Eighty thousand rebel troops came to Sishui Pass. Sishui Pass is Hulao Pass. The place where the three heroes fought against Lu Bu was called Li Hu by the ancestor of the Tang Dynasty royal family. To avoid taboo, the tiger was called Da Chong. Obviously, it was called Da Chong Pass.
It was not suitable, so Hulao Pass was changed to Sishui Pass.
The leader of the Youzhou Army who attacked Sishui Pass was Cai Xide. Cai Xide gave an order, and 80,000 rebels surged up carrying hundreds of siege ladders.
There are 35,000 Tang troops guarding Sishui Pass, of which 5,000 are regular soldiers who stayed in Luoyang, while 30,000 are newly recruited soldiers by Xianyu Zhongtong. They are stationed in the west of Sishui Pass, ready to replace the defenders at any time.
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Arrows rained down from the top of the city, but they could not stop the rebels who were attacking like a tide. The rebels who attacked the city were all Donghu people, and they were not afraid of death. They climbed up in the face of hail-like rolling logs and rocks.
On top of the city, ten thousand defenders resisted desperately, overturning the siege ladders, shooting with bows and arrows, hitting them with stones, and stabbing them with spears. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. From the morning to the afternoon, both sides suffered heavy casualties.
Suddenly, a low trumpet sound came from behind Sishui Pass. Shi Siming led 30,000 cavalry and came from behind. They crossed Mengjin and circled to the west of Sishui Pass. They attacked from east to west. The Tang army stationed in the west collapsed instantly.
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They were originally rogues recruited temporarily without much training. How could they reach the iron hooves of Youzhou like tigers and wolves. For a time, they were defeated like a mountain. The soldiers abandoned their helmets and armor and fled for their lives.
The 30,000 Tang troops in reserve also dealt a serious blow to the 5,000 Tang troops guarding the city. The morale of the Tang troops began to slump. The originally stalemate offensive and defensive battle quickly tilted towards the attacking side. More and more Youzhou soldiers attacked the city, and the defenders
The soldiers in the city began to abandon the pass and flee. Shi Siming's cavalry pursued them. The cavalry refused to surrender and killed all of them. More than 20,000 people were killed.
The Youzhou army occupied Sishui Pass. Cai Xide and Shi Siming joined forces and attacked Luoyang non-stop. Xianyu Zhongtong, who was left behind in Luoyang, did not dare to enter the city and fled to Tongguan in panic.
Luoyang's civil and military officials were leaderless, so they had no choice but to open the city and surrender to the traitors. An Lushan's army occupied Luoyang without bloodshed.
Xiangyang City is busy training troops. Currently, Xiangyang has a total of 35,000 troops. Except for the 10,000 troops brought by Li Ye from the river, the rest are local state soldiers and newly recruited troops.
Li Ye deployed all his own soldiers into the local army and served as team commander, brigade commander, deputy lieutenant, school lieutenant, Eagle Striker General, Eagle Yanglang General, etc.
On the one hand, it makes it easier for him to control the army, and on the other hand, it can also increase the combat effectiveness of the army.
The school grounds were buzzing with people. More than 30,000 people surrounded the city in a large circle. Everyone held their breath and watched the formation training performance of two thousand heavy armored infantry. Each heavy armored infantry was over 1.9 meters tall, and each one looked like a black man.
They were like towers, and standing in formation looked more like a big mountain. They were waving their swords with murderous intent and advancing step by step, giving people a great sense of oppression. The faces of all the soldiers changed color. Everyone felt the endless murderous intent.
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Li Ye was also in the stands, sitting next to a large group of Shannan Dongdao officials, including the observation envoy Li Dai and his senior officials, as well as seven or eight state governors. They were all invited by Li Ye to participate in today's training and martial arts performance.
Li Ye held the performance for a reason. They got the news that An Lushan had occupied Luoyang, and people were panicked for a while.
In order to boost morale, Li Ye specially held this training exercise to increase the confidence of soldiers and officials.
Next to him, Shi Wuyingyuan, the governor of Xiangzhou, asked curiously: "Excuse me, General, don't heavy armored infantry have any weaknesses?"
Li Ye smiled slightly and said: "Of course there are weaknesses, and it is obvious that they are afraid of fire and water. If they are burned by fire, they will not be able to run fast. If they fall into the river, they will surely drown."
Li Dai also smiled and said: "You have to be careful. There are many rivers in Jianghan, and you will have to cross them at every turn."
