Yes, yes, it's the fighting spirit!

For the Wei State, although it is afraid of Qin, it has not been afraid to that extent, and this time the army is completely for the anointing land of Tao County. To put it bluntly, Wei Wangyu sent Jin Cong to Tao County this time just to take advantage.

Once the Qi State shrinks its defensive line and cedes the cities north and south of Tao County and Jishui, the Wei State will definitely take the lead in occupying it, if nothing else, the territory of Wei State is close to Tao County, and the north, west, and east sides of Tao County are encircled.

Because South Korea has few soldiers and the whip of the Qin State is beyond its reach, after the Wei State, as the host, swallows this cheap pick-up, will he still think about attacking the Qi State?

"What Uncle Wang said is extremely true, once the Wei State annexes the northern and southern cities of Tao County, Wei Wangyu's attitude towards the alliance may change greatly." Tian Jian's brows began to relax.

"Yes, my Qi State will concentrate its soldiers and horses in the main cities, at this time, the city is strong and has a lot of food, and under the long-term attack, Wei Guoyan can't think of the idea of evacuating." Tian Dan replied.

"But there must be a premise for all this, and that is to keep!" Tian Jian's gaze gradually narrowed.

.......

"General, the catapult has been damaged." The general of the Qin army said.

In wartime, especially during the Warring States period, there was a limit to the number of catapults that could be put into the carapult, and generally speaking, it would be reported a loss after a few dozen times at most.

Bai Qi's face didn't see any change, he set his eyes on the Zuo City in the distance, after continuous attacks, the walls of the Zuo City have been damaged, but unlike before, the damage to this city wall is only an extremely small part, and it has little impact on the war.

"Change formation, change crossbow." Bai Qi said coldly.

The golden drum troops standing in the rear of the Qin army began to beat the drums, and the orderly drumming began to spread to the battlefield, and the generals standing in the Qin army listened to the drums and held various flags in their hands.

"The general has an order, and the formation is !!"

I saw that the dense and black Qin army began to change.

The spearmen in front of them split a gap in the middle and slowly retreated to both sides, while the crossbowmen in the middle of the Qin army began to step on the drum beat, slowly advancing, and finally stopped a few hundred paces of the city wall.

This position is the safest distance, and it is also the effective range of the Qin army's crossbowmen.

Thousands of Qin crossbowmen began to sit down quickly and orderly towards the ground, they slowly propped up the crossbow in their hands with their right foot, their eyes squinted at the entire city wall, and they had a wealth of experience in adjusting the angle of the crossbow to an accurate position.

After experiencing training again and again, they have long been familiar with this common ability.

In the slightly drunken sunlight, the sharp arrows that shone slowly took the bait, and the hanging knife shaped like a crescent moon was already ready to go, just waiting for that touch.

As a crossbowman, the cub has a slight tension in his heart, but more of an excitement, facing the tall city wall, there is no fear in his heart, there is a faintness of killing, military merits, old husband, two words that often appear in dreams swirl in his heart again and again.

As long as he becomes a public servant, the lowest rank in the Qin army's twentieth level military lordship system, the cub can be given good land when he returns home, and he can also become a superior person who eats public grain.

If it can become a higher class of creation, the cub dare not think of it.....

The cub held the shiny lacquered wooden crossbow machine tightly with his sweaty fingers, the dazzling light shining on the arrows, his eyes gradually narrowed into a thin slit, and the purple flag fluttering above the uneven and staggered city wall, with seal characters on it, he didn't recognize what it was, but he knew that the armor soldier next to him was a human life!

"Put!" The herald shouted hoarsely.

A rain of arrows like locusts rose from the crossbow in an instant, and a huge trembling sound with recoil rang out.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! ”

These fine crossbow bolts seemed to carry an irresistible force, and they rose from the ground hundreds of paces.

At the beginning of the shower, the tent of the capital is empty!

"Sting!" The sound of sliding into the flesh and bones rang out, and the soldiers of the Qi army standing on the city wall clutched the arrows around their necks and kept screaming in pain, he could clearly feel that this was an arrow made of bamboo, the black paint was very smooth, which could reduce the resistance when firing, and the arrow cluster of the arrow was triangular shaped.

Once hit, there is basically no chance of survival...

Of the thousands of crossbow arrows fired, only a few hundred crossbow arrows successfully flew into the city wall, and the remaining crossbow arrows unexpectedly broke and sank into the sand, and were lost in the distance of hundreds of paces, while some of the other crossbow arrows also shot into the city wall.

The cub sitting on the ground had no fluctuations in his heart, he knew that this launch was just a test, it was used to master the distance of the launch, and the next thing was the real appetizer.

The three thousand crossbowmen began to adjust their positions in a nervous and orderly manner, and the lookout on the crossbow machine looked at the city wall above again and again.

"Put!"

This time, the three thousand crossbow arrows finally flew to the city wall, but unlike last time, this time the Qi army raised round shields on the city wall.

Arrows began to shoot into the round wooden shield, but some nimble and tricky arrows flew through the gaps in the round shield, wounding some unfortunate Qi soldiers.

But these arrows were only oncoming, and some of the crossbow arrows were shot into the city....

