The city wall was built with huge stones, with a small vermilion pavilion on top. There were crenels at the front and back, and stone steps extending to the ground on both sides. Many soldiers and the guards brought by Tang Ji were carrying rolling logs from bottom to top.
There were supplies such as stones, long bows and arrows, but at the front of the crenel, there was a young man in Tsing Yi holding a rice bowl and eating.
It had been more than two hours since noon, when Tang Jicai took a bite of the cold food. When he saw Song Yao coming over, he was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "How is the situation in Beicheng?"
There are more than 2,200 defenders in Yunhuai City. Including the guards Li Yu left for himself and the guards from the Jianghai Chamber of Commerce, there are more than 2,600 people in total, of which 2,000 are at the east and north gates.
There are slightly more people.
Song Yao was no longer wearing a red shirt as before, but was wearing silver armor and a red cloak. She looked very domineering. She nodded and replied: "The progress is about the same as that of Dongcheng. It depends on where the enemy launches the attack."
Tang Ji took a mouthful of food. He felt that the opponent's attack target must be the East Gate first, because the terrain on the east side is flat and the part of the city tower extending out is a bit long, but they only have a thousand men, which is not conducive to defense. He couldn't help but sigh: "Why
The huge Yunhuai City only has two thousand defenders?"
"Huaizhou is located in the southern hinterland of Ningguo. It has a developed economy, abundant food, and few banditry. It originally had few defenders. Later it became a fiefdom of Li Yu. Ningguo has an unwritten rule called "fan"
"The king does not command the troops." Once a certain state becomes a fiefdom, there will definitely be no troops stationed there. Coupled with the secret operations of the two princes in Kyoto, the number of troops in the city was further reduced, leaving only more than 2,000 people today." Song
After Yao finished explaining, she raised her eyes to look at the sky in the distance, and a voice appeared in her mind.
I don’t know where he is. In two days, if he travels quickly, he will be able to leave Huaizhou tomorrow.
Tang Ji shook his head, the princes fought back and forth, but in the end it was the people who suffered, this damn feudal society!
Soon, he "annihilated" the food, and just as he handed the bowl to Cheng Tie, he noticed movement on the long slope in the distance. He looked around and was dumbfounded. He saw the dense crowd moving quickly.
Rushing towards Dongcheng at high speed.
In the past, his understanding of the army of ten thousand people was only from TV series, but now that he saw it with his own eyes, he felt very oppressive.
The remaining soldiers also noticed the arrival of the bandits and shouted: "Be alert!"
Immediately, the soldiers who were still carrying supplies gathered at the top of the city and began to prepare for war.
...
In front of the bandit team, Chu Zhuoming was riding on a horse, staring at the tower in the distance and clenching his hands tightly.
Zhu Mang, who was following him, raised his head high, raised his hand on his stomach, pressed his nostrils, and asked: "Brother, they are very well prepared!"
"This is not a good thing you did!" Chu Zhuoming narrowed his eyes and glanced at him. If Zhu Mang hadn't taken someone to the village to play with girls last night and massacred the village after being discovered, how could the Yunhuai County government know about them?
Action, the original plan of a direct sneak attack at night could only be changed to a frontal attack.
Zhu Mang touched his head in embarrassment and chuckled twice: "Oh, it doesn't matter, brother, there are so many of us, it's not easy to take Yunhuai City."
"I hope so!" Chu Zhuoming snorted coldly, raised his hand high and shouted: "Speed up the pace!"
Now that Yunhuai City has responded, the news will soon spread to other state capitals. They must take Yunhuai City as soon as possible, loot it and run away, otherwise only one of them will die when the imperial reinforcements arrive.
Immediately, the speed of the team increased again, until it stopped more than a mile outside Yunhuai City.
Chu Zhuoming put the big knife on his neck and ordered a dark-skinned and thin middle-aged man on his right: "Third brother, go up and call the formation."
"Yes!" Qin Chou responded with clasped fists, lightly kicked the horse's belly with his legs, and controlled the horse to run forward: "Drive!"
From time to time, he stopped at the foot of Yunhuai East City, pulled the horse rope, looked up at the city tower, and shouted loudly: "Where is the Yunhuai guard? Don't continue to struggle needlessly, or lead your troops to open the door and surrender quickly."
