Plane of Immortal Cultivation

Chapter 221 Qin Guan Was Promoted Again
Li Xuan ran towards Qin Guan, holding a document in his hand. When he saw Qin Guan, he said with a look of panic, "Lord Qin, something is wrong."

Qin Guan asked, "What happened?"

"I just received Feige's secret report. I transcribed a copy. You can take a look." He said and handed the document to Qin Guan.

Qin Guan took a look and was also taken aback.

According to the document, the Liao Kingdom dispatched 40 troops, which were divided into two armies. One was led by King Yelu Shigenobu of the Northern Academy, entered Qizhou, crossed the Yellow River and stepped into the Central Plains. Fighting against Yongning Army yesterday, Yongning Army was defeated, the main general was killed, and the deputy general was defeated with 2000 remnants.

Now the East Liao Army has captured Qizhou and Qizhou one after another, and is approaching Gunzhou at a very fast speed.

The other Liao army, led by the king of the Southern Academy, Xiao Chucai, entered from Daizhou. Xiao Chucai did not advance quickly, but divided his troops into three groups, and the main force went to Daizhou. The volcano army was destroyed the day before yesterday. After taking Daizhou, he was advancing towards Mingzhou .

The other two groups were led by Baomisheng with 2 people, and directly killed the Pingzhou Pingding Army. The Pingding Army was defeated, and only 6000 people were left to retreat to the city.

The other way is to lead 2 people by Quli to directly kill the Xiongzhou Xin'an Army.

Qin Guan really didn't expect to send 40 troops, which is all the troops of the Liao Kingdom, and the Liao Kingdom actually sent all the soldiers from the whole country to invade. Is this to destroy the Zhao Kingdom?

"My lord, what should we do?" Li Xuan asked anxiously.

Qin Guan frowned and asked, "Does the imperial court have any orders?"

"Not yet, I'm afraid the court just got the news."

At this time, in the main hall of the Jinling City Imperial Palace, all the ministers gathered, and the emperor sat on the dragon chair with a serious face.

Uncle Lin, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, said in a low voice.

"The Liao Kingdom suddenly sent 40 troops to invade our country. Yelu Zhongxin led 20 troops. Taking advantage of the freezing of the Yellow River, they directly crossed the Yellow River and entered Dongshan Province. The Shun'an Army and Yongning Army failed to stop the enemy. Governor Li Ling, chief envoy Zhou Chenghu and other ministers were killed."

"In just three days, Yelu Chongxin's cavalry has advanced 500 miles."

"Xiao Chucai led 20 troops into the country from Daizhou, and the Huoshan Army was wiped out."

Hearing this news one by one, the ministers in the hall felt heavy.

"Xiao Chucai did not rush forward like Yelu Shigenobu, but sent [-] cavalry to attack Pingzhou and Xiongzhou. The Pingzhou Pingding Army was defeated and retreated to Tuncheng, and the Xiongzhou Xin'an Army."

As soon as he said this, the emperor slapped the table with a gloomy face and shouted: "It's a fiasco, a fiasco, it's all a fiasco. Could it be that the army of the Great Zhao Kingdom is so vulnerable?"

Uncle Lin was yelled at by the emperor, and when the emperor finished venting his anger, he bowed and saluted, "Your Majesty, although the Xin'an army also suffered heavy losses, they won the battle."

Hearing the only good news, the emperor immediately said: "Speak carefully."

"Yes,"

"Xiao Chucai's general, Qu Li, led [-] cavalry to attack the Xin'an Army. The Xin'an Army could not stop the enemy at Chitang Pass, so they retreated to the plains and set up a battle formation to fight the Quli cavalry."

The emperor was taken aback, "How can there be a chance of winning with [-] infantry against [-] cavalry?"

Uncle Lin said: "It is indeed invincible."

An angry look appeared on the emperor's face, "Then you still say you won."

