CHAPTER XLII

Ran Fei didn't expect Tian Dan to oppose it, Tian Dan was originally a relatively conservative person, not to mention the wide range of involvement, and it was something that had never happened in Qi State, if Ran Fei hadn't crossed over, I'm afraid that Qi State would not have such a policy when it was destroyed!

Ran Fei felt a little bored, so he went to Xunzi to discuss, but he didn't expect that after talking to Xunzi about it, Xunzi actually agreed very much! This is also the fact that although Xunzi's thought is objective idealism, it follows a certain law, believing that things are man-made, as long as you follow the Heavenly Dao Jiu, you can succeed, and his disciple Li Si was influenced by him and knew that Qin was good at employing people, so he followed this law and ran to Qin, and Qin unified the six countries with his assistance.

This is a very backward idea in the 21st century, but it is a very advanced idea in this era. With the support of Xunzi, Ran Fei had the courage, and the next day he went to the table of King Qi, and explained the things one by one, the King of Qi asked the opinions of the ministers, most of them were opposed, only Xunzi supported it, the King of Qi attached great importance to Xunzi's opinion, and decided to take a risk, and ordered Ran Fei to implement it in the north, if it was successful, it would be all over the country!

Ran Fei got the order, and on the same day he embarked on the road back to Jimo, and three days later, Ran Fei officially implemented the new commercial law and nationalized the salt industry!

As soon as Ran Fei's law came out, it was immediately opposed by most of the merchants in the salt industry, and only the Xie family and the Wang family were supported.

Seven days later, just as the Sword Forging Contest was in its final stages and Ran Fei and everyone were watching, the Northern Merchants began to rebel!

The Tao family, one of the five major families of Jimo, united with most of the opposing merchants, colluded with the generals of the Yan State to invade the northern part of the Qi State!

At this time, the news transmission was very slow, and when Ran Fei received the battle report, the Yan army had already reached Wucheng, and Ran Fei was so angry that he slapped the table when he received the battle report: "Yan Guo's junior two, dare to commit it again!" Behold me and I will not destroy your nation! ”

Ran Fei immediately led his men out of the game, gathered the army, reported to the Qi Palace, and prepared to face the battle.

The next day, when the results of the sword casting competition came out, Ran Fei ordered to appoint the chief leader of the Sword Casting Hall while equipping the soldiers with the best weapons in the weapons made by the Sword Casting Hall, and two days later, Ran Fei led three thousand prepared troops to march towards Wucheng!

In the northern part of Qi State, under the call of Ran Fei, the generals led the army to rush to Wucheng! The first to arrive was Yuan Qi's cavalry troops, a total of 4,000 people, all of Ran Fei's cavalry.

When Yuan Qi felt Wucheng, the Yan army just broke through the city wall, and the defender Chen Jiao saw that he was invincible, and led his subordinates to flee to the south, and happened to be met by Yuan Qi, Yuan Qi scolded angrily: "Whose army are you, dare to retreat without a fight!" ”

The soldier replied: "The general is angry, the enemy has broken through the wall, and we are really outnumbered, so we retreat." ”

Yuan Qiyi said: "I have already led the reinforcements to arrive, and you will fight back with me as soon as possible!" ”

"Fuck, who said to fight back! The Yan army is powerful, and if you win the fight, you will retreat! The fleeing soldiers walked out of a fat-headed and big-eared officer, and Cheng Jiao, who fled with his subordinates, saw that his people were not advancing, and asked the reason, and his subordinates reported that the reinforcements had arrived, which was very happy, but as soon as he heard that there were only a few thousand people, he immediately walked out of the crowd and scolded angrily.

Yuan Qi saw his helmet style and knew that he was the leader of the defenders and said: "Marshal Ran's army will arrive immediately, you follow me to fight back now, if you lose Wucheng, I will ask you!" ”

Cheng Jiao looked at Yuan Qi carefully, and saw that his hat style was similar to his own, and he estimated that his official position should be about the same as his own, so he suddenly had the courage to put his hands on his waist: "Who are you?" How dare you command me! ”

"This is the cavalry commander, General Yuan!" The soldier beside Yuan Qi introduced loudly.

"Oh! It turned out to be General Yuan Qi! Cheng Jiao said: "I have heard of it in Xia, but even if your troops are very powerful, I don't want to follow you to death!" I'm sorry! Unless Marshal Ran is here, no one else will want to order me! ”

When Yuan Qi heard this, he was very angry and was about to beat him, but a soldier came: "The Yan army is not far away!" ”

Yuan Qi immediately decided to at least step forward and cut off Cheng Jiao's head: "In an emergency, there can be no delay, if you run away without a fight, this is the end!" Cheng Jiao's soldiers were very happy when they saw this, and they were filled with righteous indignation/said in unison: "I am willing to go back with the general!" ”

Yuan Qi: "Brothers, for the sake of our own land, kill!" ”

More than 5,000 people, under the leadership of Yuan Qi, rushed back, the Yan soldiers were unexpected, they were suddenly attacked, and the foreigners did not know about Wucheng, and they returned defeated!

At the cost of 1,700 casualties, Yuan Qi recaptured Wucheng again! The banner of Qi was once again planted on the tower of Wucheng!

When the leader of the Yan army heard the report of the arrival of reinforcements from the Qi army, he immediately mobilized troops to be placed in the difficult department of Wucheng, and found a dangerous place in Meiling, preparing to give Ran Fei a sneak attack.

Zhang Dali led the light infantry soon to the south of Wucheng, Zhang Dali saw that the surrounding mountains and rivers were dangerous, it was the best place to ambush, so he sent a team to investigate, Zhang Dali's army was well-organized, well-trained, ordinary people were not opponents, immediately found the ambush of the Yan army, fought on both sides, and the Yan army had its own victory and defeat by relying on the terrain.

Zhang Dali charged hard, but the strategy was not good, he himself knew, so he immediately reported to Ran Fei, Ran Fei saw that the other party's troops had been placed in the south of Wucheng, Ran Fei did not dare to advance easily, Yuan Qi had four thousand troops in his hands, and he should be able to hold Wucheng in a short time, Ran Fei was not worried, but the most worried was that the troops were assembled from all over the country, because of the hurry, each did not know where the other party was, Zhang Dali could find out, it did not mean that others could find the ambush of the other party.

Ran Fei decided to immediately send all the commanders to find out the situation of each unit.

Most of the troops met Ran Fei's commanding soldiers and arrived in Gaotang City, where Ran Fei was, 7,000 troops arrived in Ran Fei's hands, the Yan army was well prepared, at this time there were 50,000 troops in front of the gate of Wucheng, Ran Fei knew in his heart that there were only 10,000 troops who could be mobilized in his hands, and it was definitely not possible to fight hard, so he could only outwit.

Ran Fei once again asked Zhang Dali to lead the team, and flipped up from Meiling, and the inside and outside should be combined, catching Yan Jun off guard. Since then, there has been a connection with Wucheng, Ran Fei did not dare to enter the city, because he was afraid that the reinforcements of the King of Qi would be ambushed, so he sent Zhang Dali to lead 1,500 heavy infantry and 1,500 archers to garrison Meiling to protect the passage into Wucheng.