Chapter 928
The more Zhao Guangyi thought about it, the more afraid he became. If Zhao Kuangyin really died, all the courtiers would set up his son Jiwei. His nephew has always been reckless, and he was at odds with his uncle.When Zhao Kuangyin was there, he still thought of his brotherhood. If the nephew came to power, he might take back his military power.

Attacking Gaomi these days, if the [-] soldiers and horses are close to [-], most of the remaining soldiers and horses are wounded.If that reckless nephew took the opportunity to attack Xuzhou, Zhao Guangyi felt that he would be at a disadvantage.

Now the top priority is not to mention going to Yanzhou to fight for power, but at least return to Xuzhou and wait for it to figure out what happened in Yanzhou.

Anyway, this Qingzhou cannot be defeated, and continuing to attack will only damage the troops. If Zhao Kuangyin is really dead, it will definitely be unfavorable for Zhao Guangyi to stay in Qingzhou, and now the only option is to retreat.

Thinking of this, Zhao Guangyi hurriedly asked loudly outside the tent: "Xia Luqi, Hu Yanzan and you haven't come back yet?"

"My lord, the two generals have returned and are waiting outside the camp." The guard responded.

"Let them in quickly!"

Xia Luqi and Hu Yanzan walked into the tent one after the other, cupped their hands towards Zhao Guangyi and said, "My lord, we are incompetent, and let Yang Zaixing run away again..."

Seeing the appearance of the two, Zhao Guangyi also knew that Xia Luqi and Hu Yanzan did not catch up with Yang Zaixing, so he didn't bother to care about Yang Zaixing's whereabouts now.He waved his hand and said, "Forget it. It's been more than a month since our army stormed Gaomi. Not only have we gained nothing, but we've lost troops and generals. I'm planning to retreat. The two of you quickly go to rectify the troops."

"Retreat?" The two were taken aback when they heard this.

Zhao Guangyi said coldly: "What if you don't retreat now? You can't stop Yang Zaixing. If Yang Zaixing keeps going like this, our army will suffer heavy casualties."

The faces of the two were bitter, thinking that Li Jilong's grain transportation team was raided just now, and a large amount of grain and grass were burned.I'm afraid that the soldiers will not be able to eat enough these days, let alone attacking the city. It seems that there is only one way to retreat.

The two told Zhao Guangyi about the attack on Li Jilong's grain and grass. Zhao Guangyi became even more angry. , retreat as soon as possible."

"No!" For Zhao Guangyi's anger, the two were not angry, but blamed themselves for being incompetent and unable to deal with Yang Zaixing, which caused the lord's plan to fail.

In the afternoon of the same day, the Zhao army who besieged Gaomi retreated, returned to the camp to rest, and rectified. Early the next morning, Zhao Guangyi led the army southward and returned to Xuzhou.The Han army had only 6 soldiers and horses, so naturally they did not dare to easily pursue the Zhao army with more than [-] soldiers and horses.Therefore, Zhao Jun returned to Xuzhou unimpeded all the way.

Yang Zaixing and others found that Zhao Jun had retreated, so they returned to Gaomi.

"Thanks to General Yang for coming forward this time. If General Yang hadn't gone out of the city alone and raided Zhao's army every day to prevent them from attacking the city, otherwise our Qingzhou might be in danger." Yang Zaixing and others returned to the city, and Received a warm welcome from Lin Renzhao and others.

"We are both serving the country, so what is the difference between each other? As long as Qingzhou can be kept, everyone will contribute." Yang Zaixing said with a smile.

"Huh? Who are these?" Lin Renzhao noticed Qi Jiguang behind Yang Zaixing, Uesugi Kenshin and others asked.

Yang Zaixing told Lin Renzhao the identities of Qi Jiguang, Uesugi Kenshin and others. Lin Renzhao, like Yang Zaixing, greatly appreciated Qi Jiguang, but asked Uesugi Kenshin to wait patiently for the restoration of the country proposed by Uesugi Kenshin.

