Zhao Lin's face was full of helplessness. He didn't want to argue or get to the bottom of it, because he already knew what was going on.
That day, Xiang Mao decided to lead his army back to Chu. Zhao Lin and Sima Yi kept persuading and made clear the stakes to Xiang Mao.
But Xiang Mao had already received the order from King Chu, and he did not dare to disobey. Moreover, if the Chu State was invaded by foreign enemies, Xiang Mao himself had the responsibility to destroy the foreign enemies.
In the end, Xiang Mao left.
When Xiang Mao left the city, Sima Yi also left the city.
Sima Yi is Zhao Lin's distinguished guest, so Zhao Lin has always given him high authority, and he does not need to report even if he goes out of the city. Sima Yi has been out of the city before, but he always comes back. Who would have thought that this time, he never came back.
Sima Yi probably ran away, but Zhao Lin couldn't blame him. Because Sima Yi had predicted this kind of future a long time ago. Tianzhu may not be able to escape the fate of destruction. The only thing that can be done is to postpone and delay, and to find a third party to intervene.
Zhao State's Sucheng held back hundreds of thousands of soldiers for about half a year. However, in the past six months, Yan Guo has been slow to take action, acting as if it has nothing to do with him. Unfortunately, in the past six months, King Zhao has been struggling to his death.
Looking back at the beginning of the apocalypse, Zhao Lin deliberately avoided famous figures in the apocalypse strategy and traveled all the way to Tianzhu, thinking that he could make a home here. Who would have thought that those characters would still extend their minions to Tianzhu.
The six countries of Tianzhu, because of their past grievances, even though they will help each other now, they cannot work together 100%. As Xiang Mao left, troops from other countries also withdrew in search of self-protection.
Zhao Lin faced the huge palace and shouted with grief and anger: "Heaven is going to kill me."
The ministers also cried out in grief: "Your Majesty."
Just then, a signal soldier ran in.
"Report, urgent report."
Normally, if there was an urgent report, a message would have been sent to Zhao Lin's cell phone. However, because the signal towers in the city have been continuously destroyed by the spy army recently, the signals in the city have become very unstable, so now only manpower can be used to transmit messages.
"Tell me, what's going on?" Zhao Lin asked anxiously.
"It's Liu Ji. Liu Ji brought more than 10,000 people to help."
"More than 10,000 people? Is this a family move?"
Recalling that more than half a year ago, Zhao Lin asked Liu Ji to settle in Yangcheng, a small town affiliated with Su City. In order to assist the development of Yangcheng, Zhao Lin also specially transferred more than 5,000 civilians to Liu Ji.
And Liu Ji also cherished this hard-won opportunity, vigorously developed Yangcheng, and made Yangcheng prosperous.
Later, Ao Lie invaded Tianzhu and surrounded Su City.
As for the small town attached to Su City, Ao Lie was not interested, so he did not go out of his way to trouble Liu Ji. After all, Ao Lie adopted Guo Jia's foreign policy, had good relations with Yan State, and gave many gifts every month. And since Liu Ji is Liu Chuan's sister, Ao Lie will not take advantage of Liu Ji.
However, in order to repay Zhao Guo's kindness, Liu Ji spent the past six months harassing the soldiers' camps around the city, but she was beaten away every time.
In fact, it was normal. Liu Jicai had only five or six thousand troops in total. Every time he went out of the city, he could only send one or two thousand troops. It would not work to fight head-on. It would be nothing more than harassment. And because most of Liu Ji's army were female soldiers, the soldiers of Liejun were particularly excited. Every time I take action, I will never be ruthless, but find ways to capture him.
In the past six months, about five to six hundred female soldiers have not returned to Yangcheng. Most of them are still alive, but they have been coerced into becoming military prostitutes.
The so-called military prostitutes were high-level comfort women who were tortured eight hours a day. But in these eight hours, they got a lot of money. After eight hours, they were free within the camp and could buy as many things as they liked.
Every week, a large amount of supplies will be delivered to the city-ring camps. In addition to the fixed rations, anyone who wants more can purchase it from the officials. These women became extremely rich, even richer than ordinary soldiers. Moreover, they discovered that besides them, there were tens of thousands of prostitutes accompanying the army in the camp around the city, and they were all from Xichuan. The only difference is that they are all voluntary. The captured female soldiers were coerced.
However, in fact, the popularity of female soldiers far exceeds that of ordinary prostitutes. After all, female soldiers have great figures. Their waistcoat lines and other issues are all in pediatrics, and some even have abdominal muscles. Many soldiers just like this. Therefore, the captured female soldiers were richer than the prostitutes from Xichuan.
Over time, they got used to living like this. Although they had eight hours of involuntary control every day, they still had at least sixteen hours of free time.
Of course, there are also a small number of female soldiers who cannot accept this profession. They feel it is a humiliation, so they try to commit suicide. In order to calm down their anger, Guo Jia gave them hope that as long as the war was over, they would be completely free and could return to their old owner Liu Ji, or go to Xichuan to enjoy the glory and wealth.
