In the early morning of the next day, a horse galloped to the city of Diqiu. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThis person is the person sent by Wei Guo to ask for help like the king of Chu before.

Now that the army of Chu has reached Diqiu, a hundred miles away, if it can, it can reach Diqiu in half a day.

Therefore, the patriotic courtier hurried back to report the good news. It's just that he never thought that he rode back happily, but he was faced with a withered and shattered Emperor Hill City.

The gates of the city have been destroyed everywhere, and the people of the city have fled nine times out of ten and have not returned, the smell of blood is still pervasive, and even the corpses in the city have not been cleaned up! In the hot summer, in one night, these corpses have turned purple and black and stinking, and Emperor Hill City has become a hellish existence.

At the same time, in the defense of the country, Wu Ming made clear the time of Hexi that had been pressed to the King of Wei.

The matter of the prime minister has been completely completed, the crown prince returned to China, and Wei Qi formed an alliance. At least in Wu Ming's view, this short-term plan can be regarded as achieved.

The reason why I only talked about Hexi at this time was because I was afraid that King Wei Hui would be anxious and spoil King Xiang's major event, and now King Xiang has come to a successful conclusion, although if Wei is a vassal of the weak guard, how can it be compared to a powerful ally with a mere hundred miles of land?

Even if everything King Qi does is for the sake of profit, he will not really abide by any covenant at a critical moment. But this is enough, the Warring States do not have any fixed allies.

Wu Ming's intention in this move is twofold, one is to let the King of Qi announce an alliance with Wei, as long as this news spreads, what will the other countries think? Especially the state of Qin. This move definitely made Qin Guo feel the pressure to go east, at least in the short term, he should not act rashly!

The second is to ask the Duke of Qi to be the king, because it is recorded in history that if nothing is wrong, the king of Qi will break the original princely system, and after that, all the countries will begin to claim the king! In the past, Wei claimed that the king was only a country, and no one recognized it, and it was attacked by a group.

Now the two countries recognize each other's thrones, and both countries are great powers. An alliance with each other will first cause dissatisfaction in the state of Chu. Historically, after the king of Xuzhou, the state of Chu ordered the world to send troops to attack Qi.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with letting the rest of the countries attack each other in order to wear down their strength. And Wu Ming is also willing to do it.

All kinds of reasons made Wu Ming make up his mind that he must pull the Qi State, the eastern overlord, into the water, because in the later hegemony of the envoys, the Chu State will also withdraw from the real hegemony stage because the monarch is weaker from generation to generation.

In the later period, this game of chess in the Warring States period was actually played by the Zongheng family and the monarchs of Qin and Qi! Throughout the decline of Wei, out of Qin and Qi, the remaining five countries either attacked Qi with Qin, and then attacked Qin with Qi.

As for the Zhao State, which devoted all its national strength to resist Qin in the later period, don't talk about Zhao Kuo's troops on paper! Even Lian Po just couldn't come out of the pass, and he didn't have the courage to confront Qin State head-on.

At present, Wei and Qin are already endless, or rather, Wei can cease fighting, but Qin will not, because the plan to go east does not allow Wei to become strong.

So right now, it's Lian Qi, it's not nice to say, Wu Ming wants to pull Qi off his horse and ride a horse by himself!

Now it's done. The next step is naturally to resist the attack of the Qin State first, and at the same time develop the internal Wei State at the same time. The reform of the law, the reform of the Wei State was not thorough, many things were no longer effective, and Wu Qi's reform of the military position was not thorough.

The soldiers are the best choice for the soldiers, and the soldiers have no other tasks, except for the wartime battles, they spend most of their time training to deal with the next battle.

This system, in the time of Wei Wenhou, the lord of Wei recuperated, although there were also wars with Qin in Hexi, but after all, wars were infrequent, and the Wei State at that time was accumulating thick and thin, and there was no multi-front battle.

King Wei Hui was different, he made a head out under pressure, fought on multiple fronts at the instigation of Pang Juan, and finally exhausted the national strength of Wei.

After King Wei Hui learned that the Qin people had attacked Hexi, he was really furious and directly ordered the camp to set off. And in the space of one day arrived at Guiling.

After a night's rest in Guiling. In the early morning of the next day, the returning Wei contingent was divided into two waves.

Leaving an army of 10,000 under the command of Jin Yan, they followed King Wei Hui back to Daliang with the looted property from Diqiu. After all, it has reached the hinterland of Wei, and the safety of the king has been guaranteed, and there is no need to guard too many troops.

The other 40,000 troops, led by Wu Ming, marched along the river from the north of the river to the west of the river.

