Be an emperor from drawing cards

Chapter 122
After leading a group of defeated soldiers back to Qingyuan County, Qu Li just breathed a sigh of relief, but after reorganizing his troops, he collapsed on the chair, as if his spine had been ripped out.

Of the nearly [-] troops who accompanied him on the expedition, only more than [-] people escaped back to Qingyuan County!

Nearly [-]% of his army was buried in Tuochuan Valley!
That’s nearly fifteen thousand people!

When he thought of this number, Qu Li's eyes turned dark and his chest ached!
But at this time, the general who was assigned to defend the city asked suspiciously: "Commander, why don't you see General Mao?"

As soon as these words came out, there was a sudden silence in the lobby, and all the thieves turned their sympathetic eyes to this expressionless colleague.

Which pot is not being opened? I didn't see that the handsome man was in a very anxious mood!
It’s really like a mouse to the bridge of a cat’s nose—seeking death!
Qu Li glanced at the other party and said calmly: "The guy from the Mao Mansion led his troops to chase into the valley without permission. He was ambushed by the other party and was shot to death by random arrows. Unfortunately, he died."

Several of Quli's trusted generals exchanged vague glances, and they all saw traces of panic in each other's eyes.

They could see clearly that when they were ambushed, the opponent's target was clearly the commander, and the Mao Mansion was only used as a shield by the commander, and he died tragically on the spot.

They also saw from this incident how cold-hearted the commander-in-chief was.

But their interests have been completely tied to the commander-in-chief. They will both prosper and lose. Now it is impossible to get off this boat.

"Everyone try your best to appease your soldiers first. Maybe the army will besiege Qingyuan County tomorrow."

Qu Li took a deep breath and arranged all the matters for defending the city.

When all his subordinates exited the lobby of the county government office, Qu Li immediately slumped down on his chair and stared out of the lobby in a daze.

He clearly has an army of [-] in his hands, so why did the situation... suddenly become like this?

Obviously... I have the advantage?

"Master..."

The guards guarding outside the county government office saw that there was no sound in the lobby. They were confused and hurriedly asked.

"Bring me some wine!"

Qu Li's voice came.

"Commander, you have issued an order before, strictly prohibiting drinking in the army..."

Before he finished speaking, Qu Li's voice became impatient.

"Go."

The guard wanted to say something more, but his companion shook his head at him, signaling him to stop talking.

As the liquor entered his throat, Quli's eyes began to become blurred.

At this moment, only drunkenness could temporarily pull him away from reality.

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"Commander, Commander! The army is besieging the city!"

An anxious voice came from outside the house.

Curillo's hungover mind suddenly cleared. He pushed the woman beside him, jumped up from the bed, put on his armor, walked out of the room, looked at the panicked bodyguards, and shouted coldly:
"Why are you panicking? I'm not dead yet! Let's go up to the city wall with me and take a look!"

Immediately, Qu Li led a group of guards onto the city wall.

Holding on to the parapet, Qu Li looked down and saw the army coming from far away like a tide towards Qingyuan County. They set up camp three miles outside the county seat and formed a formation, covering the north and west sides of the county seat. Contain them all.

Seeing the arrangement of the officers and soldiers, Qu Li sneered.

"Although I haven't read many military books, I know that when attacking a city, you should surround three towers and one tower. It's just the army's siege method of two towers and two towers, but I have never seen it before."

Encircling three walls and one wall means that when attacking a city, in order to reduce the desperate determination of the defenders to defeat the enemy, the attacking party will surround the city wall in three directions, regardless of whether it has the ability to completely annihilate the enemy forces, and deliberately surround the last side of the city wall. Deploy a small number of troops and leave a gap for the defenders to break out of the encirclement.

However, leaving a gap on this side does not mean leaving it alone, but being careful.First of all, this road to survival must be rugged enough to be suitable for an ambush. Secondly, this road must ensure uniqueness so that the enemy troops cannot escape after breaking through and become a riot that causes trouble for the surrounding areas.

Therefore, if one of the three elements in the siege is missing, it is also often called the must-que for the siege master.

Several generals on the side heard this and smiled in agreement, but they still didn't look relaxed on their faces.

Qu Li saw this in his eyes, pointed at the army formation and smiled:

"You must not scare yourself. Look, the number of officers and soldiers is less than 3."

As he said that, he slapped the female wall again and made a "pop" sound.

"Don't forget, the city wall of Qingyuan County is made of bluestone, which is much stronger than ordinary rammed earth walls. Think about how much energy we spent on conquering Qingyuan County a few days ago?"

