"Xiangbang, the Qin army is here, it is the Qin general Zhao Tuo's Daxu. Zhang Zifang was right, Chen Yu's assassination strategy failed, and Zhao Tuo really didn't die. ”

On the towering walls of Daijo.

Zhao Xie stood behind Zhao Jing, the acting prime minister, and pointed a few miles outside the city, looking quite excited.

There were a large number of Qin troops arrayed there, and from a distance, it was black and oppressive.

In the Qin army's array, there was a gorgeous pole erected high, which was the banner of Zhao Tuo, the commander of the Qin army.

The Qin general Zhao Tuo personally visited the outside of the city to check the topography of the city and the defense of the city.

Zhao Jing muttered: "According to the previous scouts, the number of the Qin army's Xing army and the Chinese army combined, there are at least 50,000 people. There are more of them than there are in my city. ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of several people who were close to him immediately changed, and their eyes couldn't help but flash with fear.

As Zhao Jing said, don't look at their generation of the country claiming to be a country, but in fact it is just a county, and this generation of land is still known for being poor with few people.

In the original history, by the time of the population statistics in the late Western Han Dynasty, the number of households in the entire eighteen counties of Dai County was only more than 56,000, and the total population was more than 278,000.

And now it is the end of the Warring States period of continuous war, after the fall of the Zhao State, although a group of Zhao people poured into the Daidi, but then they encountered a famine, and directly killed a group of old and weak, and then led the troops to defeat in Yishui, and sent a wave of heads out.

Now the total population of the entire Daiguo may be more than 100,000, and the number of soldiers that can be recruited in all cities is limited to 30,000 or 40,000.

There were originally 20,000 soldiers in Daicheng, but in the face of the Qin general Zhao Tuo leading the troops to attack, Daiwang Jiaqin led more than 10,000 elites to attack, and then they were buried in one go.

After the defeat, Dai Wangjia returned to Daicheng and went north with 2,000 soldiers willing to follow him.

Today's Daicheng has a total of 3,000 soldiers, all of whom are hot-blooded men who are willing to fight to the death with the Qin army and are unwilling to join forces with the Hu people.

In addition, there are about 40,000 residents in the city, most of whom are women, children, the elderly and the weak.

The total number of people in the entire Dai City is really not as large as the number of Qin troops outside the city.

The disparity in combat power makes people feel hopeless.

I saw the frightened faces of the people around me.

Zhao Xie stood up.

"What is Xiangbang afraid of!"

Zhao Xie shouted.

"Zhao Jia buried the soldiers and horses in the hands of the Qin people, and was greedy for life and afraid of death, listened to Yan Xi's words, and was willing to be with the Huns, it was really in vain for the descendants of the Zhao family!"

"Now that the Qin army is coming to the city, since we have not left with Zhao Jia, we should be brave and fight with the Qin people, even if we die in battle, so that the people outside the city who betray their ancestors will know what the Zhao man is!"

Hearing Zhao Xie's words of encouragement, Zhao Jing's face turned red, and the soldiers guarding the city around him were inspired and raised their arms and shouted.

There were also officials in the city who reported that there were tens of thousands of old and weak women and children in Daicheng, all of whom said that their children died at the hands of the Qin people, and they would rather fight to the death than steal their lives, and were willing to go to the city to guard.

Hearing this, Zhao Xie and the others were even more overjoyed.

"Okay, even the old and weak are willing to go to the city to participate in the war, what else are you afraid of!"

Zhao Xie immediately ordered people to distribute weapons and prepare defense facilities to fight to the death with the Qin army outside the city!

At the head of the city, there was a cry of blood, which was quite imposing.

……

"This generation of cities is dangerous, and the soldiers in the city have the heart to fight to the death. Although the number of defenders of the city is small, it is really a bit troublesome to storm the city, and if the ants attack the city, our army will have to kill and wound thousands of people. If you want to build a giant artillery machine, it will take a lot of time. ”

Zhao Tuo stood outside the city, looking at the city defense and terrain of Daicheng in the distance, feeling a little tricky.

Hearing this, Li Shiqi laughed out loud, and couldn't help but say: "When I learned the art of vertical and horizontal, I heard that it was very easy for the ancestors of the generals to seize this generation of cities. ”

Zhao Tuo rolled his eyes.

He knew what Li Shiqi was talking about.

Daicheng is the capital of the former Daiguo, and it is a country with the same surname as Shang Tang, which has been inherited for more than 1,000 years.

Until the Spring and Autumn Period, the head of the Zhao family was named Zhao Wuxian, and in order to seize the land of the country, he came up with a way.

He pretended to befriend the king and married his own sister to the other party.

The acting king became Zhao Wuxian's brother-in-law, and the relationship between Zhao and Dai was friendly.

