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Zhe Keqiu's death in battle would have a far more serious impact on the other generals of the Western Army than losing one or two cities.

Xixia coach Ren Dejing timely released the news that the Jin Kingdom's "60,000" army will assist Xixia's southern expedition.

For a time, the Western armies that had rushed to the battlefield outside Baoan Prefecture were afraid to move forward and watched helplessly as the city of Baoan Prefecture was destroyed.

On the 16th, the Jin-Xia coalition broke through the city wall and entered the city.

The commander-in-chief Tong Wei led his family members to engage in street fighting with the enemy. The fighting lasted until late afternoon, and Tong Wei, who had only about 30 men left, was surrounded by the Wusheng Temple of Jiang Taigong.

Ren Dejing failed to persuade him to surrender, so he ordered his troops to attack. Tong Wei, wearing more than twenty wounds, died in the battle at Wusheng Temple.

Not a moment later, Mrs. Tong and her family of 23 women and children set fire to themselves in Jieshuai's mansion.

Overnight, the Tong family, which had been here for hundreds of years, was almost wiped out, leaving only Tong Qi, who worked as an army counselor for the King of Chu on the Daling River line of Zhongjing Road in the Kingdom of Jin.

At dusk that day, the Jinxia coalition occupied the entire city and immediately began to loot and massacre.

The people in the city wailed all night long.

In the early morning of the 17th, Ren Dejing and Wanyan Mouyan took a large amount of weapons and food obtained from the city and turned eastward.

Before leaving, a fire was set off.

Qinfeng Road Anjingluo Liu Shuping, who had been staying eighty miles west of Baoan Prefecture, learned that the Jinxia Army was advancing eastward, so he led his troops to break out of camp, advance cautiously, and arrived at Baoan Prefecture at dawn the next day.

At this time, the city of Baoan Prefecture had become a dead place, with blackened ruins and corpses of Western troops everywhere.

When Liu Shuping led people through the Wusheng Temple in the city, he ordered his people to restrain Tong Wei's decapitated body.

"Hey! Commander Tong Jie died in battle for his country, and Mrs. Tong led her whole family to die with joy! It's so sad to sing, so sad to cry!"

Liu Shuping felt sad at the scene and wiped the tears from his eyes with his official robe.

Unexpectedly, one of his subordinates, a particularly strong middle-aged governor, clasped his fists and said, "If our army had not stopped and watched the day before yesterday, we might have been able to avoid the Baoan Prefecture tragedy! Now that the bandit army is rapidly advancing eastward, they must want to open a passage. On the road to Tokyo, please contact all armies as soon as possible to pursue and encircle us, so as to prevent the tragedy before us from happening again!”

Although these words were said sincerely, the meaning of blaming or even commanding the superior was very clear.

Liu Shuping couldn't help being annoyed. Two days ago, this guy forced Lai Lai to urge Liu Shuping to lead Qin Feng's army to advance. At that time, Liu Shuping thought that he was one of his own soldiers and couldn't bear to care.

Unexpectedly, today he made another mistake in front of many generals of the Qin Feng Army, and immediately shouted: "Our army only has more than 10,000 people, and the Jinxia Alliance Army has 400,000 people. How can I lead my brothers to die!"

Everyone could tell that Liu Shuping was angry, but the little Tiha shook his head and said: "That Ren Dejing is bragging! Even if there are golden men to help, he can't raise 400,000 people! Don't be frightened by him, sir!" I'm so brave! If your Excellency is afraid, give me an army of a thousand men and go to me."

"presumptuous!"

How could Liu Shuping not know that Ren Dejing's so-called "400,000" army had water? This was just an excuse for him to avoid fighting.

This Tiha seems to be quite young, but he doesn't understand the world at all. He even said things like "If you are afraid, sir" to his face.

After Liu Shuping drank, he immediately shouted: "Here comes someone! Pull Po Hanwu down and behead him!"

Immediately, a group of generals interceded for him. Although Han Wu didn't know how to behave, he was very brave in fighting. He fought for the first place every time. Afterwards, the officer was snatched away by his superiors as a favor, and he only needed a good drink. Can comfort people.

