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

Chapter 420 Ji County, Ji County

A few days have passed since the battle of Daicheng. At this time, with the arrival of the Qi army, Luo Yi's confidence doubled, and the high-intensity leader started a fierce battle with Anlu Mountain every day.

Yutian City was an important area where the two armies fought. Because the battle was too fierce, the city was already covered in blood, like a veil over the gloomy sky.

Not only that, Yutian City has become an important traffic route leading to the Peking Palace, and it is expected that the subsequent battles will not be weak.

It can be seen that there are almost few people in the area for several miles, and the people here have fled because of the war!

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As the battle in Yutian is in full swing, the situation in Qianxi is extremely quiet.

Moved to the west city, the general who defended the city was Cai Xide, who led the army to defend.

As for the general of the Yan Army, Luo Cheng, the son of Luo Yi, moved to the west mainly for the purpose of restraining the defenders and not allowing him to return to Anlu Mountain to provide time for Luo Yi to defeat Anlu Mountain.

In fact, another aspect is that Luo Cheng's command is all cavalry.

How could Luo Cheng, who was familiar with cavalry tactics, be so stupid as to use cavalry to attack the city?

At the same time as the battles broke out in Yutian and Qianxi, the battles in Ji County, Zhuojun County, were also in full swing.

The leader of the attacking city was the Qi army, and its leader was Su Lie.

In fact, when Zhang Xian proposed a plan to advance eastward at a galloping speed, before An Jun could react, he would join Luo Yi and destroy the rebel An Lushan.

However, after that, Jia Xu also made a slight change according to Zhang Xian's plan, changing it to the whole army storming Ji County.

Ji County is an important city in Zhuo County, and it is the main throat leading to Beiping, and even the entire Youzhou.

As long as this place is occupied, it is equivalent to controlling the entire Youzhou. No matter how the official roads of Youzhou are driven, they must pass through Jixian County in the end.

However, because of the extremely important geographical location of Ji County, Shi Siming, the Lord of Zhuo County, also stationed a large army here.

It is not easy for the Qi army to capture Fan County.

However, although Ji County used to be the prefecture of Zhuo County, since the Anlu Mountain rebellion, Shi Siming moved his prefecture to Zhuo County based on the judgment of the form.

After all, Zhuo County is closer to the northern part of Jizhou, and placing its focus here is more conducive to resisting the siege of anti-kings such as Gao Tansheng and Dou Jiande.

Although Ji County is also an important throat, but at this time with the attack of the An army, it is in the hinterland, and there is no external threat.

Therefore, except for gathering [-] soldiers and horses to defend here, Shi Siming stopped paying attention to this place.

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The city of Ji County is now in a state of confrontation. The soldiers of the Qi army are struggling to attack the city, building various siege weapons such as ladders, siege vehicles, and well fences.

Moreover, Su Lie personally commanded this battle, and the various siege troops cooperated tacitly, whether it was archers, sword and shield soldiers, or echelon troops.

What's more, the cooperation between the well fence and the siege engine is just right!
For a while, the defenders on the top of the city were miserable and complained again and again.

It is true that the Qi army's offensive was too fierce, and the siege was also coordinated with full tacit understanding. It was even stronger that Qin Qiong, He Yuanqing and other powerful generals personally went into battle and commanded the siege.

However, fierceness is fierceness, but Ji County cannot be captured easily.

After all, Ji County used to be the prefecture of Zhuo County, and its defenses were already very strong, and its city walls were extremely thick and hard, nearly several feet high.

Not only that, Ji County has also successfully introduced the Bohai Bay, and there is a wide moat several feet deep outside the city, which is a natural danger!

Moreover, Ji County is not an empty city, but a [-]-strong army that has long been defended by the An Army.

Relying on the solid city defenses and tens of thousands of soldiers, even if the Qi army attacked rapidly and Su Lie was able to command well, they could not easily capture Ji County.

However, judging from the Qi army's offensive at this time, Ji County is already on the verge of collapse, and it will feel like it will collapse at any time.

At this time, most of the confidence of the defenders in the city had already been destroyed, and they were overwhelmed by the ferocity of the soldiers of the Qi army, and they could not exert their previous combat power at all.

For a while, the guard of Ji County, with his back against Jiancheng, was intimidated by the power of the Qi army, and hurriedly wrote an urgent report, and went to all directions to ask for help.

In fact, the main general Su Lie knew all this well, but he didn't stop it.

When soldiers besieged Jixian County, Su Lie hunted and killed all the spies around Anjun, and then deployed his own spies to secretly control all the movements around Jixian County.

Therefore, if An Jun's sentry cavalry wanted to convey superstition, how could they hide it from Su Lie's eyes?

However, Su Lie didn't hunt him down, instead he had a sneer on his face, as if the plot had succeeded.

As for superstition, Su Lie knows what it is if he thinks about it, it is nothing more than a letter asking for help, asking Shi Siming and An Lushan to lead the rescue, it is a critical matter in Ji County.

