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Qin Jin's strategy towards Sun Xiaozhe has always been to eat away at his military spirit step by step, and try to avoid fighting him head-on, so that it is the most reasonable choice to exchange the minimum price for the maximum benefit.

Previously, the reason why Qin Jin was in a hurry to break the situation was because the war in Hedong was dangerous, and the Shenwu army was almost in danger of collapsing on the entire front, but Lu Qi finally gained a firm foothold on the front line of Jiangzhou, and Shi Siming's offensive was frustrated, so he could calm down and make this plan.

After months of contact, Guo Ziyi has a good understanding of Qin Jin's military style, and it seems that he always loves soldiers and makes dangerous moves, but he always takes saving human life as the first priority, but he has to wait until the Year of the Monkey to grind so slowly.

"There are still more than 100,000 rebels, since the shrinkage of troops in the counties of Guanzhong, more than seventy percent are concentrated in Chang'an, if you don't make a hard blow, not only will there be a stalemate until which month!"

Guo Ziyi said it tactfully, but Qin Jin knew that he was persuading himself that it was best to change the conservative way of using troops and defeat Sun Xiaozhe as soon as possible, even if it was worth paying the price. What's more, the news that the Hui cavalry was heading south was also like a reminder, if they couldn't break the situation before they arrived in Gyeonggi, the Tang Dynasty's situation would be passive.

"From today onwards, intensify the psychological offensive, presumably the rebels will be unbearable for a long time. ”

Qin Jin did not take Guo Ziyi's suggestion to fight quickly, in his opinion, every soldier is extremely valuable now, rather than fighting all under Chang'an City, he must keep the vast majority of people and leave them to deal with future troubles. He is not like others, who think that as long as the siege of Chang'an is lifted, the situation will be pacified just around the corner.

In his words, relieving the siege of Chang'an is just the first step in the long march of 10,000 miles, and the real tough battle, the evil battle is probably still to come. If you fight it out now, you will be even more passive in the future.

Changshi Li Cao personally went out and made a psychological offensive against the rebels outside the Yanxing Gate in Dongcheng. The so-called psychological offensive is to gather hundreds of high-pitched soldiers and take turns shouting in unison the pre-prepared rhetoric, to the effect that they will abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and they will not blame the past, they will be promoted to become rich, and more importantly, they will eat enough esophagus.

The past is not to blame, and getting promoted and getting rich is an invisible and untouchable void, only the one that eats enough esophagus will be cashed out immediately.

In order to enhance the persuasiveness, Li Cao specially selected many people who could speak well from the Toucheng rebels in Wengcheng.

Those who choose to speak will be rewarded with a bowl of pork and a bowl of water and wine that day, which is a great temptation for them. Therefore, everyone competed for this relatively small number of places, and the selected ones were not only happy, but also worked hard, and even tried their best, for fear that Li Changshi would not be satisfied, and they would not be sent from then on.

"Brothers, why did Sun Thief Xiaozhe treat us like this, why did he still give him his life? Look at the brothers, after surrendering to the imperial court, the imperial doctor not only did not blame the past, but also had enough wine and meat, and provided good food and drink...... Why bother, why bother to guard that sinister villain?"

These words are half-truthful, but to the listener they are like waves eroding the embankment, and the resistance from the heart will erode and disintegrate.

"Chang Shijun, we are shouting like this all day long, but there are only a dozen people who can come to defect every day, and at most there are only dozens of people, when is the year and month the head?"

An assistant official couldn't help but complain in Li Cao's ear. In this regard, Li Cao was not as impetuous as the people around him, and suddenly a gust of wind blew from the southeast, and he couldn't help but stir his nose, because there was a faint smell of rotten flesh in the air.

Li Cao raised his leg and kicked the snow that turned into thin mud under his feet, the weather is getting warmer and warmer, tens of thousands of corpses are piled up outside Chang'an City, once it cannot be dealt with in time, I am afraid that it will immediately cause a great plague.

In addition, the complaint of the assistant official is also a big problem, he believes that the psychological offensive that has accumulated over time must be effective, but the rebel camp is heavily fortified, and not everyone has a chance to escape. Most of the rebels who had been interrogated before had escaped by taking advantage of the opportunity to be on duty at night.

If we artificially create a chance for them to escape, Li Cao believes that thousands of people will not be able to throw in a day.

With this in mind, Li Cao returned to Chang'an City non-stop, he was going to see Qin Jin and tell all the thoughts that suddenly came to him.

When Qin Jin learned of Li Cao's bold suggestion, he couldn't help but squint his eyes, thinking about the pros and cons of doing so, and after a while, he still chose to agree.

Soon, a force of about 5,000 foot soldiers broke out of the city, to which the rebels did not react. The Tang army gathered outside the city every day for drills, and they were no longer surprised. However, this time, it was clear that the 5,000 foot soldiers were not just doing a rehearsal, and about half an hour later, about ten stone cannons were assembled.

