Yiqu City.

After learning that Xunyi had been broken in half a day, King Yiqu's face turned pale, and after being silent for a long time, he ordered:

"Order, as soon as night comes, bring the army from outside the city into the city."

"Decree that all men in the capital be conscripted, all men over the age of ten and under sixty, be enlisted in the army, and the widows must defend the capital to the death."

"Decree that all the women of the city, all those who are twelve years old and above and sixty years old, be gathered together and prepare supplies for the defense of the city."

"Give a command, open the treasury, take out all the money and food, and whoever enlists in the army will be rewarded with a lot of money."

"Tell the queen to take the women of the palace and the women of the city to help defend the city."

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On the erection day, Zhu Liji led the army to the city of Yiqu.

After setting up camp, Zhu Li Ji ordered: "Immediately send an envoy to the city of Yiqu to ask why the king of Yiqu is treacherous and must fight against the Qin state to the end." ”

"Now I will give the king of Yiqu a chance, if the king of Yiqu is willing to go out of the city and surrender, and go to Xianyang to ask the king of Qin for guilt, the Qin state can also let the Yiqu country go, otherwise, after the Qin state retreats the five countries, it is the time to destroy the Yiqu country."

"Also, contact the clan nobles in Yiqu City, if anyone can kill the Yiqu King and surrender out of the city, and declare himself a vassal to the Qin State, he will be promoted as the new Yiqu King."

"No!"

Yiqu City.

"Great King, the State of Qin has sent an envoy to visit, and is waiting for the king to summon him under the city."

King Yiqu said coldly: "No, tell the Qin envoy, just say that the widow is in the city, the city is in the people, if you want to come to see the widow, unless you break the city." ”

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Outside the city.

"General, the envoy returns, the king of Yiqu refuses to negotiate with the Qin State, let us go and attack the city."

"Humph!" Yu Li snorted coldly: "Stubborn." ”

"Order, prepare to deploy for siege."

"No."

At nightfall, an arrow tied with a strip of cloth was shot from the city.

"Report to the general, the spies in the city have sent a message, and the king of Yiqu has mobilized the people of the whole city to defend the city..."

Zhu Liji took the strip of cloth and looked at it, and his face suddenly became heavy.

Originally, his own troops were not sufficient, but now that the king of Yiqu is still doing this, it will be difficult to attack the city next.

If you really storm Yiqu City, even if the morale in the city is low, I am afraid that you will be bleeding from the head, and it will be difficult to see results.

After pacing a few steps in the camp, he commanded, "Order, immediately prepare some strips of cloth and shoot them into the city." ”

"The content of the cloth strip says that if Yiqu City intends to resist to the end, then the Qin State will destroy Yiqu in the future, and all the Yiqu nobles will definitely be reduced to slaves."

"If Yiqu Xungui wants to keep his current position, only by killing the king of Yiqu and surrendering out of the city can he avoid the fate of the country and keep his position."

"Five days, Ben will only give five days to the nobles in the city, if anyone can take the head of the King of Yiqu out of the city, Ben will guarantee him to the King of Qin as the new King of Yiqu, otherwise, five days later, after Ben will attack the city, then the Qin State and Yiqu will not die."

"No."

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Day 2.

King Yiqu looked at the strip of cloth in his hand, and his face was iron-blue.

Then, looking at the ministers below, he always felt that the way they looked at him was wrong, and after retreating, he suddenly found that he had handed over most of the guards in the palace to Gongsun Yan, and suddenly felt that this cold and deserted palace was not very safe.

After thinking about it, he ordered: "Now that the country is in danger, the widow can't stay in the palace alone, so he should share the weal and woe with the soldiers." Summoned all the guards in the palace to enter the barracks with the widows, and the widows were to go to the national disaster with the soldiers. ”

"If the minister has something to do, just come to the barracks."

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In the city, the younger brother of the king of Yiqu is in the house.

"Woe to you, woe to you." Gongzi Kang learned not long ago that all the elites in the city were gone, and even most of the guards in the palace were gone, and he was so anxious that he broke out in a cold sweat.

"With only more than 30,000 defeated troops, plus more than 10,000 strong men who came to help near the capital, as well as the people in the city, how can they be the opponents of the Qin army."

Thinking about it, Gongzi Kang immediately ordered: "Come on, quickly ask your uncle to come over to the house!" ”

Soon, Gongzikang and Uncle Wang's Gongzi Company entered the military camp in the city together.

Gongzi saluted and asked: "King, now that the situation is critical, I should send the most elite army of my Yiqu Kingdom to defend the city on the city wall, why don't you see Yu Yuan and Yu Yuan's subordinates, could it be that they have absconded in fear of crime?" ”

King Yiqu glanced at his uncle and younger brother deeply, and then spoke: "Naturally not, the widow has already sent them to attack the Qin army outside the city." ”

Gongzi was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "King, what about the 10,000 defenders who stayed in Yiqu City before?" ”

King Yiqu said as a matter of course: "Naturally, I also went out of the city to prepare for a sneak attack on the Qin army." ”

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Gongzi's face turned pale, and then he was terrified, and said hurriedly: "King, the 150,000 troops were beaten by the Gang Li before, and now they are less than 20,000 people, what use can they be, it is better to let them come back together to defend the city." ”

King Yiqu shook his head and said: "In the art of war, it is said that the lonely city is not defended, so naturally someone needs to contain the Qin army outside." ”

Gongzilian's face froze, and he persuaded King Yiqu again to let Yu Yuan and them come back to defend the city, but now that King Yiqu's arrow has been shot, where can they find it back.

In the end, the two sides parted unhappily.

Looking at the backs of the two leaving, King Yiqu shook his head.

It's a pity that Yiqu City is too far away from the river, and it is difficult to transmit information, and I don't know where Gongsun Yan and them are now.

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Yangzhou City, which is the border county town to the west of Shangjun near the Yiqu Kingdom.

The city is not big, and there are only a few thousand people in the city, but in order to guard against the righteous canal, three thousand Qin troops were stationed in the city, and a large amount of grain and grass were hoarded, and the height of the city wall was as high as two zhang, and the moat was one and a half zhang wide, which was already the top in the county.

Originally, because the Qin State was besieged by the Five Kingdoms, in order to prevent the Yiqu State from taking the opportunity to raise troops to attack, Yangzhou City was heavily guarded, leaving only the east gate in and out, and the other three city gates were all closed.

It was only not long after that the Yiqu State did send troops, and as expected, it attacked the south in a big way, and then it was quickly defeated, and then the news of the surrender of the Yiqu State to the Qin State came.

Yang Zhoucheng suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, after confirming that the news was correct and that the Yiqu Kingdom had ceded the city, Yangzhou City began to return to normal, and the four gates of the city were opened during the day to facilitate the caravans of the people.

In the early morning of that day, after the west gate was opened, people entered the city one after another, either carrying vegetables, or carrying firewood, or driving livestock, in scattered groups, intermittently and intermittently, as usual, no different.

Ten miles outside the city, Yu Yuan reported to Gongsun Yanyu: "General, according to your orders, we have now had dozens of soldiers mixed into the city, plus the spies who were arranged in the city before, there are more than a hundred. ”

Gongsun Yan nodded: "Okay, you can start, you now arrange for someone to snatch the city gate, and when you get to the city gate, you will let the elite trained by the king and the palace guards ride horses to quickly rush forward and take the opportunity to capture Yangzhou City." ”

"No."