An Meiqin An Xianggong, who was sitting in Yuzhou City, had a headache, and Tian Shun was very helpless because of the command of the forbidden army.

Zhao Kuo rebelled.

Changzhou was besieged.

Li Pingyang of Bishan County took the handsome soldiers out of the city by surprise, crossed the Wangcheng Pass and the Qixing Pass for ten miles, and after defeating the advance of the forbidden army, he retreated to these two passes outside Bishan County.

There is quite a trend that a husband and a wife are closed.

The people who fled to Bachuan in Changzhou City scolded Li Ruyu for pulling strong men and robbing the people's grain.

After spreading too much, Li Ruyu became a tyrannical and murderous demon general, which dealt a heavy blow to the reputation of the forbidden army among the people of Yuzhou, and the impact was extremely huge.

The news came one by one, and it was all bad.

Especially Zhao Kuo's rebellion, An Meiqin and Tian Shun were very surprised, no one expected Zhao Kuo to betray Liang, because no matter how you analyze it, it seems that Zhao Kuo can't find a reason for rebellion.

But it happened.

And the rebellious Zhao Kuo is indeed a rare talent in the Zhao clan, and even Di Xianggong, who is sitting in Shouzhou, once said that Zhao Kuo's talent can be as good as half of the Privy Council.

When something like this happens, Li Ruyu can still hold Changzhou?

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Shouzhou, knowing that Di Xiangcheng was discussing military affairs with Jiang Zhaoyue, the governor of Caizhou, after Zhao Kuo's rebellion, was stunned for a long time before he sighed, "This chess piece, Zhao Changyi is buried very deeply." ”

Jiang Zhaoyue smiled bitterly, "Who said it wasn't, who would have thought that under the premise that Zhao Zhen would become the prince, Zhao Kuo would rebel against him, but I'm afraid that His Majesty didn't expect this." ”

Di Xianggong sighed, "I'm afraid Changzhou can't hold it." ”

Jiang Zhaoyue was silent for a while, "The Zhenbei Army is currently in the civil war, and there is no time to go south for the time being, Di Xianggong, do you think I should lead the army to reinforce Qin Yujing, so as to relieve the pressure on Changzhou and Bishan County?" ”

After a pause, "I can probably reach Yuzhou after a quick march in a month." ”

sighed again, "After all, Zhao Kuo is what you said personally, and you can be as good as half of the Privy Council's military wizards." ”

Di Xianggong rolled his eyes rarely, and smiled bitterly: "I don't carry this pot." ”

Zhao Kuozhi can be worth half of the Privy Council, he has never said such a thing, I think it is likely that Zhao Kuo raised his own worth, and he has never come forward to refute this kind of statement - after all, he is a child of the Zhao family, so he has to give face.

After being silent for a while, he still said: "Don't move the troops on your Caizhou side, Yue Dan won't last long, although we have to sit back and watch Yue Dan's strength weaken, we can't let Yue Dan die." ”

Jiang Zhaoyue bowed her head and got up, "Then the official has returned to Caizhou." ”

Di Xianggong also got up, brewed some words, and finally only said one sentence: "Shining on the moon can follow Mulan." ”

It's a very subtle statement.

But above the sky, there is still thunder rolling.

Jiang Zhaoyue had a heart in her heart, and quietly left as if she had turned a deaf ear.

It doesn't matter whether Di Xianggong is a stranger or not, even if he is a stranger, Di Xianggong is the same as the old Xianggong Liu Zhengqing, and the empress will never doubt his loyalty.

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Bishan County, formerly known as Bishan County.

Because of the four walls of the mountain and get the name of Bishan, later because of the production of white stone in Bishan County, the white stone produced is as bright as jade, so it was renamed Bishan, which shows the danger of the location of Bishan County.

There are mountains on all sides, only the northwest two sides are slightly flat.

And only a little.

