Infinite War Begins with Cao Thief

The war was first started by Huang Zhong's troops.

Huang Zhong's troops went out of the Sishui line and surrounded the important town of Pengcheng.

Pengcheng has been an important place for military strategists since ancient times. In history, it was once used as the capital of Western Chu by Xiang Yu.

Dayu's sudden attack shocked the Qi army. A large number of Qi army strongholds along the Sishui line, some surrendered, and some were quickly captured. Only a few important towns in Pengcheng were still under the control of Qi.

The king and ministers of Qi who received the news were terrified. They knew very well that this was the weakest time for Qi and it was difficult to deal with Dayu's army.

The king and ministers of Qi, who did not want to be destroyed again, were as anxious as ants on a hot pot. They thought about it and found that the only country that could support them at this time was Qin.

So, Qi sent people to Qin for help on the one hand, and to Dayu for peace on the other. Prime Minister Hou Shenglian hurried to Fang Shan's mansion in person to inquire about the situation.

"What does Dayu mean? We are brothers!" Hou Sheng was anxious.

The situation of Qi is unprecedentedly severe. In recent years, it has just barely recovered from the tragic situation of nearly destroying the country. As a result, it lost 100,000 martial artists when it destroyed Chu, and then suffered considerable losses in the wars against Yan, Wei, and Zhao.

Especially the defeat of Tian Sheng not long ago, not only did Qi completely lose the land north of the Yellow River, but the last elite field army was almost wiped out.

The huge Qi State could not even gather 50,000 martial artists at this time. There were still 700,000 or 800,000 ordinary elite armies, but most of them were stationed in various places, especially in key border defense areas. It was not so easy and quick to mobilize them.

So Hou Sheng couldn't wait to call a truce.

However, Fang Shan's attitude this time was very ambiguous.

"Mr. Prime Minister, now the Chu, Wei, and Yan countries have perished, and the elites of Qi and Zhao have suffered heavy losses. The situation of the two powers of Yu and Qin competing against each other is a foregone conclusion. The Prime Minister has to make plans early."

Fang Shan's tone was meaningful.

"You, what do you mean?"

Hou Sheng was in a state of confusion.

Hou Sheng, who was too smart, vaguely sensed Fang Shan's meaning, but he didn't dare to believe it.

The struggle for hegemony and coexistence among the various countries has been the pattern of Jiuzhou for hundreds of years.

"Prime Minister, Dayu now has millions of peak-breaking soldiers and tens of millions of brave warriors. It has won every battle against the fierce Qin State. It has captured Bashu and Nanjun, killed Qin's general Biao Gong, and forced Qin's general Wang He to death. It is invincible and can conquer all battles. Can Qi State resist such an elite force?"

Fang Shan threatened.

Hou Sheng was silent.

This is not a question of whether Qi State can resist, but a question of whether Qi State has troops to resist.

"Huang Hansheng is the general of Dayu, with 500,000 soldiers and horses, invincible in battle. No one can stop him in the Huaishui area. After breaking Pengcheng, he can march straight in. Who can stop him then?"

"Besides, Dayu has elite soldiers and generals like clouds and rain. How could it be that only Huang Hansheng is dispatched?"

Fang Shan continued to intimidate.

This really scared Hou Sheng.

He knew that Dayu had a large number of soldiers and horses, at least he knew that Dayu had an elite corps originally deployed in Huaiyin, but its whereabouts were unknown.

What you fear will come true.

The movement of Dayu Huaiyin Corps was soon reported, and the Huaiyin Corps crossed the sea to attack Langya.

This is similar to the history of Wu Yue going north to compete for hegemony and crossing the sea to fight Qi. The people of Langya watched the Yu army defeat the sparsely defended garrison calmly, watched the Langya garrison surrender calmly, watched Lu Xun's corps enter Langya City calmly, and watched the Dayu army advance to other areas calmly.

The whole process highlighted a stable mood.

There was no food or drink, nor fierce resistance.

