Chapter 61: Let the Tiger Return to the Mountain
"Kill!" Liu Qi took the lead, led Liu's personal army to rush to the Du raid army first, Xu Shu, Chen Zhen and Deng Zhi commanded the 20,000 army was not to be outdone, closely followed by the Chinese army to kill up, the left flank is Wei Yan's infantry cavalry, the right flank is Huang Zhong's Tuifeng battalion, the south gate of the camp is Yu Ban, Gan Ning's elite infantry, more than 60,000 people of the Fourth Route Army tightly besieged these 20,000 enemy soldiers in the core, making it difficult for them to fly.
Originally, there was a cloud in the art of war: "Ten are to surround it, five to attack it, and to divide it if it is doubled." However, Liu Qi now has only three times the enemy's troops, but he directly launched a siege and annihilation battle from the four gates, which is of course because Liu Qi is full of absolute confidence in this battle, but more importantly, he must take the opportunity to destroy the 20,000 fresh troops sent by the enemy.
This is a full army of 20,000, and if there are no 20,000 troops, the morale in Linxiang City will definitely be frustrated.
It was with this belief that Liu Qi launched an attack with all the strength of his army, and even sacrificed the camp he had worked so hard to build.
Of course, the current camp has completely lost its former protective function and has become a hell for the army, full of traps and fires, which makes the team of 20,000 people unorganized, and the military spirit is turbulent, and there will be no will to fight, and the soldiers will have no will to fight.
Fortunately, Du Xi is also a good general of a generation, and he has prestige in the army, so this team will not collapse, those soldiers will not escape, and the army can barely form a formation and resist stubbornly.
However, today's team is doomed to failure, because Liu Qi's army has strong morale, a large number of people, and a geographical advantage.
Wei Yan of the East Gate, Gan Ning of the South Gate, and Huang Zhong of the West Gate are all contemporary brave generals, all of whom are soldiers in front of them, leading the army to rush left and right, as if entering a no-man's land, especially Wei Yan's two thousand iron cavalry, which played a powerful role, scattering the enemy's formation again and again, and the infantry behind also followed closely behind, launching a crazy slaughter against the enemy.
Seeing that his army was defeated, Du Xian did not panic, and immediately led the army to form a conical formation, ready to break through and leave. And at this moment, Du Xian suddenly saw a horse galloping over, and Liu Qi, who was sitting on the horse, rushed towards him at great speed, with a fierce murderous aura in his hand, rushing towards his face with lightning speed.
Du Xun was shocked, he didn't expect the other party to come so quickly, so he had no choice but to dodge, but unexpectedly, more than a dozen elite soldiers rushed up and captured him without saying anything.
Liu Qi ordered someone to vacate a horse, tied Du Raid and helped him to the horse, and then ordered someone to raise a torch and shouted loudly: "The main general Du Raid has been captured, and the rest quickly put down their weapons and surrender, they can save their lives. ”
Seeing that the 20,000 troops under Du Xian's command could not win today, they had no desire to fight, but they reluctantly insisted on fighting because of their confidence in the main general Du Zheng, fantasizing that they could hope to break through and leave. Now that the Lord is about to be captured, the only hope of escape in his heart is completely shattered, coupled with the threat of Liu Qi's army to the three tribes, they all lost the will to resist and surrendered one after another.
In this battle, Liu Qi lured 20,000 enemy troops into the camp at the cost of losing the camp, and besieged them in it, only burned and killed more than 5,000 enemy soldiers at the cost of less than 2,000 casualties, and recruited all the remaining soldiers to surrender.
Liu Qi ordered someone to push Du Xi into the newly built camp nearby, and then shouted: "Du Zixu, until now, if you don't surrender, when will you wait?" ”
But I heard Du Xun laugh loudly: "I, Du Zixuning, will be a decapitated general, and there is no reason to surrender, Liu Qi, you don't have to be delusional, if you want to kill, you don't need to rap." ”
"Haha, okay, it's really a general who is not afraid of death." After Liu Qi finished speaking, he immediately rushed to Du Xian's approach, drew his sword, cut the rope that bound Du Zheng, and then said, "You can go." ”
"What?" Du Xun moved his numb arms, looked at Liu Qi with an incredulous expression, and muttered secretly: "What kind of fame is this Liu Qi going to do?" ”
Liu Qi looked at Du Xian, who was stunned opposite, and said with a funny face: "What's wrong?" Du Zixu has always been resolute and resolute, and today it is easy to have a chance to escape, why didn't he leave? ”
But Du Xi said lightly: "Ben will know that you will never be so kind, let me go lightly, you must be brewing some conspiracy this time." Thou hast always been insidious and cunning, and one must be wary, but I would have wondered how a treacherous man like you could persuade you of the dead. They would rather be tortured, and they would rather not be lured by our title and money, and they are so loyal to you, hehe, more than a dozen people, and none of them have confided their true feelings, and you will not be able to admit yourself for this ability. ”
Liu Qi sneered, and said in a deep voice: "Ben Jiang is not tempting with generous conditions, but really treating them as brothers, although more than a dozen of them are captured by you, but Ben will definitely redeem them, Du Xi, this time Ben will have no other conditions, as long as you promise to hand over my captured brothers, Ben will promise to let you go back to Linxiang." ”
"Are you serious?" Du Xian's eyes couldn't help but widen, and his breathing became slightly short, and he hurriedly asked.
