On April 20, the 120,000 troops of the Xia State had passed through Jiudingzhou, and the news that they had driven straight into Pingsheng Prefecture spread far and wide.

In the outer area of Heshengzhou, where Xinxiang is located, and most of the lower reaches of the Tuo River, a large number of low-level officials from various counties and counties rushed to the people with errand officers, calling on the people to evacuate to the south or to take refuge in the mountains on the east and west.

As for the crops in the fields, even if many people were reluctant, most of them gave up, after all, the news of the slaughter of Pingwu County had already come, and the propaganda of the imperial court made the common people terrified.

At this time, all the roads in Heshengzhou and Pingshengzhou were all people who had left their hometowns, and those who could escape in the cities and mountain villages had basically left their homes with their families under the mobilization of the government.

The roads are full of crowded people, men with children on their backs leading their wives anxiously, scholars leading horses carrying a book and scrolls, large convoys crowding in front and back, old women holding their grandchildren stumbling, looking around for her son's figure with cloudy eyes, and a panicked woman crying as she walks, her burden stolen.

And the dignitaries of the counties and counties in the north of Shengzhou, with their families and nurses, will fill the post stations and restaurants along the way, and after a short rest, they are ready to take a boat into the Hunhe River, and then arrive in Meizhou, where it will be the safest.

In this early summer, large and small ships go back and forth to the waterway, and in the palace of Xinxiang, the newly enthroned Qi Ke'an can only sit on the dragon chair like a wooden man because of a broken leg, his face is full of uneasiness, he listens to the civil and military mouth in the main hall like a river, and his eyes are confused.

He was proficient in setting up eagles and dogs and molesting women from good families, and he found that he could not understand them at all in government affairs.

When a minister asked, he just nodded, and he didn't even figure out what he asked, but the only thing he knew was that the army of the Xia State went all the way south and hit Pingsheng Prefecture, and if he didn't do anything, he would be the king of the dead country.

"The soldiers of the Xia State are strong and strong, and at the same time they are fighting against the two countries of Qi and Liang, the Liang State is too busy to take care of itself, and they can't count on it, and the enemy is coming so fast, but after fighting Jiudingzhou, in a few days, it has entered Pingsheng Prefecture, Feiyan Pass and Jiudingzhou have almost fallen, and if it goes on like this, the soldiers and horses of Xia State will drive straight down like a torrent."

"The purpose of this army of the Xia State, just like the fight against the Wei State, went straight to Xinxiang, and the other two states around Jiuding Prefecture were completely disregarded, we can let the troops of the two states over there copy from behind!"

"Outflanking? Jiuding Prefecture is full of mountains on both sides, the people of the two states are poor, and the Cheng Guang case involved two years ago is even greedy for the money of the soldiers' armor, so let the army over there go to war, and it is strange if they do not rebel! ”

"Between Pingsheng Prefecture and Shengzhou, almost one horse Pingchuan, the ministers have ideas, don't just take advantage of your tongue!"

The Empress Dowager Zhao Zhuangyi on the phoenix chair asked the ministers below on behalf of the emperor, and the hall, which was originally noisy, was quiet in an instant, and the figures hung their heads and were silent.

It's not that they are stupid, but at the moment any strategy is useless, they can only rely on the soldiers and horses of the rest of the states and counties of King Qin to defend the national capital Xinxiang layer by layer, and drag the army of Xia to the second half of the year, the grain is urgent, and the crisis is resolved.

Once there is a respite, planning can be useful.

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, don't worry, the soldiers of King Qin from all over the country have already arrived one after another." The secretary of the military department came out and said a word of relief to the ancestors and grandchildren.

The civil and military forces in the main hall also nodded in agreement, even if the soldiers and horses of the Xia State drove straight in, the number of kings of Qin in various places was also quite a lot, and now there were several armies gathered, and there were more behind, and the border army on the border with the Liang State had also moved towards Xinxiang City.

So even if the soldiers and horses of the Xia State are brutal, and the two states of Jiuding and Pingsheng are taken by the entire territory of the other party, as long as Xinxiang still has hundreds of thousands of troops, it is enough to block the army of the Xia State in the north of the Beijing Division, even if it cannot be defeated, hundreds of thousands of people can drag it until winter, right?

Thinking of this, many people's backs straightened again, and the nervous expressions on the faces of the emperor and the empress dowager on the imperial rank eased a little.

On April 22, the state of Pingsheng was already in great confusion.

