Chapter 436: Color change

The battlefield in the Central Plains, which had been silent for several months, once King Ning, Qin Kaiyuan, led 50,000 elite troops into Qinzhou, once again kicked off the war. The general of the Southern Army, Hu Ze, besieged Qinzhou City, and could not get out for a long time. Lan Yu attacked Shizi Pass at night, broke Jinzhou, and wiped out Jinzhou defenders in one fell swoop, invaded a large-scale invasion, completely isolated Qinzhou. It was under such favorable conditions that Qin Kaiyuan led his army to join forces with Lan Yu and attack the core area controlled by the Xiao family.

Unlike Hu Zequan's men who were all under a large number of miscellaneous soldiers, the troops led by Lan Yu and Qin Kaiyuan were all elite soldiers that King Ning had carefully cultivated for many years. Whether in terms of combat power or morale, they were the best choice.

"General Hu, when will he be able to take down Qinzhou City?" Qin Kaiyuan frowned and stared at Qinzhou City standing in front of him. The flag of Xiao flying on the city looked particularly dazzling.

Hu Zequan smiled silently, "Criminal, Qinzhou has always been a place that must be fought for by military strategists. The city is strong and extremely steep. Xiao Yuanshan has been operating in Qinzhou for a long time, and the city defense has been greatly strengthened. He adopted the city defense strategy of Li Qing when he was in Dingzhou, and had enough troops. The reserves of food and equipment were extremely sufficient. If he fought hard, the last general was really unsure of the military strategy. He attacked him ten times and surrounded him five times. Now the last general was willing to siege the city but lacked strength!"

Qin Kaiyuan said with some dissatisfaction: "General Hu, you are also a veteran. After more than a year of fighting in Qinzhou, only this city is left. He consumed so much food, supplies, but he has nothing to gain. His father was very dissatisfied. Xiao Yuanshan suffered losses in Qinzhou, and now there is only this city left. How many people can he have? Two or three thousand is the sky! Xiao Yuanshan does not have the ability to predict the future. Could it be that he had known that Qinzhou City would be besieged? How much food, supplies can he reserve?"

Hu Zequan's heart thumped, and a sudden light of inspiration flashed in his mind, as if he had remembered something, but he was immediately interrupted by Qin Kaiyuan's words, "General Hu, it's good that you are obsessed with it, but if you are too much, it becomes hesitant. I hope you can take down Qinzhou City as soon as possible."

"But the prince..." Hu Zequan was interrupted by Qin Kaiyuan as soon as he spoke, "Okay, I know your difficulties. Tomorrow I will lead my army to attack Zhang Aimin's army and expel him. In this way, all the contacts between Qinzhou and the outside world will be interrupted, and he will never get any external assistance. In an isolated city, if General Hu still cannot take it down for a long time, then the prince will question General Hu's ability!"

Seeing Qin Kaiyuan leaving, Hu Zequan looked bitter. How could Qinzhou City be so easy to fight? It is impossible to fill tens of thousands of lives. Now the one in the city is not the wise and talented Xiao Tianci, who is very ambitious and talented, but Xiao Yuanshan, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, has been in Dingzhou for several years. Xiao Yuanshan is very familiar with fighting in the city and is almost at the level of perfection.

Ai Jiaxin asked hesitantly: "Mr. Hu, are you really fighting?"

Hu Zequan hummed twice, "Xiao Ai, the prince said so, what if he doesn't fight? Just fight, try it! Maybe as the prince said, Xiao Yuanshan is at the end of his strength, maybe he can penetrate it with one stab."

A few days later, the 50,000 elite southern troops led by Qin Kaiyuan and the Lanshan tribe attacked the troops of Zhang Aimin, the general of Xiao. Zhang Aimin had a bad experience and immediately led his army to escape and retreated into Minzhou. At this point, Qinzhou City finally became a completely lonely city. Qin Kaiyuan and Lanshan tribes merged into one and immediately invaded Minzhou.

Just as Zhang Aimin's troops were forced to retreat, Hu Zequan immediately launched an offensive against Qinzhou. After three consecutive days of fierce attacks and defense, he destroyed all the outer defense lines under Qinzhou City, and the war advanced to Qinzhou City.

"Mr. Hu, we can directly attack the city tomorrow!" Ai Family Xinxing pointed at the tall city in front of him, "Xiao Yuanshan is just like this!"

Hu Zequan had no joy on his face. In the past three days of fierce fighting, he lost thousands of soldiers, and the result was that he only advanced to the city. He always intuitively believed that the opponent's combat power should not be as strong as this. The outer defense line seemed to be that the other party was deliberately resisting and retreating step by step. Why did he feel this way? Hu Zequan himself couldn't understand for a moment. Perhaps when he encircled and annihilated Xiao Tianci, the combat power displayed by his troops was one level different than the opponent he met today. Logically speaking, Xiao Yuanshan's direct subordinates should never lose to Xiao Tianci.

"Tomorrow, let's try fighting first!" Hu Zequan raised his horse whip and nodded the top of the city.

In Qinzhou City, Xiao Yuanshan was humming a small song, enjoying the singing and dancing of several singers. His face was not overwhelming. Qinzhou had become an isolated city. For three days, while resisting, he retreated the main force of the outer defense line step by step to the city. The soldiers' performance was still qualified, at least not aroused the other party's suspicion. The grand master's plan was about to close the gap, and he would never miss it. Ning Wang, hum, you are still a little tender if you want to fight with the grand master!

