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

Chapter 452
Chapter 450 Burning Cage Fire City, Defeating the Rebels
Ji County, at this time An Lushan had joined forces with Shi Siming, and stormed the Qi army who was guarding behind closed doors. However, the feng shui took turns, although the strong Jicheng prevented the Qi army from breaking the city.

However, now it has also become a difficulty caused by breaking the city and destroying the Qi army for Anlu Mountain, which is extremely headache!

Moreover, the city walls of Jicheng were already strong and solid, but what was more important was that the defenders of the An Army deployed a large number of defense materials in the city, but now they all became the key to the Qi army's defense of the city.

Not only that, but when the rebels were suppressed at that time, the catapults were also captured. At this time, the catapults were placed on the front line of the city as a long-range attack, which can be said to have caused a great attack on the An army.

It is only said that the continuous attack for several days failed, and An Lushan knew that there was no point in continuing the attack, so he resolutely stopped the attack to preserve his strength, and stood firm in the cage fire city, waiting for a good opportunity.

But waiting left and right, it was Xia Jun and Yan Jun who were waiting for peace. Dou Jiande led the army to retreat to the Yishui and Laishui defense lines and defend the defenses. They didn't make great progress. They went further and continued to attack Youzhou and compete with Luo Yi for the county. county.

According to the plan, An Lushan felt that according to the momentum of the Xia army's dispatch of troops this time, Dou Jiande's goal was to attack Youzhou, but now he made peace with the Yan army and did not continue to attack, which is very puzzling.

In fact, what An Lushan thought was right, but it was a pity that it lowered Qi's influence. In comparison, the benefits gained from forming an alliance with the Qi army were greater, so what a mere Youzhou was nothing.

In other words, Youzhou will not move. Although the opportunity to seize it has been lost this time, it does not mean that there is no chance again.

Therefore, with the retreat of the Xia army at this time, the situation of the An army suddenly became awkward, isolated and helpless. If they don't think about countermeasures, their destruction may be inevitable!

Soon, An Lushan made up his mind to embark on a road of no return, but before it started, his army was about to suffer huge losses.



Jicheng
It is only said that in recent days, due to the continuous defense of the city by our own army, these generals in the army have long been suffocated, and they can't help but ask Su Lie to fight, ask for orders to go out of the city, fight the rebels in field battles, and defeat them in one fell swoop.

However, this request was undoubtedly rejected by Su Lie on the spot, and he was strictly prohibited from leaving the city, otherwise it would be the words of beheading for the order.

However, today Su Lie was out of the ordinary, he took the initiative to call all the generals under his command in the military mansion to discuss matters, and all the generals didn't have to go to the lobby of the military mansion with suspicious eyes for a while.

After all, the tactics implemented in the past few days were all to stay behind closed doors to consume the strength of the rebel army by defending the city. Could it be that Su Lie suddenly figured out that he wanted to give the order to go out of the city to fight?

However, nothing can be done yet, and we still have to wait for specific instructions!
In the mansion, Su Lie, who is above the commander-in-chief, saw that all the generals had arrived, so he couldn't help but said first: "The general looked at the master with doubtful eyes, and must have doubts about calling everyone here today. Bar?"

"I am dissatisfied with all of you. I called you here today. It is exactly as you wished to open the city gates, go out of the city to meet the enemy, defeat the rebels in one fell swoop, and then lead the army to meet King Qi."

It was said that although the generals had a hunch, after hearing it with their own ears, they still felt unbelievable. Is it true that they really opened the city and went out to fight?

After being shocked, Qin Qiong couldn't help asking slowly: "General, is what you said true?"

"Of course, this time, Shubao will be the vanguard, enter the cage fire city, and rely on his martial arts to defeat the rebels in one fell swoop and capture An Lushan alive. What about Shi Siming?"

For a while, Su Lie explained with a smile, but on the other hand, he also encouraged the generals, eliminating the tension before the battle in the cradle, and only by going all out and wholeheartedly can he be invincible in the end!
Moreover, after hearing these words, the generals also got another piece of information, that is, Su Lie already has a plan to destroy the city of fire.

After pondering, Su Lie turned to Jia Xu who was silent at the side, and said, "Wen He, since all the generals are so eager to know the battle plan, you should tell everyone."

This time, Su Lie did not personally announce the battle plan in public, but gave the opportunity to Jia Xu without losing the opportunity.
He has a relatively low-key personality. Although he divided his troops into Youzhou with Su Lie, he has made many tricks and defeated the rebels.

