A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 299 Six Kings (2)

The Huai State army surrounded Jinyang, the capital of Zhao State.Jinyang City is high and deep, but its military strength is seriously insufficient.

The main force of Zhao State is now surrounded in Handan. There are only 5 people in Jinyang City, and most of them are old and weak.The Huai army's 20 troops besieged the city. King Zhao was frightened and sent someone to find Lin Xiangru, who was already seriously ill, and asked how to deal with it.

Lin Xiangru had been ill since Lian Po was forced to leave Qi State. He had become extremely ill over the years, and even after being ordered by King Zhao, he was forced to drag his sick body here.

"Your Majesty, the city of Jinyang is high and deep. As long as your Majesty stays calm, tells the people of the country to advance and retreat with Jinyang, and then takes out the money and food from the treasury, and rewards the beauties in the palace to the soldiers in the city, the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city will be high, and when the cold weather comes, After the heavy snowfall, Huai Kingdom will naturally withdraw its troops, and then the danger in Jinyang will be resolved." Lin Xiangru advised.

After hearing this, King Zhao thought it made sense and wanted to do it, but he was reluctant to part with money and beauty, so he hesitated for a while.

At the same time, Huai Kingdom's secret guards were also ready to take action.After hundreds of years of cultivation, the Huai Kingdom's secret guards have spread all over the world. These secret guards have formed a large network to make friends with noble officials from various countries and spy on news from various countries.

There are naturally some in Jinyang City.

Jinyang City, Guo Kai's mansion.

Several businessmen had just left, and in Guo Kai's living room, a seven-foot-tall blood-red coral was placed in the center of the hall.Guo Kai looked at the treasure in front of him with a fascinated look on his face. After admiring it for a while, he had someone carry it away.

Guo Kai straightened his clothes, and the figure in the bronze mirror was tall and handsome, making people fall in love with him just by looking at him.This is not the first time that Guo Kai has cooperated with the Huai Kingdom. The last time he cooperated with others to force Lian Po away. At that time, the Huai Kingdom's secret guards sent a bucket of South China Sea Pearls and various rare treasures. precious.

He had no psychological burden about forcing Lian Po away, and even felt that it was a victory for him. As for whether the Zhao Kingdom would perish or not, what did it have to do with him?
His current relationship with the Huai State means that even if the Zhao State is destroyed, he will still be able to live a good life.In fact, as a treacherous minister, it was not that he was incompetent. On the contrary, he saw clearly that since the Huai Kingdom destroyed Zhou and annexed Han, people of insight in the world have seen that the time for Huai Kingdom to unify the world is not far away.

Guo Kai could naturally see that. He knew King Zhao was fatuous. How could such a fatuous king block Huai's attack?It would be better to take the opportunity to make good relations with the Huai State. Even if the Zhao State is destroyed in the future, he will not lose his wealth.

Guo Kai came to the palace of King Zhao. King Zhao was drinking with a sad look on his face. When he saw his favorite minister Guo Kai, he quickly greeted him: "Guo Qing is here too. Come and help me think about what to do."

"If your Majesty has any worries, I am willing to share them with you." Guo Kai said respectfully.

King Zhao asked Guo Kai to sit down, and then said: "The Huai army is besieging the city. I asked Lin Qing how to deal with it. Lin Yan asked me to open the treasury, reward money and food to the soldiers, reward the beauties in the palace to the warriors, and declare peace with the Jin Dynasty." If Yang City survives and dies together, Jinyang can be defended, and when it snows in winter, the Huai Kingdom will retreat."

"I am hesitant and don't know what to do. I wonder what Guo Qing has in mind?"

