Liu Yi personally led two legions of 600,000 troops to advance towards Beihai County, and the troops reached Gaomi City, an important town in Beihai County.

After losing Guan Hai, the Qingzhou army was disheartened, and its combat effectiveness plummeted. As a result of Liu Yi's troops, many people surrendered, and basically won nearly half of Beihai County without any major battles along the way.

At the same time as Liu Yi, Kong Rongjun was also counterattacking Beihai County, and was jointly counterattacked by Liu Yijun and Kong Rongjun, and the Qingzhou Army was defeated and retreated, and the situation was very different from before January.

"Marshal, the envoy of the Qingzhou Army asks to see you!"

Outside Gaomi City, Liu Yi set up camp, and after a short time, the envoy of the Qingzhou Army came.

The person who came was powerful, but his face was gloomy, and there was faint bloodshot in his eyes, and his haggard feelings were clear at a glance.

"Pei Yuanshao, deputy marshal of the Qingzhou Army, has met General Liu."

The person who came was Pei Yuanshao, the general second only to Guan Hai in the Qingzhou Army.

"General Pei doesn't need to be polite, please take a seat!"

Liu Yi smiled slightly and motioned for Pei Yuanshao to sit down.

"General Liu, you and I have no grievances, your army occupies Donglai County, our army occupies Beihai County, and they have always been peaceful, I don't know why the general suddenly raised troops to invade my Beihai? I hope General Liu can give us an explanation! ”

After Pei Yuanshao sat down, his eyes were fixed on Liu Yi, and he asked in a cold voice.

"Presumptuous!"

Before Liu Yi could speak, Fang Yue next to him shouted angrily: "What kind of identity do you dare to speak to my handsome family like this?" ”

Pei Yuanshao's face instantly turned purple and blue, and he suddenly got up and said, "You are so humiliating with me, are you bullying me with a yellow scarf?" ”

Liu Yi was not angry, smiled and waved his hand: "It's a guest from afar, General Fang don't lose his manners, don't let people say that we don't have hospitality." ”

"Yes, Dashuai!"

Fang Yue bowed and said.

After that, Liu Yiyou turned to look at Pei Yuanshao and said with a smile: "What is the situation of your army, this will be clear, and we don't need to say anything angry."

General Wuguan is also straight, and the general will get straight to the point. General Pei led his troops to surrender to our army, and all the personnel of your army were reorganized according to the standards of our army, and the weak were retained, and those who met the conditions were retained, and those who did not meet the conditions were dismissed.

Of course, all the layoffs will be paid severance pay according to the Pingzhou standard. If someone wants to be relieved and returned to the field, we are not reluctant, there is a large area of land in Pingzhou that can be resettled. We guarantee the personal property of all the people of your army, and we guarantee that in the future, your military personnel will be treated equally within our military system, and as long as your army does not violate military discipline and law, there will be absolutely no action against you. ”

Liu Yi didn't say a word, Pei Yuanshao's face was ugly, and finally it turned black into the background color of the pot.

During this period, the corners of the mouth squirmed several times, as if there were signs of outbreak, but in the end he endured it alive.

After a long time, Pei Yuanshao held back a sentence: "General Liu, don't deceive people too much, my Qingzhou Army still has millions of warriors and thousands of generals, and most of the Beihai region is still under our control!" ”

"Hahahaha, why did General Pei frame me? There are millions of soldiers in your army, but how many people can fight? Of the thousands of generals, how many are still loyal to your army? The general will ask, can the general lead the millions of warriors in your mouth to block a charge of our army? ”

This sentence hit Pei Yuanshao's life, Pei Yuanshao was stunned for a moment, and finally sat on the chair weakly like a deflated ball.

Liu Yi is right, the Qingzhou Army has indeed reached the point of exhaustion.

The total number of Yellow Turban troops who returned from the Western Regions was only more than 100,000, and it was divided into two parts, Zhang Yan and Guan Hai.

And some of the more than 100,000 Yellow Turban troops are real returnees, they don't care about any glory and wealth, and they don't have the ambition to dominate the world, they just want to return to their roots and return to their homeland.

After returning to the Central Plains, this group of people broke away from the Yellow Turban Army, went incognito, and began to live a different life.

In real terms, the core of the Montenegrin Army and the Qingzhou Army is less than 50,000 people, and the rest are newly recruited troops in recent days.

These new recruits are okay to fight a good fight, but once they encounter setbacks and difficulties, the results are disastrous.

Before facing Kong Rongjun, the Qingzhou Army and Kong Rongjun were in a state of rookie pecking each other, and the Qingzhou Army had Guan Hai, a fierce general, and 50,000 core Yellow Turban Old Men, so that they could defeat Kong Rongjun repeatedly.

But with Yue Xi's appearance, on the one hand, Guan Hai's combat effectiveness was not as good as Yue Xi, on the other hand, he underestimated the enemy's carelessness and was directly beheaded by Yue Xi, and the morale of the Qingzhou army, which was like a rainbow, immediately fell off a cliff, and a large number of troops were defeated and defected on the spot.

At this time, the Qingzhou Army still had millions of troops on its books, but there were very few who could really fight, dare to fight, and could fight. Otherwise, a large number of occupied territories would not have been lost in a very short period of time.

As Liu Yi said just now, gather all the existing Qingzhou troops and fight against the three legions led by Liu Yi, a single charge can completely defeat them, and even the two armies will face each other, and a single war drum can scare them.

In the large-scale expansion of the army, the original tens of thousands of elites have also been diluted, and the combat effectiveness has fallen instead of rising, which has become a typical example of the failure of blind army expansion.

Of course, there was a reason why Guan Hai did this before. According to his plan, he frantically expanded the army, took Qingzhou in one go, and then used a huge number of troops to deter other princes, and then slowly rectified the interior, trained the army, and improved the combat effectiveness of the army.

It's just that the plan can't catch up with the changes, and when Yue Xi came out, all of Guan Hai's plans disappeared.

Pei Yuanshao also knew the truth about the Qingzhou Army, so he personally went out of the city to discuss with Liu Yi.

However, Pei Yuanshao planned to scare Liu Yi before, but he didn't expect Liu Yi to be clear about the Qingzhou army, and his opening was an ultimatum, but he caught Pei Yuanshao off guard.

"General Pei, the general will not force you, I will give you a stick of incense time to think. The conditions are as Ben just said, if we agree, Kaesong will surrender, and we will be a family from now on. If we don't agree, we will fight, and each county will belong according to its strength. But I have to tell you first, the sword soldiers, the final result is not easy to predict! ”

Pei Yuanshao's eyes widened suddenly, and he looked at Liu Yi in disbelief, he really didn't expect Liu Yi, a guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, to be so despicable!

The time of a stick of incense is not enough to even return to Gaomi, let alone consult with other senior generals of the Qingzhou Army.

It's embarrassing to say that there is no persecution, Liu Yi's actions really made Pei Yuanshao redefine what "persecution" is! ”

What made Pei Yuanshao even more incredible was that there was really a guard who lit a stick of incense and timed it on the side!

Looking at the curling green smoke, Pei Yuanshao suddenly panicked, and hurriedly said: "General Liu, the matter is big, how can you make a decision in a quarter of an hour?" Please also ask General Liu for a period of grace so that I can discuss it with the robes in the city! ”

Liu Yi shook his head with a smile, and said very tactfully: "Can't!" ”

"A quarter of an hour is a quarter of an hour, not a second more. After a quarter of an hour, if the general has not made a choice, the general will be determined that the general has chosen to refuse our kindness, and then this majestic city will probably be destroyed, and the future of millions of Qingzhou soldiers in the city will be uncertain! ”