Liaocheng.

This city is not a big city in Hejiandi, but Hejiandi is the essence of Qi except for Linzi. Therefore, even among the inconspicuous cities in Hejiandi, Liaocheng has a population of 30,000 to 50,000 and more than 3,400 defenders.

Liaocheng asked Tian Yu to stand on the city wall and stare into the distance, with a broad face filled with worry.

"After Taoyi was defeated, the situation of the war was ruined unintentionally!"

Since King Wei of Qi rose up with wise ministers and generals such as Zou Ji, Tian Ji, Sun Bin, and Guiling and Maling became the overlord after two battles against Wei, the people of Qi have rarely tasted the taste of failure.

Like most Qi people, although they learned about the four-nation alliance to attack Qi, Tian Yu was full of confidence before the war started, and felt that the invincible martial artsmen of the Great Qi would definitely be able to defeat the Qin people so much that they were terrible.

No matter how white rises, it’s not a big deal!

However, the facts ruthlessly shattered Tian Yu's optimism.

Until now, not only did the battle be defeated and killed, but two counties in the entire Song Dynasty had fallen into the hands of the coalition forces. Many cities in front of Liaocheng fell one after another. Even yesterday, Tian Yu had just received information that a Zhao army was coming quickly towards Liaocheng and Dong'a. The leader was General Le Yi of Zhao!

It’s no wonder Tian Yu’s brows tightened.

Although Tian Yu was only a branch of the Duke of Qi, and was afraid that it would not be related to the current King of Qi, not to mention five or fifty, he was born in such a generation and naturally could not be completely unfamiliar with war. Even his Liaocheng Order was promoted because he defended the siege of the Yan army to the south when he became the county magistrate of Qi State Ge a few years ago.

Tian Yu is still vivid in his memory of the Yan army's besieging the city that day.

Although it is only known as the weakest country among the seven major warring countries, Tian Yu still remembers the strong combat effectiveness of the Yan army.

A country that can be called the "Warring States Period" may be divided into strengths and weaknesses, but there are absolutely no real weak people!

In this way, the Zhao army, which has risen rapidly in recent years, is chasing the Qi State, and what kind of elite troops should be?

In fact, if Zhao Jun alone fought, Tian Yu would not have been worried so much.

What made Tian Yu even more uneasy was that Grand Marshal Kuangzhang had arrived in Gaotang, which was only dozens of miles away from Liaocheng three days ago. However, Tian Yu asked for help several times but was rejected by Kuangzhang. Instead, Kuangzhang also asked Tian Yu to defend Liaocheng until the last moment.

You should know that Tian Yu is not the elite martial artists of Qi, but only more than 3,000 county soldiers with extremely average combat power.

What was the plan in the mind of this Grand Sima?

Looking at the setting sun, Tian Yu stood on the top of the city in a daze, speechless for a moment.

Suddenly, on the city wall next to Tian Yu, the Qi soldiers were in a stir.

"Someone, someone is here!"

"Can they be the soldiers of Zhao?"

Tian Yu was shocked and looked over subconsciously, but found that on the road to the southwest, a team of about four or five hundred people was hurried towards Liaocheng.

Tian Yu said in a deep voice: "Close the city gate quickly and strengthen the city defense!"

Amid a harsh friction, the huge Liaocheng gate was closed, and many Liaocheng defenders also picked up their weapons and prepared to fight.

Tian Yu stared at the team in front of him. Although he was a little nervous, he didn't feel much fear.

There are more than 3,000 defenders in Liaocheng. If they really can't do it, it will not be a problem for the whole city to conquer the young and strong. If these four or five hundred people were seriously attacking the city, Tian Yu would even suspect that the other party was given military achievements.

But slowly, as the team continued to get closer, Tian Yu's expression changed.

Not only Tian Yu, but also the Qi soldiers on the top of Liaocheng City also discovered something wrong and began to whisper.

"It seems that it's not Zhao Jun."

"This armor looks like... Why do you feel like I am a martial artist in Daqi?"

"It's true!"

"Wait, why do they look so miserable? Could it be that they were beaten by Zhao Jun?"

“That’s more to say…”

Tian Yu was speechless.

Because he also discovered that the embarrassing team in front of him was really not an enemy... at least from the armor.

Tian Yu coughed heavily and said loudly: "Don't relax your warning!"

The many troops on the city were immediately shocked and each held the weapons in their hands tightly.

A quarter of an hour later, as the sunset was approaching, the team finally arrived at the gate of Liaocheng in a hurry.

At this distance, Tian Yu had confirmed that this was indeed a defeated army of the Qi army, and it was also an elite...a martial artist among the Qi army.

Why do you say that? Because everyone in this defeated soldier was wearing armor, and many people were carrying bows and arrows on their backs, swords on their waists, and even a small number of people were riding horses - this was not a equipment treatment that ordinary soldiers could enjoy.

Tian Yu took a deep breath and shouted: "People under the city will tell you the purpose of coming!"

As Tian Yu finished speaking, one of the defeated soldiers rode out soon. The man was quite tall and burly, and looked like an officer of the Qi army.

