Northern Dynasties Imperial Industry

During the day, Jinyang Palace is full of splendor and splendor. If you can calm down and enjoy it carefully, you will be dazzled by the magnificent palace rooms and ingenious decorations.

Li Tai certainly doesn't have such a leisurely mood now. The harvests piled up inside and outside the hall have already made him elated. Although he had known that the situation in the Eastern Wei Dynasty was much better than that in the Western Wei Dynasty, when the gap was actually before his eyes, he still gave himself a big shock in Jinyang.

Gold, silver and jewelry, these tacky things, have truly reached the level of car-loading. The warehouses are also full of silks and satins. There are several large rows in the warehouse alone, and more than a dozen Gao Aocao may not be able to carry them all. As for those exotic treasures with inestimable value, they are also dazzling and countless.

Of course, the most valuable things right now are those military reserves. We found thousands of fine armors of different regulations and styles alone. This was what was left in the inventory after previously allocating it to the army.

If they had arrived here before Gao Huan's army went to Yubi, the amount of ordnance and supplies accumulated would have been even more unimaginable. Of course, if Li Tai came over at that time, he would simply be tired of living.

Jinyang Palace has many palace slaves working here, so it also stores a lot of food and pickles. There is no need to worry about being stuck here in the short term and running out of food. When inspecting the palace, we even found a warehouse that stored a large amount of coal. There were many types of material reserves, and the idea was very thorough.

In addition to the harvest of these materials, another thing that made Li Tai happy was the captured people. These men and women are definitely not ordinary laborers, but are craftsmen who are skilled in their crafts. They can make bows, forge swords, tailor leather goods, military uniforms, armors, polishing and maintenance, etc. and all kinds of military industry categories.

For example, the Sutie sword that Lady Miaoyin presented to her as a gift to her father-in-law, not to mention the ones confiscated from the arsenal, several of the captured craftsmen were proficient in the technique of filling steel with Sutie, and they all had rich forging experience.

No matter in any era, talent is the most precious. If these craftsmen, who represent the pinnacle of various skills nowadays, can be packaged and brought back to Guanzhong, the harvest will be countless times more valuable than the captured materials. With these craftsmen, wealth can be continuously created!

Of course, if you want to truly be safe, you must resist the counterattack of the remaining troops of the Eastern Wei Dynasty and successfully escape.

However, Li Tai is not worried about this. At this moment, his heart is filled with the consciousness of "people die for wealth and birds die for food." Even if he is fighting to the death with his life and blood, he will never give up the things he has captured. Personnel and resources!

At dawn, when the night gradually faded, various noises and noises could be heard around Jinyang Palace. It was nothing more than the remaining troops from the nearby city surrounding the place and preparing to counterattack.

After some running and tossing, Li Tai's soldiers were now exhausted. After collecting the personnel and materials in the palace, they took the time to cook and eat, and took turns to guard and rest in batches.

The sky had just brightened, and the sound of attacks sounded from outside the palaces of Jinyang Palace at almost the same time. The Jinyang soldiers who were mobilized from all sides climbed up the ladder and entered, and quickly rushed into the palace in groups.

Li Tai followed Liang Shiyan's suggestion and did not completely disperse his troops among the palaces in an attempt to defend the entire Jinyang Palace. Instead, he focused on defending the three palaces in the northwest corner of the palace. However, many obstacles were also set up between the palaces and alleys to make it more difficult for the attackers to advance.

There were many wood and stone debris piled up in front of the gate at the end of a palace road. After a group of Eastern Wei troops rushed in, they were ordered by the soldier commander to quickly clear these obstacles.

When the soldiers moved forward to move the debris, they found that the wood and stones were all wet and slippery. When they peeled off the surface and looked down, they found several earthen jars containing ointment. They suddenly felt something was not good and hurriedly shouted a warning: "This place is full of grease, beware of thieves using fire..."

As soon as he finished speaking, several rockets shot straight from the gate. Sparks flew out immediately after hitting the debris. The debris that had been soaked in grease immediately burned, and the heat waves emitted by the raging fire went straight to both sides. It swept away, making it almost difficult to stand on this long and narrow alley.

"Back off, back off!"

Because they saw the opportunity early, the soldiers of the Eastern Wei Dynasty who rushed in were able to withdraw in time without causing any casualties. However, seeing that the pile of debris was on fire fiercely, this long alley became impassable in a short time.