On this night, the stars were sparse. The moon is nothing but a crooked tooth! Soon after nightfall, it looks unusually dark.

However, in order to hurry, Wu Ming still ordered to continue the march, and it was not until the middle of the hour that the temperature on the wilderness became cool, and the army began to sleep.

At this time, Linjin Pass was extremely nervous.

On the castle tower, the torches illuminated everything.

The two waves of patrols in the past have become four waves in wartime!

The people in the city who should have been evacuated have already been evacuated, and those who remained have been issued weapons and armor, and the strong men without exception have all been called together to temporarily form guards.

But even so, there are only 30,000 combat power in the entire Linjin Pass. Among them, the 10,000 soldiers brought by Zhang Meng and the 2,000 soldiers brought by Liu Yun have the strongest combat effectiveness, and they are the strong soldiers after Wu Ming taught martial arts. In addition, the 5,000 soldiers transferred from Xincheng, plus the remaining more than 6,000 soldiers who originally guarded Linjin Pass, the strength of these more than 10,000 soldiers is not bad. After all, they are all veterans who have experienced it on the battlefield.

The last more than 6,000 soldiers were the people of Linjin Pass organized by Zhang Meng in the past two days. The combat effectiveness is low, but it can still be used to defend the city, after all, the defense of the city in this era is much easier than the field battle and the siege of the city.

30,000 soldiers, at this time, were controlled by Zhang Meng and Liu Yun, in order to prevent any more inside lines! The important guards at the city gate and on the city tower have been replaced by the soldiers brought by Zhang Meng.

Because in the early hours of this morning, Sima Cuo gathered 30,000 sharp soldiers and launched a surprise attack on Linjin Pass.

Although it was unsuccessful, and for unknown reasons, the Qin people stopped attacking halfway through the attack. Sima Cuo Mingjin withdrew his troops.

I guess it's because I feel sorry for those sharp soldiers.

But at noon today, a scout came to report that the 40,000 Qin troops who had captured Shaoliang had been assembled by Sima Cuo and camped five miles away from Linjin Pass.

Standing at the head of the city at this moment, Zhang Meng could faintly see the fire emitted from the Qin army's camp.

After inspecting the city tower, Zhang Meng patted the thousand generals in charge of this area: "Be careful, the Qin people are likely to attack again in the middle of the night!" ”

"Yes—"

After ordering some things, Zhang Meng led a team of guards down the city tower. When he walked to the top of the stairs, he happened to meet Liu Yun.

"See General." According to the upper and lower military salutes, Zhang Meng is the deputy general in the army, and Liu Yun is naturally a staff officer.

"Are you okay in the city?" There was no enemy attack, and this question sounded a little puzzling.

However, Liu Yun knew it, but he only smiled slightly, thinking that Zhang Meng had asked the wrong question: "There is nothing in the city, but the general sent someone to send a secret order just now." ”

Saying that, Liu Yun had already handed Zhang Meng the secret order sent by the scout quickly, "The secret in the army, please also ask the general to open it in person, the last general has never watched it." ”

"Is the matter of King Xiang finally over?" muttered to himself, obviously Zhang Meng was a little anxious about the matter of this Xiangwang! The Qin army now has more than 70,000 capable fighters! If you desperately attack the city tonight, Linjin Pass will be more than lucky.

I don't know why, Zhang Meng always has a bad forecast, it stands to reason that 20,000 defenders of Linjin Pass are good. The combat effectiveness is definitely a brave army in the kingdom of the world, and there is no suspense.

Now there are enough boulder rolling logs needed for the city defense, and Zhang Meng has also sent people to speed up the delivery of the latest batch of iron thorn rolling logs from Shangfang. It is expected to arrive here tomorrow at dawn. With today's troops, it doesn't seem to be a problem to contain Linjin Pass.

But why do you still have a bad premonition? Zhang Meng can't say this.

He didn't look at the secret order after receiving it, Zhang Meng only stretched out his hand to the side, "Let's go, follow Ben to the main mansion." ”

"This-" Liu Yun looked around, and his trance-like eyes were obviously reminding Zhang Meng, how to ensure the safety of the two of them outside?

But Zhang Meng didn't seem to understand what Liu Yun meant, "What's wrong?" ”

"Nothing—let's go—"

When he arrived at the main mansion, Zhang Meng arranged the soldiers who followed him to guard outside, "No one is allowed to enter without the general's permission." ”

"Yes."

Entering the main mansion, there was only a stone table and a flickering light in the huge hall. Although the hall as a whole looks very atmospheric, the valuable things inside have already been transported to Hedong.

