Chapter 49 The People's Heart

The people are like water, the king is like a boat, the water can carry the boat and overturn the boat, and the people's will should be the foundation of the country.

Wei Ran recruited a new army, preparing to follow the example of Zhao, according to the strength of the city, one by one boulders were moved to the city wall, and it was most suitable to block the offensive of the Zhao army with the power of the boulders.

Wei Ran checked them one by one, the city gate opened, and a team of cavalry left, whether the reinforcements of the Qin State could appear was related to whether the Liang could be defended, and the cavalry sent to deliver the letter before never heard back, Wei Ran had to send someone for help again.

In Daliang City, nearly 10,000 young and strong people gathered, most of whom were forcibly arrested, thinking of being separated from their families since then, and thinking of the crimes done by the soldiers of Wei at that time, they gritted their teeth with hatred.

"Iron Guts, you've been arrested too."

"I didn't run out, damn, the day after tomorrow is the day when I go into the cave room with a sweet girl, it's really unlucky."

"It's hard to say whether you can go back alive, so it's better to send a message back and find a man to marry."

"Fart, which woman with iron courage dares to move."

The shouts came out one after another, and a group of cavalry slowly entered, with bright armor and spears in hand, and the person at the head was Wei Ran, and the drums followed, and the weapons struck each other, and there was a little more killing on the training ground.

Wei Ran waved his hand, the drumming stopped, and one person stepped forward, Wei Ran turned over and got off the horse, and the general bowed and said, "My lord, I am ready, just wait for the adult to give orders." ”

Wei Ran nodded, "Hard." After speaking, he slowly climbed the high platform along the steps, and the people were in a high place, and the sound of the battle flag being blown by the wind in his ears was in his ears, and his eyes came, Wei Ran said loudly: "The sons and daughters of the Great Wei State, the Zhao State invaded the territory in a big way, occupied my city, and insulted the prestige of the Great Wei. ”

The sound of war drums, most of the people below were rendered by the spirit of killing, waving their fists and vowing to fight to the death, Wei Ran nodded again and again in his eyes, plus Shaoliang City retreated into the Liang soldiers, the strength of Daliang City was close to 40,000, and it was enough to delay the Zhao army with Gaocheng.

On the border of Wei and Qin, there are dead bodies everywhere, and there must be a bitter battle here, most of which are Wei army figures, also mixed with people dressed in black and holding long swords.

Under the sunset, several people looked at the one in front of them with cold faces, the long sword in their hands was slowly withdrawn, and one of them sighed and said: "Big brother, is it right or wrong to do this, after all, Wei is weak, and Zhao is strong. ”

As explained above, the Wei army successively sent several teams of men and horses to Qin to ask for help, and was killed when they approached the border of the Qin army.

The leader shook his head, "Do you remember why you weren't afraid of death at the beginning, and you really finally returned to Zhao Guo?" ”

The man next to him: "Hope! ”

The man nodded, "Yes, although hoeing the strong and helping the weak is the foundation of the ink man, but what do you get, the weak will never be able to improve themselves, and they will eventually be destroyed by others, and if you want to completely change the situation, you can only rely on one person." ”

"Zhao Kuo, the king of Zhao Kingdom!"

The army of Zhao besieged Daliang, the king of Wei was protected by people to climb the city wall, looking at it, the entire Daliang city was completely surrounded by the Zhao army camp, the Zhao army soldiers and horses ran back and forth, although the city was not attacked, an inexplicable pressure made people feel dizzy, spears were numerous, war horses neighed, no one knew when the war would start, and no one knew whether Wei could hold on.

King Wei's body flickered, and Wei Ran hurriedly held on, "The king's body has just recovered, so you can't work too hard, so I'll leave it to Wei Ran here." ”

"It's okay, open the stockpile, distribute more food, and only when you have a full stomach can you fight, remember, no one is allowed to deduct it privately, otherwise it will be killed."

King Wei left, and one person stepped forward and said, "My lord, do you want to open the granary?" ”

Wei Ran shook his head, "The king doesn't understand, don't you understand, the grain stored in the granary is limited, if it is opened at this time, there will be no food available in the later stage, everyone will starve, do it according to the regulations." ”

Zhao Guozhong's army tent, a group of generals gathered, Zhao Kuo put in front of the terrain map around the beam, as well as the Liang city defense, the city of Liang is the capital of Wei, just as Wei Ran said, the city is high and thick, and it may be difficult to conquer for a while.

"Generals, is there a way to break the city?"

