Zhao Tuo led his army to garrison Linzi, recruiting pro-Qin forces in the city, and with the help of these local wealthy families, stabilized the situation in Linzi and prevented the hundreds of thousands of Qi people in the city from causing any disturbance.
At the same time, he sent his generals to carry the edict of King Jian of Qi to persuade them to surrender, and divided the cities of Qi. There were more than 70 cities in Qi, and the land north of Jishui had fallen into the hands of Qin.
Therefore, the Qin army's attack this time was mainly concentrated in the vast area south of Jishui. Meng Tian led his army southward, with the goal of conquering Ju City until it borders the area in the south that originally belonged to Chu State, and completed the occupation of the southern part of Qi State.
The reason why Zhao Tuo sent Meng Tian to attack in this direction was because Meng was originally from Qi. Meng Tian's eldest father, Meng Ao, was born near Mengshan Mountain to the west of Jucheng.
This land is where Meng Tian's ancestral home is. Letting Meng Tian lead his army to attack here can make the Qi people in the large area around Meng Mountain feel close to each other and weaken their will to resist the Qin army.
Another Qin general, Zhao Guang, led his army to the various cities and towns along the Great Wall of Qi, heading straight for Langya in the southeast.
As for the Shejian tribe on the last route, they have the heaviest task and have the most soldiers. Shejian will lead his army to attack Qi, then cross Weishui and Jiaoshui to capture Jimo, the largest city on the Jiaodong Peninsula, and then divide his troops to capture Yeyi.
Small cities such as Huangyi planted black Qin flags throughout the Jiaodong Peninsula.
The three Qin armies attacked separately, with fierce momentum. The Qi people had not fought for decades, and now they received 300,000 troops one after another and were defeated in Zhencheng. The great Sima committed suicide and died for the country. The Qin army occupied Linzi. The king of Qi Jian surrendered and issued an edict to persuade him.
The news of Qin's surrender in various cities made everyone panic and had no intention of fighting.
If King Jian of Qi died in Linzi, Qi people in various places may still be inspired by this bloody courage and fight against the Qin army.
But now it was King Jian of Qi and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty who took the initiative to surrender. This had a great impact on the Qi people's psychology, and they directly lost their will to resist.
In addition, the Qin army also had previously captured prisoners of the Qi people as temptations. As long as they surrendered obediently, the Qin army would immediately release the prisoners, allowing the Qi people to reunite as a family and reunite their father and son.
Under this circumstance, wherever the Qin army passed, Qi's cities opened their doors and surrendered. In a short period of time, the two Qin armies, Meng Tian and Zhao Guang, completed their strategic mission and occupied the entire southern region of Qi.
Only when Shejian was on his way to conquer the Jiaodong Peninsula, he encountered a thorn in the side outside Jimo City. Jimo was a major city in the Qi State and the base for the restoration of Tiandan in the past.
Many people in this place have the same sense of mission as Jimo doctor Tian Lang. Some people in Jimo even compare the current situation with the past when the five kingdoms conquered the country.
I imagined that Jimo was the only one left in the Qi Kingdom who had not surrendered, and then a figure like Tian Dan would appear and lead the Jimo people to fight back against the Qin army, regain the land of Qi, and reshape the legend of the past.
Jimo is the hope of Qi. The imagination is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. Shejian besieged but did not attack, and used thousands of Jimo prisoners captured under Zhencheng and Linzi cities to disintegrate the fighting spirit of the Qi people in the city, triggering Qi in the city.
The people were fighting among themselves, and the families of the captives took advantage of the chaos to open the city gate and let the Qin army into the city.
After entering the city, Shejian showed no mercy and killed all the Jimo people who took the lead in resistance. Their heads were piled outside the city as a deterrent.
Then he released the prisoners and appeased those Qi people who surrendered to Qin. With the combination of kindness and power, Jimo, the last big city of Qi, also surrendered to the swords and halberds of the Qin army.
Since Jimo surrendered, the remaining Qi towns on the peninsula naturally lost the will to resist.
Within half a month, Qin's black flag was planted all over the Qi State. There was no longer a city with a Qi flag flying in the world, indicating the true demise of the Tian family's Qi State.
In Linzi City, when the news came that the three Qin armies had occupied the entire territory of Qi, Zhao Tuo let out a long sigh of relief.
"The land of Qi is more than two thousand miles away, and more than seventy cities are in my hands. Qi has finally fallen." Zhao Tuo was very happy and immediately wrote a handwritten letter on silk. Then he ordered Li Shang to send envoys to Xianyang day and night to capture the Qin army.