When Gao Yue and She Di Qian, who were in charge of supervising the war between the north and the south, saw the billowing smoke rising from the palace, their expressions changed and they hurriedly ordered: "Attack quickly, attack quickly! Put out the fire quickly, don't let it spread and burn the palace!"

It was already a sin for them to be careless and the enemy invaded Jinyang Palace. If they allowed the enemy to burn the palace and garden to the ground, it would be an even greater sin.

Therefore, the soldiers who entered the palace city first did not want to find the enemy to fight and expel them, but first found the water channels, sand and other fire prevention materials in the palace city, and first established a fire prevention isolation zone around the fire.

After such busy work, the fire points scattered among the palace rooms were basically controlled, and it was already three o'clock in the morning. Then they began to assemble in some open areas in the palace city, and then moved towards the several palace courtyards where the thieves were still guarding. Kill.

The construction of Jinyang Palace is truly magnificent and magnificent, making people admire it at first glance. However, it has now become an obstacle for the soldiers of the Eastern Wei Dynasty. The twists and turns of the palace roads and lanes completely limit the attack route. From time to time, there are towers overhead. Flying stones and cold arrows fell down, and every winding intersection was a pass. The enemy only needed a few troops to occupy this area to block the attacking troops.

Although these Jinyang soldiers are very capable, with a sense of shame and courage, and are more fearless than usual, it is still very difficult to move forward.

In the outer passage of a palace courtyard guarded by the enemy, under the defensive counterattack of strong bows, powerful arrows, strong armor and sharp blades, corpses had been piled up several feet high, and the stone steps in the Yongxiang were covered with a thick layer of The thick plasma makes it difficult to stand upright as if walking in a muddy swamp.

Although the defenders suffered fewer casualties than the attackers, the physical burden was enormous. Some soldiers could hardly stand on their own after being withdrawn from the front line.

This kind of street fighting, which is completely without tricks, is an extreme squeeze on human physical strength and will. It is true that Li Tai's troops were in a desperate situation and would die without fighting, and the performance of the Jinyang soldiers on the attacking side was worthy of their reputation. Although they had suffered heavy casualties, they would continue to charge forward without hesitation as long as the commander gave the order.

This high-intensity battle lasted from morning to evening. The attacking Jinyang soldiers lost at least a thousand lives, and there were countless wounded. Li Tai's side also lost hundreds of people, mostly Even the veteran Zhu Meng, who died while resisting the opponent's desperate offensive, was hacked twice by the enemy because he was too selfless in the fight.

In the end, the area where the two sides fought was too bloody and cruel. Even if other troops came to attack, the stacks of flesh and blood corpses would frighten the people and demoralize them. The Eastern Wei troops had no choice but to temporarily retreat, and also Stationed in the palace city to prevent the enemy from destroying other palaces at night.

Because the march was so smooth, Li Tai couldn't help but secretly despise the Eastern Wei army. After the day's battle, he couldn't help but sigh that the reason why he and his party achieved this step was mainly because of their unexpected plan and victory. Luck, rather than the fact that the people of the Eastern Wei Dynasty were really vulnerable, these old town soldiers were really prepared.

The battle during the day was too fierce. The more than two thousand people under his command took turns going into battle and resting for more than ten times. The frequency of the cycle became faster towards the end. If it had not been supplemented by sufficient military supplies in Jinyang Palace, In addition, the opponent seems to be aggressive in attacking, but in fact he is afraid of using a very destructive offensive method, so he may not be able to persevere throughout the day.

In the evening, most of the soldiers were exhausted. Taking advantage of the retreat of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, Li Tai directly abandoned a palace to reduce the defensive pressure, and captured some of the troops who were disabled and in serious decline. The personnel were transported outside the city and the troops stationed at the Xishan Passage were replenished into the city.

The distance between Jinyang Palace and the mountain wall of Xishan Mountain is only a few feet wide. In order to prevent people from peering into the palace, the mountain ridge is difficult to climb. Li Tai ordered people to remove the buildings in the palace on both sides of the road. In addition to the defensive offensive of more than ten feet high in the waste pile, although the enemy troops came to attack, they were all repulsed under the flanking attack from the palace castle and the mountain road.

At this time, they were transporting personnel and supplies outside the palace city under the eyes of the Eastern Wei Army. This was undoubtedly a great provocation, and immediately more men and horses approached.

