On the 18th, only two people, Fu Xi and Li Yuan, entered Qi County. General Wang Shiping met Fu Xi and Li Yuan at the county government office. Fu Xi and Wang Shiping both frowned and said nothing. Li Yuan said: "My lord Fu Xi has set up a flag to open his palace and is called the General of Zhenbei. General Wang, are you willing to join?" Wang Shiping looked at Li Yuan, suddenly knelt down on one knee towards Fu Xi, cupped his fists and said, "Shiping Kowtow to meet the general." Fu Xi was overjoyed and hurriedly stepped forward to help him up and said: "I leave the military to General Wang." Wang Shiping said loudly: "I will definitely live up to the great general's trust." Everyone was happy. Fu Xi informed Wang Shiping of various external intelligence and internal affairs measures. Wang Shiping agreed very much and suggested that he quickly send people to tell the generals of the original Xiang Kingdom about the establishment of a government office and recruit the best ones, otherwise they would form an alliance. Fu Xi said good things. Li Yuanyan said: "I will set off immediately. First I will go to the eastern part of the former Jin Kingdom, and then I will go eastward to visit."
Fu Xi also notified hundreds of leaders and above from various places to come to Qi County for a meeting. On the 20th, the Qixian county government held a military meeting. Fu Xi introduced the current extremely serious situation and told the government that the flag had been set up. Everyone knelt down and worshiped. Fu Xi ordered him to stand up and continued: "Assign General Wang Shiping as a county lieutenant, with the title of General Anbei, and be in charge of all military affairs." Wang Shiping thanked him. Fu Xiyan: "The Ministry of War has been ordered to recruit 10,000 troops urgently. Wang Junwei, how will the military deployment be arranged?" Wang Shiping said: "It turns out that I have 2,500 cavalry and 2,500 infantry under my direct command. The five counties have 3,000 cavalry and 3,800 infantry. Military horses. A total of more than 6,500 horses, and the cavalry can be increased to 6,000. 3,600 cavalry in the same county is not only conducive to the maintenance and breeding of military horses, but also conducive to supporting the four directions. Su County, Wei County, Qi County, and Yu County can deploy 600 cavalry in each county. The infantry totals 6,300. The same There are 300 people in the county and 1,500 people in the other four counties. After the training of the 10,000 recruits is completed, they will be divided into counties and they will be able to defend themselves without worries." Fu Xi said: "Okay. Redeploy immediately. Wang Junwei will be stationed in Suxian from now on. , to facilitate work." Wang Shiping said yes.
On the 22nd, Suxian County. The second time the king returned, he reported that the king of Anhui had sent envoys to all the forces of the original Xiang Kingdom, saying that they did not ask for surrender, but only for good alliances. Qin Xiong did not want to surrender to us, but only wanted to form an alliance with us, and asked for support in terms of money and food. After Li Sanhui, Jiang Meng defected to Wan and said that the king of Wan had more destiny than the king of Xiang. Wang Er sneered and said, "Jiang Meng is just a pug. He only obeys the strong." Shi Xiu returned and reported that the king of Anhui had also gone to Xiang Ming. Xiang Ming did not want to surrender to Anhui or us, but only wanted to form an alliance with us. , and asked for support in terms of money and food. Su Guowei wrote to report that the King of Anhui sent someone to tell him that he was willing to form a good relationship with us and expand trade. He asked if he could go to Xiangcheng in person to negotiate with the King of Anhui. The King of Anhui reiterated that he would never harm or detain the master. Tian Yuanxin reported that the King of Hebei reaffirmed his good friendship with us, hoped to maintain trade, and hoped that the two sides would visit each other. It is okay for you to go and the King of Hebei to come. Fuxi ordered Tian Yuan and Su Guowei to return. Order Wang Er and Shi Xiu to formally form an alliance with Qin Xiong and Xiang Ming with a letter of authorization. Wang Er and Shi Xiu took their orders and left. The county magistrate Gao Xiuwen was ordered to bring a letter of authorization and lead a team to Xiangcheng to negotiate a good relationship and trade with Wan. Gao Xiuwen took the order and left.
On the 23rd, the intelligence system reported that Jiang Meng's troops were gathering at the junction of Jiang Meng and Xiang Ming, and Xiang Ming's troops were also urgently gathering at the junction.
On the 25th, the intelligence system reported that the second Khitan prince from Tieguan City led 10,000 cavalry and 5,000 former Jin troops to attack Li County and captured it in half a day. Fu Xi jumped up after hearing this. Wang Shiping said: "We must return to Fang Qi County immediately. All the cavalry will be gathered in Qi County. Su County and Wei County will each transfer 500 infantry to Qi County. 2,000 new soldiers from the same county will be transferred to Qi County." Fu Xi said: "Okay. Execute immediately. ." Wang Shiping immediately mobilized his troops and went to Qi County in person. Fu Xi told Zhao Si that he ordered 100 cavalrymen from the Fourth Dark Army of Su County to quietly go to the manor outside the city of Qi County as a small trump card. Fei Ge sent a letter to Wang Er and Shi Xiu, and returned to Qi County after the incident. Zhao Si went to deliver the order. In the afternoon, Fu Xi, Zhao Si and Qu Jin (returning from Khitan) went to Qi County.
