Hanoi.
Liu Taozi rode Heifeng and stared at the ravine in the distance.
It was pitch black around Hanoi.
The land is scorched black, and you can see the city in the distance from here at a glance.
The charred earth was covered with corpses.
Many evil birds were circling back and forth in mid-air, falling down from time to time.
The generals stood behind Liu Taozi, and the group just stood on the high slope, looking at the charred land around them.
Zu Ban whispered: "In order to prevent us from hiding in the dense forest and to build fortifications, the thieves cut down all the surrounding trees and then set them on fire."
"He also summoned hundreds of thousands of civilians to build fortifications outside Hanoi."
"There are six ravines over there, each ravine is bottomless, one foot wide, and has spikes underneath. There are horses outside the gully, and an arrow tower has been set up fifty steps apart. Over there, there are high
The wall was used to guard against ladder trucks. On the west side, they diverted water from the river, dug canals, and built a moat so that it would be difficult for ships to pass without it."
"Outside the city wall, seven thorn walls were set up...
Zu Ban pointed to various places one by one and described the enemy's frenzied defense.
Gao Yanzong sneered and said: "I used to think that Dugu Yongye was ambitious, but I didn't expect that he was so cowardly. He wanted to dig a hole to hide himself...\n..\n. Such fortifications
,absurd!"
Zu Ban stroked his beard, "General Gao was young and didn't know anything. When the puppet Zhou Dynasty fought with Qi, this situation was very common. Many generals had used similar methods. Even Hu Luguang was in Anyang.
When fighting the enemy, they also built hundreds of miles of fortifications, forcing the Zhou people to retreat...:.:
Gao Yanzong ignored him and looked directly at Liu Taozi, "Brother, let me be the vanguard!"
"I am willing to lead people to take Hanoi!!"
"No need to rush."
Liu Taozi said softly: "These beasts have forced so many civilians. As soon as we came, they hid in the city. So many civilians did not dare to go south or north. They were hiding in various places outside the city. They were about to die.
winter comes,
I’m afraid it’s hard to survive.”
"We will be stationed here first. Yanzong, you will be responsible for this matter and lead the knights to inform various places.
Notify those civilians who have nowhere to go and ask them to go to Gaodu. In addition, let Gaodu make preparations. Even if they use military rations, they don't want to cause widespread starvation and freezing. Use all your strength to save as much as you can.
How much guarantee...\n.\n,
Gao Yanzong was a little anxious, and he hurriedly said: "Brother, this matter of appeasing the people can be left to any civil servant. Grandfather can do it, but the war cannot be delayed because of them."
"Our army is gathered here, and we consume a lot of food every day. Every day of delay, the food loss will double...::.Although the situation in our country has improved, we can't waste it like this!"
Liu Taozi looked at him, "These civilians are gathered everywhere on the defense line and can only wait to die. Once we officially engage in battle, they will be within the fighting range of both sides and will undoubtedly die."
"We go to war to stabilize the world, and we fight for the people of the world. To abandon these people and ignore them in order to defeat the enemy early is to sacrifice the fundamental and the inferior!"
Gao Yanzong was speechless and lowered his head.
"only!!"
The opportunity to make great achievements that Gao Yanzong longed for still failed to come, so he had to complete the emperor's order first. Liu Han's army was stationed outside the Hanoi defense line. They built camps and stationed here, while Gao Yanzong and others traveled back and forth on flying horses.
During the attack, their purpose was not to attack the city, but to notify the people in the warring area and ask them to leave as soon as possible.
Dugu Yongye, an unworthy man, summoned a large number of civilians from all over the country to build fortifications. Before Liu Taozi and others arrived, they were still busy here.
If there were any dead ones, they would be abandoned directly on the road, so you can see the scene of wreckage everywhere.
After discovering that Liu Taozi's army was approaching, he ordered the cowardly generals to run away and return to the city, artificially creating a large number of dead people in the war zone.
