"Breakout?"

Xie An was taken aback and looked at Li Shou.

After Xie An formulated the primary tactics for this battle, the eldest grandson Xiangyu and Liu Qing finally reluctantly let go of their prejudices against each other, although this situation of peaceful coexistence was only temporary.

But no matter what, these two military advisors who had no last resort finally came up with the best way, but this method made it a little difficult for everyone in the room to understand.

"Yes, Master Husband, break through!" Seeing that Xie An's expression was a little confused, the eldest grandson Xiangyu nodded heavily, intending to prove that Xie An had not listened to it.

"What does Xie Changsun mean, give up Jijing?" Li Shou looked at the eldest grandson Xiangyu in a daze, you must know that he thought that the eldest grandson Xiangyu and Liu Qing could help them defend Jijing, but he never expected that these two strange women would give up Jijing, the royal capital that has been inherited for hundreds of years, in the first place.

As if he had seen something from Li Shou's blank gaze, Liu Qing sneered and said, "Right now, your Anping Kingdom has fallen on all fronts, and the city of Jijing is just a lonely city, if you don't want to try to break through, are you still waiting for death here?!" ”

may be because the relationship between the Liu and Li families is a generational feud, although Liu Qing knew that Li Shou, a man who looked gentle and elegant, was the emperor of the Great Zhou, it was difficult to have any good impression of him, and immediately sneered and sneered, fortunately, Li Shou was indeed tolerant, although he touched his nose and felt a little embarrassed, but he did not hate Liu Qing, a girl who looked only seventeen or eighteen years old.

"Speak well!" Xie An frowned and glared at Liu Qing, and then turned his head to look at the eldest grandson Xiangyu, hoping that she would explain this.

The eldest grandson Xiangyu saw this. He also did not disobey his husband's meaning, nodded knowingly, and explained, "The so-called poor is to think about change. Change is the rule of ...... The current situation of our side, as this girl said, is really exhausted, and the only way out is to be flexible. In the stalemate, try to open the situation, change the situation, and become beneficial to our side......

At present, I am in peace with the country, only Jijing and Boling are still in our hands, and the rest are all taken by the northern Xinjiang, counting on the local army to help, this is just an unrealistic idea, this kind of expectation that can't even be talked about by luck, it is best not to use it on the battlefield. ”

Li Shou nodded. Accept it with humility. After all, he did have hope in his heart that the local army would come to relieve the siege. But he also understood that it was just a self-deceptive wish, after all, the strength of the local army would not exceed 30,000 at most. And most of them are city defense troops, and they will not be the opponents of the Northern Xinjiang army in terms of strength at all. Not to mention the long distance, those local armies don't have time to support the Beijing Division, even if they come, what can they do? It's just to let Yuyang Iron Cavalry have one more great military feats to defeat the enemy.

"Breakout...... Whatever! Touching the half-inch beard on his chin, Li Shou frowned and thought.

Seeing that Li Shou was still hesitating, the eldest grandson Xiangyu continued, "Your Majesty Mingjian, the concubine has never liked to guard, because it is difficult for the defender to grasp the initiative on the battlefield, just for now, our side can indeed defend Jijing, with the city wall of Jijing up to seven or eight zhang, plus the new force of the Jizhou army, even if it is defended for a year and a half, the concubine body is no longer a problem, the only question is whether the grain in Jizhou City can be supported until that moment!" If not, once the grain in the capital is exhausted, how should we deal with it? ”

"This ......" Li Shou was speechless, although Jijing, as the royal capital of the Great Zhou, did have abundant grain reserves in the treasury, but the problem was that the arrival of the Jizhou army made the city suddenly increase by 70,000 soldiers, and the number of people in the city suddenly increased from 30,000 or 40,000 a while ago to 100,000. If in the past, the officials and businessmen of the imperial court continuously transported grain from the domestic grain to Jijing, it could indeed support the consumption of the people of Jijing and the Jijing army, but the problem is that most of the foundation of Jijing has been moved to Chaoge, so that the grain and grass reserves in the treasury of Jijing will only decrease every day and will not increase, so it is okay to keep it for a month, but if you want to rely on the city wall of Jijing to fight a war of attrition with the Northern Xinjiang army, Jijing can not afford it now.

Originally, generals like Lin Zhen, Le Jun, Wei Yun and other generals of the Southern Army, they were all inclined to defend Jijing, but now after such a little dial by Changsun Xiangyu, their thoughts were suddenly shaken, after all, the matter of grain and grass is very important, once the grain and grass are exhausted, then this battle will not have to go on.

But the question is, how to break through?

