Yan country, Jicheng.

Hearing that the State of Chu took the initiative to cut down Yue, King Yan moved his mind. In King Yan's opinion, if you want to compete with Korea, you must annex Qi to increase your strength, otherwise, there is no chance of winning. Now, South Korea is busy building the Zhengguo Canal, and for the Chu State to take the lead in provoking the war, the Yue State took the initiative to ask for help from itself, and actually only sent 50,000 troops! Moreover, the reaction is extremely slow! Obviously, South Korea does not want to take the opportunity to expand its territory. Does this mean that South Korea will have nothing to do with itself in the future? If that's the case, Yan Guo's chance has come!

As soon as this thought came to mind, King Yan was a little excited and couldn't extricate himself! After thinking about it, King Han decided to convene his confidant ministers to discuss the matter.

The prime minister made Qu Lao steady, and he was not very approving of King Yan's adventure, and said: "Your Majesty! The minister thought that Qi Guo was a hundred-legged insect that died but did not stiffen, so he could only slowly figure it out! Now that Tiandan has recovered, the people have returned to their hearts, and at this time, they will send troops, and they will lose more and win less, which will damage morale! ”

The eldest husband Ju Xin disagreed with this, and said: "If the Qi State really trusts Tian Dan, it will not set up the right prime minister, let Hou Sheng divide his power, and look at it with the ministers, this is a sign of discord between the monarchs and ministers of the Qi State!" There are only two counties left in the Qi country, and we don't need to take all the Qi countries, we just need to capture the Qi counties. ”

"Definitely! Linzi, the capital of Qi State, is in Qi County, and if it dies, its country will be destroyed. The Qi Kingdom will definitely fight to the death, even if we take the Qi County, our Yan Kingdom will suffer heavy casualties! When South Korea arrives, it only needs to use a brigade to snatch Qi County, no! Cannot! The prime minister still insisted on his opinion.

"What does Yaqing think?" King Yan looked at the general Rong Worm expectantly.

Rong Yan replied without humility or arrogance: "King Qiqi, the minister thinks that if there is no intervention of Han and Zhao, our Yan Kingdom can attack Jishui with lightning speed. If you want to go further and capture Linzi, you must raise the troops of the whole country. Now the question is. Han and Zhao will not sit back and let our Yan country grow! If you are not careful, you will make wedding dresses for others. ”

King Yan frowned, if Han and Zhao intervened, it would really be unfavorable to Yan Guo. If Han and Zhao can be allowed to fight, then the Yan State will have the hope of annexing the Qi State alone, otherwise. Yan Guo could only walk on thin ice, and did not dare to deal with Qi Guo with all his might.

"How about leading Han and Zhao to fight?" King Yan asked.

In exchange, Rong Yi shook his head, and Rong Yan replied: "Now Han is strong and Zhao is weak, Zhao will definitely not provoke South Korea, South Korea is busy building Zheng Guo Canal, and he is not willing to have more rights and wrongs!" It's hard to lead the two countries to fight! ”

"How about leading Zhao to attack Qin?" Doctor Zhongda, who had not made a sound, said suddenly.

"Zhao Guohua Qin?" King Yan muttered. After the Qin State occupied Taiyuan County, it had already strictly affected the security of the northern frontier of the Zhao State. Especially when Qin rejected Zhao's marriage, Zhao must be more vigilant, but what else is needed to escalate the wariness to irreconcilable contradictions.

"When the minister heard, he struck first, and then attacked others. Han and Qin are now friends, and Zhao Guo must be worried in his heart. Why didn't the king send someone close to Zhao to lure him. Promote the alliance between Yan and Zhao. We Yan State invaded Qi, and Zhao State invaded Qin. echoing each other, so that South Korea can not take care of things at all, plus the matter of Chu State's invasion of Vietnam, South Korea is afraid that it will be difficult to maneuver! Lieutenant General Lang Wang Fang said.

