Chapter 255: The Song people turned against each other

In Pingyuan City, Zhao Xin was observing the map in the central army's tent. It had been a year since he headed south, and the Zhao army had not made much progress. Although he drove Qi and Wei across the Yellow River, a natural chasm of the Yellow River blocked the Zhao army. Since the beginning of spring, Zhao Xin ordered all armies to launch several landing wars in succession, but there was no progress, which made Zhao Xin very distressed.

"It's been so many years since I, Zhao Xin, fought such a difficult battle. Pang Kuo, Han Qing, is the most powerful enemy in the world, but the final winner must be me, Zhao Xin." Looking at the map, Zhao Xin murmured. Although Zhao Xin was full of confidence, the Yellow River was crossing there. There was no navy in Zhao State, so he could only sigh at the river and could only continue to order to cross the river forcibly. Although he had not yet been able to break through the defense line of Qi and Wei, the Zhao army had gradually gained the upper hand, and Zhao Xin felt that the opportunity he had been waiting for for a long time was coming soon.

The Zhao army fought hard, and the Qi and Wei armies on the south bank also worked very hard to defend. After all, the Zhao army's continuous offensive brought a lot of pressure to the Qi and Wei defense line on the south bank, and the troops in various places also suffered a lot of losses, so it gradually became difficult to defend.

Han Qing was in trouble on the south bank of the Yellow River. He had been fighting for more than a year, and Qi was struggling. The most important thing was that the Chu State, which had just been restored to the south, began to move frequently. With the support of Deng State, Deng Sheng said support was not just a verbal statement. Deng Sheng really wanted to use Chu State to disrupt the Central Plains. But of course, if you ask Deng Sheng to send troops, he would not send him, but it was still possible to support some food, grass and military funds. After receiving the support of Deng State, Chu State began to expand its army vigorously, from more than 50,000 at the beginning to 70,000. Such a huge army could not be afforded by Pengcheng County, so Chu State had the idea of ​​Xia Pi County and constantly sent troops to provoke the borders of the two counties, which made the southern line of Qi State panic.

The provocation of Chu made Qi untidy. Now Qi is fighting with Zhao with all his might, so there is no room for his strength to deal with Chu. In desperation, Qi had to order the withdrawal of Xia Pi and Guangling counties. In this way, half of the results of going south were lost, causing Qi's strength to be greatly damaged.

"It's hard!" Han Qing looked at the map. Just yesterday, Gao Tang's guard Wang Ti sent someone to say that the Zhao army's offensive was too fierce and Gao Tang could not hold on anymore. The entire south bank defense line of the Qi army complemented each other. No matter which place was broken by the Zhao army, the entire defense line would collapse. Therefore, Han Qing sent general Liu Ying to lead 20,000 troops to reinforce. In this way, the main camp had only 80,000 troops left. If there was another problem at any point, it would be difficult for Han Qing to withdraw troops to reinforce.

At this time, there were a group of people staying in the same place to discuss important matters. The leaders were the former general of Song Li Jiqian, the former general of Song Guan Jun, Hu Yansong, and military advisor Zhao Xuan.

When the Long brothers rebelled and Zhang Di ran away, there was a shortage of generals of the Qi army. Han Qing had to use the surrendered generals of the Song State. In the city of Gaotang, there were originally 50,000 Qi troops, but after this period of fighting with the Zhao army, the troops were greatly reduced, leaving only 30,000. Among the 20,000 dead, most of the soldiers from the former Song State were soldiers, which made Li Jiqian and others very dissatisfied. The 50,000 soldiers of Gaotang were originally 30,000 Song people, but now there were only more than 10,000 people left, and nearly half of them were lost. In addition, the Song people who died in the battle between the Li Kingdom and Ande, and the Song army who surrendered to Qi, were only so many people left. Li Jiqian felt that if this continued, the Song people would probably die, so he decided to take a risk.

"Everyone, the people of Qi don't regard us Song people as human beings. In every battle, we Song people will be pawns. Tens of thousands of Song people are left, and only these tens of thousands of people will be left. If this continues, we will probably die. I think we can't sit here and wait for death. We must find a way." Li Jiqian said to everyone.

