In the Xia army's formation outside the city, Wang Jing showed a faint smile after seeing the city being breached.
Cao Wei's power in Qingzhou was very weak, and it was far from being able to support it with Cao Pi, Zhu Ling and a few Liangshan generals alone.
The soldiers and horses led by Wang Jing are all elites who are one to ten, and their strength has already had a crushing effect on Qingzhou.
As long as the siege begins, there is no possibility of failure.
"Your Majesty, Qingzhou has been captured. Generals Wen Yang and Zhang Hao are cleaning up the city... The soldiers and generals of Cao's army who surrendered have been detained. Your Majesty will decide how to deal with it." Yang Kan returned to report.
Wang Jing said: "The soldiers at the lowest level will be identified first, and then they will be organized into the engineering camp according to the rules and let them start building the Chi Road from Qingzhou to Jinan!"
"As for those generals, let them be locked up for now. The most important thing now is to convey my order to other cities in Qingzhou and ask them to come to Qingzhou and surrender to me!"
Qingzhou and Jinan are the centers of Qingqi. Without these two places, Cao Wei's foundation collapsed, but this does not mean that other places are unimportant.
Places such as Jiaozhou, Laizhou, and Dengzhou were enough to establish several provinces.
After the main force of Cao Wei was defeated, cities in various places fell into the hands of local forces and former Cao Wei officials.
Wang Jing wanted to conquer Qingzhou and destroy Cao Wei's prestige, so that these places could spread the message, instead of spending many soldiers and horses to raid and suppress them one by one.
You must know that Daxia still has more than two million elite soldiers fighting outside at this time.
Wang Jing only brought tens of thousands of troops and horses with him for this raid, so he would use as few extra troops as possible. According to normal circumstances, Cao Wei's rule in the land of Qingqi has not yet reached a deep-rooted level. The integrity of Cao Wei's officials has also been shown in history. After consideration, they will never risk their families and lives to confront Wang Jing.
After Qing Qi's message was decided, this place became the territory of Daxia.
For this place, Wang Jing also had an idea of governing it.
He planned to learn from Cao Wei and focus on the development of Jinan and Qingzhou first. Jinan had large rivers and waterways with convenient transportation, while Qingzhou had fertile plains but poor transportation.
Wang Jing sent many of the surrendered captives of Cao's army to build roads, also taking precautions to fully connect Jinan and Qingzhou with roads.
"The general understands!"
Yang Kan was already familiar with His Majesty's style and was not too surprised by this. He immediately called for messengers and, in accordance with His Majesty's orders, sent dozens of messengers towards the counties and cities across Qingqi.
At this time, the news that Qingzhou had been breached had not yet spread.
However, the news that Jinan was raided and captured by the Xia army had already reached the ears of officials in most counties, counties and cities in the east as Cao Pi strengthened the walls and cleared the country, and mobilized troops and horses from all over Qingqi. Anyone who can become a county official is not a fool, and most of them can see that the Cao Wei Dynasty is about to fall. They were all waiting and watching, waiting for news from Qingzhou before reacting.
Soon, the news they were waiting for came.
In Laizhou, Song Jiang, who was serving as the county governor at this time, frowned and said nothing. There was an edict from Qingzhou in front of him. The content of the edict was very simple, asking him to go to Qingzhou in person to pay allegiance to the Emperor of Great Xia. This edict sent by a messenger made him extremely entangled in his heart. He kept pondering and thinking about it, but he did not make a decision for a long time.
"Brother, Qingzhou has been conquered by the Emperor of Daxia, which means that the Wei Kingdom has been destroyed. Also, I heard that the Emperor of Daxia is kind to others and is a holy master and wise king. The military advisors are also serving in Daxia. Judging from my little brother, We should leave for Qingzhou immediately!"
The speaker was handsome, tall and sharp-eyed. He was Hua Rong, one of Song Jiang's most trusted people.
Since arriving in the world of China, people such as Wu Yong, Lin Chong, Mu Hong and others have defected to Daxia for various reasons, while Hua Rong has been following Song Jiang.
Song Jiang was able to lead and strengthen his troops in the early stage, mostly relying on the strength of Hua Rong and several generals who followed him.
Hua Rong and Song Jiang have a close relationship. If they have any thoughts in their hearts, they will speak out directly. There are not so many taboos.
Song Jiang was silent for a while, then sighed and said, "Brother, you are right. Cao Cao and we are not relatives.
, the contributions you and I have made over the years are worthy of the salary he paid. Now that the Wei State has fallen, there is no need for our brothers to be buried with the Wei State. "
"There are also brothers Hu Yanzhuo and Suo Chao. They are still in Qingzhou. If we go to Qingzhou as soon as possible, we may be able to ask His Majesty to show mercy and spare the two brothers so that they can serve their crimes." Song Jiang was actually quite ambitious, but his The ambition is not to be king and hegemony, but to be an official, preferably a high official, to serve the emperor.
