Ji Gen muttered: "First, we will leave five thousand men each, and the rest of the army will be handed over to the Zhou Chamber, and second, we will hand over the governance of the subjects of the land; Third...... "He said that he was like a gnat, and he couldn't go on." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Ji Chao continued: "Third, the name of the principality was canceled and changed to Eastern Zhou County and Western Zhou County. ”

With the chatter of the two dukes, a personal guard engraved these words on the bamboo slips, and then sent them to Ji Gen: "Please draw a charge!" ”

"How do you draw a charge?" Himegen asked puzzled.

Ji Yan said coldly: "Bite your fingers, drop blood on the bamboo slips, make a blood oath, and promise God about this, if you disobey, you will be punished by God!" ”

Himegen shuddered, he had always been bold, but he was in awe of the mysterious heavens. But the matter has come to this point, and it can only be done according to what the Son of Heaven said. With a ruthless heart, he bit his little finger and dripped blood onto the bamboo slips.

Immediately afterwards, the bamboo slip was put in front of Ji Chao again, and he was a bachelor, and without hesitation, he bit his finger and dripped blood on the bamboo slip.

Seeing that the two of them finished doing this, Ji Yan smiled and said, "Okay, the two of you are worthy of being the elders of this king, and we will still be a family in the future." Take the two men down to rest! ”

Zhang Ting looked at this scene dumbfounded, wondering what Bai Zi was doing, and after the two dukes were taken down, he arched his hand to Ji Yan and asked suspiciously, "What does Your Majesty mean by this?" Why didn't they kill both? ”

Ji Yan looked at Zhang Ting without saying a word, and it wasn't until the latter lowered his head that he laughed.

"Hahahaha! Zhang Ting, Zhang Ting, you have done this king a great favor! ”

"What?" Zhang Ting suddenly had a feeling of being used, the situation seemed to be not good!

"The king has been negotiating terms with the two dukes, but they don't agree. No, as soon as you came, they agreed, and swore a blood oath. You say, is this a great favor to the king? Hahahaha! ”

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"Since your envoy has done this king a great favor, of course this king will treat you well." Ji Yan said with a smile: "Come on, take your envoy down to have a good rest, before the end of this battle, he will be a guest in the royal family." ”

"Your Majesty, is this going to detain the foreign envoy?" Zhang Ting was shocked: "Since ancient times, the two countries have intersected, and they don't offend the envoy, how can Your Majesty be like this?" ”

"Eh, your statement is ridiculous!" Ji Yan said with a warm smile: "This king is keeping you as a guest, not condemning you." Please! ”

The two guards walked out of the hall with Zhang Ting on the left and the right, completely ignoring his loud protests.

After Zhang Ting was taken away, Yan Shu arched his hand and said: "Congratulations to my king for getting the promise of the two dukes, and the land of two weeks will be taken back, Luoyang has been divided into several pieces since the time of King Xian, and now it is finally unified again, and my king has made immortal achievements!" As he spoke, his eyes were clouded with a layer of mist.

Ji Yan reversed the lightness just now, and his face became serious: "If you want to make the promise of the two dukes come true, you must first win this tough battle, and it is not easy to defeat 70,000 enemy troops. ”

Ding Tong immediately said: "Although Ji Dan established himself as the Duke of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and also controlled the Eastern Zhou army, after all, the foundation is not yet solid, and the loyalty of the army is limited. As long as we bring the two dukes to the city wall and they show up to shout, I believe that it is easy to make these troops retreat, and if it is not good, it can also greatly damage the morale of the enemy army. ”

Ji Yan shook his head: "The two dukes are to be used, but not at the beginning of the war. We have to win two tough battles first, defeat the enemy's spirit, and then push them out to make the most of it. ”

Ding Tong said worriedly: "After all, there are still more enemies, and it is not easy to win hard, if you accidentally lose, it will boost the arrogance of the enemy." ”

"Okay, victory is fought on the battlefield, we can't do it behind closed doors here." Ji Yan said in a deep voice: "Let's go to the south gate and have a look!" ”

At the middle of the day, the blazing sun dominates all things in heaven and earth, and everywhere you look, there is a white swaying everywhere, everything is full of the feeling of fire and fire, and even the earth and stones seem to be able to burn at any time, so that people can't open their eyes at all.

