General Qin

Qi soldiers in the city opened the city gate.

Zhao Guang immediately sent people into the city and began to take over the city. At the same time, he disarmed the Qi army in the city and sent them to the prison camps outside the city in batches for custody.

Perhaps it was the great Sima who had calmed down the Qi soldiers in the city, or maybe it was Zhao Tuo's three-pronged approach in the past few days, with the power of fear to induce surrender and deterrence. The Qi people in the city were very docile when facing the Qin army entering the city There was no resistance.

But bloodshed is indispensable.

"General, the soldiers of Qi in the city heard that the Great Sima had died. Hundreds of people said that they were willing to leave with the Great Sima, and they all killed themselves."

After Li Shang received the news from the city, he came over and reported to Zhao Tuo.

"These are all chaste and respectful people, their corpses should be restrained, and they should not be humiliated lightly."

Zhao Tuo stood at the foot of the city, looking up.

There, the dark red blood slowly flowed down the wall.

"Da Sima is a gentleman of the world, but unfortunately he was born in the wrong era."

Zhao Tuo sighed softly.

Since the world entered the Warring States Period, all wars have been intrigues. In order to win, all kinds of tricks and tricks have been made one after another, so no one will abide by the so-called ancient military etiquette.

Only in a country like Qi, which has not had wars for decades, can such an idealistic aristocratic gentleman like Tian Chong be born in such a comfortable environment.

It's just that time has changed, and today's battlefield is no longer a stage for people like them.

"Buy the great Sima with rites, and those who follow the death festival will be buried next to him, for the sake of loyalty and righteousness."

Zhao Tuo spoke with a slightly sad voice.

After speaking, he turned and went back to camp.

But just as he turned around, the sadness in Zhao Tuo's eyes was gone, and there was a glint of light in his eyes.

Since Da Sima died for the country, Zhencheng surrendered, and the main force of the Qi army fell into his hands.

After arranging the important affairs here, he will immediately send troops to Linzi, and with the power of victory in this battle, he will intimidate King Jian of Qi and destroy the country in one fell swoop.

"Immediately count the number of prisoners and detain them in batches. If there is no resistance, no killing or torture will be allowed."

"Order Meng Tian of Ayi to collect Jishui ships as soon as possible, so as to transport our army's eastward baggage."

"Three days later, I will lead a large army to Linzi, and make great achievements in destroying the country and the captive king!"

...

Dicheng is located on the bank of Jishui River.

After crossing Jishui from here, you can go all the way south to Linzi, the capital of Qi.

"Brother, Da Sima really wants to surrender the city to the Qin army? He still has a hundred thousand troops defending the city, how can he surrender to the Qin people so easily!"

"Brother Rong passed through this before, but he said that Da Sima was going to fight to the death in the city, waiting for the king's reinforcements!"

In Tian's mansion in the city, a young man in his twenties was shocked, staring at the man next to the case who was eating food.

Tian Dan raised his head and looked at his young cousin.

Tian Heng.

After several days of galloping, Tian Dan's face was weathered and dirty.

He swallowed the rotten meat in his mouth in a few mouthfuls, and whispered: "Ah Heng, at this time and at that time, at that time, Ayi has not yet fallen, the soldiers in Zhencheng are still motivated, and we still have the strength to fight the Qin people. "

"But with Ayi falling into the hands of the Qin army, Zhencheng was cut off from the rear. At the same time, Zhao Tuo used tricks to destroy our army's morale. Although there are still 100,000 soldiers in the city and auxiliary soldiers, they have no fighting spirit. Everyone wants to surrender. As long as the Qin army attacks, the city will be destroyed."

"Under such a situation of inevitable defeat, Da Sima took pity on the lives of his soldiers, and he did not hesitate to bear the infamy of surrender. He surrendered the whole city. This is because he did not want more casualties for our Qi people. Such actions are the actions of a gentleman."

Tian Heng sneered and said: "Gentleman? Oh, what a ragtag gentleman, Tian Chong has an army of 300,000 in his hand, and it's fine if he can't defeat the Qin people. Now he is besieged by the Qin people. Since the last moment of the deadly battle, he has recruited new soldiers for the king. Delaying time is the only way. From my point of view, his surrender is nothing more than doing meritorious service for the people of Qin, so as to save the rich and noble lives..."

"Tian Hengzhuzi, Ande is talking nonsense!"

Tian Dan clapped the table and stood up with a bang.

His beard and hair were all stretched out, roaring like an angry lion, staring at Tian Heng in front of him.

Tian Heng shuddered, and hurriedly lowered his head and said, "Brother, don't be angry, I'm just resentful of the defeat. Now that Zhencheng is defeated, Qin's army will surely march eastward, and our country of Qi has no time to recruit new troops. I'm afraid the country is in danger. !"

Hearing this, Tian Dan became less angry.

After a little silence, Tian Dan said in a deep voice: "Based on what I saw on the battlefield, that Qin general Zhao Tuo, no matter whether it was fighting on the battlefield or playing tricks and tricks, is by no means equal to us. Now the great Sima is defeated. , he will definitely seize the opportunity and push Linzi."

