On January 23, 258 BC, Taoyi.

dusk.

Wei Wuji, the prime minister of the State of Wei, stood in the Wei army camp outside the city, staring at the big city in front of him.

White snow spread throughout the city, but if you look closely, you can find countless blood stains on it and hundreds of corpses of Wei soldiers under the city.

This city was once the founding of Emperor Yao in ancient times, and is now one of the best cities in this era.

Because it is located on a major transportation route and is also a bridgehead for Qin in the east, Qin attaches great importance to this city and has arranged a total of 5,000 elite soldiers here.

Although many people had already fled the city when the war first began, there were still nearly 100,000 soldiers and civilians in the city sticking to the city.

At the beginning, Wei Wuji did not actually take the entire 100,000 Qin soldiers and civilians seriously.

After all, the 20,000 troops in Wei Wuji's hands are an elite army built by the Wei State's 5,000 Wei Wushu as the team. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the strongest combat power of the Wei State now.

As long as you can kill the city and start fighting, Wei Wuji believes that there is no problem with his soldiers fighting ten.

But the problem is that the city of Taoyi is a bit difficult to get to.

It has to be said that although it was an excellent opportunity for the Wei State to send troops to Tao County while the Three Jin coalition forces were attacking Hedong to attract the attention of Qin, God did not stand on Wei Wuji's side this time.

The heavy snow caused great difficulties for Wei Wuji's military operations in Tao County. The extremely slow marching speed turned Wei Wuji's surprise attack into a long siege.

Even so, Wei Wuji still used his own methods and wisdom to seize other cities in Taoyi one by one.

After the Zuo City also fell, there is now only an isolated city like Taoyi in the entire Tao County.

Sitting in a distressed city with no reinforcements outside, this is the best portrayal of Taoyi now.

It is precisely because of this that Wei Wuji felt that the city should have been captured soon.

But the fact is that after four days of siege, even if Wei Wuji's Wei Wushu was brave enough, he could not climb the tall city wall of Taoyi.

When Wei Wuji thought of the battles he had witnessed these days, he couldn't help but sigh softly.

"Unexpectedly, the Qin people were so brave!"

The combat effectiveness shown by the garrison of Tao County of Qin in these days was indeed beyond Wei Wuji's expectations.

Strong, really strong.

If it weren't for Wei Wuji's more troops, and if it wasn't for Wei Wuji's command that he could defeat the Qin generals, it would be really difficult for Wei to take over half of Tao County from Qin with these 20,000 people.

Sometimes Wei Wuji really couldn't understand what kind of ability did Shang Jun have? With just one reform, the Qin State, which had been suppressed by Jin for hundreds of years and was also a junior of Chu for hundreds of years, has become powerful to the point where he is today?

"Mr. Shang is a true god!" Even with Wei Wuji's talent, he couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of his heart.

But immediately Wei Wuji thought of another thing, that is, even from the reform of Shang Jun to the moment when he gathered the power of four generations to defeat Qi and defeat Chu, Qin, which was invincible to the world, would not be able to make good use of Zhao...

"King Wuling is also a god!" Wei Wuji sighed again.

In Wei Wuji's view, it was King Wuling of Zhao's Hu clothing that completely laid the foundation for Zhao's current strength.

This also made Wei Wuji feel very stressed.

The two overlords of Qin and Zhao were like two mountains pressing on the other five countries, making these five countries breathless!

For Wei Wuji, if he wants to realize his ambition to revitalize Wei, he must move away the two mountains of Qin and Zhao.

It is already difficult to move one alone. Now it is so difficult to solve two of them!

Just as Wei Wuji was stunned and dazed, a close confidant appeared beside Wei Wuji and reported something.

"General, King Zhao sent an envoy to come!"

Wei Wuji nodded, slowly withdrew his thoughts, and then showed a surprised expression: "King Zhao? You are talking about the king."

For Wei Wuji, the King and King Zhao are of course different.

"The General Returned to the General, it was the envoy from King Handan of Zhao."

Wei Wuji frowned and after a while, he said, "Can you know who is coming?"

"Zhao State Grand Tour, Zheng Zhu!"

"Zheng Zhu?" Wei Wuji recited the name several times, then nodded and said, "Let's lead the envoy to come."

After a long time, Zheng Zhu, the Zhao State Grand Chamber, appeared in Wei Wuji's tent.

"I've met Xinlingjun."

"Please sit down."

After some hypocritical politeness, Zheng Zhu went straight to the topic: "Xinling Jun, my king ordered me to come today, hoping that Xinling Jun could go south quickly and lift the siege of Pengcheng!"

"Pengcheng?" Wei Wuji looked at Zheng Zhu without saying a word, smiled, and said, "What does the matter between Pengcheng have to do with Wei?"

As soon as Wei Wuji said this, Zheng Zhu's face changed a little. He stared at Wei Wuji and said, "Xinling Jun, the three Jin coalition forces are fighting with Qin and Qi. Chu State resists Qi in the east and resists Qin in the west, and is also an ally of the Three Jins. At this moment, the Chu army was defeated in Lanling, and Pengcheng was in danger. If Xinling Jun refused to save him, he might lose his reputation as a wise man!"

When Wei Wuji heard this, his face did not change at all, but he had already fully understood what Zheng Zhu wanted this time.

So the next moment, the smile on the Xinlingjun's face remained unchanged and said, "If what I remember well, the State of Wei has sent 80,000 troops to help King Zhao attack Qin in Hedong. Isn't this satisfying King Zhao?"

Zheng Zhu said seriously: "Zhenling, I know that you are eager to be a country and want to win Tao County and make contributions to the country. But now there is no reinforcements outside Taoyi and no morale inside. You can take it as much as possible at any time, so why bother to hurry up?"

Wei Wuji frowned and said to Zheng Zhu: "Daxing's words are wrong. If he does not conquer Taoyi at this moment, he may cause trouble in the future."

Wei Wuji knew very well that if he gave up capturing Taoyi this time, he would probably not have such a good opportunity next time.

That’s right, Qin may not be able to relieve near-thirst in the state of Qin, but Zhao can!

Zheng Zhu repeatedly encountered walls, and was obviously quite unhappy in his heart. He expressed his expression and said, "Mr. Xinling, my king once said before leaving. The survival and death of Chunshen and tens of thousands of Chu troops in Pengcheng is the key to the victory or defeat of this great war. I hope that Xinling can abandon the small interests of Wei State, and for the sake of the overall situation of this war, quickly withdraw the besiege of Taoyi and rescue Pengcheng!"
Chapter completed!