"General, it's not good, our army's food channel is broken." At noon the next day, Lecheng was still guarding the city. Feng Qu hurried over, pulled Le Cheng aside, and said in a deep voice.

"What do you say...... When is it? Le Cheng's face changed instantly, the more than 20,000 Sanjin troops in the city, as well as most of the people in the royal city, all relied on the Zhao State to feed.

The Qin State had besieged Wangcheng for several months, and except for some people whose families were relatively well-off, most of the people had already run out of food at home, and they earned food by working for the defenders every day.

Moreover, the grain route was also the withdrawal route of the Zhao army in an emergency, and the Zhao state had a small fleet in the Yellow River, which could meet the Zhao army at any time against the current.

Now the grain route is broken, and the retreat route of the Zhao army is also broken.

"It can be as short as one day, as long as four days. Our army transports a batch of grain and grass every three days, and the last batch should have arrived yesterday evening, but the subordinates waited until the evening and did not wait. This morning, his subordinates immediately arranged personnel to investigate along the way, and found that the section from Luoshui to the river had been blocked by Qin ships. Feng Qujian said.

He is not a harsh person, there may be unexpected situations such as rain on the way to transport grain and grass, it is normal to hate grain and grass one day late, it is not that it has not been before, but yesterday Feng Qujian learned that Bai Qi was very likely to come, and he did not dare to be careless, and saw that the grain and grass could not be delivered in time, so he immediately sent people to investigate along the way.

"It seems that Qin Jun has made two preparations." At this time, Lecheng has calmed down, things have happened, it is useless to be anxious, and now the top priority is how to break the situation and bring the remaining thousands of soldiers back to Zhao completely.

Although the Qin State had warships, they were all in Shu and Jingchu, and there were only a few cargo ships in the Yellow River Valley, which was also the reason why the Zhao State was able to transport grain from Heluo with confidence.

It was impossible for the Qin State to carry the warships from the Yangtze River basin to the Yellow River valley, so they had to rebuild or rebuild the previous cargo ships, which would take a lot of time.

It was clear that the Qin State had been planning since a few months ago.

The goal of the Qin State has never been to have only the royal city, but to leave all the 30,000 three Jin troops in the royal city!

Thinking of this, a chill rose in Lecheng's heart.

Sanjin still underestimated the Qin State, the tiger is the tiger, even if it temporarily retracts into the nest, it is still a man-eating tiger.

"No, three-handed." At this time, Li Si walked over from a distance, his face was also gloomy as water, as if his wife had been robbed by someone else, "I just received information that the Principality of Eastern Zhou was destroyed by the Qin State seven days ago, and the main general of the Qin army is Bai Qi, and the other cities of Sanchuan have also fallen into the hands of the Qin State." If nothing else, our way back should have been sealed. ”

There were three routes for the Zhao army to return to China, one was the waterway, which went north along the river and Luoshui, but now the waterway has been cut off.

The second is the road when you come, that is, to the east to go to the Tiger Pass, this road needs to pass through the Eastern Zhou Kingdom. At this time, the Eastern Zhou State had been destroyed by the Qin State, and it was obvious that this road was also broken.

The last one is to go north to Mengjin and cross the Yellow River. But if the Qin army can cut off the grain route, the Mengjin ferry must have been occupied by the Qin army.

It can be said that now the Sanjin coalition army and the Western Zhou State have become the turtle in the urn of the Qin army.

All eyes in the world were focused on the royal city, and no one thought that the Qin State would bypass the Western Zhou State, destroy the Eastern Zhou State first, annex all the remaining areas of Samcheon County in South Korea, and cut off the back road of the three armies.

Since you Sanjin want to rely on the Western Zhou Kingdom to consume the strength of my Qin State, then Lao Tzu will break your hands!

"What!" Lecheng was shocked again, and the soldiers in the distance heard the exclamation and subconsciously looked here.

"Let's go back to the barracks first." Lecheng turned around and walked briskly down the city wall.

The victory in the first battle, and the fact that the Qin army used them at the slightest means after that, made Lecheng's self-confidence continue to skyrocket.

At this moment, what kept happening pushed Zhao Jun directly from the top of the mountain into the abyss.

Not to mention triumph, whether or not he can return to Zhao alive is a question......

The grain route was cut off and the Eastern Zhou Kingdom was destroyed, and it can almost be concluded that Bai Qi was indeed in the Qin army.

And Bai Qi has never left a living mouth, what it means to appear outside the city, Le Cheng knows very well in his heart.

