The Emperor ordered Zhao Tang

Chapter 153: Trapped
The snow was falling heavily.

Several villains huddled on the wall, their hands folded in their sleeves, their weapons thrown crookedly to the side. The small Yixi squeezed between the two old villains. When the cold wind blew, his bald head felt cold and his body felt like sieve chaff. Not only was he cold, but his stomach was also rumbling, and he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. He poked the commander with his arm and asked in broken Chinese: "Qin Da, do you have any food?"

Qin Tai said without even raising his head: "No war, no extra food. We should be thankful that Wang Congxun, that bastard, didn't starve to death."

Yixi looked at Qin Tai with contempt and shouted in a disrespectful manner: "You sneaked into the kitchen last night. Don't think I didn't see it. Come on, steal a few cakes and give them out!" As he said that, he started to touch him all over.

"You damn Tibetan barbarians, I will dig out your intestines sooner or later." Qin Tai said viciously, but he did not move, allowing Yixi to take out the hot vinegar cake hidden in his crotch.

Seeing this, several evil men nearby also came over and said, "Little captive, leave some for Yeye."

Yixi divided the cake into three pieces, gave one to the others, held a small piece in his mouth, and stuffed the remaining piece into Qin Tai. Qin Tai turned sideways, covered his frozen neck covered with pimples and boils, and cursed softly: "I won't eat anything that the little Tubo has eaten."

"What's the use of calling them captives? They are all bandits. Who is noble?" Yixi laughed sarcastically, fed the cake into his mouth, chewed it and said vaguely: "Commander, when you die, I will collect your body. Where is your hometown? I will make sure it is wrapped in a straw mat and sent back. Fengxiang, right... Hey, you are also confused. A good warrior rebelled... Once your toe was cut off and you were caught in the evil army, you suffered a lot. You shaved your hair and painted your face, and your family was also ashamed of you. Knowing that you are a bandit, who would still regard your wife and children as a good person? For example, your daughter is seven years old, and she will get married in a few years. If the whole village knows that she has a thief father, who would be willing to marry her... Your descendants are finished, and they will all be bitches from now on... During festivals, your descendants will not only not burn incense and offer sacrifices to you, but also curse you for disaster..."

Shrug… Qin Tai kicked Yixi and started sobbing. Many past events came to his mind. When he was a yamen official, he had many wives and concubines, fine clothes and a fine horse. Now he was squeezed in this snowy village with a bunch of stinky men, thinking about how to fill his stomach all day, waiting for the arrival of an unknown fate.

As for the warriors, they should be eating and drinking around the fire in the camp. The lazy ones are dozing off, while the steady ones are maintaining their weapons. I wonder if there are any who want to cause trouble. It would be great if there were, but unfortunately the warriors are scared by the evil army. They seem to be more afraid of being exiled to the evil than being beheaded... Wang Congxun's group of generals must be feasting, with a beautiful woman in their arms who is being played with so much that she is dripping with ecstasy. The good saint is even happier in Changchun Palace, with concubines from the three palaces and five courtyards dancing around him, and at night they stand on the couch with their butts sticking out in a line to be taken care of... Woohoo...

Thousands of humiliations and injustices rolled down my spine.

If he could start over, Qin Tai would just want to live a peaceful life. At least, he would not be one of the leaders. It is actually quite good to guard his own piece of land. Qin Tai, who felt dizzy and twitching all over, pointed at Yixi and said, "Little Tubo... go... get me some hot water."

On the plain, large black flags were fluttering wildly in the wind and snow, and a large group of infantry and cavalry in distinctive uniforms were advancing rapidly towards Hedong City.

The 2,000 Bian soldiers at the front all had wild geese tattoos on their faces, and they were the Falling Goose Army. Zhu Wen selected these strong soldiers from among hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and they were worthy of being the "vanguard" of the whole country.

The Hall Horse Guards had a total of 3,000 men. There were both infantry and cavalry, but all of them carried quivers and each had a twelve-link crossbow. The cavalry were also equipped with horse spears, but their main skill was archery on horseback. The two were combined into one, and they were called the Hall Horse Guards. They were particularly brave and fierce - "When their crossbows were pulled with a large trigger, all twelve small triggers would be fired, and they used large, continuous arrows that could reach any distance, and the people of Jin were extremely afraid of them."

In the Battle of Liuhedian in the first year of Wende, Li Cunxiao was defeated with an absolutely inferior force.

In the first year of Dashun, Xuan and Jin joined forces with tens of thousands of troops to attack Puzhou. The situation was critical, and Zhang Guihou led the cavalry of the hall to attack head-on. After twenty rounds, they broke through the formations of the two towns, and Yan and Yun were defeated and returned. In general, this is a force that combines the traditional Central Plains spear-beating, infantry archers, and grassland Hulu horse archery. Zhu Wen ruled Bian for ten years and only got 3,000 people; the current military envoy is Wang Yanqiu, who was born in Xuanwu.

The Long Sword Army also set out.

