Young Master Ji never expected that while he was stationed in Qi State and implementing reforms in Qi State, suddenly the Prime Minister of Yan State came to surrender.
When he heard the news, Gongzi Ji himself couldn't believe it was true. He has become very clear about Le Yi's abilities in the past few years. What was Yan State like before, and what is Yan State like now?
This is a great talent at the level of Sun Shu'ao, Gong Yangshuo, Guan Zhong, and Sun Wu. Now that he suddenly came to seek refuge, Young Master Ji still didn't believe it, but he soon came to his senses.
He quickly took people to greet Le Yi in person. After seeing Le Yi, Master Ji felt relieved. It was actually Le Yi who came to serve.
After asking some questions, Master Ji almost couldn't help laughing out loud. This Yan Wangcuo is such a good person!
He actually left such a powerful person unused. He was afraid of his great achievements and wanted to kill him. Prince Ji warmly entertained Le Yi and his party, and then sent envoys to rush towards Jinling.
Next, after Master Ji entertained Le Yi, he sent fifty feathered forest guards to escort Le Yi south to Jinling.
In Jinling City, Wang Xu was very happy when he heard that Le Yi had come to seek refuge, and even encouraged the secret guards.
After Le Yi arrived in Jinling, Wang Xu personally led hundreds of officials to greet him. Seeing Prince Huai's hospitality, Le Yi's face was filled with red, and he quickly paid homage to Wang Xu.
"The kindness of King Huai, I am ashamed of it!" Le Yi said and wanted to thank him profusely. King Huai Xu quickly stepped forward to help him up and said: "Although this is the first time for me to see Le Qing, I still have a lot of respect for Le Qing. I’ve admired him for a long time.”
"What was the situation of the Yan State at that time? Although it was thousands of miles away, the soldiers were weak and the people were in poverty. King Zhao came to the throne, and Yue Qing was Prime Minister of Yan. For more than ten years, the Yan State was at its peak. It drove away the Yi and Di in the north, conquered Zhongshan in the west, and attacked Qi in the south. The might of the soldiers is all due to Yue Qing. How can I not be happy with such a great talent?"
"The King of Huai praised the Yan Kingdom. The prosperity of Yan is not the result of Yi alone! It is the result of King Zhao and all the sages!" Le Yi said modestly.
Wang Xu laughed and said: "Today Yue Qing has come to serve me. I am willing to treat you as a superior. I wonder what Yue Qing's wishes are?"
Le Yi said respectfully: "Your Majesty treats me as a minister, but Yi is terrified before he has accomplished anything."
"Haha, Yue Qing doesn't have to be like this. You can rest assured that you are just a superior. If you make great achievements in the future, you will naturally be promoted again!" Wang Xu said directly.
Le Yi accepted it and immediately said: "Yi is willing to do the hard work of dogs and horses!"
The news that Le Yi surrendered to the Huai Kingdom quickly spread throughout the countries. After the Qin Kingdom heard the news, it is said that the Qin Kingdom was so angry that it turned the table over. And he said sadly: "Why didn't such a great talent join us in Qin? Instead, he went to join that Huai barbarian!"
After Yan Wangcuo learned that Le Yi had defected to the Huai Kingdom, he was very angry, but he had nowhere to vent. Even Le Yi's wife had to be supported.
At the same time, the rumors circulating in Jidu of Yan State were self-evident. After the kings of other countries learned about Yan Wangcuo's operation, they laughed at it.
However, Yan Wangcuo bit the bullet and said that everyone has his own ambitions and cannot force him. If Le Yi is willing to go back, he is still willing to treat him as the prime minister of the country. It's a pity that no one paid attention to him, and Le Yi couldn't go back.
After Le Yi left Yan State, he had a great impact on Yan State. The most obvious thing is that the morale of Yan's army stationed in Qi has dropped significantly.
The general who came to succeed Le Yi was Qi Jie. Qi Jie was a veteran general of the Yan Kingdom and a veteran of the three dynasties, so he was qualified to succeed Le Yi. It's just that Qijie is much worse than Le Yi.
Qi Jie came to Qi State this time to capture Jimo, the last city of Qi State. Because Leyi besieged Jimo for two years, this was one of the reasons why he was feared by King Cuo of Yan. Therefore, after arriving in Qi State, Qijie immediately gathered an army to prepare to attack Jimo.
Qi Jie was very disdainful of Le Yi's strategy of siege but not attack. In his opinion, the Yan State had an absolute advantage at this time, and any words of benevolence, righteousness, kindness, etc. were superfluous. As long as the army pressed the border, the small country of Jimo would be destroyed. The city can be broken with a backhand.
Tian Dan was not afraid when he learned that Yanjun's army was coming. Then he told the soldiers and people in the city: "Le Yi is the Prime Minister of the Yan State. He is invincible in all attacks, but he is driven away by the fear of the King of Yan. The Yan State is digging its own grave."
"Who is Le Yi? Even Le Yi, a great sage like Sun Wu, has not conquered Jimo, let alone this unknown person?"
After hearing this, the people and soldiers in Jimo City felt justified and their morale was high. However, Qi Jie was not clear about the situation of Yan's army, or he knew it, but felt that Jimo was too weak and that Yan could still win even if its morale was somewhat low, so he led the army to attack the city.
Jimo City has been repaired several times. The city is tall and the morale of the soldiers is high. The Yan army attacked the city. The officers and soldiers in the city drove the Yan army away one by one, regardless of their own safety.
The army attacked for several days, resulting in heavy casualties. The morale of the army was low, and the officers and men were resentful of the plundering.
After all, in the eyes of these soldiers, Le Yi led them to be invincible and invincible, while Qi Jie led them to fight, but they suffered a lot of casualties and failed to achieve even an inch of success.
Seeing that the army could not conquer Jimo, Qi Jie became even more anxious, so he forced the Yan army to attack the city. King Cuo of Yan originally sent him to destroy the Qi State. Later, when Le Yi escaped, he even wanted to destroy the Qi State to show his correctness.
Therefore, Qi Jie was required to conquer Jimo as soon as possible, and Qi Jie could only obey. How could it be so simple just to fight?
The robbers asked the army to attack the city. As a result, the army continued to besiege for half a month and still failed to conquer Jimo. On the contrary, the morale of the Yan army was low and there were many casualties. The officers and soldiers in the army became more and more rebellious and resentful, but Qi Jie did not care at all.
After Tian Dan in the city felt that the Yan army's offensive was getting weaker and weaker, he understood that his opportunity had come. He immediately sent people to gather all the cattle in the city, and ordered people to tie sharp knives to the horns, soak their tails with grease, and use them to fight. Paint the patterns in five colors, and then go out of the city at night.
After setting the tails of the cows on fire, hundreds of cows, led by dozens of dead soldiers, rushed straight to the Yan army camp.
The Yan army only heard the rumble of thunder, and soon saw a large number of fire monsters rushing towards them. They were frightened and panicked. Hundreds of cattle were running rampant. The Yan army's camp could not hold on and was directly overwhelmed.
Tian Dan led the army to follow closely. Seeing the collapse of the Yan army's camp, he immediately rushed out with his army. Qi Jie came out with his personal guards and wanted to command the army, but before he could summon the army, several mad bulls rushed over and directly overwhelmed his guards. Even he himself was penetrated by the sharp blades on the horns.
After Qi Jie died, the Yan State was leaderless and became a piece of scattered sand. The Northern Qi State army was defeated.
(End of chapter)
