There was lightning and thunder in the sky, and under the violent storm, on top of the dark Daliang City, countless Wei soldiers huddled with each other. Cold raindrops fell on their clothes and armor, soaking everyone's long hair and making everyone's hair wet.
The clothes are covered with rainwater.
There was no place on the city road that could accommodate the soldiers to sit, and even on the streets full of river water in the city, there was no place for people to rest.
All the soldiers of the Wei State could only bear the rain during this night, and all the people of the Wei State could only stand in the river in this night, with no place to rest for even a moment.
Faced with the gradual hypothermia of the body, facing heavy rain and river water, not only food is a luxury, but even closing your eyes and sleeping is no longer possible.
Despair and the feeling of losing control enveloped the hearts of every Wei soldier.
As a thunder and lightning flashed across the sky again, the light flashed across the sky and illuminated the entire earth. At a glance, there was no longer a nobleman holding a Changge or sword in the city road. Everyone opened their eyes and felt the heavy rain.
of patting.
In the silent night, after the lightning, within a few breaths, the roaring thunder sounded, but the city road was still quiet. Except for the soldiers of the Wei State, not a single Wei general could be seen.
And in the dark night, there are no soldiers to guard the Daliang City Gate.
Faced with the incoming river and the backflow formed on both sides after the river entered the city, the Wei soldiers had to exert force all the time if they wanted to stand, not to mention that no one knew that the floats that bumped into them from behind were from time to time.
The wood was still green, and the corpses were still green, and some were even swollen.
No one knew how many people died in the city. Everyone only knew that Bai Yan looked from the top of the city and saw that in the river where the beams were soaked in the city, there were countless corpses floating everywhere.
If possible, the soldiers of Wei would rather have the Qin army enter the city than be like this, unable to do anything but wait to die.
The heavy rain continued all night.
The next day.
When he woke up, not to mention the many Wei soldiers in the city who had fallen sick and sick, even in Daliang City, there were fewer and fewer places to stay.
"General!"
"General, be careful, go this way!"
General Yan Qian of Wei State, with more than ten generals of Wei State, walked on the streets of Daliang City. Although the flood in the city was not rapid, corpses suddenly appeared next to him from time to time, and there were faces all around.
The people of Wei who prayed and looked at them with despairing eyes still made all the generals feel heavy in their hearts.
People crying bitterly after losing their loved ones could be seen everywhere. Yan Qian, escorted by a group of soldiers, lay on the turbid flood water and walked until he came to the top of the city.
But just now when he walked into the city road, the scene he saw still made Yan Qian, who was prepared, filled with despair. The corridors were full of soldiers lying on the ground with depressed and dejected faces. There were discarded long swords everywhere.
He was armed with a sword and a sword. Many young Wei soldiers looked pale and looked at him very weakly.
"General, can we still fight against Qin?"
On the corridor, an old soldier of the Wei State in his forties blocked Yan Qian's path with a grimace and despair.
"Either death from illness or starvation!"
With tears streaming down his eyes, the old pawn looked at the generals beside Yan Qian who scolded him for being presumptuous and wanted to draw their swords to kill him. The old pawn no longer cared. Just now, a Wei soldier had secretly told him that his home had been destroyed.
The water flooded, and the wife, children, and children had all been separated.
The veteran knows better than anyone what it means to be separated in the flood.
"Look at Daliang City today. It's all caused by Qin General Bai Yan outside the city. Remember, as long as you live, you will have no sworn relationship with Qin General Bai Yan and the Qin people!"
A general stepped forward, looked at the surrounding Wei nobles, and shouted loudly, his generous and passionate words seemed to stand on the basis of justice.
But what greeted them was the silence of the Wei soldiers. Compared with the generals whose long hair did not have much water stains, the hungry Wei soldiers had been soaked by the rain for another day and night, and some were soaked.
Weak and hopeless.
Everyone knows that this flood was caused by Qin general Bai Yan.
But similarly, everyone has seen with their own eyes that Qin General Bai Yan sent envoys to Daliang City to ask for an audience with the King of Wei. There were even rumors that the Qin envoys were members of Qin General Bai Yan's tribe. As for the result.
On that day, tens of thousands of people in the city witnessed with their own eyes how the Qin envoys were whipped, humiliated, and even had their hands and feet chopped off under the orders of King Wei.
Flooded girders?
Anyone with eyes knows clearly that not long after the heavy rain fell yesterday, the water in the canal showed signs of becoming smaller. And the heavy rain day and night, the water level in Daliang City did not rise much, all because Qin General Bai Yan had already died.
