Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 130
Although he has been running around for a month and has been extremely nervous, Li Shan's daily life has basically not changed.

The genius was bright, Li Shan had already got up, and washed his face with cold water, his face was frozen.

The Zhou family from the opposite door came over silently with a basin of hot water. Li Shan smiled and wanted to say hello...but he didn't know what to call him.

At the age of eighteen or nineteen, she is like a flower and a jade, with a graceful figure, but she is Su Dingfang's adoptive mother... I can't just call him aunt, can I?
"Thank you Mrs. Zhou."

Zhou was taken aback by the title he came up with after racking his brains, then blushed, and hurried away... This title has always been used for women who have not left the court.

Li Shan didn't know much about these things. He only remembered that someone called his mother Zhu Shi...he didn't expect his mother's special identity at all.

One is abandoned by her husband, and the other is that her husband is dead... Can this be the same?

According to the rules, Li Shan should address her as "Mrs. Zhou".

After washing his face, brushing his teeth, and having breakfast, Li Shan was about to go out to check the situation, when a chubby little chubby boy ran over and hugged his leg. This was Ling Jing's eldest grandson, nicknamed Liuhao.

"Liuhao, is your grandfather up yet?" Li Shan smiled and picked him up, "Tsk tsk, it's heavy again."

The little chubby dun'er was giggling, and said in a childish voice, "Grandpa called you, but sister doesn't want to come..."

What he said was a mess, but Li Shan understood it as soon as he heard it. Ling Jing's granddaughter and six daughters are shy, and men and women are eight years old and sit at different seats...but Li Shan...isn't counting all of her. At most, she only saw the key parts.

However, Li Shan also found out, all the way south...he gets along well with the children, and the six girls don't get along very well, but they always stand aside with eyes swishing.

Carrying Liu Hao out of the house, turning a corner is Ling Jing's room. Just as he greeted Ling Jing, Li Shan's eyes swept away, and Liu Nu who was drinking porridge really gave him another look.

Li Shan shuddered. The old man Ling Jing finally decided to go to Chang'an, didn't he want to make a mistake?

This one is only eight years old, I'm afraid it's the rhythm of eating peanuts directly...

"Da Lang, Liu Heita is attacking the city!"

Zhu Ba's yelling came from outside, Li Shan and Ling Jing who were about to go out were startled, Liu Heitai just arrived in Wei Zhouxiang the day before yesterday, he made weapons yesterday, and is going to attack the city today, so can't wait?
After rushing all the way to the city wall, the siege battle had officially begun. Li Shan and Ling Jing waited for a while, and after a while, they found a chance to go up the city wall.

Tian Liu'an, who commanded the generals under his command loudly, turned his head and glanced, shook his head and said, "It's not a big threat, maybe it's just a test."

"Not necessarily." Li Shan looked at the corpses of the enemy soldiers on the ground outside the city wall, "That fellow of Yugushi hates me to the bone..."

Xue Zhong, who was wearing armor, stood aside, "It makes sense, Liu Heitai is just a dog raised by the Turkic people. If he wants to force him, Liu Heitai can only try his best to attack the city."

The enemy army receding like a tide in the distance was as dense as a swarm of ants. With the sound of drums, dozens of crash vehicles were pushed out, and the infantry carrying the ladders began to move again.

Ling Jing sneered and said: "The two armies are facing each other, the siege is the slowest, takes the longest time, and prepares the most equipment...It is too hasty to attack the city after only one day of making equipment."

"Even if the Turkic people forced Liu Heita to raise heavy troops and attack furiously, it would be difficult to break through the city."

Tian Liu'an nodded and smiled, "Hasn't Liu Heitai heard about it, haste makes waste!"

Next is the regular city defense mode. Li Shanrao wanted to take a closer look, but Guo Pu and Fan Laosan pulled him down from the city wall.

