The night is beginning to fall, and the moon is as bright as water.
In Wucheng, Wang Jian stood at the top of the dilapidated city, looking at the Zhao army slowly retreating outside the city.
The Qin army broke through Wucheng at sunset and entered the city.
The Zhao army was defeated, but its appearance was not in disarray, and it was not a rout.
"General, are our troops going out of the city to pursue Zhao Jun?"
Yang Ruihe is in his forties and is a famous young general in the Qin army.
He has an ordinary human figure, an elegant temperament, wears black light armor, has a fair face and calm eyes.
No one would have thought that Yang Ruihe, who seemed a bit frail, was actually a general known for his strength, brave in battle, and leading the way.
He quickly climbed up to the top of the city from below and came to Wang Jian's side.
"Send the order and stop the pursuit. Our army will rest and reorganize temporarily in Wucheng." Wang Jian said.
Yang Ruihe unexpectedly said: "The morale of the Zhao people is low, but the morale of our army is high, and the soldiers are not tired. If we continue to pursue, we will surely expand the results.
Why did the general stop the pursuit?"
Wang Jian raised a briefing note in his hand: "The news just sent by your Majesty asked us to deploy troops to garrison on the northern and southern fronts."
Another famous Qin general, Neishiteng, also walked up from the city wall with sonorous steps.
He has a completely different style from Yang Ruihe, with a rugged face. What is impressive is that he has two long and short beards, which looks slightly funny.
He also asked: "Why did the general give the order to stop the pursuit?"
Wang Jian: "We need to mobilize soldiers to change defenses on the northern and southern fronts, and the soldiers on the northern and southern fronts have already set off and are heading to the nearest western front."
Yang Ruihe and Nei Shiteng looked at each other and understood instantly:
"The demon clan has begun to attack our Western Front of Great Qin?!"
"Not only is it as simple as attacking Qin, demon clans are constantly appearing from the far west. The exact number is not yet clear, but the incoming force is not good, and it is far beyond our previous expectations.
The king discussed with Prime Minister Lu and others, and for the sake of safety, they all felt that we should increase the number of troops on the western front."
Wang Jian said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty said that judging from the momentum of the Monster Clan, the Western Front may have to prepare for a long-term war with the Monster Clan.
If necessary, we would rather stop attacking Zhao than try to protect the western front.
We must not allow the demon clan to pour into the Middle Earth from the west of our Qin territory."
Wang Jian added: "This time we attack Zhao, it is very important to seize Wucheng.
We will rely on Wucheng. I will take charge of the central army, and you two will attack Zhao from the left and right, through the northeast and southeast.
Yang Ruihe, in this battle, Nei Shiteng and I are responsible for containing the main force of the Zhao army. The southwest side of your main attack is the focus.
According to the agreement, when the Yan people raise their troops later, you can march from the southwest and coordinate with the Yan people to attack Zhao from both front and rear."
"No!" Yang Ruihe bowed and agreed.
Neishiteng looked far away in the direction of Handan, the capital of Zhao, and sighed:
"Although Pang Nuan has been an enemy of Great Qin all his life, he is also a rare famous general, and he was actually killed by his own monarch."
Yang Ruihe said in a deep voice: "The King of Zhao is ignorant. He only has elite soldiers and generals but he doesn't know how to cherish them."
Wang Jian raised the news that Yang had sent along with the military order: "King Zhao is dead and was killed by the king in the palace of the Zhao people. When the news comes, the Zhao people's army will be further shattered."
Yang Ruihe and Nei Shiteng both cheered up: "The king personally took action?"
"Well, your Majesty didn't want to go to the capital of Zhao, but when the demon clan attacked Qin, your Majesty personally killed the King of Zhao. This was with the intention of beheading the enemy's leader and disrupting the Zhao people, so as to reduce the pressure for us to attack Zhao.
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If Han Fei went to Handan according to the original plan, Zhao Huaizhong had no intention of showing up in Handan.
But the demon clan, with the great demon king Mo Tian as their commander, attacked Qin with great momentum.
