On April 7, the twenty-fifth year of the Qin Dynasty, Zhao Tuo, wearing luxurious armor and a tall heguan on his head, looked mighty and handsome. Surrounded by a group of Qin generals, he walked out of the camp.
Outside the Qin camp, on the vast flat ground, there were tens of thousands of Qin soldiers in black armor. They lined up neatly, holding spears and halberds pointing toward the sky, and looking forward with excited faces.
There is the most prosperous city in the world today. It is also the city that they, the Qin people, are about to conquer, Linzi!
Zhao Tuo walked out of the camp gate and stepped onto the waiting chariot. With the whip of the charioteer, the wheels rolled forward, passing through the passage specially set aside for him and the generals in the military formation, reaching the front of the military formation, facing Zicheng.
When the chariot stopped, he held the chariot and wiped it with his hands. He stood upright in the early summer wind and looked at Linzi quietly. There, the city gate had been opened.
The kings and ministers of Qi State, as well as the officials and nobles in the city are about to leave the city to surrender.
"In the past, Zhang Zi once said, 'There is no powerful country in the world that can surpass Qi, and no minister, father, brother, and Yin people are richer than Qi.' According to what I saw when I entered the city, there were 70,000 to 80,000 households in Linzi City, with a population of hundreds of thousands. Walking on the roads in the city,
I saw carriages beating against each other, people shoulder to shoulder, the crowds were bustling, and it was extremely prosperous, which shows that the ancients were sincere and never deceived each other. This place is really the largest city in the country." Li Shiqi walked to the side of Zhao Tuo's car and looked at the majestic city ahead.
Shaking his head and sighing.
As the person who persuaded King Jian of Qi to surrender, he should follow the general and enjoy the honor of King Qi bowing his head and surrendering, just like when Wang Ben asked Zhao Tuo to follow the chariot.
Zhao Tuo nodded in agreement with Li Shiqi's exclamation. The land of Qi has always been rich and prosperous. It faces the sea and has a large city. Linzi is a big city among big cities. It is far incomparable to the cities of Qin State located in the interior.
But now, the Qin people from Guanzhong in the west are about to conquer the largest city in the world. Zhao Tuo couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the figures slowly appearing in the gate of Linzi City.
"The city is high and the walls are thick, so we will never be able to defend the country."
"The fall of Qi State means death in peace and happiness." In Zhao Tuo's eyes, the reason why Qi State has fallen into its current situation is really in line with Mencius' sentence, which is to live in sorrow and die in peace and happiness.
Since the Five Kingdoms conquered Qi, Qi has been in a state of chaos. No matter how the other six countries fight, they will never interfere.
The people of Qi closed themselves off, played their own games, did not participate in the wars of other countries, and had no sense of worry. While enjoying the happiness of peace, they sat back and watched the five countries of Shandong being swallowed up one by one by the Qin people.
However, after the people of Qi had been peaceful for more than forty years, they suddenly woke up and scanned the world, only to see that within the four seas, only Qin and Qi remained.
At this time, the demise of the Qi State was doomed. Although in this time and space, due to Zhao Tuo's butterfly effect, the Qi State was awakened in advance by the people of the Four Kingdoms, it was too late after all.
With the power of wiping out the four kingdoms, the Qin State defeated the Qi army in Zhencheng, then went south to devour the Chu State, and finally, after wiping out the remnants, attacked the Qi State with a mighty force.
The people of Qi have not fought in a war for decades, and have no war experience from top to bottom. No matter how rich the people are, how good the equipment is, how much food is available, and even if there are such passionate people as Tian Chong and Tian Dan who defend the country, they will still be there after all.
On the battlefield, it is difficult to defeat the Qin army, which is tempered by blood and fire.
If the military cannot win, the country's subjugation is inevitable. As Zhao Tuo and Li Shiqi sighed, the bells and drums of the Qin army rang in unison.
The last king of Qi in Linzi City also came out. Compared with the humiliating scene where the king of Wei and the king of Chu carried the cud, after the city was broken, they led the sheep to hold the grass and tied the flesh with their faces exposed.
King Jian of Qi surrendered the whole country when there were still more than 200,000 soldiers in Linzi City. The treatment given to him by the Qin army was naturally different.
In addition, Zhao Tuo intended to appease him so that he could more smoothly take over Linzi and the dozens of remaining Qi cities, thus allowing Qi Wangjian to retain the dignity he deserved as a monarch.
