Yang Jishan didn't expect these rabble to be so powerful, so he quickly ordered: "Quick, wave the white flag!"
In most cases, the white flag does not represent surrender, but a request for negotiation. Seeing the white flag erected on the city, Li Shanfei waved his hand and suspended the attack.
There is a reason why his gang of rebels risked their lives to attack the city, because if they could not capture Tianshui City, they would starve to death. Li Shanfei still had some food, but that food could only supply his most elite cavalry. If ordinary rebels wanted to
To survive, the only way to survive was to keep rushing forward. It was through this method that he was able to sweep from Pingliang and An'an like locusts along the road. No matter how many casualties these rioters suffered, Li Shanfei was not worried. As long as he conquered a new city, he would be able to survive.
More rioters will be trapped in it. Of course, it would be nice to be able to get what he wants without any effort.
So, Li Shanfei came out of the crowd again and shouted: "People in the city, listen, if you want to surrender, open the city gate quickly!"
Yang Jishan held the battlements with his hands, and four strong soldiers held up large shields and nervously protected him around him. Through the gap in the middle of the large shield, Yang Jishan carefully poked out half of his face: "Listen, hero, please
If you retreat thirty miles, Yang is willing to send you 100,000 shi of food."
A captain standing behind Yang Jishan said hurriedly: "General, how can there be 100,000 shi of food in the city?"
This school captain was originally a domestic slave of the Yang family. Now that the Yang family brothers have taken over the power, he has also become a school captain. This is the so-called enlightenment of one person, and chickens and dogs ascend to heaven. He finally transformed from a domestic slave to a military general.
, naturally do not want to lose their current status. If the food is handed over and the soldiers are not full, I am afraid they will rise up and rebel. At that time, Yang Xuangan will not blame his brothers, but I am afraid he will take action on the people below them.
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Yang Jishan said impatiently: "Is food important or life important? We don't have so much food, don't those big families in the city have it? Let them hand it over!"
At this time, Li Shanfei was already shouting outside the city: "I just asked you to borrow food and you refused to do so. Now it's too late! I want one hundred thousand stones of food, as well as ten thousand taels of silver, thousands of bolts of silk and satin, and ten thousand women. Here they are for you.
If we don’t send him out of the city in two hours, don’t blame a certain subordinate for being ruthless!”
Yang Jishan was startled, took a few steps back, and said through gritted teeth, "This guy has such a big appetite!"
The captain cupped his hands and said, "General, take advantage of these two hours to quickly mobilize the people to strengthen the city's defenses before it's too late!"
Yang Jishan shook his head and said: "The thieves are so powerful that it is difficult to resist them. Let's let the big families and the common people pay money, food, and women. This way we can save everyone's lives. Otherwise, after the city is broken, who will
There’s no way to get a favor!”
The school captain did not dare to persuade any more and led his people down to the top of the city. There was a panic in the city. Although those wealthy families also raised some private soldiers of domestic slaves, they were unable to fight against the regular army and had long been beaten by those soldiers.
They swarmed in, grabbed money and food, and even the delicate eldest daughter Didi was carried out of the boudoir by the rebels. Yang Xuangan's army was complex, and most of these soldiers had bad military discipline.
They also wiped a lot of oil off my wife's body.
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There is a small village twenty miles away from Tianshui City, where Wen Hao's 10,000 elite cavalry are hidden. A scout came on flying horse and said loudly: "General, the bandits have stopped attacking the city, but there are loud cries in the city.
They are all in one piece, I wonder what happened?"
They are located downwind of Tianshui, and their movements are not easily transmitted to Tianshui City, but the movements of Tianshui City have long been carried by the wind. Wen Hao has been practicing martial arts all year round, and has a sharp ear and eyesight, and he has long heard the faint sounds coming from the wind.
There were cries, and most of them were women and children, so I couldn't help but become anxious: "My lord, you haven't heard back yet?"
Li Shanfei suddenly entered Tianshui, and no one expected it. The task Liu Ziqiu gave Wen Hao was to protect the grain road and restrict Yang Jishan's movement. Therefore, when the scouts reported that a large number of rioters were coming from the north, these rioters must be
Although Li Shanfei's men are targeting Yang Jishan in Tianshui, they will also affect the Hexi Army's food route. But if he fights Li Shanfei now, I am afraid that Yang Jishan will reap the benefits of the fishermen. If he does not fight, the people of Tianshui will
There would be disaster. Wen Hao couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he had to report the message to Liu Ziqiu. The three passes had been occupied by Liu Ziqiu, and the road to Fufeng was smooth. It is said that the messenger sent out should have arrived long ago.
As he was talking, he saw more than a dozen horses galloping towards him from the east. The leader was breathing heavily: "General, my lord's reply!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the man and the knight behind him got off their horses one after another. A group of soldiers rushed forward and carried them down to rest. Another soldier picked up the letter in the man's hand and handed it to Wen Hao. In fact, it was all
Wen Hao was so impatient that the team of messengers only traveled back and forth for less than three hours. They kept changing horses along the way and did not dare to rest for a moment, not even daring to drink. The letter was delivered as quickly as possible.
When we arrived, everyone fell down tired.
The letter contained Liu Ziqiu's reply, agreeing with him to use troops against Li Shanfei, but repeatedly emphasizing that the rebels should be captured alive as much as possible and not massacred.
