It is not difficult to storm the imperial city of Qi, and it is likely to suffer heavy casualties, not because of the strong soldiers of Qi, the biggest danger is actually the towering city.

The Imperial City of Qi refers to the scope of the entire capital, because the people of Qi respect the capital as the imperial city, so it has this name.

According to the architectural division, the imperial city of Qi is divided into four parts, the outer Guo city, the inner city, the imperial city and the palace city.

Every country has been particularly careful and sophisticated in the construction of the capital and the important land, and the same is true for the Emperor of Qi. The outermost outer Guocheng city wall is 48 miles long, 7.5 meters to 8 meters high, the bottom width is about 12 meters, the top width is about 9 meters, there are twelve portals on all sides, the city wall is also provided with the city tower, the urn city and the arrow tower, the four corners of the city are built corner towers.

If such a city wants to climb up by a ladder or a wooden ladder, it is a live target, and the loss can be imagined. What's more, the outer city was breached, and there were city walls inside.

The outer city is the inner city, the city wall is 12 to 15 meters high, the bottom is 20 meters thick, the top is 16 meters thick, and there is a female wall. There are nine city gates, four corner towers, three water gates, one hundred and seventy-two enemy platforms, and there is a moat with a width of 30-60 meters outside the city.

As for the imperial city and the palace city, it is also like this, it is very difficult to build a towering and tall building, and it is very difficult to storm it, which is why it is said that attacking the city is the next strategy.

Fighting and plotting, attacking the heart first, the champion Hou naturally wanted to take the Imperial City of Qi at the lowest cost. The first thing to do, of course, was to blockade the city and trap them inside, which cut off the food supply.

When Prince Ye Qingshan went to Great Xia, he met with the champion Hou once, introduced him to the state of the imperial city, and at the same time told him about the possibility of Wei Nanzheng defecting to the Yuan Kingdom. At that time, Prince He deduced that Wei Nanzheng would inevitably take the opportunity to let the Yuan State loot the last granary, and as Prince He expected, Wei Nanzheng did so. It was also because this granary was robbed that the Imperial City of Qi directly lost the last life-saving ration.

Therefore, there are very few food reserves in the imperial city of Qi now.

The first step is to cut off supplies and trap them in the city, causing panic.

The second step is to brush a wave of rockets first... Ahem, this time I won't let go of the "fire" arrows, just the normal strong bow and crossbow arrows, but I have to add some ingredients, tie something to the arrows, and shoot into the city.

The people in the outer city were refugees and people who were not wealthy, but when the Xia army shot arrows, the Qi army had already informed the refugees to hide, so they avoided the bows and arrows far away, and there were no big casualties. But they saw the cloth tied to the shaft of the arrow, densely packed, and there was it on every shaft.

Some people curiously took off the fabric to observe, and some people who knew the characters read out loud: "Those who return to Daxia will be rewarded with 20 acres of cultivated land each!" No taxes in 10 years! Those who open the city to surrender will be rewarded with 100 taels of gold, given the status of a baron, and 100 acres of fertile land! Kill the Emperor of Qi and give him the title of Earl..."

It turned out to be a letter of persuasion!

When the people around heard this, they were in an uproar.

They are all refugees and poor people, they don't even have their own land, they are all tenants, and now the weather is drought and flooding at every turn, and the land is not guaranteed, and if there is no harvest, they have to owe the landlord's food, and their lives are hard and they are confused.

Now return to Daxia, 20 acres per person, which family is not seven or eight people now, that is more than 100 acres of land, and no taxes will be collected within ten years, and their own land and what they plant are their own!

For a time, all the people's eyes were yellow grains, and they were eager and their mouths were dry.

Not only the people, but also the soldiers were greedy, but soon, Hai Ming, the general of the Qi State who defended the city, ordered the soldiers to collect the arrow feathers to prevent these rumors from spreading rampantly.

But the fastest thing is gossip, only half a day, the whole city knows about the persuasion of Great Xia, everyone whispers, and the people are panicked in the city.

Emperor Qi also saw the letter of persuasion, he hated and was angry, but what could he do? can only let rumors spread in the city, the people's hearts are turbulent, and there is nothing to be done.

