Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 257 The Fall of Gaotang
Chapter 256: The Fall of Gaotang
After Wang Ti was beheaded by Li Jiqian and others, Liu Ying saw that the Zhao army had already landed one after another, and knew that it would be futile to stay here, and the whole army might be wiped out, so he immediately led the remnants back to Gaotang City. In the war, the Qi army suffered heavy losses. Before they came, there were 5 people. Later, the Song people rebelled and lost more than 2 people. In addition, Wang Ti was killed and the Zhao army attacked, and the loss exceeded [-]. Liu Ying only brought More than [-] people returned to Gaotang City.

After Liu Ying retreated, Li Jiqian took a group of Song people to clean up the battlefield, and after Zhao Xin landed, Li Jiqian brought Guan Jun, Hu Yansong, and Zhao Xuan to Zhao Xin, and said, "The last general Li Jiqian (Guan Jun, Hu Yansong, Zhao Xuan) pay respects to General Zhao Xin!"

Thanks to Li Jiqian and others in this battle, Zhao Jun was able to easily break through the Yellow River defense line and landed in the Central Plains. Xin Zhao was in a good mood at the moment, and said with a smile: "Okay, General Li has done a good job, and he will fulfill his promise. In the future, no matter you It doesn’t matter if you want to join the army or go back to Jibei, but you have to wait until after the war is over.”

"Thank you, General!" Li Jiqian and the others were overjoyed. Zhao Xin was indeed a man of his word. As for saying that the war would end, Li Jiqian and the others were completely understandable. After all, Jinbei is still in the hands of the Qi State, and they can't go back. go.

After Xin Zhao arrived, hundreds of thousands of Zhao troops also landed one after another. After a short rest, Xin Zhao led the army to march towards Gaotang City. At this time, Liu Ying had already returned to Gaotang City, and Zhao Jun arrived in no time. , There is not much time left for Liu Ying, and once Gaotang falls, the entire Yellow River defense line will collapse immediately. What Liu Ying can do now is to stick to Gaotang, delay time, and send a fast horse to notify Han Qing.

Less than half an hour after Kuaima left, Zhao Xin led hundreds of thousands of Zhao soldiers to the city. Now Gaotang City is already in a state of panic. There are less than 2 people in the entire city, and they have just lost a battle. Morale At the bottom of the valley, it would be foolish to block Zhao Jun's attack, but Liu Ying did not dare to retreat, and the soldiers and horses on the Yellow River defense line have not yet reacted.Once Gaotang is gone, they can easily be defeated by Zhao Jun one by one, so Liu Ying must stick to Gaotang City to delay time.

After arriving in Gaotang City, Xin Zhao sent people into the city to persuade him to surrender. Liu Ying had to think about it for a few days before giving an answer. After hearing this, Xin Zhao couldn't help laughing, this time has come for Liu Ying , Still thinking about delaying time, it's really whimsical.

Xin Zhao understood that what Liu Ying said was to delay the time for Zhao Jun to break through Gaotang so that Han Qing could respond, but how could Xin Zhao give him this chance, so Xin Zhao ordered that after an hour, if Liu Ying Before surrendering, Ying immediately attacked the city.

An hour passed quickly, Xin Zhao looked at Liu Ying who had no intention of opening the city at all, and lost his patience, and ordered to attack the city. Liu Ying on the top of the city looked at Zhao Jun, who was crowding under the city, and also After a while of scalp numbness, he ordered the soldiers to fight back.

However, there are only a few thousand people in Gaotang City, and there are still many wounded and low morale. How can they stop the tens of thousands of Zhao Jun who are like tigers and wolves? Although Liu Ying has led his troops to resist desperately, it is also futile. After only resisting for half a day, the gate of Gaotang City was blasted open by Zhao Jun, but Liu Ying and his more than [-] soldiers were killed in battle. The letter seems to be worthwhile. Once Gaotang is broken, Qi Wei's Yellow River defense line will also fall apart. The hundreds of thousands of Zhao troops in the northern plains can continue to land in the Central Plains through Gaotang, and finally it is time to sweep Qi Wei.

In the Gaotang County Yamen, Xin Zhao sat at the head seat, and below were a group of generals. It is worth mentioning that, in order to show his importance to Li Jiqian and others, Xin Zhao directly let Li Jiqian sit at the head on the left, while Guan Jun , Hu Yansong, and Zhao Xuan followed closely behind.

