The Summoning of the Troubled Times at the End of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 434 Use a poisonous trick, break an arm first

Chapter 430: To use poison tricks, break an arm first

After Linghu Chao was beheaded by Qin Qiong, the soldiers under his command suddenly became scattered, and Yi Ziqi, who had already been on the top of the city, had already given up.

Therefore, in the blink of an eye, the morale of the army has been low. At this time, Su Lie's main cavalry pawns came to kill him.

At that time, the rebel soldiers almost put down their weapons one after another, ran away with their heads in their arms, and chose to surrender.

Immediately, Su Lie also ordered to gather the prisoners, put them in prison, and make a decision after the war!
Afterwards, Su Lie couldn't help but galloped to the distance beyond the range of the city head, his eyes fixed on Yi Ziqi on the city wall.

"Oh, it seems that I miscalculated. I thought that Yi Ziqi would open the city gate and let the defeated soldiers enter the city. Qin Qiong would be able to fish in troubled waters and take the opportunity to occupy the front line of the city gate, waiting for my main force to come."

"What a pity, what a pity!"

It's just that Su Lie couldn't help sighing at this time, and couldn't help but look at Yi Ziqi's thoughts with admiration!

After all, to be able to make such a great determination to prevent our own army from routing into the city and indirectly killing the generals in the army, it can be seen that his vicious intentions are evident!
However, when Su Lie couldn't calm down for a long time, suddenly, another thought broke through his shackles and penetrated deep into his heart.

All of a sudden, Su Lie burst out laughing heartily. Judging by his expression, it was obvious that Su Lie already had a plan to defeat the enemy.

Immediately afterwards, Su Lie ordered the entire army to retreat for more than ten li, set up camp and spy on each other with the city.

Qi army, in the military tent

Qin Qiong couldn't help revealing a suspicious look, and asked with cupped hands: "General, now that the rebel army has been defeated and the morale of the army is low, why don't you take advantage of this to attack the city?"

"At this time, it is an excellent time to attack the city. If the rebels stabilize the morale of the army, it will be even more difficult for our army to attack Zhuo County."

For a while, the rest of the generals couldn't help but echo Qin Qiong's words one after another, and they all handed over their hands and asked for a battle to attack the city.

Seeing this, Su Lie couldn't help but inadvertently let out a sigh of regret, secretly said: "Oh, it seems that King Qi is really right."

"Qin Qiong can only be a general, not a commander. He didn't see the situation clearly this time!"

"However, since King Qi entrusts Lie with the task of training Qin Shubao, Lie will definitely not let you down."

It has to be said that Gao Qi's ability to recognize people is indeed very accurate, judging from Gao Qi's performance based on Qin Qiong in the original history, plus his military exploits since he joined him.

Gao Qi finally came to the conclusion that Qin Qiong can only be a general, not a handsome man.

Although this is Qin Qiong who combines romance and official history, and his command ability has reached 91, but according to his current performance, Qin Qiong's current commander is no longer what it should be.

However, Gao Qi didn't want this fierce general who was able to take the head of an admiral from a thousand troops in history to sink like a bag.

Therefore, taking advantage of the division of troops this time, Gao Qi decided to put Qin Qiong under Su Lie's tent, hoping that he could ask Su Lie for advice on how to be a commander, and strive to transform Qin Qiong as soon as possible!

I hope that what will be presented in the history books in the future is a wise and courageous general with courage and strategy, not just a simple brave general.

It can be seen from this that Gao Qi's hard work and conscience can also feel the deep love for Qin Qiong.

Since he already had the idea of ​​testing the teacher, Su Lie didn't express his thoughts immediately.

"General Shubao, since you said that our army can take advantage of the low morale of the rebel army to break the city this time, then you should think carefully, can our army really break the city?"

For a moment, Su Lie couldn't help smiling, but instead asked Qin Qiong a question for him to consider.

Hearing this, although Qin Qiong didn't know what Su Lie meant, but he also pondered for a long time, thinking about what else was involved.

Immediately afterwards, the rest of the generals also fell silent after hearing the news, considering the factors involved.

After a long time, Qin Qiong finally had the foundation of being a commander in the novel, and his brain was not too slow, so he was the first to draw a conclusion.

Immediately, Qin Qiong stood up with a huge body and took the lead: "General, Qiong already knows what you mean."

"This time, our army's intention from the beginning was to hold back the Linghu Chao Department of the rebel army and lure Yi Ziqi to lead the main force to rescue."

"Unfortunately, Yi Ziqi stopped the entire army from opening the city gate at the last moment and prevented the rout from entering the city, which made our army's plan to fish in troubled waters invalid."

"If the general was really angry and ordered to attack the city at that time, I am afraid that he was in the arms of the rebels and suffered a head-on blow from the rebels."

All of a sudden, Qin Qiong processed and analyzed the situation at that time, every word and every word, and slowly analyzed it!

After hearing this, Su Lie couldn't help but nodded secretly, and he also admired Qin Qiong in his heart.