However, the influence in the army is almost zero. Except for a few core members, almost no one in the army is familiar with him.

It should be noted that the number of civil servants in Daqi has gradually increased, and there are not a few scholars who come to vote for their fame. Even if they are in high positions now, there are not a few who are highly valued by Gao Qi.

Important ministers such as Liu Bowen and Fang Xuanling continued to be active in the political arena. It can be seen from this that if Jia Xu keeps a low profile like this, he may be replaced by the latecomers.

However, although Su Lie gave Jia Xu the opportunity to show off out of good intentions, it is a pity that he didn't know that Jia Xu did not yearn to be promoted to the throne at all, and to be a celebrity in front of the monarch.

Instead, he wants to be pure-hearted and ascetic, as long as he can live at home for the elderly, there will be no problems with food and clothing. Being wise and protecting one's life has always been his criterion for serving the monarch.

"Hey, Su Lie, Su Lie, although I know that you are thinking about me and want me to build up more military prestige so that King Qi will pay more attention to him, but you don't know that I, Jia Xu, are not interested in these things. "

"It should be noted that throughout the ages, after the world has been stabilized, those with high meritorious deeds will only face the fate of being feared by the king and eventually being harmed by him. Jia Xu does not want to be this kind of person."

After hearing Su Lie's words, Jia Xu saw through Su Lie's thoughts in an instant, and could only sigh bitterly, thinking secretly.

However, at this time, all the generals' eyes were focused on Jia Xu, and Jia Xu also knew that it was impossible to keep a low profile, so he took a deep breath and said slowly: "Actually, the Po'an Army is the one that Xu and General It's been made before."

"At that time, when Shi Siming was still rushing to Jicheng, Xu and the general conspired to dig a tunnel in the city of caged fire, and hoarded many fire starters inside."

"Original plan was to deal directly with Shi Siming's army, but Shi Siming was highly vigilant, but he never found a suitable opportunity, until An Lushan led the army to help, and our army retreated to Jicheng."

"I thought that the An Army, which was united with the two armies, would definitely discover the secret passage in the city, but it didn't occur to An Lushan that he was too impatient and directly sent troops to attack the city, neglecting to thoroughly investigate the cage fire city."

"That's why, to this day, Cagefire City has not been exposed, and after several days of defense, the rebels will definitely not expect that our army will take the opportunity to send troops and launch an attack brazenly."

"Therefore, after discussing with the general, Xu and the general, if at this time they raid the city from a secret passage and set fire to it, causing chaos among the rebels, and then use death squads to risk their lives to open the city gate to meet the main force, then the possibility of encircling and annihilating the rebels this time will be extremely high. "

Immediately, Jia Xu clearly revealed the battle plan that had been formulated and told the generals. After hearing this, all the generals were shocked and felt extremely incredible!

The generals never expected that Su Lie and Jia Xu would be so predictable that they could get a clear picture of the movement of the rebel army, and set up their plan very clearly and in detail.

Immediately, Su Lie slowly inspected the generals, and said slowly: "I don't know if you have any objections?"

Hearing this, all the generals immediately cupped their hands, and replied in unison: "The last general has no objection, and firmly obeys the general's orders!"

With such a good battle plan, there is no need to take the opportunity to attack the city. Why would the generals not do it and oppose it?

It should be noted that the national policy implemented by the Qi State is the military industry system. Only by killing the enemy and doing meritorious service can there be a chance for promotion. Therefore, under the stimulation of this system, the folk customs of martial arts are extremely prevalent under the Qi State.

Because, in ancient times, it was almost impossible for common people to accept the influence of books and learn culture, and it was extremely difficult to obtain books.

As we all know, books are in the hands of aristocratic families, they monopolize knowledge and wealth, how can they provide these to ordinary people?
Although Gao Qi has tried his best to carry out reforms since the founding of Qi State, he has continued to build learning and cultivate talents under his rule, so that more common people can learn knowledge.

However, although paper has become popular nowadays, without the emergence of movable type printing, its books still have to be copied manually, and its batches cannot be increased on a large scale. ,

However, after the development of the times, movable type printing was first invented in the Song Dynasty, and then gradually began to spread in words, and finally prevailed throughout the country.

