Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

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Guo Ye hurriedly shouted: "Wash his head, put lime on it to prevent it from rotting, and then hang Zhao Chong's head on the south gate so that he can see and hear. By the way, write a line on the city wall, just write 'dare Conspirator, all will end up like this!', hear?"

Hanging the heads of the dignified Guangyuan Zhao family's three sons on the south gate, everyone guessed the reason for Guo Ye's move.

Cao Luxun said yes, and turned back out of the cellar to carry out Guo Ye's orders.

Guo Ye gave another order to Pang Feihu: "Feihu, move all the bed crossbows at the west gate and north gate to the south gate tower."

Pang Feihu asked: "Brother, are all the one hundred bed crossbows placed at the south gate?"

Guo Ye nodded in agreement, and explained: "If the Bailian bandit army wants to destroy Qianzhou City, the only way to go is the south gate. Unless they also come up with a paper eagle tactic, otherwise, the only way is the south gate. Hundreds of beds and crossbows Hair, more or less able to hold on for a few days for us."

Pang Feihu took the order, and Guo Ye told Kang Bao again: "After dawn, notify all the soldiers in the city to hurry up and make more bolts for the bed crossbow. Just one more chance of winning."

"Yes!"

After Kang Bao left, Guo Ye was left alone in the entire underground palace.

Looking at the huge underground palace that was dead and still, which could resound even with a cough, and the golden mountains piled up with gold bricks, Guo Ye's eyes showed determination, and he said silently, fifteen days, it only takes Persisting for fifteen days, my luck has always been overwhelming, and this time is definitely no exception.As long as I can use more than [-] troops to withstand the siege of a million white lotus bandits, as long as I can persist for fifteen days, I, Guo Ye, will be truly famous in the world, and I will be famous in history!

It is not uncommon in history to win more battles with less.

But Guo Ye knew very well in his heart that with such a huge disparity, the less wins the more, in ancient and modern China and abroad, I am afraid that today's Qianzhou City is the only example.

Chapter 1064

In two days, Kang Bao led more than half of the Guangnan Road soldiers in the city out of the city, went up the mountain to cut down trees and transported them back to the city, while the rest of the soldiers stayed in the city and took over all the blacksmith shops, burning fire and melting iron to cast arrowheads, and mass production. He began to rush to make the crossbow arrows needed for the bed crossbow.

For the defending side with such a large disparity between the enemy and the enemy, the most effective and lethal defense is to fire a hundred bed crossbows at once.

Before the white lotus army came to Qianzhou City, people were busy making crossbow arrows inside and outside the city.

One evening two days later, Cheng Erniu returned as scheduled and entered the city through the north gate of Qianzhou City.

He did not disappoint Guo Ye, and successfully recruited [-] soldiers from the three prefectures of Langzhou, Wuzhou, and Chenzhou.

At dusk on the third day, Ruan Laosan returned from recruiting government soldiers as scheduled, and it was also a worthwhile trip.The governors of Shaozhou, Yongzhou, and Yuanzhou saw that it was the warrant issued by the commander of the Guangnan Road March. They not only actively cooperated in distributing food and grass, but also added [-]% to the original basis, which gave Guo Ye enough face.

There is no way, although the Shihlin Qingliu department is not the only one in the imperial court, but since the downfall of Changsun Wuji, the Tiance Mansion's old ministers department has become like a yellow flower yesterday, secretly the Shilin Qingliu department has steadily surpassed the other two departments limelight.

The governors of these three states are old-fashioned in the officialdom, and the political sense that people in the officialdom should have is definitely very keen. Now that Guo Ye just needs their cooperation, he is naturally eager to actively cooperate.It is easy to make icing on the cake, but difficult to give charcoal in the snow. This is the time when Guo Ye needs it. How can they not be active?And they are also generous, and they don't have to pay for it themselves, so why not do it?

With the return of Ruan Laosan and Cheng Erniu, Guo Ye also ordered the four gates of Qianzhou City to be closed, and at the same time ordered Kang Bao to stop making crossbow arrows, and officially entered the first-level state of combat readiness for the defense of Qianzhou City.

In addition to garrisoning [-] soldiers at the East Gate, West Gate, and North Gate, Guo Ye put four battalions under Guangnan Road, Cao Luxun's Heijiaxuan Battalion, and [-] other soldiers under his control. south gate.

Because the south gate of Qianzhou City leads to the southern states, it is the must-attack gate for the Bailian Sect bandit army to counterattack and retake Qianzhou City.

The three forces merged into one and twisted into one rope. A total of [-] troops guarded a city gate alone. In addition, there were hundreds of bed crossbows and piles of bed crossbows as sharp weapons for defending the city. Although Guo Ye could not guarantee that he could It is not possible to defend Qianzhou City for fifteen days, but on the premise of fighting to the death, at least ten days can be held for Qianzhou City.

For the remaining five days, I can only rely on temporary performance on the battlefield and God's blessing.

After all, things on the battlefield are changing rapidly, and there are many, many uncertain factors. Even a sudden rainstorm can stop and slow down the attack of the White Lotus bandit army.

For the next time, the whole city was on alert, quietly waiting for the counterattack of the Bailian bandit army with sufficient preparations.

The first day was uneventful.

