"Woohoo!"

Dense arrows like rain screamed, slammed into the city walls, shields, fell into the city, the suppressed city walls on the mercenaries could not raise their heads to fight back, countless enemy troops swarmed along the ladders, and they were about to climb the wall, once successful, it was only a matter of time before the city was broken.

The mercenaries all knew the consequences of the enemy climbing up, one by one they didn't care about being shot by the arrow, they yelled and braved, one raised a shield to cover and block the feather arrows, and the other risked his life to shoot at the enemy soldiers who climbed up below.

At this time, a large number of people rushed over, all carrying buckets of water in their hands, and were covered by the soldiers with shields, rushed up to the city wall, and poured water down with their eyes closed, while screaming to vent their fears in their hearts, and did not dare to look at them after pouring, and rushed down the city as if they were flying, and more people rushed over with water.

Although many people did not splash it, the water still fell, splashing on the heads of the enemies waiting to climb the ladder below, on the ladder, many enemy soldiers were poured cold, trembling all over, and continued to climb up, but soon the body heat quickly disappeared, and they were unable to do anything.

More ice water was splashed down, coupled with crossbow shooting, the enemy soldiers who climbed the ladder fell one after another, and no one cared about the dead, and those who were not dead were covered by their companions with shields, but another bucket of water was splashed down, flowing down the shield, falling into everyone's necks, and the body was cold and piercing.

The mercenaries had someone to help them, and their morale increased greatly, and they continued to shoot the enemy below under the rain of arrows, but the enemy archers were too many, and the casualties increased, and the two armies began to fight for willpower and attrition.

The battle was stalemate, and no one would retreat.

It wasn't long before more people came with water and intensified their attacks.

The siege troops under the city couldn't stand the cold, they were shivering from the cold, no one cared about climbing the ladder, they all hid under the shield and squatted to defend, densely packed with a large area, he was really cold, there was no military order, no one dared to retreat, but in this way, the troops who rushed up behind were blocked and could not rush up.

The ladder suddenly leaned against the wall alone, a little lonely.

Qin Huaidao smiled at this scene, and shouted: "Summons, stop shooting, splash water under the cover of the shield, and splash away." ”

Some mercenaries who could understand Tang shouted orders, and the mercenaries quickly moved to cover the people who came up with the water, and some even grabbed the buckets and threw them into the distance, and more people were wet, yelling angrily, wanting to rush up the ladder to climb the city wall, but they were blocked by their own people and crowded into a ball.

Not long after, the enemy discovered the anomaly and began to withdraw his troops.

The siege troops retreated like a tide, and some people attacked angrily, but they were stopped by Qin Huaidao's order, and finally splashed so many people, they must have been put back to infect others with a fever and cold, a simple version of the biochemical attack.

The enemy army was repulsed, Qin Huaidao saw that the other city walls also sounded cheers, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and asked people to find Luo Zhang, seeing that Luo Zhang's face was full of excitement, he was not injured, he was relieved, and advised: "In the battle just now, the biggest threat was archery, and there were too many enemy archers." ”

"Yes, there are a lot of people who die in the archers, and if there are a few more rounds, I'm afraid the morale of the army will be unstable, but there is no way." Luo Zhang's face became heavy, and he lost the joy of victory just now.

Qin Huaidao looked at the city wall, there are parapet walls on both sides, like a U-shape, the parapet wall is about one meter and five meters high, there are wall buttresses, about six meters wide, his heart moved, and he immediately said: "Find wood to stand up on the wall buttresses, put a long wood every two meters, leave some wall buttresses for archery, long wood is not enough, in the middle of the city wall, use stones to build pillars, spliced with short wood, lay a layer of boards on it, and then cover a layer of stones, bricks and the like, make a shed, although people can't stand up straight, but they can also use crossbows with bows." ”

"Use the parapet wall to build a shed?" Luo Zhang reacted, thought for a while, and said: "The stone slabs and bricks are thicker, and they should be able to release arrows, but the slate and bricks are not easy to find, and the wood is also difficult to find, and the amount of work is large, so it can only be ......."

"Find An Guogong's help, requisition the people, find the people to buy the materials needed, don't demolish it, the people's hearts can't be chaotic, first demolish the city lord's mansion, a little fast, go." Qin Huaidao admonished.

"Obey!" Luo Zhang hurriedly went.

