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At the head of Linzi City, the crossbow arrows under the city were as dense as rain roaring, and the sharp arrows penetrated the bodies of some Qi people who tried to fight back, and the thin leather armor and cloth clothes could not stop the crossbow shots at all, and the body full of sharp arrows fell to the ground with a bang, and in the long-range confrontation between the two sides, the Zhao Lu army completely had the upper hand. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

First used trebuchets to hit the enemy's morale, and under the cover of arrows, the Zhao army used the dark night cover to rush to fill the moat, the trench cart, the crane was pushed to the edge of the moat, the huge baffle was erected, the baffle was covered with thick raw cowhide, which could block the arrows shot by the head of the city, and tens of thousands of people tirelessly carried the hemp bags full of sand and gravel under the protection of the army and threw them into the moat surrounded by Zishui and water.

At dawn the next day, a moat hundreds of steps wide has been filled, early in the morning, the dense battle array pressed up again, black helmets and black armor, spears and halberds, heavily armed foot soldiers stepped on the drum beat to take a steady step, a ladder, a rush car rushed to Linzi under the impetus of the soldiers. Under the command of the drums in the sky, the Zhao army resumed the siege.

"Click, click......" A series of sounds sounded, countless ladders were erected on the city wall, countless soldiers climbed up along the ladders, taking advantage of the moment when the Qi people had not recovered from the rain of arrows, they climbed the city head with all their might, and began to fight with it, after half an hour of confrontation, the Qi people who had no fighting spirit on the city suddenly collapsed, and shouted again and again: "We surrender, we surrender."

At the same time, the giant chariot covered in raw cowhide began to mercilessly ram the city gates.

An hour of fierce fighting passed, and with the announcement of the collapse of Jimen, Linzi was already close to falling.

Seeing this, the four henchmen of Guo, Gao, Bao, and Yan, who had been hiding in the city for many days, took the opportunity to come out of the shadows and carry out public activities. They fought with Chen's party in the city for control of the other gates.

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"The head of the family, my father has died in the battle on the head of Jimen City...... The Zhao army had already been greeted by the rebels and began to control the city walls and gates in the south. "Chen's mansion, after Chen Xi heard a few words in his ear, Chen Xi reported the situation to Chen Qi with red eyes.

"It's a matter of time, it's a matter of time......" Chen Qi described the withered tree, he was already on the verge of dying, and looking at this, he couldn't even hold the Zhao army to enter the inner city and attack the mansion.

He laughed a few times, and then asked, "Are all the things I asked you to prepare?" ”

Chen Xi's heart trembled: "It's ready!" The head of the family, do you really want to ......?"

"It has to be so!" Chen Qi said, he was full of resentment towards Zhao Wuxian, hated him for taking away the fortune of the Chen family, hated him for ruining his family's good deeds, his heart was full of unwillingness, if he was ten years or twenty years younger, it was not Chen Heng but him Chen Qi who retreated to Donglai with the Chen family, and he would definitely compete with Zhao Wuxian again, even if there was only one "Shi" left by his side.

But although Chen Qi knew that the Chen clan would be defeated, he thought that he still had the ability to overturn the chessboard.

Thinking of this, he laughed heartily.

"Zhao Wuxian broke the fortunes of the Chen family, so that my family could not get Linzi and Qi State, but what the Chen family couldn't get, he didn't want to get it easily! Thou shalt go to the places where the firewood and grease are piled up everywhere and light a fire, and thou shalt make the great city of 100,000 people turn into a sea of fire. Burn! Burn! Even if he can't be listed as a prince, the old man has to pull Zhao Jun and the party of the country and Gao to Huangquan together! Turn Linzi into a scorched earth, so that Zhao Wuxian will get nothing! ”

After that, this secretary, who was supposed to glorify the Chen family and steal power, swallowed his last breath and died. Chen Qi didn't know that in the original history, he would also die in this year, but after his death, as the founder of the Tian Qi Kingdom, he would be sacrificed in the temple for generations......

