Chapter 889 Li Yan, you should form a legion yourself!

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Even Wang Shide next to him felt a little strange. Zhang Zhun's intention was obviously to ask Li Yan to lead his troops, but the premise was to not give Li Yan the main force of the Hu Ben Army and not give any weapons and equipment. What does this mean? Can you trust Li Yan?

Zhang Zhun asked slowly: "There are a considerable number of Liaodong troops in the imperial government army, and their cavalry are still relatively powerful. Without the main force of the Hu Ben Army to assist in the battle, can you stop the Liaodong Army's cavalry attack?"

Li Yan said confidently: "I am defending the city and fighting back from a high position. If the cavalry of the Liaodong Army can fight, what can I do to me?"

Zhang Zhun nodded slowly, remained silent for a moment, and suddenly said, "Then tell me, what do you think about the attack and seal? The premise is that you will not give you any Hu Ben Army troops, and you will not give you any weapons and equipment. Just give you a name. Well, it is the commander of the Li Yan Legion of the Hu Ben Army. The troops' personnel, equipment, training, organization, command, etc. are all responsible for you alone. How about it? Are you confident?"

Li Yan suddenly felt energetic and immediately started to talk. He finally understood what Zhang Zhun meant. Zhang Zhun did not trust him and did not give him troops and equipment. On the contrary, Zhang Zhun fully trusted him and gave him the power to form a legion directly, and handed over all the matters of the attack and opening the seal to him.

This trust made Li Yan feel heavy and suffocating in his heart. Faced with such trust, if he didn't pull up a legion and conquer Kaifeng quickly, he would be sorry for Zhang Zhun's trust. He secretly vowed that even if he was willing to do his best, he would take Kaifeng down as soon as possible.

"Don't be excited, say it slowly."

Zhang Zhun's eyes flashed lightly and said in a daze.

Granting Li Yan full power and full responsibility for the matter of attacking and opening the seal was definitely not Zhang Zhun's whim. In fact, when he first met Li Yan, he had this idea. Lu Xiangsheng, Li Yan, even Sun Chuanting, Dorgon and others, Zhang Zhun decided that at the right time, they would lead their troops alone.

A powerful empire requires a group of people who actively expand their territory. These characters should be strongly aggressive and colonial. Simply put, they are people with strong desire to conquer. In layman's terms, they are restless people. If the top leaders of an empire are all obedient little sheep, they will definitely be inadequate in progress and insufficient in maintaining success. Zhang Zhun doesn't want such an empire.

It seems that Zhang Zhun fully let go of generals like Li Yan and Lu Xiangsheng, and their loyalty does not need to be doubted. It seems that Zhang Zhunting and Dorgon will also use them moderately, and their loyalty needs to be wary of. However, Zhang Zhun is not worried about their rebellion. He can defeat them in the past, and of course he can defeat them in the future.

Li Yan formed a legion by himself, which was based on cultivating Li Yan's blood and ability. If Li Yan held an official position in the main force of the Hu Ben Army, his abilities would be difficult to be tempered, because relatively speaking, the weapons and equipment of the Hu Ben Army were still too advanced and could easily cover up other shortcomings, resulting in the lack of training that officers accepted.

Only by forming a legion and using seized weapons and equipment can Li Yan fully train his abilities. If he can pull up a legion and conquer Kaifeng, it means that his ability has reached a certain level and can accept more difficult tasks. If he cannot complete this task, it means that he still needs to undergo more training.

"Thank you for your trust!"

Li Yan said with a slight sob.

Then, he immediately began his own story.

Li Yan believes that Kaifeng is the capital of Henan Province, with a household registration of one million and a prosperous business. Its wealth is more than ten times higher than Luoyang. If Kaifeng can be captured, the benefits can be imagined. In Luoyang, there is only one Fuwang who is rich, and others do not have much oil and water. However, Kaifeng is different. There are many wealthy households in Kaifeng City, and everyone has a considerable family property. When these rich households gather, their wealth may be more than the Fuwang Mansion.

Zhang Zhun said with some confusion: "There are so many wealthy families in Kaifeng City?"

Li Yan said affirmatively: "Of course! In the land of Heluo, how can there be less wealth?"

Zhang Zhun nodded and said with a slight gaze: "Let me tell me the details. Without the main force of the Hu Ben Army participating in the war, how do you plan to conquer Kaifeng."

Li Yan nodded and said, "I have lived in Kaifeng for a lot of days, but I can only know the specific defense of Kaifeng. There is an upper city outside Kaifeng City, also known as the outer city, two or three miles away from the inner city. It is said that this earthen city has a total of forty-eight miles and two hundred and twenty-three steps, leaving only the city foundation, no city gate, and cars, horses and pedestrians pass by..."

Zhang Zhun asked curiously: "Why don't you want a city gate?"

Li Yan explained: "In order to prevent river disasters, all the gates of Tucheng City were filled with soil."

Zhang Zhun nodded to show that he understood.

In the future, Li Zicheng conquered Kaifeng and attacked several times in a row, but failed, causing great losses to the troops. In a rage, Li Zicheng ordered the digging of the Yellow River embankment and flooded Kaifeng. This was a great tragedy in the late Ming Dynasty. It was just that for some reason, this tragedy was subconsciously covered up.

