On the third day of the first month of April, under the city of Qiancheng Beicheng, the third army of the Yan army, and the big tent of the Chinese army.

Li Shun, deputy commander and commander of the First Division, walked in.

Seeing the army commander Hu Guiliang and the deputy general and political commissar Ma Shunda, they were discussing something.

Li Shun hugged his fists and bowed to the two of them: "Commander Qiyu, political commissar, and the Qi army in the northern city of Qiancheng have withdrawn to the southern city in a hurry. Our army has taken over the horse farm of the Qi army outside the northern city. There were not many captured war horses, less than 10,000. ”

Adjutant General Ma Shunda smiled and said to Hu Guiliang: "Commander, there is a shortage of war horses in Qi State, and it is already good that our army can capture so many war horses here." Moreover, the occupation of this horse farm has greatly reduced the pressure on the logistics of our army. ”

The army commander Hu Shunliang also laughed and said to Li Shun:

"General Li, the 1st Division has done a good job. Our army entered the northern city and did not harass the inhabitants of the city, right? ”

Li Shun hurriedly bowed down and said, "Commander, our army has long emphasized the military discipline of entering the city in advance, and no one dares to harass the residents in the city. However, he caught a few ruffians in the city who wanted to take advantage of the fire and cut off his head. Now the inhabitants of the city have settled down. ”

Hu Shunliang nodded: "Okay, it's good." ”

Turning his head to Ma Shunda, he said: "Political commissar, ahead is the destination of our army this time - Qiancheng City." Director Huang, the director of the intelligence bureau, has personally sent news that the main force of the Qi army has now been assembled in Qin Zhou City, and it seems that it will come to reinforce Qiancheng City soon. ”

When Ma Shunda heard this, he looked serious and said to Hu Guiliang:

"Commander, before the arrival of the reinforcements of the Qi army, our army must take the city of Qiancheng as soon as possible, hold the city, and wait for the arrival of the army in our rear. Otherwise, once our army forms a confrontation with the Qi army here, it will be very unfavorable to our army. ”

Hu Guiliang didn't speak, came to the map in the tent, and looked at the map.

Turning to Ma Shunda and Li Shun, he ordered: "Pass my general order and order our army to go to Qiancheng Nancheng immediately, and take Qiancheng Nancheng before the Qi army reinforcements arrive." ”

Ma Shunda and Li Shun clasped their fists and said, "No." ”

Qiancheng City (now in the territory of Tangfang Town, Gaoqing County, Shandong), divided into two cities, south and north, about 20 miles apart.

This place is named because Qijing Gong has a horse and a thousand horses, and often hunts here.

Qiancheng City is located in the south of the Great River (Yellow River) and north of the Ji River (now the Daqing River and the Xiaoqing River), and is an important city in the north of Linzi, the capital of Qi, with an extremely important strategic geographical location.

From Qiancheng City to the south, until the Ji River, within a radius of several hundred miles, there is no city.

Crossing the Ji River, it entered the jurisdiction of Linzi, the capital of Qi State.

The Third Army of the Yan Army was Ji Kang, the king of Yan, one of the three major rapid strike regiments of the Yan State personally formed.

All the officers and men of the army are equipped with horses and vehicles, including logistics and medical personnel.

On March 16, after the Third Army entered the Qi State, it quickly marched south from Fuyang City in accordance with the orders of Wang Shi, the commander of the front formation.

Along the way, they did not attack any of the cities of Qi.

On March 18, the Third Army, which was the vanguard of the Yan army, bypassed the city of Huan'an.

On March 22, the Third Army passed northeast of the city of Maiqiu in the Qi State.

On March 25, the resistance of a small Qi army was defeated.

On March 29, he crossed the river and penetrated deep into the territory of Qi.

On April 2, as the vanguard of the Third Army, the 1st Division, under the leadership of division commander Li Shun, raided Qiancheng Beicheng and fell in one fell swoop. The Qi army of Qiancheng Beicheng hastily withdrew to Nancheng and abandoned Beicheng.

After the Third Army occupied the northern city of Qiancheng, it finally had a foothold after entering the Qi State.

On the fourth day of the fourth month of April, the army of Yan Kingdom was under the southern city of Qiancheng.

