Chapter 14: Shangdang Battle

While Fusu and Zhang Han confronted under Hangu Pass, the battle of Shangdang was also in full swing...

"Dangdangdang..." With a loud sound of bronze bells, the black-shirted soldiers in the northern border retreated from the broken city walls of Shangdang like a tide. The crossbow soldiers broke behind and slowly retreated to the camp.

"Bah!" General Su Jiao spat hard on the ground, looked at Shangdang City in disappointment, and retreated with the army unhappily.

It has been seven days since 150,000 Black-shirted Army joined forces with Li Xin and 50,000 troops to attack Shangdang. Although he tried his best, he still failed to break through Shangdang's strong county town. Instead, more than 20,000 people were killed or injured. This result made the New Qin army generals a little depressed!

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In the commander's tent, the generals of the New Qin army are strongly "greetings" to all the immediate relatives who are dealing with Shangdang Prefect!

"Fuck his mother, is Zhao Gao's eunuch? Is Zhou Xuan's real father or his master? He is so hard for him!" A captain said angrily. "Yes, yes, this bastard is so hard. When we break through Shangdang City, he must be good-looking! Since he is so friendly with Zhao Gao's eunuch, we might as well castrate him first and hang him!" Another captain agreed...

For a moment, there were many curses in the tent. All the generals were from the military, and they didn't know a lot of big words and came out of the sea of ​​blood. Of course, most of them were bloody and rough people, so there was no etiquette to talk about the enemy!

Meng Yi also had a headache when he heard this, and waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay! Stop scolding, if you scold me, then Zhou Xuan will not be scolded to death! Zhou Xuan is actually not really a party of eunuchs. His political achievements in Shangdang are not bad on weekdays. It's just that my family is young and Zhao Gao, so he has no choice but to do so!"

Seeing Meng Yi speaking, the generals stopped cursing in disappointment.

"General Li, our army's fierce attack on Shangdang for seven days will not work. Do you see if there is any other way?" Meng Yi frowned.

Li Xin was also a little depressed. He thought that more than 200,000 troops were able to attack Shangdang, but he didn't expect the resistance to be so fierce. After thinking about it, he said: "Shangdang is not as good as Taiyuan. Taiyuan City is the most powerful pass after Yanmen Pass. It is a key road to consolidating the Central Plains, so it is difficult to fight. Shangdang is just an ordinary county city. If it is stronger, I think as long as I attack for a few more days, Zhou Xuan will definitely not be able to hold on."

Su Jiao nodded and said angrily: "General Li said that the last general didn't believe that Zhou Xuan could last for a few days! Damn, Zhou Xuan recognized that our Northern Army was good at field battles and was not good at siege, so he couldn't defend it. If he dared to fight, I could beat him 10,000 and beat him 30,000, and he could beat him down!"

Shuma was also a little depressed and said, "Yes! Just watching these soldiers who survived the bloody battle with the Huns fall down under Shangdang City one by one, Mo Jiang felt really uncomfortable. Zhou Xuan only knew the safety of his family and ignored the national justice, and was not a good thing!"

Meng Yi sighed, knowing that the generals had no good ideas. No wonder: Then Zhou Xuan can tease and seduce you, but you can't come out, what can you do!

Suddenly, Li Xin asked, "General Meng, is there no news about Li Liang from Hukou?" Meng Yi shook his head and said, "No, I don't know if the secret envoy sent by His Majesty has arrived! I don't know if Li Liang will surrender! Wait and see!"

When the generals were in a state of depression, suddenly a raid rushed to the tent and said, "General Meng, General Li, the villain just discovered that a team of about a thousand people ten miles northeast is driving towards our army camp, and the team is covered with many strange equipment!"

"Oh—!" Meng Yi was stunned and asked, "Northeast? That must not be the pseudo-Qin army of Shangdang. They were surrounded in the city and could not be concealed! Have you ever seen who it was?" Qi Yu replied, "It's all common people, without armor or flags, not like an army. But all Kong Wu is powerful and has a long sword on his waist, not like an ordinary person! I really don't know what it is!"

