Outside Xiaqiao City.

Luo Fengtang stood at a height several miles outside Xiaqiao City, carefully observing the Daxia people's defense in Xiaqiao City. Although the thunderbolts had been banging for several days, the Daxia people still did not collapse the camp.

"He Yi, has the emperor's edict rebuking the king of Daxia reached Xiadu? Has King Li Yunwu of Daxia not replied yet?" Qi Xingyun put down the telescope in his hand and asked his first secretary.

Fighting also requires a sense of ceremony. Da Qi didn't bother to engage in undeclared war with Da Xia. As a vassal state of Da Qi, there was no need to negotiate against Da Xia.

However, Luo Fengtang still requested an imperial edict, asking the emperor to reprimand the Daxia people for stealing chickens when Daqi attacked Liaodong County.

"The emperor's imperial edict has arrived in the capital of Xia. Li Yunwu expressed his embarrassment." He Yi smiled and said: "According to the report from the envoy Huang Sushou, as soon as the emperor's reprimand arrived, the entire Xia Dynasty was in an uproar. Some people were negotiating for peace and were desperate.

There are also.”

"In principle, Li Yunwu has agreed to apologize, but he cannot accept Daqi's request for the land of Xiaqiao City and asked Huang Sushou if he could pay compensation."

Luo Fengtang nodded. He had already guessed the result. He sneered and said, "If an apology is useful, what use do we have?"

Luo Fengtang frowned as he looked at the heavily guarded Xiaqiao City.

The imperial edict he requested was naturally based on the art of war and the plan for attacking the enemy. If he could defeat the enemy without fighting, that would be the safest thing to do.

Daqi needs Daxia people to make substantial compensation for their actions, rather than just indifference.

The emperor's imperial edict, which was equivalent to a declaration of war, made the people of Daxia extremely frightened. However, Xiaqiao City was still defended by elite soldiers. Even though the morale was somewhat low due to the emperor's attack, it still did not lead to the collapse of the camp.

"The National Guard Army has been fighting for years. If we cannot win this battle quickly, the emperor will give us a few months less time to repair, which will be detrimental to the attack on Han next year." Luo Fengtang said to He Yi very seriously.

If Xiaqiao City is not taken, the Daxia people will invade Qianji next year, and the people of Qianji City will suffer again.

However, taking Xiaqiao City requires heavy casualties or takes several months, which is not worth the gain.

He Yi also nodded. The defense of Xia Qiao City was more thorough than He Yi thought. The people of Daxia had long been prepared to face the wrath of Da Qi and put down heavy troops to guard Xia Qiao City.

"There are 70,000 national defenders and 50,000 elite soldiers in Xiaqiao City. According to the siege method, it can be defeated, but it will take at least three months." He Yi said with a little embarrassment.

In three months, winter has arrived.

He Yi's words of 70,000 against 50,000 were to be fought according to the siege method, and he threatened to attack the city in March. In fact, it reflected the strength of the national defense army.

In a siege battle, the ratio of casualties between the siege and defenders is generally five to one, with five on the siege dying and one on the defenders.

The Art of War's guide to siege a city is to encircle and annihilate it ten times when the armaments are equivalent.

And what He Yi said about 70,000 surrounding 50,000 and suppressing and attacking is indeed the performance of the elite soldiers of the National Defense Army.

"We are here for a vacation, not a fight. Fighting against Xiaqiao City is unexpected." Luo Fengtang said with certainty of victory.

He Yi smiled and said: "Actually, if the Han people had not looked down upon the Daxia people before and considered them useless, they would be directed to whichever side was strong. If not, the Han people would have tried their best to unite with the Daxia people, and we, the Qi Dynasty, would not have been able to attack Liaodong.

smoothly."

"How is the survey over at Jinqiao Mountain?" Luo Fengtang nodded and agreed with He Yi's words, but he remembered what Yang Ruoqing once told him, that there are no ifs in this world.

He Yi quickly replied: "The scouting horse reported that the mountain road is clear and the National Guard Army has occupied the important high ground along the Jinqiao Mountain Road."

"Then let's go." Luo Fengtang took off the mask on his pocket.

He is wearing armor, a plate armor given to him by the emperor.

The only thing he was dissatisfied with about this plate armor was that the emperor had stamped a lot of patterns on it. It was very exquisite, but it was a bit gaudy, and the name was also very gaudy: Tianjing.

Since Luo Fengtang dared to tell the emperor that he wanted to take Xiaqiao City, he naturally had a clue. By the time the emperor's decree arrived, Luo Fengtang had already completed his strategic deployment.

He really wanted to capture Xiaqiao City, and his strategic thinking was also about defeating the enemy without fighting. However, what he wanted to fight was not Xiaqiao City, but a way to encircle Wei and save Zhao through Jinqiao Mountain next to Xiaqiao City.

Besiege Xiadu, the capital of Daxia, and attack the enemy to save it.

"The battle of Xiaqiao City is not fought in Xiaqiao City. I wonder if Li Yunwu, who only knows women, can think of this?" Luo Fengtang looked back at Xiaqiao City and rode on horseback. A large number of cavalry followed Luo Fengtang.

Walk towards Xiaqiao Castle Mountain Road.

Target Xia Capital, Daxia Capital City.

Luo Fengtang led the National Defense Army as they shuttled through the mountains and forests. They were moving swiftly through the mist-filled mountains and forests, like ghosts.

The Jinqiao Mountain trail is not a thoroughfare. It is rugged and rugged. Especially in the late autumn season, frost can cause the trail to be extremely slippery. If you are not careful, you may end up falling into the valley.

Normally, only those who secretly sell Daqi goods from the Qianji area would choose to bypass Xiaqiao City and take risks.

This is also the reason why Li Yunwu knew the existence of this Jinqiao Mountain mountain road but did not send heavy troops to guard it.

The idea of ​​​​detouring from here to attack Xiadu was not decided by Luo Fengtang at once. Instead, the scouts conducted a three-day exploration and determined that both men and horses could pass. After the discussion of the generals, the decision was made to go.

Panting heavily, Luo Fengtang passed through the last mountain road that could only accommodate two people walking side by side. At the foot of that mountain road was an abyss, and the mist shrouded it like an illusion, making people want to jump off.

Luo Fengtang adjusted his breathing, looked at the soldiers approaching behind him, smiled and said to He Yi: "Someone told me that there is a strong army in the world, wearing straw sandals in the mountains and forests, in one day and night, they can

Traveling more than 240 miles! At that time, I did not believe that such a powerful army could exist in the world."

"I don't believe it either. It's too difficult. In one day and night, we walked less than a hundred miles, maybe eighty miles?" He Yi also nodded and agreed with Luo Fengtang's words.

This mountain road is too difficult to walk.

Even He Yi, if given a second chance to choose, would not raise his hand again and agree to this strategic layout.

Luo Fengtang opened the Kan map, flipped through it for a long time, and finally confirmed that he had not gone the wrong way. He said with a smile: "Maybe that army moved forward lightly. We have thunder, caltrop cannons, and heavy trebuchet components.

, there are still a lot of armors, and because there is a lot of baggage, I will try to pull the National Defense Army out next time."
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