Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 243 Qiang Envoys Enter Qi

Jizhou, Yecheng (now Linzhang, Hebei Province).

Murong Chui frowned tightly. Just as he expected, Yao Xiang finally came.

They marched more than a hundred miles every day, covering a distance of two hundred miles. In just two days, they had already appeared five miles outside the city and set up camp.

Logically speaking, this is indeed good news, but the problem is that the current situation is slightly different from Murong Chui and Murong Ke's plan.

In the plan, Murong Ke should have moved slowly. However, the conquest of Duanggong went too smoothly. The counties and counties along the way did not resist and surrendered.

As the saying goes, soldiers need speed. If Murong Ke still acted according to the original plan and was delayed on the way, Yao Xiang, even though his intelligence was not as good as their brothers, would still be able to detect the fraud.

Therefore, Murong Ke could only choose to drive straight in and confront Duan Kong in Jishui.

Although Murong Chui reduced his troops, there were only 20,000 soldiers in the city. In terms of the combat effectiveness of these 20,000 soldiers, it is difficult to call them elite soldiers.

However, there were 50,000 elite Qiang soldiers from Yao Xiang outside the city. The key to victory in this battle was whether Murong Ke could get rid of Duan Kwan and follow the previous plan to attack Yao Xiang's army with Murong Chui.

However, when Yao Xiang sent troops to Hebei, he would send another envoy to Qingzhou to exchange news with Duan Gong.

Seeing Duan Gong's demeanor, Yin Chi secretly felt relieved. Just as he sat down, before he had time to take a breath, he heard Duan Gong ask impatiently:

"I wonder why Yao Pingbei sent Sima here?"

Yin Chi bowed to Duan Kwan and saluted.

When Duan Gong heard this, a look of shame and annoyance appeared on his face.

Facing Duan Kwan today, Yin Chi's etiquette could not be described as disrespectful, and his attitude could not be described as disrespectful.

Yin Chi straightened his back, cupped his hands and replied:

After all, the person in front of him, even if he is a brother, will still be killed if he offends him, let alone a messenger.

The Yin family was a prominent family in Tianshui. In his early years, Yin Chi followed Yao Yizhong and left Longyou and moved to Guandong. After Yao Yizhong's death, he was worshiped as Sima by Yao Xiang, and he always had great trust.

Coming from the white horse, Yin Chi traveled more than 600 miles under the stars and at night. He was already exhausted. However, after entering the Qi army commander's tent, he still managed to cheer up even though he was disheveled.

When Yao Xiang's subordinate Sima Yinchi came to the south bank of Jishui and the Qi army camped, Yao Xiang was still some distance away from Yecheng.

Hearing that Yao Xiang had sent an envoy again, Duan Gong could not care less about Yao Xiang's betrayal and unfriendliness. His attitude changed 180 degrees and he said with a smile:

"My lord wanted to send troops to Qingzhou to join forces with Qi Gong to fight against the enemy, but Qi Gong refused."

But at this moment, Duan Gong never expected that the situation in Qingzhou would deteriorate so quickly after Murong Ke went south.

"General Pingbei (Yao Xiang)'s Sima, Tianshui Yinchi, pays homage to Duke Qi."

"Yin Sima doesn't need to be polite. I'm a guest from afar. Please take a seat."

When Yao Xiang sent an envoy, he pretended that he was willing to go to Qingzhou to help Qi State fight against the Yan army, but Duan Gong refused. Duan Gong's attitude towards the Qiang envoy was not very friendly.

"Good! Good! Good!"

Duan Gong shouted three good words in succession and said excitedly:

Fortunately, Yin Chi changed the subject in time and continued:

"But the lips are dying and the teeth are cold. Qingzhou has to be rescued. My lord has implemented the strategy of surrounding Wei and rescuing Zhao. Now he has led his troops across the Yellow River and headed for Yecheng."

