Capturing Tongcheng was only the first step. Fang Li's ultimate goal was to force Wei to return to help by besieging Quwo, so as to lift the siege of Pinglu.

Nearly half a month has passed now. Although Pinglu has Shen Pei and Liao Hua in charge, Fang Li believes that Jia Xu, Cheng Yu and others will not fail to respond. However, the military strength in the country is empty and it is hard to cook without rice. No one can guarantee how long Shen Pei and others can stay.

Without further ado, Fang Li left Liu Feng to lead 3,000 elite troops to guard Tongcheng, and led a group of civil and military personnel to lead 50,000 troops to attack Quwo.

As for Jia Hua, Fang Li was very satisfied with Liu Bei's actions, but he also knew that loyalty like Jia Hua was not so easy to be subdued, so he ordered people to detain him first and wait until Ping Lu's case was resolved.

As for that Zhao Er, although he was determined to lead the way, his life was thinner than paper. In the final battle, he was shot to death by a cold arrow from the soldiers of the Jin army.

At the same time, Xu Sheng's naval army, who had been on standby on the Fen River for a whole month, finally came in handy, and went down the river to firmly curb Huqi City in the north of Quwo, making it impossible for it to divide its troops to aid.

The troops of Zhao and Yan also received news that the Tang army was coming to Jindu one after another, and the morale of the army was greatly boosted.

Especially Le Yi, who insisted on conquering orders and refused to return to help, insisted on conquering Jinzhong first, and gained a foothold in the territory of Jin State, seized this opportunity and launched a crazy attack on Jinzhong City.

The capital was besieged but could not help. The army was already unstable in Jinzhong City, and even Xian Zhen was unable to make a comeback. Even after falling in just three days, Xian Zhen led his army to retreat to Taiyuan.

Although the front line was victorious, the backyard of Yan State caught fire one after another. More than a dozen small towns around Cangzhou were captured by Qi's army one after another, and Cangzhou was in danger.

The situation in Zhao State is better than that in Yan State, but it is not much worse.

Li Mu and Zhao She on the front line stepped in dozens of cities around Jincheng. Jincheng has become an isolated city surrounded by the Zhao army, and the city is broken and is close to you.

The eastern border was greatly boosted by the ruler's personal expedition, but after all, the troops were too small. Pingyin, Guangli and Fangmen were successively captured by the Qi army, so Zhao Yong had to retreat to defend Linqing City.

The Tang Kingdom was the most critical. The defenders in Pinglu City were less than 10,000, and most of the bed crossbows were destroyed. Only one cart was left. More than half of the Yuanshi crossbowmen who were "taken by" by the Wei army were killed or injured. Reinforcements from Yanzhou were still three days before they could arrive. Pinglu was in danger.

At this moment, Quwo of Jin was in a hurry.

Fang Li's 50,000 troops are already at the city. No matter how strong Quwo City is, there are only less than 10,000 troops left in the city and there is no general to guard it. It is impossible not to feel pressure in this situation.

Dark clouds enveloped the hall, and the civil and military officials bowed their heads and dared not speak out.

Gui Zhu was both angry and anxious. He never expected that even if Qi and Wei sent troops at the same time, the Three Kingdoms would still refuse to return to the rescue like a madman.

Especially Fang Li of the Tang Kingdom, who was alone as a monarch, went deep into the army. Pinglu was surrounded and not only did not withdraw his troops, but also wanted to reach Quwo with his 50,000 troops.

The most incredible thing is that he actually did it!

Tongcheng, guarded by a 100,000 army, was destroyed within half a month, and the 50,000 Tang army had arrived outside Quwo City!

"Speak, why don't you speak?" Gui Zhu looked at the silent civil and military officials in the hall with a heart-warming regret. "You are all pillars of my Great Jin State. Now that the Tang army is outside Quwo City, it is the time when you should serve the country, so you don't speak!"

All the civil and military officials looked at me and I looked at you, and in the end they could only shake their heads helplessly.

Xian Zhen and Bi Wan's army were trapped by Yan and Zhao, and they could not return to defense. They finally gathered 100,000 troops to Jia Hua to station in Tongcheng, but the entire army was wiped out, and most of them were captured by the Tang army.

Nowadays, Jin State has no soldiers.

Zuo Dafu Qu Ji shook the beard on his jaw and said tremblingly: "Lord, the Qi army is far away in the sky. For the sake of the present, we can only ask for help from Wei."

"Dong!"

Gui Zhu hit the table hard with his fist and shouted without thinking: "Send someone to Wei State for help! Tell Weiss that if our Jin State is gone, even if he takes over Pinglu, he will not be able to escape the fate of destroying the country!"

"promise!"

The guards outside the hall answered loudly, followed by a burst of rapid footsteps.

It would be meaningless to continue discussing at this moment. Gui Zhu made up his mind and ordered all the important officials in the court to go to the city wall to boost morale.

At this point, only morale and people can rely on the last resort.

Fang Li ordered camping in the forest about 700 meters outside Quwo City, and summoned the generals to the tent to discuss matters.

I just won a big victory, but there was not much joy in the tent.

Fang Li looked at Fa Zheng who bowed his head and was thinking: "Xiaozhi, our army besieged Quwo to understand the siege of Pinglu, but only 50,000 soldiers of the Tang Dynasty would definitely not be able to break the city. What should I do to force the stranger to ask for help?"