When the army attacked the city, they had to first fill in the trenches and the moat, and then they had to suppress the crossbowmen at the top of the city. Who knows where a cold arrow would be shot. Li Shan even lent Su Dingfang his Mingguang armor.

After pondering for a while, Li Shan simply didn't go up to cause trouble, leaving Guo Pu and ten other personal guards by his side, while the others were led by Su Dingfang and handed over to Li Daoxuan.

After getting off the city wall, Li Shan had nothing to do, and saw a group of people not far away smashing walls and demolishing houses.

Dozens of ordinary people were pushed aside by the county government servants, and several female family members and children were crying loudly... obviously because their houses were demolished.

Guantao ordered Cui Xin to walk over quickly, and sternly reprimanded a few words, the female family members did not dare to speak out, but the children were still crying.

Ling Jing stood aside with his hands behind his back and pointed, he was used to all this.

"Siege of the city requires special equipment, and it is much easier to defend the city. A brick or a piece of wood can come in handy."

Ma Zhou suddenly said loudly: "Every brick and every piece of wood is useful, the county government is a public tool, but the Ming government does not set an example, but demolishes the houses first?!"

Cui Xin looked back in surprise, her face was quite ugly... Don't even think about it, then Ma Zhou must be deliberately provoking.

"What kind of enmity do you have with Qinghe Cui?" Li Shan asked curiously.

Seeing that Ma Zhou was about to go up to argue, Li Shan grabbed him, "Don't bother me...if you want to criticize...you have to find a decent reason."

Ma Zhou just gave up resentfully. He is a native of Beizhou. He has traveled to Shandong, Hebei, and the Central Plains for many years.

After watching for a while, Li Shan felt a little bored, and wondered whether to go to the wounded barracks. The villagers from Zhujiagou Qingzhuang and Su Dingfang had been making beds, collecting cloth, medicine, etc. for the past two days. Waiting for Li Shan to show his talents.

However, in the previous few battles, almost none of the Tang troops who returned to the city were injured... They were chased by the Turks twice, and almost none of them were seriously injured.

At this time, Li Daoxuan beside him suddenly asked in a low voice: "Should the Turkic soldiers return to the north in the near future?"

Although Li Daoxuan had the highest official position and highest title in the Tang army in the city, the shadow of defeat in the First World War in Shanghai still lingered on this 19-year-old youth.

"If you want to avenge your shame, you need to wait for the right time." Li Shan said with a smile: "Now it is Yugu who wants to avenge his shame, and he must be given this opportunity."

Li Daoxuan fell silent, Ling Bo looked back, and was about to say something when a deafening shout suddenly rang in his ears, and the peasants who were demolishing the wall stopped, looking at the city wall in surprise.

After a while, the shouting stopped slowly, and there were bursts of drumming again, and another siege battle kicked off.

Ling Jing shook his head and commented: "It seems to be the first to win, but as long as there are no hidden dangers in the city, it is actually useless. Liu Heita is known for his cunning."

Li Shan stopped and looked up at the defenders on the city wall. Tian Liu'an stood on a high place, surrounded by his own guards surrounded by shields. Soldiers kept running back and forth, summarizing the battle situation and passing on military orders.

The large barrels of kerosene were poured down, and a few torches were thrown down. Soon the flames burned, and the screams were heard from the other side of the city gate, and there was even a faint smell of meat.

The well-arranged squads of soldiers under the city wall stared at the banner at the top of the city, or sat on the ground to rest, or quickly went up to the city wall with weapons in hand to replace them.

The shouting and killing continued for nearly an hour and a half. Ling Jing and Li Daoxuan were a little surprised, and asked a slightly injured general to ask a few words.

Holding a dagger in his hand, Li Shan skillfully dug out the arrowhead, but unfortunately the wine bag was empty, so he could only wash it with clean water, sprinkle it with medicinal powder, and wrap it tightly.

