Updated: 2013-06-30

"Bang ......"

A loud bang directly woke up the sleeping Kedu City defender Atupage. When he shook his head and was about to shout angrily, he suddenly felt a cold wind blowing in, which suddenly made Artupage sober up. At this time, Cai found that there were several men standing in the bedroom, holding Xue Liang horizontal knives, but in the dim bedroom, it was not clear.

Immediately, Atupage, who was about to open his mouth to ask, heard a series of screams in the entire general's mansion, which immediately made Atupage feel a chill all over his body.

The candlestick in the bedroom was lit, and Atulpage realized that the man in the room was not from the Western Regions, but from the Han Chinese.

"We are the Great Zhao soldiers, and from now on, you are our prisoner. You have two choices, obey or die. Now, get dressed and follow us to the barracks. Without waiting for Atupha to speak, the leader of this group of Han people said coldly.

Artupage didn't dare to refuse, and hurriedly put on his clothes and got up. It's just that he doesn't understand in his heart, how can this Zhao Jun's people appear in the westernmost part of this alliance. Could it be that the Han people in the caravan in the city are making trouble?

It is not without reason that Atupha is so speculative. Because the Southern Alliance was 'engaged' with the Zhao army, although the caravans coming and going were not completely blocked, the Han caravans and the Han people in the Western Regions caravans were strictly inspected, and the soldiers took advantage of them, so it was not unreasonable to 'provoke' these Han people.

When you get to the barracks and clean you up, you think that if you take control of me, you will be able to act arbitrarily in Kedu City, and when this general sees the opportunity, you will definitely be in a dilemma of life and death. At this moment, Artupage thought that some guards in the Han caravan were deliberately making trouble because they were troubled by the border guards.

However, when Atus Page was in addition to the room 'door', he found that his general's mansion was already full of these Han people, and what made him even more frightened was that these Han people were not the caravan guards he expected, but regular soldiers.

"You are the Great Zhao soldiers? How can it be? Could it be that the kingdoms of Shule have fallen? Atuspage suddenly exclaimed. What does it mean that Zhao's soldiers appear in Keluo City? Unless the ** country in the east has been defeated by the Zhao army. Otherwise, how could the soldiers of the Zhao army suddenly appear in the southwesternmost region of the Western Regions?

"Hmph...... These are not your responsibilities, and now, my Da Zhao Sergeant has entered the city, and your command has also fallen into the siege of our army. If you want to live, go to the barracks for me to persuade them to surrender immediately, otherwise, my general will not mind destroying all the soldiers of your Kedu City. ”

With a sense of horror, Atupage rushed to the military camp in the city with this group of Zhao soldiers, and the scene he saw on the road made Atupage suddenly die. The people who came and went were all soldiers of Zhao, and some of the residents of the city who were about to go out to check the situation were all mercilessly 'shot' by soldiers of Zhao.

Zhao Jie took 1,500 soldiers to raid the camp of the defenders of Keluo City, and the defenders of Keluo City, who were caught off guard, suffered heavy losses, and in a short time, the "mixed" and "chaotic" defenders of Kedu City were rushed by the Zhao army with more than 400 people, and the rest were also trapped in a corner. And the place where they retreated was precisely the treasury of the military camp of Keducheng, and in it, there was a large amount of materials and food for the defense of Keducheng. Zhao Jie was worried that he would be damaged by these Kedu City guards, so he asked the soldiers who raided the General's Mansion to escort the Kedu City guards here.

Things went quite smoothly, and when I learned that the Zhao army had entered the city, I thought that the eastern Zhao army had entered the eastern Shule and other countries, and I also died with the heart of repaying the country with death. So, under the persuasion of Atupage, the remnants of the defenders hiding in the treasury all laid down their arms and surrendered to the Zhao army.

The control of Codu City was very smooth, it was a raid battle, and there was not too much loss of manpower. Immediately, Zhao Jie began to inspect the whole city. All young and strong are all 'drawn' and transferred to unified management. The soldiers began to raise and thicken the city overnight. In addition, they were asked to start digging trenches outside the city and building horses to form a three-dimensional defense.

