Meili, the capital of the Wu Kingdom, has been besieged for three months. Although the environment in the city is better than outside the city, it is still extremely difficult.
Eighty thousand people, plus the original residents, crowded Meili City to the brim. There are not enough houses in the city, and many people have to be crowded together. Sewage flows across the city, there is insufficient firewood, and a large number of people are sick. In fact, both inside and outside the city have reached their limits.
Zhou Hong led a group of soldiers to patrol the city. There were a large number of people sitting or leaning on the walls on both sides of the street. They looked lifeless and turned a blind eye to Zhou Hong's arrival. At this time, a horn horn sound suddenly sounded. Zhou Hong's face changed slightly and he quickly led the people towards the city wall.
As a result, as soon as he arrived near the city wall, more than a dozen arrows fell from the sky and fell to the ground. Just as he was about to step over, he suddenly discovered that there were no arrowheads on these arrows, and there seemed to be something wrapped around the arrow shafts. Immediately his heart moved and he picked up the arrow shaft.
When he took it apart, he found two lines of writing on the silk cloth wrapped around the arrow shaft. Zhou Hong looked at it briefly and his expression suddenly changed. He didn't care about supporting the city wall anymore and took the people back directly.
At the same time, a large number of arrows were thrown into the city, and the silk cloth quickly spread in the city.
Wu Hou soon learned the news, and when he saw the silk cloth saying that Huai State should build embankments to store water, and the water flooded Meili, his expression also changed drastically.
"Go quickly and invite all the ministers."
The ministers and ministers who soon got the news rushed over one after another.
"Your Majesty, the Huai Kingdom is ruthless and wants to destroy our Wu Kingdom! I sincerely request your Majesty to gather the best troops to break out at night and destroy the dikes!"
"Your Majesty, please don't. Even if the dam is destroyed, the Huai people can rebuild it. This is the Huai people's plan. If our elite troops are dispatched, the Huai Kingdom will definitely take the opportunity to attack the city. By then, Meili will be in danger and Sheji will be in danger!"
"If we don't destroy the dams, it won't take long for the Huai people to flood Meili, and then we will all become fish and turtles in the water!"
"Destroying the dike will help? They can still rebuild it! And there must be a trap outside the city. The Huai people are so strong, how can they win?"
"Your Majesty, why don't you break out of the encirclement at night and go to Chu State or ask the Emperor for help!"
For a while, everyone was disturbing and quarreling. But no one can convince anyone. In the end, we argued all night without reaching any conclusion.
In the next two days, the nobles in the city were still arguing about whether to break out and escape, or to destroy the dike. Wu Hou was also hesitant, after all, he also had luck in his heart.
While these people were discussing, rumors began to spread throughout the city. This story of building embankments to store water and flooding Meili has spread throughout the city. The whole city was in great panic.
Especially two days later, the panic became more serious after everyone discovered that the water levels of several waterways in the city had dropped and almost stopped flowing.
People in the city were panicked, and some ministers began to communicate secretly. Even the people of the country quietly gathered into small groups.
The pressure of death made people in the entire city nervous, and the atmosphere in the entire city became extremely depressing.
It was night, and a group of low-ranking officers gathered quietly.
"Boss, the Huai army is going to flood Meili. What should we do?"
"What can we do? Either go out of the city and fight to the death and destroy the dike, or surrender."
"I heard that those nobles were secretly gathering elites, and I heard they wanted to escape!"
"Escape? What will we do if they escape? Are we going to die?"
"Yes, are we just waiting to die here?"
"Brother, we can't wait any longer. Huai State has built embankments to store water. If we don't make a decision, we will really have to feed the fish and turtles."
"Yes, brother, we all listen to you!"
"Yes, we all listen to big brother!"
The leading man glanced at the crowd and said, "We brothers are close friends. Huai's soldiers are sharp. We are no match. Our skills are not as good as others. There is nothing to complain about when we die. But we can stay in this city and be buried with those carnivores." , I won’t do it!”
"They have enough fine clothes and delicious food, and the beauties in Washington have enjoyed enough. What kind of life are we living? Why do we have to work hard for them? Huaigong has given an order. If you surrender, you will be exempted from crime. If you make meritorious services, you can also get land and titles.
I have already planned to surrender to the Huai Kingdom. Brothers who are willing to follow me, from today on, those who are mine must be yours. We won’t force the brothers who don’t want to. When we leave the house and forget what we just said, we will be strangers from now on! "
After saying that, the man looked at everyone and stopped talking. His eyes only moved slightly. Several soldiers beside him quietly took a half step back, and their right hands were already quietly holding the hilt of their swords.
"Brother, we are with you!"
"Yes, brother, what do you think we should do? How have those nobles ever taken care of us?"
"Yes, we'll do it with you!" After hearing what everyone said, those few people didn't pull out their swords.
"Okay!" The man said immediately: "In that case, let's open the city gate tonight and surrender to the Huai army!"
Immediately the man led the people out of the house and walked towards the city gate. At the same time, the ministers and nobles also quietly divided into two groups, one group wanted to break out directly, and the other group wanted to surrender.
The whole Meili is like a pile of firewood piled with hay. As long as there is a tiny bit of fire, it will burn instantly.
Just before these nobles and ministers made a decision, several groups of soldiers had quietly arrived at the gate of Meili City.
These people were soldiers of the Wu Kingdom. The soldiers guarding the city gate were dispersed before they could react. When they learned that the Huai people were going to flood Meili, these soldiers had already lost their morale and were terrified.
No one expected that the city gate would be captured so easily. Immediately afterwards, everyone opened the gate. The man at the head picked up a torch and swung it back and forth on the city wall. Soon, in the darkness outside the city, a group of black figures rushed in. Go in.
After these people rushed into the city, they did not go inside to kill, but immediately controlled the gate. Then the army from behind began to enter. Three of the four gates of Meili City were opened, and the Huai army rushed into the city like a tide.
It was only then that the defenders in the city discovered that the Huai Kingdom was attacking, but by this time, it was already too late. The wolf-like Huai army rushed forward. Without the advantage of the city wall, these Wu soldiers were no match at all and fell one after another.
The army rushed directly towards the palace of Marquis Wu in the city. Wherever it passed, the soldiers of Wu State fled one after another, leaving almost no resistance.
By the time Wu Hou put on his clothes in a panic and wanted to escape, the soldiers who rushed the fastest had already entered the palace and captured him directly. At the same time, the resistance in the city was pitifully weak, and a large number of people surrendered directly. The same was true for the soldiers. Some officials and nobles tried to escape, but were directly strangled by the Huai army.
By dawn the next day, the entire city had fallen into the hands of Huai State.
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In the eleventh year of King Ping's reign, Huai attacked Wu and besieged Wu's capital. They failed to conquer it in three months. The army was exhausted. Duke Zhao wanted to retreat. Gongyang proposed a water attack, but Duke Zhao refused. Xu Qing proposed a plan, built embankments to change roads, and wrote arrows to threaten. On the third day, the water in the capital of Wu dried up. The people were frightened and dedicated the city to the people. The kingdom of Wu was destroyed. ——"Huaigong Spring and Autumn"
