Wang Ben personally led his army to attack Yewang and more than a dozen cities west of Daliang. Ordered Montenegro to lead the army to sweep away all the cities east and north of the periphery of Daliang.

King Wei was famous in the Central Plains when he was the crown prince, and what made him famous was not the status of the prince, but his other unique skill of training dogs. The various famous dogs trained by him not only understand human speech, but also have various skills. He opened a dog training manor in the royal hunting garden, and the price of famous dogs after his training soared a hundredfold, and the sons of aristocratic families from all over the world rushed to seek after them, and they were proud to have a Wei dog. When many princes and officials of Wei had no way to be promoted, they would take the opportunity to buy a dog to get close to the prince, and they did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to buy a famous dog, and Wei Fake also made a lot of money! Because of his wealth, he was often praised by his father!

Two years ago, Wei Fake inherited the throne, not only did not restrain his hobby of dog training, but also gave the dogs he trained to official names according to breeds and abilities, and dressed them in expensive dog robes, so the price of dogs also doubled.

The news of the Qin army's large-scale attack on Wei had long spread among officials, and many princes and ministers had already transferred their families and valuables out of their respective fiefdoms to hide. It wasn't until Wei was besieged by the Dao Qin army on three sides and the battle report snowflakes were transmitted to Daliang that Wei Jia was in a hurry and summoned his ministers to hold a court meeting to discuss countermeasures. If everyone in the court hall is panicked. After discussion, the ministers agreed on several measures, and one sent an envoy to Qichu to ask for a joint rebellion against Qin. The second sent envoys to Xianyang to seek peace. The elite soldiers of each fortress of the three adjustments returned to the girder and held on to the city! The grain and weapons of Daliang are enough to support more than ten years! If it can be held for five or seven years, it is still unknown whether there will be another "Tiandan restoration". Wei was overjoyed and immediately ordered to send messengers from all walks of life.

Soon, the envoy to the State of Qi brought back a sentence from the King of Qi, Qi and Qin have been peaceful for more than forty years, and Qi will no longer participate in the disputes in the Central Plains.

The envoy to the state of Chu first brought back the news that the state of Chu had just been attacked by Qin Nian and suffered heavy losses. Wei Chu's family, as long as Wei can hold Qin for a year, Chu can regroup and send a large army to help Wei.

In Xianyang, the envoys of Wei did not see the face of the King of Qin at all, so they had to go to the weak mansion every day to ask for a meeting. Suddenly said to the envoy coldly: "Wei has been a vassal to Qin for many years, and the Korean nobles rebelled, and Wei not only did not help to quell the chaos, but also sent people and grass weapons to help the chaos!" Is this the way to be a courtier? The envoy returned to Daliang and conveyed the weak words to the King of Wei. The king of Wei ordered a thorough investigation of the matter, only to find that there was a shortage of 100,000 grains in Aocang, and the arsenal of Daliang ordered tens of thousands of iron swords, bows and arrows to be transported out of the warehouse under the pretext that the weapons had not been used for many years and were rusty due to moisture and needed to be transported out for maintenance. There were nearly 1,000 people who participated in the Korean aristocratic rebellion, and Zhang Er and Zhang Liang lived in secret with Zhang Liang in Waihuang County. The king of Wei was immediately furious and ordered that all the people involved should be taken down for questioning. The prime minister was still calm and persuaded him: "The army of Qin is pressing, aiming to destroy Wei, Ao Cang Ling and Arsenal Ling have already fled, at this time, the only way is to unite everyone, resist Qin with one force, and wait for victory to care!" Wei Jiao gave up for the time being, and said fiercely: "When the Qin army retreats, these people will be severely punished!" Wei's fake statement quickly spread in the officialdom of Daliang. Because the matter is so wide-ranging, officials are panicked, and wealthy officials flee every night. One day, Wei held a court meeting, and when he saw that half of the civil and military officials had fled, he angrily announced that all the city gates would be blocked and no one would be allowed to enter or leave. The most loyal 20,000 Wei soldiers were scattered across the city gates and those who escaped were strictly investigated.