But Li Tai also felt the effectiveness of fire attack. He had already gathered the ointment, paint, pine oil and other materials collected in the palace. At this time, when he saw the enemy approaching, he threw them to both sides, using the power of fire to Push back the enemy and speed up transportation.

He was not worried that the enemy would do the opposite. Jinyang Palace did not belong to him anyway, and the enemies obviously did not dare to burn it.

At this time, outside the palace, Shedigan and Gao Yue were relatively speechless after meeting. They both felt that their enemies had brought them to this point. They really had a lot of resentment. But worrying and complaining about what we are doing now will not help. We can only seriously discuss how to eliminate this bandit army.

When they learned that the enemy was transporting personnel and materials to Xishan Mountain, Shedigan and Gao Yue both frowned. Although Xishan Mountain Mountain had undulating mountains and rugged roads, it was not suitable for large numbers of people to travel in and out.

But if the enemy enters the Xishan range, they will have to expand the scope of encirclement and pursuit, and they will inevitably invest more troops. Gao Yue had ordered the gathering of the dignitaries here last night, and gathered more than 5,000 troops in total. After all, many generals led their troops to follow King Gao south, and there were not many left in Jinyang.

Although these more than 5,000 powerful and powerful soldiers are a big supplement, they are still not enough to effectively block Xishan.

It is obviously too late to send orders for reinforcements from other areas, so we can only recruit and enslave the strong men and criminals on the spot. Only in this way can we ensure that this bandit army is intercepted and annihilated!

But Shedigan was still a little hesitant about this, and frowned and said: "The former recruited the Hu people in Beishan and did not achieve any merit. Now if we recruit many miscellaneous soldiers who are difficult to obey orders, I am afraid the situation will be even worse!"

"I and the Grand Master stayed behind. If such a bad situation occurs, we will inevitably be held responsible, and we can't expect to be exempted. But if we allow the thieves to cause trouble and then retreat calmly, you and I will not be guilty enough." Redeem!”

Gao Yue naturally understood that doing so was suspected of seeking medical treatment in a hurry, but when things got to this point, they didn't have much choice. They could only save some face by annihilating the invading enemies, and then sighed: "The thieves were able to accurately attack Jinyang Palace, which shows that there must be an insider who is familiar with the situation. Although the Western Mountain is rugged, we should not imagine that the thieves can be trapped and difficult to escape just by relying on the mountains."

After hearing this, Shedigan couldn't help but sigh. The reason why the thieves invaded Jinyang Palace was mainly due to his negligence in defense arrangements. Now it is difficult to recapture it.

Therefore, it is true that we can no longer look forward and backward, and the right plan is to race against time, so he said: "The military affairs here are entrusted to the governor, and I will recruit soldiers from all sides for my own use."

At the same time, seeing the first batch of personnel resources successfully imported to Xishan, Li Tai was secretly glad in his heart. Seeing whether they could be taken away was definitely one of the most painful things.

The great hero Luo Chao strode forward again, clasped his fists at Li Tai and said: "Li Kaifu's troops are indeed very brave and brave. Under such an offensive by the East Thieves, it is difficult to shake the army. But here, after all, This is the lair of thieves, and we are all alone. If we can recruit a group of helpers, we will have a greater chance of getting out of trouble safely!"

"What can General Luo teach me? I will definitely listen!"

When Li Tai heard what Luo Chao said, he suddenly said with an enthusiastic and expectant smile.

"Foreword: A certain person once supervised the prisoners of war from Kansai to work here, and learned from the palace slaves here that most of these laborers were sent south of Jinci Temple. I know that there are many loyal people among them who want to return to the west, but they are trapped in the We can’t do it without someone to guide us. If we can take advantage of this opportunity to gather people together, we can not only strengthen our current power, but also help them return to their country as righteous people!”

When Luo Chao said this, he said to Li Tai confidently: "Although I am not talented, I am somewhat popular among other people. If Kaifu is willing to send an envoy to go, I will lead these volunteers back." Help the fight!"

After Li Tai pondered for a moment, he bowed to Luo Chao and said, "I am really lucky to be able to work with General Luo here. The general has such enthusiasm, so why worry about not being able to accomplish anything!"

As he spoke, he assigned dozens of elite soldiers to escort Luo Chao, and sorted out some valuable belongings to carry with him to gather people's hearts.

Regardless of whether what Luo Chao said was true or not, even if he wanted to escape, Li Tai would always accept his love and be willing to let him go if he alone led Li Tai and his party to Jinyang Palace.