Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

"Queen, the Zhao army has been besieging the city for three days. Apart from dispatching a small number of cavalry to harass the city, the Zhao army has not made any other specific siege actions in the past three days. It’s all about besieging Jidu.”

The person who spoke was a middle-aged general named Le Ping. He was about the same age as Le Cheng. He was the number two figure in Yan Guo Le Clan besides Le Jian. supreme military commander.

Le Ping's words made the solemn expression on the Empress Dowager Yan's face relax a lot. She was about to say something when another voice suddenly sounded: "Queen Mother, the old minister has something to say."

Empress Dowager Yan shifted her gaze to the person who spoke, and after staring at the person for several seconds, Empress Dowager Yan slowly said, "Cai Qing, what do you want?"

To be honest, the Empress Dowager Yan was extremely dissatisfied with this Cai Niao. If it wasn't because this Cai Niao was a minister, and at the same time, the Empress Dowager Yan didn't want to be completely ignored by Le Jian, Cai Niao and those who opposed Le Jian The veterans in the room have long been wiped out by the music room.

Lejian has always been merciless in dealing with political opponents.

Cai Niao was also taken aback by Empress Dowager Yan's unfriendly gaze just now, and then suddenly woke up that he has not yet fully surrendered to Zhao Guo at this moment, and life and death are still in the mind of Empress Yan, so the next tone became very subconscious. He became respectful: "Queen Mother, the old minister has also followed the army before. You must know that the Zhao people came from a long distance on the grassland. It will take time to make siege equipment. Once the Zhao people are ready, then launch it." The siege operation must be unprecedented, so we must guard against it."

Empress Dowager Yan shifted her gaze to Le Ping and asked, "General Le Ping, is what Cai Qing said true?"

Le Ping froze for a moment, then nodded and said: "Returning to the Queen Mother, this is indeed a possibility, but I think that the current strength of the Zhao people outside the city is no more than 3 or [-]. Very limited."

Sun Tzu's Art of War once said the words "ten rounds of encirclement". Although it is rare to see ten cases of encirclement in specific battle situations, if there is no two or three times the strength of the defenders, then the attack of the attacking party will often attack the city. It is difficult or even a waste of effort, and Le Ping is naturally well aware of this.

But Cai Niao obviously didn't agree with Le Ping's meaning, and he continued to say: "Queen Mother, the strength of Zhao's army is known all over the world. Although the number may be only [-] to [-], it is the army led by Li Mu after all. The extent must have been far beyond everyone's expectations, and the veteran thinks that it must not be taken lightly."

Le Ping glanced at Cai Niao, feeling that the other party was making a big fuss, but after all, what the other party seemed to say was somewhat reasonable, so Le Ping didn't intend to refute it.

Empress Dowager Yan pondered for a while, and said, "So what Cai Qing means is"

Cai Niao hurriedly said: "The meaning of the old minister is actually very simple. There are still hundreds of diners in the old minister's home. Now is the time when the country is in crisis. The old minister is willing to contribute all these diners and let them go to the city to help defend the city. Do your duty as a servant!"

As soon as Cai Niao's words came out, the ministers of the Yan Kingdom who were with Cai Niao immediately rushed to say: "Queen Mother, the old minister is also willing to send disciples to help defend the city."

"Queen Mother, I am also willing to help defend the city!"

So in this way, the other ministers of Yan State who were present also expressed their loyalty not to be outdone. .

Seeing the enthusiasm of the ministers, the Empress Dowager Yan felt somewhat relieved. From the Empress Dowager's point of view, there are still so many ministers of the State of Yan who are willing to fight to protect Jidu under the unfavorable situation of the State of Yan. It is a very rare thing.

Don't dare to hurt the hearts of these loyal ministers.

So Empress Dowager Yan turned her attention to Le Ping and said, "General, what do you think of this matter? From the old woman's point of view, Cai Qing and others are full of patriotism."

In fact, Le Ping didn't want to use these housekeepers. Firstly, the guard force of Jidu has not yet reached the point where it needs to be replenished. Secondly, these housekeepers are not professional soldiers. A war in the city might just add to the chaos.

But now that the Empress Dowager Yan is talking about this, what else can Le Ping do?I had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree: "The Queen Mother has an order, so Le Ping will naturally follow it."

After a while, Cai Niao and his group walked out of the palace gate happily. Judging from the expressions on their faces, anyone would feel that they were actually just happy for Jidu with a little more hope, but no one know their true thoughts.

"Is it all arranged?" Cai Niao whispered to the other ministers. Since they walked together and others were embarrassed to approach, they were not afraid of being overheard.

The more important point is that even if others eavesdrop, it is actually useless.

"It's all arranged." The rest of the ministers nodded.

"Very good." Cai Niao said with satisfaction: "Remember to confess to those key confidantes, let them do a good job, and don't let us down our trust in them!"

Said Cai Niao gently stretched out the three fingers of his right hand, gestured towards everyone, and then said with a smile: "In this case, then we will go back to our homes and wait for the moment when the news of victory comes. "

In the following days, Li Mu was not idle either, he tried to launch a few fake sieges, which caused a lot of panic in the city of Jidu.

