On the road leading to Dai City, several war horses galloped.
"Zifang, why don't we follow King Dai to pursue the Qin army and instead return to Dai City?"
In the strong wind blowing in front of him, Gongsun Xin couldn't help but be confused and spoke loudly.
When Dai Wangjia and Chen Yu received the Qin army's retreat and decided to pursue them, Zhang Liang found an excuse not to follow them. Instead, after Dai's army left, he rode north.
Although Gongsun Xin admired Chen Yu's plan, he still followed Zhang Liang northward because he was a Korean noble.
Facing the inquiry, Zhang Liang showed no expression.
After a while, he reined in his horse and slowed down.
Several other galloping horses also slowed down under the pull of the riders.
Zhang Liang sighed: "I thought about Zhao Tuo's deeds carefully, and I feel that things will not be as simple as Chen Yu thought."
"The earliest rumor about Zhao Tuo circulating today is that when the Qin army attacked Yan, he suggested to Li Xin to give up attacking Juyong fortress and bypass Liaoxi to intercept the King of Yan and his son. At that time, King Yan and others were still behind Juyong fortress.
In Shanggu, Yuyang and other places, most people would think that the Yan people would gather troops in the two counties to resist, but who would have thought that the King of Yan would turn around and run to Liaodong?"
"But Zhao Tuo thought of it, and indeed intercepted King Yan and his son in western Liaoning. Although King Yan escaped, all the Dukes and ministers of the Yan Kingdom fell into the hands of the Qin army, and the Yan Kingdom was declared destroyed. It can be said that without Zhao Tuo,
, Prince Yan and his son will definitely be able to escape to Liaodong smoothly, and rely on their location to fight against the Qin army. The Kingdom of Yan perished in the hands of Zhao Tuo!"
Hearing this, Gongsun Xin and several people around him were stunned.
Zhang Liang continued: "Later, when Wei was destroyed, Zhao Tuo followed Wei Bao...even Chu King Xiong Qi who fled to Yue was killed by him!"
"Yan Dan, Wei Bao, Wei Jiu, Zhao Ping, Tian Chong, Xiang Qu, Xiang Yan, King Xiong Qi of Chu..."
Zhang Liang counted the achievements of Qin general Zhao Tuo in detail. At the end, his voice trembled every time he counted a name.
The faces of Gongsun Xin and others were already ashen.
"So many heroes from the Six Kingdoms were defeated at the hands of Zhao Tuo. Although this man is young, he can be called a famous general in the world. His intelligence is far beyond ordinary people. Do you think such a person is really so easy to be assassinated by Chen Yu?"
"Not to mention that Lord Hengyang fell into the hands of the Qin people, and there are also Qin intermediaries in Dai City. Zhao Tuo must know that we are here. I, Zhang Liang, can forget it, but an unknown person will not be
Zhao Tuo takes it seriously."
"But Chen Yu is well-known. He assassinated the Qin envoy in Qingyang, the Prime Minister of Qi in Linzi, and the Qin commander in Dongjun. His actions can be called rampant. With such a person who specializes in assassination in Daidi, do you think Zhao Tuo will do it?
Will you be on guard?"
"And the person sent to assassinate Zhao Tuo this time is just a teenager who is more than ten years old. Even though he has the courage to assassinate with his passion, can he really not change his temper when the opportunity arises? As long as there is any flaw, Zhao Tuo's kind
How can a wise person ignore it?"
Zhang Liang sighed: "So after thinking about it carefully, I think that this assassination will probably fail, and Zhao Tuo will definitely use his plan to deliberately lead his army to retreat and trap Dai Jun to death."
Hearing this, everyone felt chills all over their bodies.
Gongsun Xin even said: "In that case, why didn't Zifang give advice to the king?"
Zhang Liang was speechless and stared at Gongsun Xin with his narrow eyes.
