Ever since Qin's Mengjia army was suddenly stationed on the border between Qin and Qi, Tian Jian, the king of Qi, was worried, and he was sullen every day, for fear that if he opened his eyes one morning, the Qin army would hit the gate of his palace.

Seeing that the king of Qi was full of sorrow every day, he persuaded the king of Qi and said: "The king can rest assured, the Qin army's move is nothing more than to establish power to my king, my king did not contribute to the attack on Qin when the six countries joined forces, although it made the other five countries unhappy, but it was all an old thing." Qin and Qi are allies, so what else does the king have to worry about. ”

His most trusted Lord Xiangguo said so, and the sadness on Qi Wangjian's face disappeared after hearing this, and he continued to drink and have fun every day, and he had already forgotten about the fact that the Qin State had destroyed the Chu State.

Meng Tian took 5,000 cavalry to the Mengjia army camp on the border, and Meng Li and Du Hui hurriedly came out to greet him. It turned out that before Meng Tian set off from Handan City, he had already sent a message to Du Hui in Chendi, asking him to bring the 50,000 Mengjia troops there to rendezvous.

After getting off the horse and entering the tent, Meng Tian directly asked Meng Li about the situation of Qi State.

"General, now our army is stationed in the north of the Qi State, and the closest to here is the Lixia of the Qi State, where there are only 20,000 people stationed in the Qi State. All you need is an order from the general, and the last general will guarantee it, and only a stick of incense is needed, and the last general will be able to take down the calendar. Meng Li said to Meng Tian.

20,000 people? Qi Guo actually stationed 20,000 people in front of him? This made Meng Tian find it very interesting. 20,000 people are not enough for their 150,000 army, I am afraid that the tooth sacrifice is not enough, I don't know if this King of Qi is bad or looks down on himself.

Meng Tian looked at the Lixia City marked on the map, as long as Linzi City was defeated, the Mengjia army could go all the way to Linzi, the capital of Qi State.

Meng Tian pointed to the calendar on the map with his horsewhip, and he said, "No, the Qi State put 20,000 soldiers and horses here, probably I didn't expect that we would attack from the northern front of the Qi State." You think, we have just destroyed the state of Chu, the state of Chu is in the south of the state of Qi, and if the state of Qi wants to defend our army, it should pay attention to their southern front. So I think the two perfect people of Qi should not be intentional. ”

Du Hui said on the side: "The general is right, when the last general rushed here from Chendi, there were a lot of soldiers and horses added to the front line of the Nanjing of Qi State, and the last general didn't know what was going on at that time, but today he suddenly realized." ”

"Hehe, no matter what the purpose of these 20,000 horses is in front of us, how can the meat in the mouth let it slip away. Meng Li, Du Hui. ”

"The end will be. Meng Li and Du Hui responded.

"Give you 40,000 horses, and before the time of today, you must take the calendar. ”

"Forty thousand is a bit of a lot, General. Meng Li said after listening to Meng Tian's words.

Meng Tian looked at him and said: "Quick battle, our soldiers are all tempered, and I will feel sorry for the loss of a single person on the battlefield, so this time I will give you 40,000 people, and we must minimize the loss of our army, do you understand?"

"No. ”

The siege battles ended very quickly, from the time the Qin army launched an attack to the time when Meng Tian led the army into the city, it took less than a stick of incense.

Meng Tian led the army into the city, and after seeing Meng Li and Du Hui, he saw the two of them happily, so he asked, "What's the matter, are you so happy to fight such a small battle?"

"That, the general didn't know anything, as soon as our soldiers began to attack the city, the general of Qi who was guarding the past surrendered. Meng Li said with a smile.

The generals who defended the city knew that they were facing more than 100,000 Qin troops, and they were the elite Mengjia army in Qin's million-strong army.

He is the son of a general of the Qi State, and he was originally sent to the background by relying on his father's relationship, which can be regarded as a tempering for him, but in the second year of his tenure, he encountered the Qin army attacking the city, which made this general who had never killed the city how good it was. As a result, when the tempering led the army to the city, before the Qin army's siege ladder came out, he raised a white flag on the city wall and surrendered.

"What about the general of the Qi Kingdom?" Meng Tian asked curiously.

"With his men over there, would the general like to meet that person?" Du Hui said.

