For many days, the fighting at Wuanguan Pass seemed fierce, but the city defense remained stable.
On the contrary, the Jinyi Guards stationed in Qi State came to report that Qi State soldiers and horses had been assembled at the border.
So Li Hao went to Gong Yegu and said, "The affairs of Qi State are imminent. I need to go to Fengcheng immediately to take charge. I will entrust Wuanguan Pass to Yongding Marquis."
Gong Yegu replied: "Please rest assured, Your Highness, Wu'an Pass is well-defended and the troops are well-prepared, so An's troops will not be allowed to take a step forward.
However, Your Highness needs to pay more attention. The situation in Qi State is complicated. The 30,000 troops you led from the capital alone may not be enough. Is there really no need to report back to the court first? "
Regarding the movements of Qi State, Li Hao informed Gong Yegu a few days ago. After all, what he brought was not a real reinforcement.
This matter must be discussed with Gong Yegu in advance, otherwise if he miscalculates the strength of his troops and causes trouble, he will be in trouble.
But it was only limited to Gong Yegu, because Li Hao wanted to firmly hold the initiative in controlling this war in his own hands.
If the news had been informed in advance, Cui Ming would definitely choose another general to lead the army instead of letting Li Hao take charge of the overall situation.
Because there is still some distance between the two battlefields, they can be completely treated as two independent battles.
But if after the war started, when the two sides were fighting fiercely, and Li Hao wanted reinforcements, he would never be able to change the commander before the battle. This was a taboo for military strategists.
Anyway, Li Hao has made preparations in advance and has backup in case of emergency, so there is no need for this reinforcement for the time being.
"No, I have already made a comprehensive plan for the war with Qi State and will report back to the court at the appropriate time."
Gongye had his heart set on giving some more advice, but seeing Li Hao's firm attitude and Chen Xi's sudden arrival, he gave up.
Chen Xi came over to tell Li Hao that preparations for departure were complete.
So Li Hao didn't waste any time, and took Chen Xi, Ren Xin and a group of guards to leave Wuanguan Pass under the cover of night and headed towards Qi State.
In order not to attract other people's attention, Li Hao traveled in a hurry and rarely entered the city. It finally took him five days to reach Fengcheng.
This time, Li Hao arranged for the Qi people to use the strategy of closing the door and annihilating as many of Qi's effective forces at once, rather than simply defeating them, to create opportunities for subsequent counterattacks.
But in fact, the troops Li Hao has now have no advantage over Qi Jun.
Therefore, if you want to complete this strategy, the requirements for terrain are relatively high.
Therefore, after Li Hao analyzed a large number of maps of the northern border and sent Jin Yiwei to conduct on-site surveys, he finally selected a place, Fengcheng.
This is a large valley starting from Liuzhou, and Fengcheng sits in the heart of the valley.
As long as the Qi Army can be introduced here, and Li Hao can use Fengcheng and Liuzhou to block the food route of the Qi Army, he can make the Qi Army become the turtle in the urn.
However, how to divert and block are the problems that Li Hao needs to solve. The first thing is to strengthen the importance of Fengcheng.
Li Hao had begun to lay the groundwork for the problem, spreading news about Fengcheng's food and military supplies hoarding in Qi State, and also took many treasures of the caravan into custody.
From military to people's livelihood, various perspectives are used to increase the attractiveness to Qi State.
The problem of blockage is even more serious, because to complete this plan, the first step is to let the Qi army occupy Liuzhou and several border cities.
Otherwise, the road back will be unstable, and the people of Qi are not fools, and they will definitely not take risks.
In other words, when the Qi Army attacked Fengcheng, someone had to recapture Liuzhou to block the Qi Army's retreat, and it would take at least ten days.
But in this case, this group of troops will inevitably be attacked wildly by the Qi army from both front and rear.
After all, the Qi army is trying to escape, and the combat effectiveness it can exert by then is probably unimaginable. The pressure this army and horses will have to endure will be very great.
So Li Hao decided to personally lead the troops to do this task and put Chen Xi in Fengcheng.
Chen Xigang
When I heard Li Hao's idea, I would definitely oppose it, but in the end I couldn't defeat Li Hao.
Li Hao didn't stay long in Fengcheng. After briefly inspecting the city's defense layout, he rushed to Liuzhou and personally directed the preliminary preparations.
That is to say, under as real a situation as possible, it can provide the Qi army with a smooth offensive feeling, while also minimizing the losses of the Su country.
