Some people say that in this world, all people can't resist temptation. If you feel that you can resist it, either you haven't encountered the temptation yet, or the temptation you have encountered is not great enough. Just as there is no loyalty in the matter, if the interests are enough, anything can be bought, let alone loyalty!

The Qi country has no more than 400,000 troops, and now half of it has been annihilated by the Korean army at once, and the strength of the army has been empty to the limit! For Yan Guo, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for revenge! As long as Yan Guo is willing to send troops, Qi State will definitely be caught off guard, even if it can't conquer Linzi, it can occupy a large area of land north of Jishui! If you are lucky, the Qi army whose morale has dropped to the limit may even be defeated in a battle, and the cavalry of the Yan State can go to the Qi State with a radius of 2,000 miles!

If it was only the defeat of the Qi State, the Yan State might still be suspicious of the attitude of the three kingdoms of Qin, Zhao, and Chu towards the Yan State to attack Qi. But now, the Zhao army has lost more than 100,000 troops, which can be regarded as a serious injury. The state of Chu was overwhelmed by the 100,000 Han troops of Bashu, and it was difficult to protect itself! In the face of the siege of 200,000 Xiongnu troops and 300,000 Han troops, whether the Qin State could survive is still two theories! With the support of South Korea, Yan Guo does not need to look at the face of the world at all.

What's more, South Korea has made it clear that how much land Yan can occupy from Qi this time depends on the strength of Yan State! Yan Guo can not only take revenge, but also seize tangible benefits, obviously tempted! Although the monarchs and ministers of Yan State also knew that South Korea would not provide any effective help when Yan State invaded Qi, and might even accept Qi State's request for peace in private, now, South Korea is more likely to use Yan State to create more pressure on Qi State, and at the same time sell Yan State a favor! But being able to be used shows that Yan Guo still has some use in the hearts of South Korea. So, almost at the same time, the monarch of the Yan Kingdom decided. This icing on the cake is the move of cutting Qi, Yan Guo is done!

"Your Majesty! The minister thought that the Qi State was perverse, and under the pretext of helping the Wei State restore the country, it was so untrustworthy and unjust. Not tolerated by the world! My Yan country is known as the model of the world, and I should raise troops to fight together to show the faith of the world! Suddenly a minister said.

"Yes! The minister also agrees with Vaqi! Qi foreign pursuit of virtuous ministers, internal use of traitors, today can risk the world's disapproval to defeat Han, tomorrow can also cut down Yan, do not hit Qi State to make it lost and know the way back, I am afraid that my Yan country will be in trouble! Another minister chimed in.

King Yan nodded again and again, although anyone with a discerning eye knew it. At this time, the Yan Kingdom sent troops to attack Qi, and what they were trying to do was interests! But under the banner of Xinyi, it will always make Yan Guo more famous! It seems that Yan Guo is a powerful defender of order in the world.

Doctor Shang Xin stood up at this time and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty! The minister heard that since the invasion of Han by the four kingdoms of Qin, Zhao, Qi and Chu, the monarchs and ministers of Wei were ready to move, and Xinling Jun even traveled to the four countries. Keeping the place of sacrifice, Wei was not only grateful. On the contrary, he held a grudge and sent Xin Lingjun to lobby various countries, so that the four countries could attack Korea! Why didn't the king build the king of Han, destroy the tomb of An, and destroy the society of the Wei Kingdom, so as to deter the small people in the world?! ”

King Yan narrowed his eyes unconsciously. I secretly shouted great goodness in my heart! Everyone knows that the reason why South Korea did not destroy Wei in the first place was because it was afraid of all countries in the world! After all, in this era, it is okay to weaken any country to any degree, but it is impossible to cut off its social and sacrificial practices! Just like the destruction of the Song Dynasty by the Qi State, the world is afraid of the Qi State. Su Qin was able to bring the countries together, and there was a matter of the Five Kingdoms Raiding!

Most South Korea didn't expect that the vast majority of the thousands of miles of land in Wei would be occupied at once, and only a city of tens of miles left to Wei would cause so many incidents! Now that Korea has torn its face with the four kingdoms of Qin, Zhao, Qi, and Chu, there is not much difference between being able to destroy Wei or not!

When this war is over, most of the South Koreans will read out the crimes of the monarchs and ministers of the Wei State, and destroy the Wei State in the name of justice! After all, Anneung is small, but it is always close to the heart of South Korea. Moreover, South Korea can use a signal like destroying Wei to show its determination to dominate the world! It's no longer as hidden and low-key as before!

