The King of Wei was still cursing a second ago, saying that the State of Zhao was really unkind. His State of Wei had lost so many soldiers and horses, but they didn't even show any expression?
It really chilled the hearts of friendly countries. They really followed the Hu people and wore Hu clothes, thinking of themselves as Hu people! There is no reason at all in their actions!
The next second, when the King of Wei heard that the Qin army stationed in Han was ready to attack Wei, his expression changed instantly: "Hurry up and ask Zhao for help!"
"Send the messengers as fast as possible to ask Zhao for help. Ask them to come to our aid as soon as possible!"
The King of Wei thought of the Han rebels again, and immediately issued another order: "Anyone who surrenders to Qin will not be accepted by Wei. They must fight to the death against Qin and fight until the last moment of their lives!"
now.
The envoys from Wei State rode at full speed to Zhao State.
At this moment in the State of Zhao, King Xiaocheng of Zhao was critically ill, and Crown Prince Yan, who was in charge of governing the country, was in charge of the government.
In the court, another Wei envoy was accusing Zhao of being ruthless. Wei had lost so much in the war, but Zhao didn't even give an explanation. How could they be united in the future? Wei had lost so much, Zhao should at least cede a few cities as a token of its appreciation.
Prince Yan naturally would not look at the envoy in a good light. He said coldly: "Fighting against the tyrannical Qin is not only Zhao's business, but also Wei's own business. This is the righteous cause and what the King of Wei should do. But now the King of Wei actually cares about the loss of a soldier. It is really putting the cart before the horse!"
The Wei envoy still insisted: "Prince, that is not a single soldier. The number of Wei's casualties and captured soldiers is close to 40,000. How can this be considered a single soldier?"
"So many people have been killed and injured for so long, but Zhao State has not given an explanation. This is not right."
Prince Yan waved his hand and sent the Wei envoy back to the post station.
After half a day, the envoy from Wei State arrived and hurriedly reported to the official in charge of receiving Zhao State: "I have something important to report to the King of Zhao! Please let me know!"
Afterwards, the official in charge of receiving the emperor reported the matter to the crown prince: "The envoy from Zhao said he has something very important to tell you."
"What a big deal?"
Prince Yan sneered, and then said impatiently: "Why are you here again? Still insisting on asking for compensation? His Wei State suffered so much loss, does it mean that my Zhao State has no loss? Just tell him, I don't want to see him!!"
soon.
The Wei envoy who asked for help received the reply: "The Crown Prince Yan, who is in charge of the government, does not want to see you!"
"You won't see me?" As soon as these words came out, the Wei envoy's face changed drastically. He said in astonishment: "Why is the relationship between our two countries so disrespectful?"
The envoy from Wei who came to ask for help obviously did not understand what was going on and thought that Zhao was unwilling to save Wei.
He did not return the same way, but reported to the King of Wei that Zhao was unwilling to send troops. It would have been strange if the King of Wei did not execute him.
He was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, and began to try every possible way to find someone, hoping to meet Prince Yan, and then persuade him with emotion and reason to get him to agree to send troops.
What surprised the envoy was that the officials of Zhao State treated him very badly.
"The world is in decline. We are all one of the Three Jin States. How can we watch our friendly states perish? The Kingdom of Han has already perished. Does Zhao want to watch the Kingdom of Wei also be destroyed?" The envoy was so anxious that he was like a headless fly, running around everywhere.
After three days, the messenger finally met General Li Mu. After telling him the whole story, Li Mu stood up and said, "Follow me to see Prince Yan!"
"General, you are so righteous!" The Wei envoy bowed profusely.
Soon, the envoy from Wei State met Prince Yan, and went straight to the point and asked for help.
"Now there are only Zhao and Wei left among the Three Jins. If Wei is destroyed, then Zhao will be Qin's next target. Why do you, Prince, just watch it die without helping? What's the logic behind this?" The messenger expressed all his grievances.
When Prince Yan heard this, he was a little dumbfounded: "...What?"
He stood up, looked at the messenger, and said, "Tell me in detail!"
"It's like this. Ever since Han was conquered by Qin, our Wei spies have been constantly patrolling the border. Some scouts even risked their lives to go deep into Han to investigate the specific situation in Han."
