After defeating Lu Qingxu in the first battle, the three Gao Xide brothers became famous. Their prestige among the coalition forces has skyrocketed, and their voice has gained much weight.
In addition to them, Pang Yuan also rose to fame.
Without him, he was the first general to succeed in killing Lu Qingxu, so this was certainly worth bragging about.
It's just that Pang Yuan himself doesn't like this name very much. He originally thought that after practicing hard for several years, he would be able to defeat Lu Qingxu in a few moves at worst, but he didn't know that it was just one move to avoid death. He was very disappointed with himself.
Hu Jingye was very curious about Gao Xide's troops. From the three brothers to Pang Yuan, they were all not easy to deal with.
Moreover, there is also a very famous Mr. Bai, who no one dares to underestimate.
It was also from this day on that Gao Xide and others had a say in the battle with Dong Lushan's army and could influence certain troop dispatch decisions.
On the second day, after resting, the coalition forces began to attack the city.
They all brought large siege equipment and wanted to use it to break the city.
However, the defensive capabilities of Shoushui City itself are not to be boasted. Even large-scale siege equipment is difficult to be effective.
After a day's offensive, the coalition forces failed to break through the city.
This is normal. Generally speaking, it is normal for it to take months or even years to conquer a city.
The longest siege recorded in history books lasted for seven years and trapped the defenders to death.
After two days of subsequent attacks, the coalition forces also knew that they could not break Shoushui City, so they began to besiege the city.
Dong Lushan was not one to sit still and wait for death. He ordered his generals to lead troops out of the city to charge several times.
The coalition forces were a little panicked by this sudden attack, and there were even signs of defeat at first. The siege almost became a joke.
Later, Mr. Bai proposed a new way of arranging troops, which gradually solved this problem.
It was also from this that everyone understood that this Mr. Bai was not just a person in vain, but a great talent.
Subsequently, the siege of the allied forces became more and more tight. At the back, Lu Qingxu personally led the charge to open a hole.
But under Mr. Bai's command, it was blocked again.
After several back and forth battles between the two sides, Gao Xide, Mr. Bai and others became more and more influential in speaking.
This made Hu Jingye, who considered himself the leader of the coalition forces, a little dissatisfied, but he couldn't say much because they were in the limelight.
Dong Lushan in the city originally hoped that Lu Qingxu could open up the situation, but he did not expect that he would also be blocked back.
This made him somewhat dissatisfied with his adopted son who was "number one in the world", and Lu Qingxu also noticed Dong Lushan's dissatisfaction with him, and he also felt resentful in his heart.
Because the army he leads is not the strongest. The strongest army has always been in Dong Lushan's own hands, and he will not be allowed to lead it no matter what.
If Dong Lushan had the strongest army at his disposal, Lu Qingxu was confident that he could avenge his disgrace.
After being trapped for another half month, Lu Qingxu also proposed the idea of commanding the strongest army.
This was undoubtedly rejected by Dong Lushan. Even if he was his own son, let alone his adopted son, he would not hand over the command of the army where he had settled down.
There seemed to be a rift between father and son. At this time, Lu Qingxu couldn't help but think of what the blind weirdo he met had said, and he felt increasingly unhappy.
The only thing that comforted him was that after returning home, someone took good care of him.
Recently, Jing Ziruo arranges for more than one beautiful woman to serve him every day, which makes him feel very satisfied.
Unconsciously, the whole person became thinner.
Of course, in the eyes of outsiders, they only thought that he became thin because of military service.
As the siege of the city continued, problems began to arise within Shoushui City.
I don't know when a method of absorbing sunlight to ward off evil spirits became popular in the army. Many soldiers who were harassed by evil spirits were using this method to absorb sunlight to ward off evil spirits.
The evil spirits were naturally dissatisfied with this, and conflicts began to break out between the two sides.
It was just a small fight at the beginning, but later on, a battalion of sergeants couldn't stand the evil spirits' intrusion, and even collectively used big excrement to throw evil spirits at them.
Many evil spirits were injured by the feces, screaming and dying.
Xie Sui is not easy to bully, he will immediately retaliate, use all kinds of methods such as possessing people to harm others, and secretly using stumbling blocks.
What's more, when the soldiers were defending the city, they directly pushed them off the city.
The matter became serious and Dong Lushan paid attention to it.
He discussed the matter with the Seven Demons, but the Seven Demons didn't want to interfere at all.
For these demons, only themselves are the most important, and their subordinates are all false, so they don't care about these things.
Dong Lushan had no choice but to contact the Five Evil Generals and ask them to take action.
General Wu Sha came forward and suppressed the matter for the time being.
But after the sergeants gained the confidence to deal with the evil spirits, they no longer wanted to associate with these harmful things, and their emotions became a bit loud.
Due to internal instability, Dong Lushan's army could only huddle in the city and was always on the defensive.
I originally thought that such a siege would last for at least a few months.
Unexpectedly, in early December, the situation changed.
That night, the defenders in the city suddenly discovered that the coalition forces outside began to retreat and left Shoushui City directly.
Such an abnormal situation was naturally reported to Dong Lushan immediately.
Lu Qingxu's good deeds were also interrupted and he came to the city to check the situation.
Seeing the coalition forces withdrawing without looking back, he was a little strange and didn't know what the situation was.
Could it be that there was discord within the coalition forces, or a problem with food and fodder logistics?
While the defenders in the city were wondering, someone suddenly shouted:
"Water, there is the sound of water!"
When everyone heard the words, they all looked at where he was pointing.
