I'm playing tricks in Daqin

The Qin Empire seized the Pingtang Dangerous Pass, which was equivalent to blocking the north-south road leading to Baimo County. The only way left was to take the dangerous road of Wulong Mountain Range. , even if they can pass smoothly, the time is too late.

The only explanation is that there are shadows of Qin people in the rebel army in Qingfengzhai, and it may even be dominated by Qin people, so that they can pass through the dangerous pass of Pingtang, pass through Zhao County, bypass Yang County of Zhuang County, and hide in Gongshan behind Yang County , When his army was dispatched, he immediately took advantage of the empty strength of Baimo City to attack and occupy it in one fell swoop.

Although a large number of defeated soldiers came back, Ren Bin interrogated repeatedly, but he still couldn't figure out how the rebels entered the city, and even Shu Yun's life and death were not confirmed. It involves various issues, the most important thing is intelligence, except for the secret spies of the Qin Empire, the rebels in Qingfengzhai simply cannot grasp such information so accurately.

From these information, Ren Bin can tell that there are not only Qin people in Qingfengzhai's rebel army, but it is even certain that they are controlled by Qin people. If not, there will be a large number of Qin soldiers in the team Elite, otherwise, how could he easily defeat the five thousand elites who stayed behind in the city?It's just that he knew it was such a thing, but he refused to admit it, and he was still under the banner of Qingfengzhai Rebel Army, so what could he do?

In short, if he can't take back Baimo's surname, he will be beheaded by the king when he goes back. The only choice is to die in battle. How can he regain his old life? As for the letter, he has the right to be dead Living horses come to treat them, I hope that the people of Qin have some concerns and are not so unscrupulous, maybe there is still a little hope.

Ren Bin has been pushed to a dead end, and has no choice but to attack with force. The first round of attack is just a tentative attack.

He now has an army of 5000 people in his hands, but he doesn't know anything about the situation of the rebels in the city. God knows how many people there are?How is the weaponry?

However, he emptied the armament depots in several counties, but he didn't have many heavy siege equipment. The thunderbolt chariot was rushed to make, and only a dozen or so were built, which could not constitute a slight deterrent to the rebels defending the city. .

The most terrible thing is that he has no way to trap Baimo City on all sides and cut off all connections and supplies in the city, because the North City Gate faces the Qin Empire's Gu City, and an unknown Qin army unexpectedly entered the five gates outside the North City Gate. Several fortresses were built in the land of six miles, making it clear that he would not be allowed to trap Baimo City on all sides.

Ren Bin was furious, but there was nothing he could do. How could he dare to start a war against the Qin Empire at a time like this? They would have wished him to start a war, and they just sent troops justifiably.

Hundreds of corpses were dropped in the first round of tentative attacks. The weapons of the rebel army were very sophisticated, and the arrows were shot like free money, making his face pale and bloodless, and his heart filled with despair.

Ren Bin, who had no choice but to order a strong attack at all costs, at the same time wrote a letter for help, sent his cronies to Changchuan City, and asked the prefect Li Wendong for help.

Amidst the earth-shattering rumble of war drums, the Tang army launched a frenzied attack, and the rebel army rose up to fight back. The two sides launched a fierce offensive and defensive battle, causing casualties to each other. The fighting lasted until dark.

In the onslaught on the first day, Ren Bin lost nearly 4000 people, and the rebel army, which experienced such a tragic battle for the first time, also lost more than 600 people.

Relying on the strong defense of the city, the rebel army has excellent weapons and equipment, but it has paid such a loss. Apart from the fact that most of the Tang army who have not experienced such a tragic battle to attack the city are mostly elite veterans, the most important thing is that they were cheated by Wu You.

Heavy weapons such as the giant crossbow used to defend the city in thunderbolt chariots are installed and fired slowly two or three times before a "fault,"

It took most of the day for maintenance, and the stock of arrows was "not much,"

Quickly consumes "brightness,"

Unable to suppress the archers of the Tang soldiers, most of the rebels fell under the dense rain of arrows.

Most of the cannon fodder on the blacklist died in the first two rounds of defensive battles, and the remaining few cannon fodder are estimated to be killed in the next day or two.

Li Wendong was able to sit on the seat of the prefect of Changchuan, not only because of Tang Wang Jili's trust, but also his own talents, his reputation among scholars even surpassed that of Ren Bin, and the lives of the people under his rule were decent.

