The System Forces Me to Be the Emperor

Attacking Qi's imperial city by force is not a small difficulty, and it is likely to cause heavy casualties. It is not that Qi's soldiers are strong, but the biggest obstacle is actually the majestic city.

The imperial city of Qi refers to the entire capital, because the people of Qi respectfully call the capital the imperial city, so it has this name.

According to the division of buildings, the imperial city of Qi is divided into four parts, the outer city, the inner city, the imperial city and the palace city.

Every country pays special attention and attention to the construction of important capitals, and the emperor of Qi is the same. The outermost city wall is 48 miles long, 7.5 to 8 meters high, about 12 meters wide at the bottom, and about 9 meters wide at the top. There are twelve gates on all sides. turret.

If you want to climb up such a city by cloud ladder or wooden ladder, it is a living target, and the loss can be imagined. What's more, after breaking through the outer city, there is still a city wall inside.

Outer Guocheng is the inner city, the city wall is 12 to 15 meters high, the bottom is 20 meters thick, the top is 16 meters thick, and there is a female wall. There are nine city gates, four turrets, three water gates, one hundred and seventy-two enemy towers, and a moat 30-60 meters wide outside the city.

The same is true for the Imperial City and Miyagi City. They are towering and tall, and it is very difficult to attack them by force. This is why it is said that siege is the next strategy.

As for the strategy of attacking the army, attacking the heart is the most important thing. The champion Hou naturally wants to take down the Qihuang Imperial City at the least cost. The first thing to do, of course, is to seal off the city and trap them inside, which cuts off the food supply.

When Prince He Ye Qingshan went to Great Xia, he had a special meeting with Champion Hou, and introduced the situation in the imperial city to him, and at the same time told him about Wei Nanzheng's possible defection to the Yuan Kingdom. At that time, Prince He deduced that Wei Nanzheng would definitely take the opportunity to let Yuan Guo loot the last granary, and as Prince He expected, Wei Nanzheng did exactly that. Also because this granary was robbed, the Imperial City of Qi directly lost its last life-saving ration.

So now there are very few grain reserves in the imperial city of Qi.

The first step is to cut off the supplies and trap them in the city, causing panic.

The second step is to brush a wave of rockets first... Ahem, this time I won’t put "fire" arrows, normal strong bows and crossbows will do, but you need to add some materials, tie something to the arrows, and then shoot them into the into the city.

The people in the outer city were refugees and poor people, but when Xia Jun was shooting arrows, the Qi army had already informed the refugees to hide, so they avoided the bows and arrows far away, and there were not too many casualties. However, they saw the dense cloth tied to the arrow shafts, which was found on every arrow shaft.

Some people curiously took off the cloth to observe, and those who could read read aloud: "Those who submit to the Great Xia will be rewarded with 20 acres of cultivated land each! No tax for ten years! Those who surrendered in Kaicheng will be rewarded with a hundred taels of gold and given Baron status, a hundred acres of fertile land! Whoever kills Emperor Qi will be given the title of Earl..."

It turned out to be a letter of persuasion!

When the people around heard it, they were in an uproar.

They are all refugees and poor people. They don’t even have their own land. They are all tenants. Now the weather is always dry and flooded, and the rent is not guaranteed. If there is no harvest, they will have to owe the landlord’s food. Survival is lost.

Now it belongs to Daxia, with 20 acres per person. There are seven or eight households in the current family, that is more than 100 acres of land, and there will be no tax for ten years. Your own land, everything you plant is your own!

For a time, all the people saw the golden grains in their eyes, their hearts were eager and their mouths were dry.

Not only the common people, but also the soldiers were greedy, but soon, Haiming, the general guarding the city of Qi, ordered the soldiers to collect the arrow feathers to prevent these rumors from raging.

But the fastest thing is gossip. In just half a day, everyone in the city knew about Daxia's letter of persuasion, and everyone whispered about it, causing panic in the city.

Qi Huang also saw the persuasion letter, he hated and was angry, but what can he do? We can only let the rumors spread in the city, the people's hearts are in turmoil, and there is nothing we can do.

In the next few days, Champion Hou's offensive method was still based on attacking the heart, followed by intimidation, which not only disturbed the hearts of the people, but even the morale of the army was a little shaken.