Ren Xin followed Li Hao and watched the whole journey. He had some opinions on Li Hao's inconsistent behavior, so he found an opportunity and asked Li Hao: "In fact, if you want the people of Qi to be fooled, the best way is to reduce the number of people in these cities." Guard the military strength and do nothing else to show the people of Qi the most real situation.
Since you personally drew up this plan, I guess you already knew the consequences when you made the decision, so why bother pretending like this now? "
When Li Hao heard this, he stopped what he was doing and replied: "One general's achievements lead to thousands of bones being wasted. In war, there are always sacrifices. A kind-hearted and soft-hearted person cannot become a famous general.
Of course I know that because of my plan, the people in several border cities will inevitably be harmed. This is indeed unfair to them.
But I exchanged this moment of suffering for eternal peace. I think it is a good deal, so I have no hesitation about this decision, even if I will be hated and complained by others.
However, if you can avoid losses, you can still try to avoid them as much as possible. Every point you lose is a point, and you should regard it as gaining merit for yourself. "
After hearing what he said, Ren Xin said, "I've told you all this. God is also you, and ghosts are also you."
Li Hao smiled and said: "Human beings are inherently complicated. Only when light and shadow exist together can we be truly complete.
Okay, let’s not talk about this anymore. Let’s talk about you. I’m really not ready to leave. It’s very dangerous to follow me. "
Ren Xin snorted coldly and replied: "How dangerous it can be, can it be compared to assassinating the general in the army? Besides, if it really comes to a critical moment, I will have no time to leave even if I want to.
And even if you say this, I always feel that people like you will never put yourself to death.
Although I'm not sure what your back-up plan is, since you've done this, you must be very confident that you can win. "
Li Hao smiled and said, "Yeah, I didn't expect you to understand me so well now. I'm very happy."
Ren Xin didn't answer Li Hao's teasing and turned around to leave.
As the battle at Wu'ang Pass became increasingly tense, Li Xuan saw that there was no hope of a breakthrough in a short time, so he sent a letter urging Qi to take action as soon as possible.
So Li Hao's arrangements came in handy, and the Qi army soon launched an undeclared war, gathering 50,000 troops from Yiyang, Lianyang, and Chuzhou in the territory to launch an attack on Su State.
The frontline defenders had been ordered by Li Haoer long ago. After a fierce battle, they pretended to be defeated and abandoned the city to escape.
The Qi army won a complete victory in the first battle, and then continued to attack after leaving some troops in the city.
In fifteen days, he visited three state capitals in Suguo, which greatly improved his morale.
Although they also knew that what they were dealing with were local soldiers and horses, not Su's field forbidden army.
But they couldn't stand it. They had been bullied by Su Guo for a long time, and now they were finally able to feel proud and proud. They inevitably felt a little complacent, and at the same time, their ambitions were aggravated.
It was at this time that Fengcheng, a strategic location and a prosperous city, became their next main target.
Three days later, Liuzhou City fell, and the Qi army crossed Liuzhou and headed towards Fengcheng.
At this time, Li Hao was leading ten thousand soldiers and horses, hiding in a valley thirty miles away from Liuzhou City.
That night, the Jin Yiwei of Liuzhou City reported back the situation in the city. Qi State left two thousand soldiers in Liuzhou City.
Based on the summary of the situation in the previous cities, Li Hao can probably conclude that in addition to the casualties during the siege and the more than 10,000 soldiers stationed in the cities ahead, there should be more than 30,000 main troops attacking Fengcheng now. people.
With this strength, it is not difficult to defend Fengcheng, and Li Hao does not need to worry about Chen Xi.
On the other hand, it is not difficult to regain Liuzhou City, after all, with the help of the Jin Yiwei inside.
The focus is still on defending the city. After all, after the Qi army received news of the fall of Liuzhou, they would inevitably return to attack the city as soon as possible, leaving little time for preparations for Li Hao.
For this reason, Li Hao could only emphasize their respective tasks with the generals again before setting off, so that they could start preparations as soon as they entered the city and not waste any time.
After some hard talking and confirming that they all understood their respective tasks in detail, Li Hao looked at the sky and led his army to set off.
After reaching ten miles outside Liuzhou City, the army stopped, and Li Hao led five hundred people to approach the east gate in the dark.
Because the time agreed with Jinyiwei was in the middle of the night, they would find a way to open the east gate and let Li Hao and others into the city. This would avoid attacking the city directly and save time.
But in this case, what to do specifically can only be determined by the Jin Yiwei in the city.
However, Li Hao believed that their strength would not prevent them from even taking down an unprotected city gate, so he waited patiently.
The Jin Yiwei in the city did not disappoint Li Hao. Only around three quarters of the year, the signal in the city finally came on, and then Li Hao led his troops and rushed forward.
