Beam.
Compared with the last time the captives from Hufu Township were escorted here.
More than a month later, Zhao Tuo discovered that this once great city in the Central Plains had come to an end.
It is like a dying old man, dying under the impact of the turbid flood waves.
The originally indestructible city wall has become extremely fragile under the constant immersion of floods. The walls in many places have already peeled off and collapsed. If there is only a gap to penetrate, the flood will pour into the city, giving this once The final blow to the glorious city.
"I have been to Daliang before. At that time, this place was still prosperous."
"The palaces and gardens in the city are magnificent, the markets are prosperous, people are coming and going, and the carriages and horses are noisy. Sea salt pearls and shells from Qi, rhinoceros horn leather from Chu, horses and dates from Yanzhao..."
Li Shiqi said with a complex expression: "The State of Wei is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, extending in all directions. It can gather rare treasures from all over the world and bring together all kinds of talents. Sun Bin, Wu Qi, Wei Yang, Fan Ju... No matter which country they are from, they want to be together. If they want to show their talents, they will choose to come to Wei State, whether it is Anyi in the past or Daliang now, it is their first choice."
"It's a pity that the Wei State can gather people, but it cannot use them. Even if there is an extraordinary person like Mr. Xinling, he can only die in depression. From being the strongest among all the countries in the world, he has fallen to the point where the water floods the beams today. .Wei State, how sad it is!"
Li Shiqi sighed sadly. As a Wei man, even if his heart belongs to the Qin State, but when he really sees his motherland coming to an end and the royal capital about to fall, he will still have a feeling of hurting his own kind.
Zhao Tuo nodded silently. Even if he was not from Wei, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion at this moment.
Li Shiqi's words hit the mark on one of the reasons why the Wei state became weak from strength to strength, and finally perished.
Talent!
The kings of Wei in the past dynasties were mediocre and had no talent but could not use it, which eventually led to those talented people running away one by one.
When Sun Bin arrived in Qi, he won great victories at Guiling and Maling, establishing Qi's hegemony.
Wu Qi rushed to Chu and carried out reforms, which greatly increased the national power of Chu. He conquered Yue in the south and restored Chen and Cai in the north.
As for Shang Yang, Fan Ju and others who went to Qin, they created a terrible country that dominated the world.
Wei State is the talent transportation base in the world.
Even in the last ten or twenty years, it was still providing talents such as Yao Jia and Wei Liao to the Qin State.
Thinking of this, Zhao Tuo felt both sad and ridiculous.
At this moment, a burst of wailing came from the marching column behind them.
Zhao Tuo looked back and saw Wei Jiu, the surrendered Lord of Ningling, lying on the ground crying bitterly.
Behind Wei Jiu, Hou Shu and other generals of the Wei state also shed tears and howled. The scene was quite tragic and desolate.
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Everything in the army is based on military merit and title. No matter how senior you are, no matter how old you are, if you don't have enough military merits, you will still be stepped on by rising stars. And under the military merit and title system, you have to obey even if you don't want to. .
This system ensures that the Qin army can continuously inject fresh blood. Those who have meritorious service are promoted to nobles, and those who are capable have high positions, making the entire army full of vitality.
Although it may not be possible to eliminate the mediocre people who eat nothing, but in this era when all countries are competing against each other, it is already fair among fairs.
In comparison, although the Six Kingdoms of Shandong also have military meritorious officials, their reforms are not thorough enough, and the power of the feudal nobles is too large. They cannot suppress the power of the nobles to the maximum extent and accept them like Qin. and appoint talents.
This is probably one of the reasons why the Qin State was able to swallow up the world and destroy the six countries.
As Zhao Tuo walked, he thought about the reasons for the demise of the Six Kingdoms due to Li Shiqi's words. After a while, he walked to the commander's tent. After being informed by the guards, Zhao Tuo stepped into the tent.
"My subordinate Zhao Tuo has met General Wang."
Zhao Tuo bowed his hands and saw Wang Ben looking at a silk painting on the eucalyptus.
