Chapter 963

Xiahou Baichuan was not a newcomer to the battlefield for the first time, but he felt the same as Du Dingbei, who led the battle for the first time on the Bank of Luoshui outside Xinyang City. It was an unspeakable excitement and excitement. Because he knows very well what the significance of this expedition is. If everything goes well and wins Chang'an City, the world in the Central Plains, which has been surnamed Yang for more than 200 years, is afraid to change its surname.

Even if these old people who have been following Fang Xie are different from those who have newly joined the black flag army, their feelings for each other's solution are better than their longing for a bright future in the future, but this does not mean that they have no desire.

Gyeonggi is still far away, but in the impression of the people in the Central Plains, crossing the Yangtze River is an important place in Gyeonggi. In order to ensure the stability of Chang'an City, huge granaries have been built in all roads in the north of the river.

The granary in Liyin city was not named before. After Gao Kaitai arrived in Jiangbei, he occupied two of the four granaries in the north, and renamed the southernmost one Liyin granary, using the name of Liyin city. Change the name of wenshancang in Gyeonggi Road, which was originally directly for Chang'an, to liyangcang.

Gao Kaitai is a superstitious man. He thinks that renaming these two warehouses will help his career. One is called Li Yin and the other is called Liyang. Yin and yang are combined to set the world.

However, if the world depends on this, then the emperor must be a feng shui master.

Perhaps among all the teams in the world today, only the generals under Fang Xie are used to using the sand table. After all, the map is not intuitive enough, and the sand table more clearly shows the situation and terrain of both the enemy and ourselves.

After crossing the Yangtze River, the vanguard army of Xiahou Baichuan won two counties in only four days, almost without resistance. The official accusation of the great Sui Princess Yang Qinyan has been published. People in Jiangbei Road know that the black flag army is protecting the royal highness of Princess Royal from returning to Changan. It is inevitable that the people who have lost their reverence for the Yang family will be inclined to make a choice between the higher Princess and the princess Sui. Most of them will be more submissive to the latter.

"The front is Liyin city."

Xiahou Baichuan walked around the sand table, then pointed to the warehouse and said, "the Lord asked me to be a pioneer general. This is our trust. You should all know what it means to be a pioneer army this time! I don't need to say anything. Think about the position of the first team to enter Chang'an City in the future!"

This sentence ignited the enthusiasm of the servants. It is obvious that the first team to enter the imperial capital received the most reward. Now Xia Hou has won the vanguard general, and they all have hope. People in business always say that interests are proportional to risks. Is it not the same this time? The vanguard army will do the most difficult things, but it will also get the most rich.

"Taking down the Li Yin storehouse will completely solve the worries of the army going north. Shorten the grain road by at least two-thirds, and the brothers behind will think of our benefits when eating the grain in the Li Yin storehouse!"

Xia Hou Baichuan smiled and said: "We've been waiting for you to change your mind and fight for the world. In the final analysis, it's because we also hope to have a great future. You people, whether you have a poor family background or a good family background, are actually the same. Who doesn't want to return your clothes to the countryside and shine on your family? What was your purpose to join the black flag army at the beginning, sir? I don't care But I know that the fundamental reason is to make the future better. What we are doing now is to make the future better. "

"General!"

Qi Kaili, a general under Xiahou Baichuan, hugged his fist and said, "my subordinates are willing to fight the first battle!"

"Don't worry..."

Xiahou Baichuan waved his hand and said: "I asked you to see the terrain of Li Yin these two days. I have to say that Yan Zeng is very capable. Today's Li Yin city was built by him like an iron bucket. You can't beat it just because you have ambition. You all want to fight, I know, but you must have a detailed plan. You can't make mistakes when fighting Li Yin, because hundreds of thousands of brothers are watching us. Once we don't make progress here Li is by no means a good thing for morale. "

"So... We should not only win this war, but also win it."

As soon as he said this, he saw the curtain of the big tent lifted from the outside: "of course, we should win this war. What is beauty?"

The people in the big tent looked out along the voice and saw Fang Xie come in with a smile.

"See you, Lord!"

Surprised, they quickly got up and saluted.

Fang Xie waved his hand and said, "you don't need to salute with armour."

He went to the sand table, stood and looked, then smiled and said, "I came directly with a celebration wine this time. If the war is beautiful enough, I'll drink it with you. Don't you want me to bring this wine for nothing?"

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Yan Zeng, the guarding General of Liyin City, was born in a famous family. Although the Yan Family's status in the great Sui Dynasty was not comparable to the first-class aristocratic families such as Cui family, Yu family and Zhao family, nor to the second-class aristocratic families such as Zhou family, Sun family and Jin family. However, the Yan Family's status in eastern Xinjiang was extremely important. Several important generals under Mu Guangling were born in the Yan family. For example, they fought side by side with Mu Xianjun, the only son of Mu Guangling on Penglai Island General Yan Li.

Yan Zeng and Yan Li are still brothers of the same family, and their relationship is not far away. The parents of the two are brothers, both of whom are legitimate. But Yan Li's father is the eldest son, and his position in the family is naturally higher.

The Yan family has a large number of famous generals, not only the famous generals in the history of more than 200 years in the great Sui Dynasty, but also some people have achieved such a high position as the Grand Marshal of soldiers and horses in the previous dynasty.

