Liu Taozi raised the spear in his hand and threw it towards the distance.
The spear flew out like lightning.
The knights only heard the sound of breaking through the air and a gust of wind blowing past their ears.
Dugu Yongye, who was wearing broken armor and wearing short-sighted soldiers, was pierced by the spear.
"Crack!!"
With the sound of bones breaking, the scene froze.
Dugu Yongye still raised the knife in his hand, his eyes fierce, and the horse under his crotch maintained a charging posture.
The spear passed through his abdomen, half behind him and half in front of him.
The picture suddenly broke again.
Dugu Yongye flew away from his horse, blood splattered.
The surrounding knights were terrified, and the elite guards who had followed Dugu Yongye and had experienced hundreds of battles also showed fear at this moment.
The leader they had protected for many years died.
However, the Han knights did not give them a chance to breathe, and rushed forward one after another. The guards fell to the ground one after another.
A layer of blood red was smeared on the charred land. On the dead trees in the distance, there were evil birds staring at the ground, as if they wanted to pick up some food to eat.
Corpses covered the ground, and the war horses that could still get up stood quietly aside, wailing.
Heavily armed soldiers were picking up the corpses and piling them together.
Someone started digging a hole on the spot to bury the enemy.
Kou Liu panted and walked to a high ground. His face was stained with blood, and he could no longer lift one of his hands. He seemed to have suffered something on his face. One eye was swollen, and he looked miserable.
"Brother."
He spoke.
Liu Taozi had already dismounted and half of his armor was removed. He stared at the battlefield opposite, silent.
"I failed to stop Dugu Yongye and shocked him."
"Don't talk nonsense."
Liu Taozi interrupted him.
After Dugu Yongye left the city, someone quickly informed Liu Taozi of the news. Liu Taozi asked Zu Jue to take Zhang Heizu and Shi Wansui to recover the area around Jinyong City, while he led Kou Liu to pursue Dugu Yongye.
Dugu Yongye ran very fast, and they did not run slowly either.
After chasing for a whole day and night, we finally caught up with the enemy here.
Dugu Yongye did not continue to escape, but launched a counterattack with his last confidants. The fighting was fierce, and Dugu Yongye once reached the position of the middle army where Liu Taozi was.
Then Liu Taozi threw a spear and killed him.
Kou Liu said no more and followed Liu Taozi's line of sight to look at the corpses.
The last group of Qi warriors, Lao Xianbei or someone who called himself Lao Xianbei, also died on the battlefield.
These people were rough, vicious, brave, unruly, and straightforward. They fought out of six towns with their swords raised, and then terrorized the world for decades.
The state of Qi rose because of them and fell because of them.
After clearing the battlefield, Liu Taozi led Kou Liu towards the direction of Jinyong City.
The damage along the road was very clean. Several counties in Luozhou and the villages outside the city were almost bulldozed. Walking this way, all you can see on the road are corpses.
Looking at these wreckage, Kou Liu was so angry that he wanted to kill Dugu Yongye a few more times.
He could die no matter how many times he died.
Jinyong City still retains the wounds left by many wars between Zhou and Qi.
The city wall can be seen with traces of wheel-throwing bullets. Many of the gaps are incomplete and riddled with holes. Broken arrows can even be seen stuck in the cracks of the city wall.
When Liu Taozi led the knights and came here with the severed heads and various flags, Zu Jue had already completed his mission.
After Dugu Yongye escaped, chaos broke out here.
Those with brains began to flee elsewhere, most of them running to the south, hoping to join Chen State.
The brainless ones took the opportunity to start looting, plundering grain depots, and even wanted to rob the palace.
When Zu Jue arrived, there were no soldiers left to fight in the city, and only a group of bandits were left.
Zu Jue took over the city without spending much money, sent people to control the city gates, and then arrested and suppressed them one by one.
Many of the rebels were killed, and the rest surrendered and were imprisoned.
Most of the ministers under Dugu Yongye chose to surrender before they had time to escape.
Of course, the most important thing is that they captured the little emperor established by Dugu Yongye and Duan Shao, Gao Yan.