With an order, the tense tendons suddenly lost their restraint, and the thunderbolt cannon was thrown into the air by the stone cannon, and quickly shot forward, and finally fell into the rebels' layers of walls and exploded into pieces, and soon the rebel camp was filled with thick gunsmoke.

This kind of blatant provocation in the daytime was the first time for the Shenwu Army, and everyone who witnessed this wave of attacks was stunned.

The Shenwu army, which was closer to the eastern city wall, heard the explosions one after another, and the captains of the battalions were all confused by the sudden attack.

Just as they were shouting to inquire about the situation, the herald soldiers also arrived, ordering the battalions to be on alert for a battle that might occur at any time.

The captains of each battalion have exploded, this is a clear declaration of war, the first two days have to defend against the attack of the rebels every day, and now they actually take the initiative to attack, what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of the imperial doctor?

But ideas belong to ideas, and all the lieutenants carried out the military orders to the letter, immediately entered a state of pre-war alert, and could be put into battle anytime and anywhere.

However, to everyone's surprise, after round after round of thunderbolts were thrown into the rebel camp, the rebels were unable to react for a long time. The sky above the rebel camp facing Yanxingmen was filled with thick smoke one after another, as if a fire had been burned below.

Finally, the rebels opened their doors widely, and the rebels rushed out, but they were all slanted in armor and had no elite spirit.

"Balley of bolts!"

In order to prevent the rebels from charging into battle, the 5,000 foot soldiers around the ten stone cannons immediately blocked it with a salvo of divine arm crossbows.

After three rounds, the rebels slowed down and almost stopped on the spot.

The rebels had no intention of fighting, and under the blow of three rounds of arrow rain, they only faced off with the 5,000 Shenwu army in a dilemma.

Obviously, this rebel army was forced out by force, and at this moment their military morale has reached the bottom, and they are fighting to the death?

Li Cao stared at the battlefield intently, although this idea was made by him, but in his heart, he still wanted to have fifteen buckets up and down, and he was very nervous.

"Shout, shout, shout!"

Li Cao had already explained to the defectors who had come forward to speak, and now it was time for them to play their role.

"Brothers, don't give Sun Xiaozhe his life, I am the general of the Jingsai Army...... I am the general of the Xiongwu Army...... Throw it under the command of the Imperial Doctor, there is food and drink here, and the wine and meat are enough...... Sun Thief is a grasshopper after the autumn, and he has been jumping for a few days...... Don't hesitate, we've all been in the same camp, what kind of food is it every day......"

Seeing that the other party did not react, this side of the box increased its psychological offensive again.

"Listen to my brother's advice, my own family will not beat my own family......"

After a stalemate for half an hour, the 5,000-strong or so men and horses finally reacted.

"How can we ensure that the Tang Dynasty will not break its promise? If this is a ruse, wouldn't it be that there is no place to die?"

"Brother, listen up, this is completely unnecessary worry, we have tens of thousands of brothers voted over, all of them are well fed and drunk, no one has died unjustly, and the brothers can testify...... Isn't that what you say?"

I asked myself, and I got a response.

"General Li Zhen is right, the Tang Dynasty treats our brothers well, let's abandon the darkness and turn to the light, we can eat and drink meat tonight......"

This kind of drama of persuasion to surrender would have seemed absurd if it had happened at any time in the past, but today it has really shaken the morale of the 5,000 rebels.

After a short period of swaying, the 5,000 rebels actually threw away their weapons in full view of everyone, raised their hands and formed a long line, waiting for the Tang army to be absorbed.

Wengcheng has become the best place to place these people, there can be no changes inside, there will be no retaliation from the rebels outside, good food and drink are raised, once broken up and reorganized, it is an elite division that can be immediately put into the battlefield.

In one day, 5,000 people were recruited, and they were still on the verge of rebellion, so the results quickly spread throughout Chang'an City, which also confirmed from the side that Sun Xiaozhe's rebel army was on the verge of collapse.

At the same time that the psychological offensive was in full swing in Chang'an, Li Siye's military operations in northern Gyeonggi were further launched. First go down to Liquan, and then go down to Jingyang, these important towns are places that Sun Xiaozhe attaches great importance to, and there are a lot of people and horses, but they fell easily under Li Siye's sneak attack.

Duan Xiushi stood on the city wall of Jingyang, and from tomorrow, he and the deputy commander will be divided into two ways, all the way to Liyang, all the way to Gaoling.

After the Battle of Jingyang, tens of thousands of strong men came to vote, and the scale of men and horses has swelled again. If it is concentrated in one place, it is not as efficient as marching in two ways.

The only thing that bothered Li Siye now was the problem of food supply, but the local people provided unexpected full support, and the people took out the grain that was hidden in the unknown place like a trick, although it was coarse grains such as bean cakes, but it was able to eat to its heart's content, and the morale of the army and horses was becoming more and more vigorous.