Northern Dynasties

Chapter 411 Vaguely old friends
Li Tai can probably empathize with Wei Xiaokuan's current situation in Yubi City.The difference is that Wei Xiaokuan had no way to escape, but he came to the door on his own initiative and was severely beaten by the Jinyang defenders.

He moved back to the palace with some difficulty. The armor that had already been filled with plasma in every crevice was more than twice as heavy as usual. After being dismantled by the soldiers, Li Tai's body went limp. Sitting directly on the ground.

Even his chief general is so tired, one can imagine how the other soldiers are.Since they entered the Jinyang Palace, they have been stationed here for more than a few days. Most of the personnel gains have been transported out of the Jinyang Palace in batches, and they began to survey and choose a retreat in the Western Mountains.

But it's not easy to retreat, the Jinyang soldiers outside have gone crazy.As long as they dare to completely evacuate Jinyang Palace, these Jinyang soldiers will definitely follow and swarm to kill them, and they will never be given a chance to escape.

Moreover, they still have hundreds of war horses here. The roads in the western mountains are rugged, and the passage of people and goods is very difficult, which is not suitable for war horses at all.If he wanted to give up these excellent Longyou war horses, Li Tai would feel very distressed.

But if he continues to stick to it like this, he can't see the meaning. Is it true that he will stay until next year to eat at the table of Big Brother?I'm afraid that when Big Brother comes back, he will be the first to skin him.

What can be counted on now is that the first is Han Guo who led the Hu people from Lishi to the south to attack the city of Fenzhou. If he can break through a series of city defenses such as Liubi City, he can lead the Hu tribe to continue northward and attack from the south with himself. , maybe it is really possible to conquer Jinyang City.

But this is obviously hopeless. Li Tai has a deep feeling of the strength of the Jinyang soldiers. If Li Shihu can treat them like the autumn wind sweeps the fallen leaves, then it is not that their families were destroyed by Gao Huan, but Gao Huan was killed by them. Beaten crying father and mother.

In addition, it must be Luo Chao who said before that he would go to recruit the prisoners of war in Mangshan to persuade them to return here.But after Luo Chao left, there was no news of him, as if he had disappeared completely, which made Li Tai dare not place too much hope on this guy.

He knows that Luo Chao is very poisonous, and although he has been trying his best to shirk and refuse to be his boss, he has finally worked together. If he really listens to Luo Chao's words and sticks to this place until he succeeds in instigating rebellion, he may really be overcome by this guy. Die here, so you still have to make two-handed preparations.

Li Tai marched northward from Zuoguo City with [-] cavalry, and after Chiqiaoling gathered with Li Yunxin, the number of troops reached more than [-], including some captives.

But before that in the north of Jinyang City, he split up with Li Yunxin, leaving Li Yunxin with nearly a thousand elites to ride on his advantage, or stay here to continue to harass the Jinyang city defense, or bypass the Great Wall of Beishan and join forces with Liu Kuzhen, who was stranded there, and join Yunyang. Gujihu raided the area outside the Beishan Great Wall, destroying the business environment here.

Li Yunxin's grandson's ability is really good, and Li Tai is also relieved of him, even if he can't effectively contain the Eastern Wei garrison of Beishan Great Wall, he can always safely withdraw to Suizhou.

Today, Li Tai has more than 4000 troops, and most of the horses have been delivered to Li Yunxin to lead away. After several days of fierce fighting, although the enemy has been killed considerably, his own casualties have reached hundreds of people, and now there are still people who can fight It's between three thousand and five six, but it's already exhausted, and if such a high-intensity confrontation continues, it may not last long.

Although he was extremely reluctant, Li Tai couldn't just end up dying for personal gain. He had already planned to abandon the property seized here if necessary, and only lure away the craftsmen and slaves of Jinyang Palace.

Although the road to the West Mountain is rough and difficult, it is not a dead end. Guerrilla warfare can also return to the west foot of Luliang Mountain, unless Gao Huan gives up this opportunity to attack the Western Wei Dynasty and withdraws from Yubi City to encircle him.

Of course, this was a trick, and Li Tai didn't believe that the Jinyang army's offensive could always maintain such intensity.

These veterans from the six towns are indeed brave and good at fighting, but it does not mean that they are not afraid of death. If they were really brave, they would not have almost left the boss on the battlefield during the Battle of Shayuan. They couldn't stop their escape.

After several days of fighting, the Jinyang soldiers were killed and injured several times more than their own side. Li Tai clearly felt that the intensity of today's offensive was extremely low. Obviously, it was no longer the Jinyang soldiers who were in charge of the attack. Some can't take it anymore.

Seeing that the walls of the palace courtyard here have been crumbling by knives and axes, and it is embarrassing to use it for a long time, Li Tai planned to give up this palace courtyard as well, and only guarded a stronghold in the northwest corner to further reduce the combat resources left here. personnel.

But of course this palace cannot be surrendered. Before leaving, Li Tai had to set up a big trap.The Jinyang Palace has a lot of storage. Up to now, there are still some ointments and turpentine that have not been consumed, including some coal. Taking advantage of the truce between the two sides, Li Tai ordered his staff to smear the ointments and other substances on the corridors of the palace. Inside and outside, even the thick pillars and beams of the hall were dug into holes.