At this time, Su Lie finally knew why Gao Qi valued Qin Qiong so much and wanted to train him to become a general.

To be honest, Qin Qiong's qualifications are not low, but he just needs more practical experience and more performance opportunities to exercise and enrich himself.

Only by accumulating over time can Qin Qiong be able to truly be on his own.

Afterwards, Qin Qiong couldn't help thinking about new questions and asked: "General, our army's plan to lure the enemy has failed."

"Now that the rebels are behind closed doors, it is clear that a strong attack will only damage the troops and is of no use."

"It is expected that with Yi Ziqi's temperament, he will not go out of the city to fight our army in a field battle no matter what. I don't know what to do next?"

Hearing this, Su Lie just smiled knowingly and told the generals that he had a plan to break the city, but he didn't say clearly what the plan was!
Seeing this, the generals had no choice but to hold back their suspicions and see how Su Lie planned to break through the city?

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Two days later, under the command of the general Su Lie, the Qi Army Zhanqi galloped towards Zhuo County in formation!

All of a sudden, there was dust flying around Zhuo County and banners flying, creating an oppressive and tense scene for the defenders in the city.

After a long time, the cavalry of the Qi army gradually came to a standstill, forming an orderly array in front of the city, waiting for orders.

Immediately, Su Lie pointed at his saber, gave an order loudly, and shouted: "The whole army obeys the general's order and attacks the city!"

When the order was issued, the lieutenant generals in the army were frightened immediately, and the cavalry soldiers of the entire army also became suspicious.

After all, this time is a siege battle, which is the worst battle for cavalry.

Not only that, this time Su Lie didn't even build the siege equipment, and the Zhuo County city had high walls and sufficient defenses, how could the Qi army's cavalry be able to break through the city?
Obviously, this siege may have no other results other than adding dead souls to the city.

At this time, the generals couldn't help questioning Su Lie's order for the first time, and all opposed it.

After all, this is a move related to the safety of the entire army, so the generals cannot be careless!
Seeing the expressions of the generals, Su Lie was not nervous at all, instead he smiled lightly, not wanting to explain anything.

But suddenly, after the battle, there was a cavalry, and its commanding general was Qin Qiong.

Not only that, the cavalry led by Qin Qiong also escorted a sergeant who was helpless and looked embarrassed.

Looking closely, this is exactly the Linghu Chao rout soldier captured the day before yesterday.

For a moment, all the generals turned their heads one after another. Seeing such a scene, they don't know what Su Lie's plan is, why did he bring the captives here?

"Humph!"

At this time, only Su Lie gave a sneer, and his eyes revealed bursts of light.

Afterwards, Qin Qiong's hip Huang Puma stepped forward, cupped his hands and reported, "General, the prisoners of war have arrived!"

Hearing this, Su Lie couldn't help but look shocked, raised his saber high, and said in a loud voice: "The whole army listened to the general's order, and took all the prisoners to the front of the battle, and joined our army to attack the city."

When the order came out, the cavalry soldiers of the Qi army raised their knives and guns one after another, and drove the rebel soldiers towards the city.

Although the rebels were all pushing and shoving, they were unwilling to go forward, but now their lives were in the hands of the Qi army, and they had no power to resist, so they had to go forward silently.

Of course, there is no shortage of brave fighters at any time, and there are also a few people who have fallen into a stroke in the rebel army to rise up and resist, ready to fight for a chance.

It's a pity, but suffering from being unarmed, he was severely punished by the cavalry of the Qi army and slaughtered to death!
These bloody heads immediately frightened the remaining soldiers.He couldn't help but shuddered, how could he dare to resist, and they all quickened their pace, driving towards the city.

After all, warriors are only a minority, and not everyone has the courage to face death.

As the soldiers drove down the city step by step, how could the generals not see Su Lie's intention at this time?
Seeing this, Qin Qiong couldn't help but bowed his hands, and persuaded tactfully: "General, will the means be too cruel?"

"Also, although they are all rebels, they are basically my Chinese sons and daughters. After reforming themselves, they can all become combatable soldiers. There is no need to treat them like this."

"I mean, since Yi Ziqi was able to make up his mind to refuse the routs to enter the city, I'm afraid he has already made plans to annihilate the routs. It would be as difficult as going to heaven if he wanted to break the city!"

It's just that Qin Qiong couldn't bear it, so he couldn't help persuading Su Lie to give up such a plan to seize the city.

However, this was strongly opposed by Su Lie. At this time, Su Lie couldn't help but a stern look flashed in his eyes, and said, "Hmph!"

"Zhuo County has high walls, thick walls, and sufficient defenses. Our army is all cavalry and has no siege equipment. How can we capture Zhuo County?"

"Don't sacrifice the rebels, but let our army's strong men go to attack the city, and die in vain?"

Every word and every word made Qin Qiong speechless, and he didn't know how to refute.

In fact, what Su Lie said was indeed reasonable, the time to deal with the rebels was at the critical moment, and there was no room for delaying the opportunity.

