Wei Zeng was sitting in the palace. He seemed to see his teacher sitting in front of him. The teacher still looked worried. He first asked about his physical condition, and then said: "One king in the world, this is the trend.
No one can stop it. All I can do is speed up the process... My child, the beam is not as strong as you think. Beyond the beam, there is the endless river."
"Do you know what this means?"
"The Wei State made a wrong decision to make Daliang its capital. The terrain here is low. As long as a few canals are dug along the coast, the entire city can be flooded with river water and turned into a swamp. No matter how strong the city is, it will collapse.
..However, if this happens, countless houses, farmland, and people will definitely suffer flood disasters...You know, I can't bear to see such a situation."
"But, child, the longer the war drags on, the more detrimental it will be to you. Although I love the people inside and outside Daliang, I also love the soldiers who followed me on the expedition. In the several-day siege, both sides spent tens of thousands.
The human cost, I can't just watch the soldiers die because of my compassion... Now, it's time for you to make a decision... Take the city and surrender, the King of Qin will not treat you badly.
My people, the State of Qin will not cut off the sacrifices of the State of Wei, and no one will dare to harm you."
"No! No! No!!", a roar broke King Wei's illusion. King Wei opened his eyes again, but there was no teacher in front of him anymore, only Long Yangjun who was furious. Long Yangjun was crazy
He snatched the bamboo slips from King Wei's hand and immediately threw them on the ground. He stepped on the bamboo slips one by one and roared like a wild beast. Lord Long Yang's eyes were red and he shouted: "
Absolutely no surrender! Absolutely no surrender!”
"The Kingdom of Wei cannot perish in our hands... Your Majesty, even if we all die in battle, we cannot surrender!!"
Wei Zeng just looked at Long Yangjun in front of him quietly without saying a word. Only then did Long Yangjun look at the envoy of the Qin State. When Long Yangjun pulled out his dagger, King Wei hurriedly gave the order
, stopped Lord Long Yang and was not allowed to harm the envoy of Qin. The envoy of Qin was also startled by the appearance of Lord Long Yang. Fortunately, the warriors of King Wei surrounded him in time, and this way he was spared.
Killed by Lord Long Yang.
Seeing that King Wei ordered to protect the envoy, Lord Longyang became even more angry. He stood in front of King Wei. This was the first time that he looked at his king so rudely. He stared at King Wei.
, asked: "Do you want to betray Wei?" King Wei did not speak. He stood up and staggered towards the outside of the palace. The warriors followed him hurriedly. Long Yangjun was stunned.
He stared blankly at King Wei walking out of the palace.
Wei Zeng has not left the palace for many days. To be precise, he has not left the palace for almost a year. He is very afraid to go out. He is afraid that he will hear the people's reprimands or their calls for help when he walks out of the palace.
After that, he discovered that there was deathly silence outside the palace. Everywhere, there were people sitting on the cold ground, holding their children in their arms, their eyes dull and trembling.
The Wei State brought all the last people to Daliang City, but they had no shelter or food in the city. They could only sleep on the streets and obtain daily necessities by helping the Wei army strengthen the city defenses or assisting in defending the city. Through these food
To raise his family...and if these people die on the city wall, it often means that the family behind him is facing destruction.
Of course there are no people around the palace, even though it is so spacious.
The warriors were guarding the surroundings, not allowing anyone to approach, but in the distance, there was a completely different scene. King Wei saw those poor families knocking on the doors desperately and sending their sons and daughters into those houses. Sometimes, there were
People take the initiative to go out and select some good-looking children to bring in. Even though their parents know what they are about to face, they do not resist at all because they have no hope of survival on the streets.
Within Daliang, it actually became the largest refugee camp in Wei State and the largest brothel in Wei State.
King Wei suddenly laughed, smiling, and couldn't help but shed tears. There were often soldiers patrolling back and forth on the streets. These soldiers walked quickly on the streets, with the same expressions on their faces, just looking at them.
In the front, following the generals, they were all desperate... The Qin people loudly shouted the news of Li Mu's defeat under the city. If they had not lied, then Wei's last hope would also be gone.
Of course, the Wei State did not recognize these people. The officials kept persuading the soldiers that these were the Qin people's strategies. General Li Mu was coming soon and he would come to save Daliang.
In the camp outside the city, Zhao Kuo was sitting calmly on the ground, looking at Daliang City in the distance. Zhao Kuo had indeed become a little silent recently, or in other words, Zhao Kuo started to become silent a long time ago.
