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

Chapter 436 Let's be shortlisted, Shi Siming
Chapter 430 Let's be shortlisted, Xiongkuohai breaks through
On the official road from Shanggu Yi County to Zhuo County, a majestic army galloped here with banners and banners.

This army is under the command of Anjun Shi Siming, and its leading general is Anjun general Shi Siming.

It is only said that when Su Lie planned to attack Zhuo County, Shi Siming had already led the army to Yi County, and then with his own prestige, he personally led the army to garrison the Yishui line to resist the Xia army.

Yishui is connected to Laishui and Juma River in the north, and flows into Juma River in the south. Therefore, Yi County is surrounded and surrounded.

Therefore, Yishui formed a natural line of defense from Jizhou to the north and entered Yi County, which was the only place to pass through when attacking Yi County.

As early as when Anlu Mountain was still the prefect of Zhuojun, leading the army to resist Dou Jiande of Jizhou, for the safety of Yi County, he spent huge manpower and material resources to defend Yishui.

Therefore, the defense line along the coast of Yishui can be described as impregnable. Although it was repeatedly attacked by the Xia army's powerful soldiers, it still stood upright and firmly resisted the Xia army.

In fact, this is also related to Xia Jun's lack of water troops. After all, Yishui is extremely long. If you want to attack Yixian, you have to cross Yishui. And hit it!
Therefore, in many cases, Xia's army lost most of its strength before breaking through Yishui.

Not only that, but Yishui is also a very famous place. According to the records of "Warring States Policy · Yan Ce III", the famous Yishui came from here: "The wind is blowing and the water is cold, and the strong men will never return!"

Even Li Bai, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, wrote a sentence about Yishui in his poem "Leave Farewell to Ti and Tour the Fortress".

"Ashamed as Yishui Farewell, Lin Qi burst into tears."

It can be seen that although Yishui has a long history and has been beaten by wind and frost, it still stands firm!
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Due to the solid defense line created by Yishui and Shi Siming's personal defense, Dou Jiande could not break through Yishui and reach the other side even if he did his best.

A few days later, Shi Siming received an urgent battle report from Yi Ziqi, the general of Zhuo County, saying that the Qi army had swept across the counties of Zhuo County, and the soldiers were approaching the city. The situation was critical, and he asked for support!

At this time, Shi Siming knew that the situation in Zhuo County was imminent. After arranging the plan to defend Yi County, he led the army to rush to Zhuo County.

It's just that Zhuo County is far from Yi County, and the two sides are not far apart, but there is Laishui blocking it.

In addition, the land leading to Zhuo County is all flat and flat, without mountains and rivers blocking it.

Moreover, Shi Siming has also set up defenses in Laishui. Although it is not as strong as Yishui, it should not be underestimated!
This is mainly just in case, if Yi Shui is breached, at least our army will not be too passive, and there is still room for buffering.

At this time, on the road of Fengji, in the direction from Zhuo County at this time, there are several people wearing broken armor, covered in blood, galloping on horses.

Before rushing to the army formation, the leader dismounted immediately, knelt down by the side of the road, and shouted: "General Shi, I am ashamed of your orders!"

"Zhuo County has fallen!"

When Zhuoxian County fell, it was like a needle point piercing into the hearts of the soldiers of the An army. Immediately, a messenger galloped to the main formation to report to Shi Siming.

Hearing this, Shi Siming didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately rode forward, took a closer look, and said in surprise: "Yi Ziqi?"

Yes, that's right, this blood-stained general is Yi Ziqi, the chief general guarding Zhuo County.

To say how Yi Ziqi escaped from the city and went to this place, it starts with the order to shoot and kill the soldiers.

At that time, after observing the sly smile on Su Lie's expression, Yi Ziqi felt deeply uncomfortable in his heart, as if something was about to happen!
Therefore, after Yi Ziqi returned to the mansion, he ordered his personal guards to monitor the army to avoid any accidents in the army.

On the other hand, Yi Ziqi also packed his bags early and prepared to retreat.

After all, the battle-tested Yi Ziqi is not a fool who can't understand the situation. After knowing that he has cruelly ordered to shoot and kill the surrendered soldiers, his Zhuo County must not stay for a long time.

However, what Yi Ziqi didn't expect was that his own army actually launched a mutiny, and the number of people who responded was increasing day by day!

This slightest move also caught Yi Ziqi by surprise, and in the end he relied on his own bravery and Su Lie's not thinking of hunting down soldiers on a large scale.

Yi Ziqi was able to charge bravely and lead the crowd to break out with difficulty!

"Ugh!"