If it weren't for Meng Hui's 30,000 troops going south to threaten Yuzhou City, and the 3,000 defeated troops in Longshui Town needed reinforcements, Qin Yujing would never give up the important town of Bishan, but no one expected that Li Pingyang would cross Niutou Mountain and secretly cross Chen Cang to take Bishan without much effort.

In the middle of the city gate of Bishan County, the cold light of the banner is reflected in the spring, the city head is clean and tidy, there is no blood, there is a little girl squatting on the battlement of the city wall with her arms.

He wore a sword, an ordinary unsheathed long sword, the blade of which had been chipped and rolled up.

Dragged behind.

It was originally a woman with long hair, but it was lazily draped on her back, and it fell on the battlements of the city wall, and it was still a little wet - she was fighting at Wangchengguan before, and she came back after retreating from the enemy to wash away the blood.

The little girl's already slightly square little face is still a little baby fat, which looks a little cute, and her skin is extremely moisturized, which is not much different from the ladies in the boudoir to be married.

A turquoise dress is really incompatible with the current scenery.

But now no one dares to underestimate her.

Raid Changzhou, and then take Bishan, the previous two sorties, several battles, died under the hands of this lovely little girl, not a thousand, but also five hundred.

What's more, she is still the commander of this army.

The female general who was born in the Western Army, Li Pingyang.

No one knows where she came from, and no one knows her background, but when the black-clothed literati asked her to lead the troops and conduct drills on the school field, Li Pingyang broke another general with 3,000 and 1,000 people, no one doubted her strength.

She didn't disappoint Jinguancheng either.

The four guard women with swords and armor, all as burly as men, stood behind Li Pingyang, their bodies still smelling of blood, and the blood stained on the armor had not even coagulated.

Li Pingyang stared at the pass between the mountains in the south, and suddenly let out a sigh and blinked his eyes embarrassedly.

A female guard hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Li Pingyang stood up, tugging at the corner of his clothes with some trepidation, twisting it between his fingers, "I just remembered that after retreating from the enemy before, I seemed to have forgotten to find my scabbard." ”

Li Pingyang, who stood up, was less than five feet tall, and he was extremely small and exquisite, if it weren't for the unsheathed long sword that almost mopped the floor, anyone who saw her would only think that this was just a little Lori who didn't know anything about the world.

Who would have thought that this is the first female general of the Western Army who is now famous all over the world.

The female guard smiled wryly, "You just remembered?" ”

took the scabbard from behind him and handed it to Li Pingyang, "My subordinates brought it back for you." ”

Li Pingyang smiled, took the sword scabbard and returned the difficult long sword to the sheath, jumped off the battlements of the city wall, and walked back and forth a few times with the little adult's hands, "The Tiance army wants to attack Bishan County, only through the east and south directions, limited by the terrain, even if the Tiance army has 50,000 troops, it is not much different from 30,000, we only need to hold the Wangcheng Pass in the south and the Qixing Pass in the east, with 18,000 troops in Bishan County, hold these two passes for a month, it is definitely not difficult." But why do I always feel that An Meiqin is not so mediocre, what we know, wouldn't he know? ”

A few guards only listened.

Since Li Pingyang led the army to attack Yuzhou, there has not been a staff member in the army, and Li Pingyang has the final say in everything.

Li Pingyang continued to talk to himself: "Then why does An Meiqin still do this, does he think that Li Ruyu in Changzhou can hold for a month, or is he waiting for reinforcements from Lu Xiangsheng in Guangxi?" ”

"One month, it seems that it is enough for Lu Xiangsheng to rush from Juzhou to Luzhou."

"If Lu Xiangsheng arrives, even if Changzhou City is broken and Bishan is still there, he will not be able to continue south to take Yuzhou City, so ...... The fighting here must end in half a month. ”

"But Meng Heng can defeat Qin Yujing in half a month?"

"There is a gentleman's flag, and Li Su's Yongchuan City can be guarded for half a month?"

"The most important point, Zhao Kuo, that idiot, will he make a mistake again when he meets that person?"

