Qi Linggong concentrated the whole country's army in the Pingyin area, preparing to defend the enemy from the country. The sergeants dug a wide and deep trench outside the gate to connect Jishui with the foot of Mount Taishan, and dug an embankment to lead Jishui into the trench; A number of small forts were built between the moats and the city walls.

However, Shu Shawei objected to Qi Linggong's tactics (although this eunuch was disgusting, his mind was still relatively clear-headed), and he said: "The enemy army is several times larger than mine, and the terrain around Pingyin is vast, and once the two armies fight, our army will inevitably lose." However, there were many passes and fortresses on the way north of Pingyin, so our army might as well send more troops to garrison those dangerous places to block the enemy's invasion. ”

Gao Hou gags and ridicules Su Shawei from time to time, and as always, he touts that the strategy formulated by Qi Linggong is the real wisdom and martial arts.

When Su Shawei instigated Qi Linggong to do bad things, that villain could always take advice; But when he put forward the right opinion, Qi Linggong vetoed it with his instinct to only do bad things.

The princes' army built a row of earthen platforms opposite the trench. In late October, the coalition of princes began to attack the trench defenses. The archers ascended the platform and first rained down on the defenders of the Qi Kingdom, and then the sergeants filled out several roads in the trenches with bags of sand. After two days of fighting, the coalition forces finally rushed through the trenches; The first line of defense of the Qi army was finally lost, and the army retreated into the defensive gate.

The coalition forces then began to attack the defensive gate and the left and right walls. Due to the limited width of the Great Wall, the defenders could only line up in two or three rows to fire clusters of arrows, and the small space could not accumulate a large number of rolling logs and stones, and it was also inefficient to transport those things upward; Many Qi troops could not climb the city wall, so they could only hide behind the city wall and be in a hurry. The attacker's archery corps could be lined up in several rows, and it was possible to concentrate an attack on a certain point, resulting in huge losses for the defenders.

After the battle that day, although the defense gate was still in the hands of the Qi people, the casualties of the sergeants were beyond imagination - you know, this was only the first day of the siege, and according to this progress, within twenty days, the Qi division would be completely annihilated.

The allied forces captured the Qi State Doctor Xi Wenzi in the battle to attack the first line of defense, and Shi Kuo had some friendship with him, so he came to visit him at night. Shi Kuo said: "You and I are close friends, and I can't bear to see you hurt, so I have to reveal some inside information to you." Your armies are on the Pingyin defensive line, while the east is undefended, and Linzi has become an undefended city. The Lu people and the Ju people asked the widow to send a thousand chariots from their country to detour to the east and go straight to Linzi, and the widow has approved it. Once the two armies invade Linzi, the Qi State will inevitably perish, should you plan early? ”

After saying that, he released him. Xi Wenzi fled back to Pingyin in embarrassment overnight, and truthfully reported the unclear news to Qi Linggong. It is said that Qi Linggong rolled his eyes after hearing Xi Wenzi's words, and almost turned his back on his breath, if it wasn't for the prince Guang who helped him in time, he would have collapsed on the spot.

Early the next morning, Gao Hou couldn't help laughing, and at the same time told Yan Ying what happened to Qi Linggong last night, Yan Ying shook his head and said: "The prince has never had the courage, and he was greatly frightened, I am afraid that he will die soon." ”

After presiding over the morning meeting of the day, Duke Qi Ling immediately led the guards to Wushan (now Xiaotang Mountain, where is the commanding height of Pingyin). He looked up, and saw that beyond the Great Wall, the mountains, forests, hills, flat land, and even dangerous places, as far as the eye could see, were full of the banners of the princes; But only the military flags of Lu and Ju were not seen. On the flat ground, the miscellaneous servants were busy, the sergeants came and went, the chariots galloped left and right, and the smoke and dust were overwhelming.

Qi Linggong muttered to himself, "Why are there so many enemy troops? Isn't that bullying the widow? The Jin people really have no grace, and the widows can't continue to accompany them! ”

In fact, many of the scenes that Qi Linggong saw were illusions deliberately made by the Jin people. It turned out that the Jin people planted military flags everywhere, and even planted flags in dangerous places where they could not camp. The coalition forces hung branches and firewood on the back of the chariot, drove wildly, and kept running back and forth even if there was no task to perform, giving the Qi people the illusion that the army was constantly moving.

Qi Linggong's feet were numb and his legs were weak, and he returned to the flat ground with the support of the guards, then climbed into the chariot, turned around and fled in the direction of Linzi.

October 29 is a day of obscurity, and according to the weekly ritual, there is no battle on the obscure day. This provision saved the Qi army, and the Qi army abandoned Pingyin overnight and fled.

In the early morning of the next day, Shi Kuang got up early and came to the tent to recuperate, he carefully listened to the chirping of birds, and immediately reported to Jin Pinggong: "The birds are singing happily in the direction of Pingyin City, unlike in the past, Qi Shi must have fled overnight." ”

Xing Bo, the doctor in charge of military and horse affairs, was a well-known shunfeng ear, and he said to Zhongxingyan: "There was a cry of farewell from military horses in the city last night, so it sounds like the people of Qi should have fled." ”

When Shu Xiang returned from his inspection of the camp, he also reported to Jin Pinggong: "Pingyin City is full of birds at ease, and the Qi people must have fled." ”

After a while, a previous team of the Jin army cautiously came to the city gate, and the sergeants did not meet any resistance, so. Climb the walls and open the gates from the inside; The coalition forces then marched into Pingyin, thus opening the first gate to Linzi.

Zhongxingyan left an army to defend Pingyin, and then led the army to continue north. The road ahead gradually narrowed and became rough and difficult, and the coalition forces had to slow down and follow the Qi division unhurriedly.

Su Shawei wiped off the fat powder, changed into a military uniform, and took the initiative to apply to Qi Linggong to assume the heavy responsibility of the palace, and this ridiculous request was approved. He destroyed the carts, blocked them in narrow places, and cut down a large number of trees and piled them up in the passes. Zhu Xuan and Guo Shi were also in the ranks of His Royal Highness at that time. Both of them are famous wrestlers, and they are also the two most favored servants of Qi Linggong. The two of them came to see Su Shawei, and when they saw him doing what a man should do, they couldn't help pouting: "It's a shame for the country that you can become the queen of the Qi army!" Please go first, and the task of fighting the pursuers will be left to the man with the leader! ”

Su Shawei was not angry, and laughed a few times before turning around and leaving.

Zhu Xuan and Guo continued to methodically create obstacles to the pursuers, but the Jin vanguard moved quickly; The work of the two men was not yet completed, but they could already see the banner of the enemy army in the distance. The two were shocked and ordered Yu Rong to speed up his escape. But as the chariot ran, he suddenly saw a mess of obstacles piling up on the road ahead, even the corpses of the horses.

He scolded, "Despicable and sinister eunuch! You're going to kill us! See how I clean you up when I go back! ”。

It turned out that in the country of Qi, even Cui Shu had to behave politely when he saw Su Shawei; This is not because Cui Shu is afraid of his power, but because the second tail has made all kinds of bad moves; His opponents are often killed before they even see the danger.

Those two big bosses didn't know how powerful Master Su Shawei was, and they dared to sneer at him; So Su Shawei wanted to turn them into obstacles to stop the enemy.