Northern Dynasties

Chapter 602
Outside Nanzheng City, it was not until nightfall that the people from Ankang set up the camp, settled in it, and started cooking.

While setting up the camp and transporting materials, Li Xian had already led his troops to carefully observe the layout around the city, and reported to Li Tai in detail when they had dinner.

"There are also garrisons in several camps in the south and west of the city. Judging from the number of their stoves, there are about five or six thousand people. Most of them belong to the barbarians of the Bayi Mountains near the left. There are many types and they are not unified. Even if there is a war, it is difficult to advance and retreat. one……"

Li Xian first told Li Tai about the situation of the troops stationed outside Nanzheng City, and Li Tai frowned after listening, and said, "Nanzheng City is so large and spacious, there are many corner cities nearby, and the cities are more than enough to accommodate tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians, but There are still thousands of troops stationed outside the city, but the army in the city is already as powerful as Ruosi?"

When Li Xian heard this question, he shook his head and said, "Although the general does not know how many troops are gathered in the city, it is not because the city is full that they are divided. There are many barbarians in Hanzhong, and they have always been underestimated by the state capital. , although it is necessary to rely on the strength of the group to make use of it, it still refuses to treat it as one."

In the southern part of the Shanxi area, there are many powerful people from the corners of the country, the so-called chiefs of the county and caves, and the heroes of the villages and walls. These people are mostly barbarian heroes who have lived in the mountains and caves for generations. In between, to expand their own power.

Such as Ankang Li's is one of the representatives with a good momentum of development.

Although the Li brothers said that their father and son had eaten Liang Lu for generations, they actually belonged to the Bayi branch that was recruited in the south of Shannan in the early years of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Still not trusted by Nanliang, he was not allowed to be Mubenzhou, and moved to Hengzhou Governor. His son Li Qianzhe stayed in the village, led his tribe, and developed his clan into one of the most powerful forces in Ankang.

Li Xian said that the status of these barbarians has always been underestimated by the state government, but in fact the key lies in the fact that these barbarians themselves have no loyalty at all.

However, Li Tai didn't look down on them because of this. Compared with the strict social hierarchy in the Southern Dynasty and the gangs of soldiers in the Northern Dynasty, other local forces always needed to survive, and it was understandable to have their own livelihood.

Although they are capricious in their positions, as long as they have a calm mind, can understand what is a real opportunity and work hard to climb up, they are worthy of cooperation.

Therefore, Li Tai did not hesitate to risk his own life, and led a few hundred people in his department to follow Li's trilogy to Nanzheng. Rather than trusting the Li brothers, it would be better to say that he believed that the opportunities and conditions he provided them were No one else can offer it!

After dinner, a group of people went to their accounts and took the time to rest.Seeing the orderly movement and strict discipline of these campers, Li Tai couldn't help feeling that Li Qianzhe was really capable.

There seems to be no shortage of powerful chieftains in Shannan who can pull out thousands of strong trilogy, but there are really not many who can train trilogy so strictly prohibited and disciplined.In particular, these men and horses can still be calm and not panic when they go deep into dangerous situations. This quality can already be called an elite army.

Historically, after all the chieftains in southern Shannan surrendered to Western Wei and Northern Zhou, their trilogy was either incorporated, or there was little to report since then, but only Li Qianzhe’s men and horses still shined brilliantly, becoming the Western Wei and Northern Zhou who continued to develop southward. One of the main forces of the Raiders is also an important part of the future Xiangyang Fubing.Even in the founding period of Li Tang, Li Qianzhe's family was honored as affiliated to Zongzheng by virtue of their strong local influence.

Li Tai felt emotional in his heart, so he also lay down and slept with his clothes on while he had nothing to do.

After a while, there were sounds of carriages and horses outside the tent and shouts of orders. Li Tai had been in a light sleep, but Dang even woke up, got up and walked out of the tent, and saw a group of people entering the camp with torches.

Li Xian, who was already in armor, walked quickly with his saber in his hand, and whispered before entering, "Brother, I have informed the city, and I will transport the luggage into the city tonight. The last general came to inform the envoy, and the envoy please stay in the camp temporarily... ..."

After Li Tai heard the words, he waved his hands and smiled and said: "A long journey, is it just a bystander? General, don't underestimate my power to kill the enemy. If this trip is successful, we will celebrate together, and if we lose, we will die together. There is no difference between the front and the back." .”

While speaking, he ordered Zhang Shinu and other cronies to return to their tents and put on their armor to prepare for the battle. He himself also put on his armor and walked out, still holding the dragon-striped lance he had brought back from Xihe County in his hand.

In the open space in the center of the camp, Liu Fan was counting the supplies while looking around. Feeling that the atmosphere in the camp was a little dull and chilling, he looked at Li Qianzhe and said with a smile: "The Marquis of Huanyang is really strict and skillful in running the army, no wonder It can deter Shannan and the masses respect it."

"Thank you Lau Kee for the compliment, but I know that I still lack points for this compliment. I hope to be able to achieve it in the near future."

Li Qianzhe said with a smile, but the smile on his face seemed somewhat ambiguous.

However, after seeing those genuine supplies, Liu Fan's wariness against Li Qianzhe also eased a lot. When he saw that the inventory of supplies was over half, he ordered the soldiers who left the city to escort a batch of supplies back to the city middle.

