On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 549 Confused into a ‘pool’

The high-spirited Li Yuan formed a sharp contrast with the Yin Shishi on the tower.

He held up the telescope and could even clearly see the frustrated look of the defenders on the city wall.

This telescope was naturally given by my good son-in-law. It had already become the standard equipment of the generals of the Eastern Sui Dynasty. As the commander-in-chief of the march of Longyou Road, why couldn't Li Yuan carry one with him.

Li Yuan put down the lens barrel and said to his other son-in-law, Marching Sima Doudan:

"Today, I will definitely be able to break the city!"

Dou Kang’s confident look undoubtedly infected him, and he persuaded him:

"The son of a rich man cannot sit down in the palace. The manager has a noble status. Since you are sure of victory, please watch the battle from the rear and let the subordinates sit in front."

Supervising operations on the front line is undoubtedly a dangerous thing. In the past, Pang Tong was killed in Luofengpo, and in the latter, Meng Ge died in Diaoyu City.

Of course, these are small probability events.

Li Yuan knew that his son-in-law was concerned about his own safety, so he declined Dou Dan's kindness and said seriously:

"There is no joke in the army. Since I told the generals yesterday that I would personally supervise the battle, how can I retreat? Otherwise, the soldiers will think that I have not kept my word, and how will they lead the troops in the future."

Li Yuan had no idea that Cui Che planned to enshrine him in the court in the future, and would not hand over military power easily.

The reason why Cui Che asked Li Yuan to participate in the lottery this time was simply to express his closeness to Li Yuan. After all, he could break the siege of Tianshui. Li Yuan persuaded him to surrender many passes along the way and opened up the road to Longyou, but he had done a lot of effort.

It's just that Cui Che never expected that Li Yuan would have such good luck, but it happened that he chose the paper ball with the character 'Long'.

At least in Li Yuandi's eyes, Cui Che trusted him, otherwise he would not have taken the initiative to let him participate and become the marching general manager of Longyou Road.

Li Yuan was unwilling to break his promise in order to continue to lead troops in battles and establish meritorious service in the future.

Dou Dan also knew his father-in-law's temperament, so when he could not persuade him to change his mind, he had no choice but to give up.

Continuing to persist only made Li Yuan angry and scolded him.

In both public and private matters, Li Yuan was both his superior and his father-in-law, so he suppressed Dou Kang to death.

However, Li Yuan braved the arrows and came to the front to supervise the battle, which was not without effect.

The soldiers were deeply encouraged to see Li Yuan disregarding his own safety.

Of course, Li Yuan only came to supervise the battle and would not actually participate in the siege.

Following his order, each unit carried siege equipment and rushed to their respective attack areas according to the pre-war plan.

Although the morale of the defenders on the city wall was low, they still dutifully drew their bows and arrows and shot down the city.

That is to say, Yin Shishi is good at mobilizing the army and can win the support of the soldiers. If he really wants to change someone to take charge of Zhangye, he will have been captured by his subordinates long ago and dedicated to Li Yuan outside the city to serve as his own stepping stone.

But then again, if Master Yinshi hadn't been guarding Zhangye, Li Yuan wouldn't have had to fight this offensive and defensive battle.

The trebuchets on the city wall were still in operation, and the flying stones fell down like stones thrown into the water.

However, one was filled with splashes of water, while the other was filled with splashes of flesh and blood.

Li Yuan's eyes twitched involuntarily.

He finally understood why Daxing City couldn't hold on for even one day under Cui Che's attack.

After being bombarded continuously for more than a month, who still has the fighting spirit to persevere? Not everyone is happy to welcome Master Wang.

Li Yuan wanted to imitate Cui Che, but he was now in Longyou, a vast and sparsely populated area. He did not have a large number of Weibei civilians behind him who shared the same enemy, and his food and grass could not sustain him for a long siege.

How could a mountain of earth higher than the city wall be piled up outside the city?

Fortunately, the sacrifices of the soldiers were not in vain, and the flying arrows and falling rocks above their heads could not stop their progress.

Li Yuan saw a pair of ladders erected on the city wall. The soldiers climbed up bravely and continued to climb up the city wall.

He put down the telescope, turned around and said to Dou Dan:

"The morale of the defenders was low, and they were defeated in close combat. Now that the soldiers have gained a firm foothold on the city wall, the city has been taken.

"The king will definitely give you a heavy reward for taking over the counties of Longyou this time. As for the documents reporting the victory, I will leave it to you to write. Don't miss out on the meritorious people."

There is no reason for Li Yuan, his father-in-law, to command and supervise the battle at the front, while Dou Dan, Sima's son-in-law, hides in the rear.

Dou Dan also breathed a sigh of relief, the battle was finally over.

He was about to agree, but a small black dot appeared in Dou Dan's field of vision in the sky. The small black dot was flying towards them and getting bigger and bigger.

Dou Dan's pupils dilated, and Li Yuan saw his frightened expression.

Li Yuan turned around with doubts, only to find that his eyesight went dark, and something blocked his sight.

Immediately, a burst of severe pain struck, and Li's body was hit by a huge force and fell backwards.

However, he didn't feel the pain for long before he lost all consciousness and consciousness.

At that moment, the dust and dust thrown up by flying rocks hit the guards in the face.

These personal guards were all slaves of the Li family and were extremely loyal.

They witnessed this scene and shouted crazily:

"Master!"

"Save the master of the family quickly!"

"Military doctor! Where is the military doctor!"

"Move the stone first!"

Everyone worked together to move the stone away. In the pit, there were Li Yuan and Dou Dan who had become two-dimensional, their flesh and blood were blurred, and they were too miserable to look at.

No one could have imagined that after they had already established a firm foothold on the city wall, a big stone unexpectedly flew up and mixed Li Yuan and Dou Dan into a 'pool'.

From time to time, there were arrows flying across the sky, but this one landed on Li Yuan's head.

Jincheng captain Xue Ju bravely climbed up first and killed the retreating defenders. As his troops continued to come up, he had firmly occupied a small section of the city wall.

Just when he was about to go all out and drive the defenders away completely, a rapid and loud sound of hammering suddenly sounded behind him.

"What's going on! The ruined city is right in front of us. Who on earth could have made the mistake of calling for gold to retreat?"

Xue Ju felt like his lungs were about to explode.

It was clear that the city was about to be destroyed, how could Li Yuan order the troops to retreat?

Xue Ju thought that the drummer was nervous and made a mistake in the military order.

This kind of thing is not without precedent. When Huan Wen attacked Shu, the Jin army and the Shu army fought in the wild. Seeing that they could no longer hold on, they were ready to retreat and hold on, so they ordered the troops to retreat with gold.

As a result, the drummer was frightened by the Shu army's offensive. In the panic, he did not sound the gold and strike the trumpet, but sounded the marching drum.

The Jin army heard the drum and marched forward, reversing the defeat in one fell swoop.

Xue Ju thought he was in the same situation as Huan Wen, but he turned around and looked at the bottom of the city. The attacking soldiers retreated like a tide.

Without support, Xue Ju did not dare to stay on the city wall. He took advantage of Zhangye's defenders' shock and hurriedly escaped along the ladder.

The defenders did not react at first, but after a brief period of shock, under the shouts of the generals, especially Yin Shishi, they finally gathered their courage and killed the Eastern Sui soldiers who had not had time to escape from the city wall.

There are still six thousand left, so I will finish it all night tonight.

(End of chapter)