Seeing the 40,000 troops of the Qi State stretching out in long columns, passing through the black swamp of the northern part of Onozawa along the causeway, and pouring into the Xilu region on the other side, Gao Zhang, one of the most noble "two guards" of the Qi State, was worried day by day.

Gao Zhang regretted the death of the old secretary Bao Mu, who had experienced the vicissitudes of the political scene of Qi in the past sixty or seventy years, but always occupied a position that remained unshakable. Let the monarch reactivate the Guo and Gao Er's clan, calculate that Sima Sui Tho will die of illness, and suppress the Chen clan are all his means.

Now that he is dead, just like Yan Zi's death, the Qi State is missing a wise man to guide the way, which seems to indicate that the future of the Qi State will enter a cold winter. Although Gao Zhang is not smart, he knows that his abilities are limited, as for the monarch? As he grew older, he was more confused than he was when he was sober.

He is also anxious about the departure of the young Guoxia, the country and the second secretary of the high school are after the Duke of Qi Wen, from the distant Zongzhou era to the present, there have been more than 300 years, more than 10 generations, although it is said that the five suits have already been released, but they are still together.

Just a few days after the Qi army defeated Yiyi, news came from the east that the Yi people who had been recruited in the Donglai area to rebel, and it was said that some foreign travelers and merchants were haunting them.

And the border with the state of Qi in the state of Lu Yangguan, Yangguan Yi Sima Zhongyou also suddenly led a thousand soldiers to the north, although the number is small, but this person fought bravely, just because of the phrase "Zilu has no promise", in the line of Mount Tai is quite prestigious, many thieves who fled into the mountains because of the harsh government should follow. Therefore, there was a faint untenable posture on the Yangqiao side, and the urgent news flew like snowflakes.

At that time, Guoxia took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, the service is no longer a membership, and the food will not be three years." Although the country is big, the belligerence is dangerous! It's better to withdraw. It's not too late to wait for the spring of next year to plot against Xilu and Punan, which was occupied by the small Sikou of Lu State! ”

But this heartfelt advice was considered cowardly by the Marquis of Qi, who was carried away by the capture of Yiyi, and instead ordered Guoxia to go back and stay behind. It is important to repel the Lu people this winter and at the same time calm the instability of Laidi.

So it was the turn of Gao Zhang, who was not good at leading the army to fight with his army, to help the defenders who had made great contributions to the attack and defense of Yiyi to relieve their difficulties and recover the lost territory.

Gao Zhang was over forty years old after all, and he had seen the wind and waves a few times, and he buried his fear under a mask of composure and calmness, but it still existed, and grew with each mile they crossed. He was anxious during the day and tossed and turned at night. Every jay that flew overhead made him grit his teeth.

He was also horrified by the irrational behavior of the Marquis of Qi in this gloomy winter, and the soldiers continued to fight, although so far, the monarch had behaved quite well.

Qi Hou was dressed in a white bearskin coat, with a warm fox tail around his neck, and rode at the front of the team, the bright banner of the Qi army fluttering in the wind above his head.

Every day, he would have a doctor in the car with him to take the opportunity to discuss strategy. But more often than not, it was Chen Heng who was surrounded by him. The Marquis of Qi also took turns to invite every famous scholar and foreign guest to accompany him, without showing any personal likes and dislikes, even Yang Hu, the deceased minister of the Lu State.

Qi Hou seemed to listen attentively to the other party's opinions, carefully weighing each statement. But Gao Zhang knew in his heart that he probably didn't think so, and the victory in Yiyi seemed to make Qi Hou thirty years younger. It was impossible to start up, as if the position of the overlord was within reach.

Dongguo Shu and Limi were selected by the Marquis of Qi as pioneers. They carefully selected 100 chariots and 300 warriors, and went to the front to ask for the enemy first. and perform reconnaissance missions. However, the news from both the north and the south has not alleviated Gao Zhang's worries.

In the rear, the army of the Zhongxing clan is still on the west bank of the river, still coveting the Yiyi that has just been lost, and there is Chen Qi with nearly 10,000 Gaotang soldiers on the side.

The armies of Fan and Handan seem to have reached a tacit understanding with the Patriots, and they have twice indulged the Patriots out of the encirclement, and it is said that Fan Jichu and Handan both crossed the river to Dunqiu and other places. This made Qi Hou want to sneak attack these two Jin strongholds, and it also restrained thousands of people who defended the country from having to stay in Diqiu.

Further south, the real enemy of the Qi army, the more than 10,000 troops of the Zhao father and son, but there is still a considerable distance from them. Qi Hou's original plan was to attack Xilu and lure Zhao soldiers to come, the winter snow was about to fall, and the long siege battle was running out of time, and it was necessary to defeat its main force in a quick battle.

The only thing that Gao Zhang is fortunate about is that under the leadership of Yang Hu, a native of Lu, the Qi army did not take the area of Yiyi and Xuju, which were almost all cold and muddy roads. According to Yang Hu, once too much water accumulates during the rainy season, it will turn into a seemingly endless black mud, the air is damp and sticky, and the causeway is too narrow, and the team of more than 10,000 people can't even camp at night, and some people have spent a total of 10 days crossing hundreds of miles.

They went straight to Qin Yi's dry road, and everything seemed to be going well, but Gao Zhang didn't trust Yang Hu, and kept sending another sentry to lead the way. Yang Hu looked extremely obedient at this time, answering all questions, and did not have the slightest sense of arrogance and disobedience like when he was in the Lu State......

"Without him, the Lord is wise and careful." It was Yang Hu who took the initiative to inform Gao Zhang of the reason.

"Don't worry, the widow has already subdued him!"

