The Battle of Yincheng is a classic and has been widely circulated for generations to come, adding a glorious page to the war history of Li Zheng, the God of War.
After Yincheng was captured, Pang Pang fled with the remaining troops, but more soldiers fled or surrendered and were unwilling to follow Pang Pang anymore.
Li Zheng ordered the army to take over Yincheng, treat the surrendered soldiers well, and at the same time capture the escaped soldiers.
Half a day later, the commanders under Li Zheng came to report that they had captured nearly 50,000 soldiers who were unable to escape in time, killed more than 20,000 soldiers who were unwilling to surrender, and killed 30,000 soldiers who surrendered voluntarily. Currently, the total number of fugitives, including the soldiers taken away by Pang Pang, is only about 60,000 to 70,000.
Sergeant Li Zhengming inquired about the soldiers around Pang Pang, and the news he got was that there were only 30,000 soldiers around Pang Pang. The rest of the people fled, and Pang Pang was completely defeated.
Li Zheng did not let him go just because he had only 30,000 soldiers left. After discussing with Huangfu Xiaoming, Huangfu Xiaoming led the fourth army to pursue the hastily fleeing army. Li Zheng himself led the third army and other soldiers to continue. Go north and fight until you reach Yuncheng before giving up.
There were more than a dozen cities between Yuncheng and Yincheng. Li Zheng led a large army to attack them. No city resisted wherever they went. They all surrendered and handed over the city to Li Zheng.
Li Zheng ordered the army not to invade the surrendered city, not to harm any people, and not to accept any grass or trees from the people. Violators of military law would be dealt with without mercy.
Li Zheng's military discipline was strict, and he did not commit any crimes. He was recognized by all the people, and he soon took over dozens of cities, including Yuncheng, to the Qilin Kingdom.
At this point, Li Zheng completed his first step of the plan and captured the entire line from Nangong City to Yuncheng, completely blocking Lu Hao's eastward advance.
Next, Li Zheng asked Qi Feihong for an order to attack Lu Hao from east to west. Li Zheng's plan was obvious, which was to completely defeat Lu Hao in one fell swoop.
Seeing that Li Zheng was unstoppable and had completed the first step of the plan in just a few months, Qi Feihong readily agreed that Li Zheng would lead his troops to continue the attack. The senior officials of Qilin Kingdom also supported Li Zheng's request and supported Li Zheng in destroying Lu Hao.
Li Zheng received Qi Feihong's order and ordered the army to rest for a few days. After that, the army was divided into three, starting from Nangong City, Guomen Town and Yuncheng respectively, and began the western expedition.
Li Zheng is still the supreme commander of the Western Expeditionary Army, commanding the three armies, but the three armies also have their own commanders to facilitate front-line command.
Li Zheng himself set out from Guomen Town as the central army to attack Hecheng, which was thousands of miles away from Guomen Town. Huangfu Xiaoming led the soldiers of the Fourth Army from Nangong City to attack Sichuan City, which was about a thousand miles away from Nangong City. Huangfu Yunze set out from Yuncheng with his soldiers and headed west to capture the city that was still in Lu Hao's hands.
Lu Hao's current territory is roughly a triangle. The area east of Qingcheng and west of the line between Yuncheng and Nangong City is Lu Hao's current territory.
If Li Zheng and his three armies attack at the same time, they should meet near Baihu City. White Tiger City is located in a relatively narrow place to the west of this triangle area. The three armies are advancing westward at the same time, so it is the most suitable place to join forces.
The 100,000 soldiers brought by Huangfu Yun collected the large number of surrendered soldiers, and also recruited some soldiers from the conquered cities, and the total number reached nearly 200,000. Huangfu Yun himself was the commander of the third team of the Second Army, with only tens of thousands of soldiers under his command. Now he was commanding an army of 200,000 people. Although his official position remained unchanged, his strength was the same as that of Huangfu Xiaoming, the commander of the Fourth Army.
In view of this, Huangfu City reported to Qi Feihong and proposed the establishment of the Fifth Army, with Huangfu Yun as the commander-in-chief of the Fifth Army. Qi Feihong also thought it was feasible, so he issued an order to establish the Fifth Army and appointed Huangfu Yun as the commander-in-chief of the Fifth Army and concurrently as the commander-in-chief of the Fifth Army. The commander of the third team of the second army will be handed over to the commander of the third team of the second army and the original officers and soldiers of the third team of the second army after a suitable leader is found.
