Qin Che did not inquire about Qin He's plan without purpose. After hearing Qin He's plan, Qin Che said to Qin He: "I don't care about the battlefield, but if someone comes to Qianjing to assassinate you, you can come here. Find me."
After Qin He heard Qin Che's words, he immediately raised his glass and said, "Thank you, emperor brother."
With an emperor who is so worry-free, Qin Che naturally does not want any danger or accident to happen to him.
The two of them drank until late at night before Qin He left Daodaoshan.
After Qin He left Daoshan, the next step was to mobilize troops and generals on a large scale.
On the one hand, Qin He continuously transported grain, grass and baggage to the Red Flame Army. On the other hand, Qin He also ordered the local army and the imperial army to gather heavily in the north.
All Qin He's actions are tantamount to announcing that Qin He will fight next and complete his father's unfinished business.
Qin He's actions were naturally noticed by the three vassal states of Qi, Wu, and Teng.
Among the three vassal states, there were various speculations about Qin He's next actions from the beginning.
However, as Qin He continuously mobilized troops and generals, the three vassal states gradually reached an agreement.
That is, Qin He's strategy should be to reject the north and advance west.
Although there are heavy troops deployed in the north, they are all drawn from local and imperial forces.
Except for a few generals from the older generation, most of the generals who lead troops are newly promoted generals and do not have much experience in leading troops.
Placing them in the north is obviously not to attack the strongest Qi State, but to resist Qi State.
The west and south are Qin He’s focus.
Especially the State of Wu, a vassal state that indirectly poisoned Emperor Xing to death and was severely punished by Emperor Xing.
Regardless of the strength of the country, it just indirectly accelerated the death of Emperor Xing. From the perspective of avenging his father, Qin He should have attacked Wu first.
Furthermore, the death of Prince Yan is also related to these countries in the west.
The Red Flame Army has been holding back its momentum for a long time, and now there are a steady stream of resources coming in. It is obvious that Qin He plans to establish his authority as soon as he comes forward.
You must succeed with one strike and win the battle.
Naturally, the State of Wu would not sit still and wait for death. It actively mobilized its manpower and on the one hand, it prepared heavy troops to prepare for the attack.
On the other hand, a large number of lobbyists were sent to lobby Teng and Qi, hoping that they could send troops to attack Zhou to relieve the pressure on Wu.
In the face of Wu Guo's lobbying, Teng Guo was the most active.
Teng State borders Wu State, and the national power of Teng State is not much different from that of Wu State.
If Zhou defeated Wu, they would be second.
Being able to help Wu is equivalent to helping them.
The least active one is naturally Qi State.
As the strongest among the three, Qi State naturally has its own plans.
Three families share the world equally, so how can one have a monopoly?
They just want to wait until Da Zhou is defeated by Wu and Teng, and then they take action against Da Zhou.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, they tried to devour as many of the cities of the Great Zhou Dynasty as possible. If the Great Zhou Dynasty showed signs of defeat, they would swallow up the entire Great Zhou Dynasty in one fell swoop.
If Da Zhou is only seriously injured, then he can still divide the world equally with Da Zhou and then plan the next big plan.
In the eyes of Qi Dian, the king of Qi State, this situation, from that perspective, is of great benefit to Qi State.
After mobilizing troops and generals in this way for about a year, Qin He issued an edict to the three vassal states at the same time.
Let them voluntarily surrender their military power and retain their position as the leader of the vassal state.
Naturally, the three of them would not recognize such an edict.
If you wanted to admit it, you would have done it long ago, and it would be your turn now.
Another month passed like this. After completing the prayers to the heavens and ancestor worship, Qin He issued the order to attack.
Crusade against the rebellious country——Qi!
The trusted generals placed in the north by Qin He had already received Qin He’s explicit instructions.
We have been reorganizing our armaments for more than a year, and are also completing the integration of the local army and the imperial army.
As soon as the order came at this moment, Fan Qiyang, who was named the Grand Marshal of the Northern Campaign by Qin He, directly ordered the three armies to start the Northern Campaign.
Fan Qiyang only had a brief paragraph of encouragement to the army marching north.
Of course, this is something Qin He has been doing all along.
Everything in the military is based on military merit.
In short, now is a good opportunity to build meritorious achievements. Whether they can be promoted depends on themselves, whether they can obtain high-ranking officials and generous salaries, and whether they can let their families leap with them.
There were many young generals in the army that conquered the north, and many of them were from civilian backgrounds.
Faced with such a good opportunity, how could they not try their best?
What's more, the imperial court also equipped them with a battlefield weapon that only the Red Flame Army can possess - crossbows!
Military order.
Three armies attack simultaneously.
Although Qi State arranged a large army for defense.
But from top to bottom in Qi State, no one thought that Qin He would take action against them first.
Therefore, the defense is naturally relaxed.
In just one day, the army marched to the north and broke through three lines of defense of Qi State.
Tens of thousands of enemy troops were killed and countless prisoners were taken.
Fan Qiyang followed the instructions given by Qin He and fulfilled his promise of military merit that day.
Really seeing the real benefits, the troops in the Northern Expedition were even more enthusiastic and willing to fight.
Just ten days later, Qi State lost five important cities.
By the time Qi Dian, the king of Qi, got the news, Qi had already lost eleven cities.
When the king of Qi was furious, he began to assemble his heavy troops and planned a strong counterattack.
However, he found that half of his country of Qi had fallen into the hands of Zhou Dynasty.
Qi Dian was dumbfounded by this result.