Speaking of which, everyone owed him some favors.

Liu Shuping equally loved and hated Han Tiha. He loved that he could gnaw hard bones. As a general, there must be some heroes with real abilities under his command.

I hate him, just like what I see in front of him. He speaks without restraint and is unruly in his martial arts. He doesn't know how to give face to Shangguan.

But when he actually killed Han Tiha, Liu Shuping was still a little reluctant.

Seeing the generals pleading for mercy, Liu Shuping borrowed the donkey down the slope and said, "The death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped! Fifty military sticks, execute immediately!"

Two people came forward to capture Han Tiha's arms and go to be tortured, but Han Tiha shook his arms and shook them off. He still said to himself: "I'll beat you if you hit me, and you'll go away. Who wants you to escort me!"

A small episode in the morning failed to change any of Liu Guangshi's thoughts. After simply helping the Tong family collect the corpses, they settled outside the city.

While sending people to the east to inquire about the news, they are also waiting for the situation to become clearer.

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It was night, and Po Hanwu, who was as physically fit as an animal, did nothing with his fifty army sticks. He was even so bold as to encourage a group of his brothers to leave the camp at night and go east.

The entire northwest battlefield seemed to be shocked by the news that Zhe Keqiu and Tong Wei had been killed one after another.

Jinxia's nearly 200,000 troops marched all the way east and broke through three cities in Bazhai. Most of the city's defenders had fled before the army arrived, and some panicked generals did not even have time to transport or burn food and grass.

Defeat the enemy with nothing.

Even if some small groups of troops who are not afraid of death intercept them along the way, they will often be dispersed in less than an hour.

The Jin Xia army entered Hedong Road without any hindrance. It was not until the troops arrived at Taiyuan Prefecture on the 25th that they encountered decent resistance for the first time.

After attacking for two consecutive days, seeing that the Taiyuan city was unstoppable and Wanyan Mouyan's strength was overwhelming, he decided to ignore Taiyuan and marched south to Qi State's Jingxi Road.

Jingxi Road is close to Kaifeng Mansion and is the last barrier in Tokyo.

But this decision also carries great risks. First of all, the Qin Feng Army, Jingzhaofu Xin'an Army, Wei Sheng Army, and the remnants of Linfu Road Zhejia Army following the army have gathered 60,000 to 70,000 people.

Although these people were frightened by the battle in Baoan Prefecture, they always followed behind. If the Jinxia army's attack did not go smoothly, they might fall into a dangerous situation of being attacked from both front and rear.

This is the reason why Ren Dejing is unwilling to continue to advance rashly, but Wanyan Mouyan knows how much the Jin army paid this time by crossing the Greater Xianbei Mountains and advancing westward.

Today, it only solves the dilemma of King Hailing on the Daling River front line, but it no longer quenches his thirst.

If Tokyo can be defeated in one battle and the rear of Qi State is destroyed, then the person who is in a dilemma and is attacked from both sides will become the King of Chu of Qi State.

Only in this way can the offensive and defensive momentum be reversed.

Finally, on the 28th, the Jinxia army looted near Taiyuan Prefecture. After replenishing military resources, they decisively turned south.

Taiyuan guard Wang Bing seemed to have guessed the strategic intentions of Jin Xia's army. He sent an army of only a thousand horses in the city that day in an attempt to harass Jin Xia's southward movement.

Unexpectedly, they were ambushed by Tiefu Tu. After less than a moment of fighting, the Qi army was defeated, with less than 400 survivors. Today's heavy armored cavalry is like the tanks of the later World War I that can run rampant without restraint.

Either use heavy cavalry with the same equipment to fight for consumption, or recreate the invincible Mo Dao army formation in the Tang Dynasty. Obviously, Taiyuan Prefecture does not have such strength.

The Jin Xia army marched away.

On the 29th, Zhe Yanwen led the remnants of the Zhe family army and the scattered soldiers gathered along the way, totaling 9,000, and arrived at Taiyuan Prefecture.

