Chapter 926: The Gate of Life
This is an open and upright siege battle.
There are no cannons, no catapults, only hundreds of ladders, crashes, rushing cars, etc., which can be encountered frequently in these five generations.
The Tang army besieged from all sides, one after another, and at the beginning it was a bit messy. After all, it was a mixture of troops from all over the country, but after a whole morning, it immediately cooperated smoothly.
Local troops such as Jinshan and Jeju, like the Imperial Camp, all have military police and baggage battalions. In addition to different money and salary and training intensity, the command system is basically exactly the same.
This siege battle that competes for endurance is tortured to the Tang army and even more tortured to the Song army. The soldiers of local vassal states are rebellious and brave, but they are always strangled when facing the orderly and properly cooperated with the Tang army.
As soon as the granary burned, the generals and schools did not know the importance. When the generals and schools were in chaos, the soldiers were naturally in chaos, and Yanzhou City was instantly broken.
The exhausted Tang soldiers finally rushed into the city with excitement, entered one after another, and siege the Song army.
In Li Wei's eyes, these Song troops were extremely brave, and they could often fight against three, and were not timid in blood.
For example, when he entered the city gate, he saw that there were basically two or three soldiers on his own side, and only then could he fight with the other side and cooperate properly before he could kill him.
The shield player, the spearman, and the crossbowman cooperated with each other to kill him.
Of course, there were also three spearmen, shield players, or teammates, who began to cooperate with strangling. They seemed particularly handy in the street fighting in this city.
Li Wei looked at the soldiers like this, from the street to the alley, as if they were reasonable and dusty, and they were extremely quick and happy.
"Only the Imperial Camp has such organization."
Although Li Wei has left the Imperial Camp for many years, he also knows that his elite troops are not comparable to those of other local troops.
"The Gendarmerie Department maintains order--" After saying a word, Li Wei led a large army to the center of the city and saw Bai Chongzan, who was stubbornly resisting.
After sending a special envoy, Bai Chongzan chose to surrender with a rather awkward expression, as if she was for the sake of the people of the whole city.
Li Wei did not expose it. The two thousand elite soldiers in front of him were his elite troops. The casualties must have been very large during the attack. He had no time to waste his troops here.
The residents of Yanzhou City are completely in line with the rules of the troubled times. The doors and windows are tightly nailed, trembling, and there is no one on the street.
As a unit with discipline first, the Tang army was still full of integrity. After a big victory, Li Jia just treated Bai Chongzan with courtesy, then captured thousands of Taining Army prisoners, removed their weapons, and hurried towards the treasury.
The result is disappointing.
The Taining Army, who was in charge of several states, burned most of the food, only four or five thousand stones, more than ten thousand stagnants of money, only a few thousand swords, guns, swords and halberds, and only a few thousand precious armor, only 500 pieces, and many of them were broken.
The Taining Army is in charge of several states, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians, and is that poor?
"That's wrong!" Li Wei frowned, "The Taining Army is also a military town with only a few in Henan, so why is it so poor?"
"This..." Bai Chongzan, who was standing beside him, was quite embarrassed. He said with a red face: "For the past few years, the court has been cutting power, and money and food are rare. If I can do this, it is the result of my accumulation for many years."
Li Wei said oh, and stopped talking.
This trip was really in vain.
The next day, in order to turn passive into initiative, Li Wei sent a large army to attack everywhere, attacking Yizhou in the east, Jeju in the west, and Xuzhou in the south, which can be said to have shaken the entire Henan Road.
Especially the land of Xu Si is the back of Yangzhou, with a flat horse. If it is attacked on both sides, the stalemate Yangzhou will inevitably be broken, and the entire Huainan will probably be in danger.
At first sight, Gao Huaide led his troops to Yunzhou, preparing to use this as the rear to attack Yanzhou.
At this time, Fu Yanqing from Daming Prefecture had already led 10,000 troops to rescue him and had just arrived in Yunzhou.
Daming Mansion actually had a more famous name during the Five Dynasties - Wei Bojun.
Li Cunxu, the Emperor Zhuang of Later Tang, died because of the mutiny of Wei Bo's army. Li Siyuan, the Emperor Mingzong of Later Tang, ordered all 3,500 soldiers to be executed, with a total of more than 10,000 families. From then on, Wei Bo's soldiers completely disappeared into the long river of history.
In order to guard these arrogant soldiers and generals, not only did Wei Bo's army become the Tianxiong Army, but Fu Yanqing also guarded Daming Mansion and was deeply trusted by the emperor.
Both of the daughters regard Guo Rong as their queen, and the three daughters marry Zhao Guangyi as their wives. No matter whether the dynasty changes, Fu Yanqing still sits firmly on Diaoyutai.
If the court hadn't asked him to send troops this time, he really didn't want to pay attention. Letting his troops fight against the Tang army would be of no benefit to him, no matter whether it was winning or losing.
After decades of the Five Dynasties, after going through Liang, Tang, Jin, Han, Zhou, and Song, Fu Yanqing is now at the Grand Tutor and King of Wei, and is almost seventy years old. Now he comes to support him, Gao Huaide is respectful.
However, the figures who fought against the Khitan with his father for the rest of his generation were extremely eye-catching in the court and the country, so how could he dare to take the identity of the head coach?
Fu Yanqing knew his embarrassment. As soon as he met, he shook his head and said, "I am an old man, and I don't know what kind of war you are going to command this army. I am old and can only enjoy my life."
Immediately, 10,000 people and 10,000 stones of food were handed over to Gao Huaide. Fu Yanqing returned to Daming Mansion with two hundred cavalry, with the reason being to recuperate.
Gao Huaide didn't know his thoughts, so he could only sigh at his noble character, and then hoarded his troops and sharpened his swords in Yunzhou.
Facing the tens of thousands of Tang army members, he was ready to wait for the rabbit.
However, the Tang army did not take that trick, but instead guarded Yanzhou City and began to send large troops to move south.
To the south of Yanzhou is the heart of Xuzhou, Sizhou, Haozhou, Shouzhou, and Huainan. Looking at the meaning of the Tang army, is it that he wants to guide Shouzhou?
Gao Huaide really couldn't guess what this group of Tang Jun thought.
Logically speaking, when he came from Dengzhou, his tens of thousands of soldiers were typically secretly traveling to Chencang or disrupting the rear. Even if he wanted to attack and open the seal, he would not be surprised.
But it was a huge loss to conquer Shou and Hao.
Thousands of miles of land, countless prefectures and counties, and going south is simply waiting to be surrounded and killed.
"You go there thousands of ways, and you go all the way."
Gao Huaide frowned and thought of the important life gate of the Tang army - Denglai.
This is the landing place for the Tang army. There must be many ships. As long as all the ships are cleared, the Tang army will become wingless birds and can only deal with the prefectures and counties, which will be difficult to escape, and then be washed away little by little and turned into ashes.
Therefore, Gao Huaide calmed down and sent troops eastward to take Laizhou.
Chapter completed!