Hefei County City is located in the middle of Lujiang County, leaning on the Jianghuai watershed to the north, Chaohu Lake to the south, the Dabie Mountains to the west, and the Chushui River Valley to the east. It is one of the few ancient cities in the world and can be traced back to the ancient barbarian era.
Since ancient times, Hefei has been complementary to Shouchun from the north to the south. In the economic exchanges between the Central Plains in the north and Fujian and Vietnam in the south, Hefei has served as a distribution center for commodities traveling from south to north, promoting economic exchanges between the Central Plains and the southeast. The city has a dense population, and businesses such as
There are rich people everywhere. Coupled with its special geography, it has become an important military and economic city and a battleground for military strategists.
Zuo Xiaowu, a member of the Zuo family of Lujiang County, was originally the county magistrate of Lujiang County. After the great chaos in the world, he took advantage of his position and the help of his family.
More importantly, Hefei County's wealth, population and transportation were well connected in all directions, and it quickly raised an army that could be called elite soldiers... The Xiaowu Elite Armor numbered 30,000, and they were all equipped with earth-level weapons and armor.
This alone shows how wealthy Lujiang County and Hefei County are.
In addition to the Li Kingdom and the Great Sui Empire, even the four major anti-kings and the Beidi aliens could not assemble such a luxurious and vast elite lineup. Zuo Xiaowu only had the wealth of one county or even one city.
This day.
There is Li Tang in the north and Li Guo in the south.
Before the armies of both sides arrived at Hefei County, both sides sent people to persuade Zuo Xiaowu to surrender, hoping to capture this important economic and military city without any bloodshed and obtain Zuo Xiaowu's resources, especially the 30,000 prefecture-level elite armor.
Zuo Xiaowu was able to become the Prime Minister of Lujiang County and take advantage of the chaos to take control of the Hefei County City. It was naturally extraordinary. Knowing that he could not protect the Hefei County City from the armies of both sides, he naturally had to choose one side to join him in order to save his own life, especially his status and power.
Li Tang and Li Guo, under the same conditions, normal people would choose to leave the country.
Unfortunately, the condition of Zuo Xiaowu's surrender was that he was allowed to continue to control Hefei County and Lujiang County, retain Xiaowu's fine armor, and receive the title of Duke.
This dukedom is mainly aimed at Li Guo.
According to Zuo Xiaowu's idea, based on his intelligence and talent, as well as the special positions of Lujiang County and Hefei County, plus his resources, it is natural for him to be granted the title of Duke. He did not ask for the title of King, which is already extremely "modest"!
Of course, as far as Zuo Xiaowu knew, there were no princes in Liguo. The so-called four great Dharma kings, who were enshrined by princes and titles, were actually in name only. They were just nice-sounding, not as powerful as marquises.
There were only four dukes in the entire Li Kingdom, among whom the Duke of Wolong, Emperor Long, was demoted to the title of Marquis of Wolong.
After reporting according to the procedure, Nanyang Town General Wu Yunzhao waited for the oracle to be sent back. He knew that Li Wang Wuxin would not agree and was mentally prepared to attack Hefei County.
As soon as he arrived at the gate of Hefei City, Wu Yunzhao quickly led his army to set up a battle array.
Led by Wu Yunzhao, who was extraordinarily handsome with a face like purple jade, sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, he led ten thousand Nanyang Jingwei, wearing armor and cloaks with blood-colored sunset tattoos and holding spears, directly facing the south gate of Hefei.
Behind them are 100,000 Nanyang troops wearing dark purple armor. Under the light, they reflect the dark blood light, which looks like the color of the southern sun. Their momentum is fierce and bloody, and their deterrence is astonishing.
To the left, right and rear of the Nanyang Army was a vast army, composed of 300,000 regular troops drawn from Liyang County and 500,000 new recruits who had been recruited for several months. There were a total of 800,000 people, known as the Million Army, responsible for leaving the army.
The battlefield in the northwestern part of the country.
As the saying goes: red is so black, black is so purple, Nanyang Army mainly uses dark purple tones, coupled with its solemn military power and dazzling light refraction, it gives people the illusion of being extremely bloody and cold.
