Pei Song shook his head and said: "The King of Qin may be decisive in killing, but he is not of the nature of a tiger or a wolf. As the saying goes, one must first settle the internal affairs when fighting foreigners. When he first took control of Liangzhou and wanted to capture Qinzhou, he must first relieve his worries. As a father, he also

Will do this..."

Pei Shao thought for a while and said unwillingly: "The King of Qin divided the land equally. If the land exceeds the limit of 100 acres, he will impose heavy taxes. He will also force the release of slaves and tenants. He will probably ask us to demolish the Wubao. I am afraid that this person will take over Guanzhong.

Our Pei family’s century-old foundation will not be preserved!”

Pei Song said helplessly: "What can we do? Didn't you see that King Qin is followed by an army of 80,000 people? If my father hesitates even a little bit in answering, he will immediately cause the disaster of annihilation of the clan and the death of people!"

A fierce light suddenly appeared in Pei Shao's eyes, he looked around, and whispered in his ear: "Father, why don't we take advantage of the critical moment of the battle between King Qin and Shi Hu to unite with other Wubao to cut off his food route, or fight with Shi Hu

If we cooperate with each other and attack from behind, we may be able to defeat the Qin army in one fell swoop. I heard that Shi Le attaches great importance to scholars like us. If I, the Pei clan, surrender to Jie Zhao, I will be put in his best hands!"

With a crisp sound of "Pah!", Pei Shao actually received a slap in the face!

Pei Shao was so frightened that he knelt down quickly, holding his cheeks in his hands and asked in disbelief: "Father, you...why are you doing this?"

"Hmph!" Pei Song had an angry look on his face and snorted coldly: "Since my father agreed to the King of Qin face to face, how can he go back on his words? Do you want to trap my father into injustice? Don't mention this again, otherwise, never give up.

It’s strange that my father asked me to become a monk!”

"Yes, father! I don't dare!" Pei Shao was as silent as a cicada, not even daring to let out any air.

Pei Song looked at his second son, who looked aggrieved, and softened his tone: "You get up and speak. Although Shile set up a gentleman's camp and ostensibly treated the scholars well, they concentrated them in Xiangguo, just like guarding prisoners! What if we

Surrender to Shihu, first

Not to mention whether he can save his life, this murderer has promised to build a palace with millions of heads in Guanzhong! Just to go to Xiangguo, don't we have to give up our family business? I, Mr. Pei, would rather serve Hu than cross the river south.

Dong, doesn’t it mean that you can’t bear to leave your homeland?

Now that Liu Yao is exhausted, as the King of Qin said frankly, it is better to incorporate Guanzhong into the Qin State than Jie Zhao. The King of Qin has implemented a benevolent government in the Qin State. He has been lenient on corvees but not on taxes, and treated scholars well, which has won the hearts of the people. If I make contributions, I expect that the King of Qin will not treat me badly.

I am Mr. Pei.

What's more, the Bashu and Han sergeants all attached themselves to the King of Qin, and they all had their own uses. As for Li Xiang, you know that the original emperor, Li Xiong's uncle, has been appointed as the governor of Qinzhou. Now your eldest brother is serving in Chang'an. If you can seize this opportunity,

It is not impossible to revitalize the lintel of our Pei family! No matter how you say it, the King of Qin is always a Han, and there is no doubt that the country of Qin is the country of our Han family. Could it be that you are willing to serve the Hulu as the master?"

Pei Shao stood up according to the words and muttered: "Zi Xi is unwilling to do so. My eldest brother joined the Chang'an ministry because he had no choice but to preserve his family name. However, seeing that this great family fortune is about to be lost, I feel uncomfortable after all!"

"Hey~~" Pei Song sighed: "The largest Wubao in Guanzhong was originally owned by the Ba Di Gou Qu Zhi family, with a crowd of more than 20,000. Wasn't it still destroyed by Liu Yao? A Wubao like ours has a private

The army does not pay taxes and violates government orders. It has always been regarded as a thorn in the side of the king. It is just that it is not enough to control it, so it is tolerated for the time being. Liu Yaoru

If we weren't surrounded by enemies on both sides and couldn't take action, I, the Pei family, would have been ruined long ago. King Qin had ambitions to sweep the world, so how could he allow uncontrollable power to exist? Didn't our ancestors build Wubao to prevent bandits and horse thieves?

