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Text Chapter 649 The Siege of Lang County

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    Liu Yu has always been cautious when it comes to sending troops. Now that he wants to lead troops to Lang County in person, it means that the commander has to leave the nest. At such a sensitive time to purge the Three Puritans, his departure will bring a sense of urgency to the court.  A very special reaction.  Liu Yu called Han Sheng over and told him something. Knowing that Liu Yu was about to lead the new army to Lang County, Han Sheng disagreed with Liu Yu's decision. He felt that Liu Yu should send Huo Bing or other  If the general goes, Liu Yu may not be able to help much in Lang County.  "I don't know how long it will take you to go. If time goes by, if something happens in the court, you may be out of reach." Han Sheng reminded, "You can let anyone go, just go by yourself, too  It's inappropriate. Brother Liu, you should think carefully before making a decision. Liu Yu has always insisted on going his own way, so he will not listen to Han Sheng's opinion this time. It is his own decision to lead the troops to Pinglang County.  "Don't worry, this trip will take a day or two at most. Last time I went to Lang County, I found a large number of tunnels in the city. Some of them are connected to the outside of the city. In addition, there are water canals in Lang County that connect the outside of the city. There are also New Army  With the soldiers here, it will be more than enough to go there in one day." Han Sheng didn't think Liu Yu's visit would be of much help to things. Hearing what Liu Yu said, he didn't say anything.  After Liu Yu finished explaining the matter, he immediately told the women in the inner court about it. After everything was explained, he quickly ordered his troops and horses, asked Huo Bing to be the vanguard, and issued a military order, asking Huo Bing to serve within four hours.  Kill to the foot of Lang County.  Urgent marches have long been commonplace in the new army, and the distance this time is not far.  It's only a few dozen miles, so naturally it can't be compared with the previous march of thousands of miles.  Liu Yu gave him plenty of time.  Even Huo Bing felt like he was having trouble with his head for three hours.  Liu Yu calculated the time and found that it would probably be midnight before Huo Bing led his troops to the foot of Lang County, while he would arrive after midnight with the Chinese army.  This time he did not bring many men. Huo Bing brought a thousand men and horses, and he himself only brought two thousand men and horses. The remaining troops and horses stayed in Chang'an City to prevent unexpected events from happening.  Liu Yu also gave a special confession to Xu Xuanchu.  Ask her to pay attention to some developments in Chang'an City, and inform him of any situations through the channels of the female army. Xu Xuuzhu can now mobilize the female army, which can help stabilize the situation in Chang'an City in a short period of time.  With everything settled, Liu Yu did not stay long and personally led the troops, half an hour after Huo Bing sent out his troops.  The march started.  Although Liu Yu was not accompanied by Xu Xuanchu along the way, Liu Liniang was there to take care of him.  Liu Yu also needs Liu Liniang's intelligence system to help him investigate further changes in the situation in Lang County.  Judging from Liu Liniang's initial feedback, Liu Yu learned that the Catholics in Lang County were now very excited, and there should be senior officials of the Sanqing Sect in the city secretly commanding them.  That means Su Zhe should have already appeared in the city.  And being in the city all the time, he had been waiting for the opportunity to get together.  Liu Yu originally thought that Su Zhe would immediately mobilize the religious people, but Liu Yu did not expect that this outdated prince would have such good endurance and stay in the city.  It took a day until a conflict broke out between the parishioners and the imperial court before they launched such a riot that was not like a military riot.  Liu Yu could feel the cleverness of this riot.  This intensified the contradiction between the Catholics and the people in the city, and also intensified the relationship between the Catholics and the imperial government and the army, forcing those Catholics to feel that the only way to survive was to rebel.  Liu Yu also guessed that the conflict between the church members and the court was probably caused by Su Zhe. He deliberately found some people to conflict with the court people, because there was a centripetal force among the church members. If something happened to some people, others would  They will feel that it is relevant to them, they will participate in it, and then the matter will spread and become bigger and bigger.  In the evening, when Liu Yu's headquarters was still twenty miles away from Lang County and Huo Bing had already arrived outside Lang County, Liu Liniang's people suddenly came to report that they had confirmed that the leader of the Sanqing Sect was in the city and had been there.  