Gao Yanzong ran all the way.
He can always find the dead in all kinds of strange places.
Dugu Yongye not only captured the young and strong, but also the elderly, women, and children. He did not let anyone alive anyway.
Most of them can only live in various villages in the war zone.
Most of these villages have been demolished and nothing remains, and thatched houses are considered high-end among them.
When Gao Yanzong found them, these people huddled together with panic on their faces. They had nothing to eat. Although they had not reached the point of starting to eat people, they were almost there. They would eat whatever they encountered. Trees
Skin, soil, corpse...\n..\n.
Facing the sudden arrival of the army, they were naturally extremely frightened and did not dare to escape.
He could only kneel on the ground to show that he had no property that could be plundered.
Gao Yanzong could only express again and again that he was a general of the Han Dynasty. If he did not rob things, the army would attack soon. They could go to Gaodu to take refuge, and food had been prepared there and relief would be provided.
I don’t know how much these people believe it. Anyway, Gao Yanzong has war horses and sharp knives, so the people have to believe it even if they don’t believe it.
They could only shout long live, and then quickly leave here according to the route designated by the other party.
But it’s hard to know what I’m thinking in my heart.
More and more dead people and civilians were pulled out by Liu Taozi and escorted all the way to the rear.
At this moment, in Hanoi, Dugu Yongye has been sending people to keep an eye on Liu Taozi's actions.
A group of people stood on the city wall. Dugu Yongye looked into the distance, looking at the ravines that gave him a sense of security. He couldn't help but smile.
"Gaojun!!!"
"It's exactly what you expected!!"
Dugu Yongye looked at Yang Su again, and his eyes looked at Yang Su with more and more trust.
This person is really too strong!
So far, everything Yang Su said has become reality one by one.
Yang Su had previously told Dugu Yongye that after Liu Taozi led his troops, he would definitely not rush to attack, but would hypocritically stabilize the people's livelihood here.
Dugu Yongye exclaimed: "Gao Jun is really a god!"
"Knowing things like a god!"
"How did Gao Jun know that Liu Taozi would do this?"
Yang Su smiled confidently, "Liu Taozi has always flaunted his love for the people. We have left so many dead people outside the city, and he will definitely not abandon them."
"Duan Shao's shortcoming was that he rarely changed. When faced with a real desperate situation, he still stuck to the original method without any unique moves, so he died at the hands of Liu Taozi. Liu Taozi's shortcoming was that he was weak in benevolence."
"Ci is not in charge of the army. He lacks the courage to give up, and lacks the concept of the overall situation. After all, he is a Cangtou slave. He can only see some benefits in front of him when doing things, but cannot see the overall big picture."
"The food he brought this time was not much, and he had to accommodate the dead. It would only be a month before he launched the attack, and it was freezing cold at that time, so he had to ensure the supplies for the winter...
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Yang Su said arrogantly: "For at least a year, Liu Taozi will be dragged here by us, unable to advance or retreat...
Liu Taozi thought he could win Heluo, so he despised the heroes of the world, and now it is his time to die."
Dugu Yongye couldn't help laughing loudly.
"Yes! Everything you said is right!"
"It seems that I don't have to worry too much. Everyone, follow me back home!"
"Have a banquet!!"
Not only Dugu Yongye, but also the generals under his demon are also very happy at this moment. It is a day to delay. It would be best if they can keep fighting like this.
After more than a month of resettlement work, Liu Taozi finally launched an attack on the enemy. Yao Xiong and Kou Liu were the generals on the left and right, leading the Shuozhou soldiers and Jizhou soldiers to advance.
The two sides began a full-scale battle.
It has to be said that the defense line established by Dugu Yongye and others is still very threatening.
After the two armies began to march, their progress was not very smooth.
The ravines all over the place, together with the arrow towers and fortresses, formed one barrier after another. Yao Xiong fought faster, leading a small number of elites to attack, eliminating the enemy's troops on each line of defense, and then allowed the army to continue.
