At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 181, Tian Heng’s dilemma and Kuai Che’s advice

July 37, the 7th year of the First Emperor's reign, Jiaodong County, Jimo City, Qi-Yan Allied Forces Camp.

Tian Heng sat in the first seat and loudly shouted to all the generals: "Xiang Liang has already reached Linqu. If we can't defeat Jimo, Qi will belong to the coward Tian Jia and the villain Xiang Liang."

Xiang Liang's raising of Tianjia's flag was the greatest harm to Tian Heng. Before Tianjia was the King of Qi, most of the people of Qi turned to Tian Heng, and powerful men from all walks of life in Qi also secretly informed Tian Heng and provided them with food and grass. The supplies made Tian Heng's army feel uninhabited throughout Qidi. Even if Tian Heng was defeated repeatedly, he could quickly recover his strength.

But after Xiang Liang raised Tianjia as the King of Qi, the situation in Qi changed rapidly. First, many powerful men who originally sent food and supplies began to reduce their funding. Many of his generals also broke away from Tian Heng's team and moved towards Xiang in the south. Liang ran over.

These people left and left a letter saying that Tian Jia was the younger brother of King Qi Jian. Tian Jia, the King of Qi, was the real orthodoxy of Qi State, but the real reason was that Tian Heng could not fight.

A month ago, they gathered 10 troops to surround Linzi City. At that time, Meng Yi in Linzi City only had tens of thousands of Qin troops. There were also their internal forces in Linzi City. Everyone felt that they would win this battle without a doubt.

As a result, Meng Yi launched a night attack and directly defeated the Qi and Yan coalition forces. They fled for hundreds of miles and lost 2 horses.

Although no one said anything at that time, the nobles and powerful men who gathered on the ground secretly said that the Tian brothers could not fight because they always resulted in such huge defeats.

It’s just that the powerful people in Qi didn’t have many choices at that time. Tian Heng could no longer fight, but he was the one who had been resisting the Qin army in Qi. This alone was stronger than all the powerful people in Qi. Tian Heng was the only flag in the entire Qi. , so everyone can only continue to choose to support Tian Heng.

Chen Yu also advised Jiantian to fight the horizontal battle step by step, with easy things first and then difficult ones. First, capture the entire Jiaodong County, and use this as a basis to eliminate the Qin people's power in Qi little by little.

But now that Xiang Liang has gone to Linzi County and raised the banner of Tianjia, it is reasonable for us to take refuge with the King of Qi. Moreover, Tianjia, the King of Qi, is more pure in blood than Tian Heng, the Prime Minister of Qi. No one can say that we are separated from Tian Heng. To seek refuge in Tianjia is to betray Qi. So many generals under Tian Heng left his team and went south to join Xiang Liang.

Chen Yu told Tian Heng at that time that if he wanted to change everything, he had to win the battle, and conquering Jimo was his best choice at this time.

"The King of Han is already preparing for the fall of Qin. He clearly has the ability to defeat Meng Tian's army head-on, but he sends his men to detour back to Zhao. This is not so much compressing Meng Tian's strategic space. It is better to say that the King of Han is compressing Meng Tian's army." Zhao Xie and Zhang Er’s strategic space, after Meng Tian’s demise, I’m afraid Zhao will no longer exist.”

Not to mention Chen Yu's Yan army, but the Qi army was not decided by Tian Heng alone. This army was a coalition of princes formed by the nobles and powerful men in Qi. This was not Tian Heng's army at all. He naturally It is also impossible to act recklessly.

Tian Heng thought for a while and said boldly: "Okay, let's attack Jimo fiercely."

In the past, Xiang Liang was from Chu, and everyone felt that it would not look good for the Qi people to seek refuge with the Chu people. In addition, Xiang Liang's army was outside Qi, so it was very difficult for the Qi people to seek refuge with them.

In the troubled times of the Warring States Period, if you want to achieve great things, you have to fight for them. People in this era, from nobles to ordinary people, in the fierce competition, always unconsciously show a fierce look when meeting strangers, or they are extremely vigilant. People in this era also do not Don't mind exposing your ruthlessness and ferocity, because only in this way can you deter people with evil intentions.

Tian Heng's attack on Linzi has failed, and he can only listen to Chen Yu's advice and lead the army to gradually annex Ye County, Huang County, Xian County, Dongmou and other counties. Now he only needs to capture Jimo to occupy the entire Jiaodong County.

After leaving the Chinese army's tent, Chen Yu planned to assemble the Yan army, but Kuai Che caught up with Chen Yu and whispered: "After the White Horse Alliance, the general situation of the world has changed. The King of Yan wants to make plans for himself. Although the Qin State now sees It was strong up there, but since Meng Tian's grain road was cut off, the Qin State has been unable to recover. Now if Ying Zheng is lucky, he can still keep Guanzhong, but if he is unlucky, the Ying clan will be destroyed."

