This was the most famous and largest national granary in the old Sui Dynasty, and it contained a terrifying amount of grain.
Its main function was to provide logistics for the millions of people in Luoyang, the capital of Sui Dynasty, which shows its importance.
But no matter how huge it is, it is just a warehouse city with an area of only one square kilometer. In addition to thousands of slaves, Zheng's army only has three thousand.
What they had to face was a fierce attack by Luo Shixin's army of 14,000 men.
To make matters worse, the Tang army was preparing to attack Luoyang. As soon as they arrived at the city, Yu Wenshiji ordered the craftsman battalion to work hard.
In just a few days, more than sixty new trebuchets were built.
Now, the Tang army changed its strategy and planned to besiege Luoyang instead of attacking it. They would kill Dou Jiande first, as so many trebuchets seemed a bit redundant.
Luo Shixin was not polite and directly pulled all the trebuchets over and smashed them back into Luocang.
For a moment, the sky was full of whistling stone bullets, rushing in the sky, and then they fell heavily on the bluestone wall of Huiluocang. The sky collapsed and the earth cracked, splashing countless gravel.
From time to time, Zheng Jun was directly or indirectly hit and died on the spot.
Poor Zheng Jun was faced with an extremely huge psychological shadow. Being assigned to guard the city wall was like stepping into the Palace of Hell.
After all, such fierce artillery firepower has never appeared in history.
The Zheng army wanted to fight back, but unfortunately, the old trebuchets and even crossbows they were equipped with had a very limited range, so they could only look at the Tang army's new trebuchets and let them ravage them.
As a result, three days later, Huiluocang, which seemed to be extremely solid, was already crumbling and cracked everywhere.
After all, in the final analysis, this is just a warehouse city, and the height and thickness of the city wall are far from comparable to that of a capital city like Luoyang.
Being able to survive for three days is pretty good.
After the battle, Luo Shixin accompanied Li Shimin, while Xia Yu was watching the battle.
"Your Highness, Military Advisor," Luo Shixin said with a proud smile, "I guess I won't be able to survive the day after returning to Luocang. This 'Thunderbolt Cannon' is so fierce and so useful!"
"Haha, very good!" Li Shimin was also very satisfied: "Once we return to Luocang and miss it, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Luoyang City are crying for food. Let's see how Wang Shichong endures!"
Xia Yu also laughed: "I guess Wang Shichong is an ant on the hot pot now and is extremely anxious. Unfortunately, this man has lost his courage and may not dare to come to the rescue."
Li Shimin sneered: "There are still 30,000 to 40,000 elite soldiers in Luoyang City. It's a pity that without the cavalry, they will die if they come out."
"Wang Shichong can't be so stupid. If these soldiers are defeated again, Luoyang City will not be able to be saved."
"Boom——"
The three of them were chatting when suddenly, they heard a loud sound like the earth was shattering.
Several people looked up quickly and saw that a section of the Huiluocang city wall collapsed in front of them, tens of meters long. The ground shook and the mountains shook, and smoke and dust rose into the sky.
Finished returning to Luocang!
Luo Shixin was overjoyed. He was about to order the 10,000 infantry troops on standby to rush in through the gap and seize the city, but Xia Yu stopped him.
"General Luo, after entering the city, anyone who shouts for surrender will be spared death, and anyone who burns the warehouse will be killed without mercy!"
"We must capture everything back to Luocang."
Returning to Luocang is too important. Once the massive grain stored in it is obtained, it will not only cut off Luoyang's grain supply, but also save the Tang Dynasty from having to transport grain all the way from Guanzhong, which can greatly preserve national power.
The benefits are great!
But if Zheng Jun is desperate and sets fire to the granary, it will be very bad!
"You will eventually understand."
Luo Shixin nodded and led a large number of infantry to swarm towards the gap.
"Come here." Li Shimin turned around. On the side, a water dragon team of more than 200 people was already on standby: "Pass an order to the isolated army: The water hoses will follow the army to cover up. If there is a fire, it must be extinguished immediately. If the food is saved, there will be more lonely people."
reward."
"promise."
The water dragon team took the order, and more than twenty water dragon vehicles rolled forward, followed closely by Luo Shixin's ass.
Li Shimin and Xia Yu also raised their hearts in their throats, silently praying that Zheng Jun, who returned to Luocang, would not be too stubborn to burn food, otherwise, even if they killed all these people, the losses would not be compensated.
You must know that in troubled times, food and grass are the most important materials, which are far more valuable than gold, jade, and gems.
As a result, within a moment, a messenger came flying to report.
"Your Highness, Military Advisor, as soon as General Luo entered the city, General Zheng surrendered. All the grain stores were well preserved and not damaged at all."
Li Shimin and Xia Yu were overjoyed: This is really what comes to mind!
"Very good, this enemy general knows the current situation very well." Xia Yu was very happy: "Your Highness, please meet me later, don't treat me badly."
"That's natural." Li Shimin was also very excited: "Commander, let's go into the city and see what the world's largest granary looks like."
Xia Yu is also very curious.
Immediately, the two of them, surrounded by more than a hundred personal guards, galloped straight into the city.
As soon as they entered the gap, they saw Luo Shixin happily leading a Zheng general to greet him: "Your Highness, military advisor, the last general has fulfilled his mission and returned to Luocang intact."
