Chapter 370 (Xie: Root 087 Class Monthly Pass)

After the defeat in Xin'an County, Liu Qi and Zhao Maniac retreated here with 4,000 remnants, they did not dare to attack Dingxing in the north, not only because of the low morale after the new defeat, but because it was too close to Yizhou, where there were officers and soldiers stationed in Maoshanwei, and it was a risky move to attack Dingxing.

They originally planned to run westward, but they were worried about being intercepted by the garrison of Baoding Prefecture, which they did not know how many garrisons there were, and they only dared to attack the small county town, because the soldiers and horses in the county town often only had a few hundred miscellaneous troops, and it was easy to fight.

But they also know that it is not a way to stay in Ansu, Liu Qi once proposed that it is better to return to Wen'an County, Bingxiong County, and turn east to meet Liu Liu, but the news that came showed that Wen'an County has been occupied by the Bazhou guards and horses, and there may be a chance of winning the field battle, if you want to recapture Wen'an County, it may be difficult to do it with the troops at hand.

Still hesitating, more than ten days passed in a blink of an eye, one after another bad news came, the two officers and soldiers in the northwest came violently, the Bazhou soldiers and horses of Wen'an County stationed in Xiongxian County were eyeing each other, and the four directions had become impregnable, Liu Qi and Zhao Madman knew that they were in a catastrophe.

As the encirclement got closer and closer, Liu Qi and Zhao Madman's morale was also declining day by day, and they originally wanted to restrain military discipline and engage in some kind of pretence, but then they simply let go, and the rebels turned Ansu County into a place of black smoke and miasma, and the thieves searched for property and women in the city every day, running and slashing, and it became a place for demons to dance wildly.

In the past few days, the unbearable people in the city also broke out a few small riots, and Zhao Maniac led people to cut off hundreds of heads, which once again shocked the situation. At the same time, men over the age of ten and under the age of sixty, and even able-bodied women, were forced to join the rebels in order to fight to the death at the last minute.

However, the attack of the officers and soldiers was delayed, and in the west and north, the officers and soldiers actually set up camp and stayed for five or six days, without moving a single soldier, which made Liu Qi and Zhao Luozi suffer and could not understand. If the officers and soldiers do not attack, they will naturally not take the initiative to stir up trouble, but it is not a way to go on like this, the army's food stocks are getting smaller and smaller day by day, and the morale is eroding day by day, and Liu Qi and Zhao Maniac also feel a little unrestrained.

Originally, the plan was to fight with the officers and soldiers to the death, but the officers and soldiers did not attack, and a kind of hope for life also sprouted, and the two began to actively plan ways to break through the siege.

They have been automatically blocking Xin'an City in the south, because the last defeat was too tragic, and the Jinyi guards in Xin'an City were too fierce, just thinking about the deadly firearms in their hands was enough to make people unable to sleep. But more than ten days later, this sense of fear has almost dissipated, and the two privately summarized the reasons for the defeat last time, and at the same time realized that they were frightened, and the number of people was several times that of the enemy, in fact, as long as they gritted their teeth again, they might not be able to break through Xin'an.

Now in the choice of the direction of the breakthrough, they once again set the goal in Xin'an County, they decided to Ansu County in the men, women and children of tens of thousands of people all wrapped in siege, with how fierce he brocade guards, the arrows will always shoot out, the gunpowder will always run out, once those fierce weapons are useless, it is the time when the city is broken.

In view of this, the two sent Tanma to reconnoiter Xin'an County, and the news obtained was extremely disappointing, Tanma saw a large number of soldiers and horses from the direction of Baoding Mansion in the west to reinforce Xin'an County, although the specific number is not clear, but Tanma reported that there were at least thousands.

Liu Qi and Zhao Maniac are almost repentant, regretting that they should not have been decadent for many days, they did not seize the fighter plane, and they should attack and break through when the Xin'an reinforcements did not arrive, all because they were frightened by Jinyiwei's firearms, and guided the current situation.

In the middle of the night, Liu Qi, a Zhao madman, sat in front of the lonely lamp, the two of them stared at each other, and even the few women who robbed the people who had stripped off their clothes on the bed didn't bother to move, and sighed one breath at a time.

"Seventh Master, this time there is no recruitment at all, there are officers and soldiers in the east, west, north and south, and they will die wherever they go, hey, if we knew this was the case, we shouldn't have fought west, we should have followed the sixth master and them." Zhao Qi took a sip of bitter wine.

Liu Qi waved his hand and said, "Crazy, now say that these are used for birds?" I don't want to die yet, there's always a way, let's think about it. ”

Zhao Yi threw the cup and jumped up and scolded: "Think of a hammer, Ming'er, let's go straight to Baoding Mansion with soldiers and horses, and let the little emperor be uneasy before he dies, let's burn down Baoding Mansion, and then grab a few official ladies from Baoding Mansion to be cool, it's worth it to die." ”

Liu Qi frowned and said, "Attack Baoding Mansion? Isn't this looking for death? Then it is better to attack the officers and soldiers in the west, it is a field battle, even if you can't kill it, you can pull a lot of backs. ”

