Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

Mr. Pingyuan laughed: "Are you afraid that Lord Wu Xin will capture too many cities in these ten days, so you want to rush back to defend early?"

Lord Xinling did not hide anything, nodded and said: "Brother-in-law does know me.

After all, Wu Xinjun is the No.1 general in the world, so this Marquis has to be careful. "

This situation is somewhat strange. It is clear that the war between Zhao and Wei has not ceased, but the important figures of the two countries have already started to openly discuss the war between them.

Mr. Pingyuan blinked his eyes, and suddenly said with a smile: "I heard that Mr. Wu Xin has led his army to approach Taoyi. If Taoyi is captured by my great Zhao this time, then your country Wei will suffer a great loss."

Lord Xinling's face immediately changed when he heard the words, but he immediately calmed down and said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, please rest assured, no matter how strong Lord Wu Xin is, it is impossible to capture Taoyi within ten days!"

On the other side, three important ministers and envoys from Qin State, Qi State and Chu State were also talking, and the expressions of all three were very relaxed.

For these three countries, as long as they can prevent Zhao State from attacking Wei State, the goal has been achieved. As for Wei State ceding some land, it doesn't matter, as long as the country is not destroyed.

The envoy of the Qin State, Yangquan Jun, smiled and said, "How much blood do you two think the State Council of Wei has shed this time?"

Qi Guo Xiangbang Hou Sheng yawned, and said flatly: "I guess there are only three or two cities."

Mr. Yangquan blinked his eyes and said, "It is said that Mr. Wu Xin has already approached Taoyi."

On the other side, Chunshen Jun of Chu State couldn't help laughing: "Tao Yi?

When the old man went north, he passed through Taoyi.

To be honest with Mr. Yangquan, unless Mr. Wu Xinjun's soldiers have grown wings and can fly over the city walls of Taoyi, it is absolutely impossible to conquer Taoyi within ten days! "

Outside Taoyi City, Zhao Jun camped.

Taoyi is the city with the largest area, the largest population, and the most developed commercial trade in the Wei State except the capital Daliang. It originally belonged to the Song State, but was later captured by the Qin State. In recent years, it was just occupied by the Wei State when the Qin State was defeated. .

Zhao Kuo stood on a small hill outside Taoyi City, staring at the big city in the south, listening to Xu Li's report, with a smile on his face.

"Eight days?

It seems that Mr. Pingyuan still won something for the Marquis. "

How did the originally promised ten days become eight days?

The answer is simple, the courier spent two days on the road.

Although the matter seems to be very simple, it has actually been a month since the envoys of the Wei State asked for help, the envoys of the Three Kingdoms gathered in Handan to negotiate peace, and then the high-level Zhao State discussed and finally decided on peace talks, and everyone signed a peace agreement.

During this month, Zhao Kuo led his army not to attack Daliang City, the capital of Wei State, in the southwest direction, but unexpectedly marched in the southeast direction, capturing Xiangqiu, Jiami, Zhuzao and other Wei State cities along the way, and Came to the city of Taoyi, an important eastern town in the state of Wei.

Xu Li saw that there were guards on the left and right, and then said softly: "Your Honor, according to Nightingale's report, Lord Pingyuan was actually persuaded by Lord Xinling through his wife to betray us this time."

Zhao Kuo's expression remained unchanged, and he said calmly, "Uncle Xu, do you know why this Marquis wants to attack Taoyi instead of Daliang?"

Xu Li froze for a moment, shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Zhao Kuo squatted down, drew a square character "口" on the ground, and said: "Now the territory of Wei State is an approximate square, and once Taoyi can be captured," Zhao Kuo said, while standing next to him. A "concave" character was drawn on the ground: "The territory of Wei State has become like this.

Uncle Xu, you are also a general, so you should be able to see what this means. "

Xu Li stared at the two extremely crude "maps" drawn by Zhao Kuo, his eyes suddenly lit up, and said: "If we can take Taoyi, then when Da Zhao fights against Wei again in the future, we can go south from Taoyi." Next, split the eastern territory of Wei State and the Central Plains territory into two sections in an instant!"

Zhao Kuo slapped his thigh and said with a smile, "That's right!"

Li Mu was beside Zhao Kuo, and Li Mu was also thoughtful, and after a while he said: "But your lord, it is not something that can be done in three to five days if you want to conquer this Tao city."

Li Mu was actually a little puzzled, because in his opinion, it would be very strenuous to conquer a city wall as tall as Taoyi.

Generally speaking, the method that can be adopted is a long-term siege, so that the city will automatically run out of food and reduce the combat effectiveness of the defenders, so that the city can be successfully captured.

But that method is obviously not suitable for Zhao Guo's army, which only has eight days now.

Facing Li Mu's doubts, Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing, and said, "If it was someone else, it would be impossible for me to conquer this town, but if I'm not sure, why should I appear here?" What about here?"

