After carefully exploring the terrain of Didao City, Suo Miao chose the breakthrough point at the junction of the south wall and the west wall. Due to the accumulation of water, the terrain here has sunk a bit. If you look closely, you can see some cracks on the wall, which were simply painted with clay.
Suo Miao didn't have much time to launch a siege, so the six thousand kilograms of gunpowder he carried with him was ready to be used at once. After two days of feigning attack, they dug out three big holes in the corner and stuffed gunpowder into them under the cover of darkness.
Following several loud noises, the city wall collapsed as expected, forming a slope. The steps prepared in advance were laid on the loose soil and gravel, and the soldiers of the five hundred brave battalions rushed to the top of Didao City.
The two thousand defenders in the city were so frightened and dizzy by the huge earthquake that they occupied Didao City without any effort.
Didao City was captured, and a knife was stabbed into Qin's chest and abdomen, which not only threatened the safety of Wuhan and Jincheng, but also cut off the retreat routes of Shouyang, Xiangwu, and Yuandao. The Qin prince who supervised the country in Wuhan City begged After Fu Mumo received the report, he hurriedly summoned the civil and military ministers to discuss taking back Didao City.
The Qin army had 30,000 troops in Yuandaocheng and Xiangwu City. Qifu Chipan attacked Liang and brought 30,000 troops. Six thousand troops were left to garrison in the newly captured Xiping County, 5,000 troops were left in the capital of Pouhan, and Jincheng was There are still five thousand people, and other important towns such as Shouyang, Yuzhong, Heguan, and Baitu have more than 2,000 people and as few as more than a thousand people. Qin's 100,000 soldiers and horses are scattered everywhere.
Of course, Qifu Chipan is gathering troops among the people. If they want to launch a large-scale war, it will not be a problem to recruit 40,000 to 50,000 people from various tribes. The key is that these tribes have no fixed residence, and it will take at least three or four months to recruit them. time.
This time the Qin State went to war with the Yong Army, Qifu Chipan made a sneak attack on the Liang State, and sent almost all the generals who were good at fighting in the DPRK to the front line. The one who stayed in Pouhan to assist Qifu Mumo was Qifu Qiantun, the general of the town army. (Qifu Chipan's younger brother), General Zhengnan Qifu Jipi (clan uncle), Sizhi Qifu Fan Qian (Qifu Chipan's younger brother) and others.
Qifu Qiantun said: "The soldiers who escaped from Didao City said that the Yong army only had a few thousand people. They took advantage of the Yong army's unstable foothold and sent a team of troops to recapture Didao. The guard general Qifu Qulie left his post without permission. Go to Shouyang and hand over the matter of recapturing Didao to him. If you fail to recapture Didao, you will be punished for both crimes."
Fan Qian frowned and said: "Yong's army used gunpowder to break the city this time. The king once said that Yong's army's gunpowder is a magical weapon. Tens of thousands of elites from Yao Hong and Helian Bobo were killed by gunpowder. I don't know that Yong's army used gunpowder. How much gunpowder did they bring in this attack on our country? The Lord is on an expedition and the Qin State is in danger this time. It is better to inform the Lord and ask him to return to Panhan quickly to take charge of the overall situation."
Qifu Mumo said in a deep voice: "The battle report from the past two days said that my father was besieging Guzang City, and now Panhe and Lixuan cities are blocking Juqu Mengxun's return. The war is at a critical juncture. If we ask my father to return at this time, I’m afraid all our efforts will be in vain.”
Qifu Jipi also said: "Although the Yong army occupied Didao City, they were unable to launch an attack on Wuhan and Jincheng because of insufficient troops. I agreed with Qiantun's suggestion and sent troops to recapture Didao and annihilate this group of Yong army. In fact. No, we can also use thousands of troops to contain Yong's army and trap them in Didao City, and wait for the king to return to the army before dealing with it."
Qifu Mumo also agreed to send troops to retake Didao City. If he summoned his father to return to the army at this moment, and the success of conquering Liang was ruined, his father would definitely be dissatisfied with him. Although he is a prince, he has many brothers, especially his eldest brother Qifu Yuanji, who is deeply favored by his father. If his father changes his eldest brother to be the prince, he will not be happy in vain.
Two thousand soldiers and horses went out from Panhan to fight Didao, and at the same time, 1,500 soldiers and horses were transferred from Jincheng to go south. Qifu Qulie, who was in Shouyang City, was also ordered to recapture Didao City.
