Chapter 443 The Naive General Qi

The capital of Qi State.

Prince Qi's Mansion.

King Qi looked at the map on his desk and was thinking about how to resist the attack from the North.

At this moment, a guard entered the study and said, "Your Majesty, something serious has happened!"

The guard's voice was too loud, which directly interrupted King Qi's thoughts. Seeing the guard's panic, King Qi said unhappily: "Why are you panicking!"

The guard quickly said: "Your Majesty, Ziyang City is destroyed!"

As soon as these words came out, King Qi was stunned.

"What! Ziyang City is broken?"

"How many days has it been?"

"How could it be so fast!"

The guard immediately handed the information collected by the spies to King Qi, "Your Majesty, this is the information collected by the frontline spies. Please take a look at it."

King Qi pulled the letter over, opened it, and read it carefully.

Seeing the information recorded in the letter, King Qi's face became increasingly ugly.

The next moment, he tore the letter into pieces, and while tearing it up, he cursed loudly: "Trash! This Du Yongyuan is a trash!"

"The two hundred thousand troops were just lost!"

"He also knew that he had no face to see His Majesty, so he committed suicide directly!"

King Qi originally wanted to cooperate with Du Yongyuan to defend some key cities. However, in just a few days, Ziyang City fell and Du Yongyuan committed suicide.

How could the imperial court send such trash to Qi State!

After King Qi vented his anger, he quickly calmed down and said to the guards: "Summon the officials immediately!"

Now that the 200,000 troops of the imperial court are gone, it is impossible for the imperial court to send another large army to support Qi State in a short period of time, so the next step is to look at their own.

No matter what, the Northern soldiers cannot be allowed to go south.

When all the officials of Qi State heard that the imperial court's 200,000-strong army had been defeated and Du Yongyuan committed suicide, they all panicked.

An army of 200,000 people did not even last for half a month before being defeated. Moreover, it was the imperial army. If they had been replaced by Qi State's own army, would they still be able to withstand the attack of the Northern Army?

Although they are extremely panicked, not many officials in Qi State have the idea of ​​surrender so far.

The reason is very simple. Behind these officials are various aristocratic families and big landowners. They will never allow the Northern King to be in power. Once the Northern King comes to power, their land will be taken back by the Northern King.

For their own benefit, they must resist to the death.

Finally, after the discussion, King Qi sent an army of 100,000 troops, intending to block King Bei's 200,000 troops in the Dichang Valley.

Of course, King Qi did not plan to destroy the North King's 200,000 troops. He just planned to stop the North's army and prevent them from continuing southward.

To the south of the Dichang Valley is Wanchang City, which is defended. The Northern Army has to take a detour if it wants to go south. The roads in other places are not easy to travel. After all, there are many mountains in Qi State, which will greatly delay the Northern Army's southward march. time.

This time the 100,000-strong army was equipped with cloud-piercing bows and cloud-piercing arrows. King Qi believed that they would be able to stop the northern army from going south.

In order to be sure, King Qi sent another 100,000 troops to garrison a key city near the sea. If the northern army could not capture Wanchang City, they would probably detour from the east, and then they would go to the sea.

But it was obvious that King Qi was overly worried.

Not to mention an army of 100,000, even if all the soldiers in the Qi Kingdom were gathered together, they would not be able to stop the Northern Army from moving south.

at the same time.

In Anping City, Lu Chen was holding a military meeting with a group of military generals.

What they were discussing today was how to conquer Qi State.

At this time, Xuanyuan Chen suggested: "Your Majesty, why don't we divide our troops into two groups, go south along the Dichang Valley, attack Wanchang City, attract the attention of the Qi State, and then take a detour all the way through the mountains and go straight to the Qi State. King's Capital."

"As long as the capital of King Qi is captured and King Qi is captured, most of the troops in Qi Kingdom can be forced to surrender."

After hearing Xuanyuan Chen's suggestion, Lu Chen thought for a while and then said: "If we go through the mountains, it will be difficult to transport heavy artillery, and we don't know how much time will be wasted."

After Lu Chen thought for a moment, he continued: "The best way is to gather our troops in one place, quickly capture Wanchang City, and then attack the royal capital."

Xuanyuan Chen said: "Your Majesty, if you do this, it will give King Qi enough time to escape. Before our army reaches King Qi's capital, I am afraid King Qi has already fled to the south."

Lu Chen said calmly: "All this king wants is this land of Qi State. If he wants to escape, he can run away."

Xuanyuan Chen's idea was that King Qi was a vassal king after all and had a certain appeal in Qi State. If King Qi was not captured and King Qi escaped, then after the Northern Army occupied Qi State, King Qi would definitely secretly Contact his former subordinates and ask them to cause trouble in Qi State.