After all, there are few people who can resist the fierce offensive of the Qi army in recent days, and it is reasonable for the defender to ask for reinforcements!

In fact, regarding the storming of Ji County, Su Lie's real purpose was not to capture Ji County.

Su Lie is a general who knows how to fight and is good at fighting. He knows the strength of Ji County, so a strong attack is the next strategy!
The reason why the offensive is so fierce is to deter the defenders in the city with its aura and let the reinforcements gradually move closer to it.

As long as this plan is realized, the Qi army will be able to completely control the initiative. At this time, Su Lie can calmly formulate a plan to carry out the encirclement and reinforcements.

Surrounding the spot to fight for aid is Jia Xu's supplementary strategy this time.

It should be noted that the distribution of the An army is indeed extremely tricky and difficult to deal with.

Shi Siming of Zhuojun, the main force of Anlu Mountain in Yutian, and Cai Xide's tribe who moved to the west.

From point to surface, these three points almost surround half of Youzhou's traffic arteries.

Even if the Qi army is used as a reinforcement at this time, if the deadlock is not broken, there is still no way to take An Lushan!
Therefore, Jia Xu thought hard to come up with this trick to encircle and aid.

Attacking Jixian with all its strength is not the ultimate goal of taking down Jixian and capturing the city.

But to use this as an illusion to confuse the An army, and make him fearful that his army has the strength to capture Ji County.

At that time, waiting for the situation to become more and more critical will give An Lushan a sense of urgency and make him order to send reinforcements.

As long as the An army rescues Ji County, Su Lie's goal will be achieved, and he can surround Ji County with reinforcements, attract all the main forces of An Lu Mountain, and start a battle.

As long as the Anlu Mountain can be severely damaged in the First World War, are you afraid that you will not be able to rescue Youzhou and regain the lost ground?

Moreover, Su Lie also obeyed Jia Xu's plan, galloping day and night to send out sentry cavalry, went to Wuyuan to ask Gao Qi to meet Dou Jiande, and let him send troops northward to attack Anlu Mountain.

Anlu Mountain is originally a rising soldier, its strength has not yet been fully stabilized, and the foundation of the land under its rule is still shallow.

If Dou Jiande sent troops to the north, it would be easy to decide in one battle and capture and kill An Lushan.

The most important point is that because Dou Jiande dominates Hebei, he is the most powerful.

Moreover, because Dou Jiande was born as a commoner and implemented benevolent government under his rule, the people attached to him one after another, which can be said to have reached the point of worship by tens of thousands of people.

Even in Youzhou, which has not yet been conquered, many people have heard of Dou Jiande's benevolent government in Jizhou.

Therefore, once Dou Jiande leads the army northward, it will definitely cause chaos under the rule of Anlu Mountain, where the soldiers have no fighting spirit and the people are all thinking of change.

It should be noted that in the past, Dou Jiande was captured by Li Shimin in history, and after he showed his head to the public.

Everyone in Li Tang thought that Hebei could be settled with a snap of his fingers, but unfortunately, the final outcome was that the remnants of Hebei still rebelled under the banner of Dou Jiande.

The people in Hebei Province were grateful for Dou Jiande's kindness and responded one after another!
For a while, the Hebei army was shocked, but the Hebei army, which had already become a mess, was able to stand in a stalemate with the Tang army again.

Moreover, in their confrontation, there was a slight victory or defeat, and even Li Tang's general Luo Shixin was killed.

It can be seen that Dou Jiande's prestige among the people will reach an unprecedented level.

If it weren't for Gao Qi from later generations, he knew the importance of winning the hearts of the people, so he made many policies that benefited and benefited the people.

I'm afraid that even Gao Qi's prestige among the people can't compare to Dou Jiande's now!
As the saying goes: At any stage, there will naturally be considerations at any stage.

This sentence is indeed true. Since Dou Jiande is also a farmer, he sympathizes with the suffering of the people.

Therefore, after taking power, he will implement benevolent government so that ordinary people can live and work in peace.

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However, although Dou Jiande sent troops to the north to attack Anlu Mountain, it was an excellent move.

However, both Su Lie and Jia Xu are deeply aware of the disadvantages of making claims.

Connecting with Dou Jiande, this matter cannot be decided by Su Lie's subordinates alone. It must be discussed with Dou Jiande by Qi Wang Gaoqi, and then a consensus can be reached before it can be implemented.

Immediately afterwards, Su Lie continued to encircle Ji County with troops on the one hand, in order to force the defenders in the city.

On the other hand, they are also secretly dispatching troops to deploy defense lines around Ji County to resist the counterattack of the An army's reinforcements!

With the help of Su Lie's decisiveness, Zhang Xian, and Jia Xu's supplements, can the An army be defeated in World War I?

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Boling County is the northern county of Jizhou, and it is also the place under the rule of anti-wang Gao Tansheng at this time.