Taking a long-term view, if King Qin can really keep my Pei family safe, then this wall will be demolished!"

Seeing that Pei Shao was about to speak, Pei Song waved his hand and said, "Think carefully about what you want to say as a father, and don't bring disaster to my Pei family!" Then, he turned around and called: "Let's all leave." After that,

, went down to the city minding his own business.

Naturally, Yunfeng would not know about this conversation between Pei and his son. In his original plan, he first attacked Weicheng (now Weicheng District, Xianyang City), which is about fifty miles northwest of Chang'an. Since Zhao State implemented the Hu-Han division,

, established Shan Yutai in Weicheng, divided the left and right virtuous kings, each led more than 200,000 Han households to specialize in agriculture and animal husbandry production, and set up an internal historian for every 10,000 households, with a total of 43 internal historians, and the total population reached more than one million

, several times more than Li Xiong’s original number.

However, as Shi Hu broke through the pass, the people of Zhao State were panicked and no longer wanted to pay attention to the Han households. The defenders either hid back in Chang'an or broke up and fled. Shan Yutai was destroyed in name only, so the Han people fled westward one after another.

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After Yunfeng found out that Shi Hu had marched to Chang'an first, he also learned that Han Yong and Zeng Daniu had set up camp at the old site of Shanglinyuan. Instead, he took his time and either visited or alerted the larger Wubao.

At the same time, he gathered the refugees and persuaded them to go to the counties and counties in the rear that had surrendered to the Qin State. He ordered the temporarily appointed prefects and county magistrates to resettle the refugees. They dragged the court all the way down and arrived at Shanglinyuan Jianzhang Palace on the afternoon of December 8.

ruins.

The ruins of Jianzhang Palace are located outside Chang'an City, west of Weiyang Palace, with a radius of more than 20 miles. At that time, there was a flying pavilion chariot road built across the city. You can go directly to Jianzhang Palace from Weiyang Palace without leaving the city gate. Unfortunately, this luxurious palace

The building complex far beyond Weiyang Palace was destroyed by Wang Mang's rebellion in the late Western Han Dynasty.

First, the Green Forest Army attacked Chang'an. While killing Wang Mang, they also destroyed Weiyang Palace. After that, the Green Forest Army established Gengshi Emperor. Then, the Red Eyebrow Army attacked Chang'an. Chang'an City, including Jianzhang Palace, was completely destroyed. Today's Weiyang Palace

It was rebuilt by the Eastern Han Dynasty as the capital of the West. In fact, Chang'an only served as the capital for six years during the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it was Dong Zhuo who forced Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to retreat to Chang'an.

The Qin army's camp was set up on the westernmost side of Jianzhang Palace, about ten miles away from the west city of Chang'an. Han Yong and Zeng Daniu built several defensive positions based on the ruins of the walls and palace ruins. This area was near Kunming Pool and Taiye.

Chi et al.

There are eight artificial lakes, Ba, Chan, Jing, Wei, Feng, Hao, Lao and Ju, flowing in and out of it. Although many rivers have been silted up due to being abandoned for more than 300 years, the Jing and Wei rivers are not affected.

any impact.

Leading the crowd to stroll around the former site of Shanglin Garden, Yunfeng turned around and asked, "Senior brother, has this journey been smooth?"

Qiao Minzhi raised his hand and said: "Back to your Majesty, our army took the oath to fight on the 18th day of last month and arrived at Sanguan three days later. More than 10,000 defenders surrendered without a fight. After two days of recovery, we surrendered to Chencang on the 24th day.

, then traveled all the way east, and later heard that Shihu had broken through Tongguan. I was worried that Shihu would seize Shanglinyuan, so I suggested to Zeng Han

The two generals divided their forces. General Han led the light cavalry to take the lead, while Chen and General Zeng led the infantry and soldiers to recruit soldiers and soldiers to surrender along the Wubao and counties. This allowed General Han and Shi Hu to arrive at Chang'an City on the same day! It took ten years in total.

One day later, I and General Zeng arrived six days later. The journey was quite smooth."

"Oh?" Yunfeng asked Han Yong with great interest: "The information in the letter is unknown. Who arrived first, you or Shi Hu? Is there any fighting?"