"It's a risky plan, but it's not impossible. In the opinion of the ministers, it is not advisable to send too many troops. 100,000 is enough. If South Korea makes a big move, we can exhaust South Korea. If South Korea is indifferent from the sidelines, we will increase our forces and attack Linzi in one fell swoop! Rong put forward his own opinion.

"What does the Prime Minister think?" King Yan looked at Jiangqu.

Jiang Qu sighed in his heart. Knowing that King Yan would not give up if he didn't try, fortunately, if this plan failed, it was just to consume some grain and grass, but if it succeeded, he could make a big profit, so he could only second: "If Zhao Guo is willing to send troops to attack Qin, you can give it a try!" ”

King Yan was overjoyed, and ordered the general to grow up to the husband and make him hold the festival and represent himself as an envoy to Zhao State.

On the same day that Ju Xin left Jicheng, Qi County in the north of the Chu State also ushered in uninvited guests, and 15,000 Han troops surrounded Qi County.

Qi County is named after Mizukuma Duo Cabbage (water celery), belongs to Jiujiang County, its land is close to Dabie Mountain in the north, Jiangshui in the south, and Peng Lize (Poyang Lake ancient name) in the east, there are 5,000 households, and it is a large county with several in Jiujiang County.

The news of the loss of Xia County was transmitted quickly, but the defenders of Qi County only had time to send messengers to Nanchang to collect the people into the city, and then they were besieged by the Korean army.

There were only 2,000 defenders in the entire Qi County, and only 3,000 people including the untrained young and strong. In the face of the persuasion of the Korean army to surrender, the Chu army also resisted to the death. In the face of the extremely strong Qi County, the Han army made a mistake for a while!

Along the way, the Korean army took down five cities in a row, which can be called bloodless. In the face of the strong Qi County, the Han army was not helpless, but the main general Wang Jian wanted to preserve his strength as much as possible. After all, Qi County was already the last city in Jiangbei of Jiujiang County, and if it weren't for the fear that the more than 2,000 Chu troops might make waves after crossing the river and be in danger of the rear, Wang Jian would have led his troops to attack Nanchang long ago.

Since he couldn't take Qi County for a while, Wang Jian simply changed the attack to a siege and made a plan to encircle the point to help! If Jiujiang County refuses to send troops across the river to come for reinforcements anyway, and then make a calculation, anyway, it is still early before the time stipulated by King Han.

Wang Jian can sit down and leisurely consume the patience of the defenders of Qi County, but the county guard of Jiujiang County, Mi Xuan, and the county lieutenant Xiang Feng are anxious like ants on a hot pot. Whether to save Qi County or not has become a difficult choice.

In the entire Jiujiang County, there are 50,000 households, and Qi County occupies one-fifth of them. If Qi County is allowed to fall, the King of Chu will be blamed. More importantly, many of the fiefdoms of the Chu and Xiang clans are in Qi County. In the state of Chu, the nobles had the power of life and death in the fiefdom, and the fiefdom was the main source of wealth for the nobles. Although the fiefdom was only a few townships under the jurisdiction of Qi County and not the entire Qi County, the population of these townships accounted for half of the population of Qi County. If the Jiangdong family knew that they had not gone to the rescue, even if the King of Chu let him go, the elders of the clan would not let him go! After all, the intelligence claimed that the number of Korean troops was no more than 20,000 at most, while the entire Jiujiang County had 50,000 troops! Aside from Qi County, the county guard Mi Xuan and the county lieutenant Xiang Feng could also gather a force of more than 40,000 soldiers and horses to cross the river and go north.

"Lieutenant Xiang, whether this Qi County is saved or not, you still need to hurry up and come up with a charter!" The county guard Mi Xuan obviously wanted to use his position as a civilian official and not hold military power to shirk his responsibilities. In the future, even if the family blames him, he can claim that he has tried his best to maneuver, but the military power is in the hands of the county lieutenant Xiang Feng, Xiang Feng refuses to send troops, and he can't do anything. If you can defeat the Korean army, then you don't mind taking a share of the credit!

