Time goes back to three days ago, the Hejian occupied by the Qi State, near the place called "Pingqiu Mountain" by the river. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Since the time of Yaoshun, there were people who lived on both sides of the big river with nine tributaries at that time, fishing, hunting, pioneering, multiplying, and in the spring and autumn period, they evolved into the Rongdi tribe of half-cultivation and half-gathering. This place was initially controlled by the Zhongxing clan and submitted to the Jin state, but during the Liuqing Civil War, it was occupied by the Chen clan and has been occupied for six years.

For the local Manchu tribes, their lives did not change much, although there was a little more labor: in order to defend this land of the Tang Dynasty, the Chen clan conscripted them twice a year to build a city for the Qi state.

On this day, Chen Bao, a small sect disciple of the Chen clan of Qi State, led more than 100 personal soldiers and ten chariots, and was inspecting the river bank next to Pingqiu Mountain, separated by a tributary of a large river, and opposite was the field of giant deer.

This was just a routine patrol, and the land between the rivers was sparsely populated, half the size of the Lu country, but it had a population of less than 100,000, so the Qi people could not station heavy troops in this vast land, and could only use the newly established small cities as a stronghold, including the nearby Rongdi tribe. Sending people to patrol again, the usual focus is only to check the passing business travel, Rong Di who migrated across the border, but now, the focus has become to reconnoiter the movements of the Zhao army on the other side.

Because since the beginning of spring, the situation along the border has become very tense, the Zhao clan attacked the Daiguo on a large scale last year, and easily leveled the Daidi, although it was only a distant Rongdi state, but it still gave the princes a great shock. Through other channels, Chen Bao's cousin Chen Heng determined that after the spring ploughing, the Zhao family would also use troops against the Qi State.

Qi Guo has already made a lot of noise, but Chen feels that he still has time, because it is spring ploughing, and there are busy figures in the fields everywhere, and Zhao is no exception. Chen Heng guessed that the war was likely to come in March and April, and the direction of the main attack should be Handan, Weiguo, and even Lu. Because the Zhao clan and the Qi state were divided by Guanshiyi, the south of Guanshi belonged to Zhao, and the north belonged to Qi, where there was no river block, and it was easier to attack, so Chen's heavy troops were stationed in Guanshi to confront Zhao's newly established city "Guantao".

Even so, Hejian was still very tense, as early as the beginning of the month, this side began to blockade the border, put an end to business travel, and required the defenders of Hejian to report to Gaotang once a day, and there must be troops patrolling the Jiehe every day......

Usually, there was nothing to do, but on this day, Chen Bao, who was patrolling, suddenly heard his entourage shouting: "What is that?!" ”

He hurriedly followed the direction of everyone's fingers, looked back, but saw a straight wolf smoke rising from the north of Pingyi Mountain......

The river near Pingqiu Mountain is the narrowest, less than a hundred paces wide, and the opposite bank can even shoot arrows to this side, because the number of Qi troops is limited, there is no garrison nearby, only a beacon. On weekdays, the defense can only rely on a few boats swimming in the West River and a dozen or so people stationed in the beacon.

Fengsui was originally a border guard tower used by Zong Zhou to defend against dogs, and after the construction of the Great Wall in the south, Qi set up a beacon between the rivers as a warning.

Chen Bao's heart suddenly sank.

"Emperor, turn around!" Chen Bao heard his instinctive roar, "Everyone go in the direction of wolf smoke!" ”

When they bypassed Pingqiu Mountain, they saw an amazing scene......

A small wing of Qi in the middle of the West River has been inserted with arrows, which has been ignited to the hull of the ship, and the stern of the ship has sunk, and a few hundred steps next to it, the Zhao army, which is densely packed with black pressure, is methodically erecting a pontoon bridge.

Chen Bao gasped, and after a rough calculation, there were as many as two or three thousand people on the other side!

Fengsui, who performed the duty of raising the wolf smoke, had also fallen, and a team of Zhao soldiers who swam over had killed all the guards, and were extinguishing the wolf smoke with water and soil, and at the same time, Chen Bao and his party were also discovered.

"Retreat!" There are only two or three hundred people on his side, Chen Bao is not arrogant enough to fight ten against one, and the news of Zhao's army entering the Kou has been continuously passed back by Fengsui, to Dongwu City, the center of the river, and then to Gaotang and Linzi, so there is no need for him to cause senseless sacrifices here.

But the Zhao army didn't seem to intend to let them go, they had just come from the pontoon bridge, and dozens of cavalry had already stepped on their horses, intending to pursue them!

Chen Bao let everyone run away in ten teams, he himself took ten cars and galloped lightly, and when Zhao Qi almost caught up with him, he returned to his station, Fuliu City, a simple town built with a willow fence as a wall.

He didn't even have time to drink a sip of water, so he gave the order: "Listen to me!" Set the city on fire, and then everyone evacuates to Tobu Castle, bringing food with them, and burning them together if they can't! ”

10,000 Qi troops scattered in more than a dozen walled cities between the rivers, the field battle is incompetent, and the defense of the city is not enough, just the Zhao army that crossed the river from Julu is enough to easily break through here, rather than the enemy, it is better to give up.

Therefore, the army must be concentrated, and the next step is to fight or withdraw, and wait for Chen Heng on the Gaotang side to make a decision......

