Vol 2 Chapter 2457: Burning Quyou City?
Chapter 2457 Burning Quyou City?
Chapter 2453: Burning Quyou City?
Quyou is just a small city with a small number of defenders and complete defensive equipment. It poses a very low threat to the Qin army and can be captured at any time.
On the other hand, Ba Ling is a big city with all kinds of defensive equipment. If there are enough defenders, it will also be a big trouble for the Qin army.
During the First Battle of Guanzhong, Sima Yi was responsible for guarding Baling, but the Qin army failed to break it at that time.
So, after learning that Li Mu had stationed in Ba Ling, in order to prevent Li Mu from completely controlling Ba Ling, Wu Qi abandoned Quyou as soon as possible and came to compete with Li Mu for Ba Ling City.
Unfortunately, Wu Qi was still a step too late. By the time he arrived with his army, Li Mu had completely taken control of Baling.
“Before joining the other two armies, we should capture Quyou first.”
Wu Qi said, then he ordered his three thousand troops and headed straight for Quyou City.
Quyou can only have more than a thousand defenders, and the Qin army's strength of 3,000 is enough.
Wu Qi's army had just arrived at Quyou City when they received news that the defender Li Li wanted to surrender the city.
"This Li Li is from the Li family. When he sent envoys to persuade him to surrender, he said he would rather die than surrender. Why did he suddenly give in now?" Yang Hu asked in confusion.
Zhang Xiuze said: "With the current situation in Guanzhong, I would not be surprised no matter who surrenders."
After hearing what the two men said, Wu Qi raised his telescope and looked at Li Li at the city gate and the Jiangjun standing behind him.
Li Li held the roster and seal in his hands, his face expressionless, showing no sign of relief.
Behind him were more than a thousand defenders, all of whom had left the city at this time. This also reduced Quyou City to an empty city, naturally unable to resist the Qin army.
Judging from Li Li's performance alone, the possibility of false surrender is very low, but Wu Qi is used to being cautious, and he will not relax his vigilance even at the last moment.
Seeing Wu Qi's thoughtful look, Yang Hu asked, "Master Governor, is there anything wrong?"
Wu Qi shook his head and said: "Yang Hu, you accept the name list and seal on my behalf, and test it out to see if this person is really surrendering or pretending to surrender, and whether he is cheating."
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After saying this, Yang Hu rode his horse to the city gate and went to talk to Li Li.
After a long time, Yang Hu returned with the roster and seal, and said to Wu Qi: "Master Governor, I have been tested by my humble position. There should be no fraud. If there is fraud, Li Li will not be able to ask all the defenders to leave the city."
Wu Qi stared at the open city gate and said, "Send someone into the city to check to see if there are still Tang troops hiding in the city."
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Yang Hu took the order and then sent hundreds of soldiers into the city to inspect
“Hey, do you think our governor is too cautious?”
“That’s right, all the Tang troops have left the city. This is obviously a surrender, so there’s nothing to investigate.”
"There is nothing wrong with being cautious, otherwise you think that the governor is the governor and you are just a big-headed soldier?"
"that is…"
After standing under the scorching sun for a long time, some Qin soldiers began to become anxious and began to whisper among themselves.
Wu Qi heard all these words, but ignored them. He never let the opinions of soldiers influence his judgment.
After a long time, the soldiers who entered the city to inspect returned and found no other troops at the city gate.
“Am I really thinking too much?”
Wu Qi thought to himself, and after a long time he said to Zhang Xiu: "General Zhang Xiu, take a thousand soldiers to disarm Li Li's surrender and take custody of them."
"This... Mr. Governor, since the Tang army has surrendered, would it be too, too..."
Zhang Xiu did not say the following words, but the meaning is self-evident.
Only defeated prisoners of war need to disarm, and since they are surrendering troops and not prisoners of war, it would be a bit too much to surrender voluntarily but be asked to hand over their weapons. Wu Qi naturally knew this, but he still insisted on disarming.
"If he sincerely surrenders, he will naturally not care about this. If he refuses to surrender, he must have evil intentions."
“This...subordinate obeys the order.”
Zhang Xiu took the order and left, went to discuss with the surrendered general Li Li, and asked the surrendering Tang army to surrender.
When General Li Li of the Tang Dynasty heard Zhang Xiu saying that he wanted all the surrendering troops to hand over their weapons, his expression changed instantly, and he began to fight with Zhang Xiu emotionally.
But the people who gave the order, Wu Qi and Zhang Xiu, were only the executors, so naturally they did not have the authority to take back the generals.
After struggling for a long time, Li Li also knew that he could not let the Qin army take back his fame. After struggling for a long time, he still ordered the surrendering troops to put down their weapons.
“Lord Governor, Li Li has asked the surrendering troops to lay down their weapons. It’s impossible for Xi to surrender in vain, right?”
Zhang Xiu looked helplessly at Wu Qidao, obviously not understanding why the other party was so cautious.
This time Wu Qi was not looking for trouble, and said to Zhang Xiu: "General Zhang Xiu, lead a thousand soldiers to guard these surrendered troops, and the rest of the troops will enter the city despite being the governor."
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Under Wu Qi's repeated tests, the Qin army stood outside the city for two hours, and fighting in the military posture was also a very tiring task.
Now that it was finally time to enter the city to rest, the tired Qin soldiers suddenly cheered and ran quickly into the city.
Wu Qi was still a little worried. He always felt that something was wrong, but couldn't explain it, so he took Yang Hu at the front of the team and was the first to enter the city.
Although Yang Hu had not served under Wu Qi for a long time, when he saw Wu Qi frowning all the time, he knew that he was still worried, so he smiled and said: "Master Governor, it is a good thing to successfully capture Quyou City, but why are you... What about such an expression?"
“But everything went so smoothly that I felt like it was deliberately arranged.”
As he spoke, Wu Qi glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw the gray-black stones paving the ground, and his brows frowned even more.
“Immediately send the order to withdraw the entire army from Quyou City.” Wu Qi ordered coldly.
Yang Hu was startled and asked in confusion: "But Lord Governor, why is this? We have just entered the city."
Wu Qi got off his horse, removed stones from the ground, and said, "Do you see what this is?"
“Stone.”
“This is coal.”
“Charcoal?”
Yang Hu exclaimed, and after careful observation, he said solemnly: "It's really charcoal."
Looking at the ground in the city again, there was this kind of coal everywhere, and I felt a cool breeze coming from behind.
This is not only a trap, but also a trap that was carefully planned for a long time and specifically targeted at the Qin army.
This land of coal alone cannot be laid in a short time.
The Tang army had already planned this. They pretended to surrender, left the city, and disarmed, just to make the Qin army become careless.
Once all the Qin troops enter the city and are unprepared, Quyou will immediately turn into a city of fire and engulf all the Qin troops at the city gate.
“So cruel.”
Yang Hu said in a trembling voice, fearful of what would happen next.
Had Wu Qi not been cautious enough and meticulous, he would have been burned to death.
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