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After entering Linzi under the support of Guo, Gao, Yan, and Bao's henchmen, the Zhao army was faced with a capital that was completely in chaos.

Order has completely left the city, the rebels are plundering the city, the doors and windows are closed, and the ownerless dogs and horses are galloping through the streets—they are afraid of the flames burning behind them!

The fire was lit from the Chen Mansion, and Chen Qi didn't want Zhao Jun to live in peace when he died, so he resorted to a trick that made people pile up firewood and grease in the Chen Mansion and various key locations. As soon as Chen Qi died, the grief-stricken and desperate Chen family soldiers began to light fires everywhere, and for a while, the sky over Linzi was full of smoke, and the flames filled the field of vision.

Under the protection of his personal guards, Zhao Wuxian climbed the Jimen city wall and looked into the city, but saw that the entire Linzi city was in flames, and there was a sea of fire. At this time, it was catching up with the strong wind, the fire was more violent, the official office, the market, and the Lu in the big city of Linzi were all affected, the fire flew in the wind, and the smoke was full of smoke, and finally, even the small city of Linzi where the office surnamed Jiang was located was also stained with whirring flames, but fortunately, Zhao Jun had entered here first and extinguished it.

But Zhao Shu, who had entered the city of Linzi before, began to scold and retreat, the fire inside was too big, and the city of Linzi was already in chaos, with the sound of flames, the sound of houses collapsing, the running and screams of the people mixed together, like a boiling ding.

That night, although Zhao Jun was outnumbered, because of the lack of fire-fighting tools and too many things that could be burned in Linzi, it was impossible to extinguish the flames. Hundreds of fires burned all night long, illuminating the dark night, red or orange flames like bouquets of flowers, blooming in the night sky, competing with each other to bloom as if they were about to burn everything down.

The fire did not stop until the next day, after the rain, and most of Linzi City had turned into a scorched earth, and pillars of smoke rose one after another, obscuring the sun, moon and stars.

By noon, the smoke gradually dissipated, and seeing that most of the three hundred Lus in Linzi had been destroyed, and the prosperity of the past had become the current scorched black ghost, Ran Qiu was so angry that he couldn't help but scold the Chen family.

"After the Battle of Pingyin, the princes attacked Qi and entered the siege of Linzi, but they only set fire to the bamboo and wood outside the Yongmen and Shenmen, as well as some buildings outside the city, which has been deeply criticized by the gentleman. However, the Chen family is even more ruthless, as Qi Qing, and also the lord of many people in Linzi, he burned the city regardless of the lives of 100,000 people, but it is a pity that the body of the old thief Chen Qi also turned into ashes, otherwise he should really hang it up and whip it well! ”

Ran Qiu, who has always been modest, was angry like this, and the rest of the generals were also moved by the tragic situation in Linzi, and at the same time very annoyed. When they followed Zhao Wuxian to attack Linzi, they did not hear much about the prosperity of Linzi, for example, the people of Linzi were rich and lived a full life, and their people all played flutes, drums, buildings, pianos, cockfights, dogs, six games, and tramples. Seven city gates in Linzi, each doorway has the east-west, north-south trunk road connection, the width can be parallel six military vehicles at the same time, in the road and the market, the hub hits, the shoulder rubbing, even the curtain into the curtain, the curtain is raised, sweating into the rain. And no matter what you want to buy, you can basically buy it, the most prosperous salt market and fish market, the trading volume is huge, and if it is good, it can almost make money every day......

Now, however, there are smoke-filled ruins, and even a few treasury treasures have been burned, and there is nothing of value to be gained, and the battle is in vain for those who are bent on seeking wealth.

Linzi people have lost their former home and wealth, and their ambitions are high, but they are depressed, or crying and burying their relatives in the sea of fire, or they are stunned by their homes that have nothing.

