People in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hu and Han respected together

Chapter 79 The arrival of the army
Li Yao and Bei Gongli outside the city decided to temporarily slow down the progress of going east because of the high walls of Didao's city. They chose to set up camp on the spot and wait for the arrival of the rear army. The prefect of Longxi in the city was also anxious at this time.

At the head of Didao City, looking at a vast area, like endless rebels, Li Shen's eyes were already full of fear.

"What to do, how to do this?"

Li Shen said in a panic that the imperial court ordered the people to return to Guanzhong. During this period, he made a lot of money, not only completing the task but also earning enough money and food.

Originally, he was supposed to leave too, but he didn't expect the rebels to come so quickly and directly blocked Li Shen in the city.

Now there are no reinforcements outside the city, no civilians inside, relying on some county soldiers, even if some powerful forces are mobilized, it is impossible to stop the massive attack of the rebels.

The people on the left and right were actually panicked, but seeing Li Shen like this, they could only comfort him:
"Your Majesty, don't panic. I see that the rebels outside the city are chaotic. Although there are a lot of people, they must be bandits. Di, Qiang... are not good at all. Relying on the size of Didao City, it is not so easy for them to break in!"

When Li Shen heard this, instead of feeling relaxed, his heart became heavier.

Even if he can resist for a period of time, but how long can he resist, the imperial court will not send reinforcements now, so is he going to die here?

At the thought of death, Li Shen was filled with fear.

He has a lot of money and food that he can't finish, so he must not die here!
Ten miles outside the city, Li Yao and Beigongli chose the location of the camp.

The tyrannical servants who were coerced, the refugees and the people were doing chores, and Li Yao and Bei Gongli's cavalry were tending horses. Once they went to the battlefield, it was their second life. Recently, they were either on the road or fighting. Not only did they feel tired, but even the horses lost a lot of weight.

Taking advantage of the rest now, you must take good care of it. Even if the horse is completely consumable on the battlefield, as long as it is properly maintained, it can still prolong the use time of the horse on the battlefield.

It's just worn out horseshoes, fat that fell off...it will take a long time to grow back.

Bei Gongli has a restless temperament, and now he has brought people to investigate information, but it is more likely to go hunting.

As for Li Yao, he is using his social skills to find talents among the servants. Talents are not those who can read and write, or who can write poems and songs. Talents are those who can forge iron, carpentry, burn bricks, and make tiles... Even if it is only good for farming, this kind of talent is also a talent.

Li Yao's Diqiang barbarians were very good. A large number of five plants, gold cakes, brocades, silk... rewarded them, so they also gained their gratitude.

But in fact, he didn't think that was the most important thing. In the chaotic world in the future, the most important thing was population and food.

Enough population can produce more talents, and enough food can feed more population.

But at this moment, Li Yao looked at the somewhat cautious pair of brothers in front of him, and there was a hint of joy in his eyes:
"Your name is Zhou Da, your name is Tuesday, you two brothers can make hundreds of steels, and you can also use hundreds of steels to make ring swords, spears, halberds..."

The brothers nodded when they heard this, and then Zhou Dalue said with some hesitation:
"Our father, eldest father, both made weapons for the government, but after the war stopped, the government no longer needed to make weapons, so we could only make farm tools to make a living."

Hundreds of steel smelting, that was a huge progress in iron smelting technology in the Han Dynasty. The ring sword made of hundred steel smelting was an important weapon for the Han cavalry to defeat the Hun cavalry.

Moreover, the historical status of the Huan Shou Dao is the ancestor of many swords in later generations.

These two brothers are both talents. If they can create sharper knives based on the Huan Shou Knife, wouldn't they be invincible on the battlefield.

So Li Yao waved his hand, regardless of whether the other party agrees or not, he took the other party under his command:
"From now on, you will be my people, and I will naturally protect you. Now go to the soldiers' camp first, and the food is the same as that of the soldiers. In the future, if you give me iron, I will send you money."

The two brothers looked at each other, then saluted respectfully and thanked Li Yao for his kindness.

Everyone is not a three-year-old child, and they will not bow their heads and ears just because of a few words, but this is Li Yao's army, can they still resist?

At least you can eat better now and live better. In the future... let's take care of the present first.

Because they were worried that the defenders might go out of the city to attack, a thousand cavalry were specially arranged to guard against them, but they were not used at all.

Li Yao and Bei Gongli didn't launch an attack immediately, which probably gave the city a false impression that they could negotiate.

Then the city sent people over to severely reprimand Li Yao and Bei Gongli, saying that they were rebelling against the imperial court, and asked them to withdraw immediately and seek leniency.

But Li Yao and Bei Gongli didn't care about it at all, and it was absolutely impossible for the rebels to seek leniency.

Then Li Yao told the envoy that as long as he opens the city and surrenders immediately, he can still save his own life, otherwise he will be killed without mercy when the city is broken.

Li Shen would definitely not agree to this, as long as the rebels left, he could take the opportunity to escape, and he didn't dare to think about what kind of abuse he would suffer if he joined the rebels.

The two sides couldn't talk together, so naturally they could only fight with each other. Li Yao and Bei Gongli didn't raise their troops to attack the city. Since they decided to take a break, they should let the troops under their command really rest.

Until three days later, the [-] troops finally arrived at Didao.

The long and winding procession, with no end in sight at a glance, can make people lose all determination to resist in an instant, and even the lips of Li Shen on the top of the wall have turned white.

Fear was spreading rapidly in his heart, and he also began to really think about whether he could survive if he surrendered.

When the army surrounded Didao, Li Yao immediately went to see his father...

They don't need to capture the entire county of Longxi, but the city in front of them must be taken down.

(End of this chapter)