Gongsun Xin immediately remembered that he had echoed Chen Yu's words of taking the initiative to attack, and said with a blushing face: "According to what Zifang said, since Dai's army will fail, then when we go to Dai City, do we ask Dai Xiang to send troops to respond?"
"Acceptance?"
Zhang Liang snorted: "What can we do to respond? The defeat of the Dai army has been determined. Going out of the city to respond will only make it easier for the Qin army to defeat it. I went to Dai City this time just to remind the Dai Prime Minister to be prepared when the Qin army attacks the city."
Get ready and repay the courtesy for this period of time. Then I will leave."
Gongsun Xin said in shock: "Zifang is leaving, where are he going? Even if Dai's army is defeated, as long as Dai's king is still alive, we can still connect with the Xiongnu through King Yan and use the power of the Hu people to fight the Qin army to the death!"
Zhang Liang smiled.
After several years of restoration operations, he has realized that the six Shandong countries are absolutely unable to compete with the Qin army militarily. Whether it is the quality of the soldiers at the bottom or the quality of the generals at the top, the six countries combined are not as strong as Qin.
Therefore, he knew very well that the Dai country would be destroyed this time, and even if the Huns were involved, it would be absolutely impossible to defeat the Qin army under the leadership of Zhao Tuo.
Since the outcome is already determined, why would a smart person do useless work here and put himself in danger?
"Unless there are problems within the Qin State, we will not be able to defeat it on the battlefield, let alone restore the country. The best way to cause problems in the Qin State is to let the King of Qin die!"
Zhang Liang's eyes burst into cold light.
"Chen Yu's method of assassination does have merit. As long as the assassination is successful, the power of one person can even exceed the power of thousands of troops. It's just that Chen Yu's vision is too small. He is just a Qin envoy, a prime minister, or a county lieutenant.
Is that enough? Is it even enough to assassinate Zhao Tuo?"
"No, if you want to assassinate, you should assassinate the king of Qin!"
Zhang Liang lowered his head and looked at his slender fingers.
"I shall remain anonymous and travel around the world looking for strong men to assassinate the King of Qin!"
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Stay until dusk.
Several war horses galloped towards Dai City.
"Open the door quickly, I am the acting king!"
Dai Wangjia ignored his manners and roared loudly.
The city gate was not opened, and a large bamboo basket tied with a rope was put down on the city wall. Without hesitation, everyone immediately abandoned their horses and hung them up on the city wall, leaving only a few exhausted horses paralyzed at the bottom of the city.
Dai Wangjia's hair crown was blown off by a branch on the road. Now his hair was disheveled and he looked miserable. As soon as he climbed up the city wall, he yelled at the Dai Prime Minister Zhao Jing who greeted him.
"The Qin army is coming, quickly prepare to defend!"
Chen Yu followed him up the wall and saw that various defensive facilities had been set up on the wall. The Dai army guards were all fully armed and ready, and they looked like they were well prepared.
He couldn't help but asked in shock: "Do you do this because you know that the Qin army is chasing us?"
Zhao Jing looked at the miserable looking Dai Wangjia, Chen Yu and others in front of him. He couldn't help feeling sad when he thought that not many of the more than 10,000 men who followed Dai Wangjia had returned.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! He sobbed: "Zhang Zifang came to tell me that this time the king sent someone to assassinate Zhao Tuo, and there was a possibility of falling into the plan of the Qin people. He might be defeated and return.
Let us make defensive preparations in advance to avoid being taken advantage of by the Qin people to seize the city."
Hearing this, Dai Wangjia and Chen Yu were stunned.
"I regret not listening to Zifang's plan!"
Dai Wang Jia looked up to the sky and sighed.
Chen Yu's face turned blue and white, and he asked, "Where is Zhang Liang?"
Zhao Jing wiped away the tears on his face and whispered: "After he and the Koreans reminded us to be careful, they left the city and disappeared without a trace."
Chen Yu gritted his teeth and his face turned red.
At this time, the old Yan Wangxi walked up to the city wall.
