When the army marched forward, Li Qi kept thinking about a question in his mind.

It's not a question of how to take Higashino City, it's a question of Old Tang asking him to fight Higashino City.

It sounds like the same thing, but it's actually two different things.

First, rule out a possibility...... Old Don, of course, didn't want to kill him.

Then there is only one possibility left, that is, Old Tang feels that it is not difficult to defeat Dongye City.

The location of Higashino Castle is actually very special.

Here it looks southeast to Qingzhou and northeast to Yanzhou.

If Dongye City is taken, the troops will be stationed here, and any move on the Qingzhou side can be seen clearly.

If Qingzhou soldiers and horses want to attack Jizhou from here, Dongye City is similar to a roadblock.

Li Qi also knew that Old Tang's goal now was not to rush south, or attack somewhere else.

Lao Tang thought that he had to stabilize Jizhou thoroughly, stand firm on his heels, and punch to get full strength.

There is Liangzhou City in the northwest of Jizhou, and there are famous generals like Yutaiqi in Liangzhou City.

Arrange another team to garrison, and the northwest direction of Jizhou will be solid.

There is Xiahou in the north and Luojing in the south.

The only thing that is unstable now is the eastern border and southeast direction of Jizhou, especially the southeast area.

Li Qi's eyes lit up when he thought of this.

Tang Pidi said before that it was necessary for Brother Zhuang to stay in the east for the time being.

So didn't Old Tang Mo want to knock down Dongye City and let Brother Zhuang lead the troops to garrison?

As a result, Jizhou is stable.

Thinking of this, Li Qi felt that this matter seemed to be a bit eyebrow-raising.

He suddenly ordered the army to stop, and sent someone to inform the former army to stop pressing the border.

About half a day later, the front army's Lantai pressure and the rear army's Yu Jiuling all arrived, and Li Qi and the three of them discussed under a big tree.

Li Qi said: "I carefully recalled the words of Old Tang, he said that he would go back and forth for a month, and give me fifteen days to lay Dongye City......"

He asked, "What does Don mean by this?" ”

"It means that he thinks it's not a thing." ”

Yu Jiuling said: "I think it's just the daily style of Old Tang....... He doesn't see anything. ”

Li Qi said: "This is said by Lao Tang, do you think it is reasonable?" ”

Yutai Pressure Realm and Yu Jiuling glanced at each other, and then nodded at the same time: "Reasonable." ”

Yu Jiuling said: "For a person like Old Tang, I think it is reasonable for him to blow up the cowhide, and I even think that if he works harder, he can blow the cowhide bigger." ”

Li Qi said: "Then if someone else says such a thing, is it reasonable?" ”

Yu Jiuling said: "In charge, what you say is reasonable." ”

Yutai said: "This sycophant needs a quick reaction to be able to say it, the ninth sister is really amazing." ”

Yu Jiuling said: "Then what was your first reaction just now?" ”

My first reaction was that except for Old Tang, everyone else was a fart......

He said in his heart that it was good that his mouth was slow, and if the ninth sister said it, he would say it.

Li Qi said: "Then, apart from Lao Tang and me, if someone wants to say that he will take Dongye City in fifteen days, do you think it is reasonable?" ”

Yu Jiuling said: "Reasonable? I can't blow such a big cowhide even if I blow my mouth...... Old Tang told you that it was reasonable, and others said that it was arrogant, too arrogant. ”

Li Qi said: "But that's what Old Tang told me, so I guess he just wants us to be arrogant...... I just didn't realize it at first. ”

He smiled: "So bring you two here, I plan to change the division of labor again." ”

Yu Jiuling said: "You are in charge, you just command." ”

Li Qi said: "The rear army is merged into the Chinese army, I will take it personally, and the ninth sister, you follow the front army to the front army." ”

Yu Jiuling sighed: "Am I going to be removed?" ”

Li Qi said: "No, you have more important things to do...... From now on, you buy gongs and drums and stuff like that, the more the better

。 ”

Yu Jiuling asked curiously: "Master, what are you doing with these things?" ”

Li Qi said: "Beat gongs and drums, shout along the way, exaggerate, exaggerate, exaggerate." ”

He taught Yu Jiuling to say: "Go buy red cloth again, let the brothers of the former army wear red and hang colors, let them go all the way and beat gongs and drums, just say that the real emperor is coming to ask for the dummy emperor, let the dummy emperor quickly get out and kowtow or something, probably this is what it means, you play by yourself, I believe in your mind." ”

Yu Jiuling said: "This doesn't matter if you win or not, can't you lose in momentum......?"