Li Ye nodded, "I have to think about it carefully. Last time, my father said that there was a sand table in the Jingxiang area. Have you found it?"
What Li Ye needs most right now is a sand table map of the Jingxiang area. It will take at least two or three years to send someone to redraw it. Li Dai found out that there was originally a sand table that Tianbao made in the early years, but because it had not been used for a long time, he did not know how to put it away.
Went there.
"I'm still looking. The things are definitely there, but I don't know where they are stacked."
At this time, Xiangzhou Sima Zheng Sui smiled and said: "Ask me about this! I know."
Li Ye was overjoyed and asked quickly: "Zheng Sima, do you know where to put it?"
Zheng Sui smiled lightly and said: "It should be in the newly built Jianghan Military Assets Depository. I saw it last month."
Li Ye was so ashamed that it was right under his nose!
There is a heavily guarded large warehouse in the west of Xiangyang City. It is called Jianghan Army Money and Grain Depository, or Jianghan Depot for short. It is actually where Li Ye used to store money, grain, and property. Not only did he have 400,000 shi of grain, but also pieces of broken leaves.
The gold coins and supplies brought in, the kerosene from Bukhana, the wealth brought from Qiaoling, the Chang family's wealth, as well as soldiers and armor collected from various places, etc., are all stored here.
This warehouse complex covering an area of several hundred acres consists of dozens of warehouses and is surrounded by high walls, making it a veritable city within a city. It is guarded by hundreds of soldiers and is very heavily guarded.
As soon as the martial arts performance was over, Li Ye rushed to Jianghan Warehouse and went directly to the debris warehouse. This was the material that had been moved from the Xiangzhou State Army Warehouse and had not been completely sorted out.
The materials in the warehouse are piled up like mountains, packed in large boxes, and they are basically old armor, war drums, flags and other items.
Hundreds of soldiers worked together to carry out large boxes. Halfway through, Li Ye suddenly saw the soldiers picking out a wooden box two feet long and one foot wide. He quickly shouted: "Bring it over!"
The soldiers pried open the wooden box, which was tightly wrapped in straw. After cleaning the straw, a sandbox map one foot wide and two feet long appeared in front of Li Ye. Li Ye was overjoyed that it was it.
But this was only half. Li Ye ordered the soldiers to continue searching, and soon found the other half, and at the same time found their legs in a large box.
After finding the sand table, Li Ye went to another warehouse. There were hundreds of large boxes quietly placed in the warehouse. This was the wealth shipped from Qiaoling, the wealth Feilong accumulated for thirty years.
The big box was basically filled with gold and silver, worth millions. Now that the price of gold and silver has skyrocketed, Li Ye considered how to exchange them for copper coins. However, the risk of exchanging them was very high. If the court found out, they would be confiscated directly.
But the risk is high, so how can we easily let go of this opportunity to expand our wealth?
This thing still needs to be done, and it should be done through Baoji Cabinet Shop.
Li Ye immediately left the warehouse, returned to the military camp, wrote a letter, and sent someone to rush to deliver it to Dugu Ming.
Li Ye, his wife and daughter did not live in his father's house, but lived near the military camp in the southwest outside the city. The place where the military camp was stationed was called Tanxi, which is where Uncle Liu jumped into Tanxi. It was a large lake.
, beautiful mountains and clear waters, beautiful scenery.
Many famous families in Xiangyang have built villas here.
Li Ye and his wife and daughter lived in an official residence. This was actually the Chang family's villa, which was confiscated by the government and turned into an official residence.
The area of the villa was only five acres, but it was enough for a family of three. In addition to a wet nurse and seven maids, Li Ye hired two more cooks and several maids to do menial work.
The villa is only one mile away from the military camp, so it is very convenient to go back and forth. Li Ye went to the military camp to participate in training soldiers during the day and returned home at night.
Early the next morning, as soon as Li Ye arrived at the military camp, he received news from someone sent by Dugu Ming. The emperor Li Longji named the prince Li Huan the king of Xiang, and he was stationed in Jingxiang to organize the army and people of Jingxiang to resist the rebels.
At the same time, Li Ye received the second news that tens of thousands of people heading south from Chang'an were blocked in Wuguan, and Wuguan refused to let them go.
Both of these pieces of news were extremely important, and Li Ye realized that he would have to make a trip to Wuguan.
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[Sorry, I have guests at home during the National Day. I have been busy all day, so I only have two chapters today, morning and evening. Sorry!]
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