This time, without Xiao Rui's special design, Chang Yu, who was thousands of miles away, relied on labor to complete the first step of self-improvement, but unfortunately Xiao Rui couldn't know the good news, otherwise he would have sent blessings.

With a talent like Chang Yu serving the Qin State, Xiao Rui can also rest assured.

On the way to climb the mountain, Xiao Rui also suddenly had an idea.

Who said that the advent of the traitorous camp is useless, Daxia doesn't need to be sent to the enemy country, now that Chang Yu is here, Zhao Gao, who refers to the deer as a horse? Although there was a Zhao Gaogao in the Great Xia Kingdom before, there was a difference of 108,000 miles if there was one more word. If Zhao Gao is also brought down, let him and Brother Chang Yu combine their swords, why worry about the Qin State not being chaotic!

It's exciting to think about.

The autumn breeze is gusting, it is a good time to travel, there are not many mountains outside Kyoto, so there are many natural tourists on the beautiful mountain, there are groups of three or five, men and women, and they climb high and look far away, which is very interesting.

Xiao Rui and the others followed the crowd, which was inconspicuous.

When he arrived on the mountain, Xiao Rui simply stood up, looked into the distance, and exhaled a mouthful of turbid air in his chest, which could be regarded as sweeping away the exhaustion. Looking around, the people on the autumn tour sat on the ground, sitting on a small game and eating a picnic, and Xiao Rui and a few people were quite embarrassed to stand, so they obediently went down the mountain.

Go back to the palace and continue to work for the country!

.......

Before the beginning of winter, the champion Hou's three roads swept through Zhucheng, and finally converged with Liaoyuan City.

Liaoyuan City is still more than 500 miles away from the imperial capital of Great Qi, once Liaoyuan City is broken, to the north of Pingchuan, you can directly take the imperial capital. Therefore, Liaoyuan City must not be lost, this is the last barrier to protect the imperial capital.

At this time, there was a murderous atmosphere in Liaoyuan City, nearly 300,000 troops were crammed into the city, full, and in order to deal with the gunpowder of the Xia Kingdom, the city and the city were covered with wooden planks to facilitate the soldiers to hide, after all, after the gunpowder was thrown in and detonated, the power of the stones and thistles splashed everywhere should not be underestimated.

And the bunker can also block Daxia's Zhuge Repeater and avoid being shot into a hedgehog.

At the same time, a trench was dug outside the city, and there were three trenches that were a full man high, the farthest one was sixty meters away from the city wall, the purpose of which was naturally to prevent the cloud ladder of Great Xia from approaching, and also to reduce the range of the arrows and crossbows of the Xia Kingdom.

In this way, the whole city of Liaoyuan was full of confidence, and broke the advanced equipment of the Xia army to see how they attacked the city! For this reason, a large amount of hot oil, sleepers, and stones have been prepared on the city, and if the Xia army dares to attack, they will definitely taste it!

For the preparations made by Liaoyuan City, the champion Hou saw it in his eyes.

He sat in the central government and convened the generals to discuss countermeasures.

After everyone analyzed the situation of Liaoyuan City in detail, how to take Liaoyuan City became the primary problem. I have to say that the defense of Liaoyuan City is very well done, and it is specially designed for the attack of Great Xia.

"Master Hou, the casualties of the strong attack are too great to be forced. Why don't you bypass Liaoyuan City and go north directly? One of the generals asked.

Champion Hou shook his head and said: "Liaoyuan City must be destroyed first, bypassing this city will damage the morale of the army, and once we go around to the north, this will leave the back to Liaoyuan City." The 300,000 troops in Liaoyuan City should not be underestimated. The purpose of our trip is to destroy the Qi Kingdom, and every step must be steady. ”

"Why don't you leave 100,000 troops here to attack the city, and the rest of the army continues to go north? There are 100,000 troops here, and they can also deter the Qi army in Liaoyuan City. Another asked.

Champion Hou still shook his head and said: "During this time, twelve cities have been left in a row, and each city has soldiers and horses stationed to maintain order, and then remove the casualties, we still have 500,000 troops in our hands. It is not impossible to leave 100,000 to deter Liaoyuan City, but it is the middle policy, and if you are not careful, you are likely to be restrained by the other party. And there are still more than 500 miles away from the capital of the imperial kingdom of Qi, and there are still many cities in the middle that need to be captured and garrisoned, and when the imperial capital of the imperial capital of the Qi country is hit, there are more than 200,000 soldiers and horses left. It is not easy for more than 200,000 soldiers and horses to take the imperial capital of Qi! Unless there is someone in the imperial capital of the Qi State to learn from Zhao Guo's Kaicheng Surrender, it will be effortless. But this is highly unlikely. ”

"Do you want to ask the Imperial Court for support?" Someone else asked.