"Your Majesty, during the great battle, the main general Han Shicheng was killed by the enemy general, and his soldiers lost more than [-] soldiers. At this moment, Qin Guan, the magistrate of Xiongzhou, led [-] cavalry to rescue him. After being defeated, our soldiers fought the enemy bravely, and finally killed more than [-] enemies. The deputy commander of the Liao army led the remaining Liao soldiers to retreat, and the Xin'an army recaptured Chitang Pass."

Hearing the news of the only victory, the emperor's expression eased a bit.

At the very least, this shows that Zhao Guo's army is not all incompetent, but there are also soldiers who can fight.

The emperor said directly: "Han Shicheng was awarded the title of Taiwei, Qin Guan made great contributions to protecting the country, and Yong'an Bo was granted the title of general to protect the country."

Although the Xin'an Army also won a miserable victory, it is naturally very conspicuous to see a red stock when the market is completely green.

The emperor did not hesitate to praise, and Qin Guan was promoted again.

Originally, he was from the fourth rank, but now he has the titles of Yong'an Bo and General Huguo, both of whom are of the fourth rank, and the general of Huguo is still a military rank, that is to say, Qin Guan now has the right to directly command the troops.

Zeng Yu wanted to stand up and object, but as soon as he raised his head, he saw the emperor's gaze. The two looked at each other, and Zeng Yu could see the coldness in the emperor's eyes, which made his heart tremble, wanting to The outstretched legs stopped immediately.

The emperor withdrew his gaze, glanced at the ministers in the hall, and said in a deep voice: "The invasion of the Liao Kingdom is fierce, what countermeasures do you have?"

"Lin Shuquan, you are in charge of the Ministry of War. What is the plan of the Ministry of War?"

Lin Shuquan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the 40 troops of the Liao Kingdom suddenly went south and caught us by surprise. The frontier defense line has been overwhelmed. For the current plan, we can only mobilize the imperial army and use the Yangtze River natural moat to stop the Liao army. The soldiers of the whole country will destroy the Liao army."

The emperor's face was unhappy: "Then the large piece of land in the north of our country should be left alone."

"Your Majesty, although the Liao army attacked quickly and seemed fierce, they bypassed the defense lines of many multilateral armies. We have at least 30 troops in the north of the Yangtze River. As long as these troops are sorted out, we will go north and south. A pincer attack can completely inflict heavy damage on the Liao army, and when the time comes, their logistics will be poor and their attack will be weak, so they will naturally retreat."

The emperor thought for a while, and asked Shen Zheng: "President Shen, what's your opinion?"

Shen Zheng said with a serious face, "The invasion of the Liao Kingdom was too sudden. There was no sign before. In just three days, Yelu Chongxin led his troops to rush 500 li. Now it is too late for the north to organize an army to fight him. It can."

"Xiao Chucai marched cautiously and attacked Pingzhou Xiongzhou. He wanted to create a safe passage, and echoed Yelu Shixin. Now it is difficult to defeat the Liao army with only the frontier army."

"Zeng Xiang, what do you think?" the emperor asked again.

"Your Majesty, the army on the northern frontier has been defeated, and now there is an urgent need for a commander to gather the army so that it can compete with the hundreds of thousands of Liao troops. This candidate is very important." Zeng Yu replied.

The emperor thought for a while and said, "Order Cao Bin to be the commander of the imperial army, gather 40 imperial troops and navy, and stop the enemy on the north bank of the Yangtze River."

"Order Li Jilong to be the commander of the frontier army, to hold all the frontier army hostage during the war, and organize troops to fight the enemy."

The emperor gave an order, and the military machinery of the Great Zhao Kingdom began to move quickly.

Two days later, I received a letter from the court flying pigeon.

Qin Guan didn't expect that he would be promoted again, granted the title of Earl of Yong'an, and gained the military title of General Protecting the Country.

At this time, Li Xuan hurriedly found Qin Guan again, and said, "My lord, just received an order from Commander Li Jilong, a Liao army of 3 people besieged Dayuan City and asked us to go to the rescue."

(End of this chapter)