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Text Chapter 78 Offensive and defensive exchanges (2)

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    "Thiswhat the hell is going on?"

    On top of Jijing City, Xiao Huo, a young general from Northern Xinjiang who rushed after learning of the alarm, was dumbfounded and stared dumbly at the tens of thousands of imperial troops outside Jijing City.

    You must know that at the celebration banquet last night, he was still begging to the King of Yan Li Mao and volunteering, hoping to be able to accept the mission of chasing the imperial army. Unexpectedly, on the second day, the target he was preparing to chase returned to Hebei.  Under the capital, they formed a formation outside the city of Jijing, which already belonged to their northern border, and started provoking wildly.

    "That's unreasonable!" Xiao Huo, who was furious in his heart, couldn't hold it back anymore. He took a few steps to come to Li Mao, clasped his fists and said angrily, "Your Highness, I am willing to go out of the city to teach these rude guys a lesson!"

    Unexpectedly, Yan King Li Mao, who had always acted domineeringly and arrogantly, was silent this time, but his eyes seemed to be dancing with the flame called anger.

    "Stand back, don't cause any more trouble for His Highness" Cao Da warned Xiao Huo in a low voice, pulled him aside, and then sighed secretly in his heart.

    [Going out of the city to fight?  What to fight with?  At present, the more than 30,000 Yuyang cavalry in the city are no different from infantry!  If he went out of the city to fight, wouldn't he be eaten by the imperial troops until even his bones were left?  ]

    After secretly glancing at the gloomy expression of King Yan Li Mao, the generals secretly sighed in their hearts.

    At the same time, they also deeply hated the fact that the imperial army acted so despicably and shamelessly, poisoning the wells in the city, so that they accidentally got into trouble.

    "A sneeze!"

    Just when the soldiers at the head of Jijing city were gnashing their teeth and cursing in their hearts the murderer who poisoned the wells in Jijing city, among the imperial troops outside the city, beside the commander's chariot, Gou Gong, the young minister of the Great Prison Temple, suddenly  He sneezed several times in a series, startling Xie An, the head of the family not far away.

    "You scolded him so harshly?" Perhaps he noticed Xie An's strange look in his eyes, Gou Gong quickly wiped away the mucus from his mouth and nose with his sleeves.  He immediately blushed and laughed at himself to relieve the embarrassment in his heart.

    "Can I not hate you?" Tang Hao, the deputy commander of the Jizhou Army's main division, laughed at Gou Gong's embarrassed appearance and said with a chuckle, "Gou Shaoqing's dose of medicine destroyed at least 60% of the combat power of Northern Xinjiang.  Na!"

    As soon as he finished speaking, Li Xian beside Xie An shook his head.  He corrected with a smile, "It's not just 60%, at least 90%! The most difficult thing to deal with in the Northern Xinjiang Army is the Yuyang Iron Cavalry. Now that the Yuyang Iron Cavalry has become an infantry, its strength is naturally greatly reduced. More importantly,  Since Li Mao took command of Yuyang, the Northern Xinjiang army has mostly attacked and defended very little, so that the infantry in Northern Xinjiang have been quite ferocious in attacking the city. But most of the soldiers do not know how to defend the city Northern Xinjiang  The infantry is like this, let alone the Yuyang cavalry? Xie Changsun's attack and defense exchange has almost destroyed the combat power of the Northern Xinjiang Army." After saying that, he turned to look at the coach holding the arms on the chariot.  Xiangyu, the eldest grandson of his son Momo.

    "However, to facilitate this matter, Gou Shaoqing also takes the greatest credit!" Li Xian turned to Gou Gong with a smile, expressing his goodwill to Gou Gong.

    " To be fair, I can get the approval of the Eight Wise King Li Xian, the great sage of the country.  That's not easy. Counting and counting.  I am afraid that only Xie An, who defeated the three rebel forces of the Three Kings and the Taiping Army, was so praised by Li Xian among the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty. In addition, even Fei Guo and Ma, who made the Yuyang cavalry in Northern Xinjiang suffer so much, were so praised by Li Xian.  Li Xian had never praised Dan and Liao Li in such an excited tone.

    So, it¡¯s no wonder that Gou Gong was flattered and laughed a few times.  Shaking the golden fan in his hand, he said nonchalantly, "How can you deserve such a reputation as His Highness the Wise King? How can you deserve such a reputation as His Highness the Wise King if you do something as despicable as a humble position?"

    "That's not what I said." Li Xian shook his head and said with a serious face, "Those who do great things do not stick to trivial matters, as long as they have benevolence and righteousness in their hearts, do not harm the people, do not cause chaos, and serve the country, the country, and the people.  On the battlefield, sometimes, even if the means are unscrupulous, so what?"

