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Chapter 479 Chapter 482
The strength of the Tang army outside the city continued to increase. Li Yuanji was transferred from Chang'an as Li Shimin's deputy division under the order of Li Yuan, bringing with him 12 new troops. The total strength has increased to 20. If the Tang troops stationed in the outer towns are counted, the total number of Tang troops who have set out for the Kanto expedition today is more than [-]. It can be seen that Li Yuan is doing his best and is determined to win.

Under normal circumstances, Luoyang is a fortified city that cannot be conquered at all, so Li Shimin's strategy is absolutely correct, that is, to isolate Luoyang first, cut off all food roads, and make the army and people in the city lack food and food, and then they will collapse without attacking.

Shen Mu's success in transporting grain and grass to Luoyang was quite a fluke, the key was Ba Fenghan's timely notification, and because of the bridge facilities abandoned by Yang Gongqing, the success was achieved with the cooperation of all parties.And this will be the last food supply for Luoyang during the siege.Even if Shen Mu and others could break through and return to Chenliu, it would be impossible to bring the food and grass.

Now Luoyang's only savior is Dou Jiande, only if he regains Hulao and opens the gap on the Eastern Front, will he have a chance to repel Li Shimin.

After the arrival of Shen Mu's reinforcements, Li Shimin postponed the siege and regrouped.

No one dared to underestimate Shen Mu. Once he and Wang Shichong joined forces to attack, Tang Jun might suffer a big loss. Li Shimin's strategy has always been based on prudence and prudence.

After Shen Mu and others entered the city, the Tang army began to dig trenches and build fortifications around Luoyang, and completely blocked Luoyang City.

At the meeting, Wang Shichong's generals had no major changes in the distribution of responsibilities as before, except that Shangdong and Anxi, who were closest to the Qingcheng Palace of the Tang Army's general headquarters, were handed over to Yang Gongqing, and the experienced Yang Jiajun and Shen The Feiyun Cavalry trained by Mu single-handedly dealt with Li Shimin's main attack, while the soldiers who originally guarded the two fronts were transferred to other city gates.

The total number of soldiers and civilians in the city is about 18, and the number of regular troops is more than [-]. With the reinforcements from the Young Marshal's Army, the number of troops is still less than [-].

After seeing the situation clearly, Shen Mu made a decisive decision and decided to break out of the city in the middle of the night while Li Shimin's blockade was not completed, and go to see Dou Jiande.

What else can Wang Shichong say?Apart from saying some words of gratitude and reaffirming the sincerity of cooperating with Young Marshal Jun and Dou Jun, everything is according to Shen Mu's words.

In the end, Shen Mu concluded: "Every day that passes, our food, daily necessities and medicines will be less. According to the current situation, the food in the city can last at most another month and a half until the first ten days of October. Is it okay to continue to supply?" It is possible. So the only hope at the moment is that Dou’s army will come to help. As long as they capture Hulao and open up the Eastern Front, the siege of Luoyang will be relieved. We will set off to see Dou Jiande tonight. During this period, you must stick to Luoyang and wait for us to take care of it. Bring back the news."

After the meeting, Shen Mu rejected Wang Shichong's proposal to invite him to the palace as a farewell party for him, and went back to the small house in the south of the city with Xu Ziling and Ba Fenghan to fight for time to rest.

This mansion originally belonged to Wang Shichong, but because Wang Shichong lent them every time they went to Luoyang, they couldn't help feeling special feelings. Stepping into the mansion felt like coming home.

The three beloved horses and Falcon Wuming are handed over to Feiyunqi to take care of them.This trip to see Dou Jiande will never be smooth sailing, it is a good opportunity for Li Shimin to kill them.Therefore, I don't want to love horses and eagles to accompany them in danger.

The three went back to their rooms to rest.

Xu Ziling put aside everything else, closed his eyes and sat quietly. The true energy in his body had been circulating for less than two hours.

With Shen Mu's footsteps, he moved from the room.

Shen Mu pushed the door open, moved to the edge of the bed while stretching his muscles and bones, sat down and said with a smile: "Lao Ba stood there at the small pier behind the house, I think this kid still has something on his mind, but he just won't tell us!"

Xu Ziling said: "It's time to set off."

Shen Mu said: "Let me say a few words first, oh! It's really hard for you, it makes me feel very uneasy, it's all my fault, why are you fighting for the mother's world? Now you are riding a tiger, so you have to be tough." Scalp down."

Xu Ziling said: "Brothers, why are you saying these things? But I do have a few heartfelt words, and I can't spit them out quickly."

Shen Mu said solemnly: "I'm listening."

