In the third year of Zhao Hou, in the autumn and July of the ninth year of the Hou of Qi, with the fall of Linzi, the Hou of Qi was captured, and this Haidai power has almost been completely controlled by Zhao State, except for one place, that is, Donglai. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Donglai is a peninsula, in the east of Qi, so it is called Donglai, here is a thousand miles in circumference, accounting for one-third of the size of the Qi country, but also the last to be included in the Qi country under the rule of a piece of land, until 80 years ago, the rule of Laiyi here was wiped out.

Laiyi is a descendant of the Zhuan clan, a branch of Dongyi, as early as the Xia Shang period, often enemies of the Central Plains states. After the rise of Ji Zhou, Laiyi, who had deep roots and deep leaves, did not take the Western Zhou foreign states in his eyes at all, and when Taigongwang was sealed in the Qi State and established the capital in Yingqiu, if he hadn't traveled all night, Yingqiu was almost occupied by Laiguo.

After all, it was the elite of the four mountains that had just been killed from the bloody battle of Muye, and Taigong hoped that the Lai people who would fight with him in the future would be defeated under the city of Yingqiu, and since then the grievances between the Qi State and the Lai Kingdom have lasted for 500 years.

Laizi regarded the Qi State as a foreign weed, and went over to disturb them without preparation, but as everyone knows, the successive monarchs of the Qi State regarded them as a piece of good fat meat, and they were enjoying the pleasure of slowly encroaching.

Because it was always defeated by the Qi State, the Lai State became smaller and smaller, and when the Duke of Qi Huan became the hegemon, he lost most of the land west of the Wei River in a row, retreated to the east of the Jiaolai River, and lived in the eastern coastal area, becoming a vassal state of Qi. The Central Plains princes and alliances do not have its share, so they also offer gifts from time to time to guard against the attack and plunder of the Qi people anytime and anywhere.

This game of cat and mouse finally ended when Qi Linggong succeeded to the throne, and the Qi army adopted the method of building soil and mountains around Laidu to surround Laidu, shrinking step by step. In 567 B.C., Laidu was defeated, after which the Lai Gonggong died on the way to flee, and the last Dongyi power ended up in a bleak end.

Now that 80 years have passed, Donglai has almost completely become a nationalized country, and the relationship between Laiyi and Linzi is only a different dialect area, plus a few differences in customs.

The ownership of this place has been changed several times, and now it is a fief exclusive to the Chen family, Linzi was broken, and when Chen Qi died, his sister-in-law Chen Heng had fled east into Donglai with most of the Chen clansmen, making a living.

In this regard, Zhao Wuxian paid great attention to it.

"This Donglai Peninsula is secluded in the east, three sides away from the sea, good at fish and salt, is a new land, with a population of three or four hundred thousand, with Chen Heng's ability, with Weishui, Jiaolai River, overseas islands of danger, but also enough to consolidate the country."

Zhao Wuxian thought about it carefully, maybe it was the rejection between the thieves, and he and Chen Heng looked at each other with disgust. For more than ten years, Chen Heng has been embarrassed by himself everywhere, although he can't cause great damage, but he is always as annoying as a fly that is difficult to swatt, not to mention that in the original history, this Chen Heng is the hero who laid the foundation of Tian Qi, and he cannot be careless.

It is advisable to chase the poor bravely, and not to sell the name of the overlord!

Therefore, while forcibly moving most of the 100,000 people in Linzi and the surrounding areas to Jinan and Jibei for food, Wuxian also sent Zhao Yi, Ran Qiu, and 30,000 soldiers of the three Qi State Secretaries of Guo, Gao, and Bao to continue to march eastward, and let Yan Yu and Yan Gao, who had already occupied Jimo, go north, hoping to conquer Donglai as soon as possible and eliminate Chen Heng.

"From the west, we will forcibly cross the Weishui and Jiaolai rivers, seize Yeyi, and then break Laicheng and Huangyi, while the south will start from Jimo and seize Tangyi, so that most of Donglai can be included in the palm, and the Chen family can only slowly retreat to the east."

Zhao Wuxian's plan was good, but the war on the peninsula did not go well......

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Because of the hilly area of Donglai, the coalition army marched slowly. And Chen Heng may also know that his family has reached a life-and-death moment, so he resisted fiercely everywhere, and the two sides almost reached the point of fighting for every inch of land.

Chen Heng had already learned the news of the fire in Linzi and the death of his father, because the news of Donglai was blocked, Chen Heng took a bite instead, spreading that Zhao Wuxian burned this big city with a fire in order to boast of his great martial arts and force the people of Linzi to migrate after breaking through Linzi!