Because the grain and grass in the army have reached the stage of suing kilns, if they don't make a quick decision, they will join Yan Wang Luo Yi to replenish the grain road.

I am afraid that in the end, the advantage occupied by the Qi army will be reversed, and even more serious, the Qi army may be turned into victory by the An army.

For this plan, Su Lie had no choice but to do it, but considering the overall situation, Su Lie had to do it.

As the saying goes: Kindness does not control soldiers, righteousness does not control wealth, if you do not treat the enemy cruelly, then you must be the one who sacrifices.

In order to make his army faster and reduce casualties to a greater extent, Su Lie had no choice but to make a bad move, using the surrender of his pawns as a shield to attack.

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As the pawns gradually approached, the cavalry soldiers of the Qi army also jumped off their horses one after another, brandishing knives and guns, and followed closely, approaching the city step by step.

On the top of the city, after the news of the Qi army's attack was delivered by the scouts, Yi Ziqi did not dare to neglect, and immediately rushed to the top of the city to command in person.

At this time, seeing that the Qi army had entered the range, Yi Ziqi was about to give the order to "shoot the arrow".

However, one of the generals suddenly screamed: "General, wait a minute, there is a situation!"

"It seems that the sergeant below is not the Qi army, but our army."

It's just that, following the general's reminder, Yi Ziqi couldn't help but wait and see carefully, and after a long time, he realized that it was indeed the defeated soldiers led by Linghu Chao who went out to fight in the city the day before yesterday.

At this time, Su Lie raised his sword and came out of the formation, shouting loudly: "All soldiers, obey the order!"

"If they wanted to survive, they shouted one after another, asking relatives, friends and soldiers in the city to put down their swords and leave the city to surrender."

"Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless with the sword in my hand!"

After finishing speaking, Su Lie deliberately pointed his saber at the sky, and the bright sunlight shone on the saber, immediately reflecting the blade of his sword in a golden and green brilliance.

For a moment, Su Lie's body was reflected in Jiang Zuo's heart, and he could not forget it for a long time, as if a god descended to earth!

Following Su Lie's intimidation and the intimidation of the cavalry pawns of the Qi army, the cavalry pawns had no choice but to follow suit, shouting with all their might.

Immediately afterwards, there was a burst of shouts that rang out from the top of the city, and their high-pitched voices also floated in the sky.

"Son, since the father is here, you should leave the city and surrender!"

"Brother, the Qi army has a rich reputation and good military discipline. What are you still thinking about? Get out of the city and surrender to the Qi army."

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All of a sudden, shouts like this came from every soldier in the city.

In fact, the reason why Su Lie used this strategy was after careful consideration, because An Lushan was the prefect of Zhuojun.

Almost all the soldiers and horses under his command carried out omens in Zhuojun. It should be noted that the relatives of the ancient clans can be described as very close!

Not only that, among the many soldiers who surrendered at this time, in fact, most of them were relatives or relatives of clans with better relations with the defenders on the city.

The purpose of Su Lie's strategy is not to rely on surrendering pawns as shields to break the city.

In fact, the real purpose is to use this relationship to let the rebels disintegrate on their own and lose all morale.

As long as the morale of the defenders in the city collapses, the fall of Zhuo County will become a foregone conclusion.

After all, no matter how strong a fortress is, it cannot stop a breakthrough from the inside!
In Sun Tzu's Art of War, there are strategies such as "warning is the bottom, fighting with the heart" and "surrendering the enemy without fighting".

Even the Art of War states that a war can be ended without a sword, so why shed blood?
Isn't it great benevolence to save the majority of lives by sacrificing a small number of people?
In fact, even if Yi Ziqi became angry and ordered to shoot the soldiers, it would not help!

On the contrary, this was exactly what Su Lie hoped for the most. As long as Yi Ziqi dared to order such an order, it would definitely cause everyone in the army to be in danger, and dissatisfaction would also arise.

At that time, Su Lie's secret provocation will surely make the rebel soldiers resist one after another, thus achieving "victory in chaos".

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It's just that, as the soldiers gathered under the city, the tense momentum of the defenders on the city suddenly dissipated. What's more, some soldiers became even more motivated and gradually became agitated!

Fortunately, Yi Ziqi reacted in time and killed these sergeants on the spot, so as to deter them, a mutiny was avoided.

However, as the soldiers gradually disturbed the morale of the soldiers, the morale of the soldiers in the army had reached the lowest level at this time, and they had no fighting spirit at all!

However, Yi Ziqi regained his sanity in time at the critical moment, restrained himself, and did not order the soldiers to be shot.

As a result, a tragedy happened, and the result Su Lie hoped for did not happen.

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After disturbing the day, Yi Ziqi restrained himself in a daze, and did not order to shoot the soldiers.

Immediately, Su Lie ordered the troops to return to the camp for a rest.

However, in the next few days, Su Lie continued to order his soldiers to continue disturbing the morale of the defenders in the city.

(End of this chapter)