July is the hottest time, and even the wind blows on your face, it makes people feel uncomfortable. When you move casually, sweat will come out of your pores and quickly stick your clothes to your body. If you have to wear a thick leather armor outside and a helmet on your head, you can imagine how uncomfortable it is.

It was precisely because of the high temperature that Li Xian led his army to leave Leize County for two days. Before entering the territory of Wagang Village in Dongjun, he ordered the team to stop and rest. Although this military order was considerate, it did not look like his style. Li Xian is a person who likes to use light cavalry the most, and is also a person who is best at using light cavalry. From this point, we can actually infer some of his personality. He likes the agility and speed of light cavalry, so how could he be a slow person in his personality?

Therefore, the army was a little confused about the arrangements of King Yan this time, and no one knew how the King Yan was considering it.

The army was stationed in a small village called Liujiapu, and it stopped for three days.

Liujiapu is a small village that is so small that it is basically impossible to find on any map. There are only fifty or sixty families. However, the people who still live here are no longer the original villagers. The original villagers don’t know where they fled. Now they live here are hundreds of people who fled from other places. This is not a place that military strategists must fight for. It is just that because they are at the junction of Dongping County and Dong County, there are naturally more wars.

Although the people in Yanyun Village and Wagang Village were not often fought, the minor frictions never stopped. The original villagers fled, but the new people saw that the village was still intact, so they simply lived.

Therefore, the villagers of Liujiapu now do not know that this place is called Liujiapu.

Li Xian stood under the big tree at the entrance of the village, staring at the roar who was patrolling back and forth in the distance. Although there was a big tree not far behind him, there was a big black umbrella above him. Where there was a big black umbrella, there was naturally a green pot. Where there was a green pot, Huang Luan was there most of the time. The reason why it was said that it was mostly time, not absolutely, because after arriving at Yanyun Village, the two of them became free and did not have to wait together for the orders of Wenguan at any time and anywhere as before.

Today, both of them are there. Not only are they there, Ye Huaixue, and Jiaer are there too. These are women. As for men, in addition to Li Xian, there are Qin Qiong, Pei Xingyan, Cheng Zhijie, Xiong Kuohai, Yu Wenshi and.

In other words, it seems that they are standing at the entrance of the village and doing nothing, but after thinking about it, how can these people do nothing when they are together?

"There has been news from the north. Dou Jiande personally led 100,000 troops, with Su Dingfang as the pioneer general and Yin Qiu as the deputy general. He plans to cross the river south while we are heading west."

Ye Huaixue said in a calm tone, as if he was not surprised and anxious about such a big thing.

“It’s such a great place.”

Li Xian did not respond to Ye Huaixue's words, but said something a little confused. The area within a radius of dozens of miles was deserted, and only the people who escaped from the village had opened dozens of acres of thin fields. Looking around, it was still a large wasteland, and it didn't look like a good place no matter how you look.

“It’s a good place indeed.”

The same sighed was Yu Wen Shiji. He squinted his eyes and looked into the distance. He didn't know whether he was attracted by the good scenery, but his expression was a little intoxicated.

He sniffed and exclaimed: "They taste is so strong."

“What does it taste?”

Pei Xingyan asked in confusion.

Yu Wenshi turned his head and approached Pei Xingyan and said three words seriously.

"The smell of blood."

Pei Xingyan was a little uncomfortable with his appearance, and took a step back and said annoyedly: "I can't see anything good here. I only see a desolate area, and I can't smell any blood. I only smell a stinking smell!"

Yu Wenshi and the other side looked Pei Xingyan over and over, and then said seriously: "There are different human realms, and the people you see are naturally different. The lord said that this is a good place, but you can't see it. This means that your realm is not as good as the lord. I said that I smelled the blood, but you said that I smelled the stench, which means... you should look under your feet."

Pei Xingyan looked down and indeed stepped on the shit.

While rubbing his boots on the ground, he glared at Yu Wenshiji. Yu Wenshiji smiled and stopped making fun of him.

Qin Qiong smiled and said, "From here, one hundred miles westward and into the East County, we guessed that the people from Wagang Village had gathered a hundred miles away, just waiting for us to hit us. A hundred miles northward and to the Yellow River, Chen Quer's navy stopped on the river. We can arrive in one day whether we go west or northward."

“So this is a good place.”

Li Xian smiled and asked, "Are you discussing now? Who would like to stay?"

Ye Huaixue turned his head and automatically ignored this issue. Jiaer naturally would not consider this. Qing Yuan and Huang Luan were also proudly raising their jaws, which was saying that they did not need to think about such an annoying problem. What needs to be entangled seems to be Qin Qiong and the others.

"Gu Hui left 20,000 people, and reinforcements from Juyeze will also come here within ten days after Gu left. No matter who stays, they must block Wagang Village for at least one month. This is indeed a very difficult thing."

"That's why I said, the smell of blood is so strong."

Yu Wenshi held his fist and said, "I have not made any achievements in Yanyun Village. This place is so good and this contribution is so great. I want to try it."

"good!"

Li Xian smiled and said, "You are the only one!"

Yu Wenshi sighed and said, "Thank you lord."

Li Xian waved his hand and said, "What are you thanks? I told them just now that no one is allowed to compete with you for this errand. It's you and you, it's you, it's you."

Yu Wenshi said with a wry smile: "It's quite troublesome..."

