"Kangfeng County has surrendered to the general, and Wushan County Magistrate has also raised the flag in response to the general, and opened the city to welcome Xu Shen and Captain Xu into the city." In Jiashan County, Huangfu Yunzhao was reporting the battle to Qin Xiao: "Fengcheng County
The wealthy Wang family made an agreement with many wealthy families in the city to start a rebellion, but someone informed them. The magistrate of Fengcheng County took the initiative and personally led people to massacre the Wang family. However, this also forced the wealthy families in Fengcheng County to have no way out and start the uprising in advance.
The Dong family, in-laws of the Wang family, gathered their young servants and fought to the death. Other wealthy families responded immediately. The wealthy families in the city surrounded and killed the Fengcheng County Magistrate. A fierce fight broke out between the two sides, and the Fengcheng County Magistrate was killed.
The head was beheaded and hung on the city wall. Dong Hui, the head of the Dong family, ordered the city to be closed and temporarily took charge of the affairs of the city. Yesterday, his envoy arrived and brought the household register of Fengcheng County. He sincerely surrendered to the general and was willing to be loyal and obey the general.
Sent by the general."
Qin Xiao was standing in front of a map of Liaodong, holding a red wolf hair in his hand. When he heard this, he raised his hand and drew a circle on Fengcheng County with the wolf hair.
Among the eight counties in Liaodong, Jiashan and Wushan counties in the north are already circled red, and Kangfeng and Haicheng counties in the south are also circled red. At this time, Fengcheng County is also circled, and among the eight counties, it is already circled red.
All five counties have been circled red.
Today, among the counties in Liaodong, apart from Liaoyang County, which is directly under the jurisdiction of Liaoyang City, only Fusong County and Donglan County in the east remain.
"A single spark can start a prairie fire." Qin Xiao calmed down and said with a smile: "We can defeat the four counties of Kangfeng, Wushan, Fengcheng and Haicheng without even losing blood. Generals Huangfu and Dou, you all deserve the greatest credit."
Huangfu Yunzhao and Dou Xiong beside him hurriedly bowed and said: "Don't dare!
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"There is no need to be humble." Qin Xiao smiled and said: "Kangfeng started the rebellion on his own. The other three counties might not have turned over the dark side so easily if it hadn't been for the two of them's personal letters."
Huangfu Yunzhao smiled and said: "Wu Shan's ability to open the city cannot be said to be due to our letters. The county magistrate Wu Shan is a direct descendant of Wang Xingchao, but Lieutenant Xu leads the cavalry around outside the city every day, and the city is already full of people.
People are in panic. The letter sent by my subordinates is just the last straw that breaks the camel's back. They have no choice but to open the city and surrender."
Dou Xiong also smiled and said: "Jiashan County raised troops, and Wang Xingchao sent thousands of soldiers and horses. The entire army was wiped out. This news has spread throughout Liaodong. After the uprising in Kangfeng County, Liaoyang City did not send a single soldier to recapture it.
The county naturally sees it. Moreover, Liaoyang City is currently strengthening its defenses day and night. It is obviously preparing to defend Liaoyang to the death and has given up on the surrounding cities. All counties know that once they are attacked, Liaoyang will have no reinforcements to send. In this case, continue
If they hold on, they will undoubtedly be buried with Wang Xingchao. They are terrified. At this time, we sent a letter to help them weigh the pros and cons, and told them that the general is generous and kind. As long as they abandon the secret and surrender to the bright, they will be safe, and they will naturally know how to choose."
"General Dou is absolutely right." Huangfu Yunzhao said: "Wang Xingchao blocked Liaoyang City and did not send a single soldier to Kangfeng City. All counties knew that Wang Xingchao had completely abandoned them, so naturally they would not make any unnecessary resistance. They are not stupid.
, the situation in Liaodong has become clear, Long Rui's army is invincible, Wang Xingchao is already a grasshopper after the fall, everyone knows that if you continue to follow Wang Xingchao, you can only die with him."
Dou Xiong
Said: "Among the counties in Liaodong, there are still two counties, Fusong and Donglan. If nothing else, we should get news in the next two days. If these two counties are successfully captured, we will completely wipe out all Wang Xingchao's peripheral forces.
After conquering it, Wang Xingchao was left with only Liaoyang City as an isolated city."
Qin Xiao nodded and said: "Wang Xingchao put his hopes on the Bohai people. Liaoyang City is the first fortified city in the Northeast and is very strong. Even if the garrison in the city has limited strength, if there are not ten times the strength of the city, if you want to capture
This city is anything but easy.”
Huangfu Yunzhao said: "In the end, we will be quite clear about the city defense of Liaoyang City. As the general said, although Liaoyang City has no natural dangers to rely on, the city has been expanded many times, and the city walls are made of rammed earth blocks and fortifications.
In order, there is a horse-raising city on the outside, an urn city on the inside, and then a solid city wall. There are horse faces at every other section of the city wall, and there are arrow rests on them. Every two horse faces can form a corner on the left and right sides.
Once the city is attacked, the archers at the top of the city can form a staggered force, which is extremely lethal."
"And Wang Xingchao has sent people to widen the moat outside the city." Dou Xiong said with a serious expression: "The situation in the Northeast was relatively peaceful before, and the moat has been abandoned for many years. Now that it is widened and deepened, it will also cause a lot of trouble for us to attack the city.
