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Upon learning of the news of the Silla king's rebellion, Xue Qingbao immediately ordered martial law throughout the city, and at the same time purchased grain and grass from familiar grain merchants at any cost. The update is fast, the website page is refreshing, there are few ads, I like this kind of website the most, I must praise the rainbow, there are you all the way Liaodong City is about to become the frontline battlefield of Liaodong and Silla, and there will be a big war here, a vicious battle, he must prepare in advance.

The Silla people promised him that as long as he held out for three months, their reinforcements would arrive, and at that time, with Liaodong City as the center, the Silla Kingdom would garrison 100,000 troops and sweep through the entire Liaodong.

"After the war, Liaodong City is the tenth state of my Silla Kingdom, you are the widowed Liaozhou Assassin Shi and Liaodong Gong, and you will enjoy this famous Liaodong city exclusively."

This is a promise made by the regent of Silla to the envoy of Xue Qingbao in person and in person, although the regent acts domineeringly, he still keeps his promises.

Xue Qing wrapped up the north gate of Liaodong City, overlooking the reckless earth, long white clouds, a majestic top of the world, overlooking the heroic feelings of the earth.

"Firmly leaning on the big tree of Silla Kingdom, I am the lord of Liaodong."

Xue Qing spat out the evil qi that had accumulated in his chest, which had been accumulated for more than a year, making him feel uncomfortable. Li Mao's rise was too fast, and by the time he realized that Donggao Town would be his biggest obstacle to dominating Liaodong, he was helpless against it.

"Unless I rely on external forces, my position will not be guaranteed." This is what Xue Qing said when he confessed to his closest relatives.

Liaodong City was formerly known as Xiangping City, and Goguryeo owned this city in the sixth year of Yixi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and changed its name to Liaodong City. This city was once the capital of Goguryeo, and it was an important support point for Goguryeo to resist the Central Plains forces of the Sui and Tang dynasties. The city is square in shape, with two walls inside and outside. The inner city has two- and three-storey buildings, which are government offices and mansions of the wealthy. The outer city is a commercial area. The city gate is three, the east and west gates are opposite, and the double-storey gatehouse. There are corner towers, pheasant moats, parapet walls and other buildings in the city wall, and there are two-storey high-rise buildings in the northwest outside the city, which are magnificent in scale.

The terrain of the city is steep and abnormal, and the location is in the heart of Liaodong, which can control the entire Liaodong.

During the Zhenguan period, Tang Taizong seized the city and renamed it Liaozhou, so the Tang Dynasty controlled the entire Liaodong. After the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, the Pinglu army stationed here went south to Ziqing, the power of the Tang Dynasty declined, and Liaozhou was occupied by the Khitan and renamed Liaodong City.

The withdrawal of the Tang Dynasty forces has made Liaodong enter a chaotic period of competition for hegemony, Liaodong is still nominally part of the Tang Dynasty, but in fact it is controlled by the barbarians, this land has no order and justice, advocating force, the fittest survive, and the loser is out.

Liaodong City has thus become a weather vane of the political situation in Liaodong, and the three families of Youzhou, Bohai, and Silla in the Tang Dynasty all want to take it for themselves, because whoever occupies Liaodong City will have the cornerstone of dominating the entire Liaodong, which is intolerable for the other two.

Therefore, in the case of the balance of power of the three families, no one is willing to rashly occupy the city, and the other two joined forces to resist, so Liaodong City was circulated in the hands of local small warlords, and the most recent occupation of Liaodong City is the Sinicized Hu Xue Qingbao.

After Xue Qing wrapped the Turks, moved to the interior for three generations, basically sinicized, his power was not strong, according to the reconnaissance of the pro-army right wing Wangbai, Xue Qing wrapped up no more than 800 soldiers, and was able to occupy Liaodong City at the beginning, relying on complete luck, and being able to gain a foothold in Liaodong City relied on the secret support of the Silla State.

