Chapter 482

After the withdrawal of Xichuan army, Xia Jin and Wu Zhong rushed to the general's residence.

When they returned to the general's house, Dongfang Kuo, Dongfang Youlang and Sima chuzhao had arrived and were discussing business with a group of generals in the assembly hall.

Wu Zhong understood that he had nothing to do with himself at this time, so he went back to his residence to take a bath and change his clothes. Xia Jin went to the assembly hall.

After the three-day battle of defending the city, the generals who had doubts about Xia Jin had all admired her.

At this time, there was no vacancy in the hall. Seeing her coming, her face was covered with blood, and she could no longer see the beauty of the past. One of the generals even took the initiative to give up his seat to her.

Xia Jin is strong again, is the body of the daughter after all, the physical strength aspect cannot compare with the man.

Three days of persistence has already exhausted her energy, at this time, she is just relying on a belief in the hard support, every cell of her body then clamoring tired, need to rest.

See someone take the initiative to give way to her, she did not affectate, said thanks, straight down the seat.

The atmosphere in the hall eased for a moment because of her arrival, but then it became more serious.

At the same time, Sima Chu Zhao was also responsible for the logistics of the city.

His face was solemn, his eyes swept through the hall, and he said in a deep voice:

"In the three-day battle of guarding the city, 46000 soldiers and soldiers were killed and countless wounded were injured. There are 180000 garrisons in the city, and the food and grass can only support for two days. If the reinforcements don't come again, we'll have to fight against them! "

A few days ago, the imperial court sent a batch of grain to the northern city of Hebei Province, which was robbed by the Xichuan army.

Food and grass will be exhausted. If soldiers can't eat enough, how can they fight?

Hearing this, Xia Jin is full of blood on the small face, eyebrows deeply wrinkled together.

After thinking for a while, she looked up at dongfangkuo, who was also very heavy in the hall, and proposed:

"The reinforcements sent by the imperial court will not arrive until three days at the earliest. On the battlefield, there will be thousands of changes in an instant, not to mention a whole day? Instead of waiting to die, it's better to take the initiative and control the war situation! "

"What do you mean?"

Xia Jin voice just fell, just give way to be located in her that famous general collar then asked a voice.

After sorting out the wording in her heart, she quickly said:

"It's an indisputable fact that the city of northern Hebei is easy to attack but difficult to defend. As the commander of Xichuan, Li Keqi has been on the battlefield for many years and has rich combat experience. He will never ignore this. Even if he chooses to withdraw at this time, he will make a comeback in a short time.

At that moment, the way of war would be like these three days, when the enemy attacked outside the city and we stuck to it inside, but the death toll of both sides was almost equal.

However, this proportion of casualties is extremely unreasonable in siege. Since the number of casualties in the city is almost the same as that in the frontal battle, why not form an array outside the city and send another team to bypass the battlefield and rush to Hongdu to burn the food and grass in Xichuan? At that time, if Li Keqi withdraws, it's OK. If he doesn't, we'll open the gate of the city according to our original plan, lead him into the city, and fight in the streets and kill him separately! "

Xia Jin's idea is not bold, but it is by no means impossible.

After her voice dropped, the assembly hall became extremely quiet. It was obvious that everyone, including Dongfang Kuo Sima chuzhao, was thinking about the feasibility of what she had just said.

The silence lasted for nearly half a cup of tea. The first person to break the silence was Dongfang Youlang.

"Although Xia Tixing's words are dangerous, they are unexpected. General, I'm willing to lead the team to burn grain and grass!"

Dongfang Youlang gets up, strides to the center of the hall, kneels down to Dongfang Kuo on one knee, and takes the initiative to volunteer.

"Zhun, if you can't finish the task, our general will deal with you by military law."

Dongfangkuo takes out a wooden board with the word "Ling" from one side of the seat and throws it to dongfangyoulang.

Dongfang Youlang took it accurately, answered the voice of "the last general takes orders", and immediately got up with the order and sat back in place.

Dongfang Kuo agrees with Dongfang Youlang's offer, which indicates that he agrees with Xia Jin's proposal.

The next day, in the morning light, the west gate of the northern Hebei city creaked and opened slowly.

The officers and men of the Eastern Qing Dynasty, led by dongfangkuo, rushed out of the city. They formed a good line and then approached the place where Xichuan military camp was stationed.

Xichuan barracks is only two li away from the northern city of Liji, and the news outside the East Gate soon spread to Li Keqi's ears.

Seeing that dongfangkuo had taken the initiative to go out of the city to fight, Li Keqi was puzzled for a moment, and immediately ordered the soldiers to assemble and prepare for the battle.

The two armies met on a narrow road one mile away from the barracks in Xichuan.

As the two armies confronted each other, the atmosphere in the air became tense at this moment, and all the birds around them flew away to avoid disaster.

Li Keqi, as the commander of Xichuan, will never hide behind the soldiers.

The two managers looked at each other for a long time at a distance of tens of feet. Almost at the same time, they were carried by horses to fight against each other.

In short combat, the commanders fought each other. The two armies did not know who called out to kill each other. The war was imminent. The soldiers held long guns in their hands and yelled at each other to kill each other.

The scene suddenly became messy and bloody

While the main force of Xichuan was fighting with the army led by Dongfang Kuo outside the city of northern Hebei, an elite team of more than 100 people, led by Dongfang Youlang, quietly ran out of the west gate of northern Hebei, crossed the battlefield, went straight to the rear of Xichuan army, and galloped towards Hongdu

Two hours later, smoke suddenly billowed in the direction of Hongdu. Even though it was day and the sun was burning, the fire could be seen.

Li Keqi's deputy general was the first to find out this and realized that the fire represented the burning of grain and grass. He was shocked and yelled at Li Keqi:

"Marshal, our food has been burned!"

The wailing of the earthquake did not stop the voice of the deputy general from coming into Ricky's ear.

With a long spear, he killed a soldier of the Eastern Qing Dynasty. He immediately looked back to Hongdu and saw the smoke rolling and even the light of fire.

Ricky's face was dark as the bottom of a pot.

At this moment, he finally understood why dongfangkuo would take the initiative to fight out of the city!

It is not the old man who is confident that with the remaining 100000 troops, he can defeat his 300000 troops.

But the old fox had no intention to fight with him from the beginning to the end. He went out of the city to fight on his own initiative, but as a cover for the people he sent to burn the food and grass stored in the city of Hongdu.

As the old saying goes, when the two armies fought, the troops did not move, and the grain and grass were first.

If there is no food and grass, the morale of the army will be unstable?

Li Keqi was full of gloom. After he conquered Hongdu, he planned to use Hongdu as the base camp for attacking the Eastern Qing Dynasty, so he stored all the grain and grass in the official warehouses of Hongdu city.

At this time, the food and grass were destroyed. Only the food and grass he brought here could last for five days.