The State of Su regained all its lost territory, and Qin Chu followed Li Hao to the border between the two countries again.
So he found Li Hao again and negotiated his return to Qi State.
"Your Highness, now that the war between the two countries is coming to an end, I have no use for Your Highness anymore. I don't know when you can let me go. Also, I was told to return to glory, but I don't know how to do it."
From Qin Chu's point of view, Su State was under pressure from An Guo. Although it had won a complete victory, it should not start a war on both sides.
After all, Qi State and An State also have a tacit understanding. Su State is really trying to push Qi State into a panic. It is not unheard of to open the border defenses and lure the Anguo army to join forces to deal with Su State.
But this time Qin Chu miscalculated. He didn't expect Li Hao's appetite to be so big, and he was rushing to destroy Qi State.
Therefore, when Li Hao faced Qin Chu's problems, he was not anxious at all. Instead, he calmly took Qin Chu to drink tea.
When Qin Chu was extremely anxious, he replied: "Don't be anxious, Lord Qin. In a month or so at most, I will send the Lord back to his country and fulfill my promise."
Qin Chu was stunned for a moment when he heard this. Although he had thought about the possibility of success before, he never thought that it would go so smoothly and there would be a specific time.
After coming back to his senses, Qin Chu hurriedly said: "Then thank you Your Highness, but I don't know what price I have to pay?"
Only those who put in effort will gain something, and pie in the sky will not come to nothing in vain. Qin Chu knew this truth very well, so he wanted to put the matter forward for discussion.
In this way, problems can be solved in time to avoid accidents in the end.
It's just that Li Hao really doesn't need Qin Chu to do anything proactively, because everything has been arranged for him, and he only needs to passively accept it.
However, in order to reassure Qin Chu, Li Hao only said that he would think about it again and would notify him when he thought of it.
After persuading Qin Chu to leave, Ren Xin, who had been staying next to Li Hao, suddenly said, "You are really full of evil. It's a pity that Qin Chu has to be tricked by you."
Although Chen Xi has returned to Li Hao, as a normal man, even though Chen Xi can handle things well by himself, Li Hao decisively kept Ren Xin as his personal secretary, sharing part of Chen Xi's work.
It also happened to allow Chen Xi to focus more on the Firearms Camp and the Jinyiwei, especially the construction of the local Jinyiwei in Su State, which was the focus of the next few years.
So in response to Ren Xin's words, Li Hao smiled and said, "If you say that, it's too much. I'm clearly paving a bright road for Qin and Chu. It's better to enjoy the glory and wealth with me than to fall into the dust with Qi State." Much better.
By the way, I asked you to arrange for you to go to Qi State to take over the Qin Chu family's departure. Is there any progress now? "
Ren Xin expressed his attitude towards Li Hao's behavior of digging holes and burying people.
But for business matters, he still answered: "Now that Qin Chu helped you persuade him to surrender, the news has not been reported back to Qi State yet. The people in Qi State only think that he was forced to surrender, and there are old friends in the court who are helping to speak. Therefore, his family was not affected at all.
The royal guards of Qidu have already made a plan. On the 15th day, the Queen Mother of Qi State will go out of the city to pray for blessings, and many of the forbidden troops in the city will leave with her.
At that time, the inspection of the city gate will be much more relaxed. Then they will find a way to sneak into Qin Chu's mansion, stun people and smuggle them out of the city, and then explain the situation to them outside the city.
It's basically the same as when you smuggled the empress in before, but there's no way to guarantee the attitude towards this group of people. "
Li Hao replied: "Attitude is not important. Anyway, they have plenty of Ning Shen Xiang. If they are really smart enough to confuse people, Qin Chu will naturally have a headache for the rest after meeting us."
"You really care about killing and not burying them." Ren Xin complained at first, and then said with concern: "But you are really confident that you can capture the cities of Shuofeng and Huliu with a surprise attack. You must know that they are the hinterland of Qi State.
Even if you rely on your secret trade route to transport troops and horses quietly, you still can't break the city in the first time.
Facing the joint strangulation of Qi Jun and even An Jun, I am afraid that there is no chance to escape.
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Ren Xin and Shen Tuhui came to Su State via that trade route, where Li Hao used to trade military horses, and the military horses Chu Yuan gave them were transported back to Su State from there.
But even so, the precipitousness there should not be underestimated, especially if it extends outward from the business road, otherwise it would not have been discovered by anyone.
