Qi State, Jucheng.

A black horse came from the north, and the knight on the horse was lying on the horse's neck, and his body was rising and falling as the horse galloped. Seeing this, everyone on the road made way aside.

As they approached the city gate, several soldiers from Qi came forward and grabbed the horses.

"Hey, get off the horse and accept the investigation!"

The knight was motionless immediately, and a Qi soldier pulled him, and then the knight fell to the ground with a bang.

By chance, a small bag of money fell out of the Knight's arms, and a few golden beans rolled out of it.

The soldiers were startled, and then they looked greedy.

One of the soldiers winked at his companion and stepped on Jindouzi quietly.

Several other soldiers understood and patted the knight's face: "Hey, wake up, wake up!"

The Knight responded without any response.

The soldiers breathed a sigh of relief and whispered together.

"It seems like a rich man."

"Look at his clothes, they are made of fine silk, and they can be sold for a lot of money."

"No, how can merchants wear such clothes? They must be a noble child."

"A horse is also a good horse."

"Will there be some trouble?"

"What's the trouble? Da Qi is about to die..."

"I'll just give the horse to the captain later. I'll use these golden beans to exchange for equal divisions, so no one will tell me."

"That's it!"

Soon, several soldiers had decided to take the horse away, and then two of them carried the unconscious knights and walked towards a small wood not far from the city gate.

Everything seemed quite smooth, the only surprise was that before we could reach the woods, the knight suddenly woke up.

The young knight began to struggle.

"What are you doing? Let me go!"

The soldiers were caught off guard and were directly broken off by the knight. Then the knight stood up suddenly, pulled out the long sword at his waist, and confronted the two soldiers: "Where is my horse?"

For a moment, the passing people looked at him.

The two soldiers were a little annoyed. Why did they forget to put this guy's weapon first?

Then, the two soldiers exchanged their eyes, each with fierce eyes, and also pulled out the long swords on their waists, surrounded the knights on their left and right.

"We suspect that you are a spy from Zhao State. Put down your weapons and follow us!"

The knight was stunned for a moment, suddenly realized something, touched it in his arms, and then his face changed drastically: "Why is my wallet gone? Do you guys know who I am? I think you are tired of living, so you return my wallet!"

The two sides were right next to the road, and the conflict also attracted many people to stop and watch.

But no one wants to stand out.

After all, the armor and swords on the two soldiers were still very conspicuous, and the city gate was just a hundred steps away. Who dared to stand up and go against the soldiers in such a place?

Two soldiers snatched up at the same time and made up their minds to kill and silence them.

In this situation of chaos, the killing and looting of refugees is completely common. The small hills outside Jucheng are surrounded by small woods. If you don’t throw 180 corpses over every day, it will be strange.

Killing a "Zhao spy" who has no identity is nothing at all.

The young knight was shocked and waved his sword and fought hard to resist.

It can be seen that this young knight has some martial arts foundation, and he has not been at a disadvantage for a while when he fights two.

This is not surprising. After all, you can see that it is a noble child from the clothes. Today, Qi State is dominated by Confucianism. The so-called "Six Arts of Gentlemen" in Confucianism include two skills related to the battlefield: Shooting and Imperial. When Confucius led his disciples to travel around the countries, he personally held a sword to fight against the bandits of the Dao for 300 rounds. In addition, in this state of great struggle, if the noble child is unable to tie a chicken, it would be a real strange thing.

After a few more moves, the young knight suddenly staggered and felt a sense of fatigue all over his body.

I fled from Linzi to here, and encountered many things on the way. The followers who followed me were all separated. I was tired and hungry and fell into a coma when I was about to arrive in Jucheng. Although I woke up, my physical strength was already exhausted.

The two soldiers were overjoyed to see this and were about to kill them.

The young knight knew something was wrong and shouted: "I am Tian Fazhang, the son of the Great Qi Dynasty. You and others dare to commit crimes. Are you afraid of being implicated in the three tribes?"

As soon as the words came, the two soldiers paused and looked at each other, and they saw the hesitation in each other's eyes.

But this hesitation was only a few breaths.

As the saying goes, it’s time to do it, but it’s time to do it. Do you know if it’s a real or a fake one?

If you don’t kill, you will die!

The two soldiers snatched up again and attacked the two swords together.

But at this moment, several knights suddenly rushed into the battle group and separated the two sides.

"Stop it all!" An old man dressed in an official stood up on a carriage not far away: "Tell me, what's going on?"

Obviously, these suddenly appeared were the old man's guards.