Lu Xun asked and found out that there were thousands of soldiers in Langya who had received the favor of Dayu and were among the captives released by Dayu before. These people widely publicized Dayu's benevolence and justice, which left Dayu with a good reputation in these places.

Afterwards, these people were recruited by Tian Sheng to fight against Zhao State, and almost all of them were annihilated.

On the one hand, there was the State of Yu with a good reputation, and on the other hand, there was the State of Qi that caused their soldiers to be annihilated; on one hand, there was the invader who was unstoppable, and on the other hand, it was their motherland...

Under various factors, the ambiguous attitude of the people of Qi was understandable.

After receiving this news, Hou Sheng almost jumped up.

Huang Zhong's route was actually not that bad. At most, he occupied Lu, but he could not hurt Qi. If he wanted to attack Qi's hinterland, he had only two ways to go. One was to go southeast to Jucheng, which was easy to defend but difficult to attack. The other was to go north to Puyang and Licheng, but this route was behind Qin, and it was possible that they would be cut off from behind. The main reason for the defeat of Pang Nuan's troops was that they were cut off from behind.

But Lu Xun's route bypassed Ju County directly.

Ju County did not dare to send troops, because once they did, they might be cut off from behind by Huang Zhong's troops.

In this situation, Qi was forced to send troops to fight in the field, or at least to repel Lu Xun's route first.

"Why is it so, why is it so!"

Hou Sheng stomped his feet, his face turning pale.

"Prime Minister, you still have to prepare early."

Fang Shan kindly reminded.

"How should I prepare? Sir, do you want to persuade me to surrender?" Hou Sheng looked unhappy. He was greedy, but not stupid. He knew very well that everything he had came from Qi. Without Qi, he would be nothing.

"The relationship between the Prime Minister and Dayu is nothing more than whether to achieve greater merits. However, it is still too early to talk about this now, but I once heard a saying, 'War is followed by peace, and peace is followed by peace.' What will happen after all? I have to fight for it. With the Qi State and the Prime Minister, I have the status I have today. If I go back, I will just be an ordinary shopkeeper..."

Fang Shan said "taking out his heart and lungs".

"I'm already upset, so I'm going to leave first. I also ask you, sir, not to move around casually these days."

Hou Sheng said goodbye and put Fang Shan under house arrest.

This is also the right thing to do. It is known to the whole world that Fang Shan is a spy of Dayu. Putting him under house arrest at this time is both a kind of surveillance and a kind of protection.

Fang Shan accepted Hou Sheng's "kindness" with a smile.

After Hou Sheng left Fang Shan, he went directly to Qi Palace. He found Fang Shan's words "war followed by peace, peace followed by peace" very interesting.

Hou Sheng didn't even know that he had long since become a complete capitulator, but if people don't do it for themselves, Heaven and Earth will destroy them. Hou Sheng has to think about himself and his family, right?

He couldn't figure out why Daqi had acquired a much wider territory in just a few years than at its peak, and why it quickly fell apart after having such a vast territory, and was on the verge of annihilation.

Hou Sheng couldn't figure it out, but as the prime minister of Da Qi, his interests were not consistent with those of the King of Qi and the State of Qi.

Hou Sheng decided to persuade the King of Qi. If he could defeat Lu Xun's troops, then Qi would naturally be tougher. If he couldn't defeat him, it wouldn't be too late to cede territory and seek peace!

King Jian of Qi believed in his uncle's theory of Hou Sheng's evil. With Tian Zhang's son Tian Dan as the general, he sent the last elite troops from Linzi to attack Lu Xun's troops.

What King Qi Jian didn't know was that as soon as Tian Dan's army moved, information spread.

In the end, Tian Dan's troops, who rushed out to fight, and Lu Xun's troops, who were brave and diligent, met in Weishui, and the two sides lined up in Weishui.

Lu Xun sent people overnight to make more than 10,000 bags, filled them with sand and soil, and blocked the upper reaches of the Wei River. The next day, he ordered Yu Jinjun's army to wade into the water and attack Tiandan's army.

