Zhao Ziliang said: "That's right, they all died in the process of attacking the city, but the city of Jerusalem has still not been breached by us!" There are two reasons for this: first, although they are outwardly obedient to us, and are led by our generals and soldiers to attack Jerusalem, but in their hearts they actually resist, and the vast majority of you are followers of various religions, and Jerusalem is a holy city, a holy place, and an inviolable place for you, so they are superficially obedient to us, but in fact they do not fight according to our command in battle, and they are not active in battle, and they have not fought a war. They don't understand that on the battlefield either you die or I live, and any hesitation will make them be killed by the enemy in the next moment, so they all die from their own hesitation and resistance! Second, our generals did not organize them in an effective way, did not let them exert their strength to the fullest! ”

The slaves were silent, but soon another one raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty, we don't want to fight, so why do you have to attack Jerusalem?" Attacking Jerusalem will damage this holy city, which is the holy place in our hearts! ”

Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "You asked this question very well, it involves the essential reason why the war broke out in the world, the outbreak of war involves political interests and economic interests, and in the case that it cannot be solved by political means, it can only be solved by military means!" I hope you can understand what I said, for thousands of years, Syria, Canaan and Jerusalem and other parts of the two river basins have been in constant war, this large land is the cradle of human civilization, it has given birth to many civilizations, and it is also a rich land, and the kingdoms that occupy this land are all powerful countries, and every country around them wants to occupy it, so it has become a place for other countries to fight, and the owner who occupies this land certainly does not agree, so war breaks out! The Great Eclipse, the Eastern Roman Empire, the Jews, and Persia all occupied Jerusalem at one time, just because it is a holy place in your hearts, and they don't want it to fall into the hands of other countries, that's why they fight for this place, and the reason why I attack here is similar, but it's slightly different, whatever the reason, it can only end the war if it is occupied by a strong and stable regime, the people here can live in peace and contentment, everything here can be preserved, if it is always in the midst of war, it will be destroyed sooner or later, and you want to end the war, It can only end with war! ”

"As for your statement that attacking Jerusalem will destroy this holy city, I can tell you that you are wrong! I attacked it not to destroy it, my generals begged me to give the order to attack with fire and oil bombs, and I agreed, but limited its use only in the area of the city walls, and did not project it in the direction of the depth of the city, so as not to burn the monuments in the city! If they surrender, I can guarantee that no one in the city will be harmed, Jerusalem will just have one more city lord, it will accept the rule of the Western Qin State, the people here will end the war, and they will live better! When I send an army to attack Jerusalem, in addition to political and economic interests, there is also a little bit of personal vanity, just like when you can eat and drink enough and dress warmly, you will not be satisfied with this, you will have higher needs, such as marrying a woman, having a few children, when these are satisfied, you will think about other things, until you realize the value of your own existence in the world, you will think why I am living in this world, what will I leave to this world after I die? Will future generations remember me and so on, all I have to do is to leave traces of my existence at this time, and it is my long-cherished wish to include Jerusalem in the territory of the Western Qin Kingdom created by my own hands, I will let this city and many holy places and monuments in the city be preserved forever, until thousands of years later, people can come here to admire its sacredness and vicissitudes! ”

These words made the inner insistence of many slaves begin to waver, and if you think about it, it is true, this holy city has always suffered from war, its name means city of peace, but it has never really been peaceful, if it can be ruled by a powerful state, and all the ancient buildings in the holy city can be preserved, then it is not impossible to help them attack Jerusalem.

Just now, the slave continued to ask, "Your Majesty, can you really guarantee that you will not destroy the holy places and monuments in the city after the city is broken?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "I am the king of the Western Qin Kingdom, the king will never break his word, as long as my country is not destroyed, what I have said, my subjects will continue to be pursued forever, although you are now slaves, but soon you will also become my subjects, will you not follow my will to protect everything in this city?" ”

The slave was stunned for a moment, and immediately knelt down and prostrate on the ground and said, "Yes, Your Majesty! I will do your will to protect it! ”

