Chapter 245: Zhang Di is in a desperate situation

With the murder of Longchuan, Long Ao, Song Yu, and Liu Gao, the surrendered generals of the Western Chu that rebelled this time, including Zang Ci, Cao Jian, Xiang Wei and others, as well as more than 10,000 surrendered soldiers from Western Chu, Han Qing ordered Jia Biao and Wu Lie to quickly deal with these people.

Zhang Di, who had not done anything, was overjoyed when he learned that the Long brothers were bringing a group of surrendered soldiers in Western Chu to the city gate, killed a few defenders, and then left the city and headed all the way to Panxian.

Without the Long brothers, Zang Ci, Cao Jian, Xiang Wei and others, they were alone. In the end, Zang Ci, Cao Jian died at Wu Lie's hands, while Xiang Wei died at Jia Biao's hands. The Western Chu surrendered soldiers who were in chaos with the Long brothers were also ordered to be strangled by Han Qing. None of them were left. In this battle, more than 20,000 Western Chu surrendered soldiers were killed, and more than 10,000 people were killed in the Qi army in the city. Many of them died in the counterattack of Western Chu surrendered soldiers, leaving only 70,000 people in Leling City, which had 100,000 troops. However, Han Qing thought this was worth it. Without these surrendered soldiers and generals, he would be even more comfortable to defend the city.

On the other hand, when Wu Lie searched for the escape fish of the Western Chu soldiers in the city, he found that Zhang Di had actually ran away. Wu Lie felt something was wrong, so he quickly informed Han Qing about the matter.

When Han Qing heard this, he felt very bad. After all, after just experiencing the rebellion of surrendered soldiers and generals in Western Chu, Han Qing's distrust of Song Chu's surrendered generals became even more powerful. At this time, Zhang Di ran away, which made Han Qing very confused. There were no soldiers or generals around Zhang Di, where could he go alone?

After thinking for a while, Han Qing was suddenly shocked and said, "I have suffered, Zhang Di must have gone to Ban County."

"Banxian? Why are Zhang Di going there?" Wu Lie was also confused. Why are Zhang Di suddenly running out of Leling to go to Banxian?

Han Qing said: "There are 50,000 surrendered soldiers and generals in the Eastern Chu County. Zhang Di must have been to summon old subordinates. Hurry up, send people to intercept Zhang Di and bring him back. If you can't bring him back, you will kill him on the spot."

"Here!" Wu Lie also felt that something was wrong, so he went down to send the few cavalry in the city to chase Zhang Di, but Zhang Di had already run away at this time, so how could the Qi cavalry catch up with him?

After Zhang Di left Leling, he ran westward. Leling was not far from Banxian. Zhang Di quickly rushed to Banxian and arrived at Banxian before dawn.

The person in charge of stationing in Pan County was Chunyu Ci. This person is a veteran of Qi. He is loyal and kind. He treats Zhang Di and other surrendered generals of Song Chu. It was strange to see Zhang Di suddenly come here, so he walked out and asked, "General Zhang is not in Leling, why are he coming to Pan County?"

Zhang Di sighed smoothly and said, "General Chunyu, General Chunyu, when he heard that the Zhao army planned to attack Ande and Pingyuan, he was worried that the two places had insufficient troops, so he ordered me to come and lead our troops to Ande and Pingyuan to help with the war. This is a handwritten book."

Zhang Di took out a forged handwritten book of Zhao Xin for Chunyu Ci to read. As for why Zhang Di had Zhao Xin's handwritten book, I have to thank Chen Ding. Zhang Di and Chen Ding are both old ministers of the Chu State and have a good relationship with each other. So I saw a lot of Han Qing's handwriting from Chen Ding. After a long time, I could imitate one or two. In addition, Chunyu Ci's eyes were blurred, and it was dawn now. Before the sky was completely dawn, Chunyu Ci could not see clearly.

#Send 888 cash red envelopes#           Follow the vx. Official account [Book Friends Base Camp], watch popular masterpieces, and draw 888 cash red envelopes!

Chunyu Ci read the handwritten book and confirmed that there was no problem, he took Zhang Di into the city. As soon as he entered the city, Zhang Di asked to lead troops immediately on the grounds that the war was urgent and could not be delayed. Chunyu Ci did not doubt it, so he summoned a group of surrendered soldiers from the East Chu to leave with Zhang Di. The surrendered soldiers from the East Chu were also confused, but when he saw Zhang Di himself, he left together without saying anything.

Less than half an hour after Zhang Di left, the Qi cavalry who came to chase Zhang Di arrived. Chunyu Ci was very surprised. Why so many people came to Pan County this day? After asking, he realized that Zhang Di had the intention to rebel. This time he led the troops away was not Han Qing's intention. Chunyu Ci was fooled, but Zhang Di had been away for half an hour. In addition, Zhang Di had many soldiers and horses, even if he pulled all the soldiers and horses in Pan County, he might not be Zhang Di's opponent. Chunyu Ci had to write a letter in person and brought it back to Han Qing by the cavalry.

