Chapter 8 Envoy Chu
30,000 halberd-wielding troops set out to fight, the remaining soldiers in Linzi City were no more than 10,000 soldiers, and in a hurry, these 10,000 people had to defend the huge city of 50 miles, and only 5,000 people remained in the royal city. 5,000 people defended the royal city, and the other 5,000 soldiers defended Guocheng, which is the troop arrangement in Linzi City.
Strength is not manpower. In the battle for the city gate for more than half an hour, those doctors who shouted 'The king and you are fighting side by side' drove hurriedly to Guocheng, and shouted loudly, the weavers in the weaving mill, the casters in the foundry, and the blacksmiths in the smelting house, although these people had no armor, many people grabbed wooden sticks, and also ran towards the royal city.
They didn't understand what the doctors were saying, and the more they talked, the more the common people didn't want to come, but the words 'to protect the king' touched everyone's nerves. 'The king is good, and the nobles and officials are bad (although both have the surname of the concubine)', the simple primitive dichotomy that most people believe in even after 2,000 years. The assembled crowd poured into the royal city like a tidal wave, flocking to the Shenmen, where the two armies had fought several times.
The moment he saw the crowd, Mu Chong, who had nothing to do in the city, breathed a sigh of relief;
The moment he saw the crowd, Tian Jian, who was weak, struggled to stand on his own, he tidied up his clothes and waved towards these ordinary people who came to the rescue;
The moment they saw the crowd, the Qin soldiers who were suppressed in front of the doorway by the last few hundred Qi soldiers sank straight to the heart, they thought that their strength was superior, who would have thought that the Qi people were superior in numbers.
Outside the city, the drums of the Qin army were still loud, and the Qi people in the city jumped off the city, and no one in the Qi army beat the drums. Seeing that his soldiers had been blocking the doorway and not moving, Wang Ben, who was three hundred steps away from the city, was puzzled: "Why didn't our army attack? ”
No one responded. The thick walls blocked the view, and no one knew what was going on inside. Just when Wang Ben wanted to order the drummers to beat the drums faster, there was a faint sound from inside the Shenmen.
"What do you mean by Qi people?" The sound was already confused, and the shouting was in Qi language, and Wang Ben couldn't hear it clearly.
"Yu, general," a strategist stumbled, and only when Wang Ben feigned anger did he stammer: "Qi people shouted: 'Kill... Kill the Qin people'. ”
"Kill the Qin people! Kill the Qin people! The sound of killing the Qin people ......" became louder and louder, so big that the entire city seemed to be shouting and boiling. Originally, the Qi people who 'Qin soldiers entered Linzi, and the people did not dare to fight' angrily picked up the weapons of the dead and rushed towards the Qin army in front of the doorway.
The Qi pawns in the front row held the Qin army's chief spear, and the common people behind them pushed them, pushing them heavily towards the Qin pawns who were a spear away. The spears of both sides were broken in the push of the huge force, and when the armor was next to the iron armor, the two armies no longer fought, but only wrestled desperately. The weaker side either retreats or is trampled under the feet of the opponent. In the frantic shouts of the Qi people, the Qin army was pushed out by them and pushed all the way outside the Shenmen.
It is not surprising that the Qin army was killed and retreated for the second time, but it is strange that in addition to the Qi soldiers in huge armor who rushed out of Shenmen, more common people in colorful kudzu robes were more commoners. Some of them carried spears and shields in their hands, and some of them actually carried sticks and dustpans.
Wang Ben looked at a few strategists beside him, "Everyone is centrifuged, why are you fighting to the death today?" ”
The nobles and businessmen of the Qi State are extravagant, the common craftsmen are poor, and the 30,000 people of the King of Chu can break through Linzi, the fundamental reason is that the Qi people are centrifuged up and down, and the Qi people in front of him are united, which makes Wang Ben extremely puzzled.
"General Yu," the man beside him beckoned to him. To be honest, he was not happy with the cavalry under his command to attack the city, it was not the cavalry's business. "With one heart, our army has lost the opportunity, and it is better to ......"
"Cymbal!" The Qi people in the city had arrows again, and they shot at the Qin army outside the city, most of the Qin soldiers had no shields, and there were many dead and wounded. Seeing this, Wang Ben no longer hesitated and ordered the cymbal.
......When the sound of the cymbals rang out, the Qin soldiers under the city quickly retreated, and the Qi army, including the crossbowmen who were shooting arrows, also shot and cheered. Tian Jian, who witnessed all this, sat down on the ground again, even if the cheers of 'Long live the king' sounded again above and below the city, he didn't want to get up. Tian Gu, Tian Qiu, Tian Di, Tian Yi, Tian Shou, Tian Wei...... The doctors were all relieved when they heard the sound of cymbals, and they almost became prisoners of the Qin people, and the rising sun shone on them at this moment, making everyone tremble.
Power is an aphrodisiac, if you get it, you don't want to lose it again, after trembling, they vowed to do everything possible to save the current situation and avoid the fate of Qi from falling into the Zhao State, and now the only one who can rescue Qi is Chu State.
"The minister asks the king to ask for help from the state of Chu as soon as possible." Tian Jian bowed to Tian Jian, who was sitting on the ground, and said with a shy face.
"My Qi country is extinct, how can I ask for it?" Minister Tian Jiao has always been very calm, even if the Qi army was on the verge of collapse just now, he stood still at all. Only at the moment when Qi Jian jumped off the city wall, he secretly wiped his eyes.
"Feixun has been broken, and Feixun is no longer out of Linzi." Tian Shu Road. Before the siege, the flight was cut off.
"The crown prince and princess are all in the Chu State," Tian Zongdao said. "The minister thought that the prince knew that the Qin people were attacking Linzi, and he should ask for the state of Chu."