When Liu Taozi and others arrived at the city gate, Zu Jue took the prisoners to greet the King of Han at the city gate.
The little emperor Gao Yan stood at the front with a look of horror on his face. His clothes had been replaced by ordinary clothes, and he was surrounded by elite soldiers on both sides.
He is a smart kid, but at heart, he is just a kid.
If he survives until summer this year, he will be eleven years old.
Zu Jue stood aside proudly and glanced at the little emperor with inexplicable malice.
When Liu Taozi appeared in front of everyone, everyone bowed to see her.
Zu Jue looked at the helpless little emperor and said in a low voice: "If you want to survive, then make a big gesture and accuse Duan Shao and Dugu Yongye."
The little emperor was trembling all over and didn't know what to say.
Zu Jue's eyes became colder little by little.
Liu Taozi dismounted, walked in front of everyone, and pulled Zu Jue up, "What's the situation in the city?"
"Your Majesty, all those who caused the rebellion have been caught, and the ministers under Dugu Yongye have not been able to escape. The false emperor has also been caught by us."
Liu Taozi then looked at the little guy beside him.
Gao Yan raised his head and looked at this notorious rebel.
Liu Taozi just glanced at him and turned her head elsewhere.
"Send this little baby to Pingcheng."
Zu Jue was a little anxious. He hurriedly came over and whispered: "Your Majesty, the destruction of Qi is a big deal."
"When Duan Shao took away the jade seal, he could be allowed to hold the jade seal and formally surrender in front of everyone in the world. He would condemn the actions of Duan Shao and Dugu Yongye, and prove that your majesty is the one destined by fate."
After listening to Zu Jue's words, Liu Taozi looked at him with intriguing eyes.
"Grandpa."
"Why did you start using this thing again?"
"Do I need a little doll to prove whether I am destined to be here?"
Zu Jue never gave in on certain issues. He said seriously: "This is not an ordinary little baby. This is the emperor in the eyes of many people who miss Qi. It is the last relic."
"Many common people south of the river may not all know Duan Shao and Dugu Yongye, but they must all know the Emperor of Qi."
"It is necessary for the emperor to surrender. Our troops are taking over the states and counties in various places. After this news is announced, it can help us clear the last obstacle and let the world know that Qi State has completely ceased to exist. From now on, it will be
Only Han."
Zu Jue rambled on and on.
Liu Taozi didn't care anymore, "Grandpa, let's go and do it."
Only then did Zu Jue feel satisfied.
Liu Taozi led the rest of the people into Jinyong City.
When his army reached Jinyong City, he had no further plans.
Liu Taozi did accumulate a lot of food last year, so he could send so many troops out together this year.
However, seeing that spring planting is approaching again, the war should gradually subside.
After returning to the palace, Zu Jue immediately took out his new strategy book.
After handing this document to Liu Taozi, Zu Jue was busy going through the standard procedures for the demise of the Puppet Qi.
Liu Taozi didn't care much about the process, but he was very interested in this new strategy.
Zu Jue's original strategy was to focus on the puppet Zhou Dynasty, and let Liu Taozi lead the armies of the four states and cooperate with the army of Shanglingzhou to attack from the north.
Because of Yang Su, the Han army's firepower was transferred from the north to the south, and the main attack direction was changed from the Puppet Zhou Dynasty to Henan.
From this perspective, Yang Su's strategy cannot be said to be completely useless.
Given the current state of the Puppet Zhou Dynasty, if Liu Taozi led the main force and many celebrities to attack from the north, it's hard to say what would happen.
Zu Jue changed his strategy at that time and attacked Dugu Yongye openly, killing Duan Shao, and secretly divided his forces to attack Zhou and seize its Xiazhou defense line.
Zu Jue's strategy failed.
The reason for the failure was that Liu Taozi played too fast.
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First of all, Duan Shao was here. Dugu Yongye directly forced him to death, which caused Liu Taozi to develop extremely quickly. Dugu Yongye was also a capable general, but compared with Duan Shao, there was at least two differences between the two.