"After a pause, he continued: "In the next few days, I will discuss the attack plan with General Huangfu. I feel that before attacking the city, we should first attack the heart."
Qin Xiao suddenly became interested and said: "Tell me in detail."
"Liaoyang City is currently under lockdown. Although there are spies seeking information, the information obtained can only be known to a few people such as Wang Xingchao." Dou
Xiongdao: "The defenders in the city probably didn't know that all the counties had abandoned the secrets and turned to the bright side. Some even thought that Liaodong was still under their control. So before attacking the city, General Bei thought that he could send officials headed by the county magistrates to the city.
Persuading surrender. Of course, they cannot really persuade Liaoyang City to surrender, but they can let the soldiers in the city know that all the counties in Liaodong have surrendered to the general, and let them know that they are only holding on to the isolated city."
Qin Xiao nodded and said: "This is a good idea. If the defenders in the city know that they are guarding an isolated city, their morale will inevitably weaken and their will will not be strong."
"And most of the soldiers definitely didn't know that the Bohai people would get involved." Dou Xiong said with a serious expression: "Wang Xingchao lured wolves into the house. This kind of thing was not a last resort, and he didn't dare to publicize it everywhere. If the defenders in the city knew that Wang Xingchao would actually fight with the Bohai people,
Collusion will shake the morale of the army. Therefore, for Wang Xingchao, it is also a dilemma whether to let the soldiers know about the Bohai troops. If not informed, the defenders will never know that they have other reinforcements, and they will only think that they have reached the end of their rope and their morale
It will definitely be depressing. But if we say it, as the humble general said, it is more likely to shake the morale of the army."
Qin Xiao smiled and said: "It makes sense."
"As long as the morale of the defenders can be shaken, it will naturally be of great help to the siege." Huangfu Yunzhao said: "The north gate of Liaoyang City is the strongest, followed by the east gate, and the weakest defense is the south gate. Although they have been there day and night.
We must hurry up and strengthen the city, but it is impossible to compare the defense of the south gate with other gates in a short period of time, so the main attack direction can be placed at the south gate." He took two steps forward and raised his hand to point.
The map said: "The North Gate and West Gate can be used to contain troops and horses, and only use 50% of the strength to reduce casualties. The South Gate is the main attack direction, concentrate the troops and most of the siege equipment to continue the attack. The East Gate can be freed
, deploy troops and horses outside the east gate."
Qin Xiaodao: "To make them feel that there is a glimmer of hope?"
"Yes." Huangfu Yunzhao said: "Leave the east gate open so that the defenders will have the opportunity to retreat eastward to Xuantu County. As long as there is a glimmer of hope, they will not defend the city to the death."
Qin Xiao nodded and said, "That makes sense."
At this moment, a report was suddenly heard from outside: "Report to the general, the envoy sent to Donglan County to ask for an audience!"
"There's news from over there." Qin Xiao cheered up and said, "Send it quickly!"
Soon, they saw two people hurriedly entering the hall. Before they could kneel down, Qin Xiao already said: "No need, just talk about it."
Huangfu Yunzhao saw that the two people's faces were not good, and he knew that things might not go well, so he frowned slightly.
"General, we went to Donglan County and handed the letter written by General Huangfu to County Magistrate Chen Xu. According to General Huangfu's instructions, we made everything clear to him." Someone said: "Magistrate Chen thought about it.
In the evening, he presented the household registration of Donglan County the next day, expressing his willingness to abandon the dark side and surrender to the light, and obey the general's instructions. He sent the Donglan County Prime Minister to come with the household registration, and the Ma County Prime Minister is outside at the moment."
When Qin Xiao heard this, he raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "You have made great achievements, and you will be rewarded heavily."
"But we got the news that the two envoys sent to Fusong City have been killed!" The man looked solemn and said: "After getting the news, in order to confirm
True or false, we went to Fusong County specifically to inquire about the news and found that the heads of the two envoys were hung on the top of Fusong City."
As soon as these words came out, Qin Xiao's face turned cold, and Huangfu Yunzhao and Dou Xiong also had stern expressions.
"Are you sure you want to kill the envoy we sent?" Dou Xiong asked in a deep voice.
The man said: "It's absolutely true. Moreover, Fusong County has said that if anyone from Long Rui's army enters Fusong County, they will be quartered. Besides!" After saying this, he couldn't help but glance at Dou Xiong, lusting after him.
He stopped talking.
The envoys to Fusong County were sent by Dou Xiong, and they were all Dou Xiong's trusted subordinates.
The county magistrate of Fusong once obeyed Dou Xiong's command, so Dou Xiong took the initiative to send an envoy to lobby, and asked the envoy to bring his own handwritten letter.
I thought that the past friendship and the current situation should be able to persuade Fusong County to surrender, but I didn't expect that Fusong County not only refused to surrender, but actually killed the envoy and even hung his head on the city wall.
This naturally made Dou Xiong furious, and he said sternly: "If there is anything else besides, tell me quickly!"
"In addition, they also erected several scarecrows at the top of the city, including General, General Huangfu, and General Dou!" The messenger said, "I heard that they prepared many scarecrows and asked the soldiers to chop them with knives every day.
Spear stabbing, the general is a traitor, General Huangfu and General Dou are ungrateful traitors, the Liaodong Army will definitely hang the heads of the three generals on the top of the city, so that the world will know the fate of treason and traitors!"