No wonder a certain diary expert likes to use silver bullet offensive, this feeling is really great.
Of course, the silver bullet offensive is not invincible.
Li Yunze gathered Boye's army and Fengxiang's army, but they were all defeated troops.
The reason why Xia Suiyin's soldiers were recruited this time was because they were too poor and the general was not around to come up with countermeasures in time.
If this were replaced by Li Keyong's Shatuo soldiers, or the wealthy military towns in Guandong, it would not be so easy.
For Li Yunze, this didn't matter. He had harvested more than ten thousand elite soldiers and horses from Xia Suiyin Town, and he suddenly had enough confidence to defend Chang'an City.
The day after he led the team back to Chang'an City, Huang Chao personally led the main army to the outside of Chang'an City.
In the next few days, a steady stream of bandits came from the east like a tide, and then extended in all directions, surrounding the large Chang'an City.
The number of Huangchao's soldiers and horses is so large that it can be said that it can't be seen at a glance.
Li Yunze looked indifferent. He had seen more soldiers and horses than this.
The troops of Boye Fengxiang and Xia Suiyin were also good. They were both professional and would not be frightened before the fight.
Only the rookies who were pulled up to the city wall were all pale-faced and trembling.
If it weren't for the elite soldiers from each town standing behind with horizontal swords, they would have deserted long ago.
Li Yunze finally met Huang Chao.
Outside Chunming Gate, Huang Chao was sitting on a sedan decorated with gold. His subordinates all followed him with their hair tied in red silk, brocade clothes and weapons in hand.
The escorting armored cavalry moved like flowing water, and the following baggage vehicles filled the road.
"It's really high-profile." Li Yunze felt a little regretful when he saw Huang Chao, who had killed countless people, but was just dressed as an ordinary scholar.
At least in appearance, he is too mediocre and has no heroic aura at all.
Huang Chao was also looking at the city wall. After a while, someone came out on horseback to the city and shouted, "Listen to the guards in the city. General Chongtian has said that as long as you surrender, you will be made prime minister and appointed as the governor of Hedong!"
"The price is not low."
Li Yunze laughed when he heard this and replied outside the city, "You can also want a certain family to surrender, as long as General Chongtian is willing to borrow something."
The messenger who shouted was a bit stupid, and he actually asked "What is it?"
"Huang Chao's head!"
There was nothing to talk about. Huang Chao in the golden sedan took a deep look at the city of Chang'an, where he had countless loves and hates, and waved away with a sneer.
If you don't have to talk, then don't talk. Just start fighting. We will see the real results on the battlefield.
Huang Chao was rejected because he failed in the imperial examination, and because the aristocratic family controlled the imperial examination and did not give a poor man like him a chance to get ahead, so his mentality was distorted.
The imperial examinations of the Tang Dynasty were not the same thing as those of the later Song and Ming Dynasties.
The aristocratic families that have lasted for hundreds of years have firmly controlled the upward path of the imperial examination. Those who can pass the examination are the children of the family, or their own people who are favored by the family.
A child from a poor family like Huang Chao, who has no background, has no chance of getting ahead no matter how he takes the exam.
The so-called poor family is something that our ancestors have been rich in. At least the family has money and can afford to study. After all, no matter what era it is in, studying is a critical thing that will drain the money of those who teach.
Doctors and teachers are both masters of making money.
As for the real people in Guizhou, they don't even have the opportunity to study, let alone take the imperial examination.
It was precisely because he had clearly passed the exam but was forced to fail, which strongly stimulated Huang Chao, thus leaving behind the famous anti-poetry.
'When autumn comes on September 8th, I will kill all the flowers after they bloom. '
'The array of soaring incense penetrates Chang'an, and the whole city is covered with golden armor. '
Huang Chao fulfilled his vow and returned to Chang'an City with countless golden armors soaring into the sky.
If it weren't for Li Yunze, Huang Chao would have had his revenge and would have trampled all the bones of the public minister.
"It has delayed your personal revenge, but don't worry, I will inherit your legacy, fulfill your last wish, and deal with all the nobles and nobles of the aristocratic families."
Seeing the bandits starting to build camps and build siege equipment, Li Yunze simply turned around and climbed down the city wall.
He returned to his own mansion, a very beautiful house arranged for him by Lu Xie, and was preparing to transport more goods from the modern world.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the door, he saw a smiling Lu Xie... and a beautiful beauty.
"Commander."
Lu Xie stepped forward with a smile and saluted, "The commander works hard for the Tang Dynasty and protects Chang'an City. How can there be no one around to serve him?"
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to signal the beauty, "This is the daughter of Prime Minister Wang, her maiden name is Baochai. She is willing to serve the commander..."
Li Yunze was really stunned, "Wang... Baochuan?!"
There really is Wang Baochuan.
He subconsciously asked, "Where is Xue Pinggui?"
Xue Pinggui only appears in dramas, not in the real world. It is even less likely that he is the emperor's son living abroad, nor can he inherit the throne and become the emperor.
The life of Xue Pinggui in the drama can only be said to be very imaginative.
Lu Xie said with great insight that he still had a lot of things to do. The people in the city were still waiting for him to boil water for cooking, so he left with a manly smile and left.
'sensible. Li Yunze nodded with satisfaction. Seeing his future performance, he might not be able to let him go and remove him from the Lu family.