With the two behemoth armies of the Northern Xinjiang Army and the Liaodong Expeditionary Army on the side of Li Mao, the king of Yan, if the Jijing side loses the protection of the city wall and encounters the enemy army in the field, it is obviously easy to see, it will undoubtedly be a devastating blow.

"It seems that the key is how to break through......" Next to Li Xian, the Eight Sages King, Ji Hong, the secretary of the ministry, nodded thoughtfully and said.

When everyone in the room heard this, they subconsciously turned their heads to look at the eldest grandson Xiangyu and Liu Qing, in their opinion, these two strange women are powerful strategists who have no last resort, since they said the words of breaking through, they have already thought about it and thought of ways to deal with it.

But unfortunately, neither the eldest grandson Xiangyu nor Liu Qing seems to have any intention to reveal. Obviously, he had a confident face, but he didn't reveal any relevant information at all, which made everyone in the room feel like thousands of ants crawling over, itching.

"Then let's do this first......" Glancing at the eldest grandson Xiangyu, Xie An coughed and said in a deep voice, "Order the whole army to rest and rest for seven days, and after seven days, according to the plan of the two military divisions, try to break through!" ”

"Order!" Except for Li Shou, Li Xian, Liang Qiugong, Yin Gong, Wen Qin and some other people, the generals in the house immediately hugged their fists and took their lives.

That night, there was nothing to do all night, although the Liaodong Expeditionary Force outside the city from time to time harassed the soldiers at the head of the city with prancing horse throws, but as long as this harassment was prepared, it would not be much to say that there would be much loss.

The guards in the city treated the Liaodong Expeditionary Force outside the city as if it did not exist, and the Jizhou Army was the leader, and several soldiers and horses in the city rested beautifully for a night. Thinking about it, after more than two months of hard work, even the Jizhou soldiers who had been in battle for a long time were already emaciated, and as for the southern army, the northern army and the city defense division of Weiwei Temple, who had been defending Jijing for several months, their spirits were even more unbearable, so that after dinner, they had already returned to their respective resting places and fell asleep.

As for the duty in the city, it was temporarily taken over by hundreds of assassins from the Dongling and Jinling groups.

Li Mao...... I don't think it's going to hit the city suddenly, right? ”

Although night fell. But Li Shou, the son of heaven of the Great Zhou, was not a little sleepy, and dragged Xie An to relax on the city wall, after all, Xie An can be said to be his only confidant and best friend who can make friends, and everything is inconvenient to say to other courtiers. Li Shou can confide in this irreversible friend who has intersected in trouble without scruples.

"Don't worry, it won't!" With a yawn, Xie An said slowly.

"So sure?" Glancing at Xie An in surprise, Li Shou said with a confused expression. "According to the military book, shouldn't Li Mao launch an attack when the Jizhou army returned to Jijing at the beginning of its return and has not yet gained a firm foothold?"

"Huh?" Xie An felt a little less sleepy when he heard this, turned his head to look at Li Shou, and smiled in surprise, "Yes...... Honestly, when did you secretly look at the art of war? ”

Li Shou's face turned slightly red, he rolled his eyes and said angrily, "Why do you look incredible?" Can't I see the art of war? Although I am not as wise and martial as my father. Charge on the battlefield. But it's still reasonable to command and command the generals, right? Don't think that you kid can show off your exploits in front of me if you sweep away the Three Kings and the Taiping Army this time. I also held Jijing for several months! ”

"Can the two be compared?" Xie An pursed his lips with disdain, and said something to hit Li Shou. However, he affirmed Li Shou's words in his heart, after all, he could defend Jijing for several months under the onslaught of Li Mao, the king of Yan. This is not an easy task.

The two were chatting when suddenly there was a loud rumbling sound not far away. Listen closely, it was the sound of the gates opening.

Hearing this, Li Shou's eyes lit up, the fatigue on his face was suddenly swept away, and he said with a chuckle, "Oh? Are you going to start, the clever plan of the two military divisions of your Jizhou Army......"

"Huh!" Xie An smiled slightly, didn't speak, just quietly waited for what was about to happen.

Not long after the Fucheng Gate opened, there was a commotion in the distance outside the city, vaguely accompanied by a burst of foreign language.

"Hooked......" Li Shouluo said with a funny feeling.

Before the words fell, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves sounded in the distance outside the city, and after a while, a cavalry came to the gate of Fucheng, Jijing, and there was a lot of discussion.

At the head of the city, several Dongling assassins threw a few torches into the distance, and when they took a closer look at the light of the torches, they knew that the cavalry was undoubtedly another tiger and wolf division under the command of Li Mao, the king of Yan, the Liaodong Expeditionary Army.

