The days are short in winter, and the setting sun has already half-hidden and half-revealed on the distant mountain peaks. Another day has passed, and the sound of horns can be heard from outside the city from time to time. Qingqi is wandering around several miles outside the city, monitoring the Tang army in the city.
On the city wall, Tian Liuan sneered, "Pretending!"
It was indeed a pretense, the sound of the horn was used by the Turkic army to dispatch troops, but at the end of the day, the cavalry in the city attacked twice, and scouts were sent in batches to investigate... The light cavalry outside the city were not Turks.
Obviously, Liu Heitao did not have much confidence, so he urgently built siege equipment, and was not even confident enough to suppress the harassment of the Tang Army's cavalry in Guantao City.
"It's a helpless move." Li Shan commented: "But Liu Heitai will definitely attack Weizhou."
Ma Zhou nodded in agreement, "We can't attack Xiangzhou... If we attack Xiangzhou, the Turkic army will probably chaos Luozhou. Of course, it is also because the Turkic army entered Weizhou that Liu Heitao went east to attack Weizhou."
After everyone discussed it for a while, Tian Liuan looked at Ling Jing and asked, "What do you think, sir?"
Ling Jing pursed his thin lips, and then said in a deep voice: "Liu Heitai is actually not good at attacking cities. He swept through Hebei and Shandong twice. Either the chief inspector surrendered the city, or the old troops raised troops to attack the city and sacrificed the city. Most of them
Defeat the enemy in field battles, and rarely attack a city with a large army."
"At the beginning of the year, Li Quhuo took Luoshui County and surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. Wang Junkuo and Luo Shixin successively led thousands of people to defend the city. Liu Heitai's main force attacked fiercely for more than 20 days, until all the wood and stone in the city were exhausted. The old troops had to counterattack in front of the formation to break the city.
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Everyone present knew that Ling Jing was talking about the battle before the great victory of Luoshui. Luo Shixin was killed in this battle. However, only a few days after the fall of Luoshui County, Liu Heitai had no choice but to abandon the city and was eventually killed by Li Shimin beside Luoshui.
defeated.
Tian Liuan accurately captured the key point of Ling Jing's words, "A counterattack in front of the old army?"
Ling Jing nodded, "Weizhou also fell last year. Who knows if there are Liu Heitao's old troops in Guantao City?"
Xue Zhong added, "There may be Dou Jian... the Xia King's old tribe must be on guard against it."
Zhang Xuansu immediately suggested, "It is strictly forbidden to move around the city to prevent the enemy's forces from inside and outside from cooperating."
"Search for Liu Heitu's old subordinates... report them to the people of Xu County!" Liu Jun shouted fiercely.
Li Shan glanced at Tian Liu'an, who was silent in thought, and asked Cui Xin, the Taoist order at the side, "Cui Ming Mansion, are there Liu Heitai's old subordinates in the city...who are somewhat famous?"
Cui Xin nodded hesitantly, "There is a man, Yuan Zhulin, who was once a general under Liu Heitai. He is from Weizhou. It is said that he has a personal relationship with Liu Heitai. This person is quite famous in Guantao."
Liu Jun shouted sternly: "Go to jail immediately!"
"These people should be hunted down immediately." Zhang Wenguan was a little anxious.
Cui Xin looked hesitantly at Tian Liuan, who was still staring silently outside the city. Several coughs were heard in his ears, and the urging of Ma Zhou, Liu Jun, Xue Zhong, and Zhang Wenguan suddenly stopped.
Cui Xin looked at Li Shan in surprise. From yesterday to today, he was the magistrate of Guantao County, but he still didn't know the identity of this person. However, he only coughed a few times to silence everyone.
Although Tian Liuan is not a talented person, he has been on the battlefield for a long time and is determined and steady. He is by no means mediocre. After a while, he looked back and said, "I came here with Yuan Zhulin."
This is a dark-skinned man with a strong body and a slightly bitter look on his face. He bows down and his eyes wander and flicker.
"I heard that you are an old friend of the Eastern King of the Han Dynasty?" Tian Liuan's tone could not be described as harsh, nor could he be described as gentle.
"The villain mistakenly made friends with gangsters, and his robe has been cut off." Yuan Zhulin lowered his head.
Zhang Wenguan shouted: "Nonsense, last year you gathered a crowd in Beizhou to start a rebellion and attached yourself to Liu Heitai!"
"Shut up!"
Zhang Wenguan turned around and saw Li Shan giving him a cold look, so he had to shut up in frustration.
Tian Liuan nodded slightly to Li Shan and continued to ask: "Is he at home now?"