Yan Guo took the initiative to destroy Wei at this time, which can undoubtedly further strengthen the relationship between Han and Yan, and Yan State can use such a signal to express goodwill to South Korea, and more or less make up for the rift caused by Yan State's prevarication and non-assistance to Korea when the next four countries invaded Korea.

"What Aiqing said is very true, but Han, Zhao, and Wei are originally a family, and it is not appropriate to directly demote King Wei to a concubine! Why don't you give King Wei a title and a mansion in Luoyang, so as to show the benevolence and righteousness of Korea? King Yan looked at the Korean envoy not far away.

The South Korean envoy smiled, but did not say anything. If according to what King Yan said, then King Wei became a courtier of King Han, and he was imprisoned in Luoyang for the rest of his life, cutting off contact with the outside world. If other countries want to use the King of Wei as domestic aid and plot against the homeland of Wei, it is tantamount to a fool's dream! Presumably, King Han must have been very happy after receiving this news. Destroying Wei is the general trend of the world, and the general trend is the trend of the times!

"The king is wise!" As soon as they saw the look of the Korean envoy, the ministers of Yan Guo knew that this move was quite satisfactory to South Korea, so they said in unison.

"That widow took Yaqing Rongyi as the general, commanded an army of 200,000, and went south to attack Qi! All of you must perform your duties to ensure that the grain, grass and army are in place in time! King Yan said in an unquestioning tone.

Qin State, Yaoguan.

At this time, some people in Yaoguan were panicked, and the unpredictable situation really made the old Qin people feel incredible. Obviously, not long ago, Wu Anjun led the 150,000 Qin army to defeat the Korean army and capture most of Hedong County, and Korea was also besieged by a million-strong army of the four countries, which was difficult to parry! But it's only been two months, why did the Huns and the Korean army suddenly come over one after another?!

I heard that the Xiongnu had an army of 200,000, and the number of the Korean army was even greater, and the soldiers were divided into four routes, as many as 300,000! The combined strength of the two sides is 500,000, which is more than the entire army of the Qin State! What's even worse is that the Qin State has 100,000 troops in Hedong who are fighting a fierce battle with the Korean army, and they can't be dispatched lightly, so they defend Tongguan, Yaoguan, Ziwuguan, Anping Pass and Qixian with less than 200,000 troops.

After conquering Shang County, it took half a day for 100,000 Korean troops to arrive at the foot of the city, looking east from the head of the city, the mountains are full of the banners of the Korean army, in the morning and evening, the smoke of the Han army camp is endless; At night, the countless torches made the guards of the pass a little confused about day and night.

Perhaps the South Korean army came from a long journey and did not carry a large number of siege equipment. So in the first two days, the South Korean army did not launch an offensive! But this does not affect the guard of the pass to send the urgent report for help to Xianyang one by one! The war has not yet begun, but a shadow has been buried over the head of the Qin army. In the face of 500,000 Huns and South Korean troops, can you survive it?!

The reason why the defenders of Yaoguan came up with such an idea was because of the Korean army's offensive warfare. Although the South Korean army did not storm the fortress, it used waves of arrows with arrows removed to send a large amount of "intelligence" to the city. The information is true and false. For example, the Xiongnu sent 300,000 troops and 200,000 to attack Qixian and besiege Xianyang; 100,000 attacked Shangjun and outflanked Wu Anjun's retreat. The combined forces of Qi and Zhao were ambushed in Dongjun, Lian Po died on the battlefield, and Hou Sheng led his troops to surrender! The state of Chu was conquered by 100,000 Han troops from the two counties of Bashu, the king of Chu was captured, and the state of Chu moved its capital to Shouchun! Yan sent 300,000 troops, captured Dai County and so on!

In order to gain even half of the trust of the Qin army. In the "intelligence", it was explained in a matter-of-fact that why South Korea could dispatch 300,000 troops to attack Qin at such a tense moment, wasn't it because it was difficult to protect itself after the defeat of Qi, Zhao, and Chu?! Why didn't Wu Anjun return to Xianyang for a long time, and it wasn't because he was outflanked by the Huns, and he couldn't defeat the Korean army in Hedong?!

Taking advantage of the fact that the Qin State had to increase taxes over the years because of the loss of troops and the loss of cities and land, the "intelligence" severely criticized the injustice and tyranny of the Qin State! At the same time, it preached the benevolence and righteousness of Korea. As long as the people of Guanzhong are willing to support South Korea, South Korea is willing to reduce or exempt taxes in Guanzhong for three years. All kinds of perfect subsidies and compensation, I don't know how many times better than the Qin State. There is nothing more than one meaning expressed. Under the rule of Qin, the life of the people of Guanzhong will only become more and more miserable, and under the rule of South Korea, the happiness index of Guanzhong will skyrocket!

