The land of Dukang.
The most fertile land of Yan State, as Jing Ke said when he presented the map, is a fertile land with thousands of miles of fertile fields and abundant products. It can be compared to the Guanzhong Plain of Qin State.
In addition to being a fertile soil, Dukang’s geographical location is also very important. Its two ends are Jicheng, the upper capital, in the northeast, and Wuyang, the lower capital, in the southwest. It can be said that it is the heart of the Yan Kingdom.
Now with the fall of Wuyang, this fertile land has revealed her true appearance under the veil.
Under the leadership of Li Xin, the Qin army set foot on the land that their king desired.
But to Li Xin's disappointment, he did not encounter the Yan army who came to fight to resist, and even the small towns along the way were not defended by Yan soldiers.
Facing the Qin army's crossing, most cities opened their doors to surrender, and those that did not surrender were just a matter of charging.
So in just two or three days, Li Xin's troops arrived in front of Zhuoyi City.
Zhuoyi.
It was also called Zhuolu in ancient times. It was the place where the Xuanyuan clan fought against Chiyou in ancient times. It is located in the heart of Dukang, less than a hundred miles away from Jidu in the Yan State. Its geographical location is very critical.
As long as the Qin army captures this place, it will be able to use Zhuoyi as a base to station grain, grass, soldiers and horses, and become a bridgehead to attack Jidu. It can advance, attack, retreat or defend.
Li Xin originally thought that Zhuoyi was so important that it would be heavily guarded by the Yan State, and a tough battle would be inevitable. Unexpectedly, when he was ready to bring his troops, Zhuoyi Ling actually opened the door and surrendered.
Looking at Zhuoyi Ling with a flattering smile on his face in front of the city, Li Xin was helpless, but he could only accept it.
The main purpose of their army was to capture Zhuoyi and divide their troops to occupy important villages and settlements along the way to ensure the safety of the subsequent army.
After capturing Zhuoyi, Li Xin began to divide his troops and garrison the important roads in various villages and towns.
Although Zhuoyi ordered to surrender, he had no control over whether the surrounding villages and towns would follow suit. This place is the heart of the Yan Kingdom, and many of the powerful elders and elders in many villages and towns have been the nobles of the Yan Kingdom for generations. Before the fall of the Yan Kingdom, there is no guarantee that there will be people who are ignorant of current affairs and will fight to the end.
"One village and one town, guarding the traffic."
Li Xin divided his troops into a group of fifty people, and Yan Guo's young and strong soldiers were recruited. A fully armed group of soldiers was enough to capture a town. If they couldn't capture it, they could send a message and send a large army to encircle and suppress it.
"We finally got into something good this time. It's just a small town. With the strength of our army, we can't take it easily. I hope those Yan people don't surrender directly. It's best to resist. Then we can If we can kill him, as long as one person chops off his head, everyone can be promoted to a higher rank, wouldn't it be wonderful?"
The black buttock carried a spear and walked on the country road, shaking his head and beaming with joy at the thought of being promoted to a noble title.
His words resonated with everyone in Xintun. The sergeants in the camp all laughed and talked about what they could do if they got the title.
Zhao Tuo rolled his eyes at Black Butt, walked straight to a big rock, stood on it, clapped his hands, and signaled everyone in the village to be quiet and listen to him.
"I, Zhao Tuo, understand how you want to make meritorious deeds."
"When we get to the place, if the Yan people in the countryside dare to resist us, we can rush to kill them and take their heads for meritorious service. But if the Yan people do not use force, you must not act rashly, let alone women and children. You must listen I give the order. If someone, in order to obtain military honors, resorts to violence privately to provoke a dispute, it’s time to intervene!”
"exist!"
"If this happens, we will use the method of war to kill such people on the spot!"
"only."
Shejian responded, his eyes scanning the entire audience.
Everyone in the village couldn't help but trembled when they saw his cold gaze, lowered their heads and remained silent.
After getting along with each other for this period of time, everyone knows how powerful Shejian is. Even though this dead-faced person is usually silent, he is absolutely ruthless in his actions. As long as someone dares to violate Zhao Tuo's order, Shejian will definitely kill someone on the spot.
There is a saying about the Qin army's method of killing: if the commander of the camp is very long, he can kill ten people.
With Zhao Tuo's authorization, Shejian can kill anyone who disobeys the order.
Black Buttocks reacted the fastest, and he immediately said righteously: "The village chief is right, if anyone dares to provoke a dispute, I, Black Buttocks, will be the first to let him go without waiting for Chief Shejian to take action. Make sure to poke his butt!"
Zhao Tuo snorted coldly and got off the stone after seeing everyone's assurance.
It would not work otherwise. As a native of Zhao, Zhao Tuo knew very well that the people of Yan and Zhao were generous and tragic, and could draw swords against each other if they disagreed.
Although the Yan people are now afraid of the power of the Qin army and all surrender in the city, if someone bullies them too much, the blood of those Yan men will inevitably rise and lead to a bloody battle.
Now that he has left the large army and gone deep into a foreign country, Zhao Tuo must strictly control the team and cannot tolerate any mistakes.
After being warned by him, everyone in Xintun became much more honest. They marched in an orderly manner and did not dare to talk nonsense again.
The place they were going to was called Gubo Township, which was an important township east of Zhuoyi.
Compared to the turmoil of war on the front line of Wuyang, Dukangzhiye still maintained some short-term calm at the rear of the battlefield.
While walking on the mountain road, Zhao Tuo saw women and old men busy in the fields, and from time to time he could see children chasing and playing in the fields.
It's April, and it's already time for spring plowing.
Most of the men were drafted to the battlefield, but the fields still had to be planted. The old and weak women and children went to the fields to tend the seedlings. Only in this way could they get something to eat from the fields in the second half of the year.
"Qin Army, it's Qin Army!"
First, several children discovered the traces of Zhao Tuo and others and shouted.
Immediately afterwards, the women and old people also saw it. They screamed, turned around and ran away. Some newly planted millet and wheat seedlings were trampled down by their panicked footsteps.
"Why are you running? Nai Gong won't eat you. And what nonsense are you chirping about?"
Black Butt curled his lips and stared at the buttocks of those women into the distance. He reluctantly looked back until they disappeared into the fields.
Zhao Tuo frowned slightly, Hei Butt's words reminded him of something.
That is, except for him, no one else in Xintun understands what the Yan people say.
Yan and Zhao are adjacent to each other and have similar accents. As a nobleman, Zhao Tuo had learned some Yan dialect, so he could understand the cries of women and children. But these are all authentic Guanzhong Qin people.
There is a saying that "the pronunciation is different for ten miles, and the language is different for hundreds of miles".
People from different villages in the same county may have different accents. If we are separated by counties and counties, it will be very difficult to communicate. If we are further away, we will really have to guess.
The sound of Qin is similar to the elegant language of Zhou Dynasty. The people of Yan can probably understand the Qin army's speech. But the words spoken by the Yan people are like talking in the air to the Qin army, especially those ordinary Yan people who cannot speak elegant language.
The communication problem is serious.
At this time, Xiqigu came over and whispered: "Captain, these people should be from Gubo Township. Once they go back to report the news, the people in the township will definitely be prepared. We must rush over as soon as possible before the gate of the township is closed. Take it away, it will be troublesome if the village gate is closed."
"Well, you're right."
Zhao Tuo nodded, Xiqigu was a local official and was very familiar with it.
He quickly asked everyone to run in marching formation, heading straight for the countryside along the road.
Xiqigu's worries did not come true.
The gate of Gubo Township is wide open, and a group of people are waiting there...
