The boss of the end of the world travels through ancient times to pamper his little husband

Just as the State of Chu sent people to negotiate with the State of Jing, the army led by Li Shao had already captured the city of Xizhou.

At this time, they were stationed at the border outside Xizhou City, waiting for the emperor's next order, whether to withdraw or continue fighting.

If the fighting continued, there would be different directions of advance. One is to attack the Liao State in the northwest, the other is to attack the Chu State in the southwest, or to split the troops into two routes.

Jing Xiangting quickly issued an edict that a small part of the troops stationed in Weizhong County during the previous war with the Liao Kingdom would continue to garrison there, while the majority of the others would join Li Shao's army to attack the Liao Kingdom, with Li Shao still the commander-in-chief.

The troops stationed in the river valley area bordering the State of Chu continued to stay in place, and were instructed to be ready to attack the State of Chu at any time, and occasionally cross the border to put pressure on the State of Chu.

Jing Xiangting intends to turn the State of Chu into a vassal of the State of Jing through this peace talk.

The terms of the peace talks were so harsh that the Chu State felt that the Jing State did not want to talk at all.

The first was to cede territory, requiring the State of Chu to cede all the land to the southeast, including the Yangxin River, which was nearly one-third of the territory of the State of Chu at once.

Moreover, Yangxin River is an extremely important waterway of Chu State, how can we give it up? !

The second was compensation, requiring the State of Chu to pay a large amount of gold, silver or other valuables as war compensation.

As for the specific amount, we will have to wait until Jingguo calculates the losses of this war.

The third is tribute. From then on, the State of Chu had to regularly pay tribute to the State of Jing, such as specialties, treasures, grain, etc.

The fourth is to send hostages. Members of the Chu royal family must be sent to Jing as hostages to ensure that Chu will not start another war or violate the peace treaty.

The fifth is disarmament, requiring the State of Chu to drastically reduce the size of its army and destroy some weapons and equipment to prevent it from provoking war again.

Sixth, provide manpower. The State of Chu needs to provide a large number of young and strong laborers to repair and rebuild the areas that were previously affected by the war for the State of Jing.

Seventh, to open up trade, the State of Chu needs to establish trade points in several fortresses and ports in the country, and allow the State of Jing to set up an office.

These seven points can be said to be squeezing the State of Chu in all aspects. If the emperor of Chu agreed to them, then within a few decades, even if the State of Jing did not send troops to attack the State of Chu, the State of Chu would have existed in name only and would gradually become a part of the State of Jing.

In this case, Chu Tianyao could not agree. If he agreed, wouldn't he, the emperor, be one level lower than Jing Xiangting, and his Chu family's empire would be destroyed in his hands.

He said in a rare firm tone that those terms would never be agreed to and if Jing State wanted to fight, then then they would go to war.

Jing Xiangting was waiting for this sentence and immediately ordered the border garrison troops to attack the State of Chu with all their might. Even the envoys sent by the State of Chu to negotiate peace had their heads cut off and thrown back.

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When the border troops of Jing State launched a fierce attack on Chu State, the army led by Li Shao advanced rapidly all the way, forcing the Liao army to retreat step by step. At this time, the army had already arrived outside the Liao State's Quyang City.

Quyang City is known as the first city of the Liao Dynasty and is also an important gateway into the Liao territory. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides and has steep terrain. Except for the front city gate, the only way to attack is to cross mountains and ridges, which is extremely difficult.

However, the city gate was very strong and the city wall was tall and thick, three meters high and ten meters wide, making it extremely difficult to attack.

There is a wide and deep moat in front of the city. If you want to get close to the city wall, you must first cross the moat, and in the process of crossing the moat you will be exposed to the attack range of the defenders.

The fact that the Liao Dynasty was able to survive the wars of successive dynasties was largely due to the city of Quyang.

On the other hand, as long as they could capture Quyang City, they would be able to march straight into the heartland of the Liao Kingdom.

At this time, the Jing State army was setting up camp three miles away from the moat of Quyang City.

The commander's tent.

Li Shao, Jing Xiangyuan, Zhuang Mingzhe and a group of deputy generals were discussing the next siege plan in their tent.

