Chapter 68 Hang the seal of the four countries
Two days later, outside the city of Daliang, 200,000 troops lined up, banners covered the sky, and war drums were thunderous.
Completely different from the bleak scene of Zhao Kuo's expedition from Handan, the king of Wei gave him enough face, and built a nine-foot-high worship platform in the west of Daliang City in ten days.
Zhao Kuo wore a purple and gold crown on his head, wore Xuanjia armor, and a treasure knife at his waist, standing on a high platform with his head held high, and 200,000 people looked at him in unison.
Under the watchful eyes of all the people, the king of Wei wore a royal robe, and ascended the platform to worship the generals under the support of the ministers, and personally worshiped him as a general.
Zhao Kuo "repeatedly refused", and King Wei "repeatedly requested." ”
In the end, under the constant "request" of the king of Wei and the strong "request" of all the soldiers, this was "reluctantly agreed".
Then the king of Wei handed over Bai Xuan, Huang Yue, the seal ribbon, and the military talisman to Zhao Kuo in turn, and he had to bow once every time he gave it, say a word, and then Zhao Kuo bowed back and said another word.
Subsequently, Chu Guochun Shenjun Huang Xie stepped forward to worship Zhao Kuo as a general on behalf of the king of Chu, and handed over the seal of the general of Chu to Zhao Kuo.
Then there is South Korea, and Han Prime Minister Zhang Ping worships Zhao Kuo as the general on behalf of King Han, and also gives the seal of the Korean general to Zhao Kuo.
At this point, Zhao Kuo hung the seal of the general of the four countries, and was the commander of the four-nation coalition army.
In the end, the king of Wei poured a full glass of wine for Zhao Kuo, and said solemnly: "The future of the widow and the Wei state will be handed over to the general, don't let the widow down." ”
"If you don't break the Qin army, you won't return it." Zhao Kuo drank down.
He turned to the west, drew his broadsword, and pointed forward.
"Let's go!"
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Wild King.
Tian Dan stood at the head of the city, looking at the squirming Qin army not far from the city, black and pressing, like dense ants.
Ten days ago, Qin Wang Ji personally led an army of 150,000, known as 300,000, with Sili as the vanguard, and sent out to Guguan in the east to attack Yewang.
Seeing this, Tian Dan immediately asked Yan Ju to lead Zhao Fei to ride outside the city as a mobile force to harass the Qin army. He and the remaining 5,000 soldiers guarded the wild king.
The Qin army surrounded the entire city, beating drums and charging every hour, and retreating every time they rushed to the city walls, none of which were actually besieged.
But Tian Dan did not dare to relax at all, Qin General Sili is a veteran who has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he has won the trust of King Qin, and he may change a fake attack into a real attack at any time.
In order to cope with Sili's harassment, Tian Dan had to divide the soldiers into two teams and take turns to defend the city.
Originally, Tian Dan was worried about the turmoil of the people in the city, and even colluded with the Qin army, planning to slaughter half of the city first to deter it.
Later, it was found that almost all the people in the city had relatives who died at the hands of the Qin army, and they were very disgusted with the Qin State, but because the two county guards before and after the Shangdang had defected to the Zhao State, they were still resisting the Qin Army in Changping, and they had a good impression of the Zhao State.
Of course, this favor made them not resist Zhao Jun at most, and as for the pot pulp, don't think about greeting each other.
So Tian Dan immediately gave up his previous idea, and instead used the money and grain in the city to levy 5,000 strong men to help him defend the city, and also distributed the armor and weapons stored in the wild king of the Qin State to these strong men.
Tian Dan is not his own money and food anyway, so he spends it as much as he wants, so he pays immediately after guarding the city every day, and gives food if he doesn't want money, never arrears, and gives as much as he wants.
So that the people's favorability towards the Zhao army continues to rise, coupled with the fact that the Qin army does not really attack the city, there is no danger, and there are strong men who come to sign up every day, and now there are more strong men standing in the city than the soldiers of Zhao State.
"General, will you stay here after this battle?" A muscular man walked up to Tian Dan and asked respectfully.
