General Qin.

Chapter 183 Wei Jiu
"Su County is about [-] miles away from Shan (shàn) father. At our army's marching speed, it will take about ten days."

On the eastbound road, Zhao Tuo sat in the car, and Li Shiqi, his number one staff officer, sat on the other side.

Today's Li Shiqi no longer wears a red turban on his head, but a pale headband that symbolizes the hairpin's title.

The fall of Su County, this person is considered to be the most important contribution. He not only went to the city to inquire about the intelligence, but also saw through Dai Yu's plan, and finally allowed the Qin army to take down Su County without any loss.

Therefore, Zhao Tuo rewarded each other after the fact, and reported their military achievements, and Li Shiqi was promoted to a rank of nobility.As for the others, apart from the fact that the ambushing soldiers were assigned heads, many of them were upgraded to titles.The generals only accumulated their own merits, and did not reach the "experience value" for promotion.

"In ten days, plus the few days we stayed in Su County, Wei Jiu in Shanfu City presumably got the news that Su County was lost. I wonder how he will deal with it?"

Zhao Tuo frowned when he thought of Wei Jiu's name.

The reason why Wang Ben asked Zhao Tuo to take the territory of Wei, in addition to occupying all the cities of Wei, capturing or beheading Ningling Lord Wei Jiu was also one of the tasks.

This time Qin Guo's battle against Wei was launched by Wang Ben who suddenly led the Huaiyang division to launch a surprise attack.

Wei Guo sent troops to resist in a hurry, and its main force was wiped out by Wang Ben in the first battle.

The Qin army encircled Daliang immediately, and its speed was so fast that many princes and grandchildren of Wei State were trapped in Daliang City, and only a few members of the royal clan stayed outside.

Among them, besides Wei Bao who was captured by Zhao Tuo, the most famous one was this Ningling Lord Wei Jiu.

Wei Jiu is the brother of Wei Bao, and also an outstanding figure among the princes of this generation of Wei, known as "Xiao Xinling". He is generous and loving, respects virtuous and respectful scholars, and has always had a good reputation.

However, Lord Ningling is only Lord Ningling after all, not the son of Xinling who can save Wei.

Facing the encirclement of Daliang by Qin soldiers, Ningling Lord Wei Jiu raised his troops angrily, gathered more than [-] Wei troops from all walks of life, and went north to rescue Daliang.

Then, he was defeated by Wang Ben's army.

Four thousand soldiers of Wei were beheaded and two thousand were captured.

Wei Jiu fled back to Dasong County in Wei State in embarrassment, intending to gather remnants of soldiers, but this time Wang Ben did not intend to let him go, and sent [-] soldiers south to attack Suiyang.

Although Wei Jiu wanted to rely on Suiyang to resist, but within a few days, Suiyang fell under the cannons of the Qin army.

Under the escort of his trusted servants, Wei Jiu escaped from Shengtian again and ran all the way to Shanfu County in the east of Wei State.

Since Fang Yujun of Wei State was captured by Chu State.

Shanfu is the easternmost county of Wei State and one of the last few cities in Wei State.

"The Qin army has already captured Sui County and is attacking Shanfu. What should I do in this situation?"

Wei Jiu sat on the couch with a pale face, and asked everyone in the room.

One of the middle-aged scribes led by Gao Guanbo cupped his hands and said, "My lord, don't worry. I have found out that this Qin army has only 5000 people, and it is a new army assembled by Qin people from all walks of life. It is not a soldier under Wang Ben's command." , The combat power is limited. Our army has gathered nearly 7000 people in Shanfu, which is more powerful than the Qin army, so you don't have to be afraid."

Wei Jiu sighed, "Hou Jun, although the Qin army has fewer people than us, but Sui County is so strong, it was captured by the Qin army in just a few days, how can I not worry."

Hou Shu is about 40 years old, with a long face and short beard, and some pockmarks on his face.

He is the grandson of Hou Ying who died by suicide in the "Stealing Talismans to Save Zhao" in the past, and he has always been quite wise.

Wei Jiu wanted to follow Lord Xinling's example, when he heard about Hou Shu's name, he personally invited him and brought him under his command as a think tank.

Hearing Wei Jiu's words now, Hou Shu laughed and said, "Don't worry, my lord. The reason why Sui County was easily captured by the Qin people was not because of how powerful the Qin army was, but because the Dai family had long since surrendered, so Only then will the city surrender."

Wei Jiu blinked.

"But I heard that Dai Wu once sent people from his tribe to attack the camp of the Qin Army at night, and they were defeated by the Qin people, with many casualties."

Hou Shu sneered and said: "In my opinion, the reason why the Dai family attacked at night was to take advantage of the situation to clean up the strong men in the city who did not want to surrender to Qin, deliberately let them go out of the city to die, and were beheaded by the Qin army. In this way, the Dai family will have nothing to worry about. Dedicated to Sui County for those who resist."