Again and again the bow was opened, and the simple and boring action was finally over.

Generally speaking, crossbowmen can only fire a dozen bolts, because their bodies will not be able to withstand any more fire.

The crossbow is fired with the waist strength of the body with the thighs and lower arms, and if there are too many fires at one time, the ligaments of the body cannot withstand it, and it is meaningless for war.

"Seems a little unusual today?" Bai Qi's heart faintly guessed, and his solemn face was full of solemnity.

Yes! It's a little different.

In the past, when the Qin army attacked the city, it first used trebuchets to destroy the city walls, then used crossbow arrows to harvest the enemy army, and finally attacked the city with a large army.

Now, the loss of Zuo's city wall is basically not large, and even the heavy stones have no effect on it.

"Change the sharps and force the city!" Bai Qi said in a deep voice.

In the Qin army, there is not one in a hundred, and it is often the Qin army that has gone through a hundred battles to select the Qin army's sharp soldiers, they are different from other Qin troops who have been recruited, and each sharp soldier is a soldier carefully cultivated by the Qin State.

This is very similar to Wei Wushu.

Wei Wushu's training was very hard and the selection criteria were very picky, and the same was true of the Ruishi of the Qin State, but once they became Ruishi, they could enjoy preferential treatment.

In the Wei State, it was first necessary to ensure that the "military soldiers" were given a hundred acres of land, and after obtaining the land, the "military soldiers" not only had to bear the responsibility of military service, but also needed to bear their own military equipment and logistics materials during their service. At the beginning of the establishment of the "military pawn" system, it was the transition period from the slave land ownership system to the feudal system, so the "military pawns" who obtained land obtained higher economic status, and at the same time dissolved the personal dependence relationship with the slave owners, and the social status of the "military pawns" was also greatly improved. At the same time, the state gave high material treatment to the selected military soldiers, exempting the military soldiers from forced labor and land and house tax for the entire household. Martial soldiers obtained higher titles and enjoyed better treatment based on their military merits. Generally speaking, Wei Wushu was a force with excellent physical conditions, sophisticated military equipment, excellent military skills and great material stimulation, and its strength was incomparable to other armies at that time, both physically and spiritually.

Therefore, for the Wei State, after the Battle of Yique, after Bai Qi annihilated 120,000 Wei Wushu, the reason why the Wei State almost collapsed was because the cost of Wei Wushu was too great, and the Wei State at that time, because of the Battle of Shaoliang, the land west of Hexi was lost.

In the "Widow to the Country" that King Wei Hui and Mencius talked about, King Liang Hui said: "The widow is also to the country, and he is dedicated to his ears." If Hanoi is fierce, its people will be moved to the east of the river, and its millet will be moved to Hanoi; The same is true of Hedong. Those who observe the politics of neighboring countries are not as good as those who have the intentions of a few people. If the people of the neighbouring countries are not less, and the people of the few are not more, why not? ”

King Wei Hui could proudly talk to Mencius back then, if there is a big flood in Hexi, I will immigrate to Hedong, and if there is a big flood in Hedong, I will immigrate to Hexi.

What is the land west of the river?

Hexi is west of the Yellow River, everyone knows that the Yellow River is in the shape of several figures, because of latitude, once winter comes, the river in the north of the Yellow River will freeze, and in spring, the south side of the river thaws, but the other side of the north is still frozen.

Therefore, the water of the Yellow River will overflow, which is a big flood. Unlike the later above-ground rivers formed by sediment deposits, in modern times, whenever it freezes, the state will use explosives to blow up the ice and thaw the Yellow River to prevent disasters.

Seemingly.... Far from it.

The land west of the river is the eastern part of the country, that is, the richest place in the eight hundred miles of Qinchuan, the Wei State lost the land west of the river, its power weakened, and finally it was unable to cultivate Wei Wushu, which is also the reason why the Wei State has been beaten in the late Warring States period, of course, there is no outstanding commander.

I saw that the phalanx of the Qin army cracked a hole, and out of it came five hundred Qin army warriors, who were wearing black armor and bronze masks on their faces, which was to prevent them from being injured by flying arrows.

In Xunzi's military chapter, he said: "Wei Zhiwu's soldiers take it by degree, the armor of the three genera, the crossbow of the twelve stones, the negative arrow of fifty, put it on it, the crown with a sword, win three days of food, and go to a hundred miles in the middle of the day." The pilot test will be restored. "The soldier wears triple armor (inner and outer three-layer protective clothing or another name for heavy armor), holds a sword with a sword, exercises a crossbow of 12 stones, and carries 50 crossbow arrows in a negative arrow bag, carrying three days' rations, and can travel a hundred miles in half a day.

.......

In the city of the Zuo family.

"General, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and An Pingjun have returned the news." The general of the Qi army said happily.

"How? When to send reinforcements. Kuang Yi's face was very heavy, now the Qin army has been attacking the Zuo clan for three days, and the Qi army soldiers have died heavily, in just three days, more than 5,000 soldiers have died, you must know that the Zuo clan only has more than 10,000 Qi troops.

If Taoyi didn't send reinforcements, Kuang Yi didn't think he could hold on.