In addition, there are many rumors that add oil and vinegar, such as that the Zhao people want to kill the men of the land and take away their wives and daughters, and Zhao Wuxian wants to boil the water of Shaohai and sprinkle salt grains on the land of the Qi country, so that this place will be barren forever......

All this stimulated the morale of the Donglai people to resist the invaders, so it was very difficult for the Zhao army to march.

At the end of July, in the battle of Weishui and Jiaolai River, the dead soldiers organized by the Chen clan frantically charged the Zhao army who crossed the river.

In August and September, the Battle of Yeyi took a whole month to build the earth and break the city.

In October, the battles of Laishan and Huangyi were even more difficult, thanks to Yan Yu and Yan Gao, who fought from Tangyi in the south, to join the siege, and they were successfully captured.

From late July to the end of October, Chan resisted for three months. At this point, most of Donglai has been taken, and only a few places in the easternmost part of the peninsula are still resisting.

However, what is frustrating is that there is still no sign of Chen Heng in Lae City, this cunning Shiqing disciple has the true meaning of "three holes of cunning rabbits", every time he resists, he will not run to the front line in person, no matter how difficult the situation is, he always keeps his hands behind.

Although the city of Lae has been broken and most of the East Laiqi people have been subdued, as long as Chen Heng does not die for a day, this war will not be over.

After Zhao Yi discussed with Ran Qiu, he could only bite the bullet and continue to march eastward.

"Are there any other towns east of Lae?" Zhao Yi asked Bao Xi, Chen's enemy.

"More than 100 miles to the east, there is Yanyi (Yantai), and there is Fushan Mountain overseas, and the island worships the Lord of the Sun; Two hundred miles further to the east, there is no night town, there is day and night in ancient times, see in Donglai, so Laizi set up this city, in the name of 'never night', there is the easternmost part of Donglai, but also the easternmost corner of Kyushu, the earliest place where the sun rises in the whole day......"

"This Donglai is really big." Zhao Yi gritted his teeth, he kind of understood why Zhao Hou only allowed himself and Ran Qiu to bring the division in, and did not send a large army to suppress it, because such a huge and barren peninsula could not supply the rations of the large army at all, and it was hilly and dense, and even if the Zhao army was stationed, it would not be able to rule effectively.

But fortunately, they are about to come to an end, no matter how they run, Chen Heng can only run until the night, and there is nowhere else to go!

However, Zhao Yi was wrong, Chen Heng didn't run away from night after all, and he stopped in his hometown.

The army surrounded the small Xuanyi, and after breaking in, there was no trace of Chen Heng, and even the Chen clansmen, the dead soldiers, and even the thousands of residents of the Xuanyi who had been fleeing with him were nowhere to be found.

Zhao Yi and the others couldn't help but be shocked, but Ran Qiu was thoughtful, and he led the army to the north for ten miles and arrived at the seaside.

It was early winter, the sea was not yet frozen, and it was a good weather with blue sky and a slight wind.

The coastline north of the province is filled with wooden sailboats, boats, and sampans, which are slowly swaying in the breeze. The big one is ten zhang long, has a mast and a hard sail, can carry hundreds of people, and the small one is only more than one zhang, which can only accommodate a family. The waves gently lapped against the hulls of these large and small wooden boats, splashing the sky full of white waves.

"It's the young sea boat master of Qi who disappeared......"

Ran Qiu and the others looked around, but saw that the decks of each ship were densely packed with people, including people who helped the old and the young, and sailors dressed in short clothes, their skin was tanned, showing their strong muscles, obviously fishermen begging for a living by the sea, they looked at the mainland with tears in their eyes, and wept when they looked at their hometown.

In addition, there are some strong men in armor, either carrying spears or swords and halberds in their hands, constantly waving, rushing at the Zhao army on the shore and shouting, they are venting, venting their anger and fear of being cornered, but these loyal and brave warriors who have been raised by the Chen family for many years still believe that as long as there is a family master, they can find a way out for them......

"The wind is up...... The thin Chen Heng stood on his flagship with his hands in his hands, looked up at the Chen banner that was hunted by the sea breeze, and finally glanced at the coast of Qi who gave birth to him and raised him, and Zhao Jun who sighed with admiration, there was no joy or sorrow on his face, and he was forced to this point, he no longer had the concept of success or failure in his heart, and only his father entrusted him with the responsibility - let the Chen family continue!

He resolutely looked back, raised his hand, and ordered loudly: "Open the ship, Beihang!" ”

Thousands of sails are raised, hundreds of boats compete for the current, and the sea breeze slowly sails north, away from the homeland, to the unknown other shore......

"History of Zuo": "On October 30, the third year of the Gong, Chen Heng took 500 heroes and 8,000 people to float to the sea in Fushan Mountain, ...... Yiyi"

PS: The second chapter is in the evening

(To be continued.) )