Therefore, the troops sent out will definitely not be able to carry much luggage. Once trapped under the city, the entire army will be destroyed.
But now that Li Hao has made this decision, he will definitely not let them die.
This time Li Hao moved out the entire firearms camp, with a full strength of 3,000 people, and 100,000 kilograms of gunpowder stored near the two cities.
If it were for this reserve, Li Hao had already made arrangements a few years ago, and it was not easy to reach this amount.
Qi State is the stage that Li Hao needs to prepare for his next plan. There must be no mistakes in this battle.
The people who cooperated with them for this purpose were all selected by Li Hao. The backbone of the army were all volunteers who had previously been buried in the army.
"Don't worry, if you're not sure, I won't worry about throwing away all my cards.
Now everything is ready, just waiting for the reinforcements to arrive, this war of annihilation can officially begin. "
While Li Hao was waiting for the war to begin, An Jun outside Wu'an Pass was also having a headache.
At this time, they had received news of Qi's army's defeat on the battlefield. Without them to disrupt the battle, Wu'ang Pass would have been like a chasm in front of them.
This also made An Guo personally feel the feeling of facing An Guo when Su Guo was in its heyday. Even though he was full of strength, he didn't feel powerless in front of him when he had the opportunity.
So someone suggested to Li Xun: "Since Su Guo has no chance to make a move now, why don't we let Su Guo go for the time being and look for another opportunity in the future.
Now they secretly mobilize their troops in the direction of Chu State, and take advantage of Chu State's lack of defense to take a bite of their flesh. This battle is not in vain. "
As soon as these words came out, many people really agreed. After all, sending out the army cost a lot of supplies.
Many of them were prepared by the tribes themselves. There was no harvest in the last battle. If there were no gains this time, it would really be unbearable for many small tribes.
Li Xuan actually understands that this suggestion is the best now.
It's just that he has already agreed to the idea of attacking Su Country, and he has personally drawn up the specific attack plan.
Therefore, out of concern for his face, he did not directly agree, but said: "This matter is of great importance. I want to think about it some more, so please step aside first."
The ministers had followed Li Xuan for so many years and thought they knew him well.
If he really didn't want to agree to this, he would definitely scold the proposer directly, or even pull him out and beat him with a military stick.
Now this attitude is obviously supported from the bottom of my heart, but it just lacks a step to step down.
As a qualified minister, he is very good at finding a way out for his emperor.
So at the next court meeting, another set of rhetoric was used regarding the attack on Chu State.
First, he submitted a report from the border officials of An and Chu, which focused on one incident. Chu soldiers and horses crossed the border and plundered several villages in An, causing resentment among the people there.
Then a group of officials came forward to ask for orders, saying that Chu State was taking advantage of others' danger and was showing contempt for An Guo's dignity.
Together they asked Li Xun to temporarily stop his troops and return to aid, teach Chu State a sufficient lesson, and save the Liming people on the border.
Anyway, they just talked about how hateful the Chu State was, and did not mention the difficulty of attacking Wuanguan Pass.
Of course, Li Xuan also understood the authenticity of this newspaper. After all, it couldn't be such a coincidence.
But as a human being, it is rare to be confused. As long as it is beneficial to you, it doesn't matter if you believe it.
So Li Sun immediately became furious and denounced the Chu people for their shamelessness and insidiousness, saying that Haosheng must teach them a lesson.
The decision has been made, and the rest is to start arranging the mobilization of troops and horses.
In order to give the people of Chu a surprise, but also to paralyze the public security of Wu'an Pass.
Therefore, the mobilization of the An army was carried out quietly at night, and even though the number of men and horses decreased, the fire stoves and flags in the camp remained unchanged.
Even from time to time, the An army would take the initiative to attack the city to paralyze Gong Yegu.
Gong Yegu indeed didn't find out. He didn't realize that the troops in front of him were wrong until the war between An and Chu officially started and the Chu state was captured by the An army.
But it was already too late by that time, and they had successfully returned to Ziyang Pass.
It was difficult for the An army to attack Wuanguan Pass, and it was equally difficult for the Su army to attack Ziyang Pass. Therefore, after chasing the city, Gongye Gu didn't even try and led his troops back to the city.
The people of Chu State were intently watching the excitement in Su State, but they did not expect that An Guo had already set his sights on them.
Therefore, being caught off guard, the An army easily captured a city.
