Chapter 280: Linzi City Break (Part 2)

On the first day of October of the 18th year of Qianyuan, Zhao Xin once again launched a fierce attack on the county town. At this time, the commander who replaced Han Qing to command the city was replaced by He Jiong. At this time, Han Qing, with the remaining 50,000 people, had already concentrated at the east gate of the county and was preparing to evacuate.

At the east gate of the county, Han Qing looked at the fierce battle of the county, feeling sad. He never thought that in just two years, the country of Qi would have fallen into such a land.

"General, it's time to leave. If you don't leave, it's too late." At this time, Qi army general Jia Biao came to Han Qing and said, "The west gate has already started fighting, and it's the best time for them to leave. If Zhao army finds something wrong, it's too late."

Han Qing retracted his thoughts and said, "Let's go, we can't let the efforts of the three generals down. We must return to Linzi, pass on the orders and set off!"

"Here!" Jia Biao responded, then got on his horse and said to the Qi army: "The general has an order, you can leave the city!" After that, he took the lead and walked to the front of the army!

At this time, Zhao Xin, who had been attacking Ximen for nearly a day, finally found something was wrong. He found that today's Qi army seemed to be stronger than before, and there were not many people. In addition to finding Han Qing's commanding flag, he could not find Han Qing at all, and there were only a few generals of Qi army in the past. This situation was very wrong.

"I've been killed!" Zhao Xin said loudly as if he was awakened as if he was dreaming, frightened Lin Qingfeng and Zuo Sheng beside him, and asked quickly: "What happened to the general?"

"Han Qing ran away!" Zhao Xin said anxiously.

"What! Han Qing ran away? No, if Han Qing ran away, why would the Qi army have such tenacious resistance? And Han Qing's general flag is still there." Zuo Sheng and Lin Qingfeng were also surprised. The Qi army is still fighting with the Zhao army, and Han Qing's general flag is still stuck at the top of the city, so why did he run away?

Zhao Xin said: "Didn't you notice? Although the Qi army today is very powerful, the number of people is much smaller than before, and there are also many fewer generals of the Qi army in the past."

When Zuo Sheng and Lin Qingfeng heard this, they quickly looked at the city wall and found that they were really the same as Zhao Xin said, and were shocked.

Seeing that Zuo Sheng and Lin Qingfeng finally believed in him, Zhao Xin continued, "And Han Qing must have left this handsome flag to confuse us, so that we can think that Han Qing is still in the county, and Han Qing probably has run away now."

"Then general, should we send cavalry to chase after him?" Lin Qingfeng asked. Most of the Qi army was infantry and had only left for less than a day. If cavalry were sent to chase him at this time, they would definitely be able to catch up.

But Zhao Xin shook his head and said, "Although Han Qing is not as good as his general, he is also a powerful military strategist in the world. Although he doesn't have many soldiers now, it is not so easy to catch him. Unless the general leads his troops to chase him, others will easily be ambushed by Han Qing."

Lin Qingfeng and Zuo Sheng nodded. They also realized Han Qing's strength. If Han Qing was really able to defeat him, he would not have been able to deal with the Zhao army with his inferior forces for so long.

"What should we do now, General?" Zuo Sheng asked.

Zhao Xin sighed and said, "There is no way now. I can only hope that Li Rubing can take down Linzi before Han Qing arrives in Linzi. At the same time, he sent a quick horse to inform Li Rubing to pay attention to Han Qing's reinforcements. What we need now is to break through the county as soon as possible, and then rush to Linzi to meet with Li Rubing."

"Here!" Lin Qingfeng and Zuo Sheng replied.

Afterwards, the Zhao army launched a more fierce attack on the county, but He Jiong and others kept in mind Han Qing's orders and withstood for three days, so the Zhao army had never been able to break the city.

Two days later, Han Qing had already led a large army to Dongchaoyang. After several consecutive days of marching, the Qi army was exhausted too much, so Han Qing decided to rest in Dongchaoyang first.

"General, the scouts who came back from the county are still in the hands of our army." Kuai Li, who was in charge of the scouts of the army, came to Han Qing and said.

Han Qing has been paying attention to the situation of the county. Han Qing was very satisfied with He Jiong and others' performance. At the same time, Han Qing was also very sorry. If Qi had not suffered a great disaster, with the ability of He Jiong and others, he would have become the foundation stone of Qi in the future, but now he can only fall in the county.

"General, there is a messenger from Linzi!" At this time, Wu Lie walked in and told Han Qing.

"Bring it in!" When Han Qing heard that it was a messenger from Linzi, he hurriedly asked Wu Lie to bring it in. He was eager to know what was going on in Linzi now.