So, after six years of being ruled by the Qi people, Rong Di found that the Qi people had begun to evacuate, and an army from the west had taken over the ruler's position.

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Zhao's Hejian offensive came very suddenly.

It coincided with the busy farming season, the rice was tender and the water in the field was deep, although he had already learned from other channels that the Zhao clan would attack, but Zhao Wuxian's resolute use of troops during the spring ploughing still caught Chen Heng a little off guard.

After the coup d'état seized power, Chen Qi sat in Linzi, and Chen Heng ran between Gaotang and Pingyin, and the originally precarious border defense became impressive under his adjustment, at least it did not let Zhao and Lu Guo take advantage of the big loophole.

But this time it was different, Chen Heng felt that he was simply suffering from the enemy, Lu Guo must have been instructed by Zhao Wuxian, Ran Qiu and Liu Xia have been spinning on the edge of the Great Wall of Qi, in the direction of Jin State, the soldiers gathered by Yang Tongue Rong Shuai in Handan forced the Guan clan and Dongwu City. The Yanghu side of Dongyang was reduced to zero, and 10,000 soldiers were forced to cross from different positions in the Xihe River, except for one blocked, the rest landed smoothly, and then began to quickly attack the city, and there were urgent requests for help everywhere, and the vanguard of the Zhao army hit the city of Dongwu on the third day.

After concentrating his troops, Chen Heng could only use 10,000 people in his hands, and in the face of the attack of 20,000 Zhao elites, he didn't even have any illusions about defending the city.

Trebuchets and ballistas were no longer secrets, but powerful siege weapons that Zao Wuse-shirt used to deter his enemies, and any thin wall was as fragile as fragile ceramics under their bombardment.

The only hope now is that Chen's diplomacy will work.

But soon, he was disappointed.

The Wei clan only dared to quietly inform the Chen clan that Zhao Wuxian would plot against the Qi country, but there was no substantial help at all, and the Han clan even stood on the same front with the Zhao clan and openly sent troops to assist.

To the north, Chen Heng spent a lot of effort to make friends with Zhongshan and ignored Chen's discord, Zhongshan Jun said disdainfully, Zhao can help Zhongshan Dynasty meet the Son of Heaven and be listed as princes, can Chen? What's more, they are still guarding against Yan Guo, how could they help Qi Guo to take advantage of the fire at this juncture, and directly tie up Chen Heng's envoy to show loyalty to Zhao Wuxian.

Even the inherent ally of the Qi State, the Yan State, under the threat of the Zhao Dynasty's garrison and the suspicion of the Zhongshan State, ignored the warning of the Qi State and severed contact with the Qi State, and agreed that the Zhao cavalry of the Dai Land would attack the northern part of the Hejian region by passing through the Yan State......

"The eyes of the rats are light, and the vertical is not enough to conspire with them!" Chen Heng could only scold Yan and Zhongshan for being fools, if the rivers of Qi were lost, the Zhao clan would completely surround them, and the fate of the two countries would be saved in the hands of others, why didn't they understand!?

So, just when the smoke and dust kicked by Zhao Qi swept across the river from north to south, and the two armies of the Zhao family were about to converge in Dongwu City, Chen Heng didn't have time to ask his father who was far away in Linzi, so he made a major decision without authorization.

While preparing for the evacuation, he sent an envoy to meet Zhao Wuxian, who had personally come to Julu to coordinate the war, and handed over a letter of state that was neither humble nor arrogant, asking for peace.

As soon as Zhao Wuxian opened it, he saw Chen Heng's beautiful Qi State seal character:

"In the past, my ancestors Qi Huan Gong and Jin Wen Gong worked together, and the two states were one, stumbling through marriage and swearing an oath. Said: Hundreds of generations of descendants, do not be disadvantaged. Later, there were Linggong, Qinggong, Zhuang Gong, and Pinggong (Qi Jinggong), who were greedy for hegemony, did not respect the ancestors' orders, betrayed the curse alliance of the Ninth Emperor, and led the soldiers of the princes to Linjia Jin and Zhao. Now the new monarch of Qi succeeded to the throne, thinking about the past, regretting it, the sin is in the ancestor alone, the widow ordered the Chen family, and is willing to ask for peace with the Zhao family. ”

"If possible, then I am willing to return all the cities in Hejian to the Jin State, and form a bloody alliance with the Zhao family, Qi is the Jin Zhi and the country, Chen is the east wall of Zhao, the two families are reconciled, and they will never fight each other, isn't it beautiful? If not, then there is Mount Tai in the south of Qi, Laishui in the east, Qinghe in the west, and Shaohai in the north. Qi is more than 1,000 miles, Su is like hills and mountains, the wealth of salt and iron, and the benefits of armor soldiers, not inferior to Zhao's. There are 20,000 households in Linzi, each household has three men, two or three get 60,000, 60,000 horsemen fight with halberds and shout, enter like a sharp arrow, fight like thunder, solve like wind and rain, Zhao wants to destroy the people of our society, it is not easy, at that time, the trapped beast is still fighting, injuring 10,000 enemies, and losing 8,000 self-losses, Zhao's hindering in front, Han Wei taking it behind, isn't it lazy? ”

Closing the letter, Zhao Wuxian laughed: "Fighting with people, it's fun, Chen Heng is really a good opponent, this move gecko tail is much more decisive than I expected......"

(To be continued.) )