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Chapter 1604: Killing and Punishing the Heart (Part 1)

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    From Dongguang County to the south, there is "Uncle's Army" Li Deyi who occupies most of Pingyuan County.  After Liu Ba Dao's death, Li Deyi continued to fight under the name "Uncle's Army" and continued to fight in various places, developing more than 100,000 troops.

    I don¡¯t know what¡¯s so good about this title. Everyone is rushing to use it, but no one has really achieved great success.

    It is not easy for Li Deyi, because he spans Qinghe, Pingyuan, and Bohai counties and is the strongest. Yang Yuanhong, Yang Shanhui, Wang Bian and others are chasing him.

    After Hu Lusheng went south, he wrote to three people in the name of Xingtai and ordered each of them to lead his troops to attack and surround Li Deyi.

    So Yang Shanhui led the Qinghe troops to attack the west, Yang Yuanhong led the Pingyuan army to attack the east, Wang Bian led his troops to attack the south, and Hu Lusheng pressed forward from the north and surrounded them on all sides.

    Under the systematic and methodical attacks of the Sui army, "Uncle's Army" was defeated one after another.  The Sui army fought successively and finally surrounded Li Deyi's main force in Pingyuan County.

    This place is located at the junction of Pingyuan County and Qinghe County, close to the Yellow River.

    Li Deyi had more than 100,000 bandits, but due to many defeats, only 30,000 to 40,000 were left at this time.  However, because it got rid of the burden of the old, weak, sick and disabled, its combat effectiveness was further improved.

    Facing the Sui army, which was very good at field combat, Li Deyi placed all his main forces in Pingyuan City, preparing to defend it with a strong city.

    And Hu Lusheng also led the Sui army to Pingyuan City, where all the tribes joined forces.

    Among the four, Hu Lusheng became the commander among the four because he was General Zuo Wuwei and had Xingtai as his support.

    Of course, Hu Lusheng himself also had outstanding achievements. He participated in the Northern Expedition with Huang Mingyuan, served as the guardian of Anbei, and defeated Shibi Khan. He was somewhat famous, so Yang Yuanhong, Yang Shanhui, Wang Bian and others were convinced by him.

    There are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Pingyuan City, and the troops surrounding the city are not much more numerous.

    Everyone was preparing to fill in the ants, but Dendrous Sheng ordered everyone to dig a trench along the periphery of the plain city to prevent the thieves from breaking through the city.

    "Everyone was surprised. This General Hulu was crazy. He dug trenches again, which not only stopped the bandits from breaking out, but also blocked their way forward.  How to transport heavy weapons such as siege vehicles, manhole barriers, and rams to the city walls.

    But Hu Lusheng strictly ordered everyone to obey orders, leaving no room for negotiation.  Although Yang Yuanhong, Yang Shanhui and others were puzzled, they had no choice but to act according to the order.

    So a group of Sui troops began civil engineering work and dug a trench two feet wide and one foot deep about two hundred steps away from the city.

    Li Deyi in the city was puzzled when he saw the actions of the Sui army below the city. He was preparing to trap them to death, but he was not afraid.

    After the trenches were dug, the Sui army's siege equipment was also built.

    Hu Lusheng ordered people to launch dozens of heavy artillery vehicles from the army, all of which were "Thunder Cannons".

    The Thunder Cannon exerted great power under the Liaodong City. The Sui army was able to successfully break the city, and the Thunder Cannon ranked first in effectiveness.  However, the subsequent attacks on Goguryeo were all mountainous, and the Thunder Cannon was limited by the terrain and failed to play a huge role.  As for the encirclement and annihilation of Shibi Khan's troops, it was not used, so no one in the Central Plains knew about this great weapon.

    Yang Shanhui came to the front of the army and looked at the thunder cannons. He was puzzled as to when the Sui army had such a standard gun carriage.

    When the Sui army began to attack, dozens of thunder cannons fired at Pingyuan City.  There was a continuous sound of thunder, and the huge stone leaped in the air and hit the city wall. Immediately, stones flew across the city, smoke and dust spread, and people fell over.  After three rounds of bombardment, the entire plain city was already a mess with broken limbs.

    At this time, the city was still mostly made of rammed earth and could not withstand the heavy blows of thunder cannons.

    At this time, both Li Deyi on the top of the city and Yang Yuanhong, Yang Shanhui and others below the city were all stunned and speechless.

    With the power of heavy artillery like the Sui army, no city could be captured.

    Yang Shanhui pointed at these thunder cannons in stunned silence, not knowing what to say.

    Hu Lusheng came to Yang Shanhui and said: "This is the 'Thunder Cannon' designed by Duke Wei. When attacking the city, it has the power of thunder. No matter how strong the city is, you can't even think of resisting it."

    Although he didn¡¯t get along with Yang Shanhui for a long time, Hu Lusheng could tell that Yang Shanhui was a talented person with both literary and military skills, so he was determined to win over Huang Mingyuan.

    It took Yang Shanhui a long time to react and exclaimed: "Duke Wei is really a god!"

    The Sui army outside the city was impressed by Huang Mingyuan's genius design. Li Deyi in the city could only cry without tears when faced with the dense rain of stone bullets.

    The defenders in the city faced this unprecedented stone bombardment.They had no ability to resist, so they had no choice but to run away. In the end, no one dared to go to the city to defend the enemy.

    Faced with such a scene, Li Deyi knew that he had to destroy the catapults outside the city in order to restore the confidence of the defenders, so Li Deyi organized elite troops to go out of the city for a sneak attack.

    Not long after everyone left the city, they were blocked by a huge trench.  At this time, everyone understood the Sui army's intention. This trench was not to trap the city, but to protect the catapults.

    The trench was more than two feet wide, and neither man nor horse could pass it.  Moreover, the Sui army deployed a large number of crossbowmen on the other side of the trench. When the defenders in the city came to the opposite side, thousands of arrows were fired, crushing the opponent to the point where they could not even lift their heads.  The bandits had no choice but to retreat to the city.

    "Uncle's Army" was unable to advance or retreat at this time, and was completely in a desperate situation.

    On the second day, Hu Lusheng ordered the troops to stop firing stone bombs and instead launch rolls of prepared leaflets.  The thieves in Pingyuan City have lost their courage. At this time, attacking the heart is the priority.

    Hu Lusheng ordered people to print the leaflets overnight, including a board and a cart of rice paper.

    These leaflets were intended to persuade the armies in the city to surrender. In the letter, Hu Lusheng promised that the Sui army would only kill Li Deyi in this battle and leave others alone; anyone who killed Li Deyi would be rewarded heavily.

    The thieves are already in confusion, they are already worried and have their own thoughts, and a group of people seeking surrender will pour a pot of hot oil on the restless hearts of the other party.

    When the surrender leaflets were fired into the city, they were overwhelmingly filled with surrender leaflets from the Sui army.  The soldiers in the city were already frightened. Seeing these surrender leaflets, it was almost as if they were grasping at straws.

    Many people were tempted to surrender, and some were even prepared to exchange Li Deyi's head for wealth.

    Li Deyi also saw the surrender letter from the Sui army. After reading the content, he became furious, anxious and annoyed.  He was very aware of the power of these letters of surrender, and immediately ordered them all to be destroyed. Anyone who dared to hide them secretly in the army would be executed immediately, but it was of no use at all.

    Many people in the city quietly climbed over the city and surrendered. What's worse, they even opened the city gate and fled.  At first they were in twos and threes, but later they came in groups.

    Li Deyi ordered people to investigate the matter carefully and found that all the defectors were killed. He wanted to use this to scare everyone, but the more he did it, the less confident he seemed, and he was afraid.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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