For three consecutive days, Meng Ao did not order an siege. His reason was simple: the trebuchet was destroyed, and the intensity of the attack was severely hampered. Before a new trebuchet was delivered, the siege needed to be considered in the long run.
In fact, he himself felt that this reason was a bit far-fetched. Facing a powerful opponent like Ji Jie, he must always be careful, otherwise it would be easy to make mistakes. Sima Jing once told him that the two incidents of food and grass being robbed during the previous attack on the royal city were actually the same.
It's Ji Jie's handiwork.
No, food!
"General Vanguard, quickly lead your troops to the Rock Valley to the west of the royal city!" Meng Ao said hurriedly: "The sooner the better, be sure to unite with the grain transport team!"
The vanguard general said somewhat confused: "General, what do you mean?"
"Ji Jie might want to rob food!"
"Then my subordinates will go right away!" The vanguard general ran out of the tent.
A few hours later, the vanguard general returned and brought bad news. An hour before they arrived at the Rock Valley, Ji Jie's Zhao Ling led three thousand cavalry to intercept the grain transport convoy, hacked and killed it and then robbed it.
Fifty thousand shi of food and grass in the car.
Meng Ao was very angry. This was the third time that he had been robbed of food. He had lost thousands of people and hundreds of thousands of stone food and grass. In addition to the failure of the siege in the previous two days, he had been defeated by Ji Jie four times.
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Fortunately, the troops escorting the grain and fodder were assigned by the King of Qin himself, otherwise he, a general, would have been in charge long ago.
"General, there is no need to be angry. There is plenty of food and grass in the army, which can last for ten days!" Sima Jing advised: "I think the king will send more people to protect us next time we send food and grass!"
Some are happy, some are sad. Ji Jie is rewarding the soldiers who robbed food.
Zhao Ling is glad that he chose Ji Jie as his lord. In a short period of time, he has accumulated more achievements than all his previous experiences in Zhao State combined. Except for Ji Jian, who is slightly older than him, he is already the number two figure in Zhao City.
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After receiving the battle report from the front line, the King of Qin couldn't wait to send an envoy, urging Meng Ao to attack the city immediately and must capture Zhaocheng and Longcheng within a month, otherwise he would be replaced.
One month is easier said than done.|
It was hard to disobey the king's order, so Meng Ao had no choice but to bite the bullet and attack the city several times. The west gate was still the main attack direction, and the south gate was also attacked twice. It was repelled by the defenders led by Ji Jia. This kid is much stronger than his damn father.
too much.
The public security in the city was not affected by the spies, but dozens of people were arrested. Sima Jing had to make adjustments and put the main attack direction on Ji Jia.
If the hard one doesn't work, then use the soft one.
After Sima Jing got Meng Ao's approval, he sent people to see Ji Jie, saying that as long as he was willing to open the city gate and let the Qin army in, he would return the royal city to him and support him in inheriting the throne of emperor.
Moreover, the King of Qin will recognize his legitimacy and declare that he will never invade the territory of Zhou Dynasty in the future. Of course, Zhaocheng and Longcheng will return to Qin. When he opens the gate of Zhaocheng, Ji Zhang will also open the gate of Longcheng.
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Ji Jia was tempted.
Logically speaking, a small and ruined royal city should not arouse his interest, but now he has more than 10,000 troops, but no territory, and there are many powerful enemies around. It is difficult to rely on these 10,000 troops to carve out a world for himself.
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Moreover, living under Ji Jie's roof, he will annex him sooner or later. If he can regain control of the royal city and get the support of Qin, he can successfully ascend to the throne of emperor. With a base, he can develop his power.
"But how can I believe that King Qin will support me?" Ji Jie is a smart man. He doesn't want to be used by others. If he opens the city gate, Meng Ao gets Zhaocheng and Longcheng. He turns his face and refuses to admit that he has said
If so, he would have suffered a huge loss, and at least he would still have a place to stay.
The visitor smiled and took out an autographed letter from Meng Ao from his sleeve and said: "Your Majesty, please read it. This is the handwriting of General Meng. You should know that without the approval of Lu Xiangguo and the king, what could he do?"
I dare to give you such a promise!"
Ji Jie read the content of the letter and found that the words were very sincere and not fake.
"But my father died at the hands of the Qin people. If I cooperate with you, I will be reviled by others!" Ji Jia said, pretending not to be interested.
The visitor was anxious, and stepped forward and said: "Why is the prince so confused? Can you successfully ascend to the throne without us coming? Don't forget Ji Jie, he is a very ambitious guy!"
King Zhou Nan's last words were still vivid in his mind, Ji Jia just wanted to add some chips to himself.
"In this case, I will report back to General Meng immediately and ask the King of Qin to give you some compensation!" The man smiled and said: "It is a punishment for us accidentally killing the emperor, one hundred thousand taels of gold, what do you think?"
"Three hundred thousand, I will agree!"
"Three hundred thousand is too much. You can't say anything like a lion. Let's give it 150,000!"
"No, at least 250,000!"
"Let's each make a concession, two hundred thousand!"
"make a deal!"
After the man left, Ji Jia hummed a little tune. He never thought that he could use his father's death to knock Qin off. Now, as long as the city gate is opened, the royal city is his own, and there are two more.
With one hundred thousand taels of gold, you no longer have to worry about your accession to the throne and subsequent expenses.
He had to send a confidant to Longcheng to find his younger brother Ji Zhang, and agreed on a time for both sides to open the city to meet the Qin army.
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Ji Jie, who was there, heard a knock on the door and shouted: "Come in!"
Sima Xueran pushed the door open and walked in. Her hair was spread over her shoulders and she was wearing a silk nightgown. It seemed that she had already fallen asleep. This was because she had received important news and had not had time to dress up and sent it over directly. Maybe she was leaving.
I was so anxious that my plump breasts were shaking up and down.
Needless to say, she had a different charm at this time, and Ji Jie couldn't help but be stunned.
"What are you looking at!" Sima Xueran yelled. When she saw Ji Jie's eyes falling directly on her breasts, she immediately folded her arms shyly.
"Haha, who made you look so good?" Ji Jie said with a smile: "Why are you looking for me so late? Do you want to help me warm my bed?"
"Go to hell, I'm a fool to help you warm your bed!" Sima Xueran threw a letter angrily and said, "Look, we're in big trouble!"
Ji Jie frowned slightly. After reading the letter, he said with a smile: "Okay, great!"
Are you okay? Sima Xueran stretched out a small hand and put it on Ji Jie's forehead, blinked her big eyes and said, "I don't have a fever. You actually cheered for such a big thing. Are you okay?"
Ji Jie suddenly took her little hand in his, and while stroking it, he said shamelessly: "Of course I'm not sick. Now that I'm here, don't leave. It's so lonely to sleep alone!"
With a smooth pull, Sima Xueran lost her balance and fell into Ji Jie's arms.