"Here!" Wu Lie responded, and then went out to bring people in. Soon, a messenger in ragged and exhausted face came in.

As soon as the messenger came in, he knelt in front of Han Qing and said, "General, the king has an order to order the general to return to Linzi quickly. This is the king's handwritten letter, please check it out." After that, the messenger took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Han Qing.

Han Qing took the letter and opened it and saw that it was indeed the order that the King of Qi ordered him to return to help. Han Qing put away the letter and asked the messenger: "Do you know what is going on in Linzi City now?"

The messenger shook his head and said, "Before the villain left Linzi, the Zhao army had already launched a fierce attack on Linzi. What is going on now? The villain doesn't know."

After hearing this, Han Qing said, "I understand, General Wu, arrange for him to go down and rest."

After the messenger left, Han Qing said to Kuai Li: "Military advisor, send the orders to the army rest for one day and set off for Linzi tomorrow!"

"General, is this too urgent? The soldiers are very tired now. Why not take a rest for a day?" Kuai Li persuaded that the Qi army marched urgently all the way, and the physical energy consumption was too high, even if they went to Linlinzi, it would be useless.

"I also know, but I know very well the king's character. If it were not forbidden, the king would not have summoned me to return to help, so the situation in Linzi must be very dangerous now." Han Qing smiled bitterly. He also knew this truth, but Linzi can't wait now.

The next day, just as Han Qing was about to lead his troops to set off, a scout rushed to report to the Massachusetts. The city of Linzi was broken, and the King of Qi, the Prince of Qi and a group of royal families died for their country. After hearing this news, Han Qing suddenly felt dizzy and fell off his horse. A group of Qi generals hurriedly rescued Han Qing and found a military doctor to treat him.

As for what happened to the destruction of Linzi City, things were going back two days ago, one day after Han Qing left the county, Li Rubing launched a fierce attack on Linzi City again. At this time, all the elite troops in Linzi were lost, and more than half of the 10,000 soldiers from Panyang were lost, leaving only those temporarily recruited men to resist. These people had never been on the battlefield and had not even conducted formal training. How could they be the opponent of the Zhao army, who had been through many battles, so they were soon captured by the Zhao army.

At the moment when the city was broken, Han Lin, the Crown Prince of Qi, brought a team of personal guards into the palace, found the King of Qi, and said, "Father, the city has been broken, the Zhao army has entered the city. Please protect the father and leave!"

Han Lin came to protect the King of Qi the first time he was broken in the city, which moved the King of Qi very much. However, when Han Lin said that he had left Linzi, the King of Qi was moved unintentionally, but smiled and said, "Crown Prince, there is no need. Now that Linzi City is broken, the world is so big, there is no place for me to live in. Staying here is the same as going to other places, and there is no difference."

"How come there is no difference? We can go find Uncle Wang, with Uncle Wang here. I can revive my life." Han Lin continued to persuade, hoping that King Qi would change his mind and fight out with him.

However, the King of Qi had made up his mind and had no intention of leaving. He said, "Now that Linzi City has been broken, the Han Qing army is like a rootless duckweed. The day of its destruction is right in front of him. If he goes, it is just a matter of perseverance. As the lord of the Great Qi, I am ashamed of my ancestors who cannot defend the Great Qi. How can I abandon the country and the temple? "

Yes, Linzi City is gone, and when can Han Qing last? Han Lin put down the sword in his hand and collapsed to the ground.

When the King of Qi saw Han Lin's appearance, he felt a little reluctant, but the King of Qi understood that this was the responsibility of the descendants of the Han family, so he said, "Crown Prince, I decided to fight the Zhao army to the death. If you want to surrender, you can just leave a trace of blood for my Han family."

Han Lin shook his head and said, "No, my father, I am the prince of Daqi and the descendants of the Han family. I should fight to the death for Daqi. Since God is going to destroy my Daqi, I will make the final contribution to Daqi. I am not afraid of death."

The King of Qi was very pleased, patted Han Lin's back of the hand and said, "Okay, this is the descendant of the military immortal. Since that's the case, let you and my father and son take up their weapons and fight to the death with the Zhao army." After that, he pulled out his sword and walked out of the palace gate, and Han Lin followed closely behind.

After the Zhao army entered the palace, it was the King of Qi and Han Lin and his son who fought to the death. Originally, Li Rubing wanted to keep the lives of the King of Qi and his son. After all, killing and capturing were of different meanings. However, seeing that the King of Qi and Han Lin did not mean to surrender, and in order to capture the King of Qi and his son, many Zhao soldiers had already died at the hands of the two of them, so Li Rubing had to order a killing. Soon, the King of Qi and his son died at the hands of the Zhao army.
Chapter completed!