Meng Tian shook his head and said: "No need, you go and tell him, just say that General Ben saw that he had made meritorious contributions to the city, and let him take his subordinates to be a ten-captain in the Mengjia army, and if he made meritorious service in the future, he would be promoted." ”

"Captain Ten?" Meng Li was a little surprised, "What is the use of the general keeping him behind such a soft egg?" 2018

Meng Tian smiled and said: "Since he has surrendered, he is the people of my Qin State, besides, because he has caused us to suffer many fewer casualties, isn't this a merit? Go ahead, let him work hard under you." ”

Meng Li reluctantly left, he didn't want his subordinates to have such a shameful thing, what backbone could a person who surrendered at the sight of the enemy.

After laying down the calendar, it means that a gap has been opened in the northern line of Qi State, and from this gap all the way down, it will not take long to reach Linzi City directly, so it is nearly half less than the date estimated by Meng Tian before.

The loss of Lixia City surprised the ministers of Qi State, and perhaps it was also the willingness of Qin State to come in from the northern line of Qi State by surprise, rather than from the junction of Qi and Chu in the south.

Qi Wangjian sat on his throne, and from the moment he received the news of Lixia's loss, he almost rolled down from his princess's jade-like body, and he didn't believe that Qin Guo actually launched an attack on him without saying a word.

Early the next morning, after all the ministers of Qi arrived at the court, Qi Wangjian sat on the throne with the support of two big black circles in the chamberlain.

"Zhongqing's family, you must have heard the news of the Qin army's defeat. The widow doesn't want to ask you what's going on now, just what you're going to do?"

The civil and military ministers of the Qi State, you look at me, I look at you, no one dares to be the first to speak.

"Lord Xiangguo, didn't you say that the Qin army would not act against the Qi State in the face of the allies of Qin and Qi? Why don't you speak?"

Hou Sheng was named by King Qi and knew that he couldn't deal with things anymore. He stood up and said: "Back to the king, the minister thought that the Qin army would attack my Qi country from the northern front this time. It was premeditated a long time ago, and besides, the army of our Qi State was on the southern front to guard against the army of Wang Jian of the Chu State, who would have thought that the Qin army would fight from the north? The minister suggested that the army of the southern front be transferred back and guard the route from Lixia to the middle of Linzi to block the Qin army. ”

After Hou Sheng finished speaking, the Qi courtiers who were vassals behind Hou Sheng echoed and agreed with what Hou Sheng said.

The Qin army has already fought over, and it is too late to hold anyone accountable now, so it is better to find a way to resist the Qin army first.

"Okay, leave everything to Xiangguo, the widow didn't rest well last night, and now he's a little tired, let's disperse." ”

After the King of Qi left, Hou Sheng walked out of the court, followed by many ministers who supported him in front of the King of Qi.

Hou Sheng walked in front without saying a word, and although the people behind him wanted to know what he thought, they didn't say anything when they saw that he didn't speak.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that the Qin army is about to hit our doorstep, the king has handed over the matter of blocking the Qin army to the prime minister, you have to be by the side of the prime minister to help. ”

"Lord Xiangguo, the Qin army is brave and extraordinary, I'm afraid that my Qi army is not their opponent. A military general said that his son was the general who defended the city under Lixia, and now Lixia City was defeated by the Qin army, and his baby son was alive or dead I don't know.

"General Zhang don't worry, although the Qin army has laid down the calendar, your son is still alive and well. Hou Sheng glanced at the military general who spoke, and said coldly.

The general surnamed Zhang was a little embarrassed on his face, but he was very happy in his heart, at least he could have an explanation with the tigress at home when he got home.

Hou Sheng walked to his chariot, sat in the car, and said to the ministers who were still following him and did not disperse: "Now that the catastrophe is coming, I hope you can find your position, even if the sky falls in the future, there will naturally be tall people for you to support, you know?"

All the ministers below looked at each other, not understanding what Hou Sheng's words meant. When they still wanted to ask Hou Sheng about the meaning of his words, the groom driving the chariot waved the long whip in his hand, and Hou Sheng's chariot left.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that the king doesn't care about state affairs, only Lord Xiangguo takes care of it alone, our future depends on Lord Xiangguo, and we will go wherever Lord Xiangguo goes, so maybe our family business can be saved. "It's no secret that Hou Sheng has a close relationship with the Qin people, and when I heard him say this today, the minister who had a heart and mind quickly figured out what Hou Sheng meant.

All the ministers also understood, and nodded yes.

Tens of thousands of troops of Qi were transferred from the southern front, but when they arrived in Linzi City, Meng Tian led the Mengjia army to Linzi City, and the war was about to break out.