An agitation meeting was held in the city and many "treasonous and unethical" words were said.  ?According to the report, after Su Zhe started an incident in the city, the church members almost took control of the entire city, and the imperial army was pinned outside the city and unable to attack. Only then did they show up to reassure the church people in the city.  In the eyes of the church members, the leader is the incarnation of God, and he will guide the church members toward the light on behalf of God.  Su Zhe appeared at the right time. When he appeared, the church members in the city would feel that God was with them. Even the leader of the church supported them in doing so, so they did not deviate from God's will.  After that, Su Zhe held a mobilization meeting and called together some missionaries in the city, as well as some middle- and upper-class believers. He conveyed some decrees to them and put forward the idea that in a country, gods should govern the country together with the emperor.  .  It is tantamount to telling the believers that in the Dashun Dynasty, there was a god and there could be an emperor, but the emperor also needed to listen to the gods, and the believers even had power over the emperor, and even the emperor had to be a subject of God.  After listening to these reports, Liu Yu felt that Su Zhe was very smart. The coexistence of divine power and imperial power was actually a common method of governing the country in the West and even in many places.?While fooling the people, they mixed divine power with imperial power, and then divided the people into four classes: monks, nobles, commoners and slaves.  Su Zhe's plan is just a slight modification on this basis. The Chinese people never admit that they have slaves, so the slave class does not exist in this system, but just replaces the believers with the position of monks.  Hearing this, Liu Yu couldn't wait to speed up his horse and attack Lang County before dawn.  He was even thinking about the scene when he used the horse's reins to tie Su Zhe's neck and strangle him to death.  Liu Yu had a fierce look on his face, which even Liu Liniang was a little afraid of.  When he arrived outside the city of Lang County, it was exactly midnight. Huo Bing led his troops to the city in advance and had already launched a first attack.  At night, part of Huo Bing's troops attacked the city first, but encountered stubborn resistance. Huo Bing felt that he was unfamiliar with the place. With no way forward and no support behind him, he temporarily chose to wait and see.  , instead of advancing further, the group of people who attacked the city also found difficulties, and most of them followed the rope back.  The parishioners in the city knew how powerful these new army soldiers were, and they didn't even dare to chase them. It was like Huo Bing's troops tried their guns first and then withdrew immediately. They only had a brush with the rebellious parishioners in the city.  , but there was no fire.  When Liu Yu arrived, he summoned the soldiers from the two surrounding camps to the Chinese army's tent for a meeting.  After understanding the situation, Liu Yu also made a decision.  "Let's rest first. Attack the city at dawn!" Liu Yu didn't want to fight an uncertain battle. He expected that the news of his arrival in Lang County would soon spread to the city. Su Zhe should take action, either to escape or to attack.  The fish dies and the net breaks.  Liu Yu immediately arranged for the new army to set up an ambush. Since there was a secret passage leading outside the city, Liu Yu did not want to use it yet.  Then let Su Zhe in the city take advantage first. When they send out troops, they think they come out to attack without anyone noticing and fall into a trap. Liu Yu will wait to close the net for the rest.  Because the imperial court sent only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and Lang County itself was not too big.  The siege of a city is not done on all sides, but typically surrounded by three walls.  In this way, Liu Yu was actually giving those unsteady believers a chance to escape, whether it was at night or after the battle started at dawn, as soon as the general offensive of the imperial army started.  The city's parishioners have learned the difference between the regular army and them, and then they will know whether it is more important to stay and die and obey God's will, or whether it is better to escape quickly in exchange for peace.  As far as Liu Yu knew, even the death squads who were deceived by the gods and thought they were invulnerable saw the sword added to their body.  It will bleed, it will hurt, it will scream and it will die.  They will also run away, and most of the city's parishioners will follow suit. After all, they are ordinary ordinary people, and almost none of them want to die for the Holy Religion and the leader.  Liu Yu arrived outside the city and stayed awake. He couldn't sleep even if he wanted to. Thinking that the next day, perhaps a turbulent life after coming to this world would be coming to an end, he felt a sense of relief.  