The emperor took people back to the main account, leaving only a few important ministers and generals, and let them go to the news for the rest.
Zhou Man was also left behind.
He looked at everyone, "What do you guys think of Bai Qing's proposal?"
Feng Shangshu said: "You can give it a try, if it succeeds, the loss will be smaller than a strong attack."
Zhao Guogong was very hopeless, "The city walls are strong, and these Goguryeo soldiers are all prisoners. They can't call the city gates open. Even if they subdue them, it would be meaningless."
But Niu Cishi said: "Rats have rat ways, snakes have snake ways, maybe there is such a place?"
The emperor thought so too, the cost here was not big, it was just some medicinal materials and food, the most important thing was Zhou Man.
So the emperor looked at Zhou Man and said with a smile on his face, "I will entrust this matter to Zhou Qing."
Man Bao bowed in response.
The emperor said: "This matter has to be done, but we also need to make another preparation. Goguryeo dared to use this poisonous plan, obviously still had great expectations, and surrender in a short time is impossible."
He said: "Select death squads from the army, write down their names, places of origin and family members, and there will be rewards regardless of whether they live or die."
Zhao Guogong asked: "When will the surprise attack be?"
The emperor turned his head to look at the dark sky outside, and said coldly: "Tonight is a good time, and I seriously injured two of my ministers, they must be very happy?"
Feng Shangshu immediately asked: "Where does Your Majesty want to raid? The tower?"
Goguryeo just poured water on the city wall yesterday, and it is slippery at the moment, even if the opponent's defense is relaxed, it is half the effort to make a surprise attack at this time, and it may not even be half the effort.
He does not recommend risking the lives of soldiers.
The emperor glanced at him and said, "Of course it's not a city gate."
He signaled Gu Zhong to bring the map, unfolded it, and pointed to several places, saying: "We attacked from the east, and we have conquered all of this area, but the northeast and southeast are still left."
Even Zhao Guogong couldn't help being speechless, "Your Majesty, there are only three towns in these two places, not even a county seat."
What's the point of them shooting down such a place
It doesn't cost much troops at all, okay
The emperor said: "Anyway, there is no good result in storming the domestic city now. They have become emotional after besieging the city. Everyone is idle. Why don't they take all this area."
General Ashina asked: "Does Your Majesty want the inner city to become a truly isolated city?"
The emperor sneered and said: "After taking down these important towns, we will collect grain and grass on the spot, and look for the big households in the town, as well as those who are chiefs. The soldiers are short of grain and grass, so they just replenish it."
He wants to see how long the domestic city can last without external support and support.
Others obeyed, although they thought it would not work.
Anyway, it was a small town, and there were some small counties to the side. There were not many defenders in the city, and it was not difficult for the Jin army to take them down.
The reason they don't hit these places is because it's not worth it.
Take the domestic city and step into the palace of Goguryeo. Even if Goguryeo is destroyed, these small towns don’t need to be fought, and they belong to Dajin directly;
If you can't take down the domestic city, send troops to attack these places. After they retreat, these places will still return to Goguryeo's embrace, so it is really unnecessary to send troops out. Not only is it a waste of troops, but also a waste of food and grass.
But it would be different if it was in the name of collecting food and grass.
Now the Jin army still has to support the poor people in the small town who were poorly fed by the army along the way of the Shangshu, so there is a shortage of food and grass.
They now have only two sources of food and grass, the household department raises it in the country, and the army collects it from the captured cities.
Although it looks like a lot, but the domestic city does not know how long it will be surrounded, it is always no problem to prepare more.
So Xue Gui, Niu Cishi and others took the initiative to invite troops to fight.
The emperor gave them two teams of soldiers and horses, and asked them to divide their troops to attack the towns in the northeast and southeast.
By the time Gao Zhi knew this, Xue Gui and Niu Cishi had already conquered ten towns and three cities.
It's not that Gao Zhi's news is lagging behind, but their speed is too fast.
The troops around the domestic city were not transferred to Anshi City for support, but now they became prisoners, that is, they were called into the domestic city to defend the domestic city and the palace together.
There are not many soldiers and horses in the city at all, most of them are government servants guarding the city, not to mention the villages and towns outside, that is, except for some big families who lead their servants to defend habitually, the Jin army is almost as if there is no one in the land.
The main reason is that Goguryeo did not expect that the Jin army would waste its troops so frantically to attack these towns.
These places are neither pass nor on their way of attack, so they have no strategic significance, okay
Who knew they would take it
After Xue Gui and Niu Cishi occupied these places, they began to collect grain and grass.
The problem was discovered as soon as they were harvested. Many poor people fell to the ground crying, and some even preferred to escape in the cold weather rather than take out food and grass.
"General, in the past two months, Goguryeo has expropriated food and grass three times. Many families have no food at all. We went into the house to look for it, and several families ate bark directly."
Another soldier said: "It's not pure bark either, there is still some rice in it, but not much, maybe a few dozen grains."
Xue Gui: ...
He could only call back all the soldiers, and the Goguryeo people who had already quietly fled were stunned.
Xue Gui also sat on the rock in a daze, "No wonder Feng Shangshu and Zhao Guogong disagreed to raid these places..."
Because it is really not worth it, not to mention wasting troops, but also wasting food and grass.
When troops are dispatched, the soldiers exercise a lot, and in addition to the cold, they consume more food and grass than usual, okay
Xue Gui scratched his head with a headache.
On the other side, Niu Cishi, after occupying the small town and the big village below, asked people to call the old people in the village and town for questioning. After asking about the tax situation of Goguryeo in the past six months, he got a rough idea.
I randomly scratched a piece, brought the children of each family over and asked them what they eat for breakfast, what time for dinner, what time do they go to bed, what do they do every day, whose family's dinner is the most delicious...
After a phone call, Niu Cishi didn't go to the homes of those ordinary people, but directly took soldiers and horses to sit in the homes of several families.
He doesn't even need to open his mouth, the master will prepare several carts of grain for him to take away.
Forget it, Niu Shishi, the food and grass are enough for their own consumption, and there is no support for the army at all.
But after thinking about it, he felt that it was not a loss. At any rate, the army spent less food and grass for 2,000 people, so the remaining part of the food and grass would be considered a profit.
So he said to Ling Bing: "Go back and tell the logistics that we don't need to provide food and grass for the time being, and we can be self-sufficient."