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If we were to attack Xue Ju's army at this time purely from a military perspective, we should have adopted a siege strategy and directly cut off the food supply route from Longxi to Gaoqiong City.

Xue Ju's army, which had penetrated deep into the enemy's territory alone, was trapped and killed in Gaoqie City.

The Western Qin army was not the Li Tang army, and they had supplies from Chang'an in the rear. Li Shimin led the remaining troops to retreat from Gaocheng City, and there was no possibility that he would leave food and grass for Xue Ju.

Song Shidao, who had come from Yan'an to join the army, asked: "Master, General Guo has already cut off the food supply route from Tianshui to Gaocheng, and General Yuchi is leading his army to attack Jincheng. As long as we besiege Gaocheng, Xue Ju's army will be short of food and grass, and no reinforcements. Why don't we take advantage of the situation and wait for them to tire themselves out?"

Yes, the best strategy is to besiege Xue Ju’s army.

Sect Leader Xi smiled bitterly, "Because... within half a month, the Turkic army will surely invade. I'm afraid that Wu Zun Bi Xuan will also follow the army south this time."

Song Shidao's pupils shrank: "Master, has the Turkic army made any unusual movements?"

Sect Leader Xi looked ahead at Gaocheng City and shook his head, saying, "If we only know about the gathering of the Turkic army now, it will be too late. We don't need to think about the movements of the Turkic army at this time. Just look at Li Yuan's courage to take out all of Li Tang's assets and fight a decisive battle with Xue Ju with an army of 100,000. We can conclude that he must have formed some kind of tacit understanding with the Turks in advance."

The Central Plains was in complete chaos, and a piece of fat meat was hanging at one's fingertips, but Xi Mingming defended the border and the Turks could not get involved.

Shi Bi had already reached the point where he could no longer tolerate it.

Song Shidao was incredulous: "Didn't the Eastern Turks just form an alliance with Xue Ju?"

Sect Leader Xi's expression was equally grim: "Does it have any impact? As long as the Central Plains' fighting force is consumed, it will be a great thing for the Turks."

Song Shidao murmured, "But the Turks... haven't they always been no match for General Li?"

"The previous few times were just small forces testing the waters."

Li Jing did not fight with all his strength, but instead used the Turks to train his troops.

Song Shidao was still puzzled: "Given Shibi Khan's intelligence, how could he dare to send a large army to attack the border city when even a small force was defeated?"

Sect Leader Xi said quietly, "What if the Turks divide their forces? All the Turks are soldiers, so they have the advantage in numbers. The main army can attack Wuyuan directly to contain the core combat power of the border town. Then send cavalry to borrow the road from Zhangye, go east along the Hexi Corridor, and directly attack Yanchuan County. With the combat power of Yanchuan and Shuofang, do you think they can resist the Turkish cavalry?"

After the capture of Shuofang, Mayi was directly exposed to the hooves of the Turkic cavalry.

"Master, everyone in the world thinks that after Xue Ju captured Gaocheng City, he will march straight into Chang'an. But do you see Xue Ju's army heading south along the Jing River?"

No, he quietly stayed in Gaocheng City, waiting for the opportunity.

Sect Leader Xi said meaningfully: "The entire northern border town has a very large sphere of influence. Even though I am a woman, even though I have never been crowned emperor..."

Master Song understood: "In the battle of Luoyang, the strength revealed by the Sect Master was too shocking, especially... the Heshi Bi came to serve the Sect Master as its master."

"As a woman in charge of a region, the leader had no support from aristocratic families, and even fewer scholars to share her feelings with. But the trip to Luoyang allowed the world to see the leader's extraordinary talent."

Establish a mind for heaven and earth, establish a destiny for the people, inherit the lost knowledge of the ancient sages, and bring peace to the world for all eternity. Which scholar would not be stunned on the spot and then have a great enlightenment after hearing this for the first time?

The leader said so and did so even more.

If before this, Song Shidao came to the border town only out of filial piety, now he is willing to serve under Master Xi.

Otherwise, he would not have to rush to Gaochong. Song Shidao wanted to fight alongside Master Xi!

Song Shidao said word by word: "They are scared."

Song Shidao frowned and formed the character "川". "When Li Tang and Western Qin fought a great battle and Xue Ju won, it was Xue Ju who led the army from Gaocheng and attacked the border town with the Turkic army."