As a general, Yu Jin has a stigma in history, but his ability to train troops and command on the battlefield is outstanding. His overall ability is at least in the middle among the five good generals, but his ability to command large armies and strategic layout is relatively weak.

In other words, his most suitable role should be a role like "the instructor of the 800,000 forbidden troops in Tokyo". Of course, if he just leads his troops to fight, his ability is very good, at least compared to Li Tong, Yan Xing, and others. Zhu Ling and other departments are even more elite.

Knowing that the situation was critical, Tian Dan sent troops to attack, hoping to "attack them halfway across the border".

Yu Jinsuo pretended to be defeated and retreated.

This allowed Tian Dan to see an opportunity to defeat the enemy.

Tian Dan felt that the unknown Lu Xun might just be a dandy who only knew how to fight on water and did not understand land warfare at all. He was definitely an elite soldier since he was defeated at the Forbidden Station and refused to break up.

As soon as the two were combined, Tian Dan deduced the truth of the matter: the dudes who didn't understand land warfare forced the veteran on the battlefield to take risks and attack. The veteran on the battlefield was defeated and could only gather the elite to escape. However, because this group of soldiers was elite enough, they fled. There was no collapse yet.

Therefore, someone else must seize this opportunity to defeat the elite of Dayu Army in one fell swoop and seal the victory.

Tian Dan personally led the martial arts warriors and other elite warriors across the Weishui River to pursue Yu Jin, but unexpectedly his decision would push him into a situation of eternal disaster.

Lu Xun, who had been waiting for this moment, saw the right opportunity and ordered his men to break open the sandbags blocking the Weishui River. The rushing river immediately cut Tian Dan's troops into two sections. Tian Dan's main force failed to cross the Weishui River. There are only 30,000 people in the water.

Lu Xun took advantage of the situation and commanded the army to launch a fierce attack on Tian Dan's headquarters. Yu Jin, Li Tong, Yan Xing, Zhu Ling and others attacked bravely. Half of the Qi army, which was already weak in fighting will, chose to surrender, and the other half died generously with Tian Dan.

At this point, the Battle of Weishui is no longer in suspense.

As the main force in this battle, although Yu Jin's troops suffered relatively large losses, they were the first to achieve success. Overall, the Dayu Army also took an absolute advantage.

The army took advantage of the situation and crossed the river to attack. Seeing that Tian Dan's troops were annihilated, the Qi army on the west bank had already become panicked. Facing the fierce attack of the Yu army, some surrendered and others fled in all directions.

The Battle of Weishui was definitely a very important battle for the Qi-Yu War, but this battle seemed like a small event in front of another battle.

His Majesty Dong Huang, the Emperor of Dayu, personally led tens of thousands of warships and appeared in the Bohai Sea. Part of the army marched along the Jishui River and the land, and part of the army landed and attacked Linzi.

Wherever they passed, they encountered almost no resistance that could bring the army to a halt.

In fact, there is no coastal defense at all in the coastal area north of Linzi in Qi State.

Seeing that the Yu State army was still three days away from Linzi, he sent people to ask Tian Dan to return for reinforcements, but only received the news that Tian Dan had been defeated and died in the battle. King Jian and Hou Sheng of Qi looked at each other in shock.

Hou Sheng finally remembered Fang Shan's "good words of persuasion". He understood that there was still a way to survive by persuading Qi Wangjian to surrender at this time. If he had other delusions, he would definitely die.

"Your Majesty, Dayu has always been famous for its benevolence and righteousness. Those who surrender to Dayu, whether they are the King of Chu or Lord Chun Shen and his son, will have food and wealth, and enjoy endless wealth."

Hou Sheng couldn't help but persuade.

"Isn't it because King Chu's mother couldn't enjoy it enough?"

Qi Wangjian couldn't help but snorted angrily.

The last king of Chu was King Xiong Han of Chu You, the son of King Kaolie of Chu, and his mother was Li Yuan's sister Li Yan.

