Chapter 251: Soldiers approach the city
Yidu City.
Yu Tai climbed the city wall early, and the four-clawed dragon flag was inserted on the five-meter-high city wall, which means that this is the fief of a prince.
The city wall was full of soldiers, and everyone looked at each other nervously, not knowing what was going on.
"Are any bandits attacking the city?"
"I don't know, I heard that there is a plague outside. Will someone revolt?"
"I don't know, the second prince is here, so something big should happen. Just listen to the order later!"
Most of these soldiers were recruited locally from Yidu. According to the Yutang Empire system, the prince could have a guard of 3,000 people and the prince could have a guard of 1,500 people. However, seeing that the number of soldiers on the city walls had far exceeded this scale. Except for the 1,000 defenders in Yidu, the number still exceeded the standard.
However, this kind of thing is the unspoken rule that everyone defaults to. Generally, the prince's guards will surpass the system. For example, the number of guards of King Han and King Qing reaches 10,000, but the emperor also turns a blind eye.
However, the number of troops under Yu Tai has reached nearly 30,000. Part of the main reason why Yu Tai imposed heavy taxes was to support the army of these 30,000 people.
Yu Tai stood on the city wall and looked into the distance. He could already see the dust and smoke rolling. He couldn't help but feel a little nervous. He didn't know what would happen. He looked at Qin Hui beside him: "Are you ready?"
Qin Hui nodded: "Your Highness, you are ready. As long as you enter the city, you will!" After that, he made a click gesture.
After getting Qin Hui's answer, Yu Tai nodded. Although he was still struggling, he had made a decision to kill Yu Zhiqian. This was his only chance. If he didn't fight for it, he might really not have the chance!
"General Wei, how are the city defense prepared!"
Wei Yan immediately saluted after seeing Yu Tai: "Go back to the Second Highness, the city defense has just been inspected, and there are three thousand soldiers guarding all sides, and there will be no mistakes!"
"Well, it's done well, General Wei!"
Yu Tai patted Wei Yan on the shoulder. This was a military general he found in Yidu. He was powerful and loyal to Yu Tai!
"Thank you, your Highness, where is the army in the distance?"
"I don't know, so I have to be prepared!"
"The last general will definitely fight to protect His Highness all!"
"General Wei is worried too much. Yidu has many soldiers and generals, and there is no shortage of food and supplies. You and I have no worries. Besides, the person who comes may not be the enemy!"
After Yu Tai finished speaking, he continued to look into the distance, thinking about how to explain to his father after killing his elder brother.
Soon a team of cavalry appeared in front of Yidu City. After seeing the cavalry, most of the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, either because they were bandits or bandits.
War horses are scarce resources. Even if bandits or rebels can get war horses, there are very few, only enough for some leaders to ride. Hundreds of people are all cavalry, obviously regular soldiers, but they have not yet shown their flag, so I don’t know where they are.
"I am Zuo Qingdao under the command of the prince, led the cavalry Cao to join the army of Zhou Cang. You can open the city gate and surrender quickly!"
The leader was called Zhou Cang, nothing else, but his voice was very loud. After shouting, everyone in Yidu City was stunned and asked them to open the door to surrender. Why do we surrender? Did the prince rebel? He has already reached Yidu!
At this time, Yu Tai stood up and looked at Zhou Cang below coldly: "I am the prince of Yidu. This is my fiefdom. I am the important town. Why did I surrender? Is the prince unable to rebel? I advise you not to help the evildoer and dismount and surrender!"
Hearing Yu Tai's words, the soldiers on the Yidu city wall were even more shocked. His Royal Highness rebelled? The group of soldiers immediately whispered.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince has rebelled and has attacked Yidu. Then is the crown prince the new emperor now?"
"Why does the prince rebel? Sooner or later, the throne belongs to him!"
“…”
Wei Yan's eyes were also vague. Now he was a little confused. The prince's people came and asked them to open the door to surrender. However, Yu Tai said that the prince's rebellion was difficult to tell whether it was true or false.
"Second Prince, don't throw dirty water on Prince. You conceal the epidemic and raise prices... Your Highness has reported these crimes to Your Majesty. Your Majesty has issued an order to let Your Highness... The people on the city wall listen, don't be helping the evil, now put down your weapons and open the city to surrender, can you still..."
