Wugong County was now in danger. The Sui army had already surrounded Wugong County, waiting for Sanniang Li to take the bait. If Sanniang Li did not save the people of Wugong County, then this rebel army would definitely be destroyed by the Sui army outside Wugong County.
After all, Sanniang Li's female army was quite famous in Guanzhong. If she gave up on rescuing the 20,000 rebel soldiers in Wugong County because she was afraid of death, her reputation would definitely be affected. The key was that she would lose more than 10,000 troops.
In this world, soldiers were the most important factor. Without people, no matter how much money you had, you could not gather a powerful army.
Especially at this time, the soldiers of all the dukes added up were less than one-twentieth of the total number of people in the future.
Holding great power meant having a powerful army. Li Shiming relied on his Xuan Ce Army to conquer the world and fight for the throne.
Under Yun Yi's reminder, Third Aunt Li knew that a city was not that important. What was important was that she had to have people and soldiers in her hands. Only then could she maintain her future development.
As Yun Yi comforted Yun Xue 'er, he listened to Sanniang Li and the others' discussion. Regarding the attack on Shiping City, every general had their own opinions. In the end, Sanniang Li summarized the opinions of these generals and came up with a very good plan.
"Everyone, pack lightly and reach Shiping City as quickly as possible. We need to use Shiping City to exchange for a sliver of hope for Wugong County's survival.”
After assigning the tasks to each general, the army of five thousand men quickly headed towards Shiping City.
After about two hours, everyone finally arrived at Shiping City. At this time, the gates of Shiping City were already tightly shut, and some soldiers could be seen patrolling the city walls.
Ma Sanbao led 4,000 men to eat some dry rations and began to prepare to attack the city. The shield team protected the suicide squad and directly blew up the city gate.
The four thousand soldiers charged in, catching the defenders of Shiping City by surprise. Before they knew what was going on, they were captured.
"Report! General, General Ma has sent a message. The guards in the city have been subdued and can enter the city.”A soldier rode a fast horse into the forest and reported to Sanniang Li.
Sanniang Li nodded and said to the messenger beside her,"Order the army to enter the city!"
Just like that, more than a thousand people entered Shiping City. In the government office of Shiping City, thousands of soldiers were squatting on the ground with their hands on their heads.
The first thing Sanniang Li did when she arrived at the government office was to recruit soldiers. Most of the guards of the Sui army were actually from Shiping City. They joined the army just to eat.
Under Sanniang Li's brainwashing, these thousands of people all surrendered and joined Sanniang Li's side. At the same time, while they were reorganizing the army, a few powerful families in Shiping City actually brought thousands of people to support Sanniang Li.
These powerful families already knew that the Sui Dynasty was already in the sunset and would soon become another dynasty. They also heard the news of Li Yuan's uprising in Taiyuan.
When they attacked Yu County, they began to ask about Li Sanniang, who was in Guanzhong. It was only later that they found out that she was the daughter of Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang in Taiyuan.
Although it wasn't the merit of following a dragon, it would definitely be beneficial for his future development if he placed his treasure on this legendary woman.
Therefore, under the joint discussion of several families, they organized a team of about 10,000 people. These people were either guards or servants.
An aristocratic family in a small city was not considered an aristocratic family. Its inheritance was only one or two generations. It relied on the previous generation or the previous generation to make a fortune.
When Sanniang Li saw the people brought by these aristocratic families, she was immediately filled with confidence. There were almost 20,000 people. Wugong County was saved.
"Uncle Ma, arrange for people to make alcohol. We have a great use for it. Also, distribute the people that those families brought. We need to support Wugong County.”Sanniang Li looked at the map and her eyes flashed.
Ma Sanbao bowed and went out to assign tasks.
With the help of these rich people, Sanniang Li was now very confident that she could save He Panren of Wugong County.
The fatigue of the journey and the tragic state after the war made Yun Yi unable to calm down for a long time. In the end, he could only sink into his mind and look for some books to read.
Yun Xue 'er had already been coaxed to sleep by Yun Yi. This little girl was taken good care of by the guards. She did not stick her head out to see those tragic scenes, so she did not know that she was on the run. She thought that it was a normal move.
She had long been used to such wandering. In the past, she only stayed in a small mountain village and lived in a very simple thatched house. Now, she lived in a deep courtyard. Moreover, it was a different deep courtyard. There were some older sisters accompanying her to play. This was the life she liked the most.
Yun Yi was reading the history of the Tang Dynasty's wars, such as the Great Tang's Duke of Wei Li Jing's Art of War or the Six Classics of the Tang Dynasty. He could always find the shadow of the future wars in them, and he could also see the methods that Li Jing or Li Shimin used in the face of war.
