Unexpectedly, as soon as they approached, a dense rain of arrows came from all around, catching them off guard. There was an ambush in front of them, and there were pursuers behind them. The vanguard could neither retreat nor charge, so they had to grit their teeth and fight, but they were charging. In the process, you constantly fall into traps and roadblocks dug by the enemy.

As soon as they met, they lost their troops and generals.

The fighting continued into the night and was not over yet.

When the battle was getting rough, Qi Yanhuai led his troops in pursuit. The two parties attacked from both sides. The South Vietnamese army was attacked from both sides. They quickly abandoned their helmets and armor and fled in all directions.

Qi Yanhuai and Qi Zaiyuan, regardless of enjoying the fruits of victory, rushed to Dali with their entire army, while the other continued to pursue the enemy, preparing to take a detour to Yunzhong.

……

Piroye continued to send troops to attack the city, and the defenders fought bloody battles for a day. No one noticed that an arrow wrapped in cloth, closely covered with arrows from the sky, was nailed to the feet of a Chinese soldier. The soldier Pull out the long arrow, and under the cover of other soldiers, retreat quickly and leave the battlefield.

When night fell, Yun Zhongzhong sent out his troops, leaving mountains of corpses at the city gate.

In the big tent, Piroye was discussing with his men the next siege strategy.

The eldest son of Piroye, Jia Luo, said: "Father, in return for the details we have placed in the city, rumors are spreading all over the city. Yesterday afternoon, some wealthy families in the city, together with the local respected village elders and some generals in the army, came together to find them. Princess."

"The eldest princess brought them to the meeting hall. The group of people didn't know what was said. They only knew that after the discussion, the wealthy families, village elders and generals in the city were all angry. They were obviously very dissatisfied with the eldest princess. Then they elaborated I saw with my own eyes that a headless body was dragged out of the meeting hall.”

The subordinates looked at each other and smiled knowingly, and they could probably guess what happened in the meeting hall.

Jialuoyi continued: "After careful investigation, I found out that many people in the city were dissatisfied with the eldest princess because of the rumors and wanted to ask the eldest princess to give an explanation. The Qi family's army never arrived. The eldest princess could not explain, so she actually captured one and passed it on. Ordinary people who spread rumors killed a chicken in front of everyone to scare the monkeys, and frightened everyone."

Piroye narrowed his eyes: "The eldest princess is so young, but she is decisive in killing. It is really admirable. It's just that the eldest princess has been domineering in the Southern Dynasty for a long time, but she has forgotten that the southwest is not under the rule of the Southern Dynasty. The majesty of the princess is greatly reduced in the southwest."

"This time she killed the chicken to scare the monkeys. Although she frightened the nobles, village elders and generals in the city, they didn't know that those nobles were not afraid of her as the eldest princess, but they still had hope for the Qi family army, thinking that as long as the eldest princess was still in Dali, City, the Qi family army will definitely come."

The Southern Barbarians attach great importance to racial origin. Even though the eldest princess has a noble status, she is just a foreigner. How can a foreigner be convincing when she dictates things in Dali City?

Therefore, he ordered people to spread rumors in the city. Sure enough, some nobles in the city were well aware of the harm of rumors, but they still did not come forward to stop them. This caused the rumors to intensify and missed the best opportunity to curb the rumors.

Jialuo Yi said: "Father, what a wonderful plan. We are attacking the city every day, and the people in the city are restless. At this time, we only need to spread some rumors to make the people in the city hate the eldest princess, the nobles are dissatisfied with the eldest princess, and the city defenders are against The eldest princess has become suspicious, and once people are separated, it will be impossible to defend the city together."

One of his subordinates laughed and said: "We pretended to attack and exert pressure. The defenders held on for five days and lost a lot of people. Today's attack on the city, the soldiers clearly felt that the resistance to the defenders was much smaller than before. I think I support it." In less than two days, the time has come for us to attack the city."

"King, please give the order. The last general will wait and it will be the king's charge to charge into the battle and help the king complete his great cause."

"Yes, King, give the order quickly!"

"Order!"

"No rush," Piroye laughed and said calmly, "Dali City is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Although the defenders are weak, they have the advantage of defending the city and have abundant supplies. During this period, we have been working hard to Losing troops and generals, feigning attacks and exerting pressure every day, and also losing a lot of troops, it is not appropriate to attack the city rashly."

The subordinates were somewhat disapproving.Piroye did not show off, and said directly: "I just received news that the Qi family's army was fighting the main force of the South Vietnam Kingdom in the Yueyan Ridge area. I think General Zhengnan will not rush to the rescue of Dali City so quickly. We can wait until the city is completely chaotic."

Jialuo Yi hurriedly asked: "What should we do next?"

Piroye showed a confident expression on his face: "Let the news about Lingnan go out and let everyone in the city know that the Qi Army is at war with the main force of South Vietnam. The battle situation is stalemate. It is impossible to rush to Dali City in a short time."

"The defense of the city is becoming more and more difficult for the city defenders. If they know that the reinforcements will not come, the morale of the troops will inevitably be weakened. The people in the city will also think that the rumors have been confirmed. If they are slightly provoked, they will definitely hate the eldest princess and what will she do. Who can know what happened?"

"The more chaotic Dali City is, the better it is for us."

"..."

The news that Qi Jiajun would not come spread throughout Dali City that night. When the people suddenly heard the bad news, they broke down and cried.

The soldiers guarding the city heard the desperate cries in the city. They knew that among them were their parents, women, and children, and they couldn't help but feel a sense of sadness in their hearts.

Looking at the dark clouds of the Chinese army under the night, and thinking about the brothers who had been killed and injured in these days, I felt a little collapsed.

The eldest princess has been lying to them, saying that if they guard for five days, the Qi family army will come.

They held on for five days, but the Qi army did not come.

Tomorrow is the sixth day, and Qi Jiajun will not come at all.

There were [-] troops in Piroye, and they couldn't hold it at all.

The rumors were all true. The eldest princess deliberately encouraged them to defend the city and die, just to let them block Piroye to prevent Piroye from unifying the southwest and sending troops southward.

The next day, Piroye did not attack the city.

He captured many people who had fled before Dali City was under martial law, and beat and massacred them under the city tower.

Most of the people arrested were well-informed and knew that there was going to be a war in Dali City, so they fled the city in advance. Many of them were relatives of the defenders. They were all covered in blood and had been tortured into shape.

The Yun Chinese soldiers waved the long whips in their hands and whipped them non-stop. They screamed one after another: "Ah, save me! Save me! I don't want to die!"

"Please, don't fight, help me!"

"Stop hitting..."

There were many defenders at the moment and collapsed on the spot.

A general of Yun Zhongguo laughed loudly: "Dali City can't be defended at all, why do you have to hold on? Don't you hate it when you see your loved ones being whipped and tortured? Those who know better will surrender obediently. The king said, enter the city After that, people will not be massacred..."


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