Zhao Qi said: "That's not necessarily, everyone knows that we don't dare to fight Baoding Mansion, if we really want to fight, it will be a surprise soldier, maybe there is a real chance of winning; Besides, didn't the soldiers and horses of Baoding Mansion mobilize some of them to Xin'an? I estimate that there are only a few thousand soldiers and horses in the city, and maybe they can be raided. ”

Liu Qi was silent, and Zhao Qi's eyes lit up and said, "How about it, Seventh Master, shall we do it?" ”

Liu Qi sighed: "You are really a madman, no wonder people call you Zhao Crazy, it is really worthy of the name." ”

Zhao Qi smiled and said, "Isn't it a madman who can rebel?" Aren't you the same? Why? ”

Liu Qi shook his head and said, "I won't do anything I know will die." ”

Zhao Yi swung the teacup to the ground and smashed it to pieces: "Isn't staying here dead?" ”

Liu Qidao: "Don't be annoyed, what you mentioned just now made me think of a plan." ”

Zhao Qi said: "What strategy? ”

Liu Qidao: "Baoding Mansion is a big state mansion, and the court of a small county town can ignore it, and they won't let us get it lightly; You said that if we attack Baoding Mansion, will the officers and soldiers stationed in the west come to the rescue? After all, they were only thirty or forty miles away from Baoding. ”

Zhao Qi said: "Then you still need to ask?" Nature is meant to be saved. ”

Liu Qi said in a low voice: "Then why don't we come and turn the tiger away from the mountain?" Let's send a small number of soldiers and horses to drive the people to make a feint attack on Baoding Mansion with great fanfare, and when the officers and soldiers in the west go to the rescue, it will be equivalent to opening a passage to the west for us, let's drill through the middle of the two imperial court soldiers and horses, all the way to the west, and go deep into the mountains, where do they find us? ”

Zhao Qi's eyes lit up, and he jumped down from the stool and paced quickly: "Go west...... ...... to the west"

Liu Qidao: "The most unexpected to the west, let's run from behind the butts of the officers and soldiers in the west, they can't figure out the direction for a while after they are fooled, according to half of the guesses, they must think that we are running south, but in fact, we are going to the northwest, and we can also end the empty Bauhinia Pass on the road, so as to humiliate them; Take them to encircle and suppress again, outside the Bauhinia Pass is the place where it meets Ulzhou, the mountains stretch, where can you not hide? Our thousands of soldiers and horses hid in it, and even a single hair could not be seen. ”

Zhao Yi patted his thigh, and his excited nostrils opened and said: "It's done, it's a good plan, the mountain is Shanxi, and you can enter Zhending Mansion to the south, so you can jump out." ”

Liu Qi smiled: "That's right. ”

Zhao Qi laughed, hugged Liu Qi and turned around and said, "No wonder the sixth master is obedient to your head, it is really cunning and wise." ”

Liu Qi broke free and said: "Damn, you don't hug the ladies on the bed, why do you hug me, do you want to be the master of Lao Tzu Rabbit?" ”

Zhao Qi said with a smile: "I didn't say it, I just rushed to you for this clever plan, the most beautiful girl on the bed belongs to you tonight, I don't touch a finger." ”

Liu Qidao: "Really? ”

Zhao Qi snapped his fingers and shouted at a woman who was naked and white: "Don't come yet? Wait for the master to stab your asshole with a broom stick? Come here, wait for the good men tonight, and let you go home tomorrow. ”

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On the night of the 8th day of the first month of September, there was a lot of noise outside the east gate of Baoding Mansion, and the defenders at the head of the city hurriedly reported to the prefect of Baoding Prefecture, and the commander of the prefect and the two thousand households in the city came to hear the news, and went to the top of the city to take a look, and immediately gasped.

In the open space outside the east gate, the torches are densely packed like a big carpet on fire, the momentum is very intimidating, it is roughly estimated that there are seven or eight thousand people, the original officers and soldiers in Baoding Mansion are 2,000, and the miscellaneous soldiers are also 1,000 people, and the Jinyi Guard Banner School is 1,000 people, and 4,000 people are enough to defend the strong city defense of Baoding Mansion; However, a few days ago, a thousand Jinyi guards were ordered to reinforce Xin'an in the east, and a quarter of the soldiers and horses in the city were suddenly missing, and the number of people suddenly showed that they were insufficient.

Four thousand people defended, at least one city wall can have a thousand people to garrison, go to a thousand, one city wall will only have seven or eight hundred people available, plus the city can not be without the prevention of robbery and chaos manpower, it will cost hundreds of manpower, and the city head suddenly becomes empty.

What you are afraid of will come, now it's good, the front foot brocade guards and horses left, and the back foot thieves came to attack the city, and there were seven or eight thousand people, how is this good?

The two thousand households were also furious in their hearts, Baoding Mansion could not afford to lose, once it was lost, their brains were bound to fall, so the two of them hurriedly built a prefect and asked for help; The rescue troops were not far from the north of the city, forty miles away at Xishui Village, where the 6,000 troops of the Bauhinia Pass Guard had been stationed for almost ten days.

Dong Jie, the prefect of Baoding, did not dare to slack off, the thieves shouted and shook the torches under the city, looking at the people who taught them to be really dizzy, and when they heard the construction of two thousand households, they sent several fast horses to gallop forward to ask for help without thinking.