Qi, Yuzhou, Runan County, Xuanhu City.
On the city wall, flags were flying, and the soldiers held crossbows and stared at the enemies outside the city.
Chen Changshi was wearing armor and staring at the enemy in the distance.
The hand holding the sword trembled slightly.
Outside the city, there were densely packed tents of the Zhou people. The Zhou people surrounded the city with water. Chen Changshi could not tell how many enemies there were. He only knew that there were enemy troops on all sides, and one after another they threw carts.
Appear outside the city.
Under the city tower, some civilians were busy reinforcing the city.
There were soldiers carrying stones and other kinds of things to various places for storage.
Chen Changshi was observing when he saw the Zhou formations on the opposite side suddenly separated. Chen Changshi was shocked and was about to order preparations for battle when he saw a carriage galloping out of the Zhou formations and heading here.
Come.
The soldiers on the carriage waved a flag order, a short red flag, swaying from side to side, meaning not to shoot.
When Chen Changshi saw that no one was following them, he ordered not to shoot anyone.
The carriage arrived outside the city and entered the shooting range of the crossbow. When the carriage stopped, a scribe stood up from the carriage and looked towards the city head.
"I am the messenger!!"
"Come here to pay homage to the Governor!!"
"Please open the city gate and let me in!!"
"I have something important to discuss with the governor!"
The scribe was quite young and was shouting loudly at this moment.
Many soldiers looked at Chen Changshi. Chen Changshi looked around and said loudly: "This is because the enemy is afraid that our city is strong and does not dare to attack. That's why he sent such villains to make plans!!"
"Ignore it! Just shoot him!"
"No!!"
Someone shouted and trotted towards the main gate tower from the city wall not far away. Chen Changshi turned his head and looked at him suspiciously.
Don't walk up to Chang Shi, panting.
"Chen Jun, how can you kill the envoys when the two countries are at war? How can you kill them if you don't know what they are going to say? Besides, shouldn't this matter be decided by the governor?"
Chen Changshi had no choice but to send someone to inform the governor.
Soon, the governor replied and asked Chang Shi and others to escort the envoy to the government office.
Chen Changshi had nothing to say, so he opened the city and escorted the Zhou envoy to the government office with Biejia.
The city was extremely desolate. The haze of the war had turned the once bustling Runan City into a ghost town. Except for the civilians who were transporting supplies and coordinating operations, almost no one dared to go out.
The gate to the courtyard was blocked for fear of being plundered by the rebels.
Faint cries came from everywhere.
The Yuzhou official office has a different style.
Yuzhou is different from wild places like frontier fortresses. The official offices here have a long history, and the architectural style is very retro, but they don’t look old at all. The courtyard walls are tall, and although the green plants are withered, their locations are all based on Feng Shui. Look
When you go up there, you feel something extraordinary.
There is no cloud hanging over the official office yet. Although it is not as lively as before, the servants are still busy doing their own things.
In the distance, someone was renovating the cellar and taking out the freshest fruits.
Someone in the south is pruning the branches and cutting off the excess branches.
Someone was washing the horse in the north. The horse was groomed cleanly. The manu carefully braided the horse into beautiful braids and hung various decorations on it.
Chen Changshi grabbed the envoy and took him to the inner room.
There are many books placed in the room. Governor Wang is wearing a simple robe and looks like a celebrity. He is holding a book in his hand and his face is calm.
Chen Changshi looked at his calm appearance and couldn't help but praise him in his heart. He was worthy of being a famous person from a wealthy family. He was really different from ordinary people. The enemies had already gathered outside the city and he was not panicked at all.
The envoy's eyes lit up when he saw Governor Wang.
"Zhou envoy Guo En pays homage to the governor!"
The envoy made a great salute.
Governor Wang slowly put down his book and looked at the envoy.
"General Quan led a large army to attack, surrounded but refused to attack, and then sent envoys here. What is the purpose?"
The envoy hurriedly said: "My general is kind and unwilling to start a war lightly and kill soldiers and civilians. He sent me here specially. I hope that the governor can abandon the dark side and surrender to the great Zhou Dynasty."
Chen Changshi immediately laughed angrily.
"Quan Jingxuan has a good plan. We have 50,000 elite soldiers in the city! Including the civilians who assist in the defense, we can reach more than 100,000 people! The city is tall and strong, and there is countless food and grass in the city, which is enough for us to eat for many years. If we want to surrender, why not
Let him come and submit to Daqi! Otherwise he will die outside this city and ruin his reputation!"
