Yiyang City.

"It seems that Bai Qi can't resist it anymore." This is what Zhao He said to Le Yi.

While saying this, Zhao He was standing on the high platform in the camp, watching the siege battle several miles away.

Since the first earthen mountain outside the city was established, the crossbowmen of the coalition forces finally had a stage where they could compete with the Qin army crossbowmen.

Therefore, the point that was originally the most harmful to the siege in the siege battle was offset.

At the same height and the same range, the Qin army's crossbowmen could not have much advantage.

After all, Qin is still a country dominated by bronze weapons, and Wei, which had the latest weapons replacement in the Three Jins, basically only more than 30% of the soldiers were holding bronze weapons. Zhao State had been completely renewed more than two years ago, becoming the first country in this era with pure iron weapons.

Iron weapons are definitely a comprehensive crushing existence compared to bronze weapons. In the era of cold weapons, iron and steel derived from iron were the indisputable protagonists.

The reason why the six Eastern Kingdoms with iron weapons in history were eliminated by Qin, which was mainly bronze weapons was not because the iron weapons were not good enough, but because the six Eastern Kingdoms had just entered the era of iron weapons, and the corresponding Qin State had already developed the Chinese bronze weapons to its peak, and the gap between the two was very small.

However, when Zhao He brought mature smelting technology far beyond this era after traveling through time, everything was completely different.

In terms of the benefits of military and armor, the Zhao army has now opened up the same level as all other countries in the mainland.

Perhaps the personal martial arts of Zhao State infantry are not the strongest in cooperation with these, but when everyone is similar, my equipment is better than you, so my overall combat power will definitely be stronger than you!

This trend becomes increasingly obvious in long-range mutual shooting wars that emphasize more equipment rather than personal strength.

Therefore, when more and more crossbowmen of the Three Jins climbed the Tushan Mountain, the Qin defenders at the top of Yiyang City began to be suppressed and even became the target of long-range attacks by the Three Jins coalition forces.

Under the city, the soldiers of the Three Jin Dynasty, who were suppressed at the beginning, also had an opportunity to be proud.

In just a few days, the Sanjin coalition forces had already landed on the city wall many times. If the Qin army had not been very brave, Yiyang City would have been defeated long ago.

But no matter what, as long as there is any time when you can gain a foothold on the city, the next breaking of the city will inevitably come.

This is also the reason why Zhao He is so confident.

And it has only been more than a month since the siege!

To put it bluntly, this is not a trick, it is simply a hard power that is far superior to Qin's state by using the three Jins together. It does not use any strange schemes or tricks at all, and fights hard with the Qin people.

Anyway, if you continue to fight like this, the first thing that cannot be supported is Qin.

Le Yi, who was standing beside Zhao He, nodded slightly and agreed with his king's opinion, but immediately the general of Zhao State said another sentence.

"King, Mangmao and Baoyuan have both started to complain, saying that the siege this time has caused their troops to suffer a lot."

Zhao He exclaimed and looked at Le Yi with some confusion: "Why is it a big way to lose a lot? I don't think these guys have put in a lot of effort."

While speaking, Zhao He's tone was obviously unhappy.

In terms of current war losses, the Zhao soldiers paid the most casualties. Zhao He actually didn't care about this. After all, war always kills people, and the casualties of Zhao soldiers also resulted in the consumption of Qin troops.

But the Han and Wei countries were originally fishing for three days and drying the net for two days, but now they still talked about it, which made Zhao He a little unbearable.

Le Yi said: "Don't forget, the Han army and the Wei army are only tens of thousands."

Zhao He whispered and said suddenly: "I understand."

This time the Wei army had 70,000 people, the Han army had 80,000 people, and the Zhao army had 170,000 people.

In terms of this number, the number of casualties that the Zhao army can bear is obviously far higher than that of the Han and Wei armies.

Zhao He thought about it and waved his hand and said, "Don't pay attention to them. Tell them that I don't want to hear such nonsense. If someone says that there are any and nothing next time, then I should carefully consider whether I should discuss with King Han and King Wei whether to hand over Yiyang City and Hedong County to them."

Le Yi said: "Here."

Zhao He looked at the Yiyang battlefield in front of him, which was still in a fierce battle, and after thinking for a long time, he said, "General, what kind of way would Bai Qi come up with to save Yiyang City?"

Le Yi seemed to have already had his own answer to this question, and said calmly: "Master, I think Bai Qi has no choice."

Zhao He smiled and said, "If you are Bai Qi in Yiyang City, then are you able to do it?"

Le Yi thought for a while and said very seriously: "Waiting for death."

Zhao He glanced at Le Yi, who was facing a serious face beside him, and after a pause, he couldn't help laughing happily.

This is really a happy answer.

In Yiyang City, the city guards the palace.

This is also the command center of Bai Qi, the king of Qin. Many Qin generals gathered here and ordered the soldiers to come and go in and out, bringing Bai Qi's latest orders to various places in the city.

"Daliang Zai, Zhao's army has already climbed to the East City Wall!"

"Daliang Zao, Zhao's army was knocked down from the East City Wall!"

"Daliang Zai, Zhao Jun has climbed the East City Wall again!"

"Daliang Zao, there are heavy casualties on the East City Wall. Please reinforcements!"

With the announcements, the atmosphere gradually became more and more tense.

