The three armies of Fan Kui, Shi Shen, and Gao Feng quickly arrived in Fenzhou. The three armies totaled 30,000 people, plus Yao Pingzhong's 10,000 troops, Liu Kai's 15,000 troops, and Zhang Hao's 3,000 defenders. military.
"Well, thank you for your hard work, generals!"
Liu Kai looked at the dusty three-way army and said with emotion, now he has nearly 60,000 troops in hand, and he can fight the Jin soldiers head-on.
"Liu Shuai, now that the army has gathered together, I invite you to be the vanguard to attack Qi County first."
Yao Pingzhong said, Qi County is on the edge of Fenzhou. If you want to enter Taiyuan Prefecture, you must visit Qi County.
"Well, General Yao, let's try to fight first! Let's see how the enemy reacts."
Liu Kai nodded. The other three armies had just arrived and needed to rest. Yao Pingzhong's army was a fresh force and could serve as the vanguard.
Yao Pingzhong was overjoyed and headed north with his army.
"Shuai Liu, where is Prime Minister Cai?"
Fan Kui, Shi Shen, and Gao Fengbu looked at each other and then looked at Liu Kai. What they received was an imperial edict. The edict stated that Cai You was the Hebei Road Xuanfu envoy and the chief officer of this war. Liu Kai Kai is the Deputy Procurator and Adjutant, but now they only see Liu Kai and not Cai You.
"Cai Xuanfu is unwell. He is currently recuperating in Xie Liang and is responsible for logistics. I will be responsible for the frontline war."
Liu Kai looked at several people and said.
These people all hold local posts all year round, but they still know who Cai You is.
Everyone stopped talking and turned around to leave to arrange for the soldiers to rest. There would be a big battle tomorrow.
"Report, Marshal, General Yao reports that there are not many defenders in Qi County. General Yao tentatively attacked twice and thinks he can capture it in a day or two!"
In just half a day, a soldier came to report.
"Um?"
Liu Kai frowned and thought.
"Liu Shuai, since Qi County is so easy to fight, let's all go over and take Qi County in one go!"
Fan Kui, Shi Shen, and Gao Fengbu were all overjoyed. They originally thought that the Jin army would be difficult to fight, but now it seems that the rumors are untrue.
"Let's go and have a look at the front line!"
Liu Kai opened his mouth and said, he was a little hesitant. It was difficult for him to make a choice between surrounding the area to support or encroaching on it step by step.
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Outside Taiyuan Mansion.
"came back?"
Wanyan Zonghan looked at Wanyan Loushi who had returned and said.
"What? What happened?"
Wanyan Zonghan's expression changed slightly. Many of the soldiers behind Wanyan Lou's room were injured, and the number of soldiers was much smaller.
"We encountered the Qi army! Lu Zhishen led the team and couldn't move in the mountains. They were caught off guard..."
Wanyan Loushi answered truthfully.
"The Qi army is at Jingxing? Have they invaded Hebei West Road?"
Wanyan Zonghan's expression changed. This was not good news. Hebei West Road was only separated from Hedong Road by Taihang Mountain.
"Send this news to Datong Mansion quickly!"
Wanyan Zonghan ordered to a soldier beside him that they must be alert to the news that Qi soldiers had entered Hebei West Road. They were still at war with Qi.
"What's going on here? Why have so many soldiers been transferred away?"
Wanyan Loushi looked at the defense line that was missing many soldiers and asked.
"The Song army is here and should be outside Qi County now!"
Wanyan Zonghan said.
"Qixian? Who is guarding it? Didn't Song State send an envoy to send troops so quickly?"
Wanyan Loushi frowned and asked, not long ago they sent the Song Dynasty envoy Xu Kangzong to the north. They just treated the Song Dynasty envoy perfunctorily, saying that they could not make the decision and asked Xu Kangzong to go to Huanglong Mansion. Meet the Emperor of Jin.
