After that, Wei Wuji no longer had any hands left, and one after another dazzling swords slashed towards Wang Di.

Wang Yi was defeated and retreated, and the battle armor on his body fell to the ground like rags, and two blood marks slipped from the corners of his eyes. Wang Yi resisted desperately, but the gap in strength was too huge.

Dozens of rounds later, Wei Wuji felt that the time was ripe, and slashed Wang Di with a single sword, holding Wang Di's head high, shouting, "Wang Di is dead, surrender and not kill!" Those who resist will not be spared."

The morale of the Qin army was not high, and when they saw that the main general was killed in battle, they no longer had the heart to resist, so they laid down their arms and surrendered.

"Zhang Ming, you immediately led the people to pacify the people in the city, and used cash-for-work to gather people to build houses and build city walls. If there is a shortage of food, some military rations can be mobilized. In the past, the people in the city were our enemies, but now that the city of Deng is broken, if you want to gain a foothold here, you must treat everyone as your own, and you must not have contempt." Wei Wuji commanded.

"No." Zhang Min hurriedly said.

"If there is a provocation, do not be merciful. We are not here to plunder, much less to charity." Wei Wuji admonished again.

"My subordinates know." Zhang Min said that with Wei Wuji's words, he had the bottom in his heart.

"Li Tong." Wei Wuji looked at Li Tong.

"The end will be." Li Tong said with a fist clenched.

"You lead an army of five thousand, escort the captives north, and deliver them to the king." Wei Wuji said.

Before leading the troops south, Wei Wuji discussed with Zhao Kuo, and after winning the battle, the city belonged to Wei and the prisoners belonged to Zhao.

Deng City is too far away from Zhao State, even if Zhao State temporarily occupies it, it will be difficult to hold it for a long time, so it is better to hand it over to Wei State.

Although the captives will consume a lot of grain and grass, as long as the food is sufficient, in the long run, the captives can create more value and be more beneficial to the Zhao State.

"No." Li Tongdao.

"Zhu Hai." Wei Wuji looked at Zhu Hai again, "You lead the 5,000-strong army to block the Hanshui embankment as soon as possible."

"No." Zhu Hai said.

In the next few days, Wei Wuji led a large army to take several surrounding cities such as Gaohu, Ye, and Lucheng, and then spread them to various places.

The main force of the front line was defeated, and the surrounding cities no longer dared to ignore the Wei army, and the southern cities of Lucheng, Luocheng, and Yancheng surrendered one after another, expressing their submission to the Wei state.

As for the farther cities, they may feel safe for the time being, and they do not choose to surrender.

After Wei Wuji accepted the surrender, he gave up leading his army south, and instead fought along the Han River all the way to the northwest.

At this time, almost all the troops of the Qin State were in Yucheng and Yuzhong, and the remaining part was in the hands of Wang Ling, and the other cities were sparsely populated, and even the strong men could not make up a few, and they did not dare to resist in the slightest in the face of the pressure of the Wei army.

The Wei army almost did not delay the siege along the way, and even went down to more than ten cities such as Linpin, Xiayin, and Shixi, and then went north along the Xishui, preparing to unite with Pang Xuan's troops and attack Yuzhong and Xicheng.

Bai Qi learned that Deng Cheng had been breached and Wang Ji had died in battle, and he was silent for a long time.

It's not that he doesn't want to send troops to support Wang Di, but the troops in the city are already insufficient, and if he divides his troops to the south, he is likely to be attacked by the Zhao army.

At that time, not only will Deng Cheng not be able to be saved, but even the reinforcements sent will be in danger.

Bai Qi sent someone to tell Wang Yi that if Deng Cheng could not be defended, he could abandon Deng Cheng and go south to defend Yan Cheng.

As long as Nanjun is still in the hands of the Qin State, the gains and losses of one or two cities do not matter, and they can be taken back at any time after the Qin State recovers.

But Wei Wuji's speed was too fast, it only took three days from flooding Deng Cheng to capturing Deng Cheng, and Deng Cheng changed hands before Wang Ji could react.

"The King...... Got it?" After a long while, Bai Qi asked in a hoarse voice.

"I already know, King...... The old disease relapsed, and he vomited blood and fell into a coma." Wei Ran sighed, and there was no more brilliance in his eyes.

Up to now, anyone can see that the defeat of the Qin State is imminent, and unless there is a shocking ability, it is impossible for the Qin State to change its life against the sky.

Even if the coalition forces are in

At this time, if the army is raised to the south, it will be able to capture the two counties of Nanjun and Qianzhong overnight, and the Qin army has no ability to stop it.

It's just that the goal of the coalition army is the main force of the Qin army, not to attack the city and plunder the land, as long as the main force of the Qin army is eliminated, Nanjun is at your fingertips, and there is even a chance to attack the hinterland of Guanzhong.

Of course, the main reason is that Nanjun and Qianzhong County are far away from Zhao State, and even if Zhao State is defeated, there is no way to occupy it, and in the end, it can only cheapen Han and Wei for nothing.

