The white porridge and pickled mustard is enough, why am I wearing a royal robe?

Chapter 120 Three thousand versus ten thousand, I have the advantage
"Although the enemy is numerous in number, their equipment is not well-equipped. It is unrealistic to rely on the city to fight. The walls of Yanchang County and Yanchuan are only four meters long."

This is what Yang He summarized from Zhang Nian, the prefect of Yan'an.

"How many troops do you think I need to mobilize?"

Yang He looked at the people present. Zhang Nian, the prefect of Yan'an, and Hong Chengchou, who participated in politics, accepted Yang He's mess after his failure and continued the task of suppressing bandits. He also achieved good results. The peasant army at that time liked Fake surrender, recharge your batteries for a period of time, and then counterattack.The Ming Dynasty defeated the "thieves" many times without dying because of this false surrender.

But facing Hong Chengchou, this strategy would not work, because this man surrendered.

Wang Zuogai, who died in the hands of Liu Zhenhua, was defeated by this man in history. He wanted to pretend to surrender, but was killed instead.

Dusi Aimu also had Du Wenhuan, the commander-in-chief, who served successively as guerrilla general, staff general, and deputy commander-in-chief of Yansui. He was not only skilled in military tactics, but also well versed in poetry and calligraphy, and good at the three teachings.

"If the opponent really has [-] soldiers and relies on the city wall for danger, if he attacks by force, he will need at least [-] soldiers."

Hong Chengchou said in a deep voice, his judgment was still too short. In the Battle of Ningyuan, the strength of the Hou Jin army was more than ten times that of the Ming army defenders, but they were unable to do anything because of the lack of siege weapons. During the Battle of Songjin, the Qing army was also under siege. It took Jinzhou a year to finally force the defenders to surrender.

"Eight thousand?"

Yang He read some military books along the way, and in some typical siege battles, the siege army was often more than five times the number of defenders. The military book said, "Fight if you multiply it, attack if you multiply it, attack if you multiply it, and besiege if it is ten times larger."

Unexpectedly, Hong Chengchou actually said that only 8000 people were needed.

"Yes, Governor, there are 8000 people. These rebels are just a bunch of rabble. They say they are only [-] young and strong, which seems a bit unfair to me."

Hong Chengchou didn't care at all that Zhang Nian was still there - these 5000 people were the ones he just mentioned.

Zhang Nian's expression changed slightly, but he did not dare to say anything.

"Those who can fight are at most three thousand, and the opponent has no experience in defending the city. If there are 3000 people guarding the city wall, there will always be omissions. Yanchuan Yancheng City is only four meters high, and the city gate is only three inches thick. We are waiting for 8000 people, and we will besiege three times. One, build siege equipment and seize many gates of the city, and you can always win.”

Hong Chengchou gave advice. This man had outstanding military talents. In history, in the second year of Chongzhen, the peasant army kings Zuo Gua and Miao Mei led their troops to attack Hancheng.Yang He had no generals, and in desperation, he ordered Hong Chengchou, who was still involved in politics at the time, to lead the army into battle.Hong Chengchou killed 300 enemy soldiers and relieved the siege of Hancheng, and immediately became famous.

Yang He looked at Hong Chengchou in front of him with some suspicion. After all, this man was just a political participant. Did he know how to fight?

"General Du, what do you think?" Yang He asked. This was specially invited by him.

"There are five thousand bandits, and they have two cities under their control," Du Wenhuan said slowly. "If the rogue bandits are not stupid, they will definitely concentrate all their troops in one city."

"With 5000 people trapped in one city, and the number of people in the city numbering no less than [-], food will be their biggest problem," Du Wenhuan analyzed.

Yang He nodded in agreement.

"Since the governor intends to recruit peace as the main force, why should we discuss how to attack the city occupied by the bandits?"

Du Wenhuan's words directly made Yang He sober up a lot. Yes, he came here to pursue his strategy of recruiting security as the main force and destroying it as a supplement.

Why are you thinking about how to attack the city occupied by the Kitchen King as soon as you get here?

"I must have been affected by the news," Yang He took a deep breath, "I made a mistake. I should focus on appeasement. If the Kitchen King accepts the recruitment, it will save the matter of siege."

"General Du's words also gave me some inspiration. The rogue bandits and the people of Yanchuan need to consume a huge amount of food every day."

According to what Ma Maocai said, the Kitchen King can conjure grain, but not much can be conjured, because Ma Maocai also said that only some of the heavenly soldiers can eat the food conjured by the Stove King.

"If the Kitchen King doesn't want to be attacked and wants to resist, we don't have to attack the city. Instead of attacking the city, we can set up a porridge shed outside the city and put out porridge every day to help the people, or we can look for other people to surrender. At that time, even if the Kitchen King does not surrender."