"At that time when the Qin army passed through Dicheng, you must not gather your clansmen to fight against the enemy, you just need to follow the elders of the clan to surrender to the Qin State. He Qin State destroyed the other five countries, and he did not kill indiscriminately, and Zhao Tuo was not cruel. General, as long as you don't resist, your life will never be in danger."

Tian Heng was stunned, he stared and said: "Brother, you actually want us to surrender to Qin?"

"Now that the general situation of the Qi State is gone, if you rebel against the Qin people, you will only ruin the clan, and the clan will be reduced to dead bodies and servants. From now on, you should put the preservation of the clan first."

As Tian Dan said, he stood up and wanted to leave.

Tian Heng asked anxiously: "Brother, since our country of Qi is gone, why do you still go to Linzi? Why don't you ask someone to call Brother Rong back, the three of us will protect the clan together."

Tian Dan turned his head and said calmly: "I am also a descendant of the Tian family, and the country of Qi is also my ancestor's country. You are here to protect the clan, and I will enter Linzi to be loyal to the king and live up to my Tian Dan's name."

"Not to mention Da Sima."

With that said, Tian Dan turned around and strode out.

His eyes were full of determination.

He, Tian Dan, will fight to the last moment in Linzi, guarding Tian's community with the king and Xiangbang.

...

A few days later, the capital of Qi was Linzi.

The sun is shining brightly in the sky, the breeze is blowing across the earth, and there is spring everywhere, with the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers.

But in this most magnificent and prosperous city in the world today, there is an emotion called fear spreading everywhere.

The whole city seemed to be shrouded in a cloud.

The magnificent Qi Wang Palace.

Qi Wangjian, who was nearly sixty years old, kept pacing back and forth in the hall with a panicked face, cursing as he walked.

"Three hundred thousand people! This is a whole three hundred thousand troops! How could they be wiped out in one battle?"

"How could he, Tian Chong, dare to do such a thing? He even sent the 300,000 troops of the widow to the people of Qin."

"I'm so pissed off, even if it's 300,000 pigs, if they get together and charge forward, they're better than Tian Chong!"

"And this Zhuzi actually surrendered to the Qin army!"

"Tian Jia, this is the good general you picked, and this is the great Sima you picked for me!"

Qi Wangjian beat his chest and stomped his feet, and roared loudly at Tian Jia who bowed his head in the hall, venting his anger and fear.

A few days ago, the general named Tian Rong brought the news of the defeat of Pushui and the capture of Ayi, which shocked and frightened the entire court of Qi.

But anyway, at that time, Tian Chong still had a hundred thousand troops guarding Zhencheng, dragging the Qin people there to death, which was regarded as Linzi's barrier.

"Tian Chong stopped the Qin army in Zhencheng, and I immediately recruited Qi people from all over the country to come to Zizi for rescue!"

Qi Wangjian calculated that as long as Tian Chong stayed in Zhencheng for two or three months, he would be able to recruit another 200,000 troops.

At that time, if he confronts the Qin people again, the outcome is still unknown.

Unexpectedly, within a few days, Tian Dan, Tian Chong's deputy, came with the news that Tian Chong had surrendered to Qin with Zhencheng.

Shock.

anger.

fear.

Qi Wangjian's eyes were already blood red under the fear and anger.

When he saw the silk script written by Tian Chong himself on the previous plan table, this made him feel even more angry, and he kicked it hard.

As the case was overturned, Qi Wangjian's screams were heard at the same time.

"Ouch, the widow fell."

He kicked the flying table, but because he was too old and his balance was unstable, he also fell to the ground.

"King."

Tian Jia came back to his senses and hurriedly stepped forward to help.

At the same time, he summoned the maids outside the hall to help Qi Wangjian to the couch together.

After this incident, Qi Wangjian calmed down instead.

While letting the maid rub his injured waist and legs, he looked sadly at Tian Jia in front of him.

"My brother, now Tian has surrendered to the people of Qin. The Qin army is about to enter Linzi, and our Tian family is in danger. At this time, what should I do?"

Qi Wangjian was terrified.

The queen mother is gone.

Hou Sheng is gone.

Facing such a crisis, he was panicked and at a loss, and could only pin his hopes on his younger brother.

Tian Jia bit his lip.

He himself didn't have much talent, but he was the younger brother of King Jian of Qi, and he had good friends with people from the four countries, so he was promoted to the position of Prime Minister during the assassination.

Now seeing Qi's 300,000 troops killed in one battle, not only Qi Wangjian fell into fear, but even Tian Jia was extremely frightened.

In Qin Wangzheng's imperial edict, he named those who would hand over his land leave.

Tian Jia took a deep breath, suppressed the fear in his heart, and whispered: "Your Majesty, for the present plan, I can only listen to the words in Tian Chong's silk script. Take this Tian Dan as a general, recruit the people of Linzi as soldiers, and defend the city to the death. At the same time Send an order to the cities of Qi, and then recruit soldiers to rescue Linzi, and attack the Qin people together."

"We have more than 2,000 miles in Qi, and more than 70 cities. Maybe someone like Anping Jun Tiandan will appear, so our Qi country will be saved."

