In the first year of the Warring States Period, on the fifteenth day of the first month, King Liang captured the border city of Longxian County, and by the end of February, the entire northern part of Qi Kingdom belonged to King Liang. King Liang took advantage of the situation to go south, and his troops pointed directly at the capital of Qi and the city of Qizhou.

Xiang Guotian Heng was anxious and sent someone to Hotan to inform the King of Qi that nearly half a month had passed, and there was no movement.

On the wide road from Hotan to Qizhou City, there were three people and three horsemen galloping on horseback, and it was Ben and Hongyue's two guards who delivered the news. The guards were one in front of the other, running in the center, three people in a row, non-stop. When they reached the edge of a forest, the leader raised his hand, and the two people behind saw this, slowed down their horses, and the three of them rode together and ran to the center.

I only heard one of them say, "Strong man, how are you resting these days?" ”

Ben replied: "It is true that riding a horse is easier than my feet, but the speed is too slow, and I have rested for the past few days, and I will not bother the two of you in the future." ”

"Listen to the strong man," said the horse, and took the food and wine from the horse, "the strong man, this time is to run around for days, eat this wine and things, and then set off again." ”

Ben didn't refuse people's kindness, but he felt that these two people were the same as the red moon, they were both enthusiastic people, so he readily agreed.

The three of them sat down in a circle in a clearing at the edge of the forest, chatting while eating, the two of them just persuaded to drink, and those who came did not refuse. Gradually, Ben only felt dizzy, his feet were heavy, a guard saw him staggering, hurriedly leaned over to ask, Ben shook his hand, "Don't get in the way, don't get in the way, maybe this wine is too strong, fierce, the body bones can't be lowered", Ben finished speaking, stood up, stumbled, almost fell to the ground, the guard saw this, hurriedly stepped forward to help, he couldn't think about it, suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart, and hurriedly pushed away the guard, but he couldn't do it, and then the sky swirled, and he fell to the ground with a bang.

The guard had a short knife in his hand, straight into the back of the heart, I saw that his expression was cold, he pulled out the short knife, and inserted it again, one knife after another, the knife was critical, after ten knives, the guard and the remaining one looked at each other, and then dragged the body into the forest to bury it, wiped off the bloodstains, and finally the two rode towards Hotan.

Outside the city of Hotan, the camp of the Qi army.

Huang Qu sat on the main seat of the military tent and looked at the generals under the tent, all of whom were regular border army generals of the Qi State. Many of them were excavated and cultivated by Huang Qu. The seven or eight people in the left row are all children of the Huang family, led by Huang Ming, the general of the cavalry, and the general of the foreign surname is led by Wang Ming, the son of the Wang family of the big family of Qi State.

Huang Qu looked at the generals: "Everyone, I have summoned everyone here today because there is a big event to tell you."

All the generals thought that the war was finally going to begin, and they were very excited. The army has worked so hard and traveled a long distance to get here, and there is no battle to fight, and the troops have long been suffocated, especially the regular troops of the first echelon, because they have priority to enjoy the supply of grain and grass, but they have nothing to do like other second- and third-rate troops, so they have been criticized and have been waiting for an opportunity to prove that their generals have long been unbearable.

At this time, Wang Ming arched his hand and said, "General, are you going to do it?" As he spoke, he turned his head to look at the rest of the people, "My department is willing to be a striker."

Everyone looked excited, and they all said that they could be the striker. At this time, no one is willing to lag behind, and the striker represents a very high risk and a very high reward, and the extremely high reward represents a huge prestige and represents the family honor behind them.

Huang Qu waved his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet, and then looked at his son Huang Ming: "Come on"

After Huang Qu came out of the Hetian Palace, his face was pale and he faltered, but he was still supported by his subordinates to return to the barracks, and after Huang Ming learned about it, he rushed to check it as soon as possible, so Huang Qu told Huang Ming what the King of Qi had told him, and the father and son were speechless for a while.

At this moment, everyone realized that the general Huang Qu's face was wrong, and they were worried in their hearts, and they turned their eyes to Huang Ming.

I saw Huang Ming's expression straightened, and he said in a low tone: "I just received the news that King Liang is not at the border of Lianglu. Huang Ming looked at the puzzled people, "On the fifteenth day of the first month, King Liang led 30,000 foot soldiers and 20,000 cavalry from Longxian in the west to break into the territory of our Qi country, and at the same time, 50,000 cavalry from Fengzhou went south from the north, with a total of 100,000 troops on both roads, and now it has been nearly a month, and most of the northern part of Qi has been in the hands of King Liang, and the soldiers are pointing directly at Qizhou City."

The needles in the big tent could be heard, and Wang Ming was the first to speak: "General, my subordinates suggest that we return to help immediately, and the troops will march urgently, and they can reach Qizhou City in twenty days."