"Through scouts, we learned that Bai Qi, who was stationed in Han, began to mobilize frequently and continuously assembled troops with the intention of invading Wei. After we discovered this, the Qin army mobilized even faster. Before I set off, they had already begun to attack our city." The messenger said hurriedly.
"When did this happen?" Prince Yan asked with a frown.
"Three days ago, I requested to see the prince, but the prince was unwilling to see me. I looked for many people and finally found General Li Mu, who was then able to see the prince." The messenger said helplessly.
"Why didn't you tell me about such an important matter earlier?" Prince Yan asked angrily.
"I have to meet you in person before I can tell you." The messenger looked aggrieved.
"Your King of Wei has messed up things!" Prince Yan said angrily, "He sends envoys here to ask us for compensation whenever he wants. The losses in Han are not yours alone. I thought you were also an envoy asking for compensation!"
"Then Your Highness, are you willing to send troops?" the messenger asked hurriedly.
"Of course!" Although Prince Yan despised the King of Wei for being an inhuman, he still had to be a human being. Wei must be saved. If not, Zhao would have to face the powerful Qin alone, which he did not want to see.
"Then please ask the Crown Prince to send troops as soon as possible." The messenger said hurriedly, and he breathed a sigh of relief. Although it was quite troublesome and wasted three days, fortunately he finally persuaded the State of Zhao to help, and his mission was successfully completed.
…
A small town on the Korean border.
In a small courtyard, Bai Qi, with a head full of white hair, looked at the bamboo slips in his hands, his eyes were very calm.
Behind him was a suit of armor, as well as swords of various styles and even a sharp spear.
Bai Qi was wearing a Confucian robe at the moment, and he looked like an elegant scholar. If his eyes were not so sharp, he would look more like one.
He looked at the bamboo slips in his hand for a long time, and his expression became a little confused.
"Hasn't Zhao sent out its troops yet?"
"Strange, what happened?"
"Have you seen through our plan?"
"If this continues, we will really destroy Wei."
"But it would be good to conquer Wei."
"This is an open conspiracy. No matter which choice you make, the result will be losing one thing while gaining another..."
"It shouldn't be... maybe it's Wei and Zhao who are negotiating?"
Bai Qi murmured softly, put down the bamboo slips in his hand, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"That young general, Li Mu, the Li Mu who defeated the Xiongnu, come quickly and fight with me again."
"Let's add some fun to this boring war. These Wei people are really too stupid..."
According to the original plan, after Qin conquered Han, it would take some time to recuperate and stabilize Han before continuing its attack.
As a result, when Bai Qi arrived in Korea, he took over the entire country without losing a single soldier. It can be said that this was completely beyond the plan.
In this case, it is only natural to plan the next step in advance.
As Bai Qi continued to attack and occupied several cities of Wei, the army of Zhao finally arrived.
"Finally here..." Bai Qi smiled slightly.
at the same time.
Qin State.
The 200,000-strong army was ready to go, and Su Che handed the sword representing military power to Wang Jian.
At this moment, Wang Jian, like Li Mu, has grown from a young man into a general capable of shouldering great responsibilities.
Su Che appointed him as a general and ordered him to attack the State of Zhao.
As Bai Qi launched the war to destroy Wei, Zhao, knowing that one's teeth would be in danger if one were to fall, would inevitably go to support it.
As a result, the rear of Zhao State will be left empty.
We should take advantage of this opportunity to capture Zhao State, forcing it to be caught between the two and force it to either give up rescuing Wei State or wait to be destroyed!
The current Qin State is extremely powerful, and even if it is fighting on two fronts, it can still handle it with ease.
This was an open conspiracy that forced the State of Zhao to make a choice.
Wang Jian respectfully took Su Che's sword, then turned around, stood in the middle of the martial arts arena, raised it high, and shouted loudly: "End this endless war! Devour the five kingdoms! Make the world peaceful! Victory!"
As soon as these words came out, the entire army, all the Qin soldiers shouted in unison: "Victory! Victory! Victory!!"
Since Su Che came to power, he not only waged a public opinion war externally, but also did so internally. Under his propaganda, the hardworking Qin people quickly accepted this set of ideas.