After the battle in Tongcheng, everyone already trusted Fa Zheng very much, and they looked over at this time, hoping that Fa Zheng could say something amazing.

Fa Zheng did not disappoint the expectations of the generals, and smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, lord, the messenger who asked for help is now on the road."

"What?" Lu Bu said in surprise, "Sir, don't joke. Quwo City is powerful and requires at least 200,000 troops to capture. How could he be so scared to ask for help when he saw this little man from our army?"

Although the others did not speak, their eyes were filled with inexplicable insights.

As soon as he was approached by 50,000 troops, he hurried to ask for help. Could he be scared?

"All the generals said, Gui Zhu was indeed scared." Fa Zheng smiled calmly, "Three families attacked Jin, Gui Zhu had already transferred his army to the east and north to resist the powerful Zhao and Wei countries. As for the south, except for the 50,000 soldiers who were eliminated by the lord of Qingyuan and Anyi, the 100,000 troops stationed in Tongcheng were already the last family of Jin."

Fang Li's eyes lit up: "Quwo is empty?"

Fa Zheng nodded: "According to my calculations, Quwo's ​​defenders are less than 10,000."

"So little?" Zhang Liao said excitedly, "What are you pretending to be? Just take down Quwo directly!"

All the generals expressed their support, and Fang Li couldn't help but feel a little ready to go.

Fa Zheng shook his head: "Lord, Quwo's ​​city is strong, with sufficient food and equipment. Although the defenders are less than 10,000, they are all elites. The people have the ambition to die for their country. To defeat Quwo, 50,000 soldiers are definitely not enough."

Cao Cao, who had not spoken, also echoed at this time: "Mr. Xiaozhi said so much. Lord, the more you are, the more you cannot be impatient."

Thinking of the consequences of underestimating the enemy the previous time, Fang Li nodded solemnly and forced himself to suppress the restlessness in his heart.

Although it is unrealistic to conquer Quwo, you still have to do what you should do.

According to Fa Zheng's suggestion, Fang Li divided the army into several groups and harassed Quwo day and night.

The defenders in the city were very annoyed, but they had to take a lot of energy to deal with it. What if they relaxed, the Tang army would turn into a main attack?

If Quwo is captured, Jin State will be destroyed.

After three more days, one afternoon, Tang Jun, who had enough food and drink, was about to routinely tickle the itchy, and suddenly broke into the camp and headed straight for the tent.

That was the messenger from the south.

"What? Wei Liao withdrew his troops?!" Fang Li was eating, but almost choked when he heard this. He quickly put down the bowl and said in surprise, "So, Ping Lu guarded it?"

"Report to the lord, that's right!" Thinking of Pinglu's hard battle, the man who was in power could not help but his eyes were red. "The prefect, Lord Jia, Liao Hua, and Yang Shu led his troops to fight hard. When the Wei army retreated, my nearly 30,000 soldiers were less than 10,000, and more than 10,000 people who helped defend the city were killed or injured!"

Fang Li stood up and walked to the commander, patting his palms heavily on the shoulders of this young man who was less than stingy: "Good people, they are all my good men in the Tang Dynasty! Did Wei Liao's 100,000 troops withdraw all?"

The messenger nodded: "Originally they wanted to keep some people to continue the attack, but General Li Dian's reinforcements arrived just in time, so all the Wei troops retreated."

If you arrive at Quwo one day later, if Li Dian does not arrive in time...

Fang Li shook his head in fear and did not dare to continue thinking: "Wen Ruoke has any verbal message to me?"

"Lord is wise!" The messenger bowed and said, "Master Jia Xu said, please return to the army immediately to fight the Wei army, and don't miss the good show he prepared for the lord!"

Is his 50,000 soldiers going to fight against Wei Liao's 100,000 elite Wei troops?

Even if the attack on Pinglu is consumed, there are still 70,000 to 80,000, right?

If it was not Jia Xu who said this, Fang Li would think that the man was probably not talking nonsense, but since Jia Xu said so, Fang Li decided to believe it.

Without further ado, the siege of Pinglu has been lifted. Anyway, Quwo cannot capture it, Fang Li did not plan to play with Gui Zhu anymore, so he immediately returned to the army and turned his horse to attack Wei Liao.

Jia Xu once offered advice to let Fang Li escape safely from the Hangu siege, and beat the Qin army back. The generals believed in his words, and did not say anything after hearing Fang Li's military orders like a madman.

Seeing this, Fa Zheng was very curious about Jia Xu and secretly decided to visit him in person in the future.

Five days later, Fang Li's army arrived in Anyi, and Wei Liao's nearly 100,000 elite Wei troops will arrive soon.

Fang Li's identity as a living target is simply a target. Since he could not continue to conquer Pinglu, Wei Liao decided to take down the bold king of Tang.

The gap in military strength was too huge. Even if Fang Li knew that Jia Xu was not a lie, he was still a little weak.

The legendary good show was still missing, and the generals gathered in the guard's mansion to discuss it.

"What tricks are you playing with this Mr. Wenruo?" Dian Wei couldn't help complaining, "Lord, why don't you leave here first and let me come and see Mr. Wenruo's plan."

Fang Li forced himself to disagree, but in fact he felt very weak.

If you are really surrounded by the Wei army, you will be unable to escape!

At sunset, just when Dian Wei was unable to bear it and was ready to force Fang Li away, his personal soldiers suddenly came to report: "Lord, the Chu army envoy asked for a visit!"
Chapter completed!