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Volume 1: Who Rides the Star to Break through the Void Chapter 443 Today¡¯s enemy is not Wagang

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    In order to protect Xingluo Cang, a city wall with a circumference of more than 20 miles was built in the Sui Dynasty, which was called Xingluo City.  Later, Li Mi conquered Xingluo Cang and did not want to make progress. He only wanted to rely on the massive grain reserves here to become king, so he expanded Xingluo City to a circumference of more than 40 miles.  However, Xingluo City was later destroyed in the war and Xingluo Cang was abandoned. In the 21st year of Kaiyuan, Li Longji ordered the reconstruction of Xingluo Cang to transport grain from the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers to supply Luoyang, Chang'an and the northern border.  It has restored its former size, but has also accumulated a lot of food.  Ye Chang was quite sure of the situation in the Central Plains before, and one key was the existence of Luokou Cang.  He sent someone to check the grain storage in Luokou warehouse, and found that there were seven million shi.  Yuan Ying looked at the walls of Luokou City and let out a creepy laugh.  "Well, why is Fifth Brother Yuan laughing?" asked a thief next to him.  Yuan Ying looked back. After the tragic defeat outside Luoyang City, the domineering look on his face had long since disappeared, replaced by a sinister and cold look.  After the defeat, he was able to maintain a team of tens of thousands of people, which was considered to be somewhat capable. Moreover, after joining the rebels in Henan Province, his momentum was restored, with another fifty or sixty thousand people.  "Did you see, what is that, Luokou Cang? When the Wagang army destroyed Luokou Cang, it destroyed the foundation of the Sui Dynasty. This time we destroy Luokou Cang, we will also destroy the Tang Dynasty." Yuan Yingheng responded with a smile.  He said: "After the warehouse is broken and opened to store grain, the people from Henan and Hebei will inevitably flock to it. We will then select young and strong men to join the army. Great things can still be expected." Everyone looked at each other. It was a good idea to open the Luokou warehouse, but outside Luoyang  After the disastrous defeat, everyone was no longer so high-spirited. They just wanted to survive the most difficult time at hand and support the main force of the rebel army in the south until they moved north.  Even though Yuan Ying led everyone to run eastward, they only thought they were joining the Henan Daoist rebels in Xingyang, but they never thought that Yuan Ying had this idea. "But can we fight?" someone asked in a trembling voice.  road.  After they failed to attack Luoyang City and were defeated on all fronts, the thieves became a little discouraged. Seeing the tall Luokou Cangcheng, they really didn't have much confidence.  "It can be broken. The defenders of Luokoucang are no more than a thousand, and they are just civilian servants. They are not Ye Chang's elite soldiers." Yuan Ying couldn't help but shuddered when she thought of the elite soldiers who suddenly came out, and then  Then he continued: "In the past, Li Mi of the Wagang Army used 7,000 men to capture the heavily guarded Xingluocang. Now we have 50,000 to 60,000 coalition troops. Breaking this city is like searching for something." "What if Ye Chang leaves Luoyang and comes here?"  How?" someone else asked.  "Didn't I say that Ye Chang only has a few thousand elite soldiers in his hands? How dare he come out to fight with us? Even if we stand still and let him kill us, we can still tire him to death." Yuan Ying gritted her teeth and said: "Unless he can do it like this  Return to normal and summon more elite soldiers, otherwise you can only hide in Luoyang City. "Having said that, Yuan Ying also understood in her heart that this was just to cheer up her colleagues. It is really possible that Ye Chang came here with elites. If he had  We are attacking the city and are attacked from the back and front. It is very likely that we will not even be able to escape.  Therefore, when he attacked Luokou, he did not attack Luokou as recklessly as he attacked Luoyang. Instead, he first dug trenches and fences on the outside, leaving 30,000 troops to guard them, and be prepared for Ye Chang's sneak attack. Then he sent his troops eastward and prepared to attack.  city.  "How are the defenders in the city?" After arriving at the city, Yuan Ying asked the forward.  "We sent envoys there, but they were all shot back." "Who is the guard general?" "The guard general's surname is Yan, his first name is Zhenqing, he is the magistrate of Gong County." "This name seems to have been heard in Chang'an" Yuan  Ying murmured.  Yan Zhenqing was originally at Yushitai, but he was unwilling to rely on old friendship to rely on Ye Chang, and he couldn't stand Yang Guozhong's people. He repeatedly wrote letters to remonstrate, offended Yang Guozhong, and was demoted from Chang'an.  However, Ye Chang somehow extended his hand and did not demote him to a remote place like Yongzhou, but to Gong County, not far from Luoyang.  "In my opinion, just go in and kill him, regardless of his reputation as a dog officer," someone shouted.  This is the leader of the bandit army in Henan Province. They have won consecutive battles and even captured Xingyang. Therefore, they are quite proud and some even do not take Yuan Ying seriously.  