"The world is suffering, the war is endless, and the people are suffering. In order to liberate the world from this state, the only choice is to annex the whole world and make it a world of peace!!!"
This is a very lofty ideal, but somewhat unrealistic for ordinary people.
But it is undeniable that it is indeed useful.
Everyone has his or her own goals. Living in this world, there must always be some pure ideals.
Fighting for the ideals in one's mind can often unleash extremely powerful fighting power.
Especially under the old Qin people's military merit system, if you want status, you have land, you have money, you have servants, what else do you need? That is naturally a lofty ideal!
Now Su Che has even prepared ideals for them, which gives all the old Qin people a goal to strive for. They also hope that one day the world will be peaceful and the chaos that has lasted for so many years will stop.
Even the common people at the bottom of society are worthy of having the greatest ideals.
This is Su Che’s opinion.
When he did this, many of his ministers advised him that the common people at the bottom of society who could not even read would not understand at all, so how could they possibly understand such a lofty goal?
But Su Che didn't care. He used the simplest words to convey these contents to all the Qin people.
Gradually.
All Qin people understood.
They started the war to save the whole world, not for the benefit of the monarch and the country.
It turns out that this is indeed effective.
The Qin people, who were originally an army of tigers and wolves, seemed to have been sublimated and became even more brutal.
The reason is simple. When a boss paints a rosy picture for you, you will definitely be impatient and feel that your boss is trying to PUA you.
But when your boss takes you to eat and drink well, gives you adequate treatment, and raises your salary to the maximum, the pie in the sky is no longer a pie in the sky, and the company's business becomes your own business.
The Qin army set out quickly, and under the command of Wang Jian, divided its troops into two routes to attack Zhao. In one breath, they captured more than ten cities including Zhao Ye, won battle after battle, and acted recklessly. Then they marched northward and approached the Zhao capital Handan!
That day, the people of Handan finally remembered the fear of being dominated by the Qin people.
…
When Li Mu, who was far away in Wei State, heard the news of the fire in the backyard, he was shocked and angry.
"I was just saying that these past few days, I always felt like something was wrong and I was feeling uneasy. So this is what's going on!"
Li Mu frowned. The army that attacked Wei was occupied by a part of Qin army and the same part of Han army. Logically speaking, the number of Qin army should definitely be more than this.
Therefore, Li Mu was always on the alert for possible reinforcements from the Qin army.
However, it was not until today that it was discovered that the Qin army took advantage of the emptiness of Zhao's rear and sneaked in!
He really didn't expect that Qin's national strength was so strong that it could wage war against two countries at the same time!
Is this going to swallow up two countries in one breath?
This is crazy!!
The best option at the moment is naturally to leave quickly and return to Zhao State for support. After all, Li Mu is a general of Zhao, not Wei.
But the problem is, as long as he leaves, the State of Wei will be lost!
As the lips and teeth are interdependent, Zhao State is also in a difficult situation.
But if he didn't go back, once the capital of Zhao, Handan, was lost, then Li Mu, would never be able to atone for his sins even if he died.
So, he had to, and had no choice but to retreat.
As Li Mu withdrew his troops, the King of Wei became anxious. The battle wasn't even over yet, why was he withdrawing his troops?
Li Mu told the King of Wei the truth that Zhao State was attacked by Qin Army in the rear. The King of Wei had no choice but to watch the Zhao Army leave.
After Li Mu led the Zhao army to escape, he quickly returned to Zhao without any obstruction. Bai Qi seemed to be watching him leave, which made Li Mu understand: "This is the Qin army's open conspiracy!"
When the Zhao army retreated, Bai Qi launched a general offensive and quickly occupied various parts of Wei.
The Wei State's Daliang City was easy to defend but difficult to attack. Not only were the city walls very high, but there was also a criss-crossing water network outside the walls, which was used for both supply within the city and for defense.
It is no exaggeration to say that this is a city with natural dangers.
Faced with this impregnable city, Bai Qi did not attack it. Instead, he sent troops to control the water network around Daliang City, and diverted water from the Yellow River and the Honggou Canal to flood Daliang City.
