After Liaoyuan City was surrounded by Great Xia soldiers and horses, the problem of food shortage caused panic in the city. In order to ensure the supply of food, Prince He ordered all the grain in the city to be collected, and unified management for scheduling, each family according to the head of only enough food rations for one month, if it is private and disobedient, will not be spared!

The leading generals readily agreed to this decision and had no objections.

Since Qi has been plagued by internal and external troubles, rebels, and frequent natural disasters, the lack of abundant grains, and a large reduction in production, the grain prices in Qi have remained high, and the families with a little little little yield have begun to store grain, not to mention those large households, and the amount of grain is even greater.

Although forcible confiscation is no different from banditry, the soldiers fully support this plan in order to survive. So for the next three days, the city was in chaos, and a large amount of grain was brought back to the granary, and it was piled to the brim.

Originally, the grain was only enough for the army to eat for ten days, but now this collection is enough to support three months, so you can imagine how much grain is hidden in the hands of the people!

It is not unreasonable to have antiques in prosperous times, gold and grain in troubled times.

The collected grain was piled up in the granary, and after Prince He took the generals to visit, he specially emphasized: "The weight of the granary is related to the lives of the people in the city, and it must be well protected, fire and moisture, General Wei, this matter is handed over to you to be fully responsible!" If something goes wrong with the granary, this king will behead you, and you will also become a criminal minister of the Great Qi, do you understand? ”

A middle-aged general shouted: "I understand my humble position, please rest assured!" ”

Prince He nodded and glanced deeply at this Wei Jiangjun.

His brother is the right minister Wei Nanzheng, don't pit you!

After explaining, Prince He returned to the palace.

Although Prince He is the general in charge this time, in fact, this is Wei Nanzheng's set, and Emperor Qi also wants to take advantage of Prince He's reputation and disgust Xia at the same time.

But at the same time, Emperor Qi was also worried that Prince He would defect to the enemy and betray the country, after all, he had a close relationship with the Xia State, so Prince He had no actual military power, and if he arranged some unfavorable strategies for the Qi State, the group of generals under him would categorically not agree.

Of course, there are still things that are advantageous, such as this harvest is a good thing.

Outside Liaoyuan City, the army of the champion Hou is still standing still, and on the other side, Li Cunxiao and Yang Youji led 100,000 troops to the north to conquer another city, which is unstoppable, and has made a great feat, which can make the other generals under the command of the champion Hou greedy.

Champion Hou saw the impatience of the generals under his command for meritorious service, and his eyes shifted to Liaoyuan City.

There are two important military places in the south of Qi State, one is Fengtian, the other is Liaoyuan, and the two cities are located on the central axis of the south of the imperial capital of Qi, like two portals.

Take Fengtian City and sit there, and you can control the area south of it.

Taking Liaoyuan to sit here, you can directly attack the imperial capital of Qi in the north, and control two-thirds of the territory of Qi in the south, and you can attack and retreat and defend, which is another reason why the champion Hou is bound to take Liaoyuan City.

During this time, the soldiers and horses of Great Xia were unstoppable, according to his temper, even if Liaoyuan City was difficult to attack, he would take it at any cost, and he could not let this momentum of Great Xia fail.

The reason why he is only besieging the city now and not attacking it is because of the secret letter sent by the prince.

In the letter, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked him not to attack, and there was a way to take Liaoyuan City with smaller losses, and the key was Prince He.

Champion Hou knows, although Prince He is a general who commands the army, he is actually set aside, and he has no actual right to lead the troops, and who of the five generals under his command will listen to him.

Moreover, after all, Prince He is a native of Qi and cherishes his reputation, and in his old age, if he really takes refuge in Great Xia, he will be collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, and I believe he is not willing to bear the infamy. So how will Prince He help?

Just last night, the scouts he sent to the city to investigate, received the arrow feathers shot from the city, and there was a note on the arrow, saying that the city was collecting grain and managing it in a unified manner.

What would happen if the grain depot in Liaoyuan City caught fire and all the grain was burned?

This is all the grain stored by the people in the city, all of which is gone, and only a little surplus grain left in the people's homes according to the head is enough, what is enough!

Once the food is exhausted, this impregnable Liaoyuan City will be a dead city, and the Qi army will definitely not defend it at that time, but will raid and escape from the north city gate.

Therefore, after getting the news, the champion Hou immediately dispatched troops at night, so that a part of the army was ambushed ten miles north of Liaoyuan City, and the soldiers and horses outside the other three city gates remained silent to avoid being discovered by the Qi army of Liaoyuan City.

Now it's up to Prince He.

It was night, coinciding with the next moon, and there were clouds covering it, and the moon was dark and the stars were sparse.

Over the years, Prince He has also secretly cultivated a group of dead soldiers, and today, it is time to use them.

At the end of the ugly period, the soldiers of Liaoyuan City entered a state of fatigue, and Prince He gave an order, and more than 100 dead soldiers were dispatched.

They were originally Qi troops, and Prince He had already forged the pass waist card, saying that he was ordered to supervise it, and he entered the granary smoothly.

Although General Wei, who was in charge of guarding the granary, sent additional men to increase the intensity of guarding and patrolling, it was impossible for this Wei general to personally guard the granary. And those soldiers on patrol couldn't even think of it, and this group of commanding inspectors came to set fires.

In this way, the dead man approached the granary and opened the granary to "inspect". They then poured the oil they had brought with them and set the grains on fire.