Not only Qi Dian was dumbfounded, Wu Guo and Teng Guo also didn't expect it.
The first one to be beaten turned out to be Qi, the strongest among the three families.
And the speed at which Qi was defeated was a bit too fast.
In just one month, half of the seventy-two cities controlled by Qi were lost.
The combat power of this northern expedition army looks no worse than that of the Red Flame Army.
Qi Dian had no choice but to turn to Wu and Teng for help, hoping that the two countries would use force against Zhou Dynasty as soon as possible.
Although Wu Guo and Teng Guo were very disgusted with Qi Guo's request for help.
But now it's a matter of life and death, and they must unite.
Otherwise, the most powerful state of Qi will be wiped out, and it will not be easy to deal with them again.
But when they started to fight back, they found that time was no longer in their hands.
With strong soldiers and strong horses, coupled with the sufficient armament of the Red Flame Army, they could easily be kept out of the Great Zhou Dynasty by relying entirely on the high city walls.
They couldn't defeat the Red Flame Army when they attacked the city, let alone they were attacking the city now, and the Red Flame Army only had to defend the city.
Obviously Qin He's plan was successful.
With such a successful plan, Qin He's prestige naturally became great.
Even with Qin He's trick of heavily rewarding civilian generals, few nobles dared to actually propose impeachment.
Now Qin He is in pursuit of victory. To raise such a question at this time is tantamount to standing on the opposite side of the entire Zhou Dynasty.
By then, not only will you not be able to reap any benefits, your head may even fall off.
Only three months later, Zhou's army had already arrived at the capital of Qi.
The three-pronged army surrounded the capital of Qi State and completely blocked it.
The entire country of Qi has become an isolated island.
Facing the Qi State, which is said to have high walls and thick walls, Fan Qiyang did not ask for immediate capture, but just surrounded it.
Now the situation has completely reversed, and we have the advantage.
There is no need to be radical at all, just stay around.
How long can the remaining lonely city last?
There are hundreds of thousands of people eating, drinking and eating every day, which is a huge problem.
It is not that Qi State has not fought back in the past three months. Qi State has also sent many martial arts masters, intending to use the power of martial arts to reverse the situation.
But firstly, they faced hundreds of thousands of troops from the Great Zhou Dynasty, and secondly, it was not that there were no martial arts masters within the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Especially during the period of Emperor Xing, all the heroes who were recruited for peace were placed in the army by Emperor Xing.
Not to mention anything else, in the past three months, the number of Qi Gathering Realm masters who have died in Qi has exceeded double digits.
Among the top masters, hundreds of people died.
Even one of the two strongest worshipers in the Qi Kingdom, the fifth-ranked Grandmaster on the Earth Ranking, died of exhaustion under the siege of tens of thousands of troops and dozens of Qi Gathering masters.
Under such a situation, it is really difficult for Qi State not to lose.
At this moment, in the palace of Qi State, Qi Dian, the monarch of Qi State, no longer has any image of a monarch.
Qi Dian, who didn't look old at all, has actually aged dozens of years in the past three months.
Opposite Qi Dian stood a warrior holding a spear. This warrior holding a spear had a terrifying aura.
This is the only remaining enshrinement in the Qi Kingdom, the second-ranked grandmaster on the Earth Ranking, the Shadowless Spear - Chen Hao!
Qi Dian said to Chen Hao in a tone that was almost pleading:
"Master Chen, the situation in our country of Qi is over, but our country in Qi cannot end like this.
I also ask Grandmaster Chen, for the sake of our master-servant relationship, to take Qi Lun and leave together.
Qi Lun has been familiar with various classics of the Demon Kingdom since he was a child, and Qi Lun has long been familiar with those classics.
Grandmaster Chen taking Qi Lun with him is definitely not a burden."
After hearing Qi Dian's words, Chen Hao raised his eyebrows slightly, and then said: "I can accept Qi Lun as my disciple."
When Qi Dian heard this, he immediately said excitedly: "Thank you so much, Grandmaster Chen, Qi Lun will be handed over to Grandmaster Chen!"
After finishing speaking, Qi Dian said to a young man with a resolute face behind him: "Qi Lun, come and pay homage to Master Chen."
Qi Lun stepped forward and bowed deeply to Chen Hao: "Qi Lun pays homage to Master Chen."
Chen Hao nodded, accepting this disciple.
These are extraordinary times, so some processes can be avoided if possible.
After the apprenticeship was over, Qi Dian also called Qi Lun closer and warned him seriously:
"Qi Lun, after you and Master Chen leave, don't think about the time when the country will be restored.
Through the management of the two fathers and sons, Emperor Xing and Emperor Sheng, the fate of the world has been restored to the Zhou Dynasty.
You just need to practice with Grandmaster Chen with peace of mind and live the rest of your life peacefully."
Qi Lun said solemnly: "Father, I have written it down."
"Master Chen, it's late at night, please take Qi Lun and leave quickly." Qi Dian finally said reluctantly.
Chen Hao did not hesitate and took Qi Lun directly with him and left the palace.
Qi Dian looked up at Qi Lun and let out a long sigh.
Chen Hao is one of the few great masters in the world. Although he is alone, he wants to escape and no one can stop him.
Qi Lun and Chen Hao fled all the way until dawn, completely throwing away all the pursuers, and then stopped temporarily.
Qi Lun, who stopped, suddenly said seriously to Chen Hao: "Master Chen, as long as you can avenge my father, I will voluntarily write down all the martial arts classics of the Demon Kingdom.
If Master Chen is unwilling, even if Master Chen uses any means to force me, I will never write even a word."