It would take more than half a month to go from Taiyuan Mansion to Huanglong Mansion, even if you work overtime on a fast horse. By the time Xu Kangzong came back, the entire Hedong area had been conquered.
"Zhang Jue is in Qi County with three thousand troops."
Wanyan Zonghan said.
"Zhang Jue? Haven't you always looked down on him?"
Wanyan Loushi frowned even more. Zhang Jue was a surrendered general of the Liao Kingdom. He was half-hearted and rebellious.
"Of course I don't like this kind of waste! But waste also has value, right?"
Wanyan Zonghan said with a smile.
"You want to lure the enemy deeper? Haha!"
Wanyan Loushi instantly understood what Wanyan Zonghan meant.
"Liu Kai is leading the army this time. There are nearly 60,000 troops. It will be difficult to repel them without some strategy!"
Wanyan Zonghan said, the Song army is not terrible, but it is troublesome to gather all the enemies. Fighting one city after another is really too troublesome.
Qi County.
Zhang Jue frowned slightly as he looked at the army outside the city.
"When will the reinforcements arrive?"
Zhang Jue looked at the soldiers who had just returned and asked.
"The deputy capital commander told us to stick to Qixian County and live or die with Qixian County!"
The soldier replied dejectedly that they went to Taiyuan Mansion yesterday to ask for help, but Wanyan Zonghan had no intention of sending troops.
"To live or die with Qixian?"
Zhang Jue felt a chill in his heart. He was going to die. He only had 3,000 weak soldiers and not all the equipment. Qixian County is a small city. The city walls are low and thin, and the moat is very narrow. It cannot stop a large number of people. enemy.
Not only Zhang Jue, but also the garrison on the city looked defeated. Those stationed in Qi County were all surrendered soldiers of the Liao Kingdom. The reason why they surrendered was that they did not want to die. Now that they had to face death, they had nothing but fear in their hearts.
"They surrounded Taiyuan Prefecture without fighting, but they asked us to defend Qi County for them. Why!"
Some people complained, and the complaints quickly spread. Almost everyone had opinions about the Jin soldiers. Taiyuan Mansion had been besieged for more than half a month, but the Jin soldiers did not attack the city, and now they are not supporting them, which makes them very dissatisfied.
"No, enemy reinforcements are coming, there are many people!"
A soldier pointed to the south and said, when a dark army appeared on the horizon. As the army continued to move north, soldiers continued to arrive at the end of the road on the horizon. There seemed to be endless people.
"How can you keep this!"
Zhang Jue looked at the mighty enemy and said with some despair, if there were only 10,000 enemies, he would still be able to hold on for two days, but now there is an army of 60,000, and the small Qi County city cannot stop them at all.
"Kaicheng, surrender with me!"
Zhang Jue did not hesitate and immediately gave the order.
The people here are all Liao people who surrendered to the Jin Kingdom. Surrender can only happen for the first time and countless times. For those who surrendered once, the psychological burden of surrendering the second time will be much lighter.
No one objected to Zhang Jue's order. They couldn't resist the army outside the city, and they were unwilling to live or die with Qixian.
Liu Kai had just joined Yao Pingzhong, and before the army had spread out in formation, the gates of Qixian City were opened, and Zhang Jue led the army out of the city to surrender.
"this……"
Liu Kai and others were stunned. The enemy's sudden surrender made them a little stunned.
"Go and control them and send people into the city to find out the situation!"
Liu Kai did not dare to be careless and ordered to the people around him.
Yao Pingzhong, Fan Kui, Shi Shen, and Gao Fengbu nodded and arranged for people to go respectively.
Soon the soldiers found out the situation and the Qixian defenders really surrendered.
"Are you Zhang Jue? What is Jin Bing's arrangement now?"
Liu Kai looked at Zhang Jue and asked.
Zhang Jue naturally told everything he knew, and also told Liu Kai some secrets of the Jin Kingdom.
(End of chapter)