In the next few days, Champion Hou's offensive method was still based on attacking the heart, and the lure was followed by coercion, which not only caused turmoil in the people's hearts, but also the army's morale was a little shaken.

Soon, another potential threat erupted in the city.

Lack of food!

To be precise, the three or four hundred thousand refugees in the city have no food, they all rely on the imperial court for relief, but with the siege of the city by the soldiers and horses of Great Xia, the porridge given by the imperial court is getting thinner and thinner, not to mention inserting chopsticks and not pouring, drinking into the mouth can chew two mouthfuls are good, relying on the thin soup and little water, the refugees are hungry with their chests and backs, and in desperation, many refugees began to make trouble, and they did not dare to rob the food controlled by the army, so they went to rob the people.

Never underestimate the evil of human nature, let alone on the verge of starvation, starvation to the gall, this hunger is also evil, so there are refugees who are heartbroken, 30 people grab food, and even cause human death.

The security of the capital is now maintained by soldiers and horses, and when they heard the news, the refugees who had robbed the grain had already fled, let alone pursued them, so they could only order that once the phenomenon of grain grabbing was discovered, they would be killed.

Who knows, this order not only did not serve as a deterrent, but instead contributed to more food grabbing.

Lawfully kill on sight? If you don't eat, you'll starve to death, and you won't be able to catch food if you grab it, so why not grab it!

In this way, refugees began to breed trouble.

Even if the imperial court sent troops to arrest some people and execute them on the spot, it would only deter them for a while, and would not have a greater deterrent effect.

Next, the champion Hou made another move.

On this day, Li Cunxiao personally escorted ten baggage carriages close to the city, and Haiming, the general of the Qi army, hurriedly appeared and met the first fierce general of Great Xia who no one dared to defeat in the land of Qi!

"Above the city tower is General Haiming, I am the left general Li Cunxiao under the command of General Qi, fortunately!"

Li Cunxiao stopped at the bottom of the city and shouted heroically.

Hai Ming had long heard of Li Cunxiao's name, which shocked the Qi country, and the generals of the Qi country fought with other generals in front of the army, but no one could insist on ten moves! Even Haiming's sworn brother, Yuan Chong, known as the second fierce general of Great Qi, only insisted on nine moves before he was beheaded!

Now that he can see the true face with his own eyes, Haiming also has to praise Li Cunxiao's bravery, he is indeed a fierce general in the world!

Heming replied: "General Li is here, is he going to break the city single-handedly?" ”

Li Cunxiao said with a smile: "General Hai is serious, the imperial city of Qi is as majestic as a mountain, how can I break the city with my strength, I am not a god!" This time, I came to disturb, first, to see the brilliance of the first fierce general of Daqi, and the second thing was to ask if there was a shortage of food in the city? ”

As soon as these words came out, the soldiers in the city gritted their teeth, this was a deliberate provocation!

"I'm bothering General Li, my city has a lot of grain reserves, enough for the military and civilian, your country has offended my Daqi, and his behavior is despicable, General Li is now calling for battle here, it's better to be famous than to meet!" Hemming scoffed.

Li Cunxiao laughed and continued: "General Hai will be mistaken, I am not here to provoke, I am worried about the refugees in your city, I heard that they have no food available, so I am here to send you food!" ”

Delivering food?

Qi Jun was dumbfounded, how could there be an enemy army to send food, is this a mouse sending food to a cat?

Haiming shouted: "General Li, what is your intention? ”

Li Cunxiao waved his hand, and ten baggage wagons behind him were sent over, and Li Cunxiao ordered someone to lift the cover cloth on the carriage, only to see that it was filled with potatoes, corn and sweet potatoes.

Li Cunxiao said: "General Hai, presumably your country has heard about the new crops that our dynasty is planting, and that's it!" The taste of these new crops may not be as delicate as rice noodles, but the yield is high, adapting to various terrains, we have been fully promoted in the territory of Daxia, and the annual output of new crops can feed the people, even if there are natural disasters and disasters, the people will not go hungry. Today, I will send these ten cars, hoping to transfer them to the refugees in the city, so that they can taste the sweetness. ”

Speaking of this, Li Cunxiao paused, gave them time to think, and then said: "So these ten carts of grain are for refugees, General Hai can't be corrupt, right, and General Hai is the first fierce general of Daqi, is it possible that he doesn't even have the courage to collect grain?" If you don't, then don't call the first fierce general of Daqi in the future, but the first shrunken turtle of Daqi, haha..."