The slaves knelt down one after another, prostrate on the ground and shouted, "Will your will be done, Your Majesty!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Tomorrow morning, I will send someone to invite the chief of Jerusalem, the Jew Guy, to meet to discuss the surrender of Jerusalem, if they can hand over their weapons and surrender, I will ensure the safety of all the lives and property in the city, respect their differences in beliefs, in other places under my Western Qin rule, we do the same, we don't care what the subjects believe, as long as you love this country, as long as you pay normal taxes, you are the subject of this country, This country will protect your life and property. If he refuses to surrender, then he is just a selfish man, he does not defend the city for the sake of everyone in the city, but does not want to give up the power in his hands. I will lead you to the siege, and if you carry out my orders, we will be able to break through the walls at the lowest cost, and you will receive what I have promised, and you will be spared death, and you will be free, and you will be given the money and wealth you deserve, and some land! ”

It was not easy for all the slaves to be able to hear the personal promise of the king of Western Qin, and they put their hearts back in their stomachs, and many people began to give up the slightest resistance in their hearts.

Zhao Ziliang continued: "You have not undergone any military training, many of you have no combat experience, in order to be able to give full play to your maximum combat effectiveness, in order to allow my orders to be conveyed to you in time, so that you can correctly implement my tactics, I decided to form you, you will be divided into many squads, each squad of ten people, I hope you choose your own teammates, choose your own ten commanders, I don't care what method you use, before noon, all the squads must be formed, Each squad has chosen a Ten-Commander, and if not, I will send someone to help you choose and appoint a Ten-Commander. After lunch, in the afternoon I will send people to organize every ten squads into a hundred-man team, and the person I send is your centurion, and every ten hundred-man team will form a thousand-man team, and the thousand-man commander of the thousand-man team will also be assigned by me, they are all battle-hardened generals, and I believe they can take you well! Okay, from now on, you can choose your teammates and choose your own ten! I'll be back at noon! ”

All the generals who followed Zhao Ziliang were stunned at this time, Zhao Ziliang actually put these slaves into the same organization as a regular army, which made some of them suddenly realize, and some of them were puzzled.

These generals did not treat these slaves as human beings from the beginning, and the slaves were consumables in the eyes of these generals, and they were used as tools to consume the opponent's strength and morale in siege warfare, and it was a waste of time and energy to organize them. It's not difficult for them to form a team, and they never thought of letting you choose your teammates and ten-captains by yourself, which is really bold in their opinion, but Zhao Ziliang did just that, and looking at the performance of these slaves, they are really very happy and willing to choose their teammates and ten-captains, and now they have begun to act, they pull familiar people over to form a ten-person team, and then elect a person with high authority as the ten-captain, and those who don't know each other have to be forced to form a ten-person team by themselves, But the way they chose the Captain of the Ten was different, and they adopted the method of whoever could win the battle against everyone else would be the Captain of the Ten.

On April 14, after breakfast, the Western Qin army came to the city of Jerusalem again, and there seemed to be more flags covering the sky and the sun than before.

The sun rose, and the hot wind blowing from the east brought the fine sand of the desert, and the soldiers of the Western Qin Dynasty, who were facing away from the rising sun, were soon stained with a layer of fine yellow sand.

Zhao Ziliang observed for a while and nodded to Chen Qing, who immediately sent a lieutenant with a few cavalry to gallop towards the city wall.

Guy who was on the city wall found that the army of the Western Qin army had increased significantly today, and the banner had also changed, which gave him an ominous premonition, and at this time, he and all the defenders on the city wall saw a few cavalry running from the direction of the Western Qin army's military formation.

The cavalry stopped not far from the city wall, and one of them shouted to the wall: "Is there anyone who understands Chinese?" Come out and answer! ”

After shouting several times in a row, Guy turned his head and commanded the people around him: "Go find someone who can understand him!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

Soon a Greek merchant was brought over, and he shouted to the city in Chinese: "What do you want to say?" ”

"Our king wants to speak to your principal, and if he has the courage, he will come out to meet our king." After the lieutenant finished speaking, he turned around and returned with a few cavalrymen.

At this time, Zhao Ziliang had already jumped off the horse's back, handed over the horse lance to the two guards to carry, he shook off the windproof sand cloak, shook off some sand, and strode towards the city wall with the war knife at his waist.