Since the battle with Ma Meng, Chen Qi has not attacked Pibo City again. Instead, he has allowed his army to eat, drink and have fun in the military camp outside the city. Apart from the training in Heisei, they only play Cuju. This is not to say that Chen Qi didn't have the desire to attack. He was more eager than anyone else to capture Pibo City. Because it was almost November and winter was about to begin. Being able to capture Pibo City before the year was of great significance to the Tang Army. However, Chen Qi also knew that this time Ma Meng led 80,000 of Songtsen Gampo's 100,000 elite cavalry to Pibo City. His purpose was not only to defend the city, but also to possibly target his own army. An attack. Therefore, he chose to take the initiative to challenge Ma Meng on the second day after Ma Meng arrived in Pibo City, just to test the combat effectiveness of Ma Meng and his bodyguard army.
However, what Chen Qi didn¡¯t expect was that his unintentional move would make Ma Meng suspect that there was a spy around him and make a drastic decision, besieging the generals and chieftains of Pibo City in his mansion.
So, when Chen Qi learned the news, a faint smile appeared on his face.
"God helps me -" Chen Qi thought of Pei Xingjian with a smile.
"What do you mean, general?" Pei Xingjian asked in confusion.
"If Ma Meng, the garrison generals and the chieftains in Pibo City can work together to resist our siege battle, then with their current strength and numerical advantage, coupled with Ma Meng's army, they will bring great losses to the Pibo City defenders. We really may not be able to capture this fortified city, but what about now?" Chen Qi said with a faint smile, "After experiencing the defeat in the first battle in Pibo City, the morale of the defenders and soldiers in Pibo City has become even lower. , and at this time there was discord within them. Although it did not reach the point of fighting each other, Ma Meng and the defenders and chieftains of Pibo City were at odds with each other. Therefore, this is a good opportunity given by God. ah!"
"Does the general mean that we should attack the city?" Pei Xingjian asked.
"We are not attacking the city. We have to wait and see what happens. Someone will attack the city for us." Chen Qi said with certainty. "Under the current situation, if we just attack the city, we will let the defenders and generals in the city return." There are chieftains who unite to attack us, but we will not attack the city. Give them a peaceful and stable environment, and let them fight in their own dens!"
"¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª" Pei Xingjian said nothing.
Chen Qi continued, "The current situation in Pibo City is that Ma Meng is very powerful. In addition to the original defenders of Pibo City, the guards Jingqi and the 50,000 defenders who reinforced Pibo City last time all listen to him. The generals and chieftains of the defense force are small groups. As long as they are at the point of death, the generals and chieftains of Pibo City will unite to target Mameng. When this happens, , what will Ma Meng do? He will definitely use the army to suppress or kill a group of generals and chieftains, hoping to achieve the effect of killing chickens to scare monkeys. But what he doesn't know is that doing so will be counterproductive. and the chieftains will surrender to us when they are desperate. As long as the deployment is proper, Pibo City will be destroyed without attack, and Ma Meng will be killed by the defenders of Pibo City or the chieftains. "
"Then are we just waiting like this now?" Pei Xingjian asked.
"No -" Chen Qi said firmly, "You ordered Songtsan Haiqing of Yaze City to write a letter of persuasion to surrender to the chieftain and guard general of Pibo City. We will use this letter to let Ma Meng get the chieftain and guard general. The generals betrayed his information and used this letter to extend an olive branch to the garrison and chieftains of Pibo City."
"Then let's do it now!" Pei Xingjian said.
"Well, you go ahead!" Chen Qi said lightly.
"Nuo" Pei Xingjian accepted the order and left.
Chen Qi, on the other hand, moved his gaze in the direction of Luoxue City and remained silent for a long time.
This time when he returned to Qingtang City, he was summoned to the study by Northern King Li Ke and Su Dingfang. After the three people discussed it, they determined the priority of the attack. That is, Su Dingfang's army slowly advanced towards Luoxue City, with the purpose of This caused psychological pressure on Tubo Luoche City and forced them to shift their energy to the northern front. The real important force in besieging Luoche City was his 80,000 black cavalry army.
Therefore, Chen Qi felt that he was under a lot of pressure, and he was very cautious when using troops, trying not to lose too many men in the battle.
When Pei Xingjian sent someone to convey Chen Qi's intention to Songtsan Haiqing of the Eastern Tibetan Kingdom in Yaze City, Songtsan Haiqing agreed very much. He immediately wrote more than ten letters of persuasion to surrender, sealed them and then used his own special channels. Sent to Pibo City.
