Qin Emperor Ziying

Chapter 128
After listening to Ziying's words, Wang Ben thought for a while. Even if Wei Guo knew that the Qin army was going to flood the city with water, he might have nothing to do, and it would have no effect on the overall situation.

What's more, in terms of status, Ziying's rank is much higher than his own, even if Ziying forces an order, it is difficult for him to disobey, let alone discuss with him in a friendly manner.

"But according to Lord Chang'an's orders." Wang Ben said respectfully.

"I've heard that Lord Chang'an is benevolent for a long time, and today I saw that he is indeed so." Wang Ben thought to himself.If it was according to his idea, he would not need to care about the life and death of these grassroots people, he would just break the embankment and divert water.

After the discussion, the Qin army immediately pulled out the camp, retreated to a nearby high ground and set up camp again.

On the one hand, Ziying and Wang Ben dispatched troops to clear the area from the northwest of Daliang City to the area between the two rivers, and on the other hand, they shot letters of persuasion into Daliang City.

I don't know if Wei Guochaotang had too much confidence in the city wall of Daliang, or thought that the Qin army was just alarmist. One day passed quickly, but King Wei didn't have the slightest intention to surrender the city. However, the defense of Daliang city in the past two days It is much stricter.

It seems that Ziying also understands that Wei Guo is determined to fight the Qin army to the end, and immediately ordered to dig a gap in the river and ditch in the northwest of Daliang.

The rushing river water poured out along the gap, and Daliang City, which was just under the impact, was immediately eroded by the raging river water.

The inside and outside of the girder suddenly became a swamp country, and in many low-lying areas, only the roofs could be exposed to the water.

Houses collapsed, and even the grain and grass hoarded in the city were soaked by the rushing water.

Except for Miyagi, which is located at the commanding heights of the city, there is no land in the entire Daliang City.

Most of the city walls at this time were built with rammed earth. Even for a heavy city like Daliang City, it was just one or two layers of bricks and stones on the surface of the rammed earth to increase the strength of the city wall. The interior was still made of rammed earth. Mainly.

Once the rammed earth is soaked in water for a long time, it is equivalent to directly destroying the foundation of the entire city wall.The main target of flooding the city is not the people inside the city, but the outermost city wall.

Just on the third day after the water was poured into the girders, a gap appeared in the west of the girder city. In the next two days, the girder wall collapsed again and again.

Fortunately, it was not the river's high water season at this time, and the water flow was not strong. On the second day after digging the gap, Ziying had already sent someone to plug the gap.

The city wall of Daliang has collapsed, and the Qin army is gearing up for a big fight in the past few days. Just wait for the water level to drop in a few days, and then they can drive in and attack Huanglong.

This waited for five days. Tens of thousands of Qin troops marched on the muddy road, and their soldiers pointed directly at Daliang City.

Before they approached Daliang and waited to attack the city, Ziying and Wang Ben realized that something was wrong. At this time, there was no soldier guarding the Daliang city wall at all. There was not a single defender in sight.

"Stop!" The weird behavior of Daliang City made Wang Ben a little puzzled for a while, and hurriedly ordered Qin Jun to stop advancing for the time being.

"Mr. Chang'an, it is inevitable that Wei Guo's actions are deceitful. We should proceed with caution." Wang Ben turned his head and said to Ziying on the side.

Seeing that Daliang seemed to be undefended, Wang Ben, who had followed Wang Jian since he was a child, did not rush in. His first reaction was whether Wei Jun deliberately lured Qin Jun into the city, and had already set up traps in Daliang City to wait for Qin Jun to enter. urn.

However, Ziying knew from a brief memory of the siege of Daliang in history that the king of Wei should have lost confidence in defending Daliang and was about to surrender.

"General Wang is worrying too much. At this time, the walls of Daliang have collapsed, and King Wei has no more cards to deceive. Yi Ziying thinks that this move is probably for Wei to surrender." Ziying said with a slight smile: " If the general doesn't believe me, our army can stay here for a while, and when the Wei people in the city find us waiting, they will definitely leave the city to surrender!"

Although Wang Ben was somewhat convinced of Ziying's strategy, he was still skeptical about King Wei's statement that he was going to leave the city to surrender.

There was nothing left and right, and it was not suitable to rush into the city without knowing Wei Jun's intentions. Wang Ben ordered Qin Jun to set up a formation on the spot, suspend the attack, and sent multiple scouts to check for abnormalities in the surrounding area.

About half an hour later, at the originally empty Daliang City Gate, suddenly a group of guards without armor and halberds came out in two rows, followed by a naked upper body with his hands tied behind his back. The young man walked out of the city gate slowly with a sad expression.

Followed by two rows of pedestrians dressed in mourning, the leader on the left is leading a sheep, while No.1 on the right is holding a straw, a group of people slowly walking towards the direction of Qin Jun.

When Wang Ben saw such a scene, he immediately glanced at Ziying with surprise.

"Zuo Zhuan" has a cloud: Zheng Borou is leading the sheep to rebel, saying: "If you are alone, you can't serve the king. It is the crime of being lonely if you make the king angry and hurt the city."

In the past, King Wu conquered Yin, and Weizi surrendered to King Wu, which was also "the flesh was bound with the face exposed, the left led the sheep, and the right held the grass."

In such a scene, Wang Ben, who has a long history of family education, recognized at a glance that the Kingdom of Wei had really surrendered, and the young man in the front with his bare face bound must be the fake king of Wei.

At this moment, Ziying's status in Wang Ben's heart can be said to rise in a straight line.The previous respect for Ziying was firstly because Ziying's status was respected, and secondly because Ziying had saved his father's life.As for the rumored military strategy, Wang Ben felt that it was Ziying who followed the army to attack, and the generals divided the military achievements with him due to his status.

The trip to the Kingdom of Yan was even above the court, and Ziying had already given the work of strategizing to the King of Qin, and he himself was just a little bit of hard work.

But after these few days of contact, Wang Ben was deeply impressed by Ziying's "scheming".

When the soldiers surrounded Daliang, he was still at a loss, but within two days, Ying had already sent people to investigate, and the terrain and hydrology around Daliang was so fast that he would have taken action as soon as he arrived in Daliang.

Today is an act of Wei Guo's surrender in a single language. Looking closely at his expression now, there is no trace of surprise. It can be seen that Wei Guo's surrender was not a wild speculation by Ziying, but was already planned by him.

It is hard to imagine that such resourcefulness came from such a young man. It can be seen that the previous rumors in Xianyang that Lord Chang'an was very wise were not groundless.

At this time, Ziying didn't know how much shock he had brought to Wang Ben's heart with his casual words based on the knowledge of later generations.

At this time, the Qin army was only three to five hundred meters away from the Daliang city wall, and the surrender team led by Wei Wangjia had already arrived in front of Ziying and Wang Ben.

The current king of Wei fell to his knees with a false plop: "It is a crime of loneliness to be alone and innocent, to secretly communicate with the Han land, to surrender and then turn against him. Now the king's teacher is here. Begging to surrender."

Whether it is based on title or military merit, it should be Ziying who stepped forward to accept the surrender at this time.However, at this moment, Ziying turned slightly to one side, moved back a few steps, and gave Wang Ben the central position.

"General Wang, please come forward and accept the surrender." Ziying said later.

At this moment, I am already a nobleman, and there is nothing to reward.And if the general trend is hard to go against in the future, the goodwill of Wang Ben and other powerful generals will be his greatest reliance.

(End of this chapter)