Zhao Xuanqi was the commander-in-chief, leading hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers of the Northern Wei Kingdom and tens of thousands of elite cavalry in an unstoppable march southward.
Cross the Lethe River.
Go south to the South Zhao Kingdom.
The soldiers under his command were so high-spirited that no one was afraid.
Under the patriotic spirit of longing for unification, everyone understands that this is a great cause for the ages.
As long as you complete this feat, you can rebuild the glory of the Han Dynasty. You will definitely receive generous rewards when judging your merits, and you may even have the opportunity to leave your name in history!
Leaving one's name in history, being granted the title of Marquis and Prime Minister, this is a fatal attraction for everyone!
The tiger and wolf divisions of the Northern Wei Dynasty approached the Southern Zhao Kingdom.
When approaching the border, Zhao Xuanqi successfully encountered the elite border troops of Southern Zhao Kingdom.
As we all know, no matter how decadent a country is, its border troops will always be the most elite and the most capable of fighting.
There are about 50,000 border troops in Southern Zhao Kingdom.
What's more, as a defender of the city, Nan Zhao has a tall city wall blocking it. It is definitely not an easy task to break through.
Zhao Xuanqi believes that an earth-shattering war is likely to break out.
However, the reality was beyond his imagination.
The degree of corruption in the Southern Zhao Kingdom was more serious than he imagined. As the most elite border guard in the Southern Zhao Kingdom, he immediately took the initiative to open the city and surrender!
Zhao Xuanqi effortlessly broke through the enemy's border and gained an additional 50,000 surrendered troops!
After some inquiries, I learned that the border troops of Southern Zhao State were really suffering. The court had been owed wages for several years, and in the past few months, they had not even had food to eat. The court refused. Deliver food.
Every soldier was so thin from hunger that he was as skinny and sallow, and even the armor and weapons in the army were sold by the border generals in order to have a bite to eat, and they were all dressed in tatters.
The emperor of Southern Zhao was incompetent and famine broke out in the country. These border generals had long-standing grievances with the top officials of the imperial court. These border soldiers had long been ready to rebel.
At this time, Zhao Xuanqi led his troops to attack, and they had no intention of resisting.
It can be said,
As long as you give them a bite to eat and let them go east, they will never go west.
As long as they are given enough salary, no bullshit emperor will be merciless in killing them.
Facts have proved that the famine in Southern Zhao was indeed serious and terrifying.
Not only did the people have no food to eat, but even the border generals and soldiers had no food to eat.
Corrupt officials were also so serious that they could even withhold salary from border officials for several years. Even generals had to sell their armor, weapons and other luggage in order to have a bite to eat.
It happened that Zhao Xuanqi was not short of money and food.
He rested at the border for three days, allowing these long-hungry Southern Zhao soldiers to get enough food, and drew a big cake, promising them huge benefits, and successfully boosted the fighting spirit of these soldiers.
Then use these 50,000 Southern Zhao border troops as the cannon fodder troops to lead the attack on Southern Zhao.
The surrendered soldiers of the Southern Zhao State took the lead, and Zhao Xuanqi led the soldiers of the Northern Wei State to follow behind to pick up the leaks, and followed behind to supervise the battle to minimize damage.
That's how you get the most benefit with the least damage.
The results were greater than anyone imagined.
Not only Zhao Xuanqi himself was surprised, but also the Northern Wei generals and counselors under him were surprised.
I originally thought that there would be a lot of tough battles to be fought in the war to destroy the country, but I didn’t expect that it would turn out to be overwhelming and invincible!
In just three months, they conquered seventy-two cities in Southern Zhao Kingdom!
There are nineteen mountains and rivers in the Southern Zhao Kingdom. In just these three months, Zhao Xuanqi has conquered half of the mountains and rivers in the Southern Zhao Kingdom and conquered ten rivers and mountains.
And the most terrifying thing is that not only are the soldiers under his command not consumed at all, but they fight more and more, and the number of generals under his command is also increasing.
This is because the Southern Zhao Kingdom has no resistance at all. Once Zhao Xuanqi's army arrives, most of the people flee, and the remaining people who do not escape surrender directly.
Either run away or surrender.
Zhao Xuanqi didn't even meet any decent resistance.
As expected, even the border elites of Southern Zhao Kingdom were in such miserable condition that they had no fighting spirit.
What about other local armies that were even more defeated?
The treatment of the troops in other places can only be worse. In Nan Zhao Kingdom, it is basically impossible to survive. Surrender is the best choice.
At least if you surrender, you can still have enough to eat. If you don't surrender, sooner or later you will be tortured to death by the corrupt officials above you!
At worst, surrender!
Not only did the local soldiers surrender, but also the local people continued to surrender. For the arrival of Zhao Xuanqi and others, these people welcomed the arrival of Zhao Xuanqi and others and cheered.
There was no feeling at all that the country was ruined and the family was in ruins. Instead, they treated Zhao Xuanqi and others as saviors and warmly welcomed them.
