Chapter 566 Scatter wealth and gather troops to defend the royal city
The news that the coalition army would meet in the water was naturally also under the arrangement of the commander of the coalition army, Xin Lingjun, and was handed over to the Zhou Dynasty as soon as possible.
This is undoubtedly a shot in the arm for the Zhou Dynasty in despair.
It's just that what Zhou Tianzi didn't know was that there was a deadly toxin in this cardiotonic injection.
The coalition forces did not come to relieve him of the siege, but only to defeat Qin. Whether it was Wei, Han, Chu, or Zhao, they all hoped that the Zhou dynasty would fall into the hands of the Qin army. And the purpose of this heart booster is just to hope that the Zhou Dynasty can bite off a piece of Qin Jun's flesh and blood before he dies.
In this way, the 280,000 troops of the coalition army are more certain. Defeating the Qin army and dividing the land of the Zhou Dynasty is their demand.
Of course, whether Zhou Tianzi knew the sinister intentions of various countries or not, he had to take this news as good news, so as to inspire his soldiers to continue his resistance.
Because, even if there is only one city left, the down-and-out dynasty is not willing to disappear into the dust of history, let alone the Zhou Dynasty, which has a history of 800 years.
There is no doubt that today's Zhou Tianzi does not want the 800-year-old foundation to be destroyed in his own hands, let alone be the king of the fallen country.
Faced with the danger of losing the country, Zhou Tianzi, who had always been stingy, finally became ruthless, no longer sending people with stinky gizzard, but took out all the savings in the palace and used them as military funds, recruited brave men, and held the city walls.
Zhou Tianzi can understand that these goods, if they are not used, they are just trophies of the Qin army, so it is better to take them out and use them, maybe they can withstand the Qin army and win time for the arrival of the coalition army.
Yes, Zhou Tianzi did not give up resistance. Like all the kings of the dead country in history, they will always burst out at the last moment with an extremely strong will and a desperate fight, of course, often such a will and struggle have been powerless to change the direction of history, and what follows is only the wheel of history.
But no matter what, Zhou Tianzi's desperate fight still has a certain effect.
Luoyang City, the capital of Zhou, was already a prosperous gathering place, and countless ranger men were begging for a living in it, plus the Qin State cut it down for no reason, or for its benefit, or for its name, in short, under the call of Zhou Tianzi's righteousness and money, countless Qianshou people joined the city defense of all parts of the Zhou Dynasty.
Among them, there is a faction represented by the Mo people who want to promote peace and oppose the attack, and they continue to gather in the territory of Zhou Wangji, vowing to fight to the death with the tyrannical Qin in Zhou Wangji.
Of course, these actions seemed a little small and ignorant to the powerful Qin army, in fact, at the beginning, the Qin army really captured the outer cities of Zhou Wangji, but the closer they got to Zhou Wangji, the stronger the resistance of the Qin army.
In order to solve the strategic concept of the Zhou Dynasty in a quick battle, under the resistance of a group of Qianshou people led by the Mo Shi, it took a full month to capture more than ten cities on the periphery of Zhou Wangji, and it had quietly declared failure.
However, no matter what, the Qin army still swept all the cities on the periphery of Zhou Wangji, and the Zhou Dynasty completely became a city state.
Fortunately, the Zhou Dynasty finally waited for the news that the coalition army would join the alliance and start the battle. And Luoyang, the capital of Zhou, will also become a difficult bone in the mouth of the Qin army.
Although in the hundred years of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Zhou Tianzi was ignored and slapped in the face countless times, and the afterglow of the eight hundred years of Jiangshan Sheji was almost consumed in the "jokes" again and again.
But after all, Zhou Tianzi has the name of the Son of Heaven, especially for the people of Zhou Wangji, the Zhou Dynasty still has feelings. At least, the Zhou Dynasty did not reach the point of "when is the day of mourning, I will die with you".
Compared to the notoriously tyrannical state of Qin, the people of Zhou Wangji apparently preferred to remain under the rule of the Zhou dynasty.
As a result, the military and civilians in Luoyang City were united, and there were external forces for fame and profit, and for a while, the Qin army did nothing to Luoyang.
But the Qin army, especially its main general, Wang Yi, did not panic at all.
The reason is very ridiculous, although the coalition army has the name of King Qin, but it is unwilling to take the fact of King Qin, seeing that the offensive of the Qin army is slowing down, and the speed of the coalition army's march has become slow, there is a great sense of sitting back and watching the Qin army and the Zhou army fight to the death.
"Sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight?" The veteran Wang Ji understands such selfish and selfish caution between the princes best.
"Since the opponent wants to give them a chance, then you have to give them enough surprises!" Ying Yi thought so in his heart, and the army of 180,000 tigers and wolves under his command also did the same.
While closely monitoring the movements of the coalition forces, the main force extended to the west, trying to compress the coalition battlefield, while stepping up the siege on the premise of ensuring the casualty rate.
On the one hand, the city is in full swing to attack and defend, and on the other hand, it is advancing slowly and unhurriedly, and a big battle is going on as foreseen by both sides.