"Then Dai Wu has now been appointed as the county magistrate of the Qin State, and his son Dai Yu even brought hundreds of members of the Dai clan to follow the Qin army. This is proof! The so-called night attack is nothing more than Dai's collusion with the Qin army It's just a play!"

"What a Dai family! You are so insidious. If Nai Gong can attack Sui County, he will definitely behead the Dai family and his son!"

A big man in the room uttered angrily. This man was eight feet tall, with a burly build. His big belly propped up his armor, which showed his strong body.

"Zhu Jun, don't be angry. People like the Dai family and his son are not only in Su County, but even among the single fathers, I don't know how many people want to serve the Qin people."

As soon as Hou Shu said this, the angry Zhu clan yelled loudly, and Wei Jiu, who was on the chair, also frowned, and asked: "What Hou Jun said, could it be that there are many people in Shanfu City who want Surrender to Qin?"

Hou Shu said coldly: "Exactly. Among the single fathers, there are quite a few powerful families. Among them, the most powerful Wei family is a descendant of the old Wei family. They have never been loyal to our Wei country. If the Qin army invades the city, I'm afraid the Wei family will follow the example of the Song family in Suiyang!"

Hearing this, everyone in the room changed expression.

Suiyang fell in the past, although the Qin army attacked the city with huge artillery, which frightened the Wei army.

But the most important thing was the Song family in Suiyang city, in order to protect themselves, they opened the city gates in the dark and let the Qin army enter the city, which caused Suiyang to fall into Qin's hands in an instant, and Wei Jiu fled in a hurry.

Now that Hou Shu said that the Wei clan in Shanfu City had the heart to surrender, wouldn't Shanfu become the second Suiyang?
"Young Master, since the Wei family wants to surrender, we will act first and wipe out the Wei family first, so that we can rest assured to fight the Qin people."

Zhu Piao sternly said, he is the son of Zhu Hai, the chivalrous man who "saved Zhao with the golden hammer" in the past, he possesses supernatural power, has a fierce personality, and is also a great sage recruited by Wei Jiu.

Wei Jiu shook his head and said, "No, the Wei family may have the intention of surrendering, but now it's just our guess. If it is executed without a name, it may arouse the fear of other big clans in the city, and make them surrender to the Qin army instead."

Hou Shu also nodded and said: "Young master is saying that the Wei family has been entrenched in Shanfu for hundreds of years, and has won the hearts of Shanfu's people. If they are killed, the consequences will be unpredictable, and it will make the young master bear the name of indiscriminate killing and lose Wei. People trust."

Zhu Piao said angrily: "This is not good, that is not good, then Hou Shu said, what should we do?"

Hou Shu laughed and said, "Why do you always want to defend the city?"

Zhu Biao was stunned.

Wei Jiu was also taken aback, and then said: "Hou Jun, what you mean is..."

"Take the initiative to attack!"

"In this way, you don't have to defend the city, and you don't have to be afraid of the Wei family's betrayal, and the winning rate is even greater!"

"This Qin army is only 5000 people. And if we keep a thousand people to guard the city, we can send an army of [-]."

"To the west of Shanfu, there are valleys and dense forests for our army to ambush."

"The Qin army must have been exhausted when they came from afar. Our soldiers rest early so that we can relax and wait for work."

"The Qin army doesn't know the terrain here, let alone our ambush."

"Six thousand fight five thousand, wait for fatigue to fight exhausted, the army in ambush fights the panicked soldiers. How can our army not win?"

When Hou Shu said this, his face shone brightly, and he laughed loudly: "As long as you use an ambush to destroy this Qin army, you will definitely have a great reputation. Then you can take Su County in the west and punish Dai and his son."

"At that time, under the command of the young master, the Wei family and others in Shanfu City will naturally be overwhelmed, so there is no need to worry."

Zhu Piao laughed and said, "Okay! Sure enough, it's a good strategy! Just like Wang Ben sent people to ambush us outside the girders, we also rewarded the Qin army with an ambush. Hahaha, ambush the Qin army, and this battle will definitely be victorious." !"

Wei Jiu thought about it carefully, and felt that Hou Shu's strategy was indeed impeccable.

More soldiers and fewer soldiers, coupled with an early ambush, no matter how you look at it, you will win.

A smile bloomed on Wei Jiu's face.

"Hou Jun is worthy of being my brains, this strategy is very good!"

　Shan Fu went to the east, and there was originally Fang and County of Wei State.

　　However, according to the "General History of China's Administrative Divisions Pre-Qin Volume" quoted in "Warring States Policy", Fang and County of Wei State were captured by Chu State in the 17th year of King Qin Zhaoxiang.

　　Therefore, Shanfu should be the eastern border of Wei State. To the northeast is the Fang Yu of Chu State, and to the southeast is the abundance of Chu State.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)