In the end, it is the largest number of persuasion letters in South Korea, who can open and close to welcome the Korean army into the city. Whether it is a soldier or an officer, all of them are feudal marquises, except for Xianyang, you can choose any city as a fief! Whoever is willing to act as an internal servant will also be a marquis. Reward thousands of acres of fertile land, hereditary replacement!

Although there were very few literate people in the Qin army, there were still some of them. Such a note is too demagogic, and at the same time as shocking South Korea's rich rewards, the guards hurriedly ordered people to collect and destroy all the notes, and at the same time ordered that those who privately discuss the war situation, and those who keep the notes, regardless of their official positions, will be killed! Report the meritorious person, the official will be promoted to the next level!

Although this temporarily stopped the chaos in the city, the guards of the pass did not know that if it was not confirmed that these notes were all nonsense, if they did not win a few battles and strengthen the determination of the army to win, it was really difficult to say how much fighting spirit the army would have left.

The Guanshou Jiang's Li, famous, is a family of the Li family in Longxi County. His father, Li Yao, was the county guard of Longxi County and was titled Marquis Di Dao. His brother Li Xin was familiar with the art of war since he was a child, but unfortunately he died before he left the army, and he died in Sanchuan for the first time when he led the troops alone.

After Li Xin's death, perhaps because he hoped that his brother would inherit his brother's business, Li Cheng, who was not valued by the clan, was gradually pushed to the position of the guard of Yaoguan, in the words of his father Li Yao, Yaoguan is the southern gate of Qin, and when Qin rises one day, it will definitely go south from Yaoguan to attack Wuguan. Whether it is for the honor of the Li family or to avenge Li Xin, Li Chengdu needs to set an example as the eldest son!

Shouldering such a heavy responsibility and a deep feud in the sea of blood, Li Cheng is destined not to surrender to South Korea! Even if he was willing to let go of the pride in his heart and surrender, thinking about his wife and children who were taken care of by the state in the name of Xianyang, but were actually hostages, Li Cheng would not dare to surrender!

Life and death have long been put aside, and in the face of 100,000 Korean troops, Li Cheng's only thought now is that even if he is the only one left in the entire pass, he can't let the pass be lost! Brother Li Xin died on the battlefield, leading tens of thousands of Qin elites to be destroyed, the King of Qin saw the contribution of the Li clan in Longxi to Great Qin in the past and spared the Li clan once, and behind the pass he guarded this time is Lantian, Lantian is only a hundred miles away from Xianyang, and the King of Qin will not allow himself to make any small mistakes! If you die in battle, you will die, and if you affect Xianyang's family, you will not be able to redeem it!

Three days later, the Han army saw that the Qin army had no intention of surrendering, and knew that the Qin army would not abandon the glory belonging to the soldiers if it did not face huge pressure, so they attacked the city!

The rumbling drums of war echoed through the somewhat narrow valley, and the Han army used the peaks on both sides of the valley as a stronghold to set up trebuchets that could reach the Qin army standing on the top of the city. Although the charging Han army was shot down by the Qin army's arrow rain like wheat, it was soon when the Korean army's trebuchet began to exert its might. Qin Jun couldn't laugh anymore. In just a quarter of an hour, the two thousand Qin troops who were originally standing on the top of the city were killed and wounded! His death was terrifying and miserable, although the Qin army that followed up was also the elite of a hundred battles, but in the face of such a hell on earth, many Qin troops directly vomited out their breakfast!

Qin Jun didn't expect it. In just a few years, South Korea has developed an ultra-long-range trebuchet! At the beginning, the reason why the Qin army shrank all its forces into the city was that it felt that it would not last long if it was divided into a partial division on the hills on both flanks, and the lack of water and food would not last. Moreover, the pass is on a flat land, and the farthest hill is more than three and a half miles away from the city wall, which is enough to make sharp weapons such as siege crossbows and trebuchets look at the city and sigh! It is clear that the trebuchets of the South Korean army have a range of at least three miles. Only with the help of the height difference can the stones be thrown to the head of the city, giving the Qin army such a big dismount!

Although Li Cheng lamented his own astonishing losses, he did not dwell on it for too long, but quickly ordered the construction of a simple watchtower in the city, with only one requirement, that is, it should be high, high enough to overlook the movement of the Korean army outside the city.