The story of Dong Huang publicly humiliating Li Yan and wantonly humiliating the harem of King Kao Lie of Chu in the court of Chu was well-known and was used as a topic of conversation by many people. Of course, Dong Huang was not so licentious, but he did enjoy Li Yan, the charming Queen Mother of Chu.

Qi Wangjian's words made Hou Sheng sneer in his heart.

Hou Sheng, who knew Qi Wangjian very well, understood that Qi Wangjian's words just showed his fear and intention to surrender, but he was just worried about his life after surrender.

"The Queen Mother of the King is my sister. If she were still alive, she would naturally give everything for the King. I am also worried that there is no beautiful daughter that the King can be favored by the Emperor of Dayu!"

Hou Sheng gave Qi Wangjian a reassurance: "Dayu is kind and righteous, but there has never been any news of humiliating the king. Of course, if the King's daughter can marry His Majesty the Emperor of Dayu..."

However, Hou Sheng's words did not completely convince Qi Wangjian.

How can we just give up the foundation of the Tian family that has lasted for hundreds of years?

"Prime Minister, is Da Qi really hopeless?"

King Jian of Qi held Hou Sheng's hand and burst into tears.

If there is any possibility, he does not want to be the king of a fallen country.

"Your Majesty!"

Hou Sheng was also a little impatient, but he still patiently explained: "To the west and north, there are all the troops of His Majesty the Emperor of Dayu, and the Dayu navy has even blocked the Jishui River; to the west, Tian Dan has already buried the last elite of Da Qi, and the enemy has already passed the Weishui River and is sharpening their knives! To the south, there are mountains. I wonder if Your Majesty is willing to flee alone in the mountains with me, and imitate the deeds of Boyi and Shuqi? Or escape to Lu by chance, and then be caught and humiliated?"

"This...this..."

King Jian of Qi suddenly fell to the ground and burst into tears.

He hesitated again and again, and when Dong Huang's army was one day away from Linzi, he chose to surrender to Dayu.

The King of Qi surrendered, and most of the remaining land of Qi was taken by proclamation.

The people of Qi complained that the King of Qi listened to the slander of Hou Sheng and his guests, which led to the defeat of Qi, so they composed a ballad: "Sad, sad, the one who destroyed Jian is Sheng!"

So far, in terms of territory alone, Dayu has already occupied six out of ten of the traditional nine states.

Because Dayu's advance was steady, accurate and ruthless, and Dayqin had Zhao Ji and Lady Huayang dragging their feet, after Dayu destroyed Qi, Qin had not yet decided whether to send troops to rescue.

After the demise of Qi, Dong Huang, who no longer wanted to pretend, ordered Han Wang An and Wei Wu, the son of Wei Anxi Wang of Wei, to offer their country to Dayu respectively.

At this time, the Confucian scholars of Lu proposed to carve a stone to praise Yu's virtue and discuss the matter of Fengshan Wangshan.

Dong Huang heard it, Fengshan Taishan? Carve a stone to record the merits?

Good, good!

So Dong Huang went to Mount Tai to offer sacrifices to the gods, accompanied by 70 Confucian scholars and doctors from Qi and Lu.

This made Chen Lin feel a huge pressure - you outsiders dared to compete with me in flattery, humph, wait and see!

So, a battle of flattery with flowers and flowers officially began.

In the first round, Chen Lin used his flattery skills after following Dong Huang for more than 30 years to make these Confucian scholars lose their weapons.

So, these Confucian scholars invited the ancestors of Yanshenggong...

Chen Lin, who had been the best in Dayu for many years and had never been defeated, tasted the bitter fruit of defeat for the first time...

The illiterate Dong Huang happily ate melons and went to Mount Tai to offer sacrifices to the gods.

During the period, the Confucian scholars who felt that they had done well wanted Dong Huang to abide by their ancient rituals, but they were beaten up.

Afterwards, Dong Huang, who was in a happier mood, formally accepted the surrender of Xiong Han, the captured and captive King You of Chu, Wei Wu, the almost exiled King Jingmin of Wei, the surrendered King An of Han, the surrendered King Jian of Qi, and the surrendered King Xi of Yan sent by Lian Po at Mount Tai.