Champion Hou glared at the other party and said, "With the mess of Qi Kingdom, Ben Hou's 700,000 elite army can't destroy him, so he won't have the face to return to Great Xia!" And it also takes a certain amount of time to support the troops, and it won't come for ten days and half a month, so don't mention this matter! ”

The combat strength is 700,000, not counting the auxiliary soldiers, plus the auxiliary soldiers and the escort of grain and grass, the strength of the attack on Qi this time is nearly one million! Therefore, the champion Hou also has his arrogance, so many soldiers and horses can't take the mess of internal and external troubles in Qi State, what kind of face does he have to "bravely champion the three armies"!

The main thing is to keep troops stationed in the captured cities, which consumes a lot of troops.

In fact, it is completely unnecessary to keep troops so intensively, and it should be enough to leave 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers and horses in several cities to deter.

But it's still the same sentence, the champion Hou Qiuwen, what he wants is not only to break through the imperial capital of Qi State, but also to give all the places that have been defeated to Great Xia. You can't just break through a city and just walk on the front foot, the people of Qi in the city will revolt and stand on their own, and when the time comes, there will be a lot of trouble, and the situation will be unstable everywhere, and you will be upset when you look at it.

Qi is not Zhao, and the people of Zhao have been exploited for too long, so when they break through the city, the people of Zhao are very honest, as long as they don't kill them or rob them, they won't resist. Qi Min's rebellion was great, and they didn't want to be slaves to the country, so they had to send troops to garrison to maintain stability.

This is also why the fourteen states of Anxi were completely leveled in only three years, and the champion Hou was stationed in Fengtian City for nearly three years, and the effect was far inferior to that of the fourteen states of Anxi.

Since Liaoyuan City must be taken, everyone began to brainstorm how to take this city.

Li Cunxiao said: "General, since you must take Liaoyuan City, then first surround Liaoyuan City with the main force, cut off his supplies, and make it a dead city." There was already a shortage of food in the Qi country, and the food of the Qi army was greatly reduced. Liaoyuan City originally had a population of 300,000, and with the arrival of our army, the surrounding people were urgently called into the city, plus the army of Qi, it is estimated that there is a million people in Liaoyuan City! This is a huge population, and there is not a small amount of food consumed every day. ”

"We will surround Liaoyuan City, not attack, and then spread rumors to force them to the end of food and starve them to death, and then Liaoyuan City will be self-defeating. As soon as this rumor comes out, it will inevitably cause panic in Liaoyuan City, and there will inevitably be a rush for grain. And the subordinates bet that there is not enough food in Liaoyuan City! ”

"While the main force is besieging Liaoyuan City, my subordinates are willing to lead part of their forces to sweep away the surrounding enemies, and then continue to move north, so that it will not affect the speed of the attack! What does the general think? ”

Champion Hou glanced at the others with a smile and asked, "What do you think of the way to preserve filial piety?" ”

The other generals nodded.

Champion Hou smiled: "Then do it according to this method!" Li Cunxiao, Yang Youji, General Ben ordered the two of you to lead 100,000 soldiers and horses to continue north, and General Ben left troops here to take Liaoyuan City! ”

"Humble command!" Li Cunxiao and Yang Youji led the purpose.

The plan has been decided, and the action has begun.

An army of 400,000 surrounded the entire Liaoyuan City, and the army of Great Xia did not attack the city, but sent people to call for a battle and do it according to the plan.

The soldiers and people of Liaoyuan City saw this posture, the Xia army was going to starve them to death, and in an instant, there began to be a rush to buy food in the city, and even chaos caused a rush to grab food.

In the end, it was Prince He who sent troops to suppress and pacify, which stabilized the situation a little.

Subsequently, Prince He convened the generals to discuss countermeasures.

Prince He immediately inquired about the food situation in the city, and the result was that it was only enough for the people in the city to consume for seven days, and it was tight enough to barely last ten days. Now the number of people in the city is too large, which was far from expected. Moreover, there is a shortage of food in Qi State, and the logistics supply is already insufficient.

