If you want to conquer a city, you must coordinate both the inside and the outside.
This is a method that any general understands, and Qi Dayong understands it even more. He has done many such things in the past ten years.
Qi Dayong was a guard who had followed Ande Zhong for many years, and was one of the five generals given to his son by Ankang Mountain. He did not serve in the army, and he was familiar with the use of troops, which made him easy to do many things.
Ande Zhong did not let him go when the war broke out in Xuanwu Dao. He left the affairs of Dou County to him. The war was arranged by Ankang Mountain, and Dou County was Ande Zhong's shame. This was Ande Zhong's treatment of him.
value.
Qi Dayong was very proud of his regard for Ande Zhong, but he felt that it was an overkill.
Dou County is too small, only ten people are worth one Fengcheng, and there are not many soldiers and horses, only a lot of people who are just living, so there is no need to fight when the time comes, just light a fire and chop a few people to scare them to death.
Be brave.
However, Qi Dayong still seriously prepared to attack the city. He first let a group of people go in to kill people and set fire to the city. The city became chaotic. When the people inside ran out, they started to attack outside.
Of course, chopping too much firewood would be very tiring. It was impossible for them to chop it one by one. It would be frightening to chop wood casually. They didn’t need to use knives anymore. They just had to gather all the firewood together and light a fire to burn it.
Qi Dayong has already chosen a place. An Xiaoshun said that there is a porridge vat at the gate of the city. The porridge is cooked for the people of the city to drink. After drinking the porridge for so long, they should use them to cook porridge.
As for Mrs. Wu, the eldest son specially told her that if she wanted to die first and the people of Dou County would watch her die, then she should be cooked in a porridge vat.
She has supported the people of Dou County for so long, and it is a good story to have the people of Dou County cook her.
Qi Dayong wanted to laugh wildly when he thought of this scene, but what is going on now?
Dozens of corpses were piled up in the snow, with arrows piercing their throats and shaking in their chests. There was shock on their faces, and there were even some who were still smiling.
It is an easy task to call the door and enter the city. Who would have thought that there is a murderous intention hidden behind those walls.
"We said we were officers and soldiers, but no one came out or spoke. They just fired arrows, arrows." The surviving soldiers trembled with blood on their faces. "We fired arrows to fight back, and they hid under the wall.
, we change the arrows, and they stick out and shoot."
He couldn't get close at all, so he could only reluctantly grab the corpses of his companions and retreat.
Qi Da used the flesh on his face to beat: "How dare they kill officers and soldiers?"
Angry but also shocked, why did Dou County dare to kill the officers and soldiers? He didn't even ask, as if he knew who they were and why they came.
The people in Dou County knew that a battle was going on outside.
They heard the shouting, and the government did not hide it. Officials rushed down the street to tell them.
The stone that had been hanging above my head for many days finally fell.
The rebels are coming.
The residents within the outer wall of the city gate have all moved to the inner city. There are long sheds built by merchants in the market. Under the command of the mayor, they live in the houses in the original order of whose houses are next to each other.
Although it is not as comfortable as living at home, I can no longer care about such trivial matters. There are rebels outside Dou County. Life is the most important thing. Many people were killed in Fengcheng by the rebels and the city was burned down.
This news has actually spread a long time ago. The government is reporting the details of the Xuanwu Dao rebellion almost every day, the ferocity and brutality of the rebels, and the miserable situation of the people. They also tell everyone that there will be rebels in Dou County because the distance is too close. According to the government
It must be reliable, so the merchants retreated and closed the city gates to conduct strict inspections in and out.
But everyone still had a bit of luck in their hearts. Maybe the rebels would not come. It does not mean that Xuanwu Dao has suppressed the rebels. After all, the rebels were only a minority.
This luck was shattered now. Three days ago, before dawn, the village chiefs sounded the gong, telling everyone that the rebels were coming and asking everyone to move into the city.
Panic instantly engulfed Dou County. Fortunately, after a long period of panic, everyone got used to it, and everyone successfully moved their packed luggage into the inner city.
There was a battle outside, but the inner city gate was not closed, and soldiers and horses kept galloping past.
"Big Pine."
"Dongzi."
The people who were inquiring about the news on the street looked at the passing soldiers and horses with horrified expressions. These were basically civilians from the military camp. Some acquaintances couldn't help shouting when they recognized them.
"How is it now?"
"Are the rebels really coming?"
"How many people came?"
Once the people marched, they disowned their relatives and did not answer them. Some went into the yamen to hand over records to the officials, and some climbed up the city wall.
Mrs. Wu was standing on the city wall surrounded by many people. Everyone looked at the sky in the distance, where the faint green smoke was curling up.
"As the newspaper said, more than a hundred people came to call the city gate, and the remaining about seven hundred people were hiding behind it," Yuanji said.
"The first battle was good. Under the cover of the wall, we killed 80 people on the other side, and only ten of us were injured." A guard in charge of guarding the wall reported, "The injuries are not serious, and they will recover after a while."
This is not considered a loss of combat effectiveness. Li Minglou nodded and looked back outside the city gate. There were no ordinary people in the outer city. Only groups of officers and soldiers ran across the cleared space. There were blood stains and scattered weapons outside the wall.
The weapons had not been cleaned yet, but otherwise it was quiet, and there were no hidden soldiers and horses in sight.
"Seven hundred people is not a problem." Li Minglou said, "The real problem is that we don't know how many troops will come in a steady stream."
She turned around and looked at the guards, her eyes falling on the chief secretary who was sandwiched between the guards.
"My lord, the life and death of Dou County has come. Please help us to tide over the difficulties."
When the rebels arrived in front of the city gate, the chief clerk who was locked up in the county government office and was playing chess and losing the red eye was invited out. He followed Li Minglou to the city gate upstairs and watched the battle with his own eyes.
The chief clerk is still trembling. He has seen the scene after Wang Zhi and Dewey were killed, but the scene of the killing was more shocking, and the even greater shock was this incident.
"They said they were soldiers and horses from Huainan Road." He said in a trembling voice.
Why do you insist that they are rebel soldiers without asking any questions, and kill them as soon as you tell them to?
"They are not soldiers and horses from Huainan Road." Li Minglou said, "The detectives have been checking for several days. The direction they came from, their clothes, their accents, and there is no news from the state capital that soldiers and horses will be sent.
Come."
There were many sentinels outside Dou County, and Dou County also sent spies to the state capital to investigate. The chief clerk understood from her words, but he was no longer surprised by this.
"Even if they are not soldiers from Huainan Road, they are still officers and soldiers. How can you kill officers and soldiers?" he asked again in a trembling voice.
The killer was killed without asking any questions.
It was obvious that the officers and soldiers did not expect that they were joking and joking easily when they approached. Moreover, regardless of whether they were from Huainan Road or not, the officers and soldiers were fellow soldiers. How could they be killed just as they were told?
"This is a long story, so I'll tell you slowly." Li Minglou said, "Both county magistrates Wang Zhi and Dewey were killed by me."
The chief clerk fainted with a hiccup.
The guards held the old master from falling to the ground. Li Minglou looked at the people around him: "I may have spoken too quickly."