Xu Ziling said: "No one can know what will happen in the future. I just hope that you will base your actions on the well-being of the common people in the world, and don't be like ordinary careerists who end up putting your own interests first and being overwhelmed by power and fame." Blinded."

Shen Mu nodded and said: "I, Shen Mu, will remember these words in my heart, and dare not forget for a moment."

Xu Ziling fell silent.

Shen Mu said: "Young Master Ling, think about it for me. Among the many leaders of my Young Commander's Army, who will betray me?"

Xu Ziling frowned and said, "There are quite a few people who know that we are transporting food to Luoyang, so it is difficult for us to distinguish who is the inner ghost."

Shen Mu said: "Only the generals of the Ten Towns and the supervisors of the Six Departments, or senior generals like Chen Jiafeng, Xie Jiao, Gao Zhiming, Zhan Gongxian, etc., know about food transportation, so it shouldn't be too hard to guess."

Xu Ziling fell silent.

Shen Mu thought about it and said, "That day when we sneaked into Zhongli and almost stepped into the enemy's trap, I suspected that there was a ghost, and thought it was Xiliang and Xiaorong who betrayed us, but later I realized it was a misunderstanding. Although that kid from Xiangyu Mountain is a bit of a ghost, he still He has not yet reached the realm of predicting things like a god. So it was indeed at that time that an inner ghost in our army had secretly communicated with him. Sigh! Who is this person?"

Xu Ziling said: "Mr. Yang and Ma Chang are absolutely fine, we can screen them out of suspicion. Uncle Zhi, Mou Lao, Zhan Dao, Feng Yi and Xiao Jie have a deep relationship with us and have endured many hardships, so there should be no problem. Xuan Yong and his two generals, Gao Zhiming and Zhan Gongxian, are from Zhai Rang's system. They are not like this kind of people just because of their unwavering loyalty to the eldest lady. The rest are just empty words, Ren Meimei, and Luo Qifei , Chen Changlin, Bai Wenyuan, Jiao Hongjin, Chen Jiafeng and Xie Jiao. Which one do you suspect?"

Shen Mu said: "I really don't want to doubt any of them. Although we met Xu Xingzhi by accident, I feel that he is a wise man with the ambition to save the world and would not do shameless things. Brother Chang Lin is a gentleman, so I doubt he will It makes me feel guilty. Bai Wenyuan, we saved his life, so we would not repay his kindness. Jiao Hongjin has lived and died with me, and he is an upright person. I would not suspect that he is a traitor. But for Ren Meimei, Chen Jiafeng and Xie Jiao Not so confident. After all, they used to be members of the Pengliang Society. The Pengliang Society has always had a bad reputation and has entangled relations with the Baling Gang. Sigh! This is really a headache."

Ba Fenghan appeared outside the door and said calmly: "Brothers! It's time to practice!"

With the sound of "rumbling", the sluice was twisted upwards until the raft could pass through. Xu Ziling, who was in charge of operating the raft, gathered the wooden oars and swiped hard. A ball of water splashed up at the stern of the raft, and the wooden stack ran along the Luohe River like a galloping horse. rushed through the sluice and came to the vast night outside the city.

It was dark on both sides of the strait, and there seemed to be no enemy at all, but the three of them knew that Li Shimin's 12 troops besieging the city had already deployed heavy defenses on the surrounding highlands and dangerous places along the river. Li Shimin personally led his masters to help them, and they had no other possibility except to fight to the death with all their might.

The key to success or failure is which side can grab faster.

Luoshui is the widest channel among the rivers intersecting Luoyang, leading directly to the big river.Passing through Luoshui is the most straightforward and quickest way they can think of to break out of the siege. The ideal is of course to go straight to the big river and land on the north bank. There is a great chance of a successful breakout.

The horn sounded in the distance ahead, and hooves sounded from all directions. It can be seen that the enemy was alert and reacted, mobilizing the troops and horses from all sides.

Shen Mu and Ba Fenghan Zhuo stood in the raft, with three barrels of powerful arrows and three iron shields placed at their feet.The night wind blew, and the night clothes of the three of them fluttered up and down.

Xu Ziling pushed the boat with all his strength without distraction, with the mentality that he could go as far as he could.

The night sky is thick with clouds, the stars and the moon are dark, and the weather has not improved yet.

Shen Mu calmly smiled and said, "Guess what we will encounter first? For example, a big net blocking the river, the Tie Lianzi locking the river, or the Tang Army's navy ship?"

Ba Fenghan smiled and said: "Luoyang is a place where eight rivers converge, and the mountains and rivers are complicated. Li Shimin has no way of guessing our breakout route, let alone our departure tonight. I'm sure he is in a hurry right now."