Just in time for the city gate to open, there were sounds of fighting inside, and the Jinyi guards in night uniforms were seen fighting with the soldiers of the Qi army.
However, the number of Jin Yiwei is not dominant after all, and there is a tendency to gradually retreat.
Upon seeing this, Li Hao rushed in with a quick step and began to use his sword energy to clean up the soldiers, creating a space at the city gate to facilitate the subsequent troops entering the city.
Second only to Li Hao is Ren Xin, but her martial arts are light and dexterous. After all, her main job is to be an assassin, and she doesn't need to be open and close, so for fighting in front of the battle, she is still Something strange.
But fortunately, she understood her situation very well and quickly adjusted her rhythm and began to wander around the edge of the battlefield looking for opportunities.
Then use your own advantages to specifically deal with the officers who command the soldiers.
However, in this way, her risk factor has increased a lot. After all, she needs to break into the enemy's formation.
Fortunately, the people behind caught up quickly, and suddenly formed a numerical advantage at the east gate, and the Qi army at the east gate was quickly defeated.
After that, Li Hao did not send anyone to chase him, but ordered his troops to set up defenses at the east gate to prevent the Qi army from attacking again.
At the same time, a signal was sent to summon the main troops outside the city.
After the defense was completed, Li Hao found Ren Xin who was standing aside, his face a little pale, and said, "You were injured just now. I will use my internal strength to treat you."
Ren Xin did not understand Li Hao's kindness and replied: "I am not injured, and Qi Jun will definitely come over later. You should save your internal strength to kill the enemy."
"Don't worry, it's only a distance of ten miles, and it doesn't take half an hour for the guards of the East Palace to come over. There are only two thousand people in the city, and they are divided among the four city walls and the government office in the center.
If we come in a hurry, we will definitely come dispersedly, and there won’t be much pressure. But if we come in a group, it will definitely take time, and we won’t have to support it for long.
Furthermore, with my internal strength, it is more than enough to defeat the entire field, so you don’t have to worry. "
After saying that, he didn't give her a chance to refute, and walked directly behind her and began to use his inner strength to heal her injuries.
This time her internal injuries were fine, so Li Hao ran a few sets of big cycles and then stopped.
As for trauma, it is obviously not appropriate to apply medicine now, so we will leave it like that for the time being.
But then he still taught a lesson: "Fighting in battle is different from the assassination you are used to before. You must know that even I don't dare to charge into the enemy's formation alone.
It's also a good thing that the enemy was caught off guard this time and couldn't form a formation. Otherwise, how could you have only suffered such a slight injury? You won't be able to fight so hard next time. "
Ren Xin was reluctant to relent this time and said, "Okay, I won't do it next time."
While the two were talking, the soldiers and horses of the Qi army who came to take back the east gate had already arrived, and the two of them drew their swords again and faced them.
This time the fighting didn't take long, and the guards from the East Palace rushed over first. Seeing that the situation was over, Qi Jun immediately withdrew.
Go and escape through other city gates.
Li Hao paid no attention to this move. He just waited for the follow-up troops to arrive and quickly ordered them to take over the four city gates and prepare for the defense of the city according to the original plan.
As for Li Hao himself, he brought people to the government office and regarded it as a temporary hospital for wounded soldiers.
In this regard, we mainly relied on the doctors in the city. After all, although Li Hao's Yangzhou Mansion was useful, he could not save every wounded soldier personally, and he was too busy.
But for Ren Xin, Li Hao still had to do it himself. By the way, Li Hao also brought trauma ointment this time.
Ren Xin began to see it and refused, saying that he had brought the golden sore medicine with him.
But after listening to Li Hao's words, he immediately accepted it.
Because Li Hao emphasized that his trauma ointment has the effect of removing scars. Not only can new injuries be left without scars, but it can also be miraculous for old injuries.
How can a woman not care about this, even if she was a cold-blooded assassin?
But what was a pity for Li Hao was that Ren Xin did not let him apply medicine to her, and only asked Li Hao to help find a maid.
Regarding this situation, considering my ability and appearance, I am definitely much better than that Ning Yuanzhou, but my treatment is somewhat different.
It can only be attributed to the fact that Shen Tuhui was not dead, so she did not regard giving birth as a standard.
After finishing Ren Xin's side, Li Hao turned around and started busy with official duties, such as appeasing the gentry and people in the city.
In addition, by this time, urgent reports to the court will also begin to be written.
Among them, I want to focus on elaborating that the situation here is so critical now that the imperial court hastily sent reinforcements.