After understanding the emotion, Prince He was furious: "When the army is drawn, this king will write to His Majesty, asking the household department to give sufficient supplies, as long as it can hold Liaoyuan City, the Xia army will not dare to detour easily, where is the food?" ”

The generals looked helpless and remained silent.

Prince He continued to scold angrily: "If the Great Qi dies, it will be destroyed at the hands of the villains in the court!" Can't tell which is more important? ”

After scolding, Prince He arranged: "This king ordered, from now on, the grain in Liaoyuan City will be managed in a unified manner, and now send soldiers to collect grain from house to house, and many rich and noble families in the city have grain, let them hand it over!" If anyone doesn't pay it, they will be killed! And according to the population, they were given only enough food for a month. Now I can't care about anything else, as long as I find all the food, I believe it can last for a month! Do you have any objections from the generals? ”

Unified management is indeed the best way, you can't wait for the food to run out, they go out of the city to attack, and the army in the city is the opponent of Great Xia?

Look at the 300,000 troops in the city, 150,000 regular army soldiers, and the rest are traitors from Zhao'an, they may have been farmers or butchers before, and they are soldiers when they pick up weapons, but they have not undergone systematic training, and they are not the opponents of the fierce soldiers of Great Xia at all.

Therefore, Liaoyuan City can only be defended, and cannot take the initiative to counterattack!

"Lord Wang, I heard that Great Xia sent 100,000 troops to continue north, what should I do?" One of the generals couldn't help but ask.

Prince He said: "Immediately fly the pigeon to pass the book to the imperial court, Liaoyuan City is still more than five hundred miles away from the imperial capital, there are more than a dozen cities in between, and it is not easy to take each city, and the imperial capital has a more protective army, Daxia wants to use 100,000 soldiers and horses to break the emperor is a fool's dream, so don't worry, let the imperial court find another way to deal with the 100,000 army." ”

"Yes!" Everyone received the order, and immediately retreated and began to act.

After the people left, Prince He suddenly smiled.

Everything was planned.

......

The flying eagle sent a message back to the imperial capital of Qi State.

After Emperor Qi heard about the situation in Liaoyuan City, he immediately summoned Yun Haitian, Wei Nanzheng and Zhongshu Provincial Shangshu and Hubu Shangshu, and then scolded Hubu Shangshu, he obviously arranged for Hubu Shangshu to prepare sufficient grain and grass for Liaoyuan City, because Prince He had already written before the expedition, and explained the meaning of sticking to Liaoyuan City, as long as Liaoyuan City was held, it would be like a Dinghai Divine Needle, which could deter the soldiers and horses of Great Xia.

As long as Great Xia did not destroy Liaoyuan City, he would not dare to detour north.

But now it's good, there is no food prepared, so how can Liaoyuan City defend the city?

Tobe Shangshu looked bitter and could only kneel and beg for mercy. As for the reasons for the sluggishness of giving food, such as the instructions of the boss, but this reason can't be said, so he can only use the shortage of food as an excuse, anyway, Emperor Qi doesn't know how much grain there is in the treasury now.

The initiator was Wei Nanzheng, and at this time he said: "Your Majesty is angry, now that the army of the Xia Kingdom is besieging Liaoyuan City, Prince He forcibly collects all the food in the city and dispatches it uniformly, and then gives priority to supplying the soldiers, the people will reduce the amount of food, and they should be able to last for a month and a half!" Now that the traitors in Nanshan Prefecture in the east are suddenly attacking, the momentum is like a bamboo, and there are only more than 100 miles left from the imperial capital, Weichen suggests that the traitors be destroyed first, stabilize the surrounding area of the imperial capital, and send troops to help Liaoyuan City relieve the siege! As for the 100,000 troops of the Xia army going north, they ordered the cities along the way to strengthen their defenses, so as to block their northward march. I wonder what Your Majesty thinks? ”

Emperor Qi nodded and asked, "Zuo Xiang, what do you think?" ”

Haiyuntian said: "Your Majesty, there is only one way to do it for now, but Weichen feels that he has to be careful of the north." Now there are only 100,000 soldiers and horses stationed in the five dangerous passages to block the southern invasion of the Yuan army, but according to the scout's calculations, now the Yuan army has 200,000 cavalry wreaking havoc in the north, and they are constantly approaching the south, the intention is very obvious! Once the other party kills him, the only remaining land of Gyeonggi in Daqi will also fall under the Iron Cavalry! ”

Emperor Qi was worried, and he opened his mouth and had nothing to say.

Because the current Great Qi has no troops available.