Chapter 75 Soldiers gather in Sandu
In Hu Guoshan's capital, I heard that Luo Tianji had been defeated, and the people were panicked, and there was no past lively laughter, and this ominous aura was emitted in the city.,
In the court, Luo Tianji's body was placed in the middle. When the officials saw more than ten feather arrows inserted in his body, they were all looking at him in the blood-stained battle robe.
The soldier who sent the body back knelt on the ground and cried bitterly: "Master, our army was defeated, 50,000 soldiers were arrested by the Si army for more than 40,000, and the others were killed. General Luo was also shot and killed by Qian Xiaoxing."
There was silence in the court, and everyone's mood fell to the bottom. Even the 50,000 soldiers Hu State pulled out from the border army were gone. There was no other way to think about it. Everyone knew in their hearts that Hu State was in danger!
Hu Kan sat sadly on the dragon throne, slowly raised his head and asked, "Where is Sima Yiqing?"
The little soldier replied: "Sima Yiqing once trapped Qian Xiaoxing, but Sima Chuchu was in Qian Xiaoxing's hands and had no choice but to let him go. He is now missing."
"Ah——" Hu Kan shouted to the sky in grief, venting the depression in his heart, and sighed: "Why, my great Hu Kingdom can't beat the small Si Kingdom!"
The officials didn't know how to answer this question, so they had to shake their heads and say nothing. Hu Kan saw dozens of officials below holding Hu Guo's generous salary, but now he could only shake his head and sigh. He couldn't help but be angry and scolded: "I, Hu Guo, will you shake your head? Who can still lead troops to resist the military!"
A general stood up and replied, "Master, we are willing to go. Even if we are wrapped in a horse and killed in the battlefield, we will not hesitate. However, there are no soldiers available now."
Another general said: "And the country of Dashi has launched a fierce attack on our border, and the defenders can no longer hold on, and they cannot draw troops back."
Hukan shouted: "Where is the border army on the Lin Kingdom's border, please send me back immediately!"
The general leaned over and replied, "The State of Lin has also increased its troops on the border. If we withdraw our troops, the State of Lin will definitely take the opportunity to march. Once we are released, our State of Hu will not be so easy to resist."
"Do you watch the Si army march straight in and capture Shandu? A bunch of waste!" Hu Kan was impatient and couldn't help but curse: "If the border army does not withdraw, it will be destroyed by the Si State. It would be better to take it back and fight. Even if it is defeated, the Si army will not win so easily."
When the border troops are sent back, the Dashi Kingdom, Lin Kingdom and Si Kingdom will definitely be surrounded by three sides, but at least more than 100,000 soldiers can be fought. If they are not sent back, the Si army will march straight into Shandu and will not even have the chance to fight.
All officials naturally knew the current form, but this was also a way to go all out. Except for King Hu himself, no one dared to say it.
Seeing that King Hu himself proposed it, all the officials discussed it. Although they knew that even if the border troops retreated, there would be a lot of danger, they had no choice but to say, "Your Majesty, then send the border troops back to Shandu City to defend the city. We support it."
"Defend to Shandu and fight to the death!" The generals were in high spirits and raised their hands to shout.
After a while, the fast horse rushed across Shandu's main street, and the soldiers immediately shouted, "Die blocking the road, get out of here!" The shocked people avoided each other, and the streets were in chaos.
On the border between Shiguo and Hu, a 200,000 army led by Shiwangzheng attacked the Hu army. Shiguo's army was divided into three routes, the left, middle and right, Fei Shan led the left, Bai Xiao led the middle route, and the right route was Yi Shuihan.
Shi Guo's army had been attacking fiercely for several days, but Hu had already built a pass wall in a critical area on the border, causing huge losses to Shi Guo's siege troops, but they had not yet captured it.
King Shi thought about preparing for more than ten years, just for the sake of this moment, but he was unable to break through the defense line of Hu. He promised Qian Xiaoxing to attack Shandu City together, but now he can't move forward, and he can't help but be extremely angry.
Bai Xiao attacked in the middle for several days, but still failed to capture it. The soldiers lost more than 50,000, while Hu Guo lost only less than 20,000, and he was also very depressed.
King Shi asked someone to summon Bai Xiao, and Bai Xiao hurried to King Shi's tent. King Shi asked, "Bai Xiao, I have the most troops, but you can't capture it. Do you want to die or not live?"
Bai Xiao was over forty years old, and a trace of panic flashed through his eyes. He knew that King Shi was very angry. It would be impossible to drag him out and chop him out. He hurriedly replied: "King Shi calmed down. Hu Jun guarded the pass according to the natural barrier. My Shi Jun soldiers have indeed tried their best."
"Don't tell me the reasons, I'll ask you if you can conquer it!" King Shi said angrily.
"It's possible...it's definitely possible!" Bai Xiao replied hurriedly.
