Outside Jixian County, the Tang Army battalion is in the tent.

On the eve of the siege, the metropolitan governor Li Ji summoned all the generals under his command to discuss the strategy of breaking the city, including Li Siye, Chen Ziyun, Wang Bodang, and dozens of large and small soldiers and generals.

"Hmm...... Are you all here? ”

Li Ji, who was thirty-five years old, seven feet eight inches tall, with an elegant appearance, thick eyebrows and big eyes, glanced at the civil and military forces on both sides, "Since they are all here, please express what you have seen, tell me your opinions, how do you think you can take Jixian County as soon as possible, and pay the smallest price?" ”

"Wait...... And this king! ”

With a simple shout, Li Yuanba, who was one foot two tall and as burly as Mount Tai, was holding a ceramic jar containing a freshly caught cricket, and happily broke into the big tent, "Haha...... Today, I was so lucky that I caught a cricket king under the city of Jixian County. This guy is so old that he has already killed several of the general bugs I raised before! ”

Normal people's IQ is between 40 and 55, but Li Yuanba, as a guy with an IQ of only 13, can imagine the result of his appearance at the military meeting. Therefore, Li Ji never let Li Yuanba attend the military meeting, but he didn't expect that at the beginning of today, the king of Zhao in Xifu would come uninvited, and he was messing around here, and this military meeting was like child's play.

"Huh...... Lord Wang, you cricket king was caught from the side? Li Ji smiled and asked.

"Hmm...... The east gate of Jixian County, no, no, it's the west gate! Li Yuanba looked confused, and pointed to the west, "Should that direction be the south gate or the north gate?" ”

"The prince must have been caught from the west gate of Jixian County." Li Ji said with a smile, "That's it, Lord Wang, you go to the east gate of Jixian County to look for it." I'm sure I'll be able to catch a cricket queen too. ”

"Really?" Li Yuanba was overjoyed, "This cricket king is as brave as this king." If she catches another cricket queen, she will definitely be a heroine among women like Mu Guiying. ”

saw Li Yuanba singing and dancing, like a child, out of the handsome tent. Li Ji shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Although this Zhao Wang Ye is not mentally complete, he is infatuated!" At the beginning, in order to inspire him to attack the city, His Majesty praised Mu Guiying as a fairy, but he didn't expect that a few years had passed, and the prince still remembered it. ”

Li Yuanba's episode is fleeting, and everyone will continue to express their own views and discuss the strategy of breaking the city.

Because of the existence of Li Yuanba, it was easiest for the Tang Army to break the city. The whole army shouted first, and the harassing defenders in the city could not sleep well. Then launch a few tentative attacks, consume the arrows and rolling stones and wood in the city, and so on for a few days, and after the morale and spirit of the defenders in the city have dropped, it is time to let Li Yuanba take action. No matter how thick the city gate is, Li Yuanba can smash it open.

The Tang Dynasty arose in Longcheng State, from a small border country with five counties and more than 200,000 people, to 93 county seats. Eight counties including Lelang, Daifang, Liaodong, Xuansu, Changli, Youbeiping, Liaoxi, and Yuyang expanded to a military power of more than 4 million. Along the way, Li Yuanba smashed open seventy-five city gates with a drum urn and golden hammer weighing 180 catties in his hand.

The thickest gate that was smashed open by Li Yuanba was the capital of Goguryeo, the most powerful kingdom on the peninsula at that time. That is, Wang Jiancheng, the capital of the Tang Kingdom. The city gate was made of iron and birch, two feet thick, and was smashed out of the hole by Li Yuanba with eighteen hammers. So far, no city gate has been able to support twenty hammers under Li Yuanba's hands, and the city gate of Jixian is no exception.

To describe it in the words before Liu Bian's crossing. Li Yuanba, who is beyond the scope of human beings, is the nuclear weapon of the Tang Army, and he exists. It will make the Tang army break the city twice as effective with half the effort, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as effortless.

Of course, Li Ji also knew that compared to the cities he had conquered before, it would be much more difficult to break through Jixian.

Just before the rise of Temujin, in his heyday, Gongsun Chan had 100,000 armors, crisscrossing the northern land, and had been fighting Xianbei and Wuhuan with his head and running around, which was many times stronger than the vassal states of Goguryeo, Buyeo, Silla, Baekje, and Gongsun Yuan in Liaodong on the Goryeo Peninsula.

Although today's Gongsun Chan is no longer the same as before, the emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, sufficient grain and grass reserves, weapons and armor, and battle-hardened soldiers will make it much more difficult to break through Jixian.

In addition, there is known as the first fierce general north of the Yellow River, also known as the "Northern Ran Min" Wu Mourning Heavenly King to help, coupled with Luo Cheng, who has outstanding marksmanship, I think that Jixian will be the strongest fortress that the Tang army has encountered, and if you don't show some skills, it will definitely not be so easy to break the city.

"Governor!"

Wang Bodang, who was handsome and dressed in white, came out to give a salute: "The last general thinks that with Li Mudu and the Yuan army holding Anci and Gu'an respectively, they can at least block the Han army for about seven days, and we can completely break through Jixian County during this time." The last general thought that Cao Cao's army was only one hundred and twenty or thirty miles away from Jixian County, and that he should send a heavy army to defend the fortress and beware of Cao Cao's behind. ”

"Huh...... This governor thinks that Cao Cao will never come to get involved in the battle for Jixian County, and he can even not send a single soldier to defend Cao Cao! Li Ji stroked his beard with his hand, full of confidence.

