Chapter 114: Changing Cities
Meng Wei clenched the letter tightly in his hand, the muscles in his hands flared up, and his face was also uncertain.
"Father, what happened?"
Meng Tian was extremely careful, and after seeing Meng Tian's face, he hurriedly asked.
"Nothing."
Meng Fu has lived for so many years, no matter what happens, he can quickly calm down, and he can be happy and angry.
Meng Tian looked at the letter that Meng Fu only held in his hand, and his eyes flashed with worry.
"Now with the soldiers and horses under my command, it is not enough to take the land of Shenqi, even if you can temporarily seize some cities, after dividing the troops to garrison, they will be broken by the Zhao army one by one."
"And the cavalry of Zhao State comes and goes like the wind, if we can't gather together to defend the city, I'm afraid the whole army will be wiped out."
Meng Tian heard this, but opened his mouth.
In Meng Tian's view, the current cavalry of the Zhao State entered the Qin land from Pingzhou, and then rushed to the Turkish army fortress, wanting to chase and kill 5,000 Qin elite cavalry.
But now, 5,000 Qin elite cavalry has entered the Turkish army fortress, and it is impossible for Zhao Jia to conquer the strong Turkish army fortress with 30,000 cavalry under his command.
If Zhao Jia wants to return to the land of Shenqi from Pingzhou, it will take at least a few days.
Now that there is almost no fortification in the land of Shenqi, the Qin army can completely conquer a large territory through the time difference, and even capture Zhongyang, the capital of Shenqi.
Although the Qin army did suffer a lot of casualties, the cavalry of the Zhao State was not good at attacking the city.
Most of the people in the land of Shenqi are Qin people, even if they belong to Zhao State for half a year, many people still have their hearts set on Qin State, and they can completely recruit people to help defend the city.
Although the king of Qin had made an agreement, he would not send another army to attack the land of Shenqi.
However, as long as Meng Fu could take the lead in capturing the land of Shenqi, even if he did not eliminate the soldiers and horses under Zhao Jia's command, the Qin State would have a reason to continue to send troops to the land of Shenqi to garrison.
At that time, Mo said that there were 30,000 elite Zhao cavalry, even if Zhao attacked with the strength of the whole country, he had no chance to fight back.
As for Montessori, he can also win in defeat and get the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.
Otherwise, after this defeat, the reputation of the Montessori in the Qin State will inevitably be greatly damaged, and it will be difficult to continue the glory of the past.
Meng Tian wanted to recount these things in detail, but after seeing the letter that was tightly held in Meng Tian's hand, he still couldn't speak.
He knew that with his grandfather's wisdom and ability to command troops, it was impossible not to see this.
Since he refused, he must have some scruples.
"Stomp, stomp!"
War horses galloped, the earth shook, and dust obscured the sky.
"Stop!"
Zhao Jia looked at the tiredness on the faces of the soldiers, raised the long sword in his hand, and motioned for the three armies to stop and temporarily set up camp for rest.
Inside the tent.
Zhao Jia motioned for Meng Wu to sit down, and then asked someone to bring the wine brewed in the land of Shenqi and personally poured it with wine.
In addition to the two, Sima Shang, Li Si, and Fan Zeng are also impressively listed.
"These days, let the general suffer, Jia is here to make amends for the general!"
Zhao Jia picked up the wine glass and raised his glass towards Meng Wuyao, his face full of guilt.
"Hmph, despicable and shameless!"
Seeing this, Meng Wu snorted coldly and turned his head, with a faint anger in his eyes, and he didn't want to accept Zhao Jia's apology.
Meng Wu scolded Zhao Jia for being despicable and shameless, naturally not saying that the other party had broken his own camp with a trick.
The two armies fought for their own masters, and victory and defeat were also a common thing for soldiers, although the defeat of the Mengwu army was unwilling and angry, but also hated Zhao Jia.