I saw this man whispering to Tian Yu on the city: "We are retreating from Taoyi. At this moment, the wounded people in the team need treatment urgently. Open the city gate quickly!"

Although this person spoke in a singular language, his tone was somewhat strange, and it sounded like he had a bit of a Zhao accent.

Tian Yu looked at it and found that there were many wounded soldiers in this defeated soldier, and many of them had wounds tied with linen.

Tian Yu hesitated for a moment and said, "Now that the Zhao army is coming, it is also dangerous here. You might as well continue to go north than to wait. The army of Grand Sima Kuangzhang is in Gaotang. After you arrive in Gaotang, you will naturally be safe."

The visitor was furious and shouted, "You don't even look at the city. Can the wounded people in my team still support Gaotang City?"

Tian Yu frowned and said, "We are now guarding against the Zhao army to attack the city, and we really can't accommodate you..."

Before Tian Yu finished speaking, he was interrupted by the other party: "We came from Taoyi all the way out. Do you actually think that I am a useless person who is afraid of life and fears death? I will not say these nonsense to you. As long as you open the city today and let me enter and heal my injuries, my life will be sold to you, Liaocheng, what's the harm?"

After saying this, Tian Yu suddenly... was heartbroken.

You know, this is a martial artist!

The most elite unit of Qi State.

Although there are only more than 400 or 500 people, and nearly half of them are injured, Tian Yu is also a war-torn person. He knows that the combat effectiveness of these elite soldiers on the battlefield is not an exaggeration to one of them with ten new recruits.

Moreover, the opponent's officer was able to lead hundreds of people from Taoyi to Liaocheng a hundred miles away, and his ability to lead troops was also unquestionable.

Now that Zhao army is coming, the Grand Marshal Kuangzhang in Gaotang City is ambiguous. If there are these people, the garrison ability in Liaocheng can reach a higher level...

As for food... what a joke, Liaocheng is still a city with tens of thousands of people, and it is impossible to support these hundreds of people.

Tian Yu made a decision almost immediately and shouted to the person below: "Since you say you are my Daqi soldiers, do you have a seal on me?"

The visitor spread his hands and said, "I am not a general, so where can I get the seal? There is something here. If you believe it, open the door. If you don't believe it, I can't imagine it!" As he said that, he took out a small purple flag from his arms and spread it in the wind. It was the word "Qi".

It turned out to be a Qi army flag.

I saw that the military flag was stained with blood and was dirty, and it seemed that I could see a few footprints.

Against the backdrop of the sunset, hundreds of defeated soldiers stood there, which seemed somewhat desolate.

Tian Yu only felt that his heart was pulled by something, and he was silent for a while and waved his hand: "Let's open the city gate."

When the visitor heard this, he was overjoyed and said loudly: "Thank you!"

The city gate slowly opened.

Amid the sound of horse hooves and footsteps, hundreds of Qi Guoji martial artists entered one after another.

Tian Yu also came to the city gate to wait. In the eyes of this Liaocheng Order, since he wanted to accept the other party for his own use, it was necessary to act as a respectful and humble person.

A horse stopped in front of Tian Yu, and then Tian Yu felt that it suddenly became dark. It was not that it was dark all of a sudden, but that the man who had just talked to him had already dismounted and stood in front of him.

Too tall this guy.

I saw the man grinning at Tian Yu, with a bright smile: "Do you dare to ask if it's Liaocheng Ling in front of you?"

Tian Yu nodded subconsciously, then asked back: "I don't know the name of the hero?"

The man laughed again: "The good teacher Liaocheng Ling learned that someone was named Lian Po."

"Lian Po?" Tian Yu reluctantly smiled and said, "The mighty man of a hero really makes me feel sorry for me. By the way, I wonder which general is the subordinate of the hero?"

For some reason, Tian Yu vaguely felt that he had heard of this name somewhere.

Lian Po smiled and said, "It's under General Le Yi."

"Le Yi?" Tian Yu was stunned at first, then suddenly came to his senses.

Le Yi, isn’t it the General Zhao who led his troops to fight to Liaocheng soon?

Tian Yu was shocked when he thought about this and subconsciously wanted to turn around and escape.

However, the next one, Lian Po had already punched the Liaocheng Order in the temple, knocking him out of nowhere.

With a choking sound, Lian Po pulled out the scimitar from his waist and roared angrily.

"Two and three sons, it's time to make achievements!"

It turned out that this army was not a defeated military force of Qi State, but an elite Zhao army led by Lian Po to pretend to be!

With Lian Po's order, five hundred elite Zhao troops who were prepared were drawn out and they rushed to the nearby Qi soldiers.

The soldiers of the Qi army were caught off guard, and the second was a group of county soldiers who were far inferior to the elite of the Zhao army in terms of combat effectiveness. In addition, Lian Po was like a tiger and rushed left and right and had no enemy in front of him. In just two or three minutes, he was killed and dispersed everywhere.

At this moment, the sound of horse hooves sounded on the distant hoof. The chariots and cavalry of the State of Zhao took advantage of the last ray of afterglow before the setting sun. At the very moment, the two flags were fluttering, one on the one with the word "Zhao" written on it, and the other on the other with the word "Le".
Chapter completed!