A few days later, Jin Min came to report that the inventory work in Qilin City had been completed and first-hand information had been obtained, requesting that the new policy be implemented immediately.
Qi Feihong thought it was too hasty and was worried that there would be problems with the first-hand information, so the Ministry of Life and Punishment sent people to conduct a secondary inspection to verify the first-hand information to ensure its accuracy.
Qi Feihong knew that no mistakes could be made at the beginning of the reform, otherwise, everything might stop here. He ordered the Ministry of Punishment to verify the first-hand information collected by Jin Min. Although it would consume a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, and delay a lot of time, it would be able to find out the erroneous information and avoid making mistakes in the first place.
The Ministry of Punishment verified the first-hand information and reported it to Qi Feihong for review a few days later. The first-hand information is very accurate and there is not much deviation. Qi Feihong ordered Jin Min to correct the deviations in the first-hand information, and then ordered the implementation of the new policy to be piloted in Qilin City.
Jin Min was fully responsible, and nearly 100,000 people from various departments including the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Punishment worked together to publicize the new policy to every citizen of Qilin City within a few days. During this process, it was inevitable that some people felt uncomfortable and wanted to make trouble or ask for an explanation. Qi Feihong's Ministry of Life and Punishment sent personnel to receive these people and patiently explained and persuaded them, so that most people accepted the new deal.
For the very few people who refused to listen to persuasion and explanation, the Ministry of Punishment could only use some last resort means to temporarily control them and prevent them from causing trouble. At any time and in any place, there are always people who do not listen to persuasion and like to go their own way. This type of people either have their own problems or were deceived by others. They did not think clearly for a while and made wrong decisions. If such people are controlled first and slowly influenced, most of them can still be persuaded to obey the New Deal management.
Qilin City will implement a new policy starting from the next month. Many people will no longer enjoy the various previous policies, and many people will enjoy more and better policies.
The people of Qilin City were talking a lot for a while, some understood and some were confused. Qi Feihong ordered people to explain repeatedly to those who were confused. The new deal was gradually accepted by most people, and only a few people always had opinions. These people did not cause trouble. After all, it was wartime and the punishments were heavier. They also knew that they could not violate the country's laws at will and ask for trouble.
Qilin City has been piloting the new policy for a period of time, and the effect is quite good. The vast majority of people are willing to obey the new policy management and praise the new policy as more reasonable.
After listening to the feedback from some people, Qi Feihong decreed that the new policy should be extended to all cities in Qilin Kingdom.
Qi Feihong didn't know whether other cities would promote the New Deal as smoothly as Qilin City, but he was confident.
At this time, Li Zheng's army, with the cooperation of the First Army and the soldiers around the city, finally broke into Pingyi City and began to engage in a head-on battle with the army deployed by Yongsheng Jinxian in Pingyi City. This was a big progress. Qi Feihong was happy and issued an order to praise the soldiers who participated in the battle. At the same time, he also asked Li Zheng to continue the attack and be sure to capture Pingyi City.
Li Zheng received Qi Feihong's order and ordered the entire army to attack and start a battle with the soldiers deployed by Yongsheng Jinxian in Pingyi City.
This battle was of great scale. Both sides invested unprecedented amounts of troops. Millions of soldiers fought in Pingyi City for several days, with rivers of blood flowing and murderous intent skyrocketing. The entire Pingyi City was ignited by the flames of war, with thick smoke everywhere and mountains of corpses everywhere...
The soldiers of Qilin Kingdom and Northern Kingdom were fighting to the death, each refusing to give in. The casualties were huge, and it was difficult to determine the winner in a short period of time.
In order to reduce casualties, Li Zheng adjusted his tactics and personally commanded the Third Army to fight the enemy head-on. At the same time, he asked Chi Yan to lead the First Army to attack from behind the enemy's back to share part of the enemy's strength with Li Zheng's army fighting in the front and reduce pressure. .
The main force of Huangfu Xiaoming's Fourth Army launched an attack from the west of Pingyi City, which also dispersed part of the enemy's forces. It's just that Huangfu Xiaoming's Fourth Army encountered stubborn resistance from the enemy from the beginning. Not only did it make slow progress, he also suffered heavy losses. There were many complaints in the Fourth Army, which almost caused turmoil.
Fortunately, Huangfu Xiaoming adjusted his tactics in time and the casualties were reduced. The soldiers of the Fourth Army saw hope and returned to peace.
Even though the Qilin Kingdom was besieged on three sides, Li Zheng's army, fighting head-on, was still under great pressure. They paid a heavy price and only ended up in a draw with the enemy. The Immortal Golden Immortal was determined to show off the Qilin Kingdom, and the troops he sent were very powerful. They refused to give in and blocked the three armies of the Qilin Kingdom.
