Northern Dynasties

During the daytime, Jinyang Palace is full of magnificence and grandeur. If you can calm down and visit carefully, the magnificent palace and ingenious decoration will surely make people dizzy and forget to return.

Of course, Li Tai doesn't have such a leisurely mood now, and the gains accumulated inside and outside the hall alone have already made him elated.Although he knew that the situation in the Eastern Wei Dynasty was much better than that in the Western Wei Dynasty, when the gap was really in front of him, he still gave himself a big shock in Jinyang.

The vulgar things like gold, silver and jewelry have really achieved a car-loading volume.Silk and satin are also full of warehouses and racks, there are several large rows in the warehouse alone, and a dozen Gao Aocao may not be able to fill them all.As for those exotic treasures with inestimable value, they are also dazzling and countless.

Of course, the most valuable right now are those military reserves.Thousands of fine armors of different regulations and styles were found alone, and this was the rest of the inventory after it was allocated to the army for use.

If Gao Huan came here before Gao Huan's army went to Yubi, the amount of weapons and supplies accumulated would be even more unimaginable.Of course, if Li Tai came over at that time, he would be simply tired of work.

Jinyang Palace has a lot of servants and servants here, so it also stores a lot of food and pickles, but there is no need to worry about being trapped here for a short time.When inspecting the palace, they even found a warehouse that stored a large amount of coal. There were various kinds of material reserves, and the conception was very comprehensive.

In addition to the harvest of these materials, another thing that made Li Tai happy was the captured personnel.These men and women are definitely not ordinary laborers, but each has skilled craftsmen, making lances and bows, forging swords, tailoring leather goods, military uniforms and armor, polishing and maintenance, etc. It can be said that there are all kinds of military industries.

For example, Mrs. Miaoyin gave her the Sutie knife that the old man ate, not to mention the confiscated ones in the arsenal. Among the captured craftsmen alone, there are several who are proficient in the skill of Sutie pouring steel, and they all have rich forging experience.

Regardless of age, talents are the most precious.If these artisans who represent the pinnacle of current skills can be packed and brought back to Guanzhong, the harvest will be many times more valuable than the seized materials. With these artisans, we can continuously create wealth!
Of course, if you really want to be safe, you have to resist the counterattack of the left-behind troops of the Eastern Wei Dynasty and successfully get out of trouble.

However, Li Tai is not worried about this. At this moment, his heart is already full of the realization that "people die for money and birds die for food". Personnel and supplies!

When the night faded at dawn, various noises came from around the Jinyang Palace. It was nothing more than the left-behind men and horses in the nearby city surrounding the place and preparing to fight back.

After running around for a while, the soldiers under Li Tai's command were all exhausted. After collecting the personnel and materials in the palace city, they seized the time to cook and eat, and took turns to guard and rest in batches.

The sky had just brightened, and there were attacks from all sides of Jinyang Palace almost at the same time.The Jinyang soldiers drawn from all sides climbed in along the ladder, and quickly rushed to the palace city in a group.

Li Tai followed Liang Shiyan's suggestion, and did not completely disperse his troops among the palaces in an attempt to defend the entire Jinyang Palace, but focused on defending the three palaces in the northwest corner of the palace city.However, many obstacles were also set up between Gongshi Yongxiang to increase the difficulty for the attackers to advance.

In front of the gate at the end of a palace road, there were many wooden and stone debris piled up. After a group of Eastern Wei troops rushed into this place, the commander ordered them to quickly clear these obstacles.

When the soldiers went in to carry the sundries, they found that the wood and stones were damp and greasy. When they looked down, they found several earthen jars filled with ointment. "Here is full of ointment, beware of thieves using fire..."

As soon as the words fell, several rockets shot straight at the Que Gate, sparks flew out immediately after hitting the debris, and the debris soaked in oil immediately burned, and the heat waves emitted by the raging fire went straight to the sides Sweeping away, it is almost difficult to gain a foothold in this long and narrow alley.

"Back, back!"

Because they saw the opportunity early, the Eastern Wei soldiers who rushed into here were able to evacuate in time, without causing any casualties, but seeing the fierce fire on the pile of debris, this Yongxiang was blocked in a short time.