They saw King Jian of Qi sitting on a chariot, surrounded by waiters, slowly driving forward. Qi State Prime Minister Bang Tianjia, along with many ministers and nobles, lined up in two rows and followed behind the chariot.
Zhao Tuo stood on the carriage, posing as a victor. When the carriage came in front of him, he saw Qi Wangjian, wearing purple clothes and holding the seal of King Qi, tremblingly walking down from the carriage.
Maybe it's because he's older, maybe he's obese because he's been drinking and having fun all year round in the palace, or maybe he's too nervous at this moment.
In short, Qi Wangjian failed to step firmly and rolled straight off the car, his round body spinning twice on the ground.
Behind Zhao Tuo came a burst of low laughter from Qin soldiers. Although it stopped quickly, the harsh sound still reached the ears of the Qi monarchs and ministers on the opposite side.
Some of the officials of Qi State were mourning and wailing. King Jian of Qi got up from the ground in embarrassment. He was wearing expensive purple clothes and his gray hair was stained with mud.
He held the seal of King Qi that was also stained with mud, looked at Zhao Tuo on the chariot in front of him, and showed a flattering smile.
"Chen Tian Jian has met General Zhao. General Zhao is young and promising, and he is truly a famous general in the world." King Jian of Qi surrendered, so he naturally wanted to call himself a servant, which also represented a change in his identity.
As he spoke, tears kept rolling down from Qi Wangjian's eyes. He had claimed to be a widower for more than forty years, but today he had to call himself a minister to a boy. Even if Qi Wangjian was afraid of death, he couldn't help but burst into tears at this moment.
, thinking of the hundreds of years of foundation of the Qi Kingdom of the Tian family.
Behind him, Tian Jia and others also began to cry. After crying for a while, Qi Wangjian bowed his head and presented Qi Wang's seal to Zhao Tuo.
"This is the seal that our Qi State has inherited for one hundred and sixty-five years. I present it to the general and to the King of Qin." Zhao Tuo nodded, and there was Li Shi beside him. He stepped forward to take it, which was considered to be a formal acceptance of the letter from the King of Qi.
surrender.
At this time, a grunting sound came from behind: "Chu and Yan are both eight hundred years old, but Qi is only over a hundred years old. Why do I think this country is so old?" As soon as these words came out
, they saw Qi Wangjian's face turned red, and he lowered his head and said nothing.
The faces of those Qi people in the rear also looked wrong. Zhao Tuo shook his head and said, "Don't worry, Lord Qi. Today, Lord Qi has surrendered the whole country, which means that the two states have become one country. Both Lord Qi and Tuo are the descendants of the King of Qin."
My Lord, I will not treat Mr. Qi badly. Please also ask Mr. Qi to get in your carriage and go to Xianyang. My king will give you a reward."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Thank you, general." Seeing Zhao Tuo's kind expression, Qi Wangjian felt relieved. He saluted Zhao Tuo again and prepared to step on the side.
A large security vehicle prepared by the Qin army for him.
The King of Qi surrendered and moved away from Linzi first to prevent accidents in the city, and then slowly headed westward under the escort of the Qin army.
Zhao Tuo planned to ask King Jian of Qi to go to Puyang first, which was the base camp of the Qin army's attack on Qi, and there would definitely be no problems.
There, King Jian of Qi, together with Dai Wang Jia and Yan Wang Xi, who were escorted south from Zhao, headed for Xianyang.
At that time, there will be a grand scene of the three kings entering the dynasty. I think the Qin king will be very happy.
But at this moment, two Qi Dukes with tears streaming down their faces came running from behind the ranks of the Qi monarchs and ministers.
"Your Majesty, why did you surrender?"
"Your Majesty, you have abandoned the Tian family's country, how can you live up to the Tian family's ancestors!" The two men ran and shouted while crying.
"It's that Jimo doctor." Li Shiqi's voice rang in Zhao Tuo's ears. Zhao Tuo nodded and raised his hand to stop the Qin soldiers from behind who were about to move forward to capture him.
Then they saw Jimo doctors Tian Lang and Tai Shiwen running over, kneeling in front of Qi Wangjian and crying. Qi Wangjian looked embarrassed when he saw these two people.
In order to successfully surrender to the Qin Dynasty, he and Tian Jiamen imprisoned the brothers Tian Lang, Tai Shiwen and Tian Dan together.