It's just that what happened not long ago made Meng Wu's sense of Zhao Jia extremely poor.
What do you say?
It turned out that Zhao Jia knew that the Turkish fortress was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it was difficult to capture the fortress with 30,000 cavalry.
If the Turkish army fortress is not taken, the land of Shenqi will be exposed to the front of the Qin state, and the Qin state will be able to send troops to level the land of Shenqi at any time.
Zhao Jiake did not believe that the King of Qin would really hand over the ownership of the land of Shenqi to Zhao after the defeat of Mengqi.
The feud between the two countries has been settled, and the Qin State is not willing to suffer a dark loss, and sooner or later it will inevitably seek an opportunity to seize the land of Shenqi.
Therefore, Zhao Jia could only defend cautiously, and the Turkish army fortress was the key to it, and it must not fall into the hands of the Qin army.
In order to get back the Turkish army fortress, Zhao Jia even shamelessly wrote a letter to threaten Meng Fu, if Meng Fu was unwilling to replace the Turkish army fortress, he would split Meng Wuche.
In order to increase credibility, Zhao Jia even made people imitate Meng Wu's handwriting and wrote a letter.
Not only that, Zhao Jia also forced Meng Wu to press his handprint on the letter, even if Meng Wu tried his best to resist, but unfortunately he had become a prisoner under the ranks, how could his arms be twisted over his thighs?
Zhao Jia's approach was extremely shameful during the Warring States Period.
In this era, nobles have their own dignity and identity, and even if they become captives, they will be treated as they deserve.
If the enemy is willing to pay a price, they can even redeem their own generals.
It was precisely because of this incident that Meng Wu was extremely hostile to Zhao Jia, even if a few days had passed, the resentment in his heart had not dissipated.
"You are no more than a prisoner under the stairs, how dare you insult my son-in-law!"
When Sima Shang heard the words 'despicable and shameless', he immediately became furious, pulled out his sword and put it on Meng Wu's neck.
"Threatening my father with my life is not the work of a husband."
"And my father has a strong personality, how can he be threatened by villains, sacrificing righteousness and selfish feelings? In my opinion, your calculations are just empty after all. ”
"You killed me today, but I will die a few days earlier, so why be afraid?"
In the face of Sima Shang, even if Meng Wu was a prisoner, he was not afraid at all, but scolded him sharply.
"Stand down!"
Zhao Jia's eyes narrowed slightly, and then he scolded Sima Shang.
Then Zhao Jia got up, walked to Meng Wu's side, bowed solemnly and saluted, and then said: "Jia's decision is really helpless, and I hope the general can forgive me." ”
"Montessori is a general, I have admired it for a long time, how can I kill a righteous man?"
"Regardless of whether General Meng Lao will agree to change the city, after the matter is over, Jia will send the general back to Qin!"
After hearing Zhao Jia's words, Meng Wu turned his head to look at the other party, his face a little surprised.
"Is that true?"
Zhao Jia said: "If there is a lie, Jia will definitely die under the sword!" ”
Seeing Zhao Jia make such a poisonous oath, Meng Wu breathed a long sigh of relief, feeling that the big stone pressing on his heart was finally removed.
Although he was a fierce general on the battlefield, he did not really regard death as home, and this era was not like the later generations of Confucianism, where courtiers advocated the idea of loyalty to the monarch.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, hundreds of schools of thought contended and ideas collided, and people were more expounding the ideas they were pursuing, and more were chasing personal fame and fortune.
Although there are die-hard people who are loyal to the society, they are not the mainstream ideology of this era.
In Meng Wu's opinion, his father has always liked to scold himself, and his temperament is extremely strong, if he threatens the other party to exchange himself with a Turkish army fortress, the possibility is not great.
At that time, Meng Wuke was about to be torn apart.
Every time he guessed this possibility, Meng Wu felt both annoyed and frightened, and only now did he breathe a long sigh of relief.