Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 249
Chapter 248: Qi Army Withdrew South
Compared with the lack of troops, the lack of generals is the biggest problem. Before the war, Qi’s lineup was the best in the world, but after the Longchuan Rebellion and Zhang Di’s departure, the Qi army’s lineup changed. The Qi State has always been short of generals. After the ancestor of the Qi State Han Xin established the country, the most powerful generals under him were all recalled by Han Wang Liu Bang. After all, these people are indeed others. Liu Bang's people, now that you, Han Xin, are going to separate from others, is it possible to leave others to you, which leads to the fact that although Han Xin is strong, he has no one to use.

Since the founding of the country, Qi State has always been short of generals. Qi State has well-known generals who command troops, but there are not many generals who charge forward and guard places. This is why Qi State chose to form an alliance with Chu State to fight against Wei State and The reason is Zhao Yan.

So when Han Qing brought back the entire Chu army, the King of Qi was not to mention how happy he was. The quality of the Chu army was still very high. It's a fight for the world's capital, but King Qi and Han Qing both have a glass heart, and they have extreme distrust of these generals who surrendered from Chu, which led to today's ending.

There was a shortage of generals in the army, so Han Qing had to promote some young generals, and some generals were also pulled from their homes to the front line, and they could barely fill the vacancies, but these people still lacked ability. effect is not yet known.

On the other hand, the Zhao army, since learning of the changes in the Qi army, stepped up their offensive and stormed Ande City again. However, because the reinforcements had not yet arrived, the Qi army could not spare any troops to support them. In the end, they were defeated by the Zhao army. , Zhong Liang's death in battle made the Qi army even worse, and the loss of Ande also caused the Pingyuan County Government and Pingyuan City to lose contact with Leling City, making the [-] Qi troops stationed in Pingyuan City in a precarious situation.

In the Leling camp, Han Qing stayed alone in the Chinese army tent, thinking about how to break the situation. The most urgent task now is to open up the connection with Pingyuan, otherwise the 3 soldiers and horses in Pingyuan City will be finished. There are only three ways to get in touch, one is to go upstream through the Yellow River, but the Yellow River is turbulent, and there is no one who is proficient in water in the Qi army. It takes too much time, it's unrealistic. The third is to forcefully attack Ander. This is the most direct way. Only by taking Ender back, everything will be solved easily. There are more than [-] people.

"General, please see the last general Wu Lie!" At this time, the Qi army general Wu Lie came outside the tent and asked to see him.

After Wu Lie entered the tent of the Chinese army, he said to Han Qing, "General, the [-] reinforcements from Taishan County have arrived."

Han Qing nodded. At this time, Han Qing made a difficult decision. He said to Wu Lie, "General Wu, I planned to withdraw all the troops to the south of the Yellow River and defend by the river."

"What! General, are you telling the truth?" Wu Lie was shocked. It was not as simple as talking about evacuating to the north of the Yellow River. This meant that the Qi army had to give up all the land north of the Yellow River, and more importantly, That is, if the Qi army abandons the defense to the north of the Yellow River, Zhao Jun can get in touch with Li Rubing's troops in Dongjun. By that time, the land north of the Yellow River in Wei State will be in jeopardy. Isn't this cheating allies?
Xin Zhao nodded and said: "Yes, this general also knows that this move will have a great impact on the great cause of Qi Wei's resistance to Zhao, but this general has no other better way. If he doesn't do this, Pingyuan City will sooner or later It will be attacked by the Zhao army. At that time, the [-] troops in Pingyuan City will be completely lost. This is a big blow to us who are already short of troops. Retreating to the south of the Yellow River is tantamount to the best way. I will personally edit the book for Pang Kuo, I hope he can understand."

Of course, Han Qing knew how much the impact of the southward retreat would be, but as he said, there was no way out. Without a strong man breaking his arms, he could only watch Pingyuan City break down and [-] troops perish on the battlefield. , and once the plain is lost, the Qi army can only retreat southward, otherwise it will not be able to form a coherent defense line.

"Since the general has made a decision, the general has no choice but to support it. When does the general plan to withdraw?" Now that Han Qing has decided to withdraw to the south, Wu Lie has no choice but to implement it.

