Liu Hao is a veteran of Li Zheng's era, and he is currently the number one general under Li Na, when Zhu Zhu attacked Licheng County, he was the commander-in-chief of the whole army, and the other two generals, Wu Xiaoqian and Pan Yu are only his deputy generals, it can be said that he has made great achievements in defending Licheng County.

Although Li Na didn't have any reward for him after the war, Liu Hao didn't care either, but an incident that happened a few days ago really made him feel depressed.

He led an army of 10,000 light soldiers and only brought ten days of dry food to Jeju, but the follow-up grain and grass were delayed, and he could only let the soldiers eat one meal a day, which almost caused the army to mutiny.

In desperation, he forcibly requisitioned the grain from four grain shops in Dong'e County and Yanggu County, as well as the granaries and pigs and sheep pens of 23 large households, and obtained 15,000 stone of grain and thousands of pigs and sheep, which solved the urgent needs of the army.

Liu Hao asked himself that there was no problem with this approach, it was much better than plundering by arson, and he called it forced requisition of food, not robbing people's property, and there was never a single casualty, which is already a rare thing in other armies.

But what Liu Hao didn't expect was that this incident actually caused Li Shigu to be furious, pointing at his nose and scolding him in front of dozens of generals, calling him a thief, a black sheep, and ruining the reputation of their father and son.

Liu Hao was also furious and ordered Li Shigu to be driven out of the barracks left and right, and Li Shigu immediately went south with more than a dozen of his men.

Several days have passed since this incident, but Liu Hao's mood is still very low.

The day after Li Shigu went south, he sent people to send 8,000 stone grain to Xuchang County, Yunzhou, at present, Li Na, the king of Qi, led 10,000 troops in Xuchang County, from Dong'e County to Xuchang County is not far, it is only two hundred miles away, but it has been several days, Li Na has not heard the news for a long time, shouldn't Li Na ask his son to apologize to himself?

The camp of the Qi army is just outside Dong'e County, inside the big tent, Liu Hao is pacing back and forth with his hands worried, Liu Hao is about fifty years old? Long a Chinese face? Thick eyebrows and tiger eyes, looking very powerful? Has he been following Li Zheng for many years? After Li Zheng died, he faithfully assisted Li Na? But I didn't expect that the Qi State would become more and more decaying, and in the end, only two states remained? And Jeju is also about to be difficult to protect.

Liu Hao doesn't think Li Na is mediocre and incompetent? On the contrary, Li Na was ambitious and very hardworking, but he made two major mistakes in strategic judgment? In the end, the state of Qi was buried.

The first time was to participate in the battle for Hebei? Li Na can't be blamed for this, everyone supports the Qingzi army to go north and get a piece of the pie from the chaotic situation in Hebei, even Zhu Zhu personally led the army north, why should they miss the opportunity.

But it turns out? The decision to go north led to the loss of 80,000 troops of the Qingzi Army, which became the heaviest loss since the establishment of the Qingzi Jiedu Mansion? With a direct loss of almost half of the army, was this a major strategic blunder anyway? They underestimated the determination and strength of the Jin army to unify Hebei.

The second strategic mistake was to form an alliance with the Jin army, if it was not an alliance with the Jin army at that time? But to huddle with Zhu Jun for warmth? Tie up? Jointly resist the eastward expansion of the Jin army, then there will be no Zhu Zhu leading dozens of troops to attack the Qi State, and there will be no Jin army fighting with the cranes and mussels, and the fishermen will benefit, they will not be defeated so badly.

But now there is no if, the matter has come to this point, they can only find a way to keep the last living force, and find a way to keep the last ray of vitality in Qi State.

At this time, there was a report from the soldiers outside the tent: "General Qiyu, the envoy of the Jin army is asking to see you outside the camp!" ”

"What?" Liu Hao was stunned for a moment.

He walked out of the big tent and asked, "It's the envoy of the Jin army, I heard it right, right?" ”

"It's the envoy of the Jin army!"

Of course, Liu Hao already knew the news that Li Bing led the army to Lu County, and he was preparing to fight to the death with the Jin army, but what did the arrival of the Jin army's envoy mean? Do you want to give yourself a war letter?

"Ask him to wait in the side tent, and I'll be right there!"

After speaking, Liu Hao turned around and went back to the account.......

The envoy of the Jin army is called Gongsun Lianghe, who is a soldier under Li Bing's tent Cao Shenjun, who is only twenty-six years old this year, born as a jinshi, of medium stature, and looks polite.

Gongsun Liangji was led to the side tent, and after only waiting for a moment, the curtain was lifted, and the tall Liu Hao walked in, and the soldier next to him introduced, "This is my general!" ”

Gongsun Liangji hurriedly got up and saluted, "Under Gongsun Lianghe, under General Li's account, he served as a soldier Cao to participate in the military, and he was ordered by General Li to send an envoy to your camp!" ”

Liu Hao glanced at him, sat down directly and asked, "How old are you?" ”

"Six out of twenty this year!"

