Wei Wuhou

Chapter 745

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On April [-]th of the fourth year of Marquis Wei, Jinyang was the capital of the Tang Dynasty.

After five consecutive days of siege, the Tang soldiers in Jinyang City finally couldn't hold on, and a big defeat began.

The place where the first defeat was Jinyang's East Gate, which was the main target of the Wei army's storm, and at this time it was a sea of ​​corpses and blood.

Under the protection of his personal guards, Zheng Chang, the commander of this battle, rode his horse to the city of Jinyang, and looked at the dilapidated capital of the Tang Kingdom in the distance, speechless for a long time.

This is the destruction of the country!Zheng Chang said with emotion from the bottom of his heart.

Tang State, like Chen State, is a second-class vassal state, far from being comparable to Xu Guo and Xiao Guo...

In the past 50 years, among the second-class vassals, only Chen Guo died in the hands of Zhaohou, and Zheng Chang has a record comparable to Zhaohou today?
While Zheng Chang was secretly delighted, he himself had to admit that the strategic environment he was in was very different from when Zhaohou attacked Chen.

He, Zheng Chang, led an army to attack the Tang State, and what he had to deal with was only the Tang State's army, but Zhaohou was facing the joint countermeasures of the four major kingdoms of Qin, Qi, Chu and Wu.

"General, the East Gate of Jinyang has been captured by our army!" At this time, Zhang Qingshan, who was the general who attacked the East Gate, stood up and said.

Zhang Qingshan was Wei Wuji's old subordinate back then, and now he also ascended to heaven with the chicken and dog and became a general.

As a direct general of the monarch, Zhang Qingshan still maintained basic etiquette when facing Zheng Chang, his superior, and did not make things difficult for Zheng Chang just because of his background.

But Zheng Chang knew very well in his heart that these generals of the monarch's direct line were extremely arrogant, especially after Liu Xuanba was promoted to the head of the Xiangping Camp, these people couldn't hold back anymore, and each of them wanted to make meritorious deeds to be promoted.

For example, Zhang Qingshan was in charge of attacking the Jinyang East Gate this time, and he fought hard to get it, in order to make the first contribution.

Fortunately for Zheng Chang, among the twelve generals of the monarch, there is only such one in his army, otherwise it would be really difficult to balance.

Hearing Zhang Qingshan's report, Zheng Chang said in a deep voice: "Order all the ministries to attack the city... whoever captures the king of the Tang Kingdom, I will personally ask for credit for him!"

Capturing the monarch of the Tang Kingdom is a great achievement. After being told by Zheng Chang, it is conceivable that all the ministries will definitely go all out to attack.

"Let's send the order!" Zheng Chang shouted to a group of messengers following behind him, he did not intend to give Zhang Qingshan the credit for capturing the Lord of Tang, otherwise the other party might threaten his status.

So Zheng Chang simply asked all the ministries to share a piece of the pie, and Zhang Qingshan will not have that luck at that time!

The messengers quickly conveyed Zheng Chang's military order, and all the soldiers and officials were excited. Who wouldn't want to be rewarded for their great achievements!
After the three-way battle drum, the Wei army began to attack from all sides, and the Jinyang city defense completely collapsed...

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The Tang Palace is already in chaos at this time, the palace people are running away to their deaths, and this place has almost turned into a desperate place.

With the intrusion of the army of the Wei State, the mysterious palace of the past appeared in front of the soldiers of the Wei Army. Although it has lost its former splendor and solemnity after experiencing the beacon fire, it still opened the eyes of ordinary soldiers.

But when the soldiers of the Wei army satisfied their curiosity in the Tang palace, the generals who entered the palace were worried because the Tang monarch they were looking forward to had disappeared.

Could it be that the monarch of the Tang Kingdom has escaped?This was what many people thought, but they still ordered the soldiers to search carefully in the Tang Palace.

And the army of Wei State outside the Tang Palace has also stepped up their search, they are bound to catch the big fish of the Tang State Lord!
Just when everyone was looking for Tang Guojun, a sword was raised behind the much-anticipated protagonist.

Tang Guozong Temple is located in the northwest corner of Jinyang City. Compared with Tang Palace, it seems very remote here.

Kneeling in front of the ancestral throne, Tang Guojun's face was completely blank, and he seemed to be dead even though he was dead.

"My Tang State has been attached to the Wei State for many years, and has been exploited by the Wei State from the beginning to the end. The slightest inconvenience is that the Wei Army threatened it with force... so that the family and the country are restless, and the people are full of complaints!" Tang Guoguo still knelt on the ground, the whole person spoke The sound seemed a little mechanical.

Immediately, I heard him continue: "The ancestors handed over the country to the widow, not to let the widow be a slave to the people of Wei, and the widow can't just watch, the people of Sheji are being abused by the Wei people!"

"So I chose the right time to break with the Wei State when it was in turmoil... But I didn't expect that it would be the result now!" Tang Guoguo said dejectedly.

