The defense line of Gaoyi and the Southern Great Wall is an impregnable defense line built by Zhongshan with a lot of manpower, material and financial resources. Zhongshan Guo believed that with this impregnable line of defense, Zhao Guoxiu wanted to push further north. Zhao went north to attack Zhongshan, but was indeed blocked by this line of defense. Zhao Guojunchen is also worried about this line of defense. At this moment, Le Yi offered a plan and changed the tactics of flat push and siege. Launched an all-out war against Zhongshan and disrupted the enemy's layout.

Zhao Jun took Le Yi's suggestion and acted according to the plan.

Prince Zhang led the Chinese army to attack the Great Wall and the defenders of Gaoyi Zhongshan head-on, so that the enemy could not distinguish the combat intentions of Zhao. Le Yi personally led the iron cavalry to break through the weak points of the Great Wall's defense line, attacking the east and the west, interspersed with roundabouts. The defense line of Gaoyi and the Great Wall carefully designed by Zhongshan was broken in less than three days under the internal and external attacks of Zhao Guo's iron cavalry and foot soldiers.

Gaoyi, the Great Wall Zhongshan State lord Zhang Ruo was killed in battle, and Zhang Tuo was captured alive. The entire territory of Zhongshan collapsed. Subsequently, Zhao Yong adopted Le Yi's bold idea and took advantage of the situation to raise troops to the north.

Yuanyi, Fenglong and other cities heard that the defense line was broken by the Zhao state, and the Zhongshan army that broke and fled spread the word of how heroic the Zhao army was. In addition, Zhongshan can recruit generals who are good at fighting, because Zhongshan ruled the country with Confucianism, or was killed, demoted, or exiled. The Zhao army arrived at the city, and the defenders of Zhongshan opened the door without a fight and surrendered. The Zhao army went north, but did not encounter the interception of Zhongshan State, and the soldiers broke through several cities such as Yuanyi and Fenglong without blood.

Zhao Yong saw that the Zhongshan army had no fighting spirit and was defeated with one blow, and said regretfully: "Zhongshan is also a country with heroes and warriors. What a pity! Zhongshan Wang Cuo, Zhongshan Wang Zi, in this world of great controversy, noble Confucianism, light and strong, resulting in a great loss of national strength. ”

Fei Yi replied: "The Zhongshan country was established by a foreign race, and if it exists for a hundred years, it should also die." ”

"Zhongshan Wang Zi is also pitiful enough. When the national disaster was at hand, no one stood up to fight for him. Tian Buli sighed: "Zhongshan Kingdom will not die, and heaven will not tolerate it." ”

"Zhang'er, you have to remember that Zhongshan can have today, but it is really your own fault." Zhao Yong looked at the Zhongshan people who asked to surrender, "Zhongshan does not use the strength of a weak country to compete with a strong country without losing, and Zhongshan Wang Cuo is also a hero." Zhongshan did not obey the will of the Qi people, dared to be the king, and was not afraid of the obscenity of the Qi country, and raised troops to resist. With the strength of a weak country, he defeated Qiangyan, plundered its people, seized its wealth, and occupied its cities. The heavy weapon of the Yan Kingdom was also smelted into the treasure of Zhongshan Town. Two years ago, Zhongshan Wang Cuo attacked our country and occupied Juancheng; Attack the Yan Kingdom in the north and behead its Yan generals. Why Zhongshan Kingdom was defeated today, do you know the reason? ”

The crown prince said: "Please show your father." ”

Zhao Yong looked at the two big characters on the city gate and said: "A country without heroes and warriors is unfortunate. A country with heroes and warriors, but not recited, admired, and cherished by the people, is destined to be hopeless. The fact that Zhongshan Kingdom has fallen into such a field is because the King of Zhongshan does not value heroes and light warriors. Zhongshan is a country of foreign races, and it has been for a hundred years. They have their own heroes, they have their own pride. It's a pity that Zhongshan Wangcuo and Zhongshan Wangzi don't know how to cherish. The cause that was sown yesterday is the fruit of today. ”

"Yesterday's cause, today's fruit." Gongzizhang nodded and said, "A country that doesn't value heroes is destined to be hopeless. The words of the monarch are remembered by the child. Children must recite the heroes of their own country and respect the heroes. ”

Zhao Yong was really relieved to see that the child could get through at one point, and ordered Le Yi to take over Fenglong, Yuanyi and other cities to prevent the soldiers of Zhongshan from surrendering to rebel. On the other side, he led a large army to continue north to attack Dongyuan. Dongyuan is located on the south bank of the Hutuo River, which is the most important military town in the southern Xinjiang of Zhongshan Kingdom, and is also the southern gate to defend Lingshou. Dongyuan was broken by the Zhao State, and Lingshou was in no danger to defend.