    "[We are not a family, we are not part of the same family we are indeed worthy of being senior sisters and junior fellow students!"  ]

    Glancing at the wise king Li Xian, Xie An pursed his lips at Tang Hao. The latter couldn't help but chuckle. Then he seemed to realize that this was not appropriate, so he coughed and pretended to watch the actions at the top of the Jijing city.

    But having said that, although I secretly disliked Li Xian, the world-famous virtuous king, he would say similar words to Changsun Xiangyu, which ruined his reputation as a virtuous king. But on second thought, Xie An also  I don¡¯t think there is anything wrong with Li Xian¡¯s idea. After all, fighting on the battlefield is not a child¡¯s play, let alone such a major battle that affects the rise and fall of the entire country. If Northern Xinjiang can be defeated with minimal losses, then it will be a big blow to the Great Zhou Dynasty.  Stability undoubtedly has an immeasurable promoting effect. After all, only the national power of the Great Zhou Dynasty is still strong, and the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty is surrounded byOnly foreigners in the country would not dare to invade; on the contrary, if the Great Zhou Dynasty had consumed huge manpower, material resources, and financial resources in the battle with Northern Xinjiang, and finally the final victory belonged to the Great Zhou court, I am afraid that the foreigners would also have an empty national power and a strong state.  The great Zhou Dynasty is watching with eager eyes, wondering whether a national calamity similar to the foreign cavalry invasion of the Great Zhou Dynasty eleven years ago will happen again.

    Xie An just felt a little puzzled. He wondered that although Li Xian was an upright gentleman, when it came to the stability of the Zhou Dynasty and the world, he would choose such a relatively unspeakable thing. But then again, it was just right.  Because of this, Li Xian became a gentlemanly man of action in Xie An's heart, a pillar and a wise minister of the Zhou Dynasty.

    Maybe it was because of Li Xian's approval. Even Gou Gong couldn't help but feel a little elated and boasted enthusiastically, "It's a pity to say that there are not many powerful poisons in the hands of low-level officials that can seal their throats when they see blood. Otherwise, they will  Once this deadly poison is poured into the wells in the city, we don't have to work hard to capture the city anymore. We can just wait for a few days and go directly to collect the corpses of those Northern Xinjiang soldiers!"

    Li Xian smiled faintly. Of course he could see that Gou Gong was exaggerating. He shook his head and said sternly, "That's not possible! After the recovery of Jijing, the people still have to be resettled in the city. If there are all the wells in the city,  If we put in the most powerful poison, wouldn¡¯t it harm the people who will live here in the future?¡±

    Gou Gong¡¯s expression changed slightly when he heard this, and he praised sincerely, ¡°As expected of His Highness the Wise King, he is indeed kind-hearted¡± When he said this, he suddenly thought of something.  Turning to look at Xie An, he asked with a look of enlightenment, "Is it possible that your Excellency also has the same considerations, and that's why I call you humble, don't poison the wells in the city?"

    Hearing this, Xie An couldn't help but feel guilty.

    To be honest, Gou Gong did propose poisoning the wells in the city.  After all, according to Changsun Xiangyu's judgment, Yan King Li Mao must have guessed that the imperial army was about to withdraw from Hebei. He was so happy that he probably wouldn't be wary of anything.  To say the least, even if they were on guard, they probably wouldn't have thought that the imperial army would make a fuss about the wells in Jijing City.

    At that time, Xie An rejected Gou Gong's proposal because he knew that the poison and poison powder refined by Gou Gong were poisonous and poisonous.  Those are extremely potent poisons. If they were dropped into the wells in Jijing City, although many northern Xinjiang soldiers would definitely be poisoned and died from drinking the water from the wells, after all, only a few would die from the poisoning.  After all, no one would be so stupid as to watch Tongze being poisoned and die immediately after drinking the water from the well, and then continue to drink the water stupidly.

    It was only based on this consideration that Xie An stopped Gou Gong's proposal to poison the wells in the city.  Unless Gougong can develop a chronic poison, the time it takes for the poison to poison the soldiers of Northern Xinjiang who drink the water will occur.  Control it after a period of time, such as three days or five days. After all, this period of time is enough for all the soldiers of the Northern Xinjiang Army to drink the poisoned water.

    But unfortunately, Gou Gong is only a half-baked doctor after all. Apart from aphrodisiacs, he only knows how to refine poisons.  How to develop this almost mythical poison?

    So, Xie An asked Gou Gong to replace the poison with laxatives. After all, although the laxatives were also strong in medicinal properties, they would not harm the people and make the soldiers in northern Xinjiang panic and dare not drink the water from the wells in the city.  After all, no one among the soldiers in northern Xinjiang could tell whether those soldiers with diarrhea had a bad stomach or drank laxatives by mistake.  It is easy to ignore this sign, unless a large number of soldiers are suffering from vomiting and diarrhea.