As the name suggests, all of them are swordsmen. Well, it is still relatively rare in this era of flower teams and spear stabbing. But the actual combat effect is actually very good. When conquering Qin Zongquan, there were many complicated situations where it was impossible to line up and strike with spears, so this group of swordsmen appeared repeatedly. Killing the enemy with a long sword is called elegant. The current long sword master is the gentleman sword king Chongshi.

The army’s code name for it is: The Death Dragon.

The Changzhi Army also arrived.

Zhi means on duty. The Changzhi army was composed of the most loyal and invincible men, who were always on duty and not replaced. At this time, although Zhu Wen was crowned emperor, he still served as the left envoy of the Changzhi army. The right envoy was his most trusted Kou Yanqing. The chief knife of the Changzhi army was also nicknamed "Little Xunxun".

These armies all had mules and horses for transportation. The messy but orderly trampling of horses in the snow was like thunder. The warriors licked their cracked lips or stared at the towering fortress with bloodshot eyes. The bullying on horseback was like a turbulent mudslide. In addition, there were many other Bian armies with different numbers. They were large in scale, with many carriages and horses, and the civilians transporting the equipment stretched all the way to the sky.

Ladders, carts, towers, trench bridges, wooden curtains, battering rams, and stone cannons came into view. The Yunliang chariot, which was four meters high and dozens of meters long, slid slowly, pushed and pulled by a dense crowd of men and women, as well as cattle, horses, mules, and donkeys.

The rebels made this thing when Zhu Ci attacked Fengtian. When it was transported to the city, old Emperor Dezong fainted after just one look at it - my life is over!
There was no doubt that the Bian army was preparing for a real offensive, and the hasty siege in the morning, which lasted less than an hour, was just a test.

Against the strong wind and flying snow, the oncoming white banner seemed to be a soul-calling banner prepared for Li Ni's family.

On the fortress, warning drums and beacon fires gradually sounded, mixed with the little Tubo's shouting: "Jinbo, Jinbo! Zhu Wen is coming..."

When Wang Congxun and his party, Li Cunxiao, Wang Ke, and Liu Xun quickly climbed up the city wall to observe, they could already hear the sound of horns. It was like a dozen nests of ants moving in the field, and the formation of their advance was not strict, but as the noise in their ears continued to grow louder, the black spots in their pupils became clearer, and it was a bit tingling.

The guards and men and women ran towards their posts in a chaotic manner, ready to lift the stones and wood onto the baffles at any time. The manure, blood, oil and foam in the pot were also set on fire. Crossbows were set up in sequence behind the battlements. The warriors either wore furs to keep warm, carried their weapons and armor and strode out of the barracks. Or they chewed their food and water, and ran towards the defense area in groups of three or five, discussing the enemy situation in a low voice. Although the capture of the city was imminent, seeing the army busy, the hundreds of thousands of Pu people gathered in Hedong City did not panic.

"Boom, boom, boom..." The war drums shook the mountains.

The vanguards of Duominglong, Xiaoqianxun and Tingzi Mazhi arrived in a cloud of snow and dust, and sent a small group of swordsmen to wander outside the moat and shout, which was also a display of force: "The sage of Daliang ordered you to kill the general and surrender the city. Men will be made marquises and appointed as the governor of Hezhong. Women will be made ladies and given a fief of 1,000 households. Those who dare to defend the city for Li Ni will be killed when the city is broken, just like Xuzhou. Don't make mistakes!"

"The Shatuo bandits thought the emperor was easy to deceive, and they monopolized the imperial court. They even made the one-eyed dragon general of the cavalry. He was an important minister of King Bian, and he guarded the east, but he was deposed and punished. We are the warriors of the Central Plains and the heroes of Heluo. How can we be the dogs of the bandits? We have established Zhu Wen as the emperor and temporarily took over the mandate of heaven. Now we have come to the west to eliminate the evil and kill the northern barbarians. Why do you resist our righteous army? Hurry up and kill Li Ni's confidants and surrender!"

"Li's traitorous alliance has led to the destruction of the people, and he has allowed the Tubo, Turkic, and Tangut tribes to destroy the Central Plains and kill the people. With such behavior, how can he be the ruler of China? Let's all rebel against him! Welcome Zhu to Chang'an. Then we can take all the wealth and property from the imperial palace and plunder the concubines." "Hou Tu is dead! Gold is lucky!"

"Li Ni, you burned my hometown, I'll fuck you, He Yuqing!"

"..."

The soldiers on the Hedong city wall and in the surrounding stockades started a war of words with them.

Liu Xun glanced at the generals and said angrily, "The bandits are rampant and arrogant. They simply treat us as dead. If we just hold on, it will greatly reduce morale. It is better to cross the river and fight with the Changjian, Changzhi and Tingzi armies to kill the Bian dogs. Do you want to go?"