After the northern gateway, Feiyan Pass, and several counties of Jiuding Prefecture were conquered, Li Jing's coordination of the Xiliang and Youyan armies, while resting, while building a big ship to go south, after Lu Bu and Xiang Yu took the Xirong cavalry to capture Pingyang County, the two armies disembarked from the Tuo River from north to south to the dock seventy miles south of Pingyang County.

The army was still divided into two groups, the Xiliang army led by Dong Zhuo attacked the city in the east, and Zhao Yun and Zhang Yi led the Youyan army to attack the west, dividing Pingsheng Prefecture into two parts in the north and south in a straight line.

The soldiers and horses then turned south towards Huiyin County in the south of Pingsheng Prefecture, and if you look down, you can see that the entire offensive forms an inverted triangle.

Xiliang and Youyan were invincible, and they were almost destroyed along the way.

Along the way, there were also Qi troops who came up from the south, trying to delay the march of the two armies with the help of the defensive offensive of the building, but they didn't even see Xiliang and Youyan, and they were defeated by Xiang Yu and Lu Bu.

Waiting for the meeting of the division of Huiyin City, the city defense was broken in less than two days, and then Li Jing entered the city from the rear and held a short meeting with the generals.

The palace in the city.

The warm wind in the afternoon was blowing in from outside, and Li Jing, who had lost a lot of white spots, stroked his beard and sat behind the desk in the public court.

The generals below such as Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Zhang Yi, Su Dingfang, Dong Zhuo, Li Ru, and Li Dao were all present, and the Xirong general Tieya made an exception and also sat at the end, only the Western Chu overlord Xiang Yu did not come, Li Jing specially sent someone to invite him before, but the character of the overlord is not the kind of subservient to others.

“…… The intelligence from the south, Qi is not as weak as imagined, they have gathered hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses to gather in the capital Xinxiang, to intercept our army in the north of Heshengzhou, these few small-scale soldiers and horses on the plain, should be sent by them to test. ”

The generals on both sides of the court showed a sneer on their faces, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, when they were in the Central Plains, they had fought before, the Central Plains Wei State was richer than the Qi State, and the army was more well-equipped, and it was not the same to defeat them.

Of course, Li Jing, Su Dingfang, and Li Ru did not experience that time, but they also heard about this Central Plains war from later.

"Now that we have almost opened the road to Qi State Xinxiang, I don't know what happened to Guan Yunchang on the Western Front, but we have to be faster than them to take the capital of Qi State!"

As a veteran commander, Li Jing has extremely rich experience in commanding the army, and in his seriousness, he occasionally has to say some funny things to motivate the generals.

"Both sides are destroying the country, we can't lose to Guan Yunchang of Megatron Huaxia, everyone here has a good record, otherwise it will be a shame to say it in the future!"

When he said this, the corners of his mouth picked up, and he smiled slightly, and everyone on both sides laughed.

"Attacking the capital, my Xiliang Army is the best!" Dong Zhuo laughed, and proudly patted his son-in-law Li Ru beside him, as well as his confidant Li Dao, the three of them seemed to be laughing, but their eyes actually had a battle-hardened fierceness.

Lu Bu raised his fist and smashed it on the armrest of the chair under him, "A group of soldiers who can't fight can also be called an army?" Hundreds of thousands of people gathered together, just a group of livestock with weapons, on the field, just handed over to a certain family and King Xiang. How to distribute the siege, you are free! ”

His words stopped, Li Jing nodded with satisfaction, when he was still in the early Tang Dynasty, it was basically impossible for him to have such a picture of commanding troops, or a general to say such rude words, but the world is different, who is not arrogant here, and there must be changes in the treatment of these generals under his command.

He raised his hand and slapped it on the table.

"It's good that the generals have such confidence, let's speed up the speed, since there are hundreds of thousands on the other side, then push into Xin Xiang and wait for His Majesty to reward the three armies!"

When these words sounded in the public court, to the north of Heshengzhou, the soldiers and horses of Qinwang from all over the country were already gathered, all of which were the states and counties around Heshengzhou, with a total of five branches, totaling 300,000.

There are also 50,000 border troops are being transferred back from the border of Liang State, and they are still on the way over, at this time, the five troops and horses are distributed to the north of Shengzhou, forming a dustpan formation, and there is a great posture of wrapping the soldiers and horses of the Xia State stationed in Huiyin County to rest.

For a while, there was an atmosphere of imminent war.

(End of chapter)