Chapter 245: The Princes Go South
The war machine of the Huai State began to be launched again, and the entire Huai State was running rapidly under Wang Luo's will. The veteran general Xu Chao commanded an army of 400,000 to attack Wei.
This time, after the blade of the Huai State went north again, the northern countries did not work together, and even the countries were intrigued and infighting with each other, even when the country was about to perish, these people did not give up the infighting.
The rotten aristocratic class will not voluntarily give up their rights, they will do anything to grasp the power, and they will not even care about the survival of the state, but only about their own wealth and power. In their eyes, there is no such thing as the big picture. Even in the first second of their demise, they will not let go of their infighting.
Wei is on the main road of Huai's northward advance, Daliang City is on the bank of the river, and there is almost no danger to defend, Xu Chao's march is naturally to take Wei as the first target, Xu Chao led the army into two routes, all the way from Nanyang to the north, all the way from Shangqiu to the north. Surrounded the Wei State from three sides.
Since the Wei State lost the land of the West River and the old capital of the east of the river, its national strength has been declining day by day. In addition, several generations of Wei kings did not work hard, and talented people in the country left one after another, and the whole Wei country fell into a struggle for power and profit, drunk and dreamed of death.
After the arrival of the Huai army, these people were still mired in infighting. Because of its proximity to the Great River, Daliang began to divert canals for irrigation during the reign of King Hui of Wei, so there are many ditches here. These ditches were also part of the Wei state's fortifications.
It's just that under the attack of Huai, the whole Wei state did not work together to resist Huai. The army of King Qin who came to the Wei State was also easily defeated by the Huai State. The 100,000-strong army was routed and scattered. With no reinforcements, Wei's capitulation faction immediately gained the upper hand.
While the King of Wei was still asleep, these nobles who surrendered directly opened the city gate and offered the city. When the Huai army entered the palace of the King of Wei, the King of Wei was caught by the Huai soldiers without even putting on his clothes.
The 400,000 Huai army surrounded the Daliang regiments, and even the population of the entire Daliang city was not as large as the Huai army.
Xu Chao led people into the city and came to the palace of the king of Wei, and the nobles of the Wei state took refuge one after another, competing with each other and flattering: "General, the king of Wei is perverse in the Wei country, absurd and unreasonable, and the whole Wei country hates him very much, such a cruel and unkind person is not worthy of being the king at all, and the whole of the Wei country is looking forward to the arrival of the Huai king's army." ”
"It is rumored all over the world that King Luo of Huai is a virtuous and virtuous monarch, and the Huai people love him, and the people of Wei are looking forward to King Huai to rescue us."
"The people of Wei have already eaten pot pulp to welcome the general."
The shamelessness of the Wei nobles can be said to have refreshed the lower limit of Xu Chao's cognition. These nobles enjoyed the rewards of the King of Wei one by one, and they were nobles for generations, but they betrayed the King of Wei without the slightest hesitation at the critical moment.
In order to survive, these Wei nobles can be said to be talking nonsense with their eyes open, what Wei people have been suffering from the king of Wei for a long time, eating pot pulp to welcome the king, just listen to these nonsense. As for saying that Huai Wang Luo is the lord of benevolence, the nobles of the Huai State who were punished not long ago have a lot of right to speak.
Xu Chao didn't say anything, and directly accepted the statement of the Wei nobles, and then sent the Wei nobles to Jinling City together with the King of Wei. Then the palace of the king of Wei was closed, and the treasury of the state of Wei was also controlled, and then in the name of the king of Wei, an edict was issued to the whole country of the state of Wei, allowing these places to surrender to the state of Huai, and at the same time to present maps of various places, land registers, and so on.
Annexing a country is not just about destroying the capital. It is also necessary to control other places, to know how much farmland there is, how much to divide in these places, to be able to collect taxes and apportionment of labor, and only then can it be regarded as a preliminary completion of control.
At the same time, the nobles who surrendered were kept first, and the nobles who did not surrender were all stripped of their status, all their property was confiscated, and their retainers and all members of the nobility were sent to Jinling.
If these nobles resist, then they will be killed directly. Huai Guo didn't care about these old nobles at all, most of these old nobles had been corrupted, like parasites lying on Wei State's body to suck blood.
After dealing with these nobles at the same time, the Huai State could also harvest a large amount of land and wealth, and the Huai State sent officials to distribute the land to the landless people of the Huai State. For the officials and nobles of the Wei State, the whole Huai State does not trust it, so who knows if they will secretly do things.
In order to better control the Wei state, the Huai king Luo Zhao ordered the implementation of the same taxes in the Wei state first. After reducing taxes and allocating land to the Wei people, the Wei quickly settled down, and after the arrival of the Huai officials, the Wei officials were quickly replaced.
The entire Wei State was swallowed and digested by the Huai State at an alarming rate. And Xinlingjun, who fled to Wei, was still asking Zhao, Qin, and Yan to send troops to rescue Wei. Two months later, however, no progress has been made.
After learning the news of the fall of the Wei State, he vomited blood on the spot and said sadly: "If the countries do not save Wei today, the Huai State will be restored, what will the countries do?" Today's Wei is the future of all countries! After saying that, Xin Lingjun died of anger.
The Wei state was easily destroyed, which terrified the remaining Zhuxia nations. In the past, the Zhou Chamber was destroyed, although it was shocking, but the Zhou Room was originally only a city left, and the power was weak. And the collapse of Korea back then was also because South Korea was never strong.
It has always been the lowest existence among the nations, with a population of just over one million and no more than 200,000 soldiers. If there is a real fight, any country can destroy South Korea, but it is only because of other countries that South Korea can be retained.
Now that the Wei State was also easily destroyed by the Huai State, the Zhuxia countries realized that the crisis was just around the corner. You must know that Wei was the strongest among all countries at the beginning, and it had competed with Qin, Qi, and Zhao for a hundred years, and now it is so easy to destroy the country.
The Huai state deprived the Wei nobles of their property and seized them, which led to the flight of a large number of Wei nobles. Although Huai sent people to chase them, there were always fish that escaped from the net.
A large number of carriages escorted countless treasures looted from the Wei state and the nobles of the Wei state to the Huai state. King Wei's prisoner cart is also here.
Thousands of nobles and countless treasures were sent to Huai, and the princes and princesses of Wei were also sent together, compared to them, the princesses of Wei were treated much better, and the generals who escorted them did not dare to slack off, what if they were taken by the king of Huai?
They were followed by many Wei nobles who surrendered, and these nobles thought that they had great merit, and at the same time knew the writing and laws, and could be appointed by the King of Huai and then re-appointed as officials. They were able to surrender so easily, open the city gates, and sell the King of Wei, in addition to knowing that the Huai army was strong and the Wei State had no chance of winning, the other was to know that they could continue to be officials, which was nothing more than a change of king.
When the time comes, they will be loyal to King Huai and still do the same thing. With this longing, these nobles came to Jinling City.
(End of chapter)