Soon, Yao Yu learned from Tufa Huiqing about the Qin army's deployment to Didao, but Tufa Huiqing did not tell her when to launch the attack to seize the city of Panhan.
After Huang Fu learned about the Qin army's deployment to attack Didao, he immediately sent people to Didao City to deliver a message to Suo Miao. At this time, the city of Wuhan was in turmoil, and Hui Qing, the bald man, might launch a rebellion at any time to seize the city.
Huang Fu believed that the overall situation had been decided and asked Yao Yu to escape first. However, Yao Yu believes that it is more important to strengthen the contact with Bald Huiqing at this moment, so that he can control the trends in Panhan City immediately and insist on not leaving Buzhuang.
Bald Hutai hurried to the palace, but was stopped by Bald Huiying. The bald-haired Hutai remembered the last time he promised his sister to bring gifts to the palace, but he was busy gathering people to launch a rebellion and had already forgotten this moment.
"Sister, my eldest brother bought several feet of Jin Dynasty's fine cotton at the market and will be sent to the palace later." The bald-haired Hutai was afraid that the girl would be angry, so he prevaricated.
The bald-haired Huiying had recently acquired more than ten pieces of cotton cloth. How could she take the several feet of cotton cloth seriously? She said softly: "Brother, how can I be in the mood to care about those cotton cloths at this time? Sister asked me to ask you whether you can handle the matter?"
The bald Huiying had long been suspicious of her eldest brother and sister's behavior. She believed that they were hiding something from her, so she simply asked vague questions and deceived them.
Bald-haired Hutai didn't know that Bald-haired Huiying was deceiving her. She really thought that Bald-haired Huiqing asked her to ask, so she responded: "I have contacted many of my father's old ministers. When the time comes, I will first control Qifu Mumo." , forcing him to close the city of Panhan, control the situation and wait for the arrival of the Jin army."
The bald Huiying's beauty turned pale. She didn't expect that her eldest brother and sister actually discussed rebelling. If they failed, their lives would be in danger.
Bald-haired Hutai noticed something strange about Bald-haired Huiying, and realized that she didn't know about it. He couldn't take back what he said. Bald-haired Hutai could only say sternly: "Sister, please don't let anyone know about this, otherwise the whole family will die." No guarantee.”
Watching her eldest brother walk into her sister's palace, the bald-haired Huiying returned to her residence in a daze. The more she thought about it, the more she felt uneasy. She knew that her father had surrendered to the Qin State. It turned out that some of the officials of the Liang State had become Qin officials. These officials still respected their father, which made the king murderous and poisoned his father.
When I was a child, I heard the Han Confucian masters in the palace say, "When you marry, you obey your husband." If you marry the king, you should not think about revenge. The heroic and heroic image of the beggar Chipan came to mind, and the bald-haired Hui Qing's eyes were full of infatuation. She would never let the king be harmed by her eldest brother and sister.
Thinking of the fact that her sister in the harem was the only one favored by the king, she tried every means to please the king, but the king was still lukewarm towards her, probably because of her sister's favor.
Bald-haired Huiying secretly gritted her teeth. Her eldest brother and sister wanted to rebel in a whimsical way. In her opinion, there was not even half a chance of winning. It was just a waste of life, and she would be harmed by it.
Instead of doing this, it would be better for me to tell the king of the country that my sister and eldest brother want to rebel. The king will definitely look at me with admiration. My sister will no longer be able to stay in the position of queen regardless of life or death. From now on, I will be the master of the harem and the sole king of the country. of grace. The more she thought about it, the more excited she became. Bald-haired Huiying became ruthless and determined to report her elder brother and sister's plot to Qifu Chipan.
But at this time Qifu Chipan was away fighting, and in the city of Wuhan was the prince Qifu Mumo who was supervising the country. The bald-haired Huiying didn't like Qi Fu Mumo. She always felt that there was a coldness in the eyes of this gentle and elegant prince in everyone's eyes, which made her feel chilly.
After thinking for a moment, Bald Huiying felt that it would be easier to please Qifu Chipan by informing him personally. She wrote a secret letter with a pen and asked the palace maid to put the letter into the memorials and letters delivered to Qifu Chipan.
Qifu Chipan was away at war, and Qifu Mu would send people to the front line to ask for his opinion on important matters in the court. Letters were sent every day. Didao City was occupied by the Yong army, and he sent Qifu Chipan more military information. It is delivered twice daily.
