Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 724 The mantis catches the cicada, the oriole is behind
"Intensify the offensive against the widows, at all costs! Capture Jinyang City!"

"promise!"

Under Qingji's order, the coalition forces stepped up their offensive against Jinyang City.

This is not a conventional tactic of encircling three and missing one, but encircling from all sides.

Qing Ji really intends to eradicate Zhao Yang and his remaining forces in Jinyang City together!

"kill!"

The soldiers of the coalition army fought bloody battles. After climbing up the top of the city along the ladder, they held their spears and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.

The coalition army is fierce, and the Zhao family's army is not vegetarian.

With red eyes, they strangled the charging enemies one by one like wild beasts one after another, and threw them down from the top of the city.

Many coalition soldiers who were still climbing the ladder to climb to the top of the city were shot to death by random arrows, or were knocked down by boiling water, rocks, rolling logs and other destructive things, turning them into meat sauce.

This offensive and defensive battle seems to have entered a white-hot stage from the very beginning.

As winter was approaching, the weather in Jinyang was already bitterly cold and the biting frost made everyone shiver.

Although the fierce fighting was in full swing, once injured, those who treat these soldiers will inevitably become disabled in the future...

This situation is especially serious for Wu soldiers from the south.

They are not well adapted to the climate of the North.

Once in winter, there will be heavy snowfall in Jinyang, Wu Jun is afraid that there will be non-combat attrition.

All of this made Qingji feel quite heavy.

Jinyang City, without a doubt, is a majestic northern city with a murderous aura.

Once upon a time there was a mountain, Xuanweng Mountain; once upon a time, there was a river, the Jinshui River.

Next to Jinshui River at the foot of Xuanweng Mountain, there is a big city named Jinyang.

Historically, until Song Taizong burned Jinyang in the fourth year of Taiping Xingguo, the city existed for more than 700 years.

It flourished in war and was destroyed in war. It is different from other cities, and it has the brand of drums and horns contending for banners and hunting all its life!
Jinyang City is located in the valley of the Fen River, surrounded by mountains and rivers, rich in products, towering battlements, as solid as a golden soup, originally located in the northern part of the state of Jin, the Zhao family established the foundation of the Zhao family by virtue of its internal control of the princes and external control of the army. .

Because of the civil war between the Zhao clan and the Handan clan, Zhao Yang was attacked by the Fan clan, the Zhongxing clan, and the Handan clan, and had to retreat to Jinyang City to finally resolve the crisis.

As a time traveler, Qingji still vaguely remembers that during the period of Zhao Wuxie, Zhao Yang's successor, the battle of the Four Ministers broke out in Jin.

The Zhao family retreated to Jinyang again, and was surrounded by Zhi, Han, and Wei families for three years. Later, the Zhao family used countermeasures and instead united with the Han and Wei families to destroy the Zhi family.

After the Battle of the Four Ministers, the three families of Han, Zhao and Wei completely controlled the Jin State, and in the following decades, they divided the Jin State and were listed as princes-the three families divided Jin.

This is a symbolic event in the beginning of the Warring States period in history, and when Jinyang was born, it stood at a key position in history with a tough and vigorous attitude!
Therefore, Jinyang City is not so easy to conquer.

With the grain hoarded by the Zhao family in the city, it may be able to last for a year or two...

Can Qingji afford it?

Can't afford it!
Why did Qingji insist on fighting this battle?
Not to mention getting rid of Zhao Yang's confidant, Wu Guo needs to establish Wu's hegemony in the Central Plains through this battle of Jinyang.

Hegemony that cannot be challenged!
By the way, let's really consume the national strength of the "Six Jins".

……

Just as the Battle of Jinyang was in full swing, Shi An, a retainer of the Zhao family who was far away in Linzi, was conducting his third lobbying for Qihou.

Marquis Qi was already very troubled, but Shi An still "enjoyed it forever".

According to Zhao Yang's instructions, after entering Linzi, Shi An immediately bribed Tian Qi, Guo Xia, and Gao Zhang Sanqing with a lot of money, and got the opportunity to meet Qi Hou.

However, is Marquis Qi not very interested in sending troops to attack Wu, or does he dare not at all?

Shi An didn't know, anyway, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't persuade Qihou to send troops.

However, Shi An kept his mission in mind, and never forgot the task Zhao Yang entrusted to him from the beginning to the end.

"Qihou!"

I saw Shi An was still kneeling under the majesty's platform, weeping, and said in a choked voice: "Once the state of Jin falls and the Zhao family is destroyed, in the future, with Marquis Wu's wolfish ambition, the next step will definitely be to attack Qi, or even destroy together!"

"Chu State, the invincible overlord of Chu State in the past, has been eaten away by Wu State! How does Qi State compare to Chu State?"

"It's too late!"

Shi An sighed and said, "If the Marquis of Qi doesn't take this as a warning, my minister is really worried about the future of Qi."

"Since Wuhou Qingji succeeded to the throne, the state of Wu has been aggressive. It destroyed Chu and Tunyue, went north to fight for the throne, defeated the state of Jin, and assembled the princes to rule the world."

"Even Duke Huan of Qi, Duke Wen of Jin, and Zhuangzi of Chu in the past are nothing more than that!"

"..."

Hearing this, Qi Hou just squinted his eyes and lay lazily on his throne without speaking, as if he didn't want to talk to Shi An.

Seeing this, Shi An was not discouraged either. After thinking about it for a while, he asked again: "Have you ever seen the three animals of cicada, praying mantis and oriole at the same time?"

Qi Hou finally changed into a comfortable position and lay down, propped his chin, and said with great interest: "Cicadas, mantises and orioles, I have certainly seen them before. It's just that I haven't seen them at the same time..."

Qihou is over 60 years old and has seen a lot. How could he not have seen such an ordinary animal?

What kind of birds and beasts are not in his garden?
He didn't know why Shi An raised this question.

However, Qi Hou was indeed interested.

Shi An hurriedly said: "Qihou, my minister wanted to shoot in the early years, and I have seen such a scene before."

"There is a tree in the garden, and there are cicadas on it. The cicadas live high and cry and drink the dew. I don't know that the praying mantis is behind them."

"The mantis commits himself to the song and wants to take the cicada, but it doesn't know that the oriole is beside it."

"The oriole stretches its neck to peck the mantis, but it doesn't know that the bow and arrow are under it."

"These three all want to obtain the former benefits, regardless of the later troubles!"

After a pause, Shi An looked at Qi Hou meaningfully, and said, "This is the so-called 'mantis catching cicadas, the oriole behind'."

"Today the Zhao family is a cicada, the Wu country is a mantis, why can't the Qi country be a oriole?"

"As for the one who draws the bow, from the perspective of my minister, there is none."

"Those who can stir up the general trend of the world now, except for the state of Wu, will belong to the state of Qi!"

Shi Anlang said: "Mr. Qi, please learn! Wu's main force is besieging Jinyang City, and its domestic defense is empty. If Qi sends troops to attack Wu, it will definitely go straight to Jinling in one battle, and it will be a great success!"

"Jinling is a place of heavy capital in the world. Since Wu Hou Qingji took the throne, he swallowed Chu and destroyed Yue, collected private possessions from the national treasuries of various countries, and returned them to the Jinling treasury. There is no such thing as Marquis Wu's Nekuli."

"If the Qi army breaks through Jinling City, all those treasures will belong to you, Marquis Qi."

"And the state of Wu, which has lost the city of Jinling, will inevitably become a soul without a master. Why can't the Marquis of Qi replace the state of Wu and truly dominate the world?"

(End of this chapter)