"PS: The chapter name was wrong again, but it has been corrected now."
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On August 22nd, both Zhi County and Qixian County entered an intense stage of preparation for war, and Qi King Lu Xi, who was far away in the "Pi" fortress, also received good news from Zhao Hongrun and Tian Dan respectively at this time.
"Okay! This is really... very good!"
King Lu Xi of Qi was receiving acupuncture from the imperial physician of Qi State while praising Zhao Hongrun and Tian Dan with a smile.
But beside him, Ji Zhao, the son-in-law of King Lu Xi of Qi, and his confidant Tian Bao, who loved Qing Qing, couldn't laugh it off.
Because both of them saw it in their eyes: King Lu Xi of Qi's body was deteriorating and had reached the point where he needed to be forcibly stimulated mentally through daily acupuncture.
And this is not a long-term solution. After all, using the secret technique of acupuncture to stimulate acupuncture points on the human body is like drinking poison to quench thirst. Although it can refresh King Lu Xi of Qi for a short time, it will shorten his short life span.
"Your Majesty..." Looking at Qi Wang Lu Xi's skinny back, Tian Bao hesitated to speak, with a look of pain on his face.
King Lu Xi of Qi raised his head and glanced at Tian Tao. He seemed to have guessed what the latter wanted to say, so he did not speak.
Several people in the room were waiting quietly for Sang Huan, the chief physician of the Qi State Palace, to slowly take out the silver needles that had been inserted into various acupuncture points on Qi King Lu Xi's body.
"Your Majesty, this technique cannot last long." Sang Huan, the chief physician of the palace, said to King Qi Lu Xi while packing away the silver needles.
The doctor's advice naturally attracted more attention from King Qi Lu Xi than Tian Tabu's words. After the latter pondered for a moment, he asked: "How long can it last?"
Chang Sang slowly smoothed his white beard and said seriously: "Half a year...and no more."
After hearing this, Ji Zhao and Tian Bao's hearts felt as if they were being pricked by needles, and they were in pain.
Because the chief physician Sang Xu is the most skilled doctor in Qi State and has the reputation of "miracle doctor" in Linzi. If even he concludes that Qi King Lu Xi only has less than half a year left to live, then there is a high probability that Qi King
This is all that Lu Xi has left in his life.
"..." King Lu Xi of Qi remained silent.
But Tian Tao was taken aback, and asked Chang Sang with a horrified expression: "Mr. Chang Sang, why... why are there only these time limits left? Didn't you say a while ago that the king is still over 10 years old...
Time?"
Chang Sang sighed after hearing the words, looked at Qi Wang Lu Xi, and said quietly: "If the king had listened to the old man's advice and rested in peace and recuperation, he would have still had more than one year to live, but now the king does not listen to the doctor's advice
I would like to advise you to order the old man to use a silver needle to save his life... The fact that he still has half a year left is due to the great blessing of the king."
"How could this be so..." Tian Bao looked lost.
At this time, King Lu Xi of Qi had already put on a loose robe and said with a smile: "My dear friends, you don't have to be like this... In the eyes of the poor, lying on the bed and lingering, even if you have a life limit of more than 10 years,
How can it be compared to being led by a few men to fight in person and witness the destruction of the Chu Kingdom with your own eyes?... Half a year is enough!"
Inside the room, Ji Zhao, Tian Bao, and Chang Sangsu were silent.
Because this is what King Lu Xi of Qi said, but anyone can hear that the king's words are full of regret. It sounds harsh, but he is trying to be calm.
If that's the case, why bother exposing it?
Chang Sang shook his head and said with a slow sigh: "I still have to cook medicine for the king, so I will leave for now."
"Thank you." King Lu Xi of Qi slightly lowered his head towards the doctor as a token of thanks.
Chang Sang slowly walked out of the house carrying the medical box on his back. Only three people, King Lu Xi of Qi, Ji Zhao and Tian Bao were left in the house.
