Chapter 52: Ruling the World in Troubled Times

Ji Yan said to the envoy of the Qi army: "We only have 100,000 people, and the other party has 150,000, if we lose, it will increase the morale of the other party and be bad for the situation." Your Qi army is 200,000 to fight the opponent's 150,000, and you have a good chance of winning, as long as you win again, the Song army will definitely withdraw, and when the time comes, you will be better off. So our side can only hold half of the combined forces of Lu and Song. When the time comes, the country of Lu will be destroyed, and the north of Qufu will be given to you the country of Qi, and we only need Qufu and the south of Qufu, so that your country of Qi will get more than half of the territory of the country of Lu. ”

After receiving Ji Yan's reply, the generals of the Qi army felt that it was very reasonable, and the Qi State had a lot of territory, so they launched an attack on the Lu and Song coalition forces with all their might. Since more than 10,000 people died on both sides in the last attack, this time it became 190,000 and 135,000.

The Qi army also fought steadily this time, that is, to give the other side a certain killing rate, forcing the Song army to retreat, and the battle lasted for nearly 3 hours, killing more than 30,000 people on the other side, and losing 20,000 people on their side.

The generals of the Song army saw that their men and horses had died 15,000 in the two battles, and the combined army of Lu and Song had only 100,000 people, while the Qi army still had nearly 170,000 people.

Now only the Lu army is left fighting alone on the battlefield in the north of the Lu State, with only 75,000 people, and the Qi State still has nearly 170,000 horses.

The Qi army is not risking to attack now, it is still fighting steadily, and they also know that the Chu and Jin coalition forces have been forced to retreat by Xiang Yu, and the Lu State has no support.

On the battlefield in the south of Lu, after receiving the news of the retreat from the north, the Song army also withdrew, and the battlefield became 110,000 against 100,000, and the strength of both sides was about the same.

After the Song army retreated, Ji Yan led people to the front of the Lu army and asked to talk to the commander of the Lu army. The commander of the Lu army is called Cao Di, who was the general who defeated the Vietnamese army last time. This time, King Lu thought that Xiang Yu was leading the troops to attack from the south, so he sent Cao Di to meet the enemy, because Cao Di had a strategy.

Cao Di came to the front of the battle, saw that the other party was a woman leading the troops, and thought that Xiang Yu would really use soldiers, Xiang Yu himself dealt with the Chu and Jin coalition forces in Luoyi, and scared the other party back before he fought. On the contrary, he used a woman to drag himself here, but he thought to himself: This woman should also have real skills, this war is not child's play, and Xiang Yu will not bring 100,000 people to a woman casually. said to Ji Yan: "In Xia Cao Di, may I ask the heroine's surname?" ”

Ji Yan said: "My name is Ji Yan, I have heard the name of General Cao for a long time, and I am ashamed of myself when I use soldiers like a god." Before this departure, my eldest brother said that the Lu army must be led by General Cao, and said that I will definitely not be able to win, and asked me to drag you hard. ”

Cao Di said: "Thank you General Ji for the compliment, why don't we decide the winner." ”

Ji Yan said: "General Cao, we are about the same strength now, and our side is defending now, although we can't win against you, but the casualties on both sides will be very large." Now the Lu country is already bound to lose, the Lu army in the north is only more than 70,000, and the Qi army still has 170,000, even if it drags the Lu army to death, it is better to be on our side, wait for the results of the battle over there. ”

A deputy general surnamed Zhao next to Cao Di said: "Do you want to wait for the Qi army to win, and then come over to attack us together." ”

Ji Yan said: "I just don't want to cause too many casualties. ”

Vice General Zhao said: "But we can't be called General Cao, let's surrender to a woman without fighting." ”

Ji Yan said: "This is not a surrender to me, it is a surrender to General Xiang." ”

Vice General Zhao said: "In this way, we will first send a general to compete, and if we lose, we will be convinced of the loss, I will fight on behalf of the Lu army, and ask General Ji to send one out." ”

Guan Biao said, "General Ji, I'll go." ”

Ji Yan was about to nod, but Ji Ling said, "General Guan, you can give me this opportunity." ”

Guan Biao looked at Ji Yan, and Ji Yan agreed.

Cao Di and Vice General Zhao saw that it was another female general, and felt that Xiang Yu was indeed a little underestimated.