Zhao Huaizhong hoped to establish the advantage of attacking Zhao as soon as possible to cope with the subsequent changes in the situation, so he divided the Dharmakaya and took action to kill King Zhao.
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The Western Front of the Great Qin Dynasty.
The evil spirit is billowing, covering the sky and the sun.
On the ground, demon clan tribes with strange stripes on their faces spread all over the mountains and plains, pouring out from the desolate areas to the west of Qin and resolutely launched an offensive against the Qin army's western front.
The demon clan members moved quickly, and even in the air, there were flying demon clans launching attacks.
Meng Ao then led his army to fight fiercely with him.
As soon as the two sides engaged in battle, Meng Ao discovered that fighting against the demon race was very different from that of the human race.
The demon clan is not a united military formation, but is divided into major demon tribes, each fighting independently, being flexible and able to support each other.
Their individual soldier ability far exceeds that of other human beings, and because many demons can fly, it is extremely difficult to defend against them.
After the Qin army was attacked on the western front, it was caught off guard and suffered considerable losses in the battle.
On top of the city, blood was red and corpses could be seen everywhere.
Therefore, Zhao Huaizhong quickly sent more troops to the western front to ensure that the western front was not lost.
time flies.
A few days later, the Qin army reached the western border.
In the air, the great demon king Motian stood on the clouds where the demon energy evolved, overlooking the battlefield from the air, and had a panoramic view of the changes in the situation.
He kept issuing orders to make adjustments to the various tribes of the Yao tribe: "Order the Yao Yin tribe to attack the north of the Qin people's city. The Huang Wen tribe will circle around the city... and the Hui Ling tribe will attack from the air on the left wing!"
In the city below, the defense system is fully activated, and the ordnance is densely covered inside and outside the city wall, with formations flashing.
Amidst the buzzing sound, secret arrows were shot out in rows.
In the air, on top of the city, and outside the city walls, there is a demonic aura permeating the air.
In recent days, monsters have been attacking the city every day.
Meng Ao, wearing heavy armor, stood on a turret used to watch the confrontation between the two armies, with a solemn expression.
Ye Yufu generals, Mu Qianshui, Xia Xin, Yu Gui and others, also rushed to the western front to provide reinforcements after receiving the order, waiting for dispatch.
All the generals gathered behind Meng Ao and looked at the battle situation.
"The monsters are attacking the city from all directions at the same time. It looks like chaos, but in fact there is hidden order. The formations are constantly changing. They also take advantage of the characteristics of some monsters that are good at flying, attacking from the air, and the reality changes. As long as we are a little negligent, we will be defeated by them.
Take advantage of it."
Meng Ao was slightly surprised and looked back at Yu Gui who was speaking.
This woman is actually a person who knows how to fight. She has seen that the demon tribe is good at changing, has no fixed formation, and can fall from the air, making it difficult for people to defend.
When Meng Ao encountered the demon army at the beginning, he was also fooled by the "air force" configuration that spread from all directions and even had flying demon units. He really suffered a big loss.
Thanks to his lifelong fighting experience and rich experience, he immediately made adjustments and changed his thinking.
He gave up the strategy of letting the Qin army go out of the city to strangle the demons and attack them.
Instead, they shrink the Qin army, taking advantage of the fact that the city's defenses are strong and the demons have never fought a siege, and they use their strengths and avoid their weaknesses to quickly stabilize their position.
From the initial battle to now a few days later, Meng Ao has figured out how to deal with the demon clan and has gradually stabilized.
In April, the situation continued to change.
At the same time that the demon tribe attacked Qin, the Wei and Zhao people joined forces and suddenly attacked Qin, and clashed with Wang Jian's troops.
Later, the Chu people followed suit and rushed to attack the Qin people's southern line.
The Yan army and the Qin army separated from the front and rear and joined forces to attack Zhao.
Throughout April, the situation in the various countries in China was in ups and downs, as if it had returned to the Spring and Autumn Period, when the princely states were at war.
By the end of April, the demon tribe continued to increase its troops.
In the Demon Ruins, demon clans are constantly emerging, and the war situation on the Western Front is tense.