Report all the good news to your Majesty.
At the same time, while the three-pronged Qin army captured the entire territory of Qi, the Qin army also basically grasped the situation of the Tian clan in Linzi and surrounding cities.
After occupying Qi Land, Zhao Tuo will begin the second step.
"Historically, the restoration of the Six Kingdoms at the end of the Qin Dynasty was led by the six royal families. Among them, the Tian family kings were very numerous and powerful. This time, they took advantage of the power of destroying Qi State and moved the Tian family people to Guanzhong."
"Without the Tian family, Qi will definitely be much easier to manage. Even if there is a rebellion in Qi in the future, it is impossible for people from the Tian family to come out from King Xu of Qi and win over the Qi people." Zhao Tuo thought secretly in his heart.
, picked up the directory on the eucalyptus and looked at it.
When he was in Xianyang, he proposed the policy of relocating the princes, nobles, and powerful people to strengthen the clan, which was adopted by the Qin Dynasty. However, this matter was of great concern. If it was not handled well, it would be easy to force the newly conquered cities to rebel.
In addition, the number of officials in the Qin State is still somewhat insufficient. The grammarians recruited last year are still in training. If the Qin State wants to control the newly conquered Qi land, it still needs to rely on the local wealthy and powerful clans.
Therefore, after discussion in the court, the migration strategy needed to be carried out separately and adapted to local conditions. This time Zhao Tuo destroyed Qi, and his main task was to remove the Tian clan from Qi without touching the local heroes and wealthy merchants.
The Qin army not only did not move these wealthy families, but also cultivated the pro-Qin faction among them to assist the Qin army in managing the local area, helped them to rise to power, appointed them as local officials, and used these people to replace the original Tian family status.
This approach of wooing local wealthy people and moving away the Tian family can greatly avoid the turmoil and resistance of the local Qi people.
In order to seize the real estate, power and other things after Tian's departure, some wealthy people, driven by interests, will be more enthusiastic than the Qin army and help the Qin army isolate the Tian family.
This is what later generations call uniting the majority and attacking the very few. The people of the Tian family were the very few who were attacked this time.
Under the shock of Qi's demise, under the threat of swords and halberds in the hands of the Qin army, under the example of Tian Jia and other nobles who took their clan wealth to the west, and under the pressure of wealthy people from all over the country who were waiting for the upper hand.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! I don’t think many people from the Tian clan in each city will resist, so they can only pack up their wealth and be escorted to the west by the Qin army with their clan members.
, go to Guanzhong.
There, they will settle down under the supervision of countless Qin people, and as time goes by, they will be assimilated by the Qin people.
In addition to the Tian family of Qi, the Qin army later led its troops back to Xianyang, and also moved the powerful clans of Wei and South Korea along the way into Guanzhong.
The land of Wei and Han is the only way for the Qin army to return to Guanzhong. The Qin army can just use the power of destroying Qi to defeat Qi on the way back without any effort.
As for the princes and nobles from Chu, Zhao, Yan and other places who are not on the way, they will have to wait for the next batch.
After the Qin State has cultivated a large number of grammatical officials, they will slowly migrate and rotate in batches, and finally achieve the purpose of changing the blood of the Six Kingdoms, strengthening the Qin people's control over the hometowns of the princes, and eradicating the remnants of the Six Kingdoms.
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"Order the generals from various places to win over local wealthy people. After sufficient preparations are made and the list is sorted out, the Tian clan will begin to move to various places." Zhao Tuo spoke solemnly and passed on the order.
At the same time, he also sent an order to Tu Sui in the rear, asking Tu Sui to come to Laizi and take full charge of this important event.
The migration of the Tian family into Guanzhong involves a very wide range of things and cannot be completed in a short time.
It will take a long time just to compile the list of the Tian clan in the newly conquered cities, and it will also take even longer to move these people from Qi to Guanzhong. It will take at least next year to complete them all.
As the general in charge of this attack on Qi, Zhao Tuo still needs to escort the three captured kings, the princes, concubines, and treasures of Qi and other dynasties back to Xianyang to present the prisoners. This is a big event, and it is impossible to stay in Linzi to handle it personally.
The matter of migration.
After setting a general policy, he handed over the matter to his deputy Tu Sui, while he led his elite troops to Puyang to escort the three kings to Xianyang.
Of course, Tu Sui and many Qin soldiers who stayed in Qi to take charge of this matter will also receive corresponding achievements and rewards, and will not have many complaints.
Zhao Tuo put the silk book in his hand on the eucalyptus and looked up to the west.