"Summons, let the Forbidden Army help." Qin Huaidao looked at Li Yixie.

Li Yixie nodded and arranged for a Yu Linwei to give an order.

Qin Huaidao looked at the enemy army in front of him, the formation was strong, hunting with flags, there was no end in sight, I don't know how many people, the enemy lost little in the first battle just now, but thousands of people were splashed with water, if they all had a cold and fever, the enemy army may not have so much medicine to treat, however, the enemy has too many troops, once an abnormality is found, just isolate, it has no effect.

With a lot of troops, you can do whatever you want.

This is a big problem, we can only guard against arrows, there is no threat of arrow rain, this battle is still fought, if this problem is not solved, it will take less than three days to reduce more than half of the troops, when the morale of the army is scattered, morale plummets, and the consequences are unimaginable.

One thought flashed after another, Qin Huaidao looked at the sky, no matter what, he had to hold out until dark, it was impossible for the enemy army to attack again after dark, one night was enough to complete the deployment, the question was how to delay until dark?

Seeing that the enemy's large array was ready to move, and he could attack at any time, Qin Huaidao's face was solemn, and he suddenly had a plan, and asked, "Li Yixie, I gave you a dangerous task, do you dare to complete it?" ”

"Why don't you dare, please show the general."

"It is worthy of being the son of a tiger general, if you go to the other side, you will say that our army is willing to surrender......"

"Huh?" Li Yixie's face changed greatly.

"Ah what? Procrastination. Qin Huaidao explained angrily.

"Scared me, I misunderstood, and the general was angry." Li Yixie smiled awkwardly.

"Okay, listen carefully, you change into a team of battle armor, the level is too high and dangerous, too low to be convincing, after the past asks for negotiations, the condition is that I want to be a second-grade general, others are promoted to a level, it is too high to easily arouse the suspicion of the enemy, in addition, the reward can be more, it seems that we are greedy for money, and we also want beautiful women, otherwise the other party will not believe that we are willing to surrender, just 300,000 yuan, 100 beauties." Qin Huaidao said seriously.

"Remembered, this condition will appear that the main general is greedy and lustful, and often greedy and lustful people are afraid of death, so the credibility of surrender is very high, and it should be no problem, but what if the enemy asks about the identity of the main general?" Li Yixie hurriedly asked.

"Then tell me your identity, Li Junxian is a saintly minister, and Li Junxian's son is no problem as the main general of one party." Qin Huaidao said with a smile.

"Ah...... I'm pretending to be a team and then become myself? ”

"If you don't want to, forget it, I'll find someone else." Qin Huaidao said with a smile.

"No, I'm going, is it a credit?"

"Count, and it's a great job!" Qin Huaidao's face was straight, and he pointed to the busy crowd and said: "We need time to deploy, once the deployment is successful, it will save many people, you go to negotiate just to gain time, it is of great significance, I will personally write it on the military merit report." ”

"Okay, I'll go." Li Yixie agreed.

"Go down the wall with a rope."

"Understood." Li Yi said thoughtfully.

Not long after, Li Yixie found a flying claw, pulled the rope and skillfully retreated, and went straight to the enemy, seeing Qin Huaidao's eyes light up, he sighed: "He is full of courage, he is worthy of being the son of a tiger general, and he is a good man." ”

Li Yixie ran to the enemy position, saying that it was a lie not to panic, but since his father Li Junxian was dismissed at home, Li Yixie knew that if he wanted to revive his family, he could only rely on his own life.

"Whew!"

An arrow roared and landed on the ground in front of it, its tail buzzing and trembling.

Li Yixie stopped and raised his hands slightly to show that there was no hostility.

After waiting for a while, a general stepped forward and shouted, "Who is coming, and what do you want?" ”

"Negotiate on the orders of the general." Li Yixie shouted.

"Tell me about it!"

"My general said, good days have the virtue of good life, and it is not good for your army to fight, of course, it is not good for our army, play to the end, our army will definitely be wiped out in the end, but your army will also lose tens of thousands, rather than losing both, it is better to sit down and talk."

"Less nonsense, don't accept negotiations, you must die." The other party said impatiently.

"Does this represent the king of your country?" Li Yixie asked coldly.