Since meeting Xin Zhao, Li Jiqian has received a courtesy that he has never experienced in Qi State. This makes Li Jiqian and others can't help feeling grateful to Zhao Xinxin. It is also a powerful country in the world. Compared with Zhao Guo, Qi State is really worse. It's not a star and a half, it seems that Qi will lose this battle.

Thinking of this, Li Jiqian and others thought of their family members in Jibei. At first, because they were excluded in Linzi, Li Jiqian and others sent their family members back to Jibei. Now because of their defection, the Qi army was defeated. The others were very worried that the Qi Congress would be unfavorable to their family, so Li Jiqian said to Zhao Dao: "General, Jibei is our hometown, and we are quite prestigious in Jibei. The last general asks for orders and leads General Ma Ti, the headquarter, took Jibei!"

Xin Zhao could tell at a glance that Li Jiqian and the others had misgivings in their minds, but he also expressed his understanding, and the attack on Jibei was also in Xin Zhao's plan. With the guidance of local people like Li Jiqian, Zhao Jun won the entire Jibei It can be said to be easy, so he nodded and said: "Okay, since General Li is willing to attack Jibei, he will not be unreasonable. Let's see, now General Li's headquarters only has more than 3 people, and Jinbei It is also bordering on the border with China, I am afraid that General Li's troops will not be enough, I will give you some more soldiers, how about [-] people?"

Li Jiqian was overjoyed when he heard that, but Xin Zhao not only agreed to his suggestion to attack Jibei, but also replenished himself with soldiers and horses. This is really a surprise.

Li Jiqian said: "Thank you, General!"

After Li Jiqian and others went down, they didn't take any rest and took 3 people straight to Jibei Zhisuolu County. Li Jiqian and others were all important ministers and generals of the Song Dynasty in the past, and their prestige in Jibei was even higher than that of the Song King. , As soon as they arrived at the city of Lu County, the people beheaded the county magistrate, county lieutenant, and county magistrate and opened the city gate to Li Jiqian. It took Li Jiqian less than ten days to capture the entire Jibei County.

After Li Jiqian took Jibei County, Zhao Xin asked Li Jiqian to garrison Jibei, and at the same time threatened the rear of Wei State. Li Jiqian and other Song people were very satisfied with Zhao Xin's order, so that they could stay in Jibei without going to the battlefield When he was reunited with his family, Xin Zhao's image in the hearts of Li Jiqian and other Song people became much higher.

On the south bank of the Yellow River, the main camp of the Qi army, Han Qing learned that Li Jiqian and others had defected, Gaotang fell, Wang Ti and Liu Ying were killed in battle, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were wiped out. Smashing, venting the anger in his heart, he couldn't figure out why these surrendered generals would betray Qi State one by one. Qi State was defeated twice because of these surrendered generals. Zhang Di's departure last time led to the shortage of Qi's troops and had to withdraw southward. This time, it was because of the betrayal of Li Jiqian and other generals of the Song Dynasty that the Yellow River defense line he had carefully arranged was destroyed. It is really unreasonable.

But no matter how annoyed Han Qing was, it was useless. Now that Zhao Jun had crossed the Yellow River, the entire Yellow River defense line was finished, and Han Qing had to find another way out, so after careful consideration, Han Qing decided to stick to the city. Now all the generals from Song and Chu are gone, and there will be no other people who will fight back and lead to the defeat of the Qi army. They will defend the city until they reach the old city of Zhao Junshi.

So Xin Zhao ordered all the troops to retreat to the nearest city, fortified the walls and cleared the fields to wait for the Zhao army, while he himself led the main force of 8 people to retreat into the county.

Han Qing had prepared everything and waited for the arrival of the main force of the Zhao army, but Zhao Xin did the opposite, instead of attacking the city of Qi, he left a group of troops to garrison Gaotang City, waiting for the arrival of other Zhao troops. And he led 10 Zhao troops to turn around and rush towards Wei State. Among the [-] people, there are still [-] Zhao State war cavalry. Now Wei State does not know that Gaotang has fallen, Zhao Jun crossed the river, Zhao Xin is preparing The Wei army was caught off guard. If the [-] Wei army in Pang Kuo's hands could be wiped out, then the whole country of Wei would be at your fingertips.

On March 18th, 25th year of Qianyuan, Zhao Xin led an army of [-] to attack Epping. The Wei army general Feng Kui and the [-] Wei army who were in charge of the garrison of Eping were caught off guard. He also had to explain here, and the fall of Rianping made the Zhao army stationed on the north bank land on the south bank one after another, and the Wei army's Yellow River defense line suddenly fell apart.

(End of this chapter)