"yes."
"I heard that you are quite famous in Guantao City?"
"Don't dare."
Tian Liuan did not ask any more questions, and waved his hand and said: "There are hundreds of personal guards around a certain person. The leader was killed in Luoshui at the beginning of the year. Are you willing to take on this important task?"
Li Dao
Tian Liuan actually asked Liu Heitai's old friend to serve as the leader of the personal guard... It was too risky.
Yuan Zhulin raised his head in surprise, "Little man..."
"Don't use it when you doubt others, don't doubt when you employ people."
Tian Liuan looked at the guard behind him, who hesitated for a moment, took off a bunch of keys from his waist and handed them to Yuan Zhulin.
Zhang Xuansu and Liu Jun were shocked. Even Xue Zhong, who had always been calm, couldn't help but change his expression. He gave a bunch of keys to Yuan Zhulin... including keys to the vault and keys to the warehouse. They even saw half of them. Before the hour, the county captain personally strung up all the keys to the city defense.
Yuan Zhulin held the bunch of keys and stood there dumbfounded.
Tian Liuan ignored it and continued to observe the outside of the city with squinted eyes.
Soon, the sky was getting dark, and the rangers had returned to camp. After a discussion, everyone went back to their homes. Tian Liuan strode out a few steps, suddenly stamped his feet, turned around and shouted: "What are you doing standing there in a daze?"
Yuan Zhulin shuddered, grabbed the keychain, and followed him with confused eyes.
Half an hour later, Li Shan personally cooked a pot of braised pork... He killed several pigs this afternoon, and Zhu Ba went to grab a few big pieces and came back.
Ma Zhou's face looked a little ugly. He couldn't make braised pork... Two months ago, bandits attacked the village. He was forced by Li Shan to eat a big pot, and now he felt like vomiting just looking at it.
In addition to Li Shan and Ma Zhou, there were also Li Daoxuan, Xue Zhong and Ling Jing present.
Liu Jun lives in the military camp, and Su Dingfang now regards himself as the leader of the personal guards and eats with all the personal guards.
"General Manager Tian's move today is a bit risky, but it is also quite courageous." Xue Zhong praised: "Such a righteous act will surely influence this person."
"snort!"
"hey-hey!"
Two strange sounds sounded at the same time. Li Shan and Ling Jing looked at each other. The two foxes, one big and one small, had strange eyes. They were both kind of people with a relatively dark mentality.
Li Daoxuan, who was not satisfied with the food, casually asked: "Brother Li?"
Li Shan chewed a piece of meat and said with a smile: "Dou Jiande, Liu Heita has occupied Hebei and Shandong for many years, and Manager Tian spent a thousand gold to buy horse bones."
Ling Jing sneered, "I heard that you have a good relationship with the King of Huaiyang, but it seems like this today!"
From yesterday's conversation, you can all think of Yang Guang's murder of his father to seize the throne... He is so vicious and has such deep thoughts, how could you not think of the profound meaning of Tian Liu'an's move today?
Li Daoxuan was stunned and turned to stare at Li Shan.
"My nephew only thinks of this..."
Li Shan stopped talking in the middle of his words... Ling Jing, who was opposite, said with his eyes, you are so shameless, calling yourself your nephew!
Li Shan laughed a few times. To be honest... he felt a little nauseous.
After thinking for a while, Li Shan put down his chopsticks and said softly: "Yuan Zhulin is quite famous. He can respond to hundreds of calls. He is also an old friend of Liu Heitai. He is not an ordinary Xia king and an old member of Liu Heitai."
"If Yuan Zhulin really wants to cooperate with the inside and outside to break the city, he will need to contact the old department and gather a crowd to start an uprising. But Manager Tian will use this person as the leader of the bodyguard... Naturally, he will be with him at all times."
Uncle Ling concentrated on picking up the fat meat on the plate. He was too old... and couldn't bite the lean meat, so he casually said: "What more?"
Li Shan coughed twice: "What happened today, if there are still King Xia and Liu Heitai's old troops in the city, and they haven't seen Yuan Bamboo Forest for a long time, they will think they have surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. Even if they thought about it before, I'm afraid they will die out."
After hearing Li Shan's words, Li Daoxuan and Xue Zhong looked at each other, their eyes were confused and they were a little doubtful about life.
This was obviously an act of generosity, but how could it change completely after Li Shan analyzed it?
And Li Shan and Ling Jing, who were concentrating on eating meat... although they didn't speak, they felt a bit sympathetic to each other.
Uh, you can also use another word, they have the same smell.