Li Pingyang looked sad, "It would be good if it was Lao Chai who led the army to take Changzhou, but it was much stronger than that Zhao Kuo." I'm a lot more relieved to have him in the rear, Zhao Kuo, I really don't think he's Wu Anjun's opponent, I'm just afraid that I will repeat the mistakes of the past. ”

The little girl suddenly looked up, glanced east and south, and made up her mind.

Hold for half a month first.

If half a month later, Changzhou City is still there, and Lu Shengxiang is also sending troops to Luzhou, he will have to change his strategy, whether to break through to the east to join Li Su in Yongchuan or to the north to attack Qin Yujing and meet Meng Hui.

However, he was still willing to go east, after all, he was a little unwilling to face Qin Yujing.

What if Qin Yujing is that person?

In either case, as long as they converge together, even if they can't take Yuzhou, they can retreat to the previous defense line.

This time, he won't die on the battlefield again.

Bishan County is better guarded than a lady.

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Changzhou was besieged, and the elite of the Western Army besieging Changzhou was known as the "Zhulu Army" of 10,000 to 30,000, and the leader was the commander of the Zhulu Army, Zhao Kuo, the former ancestor of the Daliang Zhao family.

The number of troops besieging Changzhou is as high as 30,000!

There has always been a saying among soldiers: the method of using soldiers, ten is to encircle it, five is to attack it, and if it is doubled, it will be fought, and the enemy can divide it, if it is less, it can escape, and if it is not, it can be avoided. Therefore, the small enemy is strong, and the big enemy is also captured.

To put it bluntly, if I am ten times as strong as the enemy, I will encircle and annihilate, if I am five times as strong as the enemy, I will attack, if I am twice as strong as the enemy, I will try to defeat the enemy, and if I am evenly matched, I will try to disperse and destroy each of them. If the force is weaker than the enemy, avoid fighting. Therefore, if the weaker side fights to hold on, it will become a prisoner of the strong enemy.

There are 30,000 Zhulu troops and 6,000 Changzhou Tiance troops.

Exactly five times.

But Zhao Kuo did not attack the city, but just besieged the city of Changzhou.

He wants to let Li Ruyu - well, let Bai Qi taste the pain he once endured, he wants Bai Qi to also taste the despair of not being able to fight the encirclement no matter what.

For this reason, he didn't even care whether Li Pingyang's Bishan County could hold out until Changzhou City was broken.

However, he believes that Li Pingyang can do it.

Because Changzhou can't hold on for long - there is no food and grass, what will the six thousand people eat, but I am afraid that even if he does not mutiny in the end, Li Ruyu will be forced to break through, unless he is willing to starve to death in Changzhou City with the 6,000 Tiance army.

Zhao Kuo stood an arrow away, looking at the white-robed young man with a sword at the head of the city, squinting his eyes and looking comfortable, and said loudly: "Isn't it unexpected?" ”

Behind Li Ruyu stood Xu Xiao.

Xiahou Chi and Hua Xiaodao deployed defenses on other city walls, and the army besieged the city, although the Zhulu army has not moved to attack the city, but the defenders did not dare to relax in the slightest.

Li Ruyu sighed, "It's okay." ”

Immediately asked again: "So, are you Changping Zhao Kuo?" ”

Zhao Kuo smiled proudly, he didn't fall for Li Ruyu, just kidding, it's you Li Ruyu who can't die with thunder splitting, I, Zhao Kuo, don't have the confidence that I can't really thunder split, and said with a vague smile: "Since you are him, why can't I be." ”

Li Ruyu was silent for a while, "Wait for you to attack the city." ”

After saying that, I wanted to turn around.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Kuo sneered again and again, "Siege? I'll kill you! ”

Li Ruyu was too lazy to make a mouth cannon.

After telling Xu Xiao not to relax, he went down to the city and returned to the state office, and someone called a certain grain and grass official and asked: "If the grain and grass snatched back from the fire are cut down, how long can the army last?" ”

This bearded grain and grass officer had already calculated, and he didn't think about it, "If the daily supply is cut, it will be enough for the army to meet the needs of the fifteenth day, and if the daily grain and grass supply is reduced a little harder, it can be done on the 20th, but in that case, the soldiers will not have enough to eat, and it will be a little difficult to defend the city." ”

Li Ruyu snorted.

