Chapter 370: The Fall of Wei State
Wei Zeng sat in the palace. He seemed to see the teacher sitting in front of him. The teacher still looked worried. He first asked about his physical condition and then said: "One king of the world, this is the trend. No one can stop it. All I can do is to speed up this process... Child, the beam is not as strong as you think. Beside the beam, there is a river that flows endlessly."
"You know what this means?"
"It was a wrong decision for the Wei State to establish the capital of Daliang. 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, turning it into a water siege. Even the most solid city will collapse... But, in this way, there will definitely be countless houses, arable land, and the people who are suffering from flood disasters... You know, I can't bear to see such a situation."
"But, child, the more delayed the war, the more it will be against you. Although I love these people inside and outside Daliang, I also love the soldiers who followed me to fight. After several days of siege, both sides paid the price of tens of thousands of people. I cannot watch the soldiers die because of my compassion... Now, it's time for you to make a decision... Surrender with the city, the King of Qin will not treat your people badly, the Qin State will not cut off the sacrifices of Wei State, and no one dares to hurt you."
"No! No! No! No!!" A roar broke the fantasy of King Wei. King Wei opened his eyes again, but there was no teacher in front of him. There was only the thunderous Long Yang Jun. Lord Long Yang frantically snatched the bamboo slips from King Wei's hand, and then threw them on the ground. He stepped on the bamboo slips one by one, making a roar like a beast. Lord Long Yang's eyes were red, and he shouted: "Absolutely cannot surrender! Absolutely cannot surrender!"
"We cannot perish in our hands... Shangjun, even if we all die in battle, we cannot surrender!!"
Wei Zeng just looked at Long Yangjun in front of him quietly and said nothing. Long Yangjun then looked at the envoy of Qin. When Long Yangjun drew out the short sword, King Wei hurriedly ordered to stop Long Yangjun and not to hurt Qin. The envoy of Qin was also shocked by Long Yangjun's appearance. Fortunately, the warriors of King Wei surrounded him in time, which saved him from being killed by Long Yangjun.
Seeing that the King of Wei ordered to protect the envoy, Long Yang Jun became even more angry. He stood in front of the King of Wei. This was the first time he looked at his king so rudely. He stared at the King of Wei and asked, "Do you want to betray the Kingdom of Wei?" The King of Wei didn't say anything. He stood up and staggered towards the outside of the palace. The warriors hurriedly followed him. Long Yang Jun stared at the King of Wei who was 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 scolding of the people or their request for help. After he walked out of the palace, he discovered that there was a dead silence outside the palace. There are people sitting on the cold ground everywhere, holding their children in their arms, their eyes are dull and trembling.
The State of Wei brought all the last people to Daliang City, and they had no residence or food in the city. They could only sleep on the streets and obtained daily necessities by helping the Wei army strengthen the city defense or assisting in defending the city, and raised their families through these foods... And if these people died on the city wall, it often means that the family behind him was facing destruction.
Of course, there are no people around the palace, even if it is so spacious.
The warriors were guarding around and no one was allowed to approach. In the distance, there was a completely different scene. The King of Wei saw poor families knocking on the door desperately and sending their sons and daughters into those houses. Sometimes, some people took the initiative to go out the door and chose some beautiful children to bring them in. Even if their parents knew what they were about to face, they did not resist at all, because on the street, they had no hope of survival.
Within Daliang, it became the largest refugee camp in Wei State and the largest brothel in Wei State.
The King of Wei suddenly laughed, and as he smiled, tears couldn't help falling. There were often soldiers patrolling back and forth on the streets. These soldiers walked quickly on the streets, and they looked dull, just looking ahead and following the generals, they were all desperate... The Qin people shouted at the news of Li Mu's defeat at the city. If they hadn't lie, the last hope of Wei would no longer exist.
Of course, the Wei State did not recognize these people. The officials kept persuading the soldiers. Those were the Qin people's plans. General Li Mu was coming soon and he would come to save Daliang.
In the camp outside the city, Zhao Kuo was also sitting calmly on the ground and looking at the Daliang City in the distance. Zhao Kuo has indeed become a little silent recently, or in other words, Zhao Kuo has become disliked since a long time ago. The warriors of Qin stood solemnly beside Zhao Kuo. They held the weapons in their hands tightly and trusted Zhao Kuo in their hearts. Meng Wu suddenly brought people to the central military throne.
