Qi Jiguang showed amazing command talent in the attack on Yangtong County, and it took only two days to capture this county, and only paid a very small price.

In this battle, Zhao Changqing had a further understanding of Qi Jiguang's cognition.

Yangtong County.

Zhao Changqing and Qi Jiguang were inspecting the city.

Behind him are countless heavily armored iron horses.

The doors and windows of all the people's homes in the city were closed, and even some inns and green buildings that were doing business were empty, and many people fled the city for refuge.

It can be said that except for the very few people in the city who have not had time to flee, this city is really just an empty city.

After Zhao Changqing saw this scene in the city, he was worried.

Because what he won was not a loss of one city or one place.

It is the heart of the people of a country.

If this kind of thing happens every time a city and county is captured, over time, it will lose the support of the people of the Tang Dynasty.

Not to mention the loss.

Even now, the Wei army did not gain much popular support in the Tang State. Qi Jiguang said on the side: "Thanks to Your Majesty's repeated orders, after letting the soldiers enter the city, they must guard themselves in peace, and do not burn, kill and loot, otherwise, I am afraid that our army, in the hearts of the people of the Tang Kingdom, is the army of demons, a team that is unpopular with the people, although it can win a moment, but it cannot win a lifetime." ”

Zhao Changqing nodded and said: "That's right, so, we must build our team into a division of kings, a division of benevolence and righteousness in the shortest possible time, only in this way, every time we capture a county, can we gain the hearts of the people of a county. ”

Qi Jiguang hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty is really far-sighted, in fact, the quality of our army's officers and soldiers is much stronger than that of the armies of various countries that have not died before. ”

Zhao Changqing said: "In fact, this is also the secret of our army's victory in a hundred battles. You see, whether it is Yue Fei or Xiang Yu, they are strict in governing the army, and my ace troops, heavy armor and iron cavalry, are all the most disciplined armies among countries, and only such an army can be invincible. ”

Zhuge Liang was in the city and county, collecting information that was conducive to the march of the army, and Jia Xu, who was standing on the head of the city and drinking with nothing to do.

For Wei Jun, this is a long-lost harmony.

Zhao Changqing also simply set a rule, as long as he gave the officers and soldiers of the three armies a holiday after attacking the next county, as long as he did not disturb the people, he could do anything, of course, anything that violated military regulations was not allowed.

For bloody men, it is estimated that the most lacking is women.

So, Zhao Changqing specially allocated some silver taels from his private treasury for the soldiers to use to find women.

Although it is a drop in the bucket, it can also reduce the impetuous mood of the soldiers to a great extent.

Late that night, Zhao Changqing received news that Li Qingcang, the emperor of the Tang Kingdom, had returned to the capital, and also issued an order to the southern towns, asking the vassal kings or jiedu envoys from all over the country to come and raise troops to serve the king.

After hearing the news, Zhao Changqing was not sleepy.

He came to the conference hall, but found that Zhuge Liang and Jia Xu were there.

Zhao Changqing smiled: "Why, you didn't fall asleep tonight?"

When Zhuge Liang and the others saw the emperor coming, they hurriedly said, "Weichen has seen Your Majesty. ”

Then the former replied, "Didn't Your Majesty not fall asleep tonight?"

Zhao Changqing came to a large map in the conference hall, and saw that there were many points on the map densely marked by the two of them, and if you looked carefully, it was the marching route of the Eleventh Route Army, which was very detailed.

He deliberately focused his eyes on one of the lines, this is the route of his army, but there are some changes, originally set to fight all the way to Xianyang, but unexpectedly, but he temporarily changed the route, changed to cross a canyon, this approach, although it can avoid disputes with several counties, but, temporary changes, is it really appropriate?

Zhao Changqing expressed his doubts to the two of them.

Zhuge Liang said: "Your Majesty doesn't know, Chiqing County, Luowu County, Dingdong County, the current garrison strength, only tens of thousands, like this kind of city and county, it is useless to capture it, except for delaying time, there is nothing, so, Weichen thought about it, it is better to do a surprise soldier, change the route to attack Hucheng County, after scouting and knowing, Hucheng County has rich resources, but it can earn some supplies for our army, and the general of Huxiong County is an unknown person, and it will be able to be easily taken by our army. ”

Zhao Changqing said: "If it is really according to what the military advisor said, it is a wonderful thing, but this Hucheng County guard still needs to be investigated, in case it is clumsy, I am afraid that it will cause trouble to our army." ”

Jia Xu said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, the name of the Hucheng County guard is Su Cheng, and he is a civil official. ”

"Civilian?"

Zhao Changqing chuckled when he heard this: "It seems that in addition to those old guys, there are no more famous generals in the Tang Kingdom, among the younger generation, it is difficult for me to find another Deng Qi when I look at this Tang Kingdom, so it is okay, the Tang Kingdom without talents will definitely be defeated." ”

The Tang dynasty is very serious, the Nine Dragons General or Zhao Hao and others are all old and dying old men, in addition, just one Deng Qi is okay, but what else?

There was not a single general in the Manchu army.

This will be the reason for the defeat of the Tang State.

In the Wei camp, not to mention Chen Qingzhi and others in the prime of life, even in the younger generation, there are many people with the appearance of famous generals.

For example, Cao Cao, Zhao Hongji, or the deputy generals of various generals, each of them can be in charge of an army, but now, they are still in the development stage.

But in the future, it can be expected that Dawei will inevitably be like a cloud.

There will definitely not be a serious situation of talent like Tang Guo.

Even in the court of the Tang Kingdom, among the hundreds of civil and military officials, there are more than half a hundred years old.

Early the next morning.

Li Qingcang, the emperor of the Tang State, saw that almost all the officials in the hall who came to the early dynasty were middle-aged and elderly, and all of them showed a kind of twilight, and he felt a headache.

He opened his mouth to the ministers: "The Wei army is almost at the door of the house, you tell me how this battle should be fought!"

After hearing the emperor's question, the Manchu Dynasty was civil and military, and no one dared to speak.

In the end, it was Su Yuan, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, who came out of the queue and said: "Your Majesty, for today's plan, you can only wait for the arrival of King Qin's army, step by step." ”

Li Qingcang sneered when he heard this: "Is there any difference between what you said and what you didn't say?"

For a while, Su Yuan's face was a little embarrassed.

In fact, no one knows what to do at the moment.

There are only two paths ahead.

Either make peace or fight to the death.

There is no difference between suing for peace and surrendering in itself, and according to the character of Wei, it will definitely take this opportunity to open his mouth.

In this way, there is no difference between the Tang Kingdom and the real Lost Kingdom.

What's more, the Wei State mobilized the whole country's troops, crossed thousands of miles away, and came to the Tang State, how could there be any reason to return empty-handed?

It is estimated that people will not agree to such a thing as suing for peace.

As for the death war, it really is a death war.

Flee to the South?

Although the south is divided by feudal towns, there is no danger to defend, so the depth is okay.

But sooner or later, one day, it will also face the Wei army!

The Tang Emperor looked at the appearance of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, and as soon as he was angry, he scolded angrily: "In this dynasty, did I raise you useless waste?"

This situation is very similar to when Chu attacked Wei.

Su Yuan spoke again: "Your Majesty, if the Wei State was able to survive the great tribulation back then, my Tang State will definitely be able to! My Tang State, no matter how you say it, is stronger than the Wei State back then! Fight to the death! Fight to the death and not retreat!"

(End of chapter)