Compared with the last time the captives from Hufu Township were escorted here.
More than a month later, Zhao Tuo discovered that this once great city in the Central Plains had come to an end.
It is like a dying old man, dying under the impact of the turbid flood waves.
The originally indestructible city wall has become extremely fragile under the continuous immersion of floods. The walls in many places have peeled off and collapsed. If there is only a gap to penetrate, the flood will pour into the city, giving this once
The final blow to the glorious city.
"I have been to Daliang before. At that time, this place was still prosperous."
"The palaces and gardens in the city are magnificent, the markets are prosperous, people come and go, and the carriages and horses are noisy. Sea salt pearls and shells from Qi State, rhinoceros horn leather from Chu State, horses and dates from Yanzhao..."
Li Shiqi said with a complex expression: "The Wei State is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains and extends in all directions. It can gather all kinds of treasures from all over the world and bring together all kinds of talents. Sun Bin, Wu Qi, Wei Yang, Fan Ju... No matter which country they are from, they want to live together.
If they want to show their talents, they will choose to come to Wei State, whether it is Anyi in the past or Daliang now, it is their first choice."
"It's a pity that Wei State can gather people, but it can't use them. Even if there is an extraordinary person like Mr. Xinling, he can only die in depression. From being the strongest among all the countries in the world, he has fallen to the point where he is flooded today.
.Wei State, how sad it is!"
Li Shiqi sighed sadly. As a Wei man, even if he already belonged to Qin, he still felt like he was hurting his own kind when he saw his motherland coming to an end and the royal capital about to fall.
Zhao Tuo nodded silently. Even if he was not from Wei, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion at this moment.
Li Shiqi's words hit the mark on one of the reasons why Wei State became weak from strength to strength, and finally perished.
Talent!
The kings of Wei in the past dynasties were mediocre and had no talent but could not use it, which eventually caused those talented people to run away one by one.
When Sun Bin came to Qi, he won great victories at Guiling and Maling, establishing Qi's hegemony.
Wu Qi rushed to Chu and carried out reforms, which greatly increased the national power of Chu. He conquered Yue in the south and restored Chen and Cai in the north.
As for Shang Yang, Fan Ju and others who went to Qin, they created a terrible country that dominated the world.
Wei State is the talent transportation base in the world.
Even in the last ten or twenty years, it was still providing talents such as Yao Jia and Wei Liao to the Qin State.
Thinking of this, Zhao Tuo felt both sad and ridiculous.
At this moment, a burst of wailing came from the marching column behind them.
Zhao Tuo looked back and saw Wei Jiu, the surrendered Lord of Ningling, lying on the ground crying bitterly.
Behind Wei Jiu, Hou Shu and other generals of the Wei state also shed tears and howled. The scene was quite tragic and desolate.
Zhao Tuo shook his head and did not stop these Wei people from expressing their emotions. After asking Shejian to lead people to watch them, he strode towards the general camp here. He wanted to return to Wang Ben first.
Returning to the Qin army camp this time, Zhao Tuo clearly felt that the Qin soldiers in the camp looked at him differently.
"Zhao Junhou! Look, that person is Zhao Junhou who was ambushed by the Wei army, but ended up defeating the Wei army!"
"Ah? Zhao Junhou is so young. Judging from his age, he is not older than my younger brother. How can he be so powerful? I heard that he even captured Lord Ningling of Wei."
"Isn't that right? The young master Bao from the Wei Kingdom was also captured by him."
…
Along the way, all the Qin soldiers who saw Zhao Tuo saluted respectfully. After he passed by, they all whispered about the achievements of the young military commander.
Zhao Tuo walked away with his head held high, feeling the gazes of the soldiers and officers on him along the way.
He looked indifferent, knowing that the reason why these soldiers respected him was not only because of his title, but also because of the victory he had won in Wei Dong.
A very good thing about the Qin State is that everything in the army is based on military merit and title. No matter how senior you are or how old you are, if you don’t have enough achievements and merit, you will still be stepped on by the rising stars, and even if you have military merit and title.
Under the system, you have to obey even if you don’t want to.
This system ensures that the Qin army can continuously inject fresh blood. Those who have meritorious service will be promoted and those who are capable will have high positions, making the entire army full of vitality.
Although it may not be able to eliminate the mediocre people who eat nothing, but in this era when all countries are competing against each other, it is already fair among fairs.
In comparison, although the Six Kingdoms of Shandong also have military meritorious officials, firstly, the reforms are not thorough enough, and secondly, the power of the feudal nobles is too large, and they cannot suppress the noble power to the maximum extent and accept the nobles like the Qin State.
and hiring talents.