Li Xian smiled happily and said, "No trouble, I'm bored, I have to find some fun..."

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It has been a stalemate outside Chang'an City for half a month, and Li Yuan does not seem to be in a hurry to capture the capital of the Great Sui Dynasty. However, everyone in the city knows that not in a hurry to fight for the time being does not mean that there will be no rush to fight for a while. Every day, the Li family army will go outside Chang'an City to challenge the battle. The defenders in the city just can't stand and never go out to fight. When the Li family army is forced to approach, a rain of arrows will shoot down the city wall. If they are far away, they will just ignore it.

I don't know why, but the Li family army's provocation was only staring at the Jinguang Gate. Wei Xiaojie, the Sui general who was responsible for guarding this city gate, could not understand. There are so many gates in Chang'an City, why did the Li family army care so much about their own side? Wei Xiaojie could not guess Li Yuan's intention, but was just cautious every day. Li Yuan's attack was not too fierce and seemed a little overwhelmed. Although it was suspicious, this was definitely not a bad thing for the soldiers and civilians in the city. The longer Li Yuan dragged on it, the more beneficial it was to Chang'an. The food and grass in the city were enough to last for half a year, and the reinforcements from the Dongdu and Qu Tutong's troops would never be able to reach half a year.

But on the fifteenth day, Wei Xiaojie felt that he knew why Li Yuan's rebel attack was not so fierce.

He stood on the city tower every day and looked into the distance to observe Li Yuan's camp. For several days, he found something wrong. Today he finally understood what the things he had been paying attention to these days. From the day before yesterday, he discovered that Li Yuan's army seemed to be building something, and the height was increased every day. Today, the height of one of them seemed to be almost the same as the Chang'an city wall.

"It's a car!"

I don’t know when Li Jing appeared beside Wei Xiaojie.

"General Li also noticed it?"

Wei Xiaojie knew that this person was now a celebrity in front of the Dai King. Although he had no good feelings for this guy who suddenly appeared, Wei Xiaojie, who came from a noble family, maintained a good habit of a noble family, that is, he would never lose etiquette. According to his current grade, Li Jing was still above him, so he looked very natural to salute. The expression on his face was also humble and polite, and he would never pick out any flaws.

"General Wei is welcome."

Li Jing quickly replied the gift, then pointed to Li Yuan's camp outside the city and said, "I have been paying attention a few days ago. Li Yuan's offensive has not been in a hurry these days. He is definitely not looking forward to the rescue of the Dongdu just like us. Now it seems that it is not a surprising method. The tactics of this building car were used more than 30 years ago in the Sui Dynasty. Now he still has to use it. Obviously, there are not many people in the Li thief army who have real skills."

"oh?"

Wei Xiaojie's eyes lit up and asked in surprise: "General Li already has a plan to defeat the enemy?"

"I have ordered the craftsmen to step up the construction of a batch of carts."

"But it is impossible to install on the city wall?"

Wei Xiaojie asked, but he was extremely despised by Li Jing's method. Although the Chang'an city wall is tall and wide, it is not easy to transport the huge chariot. Besides, even if it is transported, it is extremely difficult to solve the problem of assembly and stability on the city wall. There are also huge rocks, hundreds of kilograms of huge rocks, transporting them one by one with manpower, is simply a fantasy!

He is also a false name.

Wei Xiaojie defined Li Jing in his heart.

"Not"

It seemed that Li Jing was not angry after seeing through Wei Xiaojie's thoughts. He waved his hand and said, "This car throwing is not the kind of reflux cannon that can throw a huge rock hundreds of steps. It doesn't need to be big. You only need to throw thirty or twenty kilograms of things a hundred steps away."

“What’s the use of this?”

Wei Xiaojie said in confusion: "If Li Zhe's cart gets close to it, he will throw the oil out with a throwing cart. It is not difficult for archers to shoot so far apart from a hundred steps."

"wonderful!"

Wei Xiaojie couldn't help but stroking his hands and said, "The cart in the building moves slowly. Once it is ignited, it is afraid that it will be burned into a fireball if it cannot walk twenty steps away. No rebel archers on the cart can escape. There are so many bed crossbows on the city wall of Chang'an, and Li Zhe thought of this cart in a way that was vulnerable."

Li Jing smiled and looked at Li Yuan's camp in the distance.

For some reason, Wei Xiaojie suddenly felt that there was a strong sense of sadness and uneasiness in Li Jing's smile, as if he was regretting what he had lost, and as if he was unwilling to accept anything he had not grasped. This kind of eyes was very complicated, but Wei Xiaojie could see that Li Jing's smile was absolutely not happy at this time.

What a pity he is sad?

Wei Xiaojie asked himself, but found that he could never find the answer.

The reason why he could feel Li Jing's sadness was perhaps because he felt sad in his heart, so he did not care about Li Jing's slightly disobedience. He also looked at the Li Yuan's camp far away outside the city, and could see soldiers as small as ants walking back and forth in the camp. He once thought that he was from a noble family and had stood at a certain height since he was born. Later, he stood higher, so he was qualified to despise those civilians who were as humble as ants.

But today he suddenly understood a truth: the seemingly small and humble ants can also dig a huge empire with holes and may collapse at any time.

This is the power of ant, which makes people have to give birth to some respect.
Chapter completed!