"PS: The "Tingwei" in the previous chapter should be "Weiwei" or "Guowei". The author was dizzy and made a mistake. I'm sorry."
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"Dang-dang-dang-dang——"
"Dang-dang-dang-dang——"
The early warning sound in Xianyang City gradually resounded throughout the city, but in the main hall of the Qin Palace, King Qin Hui, Wei Yang, and Zhang Tang remained silent, making the sound of a needle drop audible throughout the palace.
I don't know how long it took, but the sound of "ka ka ka" came from the palace, and it seemed that a group of soldiers came outside the palace.
Immediately, the guard opened the palace door and stepped into the palace.
Seeing this, King Qin endured the suspicion in his heart and asked in a deep voice: "Wei You, why did the alarm bell sound in the city?"
The Wei Wei was traveling around, and upon hearing this, he saluted and reported: "To inform your Majesty, a troop of soldiers and horses was found outside Xianyang City, suspected to be the Wei army..."
After hearing this, King Qin turned around and subconsciously held the table in front of him with his hands. He looked at Wei You with an expression of disbelief and asked one word after another: "Wei——jun——? "
"Yes." Wei Weiweiyou lowered his head and replied.
After hearing this, King Qin felt that the world was spinning in front of his eyes, and Zhang Tang, who was under the steps of the throne, also had a look of horror on his face.
The reason is very simple. According to the route of the Wei army's advance, the only way to reach Xianyang is through Fenghao. Now that the Wei army has arrived at Xianyang City, it means that Fenghao has fallen.
How is this possible?!
"..." After silently glancing at everyone in the palace, King Qin stood up and walked towards the outside of the palace.
He wanted to see with his own eyes the Wei army outside the city to see if it was a heavenly general with three heads and six arms.
You must know that ten days ago, Wuxinhou Gongsun Qishang, who was in Taolin, wrote a battle report to Xianyang, saying that the Wei army was still in the Taolin area at that time.
In other words, as of October 28, nearly 100,000 Wei troops under the command of Wei Gongzi Run were still in the Taolin area.
Today is only the ninth day of November, which means that in just ten days, Wei Gongzi Run led nearly 100,000 Wei troops, under the ice and snow, across the snowfields of nearly 500 miles from Taolin to Xiagui in Weinan. Then they successively captured Xiagui, Lintong, and Fenghao, and finally led their army to the city of Xianyang.
Is this really something that humans can do?
Seeing King Qin walking out of the palace without saying a word, Wei Yang, Zhang Tang and Wei You quickly followed.
About a quarter of an hour later, King Qin returned to the South City Gate in a carriage.
Along the way, Qin soldiers and generals saluted King Qin one after another, but King Hui of Qin didn't care about anything else at this time and hurried to the tower to watch the Wei army outside the city.
At this moment, outside the city, about 30,000 to 40,000 Wei troops were arranged in an orderly manner. The middle army was the Shang Shui Army, and the left and right wings were the Sichuan soldiers of the Sichuan-Luo Alliance. What is reassuring is that the Wei army did not have any siege equipment.
"Are you here specifically to demonstrate, Mr. Wei?"
King Qin looked back at the royal flag "Wei, Su Wang Run" in the Wei army with an expressionless face. As far as he knew, this royal flag was unique to Wei Gongzi Run.
Suddenly, the Wei army outside the city moved a little to both sides, leaving a passage. Then, a young general wearing brocade armor, accompanied by several guards, slowly came to the front of the Wei army's array.
Seeing this, whether it was King Qin Hui, Wei Yang, Zhang Tang, or the Qin army soldiers and generals on Xianyang City at this moment, they all subconsciously raised their spirits.
Because they had a hunch: that young Wei general was none other than Wei Gongzi Run!
"How young..."
King Qin couldn't help but feel surprised, because according to his observation, the young master of Wei, Run, was really young. If it weren't for the crown on his head, King Qin even suspected that this boy was not even ten years old.
However, it was such a young prince of Wei who made Qin feel like it was facing a formidable enemy.
At the same time, the young Wei general under the city, no, it was Wei Gongzi Run, or Su Wang Zhao Hongrun, also sat astride a horse, looking expressionlessly at the south city gate tower of Xianyang in the distance.
When the King of Qin returned, Zhang Tang and others guessed correctly. At this moment, Fenghao had been defeated by the Wei army.
When Feng Hao had almost no defense, it was really not a problem for the Wei army, with the assistance of the Green Crows, to capture a city.
Unfortunately, Fenghao was too close to Xianyang, so when the Wei army successfully attacked Fenghao, the Qin army soldiers stationed at Fenghao had already spread the news to Xianyang, which basically prevented the Wei army from repeating its old tricks. It is possible to capture Xianyang.
However, Zhao Hongrun decided to take his troops to Xianyang for a walk.
Yes, just for a walk, he wanted to tell King Qin in Xianyang personally: I am here!
"That's King Qin, right? Shaojun, his father?"
Zhao Hongrun secretly guessed when he vaguely saw a middle-aged man wearing a jade crown and dragon-patterned robes appearing on the tower of the south gate of Xianyang.
He carefully looked at the Qin people on the tower in Xianyang. In addition to the Qin soldiers wearing armor, there were also many Qin nobles in colorful clothes on the tower.
It can be seen that the clothing habits of the Qin people are somewhat similar to those of the nobles of the Wei state. It is not surprising if you think about it carefully. After all, the Ji Zhao family of the Wei state in the Central Plains comes from Longxi, and Longxi has bordered the Qin state since ancient times, so it is natural that they will have clothes. Cultural exchanges. What's more, the Ji Zhao royal family also passed through the territory of the Qin people on their way to the Central Plains.