"Yes, General, let's rush back to help," the rest of the generals also responded.

"The king ordered us to return to reinforcements slowly, and when the Liang army gathered under the city of Qizhou, we should join forces with Tian Xiangguo to encircle and annihilate the Liang army," Huang Qu said slowly.

"General, you must not" Wang Ming shouted, "The reason why the Liang army attacked so quickly, in addition to the cavalry, must be lightly armed, the materials and grain and grass brought will not be too much, all the way is needed, can only be looted on the spot" Wang Ming said more and more urgently, and at this time, there is almost no decent army in the territory of my Qi country, at present, there are more than 100,000 stragglers on the way to Hotan, and Xiangguo must concentrate all his forces in the capital, so that the people in the north of my Qi country can only be slaughtered by others" Wang Ming fell to the ground with a thud, Almost hysterically, he said, "When the time comes, if the Liang army coerces the refugees and takes advantage of the situation to go south, it will be too late for us to go back." ”

"Yes," Wang Ming turned out of a person behind him, and arched his hand, "General, what General Wang said is reasonable, put the enemy army in the country, no matter how rich I am in Daqi, I can't withstand such a toss, even if I win the Liang army, the territory of my Qi country will definitely be ruined."

Huang Qu looked at the two of them, he knew that the family where these two people belonged was based in the northern part of the Qi country, and the two of them were so anxious that they were selfish, but every sentence was reasonable, how could he not know. Thinking of this, Huang Qu thought of what King Qi said that night, and thought of that poor red moon, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Their Huang clan and Tian Heng's Tian clan and the king of Qi are the top families of the Qi country. The Tian clan was in charge of the wealth, the Huang clan controlled the army, and other small and medium-sized families such as Wang Ming's Wang clan were all controlled by the king of Qi. Especially this generation of Qi King Qi Wei, the folk forest, has a very high reputation, and under the will of the people, the national strength of Qi is thriving, and it is not without opportunities for him to dominate the world in the future. However, since the red moon appeared next to King Qi, King Qi, who was originally diligent in government and loved the people, and the country of Qi, who was united in his heart, slowly changed their taste. King Qi no longer cares about the suffering of the people under his rule, and most of the letters he wrote to Xiangguo Tian Heng have not returned, and they will continue like this.

Qi country, in danger.

However, if you think about it, the country of Qi is still the country of Qi of the king of Qi. Huang Qu looked at everyone and said in a calm tone, "Everyone, the king, I have already persuaded you, but the king insists on going his own way, we can only act according to the order, pass the order, and the departments slowly move forward, the goal, Qizhou City!" ”

Wang Ming and the others saw that what they wanted was fruitless, so they could only list it gloomily.

Huang Qu then said to Huang Ming, "Your cavalry, send more scouts, and report the news at any time."

Huang Ming bowed down to receive the order.

Huang Qu continued, "Everyone, after you go back, you must not leak the news, restrain your subordinates, and do not have friction with local troops."

The generals of the border army were ordered to leave, and Huang Qu sat alone in the military tent, deep in thought. Then he summoned several commanders of the local troops, Huang Qu organized these troops, and then transferred the generals from the regular army under his command to command, for a period of time, these local troops, recruits, Ding Zhuang were also trained to understand the command order, Huang Qu gave them the order was very simple, to protect the safety of the king, and then followed the king back to Qizhou City.

In this way, the already chaotic Qi country once again made matters worse. The remaining more than 100,000 local troops who were originally on the road to Hotan received orders to assemble in Hetian and Pengcheng in the middle of Qizhou City before they arrived in Hotan, and then the grain and grass and military quarters were requisitioned as they were. A small Pengcheng, instantly squeezed into more than 100,000 people, Pengcheng people are miserable, because of the lack of control, some ruffians and scoundrels in the villages under Pengcheng's rule to rob their homes, rape and plunder, the whole Pengcheng surrounding people are miserable for a time, complaining, many villages are ten rooms and nine empty, the villagers are overwhelmed, either fall into the grass, or go away. And the troops that had just settled in Hotan also left the camp, with 50,000 cavalry as the vanguard, 150,000 border army foot soldiers following closely behind, and finally more than 200,000 local troops protecting the frame of the King of Qi.

A month later, the King of Qi arrived in Pengcheng and asked Hongyue about the march at the City Lord's Mansion. Hongyue replied: "Huang Ming's 50,000 cavalry has been in accordance with the order of the Great King, all the way north, detouring behind the Liang army, Huang Qu led 150,000 border troops are slowly advancing, it is estimated that they will be able to reach Qizhou City within ten days,"

"Where is Zhou Rong?"