Nanzheng City is divided into Luocheng on the outside and Jincheng on the inside. Important buildings such as the state capital, arsenal, and warehouses are all located in Jincheng.These materials would naturally have to enter Jincheng to be delivered to storage, so while the materials were being shipped, Liu Fan also handed over the command to enter and leave Jincheng to the commander of the team.

Seeing this scene, Li Qianzhe gave his confidants a wink, and immediately invited Liu Fan to sit in the account for a while. There are many types of supplies left, and it will take nearly an hour to complete the inventory. .

Liu Fan also drank a few glasses of water and wine at the banquet welcoming Li Qianzhe, and felt a little dizzy after being blown by the night wind. When he saw that the front team was approaching the city gate, he agreed to Li Qianzhe's request proposal.

When he passed the horse camp on the side of the main tent, Liu Fan pointed to the horses in the stable and said with a smile: "Such a steed's mount is indeed rare in the south of the mountain. It must have taken a lot of effort for the Marquis of Chaoyang to gather so many horses." stop?"

After Li Qianzhe heard this, he couldn't help but feel Liu Fan's keen observation ability even more, but at this point in the matter, his fear of Liu Fan was also greatly reduced, so he hid it casually, and then dragged Liu Fan away. Fan's arm went straight into the account.

Dozens of carts loaded with supplies lined up for about a mile in length. The city gate of Luocheng was wide open, allowing the carts to pass through in line. To toss.

At this time, the sound of horseshoes suddenly sounded, and the soldiers at the city gate suddenly felt alarmed. When they looked around, they found that it was Li Xianzheng, the younger brother of Li Qianzhe, Marquis of Chaoyang, who was leading a team on horseback. He greeted him and asked with a smile, "What's the purpose of General Li coming here..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Xian immediately drew out his saber and slashed down with his hands.At the same time, several healthy soldiers including Zhang Shinu drew their bows and killed the pack horses and coachmen pulling the carts in front of the city gate. The powerless truck was immediately put on hold inside the city gate, while Zhang Shinu and others took advantage of the situation to climb and rush into the city. Inside the gate, go to kill the city guards who heard the news.

There are facilities such as police drums and beacons at the gates of Dafan City, which can be used to warn the whole city after encountering unexpected situations.

Because the accident happened too suddenly, the defenders at the city gate hadn't reacted yet, the governor had already been beheaded outside the city, and the city gate was blocked by trucks entering the city and could not be closed, causing more enemy soldiers to pour into the city.

The guards on the city tower had just opened the room where the police drums were placed, and the brave enemies behind had already killed them, waving their knives and guns to seize the room, the guards fought hard, and some healthy soldiers beat the drums vigorously. The sound stopped abruptly, and it turned out that the drum surface was directly shot through by the powerful arrows flying from behind!
The Li family members who came prepared poured into the blocked city gate one after another. When there were already a large number of soldiers entering the city, they fought with the defenders who had heard the news from the left, and drove the cars blocking the city gate. Moved away, allowing more than a hundred elite riders behind to rush into the city.

As soon as he was thrown into the battlefield, Li Tai seemed to be a different person. The usually handsome and leisurely Mr. Pian Pian seemed to be possessed by a fierce spirit at this moment. It is as dexterous and deadly as a spitting tongue. All enemy soldiers who are kissed by it are either killed or injured, and they will cut through a bloody road in the enemy's formation in a very short time!
It was the first time for Li Xian to see Li Tai like this, so he couldn't help but be amazed for a moment, sighing to himself, and chased after Li Tai along the bloody road that Li Tai had blazed.When he thought of how he was worried about the danger of the battlefield just now and persuaded Li Tai to stay outside the city, he couldn't help feeling a little ashamed and his face burned.

Other soldiers were still fighting inside and outside the city gate with the enemy who had heard the news, trying to defend the city gate, but Li Tai and more than a hundred elite cavalry did not have time to stop. Straight towards Neizhong Jincheng.

As the members of his family at the gate of the city launched an attack to seize the gate, Li Qianzhe took the seat and held the stunned and shocked Liu Fan hostage.He was not in the mood to immediately care about the old grievances of Liu Fan making things difficult for him several times, and led the rest of his troops straight to the city gate.

Seeing that the military camps outside the city had already heard the sound, and there were many soldiers rushing towards them, Li Qianzhe immediately ordered his troops to cut open the bags on the cars scattered outside the city with knives, and rip apart the belongings inside. Goods were scattered all over the floor.

Taking advantage of the soldiers looting in front of the city gate, Li Qianzhe led the rest of his troops into the city, and completely controlled the city gate here. Knowing that Li Tai had already rushed to Jincheng first, he did not dare to stay He ordered the men and horses to stay here temporarily, while he led his troops to rush to Jincheng.

At this time, Li Tai and the others had already rushed to the gate of Jincheng. The gatekeeper had already checked that the amulet was correct, but he noticed that their party was different from the style of clothes and sticks of the Nanzheng defenders, so he wanted to question them carefully.

"kill!"

Li Tai let out a yell, and with the horse in his hand, he crucified the general to death on the half-covered city gate, and immediately rode his horse into the city gate.

(End of this chapter)