Sect Leader Xi nodded: "That's right. If Li Tang wins, then Li Yuan's army will set out from Taiyuan, cooperate with the Turks, and attack Loufan County from the rear."

The teachings of the Song Dynasty master are beyond words. The Song clan has always been a staunch supporter of the Han Dynasty.

His father had always insisted that the Han and the Hu peoples could not coexist. With a family tradition of learning, Song Shidao had hated the Central Plains for colluding with the Hu people since he was a child.

"The suzerain anticipated the enemy's moves, but the main Turkic army will soon arrive at the border, so we must fight quickly and decisively, and cannot resort to siege."

"good."

Song Shidao held his sword upright. The usually gentle man was full of fighting spirit at this moment. "If you want to fight, then let's fight! What King of Western Qin? I, Song Shidao, want to see whether Xue Ju is more skilled in martial arts or I am faster in swordplay!"

Song Shidao volunteered: "Shidao is willing to be the vanguard and knock on the gate of Gaocheng for the master!"

Sect Leader Xi looked at Master Song as if he were a fool and said, "What kind of vanguard are you? Why should my soldiers be shot from a high place?"

Song Shidao raised his sword and asked stupidly, "After learning from Li Shimin's previous experience, Xue Ju can't possibly run outside the city to fight with us on Pingyuan again, right? If he doesn't leave the city, we have to fight quickly and decisively, and we can't just attack the city directly?"

"hold on."

At this time, a subordinate came to report, "Master, Chief Manager Hao has led the team to report!"

"Finally here."

Hao Yun set out ahead of the army, but gunpowder was not stable. He had no choice but to spend more time on the road.

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Song Shidao finally found a place to use his talents.

On a dark and windy night, he carried the black ball back and forth to the Gaoqiong city wall. The clan leader said that he couldn't move around and must be steady, otherwise she would not be responsible if he was blown up and lost limbs.

The clan leader is cruel and will never count it as a work injury for him.

Song Shidao really wanted to believe the sect leader, but this thing wanted to hurt him... right?

"Master, is this really so powerful?"

"Alas, this is not powerful, it's unstable."

Sect Leader Xi sighed and said, "I want it to stabilize, too. Don't let our own people be bloodied before the enemy is blown up. But isn't this a substandard craftsmanship?"

One saltpeter, two sulfur, three charcoal, add a little sugar and you get Big Ivan.

It's easy to say, but hard to do. There are no conditions for everything... It's better than nothing.

The leader of Luoyang City simulated modern thermal weapons, which scared even martial artists to death.

Ordinary soldiers saw firearms for the first time... Sect Leader Xi stroked his chin. The people in the Central Plains should not follow the example of the Turks and expel her from the human race... right?

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This is a crushing battle.

Sect Leader Xi did not come out to meet the enemy immediately.

She first sent Wang Bo to deploy his troops to the north of Gaoqiu City and challenge them at the foot of the city. She could shout whatever was offensive, and she required it to be neat, short and rhymed.

Xue Ju was greatly shocked. How could King Bo of Changbai Mountain have the guts to challenge the Western Qin army?

The subordinates came to report in panic.

"Wang Bo has an allied army, and the other three sides have armies attacking the city."

Sect Leader Xi's strategy was to surround three and release one.

The weather was gloomy and visibility was extremely low. At the same time, deafening explosions were heard on the three walls of Gaocheng City.

For this batch of gunpowder, Sect Leader Xi’s requirement for Hao Yun was not to have the most powerful one, but to have the loudest one.

For the matching gunpowder, we don’t ask for anything else but a lot of smoke.

A two-pronged approach.

The damage caused by the explosives was actually very limited, and the damage to the city wall was not serious. The explosions on three sides caused only the southwest corner to collapse.

Sect Leader Xi observed repeatedly, accurately picked out the weak points, and piled up explosives to achieve this effect.

But the soldiers these days have never seen hot weapons.

In the thick fog, accompanied by thunder, the cavalry ran madly, dragging branches.

The soldiers defending the city were in chaos, and the food and fodder that should have arrived at Gaoqiu long ago were nowhere to be seen. Xue Ju was also afraid of being surrounded, so he had to lead his troops out of the city in a hurry to fight Wang Bo, whose fighting power was limited.