When the Zhao army arrived at Dongyuan, they saw that the city was built on a steep terrain, built on a mountain, with a towering city wall and a wide moat. If it is a strong attack, Zhao Guo will definitely suffer heavy damage. So, Zhao Yong ordered Sun Qian, the general of Zhongshan who had surrendered to Fenglong, to persuade him to surrender. Sun Qian came to the city and shouted, "Upstairs is General Shilou." ”

I saw a veteran in his sixties, wearing battle armor and a gray beard on the city tower, pressing the hilt of his sword with one hand, looking down at the city, and replied, "The old man is exactly." ”

"General Shi, I'm Sun Qian. Zhao Jun respected General Shi as a hero and ordered me to persuade him to surrender. ”

"Loyal ministers don't matter to the two masters, how can you not fight for the country and surrender the Zhao people." Shi Lou said angrily: "Sun Qian, you have received the favor of the country, and you don't know how to be loyal to the country." What face do you have to live in this world? ”

"Hahaha. Zhongshan Wangcuo, Zhongshan Wangzi, such a dumb lord, how can we serve his allegiance. Nowadays, Zhongshan is in a miasma, the court is chaotic, and traitors are in power. My father fought all his life and served his country. It's not that he was ostracized, put in prison, and died depressed. In order to avenge his father, my eldest brother was not killed by a traitor. My ancestors are worthy of Zhongshan Kingdom, how can Zhongshan Kingdom be worthy of us? Let's ask, such a country is so kind to my grandson's family. ”

"The king has been deceived by traitors, and sooner or later he will give you justice. The king handed over the dragon to you, which means trusting you. You surrendered without a fight, and you betrayed the king's trust. Are you worthy of the country? ”

"Justice." Sun Qian scolded, "I've waited for five years, where is the justice." Today's Zhongshan is no longer the country we are protecting. Old General Shi, haven't you seen the fate of my Sun family? It is our Sun family who is in trouble today, and tomorrow it will not be your Shi family. ”

General Shi Lao shouted: "I deeply sympathize with your experience. But the first king was kind to me, how could he surrender without a fight, and be ashamed of the country? ”

"General Shi Lao has been brave and loyal all his life, why should he sacrifice his life for this hopeless country. Now, tens of thousands of soldiers of Zhao State are coming to the city, and you have no chance of winning. ”

"Although the country bears me, I will not bear the country." General Shi Lao shouted: "There are 30,000 people in my city, and the Zhao people will come to attack the city if they have a kind." ”

Sun Qian's persuasion was fruitless, and he came to apologize and said: "Your Majesty, I can't persuade Old General Shi to surrender, please punish you." ”

"General Shi Lao is naturally reluctant to surrender for the sake of his wisdom." Zhao Yong said lightly: "We are destined to fight this battle." Ladies and gentlemen, how is this battle fought? ”

Fei Yi said: "The stone tower guards this city, and it is indeed not easy to break through. This battle will be quite fierce. ”

Zhao Yong asked, "How can we reduce our own losses?" ”

Tian Buli said: "Your Majesty, we might as well send someone to surrender." Under the cover of night, we responded inside and out, and broke through the city in one fell swoop. ”

Fei Yi said: "Shilou is not a foolish person, he will not be fooled." If we surrender, he will see through it at a glance. On the contrary, it will lose many soldiers in vain. ”

Tian Buli said again: "Fraud will not work." We can only choose to attack. ”

Zhao Yong pondered for a moment and said: "The terrain of Dongyuan is steep, the moat is wide, and we need at least 100,000 troops to attack." With this amount of troops, we can't break through the eastern wall. We have no way to lure out the enemies in the city. ”

"Shilou has always been steady, if we provoke him with words, or insult him, he will not go out of the city to fight." Fei Yi said: "However, we can give it a try." ”

Zhao Yong pondered for a moment and said, "We can only wait for the left and right armies to converge and launch a strong attack. ”

Sima Wangzu said: "Your Majesty, the minister has an idea. ”

Zhao Yong hurriedly said: "What do you have in mind?" ”

Sima Wangzu said: "Why don't we use the advantage of bows and crossbows to shoot the Zhongshan army on the city tower and let them live in fear." We besieged the city with a great army, besieging it but not attacking it. In order to wear out the fighting spirit of Zhongshan Kingdom. Subsequently, we used the soldiers who were invited by Zhongshan to surrender, and we talked about them and disturbed their minds. Maybe we don't need to attack the city, and the Zhongshan army will surrender. ”