In the current situation, even if you are full, it is very difficult to defend the city.

Can Changzhou hold on for the 15th or even the 20th?

This is not important, the key is how long Li Pingyang can hold Bishan County, and whether the other two fronts will have changes during this period, so whether the grain and grass stock is 15 or 20 days is really not the most important.

The grain and grass officer surnamed Zhang lowered his voice and was quite admiring, "General Li, plus the grain and grass in the hidden warehouse you left earlier, even if you don't need to reduce the daily supply, it is enough for the army to meet for a month." ”

Li Ruyu waved his hand, "I know, this matter is kept secret, don't let anyone know." ”

The grain and grass officer surnamed Zhang had to leave with a sigh.

Li Ruyu looked in the direction of the city and sneered.

Zhao Kuo?

I really thought that I didn't have the slightest defense against you, since Bai Qi was suspecting that you were Zhao Kuo, how could I ignore it, since I tore my face that day, I took precautions.

The granary has long been divided in two by itself.

You think that if you burn some of the grain and grass, I will starve to death with 6,000 people, so you plan to besiege but not attack, but unfortunately, I also like to hear it...... Changzhou City Guard is enough for a month.

Li Pingyang's Bishan County will definitely not be able to hold on for a month.

Li Ruyu did not despise Zhao Kuo because of his incompetence, according to what Junziqi said when he was in Huilong County, Zhao Kuo was indeed a defeated general under Bai Qi, and he was killed by an army of 400,000.

But later, according to the strangely dressed stranger in his mind, Zhao Kuo also caused half of the casualties of Bai Qi's army.

Nearly 300,000 people.

How can such a Zhao Kuo be incompetent.

Therefore, burning a granary is not a bad thing, it can paralyze Zhao Kuo and make him mistakenly think that Changzhou City is short of grain and grass, so he adopts a strategy of besieging but not attacking.

And Changzhou City takes time.

Zhao Kuo besieged but did not attack, Li Ruyu closed the city to avoid the battle, and Changzhou was somewhat peaceful for a while, but the psychological pressure and morale of the soldiers on both sides, the advantage was tilted towards the Zhulu army day by day.

Anyone who is trapped in an embattled city, with five times the size of the enemy outside the city, and the grain depot in the city has just been burned down, will not be calm.

What's the difference between this and waiting to die?

What's more, the Tiance Army originally lacked battlefield experience.

The army outside the city, like a guillotine hanging over the heads of the soldiers of the Tiance Army in the city, was overwhelming, and the morale in the city was getting lower and lower day by day, especially the six hundred recruits newly recruited by Xu Xiao, whose mood was close to collapse.

Fortunately, three days later, Zhao Kuo finally began to attack the city.

Siege without attack is strategy.

But it can't be no action at all, otherwise let the Tiance army be lazy and fatten in the city? It is necessary to increase the pressure on the 6,000 Heavenly Strategies army in the city, so that they can see death, see the despair of not being able to defend the city, and every point of the guillotine hanging over their heads falls, the military spirit of the 6,000 Heavenly Strategies army may be broken by three points.

Zhao Kuo attacked the city, and he didn't have the luxury of taking Changzhou City.

After all, the opponent was the nightmare of all the vassal states in the past, and Great Qin rose in vain.

But I never thought that the 8,000 army was trying to attack the city, but with the cooperation of various siege equipment, it was so strong that the defenders of the West City Gate were defeated and retreated, and even dozens of soldiers stood on the wall of the West Gate.

If it weren't for Xiahou Chi and Hua Xiaodao to lead troops to support, they would have taken Xiachangzhou.

Zhao Kuo was annoyed.

I knew that 15,000 people should attack the city, and maybe I would easily break the city and capture Li Ruyu alive......