Guan Jun and others nodded. Over the years, they also empathized with the treatment of the Song people. When they surrendered to Qi, they received unfair treatment from Qi. They originally thought that as time went by, the Qi people would fully accept them. In order to fully integrate into Qi, the Song people worked very hard. In the battle against Chu, the Song people made great efforts. Later, they went to war with Zhao. Zhao sent people to win over the Song people again and again. Li Jiqian and others were unmoved, but they were treated like this by Qi people, and they were also indignant.

"General, what do you think you should do? We all listen to you." Guan Jun and others said.

Li Jiqian was very satisfied with the performance of Guan Jun and others. He was worried that after so many years of joining Qi, the Song people would have forgotten their original identity? Now the big stone in Li Jiqian's heart can be put down.

Li Jiqian said: "A few days ago, the Zhao army sent someone to contact this general again, saying that as long as we can help them capture Gaotang City, they guarantee that our Song people will get the same status as the Zhao people in the future."

"General, can Zhao people believe what they said?" Zhao Xuan was a little worried. After all, the Song people had missed it once, so they must not make mistakes again. If you are not careful, the only Song people will die on the battlefield.

Li Jiqian smiled and said, "I know what the military advisor is worried about, but what I can say is that you can all rest assured. Zhao Xin has already said that as long as we Song people are unwilling to join the army again, we can return to Jibei and go home to farm. As long as we Song people do not do anything that harms Zhao, we Song people will be safe and sound."

The Song people fought for Qi in recent years, and suffered heavy casualties, which made the war-weariness in the army gradually increase. Many people hoped to return to their hometowns and visit their relatives. Zhao State captured the Song people's psychology and won over the Song people.

As expected, as soon as Li Jiqian said this, Zhao Xuan and others became a little moved. After thinking about it, they said in unison: "Abide by the order of the General!"

Li Jiqian nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, since that's the case, then we will let the general and the military advisor stabilize Wang Ti and Liu Ying, and General Guan and General Hu Yan are also responsible for the old troops in charge of the generals. When the Zhao army launches another attack, we will fight back and help the Zhao army capture Gaotang City, and then we can return to our hometown."

"Here!" everyone responded.

In the next few days, Li Jiqian and others began to act separately, and those Song people were willing to follow Li Jiqian and others when they learned that they could return to their hometown. Wang Ti and Liu Ying knew nothing about all this.

Pingyuan City, Zhao Xin's army was stationed at the base of Zhao Xin. After receiving Li Jiqian's reply, Zhao Xin was overjoyed and agreed that on March 15, three days later, the Zhao army would launch another landing war. When the general fought, the Song army would turn against the Qi army and fight against it to help the Zhao army land.

However, the generals of Zhao army were confused about the plans of Li Jiqian and others. They did not believe that Li Jiqian and others turned against each other. However, the lessons of the Long brothers in Leling City made the generals of Zhao army worried that it would be the generals of Qi army at this time, with the purpose of attracting the Zhao army to attack.

At first, Zhao Xin was also worried about this, but when he thought about it carefully, he felt that this was not a big problem. This time he turned against the two armies during the war. Moreover, even without Li Jiqian and others, the Zhao army would have to launch a landing war. If it was really a general of the Qi army, Zhao Xin would be confident to bring the army back safely. After all, the opponent was not a wise general like Han Qing, so Zhao Xin really didn't take it seriously.

On March 15, 18th year of Qianyuan, Zhao Xin set up a 100,000 army and launched a fierce attack on the Yellow River defense line of the Qi army. Wang Ti and Liu Ying did not dare to neglect them and hurriedly led their troops to reinforce. The two sides fought again. When the battle was in full swing, the more than 10,000 Song troops behind the Qi army began to act.

Li Jiqian looked at the Qi army who was fighting bloody, and winked at Guan Jun and others. Then everyone sneaked to Wang Ti. Wang Ti was unaware of it and just focused on commanding the Qi army to fight, which made Li Jiqian and others easily come to Wang Ti.

At this moment, Liu Ying on the other side felt something was wrong and quickly shouted to Wang Ti: "General Wang, be careful of Li Jiqian!"

Wang Ti was stunned when he heard Liu Ying's shouting, then turned around and saw Li Jiqian and Guan Jun, Hu Yansong and the other two standing behind him. Wang Ti's scalp suddenly became numb and said to Li Jiqian and others: "What do you want to do?"
Chapter completed!