Zhao Yong thought for a moment and nodded, "Then try it." ”

Zhongshan people are heavy warriors, heroes of the mountains, and the people are martial. Zhao Jun used words and women's clothes, insulting and provoking Shilou. When the lieutenants beside Shi Lou heard this, they were resentful and asked for battle. Shi Lou saw through Zhao Guo's intentions and suppressed the generals who asked for battle. Shi Lou looked at the black pressure under the city and suppressed Zhao Jun, and said with a smile: "Zhao Guo can scold us, and we can also scold them." Zhao Jun wants to trick me into fighting, don't even think about it. ”

Zhao Jun saw that Shilou was not fooled, so he shot at the city tower with a strong bow and crossbow. In the face of Zhao Guo's rain of arrows, Shilou was also prepared. The rain of arrows of Zhao State did not hurt the Zhongshan army much. Zhao sent soldiers to ask for surrender, and they went to say. Shi Lou ordered people to shoot all the people who had said it.

Deputy General Ji Yun asked: "General, what does it mean that Zhao State is besieging but not attacking." ”

Shi Lou replied: "Zhao Jun has wise people around him, and they know that a strong attack will cost the army. They provoked us with their words and insulted us in order to force me to fight. As a result, if I don't fight, Zhao Jun wants to use force to wear out our fighting spirit. Use the surrendered Zhongshan soldiers to mess up our minds. ”

Ji Yun asked: "If Zhao Guo can't make a plan, he will have another plan." That's how we fought a war of attrition with Zhao State. ”

"We can afford it, Zhao Guo came from afar, and we must not be able to afford it. Attack the heart for the top, siege for the bottom. Zhao Jun, if you want to attack your heart, such a trick is really underestimating me. Within a few days, Zhao Jun would choose to attack. ”

"How does the general know, Zhao will attack."

"When the Zhao army attacks us, we must fight quickly. They are not going to fight a war of attrition with us. If they don't take advantage of the weakness of our forces in the city and launch a strong attack. Once our reinforcements come, Zhao will have no chance. The order goes down, no matter how the Zhao people provoke, we can't go out of the city to face the battle. We also have to pay attention to the fact that the Zhao people will sneak up at night. Shilou looked at Zhao Jun under the city, and said in his heart: "Zhao Jun, what way will you choose to fight with me." ”

Zhao Guo failed in one plan, and another plan failed. Shooting the Zhongshan army with a bow and crossbow had little effect. Using the soldiers who surrendered to persuade him to surrender is not effective. The night sneak attack, the other party has already prepared. Zhao Yong also understood that if the war dragged on, it would be extremely unfavorable to him. However, the left and right armies were blocked by the Zhongshan army and failed to reach Dongyuan. If you want to launch a strong attack, you don't have enough troops.

Zhao Yong convened the generals above the head of a thousand households to discuss strategies. They deliberated for three hours in a row, but to no avail. Zhao Yong thought to himself: "Could it be that the army is blocked by the city in front of you and cannot move forward." ”

After Le Yi settled Yuanyi and sealed the dragon, he came to Dongyuan. Zhao Jun saw it and asked, "Is there any way to break through this city?" ”

Le Yi had long heard that the army was blocked by Dongyuan and could not advance. Before coming to see Zhao Jun, he had already thought of countermeasures, "Your Majesty, we might as well withdraw our troops and attack Shiyi." ”

Seeing that Jun Shang's expression was confused, Le Yi continued: "Shiyi is the barrier to the east of Lingshou. We have broken through Shiyi, and we can still point to Lingshou. ”

Zhao Yong replied: "After besieging Dongyuan for a few days, the widow is really unwilling to withdraw his troops like this. ”

Le Yi said: "If we suddenly withdraw our troops to attack Shiyi, Shilou will definitely relax his guard." Shiyi is in danger, and he will also turn to Dongyuan for help. In the land of Shiyi, there are wives, children and parents of Shilou. It is also the place where the ancestors of the Shi clan are buried. When Shilou saw that we suddenly withdrew our troops to attack Shiyi, there would be chaos in every direction. He would send troops to aid Shiyi. We used cavalry to set up an ambush in the middle of the road and annihilate the reinforcements. Then, using this support army, he went to Shiyi to assist the left army in attacking the city. We also spread the word that the reinforcements were besieged by us. When Shilou got the news, he would not sit idly by, and would definitely raise troops to save him. The defense of Dongyuan was weak, so we let the right army take advantage of the situation to break through the castle tower. ”

Zhao Yongxi said: "Le Yi, it is a great blessing for the widow to have you. ”