Many people focused their attention on Bai Qi.

Bai Qi sat there expressionlessly. After a while, he said something from his mouth: "Send the order and continue to support me!"

Yes, continue to support.

A general of Qin State finally couldn't help but walked to Bai Qi and whispered: "Daliangzao, our army has suffered heavy casualties these days."

Bai Qi raised his head and stared at the Qin general coldly, causing the other party to bow his head involuntarily.

As a great master of Qin, Bai Qi is the only one in Qin who has reached this class by relying on military merits.

As long as you take another step, Bai Qi can truly achieve the dreams of all the old Qin people and achieve what Shang Jun promised during the reform of the law - he was granted the title of the emperor for his military achievements!

Although there was also the failure of the Battle of Lianggou, after the victory of the Battle of Yan and Ying, the confidence of the Qin State in Bai Qi was still high.

Even though Wei Ran’s appreciation factor is included, it must be admitted that Bai Qi’s power is not based on others, but on his own step by step!

So when Bai Qi was angry, this kind of oppression of power was also extremely terrifying.

Finally, Bai Qi said calmly: "Get back and keep guarding."

The Qin general retreated as if he was granted a general amnesty. The atmosphere that had been temporarily trapped in stagnation quietly loosened, and everyone continued to do their own things.

The loud shouts of killing came into the lobby from afar. Bai Qi sat motionlessly on his head, like a sculpture.

Xianyang Palace.

In the hall, the atmosphere was also tense.

Yiqu is not far from Xianyang. After using the most urgent six hundred miles to speed up, Meng Ao's letter only arrived at the hands of the King of Qin after only one day and one night.

This is also the reason why the King of Qin convened this meeting.

After understanding the situation, the Qin ministers present were in a stir.

It is actually not the first time that countries have done this.

However, the act of directly burning all the villages, driving all the people away, taking all the food away, and destroying all the farmland is truly unprecedented.

Ranghou Wei Ran's face was gloomy and punched him on the table in front of him: "These Zhao people are really shameless and crazy!"

Wei Ran's anger was taken for granted. Although Yiqu had been taken over to Qin, he was still the fief of the eldest son of Queen Mother Xuan and King Yiqu. As a way to appease the King of Qin, he also made some concessions, which made most of the officials in Yiqu County come from Wei Ran's faction.

Now that Yiqu County has been made like this by the people of Zhao, if the responsibility is held accountable in the future, the board will basically be hit by Wei Ran's faction. How can he not be angry?

The King of Qin looked at Wei Ran quietly and said in a deep voice: "The incident has happened, and it will be useless to denounce Zhao State again. Today, he summoned the ministers to discuss with them and see what should be done next."

After the King of Qin finished speaking, a silence suddenly fell into the hall.

Yiqu County is not a big county, and the population of the entire county is only tens of thousands. Since the Qin system encourages a small household system, each household has a parent and several children. With war, harvest and disease factors, the average household is about five people, so the total population is only about tens of thousands or two hundred thousand.

Among them, at least 70% of the population lives in rural areas outside the city.

If the State of Zhao continues to rampantly, 70% of the population will be driven to Yiqu, Jingyang, Wushi, and Niyang.

At least 100,000 people of Qin!

If this is ignored, then what will happen to these more than 100,000 Qin people is completely predictable.

Suddenly, someone broke the silence, saying: "The people of Zhao are despicable and shameless. They simply want to use this to attack the Qin Dynasty. They cannot defeat the city of Daqin, so they want to use this method to consume the food stored. They may even take this opportunity to secretly send some spies into the city to follow the external solutions! King, we cannot be fooled by the people of Zhao!"

The King of Qin's eyes flashed slightly and did not speak.

However, Wei Ran was angry and roared: "It's just nonsense! Do you have to watch so many people in the Qin Dynasty reach a dead end?"

But the other party also did not regress: "Now you can only choose one of two, either to protect Yiqu Zhucheng or these refugees. Once the refugees enter the city, the city will inevitably be difficult to hold on. When Yiqu County falls and Zhao army goes straight to Guanzhong, what should we do? After all, the people in Yiqu County are just Yiqu people, and they are not my old Qin people in Guanzhong. What's the harm if some die!"

Wei Ran roared angrily: "Is that some? Those are 100,000 people! You said this, you are accomplices of the people of Zhao!"

The two sides quarreled endlessly, and the smell of gunpowder was extremely strong.

The King of Qin sat in the upper head, feeling upset when he heard it.

This is not because the King of Qin was concerned about his people and caused psychological pressure.

What a joke, how could the King of Qin have psychological pressure? Yandu drowned hundreds of thousands of people, and Yingdu was killed by nearly 100,000. As the butcher, the king of Qin did not have any psychological pressure, let alone the butcher who is the butcher now is not Qin itself.

Judging from his own ideas, the Yiqu County people are all Yiqu people, and they are all Yiqu people standing on Wei Ran's side. It doesn't matter if they are all dead. By the way, they can also severely attack Wei Ran's power.

But the problem is that with the Qin State completing the annexation of Yiqu, the Yiqu people were actually the people under the rule of the King of Qin in the true sense.

If I abandoned so many people at once, would it have a very bad impact on other parts of Qin, such as Hedong and Henoi, which had just conquered, and affected the Qin Dynasty's rule over these places in the future?
To be continued...