In the evening of that day, the Han army held a banquet in Gaomi city to celebrate Zhao's retreat.The next day, Lin Renzhao sent someone to contact Tai Shici in the west, Lin Chong's soldiers and horses, and asked how the war in the west was going.

But in Jinan area, because Zhao Kuangyin died in ambush, Yanzhou quickly sent Li Dian to Jinan to meet Jing Si and Yuexi's army.Soon these soldiers and horses withdrew from Qingzhou unharmed and returned to Yanzhou.

When Tai Shici led his troops from Qi State to Jinan County, the Zhao army had already retreated.

Hong Xiuquan and Shi Dakai's Yellow Turban soldiers also withdrew from Licheng, and the Han army entered Licheng.

These included the [-] soldiers Zhang Xian and Yue Yun brought from Jizhou, the [-] soldiers Zhang Xutuo, Li Wenzhong, Li Xiucheng, and Chen Yucheng who attacked the Yellow Turban, and the [-] soldiers Tai Shici brought from Qi.These soldiers and horses add up to nearly [-] people.

For the arrival of Taishici, Zhang Xian, Zhang Xutuo, Li Wenzhong and other commander-in-chief generals were very surprised, and asked: "General Taishi, why are you here? Zhao Jun's attack on Jinan is likely to attract soldiers and horses from Qi State." Support, and then raid Qingzhou from Qi State. Now that you have brought out all the soldiers and horses, isn’t Qi State empty?”

Tai Shici laughed loudly and said: "Don't worry, Yanzhou soldiers and horses attacked Jinan, and it was good for me to come to support them, but now they have withdrawn their troops. What does this mean?"

"Could it be that Zhao Jun failed to make a surprise attack and was already repelled by you? No, if only the raiding troops were retreated, Zhao Jun would not have retreated." Zhang Xian guessed.

"The raiding troops were repelled. Of course, the main Zhao army in Jinan would not retreat easily, but what if Zhao Kuangyin made a surprise attack himself and was shot and killed by our army?" Tai Shici asked with a smile.

"What? Zhao Kuangyin was killed?" All the generals were very surprised when they heard the news, they couldn't believe it.

Tai Shici nodded and explained: "Zhao Kuangyin, the main force of the Zhao army here in Jinan, is a fake. Zhao Kuangyin led his troops to attack Qi State but failed, and fell into an ambush by our army. At that time, Xu Chu, a fierce general under his command, was stopped by me, and Zhao Kuangyin was arrested by me. More than a dozen generals and schools of our army were besieged and suffered serious injuries, many of them fatal. In the end, only Xu Chu and Zhao Kuangyin escaped alone. Although our army did not get Zhao Kuangyin's body, Zhao Kuangyin would not survive if he thought about it."

"In this way, even if Zhao Kuangyin is not dead, he is probably seriously injured and bedridden, otherwise Jing Si's tens of thousands of troops would not be able to retreat easily." Zhang Xian clapped his hands and looked excited.

Now the highest official position is Tai Shici, followed by Zhang Xian, Yue Yun and others. As for Zhang Xutuo and others, they are still white.

Tai Shici then asked the crowd: "Generals, now that Jing Si is retreating, tell me what should we do next?"

Zhang Xian immediately said: "Over Gaomi, Zhao Guangyi led [-] troops to attack Gaomi. Now that our side is safe, we should naturally send some troops to support General Lin."

"That's right!" All the generals nodded in agreement.

After discussing with several generals, they decided that Tai Shici would lead the [-] soldiers from the headquarters, and Zhang Xutuo, Li Wenzhong, Li Xiucheng, and Chen Yucheng had pulled together [-] soldiers to Gaomi to support Lin Renzhao.

As for Zhang Xian and Yue Yun, they continued to lead [-] troops to guard Licheng to guard against the return of the Zhao army. As for Lin Chong who was still staying in Qi State, they did not inform Rang to continue guarding the border of Qi State.