In Didao City, Suo Miao knew that the Qin army's counterattack would come soon. He ordered the soldiers to lead the people in the city and repair the collapsed city wall with earth bags. He also poured water on the top of the city to freeze it solid, closed the city gate and waited for the arrival of the Qin army.
The intelligence sent by Huang Fu let Suo Miao know the layout of the Qin army's attack. He looked at the map and calculated the time for the arrival of the three groups of troops. The one closest to Didao was Shouyang, and Shouyang town general Qifu went to the list. After losing the town and being severely scolded by Qifu Mumo, he should be the first to arrive.
There is a distance of more than 200 miles between Wuhan City and Didao City. According to the spy report, Qifu Mumo sent a thousand light cavalry and a thousand infantry with siege equipment. It should take at least three days to reach Didao. I got up and went to the meeting about two days late.
As for Jincheng being more than three hundred miles away from Didao City, even if the fifteen hundred soldiers and horses were all light cavalry, it would still take four days. The three groups of troops arrived at different times. Suo Miao stroked his beard, planning to make a time difference.
First, Suo Miao sent someone to send a message to Liao Hai in Shouyang City, asking him to leave Shouyang City and come to Didao City to join him. As long as Liao Hai's six thousand soldiers and horses reached Didao, Suo Miao was confident that Didao City would be strong. Like a rock.
Secondly, Suo Miao estimated that Qifu would go to Lieben and return to Didao City at the same time. He learned from the captured Qin army that Qifu would go to Shouyang and take away all the three thousand Qingqi in the city. It is more than 130 miles from Shouyang to Didao, passing through Wujie County in the east of Didao City.
Wujie County is twenty miles east of Didao City. After Suo Miao captured Didao City, he did not send troops to capture Wujie County due to lack of troops. According to the scouts, there were still 600 Qin troops stationed in Wujie County.
Wujie County is located in the east of Didao City and is the only way from Shouyang to Didao. Wujie City is less than four miles in circumference, with only two east and west gates. As expected, Qifu Qulie will definitely arrive at Wujie to rest first, and then attack Didao City from Wujie County.
Suo Miao ordered Cheng Yu, the general of Lingjiang of Xiaoyong Camp, to raid Didao City from Lintao across the mountains. Xiaoyong Camp had done a lot of work in opening roads and building bridges, which made Suo Miao value Xiaoyong Camp more and more. This time to defeat the enemy in Wujie County, Suo Miao decided to rely on Xiaoyong Battalion.
After discussing with Cheng Yu for a long time, Cheng Yu took the order and returned to the camp. Five hundred brave soldiers were summoned and put on Qin army armor, and then a thousand Yong army soldiers followed with horns, drums and other items.
On November 4th, Qi Fu Qu led 3,000 light cavalry and hurried to Wujie City. Wujie City opened the city gate and was about to let Qin ride into the city. Cheng Yu, who was hiding in the south of Wujie City, rushed out with his light cavalry.
Because they were wearing Qin army armor and under the banner of Qin army, they were begging to lie down. They didn't know where this group of soldiers came from. They thought they were the defeated army that had escaped from Didao, Lintao and other places.
Send someone to inquire, begging for help and marching into Wujie City first. Unexpectedly, Cheng Yu and others did not slow down their horses at all and rushed straight towards Qin Qi.
The gate of Wujie City is narrow, and most of the Qin cavalry waited outside the city. They were not prepared for the Yong cavalry in disguise, and were rushed into two haphazardly. The brave battalion led by Cheng Yu raised their butcher knives and killed Qin Qi, who fled in all directions.
At this time, horns and drums sounded. The Qin army thought that Yong's army was attacking in a large scale, so they became more frightened and scattered, squeezing each other. The city defenders wanted to close the city gate, but the city gate was blocked by the defeated army and could not be closed at all.
Cheng Yu led his men to fight a bloody road and rushed into Wujie City. He heard trumpets and drums beating like thunder all around. He ordered the west gate to be opened and fled through the city, turning to the north. of Jincheng.
Didao was captured and the Qin State was in chaos. The former general Qifu Shiyin of Jincheng Town was his eldest brother.
"Note (1): The Battle of Wujie. In the second year of Kaiyuan of the Tang Dynasty, a battle broke out between Tang and Tibet at Wujie. The Tang army defeated Tufan's 100,000 troops with 700 cavalry. The plot is referenced in the book."