Gao Yue and She Digan, who were in charge of supervising the battle between the north and the south, saw the billowing smoke rising from the palace city, their faces changed, and they hurriedly ordered: "Quick attack, quick attack! Put out the fire quickly, and don't let it spread and burn the palace!"

It is already a crime for them to be invaded by the enemy into Jinyang Palace carelessly, if they allow the enemy to burn the palace to the ground, the crime will be even greater.

Therefore, the soldiers who entered Miyagi were not looking for the enemy to fight and expel them at the first time, but to find fireproof objects such as water canals, sand and soil in Miyagi, and first establish a fireproof isolation zone around the fire.

After such a busy toss, the fire points scattered among the palaces were basically controlled, and the time was already three poles in the sun, so they began to gather the whole column in some open areas in the palace city, and then went to the few palace courtyards where the thieves were still guarding. kill.

The construction of Jinyang Palace is truly magnificent and magnificent, which makes people admire at a glance, but it has become an obstacle for the soldiers of the Eastern Wei Dynasty right now. Flying stones and cold arrows fell down, and every intersection of alleys was a pass. The enemy army only needed a few troops to occupy this pass, and they could stop the attacking troops.

Although these Jinyang soldiers are very capable, they have a sense of shame and courage, and they are more fearless than usual, but it is still very difficult to move forward.

In the outer passage of a palace guarded by the enemy, under the defensive counterattack of strong bows, strong arrows and strong armor and sharp knives, corpses have been piled up several feet high, and the stone steps in Yongxiang are covered with a thick layer. Thick blood plasma, people's feet are slippery and difficult to stand in the mud.

Although the defensive side had fewer casualties than the attackers, the physical burden was enormous. Some soldiers could hardly even stand on their own after they were withdrawn from the front line.

This kind of street fighting without fancy tricks is the ultimate squeeze on human strength and will.It is true that Li Tai's troops are in desperate situation and will die without fighting, and the performance of the attacking Jinyang soldiers is also worthy of their reputation. Although they have suffered heavy casualties, as long as the general gives the order, they will continue to charge up without hesitation.

This high-intensity battle lasted from morning to evening. The attacking Jinyang soldiers lost at least a thousand lives and countless wounded, and Li Tai's side also lost hundreds of people. The one who died while resisting the opponent's desperate attack, even Zhu Meng, a veteran general, was hacked twice by the enemy because he was too selfless in the fight.

In the end, the area where the two sides fought was too bloody and cruel. Even if other troops were to attack, the piles of flesh and blood corpses would frighten the morale of the people, so the Eastern Wei troops had to withdraw temporarily, and also Stationed in the palace city to prevent the enemy from destroying other palaces at night.

Because the road was so smooth, Li Tai couldn't help but feel contemptuous of the Eastern Wei army. After the day's battle, he couldn't help feeling that the reason why he and his party achieved this step was mainly because of their unexpected schemes and tactics. Luck, not Eastern Wei's troops are really vulnerable, these old town soldiers are really expected.

The battle during the day was too fierce. The more than 2000 people under his command took turns to go into battle and rest for more than ten times, and the frequency of the cycle became faster at the end. Coupled with the fact that the opponent seems to be aggressively attacking, but is actually wary, and dare not use too destructive offensive methods, it may not be able to persist for a day.

In the evening, most of the soldiers were exhausted. Taking advantage of the temporary retreat of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, Li Tai directly gave up a palace to reduce the pressure on the defense, and seized some of the parts that were seriously disabled and in poor condition. The personnel transported to the outside of the city, and the troops stationed in the West Mountain Passage were replenished into the city.

The distance between Jinyang Palace and the mountain wall of Xishan Fengling is only a few feet wide, and the peak and ridge have been repaired so that it is difficult to climb in order to prevent idlers from peeping into the palace. In addition to the defensive offensive that was more than ten feet high, although the enemy troops came to attack, they were all repelled by the two pincers of Miyagi and Shandao.

At this time, they were transporting personnel and supplies outside the palace city under the eyes of the Eastern Wei army. This was undoubtedly a great provocation, and immediately there were people approaching here.

But Li Tai also felt the usefulness of the fire attack. He gathered the ointment, paint, pine oil and other materials collected in the palace a long time ago. Push back the enemy and step up transportation.

