"Woo-"

About half an hour later, a low trumpet sound suddenly came from the enemy's position, and the army began to move, with flags flying and horses neighing. The boundless army gave people a strong sense of oppression. When Qin Huaidao heard the trumpet sound, he quickly went up to the city wall to check.

His face suddenly changed.

The enemy troops were not retreating, but moving to both sides. They were going to besiege the city. The soldiers who came with Qin Huaidao also frowned slightly, and their expressions were a little more solemn. An Guogong reminded: "General, look at the strength of this army.

Wan, this is preparation for siege, make plans early."

The so-called plan is to leave. As long as the troops are free and can come and go like the wind, there will be plenty of opportunities. An Guogong, who was born on the grassland, does not like to defend the city the most.

Holding fast means being trapped, but it is different if you are waiting for reinforcements. The question is, are there reinforcements?

Qin Huaidao looked towards the direction of the Tang Dynasty. If there were no reinforcements, Goguryeo would not need to attack at all. Once there was no food to eat, he would definitely die. But if reinforcements arrived, holding on would mean absorbing most of Goguryeo's energy and troops to cover the reinforcements.

Lock down the battle situation.

Go or stay?

Qin Huaidao only hesitated for a moment, and then made a decision in his heart. He bet on Li Er's talent and strategy, and also on Li Er's ability to seize opportunities. It would be no problem to save food for two months. Two months would be enough for Li Er to make plans.

Seeing everyone looking over, he said in a deep voice: "Shou!"

"Obey the order!" Everyone accepted the order with a roar.

As soon as the order was issued and it was not changed, everyone gave up the idea of ​​leaving.

An Guogong did not object. Looking at the enemy's formation, he reminded: "General, there is a way to drive away all the people in the city. If you take all the food from them, you may be able to survive for a month or two. Anyway, they are the people of Goguryeo. Drive them out."

It is impossible for the army outside to care about life and death, but will consume the enemy's food."

The word "food" reminded Qin Huaidao, and he signaled Cheng Chumo to step aside and said: "Brother Cheng, you can go out of the city and find the 10,000 troops approaching. With you as the general, go around to the enemy's rear. Your task is only

One, destroy the enemy's food route."

When Cheng Chumo heard that he was sent out of the city to become a general and command ten thousand soldiers, this was a great opportunity. His eyes lit up and he clasped his fists gratefully: "Obey the order!"

"Remember, you must not engage in head-on confrontation. You must use guerrilla warfare. I will give you a sixteen-character strategy: When the enemy advances, we retreat. When the enemy retreats, we pursue. When the enemy is stationed, we harass. When the enemy is tired, we attack. As long as you use this strategy, one person and two horses

, Three horses ensure mobility, there is no big problem." Qin Huaidao solemnly warned.

"When the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy retreats, we pursue; when the enemy is stationed, we harass; when the enemy is tired, we attack, remember this." Cheng Chumo carefully chewed on the sixteen-word strategy. It felt very novel. He had never heard of it before, and it was engraved in his mind.

"Ask Li Yixie to write a warrant, stamp it with the general's seal, and add your identity. They should not doubt your identity and obey the command. From now on, the lives of ten thousand people will be on you. Don't be impulsive or do anything.

If you need to report, you can decide how to fight. Before the enemy troops surround you, go through the west gate and go quickly." Qin Huaidao warned.

"Thank you General for your trust - take care!" Cheng Chumo clasped his fists gratefully again and hurried away.

Qin Huaidao motioned for everyone to come over and said seriously: "Everyone, the enemy has adjusted its deployment, and our army must also adjust accordingly. The mercenaries are responsible for guarding the city wall. They are divided into three shifts, rotating every four hours to ensure that there are people on the city wall, and the Khitan and Xi tribes are separated.

, each guarding two city walls, be sure to make arrangements." He said and looked at Luo Zhang.

"Follow the order!" Luo Zhang quickly agreed.