They had to stop talking. The warriors of Qin State stood solemnly beside Zhao Kuo. They clenched the weapons in their hands, trusting Zhao Kuo in their hearts. Meng Wu suddenly led his men to the central position.
The warriors first went to ask Zhao Kuo, and then Meng Wu came to visit Zhao Kuo.
Meng Wu had rested for a long time. It seemed that he had returned to his original state and was in high spirits. After paying homage to Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo motioned for him to sit next to him. Meng Wu sat down beside him with some excitement.
On the right, speaking of it, this is the first time that Meng Wu has served as Zhao Kuo's deputy general. This position used to belong only to his father and Wang Jian. Meng Wu looked at Zhao Kuo who was sitting quietly and asked: "Have you stopped attacking?"
city?"
"Daliang City is strong and there are many people helping them to defend. It is really difficult to break. If we attack forcefully, it will only cause more casualties."
Zhao Kuo answered Meng Wu and fell silent again.
Meng Wu frowned, and then said: "In the past few days, I have observed the surroundings of Daliang, and I have discovered a way to defeat the enemy... Marquis Wu Cheng, Daliang is not far from the river. If we can dig a channel, we can use it to defeat the enemy."
With Guan City, the Daliang City Wall will not be able to support it for long..." Meng Wu carefully expressed his thoughts. It was not that he had no confidence in himself, but that he had too much confidence in Zhao Kuo. Wu Chenghou would never look down upon it.
At this point, but he didn't mention it, is it because there are some flaws in this strategy?
Zhao Kuo nodded and said: "You are right, this is the best way to break the beam..."
"Then I will take the soldiers to dig!"
"No...wait, wait."
Meng Wu's eyes widened, and he asked: "What are we waiting for? What's the order from Xianyang?" This time, Zhao Kuo did not answer him. Meng Wu did not continue to press the question. For several days after that, the Qin State was
No attack was organized, and no strategic arrangements were made. The generals of Qin State were very surprised. They didn't understand why Zhao Kuo wanted to besiege but not attack. No matter how strong the beam was, how could it be able to withstand these more than twenty people?
An army of ten thousand people?
At the same time, after receiving reinforcements from Sima Shang, Tian Yue, Le Shu and others, Li Mu finally withstood Wang Jian's offensive. Wang Jian was stationed outside Handan, watching with eager eyes. Zhao, who was seriously short of food and grass, was obviously unable to continue the confrontation.
Li Mu, who King Zhao had high hopes for, was also defeated by Wang Jian and pushed all the way to the Great Wall. King Zhao had no choice but to send people to Qin to negotiate peace in order to end the war.
Of course Lu Buwei is not that stupid. Your Zhao State took the initiative to attack, and now you are still thinking about negotiating peace?
On this day, Zhao Zheng was also particularly troubled because a guy was always hanging around him, giving him a huge headache.
"Brother~~My brother~~ Just promise me...I will never embarrass you...Brother, do you still remember? There were several times when my father wanted to beat you, but it was me.
I deliberately aroused my father's anger and allowed you to escape..." Zhao Kang knelt down in front of Zhao Zheng, muttering and pleading. Zhao Zheng frowned and said displeasedly: "You
Do you think war is our childhood game?"
"Have you ever led an army? Have you ever served as a deputy general? You have no experience in leading an army, and you want to be a general? If you have three strengths and two weaknesses on the battlefield..."
"Brother, are you worried about me?" Zhao Kang asked with a grin.
"I'm not worried about you, I'm just afraid that if you die on the battlefield, my father will ask for your life!" Zhao Zheng said, looking away. Zhao Kang said helplessly: "My father had never led an army before. He was the first
We met Bai Qi on our first expedition, didn't we still win? Why do you think I can't do it?"
"Just you? Comparing with father?"
"When my father went to war, he had already been crowned. He was familiar with the art of war. No one in Zhao could discuss war with him. How about you? How many books on the art of war have you read? Who can you convince?"
"Wars are fought, not talked."
Zhao Zheng sighed helplessly. He looked at Zhao Kang beside him. Zhao Kang had been pestering him for a long time. He had beaten him, scolded him, and even complained to his mother, but it didn't work. Zhao Kang was just being thick.
Zhao Kang came to his side and asked to send troops to Yunzhong. Zhao Kang believed that Zhao's generals and troops had gathered in Handan, and Zhao's Yunzhong frontier area was empty, so it could be decided in a battle.
"Just give me 10,000 soldiers...Brother, I don't want more, just 10,000. If I can't take Yunzhong, you can kill me."
