Chapter 119: An Unusual Night

  The scout returned with news that the Qi army was mobilizing to attack Chengfu, which seemed completely unreasonable to Luo Siqi.

  Because if the Qi army's main task now is to defend Zhu City and wait for the collapse of the Chu army's main force trapped in Zheng Guo, then if the Qi state had planned to attack Chengfu earlier, it should have attacked earlier, and it would not have been until now that Tang Xiao Yu has ordered the soldiers and civilians of Chengfu to build many defensive works before attacking again.

  However, judging from Tang Xiaoxia's happy expression, all of this seemed to be within his expectations. Luosiqi asked him what secret he had, but Tang Xiaoxia refused to tell her, saying that he would explain everything after defeating the Qi army.

  The Qi army soon stationed under the city of Chengfu, and there were no more Chu soldiers digging trenches outside the city of Chengfu. When the Qi army first arrived, they had launched a probing attack on Chengfu, but it was clear that the military strength of the Qi army this time was not enough to capture the city with one attack.

  From the military camp where the Qi army was stationed outside the city, Tang Xiaxia roughly estimated that there were only about 10,000 soldiers who came to attack Chengfu this time. According to intelligence, Zhucheng originally had 30,000 Qi troops stationed, but now only 10,000 people have come, and there are still 20,000 people, which seems to be enough to withstand the counterattack of the Chu army trapped in the territory of Zhengguo.

  Luosi and Tianyu had agreed to wait for five days, but yesterday didn't count, so today was only the first day. However, since she found out that Qili's army wouldn't be coming, she almost resigned herself to letting Tianyu fend for himself when the time came.

  It can be seen that Tang Xiaxia's excited expression reignited a glimmer of hope in Luosi Qi, and just as she was curious about how Tang Xiaxia would deal with the incoming Qí army, Tang Xiaxia mysteriously called her back to the commander's headquarters and dismissed everyone around them.

  Now there are only two people left in the house, Luosi Qi and Tang Xiaoxia. Luosi Qi couldn't help but ask him: "Tang Xiaoxia, what kind of medicine are you selling in your gourd? You're being so mysterious!"

  Tang Xiaoxia didn't answer her question directly, but instead said more mysteriously: "Lolo, do you still remember what I told you before?"

  "What did you say?" Tang Xiaoxia had said many things to Luosi Qi, and Luosi Qi didn't know which sentence Tang Xiaoxia was referring to.

  "That means you're my strongest trump card in defending the city this time!" Tang Xiaoxia smiled.

  Luosi heard him say that and felt a bit discouraged. She helplessly said to Tang Xiaoxia: "I'm not telling you that I also know some spells, but these spells may still have some effect when dealing with dozens or even hundreds of enemies. Even if the current enemy is not tens of millions, it's just ten thousand people. With my current ability, I'm afraid it's hard to defeat them!"

  Tang Xiaxia seemed to have known that Luosiqi would say this, so he told Luosiqi that the war was now completely unnecessary for her to worry about. What she needed to do now was to go to Qi State and see the King of Qi, presenting him with something she had written a long time ago. That way, she would have helped him out greatly.

  After finishing, Tang Xiaoxia took out a gray box from a wooden box and let Luosi carry it well. After arriving in the state of Qi and seeing King Qi, open it again, and at that time, just present what he wrote to King Qi for him to see.

  Luosi Qi asked him what was inside, and Tang Xiao Xia also knew that if he didn't explain it clearly to Luosi Qi now, she wouldn't follow him on a long journey to the state of Qi for an adventure. So he explained the reason to her.

  In Táng Xiǎo's view, in the Spring and Autumn period, there were only relationships of interest between countries. The reason why Qí Guó and Jìn Guó could form an alliance to attack Zhèng Guó was mainly to weaken Chǔ Guó's threat to the Central Plains states. If not for Chǔ Guó, Jìn Guó alone would have been enough to destroy Zhèng Guó. However, due to Sīmǎ Rángzhě's clever plan, the main force of Chǔ Guó's army was trapped in Zhèng Guó and could neither advance nor retreat, likely leading to a complete defeat. As a result, Chǔ Guó would be greatly weakened, and might even be destroyed by the Qí-Jìn alliance, which would completely change the situation.

  The current overlord of the Central Plains is Jin. If things really become like that, Qi is now far away from Zheng and Chu, and at that time, all the lands of Zheng and even Chu may be annexed by Jin. If it really comes to that point, I estimate that even if all the remaining countries unite, they will not be a match for Jin. Qi will also face the danger of extinction.

  "So what you have in the wooden box is a letter explaining the pros and cons to Duke Qi, asking him to withdraw from Bamboo City and let the Chu army leave?" Luosi asked Tang Xiaoxia.

  It never occurred to her that Tang Xiaoxia would shake his head and smile, saying: "Of course not, do you think this era is like our time when making a phone call can control things thousands of miles away? Now even if you ride a fast horse, rush to the capital of Qi State, and King Qi sees my thing and adopts my suggestion immediately dispatching a fast horse to order the Qi army to withdraw from Qi State, it will take at least half a month or even a month for this back-and-forth. By then, it will be too late, you can only wait for Xian Tianyu and others to collect the bodies."

  "What's in the wooden box?" Lusky heard Tang Xiaoya say this and indeed made sense, but she still didn't understand why she had to go to Qi Guo to see King Qi.

  She heard Tang Xiao Xia say to her: "What I let you bring is a letter of advice to persuade the King of Qi to form an alliance with Chu, because by the time you arrive in Qi, the news of the great defeat of the Qi army will also be transmitted back to Qi. At that time, whether it is Chu or Qi, both countries will lose half of their military strength. In order to counter Jin, these two countries have no choice but to form an alliance."

  "Qí army suffered a great defeat? How could the Qí army be defeated by themselves?" Luò Sīqí didn't understand how the Qí army's great defeat came about, but after Táng Xiǎoxiā said another sentence to her, she looked at him as if she had just recognized him again and said: "Táng Xiǎoxiā, are you really just a high school student?"

  The night slowly fell, but in the Qi army camp outside Chengfu City, there were soldiers everywhere who were ready to fight at any time. By midnight, many of them carefully approached the city wall with unlit torches.

  At this moment, a fire suddenly broke out on the city gate of Chengfu, and the city gate was slowly pushed open. A large number of torches were lit on the city gate, and the whole city was filled with shouts of killing. The general who led the Qi army's troops had a joyful expression, and he waved his hand, and the soldiers beside him immediately lit up their torches, and under his leadership, they rushed straight to the city of Chengfu.

  At this moment, Losi was hiding in the dense forest outside the city with only a hundred soldiers, watching the large number of torches rushing towards Chengfu City and muttering to himself: "So that's how Zhucheng fell!"