Yan Zeng is the farthest person from home in the Yan family. He did not stay in Dongjiang like his parents and brothers. He worked under the Mu family for generations. Relatively speaking, he always thought he was far more ambitious than his brothers. He doesn't want to be at the command of Mu house all the time like his parents and grandparents. He wants to go to a higher place.

At the beginning, Emperor Tianyou of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Yi, dispatched troops from eastern Xinjiang and Jiangnan, and quietly transported goods to the northwest to prepare for war. The 700000 troops were the first troops to go to the northwest, and he was among them. He had thought that it would be the beginning of his bright future. He never thought that the Sui army would be defeated so thoroughly and easily in the northwest. Seven or eight out of ten of the 700000 troops died. After he narrowly escaped, he could not go back to the East.

He spent a few years wandering in the northwest, and then looked forward to the army of the imperial court to counter the rebellion. Tianyou emperor's imperial expedition gave Yan Zeng a second hope. He felt that he could turn over. So he joined the Kao Kai Tai army. In Gao Kaitai's army, his ability began to show and was discovered by Gao Kaitai. He was continuously promoted over the years.

But... What Yan Zeng didn't think about before is that the place where his talent was displayed was not in the battle of opening up the territory of the great Sui Dynasty, or even the battle of defending the country, but... In the rebellion. When Gao Kaitai raised troops to revolt, he felt the darkest time of his life, which was darker than the days when he fled on the northwest grassland.

It took him several years to calm his heart.

Gao Kaitai really attached great importance to him, otherwise he would not give Li Yin city to him. Granary, in any era of war, belongs to the top priority. Gao Kaitai is equivalent to giving his back to Yan Zeng. It is precisely because of this trust that Yan Zeng gradually suppresses his mind to escape from this team.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand that a person who originally wanted to shine for the imperial court became a rebel at the most critical moment, and even pointed his knife at the back of the emperor of the Sui Dynasty... This is also a huge psychological contrast, which is not so easy to pass.

"Something's wrong..."

Yan Zeng tidied up his thoughts, looked at the place marked with charcoal on the map and shook his head: "the pioneer army of the black flag army has reached less than 40 miles beyond Liyin City, but stopped. It has been ten days without any movement. This is wrong."

His subordinates will lead the way: "general, you have built Liyin city so firmly that even if Fang Xie comes in person, he will feel helpless. They must be planning to see if there is any way to break through the iron wall you have built."

"No"

Yan Zeng shook his head: "Even if it's a tentative attack, it's not so quiet. The Scout inquired about the news that the black flag army has at least five or six million troops north this time. How much does such a huge team consume every day? Ten days, ten days already. Fang Xie will never waste time like this. If something goes wrong, there must be a demon. The black flag army must be plotting something else..."

These people who follow Yan Zeng know that Yan Zeng is thoughtful and insightful. In recent years, they have been used to listening to Yan Zeng's orders and are even too lazy to think about anything. Now Yan Zeng's dignified look makes them nervous.

"Should it be all right?"

Another general said nervously, "it will take more than ten days for the black flag army to cross the Yangtze River. After the vanguard army won the two counties, it didn't enter the army. Maybe it's waiting for all the troops to come?"

"That's not necessary!"

Yan Zeng said: "The vanguard army of the black flag army has won the two cities in four days, and the morale is booming. If I were you, I would take advantage of the soldiers' high fighting spirit. Moreover, the general of the black flag army named Xia Hou Baichuan is very sharp and is said to be acute. The morale is like a rainbow, and the troops are sufficient. There is no need to wait for the rear brigade to arrive. What's more, it's only 260 miles from the Yangtze River, black flag The cavalry of the army can arrive in only three days. "

He frowned and thought, always feeling that he had missed something.

Looking at the map, after a long silence, Yan Zeng suddenly thought of something and his face changed greatly.

"Have there been any special people outside the city recently!"

Yan Zeng turned and asked.

When soldiers came under the city, Liyin city had already closed the gate.

"No... even if there is, you may not know that the bridge over the moat has been broken..."

His general replied.

"No!"

Yan Zeng shouted. As soon as he was about to go out, he saw someone hurried in: "general, someone called outside the city. He said he came from Ming'an city. The moat bridge was broken. He swam here with good water quality. He said that Ming'an city has been besieged by the black flag Army. Ask the general to send troops for help!"

Yan Zeng's face changed and walked out quickly.

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"General..."

The soldier who came to report swallowed hard and spit. His face was white and scary. He must have come all the way and didn't rest at all. In addition, swimming across the moat consumed a lot of physical strength, so he looked particularly weak.

"It's not just that our Ming'an city is surrounded. It's said that Pingcheng, Xiangcheng and Fangcheng have been successively broken by the black flag army. Now only we Ming'an can support hard. If Ming'an loses again, Li yincang will be a lonely city!"

Hearing the words of the soldiers, Yan Zeng felt like a huge stone blocked in his heart.

"It's too late... Even if I send troops to rescue Ming'an at this time, it's too late."

He put his hand on the wall and sighed heavily: "now I'm afraid Ming'an has been lost. The black flag army is going to turn Li Yin into an isolated city... Why didn't I think of it? Why didn't I think of it!"

After being stunned for a moment, he suddenly thought of another thing: "what has been lost in the surrounding cities must not be spread out, and the people's garrison in the city can't know!"

"I..."

The soldier who reported the news opened his mouth and looked frightened: "I shouted outside the city for a long time... Before... I opened the gate for me..."

Yan Zeng was stunned and his face was as gray as death.