When he heard the news that Baimo City had been captured by Qingfengzhai rebels, he was shocked. After careful analysis, he saw the key problem. This was a long-planned conspiracy by the people of Qin. How did Bin fall for someone else's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain?

Li Wendong knew very well that Baimo official road was the only traffic artery in Changchuan County. If Baimo was lost, Changchuan’s logistics supplies would be cut off. There was no need for the Qin people to attack the city. It was only necessary to defend Baimo City for a year or so. The defenders will be cut off because of the lack of food and grass, and they will collapse without fighting.

Therefore, when he received Ren Bin's handwritten letter, he immediately ordered his deputy general Wen Yaozu to lead [-] soldiers to Baimo City with a large number of heavy siege equipment, and obey Ren Bin's command.

Changchuan County is a border gate, and there are [-] standing troops stationed all year round. When the Tang and Qin countries went to war, he urgently recruited [-] young men to prepare for the war. The whole city has been on high alert, and the [-] new army has not been disbanded, which will come in handy.

In fact, even if Ren Bin didn't want to take back Baimo City, knowing the importance of Baimo City, he would personally lead an army to take back Baimo City. He would rather give up Changchuan County than take back Baimo City, because he is the same as Ren Bin There is no room for choice, the difference is that Ren Bin loses Baimo City, what awaits him is the fate of being beheaded by the king, and he does not have to bear any responsibility for losing Changchuan City.

Chapter 325 Give up

Tang Ting, Tang Wang Jili is in a good mood because of the successful mission of the servant Sun Zhongyuan, and is planning how to use the marriage to get the unique and terrifying thunder chariot of the Qin Empire.

Although he loves Tang Fei'er very much, in front of the interests of the empire, his daughter's lifelong happiness is just a cloud. What's more, her daughter admires that Master Li very much, and she also has that meaning in her heart, so she is not wronged.

However, when the news of Zhenbei General Liu Chun's defeat and death came, he was so angry that he broke several valuable jade cups one after another.

The consequences of Liu Chun's defeat were very serious, and Wang Tang's reputation rose to another level. More people came to join him, and his strength was further enhanced.

Wang Tang, whose strength had been further strengthened, sent a large number of troops to attack cities and loot ponds everywhere, and made wars everywhere, and there were as many emergency calls for help as snowflakes.

This year can be said to be unlucky for the Tang Dynasty. Tang Wang Jili, who is in a state of distress, is busy mobilizing an army to wipe out Wang Tang's rebel army. Unexpectedly, the news that Baimo City was captured by Qingfengzhai rebel army came, his eyes were red and his expression was ferocious. The fierce and frightening King Tang drew out his sword and split the desk in front of him in two. The eunuchs and maids beside him were so frightened that they all shrank into the corners, trembling, and all the ministers were also terrified.

"Who can tell me what Qingfeng Village is?"

Tang Wangjili roared loudly, and stared at the ministers in front of him with gloomy eyes. Bad news came one after another, and he wanted to kill people.

All the ministers looked at each other in blank dismay. To be honest, they didn't know that there was such a rebel army, and they captured Baimo City, which was guarded by Ren Bin, in such an awesome manner.

Ren Bin's ability to govern one side is obvious to all. Even the political opponents in the court have to admit his ability. The rebel army in Qingfengzhai can capture Baimo City. Isn't it stronger than Wang Tang's dreaded rebel army? horrible?Such a terrifying rebel army, why haven't I heard of it before?

Ren Bin's memorial has not been delivered yet, no one can clearly understand the reason for the loss of Baimo City, for a while, Ruoda's Golden Luan Hall was silent.

"Your Majesty, I think there is something else hidden about this matter."

There are not many people of insight among the courtiers of the Tang court, and some people can detect the conspiracy inside after a little thought.

"I'm so mad, I want to declare war on the people of Qin!"

Tang Wangjili, who was screaming in anger, kicked the cut off half of the desk, with a fierce and frightening expression on his face.

"Your Majesty, calm down."

The servant Sun Zhongyuan came out of the class to speak, and said a lot of flattery, my lord, you should first put down the civil strife with peace of mind, and then use the imperial army to attack Qin. I heard that the queen mother of the Qin Empire is very young, very beautiful, very ecstatic, Your Majesty, you understand.