"Don't you have to defend the city?" Feng Qujian glanced at the battlefield worriedly, the Qin army was still attacking the city.

However, the Qin army in the west of the city failed to climb the city wall for a single step, but was firmly locked under the city by the Zhao army, catapults, bows and arrows were constantly thrown, even if the Qin army filled the moat with their lives, they still could not capture the city.

"No, this is not the main direction of the Qin army, the business matters." Lecheng said as he walked.

"It's my negligence, please punish the general." Back at the camp, Li Si took the lead in bowing his head and admitting his mistake.

As a member of the army, he was the main general to check and fill in the gaps, but he relaxed his vigilance because of his long-term victories, believing that the Qin State was nothing more than this, which led to the success of the Qin State's plan.

Li Si never felt that he would be in the army for a long time, and his goal was the minister, or even the fief.

As a result, Qin Guo played a small trick to play himself around.

In addition to anger, Li Si felt a deep sense of shame.

"The shame of today will be repaid again tomorrow." Li Si looked in the direction of Qin Guo and clenched his fists hard.

"There are also subordinates who are at fault." Feng Qujian said in disappointment.

In Zhao Guo, he was hit by Li Si, Han Fei, and Huang Shigong, and thought that he would finally be able to show his skills when he came out to practice, but he still made a mistake.

Feng Quji even doubted his ability a little.

"I don't blame you for this, Ben will also be at fault, after all, he was blinded by victory." Le Cheng sighed, "The top priority now is how to evacuate the royal city, Bai Qi must be outside the city, if he doesn't want to keep us, he will be the first to disbelieve it." ”

Li Si and Feng Qujian sat silently, without speaking, and Le Cheng did not urge.

Time passed little by little, and after a long while, Li Si raised his head and slowly spit out a word, "Wait." ”

"Wait? When? Lecheng said.

"It's actually too late for us to withdraw from the royal city now, so it's better to wait until the Western Zhou Dynasty surrenders, and we take the opportunity to escape from the royal city. The Qin army has just taken the royal city, and the vigilance is the lowest, and we have the greatest chance of escaping. Lees said.

"Okay, listen to the people who joined the army." Lecheng slapped his thigh, and he didn't have a good way to do it himself, so he decided to take a gamble.

"I'm afraid this city won't last long!" In the west of the city, Jia Yan looked at the Qin army that was receding like a tide, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Although the Qin army was repelled again, the speed of the Qin army on the top of the city became faster and faster day by day, and the time of holding on was getting longer day by day, and this time it was enough to hold on to the head of the city for more than an hour, and the defenders relied on the advantage of the sky to drive the Qin army off the city wall.

And...... He had a feeling that Bai Qi was in front of the Qin army, and the distance between the two sides was not far, and even at this moment, Bai Qi was very likely to be looking at them.

"Yes! However, it is not bad to be able to delay the Qin State for so long. It is hoped that the Qin State will be able to stop the attack after taking the royal city. Storm Luan sighed and said worriedly.

If it weren't for Jia Yan leading the Zhao army and the Wei army to help him, he would have been unable to defend this city for a long time.

What he was most afraid of was not that the Qin State would destroy the Zhou State, South Korea had long wanted to annex the Zhou State in its arms, but it didn't dare.

What Storm Luan is most afraid of is that Qin will continue to attack South Korea with a great victory, and there will be no one in Korea to resist Qin's troops!

"If the Qin State attacks my South Korea, will the Zhao State send troops to the rescue?" Storm Luan looked at Jia Yan and asked seriously.

"My Sanjin has been an ally for hundreds of years, and my Zhao State is the leader of the Korean Alliance, so I should protect the allies." Jia Yan said righteously.

"Thank you, General." Storm Luan clenched his fists and said.

He didn't know how sincere Jia Yan's words were, but it could be seen that Zhao Guo still had a lot of determination in resisting Qin State.

"General Jia Yan, General Storm Luan. General Lecheng asked me to inform you of the meeting in the evening. At this time, a Zhao soldier walked over and said with his fists clenched.

"Do you know what's going on?" Jia Yan asked casually.

"I don't know about my subordinates, but I should be in a hurry." The soldier said.

"I see, we'll be right over." Jia Yan said.

"No, then the subordinate will go back to his life first." The soldier clenched his fists and saluted, turning and walking towards the city.

"General Storm Luan, you arrange the city defense. I take people to clean up the battlefield. Jia Yan said.

"Okay, hard work general." Storm Luan nodded.

At night, Mang Mao, Storm Luan and Jia Yan came to the Zhao army camp together.