Facing Tai Shici and Zhang Xian's arrangement, Yue Yun was very dissatisfied and said: "I came from Jizhou to help, these days my hammer is almost rusted, and you guys have also fought with the Yellow Turban these days as much as possible. If you are interested, let me help General Lin Renzhao."

After hearing Yue Yun's words, Li Xiucheng and Chen Yucheng, the two Yellow Turban generals, stood up quickly and said, "Since General Yue is going to fight, we will not go. It happens that there are still many Yellow Turban remnants around Licheng. Staying here can help General Zhang wipe out other Yellow Turbans."

After hearing this, Tai Shici also felt that it was better for Li Xiucheng and Chen Yucheng to stay than Yue Yun.After all, Yue Yun was highly skilled in martial arts, and going to Gaomi would be of greater help to the Han army, while Li Xiucheng and Chen Yucheng were familiar with the Yellow Turbans, so staying here could wipe out the remnants of the Yellow Turbans in Jinan as soon as possible.

"In that case, then General Yue Yun will follow me to Gaomi, and Li Xiucheng and Chen Yucheng will stay and help General Zhang Xian guard Licheng, and wipe out the remnants of the Yellow Turban by the way." Tai Shici said to the three of them.

The next day, Tai Shici led Yue Yun, Zhang Xutuo, Li Wenzhong and [-] troops to the Gaomi area to support Lin Renzhao.

But at this time, Gaomi's Zhao army had already retreated, and on the way, Tai Shici's army encountered a messenger sent by Lin Renzhao to Qi to inquire about the war.Knowing that the siege of Gaomi had been lifted, everyone was very happy.

Tai Shici pondered and said: "Now all the enemies in Qingzhou are retreating, if we don't go, let's go back to Juxian County. In the past month, our soldiers are very tired, we should let them have a good rest."

Yue Yun was very discouraged when he heard the words, he wanted to go to Gaomi to show his talents, but he didn't think that Zhao Guangyi had already retreated.

Unexpectedly, Li Wenzhong objected: "General Taishi, I don't think we should retreat."

"Oh? How do you say that?" Tai Shici asked in confusion.

Li Wenzhong explained: "I heard that the two brothers Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Guangyi have always been at odds. Now Zhao Kuangyin's birthday is unknown, but Zhao Guangyi has retreated back to Xuzhou. I am afraid that Zhao Guangyi also learned some information about Zhao Kuangyin and rushed back to fight for power. The civil strife in Yanzhou will start.

In the past month, Qingzhou has not only encountered foreign enemies, but also internal strife. If we retreat, the soldiers must be greedy for comfort.In the future, His Majesty will attack Yanzhou, or Xuzhou. After this civil strife, our Qingzhou will be seriously injured, and it is very likely that we will not be able to use our troops.

But now that Yanzhou is in civil strife, Zhao Guangyi is likely to lead Xuzhou soldiers to Yanzhou to fight for power. At this time, we should take advantage of the victory to pursue and attack Xuzhou. Not to mention taking Xuzhou down, it is best to win a county.

Xuzhou has not experienced any battles these years, and is quite rich. If it can win a county, it will be able to support the supply of tens of thousands of troops with the help of this county. In the future, if it attacks Yanzhou or Xuzhou, it will be able to take the initiative. "

After listening to Li Wenzhong's analysis, Tai Shici nodded repeatedly and said: "You are right. I, Qingzhou, have few people and are poor. If there is a truce now, there are not many troops that can be used to attack Yan and Xu in the future. If we can take Xuzhou We can use more troops in the future. Forget it, I’ll listen to you. If we don’t go back to Ju County, we’ll go to Gaomi to join General Lin. If Zhao Guangyi really leads his troops to Xuzhou to seize power, we will attack Xuzhou.”

(End of this chapter)

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