The four countries attacked Qin, Zhao had the most troops and contributed the most, Zhao Kuo could be from the perspective of uniting allies, relatively speaking, a little less, but it was impossible for him to contribute in front and let Han and Wei pick up the cheap.

If it weren't for the absolute strength of Zhao to suppress Han and Wei, and the commander of the Wei army, Wei Wuji, and the commander of the Han army, Tian Dan, were both sent by Zhao, the coalition forces might have fallen apart because of their respective interests.

"I'll go and tell the king that I'm going to evacuate the city." Bai Qi's face was full of bitterness.

"We...... means...... Negotiate peace with Zhao Guo." Wei Ran said slowly.

If Zhao could be persuaded to withdraw his troops at a certain price and exchange the prisoners from Zhao, it would be a good thing for Qin.

Although the Qin State lost troops in this battle, the coalition forces did not attack Guanzhong, and the vitality of the Qin State was still there, and it would not be a problem to recover the peak in five years and ten years.

On the contrary, if the Qin State refuses to negotiate peace, and waits until the coalition forces attack Guanzhong, even if the Qin State explodes its potential and beats the coalition forces out, the losses will be huge.

Where the teacher is, thorns are born! After the great army, there will be a fierce year!

The horror of military disasters is no less than that of natural disasters.

"Who sent Zhao Jun?" Bai Qi asked.

"Lü Buwei." Wei Ran said.

"I led a large army to stay with Lü Buwei and negotiate with the Zhao army. The marquis accompanied the king to withdraw from the small road to the city, if the peace talks are successful, everyone will be happy, and if the peace talks fail, the king will not fall into the hands of the Zhao army." Bai Qi said.

"Okay." Wei Ran nodded.

……

Zhao Jun camp, Zhao Kuo was reading the letter sent by Handan.

Since the expedition, Lin Xiangru has sent him a letter every five days, telling him about the big and small things that have happened in the country and how to deal with them.

Tian Shu, An Ning, and Zhao Ji will also send letters to Zhao Kuo, saying some trivial things in life, the children's learning has progressed, etc., and then tell Zhao Kuo to pay attention to safety on the front line, don't charge ahead, and leave the matter of killing the enemy to the soldiers.

Zhao Sheng, Yu Xin and others would occasionally write to me, but they didn't say much, and they generally only sent letters when they encountered problems.

According to Zhao Bao, Zhao Guo's pasture on the grassland was attacked by the Hu people, and it was suspected that he was Ding Lingren.

After Zhao destroyed the Xiongnu, because there were not enough people to occupy all the grasslands, and later Donghu moved eastward, a large amount of grassland was vacated.

The Ding Ling people originally lived near the Beihai Sea, where it was extremely cold, and naturally wanted to go south to occupy a relatively warm place.

In the past, the south was the territory of the Xiongnu, and Ding Ling was not the opponent of the Xiongnu, but now the Xiongnu are gone!

Zhao Guo has limited manpower, and he can't take care of so many places, so he didn't take care of Ding Ling, Ding Ling has obtained a lot of territory, and he has no idea of expanding in a short period of time, plus there have been no major natural disasters in the grassland in recent years, Ding Ling's life is okay, and the natural well water of the two sides does not interfere with river water.

A few years have passed, Ding Ling has grown stronger and stronger, annexing several surrounding tribes, quite the power of the Donghu and Xiongnu in the past, and some are no longer satisfied with sticking to their current territory.

And Zhao Guo happened to start expanding pastures this year and vigorously developing grassland animal husbandry.

Thus, a conflict broke out between the two sides.

However, Ding Ling was afraid of Zhao Guo's strength, so he didn't dare to plunder, but just hid his banner and destroyed several newly expanded pastures of Zhao State.

Zhao Kuo put the letter aside, but he didn't get angry, but he felt a little disgusting, how can the nomads on the grassland be like leeks, cutting off a stubble and a stubble, and they can't finish cutting it.

Originally, he thought that after the destruction of the Xiongnu, Zhao would occupy the grassland, and no new ones would be produced

The enemy is up.

Dante Zero slapped him in the face.

The grassland is incomparably vast, and Zhao can only occupy a small part, unless he can plow the entire grassland and sweep the holes, and put the county to govern it, otherwise he will never be able to completely exterminate the nomads.

If Zhao Guo made a bloody investment, he could do it by plowing the court and sweeping the holes, but it would be impossible to set up the county.

Most areas of the grassland are really not for the Zhao people to stay, to put it mildly, even if Zhao Kuo divides those places to the nobles, no nobles are willing to go.

If effective rule and communication cannot be achieved, even if a part of the Zhao people is forcibly relocated, after one or two generations, they will gradually separate from the Zhao people in terms of language and customs, and finally form a new nation.

This is caused by the geopolitical environment and cannot be changed by man.

Zhao Kuo thought for a while, and replied to Zhao Bao, asking Mo Nan County to send someone to warn Ding Lingren, if Ding Lingren ignored the warning, he would temporarily shrink the pasture and wait until Zhao Guo freed his hand.

After the annexation of Yan State, Zhao State did not lack pastures, there was no temporary patience, and the last laugh was victory.