"His soldiers will also surrender."

"No matter how bad the situation is, the morale of the army will be in chaos. At that time, we will command the soldiers to attack the city."

Yang He told him his plan.

"The governor is wise." Hong Chengchou said with his hands in hand.

Others also agreed, and the sedan chair lifted people up. Yang He was flattered so much that he smiled so hard that he couldn't even see his face, "That's it."

Under his plan, the Kitchen King must have surrendered.

"The news is true?"

Liu Zhenhua looked at Zhang Heizi and asked.

"It's true. Soldiers and horses have already gathered in Yan'an, and news has been released to recruit bandits and open warehouses to release grain."

"All recruited bandits can go to Yan'an!"

"The leader of the thieves will receive a document of immunity from death!"

Zhang Heizi cupped his hands and said.

"Good guy," Liu Zhenhua called him. The leader of the thieves actually had a document that exempted him from death. This man really planned to go all the way to recruit him and gave these leader of thieves such good treatment.

"Isn't he afraid that those people will pretend to surrender and continue to do evil after receiving the death-free documents?"

"Why do I feel like this person is not very smart?"

Liu Zhenhua was sitting in front of the desk, but the other party was already mobilizing troops, and it was still in Yan'an, which was very close to Yanchang County.

"This can be regarded as an intention to send troops."

Liu Zhenhua thought in his mind that the opponent's movement speed was much slower than he thought.

Now that his reputation has been almost accumulated, although he consumes it on weekdays, it is still a fraction. He will be able to upgrade the maximum limit of reputation meals again tomorrow.

"Tomorrow, the amount of reputation gained will be greatly improved, and then we can start to increase our hard power."

In order to accumulate reputation during this period, Liu Zhenhua almost did not spend his reputation on improving his strength.

In Yanchuan County and Yanchang County, the tense atmosphere began to spread. The two horses in Liu Zhenhua's hands traveled back and forth between the two counties almost day and night, constantly spreading news.

The investigation team also set up a lot of informants near Yan'an. Whenever there was any change, they would bring the news back to Yanchang, and then be taken back to Yanchuan by the messenger.

"In the north of Yan'an, there were thousands of rogue bandits, but they were recruited. Later, the same happened to the thirty thousand bandits."

The messenger brought very bad news.

Yang He was in a good mood. He looked at Wang Jiayin, Gao Yingxiang and Wang Er who were kneeling on one knee in front of the desk. These three people were the largest bandits in northern Shaanxi, and they were also recruited by him.

And since you are among the first group to surrender and be recruited, he naturally wants to treat you well, "You are also considered heroes. I will give you documents to avoid death, so that you can feel at ease. Since you have been recruited, the court will not blame you."

"Thank you Governor."

The three of them arched their hands.

"In addition, I will allocate some food to you first so that you can appease the soldiers." "Wait until tomorrow and follow me to Yanchuan. I will open a porridge shed in front of Yanchuan County."

Yang He said that the soldiers he sent out to investigate told him that the Kitchen King was not in Yanchang, but in Yanchuan.

Moreover, Yanchang still has many troops from the Kitchen King.

Being able to do such stupid things like dividing the troops made Yang He look down on the Kitchen King. He was really a capable stranger who didn't know how to lead troops to fight.

The only thing that surprised Yang He was that his soldiers reported that the walls of Yanchuan Yanchuan had been reinforced and raised, and they were also covered with plaster.

However, Yang He did not intend to attack the city directly, and Yang He did not pay much attention to this news.

Wang Jiayin and the other three looked at each other. Isn't Yanchuan the Kitchen King's territory?

Why do you have to give porridge there, and the Kitchen King has been recruited?

But didn’t it mean that they were the first batch of people to be recruited?
All three of them had doubts in their eyes, but before they had time to ask, Yang He informed them of the situation.

"The Kitchen King will resist stubbornly and refuses my offer to recruit him."

Yang He said.

Hearing this, Wang Jiayin and the other three were very surprised. The Stove King did not accept the call. Is he so brave? So many of their soldiers and horses were already demoralized and decided to surrender.

Why are people like the Kitchen King still stubbornly resisting?

"Therefore, I intend to ask you to set an example for the Stove King and let him know that accepting recruitment is the best choice. Resistance will only lead to death."

Yang He stroked his beard and said, "The Kitchen King really didn't shed tears when he saw the coffin."

He is still stubbornly resisting.

Yanchang County should be put aside for now. The most important thing is to capture the Kitchen King. As for whether Rao Guoyanchang will be attacked from both sides.

Haha, Yanchang can only have three thousand soldiers and horses at most. Yang He hopes that Yanchang's people will take the initiative to leave the city and save them the trouble of attacking the city.

