At the same time, in the direction of Shuofeng and Hu Liu, Anguo had already realized that something was wrong.
After all, overnight, the flags on the wall were changed all over, and even the trade routes were temporarily cut off.
So they sent people to test the city, but the Su Kingdom in the city was instructed to stick to the city, so they ignored them.
Not getting the answer they wanted, they also thought about sending troops, but because they didn't have enough troops, they sent someone to quickly inform Li Xuan of the situation.
Speaking of which, Li Hao unintentionally helped Chu State.
Because after Li Xun learned the news, he immediately judged that something was wrong. After all, the Su army was attacking Qi State normally, so it was impossible for the Su army to go directly to Shuo Feng and Hu Liu.
It's just that at the beginning, even if he had some speculation, he didn't really think that Su Guo had such ambitions.
It wasn't until Zhu Yiwei came back one after another that the news of the fall of Qi State's city suddenly woke him up.
He immediately reduced the troops attacking Chu State and prepared to return to the direction of Su State, while continuing to recruit troops at home.
As the strongest among the Nine Kingdoms, he could not accept the strong rise of the Su Kingdom. After all, he had already received enough provocations in other directions.
At the same time, in order to sow discord between Chu State and Su State, he also sent people to Chu State to inform them of the situation.
Li Xun believed that the entire Chu State would agree with him on suppressing Su State's views.
However, the people of Chu State also knew the importance. Even if they were dissatisfied with Su State, they only sent a note to Su State.
Li Hao had already thought about these chain reactions before and had dealt with them.
But compared to this, what Li Hao needs to do most at the moment is to win the battle in front of him.
The number of troops and horses led by Li Hao was not significantly superior to Qi's troops and horses, coupled with Li Hao's provocative attitude.
In the end, Qi Jun also chose to have a head-on confrontation in the hope of regaining the lost ground as soon as possible.
However, in view of Li Hao's previous two achievements, they were worried about falling into a trap again, so they were extremely cautious on the march.
They only walked forty miles on the official road every day. Wherever they set up camp, they would set up strongholds. No matter how Li Hao sent people to provoke him, he would never let his troops advance lightly, even towards Pingzhou.
However, Li Hao did not panic. Since there was no chance of a small victory over a large one, let's have a head-on confrontation between soldiers and generals.
So he took the initiative to lead his troops forward to seize a favorable position. After all, if he could take the advantage of the right time, place and people, Li Hao could never give it away.
In a head-on confrontation between the two sides, what is competing is the true combat power of their troops and the commanding abilities of the generals on both sides.
On the first day, both sides set up their positions and conducted preliminary tests, both trying to find out the other side's weaknesses.
But the leading generals on both sides were experienced in hundreds of battles. Even though Li Hao had more experience after fighting for several lifetimes, the problem was that the lower limit of others was also high, and neither side gained anything.
Therefore, after testing to no avail, Li Hao officially started the main battle.
On top of this, it has the beneficial effect of protecting their own fields. The troops who originally surrendered from the Qi Kingdom broke out with amazing combat power.
Facing the opponent's Chinese army directly, he directly killed through the front camp of the Chinese army with his bravery, shocking the veterans of the Su country who were supporting on the flanks.
After all, if this kind of combat power could be used against them before, Liuzhou City might not be able to defend it.
This also stimulated their competitive spirit. Now that everyone is in the same camp, they do not want to lose to these latecomers.
So in just one morning of fierce fighting, the Qi army's front was forced back one after another, resulting in a gap between the central army and the troops on the left and right wings.
Marquis Zhongwu, who led the Qi army, also discovered this and immediately waved his command flag, hoping that the left and right wing troops would close together with the central army to avoid any disconnection.
But Li Hao's reaction was faster than him. He took a battalion of cavalry as a reserve behind and rushed towards the gap.
Sweeping into the Chinese army from the flank, they rushed towards the flag of Marquis Zhongwu.
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Upon seeing this, Marquis Zhongwu also wanted to command his troops to intercept, but the Qi army, which hurriedly responded to the battle, did not even have time to form a good formation, and could only be defeated one after another by Li Hao's troops.
Seeing that Li Hao was about to rush nearby, Marquis Zhongwu could only choose to retreat with the commander's flag, hoping to distance himself and then re-arrange the formation.
It's just that when the two sides are already in a stalemate, he can't withdraw if he wants to, and Li Hao won't give him this chance.
Now that the commander's flag has been moved, the purpose of shaking the morale of the military has been achieved.
Half of the cavalry were divided and continued to pursue in the direction of the commander's flag, forcing them to retreat continuously and unable to command their troops calmly.
As for the remaining half, Li Hao took the lead and killed the Qi army on the left wing directly.
After a while, the formations of the central army and the left wing were shattered by the impact, and collapsed after a while without support.
Without their support, the right-wing troops were obviously helpless and quickly retreated.
Li Hao led his troops in pursuit for ten miles, captured prisoners and numerous baggage, and won this critical tough battle.
However, in the subsequent statistics, the losses under Li Hao's command were not small. In this strategic victory, there was not much difference in the casualty ratio between the two sides.
However, Li Hao was not distressed, because after this battle, it would take a long time for the Qi army to gather enough troops to counterattack, and Li Hao had enough time to digest the fruits of victory.
Therefore, Li Hao did not continue to march, but returned to Pingzhou and started the process of equalizing land here.
In addition, Li Hao also needed to establish voluntary education here to deal with the problem of requiring a large number of military and political talents in the future.
While Li Hao was busy with affairs in Qi State, there was also unrest within Su State.
Many people in the DPRK and China raised objections to the war started by Li Hao on his own initiative.
At first, it was said that Li Hao's excessive military use would put the Su country in danger, and at the same time easily arouse the hostility of An Guo and Chu State.
Later, Li Hao won a series of great victories and captured several cities in a row. The talk of militarism stopped for a while.
After all, Qi State has expanded its territory, and they can also get a piece of this cake.
It wasn't until the news about Li Hao Juntian came later that they saw that they couldn't get anything, and another wave of opposition immediately started again.
Incidentally, Li Hao was also labeled as setting up a private court to win over the people. At the same time, Chu's credentials also gave them an important weight, asking Cui Ming to summon Li Hao back to the capital.
Cui Ming was a little hesitant about this. He still had some desire for the achievements of opening up new territories.
Although he did not lead this war, as long as he sits on this throne, the credit will naturally belong to him.
But equally, he did not want Li Hao to become too powerful and further affect his imperial authority.
Just when he was hesitating, Li Hao sent a memorial requesting an order, which temporarily stabilized his thoughts.
Li Hao's memorial stated that the cities occupied by Qi State must be brought under the rule of Su State as soon as possible.
During the previous war, military law was temporarily used to govern. Now that the situation has gradually calmed down, Cui Ming was asked to send civilian officials to govern and supervise the people.
