Chapter 445 I will never run away!

King Qi had high hopes for Wanchang City. In his view, Wanchang City was located in the Dichang Valley and could be attacked and defended. As long as Wanchang City was defended, the Northern Army could no longer move south.

As a result, it didn't take long for Wanchang City to be captured by the Northern Army.

Moreover, after the Northern Army broke through Wanchang City, they actually immediately elected a new county governor, and began to reform the land policy, handing over all land ownership to the Northern King, and then greatly exempted them from taxes, directly imposing a tax of one hundred.

King Qi didn't dare to think about how King Bei dared to waive other agricultural taxes and actually pay a tax of one per hundred. Even if he fights back in the future, I'm afraid the locals will not support him as King Qi. .

This eldest nephew of mine is crazy!

Agricultural taxes are the basis of their lord's rule. How dare he set the taxes so low!

Of course, what King Qi is most worried about now is not the issue of taxes, but the issue of whether he can defend Qi State.

Now that Wanchang City and Dongri City were destroyed, Qi State lost 200,000 troops at once.

There are still some troops in the royal capital, and if they capture strong men now, they will be able to recruit about 200,000 soldiers again within a period of time.

It's just that such soldiers basically don't have much combat effectiveness, but they can be used to block arrows without any problem.

Although King Qi had fallen ill, in order to resist the northern army, King Qi still dragged his sick body to issue orders.

King Qi has been completely tied to the chariot. Even if the current King Qi wants to surrender, it is impossible for those aristocratic families to let him surrender. If King Qi, the leader, surrenders, what will happen to those aristocratic families?

They heard about what the Northern Army did after occupying Wanchang City, especially the matter of taking back the land to the Northern King, which deeply irritated their nerves.

The aristocratic family will never allow such a policy to appear on them.

Soon, King Qi once again assembled an army of 200,000 people, but most of these soldiers were captured peasant soldiers and had no fighting capacity at all.

But now that the situation is so critical, it doesn't matter whether these peasant soldiers have any fighting capacity.

In order to prevent the Northern King from occupying the Qi State, the aristocratic families in the Qi State tried their best.

Inside Anping City.

In the dead of night, Lu Chen looked at the battle report sent back by Xuanyuan Chen and couldn't help but sneered.

Are these aristocratic families in Qi State really planning to die with him?

However, if an egg hits a stone, the only thing that will break is the egg.

At this moment, Bai Qingqing, wearing a black guard uniform, entered the study and said, "Your Majesty, it's time to rest."

Lu Chen followed Xuanyuan Chen south this time. He was not the commander, nor did he lead the troops, so he had maids to serve him, and Bai Qingqing was one of them.

Ever since Lu Chen left the North Palace and went south, Bai Qingqing has been arranging Lu Chen's life. Bai Qingqing arranged what Lu Chen eats every day and when to rest at night.

Before going south, Chu Yuqin told Bai Qingqing that she must take good care of Lu Chen, so Bai Qingqing paid special attention to Lu Chen's life.

Of course, even if Chu Yuqin didn't remind her, she would do her best to take care of Lu Chen.

After seeing the expressionless, cold and beautiful Bai Qingqing, Lu Chen put down what he was holding and said immediately, "Okay, it's really time to rest."

Then Lu Chen followed Bai Qingqing back to the room. After Lu Chen entered the room, he said to Bai Qingqing: "Xiao Bai, you can stay here tonight.

Hearing this, Bai Qingqing had no reaction on her face. She had long been used to sleeping with him, and this kind of thing was nothing new to her.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

As soon as Bai Qingqing finished speaking, Lu Chen pulled Bai Qingqing into his arms, hugged her waist and said, "Xiao Bai, you have been with me for so long, why are you still so reserved? "

As Lu Chen said this, he put his claws into Bai Qingqing's clothes.

Bai Qingqing, who was originally expressionless, finally had a blush on her face, but she didn't say much. She just leaned quietly in Lu Chen's arms and allowed Lu Chen to do evil to her.

Seeing a blush on the cold woman's face, Lu Chen no longer endured it any longer and directly carried Bai Qingqing to the bed.