He glanced at Dai Wangjia with disdain and said sarcastically: "Dai Wang did not listen to Gu's advice and allowed tens of thousands of soldiers to die at the hands of the Qin people. Now that the Qin army is about to attack the city, what should we do?"
Hearing this, Dai Wangjia looked panicked.
Especially when he saw smoke and dust billowing from the distance, it turned out that the Qin army's chariots and cavalry, which had been chasing all the way, were about to arrive.
Dai Wangjia said urgently: "According to King Yan, what should I do now?"
King Yan smiled happily and breathed out the breath of sour milk.
"There are still several cities of Dai State to the north of Dai City. If King Dai goes to Gubei and searches for soldiers along the way, he can get tens of thousands of warriors. Then he agrees to the conditions proposed by the Xiongnu Chanyu and joins forces with the Huns.
If we fight together against the Qin army, we may not have no chance of victory!"
"No, Your Majesty! The Huns are greedy and untrustworthy, and have been our Zhao people's enemies for generations. How can you, Your Majesty, conspire with the Huns!"
On the city wall, young people from the Zhao family started shouting.
"Of course, the Qin army is our enemy, and the Xiongnu are also our enemies! What they have done in Daicheng in the past few days has made us angry. If the king had not stopped it, we would have fought them desperately!"
A call was made and the crowd responded.
King Yan was delighted to go south this time, and was followed by a thousand Xiongnu cavalry.
These Huns were intimidated by the Dai army's battle formation on the first day and were quite honest, but later they became bolder and stationed outside the city, often harassing the nearby Dai people's villages and even looting.
Facing the danger from the Qin army, Dai Wangjia did not want to fall out with the Huns, so he kept suppressing the young people in the city who were angry about this.
But it also made these young people of the Zhao family, who originally hated Hu people, even more angry, and now they completely exploded.
Young Zhao Xie stood in the crowd, his blood boiling, and he shouted: "We would rather defend Dai City than join forces with the Huns!"
"We would rather fight to the death with the Qin army!"
Listening to the passionate shouts of the young people of the Zhao family, King Yan Xi stared at Dai Wangjia and said sadly: "The Qin army has arrived at Dai City, and the lone general is going north with the protection of the Huns' cavalry. King Dai is willing to go with him.
, I am still willing to defend this city and be captured by the Qin army."
Dai Wangjia's face became increasingly ugly, but he was still hesitant.
At this time, Chen Yu whispered: "Your Majesty, the Qin army's chariots and cavalry are chasing us. If we follow the Xiongnu cavalry to the north, they will only attack Dai City and not pursue. But if we hesitate any longer, we will wait until the Qin army advances.
When the soldiers catch up and surround the city, there will be no chance of escape."
King Yan turned around with joy and said: "Dai Cheng is dead and the lone general has left. King Dai has made a decision long ago."
Seeing King Yan's behavior, listening to Chen Yu's advice, and thinking that if the Qin army broke through Dai City, he would become a prisoner and be escorted to Xianyang, Dai Wangjia couldn't help but tremble.
He spoke under the expectant eyes of many young people from the Zhao family.
"King Yan, wait a moment, I will go with you."
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From the south of Dai City, thousands of Qin army chariots and cavalry rushed towards the city. They saw that the city gate was tightly closed, the city walls were covered with strong bows and crossbows, and there were crowds of people. It was clear at a glance that they had been prepared.
The Qin army knew that there was no hope of taking advantage of the situation to attack the city, so they stopped outside the city.
"General Meng, the north gate of Dai City is opened. About a thousand Hu soldiers and horses and two thousand Dai troops are leaving. Do we pursue them?"
Su Jiao rode up and reported to Meng Tian, who was leading the pursuit.
Meng Tian frowned, shook his head and said: "We have been pursuing for a long time, and our horses are tired and our soldiers are exhausted. It is not appropriate to bypass Dai City to pursue the troops. To be on the safe side, we should wait for the infantry to come up and capture Dai City first."