After receiving this order, Wen Hao was overjoyed, got on his horse, drew his saber, and shouted: "Kill!"
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Li Shanfei's real name is Wei Dao'er. He was originally a horse thief operating in the Lingwu, Yanchuan and Mobei grassland areas. He has more than 2,000 sturdy horse bandits under his command, both Han and Turkic. They make a living by robbing homes and houses all the year round, and are cruel by nature.
, is notorious in the Guanlong area. Even children dare not cry at night when they hear his name.
After Yang Guang's death, the world was in chaos. Li Shanfei also took the opportunity to pull up a team and gradually invaded the south. But he did not have the ability to confront Yang Xuangan or Yu Wenhuaji's regular army. At this time, Yang Xuangan wanted to steal from the people.
The collection of food resulted in the destruction of many people's homes. The desperate poor people took refuge in Li Shanfei one after another. Although they were living with their heads tied to their belts, it was still better than starving to death. Li Shanfei became more powerful and ambitious, and actually wanted to
Wanting to compete for the world, he led his army south to Tianshui. After conquering Tianshui, he would further attack Fufeng and Jingzhao.
Li Shanfei was very cunning. He forced Yang Jishan to hand over money and food, and also asked Yang Jishan for a woman, in order to force Yang Jishan to offend the people in the city. From Lingwu all the way to siege the city, Li Shanfei knew very well whether the city could be defended. Of course, the army
Important, the support of the people in the city is even more important. Yang Jishan has offended the people in the city, and it is tantamount to wishful thinking to rely on their help to defend the city. When he orders the attack on the city again, I am afraid that the people in the city will rise up.
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Hearing the chaos in the city, Li Shanfei was secretly happy that his conspiracy had succeeded, when suddenly he felt the ground beneath his feet trembling. He was a horse thief, so he naturally understood what this situation meant, and hurriedly shouted: "Go and see
Look, where did the cavalry come from?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the group of rioters who had turned around at the east gate became agitated and fled towards this side. A dark group of cavalry was seen galloping towards them. Everyone was waving their sharp steel knives and shouting in unison.
: "Those who surrender will not be killed! Eat and be satisfied! Those who surrender will not be killed! Eat and be satisfied!"
This line of persuading surrender was taught to Wen Hao by Liu Ziqiu in a letter. Those rebels followed Li Shanfei in their rebellion. In addition to being forced by Li Shanfei's power, the biggest reason for them was to fill their stomachs. Liu Ziqiu was very keen to grasp their thoughts.
, one sentence can greatly destroy their fighting spirit. Of course, with the combat effectiveness of the Western Navy cavalry, dealing with these unorganized and untrained mobs in the wild is like killing a chicken with a bull's knife, without any effort. Liu Ziqiuzhi
So such painstaking efforts were just to reduce the number of casualties. After all, these rebels were also subjects of the Sui Dynasty, and they were forced to reach this point by Yang Xuangan.
Since he raised his army, Li Shanfei has never encountered an opponent. He couldn't help but became furious and shouted: "Charge over and kill them!"
The more than 10,000 cavalrymen following Li Shanfei are his main force. More than 2,000 of them are horse bandits who have been following him and have the most powerful combat power. The other 8,000 people are also brave people selected from the chaos.
All of them were strong and proficient in riding and shooting. Like Li Shanfei, these people had no idea how high the sky was because they had never encountered an opponent before. After listening to Li Shanfei's order, they yelled "Ao Ao" and rushed forward. They met many people along the way.
The infantry, all their own, were still badly injured and killed by them.
Wen Hao was furious when he saw these horse thieves taking human lives so carelessly. He rode his horse at the front, slashing left and right with his saber. No one fell off his horse. There were also some skilled horsemen and archers among the thieves, so he drew his bow at him when he saw this.
Shoot. However, Wenhao was so skilled in martial arts that his sword could not be splashed by water or penetrated by needles. The random arrows missed one after another and injured many of their own people.
At this time, a group of cavalrymen from the Western Navy had already rushed over and collided with the gang of horse thieves. The two sides fell into a melee. Although these horse thieves were brave, they were still a mob. They were no match for the Western Sea Cavalry.
After fighting for only half an hour, they were completely defeated. Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Shanfei turned his horse and ran away. These horse thieves were used to fighting with favorable winds, and they had already become panicked when they encountered a strong enemy today. Seeing Li Shanfei escape, the rest of the group dispersed in a rush.
In the past two days, Wen Hao led his men to patrol around Tianshui County and set up ambushes, but only captured a few groups of scouts. The most they captured was the 300 cavalry sent by Yang Jishan to Fufeng for help. The fight was not satisfying. Is it better now?
It was easy to catch a big fish like Li Shanfei, but he was not willing to give up. He waved his saber and said: "Chase!"
Most of Wen Hao's cavalry team are liberated slaves from the Xihai and Turkic tribes. Although they are Han people, they have also lived on the grasslands for a long time and have already mastered the most exquisite riding and archery skills. At this moment, they are on the way to pursue.
, they had the opportunity to show off their cavalry and archery skills. The cavalry bows and cavalry crossbows went into battle together. Li Shanfei's men fell off their horses one after another.
Seeing the enemy cavalry chasing after them, Li Shanfei became angry and shouted: "The trapped beasts are still fighting! Brothers, fight with them!"