At three o'clock in the morning, the sun was shining brightly.
Three huge official ships came from the south of Wuzhou in a mighty manner.
Finally, it slowly stopped three miles south of Lanxi County.
The tall mast towered like clouds, and anyone who saw this scene from a distance felt a huge pressure coming from a distance.
The figures on the top of the city were in panic.
Li Xuan stood at the bow of the ship, looking coldly at everything in the distance.
The water of the Wujiang River rushes forward, and the swaying waves reflect the colorful rainbow light in the sun.
On the dock on the shore, Qi Guang led two teams of hand-picked soldiers, stood under the boat, and saluted Li Xuan at the bow of the boat.
Looking from the bottom up, the black gold robe looks unusually cold and solemn.
It was as if the whole world became extremely deadly in an instant.
Li Xuan lowered his head and looked at the uniform Wuzhou soldiers lined up in two rows. He nodded expressionlessly, then raised his eyes forward, his eyebrows suddenly cold.
Qi Guang immediately bowed, then turned around with a sharp look on his face.
"Let's go!" Qi Guang shouted coldly and waved his hand forward at the same time.
"Follow the order!" The two teams of soldiers agreed loudly, turned around and strode towards the northwest, toward Meiling Pass.
Li Xuan placed her right hand on the Eight-sided Han Sword and watched the group of people move forward quickly from a distance.
They were a group of hundreds of people, walking on foot, with long bows on their bodies, quivers on their backs, and rifles on their shoulders. Chi Guoguo rushed straight towards Meiling Pass along the west wall of Lanxi County.
Lanxi County quickly took action. Not long after, two soldiers on horseback ran out of Lanxi City and quickly chased after Qi Guangyuan.
Li Xuan took a deep look at the city head of Meiling Pass, and there seemed to be a burly figure looking at Li Xuan's location from a distance.
Li Xuan's mouth was slightly startled, and she waved her left hand slightly back: "Li Zhu, you personally lead two groups of soldiers to protect Feng Canjun and his craftsmen, and bring you the made utensils and the corresponding tools. , use a carriage to pull it to the foot of Meiling Pass, you don’t have to go very fast, just go slower.”
"Here!" Li Zhu turned around and left without any doubts.
Soon, a burst of noise sounded under the big ship.
Tools and unfinished ordnance were crafted one by one, and all were carefully carried onto the carriage by the soldiers under the scolding of Shi Cao's craftsmen.
There was a lot of excitement below. At this time, Feng Hua and Wang Qin rushed over from the back boat.
"Your Majesty!" Feng Hua stood still and saluted. His face was serious, but he asked with a hint of confusion: "Your Majesty, didn't you tell me to ask your subordinates to recruit craftsmen in Lanxi to build ordnance?"
"Of course." Li Xuan looked down, then pointed to Lanxi County in the distance, and said to Feng Hua with a half-smile: "Does Feng Canjun hope that I will attack Lanxi head-on and kill everyone with blood? Or do I hope that I will Can we capture Lanxi County without any bloodshed?"
"Of course it's a battle without bloodshed." Feng Hua frowned before Li Xuan's words fell and asked, "Is it possible?"
"Of course it's possible." Li Xuan smiled softly, put his hand on the Eight-sided Han Sword again, raised his head and said: "Today, there are only 300 black soldiers left in Lanxi, all of them are guarding Meiling Pass, and more than half of them are still defeated soldiers. , the real strength they have is just a group of soldiers temporarily recruited from Lanxi, there are a thousand soldiers, 500 guard Meiling Pass, and 500 guard Lanxi County."
"There won't be that many. The number of soldiers recruited from Lanxi will never exceed 500." Feng Hua suddenly said something that surprised Li Xuan.
Li Xuan looked at Feng Hua with some confusion and said, "Although there is a discrepancy between my figures, the difference will not be too big."
Li Xuan had set his sights on Lanxi very early. The number of soldiers recruited by Tianyin Sect from Lanxi would only be more than before, and definitely not less than before.
"What the prince said is that most of the people are strong, not the soldiers." Feng Hua bowed slightly to Li Xuan and said: "The prince does not know, Lanxi County government, including the police, soldiers, all soldiers Rendu will not exceed 300. Even if the Tianyin Sect's people try their best to plunder them from local families and merchants, this number will not exceed 500, and most of these 500 people have gone to Meiling Pass. .”
"So it turns out that I ignored it." Li Xuan suddenly realized and solemnly raised his hand to Feng Hua.
Although the imperial court allowed people to own their own swords and even long bows, those who could really afford swords and long bows were the wealthy households in various counties and regions.
Ordinary farmers can't afford these things. At most, one or two hatchets are good.
Great, just buy two daggers and daggers, that's all.
The Tianyin Sect seems to be able to coerce more people, but most of these people have hoes and sickles in their hands, and there are not many swords, guns and bows at all.
Their fighting prowess can be imagined.
…
"The people guarding Lanxi County now are common people who have not experienced the cruelty of war. As long as the prince sends troops to attack, Lanxi County can be easily taken." Feng Hua raised his hand to Li Xuan and expressed his opinion.
Li Xuan nodded with satisfaction, then looked at Feng Hua and said, "Feng Shenjun is determined. This is indeed the truth, but..."
Seeing Li Xuan's hesitation, Feng Hua quickly asked: "Is there anything I have not thought carefully about? I hope the prince can explain it."
Looking at Feng Hua's sincere face, Li Xuan nodded with satisfaction, then pointed to Lanxi County in the distance and asked: "How does joining the army view the city in front of you? Do you think that among the tens of thousands of people in this city, now What’s the biggest hidden danger?”