Li Zheng adjusted his tactics several times in succession, but still to no avail. In the face of absolute strength, any tactics seem to have little effect.
After knowing the news, Qi Feihong decisively sent the garrison of Qilin City to Pingyi City for support. In addition to the garrison of Qilin City, Qi Feihong also transferred some soldiers from the garrison of other cities to Pingyi City to support Li Zheng.
Suddenly, the number of Li Zheng's soldiers increased by hundreds of thousands, and his strength increased greatly. He attacked Pingyi City again and gradually took the initiative on the battlefield.
Under the command of Li Zheng, the army attacked continuously for several days, and tens of thousands of enemy troops in Pingyi City were wiped out. There is strength in numbers, and the Qilin Kingdom's army gained the upper hand for the first time, beating the defenders of the Immortal Golden Immortal until they howled like ghosts.
It is a pity that the Immortal Golden Immortal issued a death order. Although the enemy troops suffered huge losses, no one dared to surrender or escape, and the Qilin Kingdom's army failed to successfully occupy Pingyi City. The Immortal Golden Immortal did not allow anyone to take even a step back, otherwise he would be killed without mercy. This caused the enemy to hold on and not retreat, and the Qilin Kingdom's army could not attack for a long time.
After Qi Feihong knew the order of the Immortal Golden Immortal, he also issued a decree. Encourage the soldiers to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds, and promise to reward them based on their merits, and to grant them official titles. When the soldiers learned of Qi Feihong's will, everyone rushed to be the first to kill the enemy bravely, causing the immortal Jinxian's army to suffer greater losses.
According to the statistics collected by Li Zheng's men, the total number of soldiers of the Immortal Golden Immortal who were killed or captured every day was around 30,000. This is no small matter. If this continues, I'm afraid it won't be long before the million-strong army deployed by the Immortal Golden Immortal in Pingyi City will be depleted.
As time passed, in just half a month, the number of defenders in Pingyi City dropped sharply to 500,000. Moreover, half of the 500,000 defenders were injured, and some soldiers were even seriously injured and could no longer continue fighting.
However, Li Zheng's side was continuously supplemented by troops, and the number of soldiers increased instead of decreasing, reaching 1.3 million. Li Zheng decided to take advantage of the enemy's reinforcements being held back by Yu Wenxian of the Red Dragon Kingdom, and quickly captured Pingyi City with overwhelming attack tactics.
Qi Feihong received Li Zheng's request for troops and issued an order to approve it. Li Zheng ordered the army to attack in an all-out manner. He advanced rapidly with several times the number of soldiers of the enemy, occupied most of the territory of Pingyi City, and suppressed the enemy forces in Pingyi City. within a small area.
Li Zheng did not stop there, but ordered the army to continue attacking, further reducing the range of activities that the enemy could move. Close the door and beat the dog, this is Li Zheng's idea at this time, and it is also Li Zheng's revenge for the previous one.
After the army surrounded the remaining enemy troops in a small town, Li Zheng suddenly ordered a halt to the attack. He ordered the army to surround him on all sides, trapping the enemy in this small town called Taiping Town.
Half a million enemy troops were forced to huddle in this small town called Taiping Town, causing the entire town to be overcrowded. The original residents had to flee one after another, but all of them were caught by Li Zheng's army and temporarily imprisoned. stand up.
Among the fleeing people were many enemy soldiers who wanted to escape. Li Zheng couldn't tell them apart for a while, so he could only catch them all and interrogate them when he had time to find out the enemy soldiers among them.
Even if the Immortal Golden Immortal issued a death order and no one was allowed to retreat or surrender, at this moment, some people still tried to escape against the Immortal Golden Immortal's order. Everyone is afraid of death. To put it bluntly, demon cultivators are also human beings, so how can everyone be unafraid of death?
Taiping Town was not a big town to begin with, but suddenly there were nearly 500,000 Immortal Golden Immortal soldiers. Food, shelter, etc. were all in short supply. In less than two days, everyone in the town ran out of food. The soldiers of the Immortal Golden Immortal went around grabbing food, but there were only a few residents in Taiping Town, and the food hoarded could not satisfy the consumption of the half-million-strong army, so it was of no use at all.
Li Zheng's army surrounded and refused to attack, but no one was allowed to leave Taiping Town for even half a step. His purpose is obvious, which is to take advantage of Taiping Town's lack of food and grass to defeat the enemy and make the enemy's army self-defeating without attacking.