He was about [-] years old, and he snorted a few times while pumping air-conditioning, with large drops of sweat on his head, answering Ling Jing and Li Daoxuan's questions intermittently.

"Liu Heita is crazy!"

"It's almost two hours!"

"At least a thousand people have died, and they still refuse to withdraw!"

Logically speaking, this is not the rhythm of siege warfare. When a large army sieges a city, it will often test first to find out the weak points of the defenders. The stronghold, the latecomers come in an endless stream, and then break the city.

It's just a few words, but in fact, if the siege battle is not carried out in one go, it will often be protracted. It will take a lot of time just to test the defenders at the city gate and the city wall to find weak points.

But today's war just kicked off when the enemy army launched a full-scale attack. Tens of thousands of infantry carried ladders in an attempt to attach ants to the city, breaking the city in one fell swoop.

Moreover, Liu Heita's troops have not reached the top of the city so far, but the enemy army has been attacking so non-stop, without even breathing, which has a great impact on the loss of troops and the morale of the army.

Both Li Daoxuan and Ling Jing are familiar with the battlefield, so they naturally understand this truth, so they are a little puzzled.

"There may really be Liu Heitai's old troops in the city..." Li Daoxuan guessed, "There is no need to open the city gate and fight back, just create one or two chaos in the city, or set a fire... Liu Heitai's tens of thousands of infantry attacked violently. , It is indeed possible to break the city."

Xue Zhong had other guesses, "At the beginning of the battle in Luoshui County, Wang Junkuo and Luo Shixin defended the city, and Liu Heitai's tens of thousands of troops attacked hard, and it was not until the defenders were completely killed and injured that the nobles in the city fought back... But Today is different, this is the first day of attacking the city."

Ling Jing squinted and pointed at the person next to Tian Liu'an on the city wall, "Is that the Garden Bamboo Forest?"

"Yes." Xue Zhong coughed twice, "Last night, Director Tian went to bed and made Yuan Zhulin watch at the side."

Ling Jing clicked his tongue twice, "Director Tian is really courageous and insightful!"

Li Shan glanced over, you didn't seem to comment like that last night.

Ling Jing, an old man with good eyesight and a touch of sensitivity, asked eccentrically, "What's Li Lang-jun's opinion?"

"Brother Daoxuan, Ashinasheer and Yugu set up, who will be the main general?"

Li Shan's question made everyone startled, Ling Jing frowned thoughtfully.

Li Daoxuan thought about it for a while before saying: "Ashi Nasheer has already had his teeth established, and although Yugushe is the only son of Jieli Khan, he has not yet established his teeth."

Ma Zhou on the side explained: "The so-called Jianya is about...uh, probably a bit like Tiance Mansion."

In other words, although Ashinasheer is a Turkic royal family and is also attached to Jieli Khan, he also has strong autonomy.

From this point of view, the Turkic army that invaded Hebei and Shandong this time should be dominated by Ashinasheer... Li Shan thought to himself, if Yugu is the leader, the leader will not travel rashly, so that he is killed by himself. capture.

After thinking for a while, Li Shan was about to speak when Ma Zhou jumped ahead and suddenly said: "It was said on the city wall just now that Liu Heita made a large-scale attack on the city in one day after making weapons. I'm afraid he was forced by the Turks!"

"When we capture Yugushi alive, it must be this person who forces Liu Heita to attack the city with all his strength, and he is not allowed to retreat!"

"The Turkic people already intend to return to the north!"

After a pause, Ma Zhou looked at Li Shan and signaled with his eyes... I guessed right this time, right?

Li Shan pulled his face, and hummed with a fake smile, "If you can say it so well, then you go on... When will the Turkic people return to the north?"

"Why don't you go out of the city now and ask that Ashinasheer?"

Ma Zhou shut up embarrassingly, Li Daoxuan's expression moved slightly, and he looked at Li Shan carefully... Obviously, he believed in Li Shan's judgment even more.

