Jiuquan County City.
On the city tower.
Li Ji was still sitting on the city tower.
The soldiers under his command were now full of energy because they had eaten and drank to their hearts' content. Although they were still a little thin, they had regained their energy and strength. However, there was not much grain left in the city. Based on the current situation, it could not even last for three days. However, Li Ji was not worried as Li Shimin's army had arrived and was fighting with Du Qi's army.
While Li Ji was reading in his room, a scout quickly entered and reported, "Manager Li, there is the latest battle report from Changbai Slope, please take a look."
Li Ji took the letter and waved his hand. The scout retreated and Li Ji opened the letter and quickly read it. After he finished reading the contents of the letter, he frowned.
The contents of the letter were about Li Shimin attacking Changbai Slope.
The army attacked but stopped at the foot of the hill.
They did not take down Changbai Slope.
Li Ji immediately called Zhangsun Wuji and Wei Zheng over and quickly told them about Li Shimin's failure to attack Changbai Slope. He then continued, "His Majesty was stopped at the front line of Changbai Slope and is temporarily unable to kill his way into the county. Moreover, our food reserves are getting smaller and smaller. Hence, I feel that we do not have the ability to stall for time. If we continue to stall, it will be even worse for us. Hence, I have decided to break out of the city tonight. What do you think? "
Zhangsun Wuji frowned.
They knew about the situation of Li Shimin's army. It was an army of over two hundred thousand.
One must know that Persia was also attacking.
However, it did not affect Du Qi's army.
Zhangsun Wuji said solemnly, "The current situation is indeed not good for us. Sigh, the Persians are really disappointing. Even Du Qi got the news from somewhere and sent a portion of his army to the west region. However, it is just a small force and Persia is unable to win quickly. If Persia wins now, it will be of great help to us. "
Wei Zheng said, "We have not received any news yet, so we do not know what will happen in the end. I still agree with Manager Li's analysis. We will leave the city tonight. "
Zhangsun Wuji said, "When we leave the city, we will directly attack Xia Xia's army outside the city. Or should we just retreat to the front line of Changbai Slope? "
Wei Zheng said, "Naturally, we'll retreat to Changbai Slope to meet up with His Majesty. Only by joining up with His Majesty's army can we ensure the safety of our troops. After all, we don't have enough food. Even if we have weapons now, we will be greatly affected. Once we are blocked or besieged, it will be extremely disadvantageous to us. "
Zhangsun Wuji nodded.
Both of them tacitly agreed. This time, they retreated in the direction of Changbai Slope.
Li Ji smiled bitterly and said, "Duke Qi, Prime Minister Wei, the two of you are oversimplifying things. If it was just our city without a wall around it, it would be extremely easy for us to retreat. But now, the city was surrounded by walls. They were surrounded by the spies of Xia Country's army. If we want to break out of the encirclement, we will be stopped first. Therefore, the most important thing right now is whether we can safely evacuate. "
After Zhangsun Wuji heard this, he suddenly thought of this problem.
This was indeed real.
Their troops weren't weak, but there was a wall around them. All the soldiers had to climb over the wall. Once they climbed over the wall, the other party could use this to stop them. Even if they couldn't set up landmines, they could still use grenades.
Zhangsun Wuji said solemnly, "Now it seems that we indeed need to make careful arrangements. In my opinion, when we retreat at night, we should adopt the strategy of breaking out of the encirclement. Although there is a troop of Xia Xia's troops outside the city, our troops are scattered. We can break out from the four city gates at the same time and then gather on the way to Changbai Slope in the east. In such a big city, it's not certain if Xia Xia's troops can block the troops from all sides. "
Wei Zheng said, "Now, we can only break out like this."
Li Ji wasn't satisfied. He shook his head and said, "If we break out this way, it's actually no different from breaking out from all sides. Because once Xia Xia's troops outside the city know about the situation, especially since we are breaking out from all sides, they will definitely divide their troops to deal with us. Under this premise, I don't think it's appropriate for us to just break out of the encirclement. I want to break out of the encirclement, but I want to counterattack even more. This is the key to breaking out of the encirclement. "
Hearing this, Zhangsun Wuji and Wei Zheng fell silent.
The two of them agreed with Zhangsun Wuji's analysis.
This made sense.
"Manager Li, I do have a plan."
Suddenly, a glint flashed across Zhangsun Wuji's eyes as he said solemnly.
Li Ji said, "Please speak, Duke Qi."
Zhangsun Wuji said solemnly, "Our plan is very simple. We will arrange two routes to truly break out of the encirclement. Or rather, these two routes will attract Xia Xia's troops. The other two routes will not only break out of the encirclement, but also attack. Just now, you said something very important. That is, if Xia Xia's troops want to completely block us in the city, then the only way is to divide their forces and guard the four directions. "
"Only in this way can they block us."
"Xia Xia's troops aren't many. Since they are divided, then we will focus on attacking a portion. In the end, although a portion of our troops will be blocked, the rest of our troops will be destroyed. We will definitely be able to break out of the encirclement and annihilate them. "
"This is our goal."
Zhangsun Wuji said, "So now, we will randomly choose two routes as bait to attract Xia Xia's troops. The other two routes will be the main force responsible for breaking out of the encirclement and annihilating Xia Xia's troops. Then, we will kill our way to the other directions and completely annihilate Xia Xia's troops outside the city. "
Wei Zheng nodded in agreement when he heard this. "Duke Qi's analysis is very reasonable. This is the way to break out of the situation. His Majesty is unable to break out of the encirclement at Changbai Slope. Then, it will depend on us to break out of the encirclement and revive the entire game. "
A smile appeared on Li Ji's serious face as he continued, "I also have an extension of the plan. Since Duke Qi's plan has succeeded, then the next step is that we don't need to go to Changbai Slope to meet up with His Majesty. We will go directly to Xia Xia and take back Shazhou first, then Yizhou. Du Qi will definitely retreat once his rear is lost. "
At this point, Li Ji's eyes were filled with anticipation as he said, "As long as Du Qi withdraws his troops from Changbai Slope, His Majesty can take advantage of the victory to pursue and attack. At that time, it will be easy for us to achieve victory. And if Du Qi doesn't withdraw his troops, he will become an isolated army with no food supplies at his rear. He will definitely lose. "
Zhangsun Wuji stroked his beard and praised, "Manager Li's analysis is indeed reasonable. And after analyzing it this way, although Du Qi is defending Changbai Slope, as long as Du Qi's arrangement in Jiuquan County is defeated, the entire situation will completely tilt towards us. So now, we must win. As long as we win this battle, we will have accomplished everything in one fell swoop. "
Wei Zheng and Li Ji also nodded.
At this moment, the three of them were full of fighting spirit because this was indeed an opportunity.
After the three of them discussed for a while, they quickly took action and went to make arrangements to prepare for the breakout at night.
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