Da Wei Chun

Chapter 158 Siege
The north wind howled and the dust filled the sky.

The strong wind wrapped sand and grass powder, and it hurt people's faces.

The big flag (Shuai Banner) with a radius of nearly ten feet was being blown and rattled, almost wanting to go with the wind.

It's already the season of spring, but God seems to be about to snow?

I also saw a ghost. When I took the vows in the morning, it was still a cloudless and sunny day. Before noon, God's face changed.In just half an hour, it was cloudy and windy.

Is this the auspicious day calculated by Yang Shu pinching his fingers?

The yellow is actually yellow, the wind of yellow hair all over the sky...

Even if there is no thunder, you can rain, but what kind of snow is it?
Li Chengzhi slandered, tightened his veil, stood up on the stirrups, set up an awning to protect him from the wind, and tried his best to look back.

The army could be vaguely seen coming eastward along the banks of the Ru River.It looks like a giant dragon, mighty and mighty, with no end in sight.

Fortunately, the wind is downwind, just chasing after the buttocks, the resistance is not big, and there is no sign of the car falling behind for the time being.

Afterwards, the dark clouds were like huge cliffs, chasing them straight.

Maybe it will rain?
Li Chengzhi was overjoyed, but also a little worried.

Not surprisingly, nine out of ten it was rain plus snow, and it came a little earlier.

At that time, the soldiers were wet all over, and then they were blown by the wind. Did they see a ghost if they didn't catch a cold?

But in such weather, there is no way to camp on the spot.I am afraid that the camp tent will be blown away by the strong wind as soon as it is opened.

Hu Baozong from South Road should have arrived early, right?

After all, the Red River is straighter than the Ru River, so you don't have to take too many detours.And his soldiers are half less than his own...

Li Chengzhi turned his thoughts and shouted to Li Song: "How far is it from the camp?"

"Up to five miles!" Li Song replied loudly.

Five miles away, if you walk faster, you will be there in two quarters of an hour...

"Monkey, send the order quickly, the whole army speeds up!"

Li Cong responded, and galloped away against the strong wind.

With the wind whistling in my ears, and the fog in front of my eyes, the golden flags and golden drums are no longer effective, and I can only rely on fast horses to deliver military orders.

Especially the flag, which is slightly larger, cannot be lifted.

It's funny to say, when the wind just picked up, Li Hou'er, who was holding the command flag, was almost taken away by the wind...

Thinking of this, Li Chengzhi looked at Qijia again.

Four big men, including the two brothers Li Zhang and Li Xian, were kneeling and sitting in a double carriage, firmly holding the flagpole of the big banner.

Fortunately, the flagpole is thick enough, otherwise it would have been scratched off.

In fact, Li Chengzhi wanted to take down the handsome flag a long time ago, but as soon as he mentioned it, Li Song knelt down for him.

It is said that on the day of leaving the teacher, let alone wind and snow, even if a knife and thunder are thrown, the big flag will not be lowered by half.

God knows what the distance is, Li Chengzhi has been unable to complain, so he can only let it go...

After walking for another quarter or so, they met the auxiliary soldiers sent by Li Liang to meet them. Li Chengzhi once again made the whole army speed up, and finally arrived at the camp a quarter later.

It is said to be a camp, but it is actually a farm close to the Red River.

It is more than fifty miles away from Jingyang, but less than forty miles away from Jingzhou City.

Less than [-] miles to the north, on the south bank of the Pu River, is Anwu County under the jurisdiction of Anding County.It was also the second county that Liu Huiwang captured besides Wuzhi County, and there were about [-] bandit soldiers stationed there.

The bandit cavalry who had been around Jingyang City at sunrise a while ago were dispatched from Anwu County.

This farm was also occupied by bandit soldiers before, and it was regarded as one of the southward outposts of Anwu County.

In fact, Li Chengzhi didn't want to camp so close at first, but because when Li Shi led the Tangqi to scout the report a few days ago, he sneaked into the village at night on a whim, and wiped out more than 20 thieves inside, and none of them ran away. Lose.

Ask again, there are not many bandits in Anwu City, less than two thousand.The rest were all stationed outside Jingzhou City.

Li Chengzhi then decided to take advantage of the unpreparedness of the thieves to stand out and see if he could capture Anwu County first.

If you really want to succeed, it will be like pulling out a nail on the road to the Eastern Expedition. You don't have to worry about being cut off by the enemy when you capture Jingzhou.

For the rebels, not to mention the further compression of the depth, it means that there were not many escape routes, but another one was cut off.

Kill two birds with one stone...

What Li Chengzhi didn't expect was that Li Feng led his people to hide in the farm for three days, and no one came to inquire?
At most, they burn cigarettes three times in the morning, in the middle of the night, and in the evening to report to each other that they are safe.

As for the scouts of the rebels, since Li Chengzhi settled in Jingyang, he was led by Li Shi to lead Tangqi to kill the wolf rushing, and they couldn't even get out five miles away from Anwu City.

What is even more surprising is that Tiangong is even more beautiful. He even said that it is cloudy, and if it is yellow haired, it will be yellow haired?

With the discipline and urgency of the rebels, let alone go out to patrol the city, I am afraid that even the top of the city will not be willing to guard it.

Therefore, Li Chengzhi suspected that the bandit soldiers under Anwu County and Jingzhou City might not know that their army was about to approach the city.

He thought, should he take advantage of God's help to raid Anwu overnight?

Of course, it would be best to have a few more thunderstorms, or even a little rain...

