In the twenty-fifth year of the reign of King Qin (222 BC), in late February.

Zhao Tuo led the Qin army to Ayi and joined forces with the Meng Tian troops here.

After some greetings, Meng Tian immediately reported the latest military situation.

"General, according to the report of our scouts, there is no Qi army defense on the Jishui line. The Qi people gathered all the soldiers in the cities on both sides of the Jishui and settled in the city of Linzi."

"Gather troops, this is to defend the fortified city, waiting for reinforcements from all over the world."

Zhao Tuo bowed slightly, such an arrangement was within their expectations.

It seems that the Battle of Pushui has made the Qi army completely realize that they are not the opponent of the Qin army in the field, and they scattered their forces in various cities, just waiting to be broken by the Qin army separately, so they chose to shrink their forces in Linzi and rely on the defense of the fortified city.

Zhao Tuo asked casually, "Da Sima was martyred in Zhencheng, who will the King of Qi take as his general this time?"

Meng Tian replied: "I heard from the captured Qi people, it seems that it is the deputy general Tian Chong who fled back to Linzi from Zhencheng."

Zhao Tuo recalled in his mind the big man he had seen outside Hangu Pass before.

"It's Tian Dan, it seems that he still learned a lot from Da Sima. It's a pity that the general trend has been set today, and stubborn resistance to the end is just a mantis arm as a car."

Zhao Tuo smiled and didn't care.

The overall situation has been decided, and no one can stop it.

After he ordered his soldiers to renovate in Ayi for a day, he immediately led his army east along Jishui.

The grain and baggage of the Qin army were loaded on the Jishui boat division collected by Meng Tian and replenished along the river.

The Qin army's infantry was divided into two groups.

One group led by Meng Tian crossed the Jishui and marched along the south bank, capturing Gucheng, Lucheng, Lixia, Gaowan and other places on the south side of the Jishui along the way, and stationed troops to ensure the safety of the Qin army's Jishui transportation line.

Zhao Tuo led his army along the north bank of Jishui, collecting Luo (t) Yin, Maiqiu and other places along the way, all the way to Dicheng, which was about 200 miles northwest of Linzi.

Dicheng is an important city and ferry north of Jishui, where the king of Qi was forced by the pressure of Qin to kill the people of the four kingdoms.

Han Cheng, Zhang Liang and others wanted to go to Daidi from here after crossing Jishui, but they were besieged and killed by the Tian Dan brothers, the great tycoon of Dicheng, resulting in the capture of Hengyang Jun Han Cheng.

But now in the face of the arrival of the Qin army, the officials and people of Dicheng are like each other, and there is no intention of resisting.

"Wu Di Chengtian clan, I wish to eat pot pulp to welcome the general."

The elder of the Di Cheng Tian clan named Tian You, led a group of Tian clan people behind him, knelt outside the city, and begged to surrender to the Qin army.

Behind these Tian people, there were still the wealthy officials in the city, looking at this black-armored army with both respect and fear.

Zhao Tuo stood on the chariot and looked at the figure of surrender in the distance, and was not surprised.

He didn't know how many times he had watched such a scene along the way.

In the battle of Zhencheng, the Qin army defeated the 300,000 Qi army led by Da Sima, and Tian Chong killed himself, which completely broke the fighting spirit of the Qi people. Zhao Tuo did not kill the captives, and promised that after the war, the matter of releasing the captives to return to their hometowns spread in Qi, further disintegrating the will of the Qi people to resist.

The Qin army did not kill and slaughter the city, nor plundered the property of the surrendered Qi people, but also allowed them to continue to retain power and wealth in the local area.

These conditions have attracted more and more the hearts of local officials and wealthy people.

If you can't fight and can't fight, you can't run away, so it's better to surrender.

Therefore, the Qin army marched all the way east, except for the occasional sporadic resistance launched by some hot-blooded rangers, and did not even fight a siege battle.

It was really all the way, the cities and towns were all surrendered, and the Qi people ate pot pulp to welcome the Qin army.

Now the surrender of the Di Chengtian clan is a microcosm of it.

Zhao Tuo appeased the elders of the Tian family, and handed over the specific matter of comforting and surrendering to Li Shiqi.

He himself led his generals to the Jishui line to observe the geographical situation and prepare for the crossing of the river by the army.

"General Zhao, he is really a handsome man in the world, and people admire him. There is a woman under my knees, about fifteen years old, her appearance is acceptable, and she is willing to be General Zhao

Pillow seat, please also ask Mr. to recommend General Zhao."

When Na Tian You saw Zhao Tuo leaving, he opened his mouth to Li Shiqi with a shy face.

Lishi was stunned.

This is to give a daughter as a concubine to please the general.

