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Chapter 79 Enemy Attack

Since we decided to fight a battle with the Qi people, there was no need to rush outside Linzi City before dawn. But ambushing is one thing, and isolating is another. The knights do not need to paddle, so when the infantry fell asleep, a team of cavalry was forcing Linzi City to take advantage of the night. What they had to do was isolate the internal and external traffic of Linzi.

There was a village thirty miles away from Linzi City. At night, cavalry rushed by, and dogs in the neighborhood kept barking. One dog barked, and hundreds of dogs barked. In less than a quarter of an hour, all the dogs north of the canal were shouting. According to the Qi country's village system, there were Liwei and Youzong inside. Unfortunately, the night was dark. Even if the Liwei Youzong got up, he was helpless in the abnormalities outside.

However, after the cavalry, the barking of dogs gradually faded, and the earth was white under the night, and nothing seemed to have happened. In Linzi City, the banquet had already ended, and music and dance were not heard. The huge capital was only north of the city, and some loom sounds came from the textile workshop in the city. In addition, the sound of updating every half hour on the city was heard.

In the palace of the southwest town, Tian Jianzheng of Qi entered a beautiful dream. In the dream, the King of Chu did not grudges and laughed as usual with him. The two took a huge Chu sea boat to sea to find Penglai Fairy Mountain. The Penglai surrounded by fairy spirit heard that they were going, and they used a seven-color rainbow to build a bridge in half of the space. The graceful fairy of Penglai smiled and greeted the two onto the colorful bridge, and asked to invite them to Penglai Fairy Palace.

From a distance, the Penglai Immortal Palace was getting closer and closer, but the two of them couldn't fly over. Just as they were anxious, who would have thought that the King of Chu around him suddenly drew his sword and asked himself why he gave the praise to the Qin people. It would be fine if he drew his sword and asked him, but the most terrifying thing was that he suddenly stepped into the air for some reason, and he screamed and fell into the abyss...

"Save me, save me, save me..." Tian Jian struggled in his sleep, unable to help but shout. The Concubine Li beside him slept very lightly, and he woke up after shouting a few words.

"King? King?! King!" Concubine Li hurriedly grabbed Tian Jian's hand and shouted. At this time, the temple maids and palace maids who were serving outside quickly lit up the candles and waited for the call in the room.

"King..." Concubine Li called for a while, and Tian Jian finally woke up from his dream. He stared at the roof with his eyes blankly for a while before saying, "The King of Chu will not save me, and the King of Chu will not save me."

"What is the king?" Concubine Li didn't understand Tian Jian's dream and didn't understand why he said that the King of Chu would not save him.

"When will it take?" Tian Jian wiped his sweat. Before going to bed yesterday, he went to the spiritual seat of the mother and prayed. He broke his promise to Chu, which violated the "faithfulness with the princes" taught by the mother and did not expect to have such a dream at night.

"When will it be?" Li Fei didn't know when, so she could only ask the temple people outdoors.

"Reported to the great prince Li Concubine, it's just now." It was the voice of the official Zeng Quan, who slept outside and served him at any time.

"It's clear." Concubine Li helped Tian Jian to sweat again. It was cold outside and the charcoal fire in the house was getting hot. "The king slept for a moment."

"Is it dawn?" Tian Jian gasped and asked again.

"Report to the king, it's not dawn, but dawn may be dawn." The official Zeng Quan's ears were very sharp and he answered without waiting for Concubine Li to ask again.

February should be considered early spring, with half the night and half the day, eight hours of the day, and eight hours of the evening, and bright sunlight. Now it should be the darkest moment of the day. The stars and moon have set, but the sun has not yet come out. The white earth has become dark, not to mention dozens of meters away, even a few meters away, no one can be seen. At this time, the market was brightly lit. Although the market has not opened, the merchants are already cleaning their shops and sorting out goods. They must prepare everything before the market starts.

"I've seen... I've seen the doctor!" The dark front of Linzi city, under the fire that had not yet been extinguished, the capital doctor Tian Yang began patrolling the city these days. He was the only one who served as the capital doctor after the court last month. His duty was to manage Linzi and govern 50,000 capital soldiers.

"No gift." The soldiers guarding the city looked energetic, but the smell of wine on their clothes was strong, and he smelled it, but he seemed to be unaware. After walking for a while, he asked the military commander Tian Lin beside him: "Is the soldiers cold at night?"

The Qi army had fifty people, one small army, two hundred men were one soldiers, two thousand men were one brigade, and ten thousand were one army. This organization was consistent with the organization of civilian households. There were more than 50,000 households in Linzi, except for those that could not be conscripted, one soldier was exactly 50,000. Five soldiers, five army commanders, one army commander, and one army commander was stationed on a city wall, and the remaining army was the rear army. Another 50,000 people with halberds only guarded the small town in the southwest.

"Report to the Ministry of the Capital, the last general is not strict in the military." They are all smart people. Tian Lin couldn't help feeling a little uneasy when he knew why Tian Yang asked this.

"If soldiers drink because of the cold night, they should add clothes and add floss. If they drink for drinking..." Tian Yang was tactful, and he had just served as a doctor in the capital, he often spoke until he could stop and let his subordinates think about it.