Tian Hengdao: "They want us to storm the city wall first to attract the Qin army's attention, and then they can open the city gate."

"The King of Han wouldn't do this, would he?" Chen Yu looked stunned.

Kuai Che said with a smile: "What does the Prime Minister have to worry about? We can just attack Jimo fiercely. Under such internal and external attacks, the Qin army will not be able to defend Jimo. As long as the Prime Minister captures Jimo, there will be a stable At the foundation, it will be easy to counterattack Linzi when the time comes."

It's a pity that although Tian Heng found the right path and led the army to besiege Jimo, Qidi was recovered bit by bit in his hands.

Linzi County is the richest and most populous in Qi. It is the most important county in Qi. If a villain like Xiang Liang is allowed to occupy Linzi, not all the efforts of their brothers in the past few years will be a stepping stone for Xiang Liang. This is Tian Heng Things that cannot be tolerated.

Tian Heng was so angry that he even planned to send soldiers to hunt down the generals who left, but was stopped by Chen Yu and his nephew Tian Guang.

Chen Yu asked: "Prime Minister, Jimo City was also one of the five capitals of Qi State at the time. The city is high and the pool is deep. We suffered huge losses by attacking Jimo head-on. The gain is not worth the loss. How are the heroes in the city communicating with each other? Can they be allowed to launch a rebellion internally and open up the city?" Will the city gate let us in?"

The powerful nobles in Qi had different ideas. Xiang Liang was able to kill Feng Jie's 100,000 Qin army in one breath, and pursued them for hundreds of miles, all the way to Ju County.

He had met Xu Fan, and the feeling Xu Fan gave him at that time was very strange. Even though Xu Fan had been killed for several months, he could see that Xu Fan was a very peaceful person. You don't feel nervous around people, you can feel that this person will not hurt you, this kind of temperament is something he has never seen before.

And there are reasonable reasons for leaving the general. After all, he went south to fight the Qin army. But if Tian Heng pursues him, the other generals who remain in Tian Heng's army will be in danger, and Tian Heng's army will fall apart.

In comparison, Tian Heng's 10 men could not defeat Linzi, which was guarded by tens of thousands of Qin troops, but Xiang Liang's men could defeat Feng Jie, who had troops. Now they are almost surrounding Linzi. There is a huge gap in military capabilities between the two sides. Visible to the naked eye.

However, Xiang Liang also repulsed Feng Jie's 100,000 Qin army, and the news that he pursued Feng Jie all the way from Ju County to Ju County also reached Jimo. Tian Heng saw that Xiang Liang was about to besiege Linzi City, and he was extremely anxious.

And the temperament of a good old man like Xu Fan is almost invisible, which is why Chen Yu believes that Xu Fan can't succeed. In troubled times, you look easy to bully, how can you win against those cruel and vicious villains.

But reality slapped him in the face later, and he didn't expect that such a good old man would actually become successful.

Originally, Chen Yu thought that Xu Fan had changed his character during the troubled times, but later he heard that Qin Jia had robbed him of the title of King of Chu. However, Xu Fan did not attack Qin Jia, but instead established himself as King of Han. Later, Xiang Liang took Qin Jia away. His head was handed over to Xu Fan, who was also buried honorably.

Later, he sent troops to rescue Zhang Er. Chen Yu knew that he and Zhang Er had a very bad reputation among the Han army. No matter what Xu Fan thought at the beginning, Zhang Er was rescued by Xu Fan after all.

In this era, Confucian etiquette has not yet become a rule, and cruelty and viciousness cannot even be considered a bad character. Lord Mengchang can mock him and massacre hundreds of people for a few people, and Queen Lu can cut off the limbs of her love rival without anyone knowing about his death. Whoever comes first tomorrow, so people in this era indulge their desires wantonly.

Hypocrites cannot find an audience in this era, unless you can achieve true revenge like Gou Jian, otherwise, you will only be ridiculed by others.

So Chen Yu could be sure that Xu Fan had not changed. Now that Kuai Che said that Xu Fan wanted to annex Zhang Er, he didn't believe it.

Kuai Che sneered and said: "This is a country thousands of miles away. With such temptation, even a saint will become a tyrant. Even if the King of Han holds back, can the generals below hold back?"

Otherwise, we cannot explain why the King of Han sent troops to Zhao. This was to prepare for the war. "

"Your Majesty, you should make preparations to return to the Kingdom of Yan early. The Qin people are powerful in the Yan Kingdom, and the Yan army that opposes Qin is not limited to your family. If they gain power, the Kingdom of Yan will no longer belong to you, Your Majesty."