"Detach a team of Yulin guards to inspect the city wall. If any slack is found, report it quickly." Qin Huaidao said and looked at Li Yixie, not very confident about the mercenaries.

Li Yihui quickly agreed.

Qin Huaidao looked at An Guogong and continued: "An Guogong, leave a thousand people to assist with logistics, and give the other two thousand to Cheng Chuliang and Cheng Chubi. You two will lead the troops and organize the people to dig earth and stones to block the city gate hole for me.

Only the west gate is left, but a big horse trap is dug just outside the west gate. The bigger the better, and there are roads on both sides of the city wall to facilitate your passage. If the enemy suddenly comes in, it can also block it. It must be completed before dawn. "

"Obey the order!" An Guogong, Cheng Chumo and Cheng Chubi quickly accepted the order with clasped fists.

"Where are our forbidden troops?" Yuchi Baolin asked quickly.

"Inspect the city, strictly enforce military discipline, and prevent civil strife. Secondly, as a maneuver, provide support at any time." Qin Huaidao solemnly warned that the Forbidden Army is his own people. The most reliable troops are naturally used in key positions.

"Follow the order!" Yuchi Baolin understood.

"Hurry up and act!"

With an order, everyone took action.

Qin Huaidao stayed on the city wall and continued to observe the enemy's situation. He thought, if the enemy does not move, I will not move. If the enemy moves, I will move first. He can predict all possible actions of the enemy and take countermeasures. There are 15,000 people.

With the city in hand and the tall city, it is not impossible to fight. The biggest problem is supplies, such as feather arrows.

Although An Guogong led a thousand people to be responsible for logistics and supplies, they may not be able to supply enough. He had to find a way. Qin Huaidao waved a Yulin guard over and told him: "Go and inform Luo Zhang and let him

He led people all over the city to collect excrement, mixed it with humans and animals, added arsenic, and boiled it in large pots on the four city gates. The person who cooked it did not wrap his mouth and nose to prevent inhalation, and put the arrowheads in to make a cup of tea.

Just time.”

"Follow the order!" The other party hurriedly went.

Arsenic mixed with excrement and arsenic on arrowheads will increase wound infection when injected into the body. There is basically no solution in this era. It can increase the lethality and deter the enemy.

When the two armies are fighting, they will naturally use all possible means. Mercy is a joke.

"Is there any other way to defend the city?" Qin Huaidao thought quickly, but it was a pity that he couldn't get explosives within a period of time, otherwise they would not be enough. Qin Huaidao didn't know much about this kind of city defense method in the cold weapon era, so he could only use it to attack the city.

trick.

Outside the city, the enemy troops gradually formed an encirclement on all sides.

But he is not in a hurry to attack, but is setting up camp and building siege equipment. Qin Huaidao also needs time to adjust his deployment, hoping that the enemy will not attack, especially blocking the city gate. There is a huge stone at the west gate. As long as it falls, there will be no problem with other gates.

If the enemy only has one way to climb the wall, they will have to fill it with their lives.

At this time, an enemy soldier came over with a flag. When he got close, he shouted: "People on the wall, listen, let your general come over and answer."

"If you have anything to say, just say it." Qin Huaidao shouted and recognized the person from before.

The other party also recognized Qin Huaidao, stopped talking nonsense, and said bluntly: "My king has the virtue of a good life. As long as you surrender the city, you will be granted the post of General Pingxi, the third rank, the title of Pingxi Marquis, and the settlement of thousands of households. This honor is not great.

I hope the general will consider it."

"Don't you want the remains of your soldiers?" Qin Huaidao asked disdainfully. Even a third-level official had the nerve to take it out. It seems that the enemy does not know his identity.

The other party remained silent.

Qin Huaidao continued to ask: "Don't you want the people in the city?"

The other party continued to remain silent. Both questions were very sensitive and difficult to answer.