Of course, after learning that the main force of the Zhao army had detoured through Wei to enter the Zhou Dynasty from the water, the blocking battle there was no need.
After leaving 3,000 soldiers and horses to monitor the Zhao army in Shangdang County, Wang Yu immediately ordered Meng Fu to lead the army back.
Although Meng Fu did not really fight against the Zhao army in this battle, the original exploits were naturally delayed and reduced, but the opportunity to be alone was already very rare.
With the experience of using soldiers independently this time, Wang Yi can also rest assured that more of the burden will be placed on Meng Fu's body.
In any case, nearly 250,000 troops had already surrounded Zhou Chaoluo, and the battle had entered a white-hot stage almost from the beginning.
And time, with the attack of the Qin army, gradually entered the autumn.
Although it is already autumn, the weather is still extremely hot, and although the leaves on the book are still trying to continue photosynthesis, they are inevitably slowly turning yellow and aging.
It's like a dynasty that will eventually come to its end.
The withered yellow leaves, facing the rare autumn wind, reluctantly leave the branches, and some fall at the foot of the big tree under the action of gravity, turning into the nutrition of the new leaves of the next year; Some of them ended their lives of fatigue, so they wanted to go outside to see, so they danced with the autumn wind......
It's just that this outside world is not just poetry and distance.
More is humility and helplessness, as well as the test of life and death!
The leaves that had just left the embrace of the big trees, and before they had time to enjoy the beauty of early autumn, they were surrounded by the fierce fire and deafening shouts inside and outside the city!
Everywhere was the sound of swords colliding with each other, and everywhere there were terrible scenes of severed limbs and stumps, and even the sky in the deep mountains that should have been blue was now obscured by thick black smoke, becoming dim and gloomy.
Suddenly, above the earth, a figure burst out of the raging flames with black smoke all over his body.
It was not a warrior who fought fires, but warriors who were attacked by flames.
The blazing flames made him wail incessantly, but the wailing fire man did not ask for help, and he knew that he would die, so he rushed to the front line without hesitation, trying to rush into the crowd.
It's a pity, where can the warriors in the circle let him succeed, Chang Ge swung out, and wanted to resist the burning man outside the line, but the burning man was not afraid at all - indeed, he was not even afraid of burning his body with fire, why was he afraid of the sword?
Allowing the long spear to pierce through his body, the Burning Man continued to charge violently towards the crowd.
It's a pity, I don't know if it's because of the pain of the spear breaking or it's too hard, or the pain of the fire finally can't stand it, or the fire evaporates the blood quickly along the gap opened by the spear, and when it is only an arm's length away from the front, the "brave" fire man can no longer rush!
But before the people in the circle had time to rejoice, the fire man exerted his last strength and shook off his body, and the fire oil that was still burning on his body splashed with the dance of his body, and several people in the oncoming circle were instantly hit, and then the fire instantly spread along the wooden handle of the spear.
Seeing this scene, the burning man finally collapsed satisfied.
Although the fire man fell, the fire continued to burn, and because of the new prey, it burned more and more.
In the circle, those who reacted a little faster immediately discarded Changge and their shields, and quickly squatted down to cover the burning place with earth, so as to avoid repeating the mistakes of the burning man;
The one who reacted a little slower could only watch the fire spread to his body, and when the oil met the clothes, it instantly ignited again, and the man could only wail in pain.
It's just that those who discarded Changge didn't have to rejoice for long, and those who were ignited by the fire didn't have to suffer for long.
Several soldiers dressed in black clothes and black armor soon noticed the chaos and gaps caused by the burning man with his own life, and the long sword swung sideways, and they killed here.
Several people in the first row of the circle were left without weapons in their hands because of the flames, and those with weapons were wailing vigorously, and even everyone didn't even dare to approach. The circle array, which was originally impregnable, was instantly opened a gap by a fire man who was already mortal.
The sword was overwhelmed, whether it was laid down or ignited by fire, and it only took a moment to lose his life. And the circle array they had been holding was immediately broken! Dozens of soldiers were immediately slaughtered in one fell swoop.
Blood spurted from the severed neck and splattered straight onto the golden leaves.
The leaves that were originally flying freely between the heavens and the earth immediately seemed to be frightened by this scene, and there was no joy when they left the mother tree before, let alone the grace of flying in the forest. All that remained was the deep fear and panic that I didn't know what to do, and the heaviness of the blood that I carried with the hatred of the country and the family.
The bleak autumn wind can't hold up the blood stained with national hatred and family hatred.
Straight up, the leaves fell to the ground, planted in a pool of blood, and then dried and burned by the fallen fire around them, turned into a wisp of green smoke, and finally dissipated between heaven and earth.
There was no time to remember, and there was no remembrance at all, one big foot stepped into a pool of blood, mixed the ashes of the ginkgo biloba into a mess, and another big foot flattened the blood-stained hole, and finally the last traces of the leaves were erased, as if he had never appeared.
And the human soldiers who stepped on the bones of ginkgo biloba gradually grasped the initiative on the battlefield......
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Some people died, but not completely......