bookandnovel Chapter 174 Massacre
Chapter 174 Massacre
Soldiers one after another surrounded the small town.
They rode tall horses, covered their bodies with thick heavy armor, and held weapons such as long swords, long swords, and long swords in their hands.
These soldiers were all elite. Just by riding tall horses and standing on the edge of the town, without saying a word, it seemed as if a strong evil aura enveloped the entire town.
Many people feel nervous and dizzy just by looking at it from a distance.
Some vendors even had no time to clean up their stalls and were frightened to death by the evil aura of the soldiers standing nearby.
Looking at the "Zhao" national flag erected high among the cavalry, many people's expressions changed drastically.
This is a town of Qin State, why are there soldiers of Zhao State!
At this moment, a fat country squire in silk clothes, with a smile on his face and a humble attitude, bowed and walked to the leader's red jade horse.
He smiled and whispered something.
This fat squire is Zhao Guo's spy chief in Qingtian Town and is responsible for transit.
During these days, Qin and Zhao were at war, and now all Zhao's cavalry had gone to Qin's territory. He thought that Zhao's army had won a great victory.
At this time, he stepped forward and tried to exchange signals with the general.
However, the general didn't even look at him. He waved his sword indifferently, and the fat squire was immediately smashed into mud.
A dull voice came out coldly from under the thick armor: "Our great Zhao Kingdom defeated the Qin army on the front line. The king cares about the common people and cannot bear to see the lives of the people in ruins, so he has good intentions and fights with Qinhe!"
"However, the King of Qin has the heart of a tiger and a wolf and is unwilling to fight."
"In this case, I, the State of Zhao, don't have to tolerate it anymore!"
"My sons, please massacre this town to teach King Qin a lesson!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill!!!"
It was obviously just an army of less than a hundred people, but when they shouted in unison, it was like a mountain roaring and a tsunami.
Their rich voices seemed to contain the roar and bloody smell of the battlefield.
Along with their shouts of killing, the horses galloped and the ground in the entire town trembled.
For a moment, the town seemed to be in the center of the battlefield. The rich blood energy could not be dissolved, and it seemed that thousands of troops were entering the town.
They're going to just slaughter the whole town!
The cavalry charge had not yet arrived, and many of the weak and incompetent ones were directly shocked to death!
"kill!!"
The howling of ghosts and wolves echoed throughout Qingtian Town. It was a one-sided massacre.
But after all, it was only an army of a hundred people, and many people still escaped.
There are even some who use advanced escape techniques to escape far away from the land and mountains. They are masterpieces from all over the world.
In less than an hour, the peaceful town was reduced to ruins, with bloodstains everywhere.
A little girl knelt on the ground and cried loudly. She was crying and pulling at her, trying to dig out her mother from under the rubble.
The next moment, the galloping war horses trampled her into a pulp.
When the "Zhao" cavalry gathered again, the whole town was dead silent.
The leading general dismounted, took off his mask, and revealed his true appearance.
This turned out to be a female general with a very handsome and heroic face.
There was blood on her face from the visor, but she didn't care.
Wiping the blood on her face, she raised her hand, and the soldiers following her also dismounted.
The female general raised her voice and said: "Fathers and fellow countrymen! For the sake of this world, I can't help it!"
Then he knelt down and kowtowed three times.
Naturally, the soldiers behind her all knelt down and bowed their heads.
After getting on their horses and putting on their visors, this cold and bloody Zhao cavalry massacred a town and escaped from Qin.
They finally disappeared into Zhao State and no one could be found.
