Volume 1 The World Moves Chapter 37 Rushing to the aid of Xiuyu

Lizi led the Qin army to take advantage of the victory and wave troops to attack the Yiyang area of South Korea, and within a month, five cities were in a row, and Korea was in an emergency. King Han Xuan urgently mobilized the whole country to resist Qin, and at the same time ordered the crown prince Han Cang to increase his troops by 50,000 to defend the old capital Yiyang City. Gongsun Yan asked Wei Si, the king of Wei, to send troops to reinforce Korea, but Wei Si refused his request because of Gongsun Yan's defeat. After Fei Yi learned that the Three Jin Coalition forces were defeated in Michi, he immediately ordered Lou to ease Qiu Ye and each led 3,000 troops to gallop to the garrison of King Zhao Wuling in Luoyi of Wei State, in case the lord encountered an accident.

Lizi wanted to attack Yiyang City, and Gan Mao said:

"A few days ago, the five cities of Lianke Han, just because of the strong morale, it was unprepared to attack it! Today, Yiyang has increased troops, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the cold winter is coming, our army's grain and grass can not be used indirectly for a while, Yuanhou can feign to attack Yiyang, and when the grain and grass arrive, he will wave his troops to attack Xiuyu and coerce Xinzheng, so he can do miraculous feats!"

"This is a wonderful plan! As the general said!" said Lizi with great joy when she heard this.

Lizi then garrisoned troops in the north of Yiyang City, while pretending to attack Yiyang, while resting on the spot, waiting for the arrival of grain and grass, and in a blink of an eye it was already the spring of the second year.

At this time, King Wuling of Zhao had returned to Handan with Lou and Qiu Liquid, and replaced Zhao Qi, the son of Zhao State, as the main general, and Niu Zan as the deputy general, leading 30,000 troops stationed in Xiuyu, Gongsun Yan led 30,000 troops stationed in Xiuze, and his tens of thousands of men and horses followed the prince Hancang to be stationed in Yiyang.

In the spring of the following year, Lizi prepared enough grain and grass to strengthen the attack on Yiyang City. Under the Qin army's several strong attacks, the Han army and Gongsun Yan gradually increased their troops to Yiyang, and only Zhao Yu led the troops to defend the Xiuyu area. On this day, Lizi saw the opportunity, ostensibly put on a formation to attack Yiyang, and secretly ordered Gan Mao to wave his army and go straight to Xiuyu.

Zhao Thirst saw that the Qin army was coming to attack Xiuyu, so he led his troops out of the city to meet the attack, the two armies intersected, Zhao Thirst soon could not resist Gan Mao's attack, and had to retreat to Xiuyu City. Compared with Yiyang, the old capital of South Korea, Xiuyucheng is a small city, but it is located on the border of Han and Wei, and its strategic location is extremely important.

Gan Mao surrounded Xiuyu City and attacked fiercely, and Zhao Xian had to urgently ask Gongsun Yan and the crown prince Han Cang for help. After Gan Mao surrounded Xiuyu, Lizi raised troops to repair the fish while besieging the city to send reinforcements, preventing Gongsun Yan and the Han army from coming to the rescue.

After King Zhao Wuling learned the news, he wanted to personally lead his troops to rescue him, but Fei Yi stopped him, and only agreed to let Lou and Qiu Liquid lead troops to save Zhao Qi.

"The prime minister doesn't have to stop it, the Qin army is aggressive and cultivates the fish, the intention is Xinzheng, if South Korea is lost, my three Jin countries are in danger! Besides, the king of Han is a widowed father-in-law, and the widow leads the troops to go in person, so it seems that my three Jin kingdoms are resolute in rejecting Qin, so that Lizi will seriously reflect on it!" Zhao Wuling said.

"The king's words are reasonable, but the king is in danger, how can Weichen be at ease!" Fei Yi sighed.

"It's going to be a vicious battle to repair fish, I want to ask the masters of the upper and lower schools to help, what does the prime minister think?"

"That's fine! I'll arrange it!"

Fei Yi immediately sent a letter to Lingjunzi in Taihang Mountain, asking him to send someone to help. After Ling Junzi received the letter, he immediately sent two masters, Linlang and Qiji, to lead Xia Barley and others to Handan City to wait for King Zhao's arrangement.

King Wuling of Zhao led 10,000 horses and Lou Qiuye and others to the Xiuyu position non-stop, and when they arrived outside the city, they encountered the obstruction of the besieging army of the Qin army.