"Hmph, you are mentally prepared. When the army arrives, it is the time for you to perish!"
"Shoot the arrow!"
Yu Tai was so angry that he ordered an attack directly, but the soldiers on the city wall did not dare to move around. Look at me, look at you, no one dared to fire the first arrow!
"I asked you to shoot arrows. Can you all resist? They are thieves and thieves!"
Yu Tai shouted loudly, and the soldiers looked at each other, and finally gritted their teeth and shot arrows into the sky, but they were still a distance away from the cavalry, and at least a safe distance of more than ten meters.
Seeing that his tentative effect had been achieved, Zhou Cang took a look at Yidu City, turned his horse's head and rushed to the rear.
"Your Highness, Zhou Cang will report it!"
"pass!"
"Your Highness, the Yidu City is already covered with soldiers. The second prince Yu Tai is supervising the battle at the top of the city. The gate is closed and I just ordered an arrow to be fired at us!"
"knew!"
Yu Zhiqian snorted coldly. It seemed that the second child had already become rebellious. After a little test, he revealed his true colors and waved: "Go forward at full speed and set up camp in front of Yidu City!"
"Here!"
Originally, Yu Zhiqian's army was not far from Yidu City, but only a dozen miles away. After receiving the order, the army arrived at the place where the arrow was drawn by Yidu City within an hour.
Yu Zhiqian rode his horse and slowly walked out of the military formation: "Second, do you still know me!"
Yu Tai looked at Yu Zhiqian and clenched his fists: "So it's the eldest brother. I wonder what the hell is there in my brother's fiefdom? Could it be that the eldest brother wants to kill everyone?"
Yu Zhiqian and Yu Tai gathered about two hundred meters away. Even if the two shouted loudly, they could only listen to each other. However, they were sent by a microphone in a human form. The army had a loud voice and was responsible for delivering messages. They were professionally trained to achieve consistent voices. Just like now, although Yu Zhiqian walked out alone on a horse.
But behind him, a group of shield-holding guards were ready to take action at any time. As long as the arrows were fired on the city wall, they would immediately rush over and surrounded Yu Zhiqian to ensure that Yu Zhiqian was foolproof. And behind him, there were a row of well-trained voice transmitters, one by one with big and round waist, took off their shirts and flipped their waists, responsible for passing Yu Zhiqian's words to the opposite side.
A dozen people spoke together, and everyone on the city wall could hear clearly, and the same was true behind the second child, and someone was responsible for sending the message.
"Drive everything, Yu Tai, you and Wang Dong plot against rebellion and train the dead soldiers. The outbreak of the epidemic, you and Wang Dong will not report it secretly, causing the death of millions of people in Shannan Road, hoarding goods, raising prices, and hiding the court... All the above evidences are as strong as a mountain, and you cannot be denied. Yu Tai If you open the city to surrender now, I will leave your body in the battle between my two brothers, otherwise!"
Hearing Yu Zhigan's words, Yu Tai's face turned pale. He had done everything Yu Zhigan said. He always thought no one knew, but he didn't expect Yu Zhigan to say it one by one. Yu Zhigan knew that his father must also know, so he...
Thinking of this, a trace of determination flashed across Yu Tai's face. Even if he surrendered now, the best result would be to be escorted back to Chang'an and imprisoned for the rest of his life. But if he let go, he would still have 30,000 troops in his hands, and the surrounding cities still have 20,000 to 30,000 troops. If he climbed the high ground and shouted, he might have a glimmer of hope!
"All nonsense is talking, Yu Zhigan, you lead the army, your father is afraid that he will be in trouble. Yu Zhigan, as the prince, is ambition!" Yu Tai immediately scolded Yu Zhigan loudly because he saw that someone was already swaying in his subordinates, and his eyes looked at Yu Tai with a little bad look.
These people are not Yu Tai's confidants, they just do things under Yu Tai to get some salary. However, if they want them to rebel with Yu Tai, these people will definitely not agree. After all, rebellion requires beheading. However, after hearing Yu Tai's words, everyone became confused again and couldn't help but look at Yu Zhigan, not knowing what the two princes were doing!
"Hmph, I think you don't give up until you see the Yellow River. You know this gold medal, the second brother, this is my palace!"
“…”
The two of them fought for a long time, but did not take action. Yu Zhigan's subordinates were a little anxious: "Your Highness, please order the attack on the city!"