It's a pity that although Gao Qi is an expensive time traveler, at the beginning of time travel, Gao Qi didn't specialize in this area. How could he make movable type printing technology?
Therefore, the schools under Gao Qi's rule now have a shortage of teachers and extremely poor books. The aristocratic family is not willing to implement Gao Qi's move at all, so naturally they are unwilling to publish people and books, and want to monopolize knowledge and control power all the time.

Because to be an official must be qualified by people with real talents and real learning, but ordinary people have no education at all, how do they know how to govern the country, and in the end these official positions are helpless, and the king can only let the outstanding children trained by the family.

Over time, this is equivalent to a food chain, linking all kinds of officials together, making the strength of the noble group snowball and become bigger and bigger.

Therefore, this is why Gao Qi went to visit Cai Yong immediately when he learned that he had settled down in Jiuyuan.

In the final analysis, this is Cai Yong's prestige among the scholars. It is conceivable that once Cai Yong summons the scholars from all over the world in Jiangling, there will be an endless stream of people coming.



"Since all the generals have no objection, let's go down and prepare quickly. Tonight, our army will wipe out the rebels and make Youzhou famous. Success or failure depends on it!"

Immediately, Su Lie solemnly stood up, regaining his proper martial aura in a majestic manner, and suddenly gave the final order.

It was ten o'clock in the middle of the night, Su Lie personally summoned the three armies to assemble at the school field in the city, and after some counting, they went out on their own and quietly went to the cage fire city.

At this time, the official road was pitch black and quiet, and nothing could be seen, except that there were suddenly two cicadas singing on both sides of the road. Because the Qi army was making a surprise attack this time, it was very aggressive.

Therefore, at this time, the soldiers of the Qi army did not light up torches on a large scale, but only sporadically, so they were marching slowly.

It is only said that at the moment when the main force of the Qi army was marching quietly, another army soldier in night clothes had arrived at the open space in the dense forest towards the north gate of the cage fire city.

From a closer look, this general is the death squad led by Qin Qiong, whose purpose is to break into the city from a secret passage, wait for the opportunity to light a torch, ignite the city, and cause riots.

At this time, Qin Qiong led the army to search for a long time in the low night, and finally found the tunnel entrance under a big pine and cypress tree. It has to be said that this secret passage is still extremely hidden!
Let alone at night, even if you deliberately search for it during the day, it is extremely difficult to find it. If Su Lie hadn't informed the specific location in advance, Qin Qiong might not be able to find it overnight.

As a general in the army, Qin Qiong knew very well the truth that "soldiers are expensive and fast", so he immediately ordered his soldiers to enter the entrance of the tunnel in batches, then lit the torches, and slowly walked towards the dark tunnel.

After walking for a long time, the soldiers of the Qi army suddenly walked to the wide dark passage, and saw through the faint light of the fire that all the things put there were ignited things, such as black charcoal, dry wood, kerosene and so on.

Seeing this, Qin Qiong couldn't help being overjoyed, and immediately ordered, saying softly: "All officers and men listen to the order, quickly lift up all kinds of ignited objects, and gallop towards the exit."

As soon as the order was given, hundreds of brave fighters picked up the igniter without hesitation and ran quickly. Time passed quickly, and exits ahead were everywhere!
At this time, footsteps came from the top of it, Qin Qiong held his breath immediately, and whispered: "Soldiers, stop for a while, don't make any noise."

Immediately, Qin Qiong walked to the bottom of the exit in person, and after the sound of footsteps slowly dissipated, he quietly opened the obstacle pressing on the mouth, and probed to check!
"tear"

Suddenly, Qin Qiong was shocked on the spot, and then there was a burst of ecstasy, because the convenience of the exit happened to be where the rebels were hoarding food and grass.

"Okay, okay, this is God helping me!"

For a moment, Qin Qiong couldn't help being overjoyed, and first murmured inwardly.

Immediately afterwards, Qin Qiong faced the soldiers and said solemnly: "Soldiers, Shangdong is the place where the rebels store up food and grass. Our task this time is to set fire to the city, causing chaos in the city, and then kill them at the city gate." Go, welcome the main force led by General Su into the city."

"The food and grass area is also the best cause of chaos. Soldiers, follow me and rush forward, set fire to the city, success or failure depends on one action, kill!"

"kill!"

Suddenly, hundreds of death squads were imposing and full of energy, and they all responded to Qin Qiong's call. Then Qin Qiong took the lead in opening the exit and charged out, followed by many soldiers.



All of a sudden, the Battle of Burning the City officially began. Can the Qi army smash the rebels with one battle and make the land of Youyan famous?
(End of this chapter)