"The Liang army captured Qiucheng five days ago, and now they are recuperating in Qiucheng."

"Qiu City is only a hundred miles away from Qizhou City, it is estimated that the next step will be to attack Qizhou City, as long as Xiangguo can hold on to the Liang army for ten days, Huang Qu will be able to arrive." King Qi nodded slowly and took Hongyue's hand, "Next, this king will have a showdown with Zhou Rong, and then this king will give you a big gift." ”

Hongyue laughed and hurriedly asked what the gift was, but King Qi just didn't say it. Hongyue pretended to be annoyed, King Qi reached out to tickle him, Hongyue couldn't hold back, hahaha laughed nonstop. The two were frolicking, and there were guards outside the door asking to see them.

Hongyue hurriedly stopped King Qi's up and down hands, the two of them dressed up, and Hongyue let the man in.

The guards fell to their knees with a thud, "Big, the king, Liang Jun, Liang Jun has been killed"

"What? Where is Liang Jun? King Qi was taken aback.

"Back to the king, not long after we set off from Hotan, the 80,000 Liang troops originally stationed on the border of Qilu captured Hotan, and now they are marching towards our Pengcheng, which is only two days away from us."

"How much? Eighty thousand? King Qi smiled, "I have more than 300,000 horses in Pengcheng, and only 80,000 Liang troops, so I scared you like this?" "King Qi stood up" gave the order, gathered the troops, and turned back to face the battle. ”

"Yes!" The guards were infected by King Qi, and their confidence suddenly doubled, and they turned around and left quickly.

The garrison of 80,000 Liang troops was outside a small county town one hundred miles from Pengcheng to Hotan, and the county seat had just discovered the Liang army, and the county order that had prepared the jade and stone to burn received a letter from the Liang army, saying that it would not enter the city, and during this period, no one was allowed to go out in the city. Like the troops from the north attacking south, the 80,000 Liang army marched very fast, and basically encountered no resistance along the way. What is surprising is that Zhou Wu, the second son of King Liang, also appeared in the army, and with him secretly came together, there were also 20,000 cavalry of the headquarters, so here, the Liang army rode together, and there were already 100,000 troops. What's even more powerful is that Zhou Wu followed the order of King Liang, the army only seeks speed, can not attack the city, do not attack the city, be sure to save the troops, and in addition, every place to peace.

At this time, the main general Zhou Wu gathered all the generals under his command to discuss the war.

Zhou Wu did not sit on the main seat, but with three or four people, around a big case, on which was a map of Qi State, and several people were pointing and pointing.

Zhou Wu smiled at an old general with gray hair, "Second uncle, how to fight next, my father asked me to listen to your command." ”

The old general's surname is Zhou, and he is the cousin of Zhou Rong, the king of Liang, and he is the second oldest in the family, so people who are familiar with him call him Tuesday, and the younger generations call him the second uncle or second uncle.

Tuesday glared at Zhou Wu and said, "Stinky boy, how did your father teach you, shouting military rank when talking about official business." ”

Zhou Wu laughed: "Second uncle, what's wrong?" When I was a child, I was caught and punished by my father for being naughty, and I was still begging for love."

"Hahaha, it's rare that you kid haven't forgotten, but who asked you to peek at other people's yellow flower girls taking a bath?" Tuesday said, "If you are caught, you don't admit it, if you say that someone else is peeking, you go to catch the thief." ”

Zhou Wu looked embarrassed and forcibly explained, "I'm really going to catch the thief, Second Uncle, you still don't know me?" ”

"Know what you do? Don't you still like men? ”

"Uh," Zhou Wu was speechless for a moment, and the rest of the crowd laughed loudly.

Tuesday waved his hand, "Talking about business, according to the plan, there is a place called Thirty Miles Slope outside Pengcheng, where the terrain is flat, there is only one high slope, there is a dense forest on the slope, the main force of 80,000 foot soldiers formed a formation under the slope, 20,000 cavalry hidden in the dense forest, and wait until the king of Qi car appeared, that is, from the side to kill, directly take the king of Qi, if this battle is completed, the country of Qi will be determined." ”

Everyone was silent, and Zhou Wu frowned and said, "General, although the Qi army is a group of stragglers, after all, there are more than 300,000, plus the 10,000 Praetorian Guards around the King of Qi, once it is entangled, our army will be doomed." ”

Tuesday smiled and said, "You want it, I can't think of it?" Tuesday paused, "So before that, I'll fight two fights." ”

In the first year of the Warring States Period, at the beginning of March, outside Pengcheng, the Qi army camped.

Just when the king of Qi gathered his soldiers and horses and was ready to take the initiative to attack, he didn't expect the Liang army to appear, a full 80,000 elite soldiers of the Liang army, divided into eight large formations outside the camp, the first two rows were three military formations in the shape of a zigzag, and on Tuesday the horse stood in the center, and the remaining 50,000 people were three in front and two in the back, and then sent a messenger to the king of Qi to write a war letter.