Li Mu thought hard for a long time and still had no answer, and finally couldn't help asking: "I don't know how the Lord wants to break through this city?"

Zhao Kuo glanced at Xu Li beside him and said with a smile, "Uncle Xu, our Nightingale has been raised for so long, it should be time for them to show off today."

Xu Li nodded heavily, and said confidently: "Your Majesty, rest assured, this time there will be absolutely no problem!"

Chapter 270

The city of Taoyi was full of gloomy clouds and mist, and the atmosphere was very tense.

This is not the first time that Taoyi has encountered war. In fact, this city belonged to Qin State a few years ago, and it was only three or four years under the rule of Wei State.

It is precisely because of this that many habits of the Qin people are still preserved in this city. For example, there are obviously more people wearing black clothes than others in the city.

Even the armor of the soldiers guarding the city was the armor of the Qin Army that was left in the treasury of the Qin State back then after a slight modification, and then continued to use it.

Wei Wen, the senior official of the State of Wei, was appointed by the king of Wei to guard Taoyi.

At this moment, Wei Wen is presiding over the meeting, cheering on the many generals of Wei State in front of him.

"You don't have to worry. The old man just got the news. You only need to stick to it for another eight days. After the eight days, even if Zhao Kuo uses his troops like a god, because the peace agreement with our Great Wei has been signed, he can only do it. Desperately retreated."

When Wei Wen spoke, his white beard twitched, looking very happy.

Although Wei Wen's words sound convincing, some generals are still worried.

After all, in the just-concluded Battle of Lingqiu, Zhao Kuo had just given Wei a big defeat.

Someone couldn't help asking: "Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo is the No. 1 general in the world, what if he really has a plan to attack our city within eight days?

We should still be careful. "

Wei Wen said with certainty: "This is absolutely impossible! No matter how miraculous Zhao Kuo is, as long as we all do our best, he will never be able to break through our Taoyi within eight days.

We have to believe in ourselves, after all, it is not that we have never defeated Zhao Guo, and the victory in the battle of Gaotang has already explained everything!Now all we have to do is to maintain this confidence and continue to fight, let Zhao Kuo suffer a big loss under our Taoyi city, and then return to his Zhao country in despair! "

Wei Wen's impassioned words finally gave some of the generals of the Wei army present some confidence, and a general of the Wei State said immediately: "Yes, although Lord Wu Xin is strong, in this war, the Zhao State and our Great Wei are only as good as the others. It's just a win and lose.

Now we rely on Taoyi's tall city walls to hold on, and we didn't take the initiative to go out of the city to fight him, so what else can he do with us? "

The other generals of the Wei Army also spoke up one after another: "That is, we are not Wu Xinjun's opponents in the field battle. Could it be that we can't defend the city?"

"Even if you really can't keep it, it's impossible to completely lose it in just eight days!"

"Everyone, we still have hope! Don't give up!"

"For Dawei, let's work together!"

Zhao Kuo did not immediately attack Taoyi in a hurry, but first asked a Wei official who had surrendered before as an envoy to bring a letter of persuasion to Wei Wen in Taoyi.

Wei Wen's movements were quick, and after an hour and a half, the head of the descended official who was the envoy was already hanging high above the city of Taoyi.

Looking at the deposed official's head, Zhao Kuo shrugged his shoulders, without any expression of frustration on his face, but calmly gave the order: "The siege will begin tomorrow."

In the next few days, Zhao Guo's army launched a very violent offensive against Taoyi City.

Although there are only 20 defenders in Taoyi City, after all, it is a city with a population of nearly 5 who temporarily mobilized a large number of young men, and successfully expanded the defenders to more than [-].

Not only that, but Wei Wen personally sat on the front line of the city defense, and would lead the guards to show up at every critical moment. Zhao Jun was repelled when he attacked the city wall several times.

This scene also made Zhao Kuo express emotion: "It is said that the people of Wei are soft bastards who will collapse at the first touch, but now in the eyes of this Taoyi city, the fighting power of the people of Wei is actually not to be underestimated."

When Zhao Kuo said this, the deadline was only one day away.

Zhao Kuo's expression was somewhat regretful, because several times Zhao Jun was really just a little short of capturing Taoyi City.

Li Mu couldn't bear it any longer, and said to Zhao Kuo, "Your Honor, since we already have the means to conquer this city, why do we have to sacrifice and waste our manpower here for nothing?"

Zhao Kuo looked at Li Mu.

His face gradually became serious, and he said after a while, "I ask you, if we keep surrounding this city like this, what do you think the people in Taoyi City will think?"

After pondering for a moment, Li Mu said: "They may think that we have no way to attack this city, and we are at the end of our rope."

Zhao Kuo laughed and said, "It is true that some people think so, but there are also some people who think that we may have some conspiracy, which will make them more wary.