Qi Hou also said quite smugly, as if Yang Hu was really conquered by his royal power, and changed from a wild tiger to a domestic raccoon slave. Although Yan Ying and Bao Guo died, he got two more talents, Chen Heng and Yang Hu, although in Gao Zhang's view, these two are "talents" who spit out letters and hide their poisonous fangs in their smiles.

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When they entered Qinyi, the first city in the Lu realm, the Qi people encountered fierce resistance.

This was expected, Qin Yi was the forefront of Lu Guoxi's resistance to the Qi people, and it was also the strongest place. Kong Qiu also had several Qin disciples among them, including Qin Shang (Zi Zi Jiang) as his Zuo, and Qin Fei (Zi Zizhi) as an official in Yi Stroke.

"Several towns in Xilu carried out joint defense and mutual protection under the entanglement of Zhao Wuxian, so there were nearly 1,000 soldiers in Qinyi who supported them, and there were more than 1,000 young and strong people. The walls of this city are high and thick, and the people are stubborn, if they are to be forcibly removed, I am afraid it will take a lot of effort, not to mention that the siege equipment and the rear have not been transported. ”

Qi Hou was hesitating whether to fight Qin Yi, but he heard news from the south that he knew where Zhao Bing was!

It is said that the main force of this army, more than 10,000 people, has been pinned down by the patriots in the Qingqiu area, and they are only waiting for the Qi people to go south to encircle. You can defeat it!

After learning the news, Qi Hou no longer wanted to care about the hard-boned Qin Yi. He let the mighty Qi army bypass this city and speed up its southward journey, aiming directly at Punan. The daily journey increased from thirty to fifty miles. Those who couldn't walk stayed along the way and waited for heavy grain and grass - grain and grass transported from Linzi, Gaotang and other places on a long journey, and the transit point was deployed in Pingyin, and when the Qi army arrived in Zhencheng and Xiaqiu, this supply line had been dragged to a hundred miles away.

Zhendi and Xiaqiu were originally the cities of Wei and Qi, especially Xiaqiu, which was also a fortress that the Qi people had been operating for a long time, according to the original plan, there should be a response from the Wei and Qi people in this area.

But it wasn't until the Qi people arrived here that they found that the expected scene of the people of Xiaqiu and Zhendi waiting for the Qi master with pot pulp did not appear. Qi Hou was immediately furious.

"These two towns don't have Jun's grace in their hearts!?"

In fact, it is no wonder that the people of Zhendi and Xiaqiu, let's just say that the Qi people of Xiaqiu, what kind of life did they live when they were still under the rule of the Qi State Doctor Wuya Brigade?

As Yan Ying told his uncle that Qi Jun abandoned his people in order to compete for hegemony and accumulate wealth, and let them be bought by Chen's small favors: the people divided their labor income into three points, and two points went to the government, leaving only one cent to maintain their own food and clothing. The wealth that the Marquis of Qi had amassed in the treasury had rotted and had worms, but the old people were suffering from cold and starvation. and because of the severity of the punishment. In the various markets of Linzi, the capital of the country, shoes are cheap and prosthetic legs are expensive......

After the Qiuqiu was captured by Zhao Wuxian, the people did have a period of suspicion and dissatisfaction at first because of the death and injury of their children, but they were all deterred by the powerful combat power of the soldiers in the Battle of Zhen and did not dare to attack. With Wuxian, he listened to Zhang Mengtan's suggestion. After a fire burned down the backlog of bonds in Yisi, the people of Xiaqiu began to accept Wuxi, but they did not have much sense of belonging.

But then there are grassroots organizations that will be implemented in the township pavilions. The rule of the uncompassionate was delegated to everyone, and the taxes and servitude were greatly reduced. Ten taxes and even twenty taxes are lower than two-thirds of the taxes of Qi country, I don't know how many times. Since Wuxian is better than the Chen family of Qi and loves the people generously, the people return to it like flowing water. Joining the Yi soldiers is much more positive than before, and the Qi army will naturally not regard them as "revenators", but as invaders who damage property and plunder their children!

It is precisely because of this that when Zhang Meng talked about the implementation of the so-called strategy of "strengthening the wall and clearing the wilderness so that it can come", the people were more cooperative. Almost all the wild pavilions in Xiaqiu are empty, and within ten miles, all firewood, grass and trees are cut down and transported into the city. Outside the city, where arrows could reach, houses and lintels were torn down to prevent them from being used as fortifications by the enemy.

And when the reinforced Liqiu Yi is several zhang high and has thousands of soldiers and civilians guarding it, it is no longer something that the Qi people can easily attack if they want to.

Under the persuasion of Gao Zhang, the Marquis of Qi easily resisted the forcible attack of this city and plundered for three days to retaliate for the actions of the people of Xiaqiu for "betraying the country without a king", and decided to pass through Xilu according to the original plan, go south to Punan, and besiege Zhao Ying, Zhao Wuxian and his son with the guards.

Therefore, when Zhao Bing, who had been waiting for work for a long time, suddenly annihilated an outpost of the Qi people and appeared in the hilly area more than ten miles south of the Qiqiu Hill, from the Marquis of Qi to Gao Zhang to Yang Hu, and even Chen Heng, who was calm and comfortable from beginning to end, and felt that he would not lose this war no matter what, was stunned.

Yang Hu asked for Qi Hou: "Can you see clearly, the person who came is really the main force of Zhao Bing?" ”

The scout of the Qi State who escaped from the sky swore with his life: "It is indeed the banner of the Zhao family's hot sun, covering more than 10,000 people from the sky and the earth." ”

Qi Hou groaned: "This flag cannot be carried unless the head of the family and the son of the family, so in this way, it is indeed Zhao Ying in front, or his son Zhao Wuxian!" ”

Since the main force of the Zhao clan is here, who is the one who confronts the Wei people in Punan? (To be continued......)

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