Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 655

[Chapter 655]

Lucheng.

A cavalryman appeared at the north gate of the city. Before entering the city, the cavalryman and horse suddenly fell down.

The horse he was sitting on straightened up, neighed, and suddenly fell silent.

The cavalry got up, and rushed into the city regardless of the exhausted horses.

While running, he shouted, “Yanzhou soldiers and horses are coming, Yanzhou soldiers and horses are coming!”

The soldiers of Qi State guarding the gate changed their expressions, and they immediately led the cavalry to the palace.

“What! Soldiers from Yanzhou crossed the Jin River?”

Han Zheng was playing chess with Sato Mahisa in the Imperial Garden.

Hearing this, he stood up abruptly, the corner of his clothes knocked over the chessboard, and the chess pieces were scattered all over the floor.

Seemingly too shocked, his body couldn’t help shaking.

After a while, he calmed down, “King Yan is so bold and arrogant, how many soldiers and horses did they come?”

“About 120,000 people.” The cavalry replied, “Before the little one came, they had already surrounded the army.” The first Wubao.”

Han Zheng frowned, and said to the eunuch beside him, “Immediately summon a group of ministers to discuss the war, and send envoys to Jinling and Xiangcheng to ask for help. We must immediately join forces and attack the King of Yan.”

Originally , with only one month left, soldiers and horses from all walks of life can gather in Lucheng and go north to attack Yanzhou.

He never expected that King Yan would take the initiative to attack Qi at this time.

Although this disrupted their plans, their war preparations for Yanzhou had progressed to 80%.

He believed that as long as he persisted for more than 20 days, he would be able to gather millions of soldiers in Lucheng. After all, the Xie family had transported enough food and grass to Lucheng during this period.

Then, he said to Majiu Sato: “Master Zuo Teng, please send a navy to support Qi according to the plan.”

Makoto Sato was excited, he had cheated for a long time on this day.

He nodded: “I will send people back to Dongying, and pass on the news of the early crusade against King Yan to the General.”

Han Zheng felt relieved, “Thank you, Mr. Sato, as long as the Dongying navy is dispatched, I promise you that Qingcheng will be your The ports of trade with Dongying allow Dongying people to settle in Qingcheng.”

Sato Majiu was slightly happy, this is an order sent by the shogunate not long ago, asking him to discuss this matter with Qi State, so that Dongying can further intervene in the civil strife in Dasong .

But Han Zheng never agreed.

Now, he finally took it out as a bargaining chip.

From his point of view, Han Zheng must have been worried that if war broke out, Japan would break its promise and stand by.

But he didn’t criticize Han Zheng, after all, if it were him, he would choose the same way.

So he said: “Please rest assured, Your Majesty, our Dongying navy will destroy King Yan’s fleet, and the Dongying warriors will arrive in Qi.”

Han Zheng’s eyes showed a glint of hope, and he said, “I can’t wait.” After

saying this After the event, Majiu Sato left, and he also went to the main hall of political affairs.

An hour later, all the ministers and generals of Qi State arrived.

At this moment, they all heard the news that Yanzhou soldiers and horses had crossed the Jin River, and many of them had a look of deep worry on their faces.

“Your Majesty, the last general is willing to lead the army to go out and kill King Yan.” Before

Han Zheng could speak, a young general came out.

He is Han Lei, the eldest son of Han Qi. During the Battle of Pingyuan City, his father was captured by Yanzhou soldiers.

Qi State sent envoys to Yancheng twice, and one of the conditions they put forward was to release his father.

But all were rejected by King Yan.

Such a great shame and humiliation, he always wanted to take advantage of this crusade against King Yan to take revenge.

Now, King Yan’s soldiers and horses actually invaded the Qi State, which was an excellent opportunity for him to take revenge, so he decided to invite him to fight immediately.

Han Zheng showed a look of relief, Yanzhou soldiers and horses are coming in menacingly, but at least his Han family children are not timid.

He just thought about it, but instead of agreeing to Han Lei, he turned his attention to Yuan Li.

After the founding of the Qi State, Yuan Li served as the General of the Qi State.

There are another 60,000 Yuan family direct troops under his command.

The most important thing is that Yuan Li and the king of Yan are not in the same vendetta, and no one is more suitable than him to crusade against the king of Yan.

Although Han Lei is courageous, he has never experienced a real war.

However, Yuan Li was different. In the battle of Ning Jindu Division, Yuan Li made a lot of contributions, so he was able to secure the post of Yanzhou State Shepherd.

When guarding Yanzhou, he fought against Beidi in Qiushou all the year round, and even directly fought against the soldiers and horses of King Yan.

Letting him go is better than Han Lei going directly.

So he said: “General Yuan, you are willing to fight.”

“Yes.” Yuan Li said loudly, with a hint of sternness in his eyes.

This is the only chance to defeat the Yan King.

Only by taking advantage of this opportunity to eliminate King Yan will he have a chance to return to Yanzhou, Fan Yang, the place he longs for day and night.

For this, he is willing to pay any price.

After all, if King Yan captured Qi, Yuan Li would have no place to stay.

This time, he had no choice but to fight to the death, so as to prevent King Yan’s troops from continuing to go south, and to gather time for all armies to gather in Lucheng.

“Okay!” Han Zheng slapped the back of his chair excitedly, and said, “I order you to command 60,000 troops to fight, and I will give you another 90,000 troops, a total of 150,000 troops, to support the South Bank Wubao.”

After a pause, he continued: “But at the moment, the situation of the battle is unknown, and we still need to wait for more news. You should prepare immediately and set off at any time.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.” Yuan Li replied.

At this time, Han Zheng looked at the ministers and said loudly: “My dear friends, the battle with Yanzhou is related to the survival of Qi State. You should work together, fearless and dangerous, and survive and die with Qi State, so that you can finally defeat King Yan and destroy Qi State. The great enemy of the country.”

Then, he discussed with the ministers about raising food and grass, recruiting new soldiers and other war matters.

In the evening, another battle report was sent, causing an uproar in Luzhong.

“Wubao is broken!” Han Zheng couldn’t believe his ears.

Only half a day passed between this battle report and the first battle report, the first dock on the south bank fell.

The next day, he got news that made him even more restless, and the remaining two Wubao were also broken by King Yan’s soldiers.

Hundreds of thousands of Qi soldiers were wiped out.

“The 200,000 soldiers and horses are gone just like that.” Han Zheng looked decadent in the imperial study room.

In the battle of Pingyuan, Qi State lost 100,000 soldiers and horses. He thought that with the 100,000 soldiers and horses on the south bank, he could resist the King Yan’s troops for ten days and a half months.

But it was only one day, and all three docks fell.

He believed that Dongping City would soon be captured by King Yan’s troops.

“Your Majesty, it seems that King Yan’s troops used a new type of firearm this time. They dug a tunnel and reached about 40 meters outside the city wall, and then threw the firearms on the city wall.”

“Because it was too sudden, the defenders on the city wall did not Taking advantage of the opportunity, they quickly took down the city wall and broke through the city.” In the

imperial study room, besides Han Zheng, there were Wang Zi’an and Wang Xie.

In these two battles, more than half of their immediate troops were lost.

If it wasn’t for this period of time, they added some soldiers, I’m afraid there would be no soldiers available now.

But even so, Qi’s soldiers and horses could not sustain such consumption.

Therefore, upon hearing the news, he and Wang Xie rushed into the palace and made suggestions to Han Zheng to save the crisis of Qi.

(end of this chapter)