"The three counties of Liaodong."

Wang Jian chewed on the name of the place in his mouth, and Zhao Tuo's words were very interesting.

As Zhao Tuo said, Jicheng, the capital of Yan State, was captured by the Qin army. However, Yan still has thousands of miles of land, and as long as Yan Wangxi can escape, he can use this to survive and continue to deal with Qin.

It is indeed possible that the north is greater than the west.

This son is quite knowledgeable and talented.

Wang Jian nodded secretly, he felt that something was wrong when he heard that King Yan broke through from Xicheng, and he could vaguely guess one or two. But it was not as clear and clear as Zhao Tuo said, and a few words spoke to his heart.

"King Yan broke through from the west of the city, how do you judge?" Wang Jian went straight to the messenger and asked.

The soldier hurriedly said: "General, when the city gate is opened, there is a Yan army chariot to open the way, and the Yan soldiers are elite in the rear, surrounded by the king. Those Yan pawns rushed to kill and shouted to defend the Yan King to the death. ”

Wang Jian asked, "Where is the direction of those Yan troops?" ”

The soldier was stunned for a moment before he said, "It seems to be biased to the northwest." At that time, our army was attacking the city with all its might, but we didn't expect the Yan army to break through the city, and was rushed out by it. However, please rest assured that General Xin Sheng has instigated a large army to pursue and will definitely be able to capture King Yan. ”

"It's broken!"

Wang Qian's face changed, and he knew that something was wrong.

"The north of the city is the headquarters of the Qiang Clan, the Yan army raised Daxu to break through from the northwest direction, and the Qiang Plague will pursue when it sees it, so the north of the city is a flaw!"

Thinking of this, Wang Jian turned around and said to the short soldiers behind him: "Quickly go to General Qiang, let his troops attack the northern city to the death, and not pursue the enemy in the west of the city without authorization." ”

"Yui."

A short-handed soldier was about to leave.

But in the distance, a messenger cavalry galloped in.

"General. The Yan army suddenly opened the north gate of the city, with the daring light soldiers first, and the cavalry as the rear, attacking our army, and has now broken through the north of the city to intercept. The messenger panicked.

Wang Jian snorted coldly: "What about Qiang? Lead your troops to pursue King Yan who broke through in the west of the city. ”

The messenger was covered in cold sweat and said weakly: "What the general said is very true. ”

Wang Jian took a deep breath and knew that the big fish in the city had broken through the blockade of the fishing net and was about to enter the sea.

"All the chariots and cavalry in the army are pursuing north! Be sure to catch up with this Yan army that broke through. ”

Wang Jian gave the order to pursue.

After the herald left, Wang Jian looked at Jicheng, which was fighting not far away, and suddenly felt bored.

"You are very knowledgeable in this offspring, very good."

Wang Jian stepped forward, patted Zhao Tuo's shoulder as a sign of encouragement, and then turned to leave.

He still has a lot of things to do, and as soon as King Yan runs, this battle to destroy Yan will not be considered a complete success, and there are still many messes to clean up.

"Thank you for the compliment."

Zhao Tuo thanked him, but sighed in his heart.

History, still in the original direction.

The reason why he was able to talk eloquently just now and think that Yan Wangxi would break through from the north was actually because he had the perspective of later generations.

In the original history, after Wang Jian pulled out the thistle, Yan Wangxi led the elite soldiers to protect Liaodong, relying on the land of Liaodong to deal with the Qin State, and survived for several years.

It was not until after the destruction of the Chu State that the Yan State was destroyed by Wang Ben.

The kingdom that Lao Tzu did not destroy will be destroyed by the son.

Zhao Tuo thought that with his invention of the counterweight trebuchet, Jicheng would be broken ahead of schedule, and Yan Wangxi might not be able to escape this time, after all, Li Xin's department was still blocked in the east of the city, and it was the direct direction of Jicheng to Liaodong.

Unexpectedly, the king of Yan did have two moves, first made a "Yan King Guard" to break through from the west of the city, go to the northwest, and use the king Daxu to lure away the elite of the Qin army in the north of the city, and then take advantage of the situation to lead the elite troops out of the city to attack the Qin camp in the north of the city, and rush straight out of the Qin army encirclement.

Such a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain is indeed commendable.

However, these have nothing to do with Zhao Tuo, he created a siege weapon this time, broke through Jicheng, and made great contributions. According to the Qin State's system of rewarding meritorious service, no matter how bad he is this time, he can move up to one level.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Tuo's mouth.

Not only him, but also the faces of Black Buttocks, Shiruma and others were full of joy. In addition to making a stone machine for meritorious service, Jicheng was breached, which also announced that the war launched by the Qin State to cut down Yan was coming to an end.

In the eyes of ordinary soldiers, this is a sign that they are about to go home.

In the following time, after the destruction of the eastern city, the other three walls were also conquered.

The Qin army entered the city in a big way, and kept advancing in street battles, strangling all the resisting Yan people.

By evening, the Qin army had occupied the palace city of Yanwang and completely controlled Jidu.

The black flag fluttered on the high platform of the Yan Palace, announcing that this thousand-year-old city had officially fallen into the hands of the Qin State.

Jicheng, which had not been breached for several months, suddenly fell in one day.

This kind of thing not only made the Yan people in the city unbelievable, but even the Qin army that conquered the city was shocked.

In particular, the roar that sounded during the siege of the city made people talk about it after the war.

"I heard that General Li Xin has a hundred generals under him, and he came up with a sharp weapon that can launch a hundred-pound boulder and directly collapse the city tower in Dongcheng."

A soldier sells the news he has obtained in the Shiwu.

"How can a hundred catties of stones collapse the city, I think the stones launched should be five hundred catties! I heard that the person who was hit by the boulder became meat sauce on the spot, hissed......"

Someone immediately retorted, exclaimed and said his opinion.

"Five hundred pounds? I think there must be at least a thousand pounds, and the sound is terrifying. ”

"Hey, it doesn't matter how many pounds he has. I heard from the people of Dongying that the hundred generals called the siege equipment that emitted huge stones 'cannons'. However, everyone felt that this name was not powerful enough, so they called it 'giant cannon'. ”

"In this way, shouldn't the hundred generals be called 'Giant Cannon Hundred Generals', haha."

Cheerful laughter resounded in the barracks, and the entire Qin army was curious about the giant cannon that could conquer Jicheng, and at the same time, the reputation of the "Hundred Giant Artillery Generals" spread rapidly among the army.

Compared with the joy of the camps beginning to count the heads after conquering Jicheng, Zhao Tuo is now preparing his bags.

Li Xin!

This brave and resolute general not only won the first merit of the siege battle, but also took the initiative to ask for orders to lead the troops to pursue after discovering that Yan Wangxi led the elite troops to break through the siege.

"General, our army was ordered by the king to cut down Yan and avenge the assassins, and this battle must punish the first Yan Danke. Now that the father and son of King Yan have fled, the last general will ask for orders to pursue, and he will behead Yan Dan and return. ”

Li Xin's voice was firm, full of the young man's indomitable momentum.

Wang Jian agreed.

He also seemed to think that Li Xin's character was indeed suitable for the pursuit, so he ordered Li Xin's department to take charge of the matter.

When the military order was issued, the officers and men under Li Xin's command immediately packed their bags and drove to the north in a marching array.

In this battle, their target is the head of Prince Dan!