When people heard this, they were puzzled: What did this soldier do not look like a soldier, and the people do not look like a civilian to run to the battlefield? I was impatient to live? Looking for death?

Meng Yi suddenly thought about it, stood up suddenly and said, "Look up the three thousand elite cavalry, and the generals will follow me to see who this is!" "Here!"

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Under the hazy sunset, the gate of the Dongzhai gate of the north of the New Qin army opened, and three thousand elite cavalry each carried heavy halberds and set up their formations. Meng Yi, Li Xin and other generals set up in front of the formation.

After a while, with a squeaking sound that made the scalp numb, the strange team that the scattered in the east appeared in the sky. Under the golden sunset, although the wind was cold, the generals were a little dazed: What the scattered in the sky was true!

Seeing the three thousand iron cavalry in front of the New Qin Army camp waiting for the battle, this strange team suddenly stopped, as if they were afraid of some misunderstandings, and then a horse sped out of the team and headed straight for the New Qin Army.

"Who is General Li Xin and General Meng Yi?" The visitor smiled and bowed.

Li Xin was puzzled, looked at Meng Yi, and the two of them replied, "I am the two of them! Who are you? Don't you know this is a battlefield!?"

The person who came laughed and said, "I won't come yet if it's not the battlefield! In the Mo class, the leader of the Momen branch's 'Mo Sect'!"

"Hmm--!" Meng Yi was startled: "Momen! Isn't that an organization that is specialized in making the right thing for me, Qin army??" His face changed and he was about to turn against him. However, Li Xin smiled and greeted him: "Hello, hello! I have heard of the famous name of Momen for a long time, and today I can open my eyes!"

Meng Yi was stunned, and the generals of the Qin army were also stunned: What kind of play did General Li sing? He was so intimate with this Mo Ban!

Meng Yi lowered his face and said, "General Li, what do you mean? Don't you know that this Mo Sect is my mortal enemy of the Qin army!" Li Xin smiled and said, "Don't you know!? No wonder, no wonder, you have always been in the northern Xinjiang, but among the senior generals in the southern Xinjiang, we all know that the Mo Sect is actually our own people!" Mo Ban smiled without saying a word.

"Owner!?" Meng Yi and others were stunned! The expression was similar to the expression of the generals in southern Xinjiang at that time when they heard that Fusu was the "master" of the Momen.

"Yes, yes! Our Your Majesty is actually the 'Great Master' of the Mo Sect! Mr. Mo, you are here to help this time on the order of Your Majesty!?" Li Xin said with a smile.

"That's right, we are here to help us by the 'master', no, Your Majesty's order!" Mo Ban said respectfully.

Meng Yi and others were stunned. After a long time, Meng Yi stuttered and said, "Brother Li, you said that Your Majesty is Mo, the 'master' of the Mo Sect, I, I heard it right!" The other generals were worried!

Li Xin laughed and said, "Of course, that's right, that's right! Okay, it's too cold outside, go in and settle down first, Mr. Mo and I will tell you in detail!" Meng Yi was stunned for a moment, as if he couldn't digest the amazing news.

Li Xin smiled and said, "General Meng won't believe me, right?" "No, of course not! Please come in, let me go!" Meng Yi was confused, and the generals were also shady.

The Mo Ban waved behind him, and a thousand Mo craftsmen entered the camp with the New Qin army.

After settling down a thousand Mojiangs, Li Xin and the generals accompanied Mo Ban and returned to the commander's tent together. Then, the generals stared at Li Xin and Mo Ban in a daze. Meng Yi said anxiously: "Brother Li, tell me quickly, what's going on? I was so stupid today!"

Li Xin smiled and said, "I'm also listening to Your Majesty himself. I'll explain it in detail to you!" As he said that, he told Meng Yi and other generals that Fusu had previously said.

Meng Yi and others' mouths became bigger and bigger as they heard them, and their eyes were so shocked that they almost popped out, as if they were listening to a fantasy. After a long time, after Li Xin finished speaking, Meng Yi and others had not yet come back to their senses from this strange and exciting story!

