There are only a few fixed methods for siege in ancient and modern times. One is to build a ladder to attack, which is basically equivalent to filling it with human lives. The second is to hit the city gate and fill the moat, and the third is to dig trenches and tunnels and enter the city through the tunnels.

Another type is long-term siege, where the military and civilians in the city were exhausted from food and grass, lost all their fighting spirit, and had to open the city to surrender. Of course, there are also some unethical methods, such as using a catapult to airdrop corpses that died of infectious diseases, airdropping oil tanks to set fire to the city, etc.

However, these methods are not practical for Luoyang City. A smart guard can perfectly eliminate all siege strategies. Moreover, Gu Qing does not have many soldiers and horses. Fifty thousand people are all his family's assets, and he is unwilling to use these family assets to exchange for a city that he has no idea what kind of ruined by the rebels.

"Don't attack the city first, the entire army will set up camp tomorrow. They will march to 20 miles outside the northern city gate of Luoyang. First, cut off the rebels' north-south grain roads and the Yellow River grain roads. Then... let's waste it. If Gao Shang did not respond, An Lushan would definitely react." Gu Qing sat in the commander's tent and ordered lazily.

Chang Zhong said in confusion: "We... do nothing?"

"Of course, we still need to do something. Scouts will be more out, pay more attention to the movements in Luoyang City and the north bank of the Yellow River, and closely monitor An Lushan's actions in the west. In addition, we will send the military ration officers to nearby prefectures and counties to purchase grain. In any case, our soldiers should not be hungry."

"Luoyang City will no longer be attacked?"

Gu Qing said leisurely: "The city is high and the walls are hard, I can't beat Gao Shang..."

Gu Qing said this without caring about the face of the commander of the Yijun, and he did not think that it would be ashamed to say it.

The generals were stunned and then silent.

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The words are correct, but they are too straightforward. You can ignore face. Our Anxi Army soldiers want face.

Seeing that Chang Zhong seemed to say something, Gu Qing continued, "You can't retreat either. Although Your Majesty said that we should not allow us to withdraw, and we have also wiped out eight thousand enemies. It is considered an explanation, but we still cannot retreat. It's too perfunctory."

"So, let's spend money with the Luoyang rebels?"

Gu Qing thought for a while and said, "To be precise, we and the Luoyang rebels are in a stalemate, each with their own offensive and defense. Your Majesty's order cannot be dealt with in a sloppy way. If you spend some more days, there may be a turning point."

All the generals had no choice but to accept it and then surrender.

Only Gu Qing and Duan Wuji were left in the tent of the commander. Duan Wuji frowned and said softly: "The Marquis did not attack Luoyang City, not just to save the lives of the soldiers of the Anxi Army?"

Gu Qing smiled: "What do you think?"

"The students thought that the marquis should have other considerations..."

“What are the considerations?”

"The Marquis's eyes should not be in Luoyang now, but in Chang'an and Tongguan. You are waiting for news from Chang'an and Tongguan, and only after An Lushan captures Tongguan and the troops arrive in Chang'an will the Marquis take action."

Gu Qing threw a glimpse at him and said, "You really look like a strategist, much better than when you first came to Anxi."

Duan Wuji smiled and said, "Maybe there is something I have learned about it with the Marquis. In recent years, students have benefited a lot from being by the Marquis."

"Yes, I'm waiting for news from Chang'an and Tongguan. The court's defense is successful or failed. Each result directly affects my next move..." Gu Qing looked into the distance with deep eyes and said softly: "The real battlefield of the Tang Dynasty is not Luoyang, but in Chang'an, the troubled times are coming. If we want to survive in the troubled times, we cannot lose our strength at will, nor can we just let our background see... "

Gu Qing looked at Duan Wuji and smiled, "I suddenly remembered a very interesting game. There were ten death row prisoners locked in an iron cage. The official said, "You ten people fight each other, regardless of life or death. The last one who walked out of the cage alive can forgive death sentences and regain freedom. Guess who the last one should be the one who walked out?"

Duan Wuji thought for a while and said, "The students thought they were the ones who had been avoiding the battle in the early stages of the fight. When everyone exhausted their physical strength and divided their lives and death, they were exhausted from fighting, and then they took action to kill the living one by one."

Gu Qing nodded and praised: "That's right, but he may still pretend to fight with others, but he has always retained his true strength. When everyone is exhausted, he will fight the strongest person with the killer move. He may not be alive, but his plan is to have the highest survival rate."

Then Gu Qing asked again: "If the Tang Dynasty was an iron cage, what are the Anxi Army doing now?"

Duan Wuji showed admiration and said, "The Anxi Army is also avoiding the battle, or pretending to attack Luoyang City, so the Marquis made the decision to siege but not attack. You are waiting for An Lushan, the Chang'an court and the soldiers of the military and military governors from various places to fight each other, and everyone is exhausted."

Gu Qing smiled and said, "Do not talk about etiquette and legal regulations in troubled times, and even imperial power is not very effective. It is about fists and strength. Before the time when the dagger is exhausted, don't punch casually, and don't use up all your strength easily. Leave a killer move to deal with the strongest enemy. After the battle, whoever lives to the end will be our enemy. Kill this enemy, and we can get out of the cage alive."

"Mr. Marquis, if Chang'an is broken and the emperor goes out to escape, how can our Anxi Army deal with it?"