Han Yong had a hint of fear on his face unconsciously, and saluted: "Go back to your Majesty, when I arrived with my cavalry, I saw thousands of Jie troops, escorted by about 20,000 cavalry, exploring the terrain of Shanglin Garden, so I finally arrived."

The general did not care about rest and immediately led his troops to charge, taking advantage of

In order to protect the Jie Army and the reinforcements in the future, they annihilated most of them and drove them out of the western section of Shanglinyuan. However, in the eastern section, the Jie Army returned to their senses and set up defenses. In order to avoid heavy casualties, they did not continue to attack, leaving the Jie Army with no full success.

, please general punish him!"

Yunfeng waved his hand and said: "This is strange. Due to selfish motives, I failed to prepare for the expedition in advance. Han Yong, you can do it this far. It is already very good. It will take a long time, so don't rush it." Then.

The voice changed: "Will Shihu attack later?"

Everyone understood what Yunfeng was referring to in terms of selfishness. However, it was human nature to be away from home for so long. Only in this way did he appear to be sentimental and righteous. Han Yong quickly replied: "Your Majesty is self-effacing. I can only blame him."

Liu Yue failed to support him for one more time

At this time, God also did not help. This year the Yellow River froze about ten days earlier than in previous years. Shihu only came to attack once. The soldiers relied on the ruins of the ruins to fight back with bows and crossbows. Nearly 3,000 people died. After that,

Let’s attack again.”

Yunfeng asked again: "What are the casualties of our army?"

A trace of sadness appeared on Han Yong's face, and he sighed heavily: "Hey! The Jie Army's combat effectiveness is far greater than that of Zhao State, and they are not afraid of death and have strict discipline! Six hundred and thirty-one of our soldiers died, and they were seriously injured or even disabled.

One hundred and five people, about 400 people were slightly injured!"

Yunfeng suddenly felt a heartache! Since arriving in Liangzhou, his cavalry had rarely suffered such heavy casualties, and they were still on the defensive side relying on the favorable terrain. Although Han Yong briefly mentioned it, he could tell how tragic the battle situation was at that time. Shi Hu

It truly lives up to its reputation!

Yunfeng unconsciously looked at the ruins to the east. The entire Shanglinyuan area was dotted with palace ruins. Shihu came to attack Han Yong and failed to advance even an inch at the cost of heavy casualties. He would also face the same situation if he attacked Shihu.

Suddenly, Yunfeng stretched out his figure and jumped to the top of an abandoned house. Looking up, he saw that the eastern part of Jianzhang Palace was the same as before, covered with numerous tents. It seemed that there was an agreed-upon length of about two miles in the middle.

isolation belt.

Ning Gong's eyes looked forward again. Several large camps were located across the northwest of Chang'an City, guarding each other closely and leaning on each other. This was inconsistent with the initial report that Shihu was stationed in Bashang. It seemed that he could not build Zhang Palace according to all of them.

This caused Shi Hu to move the camp westward to protect the forward position. His timely response made him a general who had experienced hundreds of battles.

In short, the current situation is that the Qin army established two strongholds on the west side of Jianzhang Palace, while Shihu established several strongholds on the east side of Jianzhang Palace and around the northwest of Chang'an.

Yun Feng couldn't help but feel something in his heart. He jumped down and asked, "How could Shi Hu be so confident? Isn't he afraid of being attacked by Gu and Liu Yao from both inside and outside?"

Han Yong showed disdain: "According to the last general's estimate, the Chang'an City Imperial Army plus the Chinese Army should be no less than one hundred thousand. However, your Majesty, please take a closer look, do the defenders at the top of the city have fighting spirit? Logically speaking, Shi Hu

Coming to attack the last general, Liu Yaoruo sent troops from the city

The elite troops were mobilized, and even if they could not defeat Shi Hu, they could also severely damage his vitality. However, Shi Hu only used 30,000 cavalry to protect the rear formation, and the city gates of Chang'an were so frightened that only a single armor gallop was seen.

Come on, Liu Yao must have been frightened by Shi Hu!"

Yunfeng looked at the Chang'an City in the distance again. The afterglow of the setting sun happened to fall on the faces of the soldiers guarding the city, making their expressions clear and distinct. They were all filled with more or less fear. Sure enough, they were courageous.
Chapter completed!