"General Wu led his troops to the city. What do you want? Has King Li rejected my request?"
When the Nanyang Army arrived, Zuo Xiaowu had already led his troops on tight alert. He asked in a deep and angry voice, which could be heard for more than ten miles, showing his extremely advanced level of cultivation.
"People of the Ming Dynasty don't tell secret stories! If City Master Zuo treats everyone equally, I will naturally have no objection. Now, City Master Zuo has only two choices..."
Wu Yunzhao looked at Zuo Xiaowu who was several miles away on the wall with sharp eyes, and said loudly. After a pause, he continued in a loud voice:
"Give the Lord of Zuo City half an hour to consider, either hand over Li Tang's men, or prepare to accept our attack on the city!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zuo Xiaowu turned his horse's head around and retreated into the formation without waiting for a response...
The army of leaving the country surged like a tide, but its movements never stopped.
The army all over the mountains and plains slowly swarmed towards Hefei City and formed their troops. Hundreds of siege equipment kept pushing towards the front of the formation and aiming at the top of the wall.
"It's too much to bully others! It's really too much to bully others. Do you think Li Guo thinks I have no one in Hefei?"
Zuo Xiaowu stood on the top of the wall and yelled angrily. The sound spread for more than ten miles and was heard by both the enemy and ourselves. He roared loudly:
"If you want to fight, then fight! I, a man from Lujiang, will never kneel down and beg for my life only if I die in battle!"
"good!"
"Fight! Fight! Fight!"
On top of the walls of Hefei and within the city, bursts of cheers and fighting suddenly erupted. The iron-blooded evil cloud that filled the air was obviously condensed and much thicker. This was caused by morale and fighting spirit.
The iron-blooded evil spirit is based on the blood energy of the army and is formed by integrating morale, fighting spirit, murderous intention, hostility and other factors.
"General... my king has not yet conveyed the edict. If we attack the city directly, it seems that... it will push Zuo Xiaowu to Li Tang's side!"
Wu Yunzhao led his troops back to the army, and a general reminded hesitantly, and looked at the military meritorious officer and military advisor with confusion... Changsun Kai, a strategist from Cetianfu, the four prefectures of Liguo.
The strategists accompanying the army, in addition to having a certain degree of supervision over the army, are also responsible for reminding and making suggestions, and serve as military advisors.
To put it simply, the Celestial Strategist represents King Li's eyesight in a sense, but he only has the right to make suggestions, not to command, and is not allowed to overstep or seize power.
However, due to their special status as Celestial Strategists, most generals will still listen carefully and will not act arbitrarily!
Wu Yunzhao didn't bother to explain more, but he frowned and replied: "Soldiers are very fast, and generals are out there... Naturally, we have to adapt to changes!"
With Wu Yunzhao's background and character, he really doesn't like to make decisions and make doubts. However, I have to admit that the various responsibilities of the Liguo system are overlapping and can prevent a lot of troubles. At least those things such as attacks, slanders, and slanders will basically not happen.
If it happens, it will make most generals and soldiers like it. There are gains and losses.
"My king is unlikely to agree to Zuo Xiaowu's request for a dukedom. He is not worthy!"
Changsun Kai hesitated for a moment, took the initiative to explain to many generals who looked suspicious, and then analyzed:
"In this way, Zuo Xiaowu is more likely to defect to Li Tang. More importantly, according to our informant, Zuo Xiaowu has been in frequent contact with Li Tang's representative recently, but has alienated our representative intentionally or unintentionally. In addition,
Li Tang's second son, Li Shimin, is leading the Xuanjia Jingqi and Li Tang's Iron Cavalry, heading here at full speed, and will arrive tomorrow. If we don't attack the city decisively, it will be even more difficult to capture Hefei when Li Tang enters the city.
The position of the county seat is extremely important and cannot be missed!"
With Changsun Kai's identity and background, there was no need to explain to these generals. This was to sell favors to the generals and to work hard for the growth of the Changsun family!