Duan Gong was overjoyed. He didn't want Yao Xiang to enter Qingzhou because he was afraid of attracting wolves into his house. Now that Yao Xiang is attacking Jizhou, he naturally no longer has such worries.

"I was ignorant, listened to the slander, and misunderstood Yao Pingbei. I also asked Yin Sima to apologize to him on my behalf after he returned.

"Yao Pingbei's kindness in helping me today will never be forgotten by Duan in his lifetime!"

Yin Chi agreed immediately and then said:

"Murong Jun was so arrogant that he dared to claim the title of emperor and rebel against the Jin Dynasty. This is a treasonous act!

"Qi Gong spoke uprightly and exposed his shortcomings, which made Murong Jun's ugly appearance exposed, and everyone in the world applauded him. "However, Murong Jun is narrow-minded and cannot tolerate Ran Min, so how can he tolerate Qi Gong.

"As a loyal minister, Duan Zhen already surrendered before the war started, disrupting Duke Qi's military morale.

"He can surrender to the Jin thieves without losing his position. If Qi Gong surrenders, he will probably be forced to drink the poisonous wine of the Yan people, and he will regret it.

"My Lord once said that Duan Zhu should die!"

When Duan Gong heard this, he felt as if he had met his confidant. Others were complaining that he had killed his brother.

But Duan Zhen has already found a way out: if he can win, he will fight; if he can't, he will surrender.

If Duan Gong didn't kill him, how could he strengthen the position of his subordinates.

Look at how Murong Jun treated Ran Min. He was first whipped three hundred times and then sent to Longcheng to be executed.

With Murong Jun's hatred for Duan Gong, Duan Gong himself knew that once he surrendered, his ending would not be much better than that of Ran Min.

Therefore, Duan Yi must be killed.

Duan Gong said sadly:

"I just hate that people in the world don't understand my painstaking efforts. They only think that Duan is so cruel and indiscriminate that he can't even tolerate his brothers."

Yin Chi asked:

"Murong Jun is still determined to destroy Qi. Even if my lord's strategy of besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao comes into effect and forces Murong Ke to retreat, the Yan army will come back in the future. Will Duke Qi have any way to resist?"

Duan Gong just sighed. What else could he do? He had to use soldiers to block it and water to cover it up.

However, there is a huge difference in the national power between Qi and Yan. The Yan State has been going south for many years, and its consumption can even kill Duan Kwan.

As for Yao Xiang, he could save him once or twice, but it was impossible to send troops to rescue him again and again. After all, Duan Gong was not Yao Yizhong.

Only Huan Xi would ask for help Huan Wen fight for and run Luoyang regardless of cost or gain or loss.

Yin Chi saw that Duan Kong was at his wits' end and said:

"My lord goes north, if he can capture Yecheng and drive the Yan people back to Youzhou, Qingzhou will be safe.

"Please also ask Qi Gong to delay Murong Ke and not let him return to the army.

"When their retreat is cut off, the morale of the army will inevitably be shaken and the troops will be dispersed.

"After this is accomplished, my lord is willing to divide the land of Jizhou with Qi Gong. From now on, the two families will support each other in these troubled times and form an alliance forever."

Duan Gong's eyes lit up and he asked him to defeat Murong Ke on the frontal battlefield. Duan Gong asked himself that he was not strong enough and it was really difficult to do it.

But if you just hold back Murong Ke and prevent him from quickly returning support, it is something you can do, and you can try it.

After all, as long as he keeps a distance from Murong Ke and makes Murong Ke worried about being attacked on the way and not daring to march lightly, he can buy time for Yao Xiang.

Faced with the temptation of sharing Jizhou, Duan Gong would be lying if he said he was not tempted.

Today's Jizhou is not as riddled with holes as it was three years ago. Murong Jun intends to move the capital to Yecheng, so he is willing to spend a lot of money to run Jizhou.

Three years is enough time for great changes to occur.

In the original time and space, Murong Jun moved the capital to Yecheng two years later.

(End of this chapter)