King Zhao Wuling had already made preparations, and ordered Qiu Ye and Lou Xuan to lead the upper and lower men to open the way in front. Qiu Liquid and Lou Chuan each drove an "eight-passenger dead car", each armed with heavy weapons, and went on a rampage, like a bamboo. The eight-seater was a purpose-built heavy chariot with a heavy body and four iron spikes at the nose, which was extremely impactful and powered by eight Hercules. Qiu Ye and Lou Shu were holding long-handled broadswords in front of the chariot, and swept everywhere they went, making the Qin soldiers fearful and terrified! Xia Liang led the people of the sect to protect the formation in the middle, allowing the Zhao army to block the Qin soldiers from approaching with continuous bows and arrows.

In the face of the ferocious King Zhao Wuling who came prepared, the Qin soldiers couldn't stop it, so they had to let them enter the city. When Lizi learned about it, he remembered that day and the King of Qin had met Mangmao, and he was uneasy, so he called Huang Wei and asked:

"Sir, have you ever heard of the 'upper and lower schools'?"

"Know a thing or two!" replied Huang Li.

"What does Mr. of today's event say?"

"I heard that the king encountered a lot of strange things in Handan in the past, or it was done by the upper and lower schools! Today's chariot is also a 'dead car' made by the middle and lower class people of the upper and lower schools, and those who can drive this chariot must have more foot strength than others, and regard death as home!"

"I'm afraid that the battle of cultivating fish like this will be even more variable!" said Lizi abruptly.

"This car is expensive to build, and it takes time, Zhao Jun will not use it in large quantities, but there is nothing to be afraid of!

"If you have to repair the fish, Xinzheng can get it at your fingertips, and it would be a pity to abandon it!" sighed.

"It's not easy to deal with a large-scale use of troops with your own skills! The prime minister can try to attack the city tomorrow, and I will go to battle with the army, and see what the other party does!"

"Yes, Mr. Yi!"

King Zhao Wuling entered Xiuyu City and ordered people to make dozens of leather drums overnight, the drums were as big as a cylinder, and everyone was puzzled.

On the morning of the second day, Lizi listened to Huang Lizi's words and sent troops to attack the city.

King Wuling of Zhao ordered the giant drum to be moved up the city wall, and ordered the people in the city to plug their ears, and when the Qin soldiers attacked the city, he ordered the soldiers to beat the drum with giant wood.

The drum sound was dull and low-key, and it reached Qin Bing's ears in bursts, and Qin Bing only felt uncomfortable in his heart after hearing it, and some couldn't help but vomit. When Huang Lizi heard the sound of the drum, he immediately asked Lizi to order the Qin soldiers to quickly plug their ears. The Qin soldiers plugged their ears one by one, but at this time, the war horses in front of the battle suddenly launched a madness, and the soldiers couldn't control the war horses, and they were already in chaos. Seeing this, Huang Lizi immediately ordered the Qin soldiers to sprinkle the water from the water bag on the nose of the war horse. At this time, it was cold, and it was a time of war, and not every Qin soldier carried a water bag with him, and the Qin soldiers under the city had no intention of attacking the city when they saw this.

Lizi saw a group of men and horses in Xiuyu City coming out of the city, fearing that the large army behind him would change, so he had to abandon the soldiers and horses under the city and retreat in a hurry. When he arrived at the garrison, he ordered people to patrol carefully, lest the other party use any strange means to sneak attack the camp.

The siege of the city was blocked, and he was afraid that things would change over time, so he summoned Huang Li, Sima Cuo, Gan Mao and others to discuss the policy.

"Now that there are masters in Xiuyu City to help us, we are alone in the depths, and I am afraid that it will be easy to change after a long battle, what do you think?" asked the generals.

"Xiuyu City is just a city of a thousand people, and now tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are in the city, and the grain and grass in the city will not last, I'm afraid it will be difficult to support it now!" Gan Mao said.

"We have been besieging the city for many days, and a few days ago, when the Zhao army reinforcements entered the city, they did not bring grain and grass into it, and now there are more and more soldiers and horses in the city, as long as we can intercept their grain and grass assistance, they will naturally abandon the city!"

"That's a good thing! It's just that if Gongsun Yan and the Han army come together to attack, plus the troops in Xiuyu City, I'm afraid we won't be able to get any benefits!"

"The soldiers of the three Jin Dynasty in the first battle of Michi were all scared, and they didn't dare to attack easily!" Gan Mao said.

"It's a good word, but you have to guard against it!" said Lizi.

"As long as the forces in Yiyang City are stabilized, Gongsun Yan will not dare to attack alone!" Sima said wrongly.

"Tomorrow, let it go, our army will attack Yiyang City, then Han Cang will not dare to go out of the city!"

