May.

The five armies of the Qing Dynasty advanced together and captured the three states of the Northern Qi Dynasty in one fell swoop. They should have marched all the way to the capital with overwhelming force.

However, after receiving help from Qin Ye from the rear, several generals leading the army took a defensive posture relying on the high mountains and dangerous passes.

At the same time, all the five armies turned around and cooperated with the 200,000 troops led by Qin Ye to surround the 300,000 troops commanded by Uesugi Tiger at the Wudu River line.

A small Wudu River gathered almost a million troops from both countries.

The number of troops that General Qin Ye can now command is approaching 700,000.

Even though the number was twice that of Uesugi Tiger's army, he still chose to fight steadily and step by step, trapping Uesugi Tiger's army on the front line of the Kiridu River step by step.

Uesugi Tiger also saw Qin Ye's dismissal and tried to lead his army to break out several times, but was beaten back every time.

After going back and forth several times, seeing that there was no hope of breaking out, Uesugi Tiger could only send out homing pigeons to ask for help from the capital.

In the Northern Qi court, the civil and military officials also knew that Uesugi Tiger was trapped and needed to send troops to rescue him.

Unfortunately, there are not many available soldiers in the DPRK.

After all, the total military strength of Northern Qi is only about 1.2 million, and the area bordering Xihu in the north needs 200,000 troops for defense.

Uesugi Tiger has three hundred thousand men under his command.

At the beginning of the war between the two countries, the Qing State used thunder tactics to wipe out 300,000 people.

Today, there are only 400,000 troops in Northern Qi.

Among them, 100,000 troops were to protect the capital city, and the remaining 300,000 troops were distributed in more than a dozen state capitals.

At this time, if Northern Qi wanted to rescue Uesugi Tiger, it could only mobilize troops from the nine frontiers.

Not to mention the time it would take to come, but whether it was worth it or not, there was a lot of discussion in the Northern Qi court.

Until June, Uesugi Tiger broke through several times, lost troops and generals, and began to run out of food and grass. In desperation, he had no choice but to dig earth and build a wall, locking his 300,000 troops inside, preparing to confront the Qing army.

"That's it."

Qin Ye calculated the time and realized that Uesugi Tiger had been fighting with him for two months, so the army must have very little food and grass.

Such an army seems to be trying to break out of an encirclement, but it has no strength left.

Subsequently, Qin Ye led his troops to continue besieging Uesugi Tiger, but secretly returned the seconded troops to the other five groups.

In order not to be discovered by Uesugi Tiger, he transferred nearby farmers, put on Qing army armor, and continued to pretend that he still had 700,000 troops under his command.

In a blink of an eye, it’s August.

Because Qin Ye was extremely cautious in his troop deployment, even if he replaced all the 500,000 troops on loan and left only his original 200,000 troops, he could still trap Uesugi Tiger in place, unable to move.

This siege lasted from May to August.

The food and grass under Uesugi Tiger's command have long been exhausted, and they can only rely on digging grass roots and fishing to survive every day. Many war horses are so hungry that they have no choice but to be slaughtered for meat.

While constantly mobilizing troops, Qin Ye did not do anything.

In order to break down the psychological defense of the Qi people, there were rumors of "embarrassment on all sides" and "the Taiwei family of Northern Qi usurping power".

It can be said that the battle for the heart never stops for a day.

At the same time, the other five armies of Qing State regrouped and headed north, sweeping across all the state capitals of Northern Qi.

Most of the troops of the Northern Qi Dynasty had their will broken. Facing the Qing army's attack, it could almost be said that they surrendered in despair.

Even the majority of the 200,000 troops stationed at Jiubian surrendered to the Qing Kingdom.

In October, the five armies gathered together again and arrived outside Shangjing City in the Northern Qi Dynasty.

Several generals in the army, as well as eunuch Yao, the eunuch overseeing the Northern Expeditionary Army, inspected the offensive route together.

Looking at the towering city wall, Eunuch Yao couldn't help but sigh and said:

"It is said that the city wall of the upper capital is so majestic and towering that one man can guard the gate and ten thousand men cannot open it. Since it was built, it has always been breached from the inside. Now it seems to be true."

"Eunuch Yao is so insightful."

Governor Wang Zhikun laughed, pointed forward, and laughed:

"Please see, everyone, this capital city has built a dangerous pass based on the dangerous terrain of high mountains and ridges. There are six entrances outside and six urn cities inside. In addition, there are arrow towers and nearly a hundred high platforms. If you want to start from

To attack the outside, relying solely on the lives of the soldiers, I'm afraid we won't be able to capture the upper capital without consuming millions of troops."

