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The old eunuch was anxious. As soon as he took a step forward, he was stopped by Zhao Ling. You are not qualified to get close to Ji Jie.
"General Zhaowen, you can't sit idly by and ignore it!" the old eunuch said with emotion: "The Emperor regrets the lack of care for you in the past, but no matter what, you are the Emperor's nephew and a member of the Zhou royal family. We can’t watch the Great Zhou Dynasty being destroyed by the vassal states! Once the royal city is lost, how can Zhaocheng stay out of it? This is a matter of fate..."
Don't mention it, this old eunuch has some ink in his belly. King Zhou Nan sent him as an envoy with great pains. If he were an ordinary person, he would definitely think that what he said makes sense.
Ji Jie is not an ordinary person.
There were more than 10,000 regular troops in the Great Zhou Dynasty, plus the palace guards and the private soldiers maintained by the prince and ministers, there were at least 20,000 people. As a defensive side, 20,000 people against 50,000 people, this is a huge advantage.
The Art of War says, if you are ten, besiege it, if you are five, attack it, and if you double it, fight it. In other words, if you want to capture a city, your military strength must be at least five times that of the opponent, otherwise it will be difficult to capture it.
Although the Qin army is powerful, it only has 50,000 people. There are at least 20,000 people in the royal city, and ordinary people can also participate in the defense of the city after being armed. As long as everyone is united, even if they cannot defend it in the end, they can always persist for a period of time. of.
"You go back and tell the emperor that Ji Jie will not sit idly by, but it is not appropriate to ask my people to go to reinforce before the war begins!" Ji Jie said expressionlessly: "Once I come out in full force, the Qin soldiers will turn around." If I come to invade Zhaocheng, what should I do?"
"What does General Zhaowen mean?" There was a glint in the old eunuch's triangular eyes.
Ji Jie remained expressionless and said: "I don't mean anything, don't make any assumptions, you can leave!"
The old eunuch wanted to say a few more words, but Zhao Ling and Ji Jian held up an arm and carried him out. Ji Xueling asked in a low voice: "Brother Jie, you don't really care about the life and death of Wangcheng, do you?"
Hey, woman! She is always soft-hearted at critical moments. When he escaped from Zhao, King Zhou Nan angrily announced that he did not have her as a daughter and was indifferent to her life and death. Now that the king's city was in danger, she couldn't bear to watch it. The family was slaughtered.
Ji Jie smiled and said: "How could it be possible? Don't worry, Ling'er. I will lead troops to reinforce you at the critical moment! But not now. Think about it, if I lead people there now, the emperor will definitely put our people in position." You know the emperor's personality and even have the personality that allows me to go out of the city to fight against him, what do you think?"
Ji Xueling nodded. Her emperor father would definitely do this. In this way, the people brought by Ji Jie would suffer heavy casualties. As a result, both the Qin army and the Qin army would lose. Once the Qin army retreats, the emperor will immediately drive him away from the royal city, and Completely obliterate his achievements.
"So, let your prince show off his extraordinary military talents first!" Ji Jie analyzed: "The emperor firmly holds the military and political power in his hands, but once the war starts, he will hand over the command of the army to Ji Jia, Ji Jia has not experienced the feeling of being an emperor. He does not want the Great Zhou Dynasty to be destroyed so soon, so he will definitely lead his soldiers to defend the city. The royal city cannot be broken for a while. The Qin army cannot take the royal city in a short time. In addition, the army is far away, and the morale of the army will decline accordingly. When the time comes, I will lead my men to rush over and join forces with Ji Jiali, and the Qin army will be defeated!"
Ji Jie's analysis was very exciting, and the four of them nodded together, but he was not sure whether King Zhou Nan and Emperor Ji Jia could do what he said.
Historically, not long after the Great Zhou Royal City was besieged, King Zhou Nan opened the city and surrendered. This is why Ji Jie said in front of the old eunuch that he would never sit idly by and ignore this sentence. He would give
The Emperor has a hope. Although this hope is invisible and intangible, as long as he has this hope, the Emperor will not surrender easily.
Everyone knows what surrender means. Since King Qin already has the intention to destroy Zhou, surrendering is equivalent to putting his head on someone else's butcher's knife.
A secret letter was handed into Ji Xueling's hands. After opening it, she read out the content: "The Qin army has 30,000 infantry and 20,000 cavalry. Most of them have participated in the Battle of Changping and have very strong combat effectiveness. Sima Jing, the counselor of the army
, this person is an elder of the Sima family, everyone in the intelligence community. The Sima family is competing for the position of head of the family. I don’t know why he appeared in the Qin army! The Qin army has set up camp ten miles away from the royal city. According to the situation, they will tentatively attack the city early tomorrow morning."
It turned out to be Sima Jing. With him around, Meng Ao's grasp of intelligence has not only improved to a higher level.
Meng Ao himself is a general who is good at fighting, and coupled with Sima Jing, who has a background in intelligence, it seems that this opponent is really powerful and should not be underestimated!
King Nan of Zhou suffered a lot.
Early the next morning, Ji Jie and Ji Xueling appeared on the high ground not far from the royal city, accompanied by the two brothers Xiong Ba and Xiong Ben.
Ji Jie took out a monocular telescope. The tube was made of bronze and was divided into three retractable sections. The lens was made of fine transparent crystal. On a clear day, objects five miles away could be clearly seen.
He does not plan to promote this thing to the seven countries. After all, it is better to keep some things for his own use. If everyone is on the same level, then there is no advantage to be taken.
Through the telescope, he saw the Qin army walking towards the city gate with neat steps and holding huge shields. The huge siege equipment, driven by strong soldiers, slowly moved towards the city wall.
Meng rushed into the car, there were dozens of cloud towers, the giant trebuchet roared, and the round stone balls hit the city walls and gates.
Stone balls hit the city wall, city bricks flew in all directions, and the smashed arrow stacks fell down together with the archers hiding behind. Many defenders began to tremble, and some even peed their pants.
The bed crossbows on the top of the city shot huge javelin-like arrows, which penetrated the Qin army's giant shields and then penetrated the soldiers holding the shields. However, the number of bed crossbows was limited and could not cause critical damage to the Qin army, which was surrounded by darkness below the city.
Ji Jie handed the binoculars to Ji Xueling and said with a smile: "As expected, your brother has climbed to the top of the city, but your father has never appeared!"
The older people get, the greater their desire for power, but their courage becomes smaller and smaller, and they cherish life more. This is perfectly explained by King Nan of Zhou. He first took back all the troops, thinking that this was the safest way, but the war continued.
However, he did not dare to go to the city to supervise the army, so he had to hand over the military power to his son.
Ji Jia waved her long sword and muttered words, which must have been stimulating the morale of the officers and soldiers guarding the city. Not to mention, after this kid's shouting, the morale had obviously improved.
The next step will be to see who works harder. The brave will win when they meet on a narrow road. This is an eternal truth.