The next day, news came from Lingnan Mansion that Li Jing led the Lingnan Road army out of Lingnan City, and slowly went south to regain the lost ground.

Early in the morning of the third day, the scouts in charge of patrolling outside the city reported back that a white lotus bandit army with a number of about [-] appeared fifty miles away.

In less than half an hour, another scout galloped into the city to report, saying that there was another white lotus bandit army with a number of about [-] on the official road [-] miles ahead, and they had met the first white lotus bandit army ahead. And, they are speeding towards Qianzhou City.

Another full hour passed, and near noon, the third group of scouts returned to the city, bringing Guo Ye the worst news of the day, that is, the third Bailian bandit army had appeared, with a large number of people It reached [-], and has already made peace with the previous two bandit soldiers ten miles outside the city.

However, there is also some good news in this worst news, that is, the three white lotus bandits with a total of 10 people seem to have a gap in weapons. At least three to five of the ten people do not have swords The one with the shield, but the guy holding the most common hoe and sickle that can be seen among the people.

Guo Ye also judged some clues from his news, that is, the three white lotus bandit armies with a total of 10 people are uneven in terms of weapons, and their combat effectiveness is not as terrible as imagined.

However, in less than a day, 10 people have already gathered, which shows the current power of the White Lotus Cult Dharma Protector Army in the south.

At noon, it was already time to eat, but Guo Ye did not dare to relax for a moment, and at the same time ordered Fatty Zhu to go to the kitchen in the city to explain that he should not deliver food to the city for the time being, lest the guards on the tower be distracted by eating for a while God, if the Bailian bandit army suddenly launches a general attack, it will be overwhelmed.

At this time, he needs the nearly [-] guards at the top of the city to raise their spirits a hundred times, so that everyone can be highly nervous and face the imminent attack of the [-] enemy troops, and they cannot relax.

Until the sun turned to the west in the sky, and another hour and a half passed, the last group of scouts flew back to the city, and brought the last comforting news to Guo Ye, that is, the hundred thousand white lotus bandits seemed to be untouched. I don't plan to launch a general offensive today, but start to cut down trees ten miles away and set up camp.Judging from this posture, it should be waiting for the reunion of other places to come to reinforce the bandit army.

At this time, Guo Ye felt both relieved and slightly depressed. The reason for the relief was that the bandit army had to wait for other troops to reconcile before attacking the city. It's because he doesn't know how many bandit troops will come one after another, fifty thousand?One hundred thousand?Or hundreds of thousands?

Thinking about how many millions of bandit troops would attack under the city densely in a few days later, Guo Ye panicked when he thought about it like dark clouds covering the sun.

A philosopher said well that real fear comes from fear of the unknown, and Guo Ye is in such a state of mind at this time.

However, he is very clear that his role on the tower at this moment is not only the commander who defends the isolated city this time, but also the backbone of the nearly [-] defenders on the city.

Even if he was afraid in his heart, he couldn't show it in the slightest, even to Pang Feihu and others, he didn't show it in the slightest.

On the contrary, he took a deep breath, with a faint smile on his lips, waved his hands at Pang Feihu and the others, and said with a light smile: "This group of bandits are quite sympathetic to us, knowing that we haven't even started dinner yet, so we're going to eat together." We deliberately set up camp to delay the attack, so that the brothers can have a full meal and wait for work. Feihu, pass on the order, let the brothers prepare for dinner!"

As soon as these words came out, the tense atmosphere among the generals on the top of the city was blown away for a while, and everyone couldn't help laughing.

Guo Ye yelled at Fatty Zhu in the distance again: "Fatty Zhu, tell the kitchen to prepare more meat for dinner tonight, and make sure the brothers are full."

"Got it!"

In the relaxed atmosphere, Fatty Zhu's trembling mood before was gone, and his legs and feet were particularly agile when he ran down the tower.

As Pang Feihu and the others went away, Guo Ye also dismissed the messengers who were closely following him, and stood alone in a corner of the tower, ignoring the noise above the tower, and looking out wholeheartedly. Go to the bandit army camp ten miles away.

Although, looking ten miles away, there is no one Zichou Yinmao to be seen at all.

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Ten miles away, a hundred thousand bandits set out to build a camp. In just a short while, the prototype of a huge camp had begun to take shape. One camp after another was tightly connected, occupying the plain. Smoke could be seen everywhere, and it was obvious that the Bailian bandit army had also started to make fire and cook.

In the middle of the camp is the tent of the bandit leader of the three white lotus guards.

Inside the camp, it was different from the outside. Even though the three bandits had already gathered in the capital, it made people feel a little strangely quiet.

Suddenly, a white lotus bandit soldier wearing a white scarf rode his horse and stopped outside the camp, then got off his horse, opened the curtain and rushed inside, shouting: "Report to the master, the little one approached the south gate to inquire, and found out Knowing that the third son of our family was killed by Guo Ye, the general manager of the Guangnan Road march, and was tortured by five horses. The head of the third son was hung high above the south gate, and a line of words was painted with lime on the city wall .”

"Oh my god? The dog thief Guo Ye actually killed my son?"

An old and fierce roar resounded in the tent, roaring like a dragon singing and a tiger roaring: "Chong'er, it is father who harmed you."

Hearing a loud voice next to him remember, he asked, "What was written on the city wall?"