After the Tang army retreated from Yuan and Yongcheng, the Dahua army naturally occupied the three cities east of the river, and the soldiers were bloodless and had no casualties, which made the soldiers stronger and stronger, and the morale of the soldiers was like a rainbow. ◇Tomato small △ said that the net''

In fact, since the confrontation between the Tang army and Dahua, it has been at a disadvantage, and this psychological development has made the Dahua sergeant more and more confident, and the Tang army has become more and more timid towards Dahua.

Yongcheng is the seat of Fufeng County, with jurisdiction over ten counties, with more than 90,000 households, and there is a Qiyang Palace in it, which was rebuilt and rebuilt by Emperor Wen of Sui at the beginning, as a summer resort.

Later, there was Renshou Palace, so I rarely came to this palace, but after all, it belonged to the emperor's royal place, so the suburban palace has been carefully cared for, even after the anti-king occupied, it was not destroyed, but lived in it to enjoy.

Tang Bi and Xue Ju have all lived, and now, the Dahua army cleaned up and cleaned up the emperor Luo Cheng who welcomed Dahua, and moved here to rest as a palace.

The civil and military officials accompanied them and arrived at the Qiyang Palace, which was magnificent, much stronger than the palace buildings in the northwest region, and was contaminated with the atmosphere of the emperor and the majesty of the royal family.

Luo Zhaoyun sat in a magnificent hall, with civil and military officials on both sides, and the imperial court team became more and more formed.

"Deputy Envoy Guo, you can tell you about the current distribution of the Tang Army."

"Yes!" As one of the deputy envoys of the Privy Council, Guo Xiaoke is the most military-savvy of them, and he will participate in the formulation of many military strategies, and finally make approvals.

He pointed to the map of the mountains and rivers on the wooden table in the field, and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, please see, at present, the Tang army is retreating, concentrating its forces in the Qishan area, garrisoning the mountain city, and guarding a road for our army to advance eastward, however, this is not the only way, our army can continue to march to the southeast, attack the city, and enter Jingzhao County." But in this way, if our flanks are exposed to this Tang army, there is a danger of cutting off our back road and cutting off our grain route at any time, like a stalk in the throat, and we have to get rid of it! ”

Chu Suiliang, Yu Zhining, Hou Junji, Lai Hu'er and others all agreed with Guo Xiaoke's statement that if Qishan City was not taken, the Dahua army would always have to worry about future troubles and could not enter Jingzhao County wholeheartedly.

Hou Junji said: "Your Majesty, let's let my vanguard army go to battle, besiege Qishan City, solve this problem, and then enter Jingzhao County!" ”

The two generals, Laihu'er and Chen, were also moved and wanted to make meritorious contributions, but they held their own identities and felt that competing for merit with such a young general would somewhat lower their status, so they did not squint and showed that they were not moved, but in fact, their ears were listening attentively.

Luo Zhaoyun hesitated: "This city is close to the mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack, if it is attacked, the casualties will inevitably be heavy, when outwitting." ”

Guo Xiaoke said: "According to the scout's report, a few days ago, the Tang army continuously transported the grain and grass of the three cities, as well as the surrounding granaries, to Qishan City, which is estimated to be enough for fifty or sixty thousand defenders for half a year. Even if our army traps this city, besieges it but does not attack, it will take half a year to trap it, and when the weather enters winter, the Tang army can counterattack, and our army can only retreat, giving the Tang court a chance to survive. ”

"Since the siege can't work, then you can only fight hard, and if you can't persuade you to surrender, it's difficult to sneak attack!" Laihu'er said on the side.

At this time, Luo Zhaoyun hesitated whether to use the explosive bag and suddenly sneak attack, catching Qishan City off guard.

After several years of research and development, the black powder has basically taken shape, and the effect is stable, mass production, temporarily belongs to Dahua's high degree of military secrets, and the generals and soldiers do not know about it.

The last time the siege was used, it was the personnel of the special combat regiment who were sent to the battle, personally went into battle, used explosives, and did not let ordinary soldiers take over, so the news was never leaked.

The soldiers only thought it was a device similar to a fire pot, and they didn't think of any black powder at all, which was unheard of and unseen.

"Before attacking Qishan City, General Chen, you lead 20,000 new troops, first go around to Qishan, and then take Renshou Palace!"

"The last general obeys!"

Luo Zhaoyun continued to point to the general: "General Hou, you lead the vanguard army, the soldiers are coming to the city, and prepare for the siege for the time being!" ”

"Yes!" Hou Junji clenched his fists and nodded.

"General Hu'er, I will send you with 40,000 troops to enter the city, block the Tang army at the border between Fufeng and Jingzhao County, so that the Tang army in Chang'an will not be able to come to relieve the siege, and when the time comes, I will capture the Tang army in the mountain city and make it difficult for them to fly."

The generals were stunned, but they didn't expect that Your Majesty would suddenly be so confident that he would capture all the Tang troops in Qishan City.

Chu Suiliang couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, do you have a clever plan to easily break the city and take this Qishan City?" ”

"Haha, I can't say it for the time being, I already have an idea, but the specific implementation must be kept secret, and it will not be smart to say it." Luo Zhaoyun sold a guanzhong and decided to shoot scouts and intelligence officers, and in the initial siege of the city, he wanted to probe the thickness and structure of the city gate of the mountain city, and then calculate how much black powder to use and how to blow up the city gate.

As long as the city gate is broken, the mountain city will be destroyed like a dam bursting.

After dividing the troops, Chen and Laihu'er took away 60,000 horses, and there were still 100,000 male soldiers left.

Hou Junji led 50,000 troops, including 30,000 vanguard elites, 20,000 new troops and surrendered troops, and rushed to Qishan City.

According to the usual practice, the new army and the surrender of troops to attack the city first, and at the same time temper the will and courage of the new army, and also integrate and sharpen the surrender of troops.

Luo Zhaoyun wore battle armor, drove the expedition in person, led 50,000 Chinese troops, and went to Qishan City to supervise the battle for five miles.

Luo Zhaoyun did not enter the battlefield to fight for many days, Luo Zhaoyun felt that he would regress if he led his troops to fight, which was not conducive to his conquest of the world, and he must maintain a state of stability on horseback in order to adapt to the next princes fighting for hegemony.