After a short period of joy, Zhao Wuxian invited the king to a banquet, at which he asked the cook to pour wine for the king and his accompanying officials with a wine vessel called copper 枓 (dǒu).

Halfway through the pouring, the cooks directly manipulated the copper slapsticks in their hands, and slammed them on the heads of the acting king and the acting officials.

The acting king was shot in the head by the copper, and the Zhao family took the opportunity to send troops to level the land.

Since then, the country has been owned by the Zhao family until now.

As for Zhao Wuxian's sister, who was married to the acting king, heard the news, she cried and cried out to the sky, and Mo Lu committed suicide.

The people took pity on her and named the place where she died the mountain of Malu.

Zhao Tuo's ancestors, the process of seizing Daicheng is not a glorious thing, but it is very easy to seize.

And now, in the face of this strong city, Zhao Tuo can only choose to attack.

"We must take Daicheng as soon as possible, and then pursue Zhao Jia, otherwise he will lead the Huns south, and it will be troublesome."

Just as Zhao Tuo was thinking, bursts of cheers came from the city.

Soon, a military official in charge of reconnaissance came to report that there was a group of old and weak women and children on the wall of Daicheng, and they were armed with weapons, which helped the Daijun to defend the city.

"The old and weak go to the city, ......"

Zhao Tuo's eyes narrowed slightly, and his heart suddenly moved, thinking of Wang Qian's method of conquering Wuyang City when he was cutting down Yan.

"Li Shang, the herald ordered to find a thousand people with families in Daicheng from among the captured captives, and said that if they could take Daicheng, they would be released and their families would be safeguarded."

"Yui."

Seeing Li Shang receive the order, Li Shiqi's eyes lit up and said, "The general wants to attack the heart?" ”

Zhao Tuo nodded and said: "However, if the old and weak in the city do not go to the wall, this plan may not be successful, and now since there are old and weak people on the city wall to guard the city, it is the flaw in this city, which can help our army break the city." ”

Li Shiqi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The general is so smart, there is no place for me to use it." ”

Zhao Tuo laughed and said: "Why should Mr. be arrogant, Mr. is wise, Zhao Tuo has always admired it, but the enemy he met was quite stupid, and he didn't need Mr. to make a plan." ”

"And Mr. in addition to the strength of the strategy, but also Zhao Tuo's incomparable eloquence, when the future is in the future, there will be a day when Mr. will show his talents."

Hearing this, Li Shiqi laughed, and a flash of anticipation flashed in his eyes.

The country of Qi is the place where he is destined to take off.

After Zhao Tuo made a plan, he did not immediately attack the city, and ordered the soldiers to camp outside the city to rest and recover the energy consumed after the long-distance attack.

On the walls of the city wall.

Seeing that the sky was about to darken, the Qin army outside the city had no posture to attack the city.

Acting Prime Minister Zhao Jing breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It seems that this Zhao Tuo will not attack the city today, and we will have a night's rest." ”

Zhao Xie shook his head and said: "Xiangbang, don't slack off, I heard that this Zhao Tuo is scheming, and he pretended to be assassinated by Zhao Shuo before to deceive Zhao Jia, which is a clear proof." ”

"A character like Zhao Tuo, I can't guarantee how much scheming there is in my chest, and we must not take it lightly. In my opinion, if he pretends not to attack the city now, he may launch a surprise attack at night, so we must be careful. ”

Zhao Jing thought for a while and said, "What you said makes sense, with that Zhao Tuo's trick, it is very likely that the Qin army will attack the city at night, and we can't relax." But our soldiers are only 3,000 soldiers, and we still need to guard against the attack of the Qin army tomorrow, and it is impossible to defend the city day and night, otherwise it will be in vain to waste energy, and we will have no strength to really fight. It is better to let the old and weak in the city be responsible for guarding the city, and warn when they find that the Qin army is attacking. Our sergeants and soldiers are resting nearby, recuperating their physical strength, and when the Qin army attacks the city, they will fight with the other side in a bloody battle! ”

Zhao Xie thought that their soldiers were indeed too few, and they needed to take turns to conserve their strength for the battle.

He nodded and said, "What Xiangbang said is that we will send many people in the city to be responsible for guarding. ”

Time flickered, and the night swallowed the earth.

Tonight, it happens to be the moon and stars.

At the head of the city, there were old people, women and children lying on the women's walls on the four city walls, vigilantly looking at the movement outside the city to prevent the Qin army from attacking the city.

Outside the city, the Qin army barracks.

In the night, many figures came out.

Some of them still have strange-looking things in their hands.

"Historical Records: Zhao Shijia": Xiangzi's sister was the acting wife of the king...... Please act as king. Make the cooks use the copper slap to eat the king and the servants, and make the slaughter of the people kill the king and the servants, and then raise the army to replace the land.

(End of chapter)