But fortunately, Chu Army had fought against An Army too many times and was very familiar with their attacks, so he quickly reacted to the initial confusion and reorganized the defense line in time.
In addition, based on the mutual rescue process between Chu and Su over the years, the king of Chu also took out gold and came to Su for help.
But he didn't know that Cui Ming also had a headache this time when he received the letter asking for help.
Because his reinforcements had been sent before, led by Chu Fan and Zhang Yun to support Li Hao.
By the time they arrived, the Qi army had already been defeated and all the cities had been recovered.
Normally, at this stage, what should be done next should be reported back to the court and let Cui Minglai decide whether to continue the attack or negotiate for peace and gain benefits from the Qi State.
But Li Hao took matters into his own hands. After learning that Zhang Yun and Chu Fan had led their troops across Fengcheng, he decisively ordered the troops who had moved to Shuofeng and Huliu to attack.
Due to calculated calculations but not care, Qi State never expected that soldiers and horses would attack the city from the rear, so they were naturally unprepared.
On the same day, both sides first transported a small team into the city in the name of a caravan, and also transported several artillery pieces.
Anyway, artillery had never appeared before, so it was impossible for the Qi people to know about it. The delivery personnel just said it was a specially customized copper bell and got away with it.
After all, they are all made of pure copper. The wall of the cannon is just a little thicker, but if you have the money and are willing to build it, no one else can say anything.
As for the transportation of gunpowder, it is even simpler. If it is mixed with other materials, Qi Jun will not check the bags.
At night, the team that entered the city, with the help of the royal guards in the city, set up artillery in the direction of the government office and the city gate.
The passage for the army to enter the city and the command center of the Qi army in the city were immediately solved.
Without the command center, although Qi Jun realized that something was wrong, it failed to integrate it immediately.
The garrison at the corresponding city gate alone could not stop the highly motivated soldiers and horses commanded by the free students in the frontal fighting.
The muskets were used in array formation, and three volleys were fired directly through the entrance to the city. They only dared to hide behind the doorway.
Then the musketry battalions moved out of the way, and the infantry charged, and in almost no time they were within the city.
Without the protection of the city wall, one side had clear goals, commanded well, cooperated tacitly, and had high morale due to victory.
One side is incomprehensible, fighting on its own, with low morale, and doesn't even know who the enemy is.
In addition, there was not much difference in the number of soldiers and horses between the two sides, so the Qi army did not even last a night before abandoning the city.
After taking the city, the soldiers and horses entering the city quickly changed their identities and began to strengthen the city defense and appease the people.
In order to reinforce the city defense, the newly opened city gate must be blocked as soon as possible, but it will definitely be too late to build the city gate now.
The only option was to find a large wooden board, then completely dismantle the government office, and use the wood and stone materials inside mixed with cement to directly block the city gate.
Their mission is also to defend the city, and it doesn't matter if one city gate is missing.
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The other three city gates can be used to transport supplies in and out, especially gunpowder.
As soon as they reached these two cities, Li Hao immediately found Zhang Yun and Chu Fan and ordered them to quickly send troops to move westward to open up the passage with Shuofeng and Huliu cities.
The two of them had just heard Li Hao's words. The one who reacted the most, Zhang Yun, said directly: "The important affairs of the country are between sacrifice and military affairs. Your Highness has not received the imperial edict, how can you start a war lightly?"
When it comes to the ability to draw articles, Zhang Yun is still a little worse than Li Hao. Li Hao directly retorted: "Tu can't help it, the army can't attack, the city can't attack, the land can't be fought, and the emperor's order can't be done. by.
When a general is leading troops outside, he should naturally respond to the situation. Since my father has ordered me to take charge of the war in the north, Qi's invasion is an unexpected situation. Now that I have discovered it, there is nothing wrong with leading troops to resist.
Now Gu has made a decisive decision because he sensed that the Qi State's troops were empty. It was a great opportunity for me, Dasu, to take advantage of the victory and pursue the victory. Could it be that General Zhang thought that I should give up! "
Zhang Yun was already inclined towards Li Hao, so he spoke his mind at this time: "Of course we, the generals, understand what His Highness is thinking, but what will Your Majesty think when news of today's incident comes back to the court?
Furthermore, even if His Highness wants to take advantage of the situation and pursue the enemy, he can just attack Qincheng and Yicheng in front of him. Why would he want to capture Shuo Feng and Hu Liu? His Highness really thinks that all the civil and military officials in the court are fools. "
