General Qin

The black flag was waving, and more than a thousand Qin troops marched to the outside of Waihuang City.

"Zhang Er really can't persuade him to surrender."

Zhao Tuo looked at the Wei flag fluttering in the wind on the city wall, the spears and halberds lined up, and the soldiers of Waihuang County holding bows and arrows.

He knew that Wai Huang Ling Zhang Er was going to resist.

Waihuang was originally the city of Song State. Later, after entering the Warring States War, Song State weakened, and this place was captured by Wei State.

Wai Huang is not big, about the same size as Xiao Huang. If Huan Zhao moved his army here, under the siege of thousands of Qin troops, it would be possible to forcibly break through.

The law of war says: Ten is to encircle it, and five is to attack it.

Now there are only a thousand people in Yang Xiong's tribe, and it is very difficult to break through Waihuang City, which has a larger number of defenders.

Looking at the Waihuang City in front of him, Yang Xiong also frowned, and said to the two five hundred masters under his command: "How to break the city?"

Zhao Tuo signaled Zhao Ben to speak first.

Zhao Ben did not refuse, he thought for a while, and said: "The population of Waihuang is about the same as that of Xiaohuang, and the number of young and strong people who can be recruited should be around a thousand. Including the guards in the city and the followers under Zhang Er's command, it should be around a thousand. About five to two thousand people."

"Although there are many young and strong men among them, most of them are men who have never been on the battlefield. Compared with the county soldiers and Qingxia, they are the weakness of the city defense."

"We should attack the place where these young and strong men are defending, launch a charge, display a fierce offensive, or scare them out of their wits. In this way, our army will have an opportunity."

Zhao Tuo nodded. Zhao Ben thought the same as him, and his focus was on the conscripts with the largest number of recruits.

He remembered Wang Jian's mind-attack tactics when he attacked Wuyang, and said: "Our army can make the siege equipment while making the nearby Wei people shout at the top of the city and use mind-attack tactics. Tell those young and strong people who have been recruited, as long as If they don't resist, they can save their lives, and we will never seize their family property."

"The reason why these local men desperately resisted us was because they were afraid that after the city was broken, we would slaughter their wives, children, and children, and plunder their wealth. As long as the descendants were notified in advance that they were exempted, they would lose their fighting spirit. In this way, it would be difficult for the defenders to fight. Unity of hearts, and being divided and disintegrated by us, this is a fighting opportunity."

"At that time, as Zhao Wubaizhu said, launch a fierce offensive to intimidate, and the two-pronged approach will surely disintegrate the thousands of young men. In this way, the only powerful enemies we face are those hundreds of county soldiers and Zhang Er's followers. .”

Zhao Ben looked at the young man on the side in admiration, he only thought of the weak point of those young and strong common people, but Zhao Tuo thought further, and used the method of attacking the mind, this realm was indeed superior to his own.

"good."

Yang Xiong laughed loudly and said, "Exactly, I think so too!"

Once the combat policy was set, the Qin army began to show strong action.

Some Qin soldiers began to set up tents and cook pots.

The other part began to build siege equipment to prepare for the siege.

At the same time, under Zhao Tuo's signal, Qin Jun asked more than a dozen fellow Wei countrymen who voluntarily surrendered to shout around the outer yellow city wall, and kept preaching Qin's policies to the soldiers on the city wall.

Those who descend will not die!

If you don't resist the Qin army, you can save your family property, wife and children!

If you resist desperately, cut off the head directly!

In addition, Zhao Tuo also asked those Wei people to broadcast the manuscript he had written in advance.

What Daliang City has been breached by the Qin army, the king of Wei has been captured, and the country of Wei has already perished!

And Ningling Lord Wei Jiu had already been beheaded by the Qin army.

Prince Wei Bao led his troops to surrender to Qin...

Fearing that the leading party members of the Wei state would be shot to death by arrows from the city, Zhao Tuo also took out the secret weapon he had specially made by the coppersmith for psychological attack tactics before he came to Waihuang.

Brass trumpet.

This thing is very simple to make, although the style is ugly, but the effect is quite good.

The shape of the horn allows the emitted sound to be reflected in a more concentrated direction after being reflected by the wall of the cylinder, so the sound of the same intensity can be transmitted to a farther place.