As soon as he said this, Qu Li saw that the expressions of his generals relaxed a lot, so he continued:
"At the beginning, we had more than 3 people and it was so laborious to attack Qingyuan County. I didn't believe it. With the [-] horses in hand, Zhao Yu was able to capture Qingyuan County in a short time! This time, I will definitely do it. Let him hit his head and bleed bloody in Qingyuan County to avenge yesterday!"

Thinking of yesterday's great defeat, Qu Li's heart started to bleed.

But he subconsciously believed that his defeat yesterday was not due to the little emperor Zhao Yu, but to the bastard in the Mao Mansion who was greedy for merit and rash, so that he had to fall into this kid's trap in order to deal with this fool.

He just underestimated the enemy and suffered a loss, but now that he has learned his lesson, how can he be fooled by the army again?

As long as they hold on to the county seat, the officers and soldiers will have nothing to do. When the stalemate lasts for a long time, the officers and soldiers will be out of food and grass, so they will have to retreat.

By that time, if I continue to use my troops to cover up the enemy, I will surely avenge yesterday's defeat at Tuochuan Valley!

Sure enough, the official army only made two tentative attacks. Seeing that the rebels were so tightly defended that they could not even scale the city wall, they had to leave a few corpses in a hurry and retreat back to the camp.

Qu Li looked at the officers and soldiers retreating in embarrassment, and sneered in his heart.

After instructing the generals not to relax and prevent the enemy from attacking at night, Qu Li turned around and returned to the temporary house where he lived, immersing himself in wine, singing and dancing again.

Although he just pointed out the situation in front of his subordinates, scolded Fang Qiu, and threatened to teach the officers and soldiers a painful lesson, in fact, he was very clear in his heart that if he could not repel this wave of officers and soldiers, he would capture Zhao Yu's son. , then after losing most of the main force, his prestige among the rebels will inevitably fall to the bottom.

If the big shot of the Five Immortals Sect is not satisfied with the current situation, there are many people who want to hug his lap and sit in their own seats...

As for Jiang Fangshun, who has always been his brother, he would not have any objection to changing partners.

Businessmen put their interests first. As for brotherhood, how much money is it worth?
Thinking of this, Qu Li couldn't help but take another sip of wine.

What are you thinking about so much? Let’s get drunk today if we have wine!

However, why did the crow outside the window crow so frequently today? It was almost like announcing a funeral, disturbing people's enjoyment!

Qu Li's drunken eyes were dim, looking at the waning moon outside the window, and fell into a deep sleep.The night is dark.

Because Quli ordered a city-wide curfew, the entire Qingyuan County fell into a dead silence after nightfall. The streets and alleys were empty, except for the dim yellow lights hung by the lanterns hanging next to the plaques of a few inns. , there is no more light.

On the streets, teams of soldiers holding torches patrolled back and forth from time to time.

However, the morale of these soldiers was low due to yesterday's tragic defeat, and patrolling along the street was just a routine matter.

When a group of soldiers turned the corner, a tall figure with two swords on his back flashed out from the alley behind them.

This person is none other than Wu Song.

After successfully ambushing the rebels in Tuochuan Valley, he followed General Zhao Yu's order, led more than a hundred people in disguise, quietly blended into the broken army, and entered Qingyuan County, preparing to wait for an opportunity to open the city gate and lead in the army when the imperial army besieged the city. Enter the city.

Due to the disastrous defeat of the rebels, the entire Qingyuan County was in panic, and they were unable to identify the identity of the defeated soldiers, so they just roughly gathered them together.

This gave Wu Song the opportunity to secretly contact as many of his subordinates as possible and prepare for action.

Wu Song put two fingers into his mouth, puffed out his cheeks and blew.

Suddenly, a low crow sounded in the alley.

After a while, several more crows were heard near the alley.

Looking at the figures appearing at the entrance of the alley, Wu Song put his hand on the handle of the knife and asked in a low voice:

"The King of Heaven and Earth Tiger?"

"River Demon Town Pagoda."

Wu Song breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the other party's answer.

This was the contact code that His Majesty had set for them before he left for their connection.

Although he greatly admired His Majesty's thoughtfulness, Wu Song felt in his heart that "the king of heaven covers the tiger on earth" should not be "the river demon suppresses the pagoda", but "the pagoda suppresses the river demon".

But the current situation is not the time for me to worry about such trivial details.

"Besides you, are there any brothers you have contacted?"

Looking at the several officers and soldiers who came in front of him, Wu Song asked softly.

Recognizing Wu Song's voice, several people breathed a sigh of relief and whispered back:
"General Wu, in addition to our Group B, we have also contacted the brothers from Groups A and D. However, we have not seen the brothers from Groups C and E."