In the end, Yun Yi discovered something. In the current war, the use of bows and crossbows was not very important. Perhaps it was because bows and crossbows were too simple and did not have high lethality. Compared to cavalry, the use of archers was very small.
Cavalrymen were very fast. In this era, the range of bows and crossbows wasn't very long, and the firing speed was a little slow. If it was light cavalrymen, after one or two arrows, they would engage in close combat.
Therefore, most archers would only choose to use archers when defending a city or attacking a city.
Or when two armies were fighting, when the enemy started to attack and entered the range of the crossbowmen, the first wave of attacks would be launched by the light infantry holding various crossbows. At a distance of 450 meters, the Fuyuan Crossbow would start to shoot. At a distance of 345 meters, the arm crossbows would also start to shoot, and so on. When the enemy entered a distance of about 100 meters, the archers would also join in the shooting, forming a powerful "arrow wall".
Often, after the enemy suffered such a blow, their morale would be shaken. When the enemy was about 20 meters away, the Tang archers would abandon their bows and switch to melee weapons to fight the enemy.
However, the battle that was described was not at this time. At this time, the Tang army did not have such fighting strength. Li Shiming only had the Black Armor Army, and they were all light cavalry. He was good at using light cavalry to disturb the enemy and slowly destroy the enemy from both sides.
Yun Yi felt that since the above-mentioned battle method had not appeared yet, there was no big problem in bringing it forward. It was just to let Sanniang Li stabilize the pass well. It could also be considered to have developed according to history and did not make any major mistakes.
Therefore, Yun Yi, who was resting and could not be found, found Sanniang Li. At this time, Sanniang Li was preparing to attack Wugong County.
"Have you rested well?"
Sanniang Li glanced at Yun Yi, who had just entered, before continuing to look at the map in her hand. She also looked at the defensive measures and general situation of Shiping City reported by her subordinates.
Yun Yi looked at the somewhat thin Third Aunt Li and felt a little upset. In this era, women generally did not have much status. Beautiful women were just vassals in war. For example, Yang Guang's wife, Empress Xiao, followed seven people in succession. These seven people even became emperors. Although some of them had only been with her for a few days or months, this clearly showed her beauty.
Li Sanniang was only Li Yuan's daughter. She should have stayed in Taiyuan or married someone else and become a good wife and mother.
However, at this moment, she had to risk her life to realize her dream. She wanted to prove herself and help the Li family.
Such a woman was truly admirable and likable.
"Are you just going to stand there and look at me? If there's anything, just say it." After being stared at by Yun Yi for a long time, Sanniang Li actually felt embarrassed.
Yun Yi came back to his senses and said directly,"I want craftsmen, craftsmen who can forge ironware and bows.”
Only then did Sanniang Li raise her head and look at Yun Yi curiously. She asked,"You want to forge a crossbow?"
Yun Yi nodded, but Sanniang Li did not agree immediately. Instead, she explained,"You should know that the range of a crossbow is not very long, and the shooting speed is not fast. It can only hit the enemy with one or two shots, so we can't waste too much time on the crossbow.”
Yun Yi walked straight to Sanniang Li. Then, he picked up a blank piece of paper on the table and started drawing with his self-made black charcoal pen.
The black charcoal pen was made when he was in Yu County. At that time, he was making distilled wine and there happened to be a craftsman. Yun Yi asked the craftsman to make a black charcoal pen first before he drew those drawings. This black charcoal pen had always been with him.
After Yun Yi finished drawing the blueprint, Sanniang Li took a look and realized that what she saw was not a simple bow, but the legendary Zhuge Repeating Crossbow. As for why she could tell at a glance, it was because there was a card slot on the bow.
Legend has it that the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow was a type of crossbow that Zhuge Liang created during the Three Kingdoms period. It was not very convenient to use at first. Later, it was modified by a person called Ma Jun and became the real Zhuge Repeating Crossbow.
But later on, the manufacturing method of the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow was lost. No one knew the manufacturing method of the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow.
He did not expect to see the blueprint of the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow here today.
"You actually know the manufacturing method of the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow. You, this really surprises me. Men, gather all the craftsmen for me. I have something I need them to do!”
When the guards outside heard Li Sanniang's words, they immediately came in to greet her and then went out to find the craftsmen.
Yun Yi felt that he had achieved his goal and prepared to stand up and leave.
Sanniang Li did not stop him. Yun Yi seemed to have many things on him, but the origins of these things seemed to be very mysterious. A mysterious master. Not only did he know cooking, but he also knew the art of war and medicine. Now, he even knew how to make the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow and alcohol. She really could not imagine what kind of hermit such a person was.
"It is impossible for a person to have so many talents. This requires a lot of knowledge, a lot of books, and a very long inheritance to be able to reach this step and nurture such a talent. Perhaps his master is not a hermit, but a hidden sect.”
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