Suzhou, the capital of Qi State, Qi Heng, the king of Qi, rose up and was furious. ※％，

"Saiwai is angry and humble, seizing my city, killing my soldiers, and daring to despise me, do you really think that Qi is easy to bully?" Qi Heng was furious and slammed the fold sent by Chen Zhou on the case.

"The monarch is angry." Prime Minister Helan Feng stepped forward to comfort: "Angry and fierce, although the general is scarce, but the territory is vast, if you want to attack him, it is not a moment, I am afraid it will take a long time." ”

Qi Heng glanced at him, his face was full of anger, and asked, "Then indulge him?" If the three cities are lost, Nubei can attack the Central Plains at any time, and the north of my Qi country will not be opened. ”

Helan Feng bowed and said: "The three cities cannot be lost, the minister's intention is that Liang is our strong enemy, now that Liang is in the south, if our army goes deep into the north, if Liang attacks it, how should we deal with it?" ”

"Well, Lan Feng's words are reasonable." Qi Heng calmed down, and also wanted to understand, and asked again: "According to your intentions, what should I do?" ”

Helan Feng thought about it for a moment and replied: "The minister's intention is to send troops to Chenzhou, and after recapturing the three cities, he will not go deeper, and withdraw his troops as soon as possible, or focus on Liang State." ”

"Well, I ordered Sima Jian to lead 150,000 troops, plus Chenzhou soldiers and horses, and I thought that I would be able to recover the three cities in less than a month."

Qi Heng and Helan Feng thought of Liang Guo taking advantage of the situation, but even if Liang Guo called, transferred troops, and gathered grain and grass, it would take more than a month for the whole army to set off, and at that time, Qi State had already withdrawn from outside the Saiwai Army. It's just that what I never expected was that Liang Guo had already prepared everything in advance, just waiting for the right time, and the day the Qi army set off for Saibei was the time when the Liang army attacked Qi in a big way.

Seven days later, Sima Jian, the general of Qi State, was ordered by Qi Heng to lead an army of 150,000 to leave Suzhou and go north to Chenzhou. After another three days, the voyage in Jiangzhou also began to prepare to send troops to Qi State.

Wanyue and Qinghe's stomachs were already round, and Yuanhang was afraid that the two of them would be cold, so he added thick clothes to them, which looked like round balls. Zhiqiu is already one year old, and although he can't walk yet, he can learn to speak. Yuanhang took her in his arms and kissed her hard, and the little guy seemed to be dissatisfied, pushing Yuanhang's mouth with his little hand.

"Xianggong, give me the child." Liqiu knew that Yuantu was going to leave tomorrow, and there must be a lot of things to explain to them, so after taking Zhiqiu, he handed it to Yingyue behind him, Yingyue nodded and hugged Zhiqiu back to the room.

Yuanhang chuckled and looked around at the five ladies sitting around the table.

"I'm going to set off with the troops tomorrow, and you guys in the house will take care of it." There was some sadness about the voyage, and the happy time with them was always quick, and he had only been back for a few months, and he was leaving again.

"You two must remember not to get cold, Wen'er and Liqiu take care of them more, and the princess can take care of herself." Yuanhang stretched out his hands and placed them on their stomachs, "There is a reward for giving birth to a boy, and raising a girl by yourself." ”

Qinghe smiled and held Yuanhang's hand and said lightly: "Didn't Xianggong say that both men and women like it?" ”

"That was before, and now there are three girls, and it's time for a boy to come, otherwise outsiders won't laugh at your family."

Yuanhang said with a smile, blushing the women. Wanyue pushed his hand away, and said angrily: "I am poor again, and I am not ashamed." ”

"This time, the husband can't rush back, remember to change the midwife, don't invite the two." The voyage said matter-of-factly.

"Well, I've already asked for someone else." Du Wen nodded in response.

"There's nothing else to tell you about, stay there and wait for me to come back." The voyage let out a long breath, and the air was filled with the smell of parting.

"Xianggong." Li Qiu raised his hand and gently pulled the broken hair in his ear, and asked in a low complaint: "The generals who followed you have all come to the tent, but they have never seen the righteous brother, the minister doesn't have to hide it from me, is he ......?"

Yuanhang raised his eyes to look at Liqiu, and saw that her eyes were firm, looking at herself with anticipation, and nodded slightly.

Liqiu instantly understood, and tears couldn't stop flowing, "Where is my righteous brother now?" ”

"He is in a place called Turning Tianyu, where the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and he will take you to visit him when he comes back."

Liqiu wiped the tears from her cheeks, smiled hard, and tapped the show.

"Alright, let's all go and rest." Yuanhang planned to rest at Liqiu's place at night, but the ninth princess stood up and walked over to pick him up, and said, "Xianggong will go with me, I still have something to discuss." ”

Liqiu glanced at the princess, and was preempted by her, although she didn't want to say it in her heart, she could only stare fiercely.