Ye Wan next to him heard this, his eyelids rolled up, and then he smiled and said: "It's a pity that this pass is so dangerous. Now that we have three great masters in Qing, the legend that the capital city cannot be breached will be broken by our Qing."

When the other people heard this, they burst out laughing.

After several people laughed, one person asked Eunuch Yao:

"Eunuch Yao, when will the Supreme Emperor come?"

"How can a servant of ours know where the Supreme Emperor is?"

As Eunuch Yao spoke, he smiled calmly and said: "Generals, don't be anxious. Before the army set off, His Majesty had a decree. If the army gathered in the capital and the Northern Qi Dynasty still refused to surrender, it would be enough to besiege them temporarily. There is no need to attack immediately.

.We just have to wait for next spring to find a way to make Qi people surrender."

After listening to what Eunuch Yao said, several elders discussed it.

The task of besieging the upper capital was given to Wang Zhikun, while Ye Wan led part of the army to wipe out the remaining state capitals of the Northern Qi Dynasty that had not yet surrendered.

Northern Qi now has three-thirds of its troops.

Among them, the 300,000 troops led by Uesugi Tiger have been besieged along the Wudu River.

Now the Northern Qi Dynasty has gathered some stragglers and defeated the brave troops, as well as King Qin's division, numbering about three hundred thousand, and is stationed in Shangjing City.

At the same time, more than 100,000 stragglers were defeated and scattered in the three state capitals that had not been breached.

Now, Ye Wan and his army began to sweep through these state capitals, and carrier pigeons asking for help flew to the capital like raindrops.

In Shangjing City, the Queen Mother of the Northern Qi Dynasty received reports almost every day about how many cities had been lost and how many soldiers and horses had been defeated.

In the blink of an eye, it’s the eve of the Spring Festival.

Seeing that only the 600,000 troops in Shangjing City and Wudu River were left in the entire Qi Kingdom, the Empress Dowager of Northern Qi could only beat the table in anger:

"Tora Uesugi is incompetent! With an army of 300,000, he is trapped in a remote place!"

The civil and military ministers of the DPRK watched the Queen Mother going crazy and remained silent.

By this time, everyone could see that the demise of Northern Qi was imminent.

If it weren't for the Jinyiwei who accepted the city's defense and beheaded hundreds of people and hung them on the city wall, shocking the young people in the city.

I'm afraid that someone who went to the capital had long ago secretly dedicated it to the Qing army.

The Northern Qi side was still struggling, but the Qing army finally unleashed its killer weapon - the Grand Master!

On the eve of the Spring Festival, Emperor Qing took Ye Liuyun and an ascetic monk wearing linen clothes and mango shoes to the foot of Shangjing City.

When Wang Zhikun arrived at the Empress Qing, he quickly saluted and said:

"Your Majesty, I am incompetent and cannot conquer the capital..."

"No problem!"

‘Emperor Qing’ smiled and said to the ascetic monk beside him:

"Master Ku He, this Northern Qi army seems to be calm and well-prepared. It must be strictly guarded. Maybe there is a way to deal with the Grand Master. This time we need the three of us to take action together."

"Master Ku He?"

When Wang Zhikun and the generals of the Qing army heard the name "Emperor Qing" addressed to the ascetic monk, they squinted their eyes quickly and were shocked when they saw the face of the ascetic monk clearly.

At that time, Ku He, the Imperial Guard of the Northern Qi Dynasty, also surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

Master Ku He turned a deaf ear to the surprised look from the Qing army general, his face remained dull, he only took a small step forward, and said calmly:

"Your Majesty, Mr. Ye please!"

"please!"

Ye Liuyun took the lead and walked forward, slowly approaching the city wall.

‘Qing Emperor’ followed closely behind.

Master Ku He clasped his hands together and finally followed.

Wang Zhikun looked at the backs of the three people walking away and suddenly said in surprise:

"Is that rumor true?"

Ye Wan, Eunuch Yao and others also changed their expressions.

"Master Ku He can surrender to the Qing Kingdom. It seems that this is the only answer."

At this time, the soldiers on the city wall also saw the three people and quickly fired their bows and arrows as a warning.

The three of them turned a blind eye to this.

When the arrow hit him, Ye Liuyun just stretched out his slender white right hand, gently moved it forward, and spread the arrow.

Seeing that the bows and arrows were ineffective, the soldiers on the city wall knew that the three of them were martial arts experts, so they quickly launched siege crossbows specifically designed to attack martial arts experts.
To be continued...