Chapter 537: The defense line is broken
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
Amid a somewhat hurried shouting, Qi State official Zhongshou rushed into the palace in Linzi City.
In the main hall, Qi Houtian looked anxious because of Qi's face. He must have walked back and forth countless times.
When he heard the sound coming from outside the hall, Tian Yinqi immediately stopped and looked at the figure that appeared in his sight with burning eyes.
"How is the battle at Qingshi Pass going?"
"Your Majesty, according to General Tian Ji's report, although the Wei army's offensive is rapid and violent, our army still has the strength to fight with its solid city defenses."
"General Tian Ji, please rest assured. As long as he is at Qingshi Pass for one day, it will be difficult for the Wei army to cross the pass."
After briefly describing the battle situation on the front line, Dr. Zhongshou immediately stepped forward and handed the silk letter from the front line to Tian Yinqi's hands.
After taking the silk book and moving his eyes quickly over it, the anxious look on Tian Yinqi's face immediately diminished a lot, and his whole person became a little more calm.
"That's good, that's good."
Tian Yin sighed a few words in unison, and in his mind he read the contents of Tian Ji's report on the silk book, but his expression became a little more solemn.
"Although our army still has the advantage on the Qingshiguan front line, the number of Wei troops continues to increase, and the offensive becomes more fierce day by day."
"If things continue like this, even if it is an iron wall, it will inevitably be breached one day."
Holding the silk script written by Tian Ji in his hand, after pondering for a moment, Tian Yinqi immediately made a decision: "Since the beginning of the war, our Qi State has been intensively gathering war-ready soldiers in various places, and now there are 20,000 soldiers in Linzi City.
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"In this case, General Tian Ji is in an urgent situation to resist the Wei army on the front line. You immediately lead this army to rush to the rescue to ensure that Qingshi Pass is not lost."
Faced with the urgent military situation on the front line, Tian Yinqi did not hesitate at all and immediately sent most of the troops in Linzi City directly to the front line of Qingshiguan to support Tian Ji's troops.
But at this moment, the doctor Zhongshou on the side reminded him: "Your Majesty, although the situation in the direction of Qingshi Pass is urgent, we cannot invest all our troops there."
"General Tian Ji's report, in addition to mentioning the military situation at Qingshi Pass, also focused on the Jishui defense line."
"Since the Wei army occupied the north bank of Jishui, our Qi State has been threatened by Wei State from the west and north."
"Although the battle at Qingshi Pass in the west is urgent now, the Jishui defense line has to be defended."
When Tian Yinqi heard what Dr. Zhongshou said, he immediately recalled the rewards of Jishui frontline in recent days.
"However, Gaowan, Bochang and other cities along the Jishui River did not report any signs of movement of the Wei army on the north bank. Doctor, did you..."
"It will be too late when there is a reward." Faced with Tian Yinqi's indifference to the Jishui defense line, Zhongshou immediately said in a solemn voice: "Once the Jishui defense line is broken by the Wei army, then Bochang, Qinzhou, and even Linzi will be destroyed.
into an extremely dangerous situation.”
"Your Majesty, not only can the Jishui defense line not be relaxed even a little bit, but we also need to send more troops to strengthen the defense."
"this……"
After Tian Yinqi pondered for a while, he was finally persuaded by Dr. Zhongshou, and he responded in a deep voice: "Just as the doctor said, five thousand elite troops will be sent north to Jishui, and the remaining fifteen thousand will reinforce Qingshi."
close."
"No." Regarding Tian Yinqi's decision, Zhongshou once again denied, "Sufficient troops must also be reserved in Linzi City to deal with emergencies."
"I would like to lead an army of 10,000 men to assist General Tian Ji. Please give me your permission."
Tian Yinqi didn't have much grudge against Zhongshou's repeated refutations, but instead helped him up quite solemnly.
"Previously, Yin Qi once said something to General Tian Ji and Dr. Zou Ji. Today, Yin Qi gave this sentence to the doctor."
"Qi Guo, please!"
