Qin Emperor Ziying

Chapter 75
In this battle, except for a very small part of the Zhao army who surrendered, most of the 5 horses in the northern border of Zhao State turned into dust.

As soon as the Bai people broke through, they pulled out the last nail on the road leading to Handan, and the state of Zhao north of Handan was no longer able to organize a large-scale resistance force.

Wang Jian and Ziying led the deployment and rushed to Handan City day and night without stopping.

The news of the complete annihilation of the army and horses on the North Route came back, and the defense line of the Great Wall in the south, which had been struggling to support, collapsed immediately.The general Yan Ju disappeared, and only one out of ten of the dead and wounded of the Zhao army in the south fled back to Handan City under the pursuit of the Qin army.

In the winter of the seventh year of Qin Wangzheng, the troops from the north and the south of the state of Qin joined forces at the foot of Handan City and surrounded the entire Handan City.

Zhao Guo integrated the remnant soldiers who had fled back, gathered all the nobles, private army servants and other adult men in the city together and put together 5 horses to defend Handan City.

The winter in the Warring States period was extremely cold, and at this time there were no cotton and other warm things, so there were very few wars in the north in winter.

However, this time the Qin army did not retreat even in the severe winter, and still besieged Handan.

Although Handan City was not the first time it was besieged, it was indeed the first time it was so helpless.In the past, no matter whether it was Qi State's besieging Wei to save Zhao or Xinling Lord stealing amulets to save Zhao, there would always be another powerful country to help out of various considerations.

Moreover, the background of Zhao State is still there in the past few times. At worst, if the northern defense line is abandoned, there will still be [-] troops defending the northern border.

However, looking at the whole world now, apart from Qi, whose national strength is still intact, no country has the ability to rescue Zhao. However, Qi Wangjian is determined to make friends with Qin, and is completely indifferent to Zhao's situation.

In the territory of Zhao State, there is no longer any viable force that can rescue Handan.Zhao Guo's last elite has been exhausted in this year.

The only hope for Handan to persevere is that Qi State or Chu State, even the half-disabled Wei State that has been beaten, can send troops to rescue him out of the reason of death.

Winter went to spring, and in the blink of an eye, it was the eighth year of Qin Wangzheng. In the past six months, the Qin army attacked the city several times, but all failed, so they had to continue to besiege.

With high walls and thick walls, Handan City can be said to be the first-class strong city in the Warring States Period.

During the siege of Handan from 259 to 257 BC, the Qin army besieged Handan with a total of more than [-] troops for three years, but failed to capture Handan, which had only [-] defenders, and instead lost more than half of it.

The city is still the same city, still so thick, and the [-] city guards still look like a lot.

However, the defenders of the city are no longer the bloody and experienced Zhao Jun, but a group of private servants who have just taken up arms.

The general in charge of the army is not Lian Po, an invincible veteran, but a little-known Zhao clan.

If Handan City was not too tall, it would be easy to defend but difficult to attack.Just relying on these newly recruited soldiers, they couldn't hold it no matter what.

Surviving the wheat harvest and having military rations, maybe some prince will come to rescue Zhao Guo.

This is the only hope of Zhao Wangqian's mother and son now.

As time passed day by day, civilians in Handan City began to be forcibly recruited to the top of the city due to excessive war damage.

Spring is over and summer is here.But there is still no sign of the reinforcements waiting hard in Handan City.

And there is a more urgent issue in Zhao Wangqian's case, the food in the city can't last long.

The country of Zhao had just experienced an unprecedented drought the year before last, and last year began another series of wars.Although the adjustment of the rain is smooth this year, Handan is surrounded by an iron wall of the Qin army, and it has not been able to get any supplement at all.

The grain stored in Handan City is running out.

Anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that there is no support from home and abroad, and the food and grass are about to run out. I am afraid that Zhao Guo will follow in the footsteps of South Korea and become the second big country to be wiped out.

Under this situation, there seems to be an undercurrent surging in the summer of Handan City.

Guo Kai is one of the most active members.

After all, in his opinion, he has the promise of the general of the Qin army, Wang Jian, to keep him safe.Therefore, he actively contacted the senior officials of Zhao State to speak to King Zhao and surrendered to the Qin army.

In August of the eighth year of Qin Wangzheng, when Handan City was running out of ammunition and food, and there was no hope of reinforcements, Zhao Wangqian ordered Kaesong to surrender.

Once Handan was broken, the rest of the cities in the Zhao Kingdom were nothing to worry about. Basically, the soldiers of the Qin Kingdom immediately opened the city and surrendered as soon as they arrived. After all, even the king had already surrendered.

At this point, the military power of Zhao State in the last period of Zhao State declared its demise.

Regardless of the previous wars, if you count from the battle between Qin and Zhao Changping alone, there have been countless wars between Qin and Zhao over the past thirty years, and each has its own winners and losers.Handan was besieged several times; the last joint vertical attack launched by Zhao Guo also attacked Mincheng near Xianyang.

Over the past few decades, hundreds of thousands of troops from both countries have been buried on the battlefield. Zhao Guo can be said to be the most powerful obstacle on the road of Qin's unification, firmly blocking Qin's eastward advance.

After decades of wars of attrition, the stone has now finally been removed.

The only fly in the ointment is that the son Jia, who escaped from Handan before, heard that the city of Handan was broken, and immediately sacrificed to the ancestral temple. With the support of a group of old and young who escaped from Handan, he occupied Daijun and established himself as Daiwang.

However, Qin Jun, who had just won the victory, obviously didn't have time to pay attention to him. After all, Daijun is a bitterly cold place with few people.

The most prosperous Central Plains area in Zhao State has been completely owned by Qin.

And the more important thing is that after Qin Wangzheng heard about the capture of Handan, he was overjoyed and drove east. He wanted to inspect the Qin army in Handan City, a city where he had been a hostage with his father for many years. The pawn also wanted to use this to demonstrate the military power of the Qin army to the other four countries.

(End of this chapter)