As the sun set in the west, when the golden clang sounded, the Qin army attacking the city retreated like a tide, dragging their tired bodies back to the military camp.
The blood-stained city walls looked even more dazzling under the setting sun. There were stumps and broken arms all over the ground, and painful moans that could be heard everywhere. It can be said that the words "human life is like a piece of grass" are fully interpreted.
Zhao Tuo watched this scene from a distance and felt happy in his heart.
"Wuyang, which was guarded by a defeated army, could withstand the Qin army for nearly a month. Fortunately, Wang Jian did not attack in the cold winter, otherwise I don't know how many people died."
Under the leadership of Qin Wuji, Wuyang City was as solid as a rock, blocking the Qin army's advance towards Yan.
Only by capturing this city can the Qin army gallop into the Dukang wilderness at the rear without any scruples. Otherwise, it will be as if they are choked, and part of their troops will be tightly restrained here, unable to attack Jidu with all their strength.
Because the city was too strong, and the residents in the city were all old people of the Yan land, they all tried their best to defend their homes in the face of the Qin army's attack. As a result, the Qin army under Wang Jian attacked the city for almost a month, and all the troops attacked repeatedly.
Still failed to capture Wuyang City.
However, it was not without gain. Under the repeated attacks of the Qin army's various siege equipment such as siege equipment, carts, ladders, and even catapults, the soldiers in Wuyang City suffered heavy casualties. Almost everyone was injured, and it seemed that the most
In another month, it will be broken.
But Wang Jian could not wait any longer. Not only was the Qin army's casualties caused by the siege a lot, but also because the Yan king and his son did not wait to die. They once again forced the people of the country, and all men from every household went into battle. At the same time, they launched a diplomatic offensive to connect the three kingdoms of Qi, Chu, and Wei.
, and even important officials within the Qin State, intending to put pressure on the King of Qin.
Whether Yan's diplomatic strategy is effective or not is not mentioned for the moment.
But Yan Wangxi's conscription did put pressure on the Qin army.
After all, Yan State is one of the seven heroes of the Warring States Period. Even the weakest one has more than two million citizens. Now it has risen to power. It does not say that it has an army of 400,000 like the Zhao State in the Changping Battle, but 100,000 people.
There are some too.
Therefore, Wang Jian wanted to attack the capital of Wuyang and take Jicheng directly before the new army of Yan State was assembled.
"Captain, what do you think we are escorting these prisoners for? Could it be that the general wants these prisoners to attack the city?"
Black Hips followed Zhao Tuo and asked carelessly, but fortunately, he now also knew that among all the people, there was a need to talk about respect and inferiority. Among the others, he no longer dared to call him A Tuo, but instead called Zhao Tuo the village chief.
During the nearly one month when the army besieged Wuyang, Zhao Tuo and other wounded soldiers stayed in the camp in Nanyishui to recuperate. After all, the level of medical care in this era was limited. Once injured, they basically could not go to the battlefield until the wounds healed.
And even if the injury is not fatal, there is still a fear of subsequent wound infection and death.
Fortunately, Zhao Tuo and others were spared their lives, and the weather had just begun in spring and was not too hot. The wounds healed fortunately, and no microbial infection occurred. Except for Zhu's serious injury, which was still in the rear, these wounded soldiers returned to the battlefield.
After reorganizing and adding personnel to fill the vacancies, we set off to the battlefield.
As expected, Zhao Tuo was promoted to a military official at the level of a village commander with the third-level hairpin title, and could command his fifty soldiers.
When you become a commander, you naturally have to appoint subordinate commanders and corps commanders, just like how Liang Guang, the commander of the camp, appointed Zhu as commander. With subordinate military officials, you can achieve layer-by-layer management, like an arm and a finger.
Zhao Tuo flattered his ancestors' tradition of nepotism and appointed Shejian, Xiaobai, Heihipu, and even Xiqigu, who were originally Gengshi, as chief ministers.
Several people now have the title of Duke, and their promotions are in compliance with legal procedures.
Although some soldiers who also had the title of Duke were not convinced, there was nothing they could do. Who could make them not Zhao Tuo's confidants.
The new Shiwu was formed and continued to be under the command of the original Hundred General Lu Wu.
Although General Lu Bai was also promoted to one level in this battle, it was a pity that the military rank higher up, the Five Hundred Lord, did not need to charge into battle. At the level of the Five Hundred Lord, he was mainly responsible for commanding, commanding the Hundred Generals under his command.
