Great Zhou Tianzi

Although it was just dawn, the city mansion was already full of people coming and going, Ji Xueling was in charge, and all affairs were handled in an orderly manner.

"Come back so soon?" Seeing Ji Jie, Ji Xueling said in surprise, "I thought you would arrive at dusk at the earliest!"

"Hehe, running all the way!" Ji Jie stretched his arms and kicked his legs and said, "I'm so exhausted! Don't talk about this, where is Qin Jun?"

Ji Xueling brought the four of them to the map, pointed to a location on it and said, "It's still forty miles away from the royal city, and it is estimated that troops will come to the city this afternoon. They are coming fiercely, and they are ready to attack the city. Everything is available. It was not until noon yesterday that Wangcheng began to repair the city walls and distribute war supplies!"

It's no wonder that the dilapidated city wall can be repaired in less than two days.

"What news?" Ji Jie asked.

Ji Xueling replied: "The chief general of the Qin army is called Meng Ao. He was originally from the state of Qi. He came from a famous family. The spies of the State of Qin reported that the purpose of King Qin’s campaign was the King City of the Great Zhou. Lu Buwei once said that the rescue of Wang Zizheng had a lot to do with Brother Jie, and he hoped that the army would not commit any crime against Zhaocheng and Tuolongguan. , Qin Wang did not agree, but he did not object, follow-up information will be sent in time, I told the spies to hurry up and confirm this matter."

"So Lu Buwei, a big profiteer, still has a bit of loyalty!" Ji Jie said with a smile: "The king of Qin obeyed his advice, and with his mediation, Zhaocheng and Tuolongguan should not be attacked by the Qin army! But what? , we have to prepare for the worst, if Meng Ao also comes to make a bad move, nominally only fights Da Zhou, and suddenly returns us with a carbine, it will be bad!"

Ji Xueling nodded and said, "I have ordered Ji Jian to send 5000 infantry from Tuolong Pass. They should be able to arrive before noon today. By then, Zhaocheng's defense force will reach [-]. Don't think about breaking the city easily!"

Up to now, the total strength of Ji Jie has reached 3000. This figure can be achieved thanks to the recent collection of more than [-] remnants of the Yan State. Yan Zu disrupted the adaptation.

600 defenders in Zhaocheng, 500 defenders in Tuolongguan, 5000 people left in Sima City, [-] people to protect the two mines and transportation lines, plus [-] people who are coming Cavalry, a total of [-] people.

"Hehe, God really gave me a chance to command an army of [-] people to fight!" Ji Jie himself never imagined that he could gather a team of more than [-] people in such a short period of time.

During the time she left, Ji Xueling's achievements were remarkable. Facts have proved that she is no worse than Sima Xueran in terms of management ability. It's just that she was not interested in these things before, so she didn't show her talent in this area.

Since the two girls are so outstanding, one will be in charge of Zhaocheng and the other Tuolongguan. Ji Jie decided to officially change the name of Tuolongguan to Longcheng. Sima Xueran will take care of all administrative affairs, and Ji Jian will be in charge of military affairs; The administrative affairs of the city were managed by Ji Xueling, and the military affairs were handled by Ji Jie himself.

After arranging all these, Ji Jie smiled and said to the two of them: "I said, the two city lords, should you treat me to dinner after being promoted?"

"No matter how great an official is, he can't compare to you, Mr. Zhao Wenjun!" Ji Xueling gave Ji Jie a white look.

Sima Xueran also gave him a blank look, the expressions of the two girls were different, but they were all so charming, and said: "Sister Xueling is right, no matter how big the official is, you are the one who made it, so the biggest one is you, How dare you let us treat you to dinner?"

"Well, I invite you...to have breakfast..."

At noon, troops from Longcheng (Tuolongguan) entered the city.In the evening, Zhao Ling led two thousand cavalry into the city, and the defenders of Zhaocheng changed from three thousand to five thousand, and then to seven thousand.

Ji Jian was ordered to come, and the five sat in the hall of the city mansion to discuss together.

Ji Xueling was the first to speak: "The spies sent the latest information. The purpose of the Qin army's campaign is to destroy the Great Zhou, exile the emperor of Zhou, and seize the imperial weapon Jiuding. The king of Qin has the ambition to be the emperor himself."

Ji Jie smiled, thinking that I already have eight Jiudings in my hands, and the last one is in South Korea. How did you, King Qin, get Jiudings from Dazhou? It seems that their intelligence work before the war was not in place. He didn't even know the whereabouts of Jiuding, so he rushed to send troops here!

"Even the King of Qin wants to be the Son of Heaven. This is a joke. Does Qin Yiren have the ability?" Ji Jie pouted and said, "If you say that the most qualified person to be the Son of Heaven is the King!"

"That's right, it's destiny for your majesty to be the Son of Heaven!" Zhao Ling echoed.

"Let's not discuss this today!" Ji Jie said with a smile: "What I'm worried about is that after the Qin army wiped out the Great Zhou, by the way, we will be wiped out too! Although Zhaocheng has just been built, the huge commercial potential in the city is enough for The king of any country is jealous, King Qin is not a fool, he must have seen this, otherwise, why would he not have a clear attitude all the time!"

The Qin army is too powerful to fight recklessly, and can only rely on a strong city to defend it, if there is a battle between the two sides!

Guarding the city is their strong point. There are almost one steel bow and crossbow in hand, and the number of bows and crossbows exceeds 30. Although they are not rich, they are still enough.In addition, there are countless things such as rolling wood and stones, kerosene, sulfur and saltpeter. Under the guidance of the Mo family, the two cities made a lot of defense equipment.

"Report, Your Majesty, the envoys of Emperor Zhou are asking to see you!"

Envoy of the Son of Heaven?It was rare that King Zhou Nan still remembered that he had such a nephew as Ji Jie, that the envoy would not have been sent sooner or later, but he came at this time, with an obvious purpose, that is to ask for help!

Last time, the envoys asked for taxes brazenly, and Ji Jie gave him a good beating. The small-hearted King Zhou Nan vowed not to associate with Ji Jie again, and even asked the clan to remove him. The eunuch Ji Liang insisted that Ji Jie is an orthodox royal family and cannot be removed. The emperor just gave up, but he told the officials more than once that he did not have such a nephew and wanted to sever ties with him.

It's only been a few days, you're slapping yourself in the face, you really cut off relations with Ji Jie if you have the ability, what you wish for!

"Let's listen to what the envoy has to say?" Ji Jie suggested with a smile.

Everyone nodded, and they also wanted to know if the emperor would change his tone this time!

"General Zhaowen, Ji Jie, the king's city is at stake..." The envoy was an old eunuch, and he told Ji Jie what the emperor had said in a shrill voice: "Uncle hopes that my nephew will put the Great Zhou State as the most important thing, send troops to reinforce, and protect my king's city... ..."

Uncle, nephew?

It was the first time Ji Jie heard such words from King Zhou Nan. His tone was polite, but not sincere enough. He smiled and shook his head.