"What's going on?" Mang Mao casually pulled over a bench and asked.

Lecheng looked at Li Si.

"It's white...... It's time for us to withdraw. Li Si recounted the matter succinctly, but concealed Jia Yan's talent and replaced it with what they had speculated.

"How so!" Mang Mao and Storm Luan's reaction was no stronger than that of Le Cheng, especially Mang Mao, who had really fought with Bai Qi and knew that Bai Qi was terrible.

Rentu will never be merciful, since he leads the troops again, the target must be the 30,000 Sanjin army in the city.

"What are you going to do?" After a long while, Mang Mao came back to his senses and looked at Lecheng.

Looking at Le Cheng's expression, he knew that he had already made a plan, and if he could, Mang Mao didn't mind hugging Zhao Jun's thigh.

"When the Qin army retreats when the city is broken, you can either retreat with us or retreat separately. There are pros and cons to both, and you all know that, so I won't say much about it. Li Si looked at the two and said.

The three Jin retreated together, they could concentrate their forces, and even if they encountered the main force of the Qin army, they could fight together, but the disadvantage was that the target was too big and the team was bloated.

When escaping, the more people there are, the more disadvantageous it is, but the fewer people are more conducive to escaping.

The three Jin retreated separately, which could attract firepower to each other and buy time for each other, but the disadvantage was that the forces were too scattered, and it was very likely that they would be broken by the Qin army one by one.

"We'll talk about it then." Mang Mao thought for a moment and spoke.

He wanted to retreat with the Zhao army, but the Wei army was not as strong as the Zhao army, and the escape technology was not as good as the Han army.

Retreating alone, the Wei army is not the opponent of the Qin army, and once it encounters the Qin army, it will inevitably be annihilated.

But fortunately, there is still time to think about it.

"Me too." Storm Luan said. He was also worried that if the Sanjin retreated together, the Korean army would be used as cannon fodder.

However, his pressure was less, and Han Jun's special talent made it very likely that they would run away unless they were surrounded by enemies.

When encountering danger, it is a big deal to leave Zhao Jun and Wei Jun to flee for their lives alone, anyway, it is not the first time to do this.

"This matter must be kept secret until the three armies retreat." Le Cheng stared at the two and said solemnly.

"We understand." Mang Mao and Storm Luan nodded, no one would joke with their own lives.

"We have to defend our respective city walls these days, and the Duke of Western Zhou can surrender, but we must not let the Qin army break through the city walls, otherwise we will lose time to withdraw our troops." Le Cheng admonished, but his eyes kept staring at Storm Luan.

The Zhao army and the Wei army are not the main direction of attack of the Qin army, the only thing that may be broken by the Qin army is the Han army, and the first to suffer at that time will inevitably be the Han army.

"The last general will definitely hold on." Storm Luan said solemnly.

"Your Majesty, the generals of the Three Jin Dynasty have gathered together, and it is very likely that they are discussing the matter of evacuating the royal city." In the palace, a eunuch walked quickly to the side of the Western Zhou Jun and whispered a report.

"Outsiders are unreliable after all, you go and tell Qin Jun, just say that the widow agreed." As in history, the Duke of Western Zhou finally chose to surrender.

Maybe it shouldn't be called the Duke of Western Zhou, and now there is only one Zhou Kingdom left......

"The foreign envoy has seen the general." The envoys of the Zhou State passed through one military camp after another, and finally met Zhang Ruo, the chief general of the Qin army.

The Qin army did not blindfold the envoys of the Zhou State, and the royal city was about to be broken, so what if the Zhou State knew that the layout of the Qin army's camp was violent? Do you dare to attack the Qin army's camp?

"What is the messenger looking for?" Zhang Ruo looked at the messenger coldly.

If Zhou sent an envoy a month ago, Zhang Ruo would have warmly received him and negotiated conditions with Zhou Guo, but now......

The Qin army is about to break through the royal city, you just remembered to surrender, what did you do earlier?

I, Qin Guo, sent you these days?

"The king sent me to report to the general, my Western Zhou Kingdom is willing to surrender, and I ask the general to give me some time." The messenger said bitterly.

The state of Zhou is about to die, and he is about to become a man of the country!

"Ben will refuse, Ben will give Xi Zhoujun at most one night, if he is willing to surrender, he will take the sheep to welcome the king. If you are unwilling to surrender, the day our Qin army breaks the city will be the time when the Duke of Western Zhou will die. ”

Zhang Ruo slapped the desk violently, stared at the tiger, and said sharply, the momentum honed by the battlefield for many years suddenly pressed towards the messenger, the armor that had not been removed from his body rattled, and his handsome face exuded a strong evil aura, and the whole person was like a demon crawling out of the abyss.