Yuan Ying shook her head and sighed: "Wu Dalang, our number one enemy is still Ye Chang. It would be best if we can reduce the casualties of our brothers Well, didn't you bring that thing? Take it out and use the box  Seal it, add a letter, and send it to Yan Zhenqing. "It didn't take long before Yan Zhenqing got the news in Luokou Cangcheng. The thief sent another messenger, saying that a letter had been sent.  "Let the envoy come in." Yan Zhenqing was a little surprised and said immediately.  The envoy did not dare to enter. He just put a letter and a box into the bamboo cage hanging from the city at the foot of the city, and then ran away.  Seeing him running away quickly, Yan Zhenqing laughed and scolded: "The thief has a pair of rabbit's feet. Bring the thing up and let me see what it is." After pulling the thing up, he presented it to Yan Zhenqing. Yan Zhenqing opened the letter first.  , took a glance: "The thief has no writing, this word is written like a dog's pick, it is really insulting to Cangjie." The letter was just threats and intimidation, which did not surprise Yan Zhenqing. Only the last sentence, let Yan Zhenqing open the box, and you will know the meaning. Yan Zhenqing did not think that  He ordered someone to open the box, and when he looked inside, he couldn't help but burst into anger. There was a human head inside. After a closer look, he recognized it: "It's Mr. Lu." This head belonged to Lu Yi, Lu Qi's father.  On Ye Chang's order, he went to Henan Province to recruit troops, but he was surrounded and killed by bandits in Xingyang. The bandits knew that he was a high official, so they cut off his first achievement and preserved it with lime. They then took it out to scare Yan Zhenqing.  "Gong Lu accidentally fell into the hands of thieves and died unyielding. A martyr of the country cannot be disrespected." After recognizing Lu Yi, Yan Zhenqing said solemnly, then took the wooden box of the first achievement and placed it respectfully on a stone.  , he bowed and kowtowed. After he bowed, everyone around him followed suit. After Yan Zhenqing stood up, he looked back at everyone and saw that everyone looked a little panicked and hesitant.  , to protect his descendants, and Ye Gong is in Luoyang, and he has recently defeated the thieves, so he will definitely behead the thieves to avenge him.  Everyone, the thieves saw that the walls of Luokou Cang were high, there was plenty of food, and they were heavily guarded. They had nothing to do, so they threatened us with the first achievement of Duke Lu.  How can a man of my generation be subjected to this?" Everyone was refreshed when he heard him mention Ye Chang. Gong County is not far from Luoyang. Everyone is very clear about Ye Chang's defeat of the thieves in Luoyang. "I  It was early detected that the thieves wanted to attack Luokou Granary, so we have sent people to ask for help. Luokou Granary is the national granary, which is in danger for the country. I, an old friend of Ye Gong, once studied calligraphy under Ye Gong, both in public and private.  The Duke will send elite soldiers and generals to come to the rescue. Don't worry" Before he finished speaking, he saw the thieves' camp in chaos in the distance. Yan Zhenqing hurriedly raised his eyes and saw the sound of howls and screams from the thieves' formation.  The sound of the sound came one after another, and the array became a mess, and then separated to both sides like a wheat field swept by the wind. A group of people broke through it and entered. "These are officers and soldiers, reinforcements sent by the imperial court, and they are Ye Gong's people."  Seeing the flags carried by this team, Yan Zhenqing couldn't help but raise his arms and shout, "The reinforcements coming are indeed sent by Ye Chang, and the leader is none other than Shan Zhi. Finally, he has achieved an important feat. It's true."  Like a fierce tiger, he led the troops to break through. Although he was reckless, he had followed Ye Chang in the north and south and fought several key battles in the past few years. He had already developed his knowledge and strategies, so he caught the thieves before their fences were established and they were about to attack.  The opportunity of the attack caught the bandits by surprise, and they broke through the siege with more than 1,200 people. Seeing that they were about to kill Luokoucang City, the bandits reacted and followed them. Although Yan Zhenqing was on the city.  He ordered people to prepare bows and arrows, but the enemy and ourselves were mixed together, so he did not dare to order the arrows easily. Shanzhi looked back and said with a grin: "What a good thief, I haven't lost my courage yet. Let's see Grandpa Monk kill him again."  He roared, and led the twenty monk soldiers around him, abandoning their horses and holding sticks, and formed a sharp arrow formation to rush back into the bandit army. They killed them diagonally, leaving a deep mark in the bandit's body.  The thieves had to retreat. Shanzhi was so brave that he stared at Yan Zhenqing and others in the city. Shanzhi killed him for a while, but when he saw something was wrong, he turned his head and shouted: "Shoot the enemy formation." Yan Zhenqing came back to his senses.  , ordered: "Shoot the arrows, shoot the arrows." The arrows on the top of the city flew out for free, especially the eight crossbows set up on the top of the city. What they shot were not arrows at all, but iron spears. Every arrow shot out.  He has to penetrate two or three thieves before he can stop and fall to the ground. "Tsk, tsk, this Yang Youji is really powerful." Someone at the top of the city smacked his tongue.  "How dare you name it after Yang Youji" said the man who handles the bed crossbow. This kind of bed crossbow is one of the masterpieces of the Liaodong Iron Works. Lushun has a specialized mechanical research institute, whose predecessor was the craftsmen who studied clocks.  