"I will definitely live up to your great trust."
Zhongshou left, taking Tian Yinqi's military orders and important trust with him.
Watching the figure slowly disappearing from his eyes, Tian Yinqi felt as if the stone in his heart was slightly loosened as he recalled the news that Zou Ji had just reported yesterday. Recalling the news that Zou Ji had successfully persuaded the King of Yue yesterday.
"God has mercy on us and our ancestors have blessed us. We, the Qi State, will surely be able to survive this disaster."
The noisy day gradually fades away, and the quiet night gradually covers the entire land.
In Gaowanyi, in the northern part of Qi State, all the common people in the city had fallen asleep, and the only sounds left were the sound of burning torches on the city wall and the sound of Jishui flowing a few miles away.
As an important part of the Jishui defense line and the northwest gateway of Linzi City, the location of Gaowan is undoubtedly very important.
Sun Bin in his previous life once left here the strategy of "putting the heavy troops at Gaowan, and sending light chariots and sharp cavalry to rush into Yongmen". It said that if the baggage was placed at Gaowan, chariots could be used to rush straight to Linzi.
"ah……"
It seemed that it was because it was late at night, but a sound of breathing rang out from the top of the city of Gaowan, followed immediately by a dull slapping sound.
"ah!"
Feeling the pain coming from the back of his head, a young Qi sergeant subconsciously looked to his side, "Who hit me... Cang Bo?"
"You brat, you dare to relax on duty, you're going to die." Looking at the young and frightened face in front of him, a veteran soldier of the Qi Army who looked like he had experienced many vicissitudes of life became very angry.
"Let me tell you, if the Wei army from the north bank attacks, you won't be able to escape even if you want to..."
The old soldier's chattering did not make the young soldier feel much fear, but instead caused him to whisper softly: "How can it be so easy to fight? In the past few months, we have been saying that Wei Jun will come every day, but even Wei Jun's
Not even a shadow..."
As if he was tired of talking about it, the young soldier looked forward subconsciously, but as soon as he looked at it, a look of horror immediately appeared on his face.
I saw that the originally calm Jishui in the distance was now occupied by huge dark figures, and above the dark figures were as many fires as stars.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Open your eyes wide and look carefully with the help of the faint firelight. A seal character appeared in the sight of the young Qi soldiers.
"Wei...Wei..."
"Wei Jun is coming!"
"well!"
Another cry of pain resounded, and Cang Bo's weathered face once again appeared in the sight of the young Qi soldiers, and with this appeared a somewhat trembling voice.
"Hurry and report to the doctor that the Wei army is attacking at night."
"Okay." Reacting almost subconsciously, the young Qi soldiers hurriedly ran towards the rear, but after running a few steps, he stopped, "Uncle Cang..."
"I'm fine, go quickly!"
"good……"
"Da da da……"
Accompanied by the sound of footsteps coming from near and far, the young figure quickly disappeared on top of the city, while the older soldier who was called "Cang Bo" silently clenched the halberd in his hand.
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Gao Wanyi already knew the news almost as soon as the Wei army attacked, but it was already too late.
Carried by several warships, the Wei army's vanguard, who had already been waiting for them, quickly crossed Jishui, and took advantage of the opportunity to seize the Jishui defense line before the defenders in Gaowan City had time to react.
important pivot point.
This kind of thing did not just happen in Gaowan, but was repeated over and over again throughout Qi's Jishui defense line.
With the assistance of our own Yellow River boat division, nearly 20,000 Wei army forwards broke through the three hundred miles of water from Lixia to Bochang in stages, taking advantage of the opportunity before the Qi army could react and quickly established a foothold on the south bank.
The main force of the 50,000 Wei army followed closely and captured Qi's strategic fulcrums on the Jishui defense line. At this point, the Wei army's long-prepared Battle of Jishui achieved a staged victory.
No one would have thought that the commander-in-chief of the Wei army crossing the river would be a famous Wei general who had not been to the battlefield for a long time.
The prime minister of Wei State was Gongsun Qi.
Chapter completed!