The general of the Qi army looked at Kuang Yi with an embarrassed expression and said, "The letter did not mention the matter of sending additional troops. ”

"What was mentioned?" Kuang Yi's brows furrowed, and he paced back and forth in a restless state, and there was a crisp metallic sound from the armor he was wearing.

"The letter said: I hope the general will continue to hold on for one day, and the other ......" the general of the Qi army stammered.

"What else?" Kuang Yi said irritably.

"Also...."The general of the Qi army stammered again.

Kuang Yi glared at the general of the Qi army, and snatched the cloth from his hand, because the Qin and Wei countries were closely surrounding the Zuo clan, so it was difficult for the news to be transmitted, in order to prevent accidents, the transmission of this order was transmitted separately.

By splicing the message three times, you can get the real command.

"General Kuangyi, now that Qin, Wei, and Han are surrounding the Zuo clan and attacking the city overnight, although the palace knows that it is not easy for the general, there is a difference in priorities.

After the general defended Zuo's for three days, he burned the grain and grass in the city, and then surrendered the city. ”

"Surrender?" Kuang Yi held the cloth in his hand, and without saying a word, the white lips caused by the night guard were bitten out by him.

What are His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and An Pingjun for?

Kuang Yi was confused.

......

"Uncle Wang, is it really okay to surrender?" Tian Jian couldn't help but look at Tian Dan.

Within two days, the Qi army had already evacuated the cities north and south of Tao County, and stationed troops and horses around Taoyi Jishui, just waiting for the arrival of the big battle.

"Isn't this what you mentioned, Your Highness?" Tian Dan rolled his eyes and said speechlessly.

The surrender was indeed proposed by Tian Jian, and now that the 200,000 troops of Qin and Wei have surrounded the Zuo clan, it is undoubtedly difficult for Kuang Yi to escape from the Zuo clan, but under the stubborn defense, the Qi army of the Zuo clan is just acting in vain!

So I had to surrender, but I surrendered...

You must know that Bai Qi will kill prisoners, and the 400,000 Zhao troops in the Battle of Changping are still 'vividly'!

"What if you kill a prisoner for nothing?" Tian Jian whispered to Tian Dan out of guilt.

"Kill prisoners? Can't ask for it! The corners of Tian Dan's mouth showed a chuckle, and his hand unconsciously stroked his beard.

Tian Jian looked at Tian Dan in horror, and then he thought that Tian Dan was not as friendly as he appeared, you must know that after the Five Kingdoms of Qi that year, there were only two cities left in Qi State: Jimo and Jucheng.

And Le Yi learned the lesson of King Qi Xuan back then, and basically 'did not commit any offences' to the people of Qi State. However, in order to restore the country, Tian Dan secretly used a conspiracy to open the graves of the ancestors of the Qi people outside Jimo City, pretending that it was done by the Yan people.

This aroused the indignation of the Qi people against the Yan Kingdom, so Jimo Yicheng was stunned for two years, survived the king of Yan Hui, and squeezed out Le Yi, and finally Tiandan used the fire bull array to break through the 200,000 Yan army and recover the lost territory.

In the spring of 1926, the bandit leader Liu Zhenhua, with the support of Wu Peifu and Zhang Zuolin, gathered 100,000 people to attack Xi'an, and Liu Zhenhua besieged the city for 8 months. On April 18, 1926, Yang Hucheng led his rearguard troops into Xi'an, stabilized the Xi'an war situation and people's hearts, and officially opened the curtain of the Xi'an Defense War. Yang Hucheng, the general of the national army, Li Huchen led the whole city to defend the army and civilians, and then General Feng Yuxiang led the army into Shaanxi, and the siege of Xi'an was relieved, and it was called "two tigers guarding Chang'an".

You must know that Xi'an at that time insisted on eight months, during this time, the students, citizens, workers, and so on in the city spontaneously went to the city wall to defend the city anyway, it is said that the city of Xi'an at that time because there were too many dead people, there was no way to bury the city, so they were thrown into the well.

Why do the people of Xi'an defend the city so hard? Warlord melee, what's the matter with the common people!

Liu Zhenyue's Zhensong army was originally a habitual bandit group in western Henan, and the 100,000 horses gathered this time were also a rabble formed in a hurry. At that time, Wu Peifu did not have the ability to meet the expenses of these 100,000 people, so Zhen Songjun had to "levy and pay salaries on the spot". When they set out, they called for "going to Shaanxi to be promoted and make a fortune". Therefore, where the Zhensong army passed, the houses were in ruins, and the people of the counties on the East Shaanxi Road were looted, which caused the Xi'an people to hate Liu Jun.

This is also the hatred of some Shaanxi people for Henan people, not to mention these, after all, the Yellow River flood, the people of the two places united and helped each other, and rescued a large number of refugees.

If Kuang Yi surrenders now, if Bai Qi, as the chief general of the Qin State, kills the prisoners, it will inevitably arouse the blood of the Qi army soldiers at that time, because they know that once they are defeated, they will also become dead souls.

But if you don't surrender, it will be a different burden to Qin Wei's small amount of grain and grass, and it depends on Bai Qi's attitude.