"Naturally, take it seriously, you should ask all the officers and soldiers in my army, as well as the people in the entire Jingnan region, when did I, Liu Qi, break my trust? Hehe, Du Zixu, the opportunity is in front of you, if you don't want to go, this general will not be reluctant, come, since he is unwilling to go, and take him into custody, wait for tomorrow's battlefield, exchange him for our brothers, and then take the opportunity to attack the city. ”
Liu Qi waved his hand and ordered someone to take him down.
At this moment, Du Raid suddenly shouted: "Slow, who said that I Du Raid dare not leave?" Liu Qi, do you believe that I will release you after I go back? ”
Liu Qi laughed and said: "Ben will know that Du Zixu is a believer, although you and I are our own masters, we can still keep our promises and put back my people." ”
Du Xian couldn't help but be silent, and sighed secretly: "I really didn't expect that this Liu Qi turned out to be my confidant." ”
After finishing speaking, Du Xi gave Liu Qi a salute, and then turned around and left calmly.
Not long after Du Raid left, Wei Yan suddenly bowed down and asked, "General, this Du Raid is not a simple character, why did we return to the mountains?" ”
Liu Qi smiled and said, "Wen Chang, do you think it is possible for us to recruit Du Raid now?" ”
Wei Yan was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "This person is loyal and pure, and I am afraid it will be difficult to surrender." ”
Liu Qi said with a smile: "What Wen Chang said is good, since we can't subdue Du Xi, why don't we let him go back in exchange for our brother?" ”
"But even if our brothers are all killed in battle, I'm afraid they don't want to exchange them for Du Raid, this person is the pillar of Linxiang, as long as he is there, it will be difficult for us to capture Linxiang." Wei Yan couldn't help but feel a little agitated and said loudly.
Liu Qi waved his hand and said with a smile: "Wen Chang is a little restless, although it is one of the purposes of the general to exchange for the brothers, in fact, the general still has other plans." ”
"Oh? The last will listen to you. Wei Yan was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "I don't know what the general's plan is?" ”
"Wen Chang doesn't know, although Du Raid is a general, but there is still a wise man in Linxiang City, this person is called Huan Jie, as long as this person is there, even if we kill Du Raid, it is difficult to break through Linxiang City, after all, there are still thirty or forty thousand troops in the city, and the food is enough to support several years, Zhang Xian thief is also quite popular with the people, plus such a wise man as Huan Jie, it is difficult for us to break through the city by force, and today's setback under the city is a clear proof. So we can't attack, we can only outwit. ”
Liu Qi glanced at Wei Yan and said with a smile.
"Oh? Don't know how to outwit? Wei Yan was stunned for a moment, and then asked.
"Hehe, Wen Chang, think about it, if you are Zhang Xian's thief, then Du Xian led an army of 20,000 to attack our army, and the whole army was wiped out, only he returned alone, and he retreated with his whole body, can you still fully trust him?" A flash of wisdom flashed in Liu Qi's eyes, and he asked with a smile.
"There should be a little suspicion of this, right? But as you said just now, doesn't Zhang Xian still have a wise man? He should have known that this was the general's plan. Wei Yan was still a little reluctant to give up and continued.
"Hehe, you're right, the enemy is current, Huan Jie will definitely come forward to relieve the siege for Du Raid, but what if Du Raid releases the brothers in our army? What if we receive another letter from us to join him in the siege? What if he's fighting with us to win a battle? At that time, even if Huan Jie's mouth is full of mouths, I'm afraid he won't be able to clear Zhang Xian's suspicions about Du Xian, right? Once they go up and down, it is our chance to win, and then Ben will not believe it, so Du Raid will not surrender? ”
Liu Qi's face was full of confidence, and he glanced at Xu Shu and laughed.
"But how can the general be sure that Du Xi will let our brother go? Also, how did the general know that he would receive the general's letter? Even if it is received, it will definitely be destroyed as soon as possible, and it is impossible for Zhang Xian to see it, right? Also, how could Du Zhan cooperate with the general to win the battle? Wei Yan was still full of doubts and asked hesitantly.
But seeing Liu Qi explain in his ear like this, Wei Yan couldn't help but smile after hearing it, and gave a thumbs up and praised: "It's indeed high, admire, admire." Xu Junshi's strange plan, extending the five bodies to the ground. ”
Xu Shu hurriedly waved his hand when he heard this, and said: "This time, Wen Chang can admire the wrong person, most of these strategies were thought up by the general, I just supplemented these strategies more perfectly." ”
Wei Yan couldn't help but be stunned, and then exclaimed: "The general's plan can really be described as vertical and horizontal, unpredictable, this time I'm afraid that Zhang Xian's thief was sold by the general, and he has to help us count the money, haha, it's really happy." ”
When Liu Qi and Xu Shu heard this, they were all happy and laughed.