During the Fengshan ceremony, Dong Huang was so blessed that he canonized Jia Xu as the Emperor of Dongyue.

Mount Tai, Dongyue, is the destination of the dead in traditional mythology.

Dong Huang felt that Jia Xu's ability was somewhat similar to this position.

However, what everyone did not expect was that after the canonization, the original soul master position of Jia Xu's Nine Songs system was automatically changed to the Emperor of Dongyue.

Destroying Qi and completely digesting Qi, Han and part of Wei occupied most of Dayu's energy this year.

The fourth year of Qin Wangzheng passed quickly, and the plague in Qin finally ended, which meant that Dayu's attack was about to begin again.

In the fifth year of Qin Wangzheng, as soon as the river was unsealed and the flood season was over, Dayu launched an attack with ulterior motives.

Zhou Tai, the admiral of the navy who was named He Bo, led the navy upstream to seek an opportunity to fight a decisive battle with the Qin navy.

In this era, the river specifically refers to the Yellow River, and He Bo is the water god of the Yellow River.

In ancient times, the river, the Yangtze River, the Ji River, and the Huai River were collectively called the Four Rivers, and they were as important as the Five Mountains.

When He Bo entered the Yellow River, he was like a fish in water. Anyway, there was no He Bo in this world, or the original He Bo had long been gone like some gods.

This gave Zhou Tai an opportunity.

Under the influence of the deification, the entire river showed extraordinary docility to Zhou Tai. Zhou Tai's troops, who were not familiar with the hydrology of the Yellow River, felt like they were back home on the Yellow River. On the contrary, the Qin navy, which had been operating in the Yellow River for a long time, began to encounter various problems.

For example, a wave came over, and the one that hit the Yu army was as gentle as a dog that had to ask for advice before holding hands; the one that hit the Qin army was as fierce as a gym student who stood up and kicked.

Qin Jun was beaten and cried and groaned in pain. The creaking sound of the bed boards in the "520" hotel was just like the creaking sound of the bed boards.

Dayu's water army had seven battles and seven victories, like a man who took medicine seven times a night, pressing the weak and weak Qin army into the water and rubbing it.

However, the Qin Army's building and ship troops are still very resilient.

The Yellow River Navy is a water force that has been operated by Qin since the capital of Ying suffered a loss. Over the years, it has fought many battles with Zhao, Wei and other naval forces, and its strength is very outstanding.

At this moment, the navy of the Qin Kingdom is like a battle-hardened Shang K girl. She seems fragile and about to collapse in every battle, but she can continue to fight fiercely in the next one.

Zhou Tai reached the vicinity of Xingyang from the mouth of the Yellow River, but failed to defeat the Qin navy.

Only then did Zhou Tai know that Qin's navy was actually commanded by Wang Jian. Zhou Tai vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

It was Huang Zhong and Pang Tong who realized something was wrong earlier.

After Huang Zhong's army destroyed Qi, they actively prepared for war. As the vanguard of Dong Huang's army, they launched an attack on Wei.

His Majesty, the Emperor of Dayu, who was so salty that his balls ached, once again went on a personal expedition with his royal chariot.

However, this time Dong Huang's personal expedition was still a must-win battle.

This time Da Yu mobilized more than three million troops, of which the number of Zhenguo Legion and Quasi-Zhenguo Legion troops exceeded one million.

It has been eight years since I came to this mission world. From the beginning, when I was cautious and didn't even dare to fight head-on, now, Dayu's army has finally grown up and dares to challenge any army of any country in the world.

It feels like a rabbit that has gone from "putting aside disputes and jointly developing" to "how dare you develop", holding a brick in its hand and greeting anyone who shows its head.

This time, Dayu not only determined to win his hometown south of the Han and Wei rivers, but also wanted to capture Nanyang in one fell swoop and push the Qin army back to the pass.

Considering that Qin State has experienced two years of famine and epidemic, and the new grain is not yet mature, it is actually the best time.

