January 23, 258 B.C., Taoyi.

Twilight.

Wei Wuji, the prime minister of Wei and the king of Xinling, stood in the camp of the Wei army outside the city, staring at the big city in front of him.

Snow covered the entire city, but if you look closely, you can find countless stains of blood on it, as well as hundreds of corpses of Wei soldiers under the city.

This city used to be the seat of Emperor Yao's feudal kingdom in ancient times, and now it is also one of the largest cities in this era.

Because it is located on the main transportation route and is the bridgehead of the Qin State in the east, the Qin State attaches great importance to the city and has deployed a full 5,000 elite soldiers here.

Although many people had fled the city at the beginning of the war, there were still nearly 100,000 soldiers and civilians in the city at this moment.

At the beginning, Wei Wuji didn't actually take the entire 100,000 Qin soldiers and civilians seriously.

After all, the 20,000-strong army in Wei Wuji's hands now is an elite division created with 5,000 Wei warriors of Wei State as the team, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Wei is the strongest combat power today.

As long as he was able to kill the head of the city and start hand-to-hand combat, then Wei Wuji believed that his soldiers would have no problem fighting ten at a time.

But the problem is that the head of this Taoyi city is a bit difficult to climb.

I have to say that although it was an excellent opportunity for Wei to send troops to Taojun at the moment when the Three Jin Coalition forces were attacking Hedong to attract the attention of Qin, God was not on Wei Wuji's side this time.

The heavy snow caused great difficulties for Wei Wuji's military operations in Tao County, and the slow pace of the march turned Wei Wuji's surprise attack into a long siege battle.

Even so, Wei Wuji still relied on his own means and wisdom to take over the other cities in Taoyi one by one.

After the fall of Zuo's City, there is now only one lonely city in Taoyi in the entire Tao County.

Sitting in the city of sorrow and having no reinforcements outside, this is the best portrayal of Taoyi today.

Because of this, Wei Wuji felt that the city should have been taken quickly.

But the fact is that after a full four days of siege, no matter how brave Wei Wuji's Wei Wushu was, he couldn't climb the tall city wall of Taoyi at all.

Thinking of the battles he had witnessed these days, Wei Wuji couldn't help but sigh softly.

"I don't mean the Qin people, but they are as brave as Si!"

The combat effectiveness displayed by the defenders of Tao County of the Qin State in these days was indeed beyond Wei Wuji's expectations.

Strong, really strong.

If it weren't for the fact that Wei Wuji had more troops in his hands, and if it weren't for Wei Wuji's command ability to far surpass the generals of the Qin army, then it would be really difficult for Wei to take most of the Tao County from Qin with 20,000 people.

Wei Wuji sometimes really couldn't understand what kind of ability the Shang monarch was capable of, just by relying on a single change of law, he could make the Qin State, which had been suppressed by the Jin State for hundreds of years, and also been the younger brother of the Chu State for hundreds of years, become strong to the point where it is now?

"Shang Jun, the true god is also!" Even with Wei Wuji's talent, he couldn't help but let out a heartfelt sigh.

But immediately Wei Wuji thought of one more point, that is, even the Qin State, which had gathered the strength of the Fourth Dynasty since Shang Jun changed the law and now defeated Chu and shocked the world, could not please Zhao State......

"Martial Spirit King, also a god man!" Wei Wuji sighed again.

In Wei Wuji's view, it was the Hufu cavalry of King Zhao Wuling that completely laid the foundation for the current strength of Zhao State.

This also made Wei Wuji feel a lot of pressure.

The two overlords of Qin and Zhao were like two mountains pressing on the other five countries, making these five countries a little breathless!

For Wei Wuji, if he wants to realize his ambition to revitalize Wei, then he must move away from the two mountains of Qin and Zhao.

It's hard enough to move just one, but now it's hard to solve two!

Just when Wei Wuji was stunned, a cronie appeared beside Wei Wuji and told him something.

"General, King Zhao has sent an envoy here!"

Wei Wuji snorted, slowly retracted his thoughts, and then showed a look of surprise: "King Zhao? Thou hast spoken of the king. ”

For Wei Wuji, the Great King and the King of Zhao are of course different.

"General Huishang, it is the envoy of King Zhao Handan."

Wei Wuji frowned, and after a moment he said, "Do you know who is coming?" ”

"Zhao Guodaxing, Zheng Zhu!"

"Zheng Zhu?" Wei Wuji silently recited the name a few times, then nodded, "Let's lead the messenger here." ”

After a while, Zheng Zhu of Zhao Guo appeared in Wei Wuji's big tent.

"I've seen Xinling-kun."

"Daxing, please be seated."

After some hypocritical politeness, Zheng Zhu went straight to the topic: "Xinlingjun, my king ordered me to come today, because I hope Xinlingjun can quickly go south and relieve the siege of Pengcheng!" ”

"Peng Cheng?" Wei Wuji glanced at Zheng Zhu silently, showed a hint of a smile, and said, "What does the matter of Pengcheng have to do with the Wei State?" ”

As soon as Wei Wuji's words came out, Zheng Zhu's face changed a little, and he stared at Wei Wuji and said: "Xinling Jun, now the Three Jin Dynasty coalition forces are fighting against Qin and Qi, and Chu is also an ally of the Three Jin Dynasty. At this moment, the Chu army was defeated in Lanling, and Pengcheng was in danger. ”

When Wei Wuji heard this, although his face did not change at all, he was completely clear about Zheng Zhu's intention this time.

So the next moment, the smile on this Xinling Jun did not change, and he said: "If what I remember is correct, the Wei State has already sent 80,000 troops to help King Zhao defeat Qin in Hedong, is this still not enough to satisfy King Zhao?" ”

Zheng Zhu Zhengse said: "Xinlingjun, I know that you are anxious for the country, and you want to take Tao County and make contributions to the country." But now that there are no reinforcements outside Taoyi and no morale inside, you can take it at any time, so why rush it? ”

Wei Wuji frowned, and said to Zheng Zhu: "Daxing's words are wrong, if you don't conquer Taoyi at this moment, I am afraid that there will be twists and turns in the future." ”

Wei Wuji knew very well in his heart that if he gave up on capturing Taoyi this time, then he might not have such a good chance next time.

That's right, Qin State may not be able to quench the thirst of the near with far water, but Zhao State can!

Zheng Zhu repeatedly hit the wall, obviously quite unhappy in his heart, and changed his expression, and said: "Xinlingjun, my king once said before setting off that the survival of Chunshenjun and tens of thousands of Chu troops in Pengcheng is the key to this great victory, I hope that Xinlingjun can put aside the small interests of Wei, for the sake of the overall situation of this war, quickly withdraw from Taoyi, and rescue Pengcheng!" ”

Zheng Zhu no longer concealed it now, he wanted to forcibly rely on the status of Zhao Guosan's alliance leader and the majesty of the overlord to force Wei Wuji!