Feng Guang couldn't help but raise his brows. He subconsciously began to recall, and then soon, the corner of his eye glanced at Li Xuan. He raised his brows, and instantly remembered something, and blurted out two words: " Be a believer.”
"Yes, they are believers." Li Xuan nodded, looked at Lanxi County, and said softly: "The foundation of Tianyin Sect in Lanxi is those believers, with the immigrants from Muzhou as the core, and then the local poor people as vassals. Uniting the simple believers in other families, expanding to attract more believers, and forming a joint force is the greatest strength of the Tianyin Sect in Lanxi."
At this point, Li Xuan's face became serious: "These people are the biggest obstacle to us waiting in Lanxi; there are at least thousands of such people in Lanxi, plus their families, relatives and friends, they are holding them hostage They account for almost the entire population of Lanxi County...Do we really want to kill tens of thousands of people in Lanxi County just for one city?"
Lanxi is a medium-sized county with a population of more than 4,000 households, including tens of thousands of men, women, young and old, old and weak women.
However, whether it was the late Sui Dynasty or the earlier Three Kingdoms period, there was always only one way to deal with these people who were abducted.
That is killing.
"I am not a vicious executioner. What I am doing now is to give them a chance to survive." Li Xuan sighed, waved her hand and said, "Let's do it."
"I obey the order." Feng Hua and Wang Qin immediately handed over their hands, then turned around to arrange the transfer of ordnance.
Wang Bo stood on one side and said nothing.
Based on his understanding of Li Xuan, perhaps what he just said is indeed Li Xuan's true thoughts, but it is only one of the true thoughts.
What Li Xuan is really doing is the same old thing.
He wants these people to betray the Tianyin Sect again, and there is no possibility of surrendering to the Tianyin Sect again.
Kill people and kill your heart.
This is what their King of Nanchang is best at.
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"Tap tap tap" Two war horses clung to the city wall of Lanxi from the north and came quickly towards the direction of the official ship.
Passing by the brigade escorting the ordnance, the horse's hooves kicked up huge dust and fell on the cart, but the horse's speed must not have slowed down.
The war horses quickly moved away from the escort group and headed towards the official ship.
However, at this moment, on top of the city wall, countless eyes were watching all this, but no one moved, not even an arrow was fired.
You know, all of Li Xuan's people went to Meiling Pass directly under their noses.
From a distance, Li Xuan saw someone arguing on the top of the city.
A slight sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.
The war horse quickly stopped at the dock, and two soldiers quickly boarded the ship, then took out a bamboo tube from their bodies and handed it to Li Xuan.
Li Xuan opened the bamboo tube, took out the slip and took a look at it, with a slight sneer at the corner of her mouth.
He took out the writing brush from the flower stand nearby, wrote the word "ke" on it, and then handed the bamboo tube back.
The two soldiers bowed their hands to Li Xuan, then turned around and disembarked from the boat, heading northwest very neatly.
They passed by the brigade escorting the ordnance again, and they also ignored them and quickly headed north.
The appearance of the cavalry temporarily silenced the quarrels on the city wall.
It was not until the teams escorting the craftsmen and siege equipment began to leave the county that the quarrels resumed.
Li Xuan turned to look at Wang Bo and asked in a low voice: "Mr. Zian, do you think they will attack the weapon team in the north, or will they attack us!"
Since arriving outside Lanxi County, Li Xuan has been sending out manpower.
If the people in Lanxi County could see through Li Xuan's lies, they would know that there are not many people on the official ship now. As long as they come, they might gain something.
However, Wang Bo couldn't help but shake his head.
Anyone who knows their prince well enough will never step into this trap easily.
With a "squeak" sound, the north city gate finally opened slowly.
The city gate farthest from Li Xuan's official ship opened, and the opponent's choice was self-evident.
Hundreds of soldiers, armed with swords and long bows, quickly moved towards the direction of the escort of weapons and equipment.
"Sure enough, there are still people from the Tianyin Sect among them." Li Xuan said and finally relaxed.
"How could the Tianyin Sect not send someone to control the county? Even if the county magistrate Xu Wen has been used by them, he is not one of theirs after all. How could they be relieved?" Wang Bo shook his head and looked into the distance with bright eyes. City Wall: "Now Magistrate Xu's opportunity has come, it depends on whether he can seize it."
"If he can't catch him, don't blame me for being ruthless." Li Xuan said, placing one hand on the long sword at his waist.
Behind him, there is a whole team of Kuaiji soldiers, a whole team of Wuzhou soldiers, and a whole team of Nanchang guards. This is the last strength in his hands.
Although it was not a standard formation for siege, Li Xuan did not believe that the civilians in the city who were not even holding swords could stop him.
"Kill!" Suddenly, a shout rang out at the head of Lanxi County. From a distance, a group of people could be seen suddenly erupting, and then they started a bloody killing of another group of people.
"Your Majesty!" Wang Bo looked at Li Xuan worriedly.
Li Xuan waved her hand directly and said indifferently: "This is what they must go through. Only in this way can they forgive their sins; only in this way can they be considered as righteous; only in this way can I have reason to ask the court to forgive them. Guilt.”
Wang Bo lowered his head helplessly, then quickly raised his head again and said, "I will write the document immediately."
"Yeah!" Li Xuan nodded lightly.
Wang Bo quickly turned around and left. He wanted to finalize the matter.
Not long after, the gate of Lanxi County opposite opened again.
A group of men and horses, heads lowered in despair, came towards the direction of the official ship.
(End of chapter)