When it came to the king of Goguryeo, the other party hesitated, and Li Yixie continued: "Bring a message to the king of your country, either both sides will be defeated, and before our army dies, the people of the whole city will be pulled together, and the king of your country will not be saved if he dies, and the reputation of the people will be abandoned, or have a good talk." ”

Reputation is very important to the superiors, and the people who came to the house jumped and didn't dare to refuse anymore, so they asked with a cold face: "Tell me your conditions." ”

Li Yixie secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he was using words to trap the other party, and he was really afraid that the other party would not talk about it, so he continued to attack, and continued: "My general said, the position of the general of the second grade, 300,000 yuan of silver, 100 beauties, and surrender when he receives the letter of appointment, silver and beauties, and if he doesn't agree, forget it, it's a big deal to burn the jade in Liaodong City." ”

After saying that, turn around and leave, no more nonsense.

In negotiation, what you need to do is momentum, so that the other party can see the determination and attitude, even if it is a fake negotiation, the momentum cannot be weak.

Back in the city, Li Yixie saw that the enemy was not chasing, so he hurriedly grabbed the rope and climbed up, and after a while, he was afraid of surging up in his heart, and said in a loud voice: "General, the conditions are out, I added one, that is, if you receive the letter of appointment, silver and beauty, you will surrender, even if you don't agree, it will be counterproductive to burn the jade and stone in Liaodong City, and it was also to shock the other party at that time." ”

"It doesn't matter, this article is good, it shows that we are greedy and more persuasive." Qin Huaidao smiled with satisfaction, looked at the enemy formation, and added, "What do you think?" ”

Li Yixie hurriedly said: "It's hard to say, but the other party shouldn't dare to hide it, plus we asked Goguryeo to exchange food for corpses before, the enemy will no longer question our army's greed, believe it, the king of Goguryeo cares about reputation, even if he refuses us to surrender, he will temporarily stop the attack, find his subordinates to discuss, unify the army's heart, and time will drag on." ”

Qin Huaidao saw that he thought of it together, his heart was settled, and he said with a smile: "That's right, if the King of Goguryeo accepts surrender, he must first deal with the internal voice, after all, we want a lot, many people will not be convinced, if we refuse to surrender, it will also take time to unify the hearts of the army and solve the problem of reputation. ”

"It is not possible to attack directly, we will not be able to take us in a short time, and if we lose again, the soldiers will blame the king of Goguryeo for letting everyone die after knowing the surrender, and they will complain and their morale will plummet." Li Yixie added.

The two nodded in tacit agreement and smiled.

After calculating the enemy's psychology to such an extent and failing, Qin Huaidao also accepted his fate.

Waiting is an ordeal.

But after waiting for an hour and not seeing the enemy attack, Qin Huaidao knew that the bait of "surrender" had played a role, and he was secretly happy in his heart, seeing that night was about to fall, and the enemy missed the best opportunity to attack, he was relieved.

Li Yixie also smiled, and another credit was in hand.

Unconsciously, night fell, many people in this era had night blindness, and there was no way to attack overnight, but Qin Huaidao did not dare to be careless, and told the mercenaries guarding the city to be careful and vigilant, and told the deployed people to rush to work overnight, and then inspect again, and after making sure that there was no problem, he returned to the city lord's mansion, and saw that many people were demolishing the wall.

After eating some things, the soldiers kept sending people to ask about something, Qin Huaidao replied one by one, dealt with it, and before he knew it, it was late at night, and it was even more impossible for the enemy to attack on a large scale, as for the sneak attack, the city wall was under construction, and many people were guarding it, so they were not afraid at all, so they found a place to rest.

……

Huazhou, a large camp outside the city.

Li Er was dealing with official business in the big tent, there was a brazier burning next to it, the flames were beating, driving away the chill in the tent, the army finally arrived in Huazhou after a few days of rapid marching, and it would be possible to reach Dengzhou in a few days, the team was too big, and could only be stationed outside the city, but fortunately, the local officials prepared a supply for the army.