As soon as these words came out, the soldiers in the city were furious, and the deputy general beside Haiming wanted to shoot a bow and shoot Li Cunxiao under the city, but was stopped by Haiming.

"What the first fierce general, it's all a false name, don't do it, as for General Li's kindness, we understand it! Since you are an enemy, don't be cowardly, but bring back your food! Although Hai Ming is a military general, he is also a talented general, and he immediately guessed the conspiracy of Great Xia.

Li Cunxiao turned the horse's head and said, "The things sent out by General Ben will naturally not be brought back." That's it for you, farewell! ”

As he spoke, Li Cunxiao led people away.

The people on the tower looked at each other and looked at each other.

The adjutant general couldn't help but ask: "General, this must be a trick of the enemy, according to the opinion of his subordinates, set it on fire!" ”

"Yes, General, burn it!"

"Can't burn! If it's really going to burn, doesn't it mean that our general is afraid? ”

"It's a new crop, what a shame it burns! I don't know how it tastes! ”

"yes, why don't you transport it back to the city first?"

...

Everyone talked about it, and then they all looked at Heming.

Haiming groaned, and after a while, said, "Let's transport it back to the city first!" ”

The subordinates immediately received the order, and then made sure that it was not a trap of the enemy, and then opened the city gates, brought back ten carriages, and sent troops to guard them, and forbade anyone to move.

And he took some potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn to meet his father, Hai Yuntian.

When Hai Yuntian heard about the situation, he immediately asked Haitian to bring up the new crops, looking at the three novel crops, Hai Yuntian looked up and down curiously, and then ordered the cooks in the house to cook them.

It's hard for a chef, I've never seen these things, how do you start? In the end, I can only bite the bullet.

In fact, potatoes and sweet potatoes are better, that is, corn is hard, even if it is cooked, it is hard, and it doesn't knock off the big teeth!

The chef scratched his head and left, leaving only Haiyuntian and Haitian in the house.

Hai Yuntian sighed: "Champion Hou is such a powerful Yangmou! ”

Haitian nodded and said, "Champion Hou doesn't want to directly attack the city and lose his troops, so he uses a scheming strategy." First, they coerced and enticed, confused the people's hearts and the army's morale, and now they are sending new crops to the refugees. ”

"The people of my own country are struggling to make a living, and tens of thousands of people are dying of starvation, look at Daxia, how many people have been saved by new crops, and it makes people's hearts fluctuate!"

Hai Yuntian sighed: "Although this is the Yang conspiracy of Great Xia, the sad thing is that the truth is true, the new crops of Great Xia can save countless people. ”

"If there are new crops in Daqi, why not worry?" Hai Tian said angrily.

Hai Yuntian shook his head and said: "I heard that the new crops were found by sailing, and they were just outside the ocean, but only Daxia went to sea to find them, and our majesty also knew the magic of the new crops, and he also intended to send a ship out to find them, but it didn't work." New crops are not a panacea, the person who leads it all is the key! ”

"Father, be cautious!" Haitian's face changed.

Hai Yuntian waved his hand and said, "It's okay, is there anything else that can't be said so far?" ”

Haitian was silent for a moment.

There was silence in the room, and after a long time, the cook brought out the food made from the new crop.

"Master, young master, this yellow ball and red-skinned thing are cooked directly, this one by one, after taking it off, grind it into powder, add some flour to it, and make it into a cake!" The chef explained.

Hai Yuntian picked up the potato and ate one, which was soft and delicious. Sweet potatoes are not only soft and glutinous, but also sweet and silky, and taste very good. And the cake made of cornmeal is not as delicate as flour, but the taste is okay.

What's more, these three things quench hunger, and the feeling of satiety is very high!

Hai Yuntian ate two potatoes, a sweet potato, and two corn flakes, and he was full! You can get three or four bowls of rice, and four or five white flour steamed buns.

After Haitian finished eating, he was shocked: "This is so hungry!" I heard that both potatoes and sweet potatoes are highly yielding, and the yield is much higher than that of growing grains! ”

Hai Yuntian nodded, his heart was experiencing a fierce struggle at this time.