After that, some young students who graduated from Lushun Academy were added. The new bed crossbow they designed was lighter and more powerful than before. More importantly, because it was made with assembly line parts, it was interchangeable.  Parts are easy to move and install. After its birth, Ye Chang strongly advocated replacing some military strategic locations with such bed crossbows for guard purposes. There were many such guys not only in Luokou Cang City, but also in Luoyang City.  .  However, Ye Chang only launched the "Yangyouji" bed crossbow, and then stopped research in this area, transferring almost all his efforts to another important research.  "I heard that Liaodong's machinery is the best in the world, and its hydraulic machinery is even more exquisite. Therefore, it can use irrigation trucks, water drainage and underground wells to divert water to dry land without worrying about floods and droughts" "Why just this, I heard in the past few years  Here, Mr. Ye allocates more than 100,000 yuan every year and raises more than 100 craftsmen, specializing in the art of using firepower to drive machinery." Yan Zhenqing at the top of the city was a little speechless. Those crossbowmen who control the crossbows were specially sent to Lushun for training.  After all, their experiences in Lushun have always been a hot topic.  Yan Zhenqing himself was a little uncomfortableBelieve it or not, no matter how powerful Ye Chang is, he can still use fire instead of water to drive machinery?  But if these people insist on saying this, he doesn't bother to care about it.  "Get your heads together, this is war time, don't gossip," he scolded.  "Ming Gong, why should you worry? Don't you see that the thieves have retreated?" Yan Zhenqing looked outside the city. Sure enough, because the city was blocked by arrows, the thieves' backup could not keep up. The reinforcements that followed were killed by Shan Zhi and others.  An open space has been cleared at the top of the city.  "Mr. Yan, Gong Yan, it's me, the monk," Shanzhi stepped on a corpse and shouted to the top of the city at the top of his lungs. "Yan Zhenqing recognized Shanzhi, and the two of them had a banquet more than once. He looked happy: Ye Chang, indeed  Reinforcements were sent. "Open the city gate and invite Master Shanzhi to enter," he ordered.  In order to prevent thieves from taking the opportunity to seize the city, the city gate was not opened wide, just one. After more than a thousand people entered the city, Shanzhi counted the number of people. He grinned: "What, I said those thieves are just chickens and ducks."  Of those, 1,200 of us entered, 1,187 remained, and only 13 were killed." All the sergeants shouted in unison, their faces full of excitement.  Yan Zhenqing quickly came down from the city and looked at Shanzhi: "Master Shanzhi, did Ye Gong send you here?" "Ye Gong himself wants to stay in Luoyang and cannot leave lightly, so he sent me here." Shanzhi raised his head and said.  "When Mr. Ye comes, let me tell Mr. Yan, don't worry, he will send more reinforcements. The siege of Luokoucang will be solved in a short time." Yan Zhenqing was overjoyed when he heard this, but his eyes flickered when he saw Shanzhi.  His heart skipped a beat again.  He thought of a question. It was because Ye Chang had insufficient troops that he sent Lu Yi and others to recruit troops. Now Shanzhi said that there were more reinforcements Where did the reinforcements come from?  However, in front of so many people, and not at the time of questioning, he saw that the thieves had no intention of continuing to attack the city after a small defeat, so he ordered people to cook food and wine and place the soldiers who came straight from the side.  Pulling Shanzhi to live quietly, Yan Zhenqing said: "Master Shanzhi, tell me the truth. Are there any reinforcements?" "Yes." Shanzhi replied firmly: "But they couldn't arrive in such a hurry." "  "I can't get there in such a hurry What does this mean?" "Ye Gong was worried that the thieves would become rogues. He failed to capture the thieves outside Luoyang City because the thieves dispersed when they saw the war.  "Koucang, you can't run around, it's a good opportunity to catch them all in one fell swoop. Ye Gong is already spreading the news, trying to gather all the thieves from Duji Road and Henan Road together." This news made Yan Zhenqing admire Ye Chang's heroic spirit, and his brows jumped.  Jump: "Thisif Mr. Ye doesn't have enough troops, even if he can win, it will be like fighting under the city of Luoyang." In the battle of Luoyang, although Ye Chang won a great victory, he failed to eradicate the thieves because he did not have enough troops to encircle and suppress them.  Shanzhi scratched his head when he heard this and said: "Heshan, I don't know where he wants to conjure the soldiers. Anyway, no matter how many there are, if he says there are soldiers, then there must be soldiers." "I hope so" Yan Zhenqing said.  Somewhat bitter and authentic.  The imperial court focused on the borders and neglected the interior, and its troops were concentrated in the hands of Hu generals on the frontiers. Brother Yan Zhenqing had long been aware of the hidden worries in this. His brother Yan Gaoqing said more than once that Anlu Mountain would definitely rebel if Liaodong did not contain it.  Although An Lushan is not rebelling now, the civil unrest in the interior has left the imperial court stretched thin and has no troops to suppress it. However, it is better to have no troops to suppress it than to mobilize An Lushan and other barbarian cavalry to enter.
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