I can't believe it!
I didn't believe it half a month ago, but the [-] army was wiped out, and I was captured alive.

At this time, the siege battle that lasted for nearly two hours finally came to an end. The generals on the city wall yelled loudly to replenish the defense equipment such as arrows, gold juice, forks, etc., and to carry the wounded soldiers down the city wall and move bricks and tiles. The wood, and the cooks carried the dry food up, and there was chaos.

The officials of the county government in Cui Xin's hand were not enough at all, and the top and bottom of the city wall were blocked... which directly caused Li Shan to jump in anger.

"Pick up the wounded soldiers first!" Li Shan glared at Cui Xin, and shouted, "There is still golden juice boiling on it, and you actually sent dry rations up...you can figure it out!"

"Drive everyone down, quickly!"

Tian Liu'an, who was standing on the top of the wall, squinted his eyes at the departing enemy army, and made some calculations in his heart.

One morning, Liu Heitai's troops dispatched at least [-] infantry, and they took turns to attach to the city, but they didn't even climb to the top of the city many times. Even if they climbed to the top of the city, they were quickly wiped out. The head of the city occupies a stronghold, waiting for backup.

"My lord, a hundred people died in battle, and there are more than a hundred wounded."

Tian Liuan nodded slightly. At least 2000 rebels were killed in battle. Such a loss ratio is acceptable.

If Liu Heitai continues this kind of offensive, Guantao City will be able to defend for at least half a month... What's more, it will be difficult for Liu Heitai to maintain such a fierce offensive.

Hearing a sudden noise, Tian Liu'an turned his head and saw that there was chaos on and off the city wall, and he was about to yell at Guantao Ling Cui Xin...but he saw Li Shan in green shirt pointing fingers.

Tian Liu'an hesitated to give some advice, but saw that the flow of people on the city ladder gradually became smoother.

On the city ladder on the left, dozens of young and strong soldiers used stretchers and door panels to carry the wounded soldiers down from the top of the city. Some of them were treated immediately to stop the bleeding, and some were sent directly to the wounded barracks.

On the city ladder on the right, the civilians sent up arrows, various defense equipment, as well as bricks, wood and other sundries.

Tian Liu'an smiled, "On the left is only down, and on the right is only up. Although it's a small plan, it's just right."

Surrounded by his own soldiers, Tian Liu'an went down the city ladder on the left, and stood aside, listening to Li Shan's hoarse command and arrangement.

"There are so many civilians, and if there is no special person to control them, any general or school at the head of the city will send them up. Wouldn't it be a mess?"

"It is divided into five teams, and the county government officials are in charge of it. The first team transports wounded soldiers, the second team delivers arrows and other equipment, the third team delivers bricks, wood, and gold juice, and the fourth team delivers food and water.

"Team five?"

"Of course I will stay by your side. Where there is a shortage, I will make up for it immediately."

"Every time there is a truce, the wounded soldiers are first sent down the city ladder on the left side, and then all kinds of equipment are sent up the city from the right side."

"Left and right are clearly distinguished, and manpower is arranged on the opening... Can the food be eaten at the top of the city?"

"Is there still gold juice at the top of the city... Manager Tian?"

Tian Liu'an glanced at Cui Xin, and said with a smile: "Li Langjun is praised by His Royal Highness King Qin, he is a young hero."

Cui Xin was not angry, but rather graceful, cupped his hands and said: "I have heard for a long time that there are many talents in the palace of King Qin, thank you Li Langjun for your guidance today."

Tian Liu'an smiled, "Although there is golden juice on the top of the city, you can still eat, let the cook pick it up...Of course, you need to take the stairs on the right."

Cui Xin hurried to make arrangements, Tian Liuan turned his head but only saw Li Shan's back.

Li Daoxuan said softly: "He has rushed to the wounded barracks."

　I've been working overtime for a week, and last night I worked overtime until two o'clock in the morning. It's crazy!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)