Within the territory of Weiguo, outside Puyang City.
"Young men, take a rest." Chief Tao An shouted loudly to the carriage driving slowly in front of him.
The driver who was driving the car hurriedly stopped his horse when he heard Tao An's words. Several pawns following the car casually threw the bags full of millet on their shoulders into the basket of the car.
Tao An greeted everyone, walked to a sunny mound, and then lay down
"What are we going to do? We've been walking for more than half a month and we're probably almost 800 miles away." A pawn who looked to be only fourteen or fifteen years old muttered while lying next to Tao An.
"We're not going to attack Qi. If we go further, we should be able to reach Qi tomorrow." The groom tied up his horse and came over.
"Attacking the Qi State? If it is true, I will be the first to rush to the front line. Together with the Qin State, we will definitely be able to kill all the Qi people."
Tao An glanced at the pawn called "Ba", smiled bitterly and shook his head.
I was about to say something about retribution, but I swallowed the words as soon as they reached my lips.
In fact, I don't blame this guy for looking like he has a deep hatred for the country.
Tao An asked himself, if he had experienced Ba's experience, he probably wouldn't be much better than Ba at this time.
Ba's grandfather was shot into a hedgehog by the Qi army in the Battle of Guiling thirty years ago, and his father was killed by the Qi soldiers in the Battle of Maling fifteen years ago. There was not even a complete corpse.
In fact, speaking of it, there are a few Wei people of their generation who have no grudges against the Qi people.
Wei and Qi have become feuding states, although their kings of Wei and Qi met in Xuzhou a few years ago and submitted letters of friendship to each other.
But the common people at the bottom don't recognize this. If they get the opportunity, they will kill a few Qi people to vent their anger.
If Wei had not been attracted by the new enemy Qin in recent years, everyone's emotions might have been even higher.
Tao An sighed inwardly and did not reply.
Tao An was educated, and his ancestors were once nobles. Although his family is now in decline, nobles are nobles, and their knowledge is naturally different from theirs.
As everyone knows, Qin killed more Wei people and was more ruthless. In the battle of Hexi alone, 80,000 Wei soldiers were killed.
In this era of murderous people, there is no permanent enemy, and interests are always greater than face.
Just like they are now, they are still following the Qin army to help the tiger.
He raised his head and looked at the towering Puyang City Wall not far away, and couldn't help but think about the ridiculous things that had happened in recent days.
When the Qin army approached Quwo City, the King of Wei actually ordered not to resist, allowing the Qin army to pass through, and rewarded him with military rations.
Tao An couldn't help but sigh deeply again: Was the King of Wei who once looked down upon the world really afraid of being defeated by the Qin army? Was Wei's backbone really completely broken by the Qin army?
At the beginning of the year, there was a battle between Wei and Chu at Xiangling. Wei was defeated again and Chu captured eight cities near Xiangling. Zhao Yang, the general of Chu State, was planning to use his power to defeat Wei State and move his army to attack Qi State. Qi State was left alone. Seeing this opportunity, Qin State pretended to attack Qi State through Han, Wei and Wei, in an attempt to defeat Qi State. of power.
Today, when it comes to prosperity, the two countries are Qin and Qi.
The people of Qin have a strong army and the people of Qi are rich. Since Ying Si is ready to claim the throne, he intends to attack the Central Plains. At this time, Qi State had already vaguely gained the momentum of being the leader of the Central Plains.
Of course, these military information are naturally not accessible to low-level sergeants like Tao An. But Tao An was not stupid. This time they followed the Qin army through Wei territory, then into Han territory, and then to the current Wei territory. Tao An had already guessed that Qin was going to send troops to Qi.
Although Tao An didn't want to follow the Qin army and pretend to be a tiger, but what could he do? A small soldier was very long and had no power. I can only drift with the tide like a duckweed.
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At this time, the leader of the Qin Army, Ying Hua, was standing on a tall chariot, looking at the terrain in the distance.
"It is such a rich land. If we, the Qin Dynasty, can take this as our own, our national power will surely increase day by day."
As the king's younger brother, no one is more suitable for the position of general commanding the army than him.
But at this time, Yinghua felt a little unhappy because the plan this time was contributed by Zhang Yi'er.
Yinghua couldn't help but curse inwardly.
He and Zhang Yi had a long-standing feud, which was no secret among the upper echelons of Qin.
Five years ago, Qin Jun Yingsi ordered him and Zhang Yi to lead a large army to besiege Puyang (now Xi County, Shanxi), the city of Wei. At that time, the Wei army was already as fearful of Qin as a tiger, so Puyang was naturally defeated and occupied by him.
After that, Yinghua led the Qin army to station in Puyang, while Zhang Yi returned to Qin.
After returning to the state of Qin, Zhang Yi said to Ying Si, "Please return Pu Yang to the state of Wei, and send your son Ying Yao to the state of Wei as a hostage. I can persuade the state of Wei to break away from the trend of alliance."
At that time, Su Qin had already signed the seal of the six kingdoms, and wanted to use the alliance to completely cut off Qin's eastward expansion. Ying Si was very curious about how he could persuade Wei Wangying to withdraw from the alliance, but after thinking about it, he finally agreed.
After that, Zhang Yi went on an envoy to the State of Wei and said to Wang Ying of Wei: "King Wei, please see that the State of Qin does not want to be an enemy of the State of Wei. The Lord of Qin ordered me to return Pu Yang to you, and also condemned Young Master Yingyao for coming to Wei as a hostage. Wei. The country cannot be rude to Qin."
As a result, Wei really withdrew from the Six-Nation Covenant, and the six-nation alliance suddenly collapsed.
When Zhang Yi returned to the Qin State, he completely defeated his old rival Gongsun Yan with this skill, and was worshiped as the Prime Minister by Ying Si. Naturally, Zhang Yi took all the credit for winning China.
The hatred between the two has been forged since then.
In fact, it's not that Yinghua is a petty person. As a member of the Qin clan and the younger brother of Qin Jun, Yinghua could still distinguish between right and wrong. He was just angry that Zhang Yi didn't tell him beforehand, thinking that Zhang Yi was two-faced and dishonest.
"Sir, the Wei army has crossed Puyang, entered Qidi, and is heading towards Zhenyi (today's Juancheng, Shandong)."
The young messenger's words interrupted Yinghua's memories and brought him back to reality.
"Report! General Sima Cuo has captured Qianqiu!" Another young general came from afar with a command flag and shouted loudly before he arrived.
"Yes! Inform the second and third sons to set off immediately. The target is Yangjin! Follow me and make achievements!" Yinghua waved his hand.
Qin State spent a lot of money to attack Qi this time, and assembled a total of 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry. If it weren't for the Wei army's help in transporting supplies along the way, Qin would probably not be able to afford such a long supply line.
Yinghua is now very ambitious. He wants to completely defeat the leader of the Central Plains in one fell swoop. You must know that such a large-scale battle is rare, and this is a good time for him to make contributions.
After the Qin Dynasty experienced Shang Jun's reform, the royal family and nobles no longer had the privileges they had in the past, and everything had to be based on military merit.
"Sir! In Renguo, there is something strange happening in Sangqiu's Qi army!" The shouts of scouts came from the distance!
"Explore again!"
Have you finally taken the bait?