The south gate was already in the highest state of combat readiness, and countless soldiers on and off the city shuttled back and forth, or transported materials to defend the city, or conveyed orders from generals, or patrolled the defense of the city...... Because of the tension and depression before the war, he walked with a trot and spoke with a hint of eagerness, which made the atmosphere even hotter.

On the city wall, Ji Che was taking the newly reported deputy general Chen Kai to familiarize himself with the generals in the army and various materials for defending the city. He was already fat and wearing full body armor, and in such weather, he was covered in oil and water like steamed fat, and from time to time he reached out to scrape a handful of sweat from his forehead and cheeks, and then with a flick of his hand, he fell to the hot masonry of the city wall with a "snap", and disappeared with a burst of white gas.

When he threw off a handful of sweat again, he saw several luxurious carriages from a distance towards the south gate from the direction of Miyagi, followed by a large number of guards, knowing that it was the Son of Heaven who had arrived, so he told Chen Kai: "The Son of Heaven has arrived, Ben will welcome you, and you continue to inspect the defense." With that, he walked briskly down the city wall and headed towards the convoy.

"See my king!" Ji Che caught up with the king's chariot, bent down and shouted with his hands.

"No courtesy." Ji Yan got out of the car, nodded slightly, and said, "Let's go up to the city wall and have a look!" After saying that, he walked towards the city wall first.

While walking slowly, he silently inspected the situation of the city defense, and found that although the soldiers were busy and a little nervous, they were busy and not chaotic, rolling stones, wooden and other city defense equipment were also in their place, and there were soldiers on the gate tower, enemy tower, and battlement wall were closely monitoring the direction of the moat, and they couldn't help nodding secretly.

The group came to the urn city, and Ji Yan found that a large group of soldiers had gathered at the top, chattering around a tall wooden shelf.

Seeing that the Son of Heaven was a little uncertain, Ji Che hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Qi my king, the last general found a few stone throwers in the original armory of the Sixth Army, but unfortunately due to disrepair, most of them were damaged and could not be used, and only two were barely intact, so they moved here." The craftsmen are checking and debugging at the moment, and they don't know if they can use it, if it is available, it will be a great help for our city defense. ”

"Catapult?" Ji Yan was pleasantly surprised: "We actually have a stone thrower?" ”

Yan Ru, who followed aside, said in a loud voice: "Qi my king, the stone thrower was made by a craftsman during the period of King Wai, and a total of eight were built at that time, because Luoyang has not fought for many years, it has been placed in the armory, and has never been used in actual combat." ”

"Hmm!" Ji Yan nodded: "This is a good thing, let's take a look." ”

Someone among the soldiers gathered together noticed the arrival of the Son of Heaven and his party, and hurriedly reminded everyone, so everyone got out of the way, and bowed their hands in unison: "See my king!" ”

"Excuse me!" Ji Yan said and went straight to the stone thrower that had been erected.

This big guy is about three or four zhang high, there are several logs on each side to form a bracket, a beam on the top connects the two brackets together, and a log with a length of several zhang and a foot thick is tied in the middle of the beam, and some ropes are wrapped around both ends of the log, and the rope at one end forms the shape of a net bag.

Seeing that the Son of Heaven was interested in this thing, Ji Che glanced at a craftsman, and the craftsman stepped forward and said, "Enlighten my king, this thing is a stone thrower, which can be used to throw stones to attack the enemy." ”

He pointed to the log in the middle: "This is the arm of the machine, just like a human arm, it can generate great power when it moves." ”

Then he pointed to the net made of rope: "This is a rope bag, which is like a man's hand, and when he swings it, he can throw the stones contained in it far away." ”