Therefore, we have to pay a certain amount of casualties to make the defenders of the Wei State in this city feel that we are really attacking the city at all costs, so that they will not suspect that we have any are dealing with their schemes. "

After a pause, Zhao Kuo continued: "Although this will involve some sacrifices, as long as Taoyi can be conquered, such sacrifices are worth it."

After a few days of siege, Zhao Jun’s casualties were close to [-]. If it were calculated by other cities, it would be a loss to grandma’s house, but considering the importance of Taoyi, Zhao Kuo felt that even if there were more casualties Two or three times are acceptable.

Only then did Li Mu suddenly realize, and he said in a sincerely convinced way: "Your Majesty really has a good opinion, I understand."

On the city wall of Taoyi, Wei Wen in military uniform strode forward to inspect the city defense.

Many Wei soldiers and civilians saw Wei Wen coming, and they all saluted. Wei Wen didn't put on airs, and when he saw the wounded soldiers, he would stop and pat each other's shoulders, saying a few words of comfort.

"Don't worry, the second and third sons, there is still one day until the time agreed in the armistice agreement, everyone hold on, the dawn of victory has already waved to us!"

A soldier asked a little puzzled: "My lord, we didn't defeat Zhao Kuo, how can it be considered a victory?"

Wei Wen looked at the Wei soldier in front of him and couldn't help laughing: "Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo has never won so many battles since he led the army. Going home with victory, isn't it our Great Wei's victory?"

Wei Wen raised his head and said loudly to the many soldiers and civilians of the Wei State who were looking forward to it: "Don't worry, everyone, victory is just around the corner!"

While Wei Wen was speaking, Zhao Kuo was also speaking.

"Uncle Xu, is tomorrow the last day?"

Xu Li replied: "Exactly, and just got the news that Lord Xinling of Wei Guo led [-] reinforcements from Daliang, and they should be able to reach the outside of Taoyi at noon tomorrow."

Zhao Kuo was taken aback for a moment, but then he couldn't help laughing: "Is it possible that this Lord Xinling is afraid of my lord's words and won't believe him?

It doesn't matter if he's here, let him be a witness. "

Xu Li tentatively asked: "Your Majesty, what do you mean?" Zhao Kuo nodded, and said calmly, "To win the city tonight."

Chapter 271

Taoyi is very quiet at night.

Although rituals and music collapsed during the Warring States Period, the most basic humanitarianism was still there.

Whenever the battle is over, Zhao Jun will send a group of civilians to the city wall to remove all the corpses and bury them together.

It is precisely because of this that standing guard on the city wall of Taoyi can only smell some faint smell of blood, and cannot feel the tragic battle situation during the day.

It was a moonless night, and apart from the range illuminated by the torches, no one could see clearly a foot away from the city wall.

This is not a problem for Taoyi's defenders, after all, Zhao Jun has never launched a night attack.

That night, the Wei soldiers on the city wall were more or less absent-minded. Not only did their patrols decrease significantly, they even gathered in twos and threes and started whispering.

"According to the armistice agreement, the Zhao army will retreat tomorrow."

"That's great, alas, to tell you the truth, the crazy appearance of Zhao Jun attacking the city a few days ago really scared me."

"Yes, it is worthy of being the most powerful country in the world."

"The soldiers and horses trained by Wu Xinjun are really different. I originally thought we could defend for at least two months, but based on the previous situation, I think we can defend for at most one month."

"A month?

I'm afraid you are joking. If everyone knew that the truce was coming soon, so everyone fought hard to defend it, I'm afraid they would fall in the next two days. "

"Hey, after this battle is over, I plan to move my family to Chu State to join relatives. After all, Chu State is the only country that does not border Zhao State."

"I want to go too, but unfortunately I have no land and no relatives."

Suddenly, there was a sound of sonorous and powerful footsteps, and then the light of the torch shone, and a young general of Wei State appeared in everyone's sight with dozens of personal guards.

Many Chu soldiers who were chatting just now stood up one after another, with a bit of panic in their expressions.

Being caught by your superior on night shift is a serious crime against military orders.

"General!"

"I've seen the general!"

The soldiers greeted General Wei Guo in front of them anxiously.

The name of the young general of the Wei State was Liu Xiaoliang. He was not tall and his face was a bit dark, with a pair of small eyes that looked piercing.

Just from the uncommon three-character name in this era, it can be known that this general was actually born at the bottom, and he is an extremely rare figure in the Wei Guojun who fought from the grassroots step by step to become a general.

In the Taoyi defense battle in the past few days, Liu Xiaoliang also fought on the front line every day, with outstanding results, and was loved by everyone.

Once Tao Yi can be successfully defended, General Liu Xiaoliang's promotion to the rank and title must be a certainty.

Liu Xiaoliang looked around the crowd, nodded and showed a smile, "Everything is fine, there is no need to be so strict, the war will end soon."

Seeing that Liu Xiaoliang didn't mean to blame, everyone immediately felt relieved, and said, "General, everything is fine, but I didn't eat enough tonight."

"The military rations are too small, not enough to eat."