It was enough for the commander to lead the charge, so there were basically no casualties, so there was naturally no vacancy for General Lu Bai to take his place.
General Lu Bai is still a general.
After the formation was completed, their reserve force received a reinforcement order from the general and escorted a group of Yan army prisoners.
Looking at the prisoners who were advancing honestly under the threat of the Qin army's spears and halberds, Zhao Tuo did not directly answer Hei Butt's question, but looked at the other chiefs and asked: "Do you think the general ordered the escort?"
What are the captives doing here?”
"Ah? I think maybe we should let these prisoners attack the city. With so many people, they can at least consume the arrows and logs in the city." Xiaobai expressed his thoughts.
Zhao Tuo smiled and said nothing.
Xiqigu thought for a moment and said: "I guess the general may want to behead these prisoners in front of the city to intimidate the soldiers in the city and scare them into surrender."
Zhao Tuo nodded slightly, Xiqigu's words were one level higher than Xiaobai's.
But that's not right either.
These days, it is true that prisoners are killed in front of the city and the soldiers in the city are intimidated. But that kind of situation is generally only useful when the morale of the soldiers in the city is unstable and the defenders are timid.
Now Qin Wuji vows to defend the city to the death and is not afraid of intimidation at all. The soldiers and people in the city are also afraid of being massacred by the Qin army, so they are resisting desperately. If Wang Jian massacres the prisoners in front of Wuyang City, it will only make the soldiers and people in the city more determined to resist.
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Just like when Tian Dan tricked General Yan into cutting off the noses of captives outside Jimo City, not only did he not scare the people in the city, but he aroused hatred and ended up being defeated.
Wang Jian is a veteran in fighting and would not be able to do such a thing.
Zhao Tuo's eyes finally fell on Shejian, with a hint of expectation in his eyes.
She Jian frowned and finally said: "The prisoners of the Yan army escorted this time are all people who can write or are eloquent. I'm afraid it has something to do with this."
Zhao Tuo nodded, Shejian was indeed a person who paid attention to details.
These captives of the Yan army who were escorted here were all carefully selected, either those who could write the Yan language, or those who were eloquent and eloquent.
Another thing Shejian may not have noticed is that many of these prisoners of Yan State have relatives and brothers in Wuyang City.
From the perspective of Zhao Tuo's later generations, Wang Jian should have switched to the technique of attacking the heart when he saw that forceful attack could not succeed.
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Camp.
"General, the prisoners of the Yan army have arrived in the camp." Deputy General Xin Sheng reported.
Wang Jian laughed loudly: "Okay, now that the prisoners have arrived, Wuyang City will be ready soon."
"Sun Tzu said: The first step is to attack the enemy, the second step is to attack the enemy, the second step is to attack the army, and the next step is to attack the city. I was confused before and focused solely on attacking the city, which violated a military taboo."
Xin Sheng said quickly: "General, don't blame yourself. It's all because Wuyang City is too strong. If it were replaced by another small city, with the strength of our army, it would have been defeated in one battle."
Wang Jian waved his hand and said: "Don't comfort me, I am indeed old. Go ahead and let the prisoners write on silk and shoot them into the city. Then let them go to the city day and night to preach that the soldiers and people in the city must surrender.
You don’t have to kill them. If you want to fight to the end, then when the city is broken, kill them!"
"only!"
Xin Sheng received the order and went out to supervise the matter.
Wang Jian looked outside the camp and saw the flags fluttering in the wind.
"Qin Wuji, you are sworn to defend the city to the death. But are the other people in the city also determined to die?"
What a tragedy. When the protagonist was upgrading, the author was removed. He was just one short of being promoted to the recommended level. I cried.
I asked the editor before when I was collecting 1100. The actual reading rate was 170, and the ratio was within ten, and they all said it was OK. This proves that many friends who have collected this book are reading it, but the collection base is much smaller than other books in the same period.
I feel that maybe my writing is too flat, and because I quote too many materials, it does not meet the taste of most people and is biased toward a niche audience.
But the tone of the book has been set, that is, in the textual style that is biased toward evidence, the protagonist slowly upgrades and becomes bigger step by step. Only when he grows up will he have more room for display. Political struggles, governance, inventions and creations seem to be slow.
I also hope that book friends who like this book will support it and read the latest chapters every day. If you get to the point of reading, you can still recommend it through the resurrection contest.