A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 278
More than 20 scouts fought with the Qin army at the city gate, and there were also two pairs of Qin soldiers and Huai army scouts fighting on the tower.Scouts are the best of the best in the army.

In panic, the Qin army was no match for these scouts, not to mention that these scouts were also equipped with hand crossbows. As soon as they made contact, the Qin army's night watch team was killed and suffered heavy casualties.

Immediately afterwards, a large number of Vine Armor troops rushed up, even specially equipped with flying claws and flying ladders to prevent the city gate from being blocked.The flying ladder is actually a beggar’s version of a cloud ladder. It is very simple to make and is just an extended version of the ladder.

The vine-armored soldiers took advantage of the darkness and directly put the ladder up to the top of the city. The soldiers next to them took a running start and climbed up as quickly as apes.In just a few breaths, he climbed up to the top of the city.

More than a dozen flying ladders were set up, and within a short time, dozens of rattan armored troops climbed to the top of the city, and these rattan armored troops quickly occupied a section of the city wall, and then more and more rattan armored troops rushed up.

The night attack of the Huai State caught the Qin army by surprise. Not only did some neiying open the city gates, but some even set fire to each other in the city.Those Qin soldiers who had fled back had already become frightened birds, but now they were suddenly attacked and panicked, and even screamed because of the huge mental pressure.

Fires broke out in the city of Mian County. Gongzi Zhang, who had just been woken up, saw the chaos in the city and immediately sent his personal guards to take control of the army and direct the battle. However, in this case, his orders could not be communicated effectively at all.In addition, no less than Huai's Tengjia Army entered the city, and the soldiers of Qin were beaten and retreated, and Gongzizhang was unable to recover.

Gongzizhang mobilized hundreds of soldiers to recapture the city gate, but was defeated by the Huai army here.The city was ablaze, and the second-line army left behind by the Qin State soon became unable to withstand it and began to flee.

There are only two city gates in Mian County, and both of them were blocked by the Huai army. The Qin army could only struggle to death in the city.As the Huai army increased in size, the Qin army's ability to resist became weaker and weaker, and gradually more and more Qin armies laid down their weapons and surrendered.

In the end, the Qin army led by Gongzizhang was blocked in a small area in the city, and had no choice but to lay down its weapons and surrender.

The Qin State has been fighting continuously over the years. Although it has won many victories, it has also suffered many casualties.Especially this time during the war with Zhao State, Huai State made a sneak attack, and Qin State had to recruit many old and weak people.

With the surrender of Gong Zizhang, the army of the Huai State successfully occupied Mian County, and the western part of Hanzhong also fell into the hands of the Huai State.After the land of Bashu and the western part of Hanzhong fell into the hands of Huai State, Qin State completely lost Bashu. The casualties were heavy.

After learning that Mian County had fallen into the hands of the Huai people, Bai Qi sighed and said: "It's up to people to plan things, and it's up to heaven to make things happen. If God doesn't bless Qin, there's nothing we can do."

Then he led the army out of Baogu and returned to Qin.

After Qin Wangji learned that Bashu and everything west of Hanzhong had been lost, he fell to the ground as if his energy and spirit had been sucked away in an instant.It took a long time before he finally came to his senses and said, "How is Bai Qi doing now? How many troops do we have left?"

"Your Majesty, General Bai Qi has led his army to retreat, and now there are still 4 soldiers. In addition to the garrisons in Wuguan, Hangu Pass, and Hexi, there are still [-] troops in Shangjun confronting the Qin army. There are also ten troops in Xianyang City. Thousands of troops are stationed."

After Qin's garrisons in various places were added to other armies, Qin had only an army of more than 25 soldiers left.In just a few years, Qin lost more than 500 troops, and most of them were in their prime. This made Qin also short of troops.Especially the loss of the Bashu land caused Qin to lose nearly one million people.The original population of about 400 million was now less than [-] million. More importantly, the food supply in Bashu was lost. Qin could no longer maintain such high-intensity operations.

Because of the sneak attack of the Yiqu country last time, the Qin country deployed heavy troops in Xianyang, which made Qin's mobile forces very limited.

Qin Wangji is worthy of being a rare Mingjun. After seeing this situation, he immediately responded.He sent envoys to ease relations with Han Wei, and at the same time sent envoys again to discuss peace with Zhao Guo.

Because Qin still had some advantages in the war with Zhao, Qin Wangji sent an envoy to Zhao, willing to send protons to each other to negotiate peace.At the same time, the land east of the river occupied this time was returned to Zhao.

After Zhao Guo saw Qin Guo's conditions, he did not agree immediately.Although they don't know what happened in Qin, they know very well that the dominant Qin will not propose such an alliance that is obviously beneficial to Zhao.

The news that Qin State was defeated and lost the land of Bashu could not be concealed at all, not to mention that the Huai Congress deliberately spread it, so Zhao State soon got the news.After getting the news, Zhao Guo began to speak loudly, not only asking Qin to return more than [-] Zhao army prisoners, but also asking Qin to give up Shangjun.

Naturally, it is impossible for Qin to agree to such a request. If Qin cannot defeat Huai, how can it be that it cannot defeat Zhao?What's more, the Qin army still has [-] Zhao army prisoners in its hands.At worst, there will be a fight, and the [-] Zhao army prisoners will never be able to go back.

After hearing these words, everyone in the Zhao State calmed down and began to discuss seriously.In the end, in accordance with Qin's request, Qin gave up the land of Zhao east of the river, and the two sides exchanged protons.Then Zhao State exchanged [-] mature slaves, [-] stones of grain and grass, and [-] horses in exchange for [-] Zhao army prisoners.

After confirming the covenant again, Zhao Guo and Qin Guo quickly sent protons to each other.Qin Wangji sent one of his unfavored sons to the State of Zhao.King Zhao also sent his unfavored son to Qin.

Then the army of Qin State began to retreat, and Zhao State also began to hand over the slaves to Qin State in batches.After Qin State received slaves again, it also began to release Zhao State prisoners of war.

The return of the [-] captives of the Zhao State made the Zhao State heave a sigh of relief. You must know that the [-] captives are not those strong men, but soldiers with combat experience. The exchange of good horses is already a big deal.

Zhao State is different from other countries. Until now, it still implements a semi-slavery and semi-feudal system. Zhao State has always had a large number of slaves.

After Qin released [-] prisoners of war, he obtained [-] slaves, food and horses, and finally regained some strength.Both Qin and Zhao understand that this covenant is only a temporary peace.

After losing the land of Bashu, Qin began to deploy heavy troops in Chencang and Xi counties, build cities, and block all the passages between Hanzhong and Bashu.Qin's original [-]% of the Destiny Purple Qi collapsed in half at this moment, and even the remaining Destiny Purple Qi became shaky.

(End of this chapter)