"My father used to follow General Li Mu to fight against the Huns and was killed by the Huns. Today my son died in the hands of the Qin people again. I have no intention of living. When the Qin army attacks the city, I will fight them to the death. If I can If you kill one or two, it will be regarded as revenge for my son."
A white-haired old man was leaning against the city wall, muttering.
When he said these words, a low cry sounded from the wall.
"The Qin people want to kill my son. Even though I am an old woman, I will not shy away from life and death and fight to the death with these Qin people."
Beside, an old woman with a face filled with resentment spoke. Although she was small in stature, the hatred in her eyes was no less than that of the old man.
The people around him all echoed, saying that they were fighting to the death of the Qin people.
These old and weak women and children who are willing to go to the city wall to defend, whether they are fathers, husbands, or sons, after all, someone in the family died at the hands of the Qin army, and deep hatred has been sown. They would rather die than avenge their families.
At this moment, someone pointed outside the city and shouted: "There is a shadow moving there. Could it be that the Qin army wants to attack the city at night? Do we want to give a warning?"
Immediately there were shouts on the city wall, and everyone was nervous and looked outside the wall.
Several soldiers on duty at night pushed aside the women and children and immediately ran to the wall and looked into the distance.
"Don't be anxious. We have few soldiers. We need to conserve our strength in battle to prepare for fighting. We must not be easily alarmed. Let's first observe what the Qin people do and see what their purpose is."
The military officer in charge of the night watch was quite prudent and temporarily blocked the warning order.
Under the moonlight, he saw the figures walking from the direction of the Qin army's camp. They were not carrying ladders for siege, nor were they pushing the built siege equipment. Judging from their appearance, they did not look like siege.
After all, Dai City is towering and dangerous, and the Qin army did not bring ladders to attack the city. Did they have to climb the city wall with bare hands?
This is also the reason why the military officials temporarily stopped everyone's actions.
Under the gaze of the people in the city.
About one or two thousand people came out of the Qin army's camp and were divided into several teams. In the middle of each team were people holding strange objects and not wearing armor.
On both sides, there were sword-wielding soldiers escorting and monitoring them, and they began to walk around Dai City.
"Ahem...I'm Erdan. I'm not dead. Can you hear me?"
As a Daidi accent sounded, it floated towards the top of Daicheng in the wind, completely kicking off the Qin army's offensive tonight.
"My wife Xiaokui is here, I am your husband Black Arm, you may hear me!"
"I am A She, did my father hear this? The Qin army did not kill us. The Qin people said that as long as everyone did not resist, they would let our lives go and spare everyone's lives..."
"Those who surrender will not be killed! Life and property will be preserved!"
Under the influence of the special copper trumpet, the voices of nearly a thousand generations of captives floated to the top of the city, to the city, and to the ears of countless generations.
"You're not dead, Ah Sheyou, you dog ball. Why don't you fight the Qin people to the death instead of becoming the Qin people's dog! Nai Gong doesn't have a son like you!"
There was an old man standing at the top of the city, his beard and hair spread out, and he shouted angrily.
But more of them were cries of surprise.
A woman cried with joy and said: "Black Arm, I am your wife Xiaokui, can you hear me?"
The old woman who just said she wanted to "fight to the death with the Qin people" lay down next to the female wall and shouted excitedly: "Erdan, I am your mother! Erdan, you are not dead, my son! My mother wants to you!"
There are more people calling the names of relatives outside the city.
"Maverick, are you alive?"
"Stone, say something!"
…
At this moment, the people on the city wall heard the shouts of their relatives from the noisy sounds or not.
They all knew a fact.
The Qin army did not kill the prisoners!
Their relatives are not dead!
And as long as they surrender, they don't have to die and can be reunited as a family.
There were tens of thousands of residents in the city, tens of thousands of whom died at the hands of the Qin people because of their own children, and they all wanted to fight the Qin people to the death. It can be said that the city is full of people and they are united. With such momentum and fighting spirit, coupled with the dangerous terrain and towering walls of Dai City, it will definitely cause great damage to the attacking Qin army.
But now, amid the calls full of local accents, the hearts of the people in Daicheng dispersed.
"Hit the golden drum! Hide its sound!"
The officers responsible for guarding the city wall shouted loudly and ordered the soldiers to beat the golden drums to resist the calls outside the city. At the same time, they warned the soldiers responsible for guarding the city to stand up and stand all over the city to be wary of the Qin army taking advantage of the situation to attack.
"The Qin army asked the prisoners to shout outside the city, and their voices could reach the city. This was Zhao Tuo's plan to attack the enemy's heart."
When the acting prime ministers Zhao Jing, Zhao Xie and others walked to the top of the city, they saw the uncertain expressions on the faces of the women, children, old and weak people who were assisting in the defense of the city, and they knew something was wrong.
And not only the old, weak, women and children, but also the three thousand guards had their eyes wandering a little after knowing what happened just now.
Not everyone is not afraid of death. The reason why they had the intention to fight to the death with the Qin people was firstly because of the generational hatred between Zhao and Qin, and secondly because they were afraid that after surrendering, the Qin army would chop off their heads in exchange for military merit.
The shadow of the Battle of Changping has been lingering in the hearts of Zhao people like them, and now they have the strength to unite and fight to the death.
