Thirteen Swords of Qin Shizhi's Desperate Beginning

An assassination turmoil that shocked the world spread rapidly centered on Xianyang, the capital of Qin Dynasty. Yan State, Chu State, Soy Sauce Party Qi State, nobles left behind by Han, Zhao and Wei, all schools of thought had different reactions.

Jing Ke, the direct disciple of Gongsun Yu, the great general of the Wei State, a well-known knight-errant in the world, has a close friendship with the Mohist giant, and shares similar interests.

In the eyes of the world, Jing Ke is a righteous hero, a heroic knight who "die for his confidant", and a hero who dared to die generously for "justice and righteousness in the world".

This is the interpretation of the world. In Jing Ke's heart, he doesn't want to be a hero, let alone leave his name in history. Those are too tiring.

Jing Ke's real long-cherished wish is to live in seclusion with his wife Li Ji and son Tianming. The family of three live in peace, away from courts and rivers and lakes, and lead a self-sufficient farming life.

The target of the assassination, King Qin Yingzheng.

Qin State, the largest country in the world today, occupies the Central Plains and the Three Jin Dynasties, occupies [-]% of the Kyushu, has millions of troops, counselors like clouds, and generals like rain.

If Yingzheng dies, the state of Qin will be in chaos, because Qin Yiren only has two sons——Yingzheng and Chengjiao, and Chengjiao has already died of treason.

If Yingzheng died, the blood of the Qin royal family would fight for the throne. At that time, Qin would be torn apart, and even divided into several points.

This kind of differentiation is a situation that Yan Dan, Changping Jun, Tian Guang, and even Qi Wangjian and others are happy to see.

It's a pity that Gai Nie, the descendant of Guigu, made a move.

A hundred-step flying sword, with one blade breaking its throat.

Gai Nie saved Ying Zheng's life and beheaded the assassin Jing Ke, who was also his only friend.

There is another thing related to this assassination. At the same time as Jing Ke's assassination, someone sneaked into the Xianyang Palace, entered the Harem Yingmu Hall and took away the child born to Concubine Qin Guoli.

Not only that, the imperial concubine Li, Gongsun Liji, and Jing Ke's childhood sweetheart, concubine Li, conferred by the King of Qin, set themselves on fire in Yingmu Hall and died in the sea of ​​flames.

Jing Ke, the envoy of Yan State, almost succeeded in assassinating Qin Wangzheng, which made the government and the public of Qin State furious.

Ying Zheng was also furious, not to mention being almost assassinated, his beloved woman was buried in the sea of ​​fire, and the child born to the beloved woman was also stolen by others.

When the emperor was angry, he buried a million corpses.

At Ying Zheng's order, everyone in the envoy team of Yan State was beheaded.

A king's decree from Yingzheng came out, ordering the general Wang Jian to attack the city immediately, before last year, that is, within the deadline of this year (the 17th year of Qin Wangzheng), Yan must be conquered.

Now it is the first day of August, the solar terms are white, and Wang Jian only has five months.

A few days later, Wang Jian received a secret edict, held a military meeting, and made the following plan.

The first step is to plan a military attack, attack Zhuozhou head-on, take the fortress in the west of Yan State, seize the land of Dukang head-on, cut off the autumn harvest of Yan State this year, use Dukang’s grain to feed our soldiers, and make up for the Qin army’s food supply. Disadvantages of being too long.

The second step of the plan, political diplomacy, contacted Lord Yanchun, claiming to accept the peace, but the conditions must be the head of Yandan, the territory of 30 counties, [-] gold military pay, [-] stone grain and grass, and [-] horses.

After the general policy was formulated, Wang Jian took Meng Wu and Wang Ben as his lieutenants, and ordered the two to form an army to storm Zhuozhou, and arranged for the support of the public loser's domineering mechanism.

Therefore, the armies of Qin State and Yan State confronted each other head-on, and took Zhuozhou City as their base to launch a tough battle.

Although there is a saying in the art of war, the first is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the army, and the next is to attack the city.The siege war has the greatest loss, and the consumption of ordnance and supplies, the consumption of troops, and the consumption of food and grass are huge.

However, there has always been no shortage of large-scale siege battles in history. The situation forced it to be done as a last resort; or the siege was an illusion, hiding murderous intentions, and so on.

No matter what the reason is, siege warfare is actually one of the most common combat methods in the history of ancient Chinese warfare, because China has many cities since ancient times.

The Battle of Yingdu, the Battle of Changping, the Battle of Handan, the Battle of Xinzheng, the Battle of Daliang... During the 500 years of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period, major battles were basically siege battles.

Yandan tried his best to resist, the Mohist mechanism beasts attacked, the Mohist leaders attacked, and the Mohist elite disciples went into battle, leading an army of 11 to resist tenaciously, and with the help of the city to withstand waves of strong attacks.

Both Qin Jun and Yan Jun suffered heavy losses.

This is war. Without war, no one would die. The moment the soldiers set out to fight, half of their feet had already stepped into the purgatory of death.

Qin Chu side.

Lord Changping was ordered to enter Chu to appease the hearts of the people in the old city of Yingdu, the state of Chu. The effect was remarkable.

However, Chu State sent troops again.

Xiang Yan, Wang Jian's old opponent, is now a veteran in his sixtieth year. Xiang Yan, the general of Chu State, raised troops to attack Qin again, with 30 soldiers and horses.

Mr. Changping "seeing that the situation is not good", immediately wrote a book asking for help, and sent people eight hundred miles to rush to Xianyang King's Capital.