People returned to block the mouth of the canal.
"General! It's not good, look!"
Suddenly, a general on the city road seemed to catch a glimpse of something. He turned around and saw thick smoke rising in the distance in Daliang City.
"not good!"
Yan Qian and other generals turned their heads. When they saw the direction of the thick smoke, everyone's expressions changed. That was where only grain and millet were stored in Da Liang City.
In the big city road, many Wei soldiers also stood up with difficulty and stood in the city road, looking at the thick smoke in the city with confused expressions.
Qin army camp.
Following the soldiers' report, Bai Yan got up and left the camp. Followed by Zhang and two of his cronies, he came to a place not far outside the Qin army's camp. The corpse citadel was reached earlier than Bai Yan.
Xichen turned his head to see Bai Yan, then looked back at the thick smoke floating vaguely in Daliang City. His complicated eyes finally turned into a sigh.
Xicheng knew that not only was Bai Yan's prediction correct, but the nobles in the city were far more eager for King Wei to leave the city and surrender than Bai Yan had imagined. From last night's order to sneak into the city under cover of darkness, to now, they have not been able to do this.
After half a day, some people couldn't hold it any longer.
Looking at Daliang City, Xicheng knew that the thick smoke was just the beginning.
"Let the dove come over!"
Bai Yan came to Xicheng's side and gave instructions to a henchman. Watching the henchman leave, Bai Yan stood the scabbard on the ground and held Zhan Lu's sword hilt with both hands.
"When is the corpse ready to leave?"
Bai Yan looked at the thick smoke in the direction of Daliang City and asked.
Before Wei Zhuang left, he told him to take good care of Xicheng. This care has many meanings. In addition to literally making Xicheng have no worries about food and clothing, it also means that no matter whether Xicheng goes to Xianyang or not, there must be someone at Xicheng.
Look after you.
Xicheng is the prime minister of the Wei State. The Xi family has deep roots in the Wei State. After experiencing the troubled times in Korea, Xianyang no longer allows Wei to have such changes. The people on the roster in the past have this implicit meaning. If you don't want to
Serving the Qin State, these famous people from the Wei State would rather be kept in captivity than escape the control of the Qin State.
"I will leave today!"
Xi Cheng said softly.
Looking at the thick smoke in Daliang City, Xicheng didn't want to see such a scene again, let alone see with his own eyes the civil and military officials of the Wei State, leaving the city with the King of Wei to surrender to the Qin Dynasty. It was not a bad thing to leave early.
As for the corpse family, Xi Cheng believes that Bai Yan will definitely arrange for the corpse family to settle down in Xianyang.
Turning to look at Bai Yan's young face with long hair beside him, Xi Cheng wanted to see why this young man who was driven out of the Qi Kingdom by Tian Ding allowed Tian Jin and Wei Zhe to take him in successively.
As a disciple, why would even Wei Zhe be willing to join the world?
There were too many doubts that required him to go to Yanmen in person and meet his old acquaintances.
"After I leave, can you send a letter to Qi for me and tell Xiyan that I have gone to Yanmen?"
Xi Cheng looked at Bai Yan.
When Bai Yan heard Xi Cheng's request, he naturally would not refuse.
An hour later, while it was still dark, under Bai Yan's arrangement, Xicheng, escorted by more than 20 soldiers, took a carriage and walked north to Yanmen.
"General, this is a secret message from Qi State!"
In the Qin army's camp, Bai Yan had just sent away the corpse when he received a secret message from the Qi State from the soldiers.
Under the gaze of Yang Yan, Yanmao, Yu Feng, Huipu, Yu He and other generals, Bai Yan read the secret letter and walked to the map.
"The State of Qi has assembled no less than 100,000 troops and is heading to the border of Qi and Chu!"
Bai Yan looked at the map. The border between Qi and Chu was where he would send troops to attack in the future, and he said softly.
Thinking of Qi State, Bai Yan did not expect that Qi State would actually mobilize more than 100,000 troops and head to the Qi-Chu border. This intention was already obvious. I am afraid that Qin State's actions really irritated Qi State.
"Could it be that Qi and Chu are forming an alliance?"
"If Qi and Chu form an alliance, then we must immediately guard against important places such as Dingtao, Fengcheng, and Ningmu City!"
When more than ten generals in the camp heard Bai Yan's words, they all frowned, looked at each other, and then discussed.