Therefore, except for those who committed suicide because they could not accept it at first, others gradually gave up the idea of suicide. At least half of the more than 500 people hope to return to Liu Ji, so they have to endure it until the day they are completely free.
But they didn't know yet that Liu Ji had abandoned Yangcheng and headed to the capital of Zhao with all his troops, civilians, and supplies.
The reason why Yangcheng was abandoned was because Ao Lie did not take the initiative to attack Yangcheng, and Liu Ji could not defeat Ao Lie even if she left the city, so the strategic significance of garrisoning Yangcheng was not great. Also, Zhao Guoguo was in trouble now, and Liu Ji, who wanted to repay her kindness, made the decision to move her family. In addition to these, there is another small reason. That is when Zhao Lin gave Liu Ji more than 5,000 civilians. Most of these civilians' families were in the capital, and they also wanted to reunite with their families. Of course, there are still a small number of relatives trapped in Sioux City and unable to get out for the time being.
Liu Ji and her party waited for an hour at the north gate of the capital, and Du Lei was already a little impatient.
"Why is it so slow? You don't take us seriously."
"No, Zhao Lin is not that kind of person. It should be due to the communication blockage. The exchange of information must be transmitted manually, so the speed is a bit slow."
"Okay, but have you really thought about it clearly? As soon as we enter the capital of a country with millions of people, we will be very busy, and there may be casualties."
"Zhao Lin is not kind to us. We should repay the kindness and do our best."
"Oh, this kind of mess." Du Lei still complained a little. He was fine in Yangcheng, and the fierce army did not invade him. How comfortable he lived in that little life. Now he has to come here to repay some kindness. This decision cannot be made. Not to mention a little willful. But there was no way. No matter what decision Liu Ji made, Du Lei could only follow it and support it, even if he did not agree with some decisions.
After another ten minutes, the middle door slowly opened, and Zhao Lin personally came with people to greet Liu Ji.
"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it. Everyone abandoned me, but you came." Zhao Lin excitedly held Liu Ji's hands.
"I have received the favor from King Zhao, how can I not repay it?"
"How many people did you bring?"
"There are more than 5,000 regular troops and about 3,000 militiamen. We have not been idle in the past six months. The quality of the militiamen is not bad, with an average strength of more than 30."
"Okay, okay, this really solves our urgent need."
With Liu Ji's entry, the public security in the capital has improved slightly. Common people no longer dare to make trouble openly, but occasional terrorist attacks by the secret service continue to occur.
Although these problems cannot be eliminated, the country, which is on the verge of collapse, has a chance to breathe. In fact, Zhao Lin knew very well that Liu Ji's intervention could not prevent the final disintegration of the capital, but it did slow down the process.
Perhaps Zhao Lin is still waiting for a miracle, and he hopes that the outside world can intervene in this matter.
On the far side, in the capital of Yan Kingdom, in the main hall of the royal city, Su Kouye, who was sitting on the throne, was receiving envoys from the Six Kingdoms of Tianzhu.
The Six Kingdoms of Tianzhu have been visiting one after another in the past six months, hoping that Yan Kingdom will intervene in the war and not let Tianzhu become a territory of the Lie Kingdom.
Today, the envoys from the six countries presented great gifts one after another and met with the regent Su Kouye.
Facing the pile of gifts below, Su Kouye looked calm, seemingly indifferent, and even sent them away: "I already know your demands, but starting a war without permission is not my decision alone. You go back to the embassy first. Rest and we can discuss this later.”
The envoy of the State of Zhao could not bear such remarks for a long time. He finally broke out today: "You have been discussing for more than half a year, when will it end? The State of Zhao is in danger and may be destroyed at any time. I really can't figure out what the Lieguo will do." Big, what good does it do to you? Have you forgotten the shame of Wangcheng being besieged by Ao Lie a few years ago?"
Seeing that the Zhao envoy was so rude, Su Kouye didn't get angry. Instead, Cai Huadao cursed excitedly: "Is it your turn to comment on our national affairs? If you are unhappy, just take your stuff and get out."
"Let's go." The Zhao envoy was so angry that he turned around and left.
The other envoys and the Zhao envoy also vented their anger through the same nostril, but they were afraid of getting into trouble, so they bowed politely before slowly exiting the hall.
After the messengers left, Su Kouye sneered. He turned to look at Cai Huadao: "What happened to you today? You have no grace at all."
"It's nothing. I just saw the envoy from a small country being so rude, so I couldn't help but cursed a few times."
"It's a pity. I originally wanted to see what kind of nonsense this messenger Zhao would say if no one took care of him."
"Ah, yes, yes, it's a pity." Cai Huadao's expression was a little complicated, even a little at a loss.
In fact, how could Messenger Zhao have imagined that Cai Huadao was actually trying to save him by scolding him? An envoy from a small country made rude remarks in the main hall and even made comments. Just say one or two sentences. If the messenger couldn't stop talking and kept talking, Su Kouye would probably kill him to scare the monkeys.
Su Kouye is an expert at killing chickens to scare monkeys.
The Su Kouye of today is no longer the Su Kouye of then. In the past two years or so, under the peaceful appearance of the capital, many unknown assassinations have been hidden. The leader of these things was Su Kouye.