After receiving the military order, Montenegro immediately convened the generals to discuss, and said: "The Qin army attacked Wei this time, aiming to destroy the Wei State, and the task of our army is to attack the eight cities of Wei's Guanyang to the south, and to the west and north to capture the six cities of Waihuang and Qicheng, and to respond to General Wang Ben's attack on Daliang!" ”

As soon as Montenegro finished speaking, a white-robed young general stood up among the generals, it was Zhao Tuo who had just been transferred from Julu, Zhao Tuo was the same age as Montenegro, but he had the same amazing record, he joined the army at the age of seventeen, and he has been accommodating to the right under Wang Jian in the past four years. Zhao Tuo arched his hand and said loudly: "I am not willing to lead 30,000 people under my command to the south to capture the Eight Cities of Guanyang. ”

In history, Zhao Tuo, after Qin unified the world, led 500,000 Qin troops south to conquer Lingnan, and when the Central Plains was in turmoil, he held on to Guangdong and Guangxi. After the destruction of Qin, he took advantage of the conflict between Chu and Han to send troops to conquer Yunnan, Guizhou, Burma, Vietnam and other places, and established a powerful Nanyue State, known as Emperor Wu of Yue. At the beginning of the establishment of the Nanyue Kingdom, Zhao Tuo implemented the policy of "Harmony and Baiyue", introduced the farming technology and advanced culture of the Central Plains, and at the same time introduced foreign culture and maritime culture to Lingnan, so that the Lingnan region entered the era of agricultural civilization from backward slash-and-burn farming. In the eleventh year of Han Gaozu, he accepted the canonization of Han Gaozu and declared himself a minister to the Han Dynasty.

It was not until the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that the Nanyue Kingdom was destroyed by the Han Dynasty, and the territory of Nanyue was incorporated into China from then on.

"Do you know General Ben's military orders?" Montenegro asked Zhao Tuo.

"The last general understands that he has already explained it, and everyone can sing the three disciplines and eight points of attention, and ensure that the general's military orders are strictly enforced!" Zhao Tuo agreed.

"Good! Ben will only give you half a month! Can it be done? Montenegro asked again.

"No! Mission completion guaranteed! Zhao Tuo agreed.

"Who is willing to lead troops to the northwest to attack the six cities of Waihuang and Qicheng?" Montenegro asked again.

Mi Long, Dong Jian, and Xin Sheng came out at the same time, and said: "The last general is willing to go!" ”

Xiao He stood up and said, "General, Waihuang County should not be underestimated!" Since our army occupied Tao County. Zhang Er has been recruiting troops to strengthen the city defense! He is a righteous and squandering wealth on weekdays, and his chivalrous reputation is far and wide, and there are 2,000 guests in his family. Outer Huangcheng will be a tough battle! ”

"Can Xiao Changshi tell Zhang Er in detail!" As soon as Montenegro heard the famous Zhang Er in history, he immediately became interested and asked.

Xiao He immediately introduced Zhang Er: "Zhang Er is a native of the Great Liang of the Wei State. When he was young, he was a doorman of Xinling Jun Wei Wuji for several years because of his courage and resourcefulness. After the death of Xinlingjun, Zhang Er was removed from his local name for the crime of wounding people, and fled to Waihuang. Waihuang has the daughter of a wealthy man surnamed Bai, who is very beautiful. After getting married, she felt that her husband was stupid and mediocre, so she left her husband and went to join her father's old guest, Chen Xi. It just so happened that Zhang Er, who was destitute, also came to join Chen Xi. Chen Xi saw that Zhang Er was dignified and talked about being extraordinary, so he said to the Bai beauty, 'If you want to marry a talented husband, marry Zhang Er!' As long as he has the opportunity, he will definitely soar into the sky. Bai and Zhang Er hit it off, so they broke off the relationship with her husband and married Zhang Er instead. The Bai tycoon took out millions of dollars to fund Zhang Er, so that he could get rid of his embarrassment and travel extensively. Many young swordsmen have come thousands of miles to cast. Zhang Er was also recommended to the King of Wei because of this, and made a county order in Waihuang. His fame has since grown. Chen Yu, the son of Chen Xi, loves Confucianism and has traveled to various countries many times. A very wealthy Gongcheng clan also married his daughter to him, Chen Yu was young, he served Zhang Er like a father, and the two formed a friendship with each other. Zhang Er encouraged farming in Waihuang County, and the people of Waihuang loved him very much, if nothing else, Waihuang City would be a vicious battle! ”

