Chapter 30 - Turning Enemies Against Each Other
Perhaps, I once thought that all this that was about to happen was in my own hands, and I was able to control my so-called life. Who would have thought that the bonds in the world are so impermanent that no one will know that everything they do is someone else's wedding dress. In the end, it dawned on me that since what I was pursuing was a flash in the pan, it was better to let it go like this, seeking the most one-sided piece of my heart, the last warmth. - "The Legend of Falling Flowers and Red Faces"
The night is quiet and the moon is deep, and the sky is hung with shining stars with dazzling stars, and the current summer in the Demon Spirit Continent is not as hot as before. This year's summer is relatively cool, and the people like to enjoy this feeling.
However, this year's summer was not as quiet as it used to be. The Qi State and the Feng State coexisted for more than 300 years, and the longest period without war was more than ten years after Xuanyuejun ascended the throne, which was more than ten years without war relying on the "Xuanlinghe Treaty". After the Holy Emperor won the victory in the Battle of Cetian and successfully ascended the throne, he immediately sent a three-way army to attack the Qi State and tear apart the thirteen-year-long "Xuanlinghe Treaty". It was because of the ambition hidden in his heart that he was determined to unify the Demon Spirit Continent. The things he relied on to seal the country were far stronger than the strength of the Qi country, but he ignored the unity of the army and the people of the Qi country, and exterminated the domestic cancer through strange soldiers. On the contrary, it was the closure of the country, and it had to be temporarily abandoned because of the two armies hired by Feng Chiyun, and instead cleared the domestic forces loyal to the former emperor Guangwujun. Now that the interior of the feudal country has been calmed, the vanguard army of 100,000 has been divided into two ways to disperse and attack. Their goal was to occupy the important cities of Huicheng and Ruocheng in the south of Qi and slowly encroach on the power of Qi.
Of course, as for the so-called Ming clan, from the Holy Emperor to the ordinary soldiers of the feudal country, they all understand that Ming is just a chess piece in their hands that can be discarded at any time. Therefore, on the third day after the Ming people captured Huicheng and expelled Zhang Dao, the governor of Huicheng, 60,000 elites who received news that the fourth and fifth halls of the Fengzhan Society stationed in Mengcheng sent envoys to raise troops in Huicheng at the same time, and asked the Ming people to cede Huicheng and more than ten county towns under their rule according to the treaty to be used as "garrisons" for the feudal country.
With a loud bang, it has now become the head of the city of the Ming forces, and an old man who looks like a fairy wind and bones, surrounded by white clothes, smashed a book in his hand on the city wall with an angry face, Rao is usually very well cultivated, but the content of this letter made him involuntarily scolded angrily: "It's just too deceitful! What do you want to seal the country!"
Standing opposite the old man was a messenger wearing a small hat and a gray robe. Behind this envoy is a few wolf-like guards, this envoy is a man who can speak the Tao under the command of the four halls of the Feng Zhan Society, and today it is he who will persuade the Ming clan to give up the city, otherwise it will not be beneficial to the Ming clan to open the army of the Feng War Society.
The envoy sneered disdainfully, and said lightly: "When our feudal kingdom promised to send troops, we had already written down such treaties in black and white. Why, Elder North doesn't want to regret it, does he?" His eyes were full of contemptuous smiles, and the Elder North in front of him, although he looked respectful to their clansmen, was as respectful as a celestial. And in his eyes, this Northern Elder was just a pawn and a watchdog on their way to the success of sealing the country. If one day they don't need this watchdog, they will naturally abandon this useless chess piece without hesitation. Therefore, this envoy was naturally reluctant to be polite to Elder Bei, and his speech like this could be regarded as giving face. Of course, when the messenger had said this, he immediately turned around and went down the tower and left the city.
Elder North stared at the back of the departing envoy, and his heart couldn't help but feel a deep sadness, he knew that cooperating with the feudal state was tantamount to luring the wolf into the house, and even if he could succeed in revenge, he would inevitably be spurned by the people and soldiers of the Qi country. But he can't manage so much, and he doesn't know the insatiable greed of the feudal country, but now he can only choose to unite and live in the feudal country, and use the power of the feudal country to contain the Qi country. Elder North was just hoping for a point, hoping that the feudal state could temporarily help them exterminate the southern forces of the Qi State first, so that they could mobilize their troops to resist the plundering of the feudal state.
It was only now that Elder Bei clearly realized that the feudal kingdom did not give them face at all, and even the most basic attitude towards allies was not left to them. The 30,000 troops of the Ming tribe were killed and nearly 4,000 were killed, and only then did they capture the city through a sneak attack through an underground attack. But they didn't expect that it had only been two days since they captured the Huicheng Anmin, and not only did the people raid the city tower break out inside the city, but even the feudal country, which had just heard about it, directly sent 60,000 elite troops from the four halls of the Fengzhan Society to take over the city, which made Elder Bei's heart rise with great sorrow.