Qi Wangjian frowned and said, "Tian Dan? This person is Tian Chong's subordinate. If he is selected as a general, will he surrender to the Qin army just like Tian Chong? Moreover, even Tian Chong is not an opponent of the Qin army. Can a lieutenant general really fight against the Qin people?"

"Tai Shiwen said that people from the Five Kingdoms have re-entered Qi after the war between Qin and Qi, and there are many generals from the Five Kingdoms. They have rich combat experience and are willing to help us fight against Qin. It might be better if the people of the country are generals."

Tian Jia's complexion changed, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, don't listen to the words of Tai Shiwen. We were forced by the Qin State to turn our faces against the people of the Five Kingdoms, and escorted Songyang Lord of Chu and Hengyang Lord of Han to Qin State. I don’t know how many people from the Five Kingdoms have been killed by us, and they have already formed hatred, so how can you trust them. Don’t you see that the Five Kingdoms defeated Qi in the past, and the people of Chu have nothing to do with their teeth!”

Hearing Nao Chi's name, Qi Wangjian shuddered, feeling his hands and feet shaking even more.

In the past, the five kingdoms of Zhao, Wei, Han, Yan, and Qin attacked Qi, and Chu State sent troops to rescue Qi with Nao Chi as its general.

King Qi Min believed in the "good intentions" of the Chu people, so he took Chu general Nao Chi as his prime minister, and led Qi Chu's soldiers against the Five Kingdoms.

As a result, Naochi secretly negotiated with Yan Guo to carve up the Qi land together, and directly imprisoned King Qi Min, and killed him while counting his sins.

The fact that the five countries attacked Qi was actually the six countries bullying the people of Qi.

In the end, when the country was facing subjugation, the Qi country still relied on the Qi people themselves to restore the country.

That is to say, from then on, Qi State no longer believed in the people of the other six countries. Under the leadership of the queen, it did not participate in the wars between the six countries. Only then did it have decades of peace.

That war left a deep shadow on the people of Qi, who are wary of people from the other six countries. This is why Qi has no good generals, but has never used people from the other five countries to help lead the army.

Let the people of Qi understand the matter of King Min of Qi.

Foreigners are not to be trusted, and the only ones who can save their own country are their own people.

Now I see Tianjia came up with the case of Naochi.

Qi Wangjian also remembered the fate of his eldest father, King Qi Min, and immediately shook his head and said: "What my brother said is that the people of the Five Kingdoms cannot believe that Tian Dan is my Tian clan after all, and this state of Qi is also his ancestor. Where, I think I will not betray the widow."

Tian Jia breathed a sigh of relief.

The two brothers discussed it again, but in the end they couldn't come up with any good solution, and planned to do it according to Tian Chong's arrangement for the time being.

Half an hour later, Xiangbangtian walked out of Qi Palace on leave, and walked towards his carriage, intending to go back to the mansion first, and then find someone to discuss.

Tian Dan, Tian Chong's deputy, and Tian Rong, his brother, were waiting in his residence.

General Qi Wuliang, Da Sima Tianchong is already the only commander in Qi who can do it.

Now with the defeat of Zhencheng, after Tian Chong surrendered to Qin, there will be fewer people in Qi who can lead the army.

The two brothers Tian Dan are probably the last two Qi people in Linzi city who know soldiers.

Tian Jia got into the carriage, the four horses moved, and the carriage moved slowly.

Tian Jia picked up the curtain, stretched out his head, and looked back at the majestic Qi Palace behind him, his heart was full of sadness and fear.

"Qi Guo...it seems hopeless."

Don't look at him comforting each other with Qi Wangjian in the palace, in fact, deep down in his heart, he already knows that the current state of Qi has reached its final stage.

Even the 300,000 troops led by Tian Chong were defeated in one battle.

Is it possible that brothers Tian Dan, who are not as capable as Tian Chong, and a group of Linzi people who have never fought in battle, want to resist the attack of the Qin army?

"I heard that the giant cannons of the Qin people are so powerful that no city in the world can stop the Qin army from attacking the city. Although Linzi is big, it probably won't last for a few months."

"At that time, the king may still be able to save his life like the kings of Chu and Wei. And what about my Tianjia? I'm afraid I will die soon!"

Thinking of the questioning words in Qin's imperial edict against Qi, Tian Jia trembled with fear.

His name was ranked first, once the city of Linzi was destroyed, he would definitely die.

"What a great head, is it going to be beheaded by the people of Qin?"

Tian Jia sat on the carriage, touching his neck in fear.

Soon, the carriage stopped at Xiangbang's mansion.

As soon as Tian Jia got out of the car, a servant came to report.

It is said that there is a wealthy foreign businessman named Chen Chi in the city who asked to see Xiangbang and offered him a thorn.

The thorn is the so-called visiting card in later generations.

Tian Jia frowned and looked at it stably.

The next moment, his eyes widened.

"This person can save my life!"

This is the chapter for today, and we need to sort out the follow-up ideas. Only the last few chapters are left after the demise of Qi State. The transition and the plot after the unification have not been straightened out, so we have to think about how to arrange it.

There will be three more tomorrow.

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