The Khitans once wanted to occupy Liaodong City, but they were warned by the King of Bohai and the King of Silla at the same time, so they gave up. Except for the Khitan, before the rise of Li Mao in Liaodong, there was no force that could invade the city, and the forces of the six departments of Muwei were enough, but they had no special interest in this precipitous and unusually broken city with no oil and water to grow old

If there are fewer people, you can't knock on the bamboo pole,

Xue Qingbao took a deep breath, and his thick and hard fingers lightly tapped the blue stone wall bricks at the head of the city, the Central Plains city was rammed with soil, and it was rainy in the south of the Yangtze River, and the walls were built with mud bricks, which were not as strong as the stone walls, and the city in the Central Plains was only four zhang high, but this city was as high as seven zhang and five.

After Goguryeo won Liaodong City, it was transformed and strengthened with the strength of the whole country, and after two hundred years of addition and improvement, the city defense was complete and indestructible. With Li Mao's current strength, let alone three months, even three years will not be able to break this city.

This view coincides with Li Mao, who also believes that according to the conventional siege method, the city may not be able to be defeated in three years. The city was too dangerous for the large siege machines to transport it, and the flesh and blood of a man and a simple ladder alone would never feed this terrifying bloodthirsty beast.

If you can't succeed in the attack, then outwit it, aren't you Xue Qingbao buying grain and grass on a large scale, I'll sell it to you

In the twilight, a group of grain merchants escorting sixty carts of grain appeared under Liaodong City, and the general guarding the city saw that it was an old face, so he ordered the guards to put away their bows and crossbows and let them approach. But even if it is an old friend, Xue Qingbao will not let them enter the city, not to mention the inner city, even the outer city, the acquisition operations are all carried out under the city, one hand of money and one hand of goods, after the delivery, the grain merchant and his people take the money and leave, and after the defenders in the city judge that there is no danger outside, they will go out of the city to get back the grain.

Xue Qingbao is a cautious person and does not allow the slightest mistake.

The general who defended the city did not lack the filial piety of this grain merchant, and in order to show his affection, he invited the grain merchant into the city alone to drink tea. The hanging basket was put down, and the grain merchant invited a companion, and the two of them sat down in the hanging basket together.

The soldiers defending the city were a little embarrassed, and the two of them sat in the hanging baskets, pulling or not pulling

The guard waved his hand: "Pull." ”

It's just one more person, I'm afraid that he will have three heads and six arms to seize the city

The grain merchant gave the guard a bottle of perfume as a gift, which is something from the Tang Dynasty, the spice is produced in Liaodong, but after the skillful hand of the Tang Dynasty craftsmen, it immediately became a hundred times more valuable. This is something that the Silla people would never have been able to make.

Old friends sat together drinking tea and chatting, while the young men who had come with the grain merchants looked impatient, and after looking around for a while, they walked up the city wall, but they only turned their heads and waists, and moved their muscles, and did not seem to have the intention of immediately transforming into a city to seize the city.

The guard looked at him twice, and suddenly felt that this young man had a murderous aura in his body, and he felt a pang in his heart, and asked the old man opposite quietly: "This little brother is so murderous, what is the way to come" The words were asked suddenly, the grain merchant's face was a little frightened, and he smiled awkwardly and replied: "The ground is not calm, and the hired knife hand." previously served in front of the Yingzhou Army, and under Zhu Shuai's command, he had more than a dozen lives in his hands. ”

The guard said: "I said such a big murderous aura" was about to call the young man over and ask carefully, but suddenly heard a huge cannon sound in the distance, and only the Tang Army had the ability to make a trumpet cannon in the whole world.

"Enemy Attack"

The herald rushed to report.

The guard general Huo Ran got up, dumbfounded, when the military meeting was held yesterday, Xue Qingyu's younger brother Xue Qingyu said that the Tang people could attack at any time, and asked them to strengthen their vigilance, and he laughed at him, although Xue Qingyu claimed to be the queen of the gate, but he had not fought a few battles, although he was still modest, his courage was too small.

The first thing the Tang people did after returning to Liaodong was to fight with the Khitans, and the Khitans suffered a big loss, so how could they just give up, this was the first place where the Tang people made a mistake.

The second stupid thing they did was to form an alliance with the Murowei people, how could those barbarians eat people and don't spit out bones, how could they be friends He Li Mao tossed and turned, and sooner or later he made wedding dresses for others.