Li Yan continued: "This earthen city seems to be a waterproof embankment outside Kaifeng City. It is not defensive and can be attacked without attacking. However, the inner city is very strong. This inner city was rebuilt after the Jin Dynasty moved its capital to Kaifeng. There are bricks on the outside and soil on the inside. According to legend, when Kaifeng was rebuilt, it was transported from Hulao Pass, so the soil is very solid. Although this legend may not be credible, I have seen the Kaifeng city wall with my own eyes. Not only is the soil of excellent quality, but also lime is mixed in the soil."

"This inner city is five feet high, and five enemy towers are built above, all with arrows and artillery holes. Five large city towers, four corner towers, and twenty-four star towers are all arranged according to twenty-eight constellations. One trench around the city, with a trench opening of five trenches wide, three trench width and two trench depth. There are board bridges across the trench outside the five gates, commonly known as a live suspension bridge. Kaifeng City is so strong that it is only good for wisdom to attack, but not for hard attack. If you want to attack hard, you must prepare more siege cannons. Of course, explosive packs are also OK."

Zhang Zhun asked carefully: "Is there water in the moat all seasons?"

Li Yan nodded and said, "The trenches on both sides of the southeast have deep water all year round. The terrain on both sides of the northwest is relatively high, and they often dry up in winter or dry days."

Zhang Zhun turned his head to look at Wang Shide and said casually: "When you enter the city from the west gate, what do you think?"

Wang Shide replied: "There are only the West Gate of Kaifeng, but there is no Yuecheng. The gate is straight, with only one gate. The other four gates have Yuecheng, with three or four gates, and are twisted and turns. According to legend, the four gates are built in this way, and they are afraid of venting prosperity. The earth veins of Kaifeng come from the northwest, so Ximen does not build Yuecheng, but only one straight gate. The General Staff selected the surprise attack from Ximen to enter the city, which is more appropriate."

Li Yan nodded and said, "We are heading straight from Luoyang to Kaifeng, only Ximen is closest. If we go around Ximen and attack other city gates, we will easily be discovered on the city."

Zhang Zhun suddenly said, "I heard that the five gates of Kaifeng City are not straight. Is this western gate not in the middle of the western city?"

Wang Shide smiled and said, "It's the five gates that are wrong, not the five gates that are wrong. When the city was built, it was afraid of leaking the prosperous energy, so it made the east gate north, the Song gate south, the south gate west, and the north gate east, and only the west gate upright, and it was in the middle of the west city to make it prosperous energy. There is a saying among people from Kaifeng: Three mountains do not show, and the five gates are wrong."

Zhang Zhun asked in wonder: "Where is a mountain in Kaifeng?"

Li Yan smiled and replied: "Kaifeng was originally without mountains, but according to the siege, the corner of the inner claw in the Ximen is a mountain, the street is a mountain, and the iron tower temple is a mountain, which is called Yishan. Because there is actually no mountain, it is just a little higher, so it is called the three mountains. "

Zhang Zhun said with a smile: "If it goes well and the army attacks Ximen, what places should it occupy first?"

Li Yan said confidently: "The governor of Henan, the governor of the government and the chief corps of the Department are all in Xibancheng, and they are close to the Ximen. A group of people must be captured separately, so that Kaifeng civil and military officials are like a group of dragons without a leader. There must be an elite soldier to attack the palace city and capture the King of Zhou alive."

"I heard that the King of Zhou had eight hundred guards, and he would often give them rewards, and he might defend the palace city and resist. After the army entered the city, he would send cavalry to occupy the north gate and patrol the north city to prevent the King of Zhou from escaping, and attack the palace city. If the King of Zhou's guards really defended the palace city, they would have to climb the cloud ladder to climb the city."

Zhang Zhun asked in confusion: "Is the palace city very strong?"

Li Yan said: "The palace city has two levels. The one outside is called Xiao Wall, which is more than two feet high, so it is very easy to break. The inner side is the Forbidden City. The city is five feet high, with a flower skeleton above and a horse wall below. As long as our army enters Xiao Wall, the King of Zhou will become a turtle in the jar in the Forbidden City and has no way to escape. He will probably reward the eight hundred guards and let the city defend the city for him and wait for the reinforcements. There are several wells in the Forbidden City, and there is a lot of food and coal accumulated. If the eight hundred guards of the King of Zhou's palace fight to the death, our army can also use the cannons seized in Kaifeng City in addition to climbing the city with cloud ladders."

Zhang Zhun nodded and said with a smile: "As long as the attack on Kaifeng is broken, if the King of Zhou wants to resist with the palace city, we will take a 'catch turtle in a jar'. OK! Li Yan, the full right of attacking the opening of the feud will be handed over to you!"

Li Yan hurriedly knelt down and thanked him deeply.

Zhang Zhun immediately announced that Li Yan would officially give the power to form a legion. The Hu Ben Army did not care about the manpower, material resources and financial resources of the legion, but just gave him a name. Li Yan would solve the problem of how much money, how many people, and how many weapons and equipment.

A day later, the news that the Hu Ben Army was about to attack and open the Fengfeng suddenly seemed to be storm above the hukou. The people of Kaifeng City naturally eagerly looked forward to the arrival of the Hu Ben Army. However, in the view of Henan Governor Yu Yinggui, it was not too wonderful.
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