But at this time, he suddenly stood up and said angrily to the person behind him: "But what I didn't expect is that the one who pointed the sword at the widow in the end... will be you!"

As soon as these words came out, the hand of the man holding the sword behind Tang Guoguo couldn't help trembling slightly, and then the man smiled wryly: "I didn't expect such a situation!"

That's right, the person who pointed the sword at the King of the Tang Dynasty actually called himself a widow... But the King of the Tang Dynasty didn't think it was strange at all, because the opponent was his old ally Xiao Ji, the King of the Xiao Kingdom.

Tang Guo is a second-class prince, while Xiao Guo is a third-class prince. In the past, Xiao Ji always had to salute when he met Tang Guojun, but now he pointed his sword at him.

At this time, Tang Guoguo asked: "Why, why you?"

Knowing that the other party would ask this question, Xiao Ji said helplessly: "Brother, you are destined to die, but the widow and Xiao Guo cannot follow you to die!"

"Use your head in exchange for the survival of the widow and the country of Xiao, the widow has no choice but to!" Xiao Ji said solemnly.

But this solemnity seems ridiculous, betraying one's allies is nothing more than taking the other's life in exchange for one's own safety, yet it is so natural!

At this time, Tang Guoguo couldn't help but sneered and said, "Xiao Ji, do you think Wei Wuji will let you go if you hold the widow's head?"

Xiao Ji couldn't help being taken aback, of course he knew what kind of person Wei Wuji was, he was definitely a bloodthirsty tyrant.

Even knowing this, Xiao Ji still said: "I may not be able to live if I hold your head, but if I go all the way to the dark like you...you will definitely die!"

Tang Guoguo understood Xiao Ji's thoughts, and at this moment he asked: "If that's the case, why did you rebel against Wei Guo with me?"

Xiao Guo is one of the three small countries, so it shouldn't have repeated this kind of thing in the first place, not to mention repeating it after repeating it, which is very likely to offend both Wei Guo and Qin Guo.

I only heard Xiao Ji say: "Just like you, I can't stand Wei's exploitation in every possible way... What I also didn't expect is that Lord Wu Yang would stabilize Wei so quickly!"

Knowing that he was bound to die, Tang Guoguo relaxed instead, only to hear him continue to ask: "Then how did you get Wei Jun's permission to enter Jinyang City?"

At this time, Xiao Ji also seemed very patient, and only listened to his answer: "After the Wei army sent troops to Tang, I actually had a wait-and-see idea, thinking that Qin would help us tide over the difficulties!"

"But wait, wait, when the Qin army didn't show up after the capital of Wei State encircled Jinyang, I knew they might have given up on us..."

"Instead of waiting to die, I want to fight for a way out, so three days ago, I personally led the troops to plead guilty to General Wei Jun, and asked that the meritorious service be redeemed!"

Speaking of this, it seemed that he was thinking of the humiliation that day, and Xiao Ji couldn't help showing a stern look on his face.

He knew that Zheng Chang, the chief general of the Wei army, didn't think highly of him at all, and he was more interested in playing tricks on him this time. Not everyone has the opportunity to play tricks on the king of a country.

Now Tang Guoguo really understood everything, just when Xiao Ji was about to tell the next situation, he heard a noise coming from a distance.

At this time, Xiao Guojun's official came in and said, "Your Majesty, the Wei army is coming this way!"

Xiao Ji waved away his officers, raised his sword and said slowly: "Brother, it's time to go!"

Tang Guoguo simply straightened his sleeves, straightened his hair in a bun, then closed his eyes and said slowly, "I'm in the ground, I'm afraid we won't be able to wait for Wei Guo to be destroyed, and it's time to avenge our great revenge!"

Hearing this, Xiao Ji felt uncomfortable for a while, but he still swung the long sword in his hand vigorously, and saw a blood spatter in the ancestral temple.

"Where is the king of Tang?" Zhang Qingshan led the soldiers into the ancestral temple, and saw Xiao Ji beheading the head of the king of Tang.

After quickly picking up the head of the king of Tang, Xiao Ji said: "Please look, general, the widow has already beheaded the head of the guilty king, and I want to dedicate it to the king of Wei!"

In fact, Zhang Qingshan's first thought was to grab that head, but Xiao Ji's mention of the words Great Wei Guojun made him dispel this thought.

Now that everyone is watching, if he, Zhang Qingshan, does something to steal credit... that will discredit the monarch, and it will only lead him into the abyss.

So Zhang Qingshan held back, and this also achieved Xiao Ji's goal, but at this moment his back was already covered with cold sweat.

If the other party is really desperate to grab credit, Xiao Ji really has nothing to do. With his thousands of people under him, he would not dare to compete with Zhang Qingshan.

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Just when Tang Guoguo died and Jinyang City changed hands, Qin Jun's scouts also rushed to the bank of the Ming River, a tributary of the great river!
When they saw the riders of the Wei army galloping across the bank, and the flags in Jinyang City had been changed, they knew that they were late and that Qin had already lost Tang.

(End of this chapter)