Another seven days later, the capital of Qin was Xianyang.

Above the main hall, the atmosphere was dull.

The first reason was that the incident of the assassination was still undecided, the concubine Li was burned in the fire, and there was no body left, only a few bones and ashes on the ground, and the whereabouts of the young master was unknown at dawn.

The second reason is that in the battle of Zhuozhou, the soldiers of Yandan, the Mohists, and the Yan State showed their tenacity, and they had the desperate spirit of "rather to smash the jade than to destroy it".

Wang Jian attacked the city for ten consecutive days. Although he climbed the city wall several times and was in sight of success, he was blocked time and time again by the desperate counterattacks of the soldiers of Yan State.

The third reason, of course, is the new news from Mr. Changping—Xiang Yan raised 30 troops to attack, which is almost all the regular army of Chu State, and the elite soldiers of Chu State.

Now, Wang Jian led the army to defeat Yan, and Xiang Yan led the army to attack. It is indeed Chu's fighter.

Yingzheng sits on the throne without saying a word, with stern features and majestic demeanor. Now Yingzheng is becoming more and more unfathomable. His companion is like a tiger, and the majesty of the emperor makes people dare not look at him.

After a long time, Ying Zheng asked calmly: "My dear friends, Xiang Yan sent 30 troops to commit the crime, who will share the worries of the widow?"

Above the court, Huan Yu, Li Xin, Qiang Li (qianglei) and others pleaded for orders one after another.

Wang Jian's older generation, Meng Wu, Wang Ben, Yang Duan and the elite generals of the middle-aged generation attacked Yan one after another, and more than [-]% of the elite generals in the court followed the general in battle.

Huan Jue, Li Xin, and Qiang Yu were also famous generals of the Qin Dynasty. Huan Jue was defeated by Li Mu, and the [-] troops suffered heavy losses.

As for Li Xin, he is in his thirties, strong and powerful, proficient in martial arts, and top-notch cultivation. In the past eight years, Li Changqing defeated Zhao, Nei Shi Tengmeng Wu defeated Han, and Wang Jian defeated Wei. Many, among the court.

Li Xin is good friends with Wang Ben, Meng Tian, ​​Qiang Yan and others. He is one of the representatives of the young and strong faction of military generals in Qin State. He is one of the young generals that Ying Zheng trusts and admires very much. Meng Tian.

Huan Jue asked for orders: "I invite you to fight. Please allow me 20 soldiers and horses. I will definitely be able to defend Xiang Yan from Yingdu and protect the stability of the southeastern border of Daqin."

Ying Zheng looked calm.

Qiang Yan asked for orders: "Your servant, please fight. As long as the king gives me 15 soldiers and horses, I will surely be able to defend the kingdom of Yan outside the capital city of Ying, so that the southeast of my kingdom of Qin will not be invaded at all."

Ying Zheng looked calm, nodding his head in joy, nor showing dissatisfaction.

At this time, Li Xin recalled an incident from last night—the elder brother Chang Wenjun, who is also a teacher and friend, entered his mansion last night, chatted with him all night, and gave him a boost.

Lord Changwen said: "There are more than [-] young and strong men in Yingdu, all of whom can be soldiers. As long as the Xiangguo Changping Lord gives an order, you can get [-] armored soldiers to help you defeat the enemy."

Changwen Jun also said: Xiangguo Changping Jun persuaded Baiyue King Tianze to send troops, Baiyue King Tianze will send [-] troops, and the imperial driver will directly attack the capital of Chu King Shouchun, and raid the old nest of Chu State.

Li Xin took a deep breath, he was confident that he was not inferior to Wang Ben, Huan Juan, and Meng Tian in terms of commanding troops. Looking at the Great Qin, only the great general Wang Jian and the internal history Meng Wu were inferior to him.

Xiang Yan, the great general of the Chu State, has fought against the great general Wang Jian many times, but he has not won a single victory, so he is naturally not as good as the great general.

Li Xinxin calculated that 20 soldiers and horses, [-] young and strong soldiers in Yingdu will be assisted by the Xiangguo Changping Lord, the good teacher and helpful friend Chang Wenjun, and Baiyue King Tianze [-] soldiers and horses will raid the old nest of Chu State.

This wave, steady!

Li Xin asked Chang Wenjun: "Why do you help me, brother?"

Chang Wenjun replied at the time: "Helping you is also helping ourselves. Mr. Xiangguo and I want to make great contributions and strengthen the power in our hands. If we can destroy Chu and leave our name in history, it will be as easy as turning the palm of our hand."

"Compared to the Meng family, the Wang family, Huan Ju, Qiang Lu, Yang Duanhe and others, my virtuous brother has always been on good terms with me and my elder brother Changping Jun. If this is the case, if you don't help your own people, you can help outsiders."

Li Xin believed it, because he was such a person, and he fought on the battlefield for the purpose of pursuing—worshiping generals and becoming marquises, his name will last forever, and he will be famous forever.

Li Xin stepped out, clasped his fists and said in a loud voice: "I invite you to fight. As long as the king gives me 20 soldiers and horses, I can destroy the state of Chu, kill Xiang Yan, and capture the king of Chu within two years."

Hearing this, Ying Zheng raised his eyebrows.

In the court hall, everyone was shocked when they heard the words.

"20 soldiers and horses, two years to destroy Chu?"

The smile in Chang Wenjun's eyes flashed away, and he thought to himself: "The big thing that brother planned can be accomplished!"