Become a feudal king from today

Dongping City.

While the Watanabe case was being canvassed, the Nanliang and Beidi armies arrived in Bozhou.

After six days of trekking, the army entered Qizhou in a mighty manner.

After three days of marching, they arrived outside Lucheng and set up camp.

"Hahaha...Brother Xiao." As soon as the Nanliang Army arrived, Han Zheng came out from Lucheng to greet him and patted Xiao Cheng heavily on the shoulder.

During this time, the Xie family's 200,000 troops had arrived.

Now, the soldiers and horses from Nanliang and Beidi have arrived, and he finally has peace of mind.

Since he chose to abandon unimportant cities, King Yan's troops and horses were overwhelming, and all eight counties except the four southwest counties of Qi fell into King Yan's hands.

Every time he heard that a certain city had fallen, he would stay awake all night, worried and fearful in his heart.

In addition, what he was most worried about was that the armies of Nanliang and Beidi would violate the contract.

If this is the case, his Qi country will really perish.

That's why he was so excited when Xiao Cheng's army arrived.

Xiao Cheng recognized Han Zheng in the dragon robe at a glance.

Grabbing Han Zheng's hand, he looked embarrassed, "Should I call you Brother Han or Your Majesty?"

Han Zheng smiled helplessly, "There is no need to be so polite between you and me. You can just call me Brother Han. You can also look up to me and call me Your Majesty."

Xiao Cheng was just joking with Han Zheng, but in the end he respectfully called "Your Majesty."

After all, this alliance between France and Yan was brokered by Han Zheng.

The two chatted for a while, and Xiao Cheng pointed to the Beidi general beside him and said, "This is King Gurtu."

Han Zheng looked at Gurtu, the joy on his face became even stronger, and he said hurriedly: "It is my honor that King Gurtu can come. The banquet in the palace has been prepared, and I will personally take care of you."

Gurtu laughed loudly, "I want good meat and wine, and beautiful women as well."

Han Zheng smiled and said: "This is natural. King Gurtu came all the way to Lucheng to help us attack King Yan. This small request must naturally be met."

Gurtu showed a satisfied smile, "This time we have gathered an army of millions, and I have one hundred thousand Beidi cavalry. King Yan will not be able to escape this time. Don't compete with me for King Yan's head when the time comes."

"Hahaha..." When everyone heard this, they laughed.

Since the soldiers were all encamped outside the city of Lu, the white tents stretched far away from the city of Lu.

Seeing such a strong military force, they couldn't help but feel confident.

Entering Lu City, Han Zheng led everyone to the imperial garden of the palace.

At this time, Wang Zi'an and Xie Duan, who had led the two children, had been waiting for a long time. When they saw Xiao Cheng and Gurtu coming, they stood up at the same time to greet them.

After a while of greetings, they asked Xiao Cheng and Gurtu to take their seats.

Han Zheng ordered the maids to serve wine and food, and also ordered people to play music, sing and dance.

After three rounds of drinking, everyone's faces turned red due to the alcohol, and the atmosphere became intense. Han Zheng raised his wine glass and toasted everyone, saying: "I am very happy that you all came as promised. With your help, I defeated King Yan this time. "

Xie Duan was drunk and said: "In this case, why don't you all discuss how to destroy the 120,000 King Yan army that crossed the Jin River?"

Han Zheng was anxious, and he was also anxious. After all, if the Qi State could not be saved, the Xie family's territory could not be saved. This was a matter of life and death.

While drinking just now, Xiao Cheng learned about the current situation on the Qizhou battlefield from the generals.

After pondering for a while, he said: "We have come all the way. It is not suitable for a long-term confrontation with King Yan. We must fight quickly and decide quickly. I think we should take the initiative to destroy King Yan's 120,000 troops."

Han Zheng frowned and said: "King Yan's muskets and artillery have a very long range. If we take the initiative to attack and they defend the city, it will be very troublesome."

Gurtu nodded, "Your Majesty is right. We in Beidi suffered a big loss because we blindly attacked the city. We cannot suffer another loss. We should find a way to lure King Yan's army out of the city and fight with them."

After a pause, he said: "Qizhou is a flat plain, which is suitable for our Beidi cavalry to kill the enemy."

Prince Anze said: "The generals under King Yan are all as smart as monkeys. Seeing the arrival of a million troops, they will definitely huddle in the city and will not be able to take the initiative to fight with us."

Xiao Cheng sneered, "Brother Wang, you are good at managing government affairs, but you are far from good at fighting. If they don't come out, we will force them out."

Wang Xie beside Wang Zi'an nodded slightly. He thought of something, but did not speak. He just waited for Xiao Cheng's next words.

I saw Xiao Cheng continue to say, "Why did the King of Yan take the initiative to go south? First, he was arrogant and thought he could defeat our coalition forces to conquer Yan. Second, he did not want the war to happen on the land of Yanzhou. This Yan The state is King Yan’s weakness.”

"So, if they huddle within the city, we will build ships by the Jin River and pretend to attack Yanzhou. At that time, the King of Yan's troops will either withdraw to Yanzhou and confront us on the opposite side of the Jin River, or they will have to come out of the city. , fight us."

Han Zheng's eyes lit up and he patted his thigh, "Yes, Brother Xiao is absolutely right. King Yan has just swallowed up the eight counties of Qizhou. It is said that he is dividing the fields and training local soldiers. They will definitely not If you are willing to give up these eight counties and return to Yanzhou, then the only thing left is to fight with us. "

Wang Xie complimented: ""Xiao Xiao is indeed a famous general in the world. "

When Xiao Cheng heard this, he smiled proudly.

He continued: "If King Yan's soldiers and horses choose to fight us, the rest of the battle will be simple. At that time, I only hope that you will not begrudge the lives of your soldiers and work together to fight to the death with King Yan's soldiers and horses."

Han Zheng said: "You are right. This battle is related to the survival of our powerful clan. We must abandon our past grudges and unite as one. Otherwise, if we are defeated, we will be defeated one by one by King Yan and will never be able to recover."

Everyone agreed and nodded.

Then Han Zheng said, "It will take some time for the soldiers and horses of the Wu Kingdom and the soldiers and horses of the Nanping Kingdom to arrive. Please wait patiently for another ten days and a half. At the same time, let the generals of each family get familiar with each other so that they can cooperate tacitly in the decisive battle." ”

Xiao Cheng nodded slightly, naturally he couldn't fight these days.

Firstly, you need to rest after a long journey, and secondly, as Han Zheng said.

Although he said that a quick victory was needed, in his opinion, it was probably inevitable that the war would last for two or three months.

But in the end, don’t delay it for several years, otherwise the loss of food and grass will be too great and it will be a heavy burden for all countries.