What Qin Huaidao wanted was not to agree, but to ask the other party to go back with a message to disturb the enemy's morale. He continued: "Go back and tell your king that there are tens of thousands of people in the city. If you dare to attack the city, I will escort the people to the city wall. Everyone

If you die together, and the corpses of those who were killed before entering the city, don’t just throw them out to feed the wolves.”

The other party turned around with a cold face and was about to leave. Qin Huaidao shouted: "Wait a minute. Go back and tell the families of the captured people that the King of Goguryeo is not willing to redeem them with grain or money. It will be the same if their families bring them. I only give five days."

, there will be no food or money in five days, kill and feed the wolves, I’ve said it, get out!”

The identity of a prisoner of war is definitely not simple, and it is impossible for the messenger to convey it back without speaking.

Once the word spread, the King of Goguryeo did not dare not agree. The soldiers' hearts were calmed if they were cold. The soldiers were simple and did not ask for much, so they could not afford chaos. But the generals' hearts were different when they were cold. The generals would think in other people's shoes and think

If he is captured, will no one care about him?

Watching the messenger leave, Qin Huaidao smiled - he is really not afraid of playing psychological warfare!

Not long after, the messenger came back and agreed to the conditions for changing generals, but did not mention the soldiers. Qin Huaidao saw that it was as he expected, so of course he would not agree. That little silver grain was nothing compared to the morale of the enemy's troops, so he directly scolded:

"Go back and tell your king, either we change together or we don't change. We won't see any food before dark, and I don't care if the corpses outside are eaten by wolves."

The messenger had no choice but to go back again in despair.

Qin Huaidao glanced at the corpses outside the city. They were all within a stone's throw. It would be best to grab them and shoot them all. He was in an inexplicably good mood. He told the Yulin Guards who were left behind to protect his safety, "Arrange some brothers to count the number of people."

, we cannot allow the enemy to give us less food."

"Follow the order, and I promise there won't be one missing." The other party smiled and made arrangements.

After a while, no one came. Qin Huaidao was too lazy to wait any longer. He returned to the city lord's office and sat down to rest in a pavilion. He spread out the map to study. A Yulin guard brought a vat of stewed horse meat: "General, eat some first."

.”

"Have all the brothers eaten?" Qin Huaidao asked with concern.

"Thank you, General, for your concern. We all took turns to eat. We stewed a lot. They were all the enemy war horses we killed before. It was enough to eat." The other party said gratefully.

"Tell Mr. An Guo to find a way to smoke the leftovers to make sure they don't go bad, and there will be more people coming."

"Follow the order!" the other party agreed and hurried away.

Qin Huaidao took a bite and found that the taste was very ordinary, but in order to survive, he forced himself to eat it all. When he saw Li Yixie coming over in a hurry, he shouted excitedly: "General, good news, good news."

"What good news? Have you eaten?" Qin Huaidao asked.

"In a moment, don't worry, you can take a look first." Li Yixie brought up a small piece of paper.

Qin Huaidao opened it and saw a line of small characters written on it - the imperial court was sending troops to the state.

Seven words revealed shocking news. Qin Huaidao's pupils shrank suddenly and asked: "Reliable?"

"It should be reliable. It was sent by a carrier pigeon from the governor of Yingzhou." Li Yixie said quickly.

In order to facilitate communication, Xue Wanshu, the governor of Yingzhou, sent a person who was good at raising homing pigeons to follow him and brought a few homing pigeons as backup. Qin Huaidao realized that the news was probably true, and Li Er was indeed a great emperor with great talent and strategy.

With a tacit understanding, we quickly found Dengzhou on the map.

As long as Dengzhou successfully crosses the sea, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty can go all the way north and form a pincer attack with themselves. This battle will be interesting. He was overjoyed and said: "Send a message to the governor, be careful of the enemy's attack on Huaiyuan, and destroy all supplies if necessary."
To be continued...