King Shi drew out his long sword and pointed at Bai Xiao and said, "Si Jun has already gone to Shandu. If Shandu is occupied by Si Jun, I will not have the face of Shi Guo. I ordered you to capture me within two days, otherwise I will cut you down in person!"
"I understand, I will definitely conquer it!" Then Bai Xiao retreated.
Bai Xiao answered with ease, but it was so easy to conquer the natural danger. It seemed that this time it was really bad. Bai Xiao was thinking about the way out. If he really couldn't fight in two days, would he be killed by King Shi?
The next day, Bai Xiao led Shi's army to prepare for a fierce attack, but when he came to the pass, he saw that there was no Hu army on the city wall. Although Bai Xiao was puzzled, the opportunity should not be missed. He immediately ordered the soldiers to capture the pass, and the soldiers took down the pass without any resistance.
It turned out that the Hu army here had received the order from King Hu and was anxious to rush back to Shandu. Seeing that Bai Xiao had obtained the pass, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. This time he finally completed King Shi's order.
The news of Hu's retreat immediately reached King Shi. King Shi immediately ordered that the troops would be sent to Shandu, and the imperial palace in Shandu could be said to be a treasure, so King Shi thought of taking Shandu one step earlier than Si Jun and seizing the treasures in the palace.
On the border of Lin State, 100,000 Hu troops have also evacuated lightly, and Lin's army also took the opportunity to lead the army to advance. Seeing that Lin's king could advance smoothly without having to die a soldier this time, he really thanked Qian Xiaoxing for his blessing, and also urged the troops to march quickly and occupy more land and cities in Hu State.
In the Emerald City, the 45,000 prisoners of the Hu army have been done by the political commissar of the Si army for more than ten days. The soldiers have been brainwashed and instilled in the Hu country's many evil deeds. Destruction is an inevitable trend. Resigning to the Si army is a wise choice. Moreover, the soldiers saw with their own eyes that the Hu people in the Si army were holding high military pay, and they were also very yearning for them. Besides, the Si army would not be defeated in wars and their lives were not very dangerous, so they demanded to join the Si army.
Originally, more than 50,000 troops, plus 45,000 new soldiers, formed a 100,000 army. As soon as the Jade City was reorganized, Qian Xiaoxing received information from Mo Yan.
The information stated that the Hu army had already drawn Shi Guo and Lin Guo's border troops back to guard Shandu, with a total of about 150,000 people. It seems that the Hu army has given up the defense of the periphery, and 150,000 people want to defend Shandu to the death.
Seeing that Shi State and Lin State had already marched to occupy Hu's territory, the Si army could not fall behind. Qian Xiaoxing ordered the Si army to set out and march towards Shandu, occupying the city along the way.
In addition to the seven cities south of Lanjiang, Hu State had thirty-four cities. The thirteen cities above had been occupied by Shi State, while Lin State had occupied the eleven cities on the right, the Si army occupied the ten cities on the left, and the three troops came to the outside of Shandu City.
Shi Guo attacked the border this time and killed more than 50,000 people, and only 150,000 soldiers were left to the city of Shandu.
When Lin State crossed the border between Hu State, it was 200,000, but it divided 100,000 troops to defend the eleven cities occupied to prevent the other two countries from sending troops to occupy it. This was considered a skill, so only 100,000 troops arrived at the city of Shandu.
The Si Jun led all 100,000 people and also went outside Shandu City. Qian Xiaoxing learned about Lin Guo’s actions. It seems that King Lin is indeed a very suspicious person. Lin Guo left one hand, but he could only keep one hand. He secretly arranged 10,000 soldiers to go back to guard Tongtianqiao to prevent Lin Guo from turning against him and cutting off his back.
The outer edge of Shandu City has been surrounded by soldiers from Shiguo, Linguo and Siguo, a total of 340,000 people. Qian Xiaoxing couldn't help but remember the previous Three Kingdoms Alliance. It seems that this time it was finally realized, but Linguo did not do much to let him take a big advantage, which made Qian Xiaoxing very unwilling.
The soldiers from the three countries set up camp outside Shandu City. Although they wanted to be the first to attack Shandu, they were afraid that they would fight hard with the Hu army and failed to fight, so that the other two countries would get a bargain.
Qian Xiaoxing naturally understood that everyone was worried. It seemed that no one was willing to go to Shandu if they didn't have a good talk, so he sent an invitation to let the commanders of the Three Kingdoms sit down and discuss.
King Shi naturally agreed happily after receiving the invitation. He had told Qian Xiaoxing before to fight to the city of Shandu together, but finally he was not embarrassed.
In the Lin army, King Lin went to the expedition for the first time. Because it was not dangerous to besiege the Hu army, he received an invitation from Qian Xiaoxing and saw that the gathering place was the territory of Si. He felt that it was not very safe and asked to modify it into the territory that Lin had just occupied.
Chapter completed!