But after all, Li Mu didn't really prepare any siege equipment. Thousands of soldiers of the Zhao army rushed forward carrying the ladders, and then retreated when they saw that there was nothing to be done. Basically, it was like this. It's okay to be scary, but attacking the top of the city is just a daydream.

After this situation lasted for several days, the monarchs and ministers of Yan Kingdom in Jidu finally began to feel a little more at ease, and Le Ping patted the Queen Mother Yan in front of her with absolute certainty: "Please rest assured, Queen Mother, unless Zhao The people of the country continue to increase their troops, otherwise, with their current strength, it is absolutely impossible to break through Jidu!"

The Empress Dowager Yan was relieved when she heard this, and it was not only the Empress Dowager Yan who was relieved, but also the defenders above the city of Yan Kingdom.

Before I knew it, it was the night of three days later.

From Zhao Jun's siege to the present, there has never been any time when the city was attacked at night, so when the task of night duty was drawn, the defenders of Yan State not only did not feel that this was a difficult task, but also I wish I could be part of the night duty.

The person in charge of guarding the east gate of Jidu is a Lord of Five Hundreds. At this moment, he is leading two centurions under his command to patrol the top of the city. After patrolling around, he naturally entered the turret.

At this moment, there were quite a few people sitting in the turret, one of them stood up quickly when he saw the five hundred masters of Yan Kingdom coming in, and said with a smile: "The five hundred masters are here, please take a seat."

The five hundred masters twitched their noses, then their eyes lit up, and said with a smile: "You are actually drinking at this time, aren't you afraid that the military order will fail?"

Said it was a military order, but when the five hundred masters said these words, there was no sign of wanting to execute the military order on their faces.

Hearing the words, the man who just came up to greet him immediately took out a wine gourd, and said with a smile: "Master Wubai was joking, we just drink some wine to warm our bodies because of the bitter cold in the spring night. Come on, this is my special gift." The five hundred masters came to drink the wine brought out from the house."

Speaking of this, the full wine gourd entered the hands of the five hundred masters. As soon as the five hundred masters pulled off the lid of the gourd, a smell of wine came out immediately, and he couldn't help but praised: "It's really not bad, it's Cai Good wine from the Qing family."

He was not polite as he said it, and drank almost half of the gourd in one gulp.

The officers of the Yan State who followed Wubaizhu were obviously used to this, everyone was laughing and mingling together, and the food and wine brought up was even more insane, and the whole atmosphere was in a mess.

Suddenly Lord Wubai's eyes widened, he sat up from the ground, and said: "There is this wine." Before he finished speaking, he fell down with a thud.

Not only the five hundred masters, but also more than a dozen lower-ranking officers of Yan State in the turret also fell one by one.

And the rest of those who are fully awake are those from Cai Niao's faction.

One of them, who looked like a leader, said in a low voice: "They're all numb, don't worry about them, go down to the city immediately and seize the city gate, opening the city gate is a great feat! Also, quickly light the torches Get up and send a signal to the city outside the city!"

A moment later, a fire light suddenly waved in the air in a certain specific trajectory on the city, and it took a full three times before it disappeared into the air again.

At the moment when the flames disappeared, there was a shout of killing inside the city gate, and hundreds of doormen with weapons swarmed out of several courtyards near the city gate and rushed towards the city gate.

At the same time, in the darkness outside the city, there were waves of frightening hoofbeats!

Chapter 8, Chapter [-], Jidu is broken (third change)

Facts have proved that even with the best plans, there will still be some twists and turns.

Although it is said that the five hundred masters and several hundred generals and village chiefs were killed, a surprising thing still happened. Hundreds of soldiers of the Yan army, relying on their usual bravery and fighting skills, reacted immediately, and He firmly guarded the city gate.

Although the number of enemies in front of them is more than ten times that of theirs, these enemies are nothing more than mobs like Menke Sheren, and they are not the opponents of these elite defenders of the Yan army in terms of fighting power.

Dozens of leading disciples rushed up with courage at first, and then they were immediately beheaded to death by the soldiers of the Yan Army who cooperated extremely tacitly, and then the rest immediately panicked and retreated subconsciously , only dare to shout and fight from behind, but dare not charge forward at all.

A whole cup of tea time has passed, and the city gate has not been breached for a long time.

The thunderous sound of horseshoes outside the city was gradually approaching, bringing great pressure to everyone's heart.

In addition, many nearby Yan troops also began to come to their senses and moved closer to this side.

At this time, a dozen figures suddenly rushed out from the side of the street, shouting loudly: "Hurry up, come on together, as long as we take down the city gate, the whole city will be ours!"

As soon as the voice fell, these figures rushed into the position immediately, and started fighting with the guarding soldiers of the Yan Army.

It is strange to say that the soldiers of the Yan Army who showed great power when facing these retainers just now were like a cat meeting a tiger after encountering these sudden figures. Several people were killed instantly, and their formation was also destroyed. It was a little confusing.