"Send it to Handan and hand it over to Pingyang-kun." Zhao Kuo handed the letter to Liu Ping.

"No." Liu Ping took the letter.

"My lord, the envoy of the Qin army asks to see you." At this time, the guards reported outside the camp.

"Let him in." Zhao Kuo pondered for a moment and spoke.

"Foreign minister, meet King Zhao. I haven't seen him for months, but King Zhao is still handsome." Lü Buwei stepped into the camp and saluted with a smile.

"Mr. Lu Buwei is here, please take a seat. The widow's left eyelid has been jumping today, and Mr. Zibing said that something good happened to his left eyelid, and the widow was curious about what good things had happened, so Mr. Zi Bing came." Zhao Kuo hurriedly got up, looking very enthusiastic.

Gongsun Long sat next to him, the corners of his mouth twitched, when did he say that good things would happen to his left eyelid, and the king's ability to lie became more and more perfect.

The corners of Lu Buwei's mouth twitched like Gongsun Long, and he could fully hear how hypocritical Zhao Kuo's words were, just as hypocritical as he praised Zhao Kuofeng for being handsome.

"The foreign minister came this time to represent the Qin State and negotiate peace with the Zhao State." Lu Buwei leaned over and said.

"Are you sure that Qin is talking about peace? Instead of summing?" Zhao Kuo raised his head slowly, and his two eyes shot towards Lu Buwei like sharp arrows, as if they were going to penetrate Lu Buwei's heart.

"It's to talk about peace, although my Qin State was defeated, there are still more than 100,000 troops, as well as Wuguan, Hangu Pass and other ......natural dangers," Lu Buwei said loudly.

"Since it is a peace negotiation, then the messenger will go back first. Let's talk about it after the widows have wiped out the more than 100,000 troops of the Qin State and broken through the so-called natural dangers." Zhao Kuo waved his hand and said.

Lu Buwei's face turned blue instantly, and Zhao Kuo didn't take him and Qin Guo in his eyes at all.

"If so...... What about summing?" After a while, Lu Buwei squeezed out a few words from between his teeth.

A sense of humiliation pervades the body.

At this moment, Lü Buwei deeply felt what it means to be a weak country without diplomacy.

"To seek peace, you must have an attitude of seeking peace, and this is the attitude of seeking peace in the Qin State?" Zhao Kuo glanced at Lu Buwei.

"Then what does King Zhao say?" Lu Buwei asked in a deep voice.

"Qin Guo wants to ask for peace very simply, let Qin Wangji bear the guilt of Jing and personally come to the widow to ask for peace." Zhao Kuo said.

"This is impossible, the body of the king of ten thousand gold, it is impossible to bear the guilt of Jing petition, let alone come to the camp of the Zhao army to sue for peace." Lu Buwei jumped up in shock.

It is a good story that Lian Po bears the guilt of Jing Plea, but if Qin Wangji bears the guilt of Jing Kuo to Zhao Kuo, it will be a shame for King Qin and even the entire Qin State, which is almost equivalent to the surrender of Routan.

This is something that only a king of a fallen country can do when the country is destroyed.

"A golden body? Hehe, as long as he King Qin is the body of ten thousand gold, isn't my Zhao Kuo the body of ten thousand gold? Nearly a million people from the two armies, in full view of everyone, attacked and killed the outnumbered. Is it too much for the widow to just let the king of Qin bear the guilt?" Zhao Kuo sneered.

"......" Lü Buwei was silent, in all fairness, the King of Qin attacked and killed Zhao Kuo, and Zhao Kuo just made the King of Qin bear the guilt, which was definitely not excessive.

But this situation can only be put

This is true for two ordinary people, and it will definitely not work for two monarchs.

Gongsun Long kept smiling beside him, he was dumbfounded by Zhao Kuo back then, and finally sold himself to Zhao Kuo, and now it is finally Lu Buwei's turn.

"It's impossible for my Qin State to agree to this condition." Finally, Lü Buwei said.

If he goes back with this condition, he can be hung up and slaughtered by the generals of the Qin State.

"Then let's fight, the widow wants to see how long your Qin State can last." Zhao Kuo waved his hand, signaling that Lu Buwei could go.

Lu Buwei glanced at Zhao Kuo unwillingly, and bowed: "The foreign minister retreats."

……

"Why did you come back so soon?" Fan Ju asked strangely when he saw Lu Buwei coming back.

Lü Buwei's purpose in sending Zhao troops was twofold, one was to negotiate peace, and the other was to attract the attention of Zhao so that the Qin army could retreat.

According to the original plan, Lü Buwei would talk to Zhao Jun for at least five or six days.

As a result, it was only half an hour, and Lü Buwei came back.

"Alas!" When Lü Buwei saw Fan Ju, he had mixed feelings for a while, and sighed deeply, "King Zhao rejected our army's request for peace...... When he negotiated peace, he asked the king to take the blame before agreeing to talk about peace......

"King Zhao is trying to force my Qin Kingdom to a dead end." Fan Ju listened, his eyes flashed a little fiercely, his robe flicked, and he strode towards the king's tent, "Since this is the case, my Qin army can only fight one last time!"