Just when the two soldiers were not sure what to say, the young knight felt relieved when he saw someone standing up and fainted.

Seeing this, the old man frowned and said, "Let's go and take him back to my husband's mansion."

The two soldiers were shocked when they saw this and hurriedly said, "Is this person a spy from Zhao State? Should he..."

The old man shouted: "I am the Taishi of Jucheng. You and the small soldiers guarding the city will make way for me. Otherwise, I will not blame you for taking the heads of others here!"

The soldiers had no choice but to watch the old man ordering people to take the young knight away.

The old man breathed a sigh of relief and sat back in the carriage.

In the carriage was also sitting a young girl, about sixteen or seventeen years old, and she was very beautiful and had a beautiful appearance.

The girl asked curiously: "Father, is that man really a young man?"

The old man sighed and said, "I don't know if I am a father."

The girl said, "Why did my father save him?"

The old man looked at the daughter in front of him and smiled: "Because if he is really the young master Fazhang, then Daqi... will have hope!"

...

Handan.

Zhao He sat on it and had just finished listening to Qiu Ye who had returned from Yingdu to report.

After hearing this, Zhao He nodded with satisfaction and said, "So, Wei and Chu should be on the side of Da Zhao now. Qiu Qing, you are doing a good job."

Qiu Ye bowed and said, "If the king had not given the opportunity in person, it is still a matter of whether this trip to Yingdu will be successful."

Zhao He laughed and said, "Okay, it's time to inform us of the latest battle situation. Fat Master, please tell me."

Fei Yi stood up and began to introduce the current situation.

After taking over Linzi, the Zhao army divided into two groups, with 100,000 main forces attacking the southeast under the leadership of Zhao Zhufu. The goal was to conquer Jucheng among the five capitals of Qi, complete the meeting with the Chu army, and complete the agreement with the King of Chu.

In addition, Le Yi was the main general, Lian Po, Zhao She and others were the vanguard troops, with a total of 50,000 troops attacking from Linzi to the east, with the goal of conquering Jimo, among the five capitals of Qi, and then occupying the entire Shandong Peninsula.

As for the remaining 50,000 troops, they were naturally dispersed into the occupied cities to deter those Qi people who had just surrendered.

In general, this is actually a very common and well-behaved plan. After all, Zhao State is now a winner, and it completely takes the initiative in the war situation. It does not require any fancy surprise attacks or other things. Just push them straight forward and flatly.

Zhao He frowned and said, "Why did your master bring so many soldiers to Jucheng?"

For Zhao He, the most important place is not Jucheng, but Jimo.

Zhao He has actually explained this point to his master's father in his letters, but his master's father still chose to put Jucheng first, which undoubtedly made Zhao He a little unhappy.

Is this dad a little bit arrogant and doesn't even like to listen to my words?

Fei Yi glanced at Zhao He and said, "It's such a king. I received the news this morning that Tian Fazhang, the son of Qi, took over the throne in Jucheng five days ago."

Zhao He yelled, and a hint of surprise appeared on his face.

Sure enough, the result of the drift of this world line is inevitable. Tian Fazhang did not play anything at the Taishi's house, but directly succeeded to the throne and became king?

However, this can explain why the master father led the main force to sweep south and headed straight to Jucheng after hearing the news. After all, the master father is now in Qi State, so the time to get the news must be much earlier than that in Handan.

The Grand Secretary Xing Qiuye frowned and said, "Master, if this is the case, I am worried that the people of Chu may have some abnormal movements."

Zhao He said: "What abnormal movement?"

Qiu Yi said: "When I met the King of Chu, I could clearly feel that there was a force in Chu that was extremely hostile to the Great Zhao and did not hope that the Great Zhao would destroy the Kingdom of Qi."

Zhao He said, "It's the Chu State Mo Ao Qu Yuan you just mentioned?"

When talking about Qu Yuan, Zhao He felt a little strange.

Qiu Ye nodded and said, "It's true. I have taken a lot of trouble to convince the King of Chu. Originally, King Qi was naturally at risk in the hands of Da Zhao, but now Tian Fazhang has ascended the throne. If the State of Chu directly supports Tian Fazhang and the Qi army and the Chu army defend Jucheng, the problem will be really troublesome."

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became less relaxed.

Siko Zhou Chou coughed lightly and said, "But hasn't Chu formed an alliance with Da Zhao? If Chu really betrays the truth, would they still have to send Huaibei land back to Qi, which had just been from Qi people?"
To be continued...