Under the water attack, the originally easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack Daliang City turned directly into a vast ocean. There was not even a place to stand in the entire city. After holding out for another month, the King of Wei saw that the situation was hopeless and had no choice but to open the city and surrender.
From then on, the Wei Kingdom was destroyed.
In this war to annihilate the country, Bai Qi also did not kill indiscriminately. He would accept the surrender of the Wei army as long as they surrendered.
It has to be said that Su Che's previous public opinion offensive played a significant role in this war.
If the Qin army continued to use killing to clear the way, even if it occupied Wei, it would only be a country full of hatred and resentment.
However, under the policy of using a stick in one hand and a carrot in the other, the number of people who surrendered changed instantly, and the number of people who resisted to the end decreased a lot.
In the Qin army, in addition to the original Han people, there were suddenly a lot of Wei people. Although they could not be thrown into the war immediately, with the passage of time and the inculcation of various concepts, one day, these would become useful soldiers.
If they could be loyal to Qin, driven by the military merit system, these Wei people might be able to recreate the glory of the Wei Wuzu in the past.
In the early Warring States period, at the suggestion of Wu Qi, the State of Wei implemented the famous "Wu Zu" system.
Wu Qi believed that the key to having a strong army was not the number of soldiers but their governance.
The selection criteria for Wuzu were strict and the treatment was generous. Only those who could travel a hundred miles a day while carrying a bow and arrow, full armor, holding a spear, and carrying three days of military rations could become Wei Wuzu.
Once these soldiers are selected to become Wei Wuzu, not only their equipment but also their treatment will be fully guaranteed.
There will always be brave warriors under great rewards. The Wei Wuzu was born under great rewards. In addition, the special training and leadership of the founder Wu Qi led to deep feelings among the soldiers of the Wei Wuzu and a very close relationship between them and Wu Qi.
Generous treatment and a leader who shared weal and woe made the Wei Wuzu an iron-blooded army. They could advance and retreat together, live and die together, and no one could stop them from moving forward.
It was precisely because of this that Wu Qi led the Wei Wuzu to fight a total of 64 wars with the Qin State and achieved an astonishing record of complete victory, which directly left the old Qin people with psychological trauma.
In the peak battle, there was a glorious record in which 50,000 Wei Wuzu defeated 500,000 Qin troops.
However, everything that goes up must come down, and after Wu Qi was squeezed out, the Wei Wuzu gradually went downhill and eventually withdrew from the stage of history.
For the Wei State, which had failed in its reform, it was obviously impossible to recreate the Wei Wuzu of the past.
It is obviously unrealistic to not give people meat to eat and still expect them to work for you.
As Qin occupied Wei and obtained the lands that had been annexed and occupied by the nobles, it reintroduced the military merit system, and people could eat meat again by killing people on the battlefield. With a qualified general, it would not be impossible for the Wei Wuzu to regain their glory.
And this qualified general was Bai Qi's deputy general, the young General Meng Tian!
After reorganizing wave after wave of surrendered troops, Meng Tian began to reorganize the entire Wei State and at the same time tried to rebuild the Wei Wuzu.
Bai Qi adhered to the spirit of "if he can't be killed, then he will be used to death", and he didn't treat Meng Tian as a human being at all. He stuffed all the matters, big and small, on him.
These days, Meng Tian hardly slept for more than two hours a day. All kinds of complicated work almost made him collapse.
He had every reason to suspect that this was Wu'an Hou Bai Qi deliberately taking revenge on him because he said he was old...
I regret what I did!
This Bai Qi is really too petty!
Meng Tian was so angry that his teeth were itching.
But it must be said that although it was torturous every day, Meng Tian did grow a lot, and his abilities in all aspects were improving rapidly.
Compared to when he just left Xianyang, Meng Tian seemed like a different person, both in his decisiveness and his judgment on various matters.
Gradually, the young general Meng Tian began to show the style of a great general.
…
Let’s go back in time a little.
Zhao State.
Wang Jian held the Qin King's Sword and squinted his eyes at the army in the distance.
Li Mu!
According to Marquis Wu'an, the ability of this Zhao general is quite good!
“Not bad”
This evaluation is very high!
Normally, people like Wang Jian and Meng Tian were regarded by Bai Qi as nothing more than fools and idiots, as if their growth and efforts were worthless.
