Chapter 272: King Zhao is captured
As soon as the attack began, the Chu army rushed to the city wall of Zhao like a wolf and a tiger, and the soldiers of Zhao could only resist.
Both sides fought desperately, and the fighting was extremely fierce. The dead soldiers did not have time to clean up and piled up around the walls. Blood snaked down the walls of the city walls, and the color of blood was miserable.
The weekend was attacked for three days in a row, and the city gate was attacked several times. One boom, then decline, decline and exhaustion. The main force of the Zhao army has been cut off by him, and Handan has become a lonely city, and there will be no reinforcements. On weekends, the Chu army was to attack day and night, constantly putting pressure on the defenders of Handan until Handan was captured.
The defenders of Handan are those people, and the brave young men who participated in the battle in Handan City are commendable, but they have little combat experience and limited combat power, but the Chu army has more than 200,000 people, all of whom are well-trained and experienced in siege.
King Zhao has been commanding in the rear, and he is still quite calm. It is precisely because of his composure that Handan has not yet broken the city.
It's just that only 20,000 of Handan's defenders were killed, and many of them were wounded, and they couldn't hold out for long.
Although King Zhao was in charge, the palace also began to panic.
"The Chu army has come in!" Panic led to rumors.
"Whoever is yelling there, arrest him." King Zhao angrily slammed the wine glass on the table, and the copper bottle fell to the ground.
King Zhao's personal attendant is quite loyal, and he has always accompanied him, and he has not run away. "King, now the palace is in a mess, and the soldiers don't know which one to arrest."
"No matter who it is, as long as you are yelling and disturbing the morale of the army, it doesn't matter."
"No!"
King Zhao's forbidden army patrolled the palace, and whoever dared to shout that the Chu army would immediately die under the knife, and blood would be splattered five steps.
The attack of the Chu army has not stopped, and the city gate of Zhao State has finally broken down.
"Kill!"
When he entered the Jin Palace, he implemented the policy of burning and robbing all over the weekend, and he would not be soft on Zhao State, and would not let a fly leave the Zhao Palace alive.
The Chu army rushed into the palace of King Zhao and began to burn and loot, the two sides fought for so long, they had a deep grudge against each other, as soon as the soldiers rushed into the gate of Handan, they killed people when they saw them, robbed them when they saw them, and burned them if they couldn't take them.
The sound of screams and fighting came one after another, and the smoke was billowing out, and the smell of smoke mixed with the pungent smell of blood made people want to be sick.
As the capital of the Zhao Kingdom, Handan was once very prosperous. At this time, it was full of depression.
It takes a lot of money to rebuild this place, so it's better to leave it to the Zhao people to take care of it themselves.
King Zhao has not lost the hearts of the people, and the people of Zhao in Handan have a heart for King Zhao. In addition, there are nearly one million people in Handan, and if they are all killed, the killing is too heavy.
When the Chu army entered the city, there were even people who were not afraid of death who smashed the soldiers with cabbage and soil.
After Cheng Jia learned about it, he discussed it with Qin Qian and came to see King Zhuang together.
Cheng Jia spoke first: "King, the people of Handan can't stay." "Keep them, they can rebel at any time.
Qin Qian immediately agreed. "Yes, my lord. Keeping them will be a lot of trouble. "These people are looking for King Zhao in their hearts, not only them, but also their descendants, who will want to restore the country for generations.
"When God ordered me to dominate the Central Plains, I specially told me not to kill too much. Most of the people still want to live a peaceful life, as for those who are in trouble.
Cheng Jia, Qin Qian, do you think the soldiers can't handle it? "Except for Handan, the people of other places are not so loyal to King Zhao.
King Zhuang's hegemony is firstly for the king's hegemony, and secondly, to solve the problem of heirs, and it is indeed not good to kill too much. Qin Qian frowned and didn't know what to say.
Cheng Jia is still worried. "In case they grow ......"
"I will leave 100,000 people here. Those people of Zhao who live a stable life can live a good life, and the 100,000 people left behind by those who are unconscious are not vegetarians. "It's just going to cause trouble, and it's only a small force at the beginning, and it will soon be suppressed by the Chu army that stays.
"What the king said makes sense." Cheng Jia nodded.
"Handan has been defeated, and the other cities of Zhao are still waiting for the Chu army to attack." With so much to do, why bother with ordinary people.
The soldiers escorted men wearing crowns and court robes.
This person should be King Zhao. Weekend took a closer look. Nothing special, just an old man.
King Zhao glared at the weekend viciously. "You are King Zhuang?"
"Bold!" The soldier escorting him struck King Zhao on the back with the hilt of his sword.
King Zhao snorted coldly.
"Bring King Zhao back to Chu and make him the Marquis of Ziyi." is called Ciguan, which is actually the house arrest of King Zhao.
In addition, it can also be made for Qi Guo to see. The monarch of Qi is weak and incompetent, if he overwhelms the border with a large army, let the king of Qi surrender, and give him a marquis of ten thousand households. When he heard that King Zhao had also become the Marquis of Ziyi, he would definitely believe it even more.
King Zhao snorted. "If you want to kill or chop, listen to it. Less in this hypocrisy. ”
The corners of his mouth hooked up with a smile on the weekend, King Zhao is also a character, but it is a pity that he lives in the same era as him. "Shut him up." King Zhao is just a defeated general under his subordinates, and now he can only speak hard.
"Qin Qian, you are responsible for spreading the news that King Zhao has become the Marquis of Ziyi to the Qi Kingdom, so that the King of Qi knows."
"Whoa!"
Qi Di is far away from Chu. After destroying Zhao, he would lead his troops back to Chu on the weekend to rest for a while, and then march to Qi. Now it's just to paralyze the King of Qi and let him know that even if the Chu State calls, he can still be a marquis.
"Cheng Jia, which general is better to stay in Handan?" Cheng Jia has more contact with the generals and knows the generals better than him.
Cheng Jia thought for a moment and said, "King, Sun Ping was the first to rush into Handan City. Would it be good to let him stay? ”
King Zhuang nodded. "Yes." Sun Ping is loyal and capable, and he is indeed a good candidate.
"Settle the soldiers first. We'll go back to Shangdang County early tomorrow morning. ”
Shangdang County is still being attacked by the Zhao army in Yi'an, and Handan is already in trouble, and it is time to go to support. Otherwise, Shangdang County was defeated by the Zhao army, and the Chu army finally defeated Handan and might be recaptured.
On the weekend, he returned to Shangdang County with the main force, and first learned about the casualties. When leaving, the weekend ordered the defenders of Shangdang County to not be able to defend it. Because of his order, the casualties in Shangdang County were not serious. At that time, there were 50,000 defenders in Shangdang County, and there are still about 40,000 now.
When I arrived in Shangdang County on the weekend, I picked a soldier with a loud voice to go to the city to shout.
"Soldiers of the Zhao Kingdom, your king has surrendered to us, and he is now the Marquis of Ziyi. If you attack Shangdang County again, we will kill the Marquis of Ziyi. ”
When the soldiers of Zhao heard the news, the army was in turmoil. Several leading generals rushed to the tent to discuss.
"Really?"
"It's been so many days, and there is no news from Handan, what they said may be true."