At the head and bottom of Yeyi City (now Laizhou City, Shandong) in the eastern part of Qi State, the fire "crackled" non-stop.

At a collapsed city wall, the Qi army and the Yan army were fighting hard.

In this short confrontation, the sounds of killing and shouting soared into the sky.

The Yan army outside the city was arrayed, and many Yan troops were neatly arranged and silent.

The main general, Rakuma, was on the command platform, raising the telescope in his hand to watch the two armies fighting not far away.

The Qi defenders in Yeyi City were quite tenacious, and the Qi garrison Chen Fang also commanded well.

After seeing that the Yan army did not prepare ladders and siege vehicles, only a small number of Qi troops remained on the city to monitor the Yan army.

He ordered most of the Qi army to gather under the walls of the city.

After the walls of Yeyi were smashed, Chen Fang immediately led the Qi army to counterattack and block the Yan army at the gap.

After Lejian led the army to the city of Yeyi, he sent people to persuade Chen Fang to surrender.

Chen Fang said to the people sent by Lejian: "As the saying goes: 'Eating the king's fortune, loyal to the king's business.'" You can go back and tell Lejian that I would rather be a broken jade than a complete tile for the soldiers and civilians of the city. ”

Lejian put down the telescope in his hand and said to the deputy general next to him:

"Good! It seems that this Chen Fang is really extraordinary, and he really wants to burn the jade with my Yan army. ”

Speaking of this, Lema's face turned to the herald and said:

"Order the besieged army to retreat, and use catapults to widen the gap in the wall."

"No."

Chen Fang, the defender of the Qi army, was covered in blood and stood at the gap in Yeyi City.

Looking at the Yan army besieging the city, they slowly retreated.

Looking up, I saw the Yan army camp in front of the army, with red flags all over the sky, dancing in the wind.

Knowing that you are not immune today.

He turned back to his lieutenant general and said, "All the people in my Yeyi have been evacuated, right?" ”

The adjutant general was also covered in blood, and said to Chen Fang:

"General Qiqi, the people of Yeyi have withdrawn to Modu according to the general's orders."

Chen Fang asked again: "Didn't the Yan army chase and kill?" ”

"General, the Yan army did not chase and kill, but opened the avenue and let the people go to Modu."

Chen Fang sneered a few times and said: "This music room is really the same as his father Le Yi, fake benevolence and false righteousness. That's fine, let me wait in Yeyi City and fight to the death with Yan Jun to repay the country's kindness! ”

The deputy general hugged his fists and said: "I am willing to go to Huangquan with the general." ”

While speaking, I saw the catapult of the Yan army on the opposite side smashing towards the wall of Yeyi City.

A boulder smashed not far from Chen Fang, splashing dust all over the sky.

In the distance, there was a faint cry of being hit by a boulder in the Qi army.

Chen Fang ordered: "The city wall here cannot be defended, so our army retreats into the city and engages in street battles with the Yan army in the city." ”

"No." The soldiers of the Qi army behind him answered together.

With the blow of the Yan army's catapults, the Yeyi city wall adjacent to the gap gradually collapsed.

The main general of the Yan army, Le Jian, saw that all the Qi troops had withdrawn into the city, so he naturally knew the plans of Chen Fang, the defender of the Qi army.

Furious in his heart, he ordered: "The people of Yeyi City have basically evacuated. Set up a "kill" banner for me, and order our army to attack Yeyi, and all Qi troops will be killed without leaving a single living mouth. ”

The generals of the Yan army heard the murderous words of the main general Lejian, and they obeyed the order together: "No." ”

As the command platform was put up, the Yan army's "kill" flag was erected, and all the Yan soldiers shouted in unison: "Kill!" Kill! Kill! ”

Then all the Yan troops rushed towards Yeyi City together.

On March 26, the Yan army broke through the city of Yeyi.

Chen Fang, the general of the Qi State, and nearly 20,000 Yeyi soldiers and civilians resisted the Yan army in the city for a whole day and a night, and all of them died in the city.

After the battle, almost all the houses in the city were reduced to rubble.

Flames and smoke soared into the sky.

The well-equipped Yan army suffered more than 4,000 casualties.

Since then, Jimo City, an important city in the eastern part of the Qi Kingdom, has been exposed in front of the Yan army.