Chapter 229: The scholar is strong, the captain is good at planning
Li Siye clapped his hands involuntarily, and dozens of people behind him also high-fived and marveled. Even Fumeng Lingcha and Bahna Khan Asilanda were also amazed by this.
"The Anxi army has many sharpshooters. It's an eye-opener for us today."
Li Siye set his sights on the scholar. This was the first time in his life that he judged a person by his appearance. However, as the one who was slapped in the face, he did not feel any discomfort. Instead, he became very interested in this person and even coveted him, hoping to get him.
When you get to the eighth regiment, it's best to have him by your side.
"What's your name? Which regiment are you in now? What's your position? What did you do before? How many years have you been in Anxi? Do you have a family, wife and daughter?"
The scholar felt a little strange, but he still crossed his hands and replied respectfully: "I, Duan Xiushi, am the commander of the left brigade and right brigade of the 6th Regiment of the 34th Zhechongfu in Dashi City. I was originally a scholar in Ganzhou. I failed to pass the imperial examination several times.
Second, simply follow Ban Chao's example and join the army and come to Anxi. My parents are at home and I have no wife or daughter."
Li Siye secretly rejoiced. Fortunately, he was still just a small expert. After the fall of Talas, he would definitely recruit Duan Xiushi to his side, no matter how much money it cost.
Fumeng Lingcha ordered someone to bring out the wine jar and distribute wine bowls to all the sergeants one by one. Two soldiers held the wine jar and poured wine for everyone.
Li Siye held the bowl of wine and loudly said to everyone: "After drinking this bowl of wine, life and death will not matter. There is only one goal, enter the city and seize the city!"
After he finished drinking the wine, he returned the bowl to the soldiers. In Julan City, far away from Anxi, even black porcelain bowls were precious items, and most of the soldiers also used Douban as tableware.
Fumeng Lingcha asked Li Siye again: "What other requirements are needed in terms of armor and weapons?"
When fighting a dangerous battle, you must not be vague about it. The success rate is low, so of course you must be fully prepared. Li Siye immediately said: "Replace the horn bows in everyone's hands with crossbows, and all carry crossbows.
Long weapons are not allowed. There is no requirement for outer armor, because you have to dress up as a warrior when entering the city, but you must have inner armor, preferably a close-fitting chainmail."
The supervisory judge who was following Fumeng Lingcha hummed and said, "There are quite a lot of requests. Where can I find fifty sets of chainmail suits for you in the middle of the night?"
Chain armor is useless to the Tang army. Wearing it on the body cannot protect against arrows, nor can it protect against heavy weapons such as hammers. But the only advantage is that it can be worn inside. As long as a layer of cloth is put on the outside, most people can't see it.
Come out. But you have to wear clothes on the scaly surface. You can't use fat to fool around the bloatedness.
Fumeng Lingzha stroked his beard and said: "The way to win is five talents and five precautions. One of the five precautions is to be prepared. When you go out prepared, you will be as if you are seeing an enemy. You should be more cautious, but we have this kind of internal wear in the army.
Chainmail?”
Khan Asilanda stepped forward, crossed his arms and said, "The Tang army may not have this kind of armor, but there is one among my warriors, Bukhan."
Fu Meng was overjoyed and immediately said: "If this is the case, our army is willing to exchange armor for him."
Ashilanda stretched out his hands to push and said, "Since we are allies, why should General Fumeng be so polite and say whether we should change or not?"
"That's right," Fumeng Lingcha quickly changed his words: "Our army is willing to present fifty sets of armor to the king to show the friendship between the two armies."
Asilanda Khan made a little argument and agreed happily. He was still very happy in his heart. Being able to get a set of Tang armor has already made the princes of the Western Regions and other countries salivate. Now that he has obtained fifty armors, he will be in the Western Regions in the future.
It's not like walking sideways.
The man who pulled the sweat quickly got the chainmail armor, which was of different sizes. Everyone had to try it on one by one. Although everyone's body shape was different, they were vaguely similar.