"It's a pity, it's a pity, if you can hold on to the city for a day, then the general will be able to lead the army back to help, Zhuo County will not fall, and the Qi army's plan will be crushed."

For a while, after hearing what Yi Ziqi said about the cause and effect, Shi Siming couldn't help sighing again and again after he finished speaking, quite a feeling of hating iron for not being able to make steel.

After all, if Yi Ziqi hadn't been greedy for profit and deducted the salaries and rewards of the soldiers under his command without authorization, even if there was a factor of shooting and killing the soldiers this time, it is expected that the scale and the number of responders would not be too high!
In the past, even An Lushan and Shi Siming had persuaded Yi Ziqi to restrain his approach, but unfortunately Yi Ziqi did not improve at all.

In view of Yi Ziqi's bravery, An Lushan only reprimanded him, but did not investigate further. If Yi Ziqi could know that it was his own kindness that led to the current situation, he would definitely regret it until he hit the wall.

After all, Zhuo County is the hinterland of the An army, the foundation of the army, and an important hub connecting the two armies.

At this time, the fall of Zhuo County will also show that the connection between Shi Siming, An Lushan and Cai Xide will also be cut off, and the situation will be greatly disadvantaged!

Immediately, Shi Siming couldn't help thinking hard, pondered for a while, raised his whip, rode his horse and gave orders, saying: "The whole army obeys orders!"

"The whole army is speeding up and approaching Zhuo County quickly!"

When the order was issued, the whole army of the An army cheered up immediately, took a step forward, and ran away in an emergency.

Obviously, Shi Siming wanted to take the opportunity to take back the city because the Qi army had just captured Zhuo County and was still in an unstable foothold.

It's a pity that Shi Siming's plan will run aground after all, because Su Lie didn't act according to his ideas.

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Zhuoxian city center
At this time, Su Lie was issuing orders in a bold and orderly manner, to be precise, it should be an order to retreat.

That's right, Su Lie was planning to withdraw his entire army from Zhuo County, in order to lure Shi Siming's army to attack and annihilate them.

After all, defeating Zhuo County was not the real purpose of the Qi army. Su Lie's plan was to lure the An army in Ji County, gather them together, and wipe out all their vital forces in a single battle.

As for the harassment and capture of Zhuo County, it was just a cover to lure Shi Siming to lead the attack.

Moreover, Su Lie was right in the slightest. After Shi Siming reoccupied Zhuo County, enough was enough, stagnated, and did not support the war in Ji County.

Because, if Shi Siming refuses to support Ji County, Su Lie can adjust his strategy at any time, turn fiction into reality, and storm Ji County.

As long as Ji County is conquered, the Qi army can still achieve the established strategic goal, and thus look down on Youzhou, or Su Lie can also lead the cavalry to station at the border of Zhuo County, eyeing it like a tiger!

Waiting for the good news of Xia Jun here, it is a decision to attack Shi Siming when the two sides converge.

It can be seen from this that the initiative of this battle is in the hands of Su Lie. No matter what he chooses, Shi Siming's pursuit of the Qi army is unstoppable!
"Soldiers and soldiers, quickly remove all available materials in the city, and strive to not leave a single grain of rice to the rebels."

At this time, Li Zhong and Lu Zhishen were urging the sergeants to move supplies such as military equipment and food foam in the treasury in the city.

Zhuo County, as the foundation of Anlu Mountain's rebellion, has not a small amount of military equipment and grains hoarded in the treasury.

Breaking the city this time can be regarded as a complete solution to the future worries of the Qi army, and there is no need to worry about food and grass.

It should be noted that this time Gao Qi led the army to go north, it was a battle in a different place, although it had the support of allies Dou Jiande and Luo Yi.

However, everyone knows that in troubled times, there are no real allies among the princes, only interests!
It is obviously not realistic to pin all hopes on the allies.

Therefore, the only military order to withdraw from the city was that Su Lie ordered the entire army to empty the treasury in the city.

With so many supplies, with [-] cavalry and descendants, it is of course impossible to move all of them.

Therefore, the ordnance that could not be transported was almost destroyed directly, and the surplus food, Su Lie organized soldiers to open warehouses to release food, and called on the people to come to receive the food.

This action immediately established the Qi army's reputation among the soldiers and the people, and the people of Zhuo County couldn't help crying with joy. They raised the grain they received in their hands and shouted "a teacher of benevolence and righteousness!"

In fact, it is not because of the behavior of its people. Even in the prosperous years, the people at the bottom can only guarantee their daily life and not go hungry.

Not to mention that today is a period of chaos in the world, and officials and bandits from all over the country are colluding to drive up prices, making people's lives difficult!