In line with Tian Tao's mood, Ji Zhao felt uncomfortable at the moment. After all, his respect for King Lu Xi of Qi was no less than that of his biological father Ji Si, the emperor of Wei. However, he was more rational and knew better that King Lu Xi of Qi was better than his father.
What is more important than his life is to pave the way for Qi State to lose Lu Xi in the future.
After taking a long breath, Ji Zhao said seriously: "Your Majesty, since both the West Route Army and the East Route Army have reached the planned location, it is time to put the attack on Fuli Fortress on the agenda."
"Hmm." Seeing his son-in-law Ji Zhao change the topic to the current major event, King Qi Lu Xi nodded with relief.
To be fair, the king of Qi did not want people around him to worry about his physical condition day after day, because it would have no effect at all.
Will discussing it day after day get him more time limits?
Of course not!
In this case, why bother talking too much?
If you have this time, you might as well think more about this war and help Qi King Lu Xi destroy the entire Chu State before he closes his eyes.
At worst, it will cause great damage to the vitality of Chu State.
If this goal can be achieved, Lu Xi can still rest in peace even if he closes his eyes for the rest of the day.
"So far, my strategy has been very successful..." King Lu Xi of Qi said with a smile. From his expression, there was no hint that he was a terminally ill patient who only had less than half a year left to live.
He was very proud.
Because he tricked the Chu State once.
It’s no wonder, after all, when he brought more than 200,000 soldiers and horses to the "Pi" fortress, and frightened the Chu State into urgently mobilizing hundreds of thousands of troops and troops to station in Fuli Fortress, I am afraid that everyone in the world thought that this was a war against the Chu State.
It will start first in Fulisai.
However, King Lu Xi of Qi fooled everyone: he deployed troops at the "Pi" fortress just to attract the attention of the Chu State. The real killing move lay in the two separate armies in the west and east.
Now that he succeeded, the West Route Army occupied Zhi County, and the East Route Army occupied Qixian County. The two combined forces to cut off the path between Chu State and Fulisai. Coupled with the army commanded by King Lu Xi of Qi, the allied forces of Qi, Lu, Wei, etc.
Chu's Fulisai has truly been surrounded. Even though Xiang Mo, the guard of Fulisei, is a famous general of Chu, Qi King Lu Xi is also confident in uprooting Fulisai and sends his army south to attack Chu's capital, Shou.
Ying.
But having said that, although the current battle situation is extremely favorable to the coalition forces, it cannot be ignored that the number of Chu troops in Fulisai and Longji Mountain is only much larger than that of the coalition forces. If you want to defeat this Chu army, you still need to be careful.
Plan.
Therefore, in the following time, King Lu Xi of Qi, his son-in-law Ji Zhao, and the general Tian Tao carefully deliberated on the tactics to attack Fuli Sai.
At the same time, at Fuli Fortress, the guarding general Xiang Mo looked expressionlessly at the scouts kneeling in front of him reporting the military situation from behind.
"... General, according to our investigation, Qixian County is no longer in the hands of the Wei Army. Qi General Tian Dan of the Eastern Route Army took over Qixian County. At present, the Shang Shui Army of the Wei Army has swept away several clans in Qixian County and civilians in the city.
, moved to the direction of Qi County.”
After hearing this, the eyes of Xiang Mo, the famous general of Chu State, trembled slightly.
"That guy Tian Tan... has actually reached Qixian? He came so fast... Mr. Xiong Sheng, Lord of Liyang, still couldn't stop Tian Tan after all..."
Xiang Mo rubbed his forehead tiredly.
Seeing this, among the generals standing in formation on both sides, Zuo Liang, Shen Tukang, Hou Yu and Si Bai Changkong looked at each other, walked out one after another, kowtowed to the ground and clasped their fists, and said in unison: "General, the four of us
I am willing to lead troops to attack Qi County and Qi County to make up for the defeat of the past few days. I hope the general will succeed!"