Tang Wangjili took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down. The entire empire was in turmoil. How could he dare to declare war on the Qin Empire at this time?

It was just a momentary remark, no matter how old and foolish he was, he would not dare to risk the country's subjugation. Sun Zhongyuan's words were like a ladder handed over at the right time, and he just went down the ladder.

Just one day later, Ren Bin's memorial was finally delivered. It was roughly the same as the analysis of some insightful people. The rebel army in Qingfeng Village was obviously controlled by the Qin people. It was very insidious to take advantage of the chaos to seize the imperial city. The two countries have just signed a peace agreement of mutual non-aggression, which is really shameless and obscene.

A group of civil servants and military generals raged fiercely, scolding the people of Qin as shameless hooligans, and automatically ignored that their own king had done such things no less than five or six times.

However, no one pointed out that Lie Bin was incompetent, and even his political opponents did not add insult to injury at this time, because Ren Bin had already stated in the memorial that if Baimo City could not be recaptured, he would kill himself, and if he succeeded, he would take the blame and resign. Having said all this, to accuse and attack him would be to bear the infamy of a villain.

Tang Wang Jili could only issue an order, strictly ordering Ren Bin to recover Baimo City at all costs. At the same time, he ordered Changchuan prefect Li Wendong to use all Changchuan County's troops to assist, and the only assistance he could give Ren Bin was to mobilize an army to attack Wang Tang's Yijun, try to ease his pressure as much as possible.

However, with the participation of the Qin people, even if all the troops of Changchuan County were exhausted, without continuous reinforcements, the possibility of Ren Bin taking back Baimo City would be very small.

But until the last moment, Tang Wang Jili didn't want to give up at all, he was still fighting desperately, and once again sent his servant, Sun Zhongyuan, to the Qin Empire as an emergency mission, treating him as a dead horse and a living horse to treat him.

The follow-up plan will be drawn up soon. Concentrate forces to eliminate Wang Tang, the most powerful rebel army first, and build a large number of defense lines around Jindu. Outside Jindu Pass.

The cold winter is approaching, the rebel army lacks food and clothing, and will freeze to death if they don't starve to death. The morale of the army is weakened, and the strength is greatly reduced.

The servant, Sun Zhongyuan, was on his way at night, but starting from Yicheng, the imperial capital, he had to pass through Jingnan, Guangnan, and pass through the Pingtang dangerous pass controlled by the Qin people. It was a long way to Chang'an. up.

Under Baimo City, Ren Bin, who was driven to a desperate situation, attacked the city desperately, and the defenders resisted tenaciously. What made Ren Bin desperate was that as Wen Yaozu led the Changchuan reinforcements to arrive, his strength was nearly [-]. And there are a lot of heavy siege weapons.

However, the strength of the defenders of the city has also changed from the weakness of the previous few days, and it has become extremely fierce. The arrows have obviously been supplemented, shooting like free money, and the stone bullets fired by the thunderbolt chariot are also like hailstones. The hundred Thunderbolt chariots brought by Yaozu were blasted to pieces.

A few days ago, the elite under Tamo went to the top of the city several times, fighting for the top of the city. Although they failed to hold on to the top of the city in the end, everyone saw the hope of victory, but now, the soldiers failed to go to the top of the city at all. , was beaten by the rebels who defended the city with various defensive weapons such as stones, logs, hot oil, etc., and the archers were also suppressed, unable to provide effective cover for the soldiers who attacked the city.

After receiving the imperial decree, he learned that the king had ordered Li Wendong, the prefect of Changchuan, to use all his troops under his command to come for reinforcements. Ren Bin didn't feel the slightest joy in his heart. On the contrary, he felt extremely sad and desperate. He wanted to take back Baimo City, and he was the culprit who caused all these serious consequences.

"attack!"

Ren Bin still desperately waved his army to attack the city, personally supervised the battle with the former army, and beheaded the latter who retreated.

He knew that the soldiers were exhausted and had suffered heavy losses, but before Li Wendong's reinforcements arrived, he didn't want to let the rebels in the city have a little time to breathe. Besides, he didn't have much time, and the weather had turned cold. The snow may fall within a few days.

In the city of Changchuan, Li Wendong, the prefect, received the order from the king of Tang. He felt mixed feelings and feelings. Although he had already made psychological preparations and even ordered the soldiers to prepare for the big retreat, when that moment came, I still feel unspeakable helplessness and sadness.