A high shooting tower watchtower had already been erected outside the palace courtyard, Li Tai's actions naturally couldn't be hidden from the eyes and ears of the Eastern Wei Dynasty above, and they quickly reported the situation to the rear.

After Gao Yue and She Digan, who were in charge of the battle, heard about this situation, they felt headaches again and again. Even if they knew it was a trap, they had to step on it, and they couldn't just stand still.

So while ordering to clear the area around the palace courtyard and build a fire barrier, they wondered which route they should choose to step on this trap.

"Why don't you choose those prisoners of war from Mangshan who were recalled by Jinci Temple? By the way, you can also burn and kill these bandits..."

After pondering for a while, Gao Yue spoke.

The enemy can use fire attack unscrupulously, that's because the emperor of the Eastern Dynasty was not recognized by the Western Dynasty, and naturally he has no scruples in destroying this emperor's garden.But if they, the courtiers of the Eastern Dynasty, wreaked havoc on the Emperor's Palace, it would always be a crime.But if this crime is planted on those Mangshan prisoners of war, and it is said that they ignited the palace courtyard during the battle with the enemy, that is also dead without proof.

After hearing the words, She Diqian nodded in agreement. His patience had already run out at this level. It would be best if he could directly burn the bandits to death in the last palace they were guarding. You can take advantage of his fleeing and kill as many people as possible by entering the quarry in the West Mountain.

So this combat task was soon passed on, and the three thousand Mangshan prisoners of war were ordered to cook and eat in advance, preparing to enter Jinyang Palace tonight for a night battle.

Along with this order, there were also two large carts of miscellaneous grains that entered the camp.Although the campers here were worried about the next battle mission, when they saw the food going into the stove, their desire for food immediately overwhelmed everything, and they gathered around the stove, waiting for the meal to be served, while polishing on the stones looking at the rusty edges of the knives and guns they were handed out.

But in this peaceful atmosphere, two soldiers who entered the camp to deliver food found Gao Le, a strong man who was sitting with his troops, and whispered in his ears. I warn you not to rush ahead when attacking at night later.

Gao Le took a deep breath after listening, and then nodded heavily to the messenger.

The campers here have been starving for too long, and when the rice was still half-cooked, some people couldn't help reaching out to grab it, blowing their breath and chewing it.Seeing this scene and smelling the tempting aroma of grains, the others couldn't help but follow suit.

At this time, melodious and desolate singing suddenly sounded from the south bank of Jinshui. The singing was a Xianbei folk song that was spread near Baidao in Wuchuan. Although the singing tone was not exciting, it was sad.

"It's my elder brother, it's my elder brother's voice... He was thrown in the Jinci Temple before. Could it be that he is already dead, and his soul sings farewell?"

When some campers heard the singing, they couldn't help but beat their chests and cried loudly. Immediately after, other campers heard the singing of their relatives, and they all shed tears. He rushed over, wanting to confirm whether his relatives were really dead.

The commotion here quickly attracted the attention of the soldiers patrolling the battalion, and several knights rushed over on horseback, intending to stop and teach the rioting soldiers a lesson.But as soon as these people rushed forward, they were thrown off their horses by Gao Le and others who had been waiting for an opportunity.

After disarming these men, Gao Le immediately said angrily: "Since the governor ordered us to serve as slaves, why didn't he have wine and meat to strengthen his courage? Go back and invite them here, otherwise the slaves will not fight!"

The soldiers didn't expect the camp slaves to be so fierce, they hurriedly fled here to ask for help elsewhere.

Gao Le pointed at the weeping campers and growled: "Hurry up and wipe away your tears and find out what's going on! If your family members die, it's useless to cry blood. If you don't die, there will be changes!"

His position in the slave camp was fairly high, and many soldiers had been under his protection and care, so he was quite prestigious. Hearing that, several soldiers nodded in agreement, and they approached the riverside and shouted to the south.

At this time, there were also people swimming from the other bank. Before they got close to the river bank, they heard the voices calling for their relatives. Knowing that they had found the right place, they shouted loudly: "Li Kai's mansion in Li Boshan, Guanxi, the former communist Situ Gao Zhongmi returned. Righteousness, to fight against Mangshan together with the people, now Li Kaifu Dian is in charge of elite troops to capture the other city of Jinyang, and rescued the prisoners of Mangshan to return to the country, General Luo Chaoluo has responded to the righteous deed, do you dare to do it?"

The soldiers along the riverside couldn't digest so much information for a while, but after hearing this, Gao Le's face changed drastically, and he leapt forward, rushing straight into the Jinshui River like a dragon, and shouted The man roared in front of him: "Gao Zhongmi and Gao Situ sent you to rescue? The name of Li Kai's mansion is Li Tai? The troops who invaded Jinyang Palace were led by Li Kai's mansion and Gao Situ's department? "

Seeing Gao Le's reaction so intensely, the man panicked for a while, but nodded quickly.

(End of this chapter)