    As for the fact that people will still live in this city in the future, to be honest, Xie An didn't consider it at the time. So when Gou Gong asked that question with a look of admiration, Xie An actually felt his face burning while feeling guilty.

    "Well, that's right"

    In the end, Xie An just responded vaguely.

    When Gou Gong heard this, he felt even more admiration. After all, he was originally Xie An's confidant. Knowing that the head of the family to whom he was loyal had a heart of benevolence and righteousness that was not inferior to that of the Eight Wise King Li Xian, he felt extremely happy and immediately burst into his mouth.  Many words of praise were poured out, which made Xie An feel embarrassed.

    "Okay, okay." Perhaps because he couldn't stand Gou Gong's blind worship, Xie An waved his hand and changed the subject and said, "Although Gou Gong's laxative is a surprising trick, our army cannot take it lightly.  , I¡¯m sure there are still many soldiers in the city who don¡¯t have access to water from the wells!¡±

    "General, I understand!" Tang Hao responded with clasped fists at the right time. After all, he was the deputy commander of the main division of the Jizhou Army, Xie An's deputy general, and the general who actually commanded the main division of the Jizhou Army on the battlefield. Of course, Xie  An's words were undoubtedly meant for him.

    Taking a deep breath, Tang Hao rode out of the formation, looked up at the top of Jijing City, and shouted loudly, "Where is the rebel king Li Mao?!"

    On the city tower, King Li Mao of Yan opened his eyes angrily. Regardless of the obstruction of Zhang Qi, Cao Da and other generals, he strode to the city wall and shouted loudly:He said, "Who are you, who dares to insult this king like this?!"

    "I am Tang Hao, the deputy commander of the main division of the Jizhou Army!" Out of courtesy, Tang Hao cupped his hands and punched him in the distance, and then shouted sternly, "Li Mao, as the guard general of our northern border in the Great Zhou Dynasty, why don't you just serve the country well?"  The gate of Northern Xinjiang has benefited the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but you actually drove the soldiers from Northern Xinjiang to counterattack the imperial court, and directed your troops at the capital in an attempt to get your hands on the Ninth Five-Year Plan. What's worse, you actually led foreign cavalry into the country Do you know your guilt?!"

    "Hmph!" Li Mao snorted coldly and cursed with disdain, "How dare you, the deputy commander of the First Army, to make irresponsible remarks to me? - Xiaoxiao is not qualified to talk to me, calling Xie An and Xiaoba  come out!"

    After that, no matter what Tang Hao said, King Yan Li Mao ignored him.

    Seeing this, Xie An and Li Xian looked at each other, and nodded to Tang Hao who looked at him inquiringly. The two rode their horses to the bottom of the city, looking up at the majestic King of Yan Li Mao with golden helmets and golden armor on the city tower.  .

    Shaking his head and sighing slightly, the Eight Wise King Li Xian took a deep breath and once again advised earnestly, "Fourth Brother Xiao Wang will call you Fourth Brother again. We are both descendants of the Li family. Why should we fight in the same room and cause unrest in the world?  Why don't you stop now and ask the Emperor for forgiveness!"

    Hearing this, Xie An looked at Li Xian in surprise.  He didn't expect that at this moment, Li Xian still wanted to persuade Li Mao.

    But think about it, King Li Mao of Yan is not only a member of his Li family, but also a rare and adept general, both in public and private affairs.  Li Xian, who takes the prosperity of the Zhou Dynasty and the inheritance of the country as his own responsibility, will not give up any chance of redemption, even if this opportunity is too small and almost insignificant.

    [King of Traps, King of Traps, although you have good intentions, it¡¯s a pity that others may not appreciate it]

    Although he didn¡¯t say it directly, Xie An inevitably sighed secretly.

    Sure enough, just as Xie An thought, after Li Xian finished his words of persuasion to surrender, a sneer from Yan King Li Mao came from above the capital.

    "Ask for forgiveness from the emperor?" He slapped the wall with both hands.  King Yan Li Mao sneered again and again, and said with disdain, "The position of Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty belongs to me! If I, Li Mao, had not been able to intimidate the grasslands in northern Xinjiang, sending troops to sweep the grasslands dozens of times, I would have killed hundreds of people in the Great Zhou Dynasty.  The hidden dangers of the past years have been driven to the north of Dayuan. Can Ji Jing live in peace? Can the world live in peace? Who in the world dares to say that my merits are greater than those of me, Li Mao?!"