Guo En glared at him, "A hundred thousand troops? Even Yecheng can't muster a hundred thousand troops. Don't think we don't know that there are no more than ten thousand defenders in your city. The general is trying to persuade you with courtesy today. Why are you so helpless?"
present?!"
Chen Changshi was shocked.
"You little hypocrite, how dare you be so arrogant in my city?!"
He looked at Governor Wang and said, "Prince Governor, please kill him to sacrifice the flag!!"
Guo En was even more unhappy and glanced at him, "Try it!!"
"Enough!"
Governor Wang interrupted them and looked at Guo En calmly, "The two countries are in peace, why do we want to invade?"
"Then Liu Taozi attacks my stone cliff and kills my general. How can we be considered safe and sound?"
"It's just that there were too few kills. We should let King Pingcheng attack Chang'an and kill your emperor!"
Chen Changshi cursed again.
Governor Wang couldn't help it anymore, "Bie Jia Xu! You take Chang Shi to guard the door!!"
Xu Biejia reluctantly pulled Chen Changshi out of the door.
"Why are you so rude in front of the governor?"
Xu Biejia complained, but Chen Changshi was very angry, "How can we allow the enemy to be so arrogant in our city?"
"This bunch of dog thieves are afraid of us, King Pingcheng. They don't dare to attack from the north, so they can only invade from the south."
Xu Biejia glanced at Chang Shi, "You always mention what King Pingcheng did. The governor doesn't like him."
"You don't know, if you have met him once, you will know why I always mention him."
“Have you seen it??”
"Of course. A few years ago, when I was the Prime Minister of Dunqiu County, your Majesty led troops to our Dunqiu County. At that time, some people blocked the road and complained. Hey, forget it. I will tell you these things later!"
Chen Changshi was eager to give it a try, "The Zhou people are definitely no match for us. Quan Jingxuan only has so many soldiers. He can hold him to death less than 30,000, and they are not even elites. If we want to capture Yuzhou with just these few people, it's ridiculous."
What a joke! As long as we hold them back and wait for reinforcements from the DPRK, maybe we can be knighted for our military merits, and maybe we can follow King Pingcheng to attack Chang'an in the future!"
Xu Biejia narrowed his eyes and said nothing.
In the inner room, Guo En finally breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Governor Wang.
"Gongshi, my general has already seen the letter from your wife's brother."
"What letter? I don't know."
Guo En was stunned and said slowly: "That's it. Your brother-in-law is ready to surrender to the city. Now there is a large army oppressing you outside, and there are people inside who are in trouble. Are you helpless? Is it because of your fault or because of hypocrisy?"
Qi is unpopular and disloyal. General, please put the people in the city first, open the door and surrender."
Wang Shiliang sighed, his face full of sadness.
"I am loved so much by His Majesty, but I have internal and external troubles. How can I surrender easily?"
"My general has always respected your character and is willing to serve you as a duke, a general, and a governor."
"The people in the city are so innocent! Things have reached this point. Can't I just die to serve the country?"
Wang Shiliang sighed sadly.
Guo En said hurriedly: "We are both from Taiyuan. The two families have always been good friends. We had a deep friendship in the past. My ancestor Guo Yan is now beside the general, making suggestions for him. He will serve as a guarantee. The prince is completely
No need to worry!"
"Besides, in today's war, you have no hope, and you have not lost your honor."
"Forget it, then I'll go out of the city with you and accept the surrender."
Guo En smiled and stroked his beard.
Not long ago, Wang Shiliang's brother-in-law sent someone to contact Guo Yan. Guo Yan was Quan Jingxuan's deputy general who joined the army to advise him. He and Lao Wang were both from Taiyuan, Taiyuan's Wang family and Taiyuan Guo family.
From that time on, the Zhou people knew that Wang Shiliang was going to surrender, so they did not have any fear or worry.
Guo En was about to speak when he suddenly remembered something, "Your Majesty, it's just the chief historian just now."
"No problem."
The gate of Xuanhu City is wide open.
Quan Jingxuan, the great general of Zhou Dynasty, rode his war horse and led everyone to the city gate.
Wang Shiliang bowed his head and knelt down on the roadside to greet him.
Quan Jingxuan hurriedly dismounted and helped him up personally, "Why would you do this, Your Majesty?"
"The false king of Qi has lost his virtue. You don't want to see the casualties of the people in the city, so you surrender. What a benevolent person!"