Han Qing thought for a while and said, "After a while, the most urgent task now is to inform Ping Yuan and Pang Kuo of this news, so that they are prepared, so that they don't get caught off guard."

"Here!" Wu Lie replied.

On the tenth day of August in the 17th year of Qianyuan, the Qi army in Pingyuan City had received Han Qing's order to withdraw to the south and was ready to leave. At the same time, Pang Kuo in Yangping City also received Han Qing's letter. , Pang Kuo was furious, and said: "Han Qing, what does he mean? He can't defend himself, and he wants to drag us into the water."

Everyone was very puzzled, what happened to Pang Kuo, how could he be so angry, and what did Han Qing say in the letter that made Pang Kuo, who had always been calm, so angry.

Pang Kuo also realized that he had lost his composure just now, but what Han Qing did really made him very angry. He didn't speak, but just passed on Han Qing's letter.

After reading the letter, everyone was shocked. In order to keep the 3 people in Pingyuan City, Han Qing withdrew his entire army to the south of the Yellow River, handed over the land north of the Yellow River to Zhao Jun, and persuaded Pang Kuo to withdraw southward together. , This is not a joke, Qi State does not have a lot of territory north of the Yellow River. The country is still in chaos, but the Qi army has withdrawn. If the Wei army does not withdraw, it will face the pincer attack of Li Rubing and Zhao Xin. The problem is even more serious. How to choose is really a problem.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, not daring to express their opinions. After all, this decision is too heavy. If they are not careful, they will become the sinners of the entire Wei State. This issue can only be decided by Pang Kuo. , they stayed in the north of the Yellow River and fought to the death with Zhao Jun, but the chances of Wei Jun's death were very high. After all, Zhao Xin had three 10,000+ troops in his hand, so he sent 10 people to join forces with Li Rubing, not the current Wei Jun able to handle.

Chu Fei, the military commander of the Wei army, came out and said: "General, the Qi army has been cornered. The Longchuan rebellion was punished, and Zhang Di left to rebuild the Chu state. At this time, the Qi army is not as good as before in terms of strength and generals. The 3 people in the city are too important to Han Qing, and Han Qing dare not give up."

"Hmph!" Pang Kuo was still angry, and said: "That's because the people of Qi are stupid. They treat those surrendered generals of Chu like this. It's no wonder they don't turn against him. It's a good thing now. In order to keep their 3 people in the plains, we will use the Asking Ben Sima to give up a large area of ​​land is really absurd."

"Then what decision did Da Sima make?" It doesn't matter whether Pang Kuo's anger is gone or not. The most important thing is that everyone wants to know what Pang Kuo is thinking at the moment, whether to withdraw or not.

Pang Kuo said: "Let's wait and see first, but we must also make preparations for retreating south. At the same time, we should send someone to inform Wei Bu to make preparations. He can't stay here and be surrounded and killed by Zhao Jun. This account will be settled sooner or later." Make a clear settlement with Han Qing, otherwise it will be hard to dispel Ben Sima's anger."

Pang Kuo decided to wait and see, but Pang Kuo knew that the southward retreat was a certainty. Without the Qi army blocking Xin Zhao's army on the east front, the Wei army would stay north of the Yellow River and wait for death.

On August 17th, 10th year of Qianyuan, the Qi army began to retreat southward on a large scale, abandoning all the places north of the Yellow River, and the whole army retreated to the south of the Yellow River. The defense line was arranged according to the Yellow River. Han Qing led the main force of 10,000 people to garrison Jinan County. Another [-]+ people were stationed at Gaotang, Qiancheng, and Liaocheng at the inner ferry. In addition, a large number of beacon towers were arranged on the entire south bank of the Yellow River, blocking the entire south bank of the Yellow River.

After the Qi army withdrew to the south, the Zhao army occupied all the cities north of the Yellow River in Pingyuan County. Just as Han Qing and Pang Kuo thought, Zhao Xin, who occupied the northern plain, sent general Sima Song to lead an army of [-] westward to support Li Rubing.

(End of this chapter)