After Spring and Autumn

Chapter 296 Great harvest
After much consideration, Zhao Yang finally made a decision, so he spoke slowly.

"In this case, according to what you said, we will immediately raise troops and rush to Chaoge. If Guo Huizi blocks it, then we will fight a battle. In any case, we must first quell the civil strife in Jin."

Then Zhao Yang led the army out of Handan. Although the Wushi City was captured, Mengdi did not intend to occupy it, so Zhao Yang took it back without any effort. Then he deliberately avoided Guoxia's army and went to Taihang Mountain. Head towards Chaoge.

At this time, Guoxia's army had already occupied Zhongmou, and when they were about to move on, they received a report from the military officer, saying that Zhao Yang's army was marching towards Chaoge and passing through the Zhongmou area.

Guo Xia was also afraid of being beaten, worried that this was Zhao Yang's scheme again, for safety's sake, he sent a message to Tian Qi, and at the same time sent information to Meng Di in Huguan, hoping that the three armies would unite into one, Let's deal with Zhao Jianzi together.

Zhao Ji and Zhong Xingyin, who fled Handan City in a hurry, were naturally dissatisfied with Tian Qi, but now they had to rely on Qi State's army to escort them to Bairen City, so they didn't dare to say anything.

At this time, Tian Qi received the news from Guo Xia, and was very disappointed in his heart. Guo Xia didn't know whether it was because he was too cautious or wanted to preserve his strength. When facing Zhao Yang, he let him go so easily.

But in terms of official position, Guoxia is older than him, so he has to obey this order, so Tian Qi can only ask Hongshi to escort Zhao Ji and Zhong Xingyin to Bairen City, while he is leading the army. Go to join Guoxia.

At this time, Mengdi had no interest in rescue and Chaoge. He reasoned that Huguan would be captured, so that he could prepare for the future counterattack of the Zhao family in Handan, so he stayed where he was and continued to attack.

In fact, Huguan’s defense is getting weaker and weaker now. The bed crossbow puts too much psychological pressure on them. They can still have such great power from such a distance. Those who die, alas, even have no bones left.

Under such circumstances, the morale of the defending army was greatly reduced, and they might be captured by the Han army at any time. It was only because Meng Di didn't want to waste his own troops that he adopted this kind of tactic.

Now that Zhao Yang has led his troops to Chaoge, Meng Di naturally has nothing to worry about. With one order, the whole army will attack fiercely. Even if they take Huguan, they will send a small cavalry into the Fenyang Plain. to harass.

Encountered a lot of resistance along the way, regardless of the fact that the strength of the troops is almost the same, coupled with the high mobility of the cavalry, and the Han army's well-equipped armor, the number is quite mature, and the victory is naturally obvious.

They fought all the way to the Shaoshui area, so they didn't continue to expand to other places. The defeated people naturally became captives. This time, Meng Di was not polite, and directly sent people to tie up all these people, treating them as his own trophies, and preparing to escort them back to the country .

As for those people and hard work, Meng Di still adopted a voluntary method, and got 5000 people, most of whom would work hard. Nearly two months later, Zhao Yang successfully captured Chaoge City
Then he led his troops back to Jin, and Qi's army also began to shrink. At this time, Guoxia received bad news that Marquis Qi might be dying, so Gao Zhang sent someone to inform him to lead his troops back quickly.

However, Tian Qi was not notified of this news, the meaning could not be more clear, the Gao family and the Guo family should take advantage of this time to smoothly control the state affairs of the Qi state in their hands, and only then can they have spare energy to deal with the Tian family.

Tian Qi led his troops to Hukou, he came to Meng Di this time because he had something to discuss, and he spoke after meeting.

"Guo Huizi has withdrawn his troops, which shows that Qihou's situation is not optimistic. Under such circumstances, it is time for Tian to prepare to return to Qi. This time he came here to say hello to Mengzi."

As for what the Tian family wants to do next, Meng Di doesn't care at all. What he is thinking about now is how to get more population, but now that Guoxia has withdrawn, Tian Qi doesn't seem to be able to stay too long long time.

So it is natural to consider the matter of retreating, so Meng Di said after thinking for a while.

"Since this is the case, then the king will also withdraw his troops. It's just that in the recent period, there are a lot of people who have been recruited, and the food is a bit insufficient. I also ask Xi Zi to lend a helping hand."

After Tian Qi heard this, he just smiled, agreed without the slightest hesitation, and then said.

"The Seven Kingdoms and the Han Kingdom are friendly countries, so it is also necessary to help each other. I hope our friendship can continue. Then my Tian family will definitely report back."

There was something in what he said, Mengdi probably guessed what Tian wanted to do, so he said with a slight smile.

"Of course it should. Han has wanted to fight at Qi's request for such a long time, and it's time to take a break. If Tian has something to ask, he can send people to Huai City. This king will definitely support it."

After coming and going, the private agreement between the two people has been negotiated, and then Meng Di has not been idle. On the way back, he has broken down several cities in succession, but this time the effect is different.

The Jin people here saw that Zhao Yang had withdrawn their troops, and they were naturally full of panic, so many people chose to follow. At least until now, only the Han army had nothing to do with them.

This also made these common people have a more sense of identity with the Han Kingdom. After a round of walking, they recruited 10,000+ people. Although a considerable number of them are old and young, Mengdi does not dislike it.

After all, those young and strong will stay in Han with more peace of mind if they have the care of the old and the young. Taking these people is nothing more than spending more food. The carts brought by this kind of team can come in handy now.

Women, old and young sat in the car, and the young and strong were also happy to drive. There were no major problems along the way, but when they passed by the Wei State, the people of the Wei State were taken aback because the Qi State army had already withdrawn. .

They didn't know where these 10 people came from. After sending someone over to inquire, they learned that Mengdi was passing through the border. They had notified Wei Guo before, but they didn't expect so many people to pass through together.

Sending troops directly to the side is supposed to be an escort in name, but in fact it is just surveillance, and more of a worry, the people of Weiguo will follow along and send Meng Dili out of the country.

(End of this chapter)