Chapter 326

The evacuation team was huge, marching mightily on the flat official road, like a long dragon with no end in sight.

However, there were only [-] soldiers who followed him to evacuate. Apart from some civil officials and their families, most of them were rich and wealthy families and ordinary people. The carriage embarked on a long journey.

Li Wendong was a good official. Although the life of the people under his rule could not be said to be rich, they were much better than those in other provinces and counties. Therefore, he did not force all the soldiers and people to relocate, but stayed at will.

In addition to taking away all the light and heavy weapons stored in the armory, he did not empty the food in the treasury, leaving at least three or five days of food in storage, and even the household registration was sorted out and sealed for the convenience of the Qin people to receive and count.

If someone is ruthless, even if they don't coerce all the people in the city to evacuate, they will destroy the city's roads and other facilities, and even more ruthlessly, they will set a fire and burn the entire city, leaving a piece of ruins for Qin who took over. people.

Li Wendong did not do this, he left behind a complete city and led the team to retreat in a mighty manner.

Soon afterwards, a Qin army came out of Jincheng and settled in Changchuan City for various receiving and counting.

A general who was eager to do meritorious service proposed to lead the army to pursue him, but he whipped the chief officer and scolded severely: "You think I don't want to make meritorious service? This is the order of the young master. If you think you have lived enough, you can lead your part." private soldiers to chase."

Li Wendong was proficient in battle formations, so how could he be unprepared? In addition to arranging an army to cover behind him, he even set up an ambush. As long as the Qin army dared to pursue it, they would surely fall into ambush.

However, all the backhands he arranged did not come true. According to Yebushou's report, after the Qin army took over the city, they closed the city gates tightly to appease the people in the city, without any intention of pursuing them.

Inside the Prefect's Mansion of Baimo City, Li Wei, Wu Youtianyu and the others were enjoying tea leisurely.

"This is a strong man breaking his wrist. There are still capable people in the court of the Tang Empire."

Li Wei shook Erlang's legs, looking extremely relaxed.

When Li Wendong was preparing for the mass evacuation, he already knew that the work efficiency of the spies lurking in Changchuan City made him very satisfied. Tang Wang Jili was really ruthless enough to give up Changchuan County, and he was a little impressed by the decisiveness of this move of a strong man breaking his wrist.

For example, Li Wendong, the prefect of Changchuan, can definitely be included in the list of great people, and at least can be ranked in the top three, but it is a pity that he is not used by him.

"Don't worry, young master, this matter has to be figured out slowly."

Wu You at the side comforted, in the young master's heart, he knew best, the young master has started to recruit talents again, and wants to poach Tang Wangjili's corner.

Since the young master has such thoughts, he naturally pays more attention to this Li Wendong, and tries to get him to work for the young master.

He wasn't worried at all that his status would be affected, because he knew that no matter how good he was, he couldn't replace his position in the young master's heart.

"Do you have a solution?"

Li Wei came to his spirits, he was very interested in what Li Wendong did in the evacuation, such a good official is really respected, and it would be great if he could be recruited.

"You can try."

Wu You stroked his long beard under his chin, Yin replied, his thin old face was covered with a wretched smile, this was his rhythm before cheating, a standard golden signboard.

Li Wendong was ordered to evacuate, but he couldn't bear to destroy the city and forced all the people to evacuate. He even worried that the people in the city would starve and left some food behind. This behavior made Li Wei and others, who are hostile countries, respected.

However, looking at this matter from another angle, Li Wendong is tantamount to leaving behind a fatal disease. Tang Wang Jili must be very upset. His political opponents will definitely make a big fuss about this. Demotion and idleness.

What Wu You meant was to use this point to make a big fuss, send more gold, silver and jewelry to Li Wentong's political opponents, let them deal with it to death, and then play by ear to rescue Li Wentong and his family members. Coupled with the kindness of knowing you, how can Li Wendong not be moved to repay him, and swear to die? "Okay, you are fully responsible for this matter!"

Li Wei was in a good mood, and made a decision on the spot. The Military Intelligence Department and the secret agents of the black guards cooperated fully. If necessary, they could use special nights to not accept them.