What satisfied Zhao Jie was that a lot of materials and food for defending the city were stored in the treasury of this Kedu City, which made him have no worries about sticking to this place.

The next day, the sky was still snowing, and the whole land was white, and the traces left by the battle last night were also covered with snow.

"General, the weather is cold, and it is very troublesome to build a city, and besides, it is also very difficult to dig a trench outside the city. I'm afraid that if we continue to do it, even if we have these 3,000 young people for our use, when Shule and other countries attack, we won't have much change here. ”

Zhou Qing, the lieutenant who was in charge of supervising the construction of these captives and the young and strong cities, reported to Zhao Jieyu, who came to inspect the situation, with a bitter face.

Zhao Jie looked at the sky, in this weather, when the news of this came back, the Shule ** team came to attack, and it took five days before and after. If you want to improve the defense here, it is indeed not easy in this kind of temperature that even the earth is frozen.

Zhao Jie didn't answer directly, but instead went back and forth on the city wall, asked some prisoners, and finally squatted down to remove the ground and looked at the frozen ground.

"Immediately issued an order for the residents of the city to reduce the amount of hot water, splash it on the ground, and then start work. In addition, the excavated earth was also packed in sacks and transported to the city walls. ”

Zhou Qing said puzzledly: "General, pouring water on the ground, this mark is clear, it is nothing more than to dissolve the frozen soil on the ground." But what does it mean to put up the mud that has been soaked in water and 'get' it to the city wall? ”

"You'll understand in a moment, and in addition, build a tall and thicker frame of the trees cut down from the mountains and forests ahead of you on top of the city wall."

Afterwards, Zhou Qing saw that there were several cauldrons on the land outside the city wall, and some people kept shoveling snow into the pot, and at the same time, some people shoveled boxes of snow from a distance and poured them into the pot. After the water boiled, it was immediately splashed on the designated position, and it was immediately dug up by the young man, and finally they hit the wet soil they dug out into the sack.

Subsequently, Zhou Qing found that under the instructions of Zhao Jie and under the arrangement of craftsmen, a team of young men used trees to build a heightened city wall frame on the city wall. Then, sacks filled with dirt filled the frame. So, while digging a trench under the city wall, he filled the excavated earth into sacks and piled it on top of the city wall.

"The general wants to ......" Suddenly, Zhou Qing had a realization.

Zhao Jie said with a smile: "Now it is the severe cold of Sanjiu, and the temperature in the Western Regions is several times colder than that of the Central Plains. What is the most here, snow and dirt, just in harmony with each other, digging a trench below, above we just build a frame, put the dirt in it, and then pour ice water on the outside, it only takes one night, tomorrow we can be on top of this wall, in a higher layer, then, here there will be an impenetrable wall higher than before. ”

"Even if the enemy army kills, it will be difficult to take here, and we only need to wait until our army breaks the alliance of nations."

"What a general!" After listening to Zhao Jie's explanation, Zhou Qing and the others all sighed, "In this way, we can be called at ease here." With the heightened city, it is basically impossible to attack this place without siege equipment. And the Shule countries did not have any siege equipment at all, of course, even if they had, they would not be able to transport them in time under this kind of weather. ”

Zhao Jie said with a smile: "This is not my idea, when the king and my brothers started at the end of Weimo, they told us many examples of battles and the most reasonable and simple offensive and defensive methods in various situations. ”

Early in the morning, on the banks of the western part of the North River Basin. On a cold winter morning, the sky over the lake is filled with a light veil of white mist. The water is clear, and the drifting ice floes collide with each other, making a rattling sound.

To the west along the Northern River Valley, there is the remaining alliance of nations. The closest to Zhao's current base is the country that donates drugs, and the country that donates drugs lives in the western part of Beihe.

When he learned that Zhao Jie had rushed to Kedu City and had not yet moved, Zhao Xun had already begun to mobilize his army and quietly march westward. This time, not only the Zhao army in the east is moving, but also Li Chenfeng's department on the northern front is also besieging and killing to the south.

Xu Ye took a deep breath of the cold air, and forcibly resisted the urge to try it in his heart. He bent down and gently stroked the somewhat unbearable war horse under his crotch, and a small colonel rode to his side.

