That's good, there are so many ladders under the city that have been abandoned by the Qing soldiers, you put up the ladders and climb up to the city together! If you still insist on working for the Qing soldiers, you will not blame Yu Qi, I will shoot arrows and kill you! ”

When the people heard this, they thought it was a good idea to climb the city wall and fight with the Seventh Master, otherwise they would inevitably die. So most of them crossed the moat, set up ladders and began to climb up the city.

Besides, Li and the others also found out that after the people put down sandbags in the moat, they never came back, but climbed the city wall without hesitation. Li and the others were still secretly happy, and said to the people around them: "These villagers are so knowledgeable, not only filling the river for my army, but also thinking about helping my army attack the city, haha." ”

However, smiling and smiling, Li and other Hui's smiles froze, because he found that after the common people climbed the city wall, they all began to shake hands and hug the righteous army one by one, like the moving scene of Zhu, Mao, Chen, and He Jinggangshan meeting. The people around Li and the others hurriedly said to him: "No, General Soldier, this group of ordinary people seems to have become a group with that group of mobs." Do we have to get them back quickly? ”

But Li and the others are a slow man, looking at the touching scenes in the city, he only cares about smiling. When he remembered to stop the people, they had almost all gone to the city. Only then did Li wait for a while to remember and ask the people around him: "Can anyone tell me what happened just now?" ”

The people around him were already angry enough, and when they heard Li and the others ask, they sarcastically said: "Lord General has just watched it for so long, and he hasn't seen what is going on?" Li waited for the meeting and said: "Yes, it's too late to know, it's a big deal to go around and catch a group of people." The people around him said: "The people nearby either followed Yu Qi into the city, or they had already run away when you caught the strong man before, where else to catch it?" I'm afraid we'll have to fill in the river with our own people. ”

Li waited for the meeting this time, but he slapped his thigh quickly and shouted, "This must be a good way." So in three days, Li and the others lost 4,000 troops for this good method. It wasn't until the fifth day that Li felt a heart-rending distress, but by this time his team had already lost almost half of it.

Zhang Shangxian, the prefect of Dengzhou, saw that the troops in his government were getting smaller and fewer, so he naturally refused to let Li and others fill the army into the moat, so he instigated Xu Wenxiu and said: "My lord, since the day of the July Chaos, I Dengzhou has fought with him one after another, and now the veteran soldiers of the division are tired, and such a big loss is unbearable for a Dengzhou Mansion." Seeing that the moat of Qixia County has been filled in by us, the preliminary foreshadowing has been done, and after five days of attacking, more than half of the rebels have been killed or wounded, and the general soldiers of the other state capitals who have come to fight the rebellion have not yet made an inch. The lower officials are willing to leave the exploits of capturing Qixia to the other general soldiers to express their gratitude to the armies from all walks of life who came to help me suppress the bandits in Dengzhou. ”

Zhang Shangxian's words are beautiful, but the commanders of other states are not fools, but someone should always be cannon fodder. Li and the others have been tossing and turning for five days in a row to reclaim the river and siege the city, and if the other people are still watching, it will not be the case. So Xu Wenxiu also agreed with Zhang Shangxian's words. Xu Wenxiu stroked his beard and said to everyone: "Since Lord Zhang has this good intention, then who will fulfill it?" ”

Qingzhou general soldier Li Yanping was just about to stand up, but he was blocked by Yizhou general soldier Li Yongsheng, he said to Xu Wenxiu and Zhang Shangxian: "Since the adults want to change generals, and Zhang Gong is so heartfelt, then the lower officials have an idea and want to do one thing with the general soldiers of Laizhou, Fan." ”

Xu Wenxiu said: "Oh, then let's hear it." Li Yongsheng said: "The previous method of General Li to fill the river and attack the city was very good, but if we can go one step further and pile sandbags all the way to the top of the wall, then the horse team of our army can go straight to the city wall, so that even if the bandits are brave, how can they not be defeated?" What's more, if we want to attack Qixia, we have a lot of time to teach this group of mobs a good lesson. ”

Everyone said that they had a good plan, and looking at Fan Chengzong's appearance, it was obvious that he had discussed it with Li Yongsheng before. Li Yongsheng's strategy, in addition to requiring enough people to rush to the city to pile up sandbags, also needed enough manpower to suppress the firepower of the rebel army in the city, so it was impossible to get close to his Yizhou soldiers and horses. And these people all hate Li Yanping's arrogance, and Li and the others have been beaten half-crippled again.

It's not how close the relationship between Li Yongsheng and Fan Chengzong is, but it's just that there is really no one to cooperate with. Besides, Li Yongsheng is a wise general, I don't know how many times smarter than the general soldier Li and others in Dengzhou, Li and others almost took down Dengzhou, and he Li Yongsheng plus Fan Chengzong, another brave general in the army in addition to Li Yanping, combined forces of the two armies, how could he let go of his military exploits and be snatched away by the domineering Li Yanping?

Because the plan was reasonable, it was in line with Governor Xu Wenxiu's combat proposition of avoiding casualties, being prudent, and not afraid of trouble. Li Yongsheng, the general soldier of Yizhou, and Fan Chengzong, the general soldier of Laizhou, soon took over from Li and other members of the Dengzhou general army, and began to pile up sand and base soil in Qixia County day after day to attack the city.

This method of warfare made it difficult for the rebels to resist, seeing that the slope of the Qing army's sandbags was growing taller day by day, Yu Qi and Wang Lun both came to the city, Yu Qi said anxiously: "The Qing soldiers used swords and shields to cover, and sent sandbags up, so that our arrows were difficult to kill and injure them, and they came to the city and threw down the sandbags and left, which also made it difficult for our rolling wood and stones to hit them." There are not many arrows in the city, and the number of rolling wood and stones is also extremely limited, the earthen fortress has been two zhang high, I am afraid that the city is only broken in the evening, this method of warfare, is really very effective for the short Qixia in my city, it seems that there is really no shortage of talents in the Qing army. ”

Wang Lun smiled helplessly: "The founder of this tactic is not the Qing army, but the tactics used by Li Rusong, the eldest son of Li Chengliang, the commander of Liaodong, when he was the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi Yixi, to exterminate the Tatar chieftain who rebelled in Ningxia City. And Li Shaoshuai's tactics finally broke the long-standing Ningxia City, and also made Bibai annihilated. If our army wants to survive in death, there is no other way, it seems that the only way is to dare to die. ”

Yu Qi sighed: "Yes, this Qing army has a large number of people, and the tactics are reasonable, compared with the two, we only have courage to rely on, and only those who dare to die can be put to death and be born." Subsequently, Yu Qi shouted to everyone: "Order the whole army to have a meal, and when you are full, you can fight with the Qing soldiers!" "All the heroes are also well-fed, and they are ready to fight with the Qing army.

(End of chapter)