The defeated army woke up halfway to Yanqing, knowing that when he returned to Qufu, he would definitely be laughed at by Lin Zhaoqi and others, and he would also suppress himself with various excuses, so he changed his route and went straight to Lu County.

Liu Xiang knew that Lin Zhaoqi was brave and good at fighting and strategic, so he didn't plan to entangle with him too much, and ordered Lin Yao and Lu Lian to be the vanguard of the front and lead the army to attack Lu County for 10,000 miles.

Lin Yao and Lu Lian really fulfilled their mission, and connected the Keqi military camp and eleven checkpoints all the way, and then seized Xuecheng and pressed Teng County.

Qufu

By this time, Lin Zhaoqi had turned Qufu into a military town, with the upper-ranking generals of the army and the county guards in charge of the city's political affairs, while the former county officials were in charge of civil and logistical supplies.

At this point, Lin Zhaoqi led the governor of Qufu and the county guard, and the former county guard Xu Wang served as the county commander, and the county general Zhang Min awarded the general of the directly governed army (the former county defender), and Zhong Jin continued to serve in the army.

The generals were discussing in the county government, Zhong Jin said to Lin Zhaoqi: "Governor, although Yanqing is at odds with you, but how can he say that he is also the king's favored minister, we did not rescue him last night, we should send troops to rescue today, the Qin army has taken Xue Cheng and forced the hinterland of our country, and it is not easy to say if Yanqing is dead."

"Zhong Jin, do you think I didn't rescue him just because I wanted him to die, wouldn't it be a pity that someone like this died directly, last night the Qin army was ambushed on all sides, if we go to rescue, we will definitely get in, since he is defeated, he will be defeated to be valuable to us, I want to use him to attract the main force of the Qin army, and then take the opportunity to regain the lost ground."

After Lin Zhaoqi finished speaking, he whispered again: "Long before Yanqing sent out the army, I expected him to be defeated, and then I thought of all this."

Puyang

The generals in the council hall were discussing, and at this time Geng Wu came to report: "Lin Zhaoqi has completely turned Qufu into a military government, he and a group of generals are in charge of the administration of the city, it seems that he is going to fight a war of attrition with us, but I think Qufu will soon be destroyed by himself."

"You're right, a group of generals actually went to carry out the affairs of civilian officials, I said before that he had a strategy, but now his idea is simply ridiculous, but Lin Zhaoqi is really a tricky character."

After Jiang Chen finished speaking, Geng Wu said again: "Because Lin Zhaoqi started in Qufu, I still know a little about him, this person does have a unique vision in strategy, but he is extremely immature in politics, and at the same time, he is anxious for human nature, happy with great achievements, self-righteous, and eager for quick success, which are his Achilles' heels."

Hearing this, Ye Zhao said to Liu Xiang: "It seems that Lin Zhaoqi is still the person he is familiar with, and he has not changed at all."

"Lin Zhaoqi wants to trap himself in Qufu, we can't do this kind of self-defeating."

After that, Liu Xiang immediately sent Han Chao and Ye Zhao to lead 10,000 troops to attack Tao County, and the county guard of Tao County knew that there was a large army stationed in the north, and the Qin soldiers would definitely have no time to take care of their own small city, so they did not take much precautions.

Han Chao and Ye Zhao took down the entire defenders of Tao County in less than an hour, and then the two were ordered to march to Songcheng, the capital of the former Song Kingdom.

More than 3,000 defenders of Song City were defeated by the tired Qin army of less than 10,000 people, resulting in the fall of Song City and the old land of Song State, and the areas bordering Chu State in the south of Qi State were all included in the territory of Qin State, and the battle flag of the Qin army was planted. (More than 3,000 people defended the city, and the besieging side met 30,000 to break the city, but it was conquered by the Qin army of less than 10,000 people)

Liu Xiang had long seen Lin Zhaoqi's intention to lure the enemy into depth, and then take the opportunity to send troops to regain the lost territory, so he struck first, taking advantage of the fact that many places in Qi had not yet deployed heavy troops, so as to attack the city with a small number of troops and horses, so as to force Lin Zhaoqi to send troops to weaken his strength and attack Qufu.