Yu Zhigan glanced at the defenders above the city wall, and tens of thousands of people established in Yidu, shook his head: "If you don't attack the city, it's best to persuade the surrender. Once the city is attacked, the people in the city may..."
If it were any place, Yu Zhigan would order the siege without hesitation, but Shannan Road could no longer withstand the tossing and reducing the loss a little.
"Let the hot air balloon take off, throw away the flyer, and let the strength shout at the city. Yu Tai intends to rebel. Who can open the city gate and reward a thousand gold!"
"Here!"
Soon, in the camp here, several hot air balloons slowly inflated, and then began to take off and fly towards Yidu City.
"What is that?"
The soldiers on the city wall immediately discovered the huge monster flying up. This is Yidu, a small city under the Yutang Empire. The people of Chang'an City are used to hot air balloons, but this is the first time the people here see this monster that can fly in the sky and can't help but exclaim.
"The god is here!"
"Look at someone flying!"
"Kneel down!"
The group of soldiers kept screaming loudly, and some people knelt down and kept kowtowing to the hot air balloon. In the city tower, Yu Tai, who was already scolding Yu Zhi, was drinking tea to moisten his throat. At the same time, he was constantly arranging his subordinates to prepare follow-up matters. The first thing was to mobilize the troops in some areas around to support Yidu.
Yu Tai knew very well that as long as he defeated his elder brother's army, no one in Shannan Road could threaten him for the time being. It would take at least half a year for his father to send troops to suppress him. Half a year would be enough to form tens of thousands of troops, and the outcome would be unknown at that time!
“What’s going on outside?”
As soon as he explained the matter, he heard a burst of exclamations from outside. He immediately stood up in panic, fearing that Yu Zhigan would send someone to attack the city. His subordinates knew very well that most of them were temporarily recruited within half a year. Most of the soldiers had never seen blood and had low combat power. Yu Tai himself was not relieved to rely on them to defend the city. The only way now is to drag it until his reinforcements arrive.
"Your Highness, something is not good. A few monsters that can fly into the air just now flew out of the Prince's army, and there are people on it flying towards the city!"
Wei Yan pushed the door and entered. Yu Tai frowned when he saw it, feeling that things were going to be bad: "Go and go out and have a look!"
Standing on the city wall again, Yu Tai was stunned when he looked at the hot air balloon flying in the air. He had never seen this thing before. He knew about the steam engine in Chang'an City, but this was the first time he saw the hot air balloon. But when he thought of his elder brother who seemed to like to study some strange things, he shouted: "This is a magic trick. The prince is already a monster. He shoots arrows and shoots these things down!"
Hearing Yu Tai's words, the panicked crowd below reacted. This time, without any hesitation, they pulled their bows and arrows and aimed at the hot air balloons in the air.
However, the hot air balloon had already taken off the air and was not hit directly. The bow and arrow began to fall below the hot air balloon and could not hit the hot air balloon at all.
"Continue, use harder, didn't you eat? I'll kill that monster and reward you with a hundred gold medal!"
Yu Tai shouted again with great victory. When he heard the reward, many soldiers were working hard to aim at the hot air balloon in the air. However, due to the high distance, he could not hit it at all. He could only watch the hot air balloon flying into the city.
"Something fell off!"
At this time, a soldier with good eyes found something falling from the hot air balloon and immediately shouted loudly. Soon, paper continued to fall from the sky on the hot air balloon and sprinkled into Yidu City.
"Send someone to pick it up and see what it is!"
"Here!"
Soon, soldiers entered the city and picked up the paper that fell on the ground. Many leaflets fell on the city tower and were picked up by many soldiers.
"What is the third brother writing on it?"
"Yes, third brother, you know the words. Tell us what it says?"
"Let me see, it's said that the second prince Yu Tai, plotting to rebel..."
After reading a few words, the other soldiers' faces changed drastically. When Yu Zhigan and his second son were talking, many soldiers didn't understand what they were saying at all. There was no way. Yi was in a remote place, and the words were very different from Chang'an official dialect, so these soldiers couldn't understand what Yu Zhigan was saying at all.
But now it is different. This guy named Zhou Laosan is just aware of the word. After reading it in Yidu's words, it immediately caused an uproar.
Chapter completed!