Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Yiling City.

For Chu State, this is a city with extremely special significance.

The tombs of the ancient kings of Chu State were once buried here.

The reason why we say it was once is because 19 years ago, the well-known Lord Wu'an Baiqi led his army to break through here, and burned the ancestral temple of Chu State outside the city and the tombs of the previous kings of Chu State with a big fire.

Hu Zeng, a poet of later generations, once wrote a poem about this: "The tower of Yiling City leaned on the morning clouds, and the defeated Qin army set fire to it. Why are there three thousand pearls and guests, and you can't drive Wu'an in the west?"

Of course, since Baiqi burned tombs and ancestral temples, Yiling City is still intact, but it has changed from the territory of Chu State to a part of Qin State.

There are many Chu people living in this Yiling city, most of them are descendants of the defenders sent by the Chu royal family to guard the ancestral temple and the tombs of the former kings.

During the Changping War last year, after learning that the Chu army had begun to attack the two counties in the southeast, the residents of Chu State in Yiling City launched a rebellion, killed the guard of Qin State in Yiling City, and succeeded. It withstood the next several counterattacks of the Qin army, and became the first city among the two southeast counties to respond to the army of Chu.

After returning to the arms of Chu State, the residents of Yiling City rejoiced and reveled continuously for six days and six nights.

This morning, the sun rose from the east, and the sunlight shone on the top of Yiling City. A few white clouds drifted across the sky slowly, and everything looked so peaceful.

A few Chu soldiers were patrolling the city while gossiping.

A short, dark-skinned Chu soldier said: "I heard that the battle in Wancheng is fierce, and I don't know who will win."

His companion, a tall and thin Chu soldier, said with a sneer, "Is there even a need to say that? Of course Chu wins, Qin will definitely lose!"

The short soldier frowned and said, "Qin is the overlord of the world. Have you forgotten that we were all citizens of Qin not long ago? I think it's hard to win this battle."

The tall and thin soldier snorted, and said, "That was in the past! Now that Qin has been defeated in the Battle of Changping, it's not what it used to be! Plus there's Shangzhu leading the army, this battle will definitely be won!"

Several other soldiers of the Chu State also agreed after hearing this, saying: "Yes, yes, the people of the Qin State are not strong now!" "If the State of Qin is really that powerful, how could we take back Yiling City And Yingdu?" "Qin is far inferior to Zhao, and it is not as good as Chu!"

For a while, the crowd was turbulent, and the contempt and contempt for the Qin people were revealed inside and outside the words.

The short soldier wanted to say something else, but after thinking about it, he shook his head helplessly and looked away.

The next moment, the short soldier froze suddenly.

The short soldier's sudden stop almost caused his companion behind him to bump into him. The startled companion subconsciously wanted to complain, but was immediately interrupted by the short soldier.

"Look, there's a boat!"

"Boat?" The other Chu soldiers felt a little amused when they heard this.

The city of Yiling was built on the river, so how could there be no boats?

But when they turned their gazes to the river, the smiles on the faces of all Chu soldiers froze instantly.

Surrounded by mountains and meandering rivers, a large ship sailed out of the calm waters of the Yangtze River behind the mountains. On the top of the tall mast of the ship, a large black flag flew fiercely, and the word "Qin" on it was extremely conspicuous. .

After this big ship, one after another came out of the mountains, densely covering the entire river, which looked very shocking.

"Gudong." The short soldier swallowed subconsciously, and suddenly jumped up, roaring in a voice that he didn't know whether it was surprise or fear.

"Enemy attack, Qin army, it is Qin army who is here!"

Because they were going down the river, these Qin warships came very fast, looking like a sharp arrow heading towards Yiling City.

By the time the sirens started to sound from the top of Yiling City, Qin warships had already started to dock on the pier outside the city.

Sima Jin, who was in armor, was the first to jump from the boat onto the pier. Looking at the stunned Chu people in the pier, his eyes widened, and he shouted, "Kneel down to this general!"

After yelling this sentence, Sima Jin didn't stop, and rushed towards the city gate not far away.

Behind Sima Jin, soldiers of the Qin Army jumped off the boat one after another, closely followed Sima Jin's footsteps, and attacked Yiling City in front of them.

Yiling City was built by the river, so its south gate was not too far from the wharf, only a few hundred feet away.

Sima Jin took a big stride and ran all the way, rushing to the gate of the city, just in time to see hundreds of Chu soldiers pushing the heavy city gate in a hurry, trying to close the gate.

Sima Jin pulled out the long sword in his hand almost without hesitation, and shouted violently, "Chu Manzi, die!"

The next moment, Sima Jin slammed into the soldiers of the Chu army like a tiger descending the mountain. The long sword in his hand kept waving, and every movement of the sword brought a lot of blood and screams, recklessly reaping his life.

Behind Sima Jin, soldiers of the Qin army rushed into the city gate one after another, and fought fiercely with the Chu army.

These soldiers of the Qin army rushing to the front were all wearing armor and leather helmets on their heads. They were the famous Qin Ruishi!

However, in just a few tens of breaths, Sima Jin and Qin Ruishi easily defeated the enemy in front of them. The hundreds of defenders who wanted to stop Sima Jin's advance left dozens of corpses and fled in all directions.

Sima Jin, who was covered in blood, laughed loudly. Looking at the countless panicked and screaming residents of Yiling City who were running for their lives, he let out a loud roar.

"Chu barbarians, listen up, your old Qin Yeye is back!"

All this scene was seen by Wang Ling who was still on the boat and had not landed, and Wang Ling couldn't help showing a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Although Wang Ling's old boss Bai Qi is now under house arrest by Qin Wangji, this does not affect Qin Wangji's entrusting Wang Ling with a heavy responsibility, giving Wang Ling full authority to command the surprise army that attacked Chu.

In fact, the only person Qin Wangji feared was Bai Qi.

A general next to Wang Ling said in a puzzled way: "General, why is the Chu army here undefended and their combat effectiveness so weak?"

You must know that Sima Cuo, the general of the Qin State, had already launched two battles of "Floating River to Conquer Chu" decades ago.

In those two battles, each time the Qin army first attacked Yufu City hundreds of miles upstream, followed by Yiling City.

No matter how stupid the Chu people are, they should be prepared for being beaten twice in a row.

Wang Ling smiled slightly, and said: "It's not that the Chu people are not defending, but that the Chu people have no soldiers to defend. Now that Chu's troops are all in the Central Plains to fight against Wang Lu's army and Qi's army, how can they still have troops to guard here?"

The generals around Wang Ling suddenly realized.

Wang Ling looked at the soldiers of the Qin Army who were still pouring into Yiling City in front of him, the expression on his face became more and more cheerful, and even the tone of his speech was somewhat relaxed.

"Pass down the order and make a quick decision. We don't have time to waste here. There are still many places waiting to be conquered!"

2 Chapter [-]: The Good News and Bad News Brought by Miao Xian (Part [-])

December 259, 12 BC.

On this day, Zhao Dan came to the side hall of Longtai in Handan as usual, and began to deal with the government affairs of the day.

There was a sound of footsteps, Miao Xian entered the side hall, and bowed to Zhao Dan: "I have seen the king."

Zhao Dan raised his head, glanced at Miao Xian, and showed a smile on his face: "So it's Miao Qing. Why, is there any new news?"

Yao Xian nodded respectfully, and said to Zhao Dan: "The news just came back, that the so-called coal mine that the king mentioned has been found."

This news immediately lifted Zhao Dan's spirits, and he hurriedly asked, "Do you have a sample?"