But the pressure of the platform reacted, and his eyes began to glow.

"Wonderful."

Yutai pressed the situation and said: "Let Xiao Zhang Zhenren also come to the front army." ”

Li Qi smiled: "Yes." ”

He looked at Yu Jiuling and said, "Do it as soon as possible, you can get as much as you can, if you can't get red, you can do green, if you can't get green, you can get yellow......"

Yu Jiuling patted his chest: "Then I'm the best!" ”

In the next few days, Yu Jiuling and Zhang Yuxu sent people to buy things in the front army.

If there is a gong and drum corps or the like, they will be hired directly to beat gongs and drums in front of the army.

Yu Jiuling didn't think it was exaggerated enough, Li Qi explained, how to exaggerate, how to come.

So when passing by a county town, he got dozens of big cars and invited dozens of girls from Qinglou.

In front of the team, the cart drove the road, and the girls sang and danced on the cart, and the lyrics they sang were all changed by Yu Jiuling.

The gist of it is that the real emperor heard that there was a dummy emperor in Jieshi Prefecture, so he took the heavenly soldiers and the heavenly future to conquer.

It's only a few days away from Jieshi Prefecture, and the news spreads very quickly.

It didn't take long for the constant trip in Higashino Castle to get the news.

"So rampant?"

Chang Xing frowned slightly after hearing the news reported by his subordinates, and said in his heart that this Li Qi is really bold.

Of course, he had heard of Li Qi in Jizhou, otherwise how could he use the legend of the human emperor so well.

"Looks like you're prepared."

Chang Xing looked at his subordinates, one of his most powerful generals, a rebel general named Yin Rong.

"Yin Rong, you arrange someone to find out the news, how many people did this Li Qi bring, he made such a big fanfare, maybe he brought all the soldiers and horses in Jizhou, and he came in winter, which is the most unsuitable time for war, which is a bit weird."

Yin Rong leaned over and said, "My subordinates will send people to go." ”

As he spoke, a man came in from the outside.

This person is another right-hand man under Chang Xing, named Xiao Maung.

"Lord Wang!"

Xiao Maung walked in quickly, his steps were very hurried, but his expression didn't look like a summoning, but a little joyful.

Chang Xing asked, "Why did you come back?" ”

Xiao Maung was ordered to take a cavalry team to inspect various places, this person has good martial arts, and he is from the rivers and lakes, and he is ruthless.

"The scout inquired about something, so his subordinates hurried back to tell the prince."

Xiao Maung said: "The scout found out that Li Qi from Jizhou seemed to come with great fanfare this time, but in fact, he only brought more than 10,000 people. ”

"More than 10,000 people?"

The usual expression is...... I don't believe it.

This is completely unreasonable, no matter how arrogant Li Qi is, he will not dare to bring only 10,000 people to attack Jieshi Prefecture.

Who doesn't know that there are at least 150,000 horses here in Jieshi Prefecture, and more than 10,000 people dare to come?

More than 10,000 people, have they always been so courageous?

Or is it that more than 10,000 people have been tricked, so they don't know how to be afraid?

"It's really just over 10,000 people."

Xiao Maung said: "The front army is only 3,000 men at most, and the rear brigade is only 10,000 men at most. ”

He looked at Chang Xing and said, "Bang gongs and drums, bluff." ”

Chang Xing waved his hand and said, "Impossible." ”

He got up and paced through the hall thinking as he walked.

After a long time, Chang Xing looked back at his two right-hand men.