Now that they surrendered, the soldiers guarding the city would naturally no longer hold on, so they released them. Unexpectedly, these two people ran straight here.
"General Zhao, the words and deeds of these two people have nothing to do with the ministers." Qi Wangjian glanced at Zhao Tuo fearfully, fearing that Tian Lang and the two would drag him down and anger the Qin people, he quickly got into the car.
Seeing this scene, Tian Lang and Tai Shiwen even cried and shouted.
"Your Majesty, what you did today, how can you be worthy of the previous king and the queen! My Tian family's country has perished in your hands, woohoo!" Tian Lang looked up to the sky and shouted. He is a descendant of the Tian family, and now he sees the Tian family's country destroyed.
, since sorrow arises from the heart.
"Since the Tian family is dead, I, Tianlang, should go with the country!" As he said this, he actually took out a dagger from his sleeve and stabbed it into his own neck.
In an instant, bright red blood spurted out. Tian Lang's body fell to the ground, twitching, and it seemed that he could not survive.
Everyone around screamed in shock, and most of the Qi officials cried when they saw this tragic scene. Tian Jia's face twitched, and there were tears in the corners of his eyes.
After setting up the car, Qi Wangjian quietly lifted up the car curtain, watched the scene through the gap, and sobbed softly.
Tai Shiwen did not have the will to die, but he just held the body of his friend and cried bitterly. Zhao Tuo sighed softly: "When the country is about to perish, there will be loyal martyrs who will die for the country."
"I didn't expect that this man with great ambitions and little talent, who was full of nonsense, was actually a loyal man." Li Shiqi looked at the body of Dr. Jimo and sighed, but then he sneered and said: "The Tian family has perished, and these people are so sad.
I wonder if there was such a scene when his ancestors of the Tian family usurped other people's kingdoms more than a hundred years ago?" Zhao Tuo was silent, raised his head, passed the heads of these Qi people, and looked at the towering Linzi City in the rear.
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There were fireworks going off over there... In Linzi City, Tian Dan walked past the panicked Qigong waiters one by one with a dull look on his face.
King Jian of Qi was afraid that Tian Dan would disrupt his surrender, so he lured him into the palace and imprisoned him. However, he pitied Tian Dan for his loyalty and did not kill him.
Today, King Jian of Qi surrendered out of the city, and the Qi Kingdom was about to be destroyed. Naturally, the guards no longer cared about him. Even the Qi general in charge admired Tian Dan's character and took the initiative to release him.
"The king has surrendered, and the country of Qi is gone." Tian Dan whispered. He did not go out of the city to find King Jian of Qi like Tian Lang and Tai Shiwen, nor did he go to find his brother Tian Rong, nor did he intend to organize the Qi people in the city.
To resist.
"That's just hurting the lives of all the people, and that's what this gentleman would not do." Tian Dan thought of Da Sima's words, and the sadness in his eyes became even stronger.
The King of Qi has already surrendered, so what's the point of calling people to resist again?
"It's a pity that from now on, there will no longer be a country of the Tian family in the world." Tian Dan murmured, walked to a solemn building, stopped and raised his head.
Tian's Ancestral Temple. This is the ancestral temple where ancestors of the Tian family are worshiped and enshrined.
"Since I, Tian Dan, am a descendant of the Tian family named Gui, I cannot fight to the death with the Qin people, but I also cannot be cowardly. Otherwise, how can I be worthy of the past kings of my Tian family, how can I be worthy of the Great Sima!"
"Since Qi is dead and the ancestral temple no longer exists, my Tian Dan cannot let this place be polluted by the Qin people." Tian Dan looked very calm. He found a torch and looked at the building in front of him again.
This was the extremely glorious past of his concubine's surname Tian. Tian Dan lit the Tian ancestral temple with his own hands. The flames began to burn and blazing smoke rose.
Tian Dan did not hesitate and strode into the fire. The flames engulfed his body, leaving only Tian Dan's sad voice echoing here.
That was the oracle written by his ancestor of the Tian family, Chen Gongzi Wan, when he married a daughter of the Yi family. It was also the destiny of his concubine, whose surname was Tian.
Fenghuang Yufei, and the sound of Qiangqiang. After having a concubine, he will be raised by Jiang. In the fifth generation, he will be prosperous, and he will be in Zhengqing. After the eighth generation, Mo Zhi will be with the capital.
"Da Sima, my Tian clan's Qi Kingdom has perished!"