Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Prelude to the Counteroffensive

There are still a few days left, this time Qin Chu led the army to a big victory all the way, thinking that it should not be difficult to fight Fengcheng, plus the grain road in the rear is smooth, so the army did not bring much grain and grass at all.

And this situation is not a secret, many of the original defenders in the city are aware of it.

Therefore, in the face of Li Hao's point-in-the-point words, he could only endure it.

"Your Highness is polite, but now that there is something in the country, I implore Your Highness to make way and let your army leave, so that the two countries will not have more sword soldiers.

For this reason, Benhou is willing to return all the cities he occupies in Suguo, plus 50,000 taels of gold as compensation, and after Benhou returns to China, he will ask the Holy Lord to marry Suguo for a hundred years."

Li Hao couldn't stop laughing when he heard this: "Hou Ye is really generous, then Gu will promise you, and ask Hou Ye to send orders to Jing and Yi Zhucheng to withdraw their troops in advance, and pay 20,000 taels of gold to make a decision, and then let Hou Ye lead the army away.

After all, I made a business with people at the beginning, but as soon as they ran away, they didn't give anything, and I couldn't do a loss-making business anymore.

Of course, this will definitely take time, in the middle, the Hou Ye's department needs grain and grass, and Gu Du is willing to supply it for free, how."

Listening to Li Hao's promise, Qin Chu was still a little happy, but something was wrong in the back.

What if he gave everything and Li Hao didn't let him go in the end, and what else did he give to food and grass, it was to leave himself behind to facilitate his troop transfer.

However, he didn't tear his face immediately, but began to talk about the reason: "What His Highness said is naturally good, but there is really something urgent need to return to China, and I don't know if His Highness can be accommodating again.

After all, His Highness came by surprise, and there must not be many soldiers and horses around, so His Highness is a daughter, so why take such a fearless risk."

Li Hao pretended to be pensive and said, "It makes sense for Master Hou to say this, but I can't rest assured that I just let you lead the soldiers away, or if you let your soldiers put down their weapons and armor, I will definitely send you away."

Qin Chu's face turned cold, now that he has not reached the end of his life, how can he put down his weapon and let the mermaid flesh.

From this, he also understood that Li Hao would not be willing to let him go, and immediately replied: "Since His Highness is not sincere, then don't blame me for being rude."

After saying that, he turned his horse's head and returned to his camp and began to prepare for the siege of the city.

As for other siege weapons, they can only be built while fighting, after all, time waits for no one.

Food rations were also adjusted to reduce the number of non-combatants as much as possible, in order to last as many days as possible.

When the Qi army was preparing outside the city, Li Hao also convened a meeting of the generals in the city and emphasized the defense of the city with them again.

This time, in order to get out of trouble as soon as possible, the Qi army is likely to fight at night, so the city must be fully prepared.

Qin Chu's idea did coincide with Li Hao's, and after making a few simple ladders that night, he tried to launch a wave of attacks at the east gate, intending to test the garrison in the city.

Of course, the result was that as soon as the ladder was erected on the city wall, the Qi army had already been beaten down, and the ladder was also burned with hot oil.

Seeing that the guards in the city were in order, Qin Chu also knew that he had to go all out in this battle.

The fighting was then stopped, and some of the soldiers rushed to make more ladders overnight to prepare for the next day's attack, while the rest of the soldiers hurried to rest and recuperate.

At the same time, he also sent people to bypass Liuzhou City from the mountains to contact other soldiers and horses.

It's just that the mountain trail is also guarded by people sent by Li Hao, so the transmission of the message is not very smooth.

Early the next morning, the offensive of the Qi army was launched again, but with only a few cloud ladders, it was still unable to shake Liuzhou City.

Even Li Hao still has the leisure to write a military newspaper in the mansion and return to Fengcheng through flying pigeons.

It wasn't until after the fifth day that the Qi army, which had been routed by Li Hao, surrounded it from the other side, and at the same time, siege weapons such as stone throwing vehicles, crash cars, and flying ladders gradually appeared, and the defensive pressure in the city increased.

For this reason, Li Hao could only go to the front line again and sit in the city to command the battle.

Ren Xin also followed Li Hao at first, but later

The face was stopped by Li Hao, after all, no matter how powerful a woman is, there will always be inconvenient times every month.

Of course, this is not what Ren Xin said, but Li Hao's experience in the last life and decades.