Wang Shiliang wiped away his tears and Guo Yan hurriedly walked out from the side and said movedly: "It is really touching that the prince has to bear infamy for the sake of the world!"
Quan Jingxuan immediately ordered everyone in the city to be pardoned and gave preliminary rewards within his authority.
Even Biejia received a golden reward.
Above the city gate, a solitary head hangs.
The head's eyes widened, and his face was filled with disbelief and despair.
Downstairs, the sages accepted the canonization, smiled and chatted.
The cold wind blew, and his head shook. He stared straight at the people under the city gate without saying a word.
Everyone walked into the city with laughter. Quan Jingxuan suddenly raised his head and looked at the lonely head.
"Who is that?"
Guo En, who was on the side, hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "General, this thief is the governor of the state. He was unwilling to surrender and was executed by the prince."
Quan Jingxuan said nothing, looking at the head solemnly with complicated eyes.
"Take it off."
"Burial."
"Ah Wei, Wei."
It was still quiet inside the official office.
The slaves in the distance are still renovating the cellar.
Those in the south are still cutting branches, and those in the north are still grooming their horses.
Everyone was sitting in the inner room, chatting and laughing, and the servants brought delicacies and placed them in front of everyone.
Guo Yan and Wang Shiliang chatted happily and frequently toasted.
Quan Jingxuan sat in the upper seat, smiling and sipping wine gently.
The banquet went well. At the end, Wang Shiliang informed Guo Yan of several interesting places in the city and suggested that he could go and play.
After sending these people away, only Quan Jingxuan and Guo Yan were left in the room.
Guo Yan looked at Quan Jingxuan and smiled, "General, you feel a little disgusted?"
"What do you hate?"
"A villain who is different from his appearance?"
"Don't hate it. If there are more people like this, fewer of my people will die."
Guo Yan smiled and took a sip of wine, "The general said yes. Fortunately, there are many people like this among the people of Qi."
"Now we have captured Yuzhou effortlessly, and Yongzhou will be next."
"Yongzhou, I don't think it will cost much."
"oh?"
"Xiao Shiyi, the governor of Yongzhou, is also an old friend of yours?"
"Hahaha, I don't have this honor."
"This Inspector Xiao is the nephew of Liang Wu from the clan in the south. He is from the Xiao clan. In terms of background, he is even more powerful than the King of Taiyuan."
"The ancestor is Xiao He of the former Han Dynasty, which is the mother clan. They are all descendants of the loyal minister Zhang Hua in the Jin Dynasty."
Guo Yan seemed to be teasing a few words, and suddenly said seriously: "Wang Shiliang surrendered, and he will definitely surrender."
"As long as the general can lead his troops, he will definitely surrender."
"After we take over the two states, we can take a break and wait for the good news about the Duke and Yang Xun."
Huaizhou, Wude County.
Thirty thousand elite troops are advancing at full speed in a mighty and mighty manner.
Flags were flying like clouds, and the sound of horse hooves was resounding. Even the wild beasts in the dense forests on both sides were frightened by this posture and fled in all directions.
Yang Fu rode his war horse and galloped at the front of the army.
When they came to a fork in the road, Yang Tu suddenly stopped, raised his flag, and the whole army stopped immediately.
Yang Ming squinted his eyes and looked up at the road in the distance. Scouts were rushing back and forth to report the situation.
Han Sheng held the reins tightly and panted.
He looked at the unparalleled Yang Chu beside him and said hurriedly:
"General, we are going too fast! If we go further, we will reach Liyang County!"
"You can temporarily stop and rest until subsequent military orders."
Yang Tong snorted coldly, raised his whip and pointed into the distance, "Li Yang is nothing! I want to fight as far as Yecheng!"
"I led a weak army in the past and was able to defeat the Qi people and win every battle. I surrendered myself to the army and fought with the Qi people more than forty times without ever being defeated! What do the Qi people have to fear?!"
"When the Duke asked me to go out to fight, didn't he just want me to go deep into the enemy's territory so that they would not dare to rescue Luoyang without any worries?!"
Han Sheng wiped his sweat and said, "The reputation of the general is well known to everyone in the world. The Duke did ask us to threaten the Qi army, but we are too deep now. The map does not match the terrain here, and the scouts have become lost.
The situation is such that we can no longer march like this."
"So, General Han is better at fighting than me?"
Yang Tu asked lightly.