The ninth princess pulled Yuanhang back to her room, took out something from under the pillow, and handed it to Yuanhang on the side.

"What is this?" Yuanhang took it and looked closely, it was a purse-like thing sewn with fine soft silk cloth, and the word Pingyao was sewn crookedly with thin threads.

The ninth princess turned around and sat on the edge of the bed, and said in a playful voice: "The princess naturally doesn't know, this is a peace charm." Sister Qinghe said that if she sewed a belt for Xianggong with her own hands, Xianggong would turn evil into good fortune and be safe. ”

"Haha, it's really hard for you." Yuanhang stretched out his finger and scratched the princess's nose, picked up the peace charm and looked at it carefully.

To say that this sewing is also fine, at least there are no holes. It's just that for some reason, it's bulging, and it feels uneven inside. And the two words Ping Yao, if he didn't know her name, how could he recognize it.

"Okay, this minister has accepted it." Yuanhang knew that the princess had never touched the needle and thread, and was willing to sew this thing for herself, which showed that she was sincere and should cherish it.

The ninth princess smiled with a smile, took the peace charm and put it on Yuanhang's neck with her own hands, "You have to hang it here, don't take it off." ”

"Okay, okay." Yuanhang nodded in response, but his forehead touched the princess's breast.

"Huh? It's so soft, it can't be too much milk. Yuanhang put his hand around the princess's waist and pushed it back, and the princess fell into his arms with a thud.

"Xianggong, I want to give birth to a boy for you, you work hard tonight." The ninth princess had already learned the art of charming, and she pasted a pair of plumps on Yuanhang's face and kept rubbing them.

"You little monster...... Yuanhang took a bite through his shirt and picked up the princess sideways and threw her on the bed.

"Oops, it's painful......" The ninth princess smiled contentedly, hugged Yuanhang and rolled on the bed.

The second day, that is, the first day of the eleventh month of the third year of the inscription, this day is the day when the expedition is ordered to send troops. When he got up early in the morning, several ladies surrounded him.

The women told each other and took out their embroidered peace charms and handed them to Yuanhang. There was nowhere to put it on the voyage, so I had to tie two on each of my waists, and I still had the princess around my neck.

"Don't worry, I'm only in the rear, and I don't charge in front, good." After the voyage coaxed this and that, several wives cried and their eyes red.

Du Wen tearfully sorted out the armor for Yuanhang, Yuanhang took her into his arms and gently kissed away the tears in her eyes, "Wen'er, Wanyue asked them to be pregnant, and the affairs of the house will be entrusted to you and Liqiu, take care of them, and wait for the husband to come back." ”

Du Wen's tears couldn't be stopped at all, she flowed down in a loud voice, and with an "um" answer, she threw herself into Yuanhang's arms and cried.

"Alright, alright." Yuanhang patted her on the back and continued to coax.

Tang Ling came to the door, bowed down and said, "Young Master, Fu Junshen and they have been waiting outside the mansion for a long time, let the little one ask, when can they leave?" ”

"What's the hurry, dare to love their wives less." Yuanhang laughed and joked, amusing the girls.

"That's right, Xianggong is going to make meritorious contributions, and you should laugh and send each other off." Yuanhang kissed everyone lightly on the face, smiled and turned to walk out. Although he has a smile on his mouth, he is reluctant to give up in his heart.

The soldiers and horses of the Liang army have been assembled in Yanshun Province, and there are only more than 30,000 people here in Jiangzhou, mainly responsible for the transportation of military rations.

When he sailed out of the mansion and saw that Fu Yashi, Dao Zi and the others were already ready outside the mansion, he turned around and waved to the ladies who followed behind, "Go back, wait for me to come back in the mansion." ”

The women nodded, and stood in turn to see the voyage on their horses and leave.

"My lord, General Qin is already outside the city, 100,000 stones of grain and grass have been prepared, and the rest of the generals have also led troops to Yanshun Mansion to converge." Fu Yashi rode with Yuanhang and reported to him.

"Well, Marshal Situ also sent troops today, we have to return to the army as soon as possible, rush to Yanshun Mansion in the evening, and arrive at Yubo within three days. Only after defeating Qi Bo can he confront the Qi army. He sailed far outside the city, saw the Qin Dynasty, and ordered him to lead a large army to escort the grain and grass behind, and he led everyone to hurry up and rush to Yanshun Mansion first.

After the afternoon, the group came to Yanshun Mansion. Sun Ke led the generals out of the city to greet them, sailed to greet them, and entered the city to the garrison mansion.

"Generals, inform me of the situation of your troops, and General Sun Ke will deploy them in a unified manner." The voyage stood on the main seat, unloading the armor downward.

Sun Ke responded: "My lord, my department has 18 generals and 60,000 soldiers. Several generals have already reported, a total of 32 generals, 150,000 soldiers and horses. ”

"How many people can use repeaters?"

"Fifteen thousand." Sun Ke replied.