"Cough! Cough!" Li Xin coughed twice and said with a smile: "Do you understand?? When we first heard this amazing story, our reaction was similar to yours-!" The tremolo was dragged long and had a bit of a joke!

"Incredible! Incredible!" Meng Yilian said two "incredible", looking incomprehensible. "There is such a strange thing in this world. Your Majesty is really a god!"

The veteran general Shuma, who was in his fifties, also said foolishly: "It's amazing! If General Li hadn't said it seriously, I would have thought he was listening to the story!"

Su Jiao smacked his lips and suddenly laughed: "No wonder the Momen has not been troubled all these years. It turned out that he was invited by His Majesty! Just now, the whole family almost started fighting. It was so dangerous, so dangerous!"

"Hahaha..." Everyone finally came to their senses and laughed together.

Mo Ban smiled at this time, "General Meng, did Your Majesty say hello to you in advance when we arrive?" Meng Yi said in a little disappointedly: "Yes, but I only said that there is a surprise soldier who will come to help! But I don't think that it was you! Your Majesty scared us this time!" The generals laughed again.

Li Xinle said: "Shangdang City is tall and vast, and we can't do anything about it for a while, but the Momen equipment is famous all over the world. I believe Mr. Mo has a way to deal with it!"

Mo Ban smiled and said, "This is what we are here! Give us three days, and we can use the tools at hand to create a batch of new siege equipment that you have never seen before. Within two days, no, maybe we can easily take down Shangdang in one day! Of course, we have few people and we also need the cooperation of your baggage troops!"

Meng Yi said happily: "It's great, I will immediately explain to the soldiers to help you build siege equipment!" Su Jiao smiled and said, "Guess, when the soldiers heard that the Momen was actually their own people, would their reaction be better than us?"

"It's hard to say, it's hard to say!" Everyone laughed.

Hukou Pass, one of the eight great passes in Taihang Mountains, is an important gateway connecting Shanxi and Hebei. It is now guarded by General Li Liang, the Zhao State.

After Li Liang, the old Zhao nobles, Wu Chen and others raised their troops, they responded to the uprising army and made great contributions to the Wu Chen's capture of Zhao. Wu Chen made himself the Queen of Zhao and appointed him as the general!

Logically speaking, Li Liang was highly powerful in Zhao State and should be very proud and very happy. Unfortunately, since he arrived at Huguan, Li Liang was no longer happy in the face of the powerful military power of the New Qin army. Especially after three days ago, he learned that Chen Yu's 100,000 army was killed by Meng Tian and 30,000 people and wiped out the entire army, Li Liang felt even more anxious all day long.

Under such circumstances, let alone letting Li Liang go out of the pass to drag the New Qin army back, even Li Liang hid in the city of Huguan and felt unable to sleep or eat, for fear that the 50,000 New Qin army under the pass would take advantage of the situation to attack the city.

On this day, Li Liang patrolled the city in Guanzhong as usual, fearing that the city defense would be missed and his life would be lost.

Suddenly, a soldier came to report to Li Liang: "General, there is a person under the city who claims to be the messenger of the New Qin army. If you have something to do, you want to see the general!" "Oh!" Li Liang was a little uneasy: "It's not that I sent the last spy to the last spy!? Could it be that Shangdang has fallen into it!" After thinking about it, he didn't dare to see him, so he nodded and said, "Open the city gate and take him to the general's mansion to see me!" "Here!" The soldier responded.

As soon as Li Liang returned to the mansion to sit down, two personal soldiers led a middle-aged man into the hall. Li Liang looked at the middle-aged man: he was about 40 years old, and although his cheeks were thin, his eyes were bright and energetic, and he was tall and slender, and he looked a little demeanor.

"I am Li Liang, the general of Zhao State. The envoy is here. What should I do if I have any advice?" Although Li Liang was uneasy, he could not see anything on his face.

The Qin envoy gave a tribute and said with a smile: "I am the envoy sent by His Majesty the New Qin Emperor: He Jiong, currently a military aide! I will come and say a few words to the general on his order!"