"Ha..." Zhao Zheng sneered. Seeing that he could not convince him, Zhao Kang stood up angrily and said: "You once said that you wanted to make me a general! Because of your age,
I've always been looked down upon, and you still complained to me, but now you don't believe me because I'm young... Can you imagine how angry I am?!" Zhao Zheng squinted his eyes and thought for a moment.
.
"I will only give you 20,000 people, and I will also send an old general to follow you. If the old general speaks, you must obey!"
"Hahaha~~" Zhao Kang jumped up excitedly and asked: "Brother? You agreed?"
"Since you want to lead troops, you must call me the king. If you lose, I will not show mercy and will definitely take your life!"
"Wei!!" Zhao Kang's expression became solemn and he bowed towards Zhao Zheng.
The next day, the King of Qin personally visited an old general in the country and finally convinced him. In the same month, Qin State took Zhao Kang as the general and Wang Lu as the deputy general, leading 20,000 elite troops to attack the Yunzhong County of Zhao State.
King Qin suddenly made this decision, and all the ministers were very surprised. Lu Buwei tried to dissuade him face to face, thinking that such behavior had no advantages but only disadvantages. This was a very dangerous move.
But the King of Qin did not listen to Lu Buwei's advice.
Zhao Kang rode a horse and led the army to gallop towards Zhao's frontier fortress. This was Zhao Kang's first time leading troops. He seemed very excited, while the old general Wang Lu was sitting on the military chariot, looking into the distance.
The young man running back and forth shook his head helplessly. If King Qin hadn't begged him, he really wouldn't have gone on another expedition. He was already very old, and most of the troops Zhao Kang wanted this time were cavalry.
These people came to seize Yunzhong, which is undoubtedly an idiot's dream.
But Wang Hao had no choice. The guy in front of him was Zhao Kang's biological son. The King of Qin regarded him as his brother... If Wang Hao wanted to spend his old age peacefully, he had to take a good look at this guy. After the expedition,
, Zhao Kang rarely came to visit Wang Lu, completely treating him as if he did not exist, and when he was managing the army, he did not care about the soldiers and be considerate like Zhao Kuo, but just marched blindly. Wang Lu became more and more worried.
Zhao Kuo waited for a while, but did not receive any news from Daliang City.
Zhao Kuo finally stood up and gave Meng Wu helpless orders to dig ditches and flood the beams... Just when Meng Wu was about to go to the river, the city gate of Daliang was suddenly opened, and those of Wei State
The soldiers also dropped their weapons from the top of the city. The Qi people, who were eager to prove themselves in front of Zhao Kuo, ignored the order and charged into the beam first. They did not think about whether this was an ambush.
Zhao Kuo stood on the military chariot and looked blankly at Daliang City in the distance.
When the soldiers of Qi State rushed into the city, the soldiers in the city had given up resistance. The officials knelt on both sides and read out the edict of King Wei to surrender. The Qin army followed closely and soon took control.
The entire Daliang City, and when they arrived at the palace, they encountered real resistance.
In Daliang City, in front of the glorious palace, the gray-haired Lord Long Yang clenched the weapon in his hand, and with a dozen warriors behind him, blocked the entrance of the palace.
When they went up, Long Yangjun roared and launched an attack. His swordsmanship was very graceful but very fast. In the lightning flash, the soldiers of Qi State fell one after another. The sword in Long Yangjun's hand kept dancing, cutting off
He leaned down to grab the weapons of the soldiers, the sword light flashed, and all the soldiers screamed and fell down.
There were more and more soldiers in front of the palace, and the warriors of Wei fell one after another.
In the end, only Long Yangjun was left at the entrance of the palace. Long Yangjun's sword had long been broken. He was holding a broken spear and looking at the soldiers in front of him like a tiger. The corpses were like
It spread out in a fan shape and covered every inch of the land under his feet.
"I am still alive...no one can destroy Wei State...I am still alive..."
Lord Long Yang staggered forward, but the soldiers in front of him quickly backed away in fear. Finally, these soldiers stopped stepping forward to fight with Lord Long Yang. The crossbowmen raised their crossbows and fired at them.
Focus on the shaky figure in the distance.
Long Yangjun was covered in injuries, and his body was completely soaked with blood.
"Whoosh~~whoosh~~whoosh~~whoosh~~"
"Your Majesty..."
Long Yangjun fell heavily to the ground, with tears running down his face. He shouted softly and then stopped moving.
ps: Brothers, I have some personal matters to resolve. I’ll fill in the second chapter tomorrow.