Finally, under Lu Chen's guidance, Bai Qingqing opened her mouth to call her husband.

the next morning.

Under Bai Qingqing's service, Lu Chen got dressed.

He was just about to eat the breakfast prepared when a maid came to him and said, "Your Majesty, the head of the Qi family wants to see you."

Hearing this, Lu Chen was stunned for a moment.

The head of the Qi family?

That Qi family?

Lu Chen immediately asked: "Qi family? Where is the Qi family from?"

The maid replied: "It is a noble family in Qi State. Their family is located in Wanchang City. According to the head of the family, he was guided by General Xuanyuan, so he specially wanted to see you."

After hearing what the maid said, Lu Chen realized that he was from a wealthy family in Wanchang City.

After Wanchang City was captured, the land ownership in and around Wanchang City was changed. Lu Chen heard about it in Xuanyuanchen's letter. The first family in Wanchang City was particularly cooperative and not only handed over a lot of gold and silver. treasure, and also actively cooperated with the change of land ownership.

Lu Chen pondered for a moment, and finally decided to meet the head of the Qi family.

Originally, the head of the Qi family was just a local aristocratic family, and was not qualified to meet the vassal king Lu Chen. However, Lu Chen considered that the Qi family still had some influence in Qi State, and could support the Qi family and provide other small The family sets an example.

After breakfast, Lu Chen met the head of the Qi family. The head of the Qi family came to see him. It didn't have anything important to do, he just came to show his loyalty.

Moreover, the head of the Qi family was very smart and handed over to Lu Chen the list of aristocratic families in the Qi State that supported King Qi in resisting the Northern Army's march southward, thus becoming the leading party of the Qi State.

With the list provided by the Qi family, Lu Chen would be confident when the time comes to settle accounts with those aristocratic families. Of course, this does not rule out that the Qi family wants to borrow a knife to kill someone, but Lu Chen doesn't care about this. Anyway, he has I plan to clean up the aristocratic families in Qi State.

After meeting the head of the Qi family, Lu Chen gave Xuanyuan Chen a military order, asking him to advance towards King Qi.

At the same time, Lu Chen no longer stayed in Anping City, but led 50,000 soldiers south to Wanchang City.

Nowadays, Lu Chen no longer needs to go to the frontline battlefield in person. He is the king. Fighting is not his job. He only needs to command from behind. How to use talents is what he should think about as a ruler.

After Lu Chen arrived in Wanchang City, the streets were deserted. The people of Qi State stood on both sides of the road and warmly welcomed his arrival.

Putting aside everything else, the tax exemption alone was enough to make the common people burst into tears of gratitude to Lu Chen.

In the past, Qi State was controlled by local aristocratic families, and there were various taxes. The taxes were not only numerous but also complicated. When the Northern King came, he directly exempted all those taxes. How could he not be loved by the people?

When Lu Chen arrived at Wanchang City, Xuanyuan Chen had already led an army of 150,000 people straight to the capital of King Qi. In the next half month, Xuanyuan Chen advanced at a rate of capturing a city almost every day.

As news of the city's destruction reached King Qi's capital one after another, King Qi became more and more frightened, and the aristocratic families of Qi also became more and more frightened.

Finally, in just one month, Xuanyuan Chen lived up to Lu Chen's expectations and directly led the 150,000 troops from the North to the capital of Qi Kingdom.

When King Qi learned that the Northern Army had arrived at the capital, he was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground.

At this moment.

The capital of King Qi, in the palace of King Qi.

King Qi sat on the ground with fear on his face.

"How can it be……"

"How could it be so fast..."

At this time, Princess Qi was supporting King Qi and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, let's escape!"

Princess Qi's words instantly stimulated King Qi, who immediately said: "No! I will never run away!"

"The king still has an army of 200,000!"

"I have already written to the imperial court. The imperial court will definitely send troops to support me. I do not believe that Emperor Xia will watch the Qi Kingdom be destroyed!"

King Qi's face was ferocious, but he still had no intention of escaping or surrendering. (End of chapter)

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