Those Wei people stood outside the range of their bows and arrows, holding up their brass horns and preaching loudly to the city wall, spreading Zhao Tuo's meaning to the ears of every Wei person on the top of the city.

"What is that that can make the sound travel so far!"

Zhang Er was stunned, the city wall he was in was at a downwind position, so he could hear very clearly, those voices seemed to be whispering in his ears.

But then, his expression changed.

Those who descend will not die. The resisters cut off their heads for public display, and died without a whole body.

There are also news that the Daliang City was broken and the king of Wei was captured.

These words will deal a great blow to the morale of the guards in the city.

Zhang Er looked back and saw that the guards on the top of the city had different expressions, especially those local young men who had been conscripted.

In the world of the Warring States Period, there were frequent battles, and there were not many people who destroyed the country and family.

Except for those aristocrats with generations of noble blood, or knights who are full of kindness and righteousness.

Ordinary civilians don't pay much attention to nationality unless they have deep hatred.

For example, Waihuang County was still the territory of Song State a hundred years ago.

Wei State took Waihuang from Song State, and the Song people in the city became Wei people.

The ancestors of these guard men quickly adapted to their new nationality.

Is there any difference in which country the common people in Qianshou live in?

Not all of them buried their heads in farming, went to battle as soldiers, and endured the exploitation and oppression of nobles all their lives. It doesn't matter whether they are in Song State, Wei State, or Qin State, it probably doesn't make any difference.

The reason why Huang Qingzhuang went to the city with weapons from thousands of people away was firstly because Wai Huang Ling Zhang Er was recruited by force, and secondly because he heard that the Qin army was barbaric. He feared that his wife and children would be slaughtered, so he could only resist with all his might.

Now that they saw with their own eyes that the Wei people who surrendered were safe and sound, and heard with their own ears the order not to kill those who surrendered from the Qin army, it was impossible not to have thoughts in their hearts.

Not to mention the news that "Daliang City was broken and King Wei was captured", it was even more important.

Wei Guo is dead, and they still defend the city desperately, is it useful?

Not everyone is not afraid of death, and not everyone has the lofty ambition to defend their home and country.

Not only these recruited young men, but even the three hundred county soldiers and the three hundred rangers under Zhang Er's command also had their own ideas, and the city fell into a strange silence.

Zhang Er knew something was wrong, and hurriedly said loudly: "Second and third sons, don't listen to the tricks of the Qin people! Daliang City is so strong and tall, how could it be broken by the Qin people in just one month? They are fabricating rumors and disturbing the morale of our army!"

No one spoke, and even Zhang Er's subordinates who were from outside the country were blinking.

The voices from the descendants of the Wei people revealed the reality before them and completely shattered the fantasies in many people's hearts.

Han, Zhao, and Yan are all dead. Isn't it a matter of time before Wei Guo perishes?

Fight hard to defend the city, there is a dead end.

Zhang Er was even more flustered, and shouted: "Qin Jun is the master of tigers and wolves, and he has always recorded merit with his head. Gentlemen, the heads on your heads are all military merit in the eyes of those Qin people. Why don't they say that those who surrender will not die?" Can trust."

"If you really listen to the nonsense of the Qin army and put down your weapons and surrender, I'm afraid your heads will be cut off one by one when the city is broken!"

"Zhang Jun is right! I, Liu Ji in Peixian County, don't believe the nonsense of the Qin people! I must defend the city to the death to repay Zhang Jun's kindness!"

The bearded Liu Ji pushed aside the two people in front, squeezed in front of Zhang Er, and shouted loudly with his face flushed.

With him taking the lead, the other rangers also shouted: "I wish to defend the city to the death to repay Mr. Zhang's kindness!"

Zhang Er looked at Liu Ji who pushed aside the crowd and squeezed to his side to defend to the death, and couldn't help showing a look of surprise.

It really is a friend in need.

If I remember correctly, it has been less than a month since Liu Jicai from Peixian County defected to him. As soon as he arrived, the Qin people surrounded Daliang City on the back foot.

This person has not eaten much, but he is willing to repay him with life and death.

This Liu Ji is really a loyal man, a chivalrous man!

Liu Jiyi looked at Zhang Er with piercing eyes.

Especially Zhang Er's neck.

"Wait until the city breaks and you can run. If you can't run, you will fall into the worst situation. Naigong is desperate to lose his reputation. He cut off your head and dedicated it to the people of Qin, so he can still survive!"