Han Sheng was immediately speechless. He was a civil servant who only joined the army temporarily to fight. How could he dare to compete with a strong general like Yang Yu?
Yang Tu didn't lie. He had indeed never been defeated and always maintained a 100% winning rate against Qi Ren.
Yang Tu proudly looked at the distant terrain and said softly: "Now is a very good time."
"Luoyang and other places are besieged, and the people of Qi will definitely go to rescue them. Jinyang soldiers and Yecheng soldiers will definitely be drawn out to fight. Yecheng's army is not large to begin with. If they are drawn out again, wouldn't it be a disaster?
Has it become an empty city?”
"If we can get to Yecheng before the enemy can react, Yecheng will definitely surrender!"
"You can achieve the victory of destroying Qi in one fell swoop!!"
Yang Tu's eyes were wild, but his strategy was very clear.
Han Sheng was suddenly sweating profusely. I asked why he was so eager and ran all the way. Do you want to imitate Deng Ailai and destroy the country in a surprise attack?
"But, General, we rushed there with such great fanfare. This is an official road, not a mountain road. The enemy should know our movements."
"It doesn't matter if you know. Jinyang soldiers are too late to support us. How many Yecheng soldiers can we have? Can they still stop us?"
The scouts brought news at this moment. They found traces of the enemy in the north, and they seemed to be forming formation.
Yang Tu was overjoyed.
"These must be Yecheng soldiers. They abandoned the strong city and took the initiative to fight. They will definitely be defeated!"
"Rest here and defeat the enemy army with me tomorrow!!"
On the high slope opposite, among the large dry forest, Lou Rui was staring in the direction of Yang Gu's army, with anger flashing in his eyes.
"Young man Yang Tu really doesn't take us seriously at all, and dares to rest in formation on the plain??"
"Okay, okay, okay."
"Let General Han lead the crossbowmen to the Western Mountains, rest and adjust there, and let General Hou Mochen lead the troops to bypass the enemy, ambush the back roads, and wait for my orders."
"Let the cavalry start heavy armor, get ready, and wait for my order!!!"
Here, the soldiers were still setting up camp, and the scouts were deployed by him on both sides. Some civilians were cutting down trees, and some were making fires.
As for Yang Gu himself, he was currently discussing the offensive route with several military officers.
"After defeating this enemy army, we can go straight to Yecheng. If the enemy flees, they must go to Jinyang. After passing Liyang, we can divide our troops into two groups, take Yecheng all the way, and go to Jinyang all the way. Don't let the thieves escape.
Meet up with Jinyang"
Yang Tu proudly planned his plans after victory.
The war drums sounded suddenly.
The entire camp began to tremble, and dust was billowing in the distance. Yang Fu was a little panicked. If the soldiers from Yecheng came all the way, how could they dare to fight him at this time?
Yang Tu quickly began to command, and the army quickly gathered. Heavy cavalry appeared on the official road in the distance, charging towards the camp.
The two sides fought, and Yang Fu, wearing armor, personally went to command the front army.
From the mountains to the west, another army suddenly came out. Taking advantage of the geographical advantage, they began to shoot and kill the Zhou army below. The knights launched a fierce attack.
The situation changed in an instant. The location where Yang Yu was stationed was really bad, with low terrain and gentle slopes on both sides.
Yang Tu was not afraid, and galloped wildly, taking the lead, attacking from left to right, and then ordered the army to retreat.
The ambushes from the rear completely confused the formation of the Zhou soldiers. They were forced from three sides, tens of thousands of people were continuously compressed, and their range of activities became smaller and smaller. They were squeezed into a ball.
The soldiers screamed and fell to the ground, trampling on each other.
Yang Tu didn't even react. When he tried to break out, he met the soldiers commanded by Lou Rui. Lou Rui led these people to fight against Yang Tu. Faced with Yang Tu's crazy attack, he never retreated.
Yang Xun was exhausted.
The undefeated general holds a horse spear and is surrounded by enemies.
He looked around blankly.
Corpses are scattered all over the mountains and hills, all of which are the price of arrogance.
Han Sheng's head was chopped off by the enemy and placed on the flag, and he died with his eyes open.
The Qi people, who were fighting more and more fiercely, surrounded him with spears in their hands and slowly stepped forward, their eyes full of ferocity.
Lou Rui was riding a war horse, covered in blood, and he stared at the opponent.
"Yang Chu."
"Wish to live?"
Chapter completed!