I saw in the distance that at some point, there was a flood of water coming over, and it was flooding directly towards Shoushui City.
"No, it's a flood!"
Some people were shocked when they saw this.
Lu Qingxu was also shocked when he saw this.
It was the twelfth lunar month at this time, and the river water level was not high. In addition, Shoushui City was not a downstream city, so how could it be flooded?
But now the ironclad fact is right in front of us, the flood is coming!
Fire and water are merciless, this is not just talk.
Under this flood, even a majestic city like Shoushui City could not withstand it.
The flood soon overflowed into the city, and the water on the road accumulated up to the knees, and it was still rising.
The defenders in the city had never encountered such a thing before, and they were all panicked.
Dong Lushan was also frightened, not knowing why he encountered floods.
Seeing the flood coming, he also knew that he could no longer defend the city, so he quickly ordered the entire city to abandon the city immediately.
There aren't many things that can be taken away during this trip, and most of the supplies will be left in the city.
However, with such a huge flood, even if you want to burn the materials that cannot be taken away, you can only leave them behind.
And the reason why there was this flood was all thanks to Mr. Bai.
It turned out that after he obtained a certain say in the coalition forces, he began to arrange for people to dig the west embankment in order to divert water to flood Shoushui City.
It is not the flood season now. It is not easy to divert water to flood a city that is not downstream.
But none of these can stand up to the new digging tools prepared by Mr. Bai and others.
Quite a few of these tools were tinkered by Bai Yao and were used to dig mountains, build bridges, and dig river embankments.
Compared with the previous old tools, the efficiency is much higher.
With the help of these tools and the hard work of thousands of people digging day and night, the river water was successfully directed to the side that is not downstream, and a slope in the middle was used to directly flood Shoushui City.
Once the water comes out, Shoushui City will be destroyed without attack.
Dong Lushan and others had no choice but to abandon the city and flee.
Among them, the five evil generals also went with them as guards. The water evil general saw these floods and was puzzled.
He himself became famous by flooding the enemy's army, but even with his experience, he couldn't figure out how the other party did it.
Moreover, even if it could be done, how could it be possible to dig through such a long road in just over a month?
Therefore, tools are really important. During the period of the Water Evil General, without this new type of excavation tool, it would naturally be impossible to understand the cause of what happened before us.
Dong Lushan rode on his horse and led people all the way to Anwucheng.
At this time, he felt quite like a lost dog.
"Where's Xu'er?"
At this time, Dong Lushan thought of Lu Qingxu's kindness. With this adopted son by his side, he would feel a sense of security.
"General Lu and his wife are at the rear!"
someone replied.
When Dong Lushan heard this, his face immediately showed displeasure. Ever since his kidney sac was frightened, he had basically lost his ability as a man, and even became a little disgusted with women.
Now I heard that my adopted son didn't care about me, but instead cared about a woman, so I was naturally not happy.
"Tell him, at this time, don't worry about the woman, just throw it away, and go explore the road ahead first.
After passing this hurdle, I will give my father a hundred beauties! "
The subordinates took the order and went to the rear to inform Lu Qingxu of Dong Lushan's words.
Lu Qingxu, who was riding on the same horse as Jing Ziruo, heard this and his expression suddenly darkened.
When Jing Ziruo saw this, he burst into tears, saying that he had become a burden. As he said this, he was about to draw his sword and kill himself.
Lu Qingxu quickly stopped her and repeatedly said that he would not abandon her and would definitely protect her.
This is the truth. Recently, Jing Ziruo arranges all kinds of beauties for him every day. For him, is there anyone more sensible and caring in the world?
It was absolutely impossible for him to abandon Jing Ziruo.
When the person who delivered the order saw that he did not follow the order, his words became strange and strange:
"General Lu, we haven't won many battles, but our temper is getting more and more irritable. You have to know that this is a personal order from the general. It's a military order!"
Originally, this man wanted to say more about the consequences of violating military orders, but was frightened by Lu Qingxu's look and was so frightened that he dared not speak any more.
"Tell your adoptive father that there may be pursuers in the rear. I will stay behind here and leave the forward exploration to others!"
Seeing Lu Qingxu's resolute attitude, the man knew that he could not persuade him, so he went to inform Dong Lushan.
Dong Lushan was very dissatisfied when he heard this and snorted coldly:
"Humph, for a woman, she doesn't even listen to her father's words!"
It's just that retreat is important now, and Dong Lushan is not crazy enough to cause civil strife at this time, so he orders another general to explore the way.
They were going to Anwucheng this time. The route was very familiar, and the general felt that there would be no danger.
After some exploration, he said he could march normally.
Dong Lushan also knew at this time that there could be no delay and ordered the entire army to rush to Anwucheng.
When the army reached a valley that was not very narrow, they suddenly saw fire on both sides, as if there was an ambush.
Everyone was shocked, but they didn't see the ambush soldiers coming out, but they were throwing things.
"Is this hay?"
"No, be careful with the fire attack!"
By this time, it was too late to realize the fire attack. Countless hay balls were thrown down on both sides of the valley, along with many torches and oil.
It turned out that when Mr. Bai ordered people to dig river embankments and planned to flood Shoushui City, he knew that the other party would retreat to Anwucheng.
Therefore, half a month in advance, Pang Yuan and Ma Zhen were asked to lead a thousand people to prepare hay, kerosene and other materials on both sides of the valley in order to burn Dong Lushan's army here today.
Dong Lushan's army, which was already on the verge of defeat, was suddenly attacked by fire and fell into chaos. For a time, the entire valley was filled with screams and wails...
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