The State of Qi spans both sides of the Yellow River and occupies one-third of Qingzhou. Although it is mainly south of the Yellow River, it also has a large area north of the Yellow River.
Zhu Tianpeng has deployed an army of 30,000 troops north of the Yellow River, and now he is leading a main force of 40,000 troops heading north of the Yellow River.
On the south bank of the Yellow River, at the ferry, a large number of ferries gathered, carrying countless supplies, and 20,000 troops had already arrived. As soon as the remaining 20,000 main forces arrived, they would immediately cross the river and march towards the North Sea.
Zhu Tianpeng stood at the ferry, looking at the ships plying on both sides of the Yellow River, feeling a little regretful in his heart.
His Qingzhou navy had just been trained. He originally wanted to defeat the Liangshan navy head-on and regain the title of the first navy in the North. However, he did not expect that Liangshan, which had stood firm for more than ten years, was severely damaged by Li Jing in a battle.
Following the trend, Wang Mang was easily annexed.
"What a trick of fate!" Zhu Tianpeng sighed.
"Report... to inform my lord that the Qin army's naval forces have appeared in the Yellow River and are coming from the west to kill at the ferry."
"Um?"
Zhu Tianpeng raised his brows, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and asked with a faint smile: "Who is the leader?"
"It's Li Jing."
"What?"
Everyone including Zhu Tianpeng exclaimed.
Li Jing's move was undoubtedly extremely crazy in the eyes of the generals of the Qi army. After all, Qi State still had an army of 30,000 troops on the north bank of the Yellow River. It would be easy for Li Jing to sneak over with his navy through the waterway, but it would be difficult to go back.
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In addition, the navy of Qi is also not easy to mess with. It has 10,000 elite sailors, warships and other equipment, so what is the use of Li Jing's navy?
"Li Jing only has 5,000 naval troops at most, and the warships were snatched from Liangshan. How dare he bypass our army's defenses and come to the rear of the Yellow River alone to block my army? You are really brave.
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Zhu Tianpeng said solemnly, but his eyes were full of fighting spirit.
"My lord, Li Jing must have a conspiracy behind this move."
Wang Yanzhang said that although he did not think that Li Jing's navy could threaten the Qi State, he subconsciously thought that Li Jing was scheming. After all, Li Jing was famous for his scheming and good judgment.
Zhu Tianpeng smiled lightly and said calmly: "There is definitely a conspiracy, otherwise Li Jing would not have taken such a big risk, but what if he had a conspiracy? In the face of absolute power, no conspiracy can be avoided.
shape.
After passing the order, all the warships in the water village will be dispatched. This time, I will personally lead the water army and have a showdown with Li Jing on the Yellow River."
"promise."
Compared with land warfare, Zhu Tianpeng is actually better at water warfare. However, Hebei has less water systems and is not suitable for large-scale formation of water armies. The princes also mostly fight on foot and cavalry, making it difficult for him to display his water warfare skills.
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Now that he finally had the opportunity for a water battle, Zhu Tianpeng was still a little excited. He had put a lot of effort into his own navy, and now it was finally time to test the results.
Not long after Zhu Tianpeng gave the order, all kinds of warships in the Qi army's water stronghold pulled out of camp, and Zhu Tianpeng boarded the largest main ship under the protection of brothers Wang Yanzhang and Wang Yantong.
"The whole army obeys the order and marches westward."
After Zhu Tianpeng gave the order, the flag bearer of the commander-in-chief immediately waved the command flag, and nearly a hundred large and small warships all turned around, and hundreds of ships actually crossed to the west.
Zhu Tianpeng looked at the water of the Yellow River and saw the navy behind him, and said with great enthusiasm: "Didn't Li Jing want to destroy the ferry? Then come and defeat my navy."
The fleet had marched less than ten miles when a spy came to report: "Report... to inform my lord, the Qin navy has changed direction and headed south."
"What?"
Zhu Tianpeng frowned. He originally thought that Li Jing was going to imitate the Liangshanbo battle and burn down the Qi army's ferries on the south bank of the Yellow River to prevent the main force of the Qi army from entering the north of the Yellow River. Now it seems that Li Jing had another purpose for this trip.
"Continue to move forward. In addition, we will closely investigate Li Jing's movements."
"promise."
Less than half an hour later, another spy came to report: "Please tell me, my lord, that the Qin navy has landed."
Zhu Tianpeng frowned and asked, "What then?"
"Then he went southeast."
"southeast?"
Zhu Tianpeng's brows furrowed even more tightly and he analyzed: "Does Li Jing want to take advantage of the emptiness in the rear of our army to directly attack Linzi, the capital of our country?"
Wang Yanzhang suddenly showed a look of surprise and said firmly: "This must be the case. Li Jing must have wanted to encircle Wei and save Zhao, so as to force our army to retreat."
"Brother, after all, Linzi still has 8,000 defenders. Li Jing only has 5,000 naval troops and no large siege equipment. How can he capture Linzi?" Wang Yantong retorted.
"That's right."
Wang Yanzhang laughed dryly, and Zhu Tianpeng reacted when he heard this, and then calmly said: "Since the Qin army has landed ashore, there is no need for the navy. Let's order the navy to return the same way, and then transfer two troops from the south bank."
Wan Junjun went to encircle and suppress Li Jing."
Li Jing only had 5,000 naval troops, but Zhu Tianpeng sent 20,000 land troops to encircle and suppress him. This shows how much he attaches importance to Li Jing.
Zhu Tianpeng led the navy back to the water stronghold. The 20,000 Qi troops who wanted to gather at the ferry turned around and headed towards Li Jing. The leading generals were Pang Shigu and Ge Congzhou.
Early the next morning, Zhu Tianpeng received important military information. Before the armies of Pang Shigu and Ge Congzhou surrounded Li Jing, Li Jing's army withdrew to the south bank of the Yellow River, then took a boat to the north bank of the Yellow River.
"Huh? What kind of medicine did Li Jing buy in this gourd? He came all the way here and ran back again without firing an arrow? What's the point of this?" Wang Yanzhang looked confused.
"Run back? He can't run away. We still have 30,000 troops on the north bank of the Yellow River. Since Li Jing has been exposed, how can he run away? Where to run?"
Zhu Tianpeng sneered and ordered: "Immediately send a letter to Xia Luqi on the north bank of the Yellow River, asking him to lead all the troops to surround Li Jing. Li Jing must not be allowed to escape back to Beihai."
"promise."
After receiving the order, Xia Ruqi immediately led his soldiers and horses to set up encirclements in major waterways, shrinking them little by little, hoping to completely trap them to death.
Xia Luqi's strategy was not wrong, but he underestimated Li Jing too much. Before his encirclement could be reduced to the last circle, Li Jing returned to the south bank of the Yellow River by boat, leaving 30,000 Qi troops in vain.
Li Jing's repeated operations also completely confused the senior leaders of the Qi army, including Zhu Tianpeng. They did not understand the meaning of doing this. After all, there was no way to escape, and at most it would only delay time.
What Zhu Tianpeng didn't know was that delaying time was Li Jing's purpose, but it was only one of his purposes.
Zhu Tianpeng ordered the Qi army on the south bank to besiege again, but as expected, Li Jing returned to the north bank of the Yellow River, leaving the Qi army on the south bank empty again.