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[In the 438th year of the Later Qi Dynasty, the envoys of the State of Zhao massacred the town of Qin, and the whole world was shocked. 】
[But at the same time, many people suspect that this was directed and performed by Qin Guo. 】
[The King of Qin released the Zhao State Peace Negotiation and Compensation Letter, claiming that he refused to negotiate for peace, and the envoys had a grudge, so they massacred the town, which shocked the world again. 】
[Occupying Yili, the Qin army was indignant, and the Zhao State learned that the monarch wanted to surrender, and the envoys had done this again, and the whole country could not help but lament. 】
[Even so, Zhao Guojun, led by Li Mu, was still capable of fighting. Li Mu turned thousands of miles to repair the front. 】
[However, the gold and silver sent by Qin’s lobbyists who traveled around the world over the years played a role. 】
[The king of Zhao's favorites accepted bribes and framed Li Mu as a rebel, so the king of Zhao wanted to recall Li Mu and sent other generals to fight against the Qin army. 】
[Li Mu knew that he had to sit on the front line, so he resisted the order. The king of Zhao sent someone to assassinate Li Mu. 】
[Li Mu died, and it snowed in June. 】
[The following year, under the leadership of General Wang Jian, the Qin army captured the royal city of Zhao, and Zhao fell. 】
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The fingertips traced the text, and the pictures flowed in front of the eyes.
This made Chen Ming sigh secretly.
The Qingtian Town that was massacred was originally a town that had been infiltrated by agents. It was considered a cancer on the border and would have to be eradicated sooner or later.
However, Ying Zheng ordered his men to intercept and kill the Zhao envoys, and then ordered his cronies to transform themselves into Zhao groups and massacre the town.
Not only was the cancer eliminated in advance, but he was also able to legitimately occupy the righteous cause and attack the State of Zhao.
It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.
This is not a particularly difficult strategy, but it can produce excellent results.
But if Chen Ming were to sit in Ying Zheng's position, he might not be so cruel as to do this.
Although there are agents infiltrated from various countries in the town, most of them are innocent townspeople.
Of course, we know that sacrificing this town will give us a great tactical advantage. If the two countries are fighting, destroying the enemy country as soon as possible can save countless soldiers of our own country.
But how many people can give orders?
Before he died, Lu Buwei said that Ying Zheng was truly the King of Qin, and he was right.
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[In the 439th year of the Later Qi calendar, the State of Zhao was destroyed. 】
[In the same year, the Qin army continued to attack South Korea, which had been in civil strife for a long time and whose national strength was weak. 】
[South Korea has been weak for a long time, but the morale of the Qin army is at a high level. In addition, Qin’s strategy of establishing distant relations and attacking closely means that other countries did not immediately assist South Korea. 】
[After three months, South Korea was destroyed. 】
[The Qin State destroyed two countries in a row, but its military strength was not declining, and its sword pointed at the four countries. 】
【The world is shocked. 】
Originally, the geographical location of South Korea was extremely critical to the Qin State. Only by occupying the base of South Korea could Qin State be able to move eastward at will.
In addition, South Korea is sparsely populated, has been in civil strife for a long time, and is extremely weak. It will definitely not be able to hold on for long under the offensive of the tiger and wolf Qin.
However, in order not to expose his ambition to devour the world in one fell swoop, Ying Zheng was reluctant to move it for the first time.
His idea was to first destroy the troops of Zhao State, which had good relations with South Korea, and frighten King Zhao.
In this way, he can devour South Korea in a single turn and does not have to worry about the threat of Zhao.
After the destruction of South Korea, it was Zhao's turn.
Unexpectedly, King Zhao would be so cooperative. Even though Li Mu had won consecutive battles, he actually got scared and wanted to negotiate a peace.
Forget about negotiating a peace, the defeated party actually negotiated a peace privately.
That's all, he even killed Li Mu under the pressure of his favorite ministers!
Ying Zheng felt that if he didn't take the opportunity to destroy the Zhao Kingdom, he would be sorry for King Zhao's cooperation.
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1. Tu Yile: I wanted to write about Qin Shihuang, so I placed the Great Qin in this troubled time, and assumed that the world of Yuling would be better off without Qin.
2. Part of the plot does not conform to the historical truth. For example, the order in which Qin destroyed the six kingdoms was Han, Zhao, Wei, Chu, Yanqi. Han and Zhao are swapped here.
3. Don’t take it seriously.