What surprised Li Yunze was that Wang Baochuan over there was not shy at all, and took the initiative to come over and salute, "I have seen the commander."
"Um."
Raising his head, Wang Baochuan looked at Li Yunze with his beautiful eyes. He said with clear eyes like an innocent girl who was ignorant of the world, "The prime minister said that the commander was extremely talented and defeated the traitors one after another. He was of high moral character and led the army to resist the traitors and protect Chang'an. He was the best in the world." Great man."
Touching his nose, Li Yunze nodded, "Prime Minister Lu is a real person and always tells the truth."
"The little girl admires the commander." Wang Baochuan's beautiful eyes were full of energy. "The commander is a man with both ability and political integrity. The little girl is willing to serve you."
Girls from the Tang Dynasty were really enthusiastic.
Li Yunze had been around in the Song and Ming Dynasties before. No matter what kind of girls he met, at least when they met for the first time, they would be reserved on the surface.
Wang Baochuan shows his feelings when he comes up...
"Okay." Li Yunze, who had not eaten meat for some time, nodded slowly, "Go and wash... ahem, go prepare the bath water."
Young Wang Baochuan didn't understand what Li Yunze meant at all. He really thought that he was tired and wanted to take a bath after patrolling the city defenses all day, so he happily went to prepare bath water.
As for the process...ahem, there's nothing much to say about the process. In short, it's just a boring, repetitive process with splashes of water and homophones.
After a good night's rest, Li Yunze came to the city wall again. The sergeants around him could tell that the commander's momentum became even stronger.
The sergeants all thought that the commander was happy when encountering a battle, and they were all happy that they could follow such an outstanding general.
In fact, we can't fight today.
Huang Chao's army no longer tried to attack, and they were ready to launch a full-scale attack.
If you want to attack a large and strong city like Chang'an City, the best way is for the opponent to surrender voluntarily. If that doesn't work, then you can open the city gates internally.
But when it comes to Li Yunze, neither of these methods can be done, so the only option left is to attack by force.
If you want to attack by force, you need to have sufficient siege equipment.
A simple long ladder like that is meaningless, carrying it up is nothing.
They needed to build a real ladder, with a ladder on top and a cart on the bottom, and one with ground claws that could withstand the ladder from being pushed away.
We also need to build Lu Gong cars, that is, rush cars. It is a heavily protected siege tower with wheels.
There is also the catapult, the kind of catapult invented by Liu Ye during the Three Kingdoms period that can throw stones. It has a powerful destructive power against the defensive forces on the city wall.
In addition, there are nest cars, wooden curtains, anvil cars, crash cars, goose cars, etc.
In the true sense, siege warfare is very complicated and uses a lot of equipment.
In movies and TV shows, people can attack a city by carrying a long ladder, just for fun, but if they really only use a long ladder when attacking a city, everyone will die and they won't be able to reach the top of the city.
Thanks to Li Yunze's previous actions of cutting down trees and demolishing houses outside the city and moving people, livestock, and even dogs into the city, Huang Chaojun could not find cannon fodder laborers and building materials within a radius of dozens of miles.
Fortunately, they have enough manpower, after all, they are an army of hundreds of thousands.
A large number of people were sent to the distant Qinling Mountains to cut down trees, and then built siege equipment in the camp.
This process will take at least ten days, mainly because Huang Chao has enough manpower.
In the past ten days, Li Yunze has not been idle all day long to confront Wang Baochuan.
He rectified the city's defenses, trained new recruits, encouraged people, and arranged work for everyone.
Deliver supplies from the modern world, especially much needed food.
After all, there are now at least one million people in the city, and the daily consumption is an astronomical amount.
The days were busy and fulfilling, and the people in the city gradually calmed down after experiencing the initial panic.
Until that day, the defenders on the city wall reported to Li Yunze that most of the siege equipment of the bandits outside had been completed.
It is taboo to guard the city tightly, and it is important to keep coming and going.
Knowing that the rebel siege equipment was about to be completed, Li Yunze immediately chose to go out of the city to destroy these things.
The thieves had strengthened their defenses and it was very difficult to get out in broad daylight, so Li Yunze chose to attack at night.
Still following the old rules, a group of elite knights were selected by offering a reward. They chose a dark and windy night for a month, and quietly left the city with their titles and horses wrapped in hooves.
The combat effectiveness of Huang Chao's soldiers and horses was definitely not as good as that of the Tang Dynasty's elite soldiers and horses in the feudal towns, but after all, they had been fighting for several years, so they knew everything they needed to know.
There are naturally many hidden sentries and various defense facilities outside the military camp, so it is not easy to make a surprise attack.
Therefore, Li Yunze put on night vision goggles.
"There are two hidden sentries one hundred and seventy steps away on the left. You go over and deal with them."
"There is a trap a hundred and twenty steps away on the right. You two go over and mark it."
"Two hundred steps ahead, there is another secret whistle... How afraid is Huang Chao of death? Why are there so many secret whistles!"
It had been more than an hour since they left the city, but the soldiers and horses attacking the camp had only traveled two miles.
There are hidden sentries everywhere outside, as if he likes to play dirty and carry out sneak attacks, bah!
When we finally reached the outside of the camp where the siege equipment was stored, it was almost dawn!