"Although I have never dealt with him, I have always heard that Li Qi is treacherous and cunning, and he is very good at leading troops, and he will never act so rashly, unless it is deliberate."

"Deliberately?"

Yin Rong said: "Could it be that he deliberately only let us see more than 10,000 troops, but in fact, he arranged for a large army to ambush behind his back, leading us out of Dongye City to fight him?" ”

Chang Xing nodded and said: "Seven or eight times out of ten is like this, he knows that Dongye City is not easy to attack, and if we want to attack it, we will definitely lose our troops, so he wants to lure us out of the city to fight him." ”

As he walked, he said: "I have ordered the whole army to be ready for battle, and no one is allowed to leave the city without my military order." ”

He looked at Xiao Maung and said, "Since you are back, then you will take your headquarters and set up defenses outside the city." ”

Xiao Maung nodded: "Obey." ”

Chang Xingdao: "He led the army to come far away, but the food and grass were not enough, if I only couldn't hold out, he wouldn't be able to hold out for long." ”

He sneered and said, "Even if he is more cunning than a fox, he doesn't have enough strength in his hands, so what tricks can he play." ”

Five days later.

Li Qi's army was only thirty miles away from Dongye City, and until he walked here, he did not see the usual team intercepting him.

This way, how smooth and smooth it is.

The thieves from the surrounding states and counties all closed the city gates and stood on the city wall to watch Li Qi's team pass.

The team set up camp here to build a barracks, and Li Qi stood on a high slope and looked in the direction of Dongye City with clairvoyance.

Higashino Mountain is actually not too majestic, a long, long time ago, Higashino Castle was halfway up the mountain.

Mainly because of the abundant rain, the rivers are crisscrossed, and in the summer, there are always floods, large and small, which are too annoying.

Therefore, in ancient times, the city was built in the middle of the mountain, and slowly expanded year by year, from the initial population of several thousand, after hundreds of years to the current scale.

There are more than 100,000 people in Dongye City, and there are more than 100,000 thieves.

"It's really not easy to fight."

Li Qi muttered to himself.

Because it is a mountain castle, there was no city wall gate in the past.

It's just that on the way into and down the mountain, wooden doors and walls were built, which is more like a cottage.

Most of the castle walls built around Higashino Castle are sturdy and look like they were part of the mountain.

Higashino Castle is backed by a mountain, so there is no need to build a castle wall on the back half.

"Boss."

Yu Jiuling ran back from the front, and said with some excitement: "Boss, as you expected, we came over with gongs and drums like this, Chang Xing thought that we were luring him out of the city to fight, so no one intercepted him all the way, and even he was closed." ”

Li Qi smiled and said: "Probably, normal people will think that only crazy people and fools will dare to come to Dongye City with 10,000 people." ”

This is human nature, no matter who it is, the first reaction is that Li Qi is luring the enemy.

Behind Li Qi, there must be a powerful army waiting, and as long as the army of Dongye City comes out, it will definitely be bitten.

"Master, what's next?"

Li Qi said: "You don't have to take care of the matter of building the barracks, just keep an eye on the platform, you will take people to the foot of Dongye Mountain every day from today to scold." ”

Yu Jiuling immediately laughed.

This kind of swishing thing also seems a bit cowy, and he likes it the most.

"Leave it to me, rest assured, if I don't scold Chang Xing out of illness, I won't come back."

He turned and ran.

Li Qi looked at the Tai Pressure Realm and said, "Set up a camp according to the plan and assign troops to be on guard." ”

Tantai nodded in the realm: "Don't worry, I will dig the pit if you let me dig it." ”

Li Qi held up his clairvoyance and said, "Now it's up to Chang Xing to see how long he can hold back." ”

"Ordinary people can endure the ninth sister for three days at most, and even if it is not ordinary, it is amazing to endure it for five days at most." ”

Just then, I saw someone running forward carrying a bed.

Li Qi asked, "What are you going to do here?" ”

The soldiers replied, "General Yu said that he would lie down and scold." ”