At this moment, Lin Yao and Lu Lian came with good news again, breaking through Teng County and recruiting a large number of Qi army soldiers, these people are also dissatisfied with the decay of Qi State.

Under the sincere submission of the Qi army, Lin Yao's subordinates added a lot of military strength, and he decided to force the city of Lujun to rebel by besieging but not attacking.

Lin Yao and Lu Lian divided into two routes, Lin Yao led the army to attack the Qi army at the foot of Mount Tai, and Lu Lian waved his army to bypass Lu County to attack Philadelphia, and both of them conquered the target half a day later.

At the foot of Mount Tai, the Qi army walled city is an important liaison center between Lu County and other Qi cities, and the loss here marks that Lu County will gradually turn into an isolated island.

Yan Qing recuperated quietly for a few days and heard that the nearby land had fallen, so he was taken aback and hurriedly led 5,000 soldiers and horses out of the city to meet the enemy, which was in Lin Yao's arms, and the Qi army was ambushed by tens of thousands of Qin troops to kill the fiasco, and Lu County was also taken by Lu Lian.

Seeing from a distance that Lu County was also lost, Yanqing gathered the remnants of the defeated army and retreated to the east, and Lin Yao led 3,000 cavalry to chase over.

Liu Dai saw that Lin Yao Chong was particularly conspicuous at the front of the army, so he immediately took five captains to jump on a horse to intercept him and fight.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Yao's snake halberd flew up and down, and picked the other four captains off the horse.

Lin Yao led the army to chase and kill all the way and won a lot, seeing that Yanqing had fled to the mountains, for fear that the lone army would be ambushed by the Qi army, so he retreated to Lu County.

Hearing the news that Lin Yao led the army to capture several cities in a row, Liu Xiang Daxi also began to prepare to attack Qufu, and ordered Qiu Hao and Wei Ye to lead 20,000 troops to Qufu City.

The two had just arrived at the city of Qufu and found that this place had been arranged by the Qi army, and before they could take a step forward, they were killed and retreated by the Qi army's heavy cavalry.

Liu Xiang used another trick to forge an edict from the king of Qi, which said that the hinterland of the Qi army was attacked and begged for reinforcements, and the envoy handed the edict to Lin Zhaoqi after entering the city.

Lin Zhaoqi was taken aback when he saw it, and hurriedly said a few words to the generals, and then immediately gathered many soldiers and horses inside and outside the city to go to the east.

Seeing that this strategy really deceived Lin Zhaoqi, Liu Xiang immediately ordered 30,000 horses to reach the city of Qufu, and the army broke through the city gate in a short time.

Liu Xiang knew that Lin Zhaoqi had transferred a lot of soldiers, but he was still relieved and only ordered a deputy general to lead 500 soldiers and horses into the city.

As a result, as soon as these Qin troops entered the city, they were surrounded by the Qi troops who swarmed out, and all of them died under the rain of arrows after a while.

Huang Yi, who was guarding the city, did not see the Qin generals who entered the city clearly, he thought that he had killed Liu Xiang but found that it was not at all, and he did not dare to go out of the city to chase after him, so he had to watch the Qin army retreat.

Walking on the road, Liu Xiang recalled that he had almost died just now, and made up his mind to subdue Lin Zhaoqi first, when a cavalryman came to report: "The Qi army attacked my transit station walled, and the defenders of the major general will not be able to resist the enemy."

It turned out that Lin Zhaoqi saw through Liu Xiang's strategy at a glance, first beheaded the envoy and then surprised the troops, pretending to rescue the hinterland to lure the Qin army to attack, but the city was heavily arranged.

Liu Xiang hurriedly led the army to rescue the walled city......