There is nothing wrong with Xuanyuan Chen's idea. He and Lu Chen think from different angles. Lu Chen's plan is that after conquering Qi State, he will not be in a hurry to go south for the time being. He will govern Qi State first and stabilize the people of Qi State.

As long as the people of Qi State can be stabilized, even if King Qi escapes, it will not be easy for him to come back and make a comeback. After all, people's hearts have changed.

Lu Chen said at this time: "I know what General Xuanyuan is worried about, but after I occupy Qi State, I will not leave Qi State immediately. I will stay in Qi State for a while, and after the unstable factors in Qi State are dealt with, Only then will I continue to go south.”

Xuanyuan Chen said: "I understand what the king means."

Lu Chen glanced at the generals in the room, and then said: "Okay, just do what I said, and immediately send your troops south to capture Wanchang City."

All the generals stood up and said: "We will obey the king's order and we will live up to the king's expectations!"

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A few days later, Anping City sent 150,000 Northern soldiers and went straight to Wanchang City.

At the same time, when the garrison of Wanchang City heard that only 150,000 soldiers were dispatched from the Northern Kingdom, they didn't take it seriously at all.

Inside Wanchang City.

Sheriff's Mansion.

A group of generals are discussing countermeasures.

At this time, the leading grandmaster general Cao Xun said: "The Northern Kingdom really looks down on me, and they only sent an army of 150,000 people."

At this time, another master-level general said: "General Cao, don't say that. It took the soldiers of the Northern Kingdom less than half a month to capture Ziyang City. That was an army of 200,000 from the imperial court. If we underestimate the enemy, by then But something will happen."

Cao Xun said disdainfully: "The people sent by the imperial court are all with crooked identities. How can they be compared with our Qi soldiers?"

"General Xiong, don't let others gain prestige and destroy our own ambition."

"What's more, we are equipped with the Cloud-Piercing Bow and Cloud-Piercing Arrows given by the Wang family. When we meet the Grandmaster-level generals of the Northern Kingdom, we only need one arrow to kill them. What can they use to fight us?"

Having said this, Cao Xun directly stretched out his hand and drew a circle on the map on the wall where the Dichang Valley is located. "This general has decided to take the initiative to lead troops out of the city to ambush the Northern Army. I want to see if the Northern soldiers are the same." All have three heads and six arms.”

Hearing this, Xiong Yuan's face darkened instantly, and he immediately said: "General Cao, you are crazy! We only have 100,000 people. The 200,000 soldiers of other courts were defeated by the Northern Kingdom. You can lead 100,000 soldiers. Dare to ambush the Northern Army!"

"If the Northern Army reacts, we may not even have time to retreat to Wanchang City!"

Cao Xun glanced at Xiong Yuan, and then said calmly: "General Xiong, this general is the commander in chief, and you are just sent by the king to assist me."

"You just need to obey the order. Do you still want to overstep it?"

Xiong Yuan frowned and his face instantly turned gloomy, "General Cao, don't blame me for not reminding you. If something happens, you cannot bear the responsibility."

Cao Xun said nonchalantly: "What could happen?"

"The terrain of Dichang Valley is so suitable for an ambush. Is it possible that we still have to wait for others to attack the city?"

"The best defense is to take the initiative to attack!"

"General Xiong doesn't even understand this, so it's no wonder you can't be the head coach."

"If General Xiong is afraid, I will give General Xiong a few thousand soldiers, and you can just stay in Wanchang City and wait for us to return."

Just as Xiong Yuan was about to say something, Cao Xun interrupted, "Okay, it's decided. Prepare immediately according to the general's order. The general will give the soldiers of the North a big surprise."

Seeing that Cao Xun had said this, Xiong Yuan stopped talking. He vaguely felt that something big was going to happen this time, and immediately asked someone to send a letter to King Qi, reporting Cao Xun's radical behavior to King Qi.

A few days later.

Xuanyuan Chen brought an army of 150,000 to Dichang Valley, but Xuanyuan Chen did not enter Dichang Valley immediately.

If you enter such terrain directly, you will easily be ambushed by the enemy. They ambush the Sirius King's army in this way.

Xuanyuan Chen immediately sent a vanguard team to explore the situation ahead.

Not long after, several soldiers from the vanguard team came back.

Xuanyuan Chen asked: "How is the situation ahead?"

The scout captain immediately replied: "Return to the general, there are enemies ambushing on both sides of the Dichang Valley."

They were using high-power telescopes. If they used their naked eyes, they might not be able to spot the enemies hiding on both sides of the Dichang Valley. However, with the telescopes, they could detect even minor situations.