Tian Dan looked back and recognized the person.
His name is Zhong, a martial artist at the level of Gangyuan, with brute strength, and he has a good prestige among these strong men.
"No, it won't." Tian Dan said that Zhao Kuo had already promised to hand over the wild king to the Wei State.
In Tian Dan's opinion, Zhao Kuo's approach was very correct, and the position of the wild king was not good for Zhao State, and it might as well be used to exchange for reinforcements from Wei State.
"Then can we go back to Zhao with the general?" Zhong said with some trepidation.
"Why do you want to join the Zhao Kingdom?" Tian Dan was a little puzzled.
Among the countries, except for the Chu State, which has a large number of clans and nobles, the oppression of the people is somewhat large, and the other countries are similar.
The state of Zhao is not stronger than other countries.
Of course, the Qin State was different, they oppressed the people more than the Six Kingdoms, but they left a ray of hope for the people to climb up.
"Jin Huang and Feng Ting have both joined the Zhao State, and I also want to join the Zhao State. At least in the Zhao Kingdom, it will not be sold by the monarch at any time, and it will not break the law at every turn. ”
Zhong said as he touched his still somewhat bare head, which had just grown hair.
He didn't do anything, but one of his neighbors escaped and he didn't report it in time, so he was tortured, his hair was shaved, and he was demoted to a city dan, and he had to build a city wall for four years.
If it weren't for worrying about the family, Zhong Zao would have been against him, and with his strength, it would be a big deal to flee to other countries after failure, and the Qin State would have no way to take him.
Don't want to be sold?
Tian Dan was suddenly speechless, and after a moment, he looked at Zhong, "How many people are like you in the city?" ”
"I don't know, but Da Zhuang and Er Niu also want to join Zhao Guo." Zhong said.
"When the marshal comes, I will report the matter to the marshal, and you wait for a few days." Tian Dan said.
"Is the big marshal coming too? We will wait. Zhong said excitedly, patting his chest. General rest assured, I will let my brothers defend the city well, as long as we are here, the Qin army will definitely not be able to capture the wild king. ”
Looking at Zhong's back, Tian Dan suddenly seemed to understand something.
"Even a Qiandu doesn't want to be sold."
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"Brothers, rush with me!" Yan Ju shouted.
Zhao Feiqi instantly swept towards the Qin army in the distance like a locust, thousands of meters away but in the blink of an eye, with a flash of knife light, the grain transportation team of thousands of people completely disappeared, leaving only corpses and blood in one place.
"It's all burned."
Yan Ju is a particular person, the people he kills by himself are peaceful, he will never cause trouble to others, and every time he kills someone, he will directly burn it clean, lest the Qin army waste manpower to bury the corpse.
"Where's the next food team?"
A burst of smoke rose, and Zhao Fei had already arrived dozens of miles away.
"General, there is another one thirty miles away."
"Okay, let's hurry up."
After a while, a Qin State scout team discovered this place.
"Go and report to the king." The scout captain was taken aback and quickly turned on his horse.
……
The Qin army battalion.
"This is already the tenth grain transport team to be attacked in three days, and no one has been spared, and our army has not even found the shadow of Zhao Jun so far."
Qin Wangji split several cases in half with a sword, his two eyes were shining with fierce light, and the green tendons on his forehead bulged out with the rough breath of his breath.
"Urgent news, King." Qin Yue walked in quickly.
"What?" King Qin asked in a deep voice.
"The four kingdoms of Zhao, Wei, Han and Chu are united, with Zhao Kuo as the commander of the coalition army, and the power of the four countries is used to attack Qin." Qin Yue said.
"Zhao, Wei, Han and Chu are all together? Didn't the widow send someone to spread the news of the peace talks? Why did they join forces? King Qin's face turned pale.
Qin Yue didn't speak.
"When are they going to send troops?" King Qin asked again.
"Wei had already sent 200,000 troops yesterday, and they had almost arrived at the Korean border at this time. Korea and Chu have not yet sent troops, but they are both conscripted and sent soldiers. Qin Yue said.