When he served as the governor of Laizhou County, he encouraged farmers and mulberry trees and suppressed powerful people. He did not say that he loved the people as his own children, but he was absolutely dedicated to serving the public good. It's more than enough to keep.
There is even the potential to dominate one side.
His bad reputation is mainly due to the fact that for the sake of his family's future, he dyed his official title red with the blood and lives of his brothers. And he was too flattering to the emperor and the emperor.
But if I think about it again, if the person Song Jiang works for is himself, he will be a very capable and easy-to-use "eagle dog".
"Time is of the essence, Brother Hua Rong, let's just pack up and set off immediately!"
After Song Jiang made up his mind, he acted resolutely and immediately called his servants to start giving orders. Laizhou has long been stabilized by Song Jiang using various means, and coupled with the reputation of Daxia's elite army, even if they set off with a light vehicle, there will be no problems in the rear.
When the two brothers Song Jiang and Hua Rong set out, after receiving the edict from Xia Jun's messenger, the county guards from Changle, Shouguang, Yishui and other places also started to rush to Qingzhou.
No matter what calculations and ambitions these people have in their hearts, they are just like chickens and dogs in front of Daxia's elite soldiers and horses.
Xingyang, outside Hulao Pass.
The wall was stained red with blood, and there was a faint fishy smell in the air. The sky gradually darkened, and the soldiers on both sides of the offensive and defensive sides also returned to their camps. Many of the Xia army soldiers came out of the camp to clean up the corpses on the battlefield.
The Han soldiers on the city wall did not take advantage of this opportunity to fire arrows.
It was a tacit agreement between both parties to clean up the corpses after the war. Everyone knew that in the current season, it would not take long for the corpses to rot, and once the corpses rotted, they would become a breeding ground for diseases.
This is also one of the reasons why plagues often broke out after large armies fought in history.
Although the power level of the Shenzhou World is relatively high, the senior generals of both armies, including the middle and low-level officers who have practiced Gang Qi, also have strong resistance to the disease.
But ordinary soldiers are different. After they are infected with the plague, they will not be much stronger than ordinary people.
If the Han army did not let the Xia army collect the corpses and thought of defeating the enemy with plague, then Han Xin would not be lenient and would definitely learn from the historical Mongol and Yuan siege methods and use catapults to throw the disease-contaminated corpses into Hulao Pass. .
During these days, Han Xin ordered his troops to attack the city in turns, and the general Tianjing who was camping on the east road also fought against the Han army Tianjing several times.
There was no winner between the two sides.
After the failure of the raid, Cao Cao led his army to garrison near Guangwu Mountain north of Hulao Pass, and often cooperated with the Han army to harass the Xia army.
Under such circumstances, no one would expect Han Xin to defeat an opponent like Liu Xiu in just a few months. If Han Xin can really do this, then he can officially surpass Bai Qi and Wu Qi.
"General, there is an urgent military situation from Dingtao. Your Majesty personally leads the troops and has captured Qingzhou..."
Inside the big tent.
Han Xin is summoning the generals to arrange the rotation of the siege tomorrow, and his personal guard Qian Hu has come to report the good news.
"Your Majesty has conquered Qingzhou? That's great. Now Cao Cao is homeless and has become a lost dog. If you spread this news to Cao's army camp, the enemy army will be defeated without a fight!"
"Yes, your Majesty will personally lead the troops. Not only Qingzhou, but the entire Qingqi land will soon become our territory of Great Xia. Cao Cao has no foundation. Let's see how he prepares rations for the army!" Many generals in the big tent were listening. Everyone smiled after hearing this good news. In his words, there was no doubt about Wang Jing's performance.
"This is indeed good news!"
Han Xin looked back, laughed, stood up and said: "Your Majesty has captured Qi Land, and we have a fighter plane! Manager Fu, Xinzheng
How are the preparations for the flying boat? Fu Youde immediately said: "During the rotation these days, I have dispatched 50,000 elites from the army to Xinzheng to join the soldiers and horses there. Yang Su and Zhang Xutuo, who have been transferred, have completed the reorganization of the soldiers and horses. As long as The general has ordered that the troops and horses can cross the mountains and reach the rear of the pass at any time."
"Okay, well prepared."
Han Xin immediately ordered: "Xie Xuan and Han Qinhu, you lead your troops to attack and cooperate with Wei Rui's troops to attack Cao's army. Before the attack, publicize the news that His Majesty has captured Jinan and Qingzhou... How to do it specifically, you all He’s a veteran, so he doesn’t need to be taught by me, right?”
Xie Xuan and Han Qinhu immediately stood up.
"Don't worry, General, we will know what to do!"
The two said while cupping their hands.
"Well, I am stationed in the central army to contain the generals of the Han army, so that they cannot support Cao's army within half a day. Within half a day, they must break through Cao's army's camp!"