The pioneer soldiers discovered that there were obvious problems with the trees on both sides of the Dichang Valley, and also found some people ambushing on both sides of the Dichang Valley.

Xuanyuan Chen thought for a moment, and then ordered, "Prepare the artillery battalion! After entering the Dichang Valley, clean both sides of the valley for me, the general."

The next moment, drums sounded, and the messenger next to Xuanyuan Chen waved the flag. After a while, the artillery entered the Dichang Valley.

At this time, Cao Xun, who was ambushing in the mountain, was stunned when he heard the sound of the drum.

Why did the Northern Army start beating drums before they entered the Dichang Valley?

Could it be that their ambush has been discovered by the soldiers from the Northern Kingdom?

Thinking of this, Cao Xun still disagreed, and found that what could be done, they were on both sides of the Dichang Valley.

Using high to defeat low, the advantage lies with Qi State!

He didn't believe that the northern army outside would not enter the Dichang Valley.

Just when Cao Xun was thinking this, a soldier came to Cao Xun happily, "General! The soldiers of the Northern Kingdom have begun to enter the Dichang Valley!"

Hearing this, the corners of Cao Xun's mouth raised slightly, he's come in after all!

The next step was up to them, and then Cao Xun said: "Archers, prepare!"

After the words fell, Cao Xun himself picked up a cloud-piercing bow. He planned to shoot the general of the Northern Army.

But at this moment, the horn sound came from the distance again, and the horn sound of "woo woo hoo~" instantly resounded throughout the entire Dichang Valley.

Although he heard the horn, Cao Xun found that the Northern Army did not continue to advance.

Cao Xun was a little confused. Wasn't this horn the sound of the attack? Why did they suddenly stop?

The range of the bow and arrow is not far. If the Northern Army does not get closer, they will not be able to shoot those Northern soldiers.

Cao Xun thought to himself, are the Northern soldiers afraid?

Just as Cao Xun was thinking this, suddenly there was a "boom" in the distance. The next moment, countless gravel was raised in the opposite Dichang Valley, and the bodies of the Qi soldiers were also blown all over the sky.

This sudden scene directly shocked the ambushed Qi soldiers. They didn't react for a long time. When they reacted, the rumbling sound of artillery echoed in the Dichang Valley.

Countless Qi soldiers were blown out of the forest.

Cao Xun was stunned for a while.

What kind of weapon is that...

How could there be such a terrible weapon...

Although he had long heard that the Northern Kingdom had a mysterious weapon, and that this weapon was extremely powerful, in his opinion, the so-called mysterious weapon of the Northern Kingdom was probably about the same as the Cloud Piercing Bow and Cloud Piercing Arrow.

When he saw it today, he realized that he was wrong, completely wrong.

Cao Xun then shouted loudly: "Retreat! Retreat quickly!"

Immediately afterwards, the horn of the Qi army's retreat sounded in the Dichang Valley.

But because they were ambushed in the forest, their retreat speed was very slow. Before they could withdraw from the battlefield, the Northern Kingdom's artillery shells fell on their heads. For a while, there were constant wailing in the Dichang Valley.

Even Cao Xun was blown to pieces by the Northern Kingdom's heavy artillery when he was escaping, and a generation of famous generals of the Qi Kingdom died.

After Xuanyuan Chen saw the scene in the distance with a telescope, he felt that it was almost time, so he immediately led the army to attack.

Not long after, the Qi soldiers ambushed on both sides of the Dichang Valley were either killed or captured.

The war took less than two hours from start to finish.

At the same time, Xiong Yuan was still anxiously waiting for the situation in Dichang Valley on the tower of Wanchang City.

He had vaguely heard the rumbling sound coming from Dichang Valley, which made him feel very uneasy.

At this time, some remnants of soldiers escaped from Dichang Valley. When Xiong Yuan saw the clothes they were wearing, sweat immediately broke out on his face.

The remnants of soldiers who escaped were soldiers of Qi State. Something really happened in Dichang Valley!

Xiong Yuan hurriedly said to the soldiers guarding the city: "Quick! Open the gate!"

Soon, the first batch of remnants fled into Wanchang City. Xiong Yuan immediately came to a soldier and asked: "Tell me! What happened in Dichang Valley! Why did you run back!"

The soldier was panicked and said palely: "Heaven... Thunder... It's thunder! The soldiers of the Northern Kingdom can summon thunder!"

"Our soldiers were basically killed by thunder, and even General Cao's body was blown into pieces!"

After hearing the soldier's answer, Xiong Yuan instantly felt weak all over and sat on the ground.

"It's over... It's all over..."

Cao Xun only left a few thousand soldiers in Wanchang City. How can these few soldiers resist the attack of the Northern Kingdom's army? It's only a matter of time before the city is broken. (End of this chapter)