Xiang Mo frowned and stared at the four generals kneeling in front of him - Zuo Liang, Shen Tukang, Hou Yu and Si Bai Changhe, four generals with 5,000 men.
It seemed like I was back to the situation a few days ago.
At that time, Zuo Liang, Shen Tukang, Hou Yu, and Si Bei Changhe, who had been defeated, were in a similar situation after leading the defeated troops back to Fuli Fortress.
According to what these four people said at the time, Zuo Liang, Shen Tukang, and Hou Yu were ambushed by the Yanling Army on their way to support Zhi County, and were defeated unprepared; while the troops led by Si Bai Changhe were ambushed.
The Chu army's 10,000-strong army was in a similar situation. They were ambushed by several thousands-man troops of the Shang navy and lost their troops and generals.
In the past few days, Xiang Mo felt extremely angry about this.
What made him angry was not just that these four generals were ambushed, but another thing - various signs showed that Zhi County and Qixian County had fallen into the hands of the Wei army on the west route, which meant that they were not separated from each other.
The general will be attacked from both sides.
Therefore, he immediately sent scouts to investigate the Wei army's troop deployment, thinking that if there was a chance, he might as well send troops to recapture the two fallen cities.
Unexpectedly, before the scouts sent out could detect the Wei army's troop deployment, news came back that shocked even Xiang Mo: Qi's famous general Tian Dan had led his army to Qixian, and the Shang Shui army from the Wei army
He took over the city in his hands.
Now, Qixian County is stationed with Tian Dan’s 60,000 to 70,000 Qi troops. It is true that they are not soft persimmons. But over in Zhi County, 80,000 Wei troops (including surrendered soldiers) gathered in the city, which is a hard nut to crack.
.
It would be quite difficult to recapture Zhi County and Qi County from the Wei Army or Tian Dan Army in a short period of time, even if Fulisai had hundreds of thousands of troops.
You must know that on the front battlefield of Fulisai, Qi King Lu Xi's recent attack on Fulisei has become more and more fierce. Therefore, even Xiang Mo did not dare to mobilize most of his troops at such an emergency.
Go to attack Qi County or Qi County.
After all, Zhi County and Qixian County are important, but their strategic status is far inferior to Fulisai.
As long as Xiang Mo's stronghold of Fulisai is firmly anchored to this piece of land, Qi King Lu Xi, who leads an army of more than 200,000 people, will not dare to attack easily.
On the contrary, the allied forces of Qi, Lu and Wei, with an army of more than 300,000, will move south and directly threaten Shouying, the capital of Chu State.
"Lü Xi is really a good calculator... He had previously planned to attack Fulisai in Pi County. Unexpectedly, in the end, it was just a cover, and the one who really pinned his hopes on it was actually the one from Wei State.
The West Route Army of the boy Ji Run, and the East Route Army of that butcher Tian Dan of Qi..."
Xiang Mo felt a little headache.
It must be said that it was the strategic disadvantage that caused Fu Lisai to find himself in the embarrassing situation of being attacked from behind.
"Now that things have come to this, we can only do our best..."
Thinking of this, Xiang Mo immediately ordered the mobilization of the entire army, while reinforcing the defense facilities of Fulisai, and at the same time sending troops to guard the rear to guard against sneak attacks by Ji Run's West Route Army and Tian Dan's East Route Army.
He knew very well that with such an advantage, King Lu Xi of Qi would definitely step up his attack on Fu Lisai.
Sure enough, two days later, on August 24, more than 200,000 Qilu and Lu coalition troops moved in full force at Pi Fortress and marched toward Fuli Fortress in a mighty manner.
During this period, the catapult known as the "Sky Stone Chariot", the heavy crossbow chariot known as the "Dragon Back Crossbow Chariot", as well as wells, rams, and countless war weapons supervised by Lu craftsmen seemed to be flooding the Qilu Allied Army.