"If the Chu people celebrate with their crowns, what can they do?" What you have done to others, you are afraid that others will do the same to you, and some people are anxious. After asking the doctors this sentence, they were silent, Chu Man might really hold a grudge and not save himself, if he didn't save himself, they would just hold Muling Pass.
The trebuchet behind him was still firing artillery shells, and the corpses of the Qin people under the city were all thrown into the doorway, and the carriage with damaged axles was also thrown inside, and the soldiers poured fish oil on it and set it on fire, and the doorway dozens of meters long was suddenly on fire. It was also feasible to stop the Qin army from attacking the city with fire, but the disadvantage was that the fire would be extinguished without fuel. Fortunately, both armies could arrive in a few days, and even if the palace chambers were demolished again, the gates would have to keep the fire intact.
When the fire in the doorway was ignited, Mu Chong was completely relieved, and he said at this time: "The Chu people will save me." ”
"The military advisor thinks that the Chu people are ......" including Tian Jian, and all the cadres looked at Mu Chong, and their eyes were full of hope.
"Yes. The people of Chu will save me. Mu Chong nodded heavily. The Qin State has 20 million Dingkou, and although the Chu State has restored its old land, Dingkou is only 6 million. If we have to Qi country, we can fight with the Qin people; I can't Qi country, only five or six million Ding Kouyan can fight with the Qin people? At that time, the corn was eaten up and died. ”
Food is the foundation of war, and in history, Wang Jian consumed Xiang Yan to death, that is, there was food to bully no food; The Qi State surrendered so quickly, in addition to the Qin State's momentum of destroying the countries and the victory of the Housheng Sect to bully Tian Jian, a very important reason is also that the Qi State has no corn - the price of wearing the world is silk and hemp everywhere, how can such a country have a lot of corn?
The Zhao army under Zhao Kuo was besieged for forty-five days, and finally could only break through; The Chu army led by Xiang Yan ran out of corn and could only retreat in the end; The state of Qi, where Tian Jian was king, had no accumulation of millet and could only surrender in the end. This is a very real problem. Corn comes from Dingkou, and only enough people can support a long and huge war.
There are more than 400,000 people in the Qi State, plus there are tens of millions of people in the Chu State, 10 million against 20 million, and they can fight a dozen; If it's five or six million against twenty-five million, then you can only catch blind.
As the war has progressed to the present, the contest of wisdom, diplomatic mediation, and technological sophistication are no longer important. The most important thing is the competition for resources, and whoever has more resources will win the competition. As long as the state of Qi is not occupied by the state of Qin, it is useless for the state of Qi to be in Chu, and the doctors and merchants of the state of Qi will not want the gold and silver of the state of Chu.
Mu Chong can be the military advisor of Qi State, and he is naturally extremely smart. The moment Qin Jun roared, he suddenly understood all the thoughts of Wei Yi, who was also a junior disciple from the Ghost Valley. He did not fight the Chu State but the Qi State, which was to compete with the Chu State for the land of Dingkou. As for Nanyang, Shangyu, and Hanzhong, they will not be taken away by the Chu State, and it is certain that the spring attack and autumn attack will be certain. One word: consume!
"The minister invites the king to ......" Looking at Tian Jian, who was being helped up, Mu Chong said: "The quasi-minister went out of Linzi at night and sent an envoy to the Chu State. ”
"Huh?!" Everyone was shocked by Mu Chong's request. Tian Jiao objected: "How can the military advisor go to Chu? If the military advisor is not there, what is Linzi like? ”
"Not really. I want to be the same from top to bottom, why not win over the Qin people. Mu Chong replied. If the Qin people attack me, they will join Chu. The people of Zhao and Chu have already complained about me, if they are not ministers to make Chu, who will make Chu? ”
There are no eternal friends, only eternal interests. The diplomatic shift was so rapid that no one was caught off guard. Since the Zhengchao doctor had already offended the Chu State before, he could no longer send an envoy to the Chu State; Although the princes and princesses have important statuses, they are not envoys and cannot represent the Qi country. Mu Chong thought about it, and he was the most suitable for Chu.
Mu Chong's words made the ministers nod, and Tian Jian saw that his younger brother also nodded, so he said, "No." The widow took you as an envoy and sent an envoy to the state of Chu. Determined, determined, must be ......"
Tian Jianlian said that there are two musts, and everyone understands what he means. Mu Chong looked at the doctors and said, "The information is inconvenient in wartime, if the state of Chu wants to be a minister......
"You're cheap." Tian Jiao looked at the ministers, he understood the meaning of Mu Chong, and the doctors also understood the meaning of Mu Chong. At this time, the Chu people will be consulted, and the Chu people will put forward a series of conditions, which may be to claim the land of the city, or they may be other demands. If Mu Chong does not have the power to cut first and then play, it is useless for him to send an envoy.
"This matter," Tian Jia agreed happily, but other doctors may not be. "If the state of Chu asks for the city, gold, silver, land, and beauties, this is all right, but if the king of Chu wants me to carry out the system of the foreign dynasty of Chu......"
Five years ago, the so-called reform was not complete, and the common people, even if they were in armor, had no right to stand in the foreign courts, and this was the original reason for the centrifugation of the Qi country. Today, Tian Jian saluted to the soldiers, and the soldiers were killed in battle, and the doctors were not only not moved, but felt afraid.
Fear, fear from the heart. Once the outer court is opened, the Zhengchao will also be marginalized. The king and the common people worked together to suppress the aristocracy, which was a common routine in ancient and modern China and abroad. The difference is only that the feudal kingdoms of East Asia, which lacked the merchant and burgher classes, suppressed the aristocracy, and the royal power was monopolized; After the European feudal states suppressed the aristocracy, the townspeople turned around and cut off the king's head.
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