They did not dare to disobey, after all, the person who scolded them was Bai Qi, Marquis of Wu'an.
I can’t afford to offend you!
Everyone knew that Marquis Wu'an was arrogant and looked down on everyone in the world, so when Wang Jian saw the military brief sent by the general and the evaluation of "not bad", he was very surprised, knowing that this was a tough guy!
Wang Jian, who had already entered middle age, no longer had the ambition to fight like he did in the past. He didn't even want to give it a try. What was so great about Li Mu? Why was he considered pretty good by Marquis Wu'an?
If we give it a try and fail, how many people will die? It's not worth it!
Therefore, when he heard that Li Mu was leading his troops to return for support, he did not hesitate and gave up the siege of HD. He retreated all the way to the city that had been occupied in the rear.
After the order to retreat was issued.
Wang Jian's deputy general Meng Wu was still a little confused: "General, why do we have to retreat? If we can defeat this Zhao army, then we can basically take over Zhao!"
Along the way, the Qin army was invincible and conquered every battle, sweeping and crushing the Zhao people all the way, which made Meng Wu look down on these Zhao people.
Wang Jian said helplessly: "Do you know what Marquis Wu'an said about this Zhao general?"
Meng Wu was stunned for a moment: "How do you evaluate it?"
Wang Jian said: "What Marquis Wu'an said about him is not bad!"
Meng Wu was shocked when he heard this, and he said quickly: "Then let's retreat quickly!!"
How great must he be to be regarded as a pretty good general by Bai Qi, Marquis of Wu'an?
Can't afford to offend!
now.
Li Mu, who originally planned to defeat the Qin army and vent his anger, was dumbfounded when he saw the other side fleeing swiftly.
"No... I rushed back from Wei State, and my troops are exhausted. This is a good opportunity to attack. These Qin troops can't even seize this opportunity???"
"Why are these Qin soldiers running? Why are they so cowardly? This is not the style of the Qin army!"
Li Mu could not understand the Qin army's operations at all. After returning to Handan, he learned that the Qin army had been attacking and seizing many cities of Zhao State in recent days. He was immediately filled with hatred.
He said angrily: "I will expel all of these damned Qin people without leaving a single one alive!!"
Afterwards, Li Mu began to attack continuously. However, the Qin general Wang Jian he faced, although he might not be very good at attacking, was still a good player in defense.
He perfectly defended against Li Mu's attack.
Wang Jian's style is similar to that of Lian Po, the veteran general of Zhao State. Both of them are good at using the right tactics and do not know how to "win by using the unexpected."
Simply put, it means fighting an open battle, using force to overwhelm the enemy, and using national strength to defeat the opponent. This is a general who takes the conventional route.
But Bai Qi was different from Li Mu. Back then, Bai Qi could capture Yan and Ying with only 70,000 troops.
After the Battle of Changping, the State of Zhao was extremely weak, and Li Mu was able to attack the Huns in the north and win a great victory.
To put it simply.
If Wang Jian attacked head-on, he would most likely be beaten by Li Mu, but when Wang Jian was guarding under the defense tower, Li Mu would have no way to stop him.
A few months later, when the situation in Wei State gradually stabilized, Bai Qi led the armies of Qin, Wei and Han to the north to attack Handan, forcing Li Mu, who had just achieved some results, to return.
Then.
Relying on the overwhelming advantage in military strength and the exhaustion caused by Li Mu's long-term military operations, Bai Qi easily defeated Li Mu's army, and then captured Handan City, forcing King Zhao and his family to flee.
On the way of escape, King Xiaocheng of Zhao, who was already critically ill, died on the road. Crown Prince Yan succeeded to the throne in tears, but the problem was... the State of Zhao no longer existed.
…
The second year of King Zheng of Qin.
Qin swiftly annexed the Three Jin states and occupied half of the Central Plains.
Half of the six kingdoms had been destroyed, and before the remaining three kingdoms could react, the Three Jins were swallowed up by Qin.
The State of Yan was trembling. As a country in the corner of the map, their presence has always been weak, but now that the Three Kingdoms have been destroyed, they also know that they are in danger.
As long as Qin was willing, they had no ability to resist.