Chen Yu was hiding in Liaodong County. The advantage was that he could avoid the Qin army's front. The disadvantage was that he was far away from the core forces of the Yan State. In addition, as the king of Yan, he had been helping Tian Heng fight in the war. Of course, the powerful nobles of the Yan State had to choose someone else to help. To protect his own interests, Chen Yu was in a very bad situation at this time. If he was not careful, he, the King of Yan, would become the King of Liaodong.

Chen Yu frowned after hearing what Kuai Che said. Of course he understood what Kuai Che meant, but he felt that Tian Heng had saved his life. Now was the time when Tian Heng needed him. It was a bit immoral for him to abandon Tian Heng.

Kuai Che continued: "Conquering Jimo is just the beginning of Prime Minister Tian Heng's occupation of Qi. Xiang Liang is also Prime Minister Tian Heng's enemy. Your Majesty, you can only help Prime Minister Tian Heng if you regain your strength."

Chen Yu thought for a while and said, "First help Prime Minister Tian Heng to conquer Jimo and then bring up the matter of returning to Yan State."

In Jimo, Zhao Hong stood on the city wall, looking at the camp of Qi Yan's army in the distance. His face was solemn, and he scolded Feng Jie countless times in his heart. After finally rescuing him from Ju County, he was sent to Entering Jimo, he still faced more than 100,000 enemies. This was no big deal. He would rather be in Ju County. At least he knew the ins and outs of Ju County.

"Isn't Tian Heng defeated by General Meng Yi? Why is there still such a large army?" Zhao Hong asked in confusion.

Captain Zou Pu smiled bitterly and said: "This is Qi. There are millions of Qi people. After we encircled the land, everyone in Qi hated us extremely. Counting General Meng Yi's time, we have defeated the Qi people three times. They are rebels, but they have been able to assemble huge armies many times. Although equalizing land is good, there is still a problem in ruthlessly robbing the Qi people's land."

Zhao Hong glared at Zou Pu and said: "When you divided the fields, each of you had to divide the fertile land. You didn't mention it at that time. What's the use of talking about it now."

Then Zhao Hong looked at the rebel camp stretching for more than ten miles below the city and said: "Both of us are already fighting to the death. We can only fight on and completely suppress the rebellion of these Qi people. Only then will the land of Qi belong to us."

Zou Pu also said fiercely: "Kill them fiercely. Kill all those Qi people who dare to rebel. Then they will no longer think about the land. I, the Qin Dynasty, have never been afraid of killing anyone.

"Dong dong dong!" The sound of huge war drums came from the Qi Yan coalition camp. The huge coalition army kept leaving the camp. Countless battle flags were erected outside the coalition camp. The soldiers walked towards their own battle flags.

Soon, 10 coalition troops walked towards Jimo in three groups. Tian Hengbu, who was walking the fastest, stopped 300 steps away from the Jimo city wall.

Zhao Hong gave the order: "Beat the war drums, the whole army is ready to fight!"

"Dong dong dong!" The sound of war drums resounded throughout Jimo, and the soldiers on the city wall took their weapons one after another.

"Brother Shitou, the enemy is coming!" Tu Gen shouted nervously.

Shitou slowly opened his eyes and said, "Don't worry, the enemy won't come so fast. If you are so nervous now, your strength will be exhausted very quickly."

Other soldiers on the Jimo City Tower also began to stand up and look at the enemy. The walls behind them were piled with various weapons. But when the war begins, these things will become a nightmare for the coalition soldiers.

Tian Hengdao: "The archers are shooting, and the follow-up commandos are preparing to attack the city!"

The messenger quickly conveyed Tian Heng's order, and 5000 archers lined up to shoot at Jimo.

"Shhhhhh!"

"Shield!" Stone shouted.

Tugen and Shitou each held a shield, and they used the shields to create a small triangle to avoid the arrows.

"Da da da!" Tens of thousands of Yangtze Rivers hit the tower like hail.

Tugen took advantage of a break in the arrow rain to see the enemy's situation, but as soon as he saw the enemy's ladder set up on the city wall, several long arrows shot over. Stone quickly pulled him back and said, "I don't want to die. , see so many things to do.”

Tugen looked panicked and couldn't speak for a long time. This was the closest he came to death.

The Qi army suppressed the Qin army with bows and arrows, and the subsequent landing commando team quickly put the ladder on the city wall and then climbed the ladder.

The stone on the city tower heard the enemy's arrow rain disappear, and knew that the enemy had begun to climb the city wall.

He pulled Tugen away and said: "The enemy is attacking the city, push them back quickly."

