There was no suspense, 10,000 defenders did not resist at all, all obediently became prisoners of war of the Jin army, not long after, the soldiers pushed the enemy commander Li Mian in front of Li Bing, Li Mian was shocked by the violent explosion, he saw the chief general of the Jin army, and immediately shouted, "You are the most untrustworthy, said that you only take Sizhou, Bozhou, deceive our trust, and take the opportunity to seize Xuzhou, you are despicable and treacherous!" ”

"Shut up!"

Li Bing shouted angrily, "You brutally exploit the people of Xuzhou, God will not tolerate it, we will do the right thing for heaven, what is wrong!" ”

Li Mian snorted, "If you want to kill you, you want me to surrender, dream!" ”

Li Bing nodded, "I won't kill you, you can take your henchmen away, and I will give you food, but I said ugly things in front, if you loot people's property on the road, none of you will survive!" ”

Li Bing ordered the release of Li Mian, the enemy's commander, and 1,000 of his henchmen, and gave them 200 stone of grain to let them out of the city.

Li Mian really didn't expect the Jin army to let himself go, he left Pengcheng County with a thousand of his men in a panic and rushed to Songzhou.

Two thousand cavalry followed them from afar, this was to prevent them from plundering the people along the way, Li Mian may have been intimidated by the Jin army, and did not dare to mess around all the way, and left Xuzhou two days later and entered the territory of Songzhou.

On the one hand, Li Bing personally led the army to capture Xuzhou, and on the other hand, Li Bing ordered Gongsun Lianghe, who joined the army, to escort a transport army with thousands of carts, and sent 10,000 barrels of fire oil, 10,000 bows and 300,000 arrows to the defenders of Songcheng County, and 3,000 long-handled iron forks.

The Songzhou guards were Qiu Jingzhong's eldest son Qiu Yuan and the staff military advisor Hou Xicai, both of whom were civilian officials, although they could not prevent the large-scale exodus of the people of Songzhou, but they governed Songcheng County well, at least the army did not disturb the people, the law and order were orderly, the shops were still open, and the people lived normally.

The arrival of a thousand carts really made Qiu Yuan overjoyed, he and Hou Xicai personally went outside the city to greet him, Gongsun Liangji turned over and dismounted, stepped forward and hugged his fists and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin heard that Zhu Zhu drove the expedition in person, and he was worried that you would not be able to defend Song City, so he specially ordered us to send some materials to defend the city, this is the list!" ”

Qiu Yuan took the list and looked at it, and was immediately overjoyed, there were 10,000 barrels of fire oil, which was the most scarce strategic resource, as well as bows and arrows to defend the city, which was also a treasure that they didn't have, it would take at least a year and a half to make a bow to defend the city, and they couldn't wait for that time.

Qiu Yuan saw three thousand long-handled iron forks again, he was stunned, and asked puzzledly, "What are these iron forks for?" ”

Hou Xicai said with a smile: "This is to deal with the siege ladder, use an iron fork to directly resist the siege ladder and push it out of the city, the effect is good." ”

Qiu Yuan suddenly said, he hugged his fists again and said: "Thank you for the full support of His Royal Highness King Jin, we will remember it in our hearts." ”

At this time, Hou Xicai asked: "Just now Gongsun joined the army and said that Zhu Zhu wants to drive the expedition in person, is the news accurate?" ”

Gongsun Liangji nodded, "This is what the boss said to me, and let me tell you that the news is accurate, and the eagle letter was sent from Chang'an." ”

"Thank you Gongsun for joining the army in time!"

Gongsun Liangji ordered the unloading, and in less than half an hour, all the supplies were unloaded from the cart, and Gongsun Liangji immediately took his leave and left.

Looking at the convoy in the distance, Hou Xicai said to Qiu Yuan worriedly: "We don't know anything about the situation in Luoyang, but Chang'an knows very well that the news should be true, Zhu Zhu is going to drive the expedition in person, and the prince immediately wrote a letter asking the lord to withdraw to Songzhou, and the troops everywhere must also retreat!" ”

But Qiu Yuan's news was still a step slow, Qiu Jingzhong's 10,000 troops stationed in Caozhou Yiju County were raided by 30,000 troops led by Li Ji, the general of Qianniuwei, and the 10,000 defenders of Yiju County were all wiped out, and the main general Wang Lin was killed, Qiu Wen did not dare to face the battle, and hurriedly led the 20,000 defenders of Jiyin County to retreat to Songzhou.

At this time, Qiu Jingzhong also got the news of Zhu Zhu's personal expedition, he knew that his strength was inferior, and immediately ordered his third son Qiu Pai to withdraw from Weichi County, and he himself led 50,000 troops to retreat south, starting a strategic contraction.

In the wilderness west of Xiangyi County, the two armies were fighting fiercely, drums thundering, trumpets whimpering, and shouts of killing resounded throughout the field......

This is Qiu Jingzhong's 50,000 main army and the chasing Wang Zhongmou army broke out in a fierce battle, Qiu Jingzhong was originally going to withdraw to Songcheng County, but he didn't expect to shrink for more than ten days, Wang Zhongmou, who did not dare to fight, actually chased after him, Qiu Jingzhong couldn't bear the resentment in his heart, turned around and led the army to meet the battle.