"General, five miles ahead, is Heyun City in the east of the drug donation country. The defenders of the city have not been informed of our visit, and they have not yet changed their guards. ”

"Looks like they haven't woken up yet." Xu Ye sneered, "Order, the whole army will attack!" ”

Xu Ye rode his horse forward, and five thousand cavalry followed, and the white earth was also in a mess because of the cavalry's past, leaving traces one after another.

At the beginning, the soldiers slowly advanced, but when they saw that the outline of the big 'gate' of the market town in front of them was clear, Xu Ye shouted violently and suddenly accelerated. Xu Ye's war horse under his crotch also neighed violently, and galloped wildly with his hooves on his back.

Twenty paces from the wooden gate, several stout knights hurried out, hammers in their hands. In an instant, the knights threw out the chain hammer that they had already wielded and smashed it out. I only heard a loud bang, echoing in the lonely morning.

Immediately after, the five thousand cavalry let out a deafening roar and rushed into the city like the wind......

The area of Heyun City is not very large, about 1,500 households, more than 5,000 people. However, since the Zhao army 'approached', the drug donor country and the alliance army have been stationed in a lot, with more than 6,000 people. However, because the Zhao army has not shown signs of westward advance for more than two months, coupled with the cold winter and the Zhao army is in the New Year, the defenders here are not too careful.

"Kill! Anyone who dares to resist will be killed. Burn all your defensive weapons and kill all enemy soldiers. This time, let's not take prisoners. ”

Xu Ye, who rushed into Heyun City, ordered sharply, and the five thousand cavalry divided into strands and rushed towards different places. And the 'gates' of the city, which had been shattered, also began to burn under the fire oil of the soldiers, until they were reduced to ashes.

Because this was about to be the territory of Zhao Jun, this time he did not attack the people in the city, nor did he destroy the houses of the residents in the city. However, the barracks and the government have suffered a devastating blow......

Screams and terrible cries began to come from the military camps and official mansions in the city, and the mansions of the magnates in the city were also attacked and killed by the Zhao army. These magnates control the wealth of this city, but they are not what Zhao Jun needs. The slaughter lasted for half an hour, and the flames that rushed into the sky illuminated the darkness before dawn......

Looking at the city not far ahead, Nangong Hao narrowed his eyes carefully, and suddenly burst out: "Ziluo City? Kill! ”

The word 'kill' exited, and the cavalry of the Zhao army rode their horses and charged. Nangong Hao took the lead, urging the horse to rush towards the city 'gate' that the 'hole' opened. Before the soldiers defending the city could react, they were seized by a small group of cavalry. Immediately, there was a loud rumbling sound not far away, and a burst of black cavalry, in the snow, entered the city gate......

"Zhao Jun is here...... Zhao Jun entered the city...... "Suddenly, there was a terrible scream near the 'gate' of Ziluo City, accompanied by a long horn sound.

In a moment, before the defenders in the city could react, countless Zhao troops had already filled the entire street, killing everywhere. The cavalry of the Zhao army attacked with various weapons, and any enemy army or civilians who dared to stop were killed on the spot by the Zhao army, and blood and flesh flew everywhere they passed......

In one day, Xu Ye and Nangong Hao each traveled more than 100 miles, and each won two cities in a row. Heyun City, Ziluo City...... One city after another was broken by the Zhao army, and by the time the king got the news, only the royal capital was left in his territory. And before he could report the news to the Shule country and ask the alliance army for help, the drug donation country had been wiped out by the Zhao army, and the drug donation ** team and the alliance army in its territory, more than 14,000 people had all disappeared.

At the same time, the two countries of Nandou and Xiuxun in the north of the alliance were also broken by Li Chenfeng's army at the same time. None of the kings of the two countries and the magnates of the two countries survived.

The news that the Three Kingdoms were wiped out by the Zhao army spread throughout the Allied States in an instant, making the remaining ten Allied Countries, including the Shule State, all frightened.

