General Qin

"Xiangbang, the Qin army is here. It is the banner of Qin general Zhao Tuo. Zhang Zifang is right. Chen Yu's assassination plan failed, and Zhao Tuo did not die."

The towering city walls of Daicheng.

Zhao Xie stood behind Prime Minister Zhao Jing, pointing to several miles outside the city, his expression was quite excited.

There were a large number of Qin troops arrayed there, and from a distance, it was densely packed.

In the formation of the Qin army, there was a magnificent banner erected high up, which was the flag of Zhao Tuo, the leader of the Qin army.

Qin general Zhao Tuo came outside the city in person to check the terrain and city defense of Daicheng.

Zhao Jing murmured: "According to the previous scouts, the total number of the Qin Army's Xingjun and Zhongjun is at least 50,000. Their number is more than the total number of people in our generation city."

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the people who were close to him immediately changed, and fear flashed in their eyes.

Just like what Zhao Jing said, even though their country is called a country, it is actually just a county, and this generation is still famous for its small population and poverty.

In the original history, when the census was carried out in the late Western Han Dynasty, the number of households in the eighteen counties of Dai County was no more than 56,000, and the total population was more than 278,000.

But now it is the end of the Warring States Period, when the Zhao Kingdom was destroyed. Although a group of Zhao people flooded into Dai, they encountered a famine and directly killed a group of old and weak. Dai Wang Jia went on to lead the army. He lost a game in Yishui and sent a wave of heads out.

Now the total population of the entire Dai Kingdom may be more than 100,000, and the limit of the number of soldiers that can be recruited in all cities is about 30,000 to 40,000. This is still considering that Dai is a border county, and everyone fights bravely. From the young to the old, everyone can be a soldier.

Originally there were 20,000 soldiers in Dai City, facing Qin General Zhao Tuo's attack, Dai Wang Jia personally led more than 10,000 elite soldiers to attack, and then they were buried in one go.

After the defeat, Dai Wang Jia returned to Daicheng, and went north with two thousand soldiers who were willing to follow him.

Today's Daicheng has a total of 3,000 soldiers, all of whom are passionate men who are willing to fight to the death with the Qin army rather than join forces with the Hu people.

In addition, there are still about 40,000 residents in the city, and women, children, old and weak account for most of them.

The total number of people in the entire generation city is really not as large as the Qin army outside the city.

The disparity in combat power makes people feel desperate.

He saw fear on the faces of the people around him.

Zhao Xie stood up.

"What fear is there for Xiangbang!"

Zhao Xie yelled.

"Zhao Jia buried his soldiers and horses in the hands of the Qin people, and he was greedy for life and afraid of death. He listened to Yanxi's words and was willing to join the Xiongnu. He is really a descendant of the Zhao family!"

"Now that the Qin army is approaching the city, since we did not leave with Zhao Jia, we should all fight bravely here with the Qin people. Even if we die in battle, we will let those who betray our ancestors outside the city know who the Zhao family is. boy!"

Hearing Zhao Xie's words of encouragement, Zhao Jing's face turned red, and the soldiers guarding the city around were encouraged and raised their arms and shouted.

Another city official came to report that there were tens of thousands of old and weak women and children in Daicheng. They all said that their children died at the hands of the Qin people.

Hearing this, Zhao Xie and the others were even more overjoyed.

"Okay, even the old and the weak are willing to go to the city to join the battle, so why not be afraid!"

Zhao Xie immediately ordered people to distribute weapons and prepare defensive facilities to fight to the death with the Qin army outside the city!

At the head of Daicheng City, there was a lot of passionate voices, quite imposing.

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"This generation of city is dangerous, and the soldiers in the city have the heart to fight to the death. Although there are not many soldiers defending the city, it is really troublesome to attack by force. If the ants attack the city, our army will have thousands of casualties. If we build giant artillery equipment, It will take a lot of time.”

Zhao Tuo stood outside the city, looking at the defenses and terrain of Daicheng in the distance, feeling a little tricky.

Hearing this, Li Shiqi burst out laughing, and couldn't help but said, "When I was learning the art of vertical and horizontal, I heard that it was very easy for the ancestors of the general to seize this city."

Zhao Tuo rolled his eyes.

He knew what Li Shiqi was talking about.

Daicheng was the capital city of the former Dai Kingdom, a country with the same surname granted by Shang Tang, and it has been passed down for more than a thousand years.

Until the Spring and Autumn Period, the head of the Zhao family named Zhao Wuxie came up with a way to seize the land of the country.

He pretended to make friends with the acting king and married his own sister to him.

Dai Wang became Zhao Wuxie's brother-in-law, and Zhao Dai's relationship is naturally friendly.