At this moment, everyone was happy. Fortunately, when he attacked Daliang, Bai Yan used water to attack it and made the soldiers eat well and sleep well every day to recharge their batteries. Otherwise, not to mention that attacking Daliang would cause huge damage, which would be Qi State and
Chu State's actions are hard to make people feel at ease.
"General, the grain and millet sent from Nanyang, Yingchuan, Hexi and other places have all arrived in Licheng!"
A soldier walked into the camp at this time and reported to Bai Yan.
Yang Yan glanced at the soldier, then frowned and stepped forward, looking at Bai Yan with doubtful eyes.
"General, do you really want to help the Wei people in Daliang City with grain and millet? But how about the King of Wei?"
Yang Yan asked.
At this time, other generals, such as Yu He, Hui Pu, Yu Feng and others, also fell silent and looked at Bai Yan one after another.
You must know that before, the King of Wei cut off Bai Yan's uncle's hands, tortured and whipped him, even broke his legs, and blocked his mouth with dog feces to humiliate Bai Yan.
Bai Yan ordered to seal the mouth of the canal yesterday, which puzzled them. After all, they could understand Bai Yan even if he massacred the city. However, at the moment, Bai Yan not only did not intend to drown everyone in the city, nor did he intend to massacre the city, but instead
I came here to bring grain and millet to help the Wei people in the city.
"Just kill the King of Wei. It has nothing to do with the people. If Daliang City was not difficult to conquer, the people should not be involved in this war!"
After Bai Yan finished speaking, he turned to look at Yu He and HP.
"General Yu He and General Huipu, you two will immediately take command of the border cavalry and go to the Wei border bordering Qi and Chu. You will station yourself in Tangcheng and be alert to Pengcheng, Lanling and other places at all times."
When Bai Yan said this, he looked at Yu Feng.
"General Yu Feng, when the grain and grain arrive at the camp, he will immediately bring the Wei people and Wei soldiers rescued from the lower reaches to the upper reaches, let them eat and drink well, and then send the news of the grain and grain to Daliang City."
After giving these instructions, Bai Yan looked at Yang Yan: "Immediately send a letter to General Wang Ben to be on guard against changes in the Chu Kingdom!"
"promise!"
"promise!!!"
Upon hearing Bai Yan's order, Yang Yan, Yu He, Huipu, and Yu Feng all accepted the order.
Bai Yan looked at the map. Now in Daliang City, even the most powerful elites are almost exhausted in combat power, let alone the tens of thousands of Wei army and the Qin army under his command. It is more than enough to have more than 100,000 soldiers left here.
Pengcheng is an important place. If we want to occupy the easternmost part of Chu State, Pengcheng must be captured to prevent the Chu State from detouring from Wei to form an alliance with Qi State and form a siege on it.
As for the Qi State, they may need to find a way to use Xiong You's power and Ban Ding's ability to involve the Qi State in the "attack on the Chu State".
Two days later.
As Bai Yan set up psychological offensives outside Daliang City against the Wei people inside the city, in the next two days after the heavy rain passed, the thick smoke in Daliang City became more and more frequent day by day.
frequently.
And just downstream of Daliang City, as the heavy rain has passed, there are Qin soldiers holding long swords on both sides of the river downstream of Daliang City, guarding both sides of the river.
Bai Yan also held Zhan Lu and stood by the river wearing black patterned clothes, watching the Wei people and Wei soldiers struggling to climb ashore from Hanoi, and were finally taken away by Qin soldiers.
However, whenever he saw the corpses floating away in the river, Bai Yan's eyes were full of guilt.
When two countries are at war, the people should never be dragged along.
Bai Yan didn't know how Bai Qi felt when the water flooded Yan City and saw the corpses floating in the city. Whether Bai Qi would feel as uncomfortable as he did.
"General, there are many more Wei soldiers who have escaped today than before. There were already more than 300 people just now!"
Yu Feng came to Bai Yan and said to Bai Yan.
Bai Yan nodded when he heard the words and looked at Daliang City in the distance. He didn't know how long the King of Wei in the city could hold on, or in other words, how long the Wei clans in the city could hold on.
"General, Lord Changping has arrived at the camp!"
After Jiu heard a soldier whispering a report, he walked to Bai Yan and raised his hand to report.
"Already arrived at the camp?"
When Bai Yan heard Jiu's words, he turned sideways and looked at Jiu, frowning slightly.
