But if you add up the honors of all the officers in the army, you will find the absurdity: according to only twenty light chariot captains, two hundred cavalry captains, one thousand heroic cavalry captains, and five thousand cloud captains, The Cavalry Captain needed 4,740 hectares of land, and these were Yongye fields that could never be recovered after leaving. Shen Faseng and others all came from several prefectures and counties in Denglai and Qingmi in Henan Province. In the Tang Dynasty, the prefectures and counties in Henan Province basically had more people and less land. They were "narrow villages". In many cases, even if the people became adults, Unable to be granted sufficient land. It is estimated that even if the prefecture and county where they are located immediately stop granting land to the people, it is not enough to allocate all the remaining cultivated land to these people as permanent fields. Obviously, this honorary officer's land grant was just a blank check, and it was impossible to cash it in full.
"Sanlang, have you thought of this a long time ago?" Shen Faseng asked frustratedly.
"As long as you know a little bit of arithmetic, you can think of this!" Wang Wenzuo smiled: "This honorable official was born when the country was first founded. The land was vast and sparsely populated. The court had enough land on hand to fulfill its promise. After the founding of the country, at most two generations, As the population multiplied, the remaining fields were almost occupied. Over the years, the Tang Dynasty was invincible and invincible. To win a battle, hundreds of officers would appear, but the fields were limited. Where could there be more So much land is given to honorable officers as permanent fields?"
"Hey, Sanlang, you can see it clearly!" Shen Faseng sighed: "People like me foolishly thought that I could go back and wait to receive the honor field, but it turned out that it was all in vain!"
"It's not like I'm happy for nothing!" Wang Wenzuo smiled: "I still have some respect for Governor Liu and General Renshou. When the time comes, I will shamelessly come to ask for help. At most, we can give some discounts to the land of our brothers. , we can still get it, as for the others!" Wang Wenzuo stopped here and just sighed!
"Yes, I almost forgot, you still have the solution, Sanlang!" As for the interests of others, Master Shen didn't care too much. He said with a smile: "Now I finally understand why Sanlang gave the credit for the siege to Hei The Baekje guy is so angry! The military merits earned by bloodshed and hard work will not be honored by the imperial court, so why let the soldiers use their flesh and blood to attack Imcun Fortress? Just let those Baekje Japanese surrender their troops to redeem themselves and perform meritorious service. We Just stand behind and supervise the battle!"
"As long as you understand!" Wang Wenzuo's expression became serious: "What I just said to you will be a disaster if it gets out. No one should say it. Do you understand?"
"Don't worry, Sanlang!" Shen Faseng patted his chest: "What I said just now is rotten in my stomach. Even Lao Cui and He Ba, I won't say it!"
"That's good!" Wang Wenzuo pointed outside the tent: "It's very late, go to bed early and attack the city tomorrow morning!"
Wang Wenzuo didn't sleep well. He woke up at the fourth watch, tidied up a little, and left the tent. He and Sancho drank two bowls of glutinous rice paste at the campfire, and then went out to patrol the camp. With the help of the moonlight, you can see that there are clouds in the sky, as if it is about to rain, but occasionally there are cracks in the moving clouds, and a few cold stars suddenly appear, and then disappear. It was dark at night, and you could see many torches and lanterns on the enemy city in the distance. Because the city wall was invisible, the endless lanterns and torches seemed to be hanging in the air.
Under the cover of night, Monobe Lianxiong and more than a thousand people were divided into two teams and waited not far outside the trenches of the East City and West City, waiting for the agreed signal. After a while, he saw the Tang Army's camp rising. They set up a string of lanterns and quickly issued military orders. The Japanese soldiers rushed to the trench, threw the earth bags and bundles of firewood on their shoulders into the trench, and then turned and ran away.
The guards on the top of the city were very alert. Although it was night, Mononobe Lianxiong's men were discovered just after filling in for a while. The guards fired arrows and stones while beating gongs and drums to call for more reinforcements. As arrows and stones fell, Japanese soldiers continued to be shot and screamed. Some were timid and simply dropped their bags of earth and bundles of firewood and ran away when they were only seven or eight steps away from the trench. Slowed down.
"Archers, archers, come forward!" Monobe Renxiong shouted loudly. Following the order, thousands of archers came forward, stretched their bows and fired arrows at the top of the city. People were constantly wounded and killed by arrows on the top of the city, and the defenders had to hide behind the battlements. , shooting out from the perforation. It was originally dark, and the view from the perforation was even more unclear. The arrows shot suddenly lost their accuracy. Although the Japanese archers below the city couldn't see clearly, the torches set on top of the city gave them great help.
"Go up! Go up! Fill the trenches!" Monobe Lianxiong no longer cared about attracting the attention of the guards. He knew his situation very well at this time. Compared with the Baekje people who surrendered in Zhouliucheng, he and Shoujun Dashi's situation was actually even more unbearable - no matter who ruled Baekje, he could not do without these local powerful factions. The Tang people would kill a few culprits at most, and the rest of the subordinates must be lenient. But the Japanese were outsiders just like the Tang people and had no roots in Baekje. Unless the Tang people wanted to expedition to Yamato, they would be far less valuable to the Tang people than the Baekje people. So if he can't be useful enough in the next battle, the end will be very unhappy.
Under the urging of Mononobe Lianxiong, the Japanese showed amazing bravery. Although some people continued to fall down after being hit by arrows, they were quickly replaced by backup people. Whether they were shot dead or injured, they were immediately killed as much as possible. Drag to the back. No matter how fierce the arrows on the city were, the trench filling never stopped.
"What to do, General! The thieves have so many casualties, but they still refuse to retreat. If this continues, the trench will be filled before dawn!" The guard captain anxiously asked Chi Shouxin: "Should we let the general lead a few hundred people?" People rush out from the sudden door and kill them!"
"Don't worry, now is not the time!" Chi Shouxin looked at it and said: "Soak the dry firewood in oil and throw it out. Once it is lit, you can see clearly!"
There were dry firewood and kerosene prepared on the top of the city. The guards soaked the dry firewood, lit it, and threw it out. Suddenly, fire broke out around the moat. You could see clearly from the top of the city, and the arrows shot were instantly accurate. The Japanese soldiers filling the trenches suddenly suffered a lot of casualties, and the momentum suddenly weakened.
"Don't retreat, don't retreat!" Monobe Renxiong waved his steel sword and killed several retreating soldiers. Suddenly, there was a cry of killing from the right side, and a group of people came out from the slanting stab. The Japanese soldiers suddenly There was a chaos. It turned out that Chi Shouxin opened a protruding door in the city wall at this time and sent two hundred elite soldiers to fight out. He killed Monobe Lianxiong by surprise, so he had to take a small group of soldiers around him to fight and retreat. The defenders chased for a while and then retreated.
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