Not long after, Li Jing opened the curtain and came in, Li Er pointed to the bonfire enthusiastically, and said, "Come on, sit down and talk, how is the army?" ”

"The army has been settled, several generals are watching, and it is not a big problem." Li Jing hurriedly replied, not polite, sat down by the bonfire, stretched out his hand to roast the fire, and added: "Holy Lord, the news of the imperial court sending troops must have come out, the soldiers are fast, it is better to let General Xue Wanche lead 20,000 troops, take the first step, and cross the sea to fight." ”

"Yes!" Li Er also had an idea, so he agreed decisively, and continued after spreading out the map: "The soldiers are divided into two routes, Xue Wanche leads the army to attack Beisha City, Niu Da attacks Shicheng, if it is taken, continue to attack Jili City." ”

Beisha City is a land protrusion, the closest to the ocean, and the closest to Dengju, Shicheng is behind, if it is taken, it will cut off the retreat of Beisha City, and it can also prevent Goguryeo reinforcements from coming, but this plan is a bit bold, once it fails, Niu Da, who attacked Shicheng, will become a lone army.

Li Er has always liked to make dangerous moves, Li Jing pondered for a moment, and said: "There are some adventures, it depends on whether Huaidao can take and hold Huaiyuan, and drag the enemy south to support." ”

"Yes, the upper, middle and lower three-point battles, if you make a mistake in one link, you will lose the whole game, but I believe that Huaidao can do it, this kid has repeatedly broken miracles, and this time it can be the same." Li Er said with a smile.

"Holy!" Wang De's voice came from outside.

"Come in and talk."

Wang De hurriedly came in, handed Li Er a small note, and explained: "I just received the flying pigeon message. ”

Li Er opened it and looked at it, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he laughed excitedly: "As soon as I talked about him, there was good news, or great news, you see." As he spoke, he handed it to Li Jing.

Li Jing couldn't help but twitch the corners of his eyes after reading it, looked at Wang De and asked, "The news is reliable?" ”

"Absolutely reliable!" Wang De said solemnly.

"Great, this kid, the old man didn't misunderstand him." Li Jing high-fived and praised.

Li Er couldn't help but admire: "Not only is it right, but I also underestimated it, this kid actually took Liaodong City, this is a stab in Goguryeo's waist, attacking it will be saved, it is impossible for Goguryeo not to send troops, Liaodong City is tall and strong, although I don't know how this kid took it, but it's no problem to hold it for a month, hahaha, Goguryeo is in trouble now, and he deserves to be a fierce general." ”

Li Jing's eyes fell on the north of Liaodong City, thought for a while, and said: "Shengshang, if my guess is correct, Goguryeo has sent at least 100,000 troops, and it has besieged Liaodong City. ”

"What about a hundred thousand? Even if you don't count the casualties and attack at any cost, you can fill it with your life, don't think about taking Liaodong City within five days, Xue Wanche and Niu Dabu will definitely be able to attack the intended target within five days, Goguryeo is too late to redeploy troops, so you can only draw support from the army besieging Liaodong City, and the siege of Liaodong City will be lifted. ”

"Holy Wisdom." Li Jing exclaimed, but a pair of wise eyes kept the five cities north of Liaodong City, and quickly calculated in his heart, speculating, his eyes were getting brighter and brighter.

Li Er was too familiar with Li Jing, and he looked at the north of Liaodong City, suddenly thought of something, and said, "Pharmacist, are you worried that the five northern cities will send troops south?" Or are you worried that Murowei will take advantage of the fire to rob? ”

"No, the minister is not worried about this, the minister is thinking, if the minister is sitting in Liaodong City, he will definitely send the Khitan troops to attack the five northern cities of Goguryeo to solve the worries of Liaodong City, if it is taken, even if Murowei goes south, he is not afraid, he can collect the soldiers and horses of the five cities to counterattack, and let the Goguryeo soldiers fight their own people, but it is definitely not possible to fight Murowei and defend the city, it is not a big problem, the minister can think of it, and he must also think of Huaidao." Li Jing explained.

"You mean...... Li Er looked at the map, his eyes blazing, and he became excited.

"That's right, it's been so long, maybe the five northern cities have been taken, otherwise, it is impossible for Huaidao to attack Liaodong, even if Liaodong is taken, it will be withdrawn to prevent Goguryeo from attacking from the north and south, since it stays, there is only one explanation, the five northern cities have been successful, even if they are not taken, it is not a matter of worry, sooner or later." Li Jing said solemnly.

"Shhhh

Li Er excitedly gasped for air, it was five cities, the area was very large, if it was won, the territory of the Tang Dynasty would expand a lot, the key was to have no worries, this war against Goguryeo had a great chance of winning, and he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Pharmacist, did you say that we are all old, their group of young people are fighting this battle, it is incredible, we have successors to the Tang Dynasty." ”

"That's the wisdom of the saints, knowing how to make good use of people."