The most important thing is that in order to expand their armaments, warlords and anti-kings in various places forcibly recruited strong men and increased taxes.

This move has made the life of the people who are not wealthy even worse, and the people are in dire straits.

At this time, Qi Jun's actions seemed to open another secluded path for him in a crisis, and the people couldn't help but see a new dawn.

This is the case with everything, as long as people think that the world is the same, there is no difference, and a new side just appears, it will greatly change.

At this time, the Qi army is like a new army, different from the princes of the world. Instead of robbing the people by force, they do their best to help the people and tide over the difficulties.

In fact, this move is exactly the way of governing the country advocated by Gao Qi, and it is also the way he hopes, and it will also be the direction that Gao Qi needs to work hard in the future.

After all, Gao Qi comes from later generations, and he knows that it is impossible to achieve equality for everyone in the world.

Even in societies with a sound legal system in later generations, there are still grades, the difference between the rich and the poor, not to mention the deeply hierarchical feudal society at the end of the Sui Dynasty.

Therefore, Gao Qi, who has insight into all this, did not choose to change, but he knew that it was impossible for him to do it alone.

Now he can only rely on his foresight and his hands to create a prosperous world with his civil and martial arts, minimize the burden on the people, and let them live and work in peace.

As for others, only Gao Qi and his descendants slowly explored the way forward and transformed the social structure in an attempt to change the social system.

Therefore, this is Gao Qi's purest idea. Of course, he can also choose to fight against the sky and forcefully change.

However, the result is nothing more than the second Wang Mang of the new dynasty!

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After everything was ready, Su Lie ordered Qin Qiong's envoy to surrender Li Zhong, and Lu Zhishen first transported the military equipment and food, and escorted the surrendered soldiers back to the Jixian camp.

As for Su Lie, he personally led [-] war cavalry to stay in Zhuo County to compete with Shi Siming's main force who was about to arrive.

Regarding this, Qin Qiong immediately expressed his puzzled face, and hurriedly cupped his hands and asked: "General, as the leader of an army, your safety is related to the victory or defeat of the entire army!"

"How can you personally lead the army to lure Shi Siming, in case something goes wrong, wouldn't it be..."

Although Qin Qiong didn't say it clearly in the following words, the meaning is self-evident!

It was nothing more than if Su Lie made a mistake, where would the whole army be?
It should be known that generals are the soul of soldiers, and without a leader, the combat power of an army will be greatly reduced by a level.

Obviously, after this battle to capture Zhuo County, Qin Qiong has been convinced of Su Lie without any complaints, and his words are full of respect.

After all, this time Su Lie almost won Zhuo County with a battle loss ratio of zero casualties, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, with deep walls.

Moreover, the cavalry is still the main force, and the city captured, such a record, even compared with the commanders of several major legions of the Qi army, is not inferior in the slightest!

Qin Qiong asked himself, if he led the army to attack Zhuo County, he would never have thought of such a counter-measure to drive apart the soldiers in the city.

Hearing this, Su Lie's heart was instantly relieved, and he said: "It's okay, I will not confront Shi Siming head-on."

"This time, the main purpose is to cover Shubao, and you safely send the weapons, food, and soldiers back to the Jixian camp, so as to avoid Shi Siming's Qingqi pursuit."

"Moreover, it will prevent Shi Siming from stagnating here, and continue to march into Ji County without leading the army. We still need to stimulate him."

It's just that after Su Lie's general explanation, Qin Qiong was relieved, and then he waved his gun and ordered [-] cavalry to escort the surrendered soldiers and officially set off!
Seeing Qin Qiong going away, Su Lie slowly said: "It seems that King Qi's analysis is really good, Qin Qiong has begun to grow after this battle."

"The words and deeds are all calm. With the tempering of the war, he will definitely be able to become a general."

Immediately after, Su Lie was completely at ease, and set his sights on Shi Siming who was about to come.

After all, that is the ultimate goal of Su Lie's ambush design.

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Nearly two days later, at dusk, Shi Siming finally led the army to the outskirts of Zhuo County.

Looking from a distance, I saw Sergeant Xiong in the An army formation panting!

This is why Shi Siming ordered the whole army to gallop here this time.

However, what appeared in the eyes of An Jun's soldiers was very strange.

Because, the gate of the city was opened with a bang, a banner was erected everywhere, armor was in order, and cavalry pawns with high morale rode out in an instant.

Afterwards, he stood tightly outside the city, confronting the An army soldiers who rushed over.

ps: Today is Fengxi's birthday, so this chapter was posted ahead of schedule.

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