The warriors first went to ask Zhao Kuo, and then Meng Wu came to visit Zhao Kuo.
Meng Wu had been resting for a long time. It seemed that he had returned to his original condition and was full of energy. After paying homage to Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo signaled him to sit beside him. Meng Wu sat on his right with some excitement. Speaking of which, this was the first time Meng Wu has been serving as Zhao Kuo as his deputy general. In this position, his father and Wang Jian, who used to belong only to him. Meng Wu looked at Zhao Kuo who was sitting quietly and asked, "Have you stopped siege?"
"Dalian city is strong and there are many people who assist them in defense, which is really difficult to break. If you force an attack, it will only cause more casualties."
Zhao Kuo answered Meng Wu and was silent again.
Meng Wu frowned and then said, "In the past few days, I have observed the surroundings of Daliang and found a way to break the enemy... Wucheng Hou, Daliang is not far away from the river. If he can dig a channel and use it to irrigate the city, the Daliang city wall will not last long..." Meng Wu carefully expressed his thoughts. He didn't have confidence in himself, but he was too confident in Zhao Kuo. Wucheng Hou would never see this. If he didn't mention it, was it because of the flaws of this plan?
Zhao Kuo nodded and said, "You are right. This is the best way to break through the beam..."
"Then I'll take the soldiers to dig!"
"No... wait a little longer, wait a little longer."
Meng Wu widened his eyes and asked, "What are we waiting for? What are the orders of Xianyang?" This time, Zhao Kuo did not answer him. Meng Wu did not continue to ask. In the following days, Qin State did not organize any attacks or make any strategic deployments. The generals of Qin State were very surprised. They did not understand why Zhao Kuo wanted to surround him and not attack. No matter how strong the beam was, could it still stop the army of more than 200,000 people?
At the same time, after receiving reinforcements from Sima Shang, Tian Yue, Le Shu and others, Li Mu finally resisted Wang Jian's offensive. Wang Jian was stationed outside Handan, staring at Zhao State, which was seriously short of food and grass, obviously could not continue to confront each other. Li Mu, who had originally had high hopes, was defeated by Wang Jian and was pushed all the way to the Great Wall. King Zhao had to send people to Qin State to negotiate peace, hoping to end the war.
Of course, Lu Buwei is not that stupid. You, State of Zhao, took the initiative to launch an attack, and you are still thinking about peace talks?
On this day, Zhao Zheng was also particularly troubled, because a guy was always entangled by his side, which gave him an incredible headache.
"Brother~~My brother~~You promise me...I will never lose your face...Brother, do you remember? When my father wanted to hit you several times, it was because I deliberately attracted my father's anger to let you escape..." Zhao Kang knelt in front of Zhao Zheng, muttering, and constantly begging. Zhao Zheng frowned and said unhappily: "Do you think war was our childhood game?"
"Have you ever led soldiers? Have you ever served as a deputy general? You have no experience in leading troops at once, so you want to be a general? If you have a few shortcomings on the battlefield..."
"Brother, are you worried about me?" Zhao Kang asked with a smile.
"I'm not worried about you, I'm just afraid that you will die on the battlefield, and my father will take my life with me!" Zhao Zheng said, turning his head away, Zhao Kang said helplessly: "My father had never led the army at the beginning. He met Bai Qi on the first expedition. Didn't he win the battle? Why do you think I can't do it?"
"You are the ones? Compare with your father?"
"When my father went to war, he had already established his title. He was familiar with military tactics. No one in Zhao State could discuss military tactics with him. What about you? Have you read a few military tactics? Who can you convince?"
"The battle is fought, not talk."
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 this didn't work. Zhao Kang just came to him with a thick face and asked to send troops in the clouds. Zhao Kang believed that Zhao's generals were gathered in Handan, and the border areas of Zhao's clouds were empty and could be determined by a battle.
"Just give me ten thousand soldiers... Brother, I don't want more, only ten thousand. If I can't take Yunzhong, you will cut me down."
"Ha..." Zhao Zheng sneered. Seeing that he could not convince him, Zhao Kang stood up angrily. He said, "You once said that you want to make me a general! You are always looked down upon because of your age, and you complain to me. Now, you don't believe me because of my youth... Can you think of how angry I am?!" Zhao Zheng narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment.