This made Zhao Xuanqi feel extremely strange. This feeling was like when the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China, the people of the Qing Dynasty did not offer any resistance. Instead, they carried cannons and food and luggage for the Eight-Power Allied Forces.
Now, this is what he is facing.
The people of Southern Zhao not only did not resist, but also took the initiative to help. As long as they gave them a little money and a little food, they kowtowed.
Therefore, Zhao Xuanqi originally brought only more than 200,000 Northern Wei soldiers and 50,000 cavalry.
In the past three months, the soldiers under his command have been called an army of one million, with 300,000 cavalry, occupying most of the territory of Southern Zhao Kingdom!
Continuously killing powerful landowners and corrupt officials won the hearts of the people and gained countless luggage and property.
He divided all the assets, land and money of these powerful landlords among the people of Nanzhao, helped them kill corrupt officials, etc., and even opened warehouses to release grain, using Nanzhao's food to suppress the famine in Nanzhao. .
It’s funny to say that the famine in Southern Zhao was not because there was no food, but because there was too much food.
There was a lot of food in warehouses across the imperial court, but unfortunately it was all concentrated in the hands of corrupt officials and wealthy merchants.
They collected all the grain, refused to sell it, and raised the price of grain. Taking advantage of this famine, they wanted to make hard-earned money without caring about the people under their hands.
This led to the famine sweeping the country!
Zhao Xuanqi's behavior caused the people of Southern Zhao to shout a strange slogan:
"Master Qingtian is here. He will divide the fields, property, wives, and food. We will no longer have to pay taxes. Let's open the city and surrender!"
In this way, Zhao Xuanqi was invincible.
But sometimes it doesn't go so well.
After all, the Southern Zhao Kingdom has ruled the country for more than 200 years, which is extremely serious. There are also some loyal and capable people who are willing to embarrass the Zhao Kingdom and die.
There were also some powerful generals who united to resist Zhao Xuanqi and led tens of thousands of troops in an attempt to defeat Zhao Xuanqi's invasion.
It's a pity that their so-called cavalry and so-called infantry are completely vulnerable to Zhao Xuanqi's musket and artillery troops.
In the encounter outside, Zhao Xuanqi asked the soldiers to hold muskets and added artillery fire to help them. He could easily defeat tens of thousands of enemy troops and kill tens of thousands of enemies, while he himself could only damage 100 people.
This is not only the crushing of Zhao Xuanqi's elite soldiers, the crushing of spirit and body, but also the crushing of cold weapons by firearms and artillery. Artillery and muskets are simply a dimensionality reduction strike.
Even if it is a city defense battle.
Some loyal people of Southern Zhao State concentrated a large amount of resources on hiding in the tall city walls, hoping to rely on the city walls to resist Zhao Xuanqi and delay the opportunity for the country to resist.
It's a pity that this is all just a joke.
Zhao Xuanqi ordered the soldiers to take out the red cannons, fire more than a dozen shells, and directly blast away a corner of the city wall. Then he led the army to attack the gap, and the city was easily breached.
After dozens of wars, Zhao Xuanqi won many battles. He never failed in a battle and was victorious in every battle.
Every war can achieve great results, killing the most enemies with the smallest sacrifice.
Gradually, the rumor that "the soldiers of the Northern Wei Kingdom are invincible" spread throughout the entire Southern Zhao Kingdom, forming an invincible mountain that weighed on all of them.
Zhao Xuanqi was transformed into a demon with three heads and six arms, which frightened countless people. He was described by Lan Zhaoguo as a terrifying monster that could cure children's night cries.
"As long as the Northern Wei has more than ten thousand soldiers, it will be invincible!"
"They are not humans, they are heavenly soldiers from the sky. They can rain meteorites from the sky, make earth dragons turn over, and roll thunder from the sky!"
"We have no idea how we were defeated. We are obviously still far away from the opponent, but they can use methods we don't know to severely damage our army!"
After Zhao Xuanqi won various victories, the officials and generals and soldiers of Southern Zhao Kingdom were scared out of their wits and had no intention of resisting at all.
Plus he later shouted:
"As long as those who surrender voluntarily do not kill, they will still retain some rights and gain glory and wealth."
So why should those powerful landlords and corrupt officials protect you, a mediocre emperor?
Regardless of whether they were at the top or at the bottom, they completely lost their minds to resist and wanted to surrender.
For their glory and wealth, and for the inheritance of their descendants, they sold the Emperor of Southern Zhao without hesitation.
In this way, it took more than two months for Zhao Xuanqi to attack steadily, attacking the city and plundering the territory, steadily digesting the occupied territory, and finally approached the capital of Southern Zhao Kingdom.
Zhaodu!
Zhao Xuanqi led hundreds of thousands of elite troops, along with countless cannon fodder troops, as well as countless baggage and engineering equipment, stationed outside the capital of Zhao.
That's exactly what happened when the troops came to the city.
Zhao Xuanqi walked out of the military camp. Looking from a distance, he could see the majesty of Zhao Capital.