"That's exactly what I meant." Li Cunxiao held up a horse lance made of pure iron and said calmly, "Shi Siming attacked Heyang, Li Guangbi sent people to fight the generals, and Bai Xiaode single-handedly killed Liu Longxian. The morale of the rebels was greatly reduced and they left with their flags. Zhao Dun had thousands of soldiers guarding Chenzhou, and more than 100,000 nests of thieves attacked day and night for 300 days without success. The root cause was that Zhao's father and son went out of the city to fight from time to time. If you hold on tightly, it will inevitably make the thieves more arrogant. I also fought with Xuanwu dog slaves, and it was just like that. I will go with Liu Junshi."

This Turkic man didn't have any talent, so he first rode alone to rob the bandit leader - captured a general of the Bian army as a gift to the saint. That year in Luzhou, Deng Jiyun didn't believe in evil and fought with him. In the end, after only four rounds, he was caught under his armpit and brought back to the main camp under heavy guard.

As for going out to fight. In fact, it is not just Heyang and Chenzhou. When Shi Pu defended Pengcheng, and later Li Keyong defended Taiyuan and Zhu Xuan defended Yuncheng, the idea was the same - the main force stayed and the small-scale troops went out to fight. First, to boost morale and prove that there is still strength to fight back. Second, to prevent the enemy from pulling out the connected strongholds outside the city that rely on the corners of the main city and completely encircling the city. Third, all the killing materials are squatting in the city, waiting for others to attack... Sorry, the thief embryo can't sit still at this time.

The same goes for Liu Xun and Li Cunxiao.

But the person in charge of the defense of Hezhong is Wang Congxun, and he has to give his approval. Of course, it's best to do it together. Otherwise, if you don't even have this much courage, how can you help the saint defend Hezhong?
Are you going? Xun, Cunxiao, and their personal soldiers all looked over.

He Chuyu, the relative, and his wife's brother Chu Ang were also eager to try.

Wang Congxun’s answer was very simple: “Why not go?” He spoke like someone who had never been trapped in a battle.

"You stay." He also asked the guards to bring the iron spear, and after testing the weight in his hand, he stopped He Chuyu and said, "If you die, I won't be able to report to Concubine Shu and my brother's wife. And my nephew is still young, don't take risks."

He Chuyu was speechless.

How could I not go for something like this?

If it weren't for my sister's good luck, she would have married the Prince Shou who accompanied the sage when he fled to Western Shu. The best outcome for my brother now is probably to be a military student in Dongchuan, or to continue farming and studying. Now Jingshen is getting older, and the Privy Councilor seems to be more favored than my sister. If I and Zongyi don't fight, my sister won't have the confidence to speak in the palace. Who will my nephew rely on in the future? As an uncle, I have to consider it.

Fuck him!
The stories of the Dou, Liang, Deng, and He families during the Han Dynasty, why can't his family do the same? How noble were He Jin and He Miao? The He family of Zizhou was still a family of government officials. It was a good opportunity to make some military achievements and shut up those villains who said he relied on his sister to get to the top.

So several people worked closely together to select the vanguard.

Outside the city, Ma Zhi, who was the first to spur his horse to the moat and show his fangs and claws, finished reading Zhu Sheng's edict. He had already opened his throat and cursed Li Ni's ancestors for more than a dozen generations, as well as his wife and children, according to Li Zhen's instructions.

"What a bullshit Li family destiny, Li Hu is just a barbarian from Wuchuan Town in the Northern Dynasty, and we don't even know what ethnic group he belongs to. He pretends to be a noble and pretends to be ignorant of me."

"Did the Li family come to power in a clean and bright way? They are just trying to seize power from their own people, and their moral integrity is unacceptable. It's a pity that Emperor Yang let Li Yuan and his son guard the important place of Taiyuan, and raised a group of ungrateful people."

"Li Ye, you are so flirtatious! When we conquer Guanzhong, I will let your wife and daughter become camp prostitutes."

"Father kills son, mother kills son, son imprisons father, brother rapes sister-in-law, father kidnaps daughter-in-law, one concubine serves two generations. Hahaha, a bunch of thieves and whores, are you qualified to teach the world? This Tang Dynasty should have perished long ago. Li Ni, what are you still doing? Abdicate as soon as possible, and the Emperor of Daliang will spare your life!"

But a group of evil people from the same state on the city wall responded: "You haven't snatched the concubine yet, but your mistress Zhang Hui, I have been enjoying it for a whole month."

The scene was very chaotic, just like the war between the Bian army and the Qi people that lasted for half a year when they besieged Fengxiang...

Boom, boom, boom! Suddenly, there was a loud sound of drums in the city.

The drawbridge slowly lowered, and the huge city gate suddenly opened to both sides. The soldiers on the upper floors shouted "Kill, kill, kill!" three times, and then there was a shout, and thousands of cavalry and infantry filed out, and the warriors raised their lances in unison. Wang Congxun took a bow and shot an arrow, shouting: "Break through the enemy!"

Four thousand soldiers shouted in response: "Charge the enemy!" Filled with murderous intent, they spurred their horses to trample on the long bridge, stirring up the flying snow to form a sharp cone-shaped formation.

With his hands on the horse's back, looking at the opponent's sword, Master Wang Zhong concentrated his attention and suddenly became furious.

"Good job, Li Cunxiao!"

(End of this chapter)