Chapter 445 This King Will Never Run Away!

King Qi had high hopes for Wanchang City. In his opinion, Wanchang City was located in the Dichang Valley, which could be attacked or defended. As long as Wanchang City was defended, the Northern Army would not be able to continue to move south.

As a result, Wanchang City was breached by the Northern Army not long after.

Moreover, after the Northern Army breached Wanchang City, they immediately re-elected a county governor and began to reform the land policy, handing over all land ownership to the King of the North, and then greatly exempted taxes, directly imposing a tax rate of one hundred.

King Qi did not dare to think how the King of the North dared to do this. It was fine to exempt other agricultural taxes, but he actually imposed a tax rate of one hundred. In this way, even if he fought back in the future, I am afraid that the locals would not support him as King Qi.

His nephew was crazy!

Agricultural tax was the basis of their vassal king's rule. How dare he set the tax so low!

Of course, what King Qi was most worried about now was not the tax issue, but whether he could defend Qi State.

Now that Wanchang City and Dongri City have been broken, Qi State has lost 200,000 troops at once.

The capital still has some troops, and if they capture able-bodied men now, they can also gather about 200,000 soldiers again in a short period of time.

However, such soldiers basically have no great combat power, but they can still be used to block arrows.

Although King Qi has fallen ill, in order to resist the Northern Army, King Qi still drags his sick body to give orders.

King Qi has been completely tied to the chariot. Even if King Qi wants to surrender now, those noble families will not let him surrender. If King Qi, the leader, surrenders, what will happen to those noble families?

They heard about the things that the Northern Army did after occupying Wanchang City, especially the matter of taking the land back to the Northern King, which deeply stimulated their nerves.

The noble families will never allow such a policy to appear on them.

Soon, the capital of Qi State once again assembled 200,000 troops, but most of these soldiers were captured peasant soldiers and had no combat power at all.

But now the situation is so critical that it doesn't matter whether these peasant soldiers have any fighting power.

In order to prevent the Northern King from occupying Qi State, the noble families in Qi State have tried every possible way.

In Anping City.

In the dead of night, Lu Chen looked at the battle report sent back by Xuanyuan Chen and couldn't help but sneered.

Are these noble families in Qi State really going to perish with him?

But if eggs hit stones, only eggs will be broken.

At this time, Bai Qingqing, wearing a black guard uniform, entered the study, "Prince, it's time to rest."

This time, Lu Chen followed Xuanyuan Chen to the south. He was not the commander-in-chief and did not lead the troops, so he had maids to serve him, and Bai Qingqing was one of them.

Since Lu Chen left the Northern King's Mansion and went south, Bai Qingqing has been arranging Lu Chen's life. What Lu Chen eats every day and when to rest at night are all arranged by Bai Qingqing.

Before going south, Chu Yuqin told Bai Qingqing that she must take good care of Lu Chen, so Bai Qingqing paid special attention to Lu Chen's life.

Of course, even if Chu Yuqin didn't remind her, she would do her best to take care of Lu Chen.

After seeing the expressionless, cold and beautiful Bai Qingqing, Lu Chen put down the things in his hands and said, "Okay, it's time to rest."

Then Lu Chen followed Bai Qingqing back to the room. After entering the room, Lu Chen said to Bai Qingqing, "Xiaobai, you stay tonight."

Hearing this, Bai Qingqing's face did not react at all. She had long been accustomed to serving the emperor in bed, and this kind of thing was nothing new to her.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

As soon as Bai Qingqing finished speaking, Lu Chen pulled Bai Qingqing into his arms, hugged her willow waist and said, "Xiaobai, you have been back to me for so long, why are you still so restrained? "

As Lu Chen spoke, he reached into Bai Qingqing's clothes.

Bai Qingqing, who had been expressionless, finally had a blush on her face, but she didn't say much, just leaned quietly in Lu Chen's arms, letting Lu Chen do bad things to her.

Seeing the cold and beautiful woman blushing, Lu Chen could no longer endure it and directly carried Bai Qingqing to the bed.