"I only give you 20,000 people, and I will send an old general to follow you. If the old general speaks, you must obey!"
"Hahaha~~", Zhao Kang jumped up excitedly, and he asked, "Brother? Have you agreed?"
"Since you want to lead troops, you must call me the king. If you are defeated, I will not show mercy and must take your life!"
"Now!!", Zhao Kang's expression also became solemn, and he bent over and bowed to Zhao Zheng.
The next day, the King of Qin personally visited a veteran general in the country and finally convinced him. In the same month, Qin State took Zhao Kang as the general and Wang Wei as the deputy general, leading 20,000 elite troops to attack Yunzhong counties and counties in Zhao State. All the ministers were very surprised by the sudden decision made by the King of Qin. Lu Buwei dissuaded him in person, believing that such behavior had no benefits, only disadvantages, and this was a very dangerous move.
However, the King of Qin did not obey Lu Buwei's advice.
Zhao Kang rode a horse and led his army to detour towards the frontier of Zhao. This was Zhao Kang's first time leading his troops. He seemed very excited. The veteran general Wang He was sitting in a chariot and looking at the young man running back and forth in the distance, shook his head helplessly. If the King of Qin had not cried and begged, he would have really not want to go to war again. He was already very old. Most of the troops Zhao Kang wanted were cavalry this time. It was undoubtedly a dream to rely on these people to seize the Yunzhong.
But Wang He had no choice. The guy in front of him was Zhao Kang's biological son. The King of Qin regarded him as his younger brother... If Wang He wanted to spend his old age, he had to be optimistic about this guy. After going to war, Zhao Kang did not come to pay much attention to Wang He, and he completely pretended that he did not exist. He governed the army, and did not care about the soldiers as much as Zhao Kuo, and just marched blindly. Wang He was becoming more and more worried.
Zhao Kuo waited for a while, but he had not waited for any news from Daliang City.
Zhao Kuo finally stood up and gave Meng Wu helplessly orders to dig a canal and flood Daliang... Just as Meng Wu was about to go to the riverside, the city gate of Daliang was suddenly opened, and the soldiers of Wei State also dropped their weapons from the top of the city. They were eager to prove their Qi people in front of Zhao Kuo, but they took the lead in breaking into Daliang regardless of the order. They did not think about whether this would be an ambush.
Zhao Kuo stood in the chariot and looked at Daliang City in the distance in a daze.
When the soldiers of Qi rushed into the city, the soldiers in the city had already given up their resistance. The officials knelt on both sides and read the edict of King Wei's surrender. The Qin army followed closely behind and soon controlled the entire Daliang City. When they arrived at the palace, they encountered real resistance.
In the Daliang City, in front of the brilliant palace gate, Long Yangjun, who was gray-colored, held the weapon in his hand tightly, and with more than a dozen warriors behind him, blocked the door of the palace tightly. When the Qi people shouted and rushed forward, Long Yangjun roared and launched an attack. His sword was very beautiful, but very quickly. In the midst of lightning, the soldiers of Qi fell down one after another. The sword in Long Yangjun's hand continued to dance, cutting off the soldiers' weapons. He bent down, the sword light flashed, and the Qi people screamed and fell down.
There were more and more soldiers in front of the palace gate, and the warriors of the Wei Kingdom fell one by one.
In the end, there was only one Long Yangjun left at the gate of the palace. Long Yangjun's sword had long been broken. He leaned on a broken spear and looked at the soldiers in front of him like a tiger. The bodies covered every inch of land under his feet like a fan.
"I'm still alive... no one can destroy Wei State...I'm still alive..."
Long Yangjun staggered up, but the soldiers in front of him quickly retreated in fear. Finally, these soldiers stopped fighting with Long Yangjun. The crossbowmen raised the crossbows in their hands and aimed at the shaking figure in the distance.
Long Yangjun was covered in wounds and his blood completely soaked his body.
"Swoosh~~swoosh~~swoosh~~swoosh~~swoosh~~"
"Shangjun..."
Long Yangjun fell heavily on the ground, a tear mark slipped across his face, and he shouted softly, and then he never moved again.
Chapter completed!