My diary of transcendence from the heavens

Chapter 117 115. The country is about to be destroyed, please come back with twelve gold medals

Zhao Xuanqi was the commander-in-chief, leading hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers of the Northern Wei Kingdom and tens of thousands of elite cavalry in an unstoppable march southward.

Cross the Lethe River.

Go south to the South Zhao Kingdom.

The soldiers under his command were so high-spirited that no one was afraid.

Under the patriotic spirit of longing for unification, everyone understands that this is a great cause for the ages.

As long as you complete this feat, you can re-create the glory of the Han Dynasty. You will definitely receive generous rewards when judging your merits, and you may even have the opportunity to leave your name in history!

Leaving one's name in history, being granted the title of Marquis and Prime Minister, this is a fatal attraction for everyone!

The tiger and wolf divisions of the Northern Wei Dynasty approached the Southern Zhao Kingdom.

When approaching the border, Zhao Xuanqi successfully encountered the elite border troops of Southern Zhao Kingdom.

As we all know, no matter how decadent a country is, its border troops will always be the most elite and the most capable of fighting.

There are about 50,000 border troops in Southern Zhao Kingdom.

What's more, as a defender of the city, Nan Zhao has a tall city wall blocking it. It is definitely not an easy task to break through.

Zhao Xuanqi believes that an earth-shattering war is likely to break out.

However, the reality was beyond his imagination.

The degree of corruption in the Southern Zhao Kingdom was more serious than he imagined. As the most elite border guard in the Southern Zhao Kingdom, he immediately took the initiative to open the city and surrender!

Zhao Xuanqi effortlessly broke through the enemy's border and gained an additional 50,000 surrendered troops!

After some inquiries, I learned that the border troops of Southern Zhao State were really suffering. The court had been owed wages for several years, and in the past few months, they had not even had food to eat. The court refused. Deliver food.

Every soldier was so thin from hunger that he was as skinny and sallow, and even the armor and weapons in the army were sold by the border generals in order to have a bite to eat, and they were all dressed in tatters.

The emperor of Southern Zhao was incompetent and famine broke out in the country. These border generals had long-standing grievances with the top officials of the imperial court. These border soldiers had long been ready to rebel.

At this time, Zhao Xuanqi led his troops to attack, and they had no intention of resisting.

It can be said,

As long as you give them a bite to eat and let them go east, they will never go west.

As long as they are given enough salary, no bullshit emperor will be merciless in killing them.

Facts have proved that the famine in Southern Zhao was indeed serious and terrifying.

Not only did the people have no food to eat, but even the border generals and soldiers had no food to eat.

Corrupt officials were also so serious that they could even withhold salary from border officials for several years. Even generals had to sell their armor, weapons and other luggage in order to have a bite to eat.

It happened that Zhao Xuanqi was not short of money and food.

He rested at the border for three days, allowing these long-hungry Southern Zhao soldiers to get enough food, and drew a big cake, promising them huge benefits, and successfully boosted the fighting spirit of these soldiers.

Then use these 50,000 Southern Zhao border troops as the cannon fodder troops to lead the attack on Southern Zhao.

The surrendered soldiers of the Southern Zhao State took the lead, and Zhao Xuanqi led the soldiers of the Northern Wei State to follow behind to pick up the leaks and follow behind to supervise the battle to minimize damage.

That's how you get the most benefit with the least damage.

The results were greater than anyone imagined.

Not only Zhao Xuanqi himself was surprised, but also the Northern Wei generals and counselors under him were surprised.

I originally thought that there would be a lot of tough battles to be fought in the war to destroy the country, but I didn’t expect that it would turn out to be overwhelming and invincible!

In just three months, they conquered seventy-two cities in Southern Zhao Kingdom!

There are nineteen mountains and rivers in the Southern Zhao Kingdom. In just these three months, Zhao Xuanqi has conquered half of the mountains and rivers in the Southern Zhao Kingdom and conquered ten rivers and mountains.

And the most terrifying thing is that not only are the soldiers under his command not consumed at all, but they fight more and more, and the number of generals under his command is also increasing.

This is because the Southern Zhao Kingdom has no resistance at all. Once Zhao Xuanqi's army arrives, most of the people flee, and the remaining people who do not escape surrender directly.

Either run away or surrender.

Zhao Xuanqi didn't even meet any decent resistance.

As expected, even the border elites of Southern Zhao Kingdom were in such miserable condition that they had no fighting spirit.

What about other local armies that were even more defeated?

The treatment of the troops in other places can only be worse. In Nan Zhao Kingdom, it is basically impossible to survive. Surrender is the best choice.

At least if you surrender, you can still have enough to eat. If you don't surrender, sooner or later you will be tortured to death by the corrupt officials above you!

At worst, surrender!

Not only did the local soldiers surrender, but also the local people continued to surrender. For the arrival of Zhao Xuanqi and others, these people welcomed the arrival of Zhao Xuanqi and others and cheered.

There was no feeling at all that the country was ruined and the family was in ruins. Instead, they treated Zhao Xuanqi and others as saviors and warmly welcomed them.

This made Zhao Xuanqi feel extremely strange. This feeling was like when the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China, the people of the Qing Dynasty did not offer any resistance. Instead, they carried cannons and food and luggage for the Eight-Power Allied Forces.

Now, this is what he is facing.

The people of Southern Zhao not only did not resist, but also took the initiative to help. As long as they gave them a little money and a little food, they kowtowed.

Therefore, Zhao Xuanqi originally brought only more than 20 Northern Wei soldiers and cavalry.

In the past three months, the soldiers under his command have been called an army of one million, with 300,000 cavalry, occupying most of the territory of Southern Zhao Kingdom!

Continuously killing powerful landowners and corrupt officials won the hearts of the people and gained countless luggage and property.

He divided all the assets, land and money of these powerful landlords among the people of Nanzhao, helped them kill corrupt officials, etc., and even opened warehouses to release grain, using Nanzhao's food to suppress the famine in Nanzhao. .

It’s funny to say that the famine in Southern Zhao was not because there was no food, but because there was too much food.

There was a lot of food in warehouses across the imperial court, but unfortunately it was all concentrated in the hands of corrupt officials and wealthy businessmen.

They collected all the grain, refused to sell it, and raised the price of grain. Taking advantage of this famine, they wanted to make hard-earned money without caring about the people under their hands.

This led to the famine sweeping the country!

Zhao Xuanqi's behavior caused the people of Southern Zhao to shout a strange slogan:

"Master Qingtian is here. He will divide the fields, property, wives, and food. We will no longer have to pay taxes. Let's open the city and surrender!"

In this way, Zhao Xuanqi was invincible.

But sometimes it doesn't go so well.

After all, the Southern Zhao Kingdom has ruled the country for more than 200 years, which is extremely serious. There are also some loyal and capable people who are willing to embarrass the Zhao Kingdom and die.

There were also some powerful generals who united to resist Zhao Xuanqi and led tens of thousands of troops in an attempt to defeat Zhao Xuanqi's invasion.