Everyone was silent, Li Mu was the head of the generals in the army, and he was also responsible for besieging the city, so he stood up, "King, Li Mu thinks that the high walls of Daliang City are thick, and if you take the method of hard attack, the casualties are too great, and you can attack it by water." ”

"Speak."

Li Mu continued: "There is a high canal above the girder, the purpose of construction is to ensure that the Wei State has drinking water and irrigation, the king can send a team of elites to occupy it, and then lead water into the girder, so that the girder can be broken." ”

Zhao Kuo nodded, the march map was clearly drawn, the girder was located relatively low, and a high canal was built above the girder, which should have been built to cut off the water area to avoid affecting the operation of the capital, "Flooding the girder, the people of the girder will inevitably suffer, and this move does not want to have too many casualties." ”

Zhang Liang stood up on the side, "If the city is forcibly attacked, there will inevitably be more casualties, which must be understandable to the king." ”

"How many days does it take to bring water into the girders?"

"Seven days at most!"

"On the seventh day, although he tried his best to block the news from entering the Qin State, he must have known at this time that the success or failure of this battle was not in Wei, but in Qin, Li Mu led 30,000 troops, Lei Meng and Zhang He each led 10,000 soldiers and horses to follow, and the ambush troops were here.

"Li Mu takes the order!"

When night fell, on the periphery of the Zhao army's camp, the soldiers of the patrol camp were interspersed with each other, and it was inevitable that the Wei army had made full preparations for the night attack in advance, and there was a dead silence in Daliang City.

In the barracks of the new army, a group of people sat together, and one of them said: "Inquire clearly, Xinling Jun was ordered to enter Wei to negotiate an alliance, and was finally detained by the king, so the king of Zhao raised troops, and all the cities except Daliang were taken in one day." After speaking, I couldn't help but sigh.

"Think about it, when I followed the Qin State to fight the Zhao State, the 100,000 army, I didn't get any benefits but lost the troops, I heard that Zhao Kuo is not an ordinary person, but a god sent by God."

"Don't talk nonsense, if it's really a god, why bother raising troops, just blow a breath, and Daliang City will be gone."

"Even if it's not a god, it's protected by a god, otherwise how could the Four-Nation Alliance not be able to attack a Zhao country."

"Think about what to do so much, or think about yourself, how long can Daliang City be defended, once the Wei State is dead, what will we do!"

"What else can I do, I don't believe that the Zhao people will kill us, it's just a change of king, it's not a bad thing to think about!"

The King of Wei is just a little mediocre, greedy for fun, and it is okay for the people, but it is only to blame Wei Ran for being arrogant and domineering on weekdays, and he is tyrannical under the banner of the king, and the people's hearts have been lost, and Daliang City cannot be compared with Handan at all.

A group of men and horses flashed out of the rear camp and went straight to the location of the high canal pointed out on the marching map, but saw a levee built on a high ground, and the upper end of the embankment was no less than hundreds of zhang higher than Daliang City, once the ditch was opened, the entire Daliang City became an ocean.

Zhao Kuo rode up and looked carefully, only by building dikes on both sides and extending to the city of Daliang, so as to ensure the power of the water, and also ensure that the water will be cut off directly after attacking the Daliang.

"Start building the levees from both sides of here at once."

Three days have passed, the Zhao army has not moved, Wei Ran frowned and stood on the city to look down, the Zhao army camp did not move at all, "This is strange." ”

One person smiled: "It must be that he is afraid of the might of the adults and does not dare to attack the city." ”

Wei Ran shook his head, "Then Zhao Kuo's use of troops is completely out of order, if he directly attacks the city, it will not make people worry, the calm in front of him must be the prelude to the storm, did the spies who went to Qin come back?" ”

The man shook his head, "There is no news at all, according to common sense, it should be possible to rush to Xianyang before the Zhao army besieges Daliang, could it be that something happened on the road." ”

Wei Ran let out a sigh of relief, and things became strange, "I can't care so much, the spies of the Qin State are all over the world, and the news of the Zhao army's dispatch must have been known, as long as the main beam is guarded, it is good to urge the new army to step up practice, and if you add more strength, you will have an extra guarantee." ”

"Don't worry, sir."

The soldiers of Zhao State were constantly busy, bringing stones, burying them with sand, and building two embankments under the high canal, extending downward from the height, forming a passage in the middle, which directly connected to the city wall of Daliang City, and broke the city wall in one fell swoop with the help of the impact of the water flow of the high canal above.