"The ears are really smart......," Rao is Xie An, who was also a little frightened by the cleverness of the famous thugs of the Liaodong Expeditionary Force.

"This is exactly ......what I am worried about," sighed slightly, Li Shou shook his head and said, "It's not that I didn't support the Changsun clan's proposal to break through before, the problem is that most of Li Mao's troops are cavalry, and our army, the southern army and the northern army are all infantry, and even sixty percent of your Jizhou army are infantry, not to mention that the armor of the generals of the southern army weighs hundreds of catties......

Xie An nodded thoughtfully, after all, the infantry encountered cavalry in the field, this is undoubtedly an extremely terrible thing, don't look at Fei Guo's previous use of 4,000 infantry to block Zhang Qi's 6,000 Yuyang Iron Cavalry, and even killed Zhang Qi for a while, but that victory was only based on the fact that the Northern Xinjiang Army did not know the strength of the Jizhou Army, and now the other party has already taken precautions, therefore, it is difficult for Xie An to repeat his old tricks and use Fei Guo's tricks to deal with Yuyang Iron Cavalry.

At this time, there were bursts of scolding from the Liaodong Expeditionary Force outside the city, it turned out that Fuchengmen had already been closed when they arrived, in other words, they thought that there would be an opportunity to take advantage of, but in fact, they ran in vain.

Not counting a trip in vain, the main division of the Jizhou Army that stayed behind also launched a bow and crossbow salvo against the Liaodong Expeditionary Force outside the city under the command of Deputy Marshal Tang Hao, although it may not have effectively killed and injured the Liaodong Expeditionary Force, but the scolding from the opposite side, the foreign language with an obviously angry tone in the tone, was enough to prove the resentment in the hearts of those Liaodong Expeditionary Forces.

Thinking about it, I thought there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, but I didn't expect to run in vain and not say anything, and some people were shot to death by the other party, how could the unruly Liaodong Expeditionary Force swallow this bad breath, shouting, and a round of prancing horse throws at the head of Jijing City, as a retaliation.

But unfortunately, as long as this kind of projectile is an experienced soldier, there will be no casualties. No, the main division and soldiers of the Jizhou Army on the city tower had already put their shields on their heads to protect their whole bodies after shooting a volley, so that except for a few unlucky guys who were shot through their hands and feet by stray arrows. There were no casualties.

Cursing and scolding in a foreign language, the Far Eastern Expeditionary Force retreated, resting under the ground about two arrows from Jijing.

"Whoosh-"

A rocket shot out from the strong bow in Tang Hao's hand, and the target was the location where the Liaodong Expeditionary Force was resting. In the faint light of the rocket, the non-commissioned officers of the Liaodong Expedition who were resting were clearly seen by the defenders at the head of the capital of Ji.

"How daring!" Tang Hao, a polite Confucian general, had a dangerous sneer on the corner of his mouth, glanced at the few Jizhou Army crossbowmen behind him, and said with a chuckle, "Thank you brothers, I'm afraid I won't have a chance to close my eyes if I wait for a night......

"What did Vice Marshal Tang say......

All the soldiers glanced at each other and smiled tacitly, not feeling disappointed or troubled by Tang Hao's words, as if there was something more important and interesting than rest.

"Tired soldiers...... Is it? ”

Looking at the pitch-black wilderness outside the city. Xie An's face showed a slight look of sudden realization. Want. He could already guess the plan of the eldest grandson Xiangyu and Liu Qing.

It's just that these foreign cavalry of the Liaodong Expeditionary Force are easy to deceive, but. Can this plan fool Li Mao, the king of Yan, the famous northern general who is proficient in military strategy?

To be honest, Xie An is not optimistic about this matter.

As Xie An guessed, what the eldest grandson Xiangyu made was indeed a strategy for the tired soldiers. Seeing that the Liaodong Expeditionary Force was extremely arrogant, resting in a place only a stone's throw away from Jijing. The eldest grandson Xiangyu called Tang Hao, Fei Guo, Ma Dan, and Liao Lisi to open the city gates in the four directions of Jijing according to the hour, and then closed the city gate before the Liaodong expeditionary force that heard the movement arrived, and at the same time rewarded them with a round of bows and crossbows.

Not to mention, this little tired tactic was to play the cavalry of the Liaodong Expeditionary Force, which was composed of foreign soldiers, and couldn't sleep well all night.

"How can the second lady be sure that those foreign cavalry will be tricked?"

In private, Mirage Qin Ke'er asked the eldest grandson Xiangyu curiously.