King Wuling of Zhao blocked the Qin army under Xiuyu City, so he sent a letter to Gongsun Yan and Han Taicang, asking him to attack the Qin army together. Gongsun Yan thought that this plan was feasible, so he replied to Zhao Yong in the affirmative. The crown prince Han Cang was afraid that the Qin army's chariots were powerful, and he heard that the Qin army had the intention of attacking Yiyang, so he was unwilling to take the initiative to attack, so he replied to Zhao Yong that he should defend the city and should not confront the Qin army in the field.

King Zhao Wuling was helpless, and when he was depressed, Zhao Qi came and told him that there was not much food and grass in the city. King Zhao Wuling then summoned Lou Chuan and Qiu Ye and others to discuss.

"Why don't the king retreat to Xiuze and join forces with Gongsun Yan!" Zhao Qi said.

"No! Although Xiuyu City is small, it is very important! If Lizi is entrenched here, it will not be the situation it is today!" Zhao Wuling said.

"He is in the city of South Korea, but he called me Zhao Ren to fight hard, what is this called?" Lou said angrily.

"Now I am very willing to use the city of the Han people to fight the Qin army!" King Zhao Wuling's implication was to take this opportunity to practice and accumulate experience for the real battle of Qin and Zhao in the future.

"I'm afraid the grain and grass in the city won't last a few days, what is the king's good plan?" Zhao Qi asked.

"If the prince does not send troops, it may not be what King Han means! Don't forget, I am the son-in-law of King Han, and I am sincerely helping Han today, how can King Han not save him!" Zhao Wuling said.

"The king is reasonable, why don't you hurry up and repair the book with King Han and let him support the grain and grass!" Zhao Qi said.

"Lizi is besieging the city, the intention of besieging the city is obvious, can the two of you have a way to receive the grain and grass of King Han?" asked King Zhao Wuling to Lou to ease the hatred of the liquid.

Lou slowly pondered for a while:

"It's not difficult!"

"Okay, I'll fix the book immediately, so that Xia Barley can send it to King Han immediately!" said King Zhao Wuling.

Zhao Yong wrote a letter and handed it to Xia Li, who took a person out of the city on stilts. Qin Bing only saw two tall giants in the city rushing out of the city, and before they could react, the two strange men crossed the Qin army's defense area and went in the direction of Xinzheng, the capital of South Korea.

Qin Bing hurriedly reported to Lizi, who estimated that this was a messenger in the city who asked for help from King Han of Xinzheng, so he ordered to go down and not let the grain and grass from the periphery be sent to the city.

King Han received the letter from King Zhao Wuling and immediately arranged for grain and grass to be sent to Xiuyu City. On this day, the northeast wind was blowing tightly, and the Korean army took grain and grass, and sent 20,000 soldiers and horses to escort it. When the Qin army heard the sound from the southwest, the Han army came to rescue the grain and grass, and when Xia Barley and the Qin soldiers approached, he ordered someone to set fire to the thatch that had been prepared. The thatch was mixed with a large amount of grass, and a lot of sulfur powder was sprinkled in it, which released a large amount of yellow smoke when ignited. The thick smoke blew towards the Qin soldiers in the marching army with the northeast wind, and the soldiers coughed incessantly after hearing it, and they were extremely uncomfortable.

Some of the Qin soldiers who smoked too much poisonous smoke couldn't stand it anymore and rolled off their horses, while the war horses couldn't stand the poisonous smoke and neighed.

The generals of the Qin army had no choice but to order the withdrawal of troops, and the Korean army's assistance of grain and grass successfully arrived in Xiuyu City. After hearing this, Lizi felt uneasy, so he summoned Huang Wei and others to come to discuss the matter.

"Now that the plan to rob the grain has failed, and there are high-ranking people in the city to help, what can I do?" asked the people.

"Han Jun borrowed the wind to send cigarettes, why didn't Yuanhou borrow the wind to send fire?" Gan Mao said.

"What is the general's plan?" said quickly!" said Lizi happily when she heard this.

"If it is dry today, and most of the north winds blow strongly, if we attack the city with fire and repair the fish city, it will be difficult to support it!" Gan Mao said.

"You have to be more detailed!" said Saoriko.

"Our army can gather dozens of catapults and place them in the north of Xiuyu City, and drop fireballs to the south. At this time, the weather is dry, and the things in the city are easy to catch fire, and the fire will definitely make everything in the city burn by the wind, and the fish city is small, if we wait for several days to throw fire into the city, it will be difficult for the other party to support it! Yuan Hou can gather the army in the north of the city on the surface, set aside the south gate to let the army in the city flee and transfer, and then ambush an ambush in the middle of the road, and he will definitely be able to destroy the enemy in one fell swoop!"

"What do you think?" asked Satoko.

"I'm afraid dozens of catapults are too little, it's best to have hundreds of catapults to throw fireballs, so that the fish city will be broken!"

Lizi was overjoyed when she heard it.