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

Chapter 511 Burning the Taiping Army

"Qi Army, that turned out to be a large number of Qi Army soldiers?"

"Brothers, go to the city to defend and prevent the Qi army from entering the city."

All of a sudden, people in Huaide City were panicked, but the soldiers were also anxious and busy.

As the soldiers of the Taiping Army were in chaos, its chief general Li Quan rushed to the top of the city with a gun, looking up at the soldiers of the Qi army coming from the city.

"It seems that the Qi army is still coming after all, I should have thought of it a long time ago."

At this moment, while Li Quan is stepping up his defense, his thoughts are also far away.

In fact, he has long known that from the two eastern counties, he can bypass the stream and Duanshui defense lines and come straight to Huaide.

However, Li Quan is also very aware of the situation in the two counties. Not only is the terrain complicated and the miasma is rampant, but the key is the distribution of the various ethnic groups in Baiyue.

Not to mention that the Qi army belonged to outsiders, the Taiping army had entrenched Lingnan for several years, the Eastern King Yang Xiuqing wanted to conquer all ethnic groups in Baiyue for a long time, but they all failed!

It can be seen from this that although the strength of the Baiyue tribe is limited, it is not easy for the Qi army to pass through.

However, the fact is now that the Qi army not only successfully passed through the second counties, but also completely conquered Baiyue.

From the looming Yue soldiers in the Qi army, we can know that this scene almost puzzled Li Quan!
Not to mention how the Qi army conquered Baiyue, even the power of nature, the miasma swamp that stretches for hundreds of miles, can be daunting!
This is also the root cause of why almost all of the dynasties who went to the south in the past dynasties returned home without a feather.

The factor is not how strong the local army is, but that the power of nature cannot be resisted by human beings.

However, Li Quan may not have imagined until his death that Qi Wang Gaoqi is a modern person with cheats, who can greatly reduce the power of nature with modern inventions.

Outside the city, the Qi army was also assembled and ready to go, and then launched an attack one after another after trying to persuade them to surrender.

However, Huaide is deep in the hinterland of Lingnan, and its city has long been built indestructible.

How can the Qi army, which lacks heavy-duty assaults, break through the city with manpower?

Therefore, the final result was a waste of effort. The battle continued until the night was approaching, and the Qi army retreated like a tide under the sound of gold.

After hastily setting up the camp, the soldiers of the Qi army who had been exhausted all day took a rest and left. As for the main tent at this time, all the generals gathered together to discuss today's battle situation.

In the tent, Yang Yanzhao stood up with folded fists and said, "General, Huaide City is the hinterland of the Taiping Army, and its defense measures are indestructible!"

"Because our army came from the second county, its complicated terrain means that our army has no equipment to attack the fortifications at all."

"Now, attacking the city with manpower alone will cost too much!"

"Therefore, the general suggests that we build siege equipment first, and then attack!"

To be honest, what Yang Yanzhao said was reasonable, and Zhang Xian was about to agree to it, but Jia Xu stepped forward to stop it.

"General, now our army is not discussing the issue of attacking the city, but the issue of arranging defenses."

"As expected, the enemy army will come to rob the camp today."

Hearing this, without waiting for Zhang Xian to react, Xue Dingshan put forward a different opinion, saying: "Military division, let's not do it!"

"Our army now has a large number of soldiers, and its power is far from what the Taiping Army can match."

"Where does the enemy have the guts to go out of the city and rob the camp?"

Facing Jia Xu's words, Xue Dingshan put forward different opinions first and opposed it.

According to the art of war, the Taiping Army is now weak, and it is the best policy to stick to the defense. It is really...

Hearing this, the other generals agreed with Xue Dingshan's words, but they isolated Jia Xu.

Seeing this, Jia Xu remained calm and calm, and explained slowly: "According to common sense, this is of course impossible."

"But the situation is different now. Our army galloped all the way in the starry night and launched a strong attack to attack the city, but it ended in failure. Its morale must be affected."

"Now even you generals think that it is impossible for the enemy to come and rob the camp, let alone ordinary sergeants?"

"At this time, if the enemy army comes, isn't our army limited to a passive situation?"

For a while, Jia Xu analyzed the pros and cons of the situation, almost as if a heavy blow had been swept across the faces of the generals, waking them up.

Immediately, Zhang Xian immediately came to his senses. Due to the fact that he led the way, Jia Xu's proposals were all accurate and serious, and did not fail.

At this time, Zhang Xian also chose to trust, and then ordered Xue Dingshan and Fan Lihua to lead the patrol and pay attention to precautions.

As for the rest of the generals, they led their troops and hid in the camp, waiting for the arrival of the enemy.

As the saying goes: Be careful sailing for thousands of years, no matter whether the enemy comes or not, being careful is not a big mistake.

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The time of night is gradually passing, and soon it will be three o'clock, and the dawn of the people will come.

However, outside the camp, it was still empty and there was no movement.

The soldiers of the Qi army, who were squatting for most of the night, were already exhausted. Seeing that the enemy army had not yet arrived, they could not help complaining.

Even some of the generals began to complain.

Endless waiting is undoubtedly the most terrible!

"Tap Tap!"

Just when the Qi army started to riot, there was a faint noise in the night outside the camp.

Immediately, the soldiers of the Qi army who had caused a commotion just now calmed down and stood up for battle!