After a short period of happiness, Zhao Wuxie invited the Dai Wang to a banquet. During the banquet, the chef asked the chef to pour wine for the Dai Wang and the accompanying officials of the Dai Kingdom with a wine vessel called a copper 枓 (dǒu).

When they were halfway pouring the wine, the cooks directly held the copper spoons in their hands, and slammed on the heads of the king and the officials of the country.

The king of Dai was shot in the head by a copper stick, and the Zhao family took the opportunity to send troops to quell the land of Dai.

Since then, Daiguo has been owned by the Zhao family until now.

As for Zhao Wuxie's sister who was married to Dai Wang, when she heard the news, she wept and shouted, and Moji committed suicide.

Generations of people pitied her and named the place where she died as the Mountain of Moji.

Zhao Tuo's ancestor, the process of seizing the city was not a glorious thing, but it was easy.

But now, facing this strong generation city, Zhao Tuo can only choose to attack by force.

"We must take Daicheng as soon as possible, and then pursue Zhao Jia, otherwise he will lure the Huns south, and it will be troublesome."

While Zhao Tuo was thinking, bursts of cheers came from the top of the city.

Soon, military officials in charge of investigation came to report that there were a group of old and weak women and children on the walls of Daicheng.

"The old and the weak go to the city..."

Zhao Tuo narrowed his eyes slightly, and suddenly his heart moved. He thought of Wang Jian's method of conquering Wuyang City when he was attacking Yan.

"Li Shang, sent an order to find a thousand people who have family members in Daicheng from among the captured captives. He said that if Daicheng can be captured, they will be released and the lives and property of their families will be preserved."

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Seeing Li Shang lead the order, Li Shiqi's eyes lit up, and he said, "Does the general want to attack his heart?"

Zhao Tuo nodded and said, "Of course, if the old and weak in the city do not go up to the wall, this plan may not be successful. Now that there are old and weak guards on the wall in Daicheng, it is a loophole in the city and can help our army break through the city."

Li Shiqi shook his head and smiled wryly: "The general is so smart, there is no room for me, Li Shiqi."

Zhao Tuo laughed loudly and said, "Sir, why should you underestimate yourself? Mr. Zhao Tuo has always admired his wisdom, but the enemy he encountered was quite stupid, and he didn't need to make a plan."

"In addition to being good at strategy, Mr. Zhao Tuo also has eloquence that Zhao Tuo can't compare to. When we attack Qi in the future, Mr. Zhang will have a day to show his skills."

Hearing this, Li Shiqi laughed, with a look of anticipation in his eyes.

Qi State is the place where Li Shiqi is destined to take off.

After Zhao Tuo made up his plan, he did not attack the city immediately, but ordered the soldiers to camp outside the city to rest, so as to recover the energy consumed after the long-distance raid.

Daicheng city wall.

Seeing that the sky was about to darken, the Qin army outside the city did not have the posture to attack the city.

Prime Minister Zhao Jing breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It seems that Zhao Tuo will not attack the city today, and we still have a rest for the night."

But Zhao Xie shook his head and said: "Xiangbang, don't be lazy. I heard that Zhao Tuo is full of tricks. He pretended to be assassinated by Zhao Shuo before to deceive Zhao Jia. This is a clear proof."

"A character like Zhao Tuo can't guarantee how much scheming is in his chest. We must not take it lightly. From my point of view, he is pretending not to attack the city now, and he may launch a surprise attack at night. We must be careful."

Zhao Jing thought for a while and said: "You are right. With Zhao Tuo's trick, the Qin army is likely to attack the city at night. We can't relax. But our army has only 3,000 soldiers, and we still need to prepare for tomorrow. It is impossible for the Qin army to attack the city day and night, otherwise it will waste energy, and there will be no strength in the real fight. It is better to let the old and weak in the city be responsible for the defense of the city, and warn the Qin army when they see the attack. Our soldiers rest nearby to restore their strength , Wait until the Qin army sieges the city, and then fight bloody with the opponent!"

Zhao Xie thought that their pawns were indeed too few, and they needed to take turns to conserve their energy for the battle.

He nodded and said: "What Xiangbang said is that we will send more representatives in the city to be in charge of vigilance."

Time passed, and the night swallowed the earth.

Tonight, the moon and stars are thin.

At the head of Daicheng City, there are old people, women and children lying on the walls on all sides of the city, watching the movement outside the city vigilantly to prevent the Qin army from attacking the city.

Outside the city, the Qin army barracks.

Under the darkness of night, many figures came out.

Some of them held strange-looking things in their hands.

"Historical Records Zhao Family": Sister Xiangzi used to be Mrs. Dai Wang...please Dai Wang. The cooks were asked to use copper shovels to serve the king and his servants with food, and they poured them out, and the governors were ordered to kill the king and his servants with shovels, so they raised troops to pacify the land.