Wang Bodang and Chen Ziyun glanced at each other, and said in surprise: "There are nearly 100,000 Cao troops stationed in Zhuo County, and Cao Cao is treacherous and insidious, how can the governor be so confident?" In case Cao Cao suddenly sent troops to attack the back of our army, I am afraid that he will suffer a big loss, and last night the cavalry of the Cao army suddenly joined the battle group to assist Gongsun Zhan's army in repelling the Yuan army. ”

"Huh...... Why did Cao Cao suddenly send troops to rescue Gongsun Zhan? This has to be analyzed deeply! Li Ji glanced at the generals and talked eloquently, "What do you think is the most favorable situation for Cao Cao?" ”

"Naturally, it is the three defeats of Tang, Yuan, and Han, and he Cao Cao is good at reaping the benefits of the fisherman, and he wants to come to Cao Cao to dream of this situation." Li Siye refused to lag behind, and interjected to join the discussion.

Li Ji shrugged: "Isn't this the answer!" Cao Cao wants us to fight in three ways, and he can reap the benefits of the fisherman, so he will never allow Gongsun Zan to abandon the city and flee. ”

"The Admiral understands!" Wang Bodang stroked the beard at the corner of his lips, and suddenly had an epiphany, "If Gongsun Chan's troops suffer serious losses, he is likely to take the initiative to abandon Jixian County and retreat south, then the situation that Cao Cao is looking forward to will not appear, so Cao Cao sent troops to help Gongsun Zhan." And now that Gongsun Chan is trapped and died in Jixian County, the situation of the three-way confrontation has been formed, and all Cao Cao will no longer intervene to break this balance. ”

Li Ji laughed: "Exactly, that's why this governor said that Cao Cao doesn't even need to defend with a single soldier." ”

Chen Ziyun proposed: "Although Cao Cao and Liu Wei are full of contradictions, and the tripartite fight is also the most beneficial situation for him, Cao Agui has a cunning personality and does not play cards according to common sense. It is a bit risky not to be careful, so the last general thinks that he should send a force to guard the road from Zhuo County to Ji County, and beware of Cao Cao's stab in the back. ”

Li Ji nodded: "Then the governor will allocate 5,000 men and horses to you to go to Gaobeidian to defend Cao Cao." ”

Although the number of troops is a little small, Chen Ziyun can only give up his orders: "The last general obeys the order!" ”

After discussing for half an hour, Li Ji made a final decision: "After the military discussion was over, Wang Bodang immediately selected 10,000 crossbowmen who were good at shooting to attack the city overnight, and harassed Jixian with arrows, making noise and shouting, disturbing the defenders in the city who were not at peace. Tomorrow, the fourth watch will make rice, and the army will attack the city after the army is full of food and drink! ”

All the generals took orders together and went on their own missions. Chen Ziyun led 5,000 men and horses to Gaobeidian to garrison, while Wang Bodang selected 10,000 archers and harassed the defenders in the city overnight.

After Li Jing learned that Jixian County was besieged by 250,000 Tang and Yuan coalition troops in Fangcheng Daying, he couldn't help but sigh: "Alas...... Gongsun Chan is blind, and he is not enough to conspire! After the Tang and Yuan Dynasty united, the army was strong, and if our army wanted to rescue Jixian, it would inevitably pay a huge price for casualties. ”

Xu You, who joined the army, suggested: "You can send people to attack Youbeiping, Liaoxi and other places, and save Zhao from the siege of Wei in Jixian County!" ”

Li Jing nodded: "What Xu Ziyuan said is exactly what I want, the Tang army has held the dangerous Gu'an and Anci with heavy troops, and if you want to force it through, I am afraid that you will suffer heavy losses." I will repair the book and order General Wei to pull out the camp to the east and attack Youbeiping, Liaoxi and other places. ”

After getting Li Jing's letter, Wei Qing ordered Ma Chao and Qin Liangyu to confront Li Mu, who was guarding against danger, while he and Tai Shici led 40,000 soldiers and horses to leave Quanzhou and kill Youbeiping.

Luo Guanzhong wiped his tears and begged Li Jing for help: "Governor Li, please read the feelings of your compatriots, you must send troops to rescue Jixian, there are still forty or fifty thousand soldiers and horses in the city, these are all siblings!" In addition, there were 2,300,000 stones of grain, more than 100,000 pieces of armor, 28,000 horses, 70,000 bows and crossbows, 1,100,000 arrows, and more than 10 million gold and silver coins. If these burdens fall into the hands of the Tang army, it will make Li Tang's army like a tiger! ”

After listening to Luo Guanzhong's words, Li Jing's heart was a little blocked, and he said hatefully: "It's better that Gongsun Zhan's husband is still dead early!" ”

"Why did the Governor say that?" Luo Guanzhong wiped away his tears, "Although General Gongsun has a relatively irritable personality, he treats the soldiers quite well. ”

Li Jing hated and was angry, and said: "Last year, because of Cao Pi's death, a conflict broke out between the imperial court and Cao Cao. Cao Cao threatened to cut off our army's grain route, and our army was in difficulty in supplying grain and grass at that time, so I sent an envoy to Gongsun Zhan to ask for food, but Gongsun Zhan said that there was less than 300,000 stone of grain left in the city, and sent someone to send a mere 20,000 stones. I believed it at the time, but I didn't expect that there would be so many materials in Jixian County, if it fell into the hands of the Tang Army, it would be for the tiger! ”

"This ...... I don't even know about it! Luo Guanzhong looked up to the sky and sighed, "General Gongsun has dominated Youzhou for nearly ten years, hit Xianbei and Wuhuan many times, and annexed Liu Yu's father and son, and has accumulated so many years of family wealth, how can there be only 300,000 stone grain?" General Gongsun is so selfish! (To be continued.) )