So the King of Yan made a bold decision. He found an assassin who was willing to die, brought the map of Yan State, and went to Qin State as an envoy of Yan State.
The King of Yan looked at the assassin and said with emotion: "I hope you can succeed. Once you kill Qin Wang Zheng, who holds the Mandate of Heaven, the crisis of Yan will surely be resolved."
"I have accomplished my mission and will definitely kill the King of Qin!" the assassin said seriously.
"I will give you a name, you will be called Jing Ke!" said the King of Yan.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the name!" Jing Ke raised his head and said seriously.
Soon, Jing Ke arrived at Qin State and said to the Qin people who were in charge of receiving him at the posthouse: "Our king is so frightened by the majesty of the King of Qin that he dares not send out troops to resist the King of Qin's soldiers. He would rather the whole country be a subject of Qin. He specially ordered me to bring a detailed map of Yan State, hoping to meet the King of Qin in person."
After hearing this, the official did not suspect anything and reported the news.
Soon, Su Che learned the news.
An envoy from the State of Yan came to surrender, his name was Jing Ke.
"You came to assassinate me so early?" Su Che was stunned for a moment, feeling something was wrong. According to the time point, Jing Ke should still be a child at this time, right?
In other words, the so-called Jing Ke was just a loyal warrior of the State of Yan, and not a specific person?
This should be a reasonable explanation.
Su Che didn't think much about it and met the assassin Jing Ke.
In the solemn Palace of the King of Qin, all the civil and military officials stood in the spacious hall. The envoy of the State of Yan came here with a map of the State of Yan, and he subconsciously raised his head.
When he saw the young King of Qin above him and thought of the rumors, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. Assassinating a legendary saint put him under great pressure, but for the sake of Yan State and the trust of the King of Yan, he decided to resolutely complete the assassination.
Su Che looked at him coldly. Jing Ke's expression remained unchanged. He said seriously that he came here to show Yan's complete submission to Qin.
After talking for a while, Su Che waved his hand and said, "Bring up the map!"
As soon as these words came out, some guards came out and took the box containing the map directly. This made Jing Ke's face change drastically. He even tried to struggle: "In order to show our sincerity, I want to open this map for you personally and explain it to you."
However, the guard ignored Jing Ke's explanation and directly handed the map over. Su Che opened the map and soon saw the dagger hidden at the end of the map.
Su Che picked up the sharp dagger and asked with a smile: "Is this how the Yan Kingdom surrendered? By assassinating me? Hmm?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Jing Ke was quickly subdued by the soldiers and pinned to the ground.
Jing Ke looked at the scene in despair, never expecting that his intentions would be seen clearly before he could even assassinate him.
This made him a little confused. Where did the flaw go?
Just as Jing Ke was about to bite his tongue to commit suicide, King Zheng of Qin spoke from above.
Su Che played with the beautiful dagger in his hand and said calmly, "I am not a tyrant. I did not kill anyone when I seized the Three Jins. I did not kill those who surrendered or the wounded. Even those who resisted to the end could still be saved if they surrendered."
"This is a war of kingly way, a war of unification to save the people of the world from danger. I want to put an end to the war and suffering that has lasted for so many years."
"In the war in the Three Jins, wherever the Qin army went, they enforced strict military discipline and did not harm anyone. They treated the people of the Three Jins just like they treated the people of Qin."
"There have been so many sieges, but not even one massacre, because this was not a war for plunder, but a war for world peace."
"I will create an unprecedented prosperous era. In my kingdom, there will no longer be seven kingdoms, and there will no longer be wars that last for hundreds or thousands of years."
"I want to put an end to the cycle that has continued for so many years between the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and put an end to the root cause of all these wars!"
"I am not angry that you assassinated me, because it is difficult for the world to understand my thoughts, and they don't know what I am going to do."
"But it doesn't matter. I forgive you for being innocent. Go back and tell the King of Yan that the road to unification of the world cannot be stopped by a small King of Yan and a small assassin like you!!"
Su Che let Jing Ke go back. These words made Jing Ke even more confused. He was obviously a righteous man with a heroic spirit, so why did he seem to have turned into a selfish villain?
For people who are not afraid of death, mental trauma is often more painful than physical torture, a hundred times more painful.