Yan'an sent troops, and also bypassed Yanchang and went straight to Yanchuan. The news was told with Zhang Heizi's rapid breathing.

Liu Zhenhua's eyes flickered. These people were obviously coming straight to him. He was in agitated mood. He didn't expect that he would meet the imperial court so early. It was only September.

He thought that the court would not respond until the spring of next year, which was nearly half a year too early.

"The plan can't keep up with the change!"

Liu Zhenhua sighed with emotion, but he was not afraid. With the elite soldiers in the strong city, he Liu Zhenhua would become stronger every day, and the precarious Ming Dynasty would become weaker every day.

"After the order is given, everyone mobilizes and prepares the equipment to defend the city wall. The rebels will arrive in Yanchuan in two days at most."

When Liu Zhenhua released the news, the people in the city were in an uproar. They did not expect that the officers and soldiers of the imperial court would arrive so quickly.

Because of Liu Zhenhua's ideological propaganda these days, the people of Yanchuan were deeply resistant to the imperial court.

After they learned the news, they almost spontaneously began to help the soldiers in Yanchuan County, helping them carry the logs and stones needed to defend the city.

"Hey, although my family is poor, I can still contribute some gold juice!"

The people in the streets were all excited. If they wanted to win Yanchuan, they had to pass them.

Liu Zhenhua looked at the people on the street. Whenever someone saw him, he would excitedly shout "Kitchen King".

Liu Zhenhua responded happily, and they continued to defend the city wall.

"Isn't this the so-called unity of the army and the people?"

Liu Zhenhua lamented that the unity of the army and the people that many emperors and generals wanted to see appeared in Yanchuan.

He looked at his own information.

The upper limit of reputation meal has been increased from the original one thousand to three thousand, which means that he can now obtain [-] reputation points in one day.

Nine horses a day, nearly eighty pairs of light armor and 27 pairs of heavy armor a day.

What a terrifying number.

Liu Zhenhua walked slowly to the city wall, and the soldiers on guard shouted "Kitchen King" in unison.

Liu Zhenhua nodded, and then looked at the city wall in front of him. At this time, the city wall in Yanchuan County was much taller than before. He went straight to a relatively open place, and green outlines appeared in his eyes.

"place."

Under the shocked gazes of the surrounding guards, a huge crossbow appeared on the city wall, with a huge arrow laid out next to it.

The arrowhead made of fine iron shimmers with cold light, and the arrow feathers under the arrow are also made of fine iron. It looks like three long swords, so this thing is also called one gun and three sword arrows. The thick arrow shaft makes the surrounding soldiers indifferent. I have no doubt that this thing can easily penetrate the chests of several people, and maybe even shoot them in half.

Liu Zhenhua was very satisfied with the bed crossbow in front of him. This thing is called a three-bow bed crossbow. It consists of three huge bows. It can easily shoot down the rammed city wall. It is almost equivalent to an early morning cannon. The only drawback is reloading. It is slow and can only be fired once, requiring 30 people to operate it.

However, Liu Zhenhua does not lack manpower at the moment.

Liu Zhenhua placed two bed crossbows on each city wall, and each bed crossbow was equipped with ten arrows, which almost consumed all the reputation points he gained in one day.

240 heavenly soldiers were selected as crossbowmen in this crossbow battle.

They were all shocked by the size and power of this crossbow. The Kitchen King was actually able to conjure such a weapon.

Couldn't this crossbow be able to kill rows of soldiers easily?

The spies came to report that the imperial court had sent 3000 soldiers and horses, together with [-] bandits who had come to recruit people, and had arrived ten miles south of Yanchuan County.

"This plot looks familiar," Liu Zhenhua sighed with emotion. Are the bandits who were recruited as cannon fodder charging into the battle?

Tens of thousands of people attacked the city, and Liu Zhenhua felt a little uneasy.

He didn't know yet that Yang He was planning to besiege but not attack. If Liu Zhenhua knew about it, he would probably be happy. After all, what he lacks now is time. The longer it is delayed, the more beneficial it will be for him.

On the south wall of the city, under the solemn gazes of Liu Zhenhua and his soldiers, a black line finally appeared in the distance.

Then came the crowd, tens of thousands of people.

Liu Zhenhua's mood was agitated. Their city defenders and the country's brave soldiers were only three thousand, while the opponent's number was tens of thousands!
But Liu Zhenhua still wants to say, no matter how many places there are, the advantage lies with me!
Just let the horse come over.

　Thanks to the Forbidden King for the reward of [-] starting coins, and to the War Priest for the reward of [-] starting coins!
　　Thanks to Happy Style Man EE, vero for the reward of [-] starting coins!
　　
　
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