Dressed in white and wearing a silver beard, Elder North stood alone at the head of the Huicheng City, thinking about the city that was about to change hands and seal the country, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly. But he secretly resented his own clan, where talented people were slaughtered, and those who survived were incompetent. Not only are these people unable to help themselves, but they are also sitting and waiting to eat. The army of their Ming people who are now rebellious is only more than 30,000 people. In fact, there are only about 20,000 people who really contribute, and the other 10,000 people are all children who can't help themselves and can't go to the battlefield. They had no way to fight against the feudal kingdom that was now in full swing, and thinking of this made Elder Bei feel sad and angry, but there was nothing they could do. In the end, with a long sigh, he finally chose to compromise on behalf of the Ming clan.
In the summer of the twenty-second year of Xuan Lejun of the State of Qi, the Ming people surrendered Huicheng, an important town in the south of the Qi State that had fallen to nearly 4,000 people, and the whole army withdrew to Ruocheng to the north. They surrendered the city they had worked so hard to build to the 60,000 troops of the War Council who came to take over the city.
However, these troops of the Sealed War Society did not even think of a point, and the Ming clan did not stop there, and even looked for an opportunity to recapture the city. At the moment when they led the army into the Huicheng, on a small hill not far from the Huicheng, Elder Bei stared at the changed banner at the head of the city with a vicious expression, his face was filled with incomparably resentful, and his eyes were slightly closed staring at the Huicheng in the distance. At this time, a member of the Ming clan riding a fast horse came from a distance, and Elder Bei was shocked when he saw him. The member of the Ming clan took off the black cloak on his head and knelt down on one knee in front of Elder Bei.
"Just in time, how did you do what I ordered?" Elder Bei's face was gloomy, and he couldn't see the slightest change in his expression. This coldness made the member of the Ming clan in front of him quickly reply: "Please rest assured, Elder Bei, I have arranged everything you have ordered, and I have left a few capable brothers in the city."
Looking at the Huicheng in the distance, Elder Bei standing on the mound couldn't help but let out a long sigh, his eyes flashed with terrifying murderous intent, his lips flashed slightly, and he didn't know if he was talking to himself or to the member of the Ming clan in front of him.
The member of the Ming clan kneeling on the ground heard it clearly, and Elder Bei gritted his teeth and secretly swore to himself, "Seal the country of Qi, there is no place in this world that can accommodate us, there is no other way than to create it yourself, sooner or later, I will ask for back what our Ming clan has lost little by little! I want you to also taste the days when your wives are separated, you are displaced, you have no fixed place, and life is worse than death!"
When the feudal army entered the city, of course, he couldn't imagine that the Ming people would dare to secretly plot against them. What they were worried about was whether the people in the city were stable, and it was for this reason that as soon as their army entered the city, they immediately pacified the people, and arranged for the Holy Emperor to formulate the method of governing the city in advance. Despite this, such a gentle method still caused a lot of people to resist. However, through the iron-fisted methods and brutal methods of military suppression, these four halls controlled the people of Huicheng and the surrounding towns with unimaginable speed in just a few days. Of course, the soldiers in Huicheng and the surrounding counties were all transferred by the Ming people, but the feudal state didn't care about this, their initial political goal had been achieved, and Huicheng, an important city of the Qi country, had now officially become the bag of the feudal state.
The news of the strong entry of the Feng State into the city spread to the ears of the Qi army who were guarding the eastern border pass like wings. Although they were a little surprised, they were not surprised, because just yesterday, their general Zhang Lingyi announced to them the ins and outs of this matter. In the end, it became clear that their enemies were not the Ming people, but they wanted to take this opportunity to occupy the important towns of the Qi State, and then slowly ate the feudal state of the Qi State bit by bit. And the South has now been largely lost. If they can win this battle, it will surely give a very big encouragement to the Qi army that insists on staying in various places. It is even more able to make Li Dan, the prime minister of Qi who is still indecisive and does not know whether to go south or north, and his son General Li Fu see the current situation clearly and send troops south to help the two places.
The method proposed by Zhang Lingyi now is to attack the enemy camp at night, and seal the three halls and one hall of the battle meeting, although it seems that they are in harmony with the siege of the city, each performing its own duties. In fact, each of the five halls of the Sealing War Society was on the same footing, and in front of the Holy Emperor, they could only pretend to be respectful and understanding of each other. In fact, in fact, these five halls are not as harmonious as imagined, and there is even a big crisis. These five hall masters were not convinced by each other, and the 30,000 troops under their command naturally changed with the state of mind of the hall master. Although it is now following the orders of the Holy Emperor, it is combined in one place to attack the East Linguan. Secretly, these two halls are still fighting, competing for who can win the first merit of Donglinguan, who is the biggest hero of this battle.
Originally, these two halls with 60,000 people were quite calm, but the news only came yesterday that the armies of the four halls and five halls had now entered the city, and the city had become their sphere of influence. As a result, the two halls that were now stalemate outside the city of Donglinguan could not sit still, and they launched a campaign to besiege Donglinguan. They all wanted to grab the first credit! to increase the weight of their own speech in front of the Holy Emperor.