"You've never been so farfart before."

The monarch and the minister glanced at each other and smiled tacitly.

Li Er quickly wrote two holy decrees and handed them to Wang De, instructing: "Send an edict to the two generals, Xue Wanche and Niu Da, to let their troops march overnight, march all the way, and rush to Dengzhou within three days to act according to the holy decree." ”

"Yes!" Wang De hurriedly went.

"Pharmacist, Huaidao and their boys are fighting well, and we old men can't be compared, tell me what you think." Li Er asked with a smile.

Li Jing's gaze moved down from the five cities in the north to Liaodong City, thought about it, and said: "Shengshang, the Goguryeo soldiers besiege Liaodong City, and the south of Liaodong City are Anshi Prefecture and Jian'an, and the troops may be transferred to Liaodong City, and the interior is empty, so it is better to send troops to attack Jian'an, if Jian'an takes it, you can continue to go south, merge with the Niu Dabu who attacked Shicheng, and join hands to take Jili City." ”

"Why don't you directly attack Anshi Prefecture next to Liaodong City?" Li Er asked rhetorically.

Li Jing hurriedly explained: "Anshi Prefecture is not far from Liaodong City, there are too many troops besieging Liaodong City, and it is completely possible to transfer troops to support, which is of little significance, Jian'an is south of Anshi Prefecture, the distance is far, and it is not easy to support, in addition, whether Jian'an can be taken or not, it can cover Niu Dabu's attack on Shicheng and Jili City, and avoid Jian'an sending troops to support." ”

"That makes sense, who do you want to send?" Li Er was tempted, attacking Jian'an could not only cover Niuda's attack, but also attract the enemy army besieging Goguryeo, but the distance was far, and the reinforcements could not be rushed in a short time, killing two birds with one stone.

But sending troops is a problem, the army is too far away, it can't be caught up in a short time, if the time is not in sync, the attack effect cannot be achieved, Li Jing thought about it and said: "The imperial army is too late, so we can only let Pingzhou send troops, Pingzhou is not a big problem with transferring 3,000 soldiers and horses, even if it can't be taken, it is good to drag Jian'an and not send troops to support." ”

"Pingzhou?" Li Er's eyes fell on the location of Pingzhou on the map, thought for a while, and said: "When Goguryeo's 100,000 army went south, Pingzhou was not attacked, there was no loss of soldiers and horses, and it was not a big problem to transfer 3,000, and the distance was close, so it was just right to launch an attack within five days." ”

"The saint is wise, as soon as the battle of Jian'an starts, it means that the imperial counteroffensive begins, but Goguryeo does not know how many people have gone, once it is known that the imperial army crosses the sea to fight, the sea and land go hand in hand, it will definitely panic, in order to avoid encirclement, it will inevitably retreat, if it does not retreat, after Niu Dabu takes Shicheng and Jili City, he sneaks behind and blocks the enemy's retreat, and the armies of all walks of life join forces and eat them in one bite, and half of the battle to destroy the country is won." Li Jing said with a smile.

"That's right, take dozens of cities in the west of Goguryeo, and then join forces, slowly march eastward, crush the momentum, and see what Goguryeo is blocking the pace of my army." Li Er's face flushed with excitement, as if he had seen a large area of Goguryeo included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, leaving a name in history.

The previous dynasty had failed to conquer Goguryeo several times, and if it succeeded this time, it would also mean that he was stronger than the previous dynasty, and his prestige would reach an unparalleled level.

For a long time, Li Er has been infamous for killing his brother, and what he wants to do most is to prove that he made the right choice at the beginning, and that he is more suitable to be the emperor than Prince Yin and change the views of the world.

Expanding the territory and taking Goguryeo is the best proof!

Thinking of this, Li Er was a little impatient, and said: "Pharmacist, starting tomorrow, the army will change to a rapid march and speed up, in addition, let Li Junxian lead 20,000 troops, day and night, go straight to Liaodong City, and return to Huaidao moderation, what do you think?" ”

"Li Junxian will be very willing to execute, his son is in Liaodong City, and he is eager to prove himself in a fight this comeback." Li Jing said with a smile.

The two of them smiled tacitly again.