He also dared to attack Liaodong City, then he was really stupid and incorrigible.

The horn at the head of the city whimpered, this is a sign of imminent battle, whether the general believes it or not, the military order is like a mountain, he has to obey, he got up and said to his old friend: "I'm sorry, you have to get out of the city quickly." ”

The old friend knelt down for him with a "poof", and the old man burst into tears: "This time I am betting on my whole worth, Li Mao hates me for doing business with you, if you are caught, you will die, you will not kill me, and if you lose the goods, I will not survive." We have been friends for many years, and if you don't save you when you die, I will die and be buried. ”

The guard general was a little hesitant, he was a righteous person, how could he bear to see his old friend in trouble and not pull a hand.

"How far is the enemy?"

"About nine miles from here."

"Nine miles. Open the door and let them in. ”

The heavy iron-clad door opened for the first time, "Hurry up, now enter the city." ”

Dozens of men pushed the grain cart and hurried into the city, the city gate hole of Liaodong City was tortuous and deep, and there were three iron-clad wooden doors in front and back, these wooden doors were opened and closed by huge winch, which could not be shaken by manpower.

Hearing that the defenders let people into the city, Xue Qingyu was shocked, and hurriedly ordered his brother Xue Qingyu to investigate, and the guards knew that they had caused a big disaster, and their faces were so frightened that they couldn't speak.

The grain merchants are also divided, and their usual sharp teeth are completely useless at the moment.

It was the entourage of the grain merchant, but the tall and strong young man seemed unhurried, and he argued to Xue Qingyu: "Liaodong City pays money to buy grain, and the price is not unfair, but Dongzhou Li Mao threatened that whoever dares to do business with Liaodong City will be his sworn enemy of Dongzhou, and if he is caught, he will die." Liaodong merchants did not dare to come. Our host remembered the friendship for many years, and thought that Liaodong City would not be saved from death, so he took the risk to come. Sure enough, you don't save you when you see death, let Li Mao kill us under the city, I don't know who else will dare to deal with your Liaodong City in the future, the general is cutting himself off from Liaodong. ”

Xue Qingyu was speechless, and the Xue brothers were cautious and meticulous, but they were not good at words.

Xue Qingyu went back to tell Xue Qingbao, but Xue Qingbao couldn't speak, so he ordered the dry grain merchant to be properly placed in the outer city and sent troops to take care of it.

At the time of the lantern, an Anton army marched to the city of Liaodong, about 150 people, dressed in tatters, with untidy clothes and armor, incomplete weapons, and some auxiliary soldiers did not even have sabers, but used knives and guns made of bamboo as weapons.

The people who came asked Liaodongcheng to hand over the grain merchants, on the grounds that these grain merchants were selling spoiled grain in Dongzhou and harming the people.

The guard hehe sneered, flatly refused, and when he saw that the people who came were still verbose, he shot an arrow at them, and the people who came were frightened away.

Stay and camp outside a stone's throw away, claiming that if Liaodong City does not hand over people, it will be trapped in the city and will not leave.

Xue Qingyu climbed the city tower to look at the Tang army camp in the bonfire, and asked the third brother Xue Qingnian: "The grain and grass in the city can support for a few days." ”

Xue Qingnian is the grain director of Liaodong City, and he often carries an iron abacus with him, Xue Qingbao affectionately calls him "Iron Operator", but Liaodong City and outside give him another nickname: "Iron Rooster." ”

Xue Qingnian replied without hesitation: "It is enough to support eight months." Because of Li Mao's blockade, grain merchants from all over the country dare not come to Liaodong City to trade, and we have money and nowhere to buy. Xue Qingyu asked the second brother Xue Qingyu again: "What is the news from Silla?"

Xue Qingyu said: "Generalissimo Jin Tiyong lost some baggage in a storm when he crossed the river, and he is waiting on the north bank to replenish it, and he will be able to reach Liaodong City in a month at the latest." After speaking, he persuaded: "Since it is inevitable to fight with Dongzhou, it is better to start fighting now, I think eight months of grain and grass is enough." ”

Xue Qingbao nodded silently, sighed for a long time, and said, "Wait and see, see what kind of reputation Li Mao wants to make." ”

The prudence of the eldest brother, the two brothers have been taught, and it is not bad to be able to delay it for a day.