This is probably one of the reasons why the Qin State was able to swallow up the world and destroy the six countries.
As Zhao Tuo walked, he thought about the reasons for the demise of the Six Kingdoms from Li Shiqi's words. After a while, he walked to the commander's tent. After being informed by the guards, Zhao Tuo stepped into the tent.
"My subordinate Zhao Tuo has met General Wang."
Zhao Tuo bowed his hands and saw Wang Ben looking at a silk painting on the eucalyptus.
Zhao Tuo's sharp eyes could see that the map of Wei was drawn on the silk.
"Zhao Tuo."
Wang Ben raised his head and glanced at Zhao Tuo, pointed at the silk painting and asked with a smile: "Do you know what this is?"
Zhao Tuo looked at the map and didn't see anything special, so he said honestly: "General, this is the map of Wei."
Wang Ben laughed loudly: "No, you are blind. This thing is obviously a map of our Qin Kingdom!"
Zhao Tuo was stunned for a moment, looking at Wang Ben's sparse head, and secretly complained in his heart.
But he also smiled like Wang Ben on his face and said: "What the general said is that this is indeed the map of my country of Qin. Now the land of Wei belongs to our country of Qin!"
Wang Ben nodded and said: "You have captured all the cities in the east of Wei. Now, except for the Daliang in front of you, there is no Wei land in the world. As for this Daliang, haha, it's only been two days."
"However, compared to the capture of those cities, I am surprised that you were able to capture Lord Ningling of Wei State this time. You captured Wei Bao before, and now you have captured Wei Jiu. The young master of Wei State has basically been captured.
In our hands, when Daliang City is defeated and the King of Wei is captured, the Wei family will be in full order, not a few of them, haha."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "All of this is due to you, Zhao Tuo!"
Zhao Tuo hurriedly said: "It's all because of the general's trust. Without the general's full support, Zhao Tuo would not have had the opportunity to go to Wei Dong, let alone the possibility of meritorious service. Such a victory this time was all because of the general's command."
Zhao Tuo is extremely grateful for his contribution."
Wang Ben nodded secretly. What he just said was actually an inspection of Zhao Tuo. Seeing that this young man had made great achievements and was praised by himself, there was no sign of pride or contentment on his face. Instead, he even intended to attribute it to himself. This was particularly special.
rare.
If it were an ordinary young man, his tail would have been raised to the sky.
This guy is so young and old!
Only in this way can such great achievements be achieved.
Wang Ben decided to add today's events to the memorial he wrote to the King of Qin. If Zhao Tuo could achieve great success in the future, Wang Ben's contribution would also be indispensable.
This was also a resource he left to Wang Li.
At this moment, various shouts came from outside the camp, as if there were hundreds of people shouting outside.
"What's all the fuss about?"
Wang Ben frowned, looked outside the tent and spoke.
Soon someone came in and reported: "General, the beam is about to collapse!"
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"Liangcheng collapsed."
"The Wei family...is dead."
Wei Jiu knelt on the ground and stared blankly into the distance.
boom!
The huge collapse sound was like thunder in the daytime, deafening.
boom!
Zhao Tuo followed Wang Ben to a high place, and when he looked around, he saw a shocking scene.
Daliang City in the distance could no longer withstand the impact of the torrential waves, and the wall at its northeast corner collapsed.
The endless torrent finally found a breakthrough and poured in from there, drowning countless miles and people in Daliang City.
At the same time, as one corner of the wall collapsed, the surrounding east and west walls also suffered a chain effect, with sections collapsing one after another.
On the city wall, those Wei people who were still throwing wood and stones at the gap in a vain attempt to save their lives, only had time to let out a cry of surprise before they fell into the water along with the wall and were drowned by the flood waves.
In the entire Qin Army camp, more than 100,000 people stood on the high ground and stared at this scene in stunned silence. Even though they had been prepared, they really saw sections of a magnificent city collapse and floods raging crazily in the city.
They were still severely shocked by this scene.
"My mother, with such a big water, the whole city is destroyed."
Black Buttocks was dumbfounded in shock.
Li Shiqi shook his head and sighed, and said to Li Shang beside him: "The beam has collapsed, and you and I are no longer Wei people."
Li Shang nodded silently, rarely arguing with her brother.
Among the Wei prisoners in the rear, Wei Jiu had fainted from crying, and Hou Shu and others were also trembling all over, their beards and hair wet with tears.
On high ground.
Wang Ben turned around and smiled at Zhao Tuo.
"The beam has collapsed, and the Kingdom of Wei has perished!"