Ji Ling stepped forward and said, "General Zhao, please give me a lot of advice, my name is Ji Ling." ”

Vice General Zhao said, "General Ji, please make a move." He thought to himself: The other party is a woman, and I will lose my identity if I make the first move.

Ji Ling was not polite, he hurried forward and stabbed him with a shot, and Vice General Zhao took the gun and took it. Ji Ling's shot was just to say hello, and the stabbing was relatively casual.

After Ji Ling finished stabbing him, he immediately picked up the gun and slashed at Vice General Zhao from top to bottom, Vice General Zhao grabbed the gear, Ji Ling's gun was more powerful, and after Vice General Zhao received this blow, he thought: This woman has some strength.

Ji Ling didn't wait for him to come back to his senses, and another sweeping shot, Vice General Zhao hurriedly bent outside to dodge. That knows, Ji Ling suddenly pointed his spear at the ground, borrowed the support of the spear, jumped from the horse to Vice General Zhao, flew up, kicked Vice General Zhao in the shoulder, and Vice General Zhao kicked off the horse.

The officers and soldiers of Lu were shocked when they saw it, and they didn't expect a woman to knock Vice General Zhao off the horse in four moves.

Ji Ling arched his hand and said: "General Zhao, I just took the lead, and you think that I am a woman, I am more careless, and I didn't concentrate on fighting me, so I won." ”

General Zhao said: "General Ji is powerful, I am convinced to lose, even if I concentrate on fighting with you, I will not be able to pass ten moves." With that, he retreated.

Ji Ling also retreated from the team.

Cao Di said: "It turns out that the two generals Ji are both heroines, even if we fight against you, we will win five or five points, it seems that this time the Lu country will be defeated." I heard that Xiang Yu fought very bravely, last time there were 40,000 people, and half of the 200,000 people of King Yue were killed in half a day; But I didn't expect that his strategy was so good, and he would know how to make good use of people, and he would promote talents in an eclectic manner. ”

Ji Yan said: "Don't hide it from General Cao, General Xiang is invincible in the world when he fights, but the strategy is usually my eldest brother's strategy." My eldest brother explained before I set off that if I could defeat the Lu State this time, if I met General Cao, I must invite General Cao over. ”

Cao Di said: "I didn't expect Xiang Yu to have so many talents around him, the defeat of Lu State this time is already a foregone conclusion, please General Ji let me think about it for a few days." ”

Ji Yan said: "Okay, please General Cao think more about the lives of these soldiers." "Then both sides withdrew.

On the battlefield in the north of the Lu State, the King of Qi issued an order, asking for a quick solution to the battle, not to delay, for fear that there would be changes after a long time. So the Qi army launched a general attack, and after eliminating more than 20,000 Lu troops, the Lu army simply surrendered.

After receiving the information that the Lu army in the north had surrendered, Cao Di knew that the Lu country was exhausted, so he came to Ji Yan's array and asked for an interview.

After Ji Yan came out, Cao Di said: "General Ji, the north of Lu has surrendered, if I continue to fight, it will also sacrifice the lives of soldiers in vain, and we will also surrender, you see how to deal with it now." ”

Ji Yan said: "General Cao, the original Lu army is still under your command, and the soldiers are not forced to stay or leave according to their personal wishes." You send a few capable men to take over the land with me, and after we have drawn the boundary with the Qi army, we will go back. My eldest brother said, please arrange the defense of Qufu here, and then send some people to Yiling, find General Shenyou to learn agricultural production and other knowledge, to vigorously develop the economy, the people of the original Lu country are exempt from tax in the first year, and the tax is halved in the second year. After doing this, please go to Luoyi, where General Xiang and my eldest brother will be waiting for you. ”

Cao Di said: "Okay, please General Ji tell them that I must go and see the demeanor of the two generals." ”

Ji Yan took people to discuss the division of territory with the Qi army, and finally the two sides decided that 50 miles north of Qufu City, all belonged to the Qi State, and all the others belonged to the Zhou Dynasty.

After King Qi knew this result, he was also very satisfied, and thought to himself: Although Xiang Yu did not lose a single soldier, he could not do without him, and the fact that Xiang Yu scared away the 200,000 allied troops of Chu and Jin played a lot of roles.