Guo Kai was speechless after listening to King Zhao's words. He had a clearer understanding of King Zhao's mediocrity, but that's fine. It's easier to fool a fool than a smart person, right?He immediately said to King Zhao:

"My lord, you are the king of Zhao. The soldiers should fight for you. How can you reward the beauty in the palace with money and food at will? And now that you have rewarded me, the soldiers will only think that this is the credit of Lin Shangqing, and they will not be grateful to you. You can order the whole city to hold Jinyang, and after the Huai army retreats, you will reward money, food, and beauties according to their merits. Only in this way will rewards and punishments be clear, and kindness comes from the highest." "As for after the Huai army retreats, rewards will be given when the time comes. Aren't you the one who has the final say on who to give and how much to reward? Besides, General Zhao Kuo still has 20 troops in hand. You can order General Zhao Kuo to lead his army to serve the king, and then the Huai army will naturally retreat."

Good guy, just leave this painting cake alone.

After hearing this, King Zhao felt that this was indeed the truth, so he followed Guo Kai's words and ordered the entire army to wait for the Huai army to retreat and reward the beautiful women with money, food and merit according to their merits.At the same time, an envoy was sent to convey an order to Zhao Kuo, asking Zhao Kuo to lead his army to rescue.

After Zhao Kuo received the edict, he felt numb all over, but if Jinyang fell and King Zhao surrendered, it would be useless even if Handan was defended.

Zhao Kuo had no choice but to lead his army out of the city to withdraw. If he wanted to withdraw, he had to defeat the Huai army outside the city. However, the Huai army outside the city had been prepared for a long time, and Zhao Jun could not find a chance at all.

Zhao Kuo led his army to fight with the Huai army several times, but was unable to repel the Huai army.Seeing this situation, Zhao Kuo wanted to lead his army back to Handan, but he couldn't do it because of the entanglement of the Huai army.After finally luring Zhao Kuo out, how could he continue to let him back?
At the same time, as Zhao Kuo and the Huai army were entangled, the Huai army that was besieging Jinyang suddenly appeared on the battlefield, and 40 troops surrounded the Zhao army.

It turns out that from beginning to end, Xu Chao's target was not Jinyang, but the main force of the 20 Zhao army in Zhao Kuo's hands. As long as this Zhao army was completely wiped out and Jinyang was trapped in the isolated city, it would be destroyed sooner or later.

Therefore, Xu Chao boldly divided his troops into two groups, one group surrounded Handan, and the other group marched straight into Jinyang to attack.Next, they surrounded Jinyang with troops to force King Zhao, and then asked King Zhao to recall Zhao Kuo through internal support.

At the same time, Xu Chao left 1 people in the camp outside the city, and asked these people to set up more flags during the day, and then walk back and forth in the camp. At night, they would light more campfires to look like an army of 20 people, and he I led the remaining 19 troops to immediately go south to besiege Zhao Kuo together with the Huai army staying in Handan.

The Zhao army was no match for the Huai army. It had no geographical advantage and was besieged by the Huai army's 40 troops. Its morale was low. How could it win?

Xu Chao led his army to launch an encirclement and annihilation battle against the Zhao army. Even if Zhao Kuo led his army to resist and took the lead, he could not withstand the Huai army's pressing step by step.The Huai army's crossbow formations and the Tengjia army cooperated with each other. The Zhao army was defeated seven times in a row. The army almost collapsed. Even Zhao Kuo was killed by several arrows.

After the general was killed, the army had no way to break through, and the water source was cut off, they had no choice but to lay down their weapons and surrender.More than [-] Zhao troops surrendered, and the last field legion in the Zhao Kingdom was destroyed.

Without Zhao Kuo's army, the Huai army no longer took care of it. Xu Chao immediately led his army to attack Jinyang again. Jinyang City learned that Zhao Kuo was defeated and died. The entire 20 Zhao army was wiped out, and the soldiers in the city lost the morale to resist.

At this time, King Zhao was completely panicked and wanted to reward the soldiers with money, food and beauties to boost their morale, but it was too late.

In the autumn of the seventh year of King Luo of Huaihe, Xu Chao captured Jinyang, the capital of Zhao, and captured King Zhao. The Kingdom of Zhao was destroyed.

(End of this chapter)