It should be a good enjoyment to be able to live in peace and play with children in the future.  No one can interfere with his life. He makes all decisions by himself. He enjoys the supreme power of being an emperor without being as tired as an emperor. There is probably nothing better than this in the world.  He is also increasingly looking forward to the battle after dawn.  It was still dark, and the parishioners in the city had not made any movement, but Liu Yu knew that they would definitely take action, otherwise when the war actually started, it would be difficult for the parishioners in the city to escape without being trapped.  Su Zhe should understand this. If the imperial army cannot be defeated before the army destroys the confidence of the believers, then all the efforts of the Three Puritans in Lang County will be in vain.  Liu Yu knew that the closer it got to dawn, the more the troops below thought that nothing happened tonight, and the more reality the rebels in the city took action. Liu Yu could even smell the smell of an enemy attack in the wind, like a ferocious beast.  Smell the scent of prey.  Sure enough, less than half an hour before dawn, the intelligence personnel below detected movement underground.  This was the only thing Liu Yu did all night, which was to send people to listen to the situation in the tunnels. He did not send troops to guard the secret tunnels, just to make Su Zhe think that the court had temporarily forgotten these tunnels.  "Be careful." Before the sneak attack and counterattack that were about to begin, Liu Yu gave some warnings to his subordinates. "If the rebels use gunpowder or something on fire this time, they must save their lives as soon as possible."  , instead of fighting head-on with the rebels." When Liu Yu told this situation, he could feel that the soldiers below were also a little afraid.  Although the imperial army is now using regular methods and has never seen a "terrorist attack", even the soldiers below do not know how to train to prevent explosions and incendiary bombs.  Only Huo Bing felt curious. The more uncertain the war, the more excited he became. Moreover, the purpose of his coming this time was to seek revenge. He knew that he would soon be able to teach the people who trapped him in Yuzhou City for several months a lesson.  The mysterious rebel seemed to be a little more energetic, and his eyes were filled with a desire to fight.  "Well, how about we blow up the tunnel below? Let those people??Dead inside, see how he comes out to attack us!  "Huo Bing suggested. "It's not that Liu Yu hasn't thought about this, but in this case, waiting this night is equivalent to waiting in vain. If it cannot undermine the confidence of the church members, then the significance of this counterattack will be lost.  After all, by burying those who came to attack in the tunnel, the senior officials of the Sanqing Sect in the city would definitely try their best to hide it from the ordinary believers. It would have no propaganda value for the imperial army. ¡°Do your job well.  No extraneous branches are allowed.  "Liu Yu scolded, but after the simple mobilization meeting ended, Liu Yu left Huo Bing behind and gave him some instructions. Liu Yu did not let Huo Bing participate in this counterattack, but let him be the leader.  The vanguard, after winning the counter-attack, directly launched an attack on the city. This was equivalent to winning a victory that was not a big victory, boosting the morale of the entire army, and at the same time making the city residents feel disgraced.  He was frightened and immediately launched a large-scale siege. This was also the best opportunity to attack the city, but many things happened that he could not predict.  After the sneak attack, Liu Yu realized that there were not only the tunnels in Lang County that they had discovered, but there were some secret passages that they didn't know about. This showed that the last inspection in Lang County was not thorough and brought some problems today.  Hidden danger. Liu Yu immediately realized that even if he won, the rebels who came out to attack through these unknown secret passages were not as smart as Liu Yu thought. They had no gunpowder and no tactics to use tung oil to start a fire.  They just rushed out of the tunnel one by one without fear of death, facing the discerning Chinese army's tent. But it was actually just a cover. Liu Yu's Chinese army's tent was not under the guise, it was just a bait.  Rather than saying that these rebels came out to attack the camp, they were all a group of assassins, and their purpose was Liu Yu himself, because Liu Yu had no interest in using himself as bait and had predicted the attack in advance.  , so the actions of these "assassins" did not yield any results. As more and more "assassins" were taken down and killed, the sky began to darken. For this morning, it was destined to be unusual, even Liu.  Yu was also sighing when he saw the rising sun. The war in Lingnan had only ended in less than three months. However, he seemed to have become alienated from this life of horse leather and corpses. Liu Yu secretly decided not to say anything in the future.  