Huang Fazhu.
The Qi army without Duan Shao, especially when the people's support was against them, simply could not stop Liu Taozi and collapsed one after another.
When Liu Taozi crossed Hanoi and arrived in Luozhou, the situation became even clearer.
No one anywhere was willing to fight and surrendered directly.
Zu Jue originally thought that those south of the river would not surrender, because the behavior of the Han army north of the river had spread throughout the world, including "killing innocent people indiscriminately", "burning, killing and looting", "destroying temples" and "all
'Fields granted land'
Those who were killed were nobles who were not human beings, those who were robbed were wealthy people who did not care about human affairs, and those who were destroyed were monks who took advantage of others by force.
These three have a strong say in the local area and are also the most powerful.
After seeing the fate of their accomplices in the north, how could these thieves surrender easily?
But Zu Jue still thought too highly of them.
When they actually encountered the butcher's knife, they did not dare to talk about justice and took the lead in surrendering, hoping that surrendering early would save their lives.
From one extreme to another extreme.
He praised Liu Taozi at all costs and pushed the Han army to the sky, hoping to get some meat to eat in the new era. If he couldn't get it, he would be alive.
Zu Jue thought they were not hard bones, but he did not expect that they had no bones at all, not even soft bones, but just skin bags wrapped in feces.
But in this way, Zu Jue's strategy of conquering Hanoi and taking Xiazhou in the north was over.
The south side directly surrendered, and the north side couldn't even defend Yanzhou due to internal fighting.
Zu Jue was not ready for this yet.
The reserves of officials were originally quite large, but now they suddenly bottomed out and were no longer enough.
The chaos and dilapidation in the south exceeded Zu Jue's imagination.
It is not difficult to take over the counties in the south, but how to keep the people inside who are waiting for food after they are taken over is the most important thing.
After the bad government of Dugu Yongye, several states in the south were crowded with disaster victims. It was obviously too late to plant in the spring this year, and even bigger problems would break out after the autumn harvest.
And the manpower to govern is obviously not enough.
In addition, there is a war in the north. A battle to break through the defense line suddenly ended in a battle to destroy the country. To be honest, if Liu Taozi summons a large army from Luozhou now, and then joins forces with Wang Lin to attack directly towards Chang'an, there is no guarantee that it will be possible.
The Kingdom of Zhou is really about to perish.
Among the many decisions, Zu Jue chose the most conservative one.
Liu Taozi grabbed Zu Jue's paperwork and read it for a long time.
Zu Jue believed that the war in the north should not be delayed any longer. Although there was a possibility of destroying Zhou, with the current national strength of Han, it was impossible for Han to destroy Zhou in one go.
Since it has exceeded the originally anticipated strategic purpose, it is time to stop in time, switch from offensive to defensive, and let Gao Changgong lead the generals to continue to garrison and protect the current territory without losing it. In Yanzhou, several cities have been robbed by the enemy.
It doesn't matter if he leaves, as long as the Xiazhou defense line is still in his hands, nothing else matters.
The main national strength should still be placed at home, that is, south of the newly obtained river.
Hebei provides strong troops, while Henan provides money and food.
At the beginning, the State of Qi had to prepare grain from Henan and transport it to Hebei every year as military supplies.
Although it has been heavily damaged now, the arable land is still fertile. In the past, the grain production of Yan, Xu, and Liang prefectures alone could equal the grain production of more than ten prefectures in the Puppet Zhou Dynasty.
The most important thing is to divide the administrative regions first.
In the past, ten states were established in Hebei, including Guangzhou and part of Qingzhou south of the river.
Zu Jue believed that seven states should be established south of the river.
Luozhou with Luoyang as the center, Yuzhou with Runan as the center, Yanzhou with Liangcheng as the center, Xuzhou with Pengcheng as the center, Haizhou with Langya as the center, Chuzhou with Jingshan as the center, Gaoping as the center
Weizhou is the center.
He drew a rough map by hand, which showed the general distribution and territorial scope of each state and county.
