298 Attack Hu Lu in the west
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Sun Ce's troops were taking advantage of the Bai Di people's arrogance to delay time, while the Tang army led by Fang Li was marching cautiously along the winding mountain road.
Without the restraint of the allied forces of various countries, Fang Li's elite march speed of 90,000 Tang troops was suddenly raised, although so, the mountain road was rugged, and it was not until night approached that the army reached the vicinity of Beiqu.
Hua Xiong's cavalry fell far in front of Fang Li, and just waited for the battle of Beiqu to take advantage of the chaos to whip north.
In the Tang army, there were first camps and trapping camps, as well as 10,000 thousand crossbowmen, so Fang Li did not plan to fight a field battle with the Bai Di people, and attacking the city was the best choice.
Beiqu City is slightly larger than Nanqu, Bai Di has 20,000 elite cavalry stationed here, the main will be Xian Yu Wu of Xian Yu clan, this person is in the prime of life in his thirties, he looks five big and three thick but is completely opposite to Gu Yong, although the name is "Wu", leading the troops to fight is very insidious and cunning, and it is a rare "wise general" in Bai Di.
When attacking Beiqu, it was this Xian Yu Wu's idea to search for the people in the surrounding villages who had not had time to flee for their lives, and then drive them to attack the city as a vanguard.
The soldiers of the Han army defending the city couldn't do anything to their fathers and fellow villagers, and many of them were cut off alive by the Bai Di soldiers who climbed the city wall behind the people, and Bai Di occupied Beiqu almost without a single soldier.
Xianyu clan contributed the most in this battle, and the city naturally belonged to Xianyu clan, Xianyu Wu was appointed as a guard general after not forgetting the ideal of tribal statehood, and after three days of routine arson looting, he forced the surviving people to repair the city wall for them, rectify the city defense, as if they were going to take Beiqu as a stronghold.
Although Xian Yuwu is cold-blooded and cunning, he is no different from ordinary grassland people in other aspects, and the spy Pegasus came to report the time, and he was feasting his officers in the newly built city guard mansion, and the women of the Central Plains who were captured with wine in one hand and the other hand were so enjoyed so much that the spies didn't hear the first words clearly.
"What did you say?" Xian Yuwu drank the wine in the cup in one gulp, "Again, Ben Jiang didn't hear it clearly. β
So the spies had no choice but to repeat in a loud voice: "Tell Captain Zuo that a large number of Central Plains troops have been found in the valley to the east!" β
Xian Yuwu frowned, thinking that the noise around him interrupted his train of thought, so he slapped his palm on the case: "Quiet!" β
The lord will be angry, and his subordinates will naturally not dare to make another mistake, so they all stop shouting and look at the head.
Xian Yuwu took a deep breath: "You said that there is an army of the Central Plains? Where did it come from and how many people? β
The spies clenched their fists: "It's too dark at night, those Central Plains people are too vigilant and their subordinates don't dare to approach, I don't see how many people there are, I only know that they don't look like Han Jun when they are dressed." β
"Got it." Xian Yuwu waved his hand to let the spy retreat, and then let go of the hand that was holding the woman in his arms, and drove all the women in the lobby out.
The generals knew Xian Yuwu's temper and knew that this was a military discussion, so someone immediately stepped forward to unfold the cowhide map and drew a circle in the valley that the spies said: "Captain Du, here." β
Xian Yuwu patted the table impatiently: "Ben will know, but where did this Central Plains people come from?" Didn't the 50,000 Korean troops who came to the rescue be dragged in Nanqu by Gu Yong? β
"Captain Dadu, could it be the Qin army?" Xian Yuzhong, one of the two captains, guessed, "Although the Qin State does not border Korea, it can be killed from the Saiwai grassland, and Han Wu will definitely welcome it." β
Bai Di was persuaded by Yiqu to invade the Qin State many times, but not only did he not get any benefits, but he was also retaliated by the Qin army's madness, and the clansmen lost one-third.
Therefore, since then, the successive patriarchs of the four tribes of Bai Di have not dared to fight the idea of the Qin State again, and even mentioned that the Qin army was a little weak.
Xian Yu Wu was also shocked when he heard this, but immediately denied Xian Yu Zhong's speculation: "It can't be the Qin army, let's not say that the Qin State is now busy destroying the Pakistan State and can't make a move, even if the Qin army is coming, it should appear from the west, how can it suddenly appear in the valley in the east?" β
"But there is only Tang in the east of Korea, and it is credible to say that Han and Tang have a temporary truce, but it is impossible for Han Wu to let the enemy army in to support, right?" "The people of the Central Plains are good at intrigue, and it is impossible to do such a stupid thing!" β
"Forget it, it's useless to guess here, send someone to probe again!" Xian Yu Wu closed the map, "Order the warriors of the tribe to gather the old and weak women and children in the city and prepare to defend the city!" β
"Defending the city?" Xian Yuzhong's eyes widened in surprise, "Captain Dudu, why don't you go out of the city to fight?" The warriors of the steppe grew up on horseback, and they are not good at defending cities! β
Xian Yu Wu unhappily stretched his tone when he heard this: "My Xian Yu clan is going to build a country in the Central Plains, how can I do it if I can't defend the city?" Don't worry, with those old and weak women and children, our army will be invincible. β
The people of the Central Plains are the most hypocritical, no matter which country's army, as long as it is not the Qin army, Xian Yuwu is confident that they will never dare to shoot arrows at the people of the Central Plains on the city wall, and when the time comes, drive the people to stand on the city wall or even go out of the city to charge the battle, this sudden appearance of the army will definitely be in chaos, there is no need to worry at all.
At this time, after Fang Li set up camp, he was also discussing with the generals how to attack Beiqu by the faint candlelight.
Xian Yuwu's bad habit of driving the people to be cannon fodder had already spread to the ears of Fang Li and the others through the internal guards, which made everyone quite a headache.
"When the time comes, the beast will let the people in the city stand on the head of the city and defend the city, and our army will not really be able to kill it, right?" Gao Shun was so worried that his hair was about to turn white, "Even if our army has a first camp that is good at attacking cities, it is impossible for them to do it." β
If it was an ordinary war between the two countries, the Tang army could still treat the people on the city tower as strong men who had been requisitioned, but in Yu Rongdi's war, the boundary between foreign races and the Central Plains suddenly became clearer than ever, and it was really impossible for these men who were not afraid of the ground to slaughter the unarmed people of the Central Plains.
"If you force the soldiers to slaughter the people, you will only lose morale and give the enemy a chance to take advantage of it." Fang Li casually took a grass stalk and put it in his mouth, "Wenhe, what do you think about this?" β
Jia Xu thought about it, and took out a picture of the city defense map before Beiqu City that the internal guards obtained: "Lord, the minister heard that Xian Yuwu did not slaughter the people in the city after occupying Beiqu, but left a part of Qingzhuang to repair the city defense for it, if our army can find a way to launch these Qingzhuang sudden riots..."
"Indeed, if you can't attack from the outside, you can only seek an internal breakthrough." Zhang Liao nodded approvingly, "But we don't know where these young men are being held, what their physical condition is, whether they have completely lost the heart to resist, where to start?" β
"This is easy to do, let the widow step on the white army." Fang Li patted the city defense map, "No matter what, I can only give it a try, if it doesn't work... The whole army is ready to block the news, and if it fails to mobilize the young and strong people, not a single bit of news will be allowed to leak out! β
The generals solemnly agreed, knowing that Fang Li was going to take the sword and soldier against the people as the worst plan. For mobile phone users, please browse M. Reading for a better reading experience.