Li Liang was startled: "Fusu sent it directly, I don't know what purpose it is!" He said calmly: "Please sit down, please tell me if you have something to say!" He Jiong bowed his hand and sat down from Li Liang's head, and a soldier brought tea and retreated.

He Jiong looked around and felt a little embarrassed: "General, there are some things that may not be convenient to say on this occasion!" Li Liang moved his heart and smiled and said, "Don't worry, these personal soldiers are all my private soldiers, and they are absolutely loyal and reliable!"

"Okay!" He Jiong nodded and went straight in: "My Lord, I heard that the general's reputation is very popular. I specially ordered the envoy to recruit the general! I wonder if the general is interested?" Li Liang was stunned when he heard this, and then laughed: "Hahaha, I am the General of Zhao State, with a high position and a powerful position and a great favor from King Zhao. I live a very happy life. I don't seem to have a reason to surrender to you in the New Qin!"

He Jiong also laughed and said, "Why do you have to bully me, General!" Li Liang was stunned: "What does the envoy mean?"

He Jiong said quietly: "The general said that he was high and powerful in Zhao State, and he was probably not necessarily the case. Wu Chen, Chen Yu and Zhang Er were not from Zhao. They raised an army in Zhao State, and they were in Zhao State. I am afraid that the nobles of Zhao State would be somewhat dissatisfied!? Wu Chen and the three must also understand this point, but the general was an old noble in Zhao State. Wu Chen may not be ungrateful to the general! In terms of past contributions, the general's contribution is no worse than Chen Yu and Zhang Er, and may even be a little stronger. However, Wu Chen established himself as Queen Zhao, and still established Chen Yu and Zhang Er as the left and right prime ministers, with power above the general. Moreover, General Li was the general, but he could not control the main military power. The elite troops in the country were basically controlled by Wu Chen, Chen Yu and Zhang Er. How could such a situation be called high and powerful!?"

Li Liang was scratched by He Jiong and was a little angry for a moment. He smiled and said, "What the envoy said is wrong! The two prime ministers Chen and Zhang were the first to raise an army with the king, and were loyal and diligent. But I am just a backward person. It is not a strange thing that the two prime ministers are inferior to the power. The king treats me well and has rewards from time to time!"

He Jiong smiled again and said, "General Li said that King Zhao is good to the general, but I don't think so. I once heard about something. Once, General Li entered Handan and suddenly saw the King of Zhao Luan. The general immediately avoided the road and bowed to the ground and shouted a greeting. But who knew that the person who sat on the King of Zhao Luan was not Wu Chen himself, but his sister - Mrs. An Yi! I heard that Mrs. An Yi didn't even look at the general at the time, and then left straight away. It was really rude. A general's dignified man was humiliated by a woman. Wouldn't he be ashamed? Later, when Wu Chen heard about this, he had no intention of blame for Mrs. An Yi. It can be seen that Wu Chen really didn't take the general seriously, but he saw that the general could appease the nobles in Zhao and tried to use it. How could such a king say that he would have any kindness to General Li??"

"Hmph, this slut!" Li Liang's expression changed drastically and he cursed. Li Liang's humiliation by Mrs. An Yi has always been a heart-wrenching problem in Li Liang's heart and was resentful. At this time, he was aroused by He Jiong and suddenly lost his calmness!

He Jiong was secretly happy when he saw this and smiled and said, "It can be seen that in fact, the military ministers do not value the general, let alone any kindness! Our wise and powerful masters are the wise rulers of the world. Currently, we have a million troops, and most of the country is in hand. We have just defeated Chen Yu in Jingxing. It can be seen that the world will be gained by our master sooner or later. How can a man like Wuchen, who is a petty man who is weak and ungrateful, be his opponent!? Common saying: Good birds choose trees to live on, and wise ministers choose their masters to serve. With the wisdom of the general, can't we see which road is bright? "

Li Liang was moved when he heard this. In fact, Li Liang had no ambitions at all. He just wanted to be a 10,000 marquis. Now, seeing that Chen Yu died, the strength of the Wuchen was reduced by half, and it seemed not very good, and he suddenly felt shaken. So he hesitated and said, "Then your master wants to surrender to me, how do you plan to treat each other?"