Soon, another potential threat erupted in the city.

Lack of food!

To be precise, the 300,000 to 400,000 refugees in the city had no food, and they all relied on the imperial court for relief. However, as the Great Xia army besieged the city, the porridge given by the imperial court became thinner and thinner. It's good enough to chew two bites in your mouth. Relying on thin soup and little water, the refugees' hungry chests stick to their backs. In desperation, many refugees start to make trouble. They dare not grab the food controlled by the army, so they go to grab it. common people.

Never underestimate the evil of human nature, not to mention being on the verge of starving to death, starving to the edge of courage, this starvation is also evil, so some refugees have a heart attack, thirty people rob food, and even cause death.

The law and order in the capital is now maintained by soldiers and horses. When they heard the news and arrived, the refugees who robbed food had already fled, let alone hunted them down, so they could only order that once they found food robbing, they would be killed.

Unexpectedly, this order not only failed to act as a deterrent, but instead led to more food grabs.

Shoot to kill? If you don't eat, you will starve to death, and if you grab food, you can't catch it, so why not grab it!

In this way, refugees began to breed trouble.

Even if the imperial court sent troops to arrest some people and execute them on the spot, it would only be a deterrent for a while, and would not have a greater deterrent effect.

Next, Champion Hou made another move.

On this day, Li Cunxiao personally escorted ten carriages approaching the city. General Hai Ming of the Qi Army quickly showed up and met the number one fierce general of Great Xia who was unbeatable in the land of Qi!

"Above the gate tower is General Haiming, and I am Li Cunxiao, the left general under the command of General Zhengqi. It's a pleasure to meet you!"

Li Cunxiao reined in his horse and stopped at the foot of the city, shouting boldly.

Haiming had heard about Li Cunxiao's name a long time ago, he was so powerful in Qi country, the generals of Qi country and his army were all fighting with each other, but no one could stick to ten tricks! Even Haiming's sworn brother, Yuan Chong, who was known as the second most powerful general of Qi, only insisted on nine moves before he was beheaded by the horse!

Now that he can see the true face with his own eyes, Haiming has no choice but to praise Li Cunxiao for his bravery, he is indeed a great general!

Haiming replied: "General Li is here, is he going to single-handedly destroy the city?"

Li Cunxiao said with a smile: "General Hai is serious. The imperial city of Qi is as majestic as a mountain. With my strength alone, how can I break the city? I'm not a man of gods! I'm here to disturb you this time. , the second thing is to ask if there is a shortage of food in the city?"

As soon as these words came out, Qi Bing in the city gritted his teeth, this was a deliberate provocation!

"I'm sorry to bother you, General Li. The grain reserves in my city are rich enough for the military and civilians. Your country invaded Daqi and acted despicably. Now General Li is fighting here again. It's better to be famous when we meet!" Haiming sneered.

Li Cunxiao laughed loudly, and continued: "General Hai is wrong. I am not here to provoke you. I am worried about the refugees in your city. I heard that they have no food available, so I am here to deliver food to you!"

Food delivery?

Qi Jun was dumbfounded suddenly, how could the enemy come to deliver food, is this a mouse delivering food to a cat?

Haiming shouted: "General Li, what is your intention?"

With a wave of Li Cunxiao's hand, ten heavy carriages came behind him. Li Cunxiao ordered people to remove the cover on the carriage, and saw that there were potatoes, corn and sweet potatoes inside.

Li Cunxiao said: "General Hai, you must have heard about the new crops that we are planting, and these are the new crops! The taste of these new crops may not be as delicate as rice noodles, but they have high yields and are suitable for various terrains. It has been fully promoted, and the output of new crops can feed the people every year. Even if there are natural disasters and earth disasters, the people will not be hungry. I will send these ten cars today, hoping to pass them on to the refugees in the city, so that they can taste the sweetness."

Having said this, Li Cunxiao paused, gave them time to think, and then said: "So these ten carts of food are given to refugees, General Hai must not be corrupt, and General Hai is the number one general in Qi, Could it be that you don’t even have the courage to collect grain? If you don’t, then don’t call yourself the number one fierce general in Daqi, but the number one shrinking turtle in Daqi, haha…”

As soon as these words came out, the Qi soldiers in the city were furious, and the lieutenant next to Haiming wanted to shoot Li Cunxiao to death with a bow, but was stopped by Haiming.