Shen Mu looked at the water splashing from the raft's head breaking through the river, and secretly praised Xu Ziling's spiral true qi in his heart, which was unfathomable and inexhaustible.He replied: "I, Shen Mu, can underestimate anyone, but I never dare to underestimate Li Shimin. The method of blocking the river can be complex or simple, such as deploying a dozen trebuchets on both banks, plus archers, we have no choice but to abandon the boat and go ashore. "

Xu Ziling from behind shouted in a low voice: "Be careful of the left bank!"

The raft turned to the right bank, and the sound of hooves on the left bank was loud. Nearly a hundred horsemen chased them along the bank. They shot at them with bows and arrows, but because the raft avoided the arrows and the arrows were not close to the right bank, the powerful arrows fell about Zhang away from the raft. on the river.

The raft dragged a long, splashing and whirling tail, advancing towards the right bank in an almost flying posture, turning around one bend after another, competing with the enemy horses on the left bank for speed, and the situation was fierce.

Kou and Ba took out their folding bows at the same time, the former said with a smile: "There are enemies on the left bank, but no one on the right bank. Li Shimin probably meant to lure us to land on the right bank. Damn it, I didn't fall for his scheme."

Ba Fenghan nodded and said: "Instead of being forced to abandon the boat and go ashore, it's better to go ashore first, and still hold the initiative."

In the sound of "swish", powerful arrows were shot from the two bows of shooting the sun and piercing the moon, picking the horse at the head of the enemy's cavalry, and the horse stumbled and fell to the ground with a miserable hiss. The enemy's cavalry was blocked and immediately became a mess , unable to chase along the coast.

Xu Ziling communicated with the two of them, and hurriedly moved the raft away from the right bank and leaned towards the left bank.

Ba Fenghan shouted: "Remember our triangular formation, we must not be scattered by the enemy."

Xu Ziling said: "I have another suggestion, why not try to break through the pass where the enemy locks the river, as long as we stay close to one side, the trebuchets on both sides will be difficult for us. If we can pass this pass, most of the Tang army's deployment will be destroyed. It's useless."

Shen Mu said dumbfounded: "It turns out that Ling Shao is the most courageous."

Ba Fenghan said with a long smile: "It makes sense, the trebuchet is heavy and ineffective, it is more than enough to attack the big ship, but it is clumsy when dealing with our small raft controlled by Ling Shao, and the trebuchet can make the trebuchet get too close , the far is too far. We should be able to do it with only a few strong arrows, so let's give up our lives to accompany the gentleman!"

The raft turned a sharp turn and turned to a straighter river. The muddy land on both sides rose up, and there were figures of people on the heights, trebuchets lined up on the left and right, and six two-masted fighting ships lined up farther away, blocking the way. The formation does have the potential to seal the river and block the road.

Shen Mu's expression changed: "Our wishful thinking won't work!"

It turned out that the river narrowed, and the enemy's garrison was only ten feet narrower. No matter which side they were close to, they were still within the range of the enemy's catapults and strong arrows.

Before the words were finished, there was a lot of light ahead, not only hundreds of torches were lit on both sides of the bank, but also the six fighting ships in front were lit up, illuminating a section of the river half a mile in front as bright as day, showing every detail.

Xu Ziling knew that in such a situation, he would go forward to pass through the barrier and wait for death, so he said decisively: "Go ashore!" He still held the oar in his hand.

The three of them jumped off the raft at the same time and threw them towards the left bank. Before they hit the ground, hundreds of powerful arrows were shot at them.

Xu Ziling and Shen Mu resorted to their housekeeping skills, and at the same time switched their true qi, grabbed Ba Fenghan from left to right, changed from falling to soaring, managed to avoid the arrow net, and threw them across the air towards the archers on the bank .

In the air, the three of them could clearly see the situation near and far at a glance, and also realized Li Shimin's determination to put them to death.

On both banks of the Luoshui River, apart from the slingers and archers who blocked the river, each had a division composed of different arms, lined up in front of the Suoguan.Those who shot arrows at them were the archers in the front of the formation, the axemen holding the shields, and the cavalry at the end. There were 500 soldiers from each of the three different arms, a total of 500 soldiers.

At the order of the leading general, the archers who had not had time to shoot the second round of arrows put away their longbows, drew out their sabers, and spread out in all directions, allowing the three of them to throw themselves into the net.

It's just that this division's corps is strong enough to kill three people, not to mention that as long as they entangle them for a while, more enemies will come from all directions, and they have no luck.