The grain cellar is full of dry grain, which is the best flammable material, and when it is burned directly in case of fire, the fire will become larger instantly.

More than a dozen grain cellars were lit at the same time, and it wasn't long before the flames lit up, illuminating the sky over the grain and grass.

The fire attracted the patrolling soldiers, who hurriedly beat gongs and drums and shouted "gone fire", and at this time, the dead soldiers dressed in the uniform of the soldiers burst into murder and immediately became chaotic.

The Qi army who rushed to extinguish the fire was in chaos in an instant, they were all wearing the same uniforms, and it was dark night, and it was impossible to distinguish who was the enemy in a mess of fighting, and some soldiers were wary of the people around them in order to avoid fighting.

And this delay made the fire in the grain cellar burn even more.

The fire grew bigger and bigger, lighting up the sky, and more and more soldiers rushed to fight the fire when they heard the news, and the scene was chaotic.

The fire also attracted the champion Hou outside the city, and the champion Hou had already ordered his soldiers to prepare at night, so the soldiers of Daxia dressed and slept, quietly waiting for the horn to sound.

"Knock knock..."

Suddenly, the four large battalions stationed outside the city sounded drums at the same time, and the war drums beat to signal the attack! The Great Xia generals, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately led their subordinates to start attacking the city.

Liaoyuan City was busy fighting fires, and the news of Daxia's attack suddenly came, and the five generals of Qi cursed again and again, and then went to the city to meet the battle.

Attacking the city late at night, Great Xia's offensive method was adjusted. Champion Hou had already ordered people to prepare bags of earth to fill the trenches, and solved the first line of defense prepared by the Qi State.

Then the burning oilcloth trembled on the crossbow arrows, and then ten thousand arrows fired in unison and shot into the city of Liaoyuan.

The gunpowder concocted by the catapult was also made of flammable fuel, and after it smashed into the bunker made of wooden planks in the middle of the city, it exploded and ignited, and burned instantly.

At the end of autumn, the weather was dry and dry, and this siege, the champion Hou used fire to attack, which happened to be quite complementary to the burning grain cellar.

The assault continued into the early hours of the morning, and the houses near the four city gates burned down several streets, burning thousands of houses, and the entire sky was filled with black smoke and fire, and it was a mess.

It's a pity that the walls are all made of bluestones, and if the castle tower is burned, there is nothing to burn, but the wooden bunkers are almost burned.

At dawn, Champion Hou's attack officially began.

At this time, the cloud ladder was launched, and the Great Xia soldiers began to attack the city.

The panicked General Qi led the even more panicked Qi army to start defending the city and began to defend the city.

Liaoyuan City, which was blooming on all sides, fell into a great panic, especially the grain cellars were burned, and only five of the fires in more than a dozen grain cellars were extinguished, and the grain in these five grain cellars was almost burned, and now even if they held the city and repelled the attack of the Xia army, they also became turtles in the urn.

If there is no food, how can I eat? If you don't have food, where will you get the strength, and if you don't have the strength to go up to the city tower, you are looking for death!

What to do?

Panic spreads, and some people are trying to survive.

Don't forget, there are more than 100,000 soldiers in the Qi army who are traitors to Zhao'an, they used to be refugees, when traitors are to eat and live, and to be recruited is also to be fed and live, and now they can't live if they can't eat enough, so run away!

The question is, where to run?

The four city gates in the southeast, south, and northwest, with the back of the head, I also know that I am fleeing to the north, and I am preparing to be a prisoner when I flee to the south?

So a wonderful scene took place at the North City Gate.

The Xia army outside the city wanted to go in, and the Qi army inside the city wanted to come out.

It turns out that the gates are better opened from the inside than from the outside!

Qi Jun, who used to be a traitor, responded to the call, and actually opened the north gate of Liaoyuan City, and then rushed out.

The soldiers and horses of Great Xia were still on the ladder, and they were still attacking the city on the stairs, and the crashing wood had been transported, and before it could be hit, the city gate was opened, and then a large number of Qi troops fled out of the city in a hurry.

Later, more and more people poured out of the city and fled. The Great Xia soldiers quickly retreated, stopped attacking the city, lined up to defend, and quietly watched them run wild like refugees.

At the same time, the north city gate was opened, and the news of the escape of the soldiers also spread back to the other three city gates, and several generals who were still desperately defending the city were stunned for a moment, scolding these traitors who were recruited to mislead the country, and they did not dare to continue to lose it, and then abandoned the city one after another, opened the city gate and fled.

In this way, the huge Liaoyuan City was lost by the Qi army itself and fell into the hands of Great Xia.

Champion Hou arranged for soldiers and horses to pursue the fleeing Qi army, and on the official road north of Liaoyuan City, there was also an ambush for the back hand prepared by the champion Hou in advance, and the fleeing Qi army instantly fell into the trap, and the Qi army at this time had no fighting mood, and those who could escape fled, and those who could not escape knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

Towards noon, the battle was almost over.

In the following days, the results and the wounded were counted.

This time when Liaoyuan City was taken, more than 20,000 people were wounded and more than 4,000 were killed, but 40,000 enemies were annihilated and 120,000 were captured. The rest of the Qi army fled in all directions, like lost dogs.

Two of the five generals who led the army also died, and the remaining three led the rest of the Qi army to flee to the north.

Soon, the news of the destruction of Liaoyuan City also spread back to the imperial capital of Qi State.