Because Gao Tansheng has always had the ambition to devour Bohai County.

With Yuan Shao's arrival, his plan to seize the Bohai Sea failed, and he couldn't help but hate Yuan Shao very much.

This time, Gao Tansheng seized the opportunity and launched a fierce attack on Yuan Shao, hoping to destroy Yuan Shao and capture Bohai.

The reason why Gao Tansheng cares so much about Bohai is also because of the unique geographical environment of Bohai County.

The Bohai Sea belongs to the eastern region of Jizhou, close to the sea, and the Bohai Bay flows through the whole territory, resulting in fertile land and extremely developed agriculture and fisheries.

Therefore, this has also made Bohai's economy extremely prosperous, and it is no wonder that it makes people jealous.

However, the Bohai Sea is not so easily captured.

Although Yuan Shao's strength is inferior to Gao Tansheng's, he has not been sitting on the Bohai Sea for a long time.

However, Yuan Shao has a huge advantage, that is his family background.

Since Yuan Shao's family all served as high-ranking officials in the court, their family background is very prominent and their prestige is very high, and they are also favored by the aristocratic family!
Therefore, when Yuan Shao entered the Bohai Sea, the local aristocratic families chose to attach themselves and fully supported Yuan Shao.

After all, Gao Tansheng didn't want to see aristocratic families. As for Dou Jiande, although he was powerful, he was born as a commoner because of his background.

The aristocratic family are all people with extremely high vision, how can they assist Dou Jiande?
Yuan Shao is different, because he is from a family, he has a good impression of the family.

As for this time, all the aristocratic families were all shrewd people, and they reciprocated one after another, standing in Yuan Shao's position, contributing money and food, helping him expand his army, and reorganize his armaments.

That's why Yuan Shao was able to double his strength in a very short period of time after he entered Bohai to compete with Gao Tansheng.

In fact, this is inseparable from the support of all the aristocratic families.

After all, Yuan Shao still relies on the power of his family, and his platform is much higher than that of ordinary people.

For a while, Gao Tansheng led the army to attack Yuan Shao, and the two armies were about to fight, preparing for a showdown!
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As for this time, Xia Wang Dou Jiande, who was the capital of Zhaojun, received the envoys of the Qi army with courtesy.

It only said that after Su Lie sent sentry cavalry to rush there day and night, and reported his request to Gao Qi.

After weighing the pros and cons, Gao Qi decisively agreed and sent envoys to Jizhou to negotiate with Dou Jiande!

Moreover, in order to show a grand etiquette, Gao Qi specially ordered Pei Ju to be an envoy this time.

After bringing Pei Ju into the palace and sitting down according to the priority, Pei Ju bowed his hands first to express his gratitude, saying: "King Xia, this time Ju came here to meet King Xia on behalf of King Qi, and I would like to thank you!"

"This time, if it weren't for Xia Wangming's reasoning, he would give way to our army and go to northern Xinjiang to fight against Hu."

"I'm afraid the situation in northern Xinjiang must be more or less ominous, so there is no need to survive!"

"Not only that, when our army was short of food, at a critical juncture, King Xia sent the army rations with our army, so that our army could fight fiercely with Hu Kou with peace of mind."

"Therefore, the great contribution to driving Hu Kou out of the Great Wall this time lies with King Xia!"

I just want to say that Pei Ju is indeed a diplomat, and his eloquence ability is really extremely powerful.

On the one hand, it also shows the strength of our own army, and it depends on our own army to finally turn the overall situation into danger.

But on the other hand, Pei Ju did not forget Dou Jiande at all in his words, and also affirmed his contribution in this battle.

People have a heart of joy, let alone the king Dou Jiande?
At this time, Dou Jiande was also extremely excited, forced himself to be calm, and said, "Hehe, where is it!"

"The fight against Hu was all led by the king of Qi, and he was killed by the elite men under his command. How could Dou dare to take the lead?"

Immediately, Dou Jiande was a little more modest and said some kind words.

Afterwards, after pondering for a long time, Pei Ju said slowly: "King Xia, this time Ju is here by the king's order!"

"My lord wants to form an alliance with King Xia forever, advance and retreat with each other, wipe out the heroes, and strive to clear up the troubled times as soon as possible, restore peace to the world, and let the people live and work in peace and contentment!"

Immediately afterwards, Pei Ju secretly stated the purpose of this visit first, so as to test Dou Jiande's attitude.

Hearing this, Dou Jiande's expression turned serious at first, apparently a little surprised, he did not expect the Qi army to form an alliance with him.

However, the general trend of the world is only divided into interests, and it is common for divisions and alliances to fight and kill.

However, after all, this matter was too abrupt, and Dou Jiande also needed time to think about it, so he temporarily withdrew Pei Ju, and then discussed with the ministers.

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Can the Xia army form an alliance with the Qi army?

(End of this chapter)