Advance, but in this way, the distance between the front and rear armies is too large, and the commando team is easily surrounded by the enemy. The core part of Dugu Yongye's soldiers are capable of fighting and should not be underestimated.
Kou Liu is moving slowly here, and his progress is even slower.
The distance between the two sides is slowly shortening, and Dugu Yongye is constantly sucking blood from his rear, constantly replenishing the front line, trying to hold Liu Taozi back, confronting him, stalemate, and wearing down each other.
Yang Su's perfect strategy was being implemented, and Dugu Yongye was addicted to the joy of suppressing Liu Taozi. Under Yang Su's instigation, he continuously mobilized troops from the rear.
The strength of the checkpoints that were originally used to defend against the Zhou army were constantly being reduced, or new soldiers were being used to replace them.
Yang Suwen recommended many wise people to Dugu Yongye.
These wise men indeed showed good talents. Dugu Yongye felt that this was Yang Su trying to accumulate manpower for himself as prime minister, so he placed these people in various places with a wave of his hand.
As for Liu Taozi, just as Yang Su expected, she did not disregard the life and death of the sergeants and fought hard all the way.
Yang Su had always used his soldiers as tools. He felt that if a general did not have the courage to even lose his subordinates, he would definitely not be able to succeed.
Liu Taozi did not meet Yang Su's requirements.
Yang Su felt that if he served as the commander of the Han Kingdom, he would charge at all costs. No matter how many people died, as long as he could defeat the enemy early, everything would be worth it. Now, in order to reduce his own losses, he
If he tries to figure it out slowly, this will bring him greater disasters and casualties.
What’s the point of not giving up?
While the two sides were fighting, the Turkic father-in-law also began to actively attack.
The Turkic father-in-law originally came once a year. This time, with the request of the Zhou people, he saw the hope of victory and once again led his troops to attack Han from the north. Hu Luguang led his troops to fight with him.
But here in Lingzhou...\nThe war has not yet begun.
Mainly because there were too many generals, Yu Wenxian's petition to Yu Wenyong was approved, allowing Yu Wenxian to assist Yu Chi Jiong to defeat Gao Changgong, and gave Yu Chi Jiong great power.
However, Yu Wenxian could not execute the generals just because they had other opinions.
If the person in charge is Yuwen Yong or Yuwen Hu.
Which general dares to question the commander-in-chief and can be pulled out and punished on the spot.
But Yu Wenxian couldn't do it. How could he drag out the chief manager of Jingzhou and kill him because of a few questions? Pull out and kill Deng Guogong, who had a very senior qualification and participated in the founding of the country?
Yu Wenxian couldn't do it, and Yuchi Jiong couldn't do it even more.
Everyone’s level is too high. If you want to demonstrate military law, you can kill a middle- and lower-level general, but who dares to kill the Duke to demonstrate military law?
A prince has a faction behind him. Except for someone like Yu Wenhu, who would dare to kill him at will?
How can I report to the emperor if I really kill him?
There were too many ideas and disagreements. Yuchi Jiong urged several times, but Quan Jingxuan deliberately delayed. In the end, Yuchi Jiong's troops deployed on the Gao Changgong defense line walked for more than a month without reaching the prescribed location.
Yuchi Jiong was so angry that he was furious and wrote again to remove Quan Jingxuan and punish Quan Jingxuan for his crimes.
And because of his previous achievements, Quan Jingxuan did not take others seriously and made his own decisions, insisting on beating Gao Changgong according to his own ideas.
Wei Xiaokuan was not easy to come forward.
What a mess.
But Gao Changgong refused to let go of such a good opportunity. He quickly organized an elite cavalry to prepare for an attack on Quan Jingxuan, who was marching slowly.
The flames of war have been ignited on all three sides of the Han Dynasty.