Everyone was sipping tea and chatting leisurely in the prefect's mansion, but there was a roar of killing on the top of the city. The soldiers of both sides were fighting bloody battles. One side attacked the city frantically, while the other side defended tenaciously, never retreating an inch until they died in battle.

The sky is full of criss-crossing arrows, densely packed like locusts, and every wave of them is marked with blood flowers, among which are mixed with dozens of kilograms of stone bombs, falling like hailstones, tearing the fragile The human body was smashed into pieces.

The artillery suppression proposed by Li Wei is a brand-new tactic across the ages. Of course, the premise is that there are a large number of thunderbolt chariots deployed, as well as a certain range and strike accuracy, which the Qin army already has.

Tang Jun's hundreds of thunderbolt chariots were deployed on the ground, and they were all destroyed before firing one or two bombs.

Without the thunderbolt chariot, the Tang army would not be able to launch the huge rocks to cause damage to the city wall, nor would it be able to deter the rebels defending the city and boost their morale.

The stone bombs whistling in the sky were all fired from the city. In fact, not many people were killed, and more of them served as a deterrent. They caused a great psychological blow to the attacking soldiers, and their morale was inevitably affected. , the enemy eliminates our strength, the advantage of the city defenders is not as simple as one plus one and two.

In front of the Tang Army formation, Ren Bindeng supervised the battle with bloodshot eyes, and behind him stood [-] armed soldiers ready to go. These were the most elite soldiers in his hands, and they were about to go into battle.

In the past few days, he commanded the army to launch a crazy attack on Baimo City day and night, and organized death squads no less than ten times, but unfortunately they failed to hold the front of the city. , now we can only hope that they can win the first battle.

The soldiers in this wave of siege had already suffered heavy losses, and when there was not much left, the muscles on Ren Bin's cheeks twitched, and he raised his hand helplessly as a gesture to withdraw the troops.

Just as the thousand remaining soldiers retreated, the earth-shattering rumble of war drums followed, and a new round of attack began.

This wave of attack echelon soldiers rushed towards the city with shouts, and [-] elite troops were mixed in the attack echelon, braving the stone bullets like locust arrow rain and hail to the city, and then climbed the ladder to the city.

On the top of the city, rocks and logs were thrown down, hot oil was sprinkled, and cold arrows were shot from time to time. The siege equipment was also bombarded and collapsed by the giant crossbow erected on the top of the city, or was smashed into an oil tank, and then a few rockets were fired to ignite. Tang soldiers who were covered in fire screamed and fell to the ground, even if they fell to pieces. Cake, the corpse is still burning, exuding a disgusting stench of vomiting.

At this time, it was no longer the rebels guarding the city, but the elite Qin soldiers who had experienced many battles. After days and nights of fierce defensive battles, the 5000 rebels were few and far between. Injured, lying in the hospital recuperating.

Elite against elite, the Qin army's weapons and equipment are more sophisticated than the Tang army, and there are a large number of shocking Thunderbolt chariots blasting one after another. Although the soldiers on both sides are tired from fighting for a long time, the morale of the Qin army is like a rainbow, and the Tang army is unable to attack for a long time. Seriously, morale has dropped significantly.

Chapter 327 Sniper

Baimo City is like a huge meat grinder, frantically devouring the lives of young soldiers from both sides.

The soldiers on both sides were still fighting bloody battles. Ren Bin, who was supervising the battle before the battle, suddenly felt his cheeks turn cold. He instinctively raised his hand to touch it, but found nothing.

But he felt a little bit of coolness on his face one after another, and he was startled in his heart. When he looked up, sadness and despair flashed in his bloodshot eyes.

The sky turned gray at some point, and it began to drizzle.

In fact, it's winter now, the weather is cold, but it hasn't snowed yet, and Ren Bin, who was driven to a dead end, desperately wanted to regain Baimo City, and just ignored it for a while, but the cold raindrops forced him to face reality.

Regardless of whether it is raining or snowing, it is very unfavorable for the attacking side. Of course, it is not uncommon to attack a city under such unfavorable weather, but that is just a surprise attack. caught off guard.

No one would launch a frontal attack on a fortified city in this weather, unless the general in charge of the army is a lunatic or has lost his mind.

And looking at the weather, I'm afraid that the rain will soon turn into snow.

"My lord, Li Wendong is coming soon."

A personal guard came forward to report.

"Well……"