    "" Li Xian was speechless when he heard this.  After all, in terms of meritorious service, King Yan Li Mao is undoubtedly the best in the world.  Even if Xie An defeated the forces of the Three Kings and the Taiping Army, it would be difficult for him to compete with Li Mao.  After all, King Li Mao of Yan not only ensured the stability of Northern Xinjiang in the past ten years, but also fundamentally eradicated the hidden dangers of the grassland tribes that had caused headaches for hundreds of years. His achievements were even greater than those of the original heroes of Northern Xinjiang and Northern Xinjiang.  The tiger of the border is above Liang Qiu Gong.

    It is precisely for this reason that everyone in the court really has a headache on how to deal with Li Mao.  After much deliberation, I could only come up with one solution, which was to ask Emperor Li Shou to personally interrogate Li Mao in front of the people of the world, count the crimes committed by Li Mao in detail, and finally execute him.  The whole process must be reviewed by some world-famous Confucian scholars and sages, and there must be no deviation at all.

    ¡°After all, the person the court is planning to execute this time is a national hero.

    In addition, if Li Mao accidentally dies in the rebellion, it will not be a good thing for the long-term plan of the imperial court. It is uncertain whether there will be supporters of Li Mao to target this countryman in the future.  The banner of the prince was in trouble with the court.

    "Why don't you speak? Xiaoba, you should say it!" Seeing that Li Xian was speechless, King Yan Li Mao on the tower became even more arrogant. After cursing a few times, he sneered and said, "A man who rises to power by good luck can win a prize."  Is the guy who supports the deceitful minister worthy of being my Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty? Who is he? He is just a bastard born of a palace maid!"

    "" Under the city, Xie An, who had not planned to interrupt the conversation between Li Xian and Li Mao, could not help but frown. He could pretend not to hear anything else, even if Li Mao scolded him for being a deceitful minister, but since Li Mao's words  When it comes to Li Shou's background, Xie Anke can no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb. After all, he and Li Shou are sworn friends who have been in adversity.

    "Then who do you think you are?"

    An ordinary word shocked hundreds of thousands of soldiers on and off the city. Even King Li Mao of Yan himself was stunned for a moment after hearing the words, as if he never expected that one day he, Li Mao, would become a national hero.  I will also be insulted like this.

    "You know, Li Mao, you are nothing!" Xie An said with a sneer, ignoring the dumbfounded expressions of the two generals above and below the city.

    "Good guy, let's attack King Yan Li Mao directly" Tang Hao took a breath, unbelievable that Xie An dared to speak to King Yan Li Mao like this.

      To be honest, Tang Hao was shocked by Li Mao just now. Otherwise, he would not have turned around to consult Xie An and Li Xian because of Li Mao's words.

    Before he finished speaking, Gou Gong curled his lips and said, "Your Excellency is right, who is this Li Mao? He relies on his merits to make the following mistakes. If not for Your Majesty and His Highness the Xian King, Gou would have easily killed this animal.  !¡±

    Hearing this, the two generals Dian Ying and E Yi in the army looked at each other and remained silent in a tacit understanding.  In their opinion, this Gou Gong Gou Shaoqing is a terrifying guy who can be said to be a one-man army from a certain perspective. His ability to use poison is simply miraculous, but to deal with Yan King Li Mao, I am afraid it will still be difficult.  It's a little difficult. It's very likely that Li Mao will be shot before he gets close to him, unless Gou Shaoqing also has the ability of Captain Mo Feimo.

    Of course, the two generals Dian Ying and E Yi did not dare to say these words. After all, neither of them wanted to have so much powder that was invisible to the naked eye in their meals and water bottles.  The sergeant almost had his intestines pulled out. Only the two of them didn't want to suffer this.

    Whether it is out of fear of Gou Gong or support for Xie An.  The Jizhou soldiers thought they were on Xie An's side. On the other hand, the Northern Xinjiang Army in Ji Capital was furious after hearing this, especially Yan King Li Mao himself. He had already narrowed his eyes when looking at Xie An.  The ferocious light in his eyes flickered, and his expression was ferocious and terrifying, like a hungry wolf that wanted to choose someone to devour.

    "Xie Anpifu. Do you dare to insult me?!"