Just in case, if the city is broken, the property cannot be left to the Qin people. Even if you hold the Linjin Pass, as a long-term battleground, it is always not peaceful here, and you can put less money or something!

Closing the wooden door of the hall, Zhang Meng took the only oil lamp placed in a high place and placed it on the only cases in the hall.

The two sat opposite each other, and Zhang Meng opened the secret order sent by Wu Ming in the light. After reading it, Zhang Meng couldn't help but let out a light sigh, "Alas...... The general is good for everything! It's just that sometimes it's too merciful, and the general treats the people of Hedong like his own relatives, which Zhang Meng admires! But how can there be immortals in war—"

"What's wrong?" Liu Yun on the opposite side couldn't help frowning. Although the men's armor worn on her body was a little disobedient, it was also heroic.

It's just this frowning, and the delicate face inevitably reveals a bit of feminine gentleness.

"See for yourself—" As he spoke, Zhang Meng had already turned the secret order around and pushed it in front of Liu Yun.

There are nothing more than words written on it, premised on the protection of existing forces. In layman's terms, Wu Ming's statement is to let them act at the opportunity, and it doesn't matter if they lose a city, but there can't be too many casualties.

"Perhaps, the general doesn't want the Wei State, which has just settled down, to enter a big turmoil again, after all, the current Wei is strong and middle-class, and it can't withstand a big battle! However, the general's meaning is that it is a little too much, and he does not aim at victory on the battlefield, and has always told him not to have too many casualties, what does he want to do? ”

Obviously, in some aspects, Wu Ming's approach is not suitable for this era, but Zhang Meng and Liu Yun have reached an agreement on these issues, as the saying goes, love a soldier is like a son, but a soldier is a soldier, and there must be sacrifice when it is time to make sacrifices. Blindly preserving strength on the battlefield, will the team have high combat effectiveness in the long run?

This is a very serious question.

"It is good to surrender without a fight, but the general would rather lose a city! But knowing that if he wants to recapture it one day, it will be much more difficult than holding a city! And as far as the future is concerned, our army is a little less brave than the Qin people! ”

Zhang Meng's words are not the point, and these soldiers who have received high-intensity training may be a little worse in courage if they go down like this.

"Don't talk about that. Coming here with the general is something else. Putting away the secret order, Zhang Meng changed his mood, changed his face and said: "Fang just inspected, the general always has a premonition in his heart, now that the general has not returned, you and I will be responsible for the guard of the city tower, and the other person will be responsible for the guard of the city, mainly the guard of the city gate." The general thought for a moment, the general of Linjin Guan was familiar with it, and he also had many battles with the Qin people, and the guard of the city tower was in charge of the general. The defense of the city and other matters will be handed over to the general! What does the general think of such an arrangement? ”

Hearing this, Liu Yun immediately said solemnly: "Unless you die in battle." The last general will live up to the general's trust. ”

The whole person's body faintly revealed a trace of the momentum of the sword out of the sheath, and he looked like a woman who did not let her eyebrows go.

……

The end of the sub-hour.

At this time, the temperature has dropped to the point where it is no longer so unbearable. The weather in the north is cooler even in the hot summer months.

The scorching heat of the day, coupled with the tense situation now, some soldiers in Linjin Pass were already snoring in their sleep.

Zhang Meng pressed one hand on the hilt of his sword and stopped to watch on the city tower. In the darkness in the distance, the firelight of the Qin camp had thinned out a lot.

In ancient times, in addition to lighting fires at night, the most important thing was to drive away some wild beasts, which could prevent the attacks of wild beasts.

The army often slept on a fire until late at night when the firewood was exhausted and extinguished.

In the summer, because of the hot weather, torches are used at night.

At this time, from a distance, most of the Qin army seemed to have fallen asleep.

However, with his guess, Zhang Meng couldn't put his mind at ease. and did not go to rest, but went up to the tower of the city himself.

Two hours passed. At this point, it has come to the end of the ugly time. Most of the soldiers defending the city had been swept away by sleep.

The soldiers who did not have a guard mission were even more snoring from their sleep.

But at this moment, in the darkness under the city, more than 70,000 Qin troops carried the ladder and charged under the city wall of Linjin Pass.

As soon as the flag died down, the Qin army quietly appeared a hundred paces away from the city. The black Qin-made armor made it difficult to even see the figure of the Qin army in the middle of the night.

Sima Cuo rode his horse behind the Qin army, and looked coldly at this border city.

This time he captured Hexi, and he was determined to win Linjin Pass. And tonight, the sky was covered with clouds, and the darkness was just conducive to the sneak attack of the Qin army.