Liu Hao laughed contemptuously, "At the age of twenty-six, you can be a soldier of a prince and join the military?" ”

Gongsun Lianghei's face flushed, and he said with a straight face: "The general shouldn't be so rude, it's okay if you despise me, but I am now representing General Li, and the general despises me is to despise the Jin army and General Li." ”

Liu Hao was stunned for a moment, and then said apologetically: "It's me who didn't think about it, apologize to Gongsun for joining the army, please sit down and talk!" ”

Gongsun Liangji saw that the other party apologized to himself, and the dissatisfaction in his heart quickly subsided, he sat down, he took out a letter from his arms and presented it to Liu Hao, "This is a handwritten letter from my general to General Liu, please take a look at it!" ”

Liu Hao took the letter and opened it, read two lines and said with a wry smile: "General Li actually praised me as a loyal and brave general, a general who is compassionate to the people, and I can accept a loyal and brave general, but a general who is compassionate to the people, doesn't he know that I just robbed the people of food?" ”

Gongsun Liangji bowed down and said: "My general is to praise the general for this matter, the army has no food, if it is not solved in time, there will inevitably be a large-scale out-of-control incident of the army, wantonly looting the people's property, burning and killing adultery is inevitable, the general is to avoid this extreme situation, only at the minimum cost, forcibly requisitioned grain shops and large grain depots, this is not a loss for them, on the contrary, it protects the people, so my general thinks that this is a move of compassion for the people, and praises the general for being a general who cares for the people. Not excessive. ”

Liu Hao was silent, he was inexplicably moved in his heart, the person who really understood himself turned out to be the enemy, compared to Li Bing's humility, how narrow-minded Li Sigu was.

Li Bing said in the letter that Li Na was at the end of his rope, even if the King of Jin was willing to let go, Zhu Jun would never spare Li Na's father and son, and hoped that he would not stand under the dangerous wall, defect to the King of Jin, and seek a way back for himself and his descendants.

After a while, Liu Hao sighed and said: "Please Gongsun join the army for me to thank General Li for his understanding and love, since I admit that I am a loyal and brave general, I dare not throw away a loyal word in this, the old lord treats me well, and now his descendants are in trouble, how can I abandon them to seek wealth and prosperity, although Li Shigu is rude to me, but I can't be unjust." ”

Gongsun Liangji said again: "The general may not know, Zhu Zhu is currently negotiating with His Royal Highness the King of Jin, Zhu Zhu proposed to use the heads of Ji, Yun and Li Na and his son in exchange for Cuihan, His Royal Highness the King of Jin did not agree, so he ordered General Li to seize Jeju first, our 30,000 cavalry has arrived, if the general must fight a decisive battle, two hours later, 30,000 cavalry will be killed in Dong'e County!" ”

Liu Hao was stunned, he was in a state of confusion, he glanced at Gongsun Lianghei, and suddenly said, "Li Bing is not afraid that I will use the army as a hostage?" ”

Gongsun Liangji shook his head, "Li Na's second son Li Shidao is still a hostage in Chang'an, if the general kills me, then the king of Jin will kill Li Shidao, how can the general explain to Li Na?" ”

Liu Hao didn't expect the other party to be so powerful, he refuted himself in one sentence, he paced back and forth in the big tent with his hands, and looked up at the direction of Lu County, the other party was 30,000 elite cavalry, and he couldn't resist it no matter what, the poor lord only had so many troops left, and he couldn't be damaged anymore, the territory could not be wanted, but the army must be kept.

Liu Hao has commanded the army for more than 20 years, and it is impossible not to know that 'people are lost in the land, and people and land are lost; Save people and lose land, and everyone and land will be gained! 'The soldiers are wise.

But he was afraid that the lord would not understand, and after pondering for a long time, Liu Hao finally decided to take responsibility.

Thinking of this, he turned to Gongsun Liangji and said, "Please join the army and tell General Li that I don't want a decisive battle, I will immediately lead the army south to retreat to Yunzhou and give Jeju to you!" ”

Waiting for Gongsun Lianghei to leave and leave, Liu Hao immediately ordered, "The whole army will pull out the camp and evacuate to Yunzhou!" ”

.......

As Guo Song judged, Wang Chongxin was still negotiating in Luoyang, but Zhu Zhu gave them 50,000 stone of grain in order to stabilize Li Na's army, and Li Na also stabilized in Yunzhou.

Li Na has a great weakness, poor psychological endurance, relatively weak will, if the career is smooth, he will be high-spirited and ambitious to seek development, but once he is hit hard, his will will quickly disintegrate, into a state of self-abandonment and decadence.

In fact, not only him, but most people are like this, their careers will become depressed after suffering continuous blows, after all, there are only a few strong-willed people in this world.

Li Na was once decadent after the defeat in Hebei, but under the repeated persuasion of Minister Wang Chongxin, he cheered up again, regained his strength, and regained his strength.

But this time, the vitality that had just recovered was destroyed again, and his wife and daughter fell into the hands of the enemy, and the blow to Li Na can be imagined, plus Wang Chongxin went to Luoyang to negotiate, no one persuaded Li Na to cheer up.

Therefore, after Li Na came to Xuchang County, he once again indulged in his favorite military drama, Yunzhou is a highly developed area of military drama, there are many folk masters, and there are more than 20 clubs in Xuchang County that perform military dramas or gardens for learning and exchanging military dramas.

This is undoubtedly like a fish in water for Li Na, he does not care about military and political affairs at all, and orders his son Li Shigu to rush back from Jeju to deal with military affairs, and he wanders around one theater club after another all day long, completely indulging in it.

Li Na's decadence and selfishness finally aroused the dissatisfaction of some generals, and also triggered the peeping of some generals.