On July 25, the 19th year of Jianye, the cadres who were holding Xiapi suddenly went out of the city at night, raided the Dayong camp in the west of the city, and set fire to the camp. Zhao Guogong thought that the siege plan was successful, and hurriedly mobilized a large army in order to annihilate Xiao Qingyun's battlefield in the west of Xiapi City.

Unexpectedly, it was only 1,000 people from the left forward battalion of the cadre army that raided, and the main force of the cadre army, taking advantage of Zhao Guogong's mobilization of a large army to the west of the city, had already secretly marched north along Surabaya from the east of the city under the cover of night. And even a lot of the drums in the West Gate were beaten by the people of Xiapi who volunteered, and there was no one else in Xiapi City except for the 1,000 people who defended.

The vanguard battalion of the cadre army has been training according to the training method of lethal iron cavalry in the past few months, and this time they are all fast horses, so they are not in love with war except for setting fire to the camp and causing chaos. Once they saw Dayong's army coming, the left forward battalion, under the leadership of Feng Gu, quickly retreated, and basically returned to Xiapi City without losses, and also turned around and slipped away from the east of the city.

And by the time Zhao Guogong reacted that something was wrong and began to besiege the city again, the 30,000 people led by Xiao Qingyun had already left far along Surabaya. The 1,000 soldiers in Xiapi City were all guarded on the city wall, and they still looked as numerous as the previous army when they were in the city.

Although Zhao Guogong doubted whether Xiao Qingyun had escaped the next day, there was no trace of him escaping, and the guards of Xiapi City were still as strong as facing the enemy. This made him doubt his judgment a little. Could it be that the other party couldn't hold back and came out to test last night, but saw that the situation was wrong and retracted back? Zhao Guogong decided that no matter what, he would defend the city for another month or two, and the total energy consumption would be so much that Xiao Qingyun couldn't hold it back, and came out to fight for life and death.

Xiao Qingyun led an army of 30,000 out of Xiapi, exchanged Yishui for Yishui along the way, and went north along Yishui, but did not attack Langya Zhudi. They marched quietly all the way, and let most of the sergeants wear old clothes outside the iron armor, and put on makeup as disaster victims who fled north, and even crossed the sea without anyone noticing. Dongguan is the last major town to the north of Xuzhou, and it is surrounded by hills to the west and north. If you pass through the mountains to the west, you can reach Yanzhou, and if you cross the mountains to the north, you can enter Chengyang and Beihai in Qingzhou.

In the mountainous areas near Dongguan, you can see some peculiar peaks everywhere, they are round and wide at the top, the cliffs around the peak are towering, and the slope of the cliffs is steep to gentle. As far as the eye can see, it looks like a mountain castle, towering in groups, majestic and majestic. These mountains are like mountains with flat scarf headdresses, twisting and winding, and are called "Gu" by the locals. Once inside these mounds, it is not very easy to find the traces of the opponent and destroy the enemy.

When Xiao Qingyun and the others entered Dongguan, the Dongguan guards didn't know where they came from, and thought they were a large number of refugees who had fled from the south. Although he closed the gates and tried to resist for a while, he did not lead the troops to meet the enemy as an enemy. In the end, in hesitation, he let them enter the city. When Xiao Qingyun and the others entered the city, took off their disguises and revealed their iron armor, the guard in Dongguan peed his pants directly in fright, and surrendered without half a word of nonsense.

A few days later, the news that Xiao Qingyun and others had arrived in Dongguan was sent back to Xiapi by nearby scouts. When Zhao Guogong found out that he had been fooled, he couldn't care about besieging Xiapicheng anymore, so he could only beat his chest and take people to Dongguan. It's a pity that when he arrived in Dongguan, Xiao Qingyun had already pulled out of the camp and entered the mountains, and he couldn't find anyone at all.

He repeatedly asked the Dongguan Shouwei, and judged the form, estimating that Xiao Qingyun should have led people to the west, in order to quickly attack Tai'an County in Yanzhou. So he took the army and quickly detoured to Yanzhou to intercept it.

