Just as Li Sanniang was training the soldiers of the archer battalion, the Sui army began to attack. The 60,000 strong army had already advanced towards Yu County.
The spies in Chang 'an had already passed the news to Sanniang Li.
"Sixty thousand soldiers? However, it was a good opportunity to train the newly recruited soldiers. They had never been on the battlefield and had never seen blood. If they were to train like this, they would never be able to truly become powerful. Only by experiencing life and death and fighting bloody battles could they increase their strength and help me train a powerful army.”
This was Li Sanniang's plan. Since she had already planned to occupy Guanzhong and wanted to help the Li family establish achievements, she naturally needed an army and credit.
If he wanted military merits, he needed a powerful army.
The rebel army that Ma Sanbao had recruited, as well as the bandits who had conquered and surrendered, were mostly people who had never experienced war and had never been to a real battlefield.
Therefore, Sanniang Li did not panic when the imperial court of Chang 'an sent 60,000 troops to attack her. Even without the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow, Sanniang Li was confident that she could successfully resist the 60,000 troops.
Now that she had the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow, Sanniang Li's confidence was even firmer. During this period of time, she had ordered people to forge many Zhuge Repeating Crossbows and set up a crossbow battalion. It was time for them to go to the battlefield.
As a supervisor, Yun Yi finally had a proper position. Other than being Sanniang Li's personal chef, he could be considered to have an identity here, a high-level identity.
Wherever he went, not only would there be a few guards following him, but many people would also have to bow and be respectful when they saw Yun Yi.
It would be a lie to say that there was no enjoyment, excitement, or pride. Yun Yi was only an ordinary university student in his previous life. When did he enjoy such treatment?
Now, he suddenly knew what it felt like to be the second generation of an official, the second generation of a rich family, and the feeling of having power and money. However, Yun Yi did not lose his way.
In his previous life, he was bound by the law. In this life, he was bound by the Li family. In the end, this world belonged to the Li family. This world was decided by one person. If he wanted you to die, you would definitely die.
There was no doubt that in this era where only one person had the authority, even if one had power and money, could one be richer than the emperor? Can you be as rich as the emperor?
Yun Yi, who did not pay attention to what was happening outside, only knew that the Sui army had attacked Wugong County again when Li Sanniang reorganized the army and asked Ma Sanbao to support Wugong County.
On the second day after Ma Sanbao left, a 30,000-strong Sui army also attacked Shiping City. They bypassed Wugong County and attacked Shiping City directly.
Perhaps someone in the Sui army knew that Ma Sanbao was assisting Wugong County and that there weren't many guards in Shiping City. That was why they had such thoughts.
Li Sanniang was wearing red armor, holding a red-tasseled spear in her hand, and a long sword at her waist. She had transformed into the heroic female general.
The Sui army took a short break and began to attack the city. It was certain that there were not many defenders in Shiping City, so the momentum of the siege was very fierce.
However, Sanniang Li also had her own way of defending the city. Back then, Qu Tutong had failed to attack. Now that she was well prepared, she naturally did not have to panic or fear.
The first wave was to throw rocks and pour oil, followed by alcohol. The burning alcohol and oil burned the soldiers until they could not climb up the city.
The second wave began. Sanniang Li used the Zhuge Repeating Crossbows. The 300 people held the Zhuge Repeating Crossbows and shot directly at the Sui army below the city wall. They aimed and shot.
During this period, there was no need to use bows and arrows, saving a lot of time. The Sui army was caught off guard and retreated in fear.
The commander of the Sui army saw that Li Sanniang's defense was very strict and suddenly lost his ambition. He had only brought 30,000 people, but in two exchanges, he had lost almost 10,000 people. He could not even attack the two walls. It was really embarrassing and also lowered morale.
Since they could not take Shiping City, they could not stay here forever because of the lack of food supplies. The rebellion of the vassals had led the Chang 'an imperial court to send troops to suppress the rebellion and then consume military supplies. Now, they were fighting against Li Yuan, so most of the food supplies were used to support Taiyuan and Hedong.
Right now, they did not have a lot of provisions to attack Sanniang Li because the commander of the army had given a military order. If they could not attack in five days, they would directly die as an apology.
Now, they were in real trouble. Shiping City was like an indestructible city wall. They had blocked two waves of attacks. How to capture Sanniang Li alive was a problem.
Outside Wugong County, the two armies were facing each other. The Sui army relied on their numbers and directly charged forward. In the end, they were frightened by the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow.
The dense bolts in the sky shot directly at the 30,000-strong army, wave after wave. After ten waves, the Sui army suddenly realized that the 30,000-strong army had lost nearly 10,000.
When the remaining 20,000 soldiers charged forward and were slaughtered again, the commander of the Sui army immediately gave the order to retreat.
Ma Sanbao's side was not having a good time either. After all, it was the era of cold weapons, and it was all hand-to-hand combat. Although the Sui Dynasty had fallen, they still had some foundation. These Sui soldiers had been on many battlefields and had been trained.
If Zhuge Repeating Crossbow hadn't caught them off guard and lowered their morale, they would have killed them before they recovered. The result would never have been like this.
A regular army was different from a temporary army. Many of these people were peasants, and some were bandits. They usually either planted crops or bullied the weak. When they saw the regular Sui army, there was still a gap.
Ma Sanbao and the others had also lost close to 5,000 men before they won the first battle. There were still a few more tough battles to be fought.
Li Sanniang saw that the Sui army on the other side had no intention of attacking the city. She slowly waited for a day and then began to prepare to launch a sneak attack on the Sui army.
On the battlefield, it was important to keep going in one go, over and over again.
The Sui army could not take down the city. If they waited there, their morale would naturally drop greatly. On the other hand, the morale of the soldiers on their side had soared after experiencing a victory. They naturally did not like the Sui army outside the city. It was time to devour this Sui army.
Sanniang Li wanted to support Wugong County. After all, the Sui army had 60,000 people this time, while Wugong County had at most 40,000 people now. The difference in strength was a little big.
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