedly, Luo Cheng's gun had disappeared. Wen Changqing felt a severe pain in his lower abdomen. The spear had pierced his lower abdomen. Luo Cheng sneered, twisted the gun rod, and pulled out the silver spear and the intestines.

Wen Changqing screamed in a squeal, and the sword in his hand fell to the ground. The man couldn't sit steadily and turned over and fell off his horse. Before he could land on his body, Luo Cheng stabbed his heart in the air. When he landed on the ground, he was already a corpse.

Luo Cheng waved his spear and said, "Kill me!"

Three thousand cavalrymen rushed into the city, and more than two thousand Liang troops were killed and cried and screamed.

At the same time as the Sui army in the brigade entered the city, Liang Shidu and Liang Luoren were rushing towards the North City Gate under the escort of hundreds of personal guards. The fleeing soldiers everywhere made Liang Shidu feel heartbroken. He had realized that the situation was hopeless. When he was still one mile away from the North City Gate, a lieutenant came towards him and was stopped by Liang Shidu, "How is the situation in the North City?"

The captain shouted in a crying voice: "The Sui cavalry has entered the city, General Wen is killed, the king should retreat quickly!"

Liang's face was pale and his face was pale. He strangled the war horses. He didn't know what to do for a moment. There were Sui troops outside the four gates. Where did he escape?

However, Liang Shiwu didn't notice that Liang Luoren's face next to him became ferocious. Liang Luoren suddenly pointed to the east, "Look, it seems that there are reinforcements over there!"

Liang Shidu looked back and at this moment, Liang Luoren slashed Liang Shidu's neck from behind. With a "crack!", Liang Shidu's head was chopped off. He never dreamed that he would die in the hands of his cousin.

Everyone was stunned. Liang Luoren leaned over and picked up the head, urged the horse to run towards the Sui army, shouting desperately: "Mr. Liang was killed by me! Mr. Liang was killed by me!"

But he was greeted by a burst of arrows. The Sui cavalry did not see the head in his hand, but thought it was an enemy general who came forward to fight desperately. Hundreds of crossbow arrows were shot at Liang Luoren at the same time. Liang Luoren hit more than twenty arrows in a row and died on the spot. The head in his hand also rolled more than ten feet away. This man killed his brother for wealth, but in the end he sacrificed his life.

The Liang army was dead, hundreds of guards no longer had the fighting spirit and knelt down and surrendered. The Sui army had entered from the three city gates in the east, west and south, and Huile County finally fell across the board.

















The Sui army did not launch a killing in Huile County. Long before the siege, Zhang Xuan had a strict order that soldiers would not be allowed to enter the houses under any excuses. As long as the army of Liang Shidu put down their weapons, they would not be killed.

Three thousand cavalrymen rushed into the city just to control the key points of Huile County, warehouses, palaces, city gates and official offices.

When the Sui army controlled the entire city, it immediately issued a curfew. Except for the five thousand soldiers who stayed in the city to patrol and deal with the bodies, 20,000 offensive soldiers, including cavalry, retreated from Huile County. The city gradually became quiet. There were only a group of patrolling soldiers on the street, and the war quickly quelled.

As the sky gradually became brighter, the curfew was cancelled, and some bold people quietly walked out of their homes to check the situation. All the bodies were removed and dealt with, arrows and broken soldiers were taken away, and even a large amount of blood at the north gate was washed away, and there was no sign of a siege last night.

The streets and alleys were covered with the Sui army's peace notices. The notice clearly stated that the past would be done. Dozens of military civil servants were divided into ten teams and began to comfort the residents from house to house and ask about the situation. The order in the city had been completely restored. Under the deliberate comfort of the Sui army, the fear of Huile County gradually faded and the joy arose. More and more people walked out of their homes and began to celebrating the demise of Liang Shidu.

The shops in the city have also resumed business, and groups of children have fled in the city, and returned to Le County to restore its former lively and prosperity.

At this time, several carriages slowly drove into the city from the North City under the escort of more than a hundred cavalrymen. The carriages were very slow and the cavalry did not lead the way in front, but just walked slowly in the crowd. The entire convoy seemed very low-key, and people did not realize the specialness of this convoy. Many people just looked at it curiously and walked away quickly.

Inside the carriage, Li Jing smiled at Zhang Xuan and said, "I thought His Highness wanted to destroy the country and enter the city, just like in Pyongyang."

Zhang Xuan smiled, "Mr. Liang Shi is not a country, so he is too arrogant to enter the city. I don't have that interest."

"Actually, it's good to enter the city like this, at least it won't disturb the people."

"Restore order as soon as possible and reduce interference to the public will help us win people's hearts and thus control Lingwu County."

"The general wants to win over the hearts of the people. Why not reduce tax exemption? I think this is the best effect, and it is natural that the people of Lingwu County are suffering from the brutal rule of Liang Shidu. They can win over the hearts of people after two years of tax exemption. Why not do it?"

Zhang Xuan shook his head, "But Liang Shi did not over-exploit the people of Lingwu County. On the contrary, this is his nest. He also publicly stated that he would reduce the tax for ten years, but he angered the people in the two things of collecting iron tools and finally forcing young and strong enlisting in the army. In addition, there was no disaster here, nor was there starving people everywhere. I have no reason to reduce taxes, and it is best not to open the tax cuts randomly. Today we capture Lingwu County to reduce taxes. So tomorrow we capture Shu County, do we need to reduce taxes? If we do not reduce taxes, will Shu County think we discriminate against us? Even Qi County and Wei County have more reasons to reduce taxes. How can we treat the enemy as ruthless and mean to our own people?"

Li Jing said ashamed: "The general is very knowledgeable and humble in his duties!"

Zhang Xuan smiled faintly, "What are you smart about this? If you don't work in your position, don't forget that I am not your commander, but I am also the Regent of the Northern Sui Dynasty. What I said just now was from the position of the Regent."

"I understand."

At this time, the carriage slowly stopped in front of the warehouse city. The warehouse city is located in the east of the city, and is also a city in the city. It was built in an imitation of the Taicang of Chang'an. There are more than 100 huge warehouses in it. Each warehouse can store 10,000 stones of grain, but this is just a temporary official warehouse, which temporarily stockpiles grain produced in the three counties of Hetao. According to the regulations of the Sui Dynasty, every three years, the grain in this warehouse must be transported to supplement the inventory of the Yongtong Warehouse and Luokou Warehouse.

But on the eve of the warehouse being prepared to deliver the grain to Luokou Warehouse, Li Yuan raised an army in Taiyuan, and the transportation of grain and grass had to be suspended, so he had not been transported. In the end, he accumulated millions of stones of grain, but it was cheaper than Liang Shidu.

Zhang Xuan walked out of the carriage, and the marching Sima Jia Runfu quickly came out and bowed, "See the Grand Marshal!"

"How is the grain counting situation?" Zhang Xuan asked with a smile.

Jia Runfu was so excited that he rubbed his hands and said, "It's a big harvest! There are a total of 930,000 stones of grain, and my subordinates don't know what to do."

Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "This question is very simple. I will let the navy come over and transport all the food back to Zhongdu."

Li Jing was a little anxious, "Master, you can't transport them all away, and our military rations also need to be paid for it."

Zhang Xuan patted him on the back and smiled, "Don't worry! I will stay with the military one. Besides, there is still a lot of food in Wuyuan County, which is enough for the army to consume for half a year."

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

"Let's go! Let's hurry up and take a look. I will return to Zhongdu tomorrow morning, and I don't know when I will come again."

Surrounded by everyone, Zhang Xuan quickly walked into the gate of Cangcheng.
Chapter completed!
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