The soldiers who have been licking blood at the edge of the knife all year round have long been very familiar with this sound. It is the sound of the combination of infantry and cavalry.

Obviously, the Taiping army came to attack the camp at night as Jia Xu expected.

At this moment, the generals, who were full of complaints just now, admired Jia Xu. Jia Xu was indeed exhausted.

"Koda, Kuoda!"

As the movement of the enemy army became louder and louder, they broke through the Qi army's camp immediately, but when their horses galloped, they raised a cloud of smoke and dust behind them.

Immediately afterwards, the Taiping Army infantry followed closely behind, rushed into the Qi Army's camp, rushed all the way, and set fire to it.

"Soldiers, go to Qi Kou's baggage camp and set fire to the local food and grass."

"In this way, as long as the Qi army's rations are lost, the Qi army will be defeated!"

It has to be said that Li Quan is really good at commanding the army. Knowing the gap between the two armies, he couldn't help thinking of burning the enemy's food and grass.

If it causes chaos first, and after a fight, the momentum of the Qi army will inevitably be relieved.

It is conceivable that the Qi army, which has lost food and grass, will surely be defeated after a long time!

After some shock, the Taiping army finally found the location of the Qi army's grain and grass, and immediately surrounded it.

Seeing the full army rations, Li Quan was immediately overjoyed, patted his horse and raised his gun, and roared: "Hahaha, it seems that God made me achieve such a great achievement!"

At this moment, Li Quan regained his fighting spirit, and what he was thinking in his heart at this moment was to defeat the Qi army, so that Yang Miaozhen could see himself clearly again and change his mind.

"Soldiers of the kingdom of heaven, listen to the order and set it on fire..."

For a while, Li Quan raised his gun and was about to order to burn food, but was interrupted by the words of a sergeant.

"Report to the general, the situation is wrong, there is no food in the sack!"

Suddenly, this news was like a thunderbolt, which shocked Li Quan.

Immediately, Li Quan didn't dare to neglect, and quickly called the sergeant to open all the sacks to watch.

It's a pity that the result is not optimistic, because this place is not food and grass, but the most familiar sulfur nitrate stone.

At this moment, Li Quanxin sank halfway, and in the next second, he waved his gun and shouted: "Soldiers of the Kingdom of Heaven, retreat quickly!"

When the matter developed to this point, Li Quan didn't know that his side had been tricked, so he couldn't help roaring heart-piercingly.

However, it was too late, and suddenly, feathered arrows fell from the sky, straight into the baggage camp.

Not only that, but there are bright sparks on the arrow, and the bright sparks shoot into the sack filled with saltpeter.

Suddenly, the fire was ignited instantly, but at this time countless Taiping soldiers were engulfed in the sea of ​​flames.

At this time, Li Quanxin was bleeding, and it was his impulse that ruined the entire army.

In exchange, Li Quan was like a wildly roaring lion, leading the crowd to gallop outside the camp to kill.

At this time, the rain of arrows was still continuing, and countless Taiping soldiers fell into the sea of ​​flames and fell under the rain of arrows.

After a rain of arrows, generals Xue Dingshan, Fan Lihua, Yang Yanzhao, Yang Zaixing, He Yuanqing and other generals of the Qi army all rushed out.

Under the leadership of the generals, the generals of the Qi army brandished butcher knives at the hasty Taiping army and killed them.

After a forced breakout, most of the Taiping Army lost in the end, and Li Quan finally led the crowd to break out of the encirclement.

This battle can be described as a great victory that is hard to remember. Once this battle is won, attacking the city tomorrow will achieve twice the result with half the effort!
Immediately, Zhang Xian walked out slowly, first ordering to extinguish the raging fire that had ignited in the supply camp.

Then he said softly: "With the victory of this battle, our army will take Huaide City, and it must be just around the corner!"

"Wenhe, you have contributed a lot to this battle."

At this moment, Zhang Xian completely admired Jia Xu, and his words were full of admiration.

After all, Zhang Xian would not have achieved such great results without Jia Xu's staff throughout the battle.

Hearing this, Jia Xu said slowly: "General, in fact, our army has no need to attack the city at all."

"At this time, the enemy army is defeated, and the morale of the army must be lost. There is no need for our army to waste casualties and go to attack."

"As long as we use the dragging formula, our army can successfully drag down the enemy army."

Immediately, when Zhang Xian learned of Jia Xu's words, he couldn't help asking again: "Wen He, why did you say that?"

"General, the enemy army has been defeated at this time, and they are no longer able to go out of the city to fight our army. Why don't our army block all the passages around Huaide?"

"As long as the main forces of the Taiping Army and Yang Xiuqing are cut off, then the situation will make their army collapse, and then the king's commander's opportunity will come!"

"However, the defenders in the city will definitely not see this plan come true, and they will definitely force their way out of the city to fight our army."

"So, isn't our army able to capture Huaide easily?"

For a while, following Jia Xu's master plan, Zhang Xian was so impressed!

Jia Xu's strategy is indeed exhaustive, and his schemes are linked one after another, making it hard to guard against.

Obviously, as long as the enemy army encounters Jia Xu's trap, it will inevitably be unable to break free.

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After defeating Li Quanjun, the victory of this battle gradually became clear.

(End of this chapter)