In the plain area on the north bank of the Luohe River, the trees have been cut down and the trees are bare. The nearest forest is a dark shadow at the end of the horizon, at least ten miles away.In fact, within a radius of [-] miles centered on Luoyang, all the trees have been cleared, but it is not known whether it was Wang Shichong or Li Shimin who did it, because both sides have reasons for doing so, but it is not clear to them here. It is a great disadvantage, because there is nowhere to hide, and there are no favorable conditions for escape except the night.

What's worse is that apart from the troops in front of them and the enemies not far downstream, there are groups of cavalry in the distance with a complete lineup and varying numbers of cavalry coming towards them.

Seeing that he was about to fall into the enemy's siege, Ba Fenghan shouted loudly, pressed his palms down, and hit the ground hard with force, shaking several nearby Tang soldiers reeling, but he used the force of the counter-shock to bring his supporters to the left and right. Shen Mu and Xu Ziling, who had exhausted their true energy and had no new strength, moved five feet across and landed safely on the edge of the enemy's forces.

After touching the ground, the three of them spread out a little to form a triangular formation, with Ba Fenghan's side as the sharp point of the triangle, the sword was shining, the two enemies hadn't seen clearly what was going on, they were forced to throw their swords to both sides.

Xu Ziling's oars, which were half a meter long, swept away, and the dozen or so interceptors who came from behind either lost their weapons due to the shock, or fell to the ground with broken bones and flesh.

Shen Mu's long sword slashed out with lightning, and the sword never failed, and someone always fell to the ground in response to the sword.

All of a sudden, the three of them broke through the enemy's weak periphery and rushed out of the encirclement. The enemy chased after them like a tide. The Tang army in front of them, who was originally responsible for blocking the waterway, dropped their catapults and came to surround and kill them.It is true that there is no way out, and there are pursuers behind.In the vast Heyuan, there is no place to live.

What they are facing in front of them is only an insignificant part of the enemy's strength. If the enemy's main force arrives, next year tonight will definitely be their death day.

Ba Fenghan shouted loudly: "Where did you come from, where do you go back."

The two understood and agreed at the same time.

Just before the enemies from both sides closed up and entangled them to death, the three of them jumped up, strenuously crossing the space of nearly seven feet like a big bird, surpassing hundreds of enemies who were desperate to kill them, and threw them towards the shore. The knives, swords, and paddles were all thrown out, and the energy swept through the air. Before the person arrived, the enemy was crushed to fall around, and the wind swept the fallen leaves to force out a space among the enemies.

With their toes pointing, the three of them vacated for the second time, straddled the group of trebuchets lined up along the shore, and set foot on the shore.

The raft, which no one controlled, let alone paid attention to, was spinning down the current and rushing towards the six fighting ships on the Hengpai River, hitting the rocky beach beside the bank, and then bouncing back towards the center of the river.

Ba Fenghan said with a long smile: "Heaven is not dead and we are too!" With strength in his feet, he flicked away from the bank and threw it to the raft in the middle of the river.

At this time, the raft was still more than a hundred feet away from the enemy ship, and it was not within the range of the ship's trebuchets and archers.

Shen Mu and Xu Ziling didn't dare to be negligent, they chased after Ba Fenghan, and jumped onto the raft together.

The three of them landed on the raft one after another. Xu Ziling's oars hit the river behind the raft, and a ball of water exploded. The raft was controlled and rushed straight towards the enemy ships. battleship.

The catapult on the right bank sounded, and the arrows chirped, all a step behind, and the stone bomb fell behind the stern of the raft, causing water splashes in the sky, which was extremely thrilling.

Shen Mu shouted loudly: "Torch!"

At the same time, he and Ba Fenghan drew the bow with one hand and drew the arrow with the other. They fired arrows continuously with incomparable speed, as if they were performing archery skills. What they shot was not people but the lighting torches on the boat.

Hundreds of torches were used to illuminate the ships, all of which were inserted into various mounts on the ship. The arrows broke one after another and fell on the ship. The kerosene stained the deck and cabin. When the wind was high and things were dry, it spread rapidly. , The Tang army on the ship was extremely embarrassed, and he didn't know whether to fight the fire or counterattack first.

Xu Ziling spiraled vigorously, the speed of the raft continued to increase, and it advanced in a serpentine route, and the enemy's stone-throwing arrows fell through one after another.

"Boom!" Ba Fenghan picked up the iron shield with his right foot, and used his energy to block the thrown stone bullets, while Shen Mu stood in front of Xu Ziling, deflecting the incoming arrows with his sun bow, so that Xu Ziling could God maneuvers the boat.

The bows of three of the enemy ships sank into the sea of ​​flames, completely losing the function of counterattack and interception. The flames of the middle one spread to the mast sails, and the flames soared into the sky.

(End of this chapter)