In Qinzhou City, the defenders were not Qin Kaiyuan's estimated 20,000 to 30,000, but a total of 50,000, and they were all elite troops from the camps on both sides of the capital. Xiao Yuanshan was waiting, waiting for the Southern Army to enter Minzhou. Duke Xiao had prepared a grand welcome ceremony for them there, and Xiao Yuanshan smiled.

"General Xiao, the Hu thief has begun to attack the city!" General Zhou Tong, the left army, stepped into the door.

Xiao Yuanshan threw a dried fruit in his hand into his mouth, chewed it hard for a few times, stood up, and smiled and said, "Let's go and see Hu Zequan's methods of siege. This person is still strong, and he is not comparable to ordinary people!"

Zhou Tong smiled and said, "Forgive him for being a traitor. This time I have to drink our foot wash water, but I will have fun with him first!"

He smiled, "Zhou Tong, this old thief is very evil, don't be careless and lose Jingzhou, so that he can see the flaws."

"Don't worry, General, everything has been arranged!" Zhou Tong said: "There will never be a missed!"

The siege of Qinzhou City has been siege for half a year. Hu Zequan has made sufficient preparations for siege. He has made a lot of long-range weapons, including Mengchong cars, siege cars, and crashes, and rushed to Qinzhou City. In the distance, Hu Zequan stared at Qinzhou City, and his feelings of anxiety in his heart have not diminished.

As the sound of war drums rang out, the sound of killing sounds like mountains and thunders suddenly sounded on the battlefield. The Southern Army carried the ladder and rushed towards the city wall under the cover of the Baniu Crossbow and the catapult. The siege vehicles and Mengchong vehicles also moved towards the city wall like hills under the push of the soldiers.

The ladder hit the city wall, and the siege car leaned on it, and Mengchong car crashed heavily. Hundreds of Mengchong cars hit the city wall at the same time. Even with the strength of Qinzhou City, the entire wall seemed to tremble.

The fierce battle began immediately. The siege was specifically commanded by Deputy General Ai Jiaxin, while Hu Zequan stood under the central army's flag and stared at Qinzhou City intently, as if he wanted to see something.

The fierce battle lasted for half a day. Although the Southern Army's offensive was fierce, the defenders of the city were also very eager to fight. The Ai Family Xin used all his skills, but he only attacked the city wall several times and was driven down, not even a foothold. The defenders on the city were too fierce.

"Catch the army!" Hu Zequan suddenly ordered, "Come again tomorrow!"

The next day, another replica of the first day, except for carrying back thousands of dead soldiers in battle under Qinzhou city every day, the Southern Army found nothing.

"Commander, Qinzhou City is really hard to fight. The tunnels we dug last winter can be used. These tunnels are only more than a hundred steps away from the Qinzhou city wall. In just one night, we can dig dozens of passages to the city. As long as we enter the city, we can steadily take down Qinzhou City with our advantage in military strength." Ai Jiaxin looked dissatisfied.

"Try it tonight!" Hu Zequan said absent-mindedly.

That night, Ai Jiaxin suffered another major setback. The cunning Xiao Yuanshan seemed to have expected the other party's move. In Qinzhou City, he dug countless straight shafts against the base of the city wall. When his tunnel was dug to these shafts, he immediately suffered a fatal blow. The other party placed countless flammable items in the vertical entry and poured poison on it. As soon as the fire started, the poisonous smoke invaded the tunnel. Among the ten percent of the soldiers entering the tunnel, seventy-year-old died. Looking at the corpses dragged out of the tunnel, Ai Jiaxin's face was like the bottom of a pot.

"Stay for a day and attack again the day after tomorrow!" Hu Zequan ordered.

On the fourth day, Ai Jiaxin mustered up Yu Yong and launched an attack on Qinzhou City again. After several days of fierce fighting, the troops on the city suffered great losses. Looking at the Southern Army struggling to follow the cloud ladder ants, Xiao Yuanshan shook his head and said, "Hu Zequan is really a talented general. These troops were just some rebellious mobs before. After only a year in his hands, he was built into an elite soldier. If we hadn't been prepared and had sufficient troops, it would have been possible that he would have succeeded."

Zhou Tong said proudly: "The Duke of the State is far-sighted, which is not something that these guys can imagine. The Hu thief would never have dreamed of. There are 50,000 elite soldiers hidden in this Qinzhou city, which is no less than his soldiers and horses. The elite is much stronger. If we want, we can eat them at any time!"

The two looked at each other and laughed, but at this moment, the sound of gongs suddenly sounded under the city. This siege battle was a siege, and it ended like this. Looking at the Southern Army retreating like a tide, Xiao Yuanshan suddenly frowned, "What else does this old thief Hu want to do?"

Ai Jiaxin was also confused and returned to Hu Zequan's central army camp. When he saw Hu Zequan's face, he was shocked, "Commander, what's wrong with you?"

Hu Zequan's face was wrinkled, his hands were shaking slightly, and his eyes were staring at the map in front of him. Hearing Ai Jiaxin's question, he raised his head, as if in a flash, he had grown old for several years. "Xiao Ai, it's not good, I guess, we must have fallen into a huge trap!"

Ai Jiaxin's face changed drastically, "Commander, I don't understand what you are saying!"
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