General Qin

In ancient times, most of the villages and villages had city walls. As long as the village gates were closed, it would be a small fortress.

The same is true for Gubo Township, the target of Xintun's trip.

It is located on a plain, surrounded by farmland, and there are basically no barriers from mountains. The area of ​​the township is quite large, but it is surrounded by walls more than ten feet high. If you want to enter, you can only go through the two township gates in the north and south.

Going further east along Gubo Township, you can embark on the road leading to Fangcheng and Linle in the east, so this place is still very important, and a Qin army needs to be stationed there.

Fortunately, when Zhao Tuo arrived with his army, the gate of Gu Bo Township was not closed, and a group of Yan people in rich and long costumes were waiting at the gate, and began to bow to each other from a long distance away.

"Unlucky, Nai Gong thought..."

Halfway through Heizhi's conversation, he suddenly found that Shejian was looking at him coldly, and suddenly he was shocked, and said with a smile: "It's really great, you can take this town without fighting, it seems that you can sleep comfortably tonight Got it, hehehe."

Everyone suppressed their laughter, everyone knew what this guy meant.

"My humble uncle, the old man Gu Ze, welcome to the general."

At the gate of the township, the leading Yan Ren is an old man with a gray beard, a high crown and sleeves, and a jade belt around his waist, which looks quite noble.

He put his posture very low. To Zhao Tuo, a teenager, he opened his mouth as a "general" and "a step".

Behind Gu Ze, other nobles from Gu Bo Township followed suit. When they lowered their heads, they caught sight of the weapons in Qin Jun's hands, and their faces were full of fear.

Zhao Tuo stepped forward with a smile, held Gu Ze's hand, and said, "Elder, don't be too polite. Our department was ordered to take over the defense of Gu Bo Township. We will need more assistance from the elders in the future, so don't refuse."

As soon as Zhao Tuo spoke, Gu Ze's eyes lit up.

This young man is very experienced in speaking, he obviously brought troops to occupy the township, but he only mentioned taking over the defense as soon as he opened his mouth, as if his lonely hometown belonged to Qin State.

In this way, Gu Ze and others will feel a little less humiliated by the surrender, and the face will be enough.

When Gu Ze first saw that the head of the village was a teenager, he was still very worried. Young people are arrogant and arrogant. If they are hot-blooded and don't care about their surrender, they will chop off their heads for military merits, then they will be miserable.

Seeing Zhao Tuo speak kindly now, he immediately felt relieved. What caught his attention especially was Zhao Tuo's accent.

"General, are you from Zhao?" Gu Ze cautiously probed.

"Of course. My name is Zhao Tuo, and my ancestors are also from the Zhao family. Now I am serving as the head of the army, but I can't be called a general. The elders call me by my name. Please rest assured, the elders and everyone, as long as you cooperate Our military affairs, the village will be fine."

Zhao Tuo said with a smile, his expression was very gentle.

Most of the townships in this era live together with clans. This Guze is not only the three elders in the town, but also the patriarch of the big clans in the township. If outsiders like them want to stay here with peace of mind, this kind of old folks must first Befriended.

"That's natural, natural, please rest assured, Mr. Zhao, I will definitely restrain the village and never cause any trouble to you strong men."

Gu Ze was smiling all over his face. Although Zhao Tuo asked him to call him by his name, how dare he call him by his name, at least he had to use the word "Jun".

However, the head of the village is actually a nobleman of Zhao State, and even the Zhao people who have feuds with Qin State can be at ease serving as military officers in the Qin army. It seems that they, Yan State people who voluntarily surrendered, will not suffer any misfortune.

Thinking of this, the smile on Gu Ze's face became brighter.

"The strong men have come from afar and must be hungry. The old man has prepared wine and food at home. Please come to the city to have a meal."

Gu Ze stretched out his hand and warmly invited Zhao Tuo and Qin Jun behind him into the village.

The village leaders behind him also fawned and said: "All strong men, please come to the village."

In a few words, this lonely township has completed the process of transferring from Yan State to Qin State.

However, Zhao Tuo did not immediately lead the team into the village, he turned his head to look at the five elders behind him.

Shejian, Heiyu, Xiaobai, Xiqigu, and a gentleman named You.

"Xiaobai, you bring a dozen people to guard this gate, pay attention to vigilance."

Zhao Tuo issued an order. When he first arrived, he had to guard the village gate first, so that he could advance and retreat freely.

Xiaobai responded, "Wei."

Black Hip smacked his lips and shouted: "Tun Chief, there is another south gate, let me take someone there."

Zhao Tuo glared at him, he was not at ease with such a black butt temperament.

But the rest of Shejian is his hard-core, meticulous mind and good at observation, Xiqigu is familiar with the affairs of the village, and the two of them can help.

After hesitating for a while, Zhao Tuo asked Gong Shiyou to take a dozen people to guard the south gate. Although this superintendent doesn't have much talent, he is at least an obedient leader, much more reassuring than Black Butt.

At the same time, Zhao Tuo specifically asked them not to start disputes easily, and just guard the two village gates.

Xiaobai and You leave as promised.

Gu Ze heard that Zhao Tuo sent people to guard the two village gates.

A flash of panic flashed in his eyes, but he was worthy of being an elder in the village, his face remained unchanged, and he still said enthusiastically: "Mr. The city is gone, there is no danger around, please rest assured, Mr. Zhao."

Zhao Tuo laughed and said, "It's better to be careful. However, the generals of the King of Yan were summoned to Jicheng, which relieved the general's worries. In a few days, the general and his army will arrive in person, and they will destroy Jicheng in one go."

"Yes, yes, we have also heard of the prestige of the general."

Hearing Wang Jian's army mentioned in Zhao Tuo's words, Gu Ze and others became more frightened, and respectfully invited Zhao Tuo and the Qin army behind to enter the village.

...

In the courtyard of the village, someone is singing in the passionate building sound, the voice is shrill and tragic.

A teenager rushed to the hospital.

"Brother Song, Brother Song."

"The Qin army has entered the village, Ah Weng told me to tell you to hide well, so that the Qin army won't find out."

The singing stopped, but the building sound was still stirring.

Song Yi looked at the young man in front of him and said coldly.

"You, Aunt, are still descending to Qin."

The young man blushed and said, "Ah Weng said that the Qin army is powerful, and the Yan State will be destroyed. If we don't take advantage of this time to switch to the Qin State, our family will definitely be wiped out."

Song Yi's face turned blue, and he said angrily: "The catastrophe of extinction? The King of Qin is cruel, and the laws of Qin are harsh, and the whole family will be implicated at every turn. Even if you vote for Qin, will you guarantee that you will not violate the laws of Qin in the future and become prisoners? Then there will be no catastrophe?"

"Hmph, instead of just trying to survive at this time, it's better to fight those Qin people, and it's not in vain for the blood of my man from Yandi!"

"Yan Danzi": Peeping at the prince's guest, there is nothing available: Xia Fu's bloody and brave people are angry and turn red; Song Yi's brave people are angry and turn green; Jing Ke, who is known by the light, is a brave man, but his face does not change when he is angry.

Regarding townships with city walls and walls, please refer to "Change of Settlement Forms in China: An Investigation on Townships, Countries, Townships, Pavilions, and Villages"

Regarding whether there are three elders in Yan State, because Yan State has too little historical data, no information at the level of the village has been found. However, the three elders originated from the Zhou system, and Yan is a country with the surname of Ji, so there is a high possibility.

And both Qin and Wei had three elders. Yan State is also a system of counties and counties, the county is called the guard, the county is called the magistrate, and there are officials such as Cheng and Wei below it, which is not very different from Qin.