And on the fourth day when the generals and chieftains of Pibo City were besieged, Songtsan Haiqing¡¯s letter of persuasion to surrender was finally delivered to the guards and chieftains of Pibo City.
However, there was an oversight in this process.
That is, a messenger who was delivering a message was discovered by Ma Meng's personal guards on the way to deliver the message. The messenger was immediately searched from his body.Letter of persuasion to surrender.
¡°Bang¡ª¡ª¡± When Ma Meng saw the surrender letter, he was so angry that he slammed his fist on the table.
"Call all the guards and chieftains to the Chinese army's tent. This general will kill this spy on the spot!" Ma Meng roared.
¡°Yes¡ª¡ª¡± The soldiers took the order.
After a while, the former majestic guard generals and chieftains of Pibo City walked into the Chinese army's tent under the protection of Ma Meng's soldiers.
"See the general!"
Everyone saluted Ma Meng.
"You are very courageous. You dare to collude with the Eastern Tibetan puppet country and want to offer Pibo City as a capital for your promotion?" Ma Meng said straight to the point.
surprise!
Absolutely surprised!
Because the garrison generals and chieftains in the Chinese army¡¯s tent could not imagine why Ma Meng was so aware of the content of the surrender letter he received from Songtsan Haiqing.
Is he deceiving? Everyone thought in unison, but seeing Ma Meng's furious look, they thought Ma Meng couldn't pretend to be like this, which was obviously true.
However, if it is true, it wasn¡¯t long before I received the superstition. Why did Ma Meng discover it so quickly? Isn't this speed a bit too fast?
Therefore, everyone continued to remain silent as they were confused and puzzled.
Ma Meng didn¡¯t see any strange expressions on everyone¡¯s faces, so he kept the intercepted surrender letter in front of everyone and shouted loudly, ¡°Chief Sangmu, do you have anything else to say?¡±
Chieftain Sangmu looked at Ma Meng in confusion, and heard Ma Meng continue to yell, "Read this surrender letter for yourself!"
Chieftain Sangmu was shocked. He hurriedly picked up the letter in front of him and looked at it carefully. His face changed drastically and he couldn't believe it was true.
"General Ma Meng, this is impossible, absolutely impossible, how could this happen? I did not collude with Songtsan Haiqing, the puppet king. This letter is purely false!" Chief Sangmu said pleadingly.
Because, he had already seen a fierce light in Ma Meng's eyes.
"Are you not clear about it? No wonder my tactical target was known to the Tang Army last time. It turned out to be because of the existence of a spy like you!" Ma Meng shouted with bulging veins, "Do you have anything else to say? ?¡±
"General Ma Meng, I didn't do this. I didn't collude with Songtsan Haiqing. General, please look into it!" Sang Mu cried, he could feel death approaching now.
"Humph - what do you think?" Ma Meng asked.
"¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª" Everyone in the Chinese army's tent didn't know how to answer.
They themselves knew whether Sangmu had colluded with Songtsan Haiqing of Eastern Tibet. Because they had no contact with Songtsan Haiqing, but they also received such a letter of persuasion to surrender. Therefore, they think Sang Mu was wronged, but do they dare to say that they have also received such a letter of persuasion to surrender? Don't dare! Therefore, they can only choose to remain silent.
Seeing that everyone remained silent, Ma Meng became even more angry.
He shouted, "Drag the mulberry wood out and chop it down, and I will give you a reasonable explanation!"
"Yes -" As soon as he finished speaking, two personal guards dragged Sang Mu, who was already limp on the ground, out of the tent.
"Ah¡ª¡ª" screamed, and the curtain of the Chinese army's tent was opened, and the soldiers came to Ma Meng with Sangmu's head on a plate.
Ma Meng stepped forward and lifted Sang Mu¡¯s head, but it was still in front of everyone.
"This time, I only discovered that Sang Mu was a traitor to the enemy, but aren't there any of you? Don't you have such an idea?" Ma Meng yelled, "You have to think clearly, this is the result of betraying the enemy - "
No one dared to speak.
"You guys go down!" Ma Meng saw everyone's submissive look. He didn't bother to say anything anymore and let everyone withdraw from the Chinese army's tent.
After everyone retreated, Ma Meng asked his trusted generals to strengthen their surveillance of these people, and at the same time strengthened the number of troops guarding their mansions.
However, what Ma Meng didn¡¯t know was that the chieftain and the garrison generals who had withdrawn from the Chinese army¡¯s tent were already communicating with each other through secret codes, and they had already made contact on the short road to the camp gate.