"I will add clothes and frosting to the soldiers today." Tian Lin said hurriedly. He was not aware of why the soldiers were drinking. He just hoped that this matter would not affect his official position and gain a reputation for being poorly governed.

"Good." Tian Yang smiled and nodded, "Does the military commander think the Chu army can come to Linzi?"

"This," Tian Lin and the other military commanders also heard that the Chu Zhoushi had left Langya Port last night, but he didn't believe it if the Chu Zhoushi would appear under the city of Linzi. He didn't believe it, and the other four military commanders didn't believe it. The East China Sea was vast, not to mention winter, but even in spring and summer, it was turbulent. It was impossible to bypass the south bank of Jimo to the north bank of Jimo.

However, seeing Tian Yang's meaning obviously disagrees with this point, Tian Lin wanted to speak but stopped and changed his words: "As soon as the Chu army arrived in Linzi, it would not defeat me."

"I can't win?" Tian Yang smiled again.

"Our army could not stand firm, the Chu army sieges the city unremittingly, and after a few months, the food was gone, they would naturally retreat." Tian Lin said. "Even if we go out of the city to fight, our army is numerous but the enemy is few, we should also win."

"These are all fighting in a dignified way. The military strategy says: to match the right way, to win with a strange way, the Chu army comes across the sea, to be right or wrong?" Tian Yang asked again. He is also a person who is familiar with military strategy, although he has never been to the battlefield.

"I don't know until I know, please give me advice." Tian Lin had never read Sun Tzu's Art of War and did not understand Zhengqi, so he was stopped by him.

"The Thirteen Gate of Linzi, Donglu Gate will open for more than an hour at night, and this is dangerous; when the doors are opened in the morning, there are few equipment for each gate. What if the Chu army takes the opportunity to attack the city?" Walking on the dark city wall with both hands on his back, Tian Yang bluntly expressed his concerns. He planned to advise the king this morning and ordered the guards and access controls inside and outside Linzi to strengthen their guards to prevent the Chu army from raiding.

"The doctor is very worried." It turned out that Qi was a sneak attack. Now Tian Lin understood. He was thinking about how to slap a loud flatterer, and Si rushed over from inside.

"Report to the commander of the army, under the city, under the city..." The corps of the people were the commander of Xiao Rong, who was in charge of fifty people compared to the commander of the Qin army. He pointed to the darkness below the city and wanted to say it but didn't dare to say it, and his face was a little frightened.

"What's under the city?" Tian Lin was a little unhappy. Tian Yang only inspected one city wall in one day. He had already caught the soldiers drinking at night. He didn't want to have anything else.

"There is a sound of horses! The army commander, and there is a sound of horses under the city." Li Yousi finally finished speaking. The north wind blew, and the sounds of miles away from the city could be heard clearly.

"Maybe it's a business trip that wants to enter the city earlier." The brigade commander next to Tian Lin guessed that the sound of horses does not mean anything.

"Business travel? Roads are prohibited at night, where does business travel come from?" Tian Yang was the most alert. "Today, all doors are slow to open."

The darkness under the city was so dark that it could not be seen clearly. No one knew whether it was a business trip outside the city. At this moment, a warning drum sounded suddenly in the north of the city. The drum sounded extremely rapidly, and the drum sounds around it also sounded.

As usual, the city gates must be opened and closed, but now the sound of drums is sounded before dawn, and the city and the city are all stunned. When everyone realizes that something is wrong, the drums have already passed by the five channels.

There were 333 hammers in one drum, and 333 hammers seemed to be many, and it only took more than one minute to get up. Eight minutes passed, the generals and soldiers in the city, the Liwei Youzong of the inner and inner regions of the city, the servants who were preparing to go to work and leave, and even the merchants who were preparing to open the market in the city, the officials waiting in front of Gaomen immediately began to panic. They finally understood that this was not opening the door, but an enemy attack!

After all, the army is an army. After five drums, each army and brigade began to gather quickly. After arriving at the designated position, the army immediately beat the drums in the army to echo, indicating that the headquarters had arrived;

The common people in the city are different. According to military law, the enemy's sudden arrival of the common people is not allowed to be noisy, three people are not allowed to sit together, run, cry, ask, shout, argue, and pull..., and all the people are not allowed to pass through, and all violators will be executed; even if they are not allowed to spy on the enemy without authorization, leave the city, and surrender to the enemy, the parents, brothers and wives of violators will be implicated.

The city gate has not opened yet, leaving the city, and surrendering to the enemy is impossible, but it is always inevitable to noisy, crying, inquire, and calling children. Some people may be able to drink, while others do not know what the enemy should do at all. They either fail to hear or ignore the reprimand of Liwei Youzong. The weapons soon saw blood, but they saw the blood of Qi people themselves.

However, I don’t know whether it was luck or misfortune, but only a few internal areas that were really quieted by killing people. The rest of the internal areas were still crying and chaotic even at dawn. Some timid Liwei Youzong not only did not kill the common people, but was defeated by the common people and seized the weapons.

The city was noisy and bustle, and soldiers gathered on the city walls, and everyone was busy. Some areas even had arrows hanging on the Quda. However, the city was not as imagined by Qi people. The Chu army was listed in a row, and there were only some scattered cavalry. They were in groups of three or two, and it seemed that they were not fighting, but on an outing.
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