    "Isn't it?" Turning a blind eye to Yan Wang Li Mao's murderous words, Xie An sneered and said, "Perhaps you, Li Mao, were also a hero who was willing to sacrifice your life and blood for the country and the common people in the beginning.  I admire you, and everyone in the world also admires you, and sincerely believes that you are the hero of our great Zhou Dynasty. However, right now, you cannot be called a hero. You are not worthy! In order to seize the throne, you condoned the foreign cavalry of the Liaodong Expeditionary Force.  By setting foot in the territory of our Great Zhou and making waves along the way, you have already lost your title of hero! Why do we need foreigners to interfere in our Great Zhou¡¯s affairs?!¡±

    As soon as these words came out, the anger and murderous intent of the Northern Xinjiang soldiers on the city wall against Xie An suddenly stopped. You must know that Xie An's words of praise and disparagement could not find a single bit of hurt.  After all, allowing the foreign cavalry of the Liaodong Expeditionary Force to set foot on the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty was indeed the work of their loyal lord, King Yan Li Mao.

    [I was caught]

    General Zhang Qi and Cao Da, the generals of Northern Xinjiang, looked at each other with a hint of worry in their eyes.  You must know that what Xie An said is what worries them the most.

    Don¡¯t talk about them.  Even the King of Yan, Li Mao, who was the party involved, had no way to refute, and could only follow in Li Xian's footsteps. Although he wanted to defend himself, he was speechless.

    Seeing this, Xie Anxin laughed secretly and raised his voice.  "Soldiers of Northern Xinjiang, open your eyes and see clearly. The person in front of you is the one who once led you. He did not hesitate to sit in the cold place of Yuyang for the sake of the stability of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Fighting with the vicious foreign cavalry  Is he a national hero? Or is he just a sinner who does whatever it takes to achieve his goals, who does not hesitate to lure foreign cavalry into the country in order to cause trouble, usurp the throne and seek government? The Liaodong Expeditionary Army arrived in Hebei from Liaodong all the way. How many people did you know during this period?  My village in Dazhou was destroyed, how many innocent people were killed? Among them, there may be your relatives and friends! You still respect this person as a hero because of his previous halo, but this is how I call him  Yes, traitor!"

    As soon as these words came out, the soldiers on and off the city suddenly burst into an uproar, took a breath, and started talking about it.

    The Jizhou Army naturally cheered for their coach Xie An. On the other hand, the Northern Xinjiang soldiers on the city, although they were also angry at Xie An's words, it was obvious that they were much better than what they had just said.

    Even some soldiers were already looking at King Yan Li Mao with complicated expressions.

    "Hearing what you said, one hundred thousand soldiers at Hangu Pass will switch sides Xiao Wang finally saw it!" While the soldiers above and below the city were speechless, Li Xian, the Eighth Sage King, looked at Xie An with a half-smile but not a smile, sincerely  praised.

    You must know that five years ago, Xie An did say that he surrendered about 100,000 rebels with his words, but of course it was not as exaggerated as Li Xian said. Only in the Hangu Pass area, in fact, the ten who surrendered to Xie An at that time  There were about 10,000 rebels in several places including Hangu Pass, Qin Hangu Pass, Tongguan and Chang'an.

    But even so, the ministers in the DPRK at that time were a little unbelievable, including Li Xian, the Eight Sage King who later returned to the court from Jiangnan. After all, even Li Xian could not imagine that Xie An could turn hundreds of thousands of enemy troops to defection with just a few words.  However, today, Li Xian finally saw that Xie An's words of praise and disparagement not only scolded Li Mao severely, but also ordered his subordinates toThe soldier became suspicious, and more importantly, what he said was so clever that it was impossible to fault him at all.

    "If others don't know, unless we do nothing, Li Mao deserves to be ruined in our hands" Xie An said with a snicker.

    Li Xian nodded when he heard this. He naturally knew what Xie An was referring to. However, just when he was about to say something else, the angry roar of King Yan Li Mao came from the tower.

    "Thank you - An -!"

    "What's the matter, Your Highness the traitor?" Xie An squinted at the King of Yan, Li Mao, on the tower, and said with a mocking look on his face, "Are you thinking, "Oh, the Liaodong Expeditionary Force, which I have high hopes for,  Why did he lose his whereabouts inexplicably!] What a pity. Your highness, the traitor, the foreign cavalry you have placed high hopes on are waiting for you to give orders in the underworld, why don't you go down and accompany them?"

    "You!" Yan King Li Mao was furious when he heard this, gritted his teeth and cursed, "I should have killed you long ago!"

    "Do you think that by killing me, the world will not know the dirty things you have done? If you don't want others to know, you have to do it yourself!" Shaking his head pretendingly, Xie An sighed and said, "What a good national hero.  It¡¯s inappropriate, you insist on being a rebel king who commits rebellion, and you don¡¯t hesitate to bring foreign troops into the country. You are like this, and you still want to be the emperor of Zhou Dynasty?¡±

    "How presumptuous!" King Yan Li Mao roared angrily, and smashed most of the turning heads on the wall into pieces with one palm.  Tiger Eyes stared, gritted his teeth and cursed, "Xie Anpifu, do you really think that I don't dare to kill you?"