So, Su Che did not kill him, but instead destroyed his heart!
Killing cannot solve any problem. For such people, it often helps them to achieve their goals. However, if you make them understand that what they did was wrong, they will fall into a painful state of doubting their life.
When Jing Ke returned, he told these words to the King of Yan.
King Yan was stunned, his whole body was cold: "It's bad! If you do this, you will become a typical example!!"
After hearing this, Jing Ke was stunned for a moment.
Sure enough, within a few days, the story of Jing Ke assassinating the King of Qin gradually spread among the six countries.
But this time, the protagonist is no longer Jing Ke who sang heroically and died bravely.
But it was King Zheng of Qin who had the world in his heart, but was assassinated by a villain, and finally magnanimously let him go!
Stories like this are always the ones that ordinary people talk about the most.
Because it is too exciting, a small person assassinates a big person, one is an ordinary citizen, the other is a high and mighty king, the collision between the two always attracts people's attention.
There is no doubt that such a story has given King Zheng of Qin a legendary color.
Su Che is like walking up a long stairway to godhood, gradually becoming a god through one story after another.
Under the constant offensive of public opinion, even in Yan and Zhao, there were many people who admired the King of Qin.
Unfortunately, the captured Li Mu would rather die than serve Su Che!
This guy is a stubborn donkey. Even though the State of Zhao was destroyed, he still missed the old State of Zhao.
Su Che had no choice. It would be a pity to kill such a talented person, but it would be even more of a pity if he didn't kill him because he couldn't use him for his own purposes.
There is no other way, so I have to continue raising him and let him see with his own eyes what the unified world will be like!
Two years later, after the three regions of Zhao, Wei and Han had all returned to the throne, Su Che appointed Bai Qi as the general and ordered him to lead 300,000 troops southward.
Although the State of Chu had become weak, it still had vast territory and was still strong. If one wanted to destroy the State of Chu, an army of 300,000 would be necessary.
If it were Wang Jian, he would have needed at least 600,000 troops to do this.
While attacking the State of Chu, Su Che also ordered Wang Jian to lead an army of 150,000 to march north to attack the State of Yan.
The whole State of Yan was in panic.
When Jing Ke returned to his country, both the King of Yan and the people of Yan knew that there would be a war!
This battle may be near or far.
But King Yan didn't expect it to start so soon.
In just two years, the King of Qin was ready for war.
What surprised the King of Yan even more was that the commander of the Qin army was not Bai Qi, but Wang Jian. Bai Qi went south to attack Chu. Just like the original plan of attacking Zhao and Wei at the same time, Qin replicated its original plan and attacked Yan and Chu at the same time!
The King of Yan knew that with his weak national strength, he was no match for the State of Qin, so he quickly asked the State of Qi for help.
After hearing the news, Qi thought about it and did not save Yan. Instead, he thought it was an opportunity. He took advantage of the fact that Qin was attacking and the country was empty, and started to steal the house! He occupied the land of Wei and strengthened himself!
The King of Qi called it a beautiful name: Besiege Wei to save Yan!
When Tian Ji and Sun Bin of Qi led their troops into the border area between Wei and Zhao, Tian Ji wanted to attack Zhao directly.
Sun Bin tried to stop him, saying, "Wei has sent out its best troops. If we attack Wei directly, Pang Juan will surely return to rescue them. This way, the siege of HD will be lifted. We can then ambush Pang Juan on his way back, and his army will surely be defeated."
Tian Ji followed the plan.
Sure enough, the Wei army left HD and was ambushed on the way back and fought with Qi in Guiling. The Wei soldiers were exhausted from the long journey and were completely defeated. Pang Juan barely gathered the remnants and retreated to Daliang. The Qi army won a great victory and the siege of Zhao was lifted.
This is the famous "Besieging Wei to Save Zhao" in history.
Now the King of Qi is imitating Sun Bin of that year and is preparing to replicate this operation.
However, what the King of Qi did not expect was that there was a fierce general of the Qin army in Wei State, and that was Meng Tian who had been managing Wei.
With the training over the past few years, Meng Tian's growth has been very rapid.