Gu Qing said lightly: "According to the order to quell the rebellion, and cleanse the world for the emperor."

Duan Wuji looked at him meaningfully: "What about?"

Gu Qing said seriously: "Wait until you start, clean up the old mountains and rivers and go to the sky."

Duan Wuji blinked: "Good sentence! The Marquis's literary talent is superb, but... is this really the Marquis' idea?"

Gu Qing also blinked and smiled, "I must say that before my wings are hard."

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In the afternoon, the Anxi Army set out camps north and camped on the plain twenty miles north of Luoyang City.

This action made the rebels in Luoyang City furious. The Anxi Army's move was equivalent to cutting off the north-south connection between the rebels. The food and grass of the main rebels must be transported from the north to the south. Luoyang was a transitional battle between the food and grass. The Anxi Army cut off the north-south, which was equivalent to cutting off the food and grass of the main rebels of the Anlushan Army.

If the rebel general Gao Shang wanted to change this unfavorable situation, he had to send troops out of the city and defeat the Anxi army on the plains in order to restore the smooth flow of food transportation between the north and the south.

The rebels stationed in Luoyang City are now only more than 10,000. Compared with the 50,000 troops of the Anxi Army, it is impossible to fight decisively on the plains.

Gu Qing's decision made both sides change their positions without realizing it. Gu Qing had already taken the initiative.

Since siege is the worst strategy, the enemy will be forced to give up defending the city and have to go out of the city to fight with his plains.

After the Anxi Army camped north, scouts from Luoyang City frequently came out and kept spying around the Anxi Army camp. However, the Anxi Army's scouts were not vegetarians. After the encounter, the two sides fought again, and each had their own victory or defeat.

Gao Shang also sent a group of about 5,000 troops out of the city, trying to lure the Anxi army out of the camp, but failed. The Anxi army was unmoved, and while the scouts were closely monitoring, the Anxi army camp remained motionless. Any trick to attract the Anxi army out of the camp was ineffective.

The next day, Gao Shang transferred the catapult in the city. He planned to cast oil tanks at the Anxi Army camp and tried to burn the camp. But he was discovered in advance by the scout of the Anxi Army. This time, the Anxi Army finally left the camp. Chentian led 5,000 troops to intercept the rebels halfway. After a fight, Chentian's troops won and returned, and the catapult became the spoils of the Anxi Army.

Both offense and defense were all in vain, Gao Shang finally had no choice but to know what kind of person the head coach of the Anxi Army was. I heard that he was just a young man in his twenties, but his command ability was like a veteran who had been immersed in the battlefield for decades. He could not find any flaws. But the young man accurately grasped his life gate with one move.

If the rebels' food supply continues to be cut off, I am afraid that An Lushan will kill him.

So on the fourth day after the Anxi Army camped north, a fast horse left the city from the west gate and headed straight for Tongguan, asking for help from the main force of the rebels.

At the same time, Gu Qing sent Chang Zhong to lead 10,000 cavalry across the Yellow River, stationed on the north bank of the Yellow River, and sent scouts to spy on the rebels' transportation of food and grass.

Five days later, after receiving scout information, Chang Zhong's troops intercepted the first batch of rebel food and grass. There were only one thousand rebels and thousands of civilians who were escorting the food and grass. Chang Zhong's troops wiped out the rebels, and the civilians were released. After the war, more than 5,000 stones were counted. These food and grass were naturally included in the Anxi Army without any dispute.

Everyone will live the most annoying appearance when they grow up.

Gu Qing didn't expect that one day he would become a bandit hero who relies on the mountain to eat the mountain and rob the paths to make a living. Perhaps this is what life should be like when it is mature.

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Tongguan, the rebel camp.

It has been a full ten days since the attack on Tongguan. During these ten days, the attack and defense were in a stalemate. 150,000 rebels attacked the pass without fear of death. However, the defenders in Tongguan were also very tenacious. Several times the rebels had climbed to the top of the city, but were still fought by the defenders and fought with the rebels. Only then did they drive the rebels down from the top of the city and defend Tongguan dangerously and dangerously.

The battle situation was in a stalemate. Although the rebels were elite border troops, the city guards Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing were also famous generals. They were commanding on the city tower of Tongguan, but the rebels could not break in for a while. Only mountains of rebel corpses were left below the steep pass.

An Lushan was furious and was heartbroken due to abscess in his body. However, the war was getting worse and worse. An Lushan's temper has become more and more irritable these days. An Lushan became irritable and especially liked to beat people. In the past few days, his advisers Yan Zhuang, his second son An Qingxu, and his general Shi Siming were all whipped by him. Those who were beaten dared not speak out, so they had to swallow their anger.

The attack on Tongguan today is still not going well. Night falls, and Shi Siming's tent is brightly lit.

There was a guest of honor in the tent tonight, a young man in his thirties. Shi Siming bowed to accompany him, but Feng Yu sat down at the lower head. Judging from Feng Yu's respectful sitting posture, it was obvious that the guest's identity tonight was not low.

The guest's status is indeed not low. He is An Qingxu, the second son of An Lushan. When An Lushan raised his army, he didn't care about the eldest son An Qingzong, who was an official in Chang'an, was chopped off by Li Longji in anger. He was so angry that he had a father who was capable of cheating his children. An Qingzong died uneasy and was probably unstable in the coffin.
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