"Well done!" Li Shimin gave a thumbs up and looked at General Zheng: "Who are you?"
Luo Shixin said hurriedly: "This is the guard Pei Shao who returned to Luocang! General Pei had long wanted to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, but unfortunately he was monitored by the deputy general sent by Wang Shichong and did not dare to act rashly."
"Just then I saw that the city wall collapsed and the morale of the army was unstable. I immediately killed the deputy general and ordered the entire army to surrender without setting fire."
"Your Highness, General Pei has made great contributions and deserves a heavy reward."
Pei Shao was in his thirties, with a jujube face and a majestic body. He could tell at a glance that he was also a tiger general. When he heard Luo Shixin's praise, he humbly bowed his hands on horseback: "How dare you take credit for a defeated general! I have heard for a long time that King Qin
Your Highness is wise, and all he wants is to be a front-line soldier, and that is enough."
When Xia Yu heard this, he was impressed. He was definitely a smart person. What boss wouldn't like such a low-key and well-behaved person?
Sure enough, Li Shimin was very happy: "General Pei is so humble. You are so talented, how can you be a mere pawn! Don't worry, I will not treat you badly."
"Listen, the general's surname is Pei, but is he from the Pei family in Hedong?"
Pei Shao hurriedly said: "Back to your highness, this Pei family is actually Chenliupei. Speaking of which, it is also a branch of the Pei family in Hedong, but it has been separated for a long time, more than a hundred years."
Xia Yu understood immediately upon hearing this that this was a branch of the Pei family from Hedong, and his status in the family was probably not high.
When Baobuqi was worshiping his ancestors, he didn't even have a front seat.
"Is that also a famous family?" Li Shimin didn't look down on it, and said with a smile: "By the way, the general is stationed back at Luocang, so he must be very familiar with it. Can you lead Gu He's military advisor around, and Gu is the first person today?
Granary is very curious."
"I will serve you." Pei Shao nodded quickly, and at the same time, he looked at Xia Yu curiously.
Li Shimin saw this and joked: "Why, has General Pei also heard of the name of Military Advisor Xia?"
Pei Shao hurriedly said: "I've never heard of it before, it's like thunder!"
"There are rumors among Zheng Jun that the military advisor is a master disciple of Guigu who has unpredictable abilities and is even more powerful than Sun Bin, Zhang Liang, and Zhuge Liang."
"It can be said that the entire Zheng army has been beaten by military advisors and has become famous and their expressions have changed."
Xia Yu was happy when she heard this: "General Pei has given me the award. I don't have any tricks, I'm just an ordinary person."
Pei Shao hurriedly complimented: "Why should a military advisor be too modest? If you are an ordinary person, wouldn't you be a fool at the end of the line?"
When everyone heard this, they laughed loudly, thinking that Pei Shao was really good at talking.
At the moment, Pei Shao was in front, leading Li Shi, Xia Yu, and Luo Shixin from the tour back to Luocang.
"Your Highness, military advisor, please take a look. There are more than 700 steps to the east and west of Luocang City, and more than 600 steps to the north and south. Except for the part in the south where troops and servants are stationed, the rest are granaries."
"Each granary has an inner diameter of five feet, an outer diameter of eight feet, and a depth of five feet. It can store more than 5,000 stones of grain!"
"And there are more than a thousand such granaries in the city, with a maximum reserve of six million stones!"
"With such a large amount of food, even if there were millions of people in Luoyang City in the old Sui Dynasty, it would be enough to supply more than a year without any shortage."
Pei Shao pointed to the huge granaries in front of him, which were as dense as jungles, and spoke with pride.
When Li Shimin and Xia Yu heard about such a scale, they both took a breath: the prosperity of the old Sui Dynasty in its heyday was really breathtaking!
"General Pei, I wonder how much food is left in the warehouse now?" Xia Yu was very curious.
"Back to the military division, there have been wars and insufficient supplies in recent years. When Li Mi occupied Huiluocang, he distributed a lot of food to the people to win over people's hearts. Therefore, there are only more than three million stones left in the warehouse."
"Moreover, nearly half of it is two or three years old grain, and the proportion of new grain is insufficient."
Li Shimin and Xia Yu were overjoyed when they heard this: With so much food, they really made a fortune! Not to mention that the more than 100,000 Tang troops on the front line didn't have to worry about food, even in the post-war relief areas, they didn't have to worry about food.
As for whether eating old food is bad for your health, no one cares.
In troubled times, it is enough to be happy if you can fill your stomach. Who cares whether it is old food or not?
"Very good!" Li Shimin was very satisfied: "I heard that in the old Sui Dynasty, in order to supervise the construction of Huiluocang, two million civilians were used, and it took several years to complete it. It was indeed a huge scale."
"General Pei, if you can return to Luocang intact, you have done a great job and there are countless living people. In this way, this warehouse will still be guarded by you. Repair the city wall immediately and recruit the surrendered troops. Don't suffer any losses."
"For other rewards, I will wait until I report it to my father, Emperor Ming, before we can make a decision."
"promise."
Pei Shao was overjoyed. There was no doubt about the importance of returning to Luocang. If Li Shimin could be entrusted to him to continue guarding, his future in the Tang Dynasty would be stable!