After saying that, he took the soil root with him, and the two of them worked together to carry a boulder weighing hundreds of kilograms, and then the two of them climbed over the female wall and smashed it down on the ladder.

"Ah!" The boulder broke the ladder, and the soldier who was climbing was also killed by the boulder.

Zhao Hong said loudly: "Counterattack, archers counterattack, don't let the enemy climb the city wall."

"Boom!" Countless long arrows were shot from the city wall, especially the Qin soldiers on the wall facing the horses. They shot the Qi soldiers directly from the flanks. They couldn't stop them even if they wanted to. Countless Qi soldiers fell to the ground after being hit by arrows.

At the same time, the soldiers of the Qin army continued to hit the soldiers of the Qi army with stones and huge trees. Soon, the corpses of the Qi army soldiers and injured and wailing Qi army soldiers were everywhere under the city. The battlefield was filled with blood and the soldiers kept wailing.

But Tian Heng was as stone-hearted and did not care about the casualties of these soldiers at all. When the casualties of the vanguard Qi soldiers were close to half, their morale collapsed, and they were unwilling to attack the city, Tian Heng asked this battalion of soldiers to retreat, and then changed to another battalion to continue the attack.

"Kill!" 5000 highly motivated Qi soldiers rushed towards the city wall again. They roared crazily, holding shields in one hand and carrying short swords on their backs, and quickly rushed towards the Jimo city wall.

These Qi troops are all Avengers. Their combat effectiveness may not be good, but the casualties they can withstand are much higher than those of the Qin army.

Shitou said again: "Continue to smash the ladder."

This can be regarded as his experience in defending the city. As long as the ladder is broken, defending the city will be much easier, unless the enemy re-installs the ladder on the wall he is guarding.

Tu Gen and Shi Shi once again struggled to carry a stone. Long arrows were flying around the two of them. They were fighting against death every step they took.

"leave!"

"boom!"

"what!"

The enemy's wails came again from under the city wall, and roots and stones were carefully hidden under the city wall.

Although Tu Gen couldn't see the enemy at this time, he could hear the sound of long arrows hitting the city wall, the screams of his own clothes being hit by long arrows, the enemy's shouts of killing, and the sounds of throwing stones and giant trees. The entire battlefield became a A world filled with killing.

After the number of long arrows was reduced, the two of them continued to throw stones at the enemy and shoot at the enemy with bows and arrows. In short, they tried every means to prevent the Qi people from climbing the city wall.

This battle was extremely long. They fought from morning to noon. Shitou and Tugen were covered in blood and sweat, and all their strength was exhausted.

However, the Qi people were unmoved and had already sent 4 battalions of soldiers to attack the city. Even though these soldiers suffered heavy losses, the war still did not stop.

This is not only true for the east wall, but also for the Qi and Yan coalition forces on the north and south walls. The offensive is also extremely fierce. Even if the Qin army has 1.5 people defending the city, it is extremely difficult to defend the city in the face of such a fierce attack and defense. Zhao Hong can only Reserve soldiers were constantly dispatched to the city wall to support them, and the city's defense became weaker and weaker.

Jimo, in charge of the government.

"Master, the Qin people have only 100 soldiers left at the city gate!" a general in armor reported excitedly.

Guan Qi said excitedly: "Contact other families and launch a surprise attack after a stick of incense to open the east city gate."

Guan Qi's ancestor was the famous Guan Zhong hundreds of years ago. However, their family has not produced any talents since Guan Zhong. However, relying on the achievements of their ancestors, the housekeeper has always lived as an upper-class noble in Qidi. It can be said that he has the same status as the country.

But after the Tian clan replaced Qi, they, the ancient relics, became an obstacle. For the next few hundred years, the housekeeper was ostracized by the Tian family and was reduced from a top noble to a small local noble, but his life was still worry-free.

But after the Qin State destroyed Qi, the housekeepers completely declined from the aristocratic class, leaving only a little land, and they could only be regarded as powerful.

But the powerful Qin Dynasty forced the Guan family to hold back, but they never expected that the Qin people would encircle Qi. This meant that they were not going to give them any way to survive. Even Guan Qi, who was greedy for life and fearful of death, couldn't bear it anymore. , If you continue to endure it, the stewardship that has been passed down for hundreds of years will disappear.

So when Tian Heng came to Jimo this time, Guan Qi contacted all the powerful people in Jimo and planned to help Tian Heng open the city gate.

The time for burning incense is coming soon.

Guan Qi, wearing armor, led 200 private soldiers and rushed out of his mansion, shouting: "The rise and fall of Qi depends on this, gentlemen, kill the Qin thieves!"

(End of this chapter)