When did the envoy of the Zhou Kingdom see this kind of scene, his face turned pale with fright, and he sat on the ground, unable to speak.

"I ...... I'll go back to you......" said the envoy of the Western Zhou Dynasty tremblingly.

"Hmph, if the Duke of Western Zhou refuses, you don't have to come again, just wait for the general in the city."

The envoy was just about to step out of the tent, when Zhang Ruo's cold snort came from behind, and the envoy was suddenly frightened.

"This war is finally over." After the envoy of Zhou left, Wang Yi said with some excitement.

Although he knew that this was an inevitable result, he was inevitably a little excited when he saw the Western Zhou Kingdom surrendering.

This is not only the Western Zhou Kingdom, but also the entire Zhou Dynasty's eight hundred years, which is about to come to an end in the hands of the Qin State.

"Don't forget, there are still three Jin in the city, and they will not surrender to our Qin army." Bai Qi said, a smile on his cold face that was more ugly than crying.

The Sanjin would never have thought that after the Qin State appointed Zhang Ruo as the commander-in-chief, he appointed him as a general, led an army of 100,000 troops, bypassed the royal city, and annexed the Eastern Zhou State and all the cities of Sanchuan except for the royal city.

Whether it is Mengjin or Tiger Prison Pass, they have all fallen into the hands of the Qin army.

All the roads for Zhao to return to China were blocked.

This time, unless Zhao Guofei flies, don't think about escaping.

If it weren't for the Three Jins, if it weren't for the Zhao State, the Qin army would have broken through the royal city a long time ago, how could there be so many things.

Zhao Guo let Qin State lose so many soldiers, and Qin State had long hated Zhao State.

The next day, a light rain fell from the sky, and fine rains drifted through the air, making the whole city fill with a moist smell. Fog enveloped the earth, blurring every inch of it.

The royal city at the end of autumn looked even more desolate in the rain, the chill was gusting, there was no one on the streets, the people were all hiding in their homes, closing the doors and windows, everyone had tension and fear on their faces, they were waiting for the verdict of fate.

Everyone knows that the royal city is about to change masters!

It had not been so quiet for a long time in the morning of the royal city, there was no noise of war, no beating of soldiers, no shouts of soldiers, as if time had stood still at this moment.

The bleak autumn rain slapped the withered yellow leaves, and the autumn wind blew through the painted corners of the city, making a whimpering sound, as if telling the vicissitudes and loneliness of the once glorious royal city.

Soon, a special group of pedestrians appeared on the street.

The Duke of the Western Zhou was bare-chested, with a thorn tied to his back, and a lamb in his hand, and walked towards the outside of the city step by step.

The flesh of the white flower was exposed, and the drizzling rain was dripping on the body, cold and biting, and the Duke of Western Zhou couldn't help but shiver.

The civil and military officials followed closely behind the Duke of Western Zhou, and walked towards the outside of the city with a sad face.

Although the Western Zhou State was a small country and only had a small land, it had all kinds of officials, and they were all prisoners of the Qin army at this time.

Le Cheng and the others watched this scene calmly from a distance, and no one stepped forward to say hello.

It's time for Sanjin and Zhou to part ways.

The city gate in the south of the city was wide open, and the Han army had disappeared, leaving only the lonely Zhou army standing under the city at a loss, guarding the broken city wall.

Zhang Ruo led the generals of the Qin army to the front of the royal city, stopped, and waited for the arrival of the Duke of Western Zhou.

"It's all ready outside the city." Zhang Ruo asked.

"Don't worry, general, Wu Anjun will go out in person, and none of the three Jin will be able to escape." Wang Di said with a smile.

"Okay, double happiness is coming today." Zhang Ruo stroked his beard, becoming more and more energetic.

When the Duke of Western Zhou came to the south gate of the royal city, he smiled bitterly when he saw the Qin army waiting on the chariot not far away.

Crossing the city gate, the Duke of Western Zhou stopped, slowly turned around, looked at the royal city, slowly leaned down, and made a big salute, the thorn on his back pierced deep into the flesh, and the blood flowed in an instant, and the Duke of Western Zhou turned a blind eye.

It wasn't until the salute was finished that the Duke of the Western Zhou Dynasty faced the Qin army and shouted loudly: "The monarch of the Principality of the Western Zhou Dynasty is to blame, please surrender!" ”

At this moment, a sharp and piercing voice came from the royal city.

"The king is dead!"