Finally, under Lu Chen's instruction, Bai Qingqing still called her husband.

The next morning.

With Bai Qingqing's service, Lu Chen put on his clothes.

Just as he was about to eat the breakfast prepared by the servants, a maid came to him and said, "Your Majesty, the head of the Qi family wants to see you."

Hearing this, Lu Chen was stunned for a moment.

Head of the Qi family?

That Qi family?

Lu Chen immediately asked, "Qi family? Where did the Qi family come from? "

The maid replied: "It is a noble family in Qi State. Their family is located in Wanchang City. According to the head of the family, he was guided by General Xuanyuan, so he wanted to meet you."

After hearing what the maid said, Lu Chen realized that it was a noble family in Wanchang City.

After Wanchang City was conquered, the land ownership of Wanchang City and its surrounding areas was changed. Lu Chen heard in Xuanyuan Chen's letter that the first noble family in Wanchang City was particularly cooperative. Not only did they hand over a lot of gold and silver treasures, but they also actively cooperated with the change of land ownership.

Lu Chen pondered for a moment, and finally decided to meet the head of the Qi family.

Originally, the head of the Qi family was only the head of a local noble family and was not qualified to meet Lu Chen, the vassal king. However, Lu Chen considered that the Qi family still had some influence in the territory of Qi State, and he could support the Qi family and set an example for other small families.

After breakfast, Lu Chen met the head of the Qi family. The head of the Qi family came to see him, but there was nothing important, just to show his loyalty.

And the head of the Qi family was also very smart to hand over the list of noble families in Qi State who assisted the King Qi to resist the northern army's southward advance to Lu Chen, and he was definitely the guide of Qi State.

With the list provided by the Qi family, Lu Chen had a clear idea of ​​how to settle accounts with those noble families. Of course, this did not rule out that the Qi family wanted to kill with a borrowed knife, but Lu Chen did not care about it. Anyway, he also planned to clean up the noble families in Qi State.

After meeting the head of the Qi family, Lu Chen gave Xuanyuan Chen a military order, asking him to advance to the capital of Qi State next.

At the same time, Lu Chen no longer stayed in Anping City, but led 50,000 soldiers south to Wanchang City.

Now Lu Chen no longer needs to go to the frontline battlefield in person. He is the king, and fighting is not his job. He only needs to command from behind. How to use talents is a question that he should think about as a ruler.

After Lu Chen arrived in Wanchang City, the streets were empty, and the people of Qi stood on both sides of the road, warmly welcoming his arrival.

Let alone other things, the tax exemption alone is enough to make the people grateful to Lu Chen.

In the past, Qi was controlled by local families, and there were all kinds of taxes. The taxes were not only numerous but also complicated. When the King of the North came, he directly exempted all those taxes. How could this not be loved by the people.

When Lu Chen arrived in Wanchang City, Xuanyuan Chen had already led 150,000 troops to the capital of Qi State, and in the next half month, Xuanyuan Chen advanced forward at the speed of almost conquering a city every day.

As the news of the city's fall spread to the capital of Qi State, King Qi became more and more frightened, and the noble families of Qi State also became more and more frightened.

Finally, within a short month, Xuanyuan Chen did not disappoint Lu Chen's expectations and led the 150,000 troops of the Northern Kingdom to the capital of Qi State.

When King Qi learned that the Northern Kingdom's army had arrived at the capital, he was so scared that he collapsed on the ground.

At this moment.

In the capital of Qi State, in the Qi Palace.

King Qi sat on the ground, his face full of fear.

"How is it possible..."

"How could it be so fast..."

At this time, the Qi Wangfei supported the Qi Wang's body and said anxiously: "King, let's run away!"

The Qi Wangfei's words instantly stimulated the Qi Wang, and the Qi Wang immediately said: "No! I will never run away!"

"I still have 200,000 troops!"

"I have written a letter to the court, and the court will definitely send troops to support. I don't believe that Emperor Xia will watch Qi State being destroyed!"

The Qi Wang's face was ferocious, and he still had no idea of ​​running away or surrendering. (End of this chapter)

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