Li Hongsleeve led the immortals to stay in Tonghua City, the Liao army did not attack the city for three consecutive days, there was no master suppression, they wanted to capture Tonghua City, it was too difficult, it was difficult to bear this casualty.

And the army of King Pingnan had just arrived, and he was still building siege equipment, and he did not attack for a while, Chen Ge came to King Pingnan's military camp with some of the generals, because the king of Nanyuan was here, and he wanted to come to visit.

"The master of Dawei has found out, his name is Jiang Cheng, he is a master of the Tsing Yi Wei Thousand Households, the worship hall, more than two years ago, he was still a precarious Tsing Yi Wei Xiao Qi Officer, his father is the Tsing Yi Wei Bai Hu, and he has only been in the business for two years, this is an investigation of Jiang Cheng"

King Pingnan handed over a piece of information to Chen Ge and the king of the Southern Courtyard to see, it was all Jiang Cheng's information, Jiang Cheng killed Bo Luqi, and the most shocking thing was the Liao State.

"This Jiang Cheng must be killed, and must be removed"

A master of the Tongtian Courtyard opened his mouth and said, the martial artists can cut down the immortals, which makes the immortals of all countries very worried and frightened, they are not those predecessors of the inner gate of the immortal gate, the ceiling of combat power is the mysterious realm, and now they have been threatened and challenged.

"Of course Jiang Cheng has to die, but what matters now is the war"

"Yes, under the encirclement and suppression of the army, Jiang Cheng will definitely die, and the immortals don't have to worry"

Everyone comforted one after another, saying conclusively that Jiang Cheng would die, but for the king of Pingnan and the Liao Kingdom, Jiang Cheng did not have to die, as long as it was their people.

"King Pingnan, tell me about the current situation in Wei, let General Chen listen to it, so that he can make a new strategy"

"Well, after a hard battle, the battle of Tianxia Pass, we annihilated more than 13,000 elite men and horses in the imperial court, and now the entire Tongzhou, the Great Wei soldiers and horses are gathered in two places, one is this Tonghua City, there are more than 20,000 people, one is Tongzhou Cheng, there are about 50,000 people, the rest of Tongzhou has no garrison, but there are people, all prefectures and counties, the countryside has been fortified and cleared, and the village is self-protective, we must lay down Tonghua City and Tongzhou City to drive straight in, to ensure that we do not lose the way back"

"The king of Xiliang invaded Yongzhou Prefecture with a partial division, and contained about 30,000 soldiers and horses of the Great Wei, especially those horse bandits in Xiliang, who plundered in Yongzhou and caused great damage.

"The main force of the King of Xiliang entered Pingzhou and fought from the north to the south, and the main force of the King of Zhennan fought from the south to the north, and the contact has not been opened for the time being, and the Great Wei has a force of soldiers and horses from Gyeongju to fight in Nanzhou, if the King of Xiliang and the King of Zhennan will meet, then all the state capitals in the south of the Great Wei will be threatened"

King Pingnan replied that except for them along the way, the other kings with different surnames actually did not win a decisive victory, and the Great Wei had not been guarding against them for a day or two, so as soon as they moved, the Great Wei also moved, and deployed heavy troops in key places.

"Hasn't the King of Xiliang promised to surrender to Great Xia?"

After hearing this, the king of the southern courtyard asked, Da Liao dared to send the immortals of Tongtian Courtyard to the end, just because he had already negotiated with Da Xia and shared the world, and Da Xia had already sent people to negotiate with the king of Xiliang, and if he wanted the king of Xiliang to surrender, Da Xia could directly send troops over.

"Not yet, the Lin family, the king of Xiliang, has guarded Xiliang for generations, and Daxia has been an old enemy for hundreds of years, and the ancestors of the Lin family once made a heavy oath to ask future generations to never surrender to Daxia"

Zheng He, the king of Pingnan, said that the Lin family was the guard general of Xiliang when they were in Daxuan, and their ancestors fought many battles with Daxia and killed many clansmen, so they would rather die than surrender.

"Great Xia is already gathering troops, at most half a month, the front of Great Xia will be directed at Xiliang"

"So the king of Xiliang is also speeding up the attack, once Pingzhou is defeated, they will enter Pingzhou and let Xiliang out, they will not fight at both ends, and it is possible that they will really surrender when the time comes"

"They think beautifully"

The king of the Southern Courtyard sneered, the king of Xiliang is just a small warlord with tens of thousands of troops, once Daxia gathers troops, it will definitely start with 100,000, and there will be no conditions to talk about when the time comes, if you don't agree, then you will be destroyed together by the way.

"King of the Southern Courtyard, we are also going to capture Tongzhou as soon as possible"

"General Chen, leading the troops to fight, you are more proficient, what do you think we should do next?"

"King, I think this Tonghua City ignores him, only 20,000 people, and it is a lonely city, we can't hold it for long, we only need to use the method of locking the city to trap them, and the rest of the army will go south as soon as possible to break through Tongzhou City, Tongzhou, our army will completely occupy the initiative, whether it is to attack Yongzhou or Yongzhou, we have the final say"

Chen Ge replied that Tonghua City, a militarized city, would suffer too many casualties if it was to be defeated, and he felt that it was completely unnecessary, just trap them.