Since then, the Qilin Army of the Qilin Kingdom has been established, with a total of five armies. Except for the first army, which is an army of monsters, the other four armies are all composed of human soldiers. The commanders of the five armies are Chi Yan of the first army, Huangfu Cheng of the second army, Li Zheng of the third army, Huangfu Xiaoming of the fourth army, and Huangfu Yun of the fifth army.
According to Qi Feihong's order, except for the first army, which has a total of hundreds of thousands of monsters, the number of other armies should be controlled at around 200,000. Of course, Li Zheng's Third Army has already exceeded 200,000 soldiers, reaching more than 300,000, so there is no need to deliberately reduce the number.
There are three commanders-in-chief of the five armies, and the Huangfu family is jokingly called the commander-in-chief family by the people of Qilin Kingdom. But the commander-in-chief of the Third Army, Li Zheng, has a higher status. He is not only the commander-in-chief of the Third Army, but also the general who protects the country. He is in charge of all the soldiers of the Qilin Kingdom and has a transcendent status. If he were to lead the family, I'm afraid it would have to be the Li family where Li Zheng was.
Because of the military service policy formulated by Qi Feihong before, qualified immortal cultivators from all cities joined the army to serve. In addition, a large number of soldiers surrendered, and the number of soldiers in each army actually increased a lot than before. As the leader of the country, Qi Feihong has always been in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of War, and he is really too busy.
The ministers all proposed to confirm the Minister of War to help Qi Feihong take charge of all officers and soldiers. Qi Feihong accepted the suggestions of the ministers, but the candidate for the post of Minister of War was difficult for Qi Feihong.
Qi Feihong originally planned to let Li Zheng serve as Minister of War, but because Li Zheng is now the general protecting the country, it is not appropriate to serve as Minister of War at the same time, and he met with opposition from almost everyone. The concerns of the ministers are reasonable. Li Zheng is the general who protects the country, and he can take charge of all the soldiers. If he takes up the post of Minister of the Ministry of War again, won't he be in charge of himself and be in vain?
In view of this, Qi Feihong agreed with the ministers' opinions, but also asked the ministers to find a suitable candidate. Shen Yue, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, proposed that a new person should be appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of War, and gave several candidates for discussion. After discussion among the ministers, they felt that Li Tianxing, who was unknown in the Qilin Kingdom, could take on this important task because he had helped Qi Feihong before.
Qi Feihong knew Li Tianxing's thoughts, talked to Li Tianxing alone, and promised to help Li Tianxing establish a cultivating sect after defeating Lu Hao, so that Li Tianxing could realize his wish to revive the Qilin Sect. Li Tianxing naturally knew that he had nothing now. If he wanted to establish a sect on his own, he would not be able to do it in a short time. He would have to rely on Qi Feihong's help. He also knew very well that the Immortal Cultivation Sect that Qi Feihong helped him establish could no longer be called Qilin Sect, and he did not worry about the name of the sect. He just felt that it would be great to be able to re-establish an Immortal Cultivation Sect.
Li Tianxing did not hesitate too much. After thinking for a while, he agreed to serve as Minister of War of Qilin Kingdom to help Qi Feihong.
Li Tianxing served as Minister of War, helping Qi Feihong manage the army and take care of the army's western expedition. Qi Feihong had a lot of leisure. Since Qi Feihong became the leader of the Qilin Kingdom, he has been working hard every day, and he is actually exhausted both physically and mentally. Now that Li Tianxing was here to help him manage the army, he felt that his courage was much lighter and he felt quite at ease.
Of course, the courage on Qi Feihong's shoulders is still heavy. After all, the Qilin Kingdom has many things going on and powerful enemies on its side. As the leader of the Qilin Kingdom, his responsibilities are also heavy and there is no room for him to slack off.
Even if the Qilin Nation's army now has the upper hand and beat Lu Hao back steadily, it will not happen overnight to completely eliminate Lu Hao.
This involves many forces and involves many interests. If it is not handled properly, it may create new enemies, allow Lu Hao to obtain reinforcements, and change the existing situation.
There are many similar things that happened in history. Qi Feihong had to think deeply and plan ahead, coordinate all interests and try his best to ensure that the number of enemies in Qilin Kingdom would not increase.
As for the Immortal Golden Immortal that he was most worried about and had the most helplessness about, Qi Feihong really had no other option except placing his hope in Yu Wenxian.
It is impossible to persuade the Immortal Golden Immortal to surrender, don't even think about it. It is even more impossible to show friendship and form an alliance. The two sides are already mortal enemies.
In short, even if Qi Feihong left the Ministry of War affairs to Li Tianxing, he himself would not feel much relieved.
This may be the trouble of those in power. They have to bear far more than ordinary people. Their pressure is much greater than that of ordinary people...