The prefect Tian Raoliang did not dare to open the door. Zhe Yanwen, who had lost weight in the past few days, cried and asked for help outside the city gate. He begged the prefect Tian to send troops and follow the Jin Xia army with him in order to have an opportunity to fight again.

It was Tian Raoliang's duty to hold on to Taiyuan Prefecture, but Wang Bing, the guard general, had tried it a few days before sending troops out of the city, and so many soldiers died in vain.

The prefect pushed the blame, and Wang Bing, who was closely related to the Western Army, couldn't bear to see Zhe Yanwen's appearance. He immediately clasped his fists at Tian Raoliang and said: "Your Majesty, the Jin Xia army will attack Tokyo when they go south! If Tokyo is defeated, everything will be safe under the overwhelming force." Egg? I would like to take only my own soldiers to go south with General Zhe, please make a decision!"

Hearing that Wang Bing would not take away the defenders, Tian Raoliang sighed: "That's fine."

On the 30th, Kuang Daogu of the Xin'an Army and Jing Chao of the Weisheng Army passed through Taiyuan Prefecture with their troops. After a night's rest, they followed the footsteps of the Jinxia Army and went south, but always maintained a relatively safe distance.

On the afternoon of the first day of October, Liu Shuping's team, who was on Qinfeng Road, spent the whole day outside Taiyuan Prefecture.

It looks like they are chasing, but it also seems like they are observing the situation in Qi from a close distance in order to make the right decision in the shortest possible time.

The Jin Xia Army made perfect use of its strong mobility and advanced extremely quickly.

On September 21, Jingxi Road Commander Feng Shuangyuan received the news that the Jinxia army was besieging Baoan Prefecture. On the 22nd, he received the news that the Western Army was hoping for a break and that Baoan Prefecture Commander Tong Wei had died in battle.

Before he could fully digest such shocking news, the Jin Xia army had already attacked Huaizhou and Mengzhou in early October, and on the fourth day of the lunar month, they entered Luoyang City, Xijing.

This is the last important town before Tokyo.

Although the senior civil and military officials of Qi knew about the news of the defeat of the Western Army, they did not choose to make it public immediately to avoid panic.

But when the Jinxia army's vanguard suddenly appeared under the city, it was like a divine soldier descending from heaven to the hinterland of Qi. The soldiers and people of Luoyang were panicked.

On the afternoon of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the Xixia Army's forward officer, the rewarder, killed hundreds of people with strong arms, and shot more than a thousand letters into the city. The letter said: Jin and Qi were originally friendly countries, but the King of Chu of Qi State ignored the friendship and took the Emperor of Jin hostage. The Jin-Xia coalition forces that brought trouble to the Jin Kingdom came here not to target the military and civilians of Qi, but to punish the powerful ministers. The King of Chu only killed the chief culprit and punished his family members, so that the rest could live in peace. If we open the city to welcome Jin Xia's army, our army will not attack in the autumn after entering the city; if we try to resist stubbornly, when the city is broken, there will be no chickens or dogs left.
Xixia was Hanized far earlier than the Jin Kingdom, and there were also many Han officials in the court.

This letter of persuasion to surrender was written by Ren Dejing, the commander-in-chief of the Southern Expedition. Presumably, he had been paying attention to the situation in Qi for a long time.

It must be said that he chose this place and time to send out a letter urging surrender, which was very vicious.

This place is Luoyang, Xijing. It was originally the base camp of conservatives. At the beginning, the King of Chu took power and dismissed many uncooperative officials. Most of these officials gathered in Xijing after they were dismissed.

Later, some gentry also came here after being suppressed by the Tokyo Tiangai and Xuandemen Incidents.

Furthermore, when Cheng Biyong launched a rebellion on Jingxi Road in the name of "Qing Jun Side", although it was quelled by Feng Shuangyuan several years later and Cheng Biyong was exterminated, Feng Shuangyuan did not liquidate those who had anything to do with the rebels in order to appease the local area. A local family with strong connections.