"Well, pass the order and order Sun Ke to be the general and guard the Chinese army. Gu Xin was the left vanguard, Duanmulong was the right vanguard, and the Qin Dynasty was the rear army, supervising the transportation of grain and grass. Troops will be sent early tomorrow morning, and they will be limited to two days to resist Yu Bo. ”

"Obey." The congregations stood up and answered.

"My lord, Marshal Situ's side, I'm afraid it will have to be delayed for some time." Fu Yashi reminded the voyage on the side.

Yuanhang answered, knowing in his heart that Situ Hao's distance was farther than his own, and if he started the war first, the troops of the Qi State would rush to Qibo, and he was afraid that it would be very difficult at that time.

"Therefore, we must take the city as soon as possible, and the city is high and strong, enough to withstand the Qi army. If the Qi army came to Qibo, Marshal Situ would be much easier to fight. "Yuanhang has already made plans, if the Qi army really arrives with heavy troops, he will defend Yubo and no longer move forward, and drag the enemy army here, so that Situ Hao can attack the Qi country from the east. If the enemy forces are divided and there is not much difference in strength, they will continue to push forward.

At the same time, Situ Hao also set off in the back hall. Led the army eastward, went to Yizhou, Guzhou, and Kaizhou to Louguan. General Zuo Long had already transferred troops and horses from various states to Louguan, where 200,000 troops were stationed.

Situ Hao was named the generalissimo of the East Road, with dozens of generals and 220,000 troops. This time, the Liang State can be said to have poured out of the nest and divided the 370,000 army into two ways to attack the Qi State.

There are two flowers, one on each branch. The voyage rested in Yanshun Mansion for the whole night, and in the early morning of the second day, he led the army to set sail towards Yubo.

The brigade marched slowly, and at dusk the next day, it reached a distance of thirty miles outside the city of Qibo. Sun Ke ordered to set up camp and prepare to attack the city tomorrow.

The name of the garrison is Wu Biao, and he is the one who hijacked his private belongings by the voyage. Knowing that the army of Liang was coming to this side, he hurriedly closed the city gate and sent people to Suzhou to report the news.

As soon as it was dawn on the second day, the army of Liang Guo rushed to the foot of the city. Wu Biao watched from the city and saw that the morale of the Liang army was high and the lineup was neat, but the number was only tens of thousands.

"General, the new arrival of the enemy army must be too tired. Our army should go out of the city and fight head-on. A general behind Wu Biao stepped forward and said.

"Well, that's exactly what I want." Wu Biao saw that the Liang army was not large in number and had just arrived in the city, so he ordered his men to go out of the city to meet the enemy. This was the plan of the voyage, and fearing that the enemy would not dare to leave the city because of the large number of troops, he sent only 30,000 men.

"The last general is willing to fight."

"The last general is willing to go to meet the enemy......"

The city of Qibo is heavy, and after the occupation of the Qi State, it relies on this city to resist the Liang State, so there are heavy soldiers and fierce generals here. Wu Biao has more than 10 generals and 80,000 soldiers. Now seeing that the Liang army only has tens of thousands of people, they all want to try their skills.

"Okay, General Han, General Bai, give you 20,000 soldiers and horses, and go out of the city to meet the enemy."

"Order." After listening to the order, the two generals beside Wu Biao hugged their fists at him, turned around and walked towards the city.

Duanmulong and Gu Xin were side by side in front of the formation, and when they saw the opening of Qibo City, the two of them immediately looked at each other.

"Do you remember what you said? We must feign defeat and draw the enemy army forward, otherwise we will not be able to bear the archers in the city. Gu Xin told Duanmulong, and the two of them whispered.

"General Gu, don't worry, I already remember." Duanmu Long stared ahead and responded.

Two generals came out of the city, and after the soldiers were in formation, one of them stepped forward and marched into the middle of the formation.

"Bold Liang thief, dare to offend my Daqi, who dares to come out and fight with me?"

Duanmu Long's subordinates asked for battle, but he stopped him, smiled at Gu Xin, hugged his fist, picked up his gun and let the horse go out.

"I am Duanmulong, the right vanguard of Liang Guoxi's expedition, who is the enemy general, report your name." Duanmu Long remembered the instructions of the voyage, lured the enemy army to charge and kill, and after staying away from the city, he shot the enemy army with a repeater crossbow, and tried to destroy the enemy army as much as possible to reduce the excessive resistance encountered during the siege.

"An unknown junior, but also a pioneer." The general lifted the Yanling knife, pointed at Duanmulong and said: "Boy, listen, I am Bai Qidao, the deputy general of Qibo, and I will behead you here today." ”

"White knives?" Duanmu Long snorted and laughed on his horse, "In that case, what are you doing with your sword, won't you raise it in vain." ”

"Wow, yellow-haired child, come and die." Bai Qidao shouted angrily, and the horse swung his knife and rushed towards Duanmu Long.

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