But Qiu Jingzhong soon discovered that something was wrong, the equipment of this army was not the leopard Taowei, but the tiger Benwei's Mingguang armor and eagle prismatic helmet, and the morale was high, well-trained, and the army was close to 50,000 people.

Qiu Jingzhong knew that he had been fooled, the other party was under the banner of Leopard Taowei, but it was Tiger Benwei who came, but now the two sides are stuck together, if he hastily withdraws his army, he will inevitably be defeated, but if he does not withdraw, his army will eventually lose more and win less, which makes Qiu Jingzhong in a dilemma.

At this moment, a peripheral scout rushed to the scene and reported in a loud voice: "General Qiqi, an enemy army has been killed in the northeast, about 30,000 people, and it is less than ten miles away from us. ”

Qiu Jingzhong was taken aback, he hurriedly looked to the northeast, and faintly saw a thin black line in the distance, this must be Qianniuwei Li Ji killed from Caozhou, flanking back and forth, and if he didn't withdraw his army, he would inevitably be wiped out.

Qiu Jingzhong immediately ordered: "Order the whole army to evacuate to the south!" ”

'When! While! While! When ........'

The bell for the hasty withdrawal rang, and the Flying Bear Guard army in the fierce battle was unknown for unknown reasons, but the military order had been issued, and they had to leave the battlefield and flee south, and the Tiger Benwei took the opportunity to chase and kill, and the Qiu Jing army was defeated, and there were countless people who were killed and surrendered. The wilderness was full of fleeing soldiers and pursuing soldiers.

In this battle, Qiu Jingzhong's 50,000 main army suffered heavy losses, 30,000 people died or surrendered, and Qiu Jingzhong only led 20,000 remnants of the army to flee to Songcheng County.

At this time, the news that Xuzhou had been captured by the Jin army came, Qiu Jingzhong was extremely angry in his heart, but he was helpless, the other party's powerful iron fire thunder made him also afraid, so that he did not dare to make a mistake, he had to order the wall to clear the wilderness, and defend Songcheng County.

A flying eagle flew up from Xiangyi County to send the news of Qiu Jingzhong's defeat in Songzhou to Chang'an........

In Chang'an Daming Palace, Wang Yue, the commander of the internal guards, hurriedly walked into the official palace of King Jin and said to the guards: "Please report to Your Highness, just say that I have something urgent to see!" ”

The Inner Guard and the Jin Guard Mansion have been merged, the Jin Palaces were split into three, 500 warriors with strong martial arts were formed into the Neiwei Special Attack Battalion, and 2,000 female guards belonged to the Jin Palace, and their mission was to protect the safety of the Jin King and the families of important ministers.

In addition, there are information stations in various places that continue to be retained, and they are changed to be subordinate to the Yushi Observatory, and the leaders of each intelligence station have added the title of supervising the imperial history, and the former deputy commander Song Tian has been promoted to Yushi Zuocheng.

After a while, the guard came out and said, "Your Highness, please come in!" ”

Wang Yue walked into the official room, only to see that the new Han Gao had stood up and was about to leave, Han Gao was the son of Han Rong, and Guo Song, the king of Jin, had appointed him as Xiangguo to take over the vacancy of Duqiu Qiu.

"Thank you for Your Highness's trust, Weichen will work hard to complete the will of Dugu Xiangguo and make full use of water power!"

Before his assassination, he had been focusing on the use of water power, including water conservancy, flour grinding, rice cooking, cotton peeling, brick making, oil extraction, sauce making, and so on.

At the same time, he set up a hydraulic power institution in Taixue, specializing in cultivating talents and conducting research, and on the eve of his assassination, Dudu Qiu was presiding over the use of water power in mines and textiles.

Therefore, Han Gao took over the position of Xiangguo, and Guo Song also specially talked to him, hoping that he would continue to study in isolation and autumn, and use hydraulic power to a larger scale, which must involve the use of hydraulic machinery, which not only requires skilled craftsmen to give full play to their wisdom, but also needs the support and attention of the imperial court.

Guo Song said: "In addition, there is the promotion of coal, Daizhou found an easy-to-mine open-pit mine, the quality is also good, it is estimated that the coal output will increase greatly, this year the plan is to promote to the entire Guanzhong, you have to pay attention to this matter." ”

"Wechen remembered!"

Han Gao bowed and left, and Wang Yue hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "See Your Highness!" ”

Guo Song sat down and asked with a smile: "But there is news from Qiu Jingzhong's side?" ”

"Exactly, the humble post received the eagle letter, and Qiu Jingzhong's main force was defeated by Wang Zhongmou's army in Xiangyi County, with a loss of nearly 30,000 people."

After speaking, Wang Yue presented the copied eagle letter to Guo Song, Guo Song took the eagle letter and looked at it, shook his head and smiled: "This is a typical sheep's head strategy, selling dog meat with a sheep's head, it should be Liu Sigu's strategy, chasing under the banner of Wang Zhongmou, 'The general of the defeated army, dare to provoke?' So Qiu Jingzhong fell for the scheme. ”

"Your Highness, I'm afraid that the situation is not good!"