If Qi is at peace, even if these people have ten courages, they will not dare to cause trouble.

But right now.
There were many people in the city who hated the King of Chu. Ren Dejing first divided the King of Chu and the State of Qi in his letter, and then threatened him with two consequences: "no offense in autumn" and "no chicken or dog left".

Even after Feng Shuangyuan saw the letter, he immediately ordered his sergeants to search and destroy the surrender letters shot into the city, but a considerable part of them still fell into the hands of malicious people.

On the night of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, five or six people gathered at the home of Lu Yingxian, a great scholar in Xijing.

At the end of the conspiracy, they still couldn't come up with an accurate idea. Everyone knew that Jin Xia's so-called guarantee of only killing the culprits was completely inaccurate, but as an emperor and a courtier, if the King of Chu fell, then the Jiarou he supported would surely They would also be driven out of office, including the important officials of the Manchu Dynasty who were attached to the King of Chu at this time, and they would all have to be replaced.

No matter who the Jin people support, or simply incorporate the Qi State into the Jin State's territory, they will always need people to serve as officials and help them collect taxes.

Lu Yingxian's faction was suppressed by the King of Chu, so he was not a suitable official that the Jin Kingdom naturally needed.

At that time, the properties of the officials of the King of Chu and the liquidation of the Huaibei faction will be confiscated. Just thinking about the oil and water involved will make people tremble uncontrollably!

But the risk is also very high.

In the past, at most they had political disagreements with the King of Chu. If they clearly invested money this time, it would be easy for the Jin Xia army to attack Tokyo.

If the attack cannot be broken, everyone will have to eat the Nine Tribes Set Meal when King Chu recovers.

Seeing that Lu Yingxian was still undecided, Sun Bang, who moved to Luoyang from Xiangfu in the 11th year of Fuchang, whispered: "Why are you hesitating, Mr. Lu? Mr. Lu's son-in-law is working under Feng Shuangyuan. As long as we welcome the generals of Dajin into the city, , we can arrive in Tokyo in no time! Only then can we depose the puppet princess and establish a new king, so that we can have peace both inside and outside the Qi Dynasty!"

Sun Bang was a little excited. As he spoke, his face turned red and his beard trembled.

Everyone present knew that Sun Bang's elder brother, Sun Qi, the former Hube Duzhilang, was killed by the King of Chu during the Xuandemen Incident in the eleventh year of Fuchang.

Sun Bang was not involved in this matter at that time, but the pillar of his family died mysteriously. He was so frightened that he moved his family to Luoyang that year.

It can be said that he had a big feud with the King of Chu.

Seeing the possibility of revenge at this time, how could one not be excited.

But Lu Yingxian was much calmer. After thinking for a moment, he said: "Don't worry, I will go find Han Fang tomorrow and find out what he says."

Han Fang was originally a banner figure for conservatives in Xijing. He often criticized the government and spoke sharply.

In the tenth year of Fuchang, he was invited by Huaibei to serve as an academician of Caizhou Academy of Literature. However, even though he had taken over Huaibei's job, he still criticized the King of Chu from time to time.

Everyone felt that this person might be able to win over him.

There are also smart people who saw the deep meaning of Lu Yingxian. If Han Fang started to scold Chen Chu, it would naturally leave an unpopular impression on some people that "the King of Chu himself scolded him".

At the same time, if the Jin army does not progress smoothly in the future and the King of Chu does not fall, Han Fang can also be used as a shield.

At first glance, Lu Yingxian's thoughts and concerns are comprehensive and he can advance and retreat freely.

But if this matter were known to Huaibei officials, such as Cai Yuan and Chen Jingan, they would probably ridicule, "Such a dangerous thing to seek for the world, but still be so cautious and cherish feathers. If you want to be a gambler at the card table, you must have The consciousness of losing all your wealth and even the life of your family will only lead to losing everything! '

In short, with the beautiful advance of the Jin Army, the demons and ghosts that had been dormant in Qi State emerged one after another. (End of chapter)