After seeing Chunyu Ci's handwritten letter and learning that Zhang Di had taken away all the surrendered soldiers of the East Chu, Han Qing felt that something was wrong, but he was also puzzled, what did Zhang Di want to do to take these people? So he sent all the scouts in the general and must find out Zhang Di's purpose.

At this time, Zhang Di had already led his troops to the Yellow River and was looking for ships to cross the river. The generals led by Jiang Zi asked Zhang Di about the purpose of the trip.

Zhang Di then said: "You don't know anything. Last night, the Long brothers and a group of generals colluded with Zhao's army to rebel, and they had been killed by Han Qing, and more than 20,000 people under their command were also strangled by Qi's army."

"What!" Everyone was shocked. They didn't expect such a big thing to happen overnight, but it had nothing to do with Zhang Di leading his troops away, so everyone asked Zhang Di what it meant.

Zhang Didao: "Everyone, it was helpless to surrender Qi at the beginning, in order to save the king's life. Now Qi is in danger. It is a good opportunity for us to revive the Great Chu. I plan to go to Linzi to rescue the Great Chu first, and then return to Pengcheng together to rebuild the Great Chu."

After hearing this, everyone looked at each other and finally turned their eyes to Zong Yuan, the oldest qualified one. Zong Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "General Zhang, we are willing to revive the Great Chu, but we only have only 50,000 troops. Even if we return to Pengcheng and Qi will come to conquer again in the future, how can we stop it?"

Everyone nodded and expressed their agreement. This was the biggest problem. How could Qi watch the state of Chu restore the country? How could they block the Qi army with their current strength alone?

Zhang Di was obviously confident, so he smiled and said, "Don't worry, all the troops in Qi are now concentrated on the northern line and fighting with the Zhao army. In just a few years, he has no time to come to cause trouble for us. Besides, you have forgotten that the former king had an alliance with Deng State. Now Deng State dominates the south and has strong strength. We can seek help from Deng State. With Deng State here, what can Zhao Qi do to me?"

After thinking about it, everyone thought that Zhang Di's words were very reasonable. They were all descendants of the Chu generals and were embraced by Chu. They were forced to surrender to Qi in the past few years. In addition, the contempt and exclusion of these surrendered generals made them disheartened. Moreover, once they gained the support of Deng, it was not impossible to restore the country. So they gritted their teeth and said, "It depends entirely on the general." The general was Zhang Di's position when he was in East Chu. Everyone called him the general and expressed their recognition of Zhang Di's actions.

Zhang Di was overjoyed and said, "Okay, since that's the case, after crossing the river, we will go straight to Linzi, rescue the king, return to Pengcheng together, and revive the Great Chu!"

After Zhang Di brought more than 50,000 people across the river, he headed eastward and headed straight to Linzi. On June 15, 17th year of Qianyuan, Zhang Di led his troops to Linzi City, which scared the King of Qi, who was the palace.

Outside Linzi City, Zhang Di led 50,000 troops to station outside the city. The gate of Linzi City was closed, and the defenders on the city were trembling. Because they wanted to support the front-line war, there were only 10,000 troops left in Linzi City. If it was a normal army, 10,000 people would defend the city, and it would not be easy for 50,000 people to capture it. However, most of Linzi City were recruits, and the elites of Qi were on the plain front.

"General, why don't you attack the city?" After arriving in Linzi City, Zhang Di did not launch an attack immediately, but sent people into the city to meet the King of Qi, which made the generals very puzzled.

Zhang Di smiled and said, "There are 10,000 Qi troops stationed in Linzi City, which cannot be broken in a short time. Moreover, if the Qi people are anxious and jumped over the wall, they may even hurt the king's family. Let the Qi people send the king out in person."

"Send the king out in person? Will the King of Qi do this?" Zong Yuan was a little puzzled. After all, King of Qi was the king of a country and the overlord of the Central Plains. How could he be threatened?

Zhang Di smiled mysteriously and said, "Yes, King Qi will definitely do it."

In the palace of the Qi King, the Qi King was summoning the ministers to discuss.

The King of Qi said: "You guys, what is the purpose of Zhang Di coming here?"

Shang Rong, the Prime Minister of Qi, stepped out and said: "Returning to the king, Zhang Di sent someone to the city and said that he came here just to pick up Xiang Kuang's family. As long as the king could send Xiang Kuang's family out of the city, he would not hurt Linzi's soldiers and civilians."

"Catch Xiang Kuang? Zhang Di came here with such a big fanfare to pick Xiang Kuang?" King Qi said in surprise. Zhang Di suddenly left the front line and came to Linzi with great fanfare to pick Xiang Kuang's family. This made King Qi a little amused.

"That king, what should we do?" Shang Rong asked.

The King of Qi thought for a while and said, "Give Xiang Kuang and his family back to them. No matter what Zhang Di's purpose is, Linzi City is not allowed to be missed now. It's better not to take such risks."

"Here!" Shang Rong replied.

The King of Qi sent someone to send Xiang Kuang's family out of the city. After Zhang Di took Xiang Kuang's family, he went south to Pengcheng.
Chapter completed!