    "Come on!" Xie An raised his fingers towards Ji Jingcheng's head without any scruples. At the same time, Tang Hao, the deputy commander of the Jizhou Army, waved his hand, and suddenly tens of thousands of crossbowmen lined up.  Lead but not shoot.

    In normal times, how could Yan King Li Mao swallow such a sigh of relief?  Not to mention ten thousand crossbowmen, even if there were several times more, why would he be afraid?  What should he fear from the Yuyang cavalry in Northern Xinjiang?  !

    But that won¡¯t work today, because the Yuyang cavalry under his command have become infantry, and those horses have already suffered from diarrhea due to drinking the well water with laxatives, and their hooves are weak.  If you can't stand firmly, how can you join the fight?

    What?  Call the infantry out of the city to fight?  Isn't that asking for death?  You must know that there are not only those 10,000 crossbowmen outside the city, but a terrifying number of nearly 100,000 soldiers. Even if all the more than 10,000 infantrymen who have not been attacked are thrown into the battlefield, they will probably end up being killed outside the city in an instant.  Swallowed by the imperial soldiers and horses.  Eaten until no bones are left.

    Angry and angry, but Li Mao is not unconscious yet, he still thinks clearly about this matter.

    Taking a deep breath, King Yan Li Mao finally calmed down. Thinking about it, he is the overlord of the grassland after all, and he will definitely not be so angry that he loses his mind because of Xie An's words.

    "The Liaodong Expeditionary Forcewas actually solved by you and others?"

    The confused Yan King Li Mao asked in an extremely cold tone.

    To be honest, Li Mao had a bad feeling in his heart when he saw that the imperial troops and horses had gone and returned, but the foreign cavalry of the Liaodong Expeditionary Force had not returned.  However, because he found that the troops and horses on the court side had almost no losses, Li Mao subconsciously couldn't believe it. After all, in his opinion, the Liaodong Expeditionary Army numbered as many as 60,000 to 70,000, and each one  The bravery is not inferior to that of the Yuyang cavalry. Even if King Li Mao of Yan wants to deal with this cavalry, he obviously cannot do it without paying a very heavy price. Could it be said that the other party has the ability to eradicate the foreign cavalry without spending a single soldier?  What?

    Thinking of this, even Yan King Li Mao couldn't help but have layers of cold sweat on his forehead.

    Hearing Yan King Li Mao¡¯s question, Li Xian sighed slightly. He couldn¡¯t tell that Li Mao was testing him, but he still answered Li Mao without hiding anything.

    "Don't tempt me, fourth brother. Your so-called plan of driving the tiger to devour the wolf has been seen through by us a long time ago. The tiger you drove has been completely wiped out"

    ¡°¡­¡± Li Mao¡¯s eyes suddenly opened in shock, and layers of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

    [How can it be!  The Liaodong Expeditionary Force was completely wiped out?  And the imperial troops and horses were not damaged at all?  impossible!  This is absolutely impossible!  Xiaoba is probably lying to me Yes, it's probably like Ma Dan did last time. He just deceived Xiao Huo to another place and then got rid of him. It should be the same this time!  Howeverthe Liaodong Expeditionary Force only numbers 60,000 to 70,000, so how can it logically not be thrown away]

    After being puzzled, King Yan Li Mao once again said tentatively, "Do you think using such ridiculous lies to deceive me will shake my mind?"

    Hearing this, Li Xian shook his head and sighed, "Xiao Wang is determined not to deceive Fourth Brother. The Liaodong Expeditionary Force has long been destroyed by the Qingshui River!"

    [By the Qingshui River?  South side of Anping KingdomQingshui River?  ]

    An idea that shocked him came to mind. King Yan Li Mao suppressed the horror in his heart and said calmly, "Do you think that adding a place name will make me gullible? Ridiculous!"

    As soon as he finished speaking, Xie An sneered and said mockingly, "You are the one who is ridiculous! Do you think your Liaodong Expeditionary Force is something powerful?"

    When King Yan Li Mao heard this, his tiger eyes flashed, and he said coldly, "Well, you can tell me how you managed to summon the entire Liaodong Expeditionary Army of 60,000 to 70,000 men without even using a single soldier.  The army was destroyed!¡±

    "It's very simple!" Xie An shrugged and said calmly.  "Since the Liaodong Expeditionary Army is willing to chase the cavalry of our Jizhou Army, let them chase after us The cavalry officers and soldiers of our Jizhou Army led a group of foreign guys who are favored by you and circled several large areas in the north of Anping Kingdom.  Circle, and when the man is tired and the horse is tired, he will lead him to the Qingshui River. At this time, the upstream river rushes down, and there is a bang like this. Thenyou said tens of thousands of cavalry? Anyway, no matter how many, that gang  Everyone was washed away by the flood"

    "Absurd!" Before Li Mao had time to speak, Northern Xinjiang general Zhang Qi couldn't help but said, "The water flow in Qingshui River is gentle, why did it burst its embankment?"