Then he personally led the troops out. The war was about to break out. As the rebels who came out to attack the camp were gradually eliminated, Huo Bing was already preparing to attack the city. Just when Huo Bing was ready to fight in person, Liu  Yu suddenly issued an order, telling Huo Bing to stay put for the time being. He had to obey Liu Yu's instructions before attacking the city. In the past, even the arrival of the King of Heaven could not change Huo Bing's decision. If he wanted to go to war, whoever stopped him would be killed first.  . But after experiencing many hard battles, Huo Bing's mind finally matured. He suddenly felt that since Liu Yu didn't let him attack the city, there must be a reason. Maybe something happened later.  To put it bluntly, Huo Bing is a little afraid of death. After Huo Bing knew what it was like to die, he began to understand that impulsiveness and Erhu alone could not save his life and enjoy life. After experiencing several wars,  , he also enjoyed the glory and wealth that he had never dared to imagine before. Not only could he himself be well-dressed and well-fed, but there were many soldiers behind him to make a living with him, and even his younger brothers who did not have to go to the battlefield, the second tiger, the third tiger, and the fourth tiger.  As well as all the newly recruited younger brothers, they can eat meat every meal, wear good clothes, and don't have to be looked down upon wherever they go.  He also knows now that if he is done playing, then his group of younger brothers will also be done playing.  With a sense of responsibility, Huo Bing is gradually on the road to "maturity".  After receiving Liu Yu¡¯s order, Huo Bing honestly waited for Liu Yu¡¯s further instructions, but until it was really bright and the sun rose high, Liu Yu still did not give the order to ride together.  This time Huo Bing quit, and his impulse took over again.  Just when Huo Bing was about to defy military orders and attack the city, Liu Yu personally led his troops to the front line. This front line was only two miles away from the north gate of the city, and the situation on the city towers could be seen clearly.  "You're here, I thought you forgot me." Huo Bing saw Liu Yu and hurriedly rode over to say hello.  Liu Yu was in a pretty good mood. Although there were some secret passages that could not be discovered in advance, fortunately, the sneak attack planned by Su Zhe was exactly as he thought. In this way, the rebels could steal chickens but lose rice.  Liu Yu took the initiative at the beginning of the war.  "I asked you to march as ordered. Are you going to disobey the order and rush up on your own?" Liu Yu said with a frown when he saw that Huo Bing's headquarters had already given orders to attack the city. Those who were preparing to climb the city were eager to try.  Huo Bing smiled sheepishly and said, "It's just a warm-up, and I didn't say I would attack the city immediately. Don't accuse me wrongly."   After learning how to cheat, Huo Bing became a little more clever. In the past, he would definitely admit this kind of thing. After all, attacking a city is not a shameful thing, and he doesn't care what the people below think.  But at that time, he even dared to contradict the coach, which naturally had some adverse effects on the people below and made his army appear to be unorganized.  Now Huo Bing has learned to cheat and play tricks on Liu Yu.  Liu Yu felt that this was an improvement for Huo Bing, so he stopped worrying about this issue.  Liu Yu immediately ordered the entire army to launch an attack on the city from the north, east and west of Lang County. The troops were lined up, which created enough psychological oppression for the rebels and religious people in the city.  Due to the lack of siege equipment, the army could only enter the city by breaching the city gates.  At the same time, Liu Yu also issued a reward order, and whoever could capture the head of the rebel leader in the city would receive a generous reward.  Liu Yu believed that there must be a brave man under a heavy reward.  When the army officially marched into the city, the rebels on the city wall looked panicked.  Most of them are just ordinary people. When it comes to the fact that so many imperial troops are about to attack the city, and they have to face the rain of soldiers' swords, guns, swords, and even the imperial firearms, they no longer have the confidence to follow the leader, but think about escaping for their lives.  .  But at this time, a man appeared on the top of the northern city wall.  This man was surrounded by people. After he walked to the top of the city, both the parishioners and the rebels who looked different from the parishioners were all worshiping him.  At this time, Liu Yu was outside Beicheng. When he saw it, he felt like he was reunited with an old friend.  Although he was dressed in fancy clothes, he looked like a visitor from outer space.  But it's not who Su Zhe is.
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