As a result, the magnates of all countries began to prepare to flee, and began to let the people in the family gather wealth and prepare to flee westward. However, just as the magnates and kings of various countries began to prepare to flee west, the bad news that Kedu City had been captured by the Zhao army for many days came to pass. All of a sudden, the magnates and kings of all the nations were devastated.

war, can't beat Zhao State; There is no escape. All of a sudden, let the powerful of the countries fall to death. Even when the king of Shule heard the news, he also loudly scolded the incompetence of the guards of Kedu City in the palace. At the same time, they were also shocked that how this Zhao army appeared in the westernmost part of the alliance made the alliance countries know nothing.

At this moment, King Shule seemed to be ten years old, his temples were a little gray, what did it mean that Kedu City was occupied by the Zhao army? It means that they have been blocked by the Zhao army in the southwest corner of the Western Regions. The east is the Zhao army, the north is the Zhao army, the west is still the Zhao army, and what about the south? It was an unattainable mountain.

Now, is it impossible to escape? Let's fight, but it's not Zhao Jun's opponent. The magnates of the Shule Kingdom became impatient, making the position of the king of Shule big. Fortunately, these powerful ministers also know that they are now the same as King Shule, and no one can escape. Zhao Jun's current actions are clearly to eradicate all the kings and magnates of each country, so that the slaves in their former families will become the new masters here, and live with the Han people on an equal footing.

It has to be said that the kings and magnates in the countries that Zhao Jun is now conquering have been eliminated, while the common people have been exempted from all kinds of taxes for three years, and some taxes have been exempted forever. In addition, some of the inferior people of the Western Regions who were slaves in the past have now become the people of the Zhao State. In this way, Zhao Jun soon won the hearts of the people of the destroyed country. This is also officially, so that the Zhao army wiped out the countries without encountering the resistance of the people of the countries, and even many people began to welcome it.

Hearing that something had happened to Kedu City, King Shule's instinctive reaction was to eliminate this Zhao army and recapture Kedu City. After all, he already had this idea when he learned the results of Khotan and other countries.

Of course, in fact, he did the same, and he couldn't help but do it. Zhao Jun attacked on the east and north roads, and had already begun a full-scale attack, and if he didn't take back Kedu City, a figure like him would inevitably die.

But he ignored the impact of this incident on the allies. After the news of the city spread throughout the countries, the hearts of the allied countries began to waver. If they can't fight and escape, many people will begin to lose confidence, and even the action to defend against the continued invasion of the Zhao army is much slower.

As a result, the king of Shule and the magnates of the court began to mobilize their troops to attack the city of Kelu, preparing to open the road to flee westward, and at the same time began to win over the allied countries and let them start to defend on the spot. At the same time, the king of Shule also began to warn the other countries with the situation of the destroyed Three Kingdoms, and if they could not resist the Zhao army, they would be the same as the destroyed Three Kingdoms.

Of course, they don't need to block Zhao Jun permanently, they only need to block Zhao Jun before Kedu City is taken back. However, the purpose of the alliance army in the past was not like this, what they wanted in the past was to block the invasion of the Zhao army, protect their respective countries, and even take advantage of the situation to counterattack and occupy the entire Western Regions after the Zhao army retreated back to the Central Plains of the Han people. It's a pity that in just half a year now, the Zhao army has beaten the alliance army to pieces, and it is not the same. There are more than 20 Union States, and now there are less than ten.

At this time, the Zhao army continued to attack without stopping, and began to send emissaries in the remaining alliance states, telling them that as long as they surrendered, the Zhao army would allow them to surrender. Moreover, Zhao Jun will only pursue the responsibility of Shule State, the initiator of the Allied State, and will not deliberately make things difficult for others. Of course, in addition to surrendering, these kings and magnates also had to pay a lot of money to redeem their lives. In addition, they also had to assist the Zhao army to take over the place and pacify the people.

So, before the Shule Kingdom could react, the two countries of Xiye and Yinai in the east of the Shule Kingdom surrendered to the Zhao army, allowing the Zhao army to directly 'press' close to the Shule Kingdom and close to the Green Ridge area.

At this time, Zhao Jun directly 'pressed' close to the Shule State, and the remaining four small countries are also countries that have a very close relationship with the Shule State, and their existence is also related to the support of the Shule State. Therefore, they failed to surrender to the Zhao army.