He Jiong was overjoyed, almost laughing in his heart, and hurriedly said, "As long as General Li is willing to surrender, Your Majesty agrees: Immediately confer General Li as the General of the Protective Country, Julu Marquis, with a fief of 5,000. If we can support our army to capture Zhao in the future, we will reward you according to the merits! In addition, Your Majesty also asked me to bring a pair of white jades and ten night pearls, which are the most treasures in the world. Please smile!"

As he said that, He Jiong took out a brocade box from behind and placed it on the table. He opened it. Suddenly, the white light on the table rose sharply, and there were thousands of auspicious energy, as if he was in a fairyland!

It seems that Fusu has a lot of capital.

The so-called wealth is moving, Li Liang was immediately dazzled. He thought to himself: "Just as the Qin envoy said, Wu Chen only treats me as a useful hunting dog, and it is not a good thing to be kind. Especially when his sister humiliates me, Wu Chen does not blame me, and he shows that he is not kind. Now, Chen Yu is dead, and the 100,000 troops are also lost. Meng Tian stations troops in Jingxing and may go south at any time, and Wu Chen is in danger. It is better to take advantage of the situation to surrender to Qin and win some wealth. Otherwise, Shangdang will soon fall, Meng Yi and Meng Tian attack Huguan together, wouldn't I want to be doomed with Wu Chen? Subjugate!"

So Li Liang got up, bowed to He Jiong, and smiled and said, "Thank you for your advice, otherwise Li Liang would almost mislead himself! Please report back to Your Majesty, Li Liang surrenders sincerely and will never let him down!"

He Jiong was overjoyed and said, "It's great. The general who knows the current affairs is a hero. This is the order of His Majesty to be appointed by the official. Please accept it!" As he said that, he took out the imperial edict. Li Liang hurriedly knelt down, shouted long live, and respectfully accepted the imperial edict.

After getting up, Li Liang smiled and said, "Now we are a family. What should Li Liang do now? Please give me some advice!" He Jiong said, "The Shangdang Battle is not over yet. You are not busy changing your flag. Let's still use the Zhao army! When the Shangdang Battle is over, General Meng Yi will definitely come. At that time, you will raise an army to support us and guide our army to capture Zhao territory. Of course, during this period, you will have to eliminate all the military officials in the general. Is there any problem?"

"No, no! Most of the soldiers are my confidants, and there are not many loyal to the military officials. I will arrange to get rid of them immediately! I have worked hard for a long time, so why not rest in the mansion for a few days, so that Li can do his best to fulfill his friendship with the landlord!" Li Liang was relieved this time.

"No need, to avoid leaking the storm, I'd better leave earlier! In addition, I also received a notice from General Meng Yi's army, and they must be anxious!" He Jiong didn't dare to stay for too long.

"Okay, then I will arrange for my confidant to send me a fight! The person comes, prepare the travel expenses for the sir, and send me a quick horse out of the city!" Li Liang shouted.

"Here!" A personal soldier responded and went to prepare for He Jiong.

At this moment, Li Liang secretly sent He Jiong out of the city and returned to Guanzhong, Hukou to make arrangements.

Outside Shangdang City, the New Qin Army was mainly engaged in the north.

There were loud sawings and the sound of chopping wood everywhere in the camp. Groups of New Qin army craftsmen were rushing to make siege equipment under the guidance of the ink craftsmen. Many of the siege equipment looked strange, and many were the first time the New Qin army saw it. For a moment, there were many soldiers watching the strange things around. Even Li Xin, Meng Yi and others were watching the fun, learning and observing!

Just as Mo Ban explained a device called "Turning the Car" to Generals Li Xin, personal soldiers came to report: "Dear generals, there are more than a dozen people outside the door claiming to be Your Majesty's secret envoys, holding tokens, asking to see General Li and General Meng!"

"Oh! Who is the name of the person coming?" Li Xin asked.

"Call himself He Jiong!" the personal soldier replied.

"Oh, I remember that I am one of the aides in His Majesty's army. Please invite him in!" Li Xin said with a smile.
To be continued...