Zhao Wuxian also sighed, Chen Qi's fire was really ruthless, not only turned Chen's unfulfilled grand cause and conspiracy and cunning into dust. It also burned the painstaking efforts of Qi Taigong, Qi Huangong, Guan Zhong, Yan Ying and others in building Linzi City for 600 years, and at the same time left a mess for Zhao Jun.

"Blessings and misfortunes lurk, misfortunes and blessings rely on, but Chen Qi expected one thing wrong, that is, even if he burned the entire Linzi, the widow could turn the bad thing into a good thing in my favor......"

In other words, Zhao Wuxian did not reveal how he would "reuse" Linzi, but first asked the soldiers to rebuild order in the city and extinguish the remnants of the fire that might rekindle. At the same time, he also publicized the Chen family's burning of the city among the Qi people, so that the reputation of this family was ruined, and everyone in the entire Zhao army-controlled area could help hunt down the Chen clan, and they would be rewarded with two thousand yuan for one living person and a thousand yuan for the first rank.

At this time, the Chen family has become a rat crossing the street, everyone shouted and beaten, Zhao Wuxian really thanked Chen Qi, if he didn't forget to buy people's hearts at the last moment, in the face of the Chen family's party hidden in the population of 100,000 people, it was enough for Zhao Jun to screen.

Then, he took Yu Linwei and walked towards the small city of Linzi, which was still intact, that is, the palace city of Qi State.

Because I don't know if it was a coincidence or Chen Qi did it deliberately, under this fire, Yan Ji, the mother of Qi State, the son of Qi Hou, and Qi Hou's biological mother Rui Zi, all survived by luck, so that Zhao Wuxian had another hot potato on his hand......

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The small city of Linzi is built in the southwest of the city, and its northeast extends into the southwest corner of the city, with more than four miles from north to south and nearly three miles from east to west. After Zhao Wuxian arrived here, he found that the terrain here was slightly high, full of cypresses, standing tall and covering the sun, and between the trees, there were high platforms rising from the ground.

The so-called high platform is to ram a number of earthen platforms tens of meters or more than ten meters high, and build palaces and houses on them. The high platform has the advantages of majestic and magnificent, flood control and moisture prevention, fresh air, so it is favored by the Qi State Office, almost every monarch will build a high platform of his own, so look at it now, there are countless high platform buildings standing like a pyramid in Linzi Palace City, the base is very wide, surrounded by sleek stone inlays, and the square eyes look magnificent.

Bao Xibi respectfully introduced to Zhao Wuxian that the Marquis of Qi in the past dynasties liked to climb high and overlook, so they liked to build high platforms, for example, Qi Huan Gong repaired Huan Gong Tai, and when Qi Ping Gong (Qi Jing Gong), the platform was built to a crazy level.

"Pinggong built a road and bed platform, and it has not been rested for three years; and the battle of the long bed, which has not rested for two years; It is also painted for Zou Zhichang. ”

In just a few decades, what road bed, platform, platform, etc., often one platform has just been repaired and another has to be built. Among them, especially the road bed platform and the platform are the most high-end, more than ten zhang high. Yantai is the place where the main banquet of Qi is held, in the past, the Marquis of Qi had asked Yan Ying here many times, and in later generations, it was also called the place where the war horses of Qi were gathered, and the place where King Qi Wei and Tian Ji raced horses.

Looking at these pavilions in front of him who had escaped the catastrophe, Zhao Wuxian couldn't help but sigh: "In fact, the most deserving thing is here." ”

The high platform and various roads are repaired together, which is the largest financial expenditure of Qi every year, and the official office of Qi also builds gorgeous palaces and pavilions as an important means to promote consumption and adjust economic development. However, in Zhao Wuxian's view, even if it is necessary to promote economic development with infrastructure, it is better to build roads and canals than to repair palaces.