Thinking about the feasibility in his heart, Li Chengzhi entered the camp with his personal guards.

Hearing the noise in his ears, he raised his head instinctively, and found that Hu Baozong's soldiers had indeed arrived one step ahead.

A group of black-armored soldiers unloaded carts, those who set up tents set up tents, and those who fed horses fed horses in order.

This is the team that Hu Baozong put together in an emergency after merging all of Hu's private soldiers and more than a thousand soldiers from Longdong County.

Not many, only five brigades, or 500 people,

Although they are made up temporarily, they are all permanent troops who have been preparing for war for many years. Compared with the quality of individual soldiers, they are not much worse than Li Chengzhi's white armor soldiers.

Moreover, the proportion of cavalry is extremely high, as many as one thousand.

The only one who can't compare with Li Chengzhi is that the soldiers are all half-armored, and the cavalry is only a single horse.

According to Hu Baozong's idea, it was originally intended to merge all the five brigades into Li Chengzhi's command, but Li Chengzhi refused without thinking.

One is that he does not want to disclose too many methods of training troops to people other than the Li clan, especially cavalry tactics.

The second is that he doesn't want to be mixed with sand.

Don't even think about it, with Hu Hai's urinating nature, if he hadn't thought about it, Li Chengzhi would dare to wash his hair upside down...

So just helped with the training for a few days, and set up a few tactics, Li Chengzhi never said a word.

Of course, he is the coach, and Hu Baozong is a partial teacher, so naturally he has to obey him...

Li Chengzhi took off the gauze, spit out the sand in his mouth, and looked up again.

It was Hu Xin and several generals who commanded the soldiers to set up camp, but Hu Baozong was nowhere to be seen.

"Where's your captain?" Li Chengzhi asked loudly.

Hu Xin made a bow respectfully: "I am waiting for the general in the tent..."

Waiting for me?

It should be to run to hide and relax, right?

Li Chengzhi slandered, got off his horse, and walked to the handsome tent.

I thought that Hu Baozong was roasting the stove and drinking fine wine, but when he didn't want to go in, he really saw him staring at a map with seriousness, and he didn't know what he was thinking about?
"What are you thinking about?" Li Chengzhi asked curiously, taking off his cloak and shaking the soil.

"I'm thinking about how to fight Anwu City!"

Hu Baozong frowned, crossed the line between the three cities of Jingyang, Anwu, and Jingzhou with his fingers, and said worriedly: "If you don't occupy Anwu, you won't be able to capture Jingzhou, otherwise you may be cut off. "

"This is indeed the truth!"

Li Chengzhi replied casually, and rolled his eyes again: "I want to say that we can take it tonight, do you believe it or not?"

Hu Baozong was shocked: "How is it possible?"

No matter how small Anwu is, it is still a county seat, and the shortest part of the city wall is also three feet high.Adding to the urgency, there were not many cloud chariots and stone cannons (catapults) built at all. How can this city be attacked?
Li Chengzhi blinked his eyelids, and said mysteriously: "You forgot, I told you that there is my internal response in Anwu City!"

Hu Baozong didn't speak, just looked at him sideways, as if to say: Are you fooling a fool?
Li Chengzhi said that he had been in Anwu City for a day or two. He also said that as soon as the army arrived, Nei Ying would be able to open the city gates to welcome volunteers...

But no one believed it.

Including Yang Shu, Hu Baozong, and even Guo Cunxin and Li Song.

People who can't even remember what their own parents look like, dare to say that they have arranged internal responses within the rebel army?
Are you telling a joke?
But Li Chengzhi was the commander in chief. He insisted on sending troops, and no one could stop him. In the end, he couldn't resist him. Even without a few siege equipment, tens of thousands of troops marched straight to Anwu City...

Everyone is guessing, how will Li Chengzhi attack An Wu?
As for going around the city?

It is absolutely impossible.

Because Anwu City happened to be in the middle of Jingyang and Jingzhou.If you don't break Anwu, you won't be able to enter Jingzhou, and if you don't follow the road, you will be cut off...

How can there be any internal response!
It was an excuse made up by Li Chengzhi when he had no other choice.

No way, he couldn't even say a reason, so he raised his army and went straight to Jingzhou.

It's not that the command is not moving, but that if there is no strong reason, it is likely to shake the morale of the army.

But it is even more impossible not to send troops.

He never expected at all that the land is already in his hands, but there is no one to cultivate it?
Regardless of whether it is Chaona or the other three counties under Jingyang's rule, most of the farmers are busy cultivating their own land and have no time to spare.

In addition to increasing the army to go out, and recruiting some civilian husbands, the manpower is even more insufficient.

As for the tenants who farmed for the Hu family before, it is ridiculous to think about it: most of them are monks, and they are rebelling with Liu Huiwang at this time...

If you wait any longer, you won't even be able to plant beans. How could Li Chengzhi be in a hurry?
He has no choice but to use a big weapon: even if there is no thunder this day, this Anwu City will definitely be bombed a few times...

At this point, Li Chengzhi was not in a hurry, but said slowly: "I originally planned to let you enter the city first to make a contribution after the city gate is opened. If you don't believe me, then that's all. I will arrange for Li Song to go ..."

Head work?

Hu Baozong's eyes lit up suddenly, and he stood up suddenly: "Can this city gate really be opened?"

Li Chengzhi glared at him: "What else is so real? If the city gates don't open, can I still let you hit the wall on a horse?"

(End of this chapter)