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A cavalryman appeared at the north gate of the city. Before entering the city, the cavalryman and his horse suddenly fell down.

The horse he sat on straightened up, neighed, and suddenly became silent.

The cavalry got up and rushed into the city regardless of their exhausted horses.

While running, he shouted, "The soldiers and horses of Yanzhou are coming, the soldiers and horses of Yanzhou are coming!"

The Qi soldiers guarding the gate changed their expressions, and they immediately led their cavalry towards the palace.

"What! Yanzhou soldiers crossed the Jin River?"

In the imperial garden, Han Zheng was playing chess with Sato Masaki.

Hearing this, he stood up suddenly, knocking over the chessboard with his clothes and scattering the chess pieces all over the floor.

It seemed that he was too shocked and his body shook uncontrollably.

After a while, he calmed down and said, "King Yan is so bold and arrogant. How many troops did they bring in total?"

"About 120,000 people," the cavalryman replied. "Before the younger one came, they had already surrounded the first fort."

Han Zheng frowned and said to the eunuch beside him: "Immediately summon the ministers to discuss the war and send envoys to Jinling and Xiangcheng to ask for help. We must immediately unite our troops to attack King Yan."

Originally, there was only one month left for all troops to gather in Lucheng and march north to attack Yanzhou.

He never expected that King Yan would take the initiative to attack Qi at this time.

Although this disrupted their plan, their preparations for the war against Yanzhou were 80% complete.

He believed that as long as he persisted for more than twenty days, he would be able to gather a million troops in Lucheng. After all, the Xie family had transported enough grain and grass to Lucheng during this period.

Then, he said to Sato Mahihisa: "Lord Zuo Teng, please Japan to send navy to support Qi according to the plan."

Sato Zhenjiu was excited. On this day, he had deceived him for a long time.

He nodded: "I will send people back to Japan immediately to convey the news of the early attack on King Yan to the general."

Han Zheng felt relieved, "Thank you Lord Sato. As long as the Japanese navy is dispatched, I promise you to use Qingcheng as a port for trade with Japan and allow Japanese people to settle in Qingcheng."

Sato Zhenjiu was slightly happy. This was an order sent by the shogunate not long ago, asking him to discuss the matter with Qi State so that Japan could further intervene in the civil strife of Dasong.

However, Han Zheng never agreed.

Now, he finally took it out as a bargaining chip.

In his opinion, Han Zheng had probably been worried that if a war broke out, Japan would break its promise and stand aside.

But he didn't criticize Han Zheng harshly. After all, if it were him, he would make the same choice.

So he said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, our Japanese navy will destroy King Yan's fleet, and the Japanese warriors will arrive in Qi."

There was a hint of hope in Han Zheng's eyes, and he said, "I can't wait any longer."

After saying this, Sato Zhenjiu left, and he also went to the political hall.

An hour later, all the ministers and generals of Qi arrived.

At this moment, they all learned about the news that Yanzhou soldiers and horses had crossed the Jin River, and many of them had deep worries on their faces.

"Your Majesty, the general is willing to lead the army to go out and kill King Yan without leaving any trace behind."

Before Han Zheng could speak, a young general came out.

He is Han Lei, the eldest son of Han Qi. During the Battle of Pingyuan City, his father was captured by Yanzhou soldiers.

Qi State sent envoys to Yancheng twice, and one of the conditions they proposed was to release his father.

But both were rejected by King Yan.

Such a shame and humiliation, he had always wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to attack King Yan to take revenge.

Now, King Yan's troops invaded Qi, which was a perfect opportunity for him to take revenge, so he decided to go to war immediately.

Han Zheng showed a look of relief. Yanzhou's soldiers and horses were coming fiercely, but at least the children of his Han family were not timid.

After just thinking about it, he did not agree to Han Lei, but turned his attention to Yuan Li.

After the founding of Qi State, Yuan Li served as the general of Qi State.

There are another 60,000 Yuan family soldiers and horses under his command.

The most important thing is that Yuan Li and the King of Yan have a sworn hatred. No one is more suitable than him to attack the King of Yan this time.

Although Han Lei is very courageous, he has never experienced a real war.

But Yuan Li was different. In the battle of Ningjin Dusi, Yuan Li made a lot of contributions, so he was able to secure the position of Yanzhou Prefectural Shepherd.

When he was guarding Yanzhou, he fought with Beidi in Qiushui all the year round, and even directly fought against the soldiers and horses of the King of Yan.

Letting him go is much better than Han Lei going directly.

So he said: "General Yuan, are you willing to go to war?"

"Yes." Yuan Li said loudly, with a stern look in his eyes.

Defeating the Yan Alliance, this is the only chance to eliminate King Yan.

Only by taking this opportunity to eliminate King Yan could he have the opportunity to return to Yanzhou and Fan Yang, the place he longed for day and night.

For this, he is willing to pay any price.

After all, if King Yan captured Qi, Yuan Li would no longer have a place to stay.

This time he had no choice but to fight to the death to prevent King Yan's troops from continuing southward and buy time for all armies to gather in Lucheng.

"Okay!" Han Zheng patted the back of his chair excitedly and said, "I order you to command 60,000 troops and horses to go into battle, and I will give you another 90,000 troops, for a total of 150,000 troops, to support Nan'an Wubao."

After a pause, he continued: "But at the moment, the situation of the war is unclear, and we still need to wait for more news. You should prepare immediately and set off at any time."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Yuan Li responded.

At this time, Han Zheng looked at the ministers and said loudly: "My dear friends, the battle with Yanzhou is related to the survival of Qi State. You must work together, not afraid of dangers, and live or die with Qi State. Only then can you finally defeat King Yan and destroy Qi State." The enemy of the country.”

Then, he discussed with the ministers about raising food and grass, recruiting new soldiers and other war matters.

At night, another battle report arrived, causing an uproar in Luzhong.

"Wubao is broken!" Han Zheng couldn't believe his ears.

Only half a day passed between this battle report and the first battle report, and the first fort on the south bank fell.

The next day, he received news that made him even more uneasy. The remaining two forts were also captured by King Yan's troops.

One hundred thousand Qi soldiers were wiped out.

"Two hundred thousand soldiers and horses are just gone." In the imperial study room, Han Zheng looked decadent.

In the battle of the plains, Qi lost 100,000 soldiers and horses. He thought that with the 100,000 soldiers and horses on the south bank, he could withstand King Yan's soldiers and horses for ten days and a half.

But in just one day, all three forts fell.

He believed that Dongping City would soon be captured by King Yan's troops.

"Your Majesty, King Yan's soldiers and horses seem to have used a new type of firearm this time. They dug a tunnel and reached about forty meters outside the city wall, and then threw the firearm onto the city wall."

"Because it was too sudden, the defenders on the city wall were defenseless and often suffered heavy casualties. Taking advantage of the opportunity, they quickly took down the city wall and breached the city."

In the imperial study room, besides Han Zheng, there were also Wang Zi'an and Wang She.

In these two wars, their two families lost more than half of their direct troops.

If they hadn't added some soldiers during this period, they would probably have no soldiers available now.

But even so, Qi's troops and horses could not sustain such consumption.

Therefore, after learning the news, he and Wang Xie hurried into the palace and made suggestions to Han Zheng to save Qi's crisis.