He was not worried that the enemy would do the opposite, anyway, this Jinyang Palace was not his, and the enemies here obviously did not dare to set fire to it.

At this time, outside the palace city, She Diqian and Gao Yue were relatively speechless after meeting, each of them felt that they were really the seeds of great grievances because the enemy got this far.But it's useless to complain about what they are doing now, and they can only seriously discuss how to eliminate this bandit army.

She Diqian and Gao Yue frowned when they learned that the enemy was transporting personnel and supplies to the west mountain, although the undulating peaks and rugged roads of the west mountain were not suitable for large numbers of people to walk in and out.

But if the enemy entered the area of ​​Xishan, they would also have to expand the area of ​​encirclement and pursuit, and they would have to invest more troops.Gao Yue had already ordered the gathering of the dignitaries here last night, a total of more than 5000 people were gathered. After all, many generals led their families to follow King Gao to the south, and not many stayed in Jinyang.

Although these more than 5000 nobles and soldiers are a big supplement, it is still not enough to effectively block Xishan.

It is obviously too late to order people from other regions to come to help, so it can only be conscripted on the spot, the strong men and criminals in the slavery, so as to ensure that the bandit army will be blocked and wiped out!
But She Digan was still a little hesitant about this, and said with a frown: "The former has never done anything good in recruiting Beishan Huzhong, and now if he recruits many miscellaneous soldiers who are difficult to obey orders, the situation will be even worse!"

"I stayed behind with the grand master. If such a bad situation happened, we must be guilty, and I dare not expect to be exempted from responsibility. But if you let the thieves harass you and then withdraw calmly, you and I will not be guilty of death." Redeem!"

Gao Yue naturally understands that doing this is a suspicion of going to the doctor in a hurry, but the matter has developed to this point, and they have not many choices. They can only save some face by annihilating the invading enemy, and then sighed: "The thieves were able to attack Jinyang Palace accurately, so we know that there must be internal responses who are familiar with the situation. Although the West Mountain is steep and rugged, we should not think that the thieves will be trapped and difficult to get out just by the mountain."

After hearing the words, She Digan couldn't help sighing again, the reason why the thieves invaded Jinyang Palace was mainly due to his negligence in defense arrangements, and now it is difficult to capture it back.

So at the moment, it is really impossible to look forward and backward, and race against time is the right plan, so he said: "The military here is entrusted to the governor, and I will recruit soldiers from all sides for use."

At the same time, seeing the first batch of personnel resources successfully imported into Xishan, Li Tai also secretly rejoiced in his heart. It is definitely one of the most painful things to see but not to take away.

The great hero Luo Chao strode forward again, clasped his fists at Li Tai and said: "The troops of Li Kai's mansion are really brave and brave. Under such an offensive from the Eastern Bandits, it is difficult to shake the army's strength. But here, after all, This is the lair of bandits, and we are all alone, if we can attract a group of help, the chances of getting out safely will be even greater!"

"What can General Luo teach me? I will definitely listen!"

Hearing what Luo Chao said, Li Tai immediately said with an enthusiastic and expectant smile.

"In the preface, a certain person once supervised the Kansai prisoners of war to work here, and learned from the palace slaves here that most of the laborers are sent to the south of the Jinci. I know that there are many loyal people who want to return to the west, but they are trapped. It cannot be done without guidance, if we can take advantage of this opportunity to recruit people, not only can we increase our current power, but we can also help them return to the country in righteousness!"

When Luo Chao talked about this, he said to Li Tai confidently: "Although I am not talented, I am somewhat popular among other people. If the Kaifu is willing to envoy me, I will definitely bring these benefactors back. Help!"

After pondering for a while, Li Tai bowed to Luo Chaochang and said, "I am so lucky and happy to be able to work here with General Luo. The general has such enthusiasm in his arms, so why not worry about things not being done!"

While speaking, he assigned dozens of elite soldiers to accompany Luo Chao to escort him, and sorted out some valuable goods to carry with him to gather people's hearts.

Regardless of whether what Luo Chao said was true or not, even if he wanted to use this to get away, Li Tai would always accept his favor and be willing to let him go because he led Li Tai and his party to Jinyang Palace.