After listening to Xiao He's introduction, Montenegro decided to personally lead the troops to go, because it was recorded in the history books of later generations that Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, had been a guest of Zhang Er. Maybe Liu Jisheng can be captured. Then he said: "Xin Sheng stayed, and General Ben personally led the troops to meet Zhang Er." Let's get ready and set off tomorrow! ”

In the evening, Qiu took out a few more letters and said to Montenegro: "Horse, the princess has sent another letter!" "The princess wrote letters to Montenegro almost every day, sometimes several times a day. Every time the messenger came from Xianyang, he brought several letters. In addition to expressing his thoughts about Montenegro, the letter also told Montenegro everything he did every day. Although Montenegro misses the princess very much, he cannot write as much as she does every day. I thought that tomorrow I was going to go on another expedition, and I couldn't write a letter! picked up the pen and wrote a song of Qin Guan of the Song Dynasty "Queqiao Immortal":

"The clouds are clever, the flying stars spread hatred, and the silver man travels in secret.

As soon as the golden wind and jade dew meet, they will win countless in the world.

Tenderness is like water, the best period is like a dream, endure the return of the Magpie Bridge!

If the two love for a long time, how can it be in the morning and twilight?"

After writing it, he handed it to Qiu and said, "Send it back to the princess tomorrow!" ”

Qiu read it softly and said, "What a beautiful love poem! If only it had been written to me! ”

Montenegro looked at the autumn in front of him, and wrote a letter to Chun.

Waihuang County is an ordinary county seat in Wei State, but at this time it was famous in China, just because of the county order. Since Zhang Er was appointed as the county commander, he has worked hard to develop production, build water conservancy, and strengthen city defense! And because he was chivalrous and righteous, he recruited a wide range of customers, known as Xiaoxinling, and Waihuang County was governed by him.

Montenegro led 20,000 Qin troops to surround Waihuang County on three sides, leaving only the west gate, which is the art of war to encircle three and lack one, to prevent the enemy from fighting to the death. Zhang Er of Waihuang County was also fully prepared, in addition to the 4,000 well-trained Wei troops, 2,000 men were assigned to various city gates, and the city's elite were also mobilized to transport rolling wood and stones, ready to rescue the wounded.

Montenegro saw that the Wei army was waiting for the city, and knew that a tough battle was going to be fought today! Ben Ren ordered: "Write the three disciplines and eight points of attention of our army on silk silk, shoot them into the city, and tell the people of Waihuang that when the city is broken, hide in their own homes, and Qin Junqiu will not commit any crimes!" However, some people resisted by virtue of the house, and all the strong men in the house were beheaded, and the old and young women and children were registered as official slaves. ”

As soon as the military order was given, more than 100 literate military officials immediately began to copy the notice. The soldiers also began to bury pots and cook food, preparing to attack the city after a full meal!

Thousands of written silk books were tied to long arrows the size of the big mother's finger. This kind of arrow can only be fired with a double crossbow, one person lying on his back and kicking the wound with both feet, and then carrying it on his shoulder, and the other is responsible for firing, and the range can reach 200 steps, enough to shoot a silk book into the city.

"General, everything is ready to launch!" Zhang Jin came to report.

"Good! The three gates were launched at the same time, shooting the silk book into the city, and attacking the city half an hour later! Montenegro ordered. In order to complete the combat mission assigned by Wang Ben within the specified time, the only way to do so is to fight quickly.

With the sound of a horn, the drums of war sounded on three sides at the same time. Hundreds of Chang Silk Books were shot into the Outer Yellow City. It was like a hailstorm in the city, and many arrows pierced through the roofs into the houses, and some fell on the streets, and the iron arrows smashed on the bluestones, and sparks flew everywhere. Some unlucky ghosts happened to be shot, some of them were killed on the spot, and some were injured, and the ghosts cried wolf.

Half an hour later, the military officials came to report: "General, a messenger has come out of the city to ask for an audience." ”

"Bring it in!" Montenegro said.