The speed with which Lord Changping came here was somewhat beyond Bai Yan's expectation. Bai Yan originally thought that he would have to wait at least until King Wei left the city to surrender to Qin and presented the news to Yingchen before Lord Changping came over from Yingchen.
"Jiu, let's check in secret. When we were in Licheng, some of the general's cronies had left Licheng."
Bai Yan looked at Jiu and asked softly.
"promise!"
Jiu nodded.
Outside Daliang City, inside the Qin Army camp.
When Bai Yan returned to the camp, he saw Lord Changping, wearing the official uniform of the Qin State and carrying his rank, waiting outside the camp.
"Bai Yan, meet Lord Changping!"
Under the gaze of Lord Changping, Bai Yan approached on horseback, dismounted, stepped forward and saluted Lord Changping. When he spoke, his expression and tone showed his respect for Lord Changping.
Mang and other trusted soldiers also followed Bai Yan and saluted Lord Changping together.
"Congratulations to General Bai!"
Lord Changping also returned the courtesy and looked at Bai Yan with a smile.
"After the Wei State moved its capital to Daliang, many generals and famous generals in ancient and modern times stopped outside Daliang City and returned without success after suffering heavy losses. Now, General Bai Yan has captured Daliang City without a single blow. In the past, Xianyang and the court were facing
I’m afraid the general’s lies will never appear again!”
Lord Changping smiled and complimented. Although he was not in Xianyang at the time, Lord Changping still heard about the Xianyang government and the people. Most people did not agree with Ying Zheng letting Bai Yan be the general.
Back then in Luoyin, Bai Yan's 'wild words' were widely spread and everyone knew about it.
He had just visited Daliang City and knew that it was only a matter of time for the King of Wei and all the civil and military officials of the Wei State to leave the city and surrender to the Qin Dynasty in Daliang City.
"In the future, when the king of Wei surrenders and Wei is destroyed, the king will definitely feel very happy because of the general when he learns of the general's victory!"
Changping Jun bowed his hands to Bai Yan and said with emotion, as if he had expected that Ying Zheng would be filled with joy when he got the news that Bai Yan had captured Daliang.
"Mr. Changping is so complimentary!"
Bai Yan smiled slightly when he heard what Lord Changping said, and looked at Lord Changping. Bai Yan didn't believe that Lord Changping didn't know that he wanted to attack Chu immediately after destroying Wei.
As for the civil and military officials in the Xianyang court and those who slandered him in the past, Bai Yan didn't bother to pay attention to those people.
"Bai Yan is lucky to be able to live up to the king's order this time!"
Bai Yan showed a humble expression, and after finishing speaking, he bowed his hands to Lord Changping in return, and then raised his hand to signal: "Thank you, Lord Changping for waiting. Please!"
"please!"
Mr. Changping expressed his gratitude and then raised his hand to signal.
Inside the tent.
Bai Yan asked his cronies to prepare some food and drinks. After the cronies left, he and Mr. Changping came to the wooden table and sat down on their knees.
"When I came to Daliang this time, Qi heard a rumor. I wonder if General Bai can clear up Qi's confusion!"
After Changping Jun saw Bai Yan kneeling down, he thought for a while and then took the lead in saying.
"Changping-kun, please speak out!"
Bai Yan nodded without much hesitation, and then motioned to Lord Changping to ask.
"General Bai is from Qi?"
Changping Jun said this and remained silent for two breaths, looking at Bai Yan with serious eyes, unwilling to let go of any expression on Bai Yan's face.
"It's Qi Ren!"
Bai Yan raised his hand, saw Mr. Changping's eyes, and nodded to Mr. Changping in salute.
Lord Changping looked at Bai Yan who spoke frankly and admitted it directly. At this moment, he felt extremely ridiculous. The Bai Yan he wanted to get rid of before was not a descendant of the Bai family.
He spent countless experiences, spent a huge price, and took such big risks, but in the end, the person he had been dealing with turned out to be a Qi man!
This feeling is like being bullied as a child, then going back to take revenge when you grow up, only to find out after a long time that the person you were fighting with was not the person you wanted to fight at all.
Hit the wrong person!
Thinking of this, recalling what happened to Gao Nu in Shangjun, and thinking of Mi Jing, even Chang Wenjun, who had lived for most of his life, felt full of absurdity at this moment, and he always felt suffocated in his heart, with a feeling of suffocation that he couldn't express.
There are not many chapters about the Wei State. Apart from a Jiuding chapter, most of the wars are in Chu. There may be some overly plotted plots in the middle!
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