, maybe my elder brother is in a good mood and can spare your life, but if not, when Yunhuai City is destroyed, it will be your death."
On the top of the city tower, Chu Cailiang, the deputy general of the city guard, poked his head out of the crenel: "It is you brave bandits who are the ones who have to struggle anymore. If you know what you are doing, surrender quickly and you may be given a lighter sentence. Otherwise,
It’s a dead end.”
But as soon as he finished speaking, he was pulled back by Tang Ji.
"You, you, look what you are talking about!" Tang Ji glanced at him angrily.
Chu Cailiang was a little sullen. The other party was just a commoner and dared to point fingers at him. However, he noticed Song Yao's eyes and suppressed his anger.
When Qin Chou heard the other party's answer, he planned to go back to report the news. As soon as he turned his horse's head, he was interrupted by a voice coming from upstairs.
"Hey, brother bandit, what do you call him? Don't leave in a hurry, we can discuss everything easily!" Tang Ji leaned on the crenel and shouted with a smile.
Hearing this, Qin Chou turned his attention away again, wondering why there was a pretty boy among the people guarding the city? But he didn't care too much and replied in a loud voice: "What? Boy, do you want to talk to me?
Can you speak in the city?"
Tang Ji snorted coldly, patted his chest, and replied: "You're kidding, who am I? I am Li Yu's second uncle's grandfather's grandmother's second cousin's third cousin's uncle's younger brother's neighbor.
In short, I have a relationship with the pilgrims. Do you think I can speak in this city? If you don’t believe it, let’s give it a try. Come on, everyone, raise your hands!”
Song Yao couldn't figure out what trick he was playing, but when she saw Tang Ji making gestures to her from behind, she still whispered instructions to the soldiers.
"Whoa!"
In an instant, everyone on the tower raised their hands.
Seeing this, Qin Chou's eyes lit up. If he could persuade the other party to open the city gate, it would be a great achievement. He immediately smiled and said: "My name is Qin Chou. What do you call the brother upstairs?"
Tang Ji rolled his eyes and replied: "My name is Li Yu, which sounds the same as Youwang Li Yu, but I am the jade of jade."
Qin Chou didn't care what kind of jade he was, and continued: "Brother Li Yu, we don't want to kill anyone, but life has been difficult recently and we are short of money, so you open the city gate and let us brothers go into the city for a walk.
Circle, once we get the money, we will withdraw without any delay, how about it?"
"You want money, tell me early, how much do you want? Is ten thousand taels enough? I'll prepare it now!" After Tang Ji finished speaking, he pretended to withdraw.
"Hey, hey, brother Li Yu, wait a minute!" Qin Chou cursed "idiot" several times in his heart, but still forced himself to keep smiling and continued: "Don't bother me to prepare it, let us brothers go and get it ourselves.
Wouldn’t it be more convenient? So let’s open the city gate quickly!”
Tang Ji stuck his head out again and nodded in realization: "But Brother Qin Chou, you won't kill me as soon as you enter the city, right?"
Qin Chou gritted his silver teeth impatiently: "Damn it... is your mother in good health? Oh, brother Li Yu, I, Qin Chou, swear on my life that you will not die if anyone in this city dies.
I will also introduce you to my elder brother, and we will be good brothers from now on, how about it?"
Seeing the other party's appearance, Tang Ji smiled indifferently, and then coughed twice: "Brother Qin Chou, please wait for me, and I will convince the guard. He is worried that he will kill the soldiers when you enter the city!"
"Hahaha, no, you can rest assured. As long as you open the city gate, we will be good brothers from now on." Qin Chou laughed loudly.
Tang Ji nodded excitedly: "Then wait for me!"
Immediately, he retracted his head from the crenel, turned around and found that everyone's eyes were focused on him. He sighed and waved his hand: "Don't look at me, aren't you ready yet? Speed up.
Go get ready!"
Immediately, everyone understood what was going on and immediately took action quietly.
Song Yao leaned the spear against the pillar again and said: "You want to delay time?"
"It can be delayed for a while, but you will have to perform a show with me later." After Tang Ji finished speaking, he showed a mean smile.
Chu Cailiang, who was standing aside, snorted coldly: "Heroist!"