After that, the Chen family used the money and grain to repair the high platform to repair the Great Wall, although the people suffered a little, but it was still not as good as the pestle and mortar's expropriation, which is why the Chen family was able to buy the hearts of the people of Qi with a little trick.

After bypassing the platform, it is the tallest and grandest "road platform" in the high platform, in order to avoid the fire, Yan Ji and Qi Hou have fled here, and now it has been controlled by the Zhao army.

After Wuxian took the stage, he first met Yan Ji, the main mother of Qi State, and the wife of Qi Hou Pestle. The old woman, who was over seventy years old, was in good health, but she was frightened when the fire broke out in the city. Yan was an ally of Zhao and also participated in the Battle of the Five Kingdoms, and he begged Zhao Wuxian to let the Yan people bring Yan Ji back after conquering Linzi.

So Zhao Wuxian didn't embarrass this old woman who always wanted to spit on herself, let her continue to live back in the palace, wait for the envoy of Yan Kingdom to pick her up, and it was also a lucky thing to be able to return after decades away from home, but Beiyan was bitterly cold, and I didn't know how long she could last.

After that, he asked Qi Hou and his mother Ruizi to be brought up.

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The Marquis of Qi's name is Yan, the nickname of the widow, Chong Ling succeeded to the throne, and now he is thirteen or fourteen years old, but he did not wear the clothes of the princes, but a plain white single clothes, this son was set up by the Chen family for ten years, he was a coward, followed closely behind his mother, trembling in the face of the scrutiny of the conqueror, and did not dare to look directly into Zhao Wuxian's eyes.

However, his mother Rui Zi was extraordinary, her face was pale, and her body was thin like fluttering, but she tried her best to block in front of Qi Hou with her body, and after getting close to Zhao Wuxian, she suddenly pulled Qi Hou to the ground, saying: "The surviving people and their children have seen Zhao Hou." ”

"How dare a widow accept the courtesy of the princes of a great country?" Having said that, Zhao Wuxian only raised his hand slightly, asking people to help the orphans and widows up.

Rui Zi raised her head timidly and quietly looked at Zhao Wuxian. She was also the favorite concubine of Qi Hou Jiu back then, and although her status was low, she was highly respected because she gave birth to a son. The death of the ancestor was the fall of the sky on her head, but fortunately, she still had a son to worry about, so she was not martyred. And today, the city of Linzi is broken, and there is a catastrophe, which is like a bottomless abyss cracked in the ground, wanting to devour her and her son together!

Zhao Hou once beheaded Yang Sheng, and also killed Song Gongjiao and other princes of many large and small states, he was simply the executioner of a prince, his heart was ruthless, Rui Zi had heard of it for a long time, but today he found that his appearance did not seem to be so vicious, and for a while, Rui Zi had a glimmer of hope in his heart.

The experience of surviving in the palace over the years has taught her a lot of things, so Rui Zi immediately pulled her son and said in a crying voice: "The state affairs are controlled by the Chen family, and the concubines and sons are just orphans and widows, and they have always harmless Zhao Guo, I don't know what Zhao Hou wants to do with us?" ”

But seeing her two lines of tears hanging on her cheeks, like dewdrops on the grass, it seemed to fall rather than falling, and it looked even more pitiful, and all Yu Linwei couldn't help but be moved, and Zhao Wuxian was no longer expressionless, but seemed to be pitiful and sad.

Seeing this, she tentatively approached forward, consciously or unconsciously puffing up her bulging chest.

"My son is young, and I hope that Zhao Hou can spare his life, as for the concubine ......"

Ruizi only wears an ordinary light green palace dress, and the only one is white and tied to the waist, which makes her waist even more slender; There is no ornament on the head, and it is more green and silky, and the light can be seen. This outfit, coupled with proper maintenance, makes her even more cowardly and lovely, not like a woman in her thirties who has already given birth to a son, and there is a hint of charm in this demeanor that intends to seduce......

"As long as I can let my son go, the concubine will be left to the ...... of the prince" (to be continued.) )