Xiang Feng naturally knew the plan of the county guard Mi Xuan, played Tai Chi, and prevaricated: "After all, I haven't been in Jiujiang County for a long time, and I am not very familiar with the situation, Mi County has been an official in Jiujiang for more than five years, and he knows the situation of Jiujiang County well. ”

Xiang Feng was won the position of lieutenant of Jiujiang County by his family half a year ago, and he has not served for a long time. But as soon as he took office, he grabbed power and installed cronies. It is impossible to say that you are not familiar with the situation, and it is also because you are unwilling to take responsibility for making such remarks.

Mi Xuan smiled awkwardly and told the truth: "Captain Xiang, you and I are both understanding people. Whether this Qi County can be saved or not, the king can't say anything, the key to the problem lies in the family's opinion! If the family thinks that we are not enough to succeed and more than we can lose, and want to go further, I am afraid it will not be easy! ”

Xiang Feng nodded and admitted Mi Xuan's statement, in the final analysis, half of the land and population of this Qi County belonged to the King of Chu, and half of the land and population belonged to the Xiang and Mi clans. Even if they lose Qi County, the two of them can blame the Han army for being menacing and unstoppable, or blame it on the fact that Qi County ordered the defense of the city to be unfavorable, and as for their own responsibility, they can completely lie that they did not receive the message of Qi County asking for help at all, and it has nothing to do with themselves! The king of Chu is easy to deceive, and the elders of the family are not easy to fool. If you use the influence of your family to ascend to such a high position as a county guard and county lieutenant, you need to benefit your family, and if you let the family know that you are afraid and let Qi County fall, it will be a big sin!

"This Qi County can be saved, but there is a risk!" Xiang Feng sighed.

"The number of Korean troops is only 10,000 at the beginning, and at most 20,000, we have gathered 40,000 troops, with two or even three times the number of people, don't we have a chance of winning?" Mi Xuan said he didn't understand.

"The county guard thinks, where did the Korean army send troops from? How could there be only 20,000 people? Xiang Feng asked rhetorically.

Mi Xuan understood it at one point, and immediately realized. The news from Qi County said that the Korean army came from Xia County (Wuhan), so the Korean army either came from the north (Nanyang or Runan) or from the west (Ba County), and if it was the former, it was acceptable. If it is the latter, it means that Yingdu has been lost, and Jiujiang County will face an overwhelming Korean army, and these less than 20,000 Korean troops may just be the vanguard!

"Sha Xian has not yet sent urgent news, I think that Yingdu should be safe, and the south bank of the river should be safe. Whether the Han army was coming down the Han River from Nanyang or from Runan across Tongbai Mountain, our connection with Yingdu was cut off. If I'm not mistaken, maybe now or not soon, South Korea will send troops to attack Yingdu. How vast the river is, if we gather the soldiers and horses of Jujun to rescue Qi County, once we are attacked by the Korean army, the casualties will inevitably be heavy, and when the time comes, how to deal with the Korean army going downstream? Xiang Feng expressed his real concern.

"What's more, I'm really worried that the Han army wants to lure us to reinforcements with a trick of wanting to capture the old and indulge!" Xiang Feng added.

"That's right! However, whether we rescue Qi County or not, we should gather the soldiers of the whole county and make plans as soon as possible. In my opinion, it is better to send scouts to cross the river to investigate! Perhaps, the Korean army also has a time when it is arrogant and lonely! 芈Xuanjian yì said.

"That's all there is to it!" Xiang Feng made up his mind. (To be continued......)

PS: I'm back, I'm so tired! I have to go on a business trip on Wednesday, and I rushed back on Thursday to see a doctor, time is tight, if the update is not timely in these two days, forgive me! Strive for the outbreak of May Day!