    "Because we were prepared in advance. Didn't the infantry leave Jijing nearly ten days earlier than the cavalry? You didn't meet outside the city at that time. You shouldn't be unclear, right? Ah? Right?" Xie An looked innocent  said.

    Zhang Qi's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and after looking at Yudou, he said bravely.  "How can the river burst its banks in just ten days?"

    ¡°You¡¯re stupid, you didn¡¯t know it¡¯s the autumn flood season recently!¡±

    "You" Zhang Qi blushed at Xie An's words and was speechless. At this time, General Cao Da stood up and asked, "The Liaodong Expeditionary Force is not a fool. When the river water comes, won't they run away?"  "

    "I can't run away," Nunu made a strange look.  Xie An said with a half-smile, "Because those war horses lowered their heads and stopped moving?"

    "Not moving?"

    "Ah! Because when passing by the Qingshui River, the cavalry of our Jizhou Army galloped on their horses, while they dropped beans near the river and the shoals in the river. No. Those of your Liaodong Expeditionary Army are tired.  The tired horses have lowered their heads and are eating beans!"

    Cao Da's face turned pale when he heard this. After all, they had used similar tactics to deal with the grassland peoples when they were in the grassland. They never thought about it.  One day someone will actually use this trick on them.

    Hearing this, King Yan Li Mao also let out a long sigh. This was exactly what he was worried about.

    "Compared with the straight-forward battles on the grassland, after all, the people of the Zhou Dynasty who knew the art of war were more difficult to deal with!"

    After sighing, King Yan Li Mao left the city. It seemed that he didn't want to say anything more to Xie An and Li Xianduo.

    Seeing this, Xie An and the slightly disappointed Li Xian also returned to the army.

    At this time, Dian Ying, the main division general of the Jizhou Army, couldn't help but ask, "Sir, are you really besieging but not attacking? The general estimated conservatively that after Master Gou's words, at least 30,000 of the 50,000 Northern Xinjiang troops in the city were temporarily  We have to lose our combat power. This is an excellent opportunity! If we attack Hebei Capital at this time, we will most likely be able to capture it!"

    Xie An was about to explain when he heard this, when suddenly a woman's voice came from behind him.

    "It's not that we won't attack, but we just don't really want to capture Jijing!"

    The generals turned their heads subconsciously, and suddenly saw Changsun Xiangyu slowly coming forward in the commander's chariot. Their faces straightened immediately, and they clasped their fists and called themselves military advisors.

    "Hmm!" Nodding to his husband Xie An, the eldest son Xiangyu said seriously to the generals, "Li Mao is domineering and arrogant. This time he got Ji Jing, he must not be willing to spit it out easily. I guess based on my concubine.  , he will most likely choose to defend the capital But if we don't give him any chance to defend the city, and storm the city Li Mao is not a young boy who has just gone to war. He naturally knows what to do and what not to do. If  Seeing that the situation is unstoppable, he will definitely leave the Northern Xinjiang Army in the city and quietly go to Boling with a few generals. When the time comes, should we pursue Li Mao or continue to attack Jijing?"

    "This" Dianying was stunned for a moment, her expression a little lost.

    However, Changsun Xiangyu obviously didn't want to listen to Dianying's reaction. He coughed lightly and continued, "Li Mao was also one of the heroes of the great victory in Northern Hebei eleven years ago. He knows very well that sometimes victory can only be achieved by unscrupulous means.  What if, after returning to Boling, he takes a step ahead and kills General Liang Qiuwu before our army arrives in Boling because he is afraid that we will meet up with General Liang Qiuwu?"

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????¡­?My great mistress, how can I stand by and watch when her life and death are in danger?

    "Is the situation with the Great Mistress very critical?" Gou Gong couldn't help but ask. You must know that before Changsun Xiangyu revealed the matter, they all thought that Liang Qiuwu in Boling was just unable to lead his army to break through.  Self-protection is still no problem.

    In response to this matter, Changsun Xiangyu said lightly, "Boling is just a small place. It originally had natural dangers to rely on. But now that the Northern Xinjiang Army has a way to bypass Boling, there is no danger to defend Boling  Besieged on all sides, with part-time jobs and food routes cut off, even if it¡¯s not a crisis, it¡¯s still not easy!¡±

    "No wonder Military Master Liu must go to Boling to rescue the mistress" Tang Hao murmured with sudden realization. After saying this, he suddenly noticed the faint look of Changsun Xiangyu glancing at him.  He smiled and didn't dare to say any more.