Everyone sat around a table with a huge military map on it.

It marked the topography of Quyang City and its surrounding areas, as well as the approximate deployment of the enemy's forces that had been surveyed.

How to break through Quyang City is indeed an extremely difficult problem, although Li Shao is fully capable of sneaking into the city quietly and killing everyone.

But if such a "strange" thing really happened, he would be regarded as a monster.

Even if he didn't tell anyone, there was always a risk of suspicion coming down on him, but he had nothing to fear if he was discovered.

Li Shao still hopes that Ye Ge'er and his two children can continue to live an ordinary and happy life surrounded by friends and relatives.

At this time, Lu Yuan suddenly said: "The walls of Quyang City are extremely solid and thick, and there is a moat in front of the city. It is too difficult to attack head-on."

"I think it would be better to send an elite team that is good at mountain warfare to sneak into the mountains and carefully scout the enemy's deployment. If we can find the weak points in the enemy's defense, we may be able to open a channel for our army to attack."

Ding Chang shook his head in disapproval. "I don't think this plan will work. The mountains on three sides of Quyang City are all steep, and the roads in the mountains are rugged and difficult to travel. There are dense thorns. I'm afraid that we will spend a lot of time to explore nothing, and we will lose troops instead."

"You said this plan doesn't work, then what do you say we should do? If we don't attack from the side, we can only attack from the front. Not to mention that the moat is wide and the water is fast. Even if we cross the river, how should we fight? A head-on attack?" The point of view put forward was refuted by his peers before his superior could say anything. Lu Yuan was not in a good mood when he spoke.

Ding Chang was not to be outdone, "There is really no better way than to attack head-on. Starting from the forests will not only take a long time, but may not be effective."

"A frontal assault sounds difficult, but it's not. Our army is now well-trained, with sufficient food and fodder, high morale, and the wise leadership of the general and the prince. As long as we concentrate our forces to break through the city gate, we can capture Quyang City in one fell swoop."

"You!..." Lu Yuan wanted to refute him, but couldn't find any excuse for a moment.

After listening to the two, Li Shao thought for a moment and said, "A frontal attack is currently the shortest siege strategy, and it does have its merits."

"Your Highness, what do you think?" Li Shao looked at Jing Xiangyuan.

Jing Xiangyuan actually felt that a frontal assault was more appropriate. If they started from the mountains and forests on the other three sides, it would take at least three to five years to conquer the area, whether it was looking for a breakthrough point or setting up a siege.

He nodded and said, "I also think that a frontal attack is worth a try. We can build a floating bridge over the moat and deploy a team of archers in advance. When the enemy attacks while crossing the bridge, we can quickly counterattack. After crossing the moat, we can use catapults to throw huge stones and burning fireballs to attack the city gate."

Hearing that the commander-in-chief and the Sixth Prince both agreed with his point of view, Ding Chang smiled so hard that his teeth were visible. "General, that's a good idea. Your Highness, that's a good idea. I think so too." After saying this, he glanced at Lu Yuan with pride.

Lu Yuan was so angry that he could only suppress his anger and said with a smile: "General, your Majesty, your Majesty, I admire your opinion."

At this time, Zhuang Mingzhe raised a question, "General, Your Majesty, although the trebuchet is powerful and has a long range, it can effectively attack the city gates and walls."

"But it is huge and difficult to move. It requires a lot of manpower and time to assemble and debug. In addition, the accuracy of the trebuchet is relatively low. It takes multiple shots to hit the target. I am afraid that before it can successfully break through the city gate..."

When Li Shao heard this, he thought it was not a problem at all. "Hahaha! Don't worry about that. Just arrange more people to assemble it. After the assembly, I will lead a small team to aim and fire it."

Zhuang Mingzhe also reacted at this time, slapping his forehead, "Yes, yes, I was really confused. General, you are born with supernatural powers and great martial arts. You can operate a trebuchet easily. This is great. Attacking the city will be a piece of cake!"

"Then we will temporarily plan to attack Quyang City head-on, build a floating bridge over the moat, set up a team of archers, and catapults..."

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