Chapter 35 The Wind Direction of the Imperial Court
At the same time, in the direction of Shuofeng and Huliu, An Guo has already realized that the situation is wrong.
After all, overnight, the flags on the wall were changed all over again, and even the trade route was temporarily cut off.
So they sent men to the city to test them, but they ignored them when they were instructed to hold on to the city.
They didn't get the answer they wanted, and they also thought about sending troops, but they were limited to the lack of troops in their hands, so they sent someone to quickly inform Li Falcon of the situation.
Speaking of which, Li Hao also helped Chu Guoyi unintentionally.
Because after Li Falcon learned the news, he immediately judged that the situation was not right, after all, the Su army attacked Qi normally, and it was impossible for him to go directly to Shuofeng and Hu Liu.
It's just that at the beginning, even if he had some speculation, he didn't really think that Su Guo had such ambitions.
It wasn't until Zhu Yiwei came one after another that the news of the fall of Qi Guocheng made him wake up suddenly.
Immediately, he contracted the men and horses attacking Chu State, and prepared to return to the direction of Su State, while continuing to recruit troops in the country.
As the strongest of the Nine Kingdoms, he couldn't accept the strong rise of the Su Kingdom, after all, he had already received enough provocations in other directions.
At the same time, in order to provoke the relationship between Chu and Su, he also sent someone to Chu to inform him of the situation.
Li Falcon believes that in suppressing Su Guo's point of view, Chu Guo's thoughts should be the same as his thoughts.
However, the people of Chu Guo also knew the severity, even if they were dissatisfied with Su Guozai, they only sent a note to Su Guo.
For these chain reactions, Li Hao had already thought of them before and dealt with them.
It's just that compared to this, what Li Hao needs to do most at present is to win the battle in front of him.
In terms of the number of soldiers and horses led by Li Hao, there is no obvious advantage over the soldiers and horses of the Qi State, coupled with Li Hao's provocative attitude.
In the end, Qi Jun also chose to have a head-to-head showdown, hoping to regain the lost ground as soon as possible.
It's just that in view of Li Hao's previous two achievements, they were worried that they had fallen into the trap again, so they were extremely cautious on the marching road.
Every day, he only walked forty miles on the official road, and all those who camped must set up a strong village, no matter how Li Hao sent people to provoke, he would never let the troops advance lightly, that is, he would march towards Pingzhou.
However, Li Hao did not panic, since there was no chance to win a big victory with a small one, then there would be a head-to-head duel between soldiers and generals and generals.
So he took the initiative to lead the troops forward to seize a favorable position, after all, this advantage of the right time, place and people, Li Hao can take the initiative to win, Li Hao must not give away.
In the state of frontal toughness between the two sides, the competition is the real combat power of the soldiers and horses under their command, and the command ability of the generals on both sides.
On the first day, both sides set up positions and conducted preliminary tests, both trying to find out each other's weaknesses.
But the generals on both sides are all experienced in a hundred battles, even if Li Hao has more experience in fighting for several lifetimes, but the problem is that the lower limit of others is also high, and neither side has gained anything.
Therefore, after the test was fruitless, Li Hao officially started the main battle.
And on top of this, with the buff effect of defending their own fields, the people and horses who originally surrendered from the Qi Kingdom broke out with amazing combat power.
In the case of facing the Chinese army directly, he relied on his blood and courage to directly kill through the front camp of the Chinese army, and frightened the veterans of the Su country who supported on the flank.
After all, if he could exert this kind of combat power when he dealt with them before, I am afraid that Liuzhou City may not be able to defend it.
This also inspired them to be competitive, and now they are all in the same camp, and they don't want to lose to these latecomers.
As a result, under the fierce battle in the morning, the battle line of the Qi army was forced back one after another, resulting in a gap between the Chinese army and the soldiers and horses on the left and right flanks.
The Marquis of Zhongwu, who led the Qi army, also discovered this, and immediately waved the order flag, wanting to make the left and right flanks of the soldiers and horses close to the Chinese army, so as not to cause a disconnection.
But Li Hao's reaction was faster than him, and he directly rushed towards the gap with a battalion of cavalry that was behind as a reserve.
Swept into the Chinese army from the flank, and rushed towards the marquis of Zhongwu's handsome banner
Go.
Seeing this, Marquis Zhongwu also wanted to command his troops and horses to intercept him, but the Qi army, which responded to the battle in a hurry, did not even have time to form a formation, and could only be defeated by Li Hao and his troops one after another.
Seeing that Li Hao was about to rush to the vicinity, Zhongwu Hou could only choose to retreat with the handsome flag, hoping to open up the distance and then reopen the formation.
It's just that when the two sides have fallen into a stalemate, he can't withdraw if he wants to, and Li Hao won't give him this opportunity.
Now that the banner has been moved, the purpose of shaking the morale of the army has been achieved.
Half of the cavalry continued to pursue in the direction of the commander's movement, forcing them to retreat continuously, unable to calmly command the troops and horses.
As for the remaining half, it was led by Li Hao and killed directly from the Qi army on the left flank.
After a while, the positions of the Chinese army and the left flank were shattered by the impact, and they collapsed without supporting for a while.
Without their support, the right-wing soldiers and horses were obviously unable to support themselves, and they were quickly defeated.
Li Hao led his troops to pursue ten miles, captured prisoners, and carried countless burdens, and won this crucial tough battle.
But in the statistics after the fact, the losses under Li Hao's command were not small, and this strategic victory did not have much difference in the casualty ratio between the two sides.
However, Li Hao was not distressed, because since this battle, it would take a long time for the Qi army to gather enough troops to counterattack, and Li Hao had enough time to digest the fruits of victory.
Therefore, Li Hao did not continue to march, but returned to Pingzhou and started the Juntian process here.
In addition, Li Hao also needs to lay a school of righteousness here, so as to deal with the problem of the need for a large number of talents to govern the army and government in the future.
When Li Hao was busy with the affairs of Qi State, the Su Kingdom was not at peace.
Many people in the DPRK and China raised objections to the war started by Li Hao on his own initiative.
At the beginning, it was said that Li Hao's recklessness would put the Su country in danger, and at the same time, it would also easily arouse the hostility of An Guo and Chu Guo.
Later, after Li Hao won one after another and captured several cities in a row, the remarks of recklessness of military force stopped for a while.
After all, the Qi Kingdom has expanded its territory, and they can also get a piece of this cake.
It wasn't until the news of Li Hao Juntian came later that they saw that they couldn't get anything, and immediately started a wave of opposition again.
By the way, he also gave Li Hao the hat of setting up a private court and winning over the hearts of the people, and at the same time, the national letter of Chu also gave them an important weight, asking Cui Ming to summon Li Hao back to the capital.
Cui Ming was a little hesitant about this, and he still had some desire for the merits of opening up the territory.
Although it was not the war he led, as long as he sat on this throne, the credit would naturally belong to him.
But in the same way, he didn't want Li Hao's power to be too powerful and further affect his imperial authority.
Also when he was hesitating, Li Hao's letter of request temporarily stabilized his thoughts.
Li Hao's recital said that the cities occupied by the Qi State should be included in the rule of the Su State as soon as possible.
In the previous war, it was temporarily governed by military law, but now that the situation has gradually calmed down, Cui Ming is asked to send civilian officials to govern and supervise the people.