Chapter 663: Making a Move

"That's right. It was this kind of firearm that caught our Qi army off guard. Otherwise, how could the Yanzhou army have conquered our Qi fortress within a day?" Han Zheng said angrily.

For him, the impact of this war was extremely bad. It would make the Qi army panic and afraid of fighting.

Then he said, "I don't know what good plan the prime minister has for coming here this time. Please tell me quickly."

He knew that Wang Zian brought Wang Xie here not on a whim.

Wang Zian gave Wang Xie a look.

Wang Xie said at this time: "Since we know about this new type of firearm, we must find a way to deal with it. I think that we should take the initiative to give up unimportant cities, lead the Yanzhou army to go deep, and concentrate the troops around Lu County. I don't believe that they can dig tunnels in the mountains."

"This..." Han Zheng hesitated and was reluctant.

The terrain of Qi is very unique. The periphery is plain, but there is a circle of mountains in the middle, and the middle of the mountain belt is plain again.

Lucheng is located in the middle of the plain among the mountains, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Therefore, Wang Xie's words make sense. As long as we guard a few fortresses in the mountains, we can firmly defend Lucheng.

"But if we give up other cities, the troops of King Yan will come faster. We should resist them step by step and delay time." Han Zheng said.

Wang Xie smiled softly, "Your Majesty, I only said that the Qi army should give up unimportant cities, but I didn't say that the private soldiers of the nobles should also give up."

"The King of Yan has always been unpopular. The nobles in the world want to eat his flesh alive, fearing that the King of Yan will take away their land and distribute it to the people. Therefore, we only need to summon the nobles of Qi to pull out a large army and create endless troubles for the King of Yan's troops."

After a pause, he continued: "Therefore, I beg your Majesty to issue an edict to fight against the enemy, calling on the nobles of Qi to unite and lead the private soldiers of each family to go to the places where the King of Yan's troops must pass, harassing the King of Yan's food route day and night, attacking their camps, and exhausting them."

"And my Qi army will wait for the arrival of the various armies to attack Yan, and then defeat them in one fell swoop."

The Xie family's troops, 100,000 of them are currently concentrated in Pengcheng.

If everything goes well, this army will be able to reach Lucheng within ten days, and then they will be able to relax a little.

If the other armies arrive one after another, they can cooperate inside and outside to kill all the more than 100,000 soldiers of the King of Yan.

"Great, it's really great." Han Zheng was overjoyed. I will issue an edict to fight against the enemy and order the nobles of Qi to help me resist the King of Yan's troops. "

After saying that, he asked someone to bring pen and ink.

When the edict was completed, he immediately ordered people to post it at the gates of Lucheng, and at the same time ordered cavalry to go to other counties to post the edict.

In the edict, in addition to ordering the nobles of Qi to raise troops to attack the troops of Yanzhou, he also promised to reward merits for killing the enemy, and give official positions based on military merits after the war.

When the edict was passed down, the nobles of Qi were in a frenzy for a while, and they summoned their private soldiers and prepared to go to the south bank of Jinhe River to kill the enemy and make merit.

As Wang Xie said, the practice of the King of Yan exterminating the nobles in Yanzhou and distributing land to the people made the nobles in the world regard him as an alien.

The hatred for him was greater than that for the Northern Di.

Now that the King of Yan's troops have arrived, how can they tolerate their own ancestral property? Destroyed by the hands of the King of Yan.

Even if they pay any price, they will fight the King of Yan this time.

Moreover, the promise of Han Zheng, the Emperor of Qi, also tempted them.

Especially the small nobles in the counties, their children hold low-ranking positions in the government.

If they can make merit in this battle, they may be able to let their children enter the court and bring honor to the family.

For a time, the nobles in the counties of Qi recruited soldiers and went to Dongjun.

Dongping City.

The bodies of the Qi soldiers on the street had been cleaned up, and the bloodstains were washed away.

Three days ago, this city was conquered.

At this moment, Chang Wei was listening to the intelligence brought back by the scouts.

"The edict to fight against the enemy?" Chang Wei frowned, "This is really a sinister move. No wonder His Highness ordered us to stabilize the rear and nibble away step by step. "

If we ignore the people who occupy the territory.

When these powerful families arrive, the people will be forced to join the powerful families immediately under threat.

But now, these people are firmly controlled by the royal army.

They will become helpers in resisting the powerful families.

He wants to see whether Han Zheng's powerful family war is more powerful or their people's war is more powerful.