In order to prevent the trebuchet of the South Korean army from wielding. Li Cheng ordered that only a few death squads should be left at the head of the city. When the South Korean army charged. The watchtower estimated the distance between the Han army and the city wall, and the archers of the Qin army intersected the city wall and instinctively delayed the speed of the Korean army by firing arrows. When the Han army landed in the city, the main force of the Qin army gathered under the city wall was transferred to the head of the city to participate in the defense of the city. Although this meant that the Qin army cut off an arm, the archers could not be in the case of the Korean army's charge. created a large number of casualties, but after all, it was a way to melee with the South Korean army, so that the South Korean army was jealous!

Because Li Cheng knew very well that if he continued to fight with the Korean army, the Korean army would not be able to charge a few rounds. All of them will die in the city! When the Korean army begins to climb the ladder, and the Qin army goes up to the head of the city again, it can still rely on the head of the city to repel the charge of the Korean army with fewer casualties!

Of course, this is based on the limited range of the Korean army's trebuchets, if the range of the Korean army's trebuchets can reach five miles, then the Qin army has only a dead end! Because if the Qin army wanted to avoid heavy casualties, it could only retreat to a distance of at least one and a half miles from the city wall! When the Korean army occupies the city, the Qin army will be suppressed by the Korean army's trebuchet and dare not move!

Fortunately, it has been proved that by taking advantage of the height difference, the farthest range of the Korean army's trebuchet is only a distance of more than a dozen steps deep into the city of Yaoguan, such a distance is enough for the Qin army to climb to the top of the city one step faster than the Korean army and occupy an advantage!

This military situation was sent to Xianyang at a speed of 100,000 urgently, because Li Cheng had realized that without the suppression of the Han army by the archers, the time that the 20,000 Qin troops could hold the pass had been sharply reduced from one month to half a month, or even less! This is not an exaggeration!

Day after day of siege, from the rising sun to the setting of the moonlight, the Korean army did not give the defenders of Yaoguan a little time to relax, and, under the cover of trebuchets, the Korean army also "shaded" the Qin army several times. The Korean army's trebuchet took several risks to attack the Qin army that was gathering behind the city wall when it was obviously still climbing the ladder, and the effect received was extraordinary.

In just four days, the defenders of the pass lost more than 10,000 people, and the number of seriously injured people who could not return to the battlefield was close to 1,000! Moreover, the Han army sometimes launched a feint attack with foot soldiers and launched a main attack with trebuchets, or the two were transferred, which made the Qin army miserable. What is even more difficult for the Qin army to accept is that the number of casualties of the Han army in these four days is only a few thousand more than that of the Qin army! According to this form, in three days at most, the Qin army in Yaoguan will be completely annihilated! If you take into account the morale and morale of the army, it may only take two days!

The haze of defeat hangs over the sky.

Fortunately, at this dangerous moment, good news came from Qi County, Wang Jian led a partial division to outflank the back road of the Xiongnu, and Duke Qi took advantage of the situation to lead the whole army to the top, three battles and three victories, and the Qin army annihilated more than 30,000 Xiongnu at the cost of 20,000 casualties. The remaining Xiongnu, with less than 70,000 people, fled north in a hurry, and the Qin army could finally breathe.

In order to prevent the Xiongnu from going and returning, Wang Jian and Duke Qi discussed for a while and decided that Duke Qi would lead an army of 20,000 to hold Qi County, while Wang Jian would lead an army of 60,000 to rush to the aid of Tongguan and Yaoguan.

At the same time, Lantian sent three thousand old and weak to Yaoguan, which was almost the only remaining strength of Lantian! There was only one order given to Li Cheng by the King of Qin, that is, no matter what, even if the whole army died in battle, it would hold on for five days, and within five days, there would be 30,000 troops to reinforce the pass. When the time comes, the King of Qin will personally greet Li Cheng at the city gate!

This is undoubtedly a dose of strength for the defenders of Yaoguan. The 200,000 Xiongnu army was defeated in Qi County, and there were less than 70,000 people left, and they could no longer pose a threat to the Qin State! The Qin State can finally deal with the invading Korean army wholeheartedly!

The originally low morale suddenly improved a lot! But Li Cheng knew that five days was still a bit too much! Although the time for reinforcements to arrive may be less, he has to do something to delay the offensive of the South Korean army! (To be continued......)

PS: What strategy did Li Cheng come up with? The role of trebuchets is evident in this battle!