This kind of thing is very common, and the loser can give the woman of the clan to the conqueror to preserve the wealth and status of his clan.

By accepting the women of these great clans, the conquerors can not only enjoy the service of beautiful women, but also stabilize the hearts of the local people, which can be regarded as a matter of killing two birds with one stone.

It's just General Zhao.

Li Shiqi smiled, as the general's guest of the curtain, he knew the general's intentions.

However, this Di Chengtian clan is a branch of the Qi royal family, and the Qin army attacked Linzi, and if you want the rear to be stable, it is necessary to appease you.

He had to deal with it well, and if he didn't handle it properly, he would refuse rashly, causing suspicion or other thoughts on the other side, it would not be good.

"The elder is kind, the contemptible general understands it, there are some reasons for this matter, I need to explain it to the elder in detail."

Lishi explained his mouth.

Tian You was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "That is the case, it is my abruptness, and I ask Mr. and you to follow me into the city."

Li Shiqi nodded with a smile and followed Tian You to the city.

The Tian clan and the wealthy in the city who went out of the city to beg stood on both sides, looking at Li Shiqi with a stammering face.

In order to show his closeness and get acquainted with these Tian clan people, Li Shiqi casually pointed to a Tian boy.

"I have learned some techniques of looking at the face, this son has an extraordinary appearance, I think I will have a future in the future, I don't know what the name is?"

Tian You glanced at the young man and said, "When Mr. asks you, you don't answer quickly."

The young man puffed up his eyes and glared at Li Shiqi, and said in an urn voice, "I am Tian Guang!"

"Tian Guang?"

Li Shiqi smiled and said, "Guang, Daya. It's a good name, and this boy may be able to do great things in the future."

Tian You hurriedly said, "Mr. has praised it, a child in the clan, what can he do in the future."

The two laughed and walked towards the city.

The young man Tian Guang turned his head to Tian Heng, who was standing behind him, and said, "Uncle, this person said that I will have a future and be able to do great things, is it really false?"

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In one day, the cavalry of the Qin army could gallop under the city of Linzi.

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"The Qin army is here!"

When the news that the Qin people had captured Bochang and were about to approach Linzi came back.

In Linzi City, hundreds of thousands of Qi people were terrified.

This is the most dangerous thing that the Qi country has encountered in more than fifty years, and it is a scene that this generation of Qi people who have grown up from a comfortable environment has never imagined.

The war really fell on them.

Tian Dan stood on the city wall and swept the slightly frightened faces of the guards guarding the city.

He put his hands behind his back, facing the wind of the city, and his eyes looked north.

After a moment, Tian Rong strode up.

"Brother, today another soldier from Anping has entered the city, plus the soldiers on both sides of the Jishui River, as well as the countrymen recruited from Linzi, there are already 150,000 people!"

"If we ask the king to forcibly recruit the young people in Linzi City, we can get another 100,000 people! That's an army of 250,000! I heard that the Qin army went south this time, but there were more than 100,000 soldiers, and there were more soldiers defending the city than him.

Tian Rong looked excited, his face was without fear, and he calculated to himself: "I have already inspected the treasury in the city, and according to the officials in charge of grain, the food accumulated in the city is enough to last for a year in Linzi. We can rely on the army to fortify the city, fight with the Qin people to the end, and wait for the reinforcements from the cities of Qi to arrive, and our Qi country is still alive!"

"A strong army?"

Tian Dan smiled helplessly.

When he was in Zhencheng before, Tian Rong was ordered by the Great Sima to leave early, and he had not seen the power of the Qin army's cannon.

Although Linzi was strong, the defenders were also numerous, even twice as large as the Qin army that went south.

As long as the giant cannon shoots, even if the city wall does not collapse, the so-called 150,000 troops in the city are afraid that they will be defeated on the spot, how can they hold out for a year?

The hundreds of thousands of troops in the city are real soldiers who have not been trained at all, and they are not as good as those in Zhen Cheng.

There was a heavy feeling in his heart, but Tian Dan didn't say much, he just looked at the hills north of the city.

In his mind, it was the news of Da Sima Tian Chong's suicide in Zhencheng.

"The great Sima raised the city to surrender to Qin, and then killed himself, which is not only to do the things of a gentleman, but also to fulfill the loyalty of a courtier."

"Zhencheng can be lowered, but Linzi can't be lowered!"

"Wu Tian Dan should live and die with Linzi!"

There was a flame burning in Tian Dan's eyes.

He stared angrily at a hill north of Linzi City.

There, there are black dots emerging from the north.

One after the other.

The number is endless, as if an infinite black wave is pouring in from the north, about to engulf Linzi, the largest city in the world.

Qin Jun, here.