Wu Song frowned slightly when he heard this.

His Majesty's original intention was for him to gather all the five groups of officers and soldiers A, B, C, D and E who had sneaked into the city after entering the city, and seize the city gate tonight.

But now there are only these three groups of 60 people. Even if they can capture the city gate, they may not be able to hold on until reinforcements arrive.

We must find a way to plunge the rebels into chaos and have no time to take care of themselves, so as to buy more time.

Thinking of this, Wu Song gritted his teeth and made a decision in his heart.

"Your Majesty has ordered us to seize the city gate tonight. Without further ado, I will go to the county office alone to see if I can find an opportunity to kill Naquli. You three groups will seize the east gate and lure General Zhang's Flying Bear Army into the city. . As long as they persist for a moment, these rebels will collapse without a fight. I would like to ask you brothers, do you have the courage to guard the city gate with 60 people?"

Wu Song stared at everyone with his tiger eyes and asked in a deep voice.

Inspired by Wu Song's arrogance, these soldiers looked at each other, cupped their hands and said:
"General Wu dared to assassinate the traitor chief alone. Although we and other soldiers do not read poetry and books and do not know etiquette, we also know the word loyalty! General, please rest assured. Before General Zhang arrives, as long as I don't die, we will protect the city. The door is not lost!”

"Okay! Thank you all brothers for your righteousness. After this battle, Wu will be in front of His Majesty to ask for credit for you all! Without further ado, I will take action separately!"

After that, he cupped his fists and saluted the soldiers, tiptoed, and flew away in the direction of the county government office.

The soldiers looked at each other, nodded, and ran quickly towards the east city gate.

General Wu Song did not hesitate to go into danger alone for his own sake. They must not let down the general's hard work. They must seize the East City Gate and hold it until the army comes to help!
Not long after, Wu Song came to an alley not far from the county government office. He looked in the direction of the county government office under the moonlight and saw two rebels guarding the county government office with guns outside the gate. He let out a sigh of relief.

God has eyes!

On the way, he met Group C who was sent to patrol the city, and learned from them that the 20 people from Group E were sent to the racecourse in the south of the county to take care of the dozens of precious horses.

Jiangnan lacks horse farms to breed horses, and there is a huge gap in horses, especially war horses that can fight.

The Miao border area is located in the southwest. Although it is rich in Yunnan horses that can carry goods, the Yunnan horses have short legs and cannot run fast, so they cannot be used as war horses. Therefore, tall war horses are particularly valuable in the Miao border area.

These dozens of war horses were purchased by Miao Li from Qi at a huge price through Jiang Fangshun's channels and smuggled to Miao territory. They were Qu Li's darlings.

After learning the news, Wu Song made a prompt decision and asked Group C to send someone to notify Group E. When he succeeded, he asked Group E to set fire to the racecourse, drive out the frightened horses and create chaos, and also asked the soldiers of Group C to At the same time, news of the army's attack on the city was spread everywhere, increasing the level of chaos.

Now that everything is arranged, the rest is up to you!
Wu Song let out a breath, came out of the alley, and walked towards the county government office.

"Come here, stop. Don't you know what kind of place this is?"

Seeing someone walking towards the county government office, the two guards looked sharply, pointed the tips of their spears at the tall man who walked out of the darkness, and said coldly.

Wu Song raised his hands to show that he was not hostile, and said with a wry smile:
"We are our own people, our own people, don't blame the two eldest brothers. The younger brother has urgent military information and came here to report it to the commander-in-chief."

"Who are you bluffing? It's an urgent military situation. The commander-in-chief is already asleep!"

One of the guards glared and said impatiently.

"How dare a villain hide this from the commander?" Wu Song lowered his voice and said, "There is a traitor in the army."

"What did you say?" The two guards' expressions changed upon hearing this, they looked at each other and said urgently, "If your kid dares to lie about the military situation, we will have a hard time, and you won't have a good time either! Lao Zhang, just watch this kid, I'll go in and report it. Marshal!"

After one person left a few words, he hurriedly entered the county government office.

You can imagine Qu Li's mood when he was woken up from his sleep. In addition, he was drunk yesterday and his mind was groggy. At this time, his face was almost icy.

"Is it you, saying there is a traitor in the city?"

Looking at the big man in front of him, Qu Li frowned and asked.

To be honest, men with this kind of figure are rare in his army.

In order to win his trust, Wu Song deliberately showed a shrinking expression, like a soldier meeting his commander for the first time, but under his lowered head, his eyes were as calm as ice.

(End of this chapter)