Gaodu City.
Along the city wall, the government built many simple dwellings.
These residential buildings are built with a city wall on one side and connected to each other on both sides. They are simple in style and cannot be considered as shelter from wind and rain. Inside these huts and tent-like houses, there are countless war victims squatting.
Gaodu is not a big city, and it cannot accommodate so many dead people.
Moreover, the weather is getting colder and colder. Letting the deceased go to other places now is to let people die. The government can only imitate the method of resettling civilians in the frontier fortress and place the deceased outside the city.
Fortunately, because most of them are with their family members and fellow villagers, they are more stable and will not pose a high threat of becoming thieves like the original frontier fortress.
There were servants pushing the cart, followed by soldiers on both sides.
The clerk's car was filled with several large buckets. When he saw the clerk, many people came out of the temporary residences, holding all kinds of strange tableware in their hands.
After so many days of relief, most of them have become accustomed to the rules.
Neither fighting nor grabbing, they just stood calmly on both sides, waiting for the officials to distribute food to them.
The clerk's wooden barrel was mostly filled with water, with some grains and vegetables floating vaguely. It looked like leftovers mixed together...\n. It was almost the same as the food in Cheng'an's law school.
The clerk just distributed it to everyone, no more and no less.
Although these things seem really hard to swallow, these dead people don't mind them.
It's not that the government deliberately gave them some bad things, but that the government was indeed not rich. The Han Dynasty had just started, and there were wars to fight on three sides. It was already very difficult to get these things together to prevent them from starving to death.
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Everyone ate the food and hugged each other to keep warm.
A young junior put down the broken bowl in his hand and looked at everyone angrily.
"Everyone, I have something to say."
At this moment, the people around them were shocked.
An older man stood up and said, "Don't talk nonsense...\n"
The young man's face was determined, and he said seriously: "Those of us were originally farming in our hometown without committing any mistakes, but we were caught by the old thief Dugu and sent here to dig ravines, and we died.
It hurts!"
"My younger brothers are still slaves in the city and cannot escape...
"In the current winter, there is nothing we can do here. We are just eating the government relief food...::. The army is fighting on the front line. With the trenches we have dug, how long will it take to save our families?
Coming out?"
He looked to the left and right and quickly jumped up to a high place.
"Everyone!!"
"I'm going to the front line. Even if I can't follow His Majesty to kill the enemy and perform meritorious service, I can still fill in the ravines and dig out Wu Lei!!"
"Your Majesty definitely needs auxiliary troops!"
"Who wants to go with me?!"
Hearing the young man's cry, several of his friends were the first to get up.
"Dou Chong!! We are all willing to go with you!!"
The young man nodded, "Your Majesty has been so kind to us. This is to repay him and to save our relatives!"
"The sooner the old thief Dugu dies, tens of thousands of people will live!!"
"Let's go!"
The young man took everyone and left.
The deceased people gathered together and looked at the group of people leaving. They were all surprised and asked questions one after another, and then were informed of the situation.
For a moment, the people outside the city became commotion.
Soon after, more and more people began to leave, heading towards the fighting area between the two sides.
Officials in Gaodu were the first to discover it and reported it hurriedly. The county magistrate thought there was some disturbance and hurriedly sent people to investigate.
However, the officials responsible for the investigation told him that the dead people had gone to the front line to help the army fill ravines, build roads and bridges, and assist the army in advancing.
Local officials hurriedly reported these matters to Liu Taozi.
There is no need for officials to report, because the dead people have already arrived. They approach the armies from all walks of life and volunteer to become auxiliary soldiers. Not too many, one meal a day, just like outside the city, if there is anything in their stomach, they will
Well, they don't even need to borrow tools, they know what to do with the humble tools.
The people in the city learned about the situation outside and donated some supplies. Some young people took the initiative to take the tools at home and set off.
Suddenly, a huge crowd appeared on the front line.
Chapter completed!