I really can't control myself

Qi Fangcheng's simple surrender was of course also affected by the Qiu Town Battle. As for the city lord of Fangcheng, he actually just escaped from Qiu Town.

The imperial court mobilized a large army, and Qifangcheng, who was close to them, naturally joined the coalition forces. He had always been in the coalition camp before.

However, from the beginning to the end, the city lord of Qifang City did not know what happened specifically, so they were defeated inexplicably. When the chaos that night affected his military camp, the soldiers couldn't even shout back. There were fleeing soldiers everywhere, and he didn't know where his own men were, and he couldn't organize them at all.

At that time, he realized that people of his status were not even qualified to influence the overall situation.

When he set out with his troops, he had the intention of making a name for himself in this battle. However, he failed to make any meritorious service and came back defeated without even being qualified to participate in the battle. This huge gap directly destroyed his character.

Of course he didn't know that in fact, the soldiers he brought out before were even more than Linton's troops who attacked them. After all, there were tens of thousands of people coming.

Of course, he later met Li Jinglong who had escaped and confirmed their tragic defeat. After all, he didn't even know what was going on at the time.

If Li Jinglong is willing to rebuild the defense line here, the lord of Fangcheng will naturally be willing to contribute. However, I didn't expect that Li Jinglong was seriously injured. The only time he woke up was to shout to continue retreating.

If he retreats, doesn't he give up the rest of his city?

Not only that, the other party did not say anything when he retreated, but directly took away all the broken troops gathered by his men. Of course, he also told him to let him go with him.

The city lord of Qifang City simply fell silent. Not to mention that all his wealth was in Qifang City, and those under him had not fully escaped yet.

Isn't the most important thing to do now to re-establish a defensive line here, hold the city while waiting for his men and other defeated armies to join together? After all, Qifang City is the nearest big city to Qiu Town, so there should be many soldiers fleeing here.

But Li Jinglong's first reaction was to keep running. Seeing what he meant, he was ready to run all the way back to the capital. Yes, he has no doubt that this guy's retreat will last a lifetime.

Facing such a general, the city lord only felt sad. So in the end, he refused to run with Li Jinglong, saying that he wanted to stay and rectify the broken troops, and then continue to organize resistance and so on.

Li Jinglong was in a coma and didn't wake up at all. His men strictly followed his orders and did not care about the matter of the city lord of Fangcheng. They led the people and ran back again.

The actual situation is that at that time, the lord of Qifang City had already intended to defect to the opposite side.

And Li Ying personally called the door, which made him make up his mind. Comparing the courage of both sides, Li Jinglong ran away like a lost dog, and look at Li Ying here, regardless of danger, she went to the city to call the door in person, which of course convinced the city lord who already had his own bias.

So Qifang City was opened like this. After all, not only the city lord, but also most of the soldiers in Qifang City had just escaped from the battlefield in Qiu Town. Of course, they had also been beaten out of their minds and were afraid of the people on the opposite side. The troops also knew that their general had already run away.

Yes, Linton and the others stayed stationed for two days because they needed to integrate their troops. Li Jinglong ran away immediately.

By the time Linton and his troops arrived at Qifang City, there were actually some broken troops gathered in Qifang City, about 20,000 people.

If this group of soldiers really resists, of course they can still resist for a long time, but there is really no one to organize them.

Now the lord of Fangcheng surrendered directly with 20,000 people, and both sides were quite satisfied.

"Sure enough, it happened!" Li Ying here was extremely excited, looking at Linton with the same fascination. Under normal circumstances, of course he would not take the risk of going to the city to call the door. How dangerous it is. But Linton asked him to go, and he trusted Linton as always, so he went. As expected, the effect was outstanding, and he really made the other party switch sides on the spot.

So you really have to listen to your son-in-law, right? It's really a no-brainer. In Li Ying's view, Linton really had everything planned out. Linton had already said this before the battle in Qiu Town. It was obvious that Linton had already determined the development of everything at that time. As expected, God of war.

However, Li Ying did not expect that this was just the beginning. Because just after Qifang City, on the way to the capital, several more cities surrendered directly.

Of course, he was the one who called for the door. It was really just asking for one door to open. He even walked to the door and the other party opened the door and was waiting without even calling.

The reason why it went so smoothly, apart from the shock of the Qiu Town Battle, was that more importantly, they all knew the new order from the court.

Didn't the imperial court ask Li Jinglong to quickly lead his soldiers back to defend the capital? Then the other meaning of this order was to abandon them?

If you take the soldiers and food and leave, and let them stay here to resist the rebels, what will they do to resist? Take your life?

Since the court no longer cares about them, do they still want to care about the court? Apparently not many people want to die. Even if there were, his men would not be so united as to follow him to death.

Yes, even if there is a general who really wants to resist, the question is why should his soldiers follow him to fight against Li Ying's troops?

Although these generals brought their own soldiers to join the coalition, their troops had been completely dispersed after the Battle of Qiu Town.

Some of the people in the city were taken away by Li Jinglong, and the rest were broken troops who fled back one after another. They were not the troops they brought to join the coalition at all. How could they possibly convince these soldiers to die with him when they were not their own at all.

The 400,000-strong coalition army was defeated by the other side. How many people are there in the city now? If they continue to resist, wouldn't it mean to die?

So even if there were those who were unwilling to surrender, they were directly pressed down by others. The final result was that Li Ying was shouting at the door all the way, and the cities he passed through also surrendered all the way.

Soon, Linton's troops had expanded to more than 110,000. They are all broken troops gathered in various cities.

The better news is that many officers who escaped also voted, so the problem of insufficient officers was soon solved. It's just a little troublesome to integrate, but this is Xu Jing's strength.

Walking and integrating all the way, what is surprising is that they actually caught up with Li Jinglong's retreating army.