"No!" The military officials answered the call, and the people of the future carefully examined it to make sure that there were no weapons, and then brought them into the military tent.

When Montenegro saw that the visitor was dressed in a patched kudzu cloth coat and wore a pair of straw sandals, if it weren't for the tall figure and extraordinary bearing, they would have doubted whether he was a beggar.

The person who comes is neither humble nor arrogant. He bowed to Montenegro and said, "In Xiamo Fowl Li, I have seen the general!" ”

Mozi is the only philosopher born as a peasant in Chinese history, Mozi founded the Mohist doctrine, which had a great influence in the early Warring States period, and was called "Xianxue" together with Confucianism. He put forward the views of "love", "non-attack", "Shangxian", "Shangtong", "Tianzhi", "Ming ghost", "non-life", "non-music", "festival funeral", "economy and use". During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, they often helped weak countries defend their cities to prevent the annexation of large powers.

"Mo family, it seems that you have done a good job in this section, let's talk about it bluntly!" Montenegro said.

"My Mohists have always advocated both love and non-aggression. The general was originally a Korean, why did he help the tyrannical Qin attack everywhere? Bird asked.

"When did the Mo family renovate vertically and horizontally, they even became lobbyists. Didn't the Mohists also advocate 'Shang Tong'? In the past 200 years, I don't know how many countries this faction has been with Mozi's 'love and non-attack'? Montenegro asked rhetorically.

Yu Li was speechless for a while, and replied: "My Mo family pursues the idea of love and non-aggression to unify China, just because the tyrannical Qin is greedy and has no complaints, how can I let the people of the world live in the harsh punishment of the water, this is what my Mo disciples resolutely do not allow!" ”

"I heard that your Nanmo roots are in the Chu State, and the nobles of the Chu State like to gouge out the blind slaves' eyes, or cut off the tongues of slaves, so that they can do heavy labor, and the older slaves have to be buried by the nobles. The law of the Qin State is a cool law, so are these of the Chu State your Mo family's 'love and virtue'? If you want to meddle in the war of Qin and Wei, you might as well flee back to Chu first, and read the seventy-two chapters of the Book of Ink again! Save waiting for the next battle to start, and give your life in vain! Montenegro increasingly looked down on these disparate people, retorted.

"Montenegro, you dare to insult my Mo family disciple? My Mo family and you swear not to stand apart! Poultry Li, whose face was red, said angrily.

"You ran from Chu State to Waihuang to preach love and non-attack, I think Zhang Er spent a lot of money to invite you here! There are a lot of ink writers in the city, right? Go back and tell your men that it is too late to flee back from Simon, and if you do not leave in two quarters of an hour, you will die without a place to be buried. Drop-off! Montenegro said fiercely, ignoring the ink collector anymore.

Yu Li was dumbfounded by Montenegro. Nanmo was based in the Chu State precisely because the Chu people treated slaves cruelly, and the Mo family could easily absorb slaves who were hard-working and not afraid of death as disciples to strengthen themselves. Ordinary scholars, not to mention hardship, eat two meals of wowotou food a day and run away for two days in a row! When he came to Waihuang this time, it was also because of the shortage of funds, Zhang Er promised to give a large amount of hard work, and he brought forty disciples from Chu State. This has seriously violated Mozi's rule of not charging for defending the city for the weak country, he knows in his heart that the Outer Yellow City will definitely not be able to defend it, but with the Mo family's experience in defending the city and the tools of defending the city, it is still very sure to hold it for ten days and half a month! He had already secretly made up his mind in his heart to assist Zhang Er to hold on for seven days, and withdraw with the honorarium. In any case, he and his forty disciples could not be buried in Waihuang this place. Back in the city, a foul smell wafted in, it was the ink master asked the people to soak the thatch with feces and urine, and fill the roof against the city wall to prevent the Qin people from attacking with rockets. A large water tank was buried every hundred steps inside the city wall to listen to whether the Qin army was secretly digging tunnels into the city. There is boiling tung oil on the wall. There were also spears that were two feet long to deal with soldiers who climbed the walls. Several large tanks above the city gate were filled with water to prevent the enemy from burning the city gate, and after carefully checking it again, he felt a little at ease.