But now with the appearance of prisoners, the voice of the Qin people "not to kill those who surrender" spread to their ears.
Three thousand people suffered strokes, and at least some of them developed cowardice.
Especially the men in Daicheng who have families and families. Their previous high-spirited fighting spirit was to protect their families, but now their cowardice is not to harm their families.
"Stop, what should we do now?"
Zhao Jing was in a panic and looked at Zhao Xie beside him, who was the leader of the young people of the Zhao family in the modern city.
"We already have a small number of people, and the Qin army used this trick to break our army's fighting spirit. Now all we can do is die. As for these old and weak people, since their fighting spirit has been broken, staying at the top of the city is just a matter of self. Disrupting our army's position will only hurt their lives. Let all those who are unwilling to defend the city go down."
Zhao Xie's words were filled with helplessness.
At this time, after struggling in the middle of the night, it was already dawn.
In late summer and early autumn, the sky always gets bright very early, and there is a faint glow in the sky.
Under Zhao Xie's order, on the top of the city, the old, weak, women and children were shouting to help defend the city during the day, and as expected, most of them wanted to go down to the city.
"Old Yang, didn't you say you wanted to fight the Qin army to the death? Why did you just go down!"
An old man scolded another old man.
The old man muttered: "I heard my son's voice. My son is not dead, and I don't want to fight the Qin people."
"Old Zhuzi, if you are just living an ignoble life, you still have the blood of Zhao people. If you don't beat Qin people, I will beat you to death first."
The old man was furious and rushed to beat the old sheep.
When the enemy comes, your family will take action first.
Scenes like this happened from time to time, and with people going up to the city and people going down, the entire city wall suddenly looked in a mess.
At this moment, drums suddenly beat in the Qin army camp outside Dai City.
At the moment of chaos in Dai City, the Qin army seized the opportunity.
Countless black-armored soldiers who had finished their rest came out of the camp. They formed an array, carried the bamboo and wooden ladders built overnight by the auxiliary soldiers in the army, and launched an attack on Dai City.
"The people of Dai City have dispersed, and now the city wall is even more chaotic. Our army takes advantage of the situation to attack, using preparedness to attack the unprepared. We use the soldiers of order to attack the city of chaos. This time we attack the city, we will definitely defeat it in one battle. "
"I believe that every time a general fights, he must first weaken the enemy, gather the advantage in his hands, and then launch an attack. Is this the secret to a general's victory in every battle?"
In the Qin army's stronghold, Li Shiqi looked at the offensive and defensive battle of Dai City that was already taking place in the distance, and couldn't help but praise him.
Zhao Tuo smiled and said: "It's true what you said, no matter what the enemy's condition is, don't underestimate the enemy. Try to gather all the advantages in your hands, and at the same time find ways to reduce the enemy's advantages. Let our army be stronger and the enemy's army be weaker, so This is what military strategists call 'using the strong to bully the weak', where the strong defeats the weak, so there is no need to worry about being victorious."
While the two were talking, the distant city wall of Dai City fell into chaos and lacked defense. The Qin army took advantage of the situation and scaled the wall with a single charge.
"We, the children of the Zhao family, must fight to the death with the Qin people! Never back down!"
On the city wall, Zhao Xie screamed in grief and anger, raised his city axe, and slashed at a Qin man who was climbing up the city.
"Kill! Fight with the Qin people!"
Behind Zhao Xie, those Dai soldiers who were determined to die also waved their weapons and fought with the Qin people who climbed to the top of the city.
As soon as a Qin soldier stood up, he was hit on the shoulder by Zhao Xie with an axe. Blood splashed and he fell down the city screaming.
Blood sprayed on Zhao Xie's face, making the young Zhao son even more excited. He shouted with red eyes: "Kill! Kill the Qin people!"
As he spoke, he raised his weapon again, ready to slash at another Qin soldier who was climbing the city, but suddenly a sword came from behind him, stabbing straight into Zhao Xie's waist.
Zhao Xie was in pain, so he turned around with his big ax and struck the Qin soldiers who attacked him, killing them on the spot.
At this time, Zhao Xie discovered that a large number of Qin troops had already surged up the entire city wall.
The soldiers of the Dai army either turned around and fled under the Qin people's attack strategy, or they were killed by the Qin soldiers who came up to the city.
Looking around, the top of Dai City is covered with black armor.
At this time, the Qin soldiers who were climbing the city took advantage of the cover of the robes to leap onto the city wall and pierced the backs of the Zhao nobles in front of them with their swords.
Zhao Xie wanted to turn around and strike, but he was immediately attacked by several Qin soldiers who rushed forward and stabbed his body with their weapons.
"The Kingdom of Zhao has perished, and the Kingdom of Dai will also perish..."
Zhao Xie murmured, blood flowing from his mouth and body.
His body fell heavily to the ground.
The last words Zhao Xie heard came to his ears.
"This seems to be a noble man. His head is worth more than others, right?"
On this day, two hundred and fifty years after the Zhao family captured Dai City, this dangerous and solid city in the north officially fell into the hands of the Qin army.
Above the city, black flags were flying.
"Historical Records·Biography of Zhang Er and Chen Yu": Seek Zhao Xie and establish him as King of Zhao.
(End of chapter)