After having a military meeting with Jin Daoan, Zheng Xiaozhang, Wen Cheng, Chang Mucang, and Qin Mo, he called Gao Bing overnight, and held a post road, transportation, and building construction meeting under the soup, and saw that it was already a watchday, and hurriedly returned to the house.

Lan'er was taken aback: since he came to Liaodong, Li Mao had never come back so early, and his eyes were still burning with burning longing.

Lan'er meekly bowed down, but Li Mao picked her up, faced her, and slipped into her body.

"Let's just say there's a woman in the city"

Li Mao had just withdrawn his body from Lan'er's body when he heard this headless sentence, he was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Can you guess what I'm thinking?"

Lan'er smiled and said: "It was Qin Mo who told me that you want to fight Liaodong City, and you want to hide your true purpose, so you need to find a suitable reason." ”

Li Mao rubbed Lan'er's elastic, smooth and tender waist and buttocks, and breathed a sigh of relief.

The purpose of fighting Liaodong City is to seize the first step, and the plan formulated by Qin Mo to seize the city has succeeded in the first step, but there is a difficulty to pass at the moment, so he has to find a proper reason for the war.

"Yes, there has to be a reason, and this reason has to convince the Silla people that I didn't feel their intentions when I attacked Liaodong City, I didn't preemptively make preparations, I didn't want to fight with them for Liaodong, I was just for myself. This reason also has to convince the Bohai people, the Khitans, the Murowei people, and Youzhou that I am a person with no ambitions, a willful, reckless, and ridiculous person, so that they don't have to worry too much about me. Internally, it is necessary to be able to boost morale and make the soldiers willing to fight this battle. It's hard to find a reason for that. ”

"Woman." Lan'er smiled and said, "Let's just say that you have a crush on a woman in the city." ”

Li Mao smiled and took Lan'er into his arms: "It's enough for me to have you for the rest of my life." ”

"Just making an excuse, I think Madame, Sister Qinniang, Sister Xiaoru, Wan'er, Sister Qi Yan, and Su Ying won't mind." Lan'er smiled, her cheeks were like peach blossoms, "Let's just say that there is a beautiful woman in Liaodong City, if you want it, they will fight for you." ”

"Will it?"

"Yes."

Lan'er arched her little head under Li Mao's armpit, moved his arm around her waist, and hugged it tightly: "You are their heaven now, whatever you want, they will get it for you without hesitation." I heard that the wife of the Xue City Lord was known as the first in Liaodong when she was young, and her daughter is now sixteen, and she must be as beautiful as a flower. Let them recapture this beauty for you, and reward you with a reward of 100,000 yuan. ”

What kind of idea is this, Li Mao thought about it and reluctantly did it, for the sake of a woman to wage war against Liaodong City, the most precipitous city in Liaodong, he was indeed ambitious enough, the Silla people and the Bohai people should be relieved, and Youzhou would be deceived by himself in a short time. Whether the Khitan and the Murowei believe it or not actually has nothing to do with the overall situation, anyway, they have already fought inextricably, and no one wants to get out in a short time.

"This is just an excuse, after the city is broken, I will come forward to match the daughter of the Xue family to Qin Mo, and he will be in trouble everywhere."

"Then let's see what kind of character the little lady of the Xue family is, if she can match you, you might as well ask for it, so that the lie can be completed, and the soldiers of the province complain. Qin Mo, in addition to being cheap, he is still a good person, he is now unrestrained, and he is living freely, alas, you men, sometimes think about it, I really feel worthless for Zhu Xiang. ”

It was Qin Mo's strategy to make a fuss about Xue Qing's daughter Xue Dingding, for fear that Lan'er would not be able to figure it out and make trouble, the two decided to go out by Qin Mo first, apologize to Lan'er, and curry favor in every possible way.

Although Lan'er is unforgiving, and sometimes likes to mess around, she is still rational and serious in major matters.

After passing the Lan'er pass, the gossip about the beautiful women in Liaodong City, the mountains of gold and silver, and the wealth comparable to heaven spread from different channels, and instantly spread throughout Liaodong.

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