Han Xin said in a deep voice.
Before using the flying boat to raid, Cao Jun must be eliminated first! Although the Han army relied on Hulao Pass to block Daxia's millions of elites, correspondingly, the Xia army also blocked the Han army's eastward exit gate. If the Han army wanted to support Cao's army, it could only rely on waterways, but it was not that easy to send a large group of troops out of the pass.
After Han Xin separated two generals from the Heavenly Realm, he was still able to attack the city insufficiently and prevent the generals of the Han army from leaving the city.
After receiving the order.
Xie Xuan and Han Qinhu immediately walked out of the tent and began to prepare for the attack on Cao Ying.
"General Manager Fu, General Chen, General Murong...you should also go back to camp and prepare. There will be no time to rest after this attack. After defeating Cao's camp, our army will launch a general attack!" Han Xin said.
Fu Youde, Chen Qingzhi and others looked at each other, then stood up and resigned. Indeed, as Han Xin said, this time is different from before. Once the war started, it would be endless, and there would be no time to rest until the Eastern Han Dynasty was destroyed.
The more preparation you can do now, the less trouble you will have later.
Wait until many generals leave.
Han Xin put aside the good news from Qingqi and looked at the intelligence from Hebei and Xiangyang. The situation in Xiangyang has not changed much from before.
Yue Fei's habit is to fight in formation and then fight. The secret of using troops lies in one mind, which means to prepare in advance, fight steadily, and change his tactics at any time according to the changes of the opponent.
Zhuge Liang was also known for his prudent and prudent leadership. One of the two sides attacked the city and the other defended the city. After each of them used their strategies to lure the enemy, but all were seen through by the other side, both sides ceased their efforts.
It is estimated that the war between them will continue until the situation elsewhere changes drastically.
As for the situation in Hebei, Han Xin kept shaking his head.
The British Duke Li Ji of the Tang Army, known as the Ten Philosophers of the Wumiao Temple and known as a peerless general, suffered repeated defeats in battles with Li Mu Lianpo, and more than half of Ran Wei's territory had been lost.
Ran Min was even a little anxious and had some conflicts with Li Tang's generals.
At this time, the coalition forces on both sides have almost retreated to the north of HD.
"In order to lure the enemy, Tang Jun is so shameless!"
After Han Xin saw this military report, his eyes moved slightly and he murmured.
Although Li Ji is not as good as Li Jing, he is also a rare and extremely famous general in the world of China. He also has many famous generals of the Tang Army and allies of peerless generals like Ran Min.
If it is reasonable to say that the defeat against Li Mulian Po in the early stage was justified, but after such a long period of continuous defeat, and Li Jing in Hanoi did not send troops north to support, it is not justified at all. After Han Xin knew the effect of the flying boat, he could tell at a glance that Li Tang was trying to lengthen the logistics line between the Ming army and the rear. Prepare for the troops to leave Taihang.
Li Mu Lianpo, two top generals who were only slightly inferior to Bai Qi, might be able to sense something amiss through their keen sense of smell on the battlefield.
They may have guessed that the Tang army was luring the enemy deeper, and would be more careful to guard against a surprise attack and ambush by the Tang army. But if the inertia of thinking does not change, without knowing about the Feitian Zhouchuan, he will never think of what Li Tang is paying attention to.
It was impossible to imagine that the danger would actually lie in the north, across most of Hebei.
"The Tang army retreated
Going to HD is the limit. It is absolutely impossible to lose HD to the Ming army. Looking at it this way, Li Tang has also made preparations. When the Ming army comes to the north of HD, the Tang army will cut off their retreat from Feihu Jingxing... …”
Han Xin looked at the map.
If the Tang army's plan succeeds, the Ming army will end up worse than the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Daxia's use of flying boats to raid the rear of Hulao Pass would give Daxia a huge advantage, but it would soon face a desperate counterattack from the Eastern Han Dynasty. Under the opponent's desperate counterattack, Daxia's losses would not be small.
When the Ming army learned that there was a problem on the back road, they couldn't make a desperate counterattack because the front was a fortified city. When morale plummeted and food routes were cut off, a forceful attack would be a recipe for death.
And if they retreat, they will cross most of Hebei from HD to the rear. There is no need for the Tang army to counterattack. The lack of food and grass alone will cause most of the Ming army to collapse on the way back.
Not to mention Li Mu Lianpo, even Bai Qi and Han Xin could not solve this problem.
at this time.
The camp to the north of the Xia Army began to become lively. Xie Xuan and Han Qinhu were mobilizing their troops.
The Daxia military camp stretched for dozens of miles, and the Han army could only see more than 100,000 soldiers and horses facing the pass. For the Xia army stationed in other directions, they could only send spies as much as possible to monitor them.
If you want to find out Xia Jun's movements, you have to wait until tomorrow at the earliest.