Zhao Hongrun even heard that there are still members of the Ji Zhao family in the Qin State. They were the people who married the Qin people when the Ji Zhao family moved eastward and settled in the Qin State.
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun would not be surprised if a noble named Ji suddenly appeared in the Qin State with the surname "Ying", or even a branch of the royal family. After all, hundreds of years ago, the relationship between the surnames Ying and Ji was quite similar. Not bad.
It's a pity that the good and harmonious relationship at the beginning cannot continue to this day.
After sighing for a moment, Zhao Hongrun looked back at Wei Jiao, the Zongwei Chief behind him, and stretched out his left hand: "Wei Jiao."
Zongwei Chief Wei Jiao understood and handed a hand crossbow that had been prepared to his Highness.
After taking the crossbow, Zhao Hongrun held the crossbow in both hands and aimed at the tower in Xianyang.
This move aroused the vigilance of the Qin soldiers on the tower of the south gate of Xianyang. The guard Wei You even exclaimed "protect the king" and ordered several Qin soldiers to hold shields to protect the Qin king before he turned around.
King Qin disagreed with this. He did not believe that Wei Gongzi Run personally controlled the crossbow to shoot someone. If this was true, wouldn't it be more convenient for the other party to order the Wei crossbowmen in the army?
Obviously, the other party wanted to deliver the letter through the crossbow arrow.
Of course, although he understood this, King Qin had no intention of pushing away the Qin soldiers holding shields in front of him.
After all, everything is just in case. What if Mr. Wei's hands are shaking? What if the wind direction causes the crossbow arrow to deviate from the target?
It would be a very embarrassing thing for a dignified king of Qin to be shot to death by a stray arrow.
"Whoosh——"
The sound of a crossbow bolt cutting through the air came, and then with a loud sound, the crossbow bolt shot by Zhao Hongrun was nailed to a pillar on the Xianyang City Tower.
King Qin turned his head and took a look, and sure enough he saw a small piece of cloth tied to the front end of the crossbow arrow.
"Go and get it." King Qin ordered the guard next to him.
That's all. He continued to look at Wei Gongzi Run at the bottom of the city.
At this time, Zhao Hongrun had thrown the crossbow back to Zongwei Chief Wei Jiao. Then, he slowly took out the sword from his waist, raised the sword forward, and pointed the sword's edge at the gate tower of Xianyang South City.
Seeing this move, both King Qin and the rest of the people on the city gate opened their eyes wide with sullen expressions on their faces.
Because it was a very provocative move.
However, just when the soldiers and generals of the Qin Army on Xianyang City couldn't help but yell, they heard the soldiers of Shangshui outside the city raising their arms and shouting like thunder, so that the soldiers and generals of the Qin Army on the city tower could blurt out the insults The words were swallowed back in the stomach subconsciously.
"withdraw!"
Following the order from King Su Zhao Hongrun, the Wei soldiers under Xianyang City retreated along the way they came, as if they had won a battle.
Seeing this scene, the soldiers and generals of the Qin army in Xianyang City were furious, and one of the generals took the initiative to ask for help: "Your Majesty, please allow the last general to lead his troops out of the city to thwart the arrogance of the Wei army. If we fail to win, please behead me!"
"..." King Qin looked back at Wei Gongzi Run who was gradually walking away, but did not agree.
To be honest, he was shocked, not by the majestic military strength of the Shang Shui Army, but by the miraculous thousands-mile attack of the Wei Army.
He could never figure out how Wei Gongzi Run led nearly 100,000 Wei troops under his command to travel 700 miles in just ten days, capturing three cities along the way: Xiagui, Lintong, and Fenghao, and finally arrived at Xianyang City.
At this time, Wei Weiyou had already untied the cloth strip from the crossbow arrow and handed it to King Qin Hui with both hands.
King Qin took the cloth, spread it out and glanced at it. He saw six words written on the cloth: You want to fight! I will fight!
It seemed like just six words, but there was an unusually strong aura rushing towards him, and even the King of Qin couldn't help but show a solemn look on his face.
But after a while, the King of Qin threw the cloth into the brazier nearby. Then, without looking at the cloth that was reduced to ashes in the fire, he turned to face the ministers, nobles, and soldiers on the tower.
He glanced at the crowd and said expressionlessly: "Send an order to the whole country to prepare for battle!"
Hearing this, the Qin soldiers and generals on the city tower raised their arms and shouted.
Listening to the shouts of the soldiers, King Qin turned his head to look at the retreating Wei army, and secretly sneered in his heart.
Perhaps even Zhao Hongrun did not expect that his demonstrations not only failed to scare Qin Wanghui in Xianyang, but actually made Qin Wanghui firm in the war with the Wei army.
Unlike the princes and nobles of Korea, the tough Qin people are never afraid of war!
On the way to retreat, Su Wang Zhao Hongrun gradually realized this after hearing the thunderous shouts coming from the direction of Xianyang.
He must admit that Qin is a country that is rising rapidly. The atmosphere of the entire country is completely different from that of South Korea and Chu. Even if the army approaches the city, the Qin people are not afraid.
But Zhao Hongrun doesn't care about this. Since the Qin people have no fear, then try to make them feel fear!
For Zhao Hongrun, who has occupied three Qin cities including Xiagui, Lintong, and Fenghao, and still has nearly 100,000 troops, he can completely drag Qin into trouble.
But before that, he must first mobilize his troops in Lantian to release the evil tiger Sima An.