That night, Li Siye lived in the same tent with these fifty people. He asked each of them their names, arranged their equipment, adjusted the crossbow and bow string, and carefully sharpened the crossbow with a whetstone. For a while, there was a constant sound in the tent.
with ears.
But one of them did not hold a horizontal sword in his hand, but he held two short spears in his hands and rubbed the spear heads left and right on the stone.
Li Siye stood in front of him, put his hands behind his back and said in a serious tone: "You are not allowed to carry long weapons on this trip. You will use horizontal knives and crossbows."
The strong man shook his head: "I'm not used to using a horizontal sword, and besides, my spear is not long.
Just as Li Siye was about to grab the gun from his hand, the man suddenly became alert. His arm muscles bulged and he gripped the gun barrel tightly. His legs leaned forward, like a leopard about to pounce on prey. Li Siye could feel the change in him in an instant, but he still didn't let go of his hand.
He fired the gun and said calmly: "Let me see how long it is."
"It's exactly my height." Although the man said this, he still handed over the gun in his left hand.
Li Siye stretched out his hand to touch the barrel of the gun. He didn't know what material it was made of. It felt very oily. It was warm and smooth in his hand. The lines went straight down. It was as if he had drawn out the gunk with his hands. He must have been very good at using the two guns.
Remarkable.
He handed the gun back and asked the man, "What's your name?"
The other party smiled cautiously: "My name is Bai Xiaode, and I am a Hu."
This man's name sounded familiar, and Li Siye didn't know much about his life experience, but he was indeed a famous general who made great contributions to the Anshi Rebellion. He once killed the Anshi rebel general Liu Longxian in the battle of Heyang.
"If the gun is handy, you can continue to use it, you just have to find a way to hide it."
Li Siye turned around and sat by the tent, carefully sharpened his crossbow, wiped it with a fine silk cloth, put it into the sheath and put it beside him. He also adjusted the crossbow and the crossbow machine to a suitable angle. Then he rested his head
He picked up the arrow pot, covered himself with a quilt, and soon let out a thunderous snoring sound.
The soldiers all turned around and looked at him with strange expressions. They probably had never seen such a big-hearted person. I heard that he was the one who proposed this risky strategy. Maybe it was this kind of person who dared to think
This is the plan.
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In the early morning of the next day, Li Siye went to see Fumeng Lingcha to discuss the signal for action. According to the action steps, they surrounded and killed the forage harvesting team sent from Talas City, then dressed up as Tuqishi soldiers and hid their weapons in the grass cart.
Inside, he entered the city and lay dormant for the night.
Fumeng led the army and rushed to Talas City tomorrow. He pretended to attack the city during the day and lay dormant at night. When three loud arrows were fired from the city, he led his troops to attack the city gate. When Li Siye led his men to open the city gate, he successfully entered the city.
The process sounds quite simple, but you don't know what changes may occur along the way, and you will have to improvise accordingly.
He solemnly took the hammer from Fumeng Lingcha's hand, crossed his hands and saluted, inserted the hammer into his quiver, got on his horse and led more than fifty riders out of the city.
In order to ensure the success of the first move, Fumeng Lingcha sent five hundred cavalry to stay far behind Li Siye as reinforcements.
They quickly rushed to ten miles away from Talas, abandoning horses, which were too high a target for transportation, and crouched alternately along the bushes in the mountains and hills to avoid being discovered by the patrolling scouts with the surname Black Tuqishi.
According to yesterday's scout's report, Tu Qishi, surnamed Hei, already knew that the army had marched to Julan City, so Li Siye had to treat it with caution.
Talas has appeared in the field of vision. The city stands on the top of the hills and is surrounded by slopes on all sides, so it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The tall grass on the hillsides around the city has been cut clean by the city's defenders, and the grass-cutting team is already there.
The grass was cut on the hillside six or seven miles away, but it was still within sight of the head of Talas City.