As for the selection of governor, Zu Jue could not give any suggestions. He only recommended three people.
One is Fang Bao, the former magistrate of Cheng'an County.
It was the man who believed in Huang Lao's theory and managed Cheng'an in an orderly manner. Liu Taozi spoke highly of him, and Zu Jue always kept this man in his heart.
Although Zu Jue didn't like him that much, he recognized his ability to govern the local area. As soon as the new state was established, he couldn't wait for him to take office.
Zu Jue hoped to make Lao Fang the governor of Yanzhou. His theory was not suitable for states that faced enemies directly, but for states located in the belly, such as Yanzhou, where the land was fertile and the population was concentrated, it was suitable for him to do it.
The second one is Su Qiong, an official of the temple court. This person was the one who suggested reducing losses in frontier fortress farming when Gao Yan was still there. In a sense, he was also one of the 'contributors' to Liu Taozi's success.
This man was honest and loved the people like his own son. When he was in the local government, he would not accept the fruits and melons given to him. He encouraged officials to study more and taught the people in the country to learn etiquette and culture.
In other dynasties, this move seemed a bit pedantic, but in Qi State, it was truly wise.
In the past, when floods occurred under his rule and there was no relief in the temples, he personally visited the wealthy families in the country and borrowed food from them to appease the victims. He saved more than a thousand families of victims and allowed them to survive. He was a fair and like-minded person.
He appealed for the people's grievances and offended many powerful people.
Zu Jue believed that it would be most appropriate for him to serve as the governor of Xuzhou.
The last one is Meng Ye, an official at Yushitai.
This Meng Ye can be regarded as a person who loves the people. When Gao Zhan came to power, he issued a "Donkey Raising Order", which stipulated that people must spend money to buy donkeys, and each state and county must raise a specified number of donkeys.
Anyone who raises enough donkeys will be punished.
The people were poor and couldn't come up with money at all. The emperor repeatedly ordered and urged Meng Ye to open a warehouse privately and use the money to buy donkeys to supplement his income. Then he was exposed and caught in Yecheng, where he was almost killed.
This talent is not too outstanding, a bit worse than the previous two, but fortunately he has experience in governing local areas, he is generous, and he treats the people well.
Zu Jue gave these three candidates. Even with these three, there are still four governors left, and the counties in various places need prefects and county magistrates.
Not only that, the north conquered many places. Even if they did not inherit the five states of the Zhou people, they would at least have to establish a Xia state to control the surrounding areas, and arrange a governor there.
It seems that the Han Dynasty needs at least eight new states. In addition to the three people just now, it also needs five governors.
As for prefects and county magistrates, there are countless of them.
Liu Taozi put away the memorial, and he still quite recognized Zu Jue's current strategy.
He had to find a way to stabilize Henan as soon as possible. As for destroying the Zhou Kingdom, he was not that urgent.
Liu Taozi immediately issued an edict and had people rush to get the edict to Pingcheng as quickly as possible.
The content of the edict is also very simple, it is about the establishment of several new states and the appointment and removal of appropriate officials.
Regarding the appointment of Xinzhou County and even new officials, Liu Taozi still hopes to get some advice from the temple.
As for himself, he rested in Jinyong City, accepted the "seal offering" arranged by Zu Jue, and announced to the world that Dugu Yongye and other remaining forces had been completely wiped out, and that there would no longer be any Qi state left, but all Han states.
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After doing all this, Liu Taozi slowly turned his attention to the neighbor to the west.
On the battlefield of Yanzhou, Gao Changgong fought fiercely with several generals of Zhou State.
Yu Wenxian refused to end the war just like that. He had to take back everything he lost.
Kou Liu, Zhang Heizu and others took Luozhou as the center, dispatched troops to various places, and stationed themselves in many cities.
Wang Lin finally crossed most of the Puppet Qi and led the leading army to Luozhou to join forces with Liu Taozi.
He only brought more than a thousand troops with him, and the rest of the army stayed in the cities that had been occupied, or were continuing to take over the remaining states and counties that had surrendered.
Chapter completed!