When he heard the news that Qi was attacking, he was overjoyed and said with a smile: "The people of Qi thought that Wei was unprepared and wanted to take advantage of Qin's war on both sides. What a beautiful idea!"
"I'll let you have a taste of how powerful my newly formed Wei Wuzu is!"
In the past two years, Meng Tian imitated Wu Qi and organized a Wei Wuzu 2.0, with maximum treatment, equipment, and status. At the same time, he ate and slept with the soldiers, and they were as close as brothers, and they were constantly trained.
The soldiers also wanted to recreate the style of the Wei Wuzu.
This goes on, back and forth.
Meng Tian actually trained an army of Wei Wuzu!
Unfortunately, when he reported the news to the King of Qin, Su Che did not let him join the war, but let him continue to garrison in Wei.
This made Meng Tian very depressed. He was ready to do a great job, but in the end he didn't get the chance to play. This was so frustrating.
At this moment, the Qi army attacked Wei, hoping to attack Wei to save Yan. Meng Tian would not miss this good opportunity. He immediately summoned 20,000 Wei Wuzu and began to march towards the Qi army with more than 100,000 troops!
The general of the Qi army was overjoyed when he saw that Wei only had 20,000 troops going to the battle: "Sure enough, the main force of the Qin army has all gone to Yan and Chu, and there are only so many people left in Wei! This is a great opportunity!"
Soon, the general of the Qi army found something wrong. He frowned and looked at the army in the distance in astonishment. "Why do such a small number of people dare to charge at so many of us? Is their general crazy?"
"Eat them!"
As the two armies collided, the Qi army was like paper in front of the Wei Wuzu and was instantly dispersed and crushed!
Twenty thousand troops fought against the 160,000 Qi army, and the Qi army was defeated!
The Qi army general was dumbfounded. He looked at the aggressive army that was outnumbering ten to one and shouted in astonishment: "Are these the Wei Wu soldiers from the past? How come there are still Wei Wu soldiers in Wei?!"
If there were Wei Wuzu, why did they lose to Qin?
The general of Qi army was confused and led the remaining 7,000 troops back in defeat.
Meng Tian collected nearly 100,000 surrendered troops, and tens of thousands of Qi soldiers fled in all directions.
At this time.
Meng Tian saw an opportunity. Since the Qi army was defeated, the Qi territory must be empty. This was the best chance to conquer Qi!
Although it is a bit risky, the rewards are huge!
If it were the Meng Tian of the past, he would never dare to play like this.
But after several years of training, he has obviously become much braver and more capable, which gave him such a bold idea and he is ready to put it into action!
"Brothers, this is a great opportunity. Follow me to destroy Qi!" After defeating the Qi army, Meng Tian shouted loudly: "Rebuild the glory of Wei Wuzu! It is our duty!"
As soon as these words came out, all the Wei Wu soldiers were excited, raised their weapons, and shouted loudly: "Rebuild the glory of Wei Wu soldiers! It is our duty!"
Even the nearly 100,000 Qi troops were shocked, and Meng Tian began to communicate with the nearly 100,000 surrendered troops, preparing to lead them to liberate Qi and bring peace to the world! !
The 100,000 people who were captured by 20,000 people were already beginning to doubt their lives, and when they heard these words, they were inexplicably coerced.
Of course, Meng Tian, ​​who was already a little overwhelmed, was not completely overwhelmed by the victory. Without sufficient logistical supplies, it was simply unrealistic to want to capture Qi! This was impossible!
Therefore, after the news of the defeat of the Qi army was reported back, Meng Tian led the 120,000 troops to Qi and sent envoys to promise the King of Qi that if he was willing to surrender, he would be given a marquisate of ten thousand households!
At this moment, the King of Qi was so frightened that he could not see Meng Tian's strength at all. He only knew that his army of 160,000 was broken by an army of 20,000, and now another army of more than 100,000 was coming to attack Qi!
The King of Qi was too timid to dare to confront the enemy head-on, so he directly handed over the King's seal, maps, and household registers of Qi.
The huge Qi State surrendered without a fight! !
So, when Qin attacked Yan and Chu and Yan and Chu were still struggling, they kept sending envoys to ask the King of Qi to help them.
But the news the messenger brought back was that the King of Qi had surrendered to Qin.
King Yan: ???
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