The capital of the State of Zhao is very tall, and the city walls are covered with traces of time. Every brick has traces of being hacked by knives and burned by fire. It has witnessed countless historical events. The feeling of time is overwhelming, but the decay of time cannot be covered up. Its grandeur and grandeur.
The moat is wide and the city wall is tall and large.
It is definitely a rare majestic city in the world, and it is no less impressive than Chang'an City in the Northern Wei Dynasty.
Anyone who wants to break through this city wall will need to pay a huge price, countless blood, tears and lives.
Zhao Xuanqi stood in the distance, looked up at this tall city, and couldn't help but sigh:
"What a tall and big city!"
"This is the capital of Zhao, and it truly deserves its reputation."
"As long as we capture this city and capture or kill the emperor alive, we can completely destroy the Southern Zhao Kingdom and achieve the unification of the north and the south."
"The collapse of the Han Dynasty, which led to the division of Southern Zhao and Northern Wei, has a history of more than 200 years. As long as it is captured, the country can be restored to unification and great achievements will be achieved!"
Faced with such a major event, Zhao Xuanqi's heart was full of pride.
Even he couldn't help but feel proud and excited about what he was going to do next.
Why don't men take Wu Gou and collect the fifty states in Guanshan?
This is a great cause of unification!
What man can't help but be fascinated by it? !
However, Zhao Xuanqi knows one truth: the more you want to succeed, the less anxious you should be.
The capital of Southern Zhao is tall and large, with countless grains and resources piled inside. The emperor also has hundreds of thousands of troops, and there are some capable people under his command who are willing to die.
Although these hundreds of thousands of troops may be a miscellaneous army with unimaginable combat effectiveness, relying on the height and thickness of Zhaodu, they may not be able to turn defeat into victory.
In order not to capsize in the gutter, we must proceed steadily and come up with a good plan to destroy the city.
"If we attack by force, many lives will definitely be lost. I want to capture this city at the lowest cost!"
Zhao Xuanqi decided to adopt the most stable method, which was to only besiege but not attack.
As long as those troops are stationed here.
Then exclude other generals and continue to attack the city and capture the land, cross the capital to occupy other lands, and wait for other generals to continuously capture other areas of Southern Zhao.
When the entire country of Nan Zhao was captured, and all nineteen mountains and rivers were captured, there was no power to resist at all. Only this capital city was left to defend this place. It would be a matter of time before the other party surrendered.
By playing steadily like this, the opponent has no chance of comeback or victory.
This is the so-called 100% winning rate play.
Although Zhao Xuanqi could directly attack the Zhao capital with a large army, the damage to the soldiers would definitely be great.
The capital of Zhao is so thick that even artillery cannot break through the city wall in a short time.
If they attack by force, the cannon fodder troops of Southern Zhao cannot be reused at all. If they want to truly conquer the city, they can only use the elite of Northern Wei to attack the city. This will cause damage to their own soldiers and the gain will not be worth the loss.
If you can clear the level without any damage, why rush it?
In this way, Zhao Xuanqi kept ordering the powerful landowners of the Southern Zhao Kingdom to transport baggage and food to this place, preparing to trap the isolated city.
The month slowly disappeared.
This month, Zhao Xuanqi has been slow and steady. Only a few hundred thousand troops are stationed here. Every day, he receives good news from other generals about attacking cities and plundering territory.
On the other hand, in the capital of Zhao, the Emperor of Nan Zhao, who was trapped in the isolated city, and some of the generals there were already anxious like ants in a hot nest. They even organized several breakouts, but unfortunately they were not successful and instead suffered heavy losses.
They also realized that if things continued like this, they would definitely fail, and they could only act anxiously. There was already chaos inside, people were surging, and civil strife was bound to happen sooner or later!
If it weren't for the capable people in Zhao's capital to suppress them, those capitulation factions would have surrendered long ago and sacrificed the emperor's head!
In short, within two or three months, Zhao Du will be broken sooner or later!
Either surrender and sacrifice the city, or die and lose everything. Only these two inevitable endings are waiting for them!
Zhao Xuanqi is confident of winning and sitting on Diaoyutai.
The generals and soldiers under their command are also full of morale. During these days, they can eat and drink enough every day to maintain their energy and energy, just waiting for the day when the city is broken!
Looking forward to the next cheers!
Everyone will wait and see.
However, accidents always come unexpectedly.
At this critical node, an unexpected change suddenly occurred.
On this day, an eight-hundred-mile urgent express suddenly came from within the Northern Wei Kingdom.
Emperor Qinglong suddenly sent eunuchs to invite Zhao Xuanqi to return!
And it was very urgent and panicked.
The great eunuch responsible for conveying the news brought a bombshell news: Emperor Qinglong was infected with the disease and was about to die of a serious illness. The government was in chaos. He also asked the grand master to return home quickly and preside over the government!
In less than three or four days, he had already won twelve gold medals in a row. He was frantically urging Zhao Xuanqi to return to China, and the urging was non-stop!
The country is about to be overthrown, but there are twelve gold medals coming from the north, ordering the troops to retreat!
(End of chapter)