    "In short, that's it. We must attack the city naturally, but we must also give Li Mao the illusion that he may be able to defend the city. Only in this way will he be willing to draw troops from Boling. When the time comes, the right military advisor can use his skills"  When talking about the right military division, Chang Sun Xiangyu glanced at Liu Qing who was also on the coach's chariot.  The latter snorted lightly without saying much.

    "Surround the area for reinforcements" Touching his chin, Xie An vaguely heard Changsun Xiangyu's plan.

    "Well, it should be correct to surround the point and call for reinforcements" Nodding, Li Xian confirmed in a low voice, "Li Mao is a fierce tiger. If he lets the tiger return to the mountain, there will be endless troubles. For the current plan, we can only weaken the strength of the Northern Xinjiang Army as much as possible.  It's best to take this opportunity to rescue General Liangqiu, and then the army will gather in the capital to capture and kill Li Mao in one fell swoop!" At the end of the sentence, Li Xian clenched his fist heavily, as if to swear that this matter was inevitable.

    Thinking about it, that's true. After all, the people in Anping Kingdom have now moved to the vicinity of Chaoge.  There is almost no human habitation within a thousand miles of the entire Anping Kingdom. There is no doubt that this is the best battlefield to fight against Northern Li Mao and the Northern Xinjiang army. Even if the war intensifies, innocent people will not be implicated in the losses caused by the war.  It can also be suppressed to a minimum.

    "And if King Li Mao of Yan is allowed to escape, the worst thing is if he is allowed to flee back to northern Xinjiang. If fighting breaks out again at that time, the losses suffered by the Zhou Dynasty due to the war will be immeasurable.

    [Completely trap Li Mao, the ferocious wolf from the north, to death in the empty city of Jijing!  ]

    Xie An and Li Xian looked at each other, and both of them thought of one thing.

    "Tang Hao, prepare to attack the city!"

    "I have the order!" Tang Hao cupped his fists to accept the order, and Xie An issued the order.

    First, Fei Guo was ordered to lead the first partial division of the Jizhou Army, accompany the Southern Army, and set up camp in the northwest of Anping State to cut off the road from Ji Jing to Boling;

    Secondly, he ordered the Minister of Punishment, Xun Zheng, the Minister of Weiwei Temple, and the soldiers of the City Defense Department of Weiwei Temple under his command to accompany the Northern Army led by Beichi Hou Wenqin to set up camp on the northeast side of Anping State. After all, this is the direction from which the Liaodong Expeditionary Army came.  After fighting all the way, Xie An didn't want to be attacked by some northern Xinjiang army when he attacked Jijing. God knows whether Yan King Li Mao still had any troops in his hands.  However, it later turned out that Xie An's worries were a bit unfounded. In addition to the Liaodong Expeditionary Force, it was really difficult for Yan King Li Mao to create any army.

    As for Ma Dan and the second division of the Jizhou Army he led, Xie An gave him a high degree of autonomy. After all, Ma Dan's talent was no longer on the battlefield. His sense of battlefield patterns was even better than that of Liao Lizhi, who was very intuitive.  He is a natural commander at the strategic level. If he is limited to one place, it will be overkill.

    As for Liao Li, because he had to accompany Liu Qing, the right military advisor of the Jizhou Army, to Boling to rescue Liang Qiuwu and relieve the Eastern Army from the siege, Xie An did not issue any orders to him in this battle.

    Finally, Xie An ordered Tang Hao to lead the main division of the Jizhou Army to set up camp on the west side of Hebei, about fifteen miles away from the capital, and build siege equipment, thus launching the Gyeonggi Campaign with more than 200,000 soldiers at every turn.

    After the tasks assigned by the imperial army were completed, the atmosphere above Jijing City seemed extremely solemn, as if the situation a few months ago had completely reversed.  You must know that when King Li Mao of Yan led the Northern Xinjiang Army to attack Jijing, the defenders on the top of the city were also in shock. But now, the so-called wind and water have changed, and they are watching the imperial troops coming and going below the city.  The soldiers in Xinjiang held their breath subconsciously and did not dare to make any noise, for fear that the imperial army would attack the city immediately.

    The offensive and defensive momentum has completely changed position!

    Looking at the imperial troops under the city who were preparing to attack, the look in Yan Wang Li Mao's eyes changed, as if he was struggling with something.

    PS: This chapter was originally posted yesterday, but it turned out that it couldn¡¯t be posted after it was uploaded. Later, after being told by the editor, I found out that there were banned words in the article. Oh my God, when did drugs become banned words?  Speechless.  (To be continued)
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