In view of Qin Ke'er's own faction, the eldest grandson Xiangyu did not hesitate to give advice, and explained with a chuckle when he heard this, "Sister Ke'er probably doesn't know that although the Liaodong Expeditionary Force serves Li Mao, the king of Yan, the latter wants to drive the former, but it is not just a general order to drive it...... In the past, when Li Mao attacked the big tribes in the grassland, most of them promised to acquiesce that the Liaodong Expeditionary Force could wantonly plunder the property and women of that tribe after the war, and the latter readily accepted it...... The Liaodong Expeditionary Force is just a strong army with an establishment, driven by profit, and will not go without profit!

Since these people are staring at Ji Jing right now, it is obvious that Li Mao must have promised them something......

Qin Ke'er's face changed slightly when she heard this, and she said in a low voice, "What does the second lady mean is that Li Mao, the king of Yan, promised these people that if they conquered Jijing, they would be allowed to kill and loot in the city?" ”

"It's not far off!" The eldest grandson Xiangyu said lightly.

"This is really ......" Qin Ke'er's head was slightly sweating, and he said in disbelief, "I really can't imagine that Li Mao, the northern hero and national hero in the world, would acquiesce to foreigners to harm his own people......"

Hearing this, the eldest grandson Xiangyu shook his head and chuckled, "If Sister Ke'er thinks so, then she will underestimate Li Mao......

"Isn't that so?"

"Ah, if Li Mao really dares to do such a thing, then he will really become a sinner of the country, looking at the size of my Great Zhou world, there will be no more Fang Yingjie willing to vote for him...... If the concubine's guess is right, this is just his plan to drive away the tiger and devour the wolf! At a time when his Yuyang Iron Cavalry is getting stronger and stronger and has become the overlord of the grassland, the Liaodong Expeditionary Force, which was used to harass the grassland tribes in the past, has become a hidden danger that cannot be lost...... He wants to borrow the hand of the Liaodong Expeditionary Force to get rid of us, and on the other hand, why not hope that he can borrow our hand to get rid of the cancer of the Liaodong Expeditionary Force for him, which I don't know when it will break out in the future? Whoever perished was good news for him! ”

"I see, ......I see," Qin Ke'er nodded suddenly when she heard this, and muttered, "I thought that Li Mao was just a brave and unscrupulous martial artist, but I didn't expect that there were so many twists and turns in my heart......

The eldest grandson Xiangyu shook his head with a smile and said softly, "If Li Mao is just a brave and unscrupulous martial artist, how can he become the overlord of Northern Xinjiang and even the grassland, and his prestige is even higher than that of Liang Qiu Gong, the tiger of Northern Xinjiang?" ”

Qin Ke'er nodded silently, and suddenly, as if she had thought of something, she asked tentatively, "Slave thinks, the second lady's plan is probably not just a plan for the fatigue of the Liaodong Expeditionary Army, right?" Could it be that the second lady wanted to do a trick to hide from the world and cross the sea, and sneaked out under the noses of the Liaodong Expeditionary Force......"

A trace of surprise flashed in the eyes of the eldest grandson Xiangyu when he heard this, and he asked lightly, "How can you see it?" Couldn't it be just a concubine trying to teach such an arrogant and ignorant foreign cavalry? ”

"Because the second lady didn't ask the two generals, Ma Dan and Liao Li, to go out of the city and attack the Liaodong Expeditionary Army!" Glancing at the eldest grandson Xiangyu, Qin Ke'er said with a straight face, "Although the foreigners don't understand my Great Zhou military strategy, they are not completely stupid, after being deceived a few times, even if we open the city gate to deceive again, I'm afraid they won't take it seriously again...... If the second lady really just wants to teach them a lesson, she should ask the two generals Ma Dan and Liao Li to wait for the opportunity to go out of the city and sneak attack, everyone knows that the two generals Ma and Liao are good at sneak attacks with cavalry, but the second lady did not do this, the only explanation is that the second lady does not want to startle the snake, and does not want those Liaodong expeditionary soldiers to be vigilant......"

"Clever!" Smiling slightly, the eldest grandson Xiangyu did not hesitate to praise.

However, the approval of the eldest grandson Xiangyu did not make Qin Ke'er smile, on the contrary, she actually showed a worried look on her face.

"There's something I don't know when to say it......"

"Say it!"

"Hmm...... Has the second lady ever thought that even the slave can see through this, can Li Mao, the king of Yan, guess it? ”

Hearing this, the eldest grandson Xiangyu suddenly covered his mouth and giggled, only laughing so much that the flowers and branches trembled.

"Giggle...... If Li Mao can't see through it, wouldn't he let the concubine and Liu Qing's girl work in vain? ”

"Huh?"