On the 26th, Fu Xi, Wang Shiping, Zhao Si, Qu Jin, and 6,000 cavalry entered Qi County. The Qi County border post was not manned, and the Yu County border post was not manned. Wang Er and Shi Xiu returned to Qi County. Tell the alliance letter has been signed. Xiang Ming's attention is still on the south, while the north is shrinking and observing.
On the 27th, 1,000 infantry and 2,000 recruits entered Qi County. Qi County had a total of 6,000 cavalry, 2,500 infantry, and 4,000 recruits (2,000 in Qi County and 2,000 in Tong County). Suddenly, a beacon lighted up at the Qixian border guard post. Fu Xi, Wang Shiping, the veterans, Gao Xiucheng, Qu Jin, and Shi Xiu went up to the wall. In the evening, crowds of people gathered around. At first glance, there were men, women, old and young. They were all common people, numbering in the tens of thousands. Fuxi asked Qi County Magistrate Zhao Qidong: "Are these people ours?" Zhao Qidong replied: "No. Our people have all withdrawn to the east." Behind the people came Khitan cavalry and Jin infantry, more than ten thousand people . The Jin army quickly set up camp and cooked dinner for the Khitans and themselves. Ordinary people also found places to rest and eat anywhere.
On the morning of the 28th, after breakfast, the Khitan cavalry began to drive the people outside the city to push crash carts to attack the city gate from all sides, and there were crash carts waiting behind the team. Everyone on the city wall was dumbfounded. Looking at the car crash approaching step by step, Wang Shiping ordered: "Shoot." Thousands of arrows were fired, and the people in the city fled one after another, crying like ghosts and howling like wolves. The Khitan cavalry pointed their guns at the fleeing people, forcing them to go back. If they didn't listen, they would kill them. The people returned crying, arrows were shot from the city, and they fled crying. The sound of crying outside the city moved the sky. Fu Xi wanted to speak, but Wang Er grabbed Fu Xi's body and wouldn't let go. One morning, thousands of people died outside the city, and the car crash only knocked on the city gate a few times. At noon, the Khitan people called gold to withdraw their troops and have lunch. People outside the city cried and collected the bodies. Fu Xi had lunch on the city tower and asked Zhao Si: "How many are the Khitan people? How many Jin troops are there?" Zhao Si replied: "The Khitans have 10,000 people, all of them are here, the Jin army is 3,000, and there are 2,000 Jin troops in Li County. We are here The county's 1,000 infantrymen have arrived overnight and are resting far south of the city." Fu Xi asked Wang Shiping: "What do the Khitans want to do?" Wang Shiping said: "They probably want to force us out of the city for a decisive battle. After lunch, the other side will have statement."
In the afternoon, Yelv Xia Sheng, the second Khitan prince, rode alone and said loudly: "General Fu is a hero, and the Khitan people like to meet heroes the most. The Chinese people are good at defending the city, but they are helpless. They use the people as bargaining chips to invite General Fu out of the city to fight." I will use my 10,000 Khitan warriors while the Jin army watches. General Fu can fight with all his strength." Fu Xi looked at Wang Shiping, who said: "My 6,000 cavalry can fight against 10,000 Khitan cavalry. We have long been familiar with the strength of the Khitan cavalry. . With 2,500 infantry, there is an absolute chance of victory. 1,000 new soldiers defend the city, and 3,000 new soldiers contain the Jin army. To prevent the Khitan from breaking the contract and using the Jin army, order the Jin army to go to the south of the city. 3,000 new soldiers will contain it. 1,000 new soldiers can be surprisingly entangled in the county. The Jin army is not enough, so 1,000 new soldiers from the city will go out to fight." Fu Xi looked at everyone. Qu Jinyan: "The Khitan people are cunning. They are negotiating business with us and stabbing us at the same time. Beware of the Khitan's tricks." Zhao Siyan: "The Khitan people are all on the battlefield. The Jin army in Li County has not left the city." Wang Eryan: "If "Come on, General Wang and the master are commanding from behind, and we old brothers and General Gao will lead the troops to kill." The veterans responded loudly to Gao Xiucheng. Wang Shiping: "In this battle, we have to show our prestige, and our situation will be stable." Fu Xi stood up, walked towards the city wall, and loudly replied: "Move the Jin army and people to the south of the city. We will fight in the west of the city." Yelu Xia said. : "Okay." A quarter of an hour later, the people and the Jin army moved to the south of the city. Yu Shi, the county lieutenant of Qixian County, led 3,000 new soldiers out of the south gate and faced the Jin army. The battlefield in the west of the city was cleaned up.