And King Dingwang of Qingzhou also received news at this time, knowing that the cadre army led by Xiao Qingyun had passed through Dongguan City and entered the mountains. However, his analysis was the same as that of Zhao Guogong, and he felt that Xiao Qingyun's hatred for Emperor Wei would inevitably drive him to march west and attack Yanzhou. He didn't think that Xiao Qingyun would enter Qingzhou and be his enemy first.

At this time, King Ding was still very free, and even took the beauty to Donglai to play, hoping to hide from Yanzhou a little farther, so as not to let the two armies of Dayong and Qianguo accidentally hurt themselves. So when Xiao Qingyun led the Qianguo army to capture Yingling, everyone was in disbelief. Especially King Ding, he even wondered if Xiao Qingyun's guide had found the wrong way, so that they went out of the mountains, found a random city and began to attack.

But the capture of Yingling was only the beginning. Yuwen Moyuan and King Ding's reactions were really the same as Shen Rongzhi's analysis, one did not ask for help at all, and the other was unwilling to help. Yuwen Moyuan only asked Zhao Guogong to lead people to surround the place where Yanzhou and Qingzhou were handed over, thinking of waiting for work, and when the two sides were inseparable, let Zhao Guogong eliminate the two at the same time.

King Ding's heart was unbelievable, but when Xiao Qingyun captured Yidu, King Dingwang couldn't sit still at all, Yidu was only more than 100 miles away from Lindu, and the terrain was relatively flat.

This is not only because Linjiang is the lair of King Ding, but also because Linjiang is the place where he stationed his troops. More than half of his army was deployed near Linjiang. And he is not in Linjiang now, if he can't go back in time to command Linjiang's troops, then it is very likely that Qingzhou will be defeated.

King Ding rushed back in a hurry, and comforted himself that Xiao Qingyun only had 30,000 troops, and he had 110,000 troops in Linjiang, and Xiao Qingyun couldn't defeat him. It's a pity that it backfired, and before he could come back from Donglai, Linjiang had already fallen into the hands of Xiao Qingyun, and it was an unacceptable way.

It turned out that Xiao Qingyun marched all the way, and according to Shen Rongzhi's suggestion, he not only strictly enforced military discipline and never robbed food and hurt people, but also allowed the surrendered recruits to choose freely everywhere he went. If those who are willing to go home to plough the fields, they will be let go home, and if there are those who remain and are willing to continue to serve the cadres, they not only signed a contract with them to ensure that their families will no longer be forced to recruit soldiers, but also promised that the borderless land they conquered in Qingzhou in the future will be rewarded according to their military merits.

This is not only great news for the husband who is rich and secure, but one person can be exempted from military service for the whole family; It is a rare opportunity for poor people who do not have their own land or for middle-aged men with large families and not enough land, and many bachelors even regard this as the only opportunity to marry a wife.

In addition, Shen Rongzhi let people spread hexagrams about Xiao Qingyun and Lan Jing'an everywhere, calling Xiao Qingyun the person who was blessed by the priestess, so he was able to survive many times of siege and interception by the army, and won Sanzhou in just eight months. The evil deeds of the king in the local area and the decay before Dayong have long been known to the people. In contrast, the people of Qingzhou quickly chose Xiao Qingyun.

When Xiao Qingyun and the others arrived outside Linjiang City, he didn't attack the city at all. He ordered people to besiege the city, and shot a lot of letters of persuasion to the generals in the city, telling them that if they surrendered now, they would not only ensure their safety, but also allow them to hold important military positions in the cadre army.

At the same time, he also threatened in the letter of persuasion that the more than 30,000 elite soldiers he is now leading are all trained in the way of deadly iron cavalry, which is enough to be ten for one. Looking at their previous actions in Yingling and Yidu, you can know that it is not a problem for the cadres to break through Linjiang. Once their elite soldiers enter the city, the generals in the city will not end well.

He also asked the Qingzhou sergeants who had been recruited in Yidu and other places to shout to the garrison in Linjiang City day and night in the Qingzhou dialect, preaching the policy of cadres and telling their own experiences, in order to touch the hearts of the low-level sergeants.