The king of Qi couldn't ask for it, and the two armies faced each other on the battlefield more than ten miles long and wide. The king of Qi ordered the forward 30,000 people to rush into battle, and the first phalanx soldiers of the Liang army held spears and rushed forward, the soldiers in the first row stabbed the spears in their hands at the same time, and then pulled out at the same time The soldiers in the second row had already taken a step forward and stabbed the spears in their hands, and then the third row, and then the two phalanxes behind the first phalanx also advanced at the same time, slowly scattered to both sides, surrounding the 30,000 Qi troops in the center, in less than an hour, the 30,000 Qi troops were killed and wounded, and the Liang army lost no more than 5,000.

The king of Qi was furious, and continued to command the troops to enter the battlefield, this time it was 50,000, when the 50,000 Qi army swarmed out, it was found that the 30,000 Liang army had slowly retreated from both sides, and at this time it had retreated to the flank of the third row of the Liang army, and among the 30,000 Liang troops in the third row, the 10,000 in the center were archers. In particular, the screams of those who were about to die but not dead made the rest of the Qi army feel terrified, and these people were not regular border troops who had experienced the war, and they scattered and fled in all directions. The king of Qi was furious and ordered the 10,000 Praetorian cavalry who followed him to attack and kill the deserters everywhere, so as to stop the rout.

However, on the other hand, on the Liang army's side, after winning two victories, he turned around and ran, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

King Qi laughed and said to the red moon beside him, "This Liang army saw my Praetorian Iron Cavalry and was scared away. Go back to the city today to rest, and fight again tomorrow."

Hongyue said, "King, at this time, when the victory is pursuing, if the Liang army escapes, we can't catch them, if we don't arrest him, he will rest and follow behind us, what should we do?" ”

As soon as the king of Qi heard the reason, he ordered the whole army to pursue him, and not to take a single Liang army. Chased to the bottom of the ten-mile slope, found that the Liang army was waiting for a strict formation, the king of Qi was overjoyed, and ordered the whole army to attack. 10,000 Praetorian cavalry led the charge, followed by 100,000 infantry, in all directions, boundless around the 80,000 Liang army attacked, the Liang army retreated while fighting, and slowly retreated to the high slope.

For a whole hour, the Liang army relied on a tight formation to resist desperately, and the 10,000 Qi army guards suffered heavy casualties, although the Qi army's infantry was weak in combat, but the ants bit the elephant to death, and only half of the 80,000 Liang army remained. Qi Wangzhi was complacent, and threw all the remaining tens of thousands of people around him into the battlefield.

Looking at Liang Jun who was in a desperate situation, King Qi couldn't stop laughing.

At this moment, a cavalry army that rushed out of the black pressure from the dense forest on the high slope rushed straight towards the king of Qi along the flank of the battlefield, and the leader of the cavalry rushed to the ground, constantly stabbing the Qi army guards who tried to rush up to the ground, and the remaining more than 1,000 janissaries shouted to protect the king, but the battlefield of more than 100,000 or 200,000 people, how difficult it was to turn the horse's head, and could only watch the cavalry rush towards the king of Qi.

King Qi's wild laughter came to an abrupt end, and in the blink of an eye, the guards were like reefs in the sea, and after a few waves went down, they were submerged by the sea.

In the first year of the Warring States Period, in early March, the King of Qi was captured in the Battle of Shilipo, and the remaining Qi troops surrendered.

Take a closer look at the life of King Qi, he was famous at a young age, both civil and military, selected and appointed, left there was Xiang Guo Tian Heng, and there was a great general Huang Qu, built the civil and military courts, recruited talents from all over the world, and the wealthy families in the United Nations ruled the Qi country in an orderly manner, the people of Qi lived and worked in peace and contentment, and all industries in Qi were prosperous.

However, his ability is limited to this, and his early success and fame have made him ambitious and vainly trying to dominate the world, but he doesn't know how to combine vertical and horizontal, thinking about the world in his heart, but his vision is bound by the word king, resulting in the destruction of the good situation. It's unexpected, but it's also reasonable.

Later historians analyzed that the fundamental reason for his failure was that his claim to the throne was only to satisfy his own selfish desires and had no public support, and he used this to warn future heroes that those who won the hearts of the people won the world. Of course, it is also said that it is because of the pampering and compassion of others, so that they cannot listen to them at the same time, and lose the hearts of the people and the army. There are also some people who lament and lament it, and several families have their own arguments, and so on will not be repeated here.

But no matter what, in the end, in a word, right or wrong turns to nothing.