Zhao Tuo's sharp eyes could see that the map of Wei was drawn on the silk.
"Zhao Tuo."
Wang Ben raised his head and glanced at Zhao Tuo, pointed at the silk painting and asked with a smile, "Do you know what this is?"
Zhao Tuo looked at the map and saw nothing special, so he said honestly: "General, this is the map of Wei."
Wang Ben laughed and said, "No, you are blind. This thing is obviously a map of our Qin Kingdom!"
Zhao Tuo was stunned for a moment, looking at Wang Ben's sparse head, and secretly complained in his heart.
But he also smiled like Wang Ben on his face and said: "What the general said is that this is indeed the map of our country of Qin. Now the land of Wei belongs to our country of Qin!"
Wang Ben nodded and said: "You have captured all the cities in the east of Wei. Now, except for the Daliang in front of you, there is no Wei land in the world. As for this Daliang, haha, it's only been two days."
"However, compared with the capture of those cities, I am surprised that you were able to capture Lord Ningling of Wei this time. You captured Wei Bao before, and now you have captured Wei Jiu. The young master of Wei has basically been captured. In our hands, when Daliang City is defeated and the King of Wei is captured, the Wei family will be in full order, not a few of them, haha."
"All of this is your fault, Zhao Tuo!"
Zhao Tuo hurriedly said: "It's all because of the general's trust. Without the general's full support, Zhao Tuo would not have had the opportunity to go to Wei Dong, let alone the possibility of meritorious service. Such a victory this time was all because of the general's command." Zhao Tuo is extremely grateful for his contribution."
….
Wang Ben nodded secretly. What he just said was actually an investigation of Zhao Tuo. It is extremely rare to see this young man make great achievements and receive praise from himself, but there is no sign of pride or contentment on his face, and instead he intends to attribute it to himself.
If it were an ordinary young man, his tail would have been raised to the sky.
This guy is young and mature!
Only in this way can such great achievements be achieved.
Wang Ben decided to add today's events to his memorial to King Qin. If Zhao Tuo can achieve great success in the future, Wang Ben's contribution will be indispensable.
This was also a resource he left to Wang Li.
At this moment, various shouts came from outside the camp, as if there were hundreds of people shouting outside.
"What's so noisy about?"
Wang Ben frowned, looked outside the tent and spoke.
Soon someone came in and reported: "General, the beam is about to collapse!"
…
"Liangcheng collapsed."
"The Wei family...is dead."
Wei Jiu knelt on the ground and stared blankly into the distance.
boom!
The huge collapse sound was like thunder in the daytime, deafening.
boom!
Zhao Tuo followed Wang Ben to a high place, and when he looked around, he saw a shocking scene.
Daliang City in the distance could no longer withstand the impact of the torrential waves, and the wall at its northeast corner suddenly collapsed.
The endless torrent finally found a breakthrough and poured in from there, drowning countless villages and people in Daliang City.
At the same time, as one corner of the wall collapsed, the surrounding east and west walls also suffered a chain effect, with sections collapsing one after another.
On the city wall, those Wei people who were still throwing wood and stones at the gap in a vain attempt to save their lives, only had time to let out a cry of surprise before they fell into the water along with the wall and were drowned by the flood waves.
In the entire Qin Army camp, more than 100,000 people stood on the high ground and stared at this scene in stunned silence. Even though they were prepared, they actually saw sections of a majestic city collapse and floods raging crazily in the city.
They were still severely shocked by this scene.
"My mother, the whole city is ruined by such a huge flood."
Black Buttocks was dumbfounded in shock.
Li Shiqi shook his head and sighed, and said to Li Shang beside him: "The beam has collapsed, and you and I are no longer Wei people."
Li Shang nodded silently, rarely arguing with her brother.
Among the Wei prisoners in the rear, Wei Jiu had fainted from crying, and Hou Shu and others were also trembling all over, their beards and hair wet with tears.
On high ground.
Wang Ben turned around and smiled at Zhao Tuo.
"The beam has collapsed, and the Wei Kingdom has perished!"
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