"The law of locking down the city?"

"Yes, dig deep ditches along the perimeter of Tonghua City, and build an earthen wall with the excavated soil, that is, you can surround the city with a small number of troops, surround it for three or five months, and the food in the city will run out, and it will naturally collapse."

"This plan is feasible, just use the captive population to dig, after digging, the remaining population will be brought back to Liao as soon as possible, we are short of population in Liao, how much we want"

The King of the Southern Courtyard nodded, feeling that this method of locking the city was extremely effective, so that they could draw a large number of troops to deal with Tongzhou City.

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"Report, Lord Jiang, the eldest princess, please go to the meeting"

"Okay, I'll come"

Jiang Cheng heard the words of the herald at the door, quickly got up, went to the city wall, and came to Li Hongsleeve.

"Jiang Cheng, you are quick to think, see what the enemy's intentions are"

"Lord Jiang, since this morning, the Liao army has not attacked, but has begun to dig a trench about a thousand steps away from the city wall, as if to prevent us from attacking."

"It's like this on all four walls, or it's just like ours"

"It's all the same, they are all young men who are driven to dig ditches"

"This is the method of locking the city, they are trying to lock us up and send troops to open up the state city"

"Ah, this..."

"Dig a deep ditch, dig out the soil to build a wall, only need three or five trenches to be strong, you can completely surround Tonghua City, they only need to reserve a small number of troops to resist our counterattack, this is the method of locking the city"

Jiang Cheng replied that he had forgotten where he had seen this kind of method, but he was sure that this was the method of locking the city, and it was the best means to deal with the fortified city, and the enemy army could even camp the fields outside, or it would not be long before the morale of the defenders would collapse.

"Lord Jiang, is there a way to break the enemy?"

"Difficult, this method must have the right time and place, if there is a friendly army outside, this method is useless, the way to break the enemy is not in us, but in Tongzhou City"

"Jiang Cheng, once we are trapped, the enemy army will go south to Tongzhou City, right?"

"Yes"

"How to slow them down"

"The rain charm can be delayed, and it rains heavily, and all that is dug out is dirt, and it will be scattered when it is washed"

"Okay, I'll fight with the people of Tongtian Academy, the enemy won't attack today, I'll go back first, Jiang Cheng will come with me"

Li Hongsleeve nodded, then turned around and left, and Jiang Cheng immediately followed.

"Sir, you know the situation now"

"Too little news to know"

"The end of the Liao State Tongtian Courtyard, this means that the Liao State is going to carry out a war of destruction against the Great Wei, the Liao State has a total of five road armies, namely the four kings of the southeast, the northwest and the northwest, as well as the strength of Shengjing, can mobilize an army of no less than 500,000, even if half of the men and horses are left to guard the Liao State, they can also mobilize more than 200,000 troops, but the territory of the Liao State is too large, and now it is only the people and horses of Yeluqi, the king of the Southern Courtyard, but according to the report of our Great Wei's spies, the Liao State has begun to gather troops"

"It's the same on the side of Great Xia, the national strength of Great Xia is slightly weaker than that of Liao, but it can also have hundreds of thousands of troops, once the two countries are assembled, my Great Wei family will have to withstand the enemy's six or seven hundred thousand troops."

"So, the court regretted cutting the feudal domain?"

Jiang Cheng asked directly, it is estimated that they did not expect that the Liao State and Daxia would dare to directly start a national war, after all, the actual authority of the Three Kingdoms really lies in the hands of the Xianmen, and they must not have the permission of the Xianmen.

"Yes, but it's useless to regret it, once you start cutting the domain, you can't stop, now it's about how to win this war"

"Don't disturb the eldest princess, presumably the ministers of the DPRK and China should have some countermeasures"

"The DPRK and China have begun to recruit troops, and it is not so fast for Liao and Daxia to enter the army, even if it is a vanguard, it will take about half a month, and then it will take about half a month, and then it will be necessary to prepare grain and grass, and come to Dawei, it will not be completed in a month or two, I mean what should we do"

"We can't be trapped in Tonghua City, we have to go to the front line of the war, where there is a big war and a vicious battle, we have to rush there, the soldiers at the bottom are actually very simple, whoever can lead them to victory, they will believe in whom, listen to whom, as long as the eldest princess can break the enemy, there will be prestige in their hearts, strong, is the foundation"

Jiang Cheng replied, it is no longer interesting to be trapped in this lonely city, Li Hongsleeve wants to seize power, he must have military power, the imperial court did not let Li Hongsleeve touch it before, but if the situation is critical, Li Hongsleeve can touch the military power openly.

"I understand, then we will wait for Tongzhou City to go to the rescue at a critical moment"

"Yes, from today onwards, the eldest princess will make a look of loyalty and hard work for the Great Wei, and she must treat the soldiers well, speak for the soldiers at the top level, have nothing to do on weekdays, and go to the wounded barracks more, especially now, medicinal materials are scarce, many soldiers are waiting for death, the eldest princess can use spiritual power to treat some minor wounded, and these wounded will definitely be grateful to the princess after recovery"

Jiang Cheng continued, there are too many ways to buy people's hearts, and with the excuse of war, he is not afraid that Li Hongsleeve will not have a chance, and they are all fair and honest means, and if he wants to play, he will play Yangmou.