"Don't go with me, judging from the current situation, the Qi army can't attack the city wall, and I don't need you to protect it for the time being, so you can rest in the mansion."

Ren Xin was unwilling, and replied, "Then I have nothing to do in the house, and I don't need to rest."

Li Hao smiled: "You are a little reckless, don't get along with anyone."

At this time, Ren Xin reacted a little and said, "How do you know?"

Li Hao stretched out his hand and twisted it twice, and said, "Haven't you seen me treat and save people before, and I also know a little about gynecology.

But since you don't think there's anything to do, I'll find you something."

After speaking, he took out a booklet from his sleeve and motioned for Ren Xin to take it.

Ren Xin didn't know why, but after taking it, he opened it and found that it was a set of advanced internal skills, and immediately wondered, "This is ......."

Li Hao explained: "This is the internal skill I use to save people, you stay and practice it, so as not to get injured in the future, if I am not there and no one will cure it, by the way, take care of the hidden dangers of your body."

You can't just rely on being young now and don't care, or you'll have to suffer when you're old."

For the value of this martial art, Ren Xin couldn't understand it better: "This is a priceless treasure, you are really willing to give it to me."

"If you really don't want to practice, I won't force it."

Saying that, Li Hao reached out to take it back, but was flashed by Ren Xin.

Ren Xin hurriedly said, "Then thank you very much, I will practice well."

Seeing Ren Xin accept it, Li Hao said, "Okay, you practice slowly by yourself, I'll go to the city wall first, if there is any problem, you can write it down first, and I'll come back at night to explain it to you."

Looking at the back of Li Hao's departure, Ren Xin's heart was still very touched.

Now she can't figure out how she feels about Li Hao, but it's not the same as ordinary people.

So she thought that the next time she saw Shen Tuhui, she must ask her well.

After thinking about it, she went back to her room and began to practice Yangzhou slowly, not to mention that as soon as she got started, she found that this internal skill was difficult and profound, and it was infinitely useful, far better than what she was cultivating now.

As a top assassin, his pursuit of martial arts is naturally not low, and he quickly immersed himself in it for a while, and did not stop until it was dark.

At the same time, he also accumulated a lot of questions, and wanted to ask Li Hao, but although it was dark, the sound of killing was still shaking the sky on the city wall.

Obviously, the Qi army was a little impatient and began to attack the city all night regardless of casualties.

In this case, Li Hao naturally couldn't go down the city wall to rest, so after Ren Xin thought about it briefly, he went to the kitchen to pack up a little food and rushed to the city tower.

Because she showed up as Li Hao's personal guard, the soldiers guarding near the city wall naturally would not stop her.

At this time, Li Hao was standing on the railing of the second floor of the city tower, looking thoughtfully at the direction of the Qi army camp.

It's just that Li Hao's contemplation was soon alarmed by the sound of greeting, and when he looked back, he saw that it was Ren Xin who came.

Outside, Ren Xin still pretended to be very dedicated, and said, "Your Highness has not returned for a day, and your subordinates are worried about your body, so they specially brought you something to eat in the kitchen."

Li Hao smiled when he heard this: "Yes, then you have a heart."

Immediately walked into the city tower, but Li Hao didn't eat anyone, only took out two pastries from them, and let others take the rest and divide them.

After stuffing the pastry into his mouth, chewing and swallowing, Li Hao asked, "How is this internal force training today, is there any problem?"

Ren Xin was not polite after hearing this, and directly said the difficulties, and many of them were very basic problems in Li Hao's opinion.

Therefore, Li Hao said, "It seems that your talent is really good, you have not been systematically taught formal martial arts, but you can still practice this martial arts.

But if you really want to go further, you have to lay a solid foundation, but I don't have time now, and I'll teach you a good lesson after this is over."

Ren Xin had no opinion on Li Hao's arrangement, but asked, "Then when will this battle end?"

Li Hao replied: "Soon, judging from the fire situation in the Qi army's camp these days, their food can last for three or four days at most.

Now that the Qi army is attacking like this, in addition to wanting to break the city, I am afraid that part of it is also to consume troops to reduce the consumption of food and grass.

Qin Chu is still very determined when he comes to a critical moment, if he changes places, he is afraid that he can really cause some trouble, but this time he has no hope."

Seeing Li Hao's confident expression, Ren Xin also believed it from the bottom of his heart, and said, "That's fine, but is there anything I can do, can't I really stay in the mansion all the time."