"The number one general is just a false name. It doesn't matter if you don't want it. As for General Li's kindness, we appreciate it! Since we are the enemy, don't pretend to be hypocritical, and take your food back!" Although Hai Ming is a general, he is also a general. The talented general immediately guessed Da Xia's plot.

However, Li Cunxiao turned his horse's head around and said: "Of course the general will not bring back the things that I send out. I will send the things here for you, farewell!"

With that said, Li Cunxiao took the people away.

The people on the tower looked at each other and looked at each other.

The deputy general couldn't help asking: "General, this must be a trick of the enemy army. According to my subordinates, let's set it on fire!"

"Yes, General, burn it!"

"It can't be burned! If it is really going to be burned, doesn't it mean that our general is afraid?"

"This is a new crop, what a pity to burn it! I don't know how it tastes!"

"Yeah, why don't you transport it back to the city first?"

...

Everyone was discussing, and then they all looked at Haiming.

Haiming pondered for a moment, then said: "Let's transport it back to the city first!"

The subordinates immediately took orders, and after making sure that it was not a trap by the enemy, they opened the city gate, transported ten carriages back, and sent troops to guard them carefully to prevent anyone from moving around.

And he took some potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn to meet his father, Hai Yuntian.

When Hai Yuntian heard about the situation, he immediately asked Haitian to bring up the new crops. Looking at the three novel crops, Hai Yuntian looked them up and down curiously, and then ordered the cook in the Fuzhong to cook them.

This is difficult for the chef, who has never seen these things, how to start? In the end, I could only bite the bullet.

In fact, potatoes and sweet potatoes are better, but the corn is hard, even if it is cooked, it is hard, and it does not knock off the big teeth!

The chef scratched his head and left, leaving only Hai Yuntian and Haitian in the house.

Hai Yuntian sighed: "Champion Hou is such a powerful schemer!"

Hai Tian nodded and said, "Champion Marquis doesn't want to directly attack the city and lose troops, so he uses scheming. First, he coerces and lures the people and the army, and now he sends new crops to the refugees. If these new crops are really given to the refugees, then What would the refugees think?"

"The people in my own country are in dire straits, and tens of thousands of people died of starvation. Look at Daxia, how many people have been saved by the new crops, it is even more heart-wrenching!"

Hai Yuntian sighed: "Although this is Daxia's conspiracy, the sad thing is that the facts are true. Daxia's new crops can save countless people."

"If Daqi has new crops, why worry about it?" Haitian said angrily.

Hai Yuntian shook his head and said: "I heard that new crops are found by sailing, and they are located outside the ocean, but only Daxia went to sea to find them. Our Majesty also knows the magic of new crops, and he intends to send them Ships came out to look for it, but nothing happened. New crops are not omnipotent, the key is the people who lead it all!"

"Father, be careful!" Haitian's expression changed.

Hai Yuntian waved his hand and said: "It's okay, what can't be said now?"

Haitian was silent for a moment.

The house was silent, and after a long time, the chef brought out the food made from the new crop.

"Master, young master, the yellow balls and red-skinned things are cooked directly, and the individual things are taken off and ground into powder, and some flour is added in, and baked into cakes!" the chef explained. road.

Hai Yuntian picked up a potato and ate one, it was soft and delicious. Sweet potatoes are not only soft and glutinous, but also sweet and taste very good. Although the cake made of cornmeal is not as delicate as flour, it tastes okay.

What's more, these three things relieve hunger, and the feeling of fullness is very high!

After Hai Yuntian ate two potatoes, one sweet potato, and two cornflakes, he was full! In exchange for rice, there would be three or four bowls, and four or five steamed buns made of white flour.

After Haitian finished eating, he was shocked and said: "It's so satisfying! I heard that potatoes and sweet potatoes are both high-yielding, much higher than growing five grains!"

Hai Yuntian nodded, at this moment, he was experiencing a fierce struggle in his heart.