On the Bashu side, Gao Shun's Bashu army once again tried to attack Hanzhong and Jiameng Pass of Qin. Although Qin general Qiang Xian gave up most of the Bazhong defense line, he never gave up on Jiange. Therefore, it is actually difficult to fight this way and can only play a containment role.

In Nanjun, Zhuge Liang, Zhao Yun, Yue Fei and other troops made another northern expedition. In this battle, Yue Fei was still the vanguard, and the troops were directed towards Wancheng. At the same time, Jiang Qin's troops and Zhang He's troops were divided into two groups, from Shangyong and Han Dynasties. Shui sent troops to threaten Xuguan and Hanzhong again, further containing Hanzhong's troops and ensuring that Zhuge Liang's army was safe.

In South Korea, the Dianwei Army marched into Xingyang again, Lejin's troops surrounded Ye County again, and the Taishi Ci Army provided support between the two armies; in addition, the Guojia Army and the Weiliao Army, which had restored 80% of their combat strength, went out. Chen Du, coordinated the actions of Huang Zhong's army.

Behind Huang Zhong's army was the mighty Dong Huang headquarters.

Dong Huang's army headquarters has 300,000 Huben troops. This is after a large number of Huben troops have been integrated into the legions of various generals to serve as middle- and high-level generals.

It can only be said that Dong Huangjun has grown really fast over the years. The first batch of natural people, with their loyalty and qualifications, once they have enough time to grow up, it will not be a big problem to join the Huben Army.

If Dong Huang wanted to expand wantonly, the Huben army could even quickly expand to one million people. For example, there are many descendants of famous generals and middle-level generals, and a large number of southern barbarians who have followed Dong Huang for several worlds. There are too many who are suitable to join the Huben Army.

Of course, such an expansion in a short period of time will have a considerable impact on the military's combat effectiveness and finances.

The Huben Army is positioned as the elite among the elite, not the imperial army of the Song Dynasty.

In addition to the Huben Army, there are also millions of other troops.

With such an army, with sufficient logistics and high morale, Dong Huang didn't know how to lose.

As the vanguard, Huang Zhong wanted to show off the momentum of Dayu's number one general.

He even wanted to kill Wang Jian in formation.

However, when Huang Zhong's army launched an attack on Qin's territory in Wei, he found that all the Qin troops had left.

Wang Jian actually gave up Wei.

Huang Zhong could only lead his troops in pursuit, but the more he pursued, the more he felt something was wrong. He always felt that Wang Jian must have some conspiracy.

Pang Tong, who was impatient, also felt something was wrong.

Excluding the possibility of an ambush, if Wang Jian wants to use a trick, then it seems that the only way is...

"Water attack!"

Pang Tong's originally ugly face suddenly became even more ugly: "Wang Jian wants to dig a dam on the Yellow River!"

The generals of this era were not as benevolent as Dong Huang, and they could use water attacks without any psychological burden.

Once Wang Jian succeeds in breaking the embankment, not to mention Huang Zhong's army, even Dong Huang's army is likely to be affected.

And by then, the land of Han and Wei will become a vast country, and the Yu army will probably not be able to launch an attack from this direction for five or six years.

"What is Zhou Youping doing? Why hasn't he defeated the Qin navy yet?"

Huang Zhong remembered gritting his teeth.

"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious..."

Pang Tong plucked out two beards and paced around to sort out his thoughts: "It's not the flood season yet, so breaking the dike is of little significance, but we still have to report it to His Majesty and inform all friendly forces...

As for the location of the Qin army's breach of the embankment..."

Pang Tong looked at the map and stared at the direction of the Qin army's camp for a long time: "Xingyang, it should be here! Of course, we do not rule out sending people who dare to die to the middle and lower reaches. We must check again near the Yellow River of Han and Wei. Make sure there are no dead soldiers from the Qin State left! Otherwise, once the rainy season arrives, the consequences will be disastrous!"

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I wish my brothers that the Seventh Army will be flooded tonight!