Li Hao said with a smile: "Don't worry, there are still many things that can be done in the future, Chen Xi's side is already preparing, and when the Qi army runs out of food and the army's morale collapses, it will be time for us to close the net."

At that time, Qin Chu will definitely find a way to escape alone, I will arrange some manpower for you, you can see if there is a chance to arrest people back, I think you should be better at this."

Ren Xin heard the words and replied: "Okay, I also did the work of arresting bandits in Zhu Yiwei, leave this matter to me, and promise to arrest people for you."

Seeing her like this, Li Hao was a little uneasy, and advised: "People can catch up with the best, but don't make any dangerous things to bravely enter the enemy camp, what I give you is the elite that has been trained with great difficulty, but it is not something that can be consumed.

So you have to think about what you want to do, but you can't do it according to Zhu Yiwei's style."

Ren Xin asked, "It's all cultivated by your righteous school."

After getting Li Hao's affirmative reply, Ren Xin also nodded in agreement, obviously she still recognized the ability of people in Yixue.

The overnight siege on Qi's side lasted for two days, and it could no longer be maintained, and even the intensity of the attack during the day was reduced.

Seeing this situation, someone came to Li Hao for advice and asked to send troops to attack the Qi army.

It's just that he was stopped by Li Hao, and now the initiative is in his own hands, so there is no need to be in such a hurry.

It doesn't hurt to wait a lot, but the longer it drags on, the easier it will be to attack.

However, in order to prevent it, in this case, Qin Chu gave up all his baggage and led people to escape from the mountains and forests.

Li Hao sent people to strengthen the defense of the mountain trail, and asked Ren Xin to take people out of the city in advance.

And on the Qi army's side, these days' actions are indeed deliberate, just to create the illusion that Li Hao is running out of food, and want to lure Li Hao out of the city.

Therefore, let Li Hao fall into the trap, thus opening this escape road.

But now that Li Hao has been delayed, his plan has completely failed.

But this is also a helpless thing, after all, he really can't be consumed, and the fault tolerance rate is too low.

So after a fierce struggle in his heart, he did choose the road of a strong man to relieve his wrist.

That night, he gathered his own battalion of guards, took out all the last remaining food in the camp, and fed them.

So they were asked to carry only weapons, and even as little armor as possible, and quietly left the camp and set out on the mountain road.

Then on the mountain, he collided with the people arranged by Li Hao.

The Su army was on the defensive, and although it was a little caught off guard at first, after reacting to it, it quickly blocked it.

At the same time, it also quickly sent a signal to inform the enemy that there was an enemy here, and let the surrounding people come to reinforce.

When Qin Chu saw the signal issued, he knew that he had suffered, because he only had to escape forward now, otherwise he would not be able to leave this time, and the next time the Su army would be deployed here more tightly.

So he could only make up his mind again, let the guard battalion charge forward desperately, and attract all the attention of the lodging army.

He quietly retreated to the back, choosing to take two or three cronies with him

The road goes straight into the woods.

He didn't believe that the Su army could defend on such a trail and still fill the entire mountain.

This really can't be done, if it really has to be spread over the whole mountain, how many people Li Hao has to send to do it.

But the problem is that Qin Chu is unlucky, among the people who intercepted him this time, there is still Ren Xin who is good at hunting.

After seeing the signal, she did not rush to help, but led the people away from there and marched towards the other side of the mountain forest.

Because she thinks that if it is to face the enemy head-on, it will not be of much use for the two dozen or so of them to go up.

Instead, it's better to gamble and wait at the exit in advance.

In this way, even if the Su army wins or there are too many Qi troops, they are nothing more than a trip for nothing.

On the other hand, if the opportunity is right, maybe they will have a chance to catch a big fish.

The accompanying Jinyi Wei got Li Hao's order, so naturally he had no opinion.

As for Li Hao, who was in the city, he also discovered this signal and realized that the time for a counterattack had come.

Immediately released the carrier pigeon to Fengcheng, let Chen Xi leave 5,000 soldiers and horses to defend the city, and the rest of the soldiers and horses quickly left the city to come to Liuzhou during the day, and encircled and suppressed the Qi army together.

At the same time, in the city, Li Hao also began to prepare for war, as long as there was any change in the Qi army camp, he would immediately go out of the city, and by the way, he also waited for news in the mountains to see if there was any gain.