Forced by the situation, Zhao Huaizhong also adjusted accordingly and continued to increase troops on the western front.
Da Qin's attack on Zhao did not complete its macro-plan of annexing Zhao as expected.
In April, the Qin army successively captured Yi'an, Pingyang and Wucheng, three important towns on the western front of the Zhao army.
However, the Qin army then suspended its attack on Zhao, and generals such as Yang Ruihe and Nei Shiteng withdrew, leaving only Wang Jian on the eastern front with 70,000 Qin troops to consolidate the results and stop advancing eastward.
All the soldiers transferred were transferred to the Western Front for reinforcements.
After the death of Zhao Yan, the Zhao family and ministers recommended his son Zhao Qian to the throne as King Zhao Youmiao.
He is also the last monarch of Zhao in history.
The Zhao people were busy calming down the internal turmoil, and also reduced their troops, and did not take the opportunity to counterattack.
Qin and Zhao ceased fighting, and the Wei army did not dare to fight against the Qin army on the eastern front alone, so the war on the eastern front completely stopped.
In early May, the Qin army had more than 200,000 troops stationed on the western front, making every effort to deal with the monsters, and the situation finally stabilized.
However, the demon clan continues to emerge from the demon ruins, and the battle on the Western Front shows no signs of stopping.
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Chudi.
In the palace, Xunzi came to pay homage to King Chu Kaolie with the dignity of a saint.
"In order to guard against monsters, the Lord of Qin gave up attacking Zhao and used all his strength to resist the monsters. Chu's attack on Qin at this time was equivalent to joining forces with the monsters, not the non-humans." Xunzi was playing chess with the King of Chu.
The old sage was worried about the situation of the Qin army on the western front, so he came to act as a lobbyist and persuaded the King of Chu to withdraw his troops.
King Kaolie's face was old and his back was a little rickety, but he was still in good spirits. Hearing this, he couldn't help but secretly thought: When the Qin people attacked other countries, you saints would work together to send out messages to help. When we attack Qin, you will jump out and say
no…
"If Chu retreats, will the Qin people promise not to attack Chu in the future?" the king of Chu asked.
Xunzi shook his head: "I can't guarantee it. I'm not the lord of Qin. How can I guarantee such a thing? But you have to seize the time to retreat, otherwise the history books of later generations will have you as the king of Lie. When the monsters attacked Qin, the Chu people also attacked Qin."
, it’s really disgraceful.”
King Chu felt inexplicably sad.
The old sage Xunzi was too partial.
However, the other countries withdrew their troops, and only the Chu people were still attacking Qin. King Kaolie also had the idea of withdrawing his troops to watch the battle, so he pondered for a while and said: "It is okay to let the Chu people withdraw their troops. The saints should teach in my Chu land.
If you teach your disciples carefully, might the saint agree?"
Xunzi had known that the King of Chu would take the opportunity to make a similar request, so he readily agreed.
King Kaolie nodded slightly and agreed to Xunzi's request.
Xunzi threw the chess pieces away and stood up to say goodbye.
The King of Chu is a famous bad chess player, and playing chess with him is no fun.
After leaving the palace, Xunzi took out a small mirror and contacted Zhao Huaizhong: "King Qin, how is the situation in Qin?"
In Xianyang Palace, Zhao Huaizhong took out the bone mirror and answered the question: "Lack of money."
"My Ji family has no balance left."
Ji Xian, the head of the Ji family, answered without asking any questions and appeared immediately to respond.
Zhao Huaizhong laughed dumbly: "I have no intention of raising money from the Ji family."
In the Taoyuan Cave on the other side of the mirror, Ji Xian breathed a sigh of relief and thought to himself: You have to be more conscious if you don't have me. It will be too late when you ask for it and I don't take it.
As the war continued, Da Qin's financial system was on the verge of collapse.
Zhao Huaizhong felt that if he continued like this, he might overturn.
After communicating with Xunzi, he went to the stone hall of the ancestral temple and got a lot of things recently.
Zhao Huaizhong planned to sacrifice a wave and see what he gained.