Chapter 398: Entering Daliang City
After winning, Zhao He did not attack immediately, but chose to rest on the spot for three days.
It’s not that Zhao He doesn’t know how fast the soldiers are, but because all the enemies are dead, what else can he worry about?
Moreover, Zhao He did not simply rest and recuperate these three days, but also carried out another very important thing while resting, that is, dealing with the Korean army.
The Korean army has a big problem and is imminent.
Except for some of Han Wen and some of Han Wen's close friends, most of the Han army soldiers felt that they suddenly turned around to attack Wei Chu because Han Wen, the chief general, had obeyed the orders of King Han, and they did not know that Han Wen had betrayed King Han.
But as the saying goes, paper cannot contain fire.
Zhao He didn't want to hide it, and he was too lazy to hide it. He directly asked someone to announce this matter among the Korean army and told all the Korean soldiers that they could make their own choices.
Those who are willing to be loyal to Zhao can be directly considered as soldiers of Zhao on the spot. All military merit rewards are distributed according to the standards of soldiers of Zhao. Generals and officers will be given their original positions or demoted according to the circumstances.
Simply put, it is just a sentence that says, "After joining, I will be a native of Zhao."
South Korea and Zhao belong to the Three Jin Dynasties, and their languages and words are very similar. Compared with Qin Qiyan and other countries, Korean soldiers can basically seamlessly connect with Zhao State as a plug-and-play object, so Zhao He's conditions are also quite generous, and he will give his nationality directly.
As for the Korean soldiers who were unwilling to be loyal to Zhao, Zhao He's order was to send all rations for five days and let them leave freely, but weapons, armor, bows and arrows could not be taken away.
Zhao He was not worried about resistance. The 200,000 troops of Zhao State were placed here, and the core leadership of the South Korean army was all Korean. What did the Korean soldiers use to resist?
As Zhao He expected, large-scale resistance did not happen.
After three days of decision, more than 50,000 Korean soldiers chose to leave, while the remaining approximately 26,000 Korean soldiers chose to stay and join the Zhao army, officially becoming a member of the Zhao people.
In this regard, Lian Po was the first to express his confusion: "King, have these more than 50,000 Koreans been released like this? Why don't you send them to build the Great Wall if you want me to say something?"
Zhao He laughed silently.
Zhao She, who was standing by, couldn't help but kick Lian Po secretly when he saw this, and said, "The king's actions are wise. As long as these Korean soldiers can understand the king's words from the matter of returning home, then I believe that the resistance that Zhao will face next time when attacking South Korea will be much smaller."
Zhao He nodded slightly and praised: "General Zhao She knows that I am."
For Zhao He, since he had defeated the Chu-Wei coalition forces here and determined the overall situation in the world, many things that followed must be considered.
For example, the comfort of various places does not only refer to the conquered areas, but those areas that have not been conquered can now be taken into consideration.
Release of these Korean soldiers was Zhao He's new attempt.
This attempt was actually inspired by the Battle of Changping in history.
In the Battle of Changping in history, Bai Qi captured and killed 400,000 Zhao soldiers. He thought that this could be interrupted by the people of Zhao in one fell swoop, but he did not expect that it attracted the resentment of Zhao's country and made the princes regard Qin as a great enemy.
In the subsequent battle of Qin's attack on Handan, Zhao people, men, women, young and old, joined forces, not only repelled the strong attacks of the Qin army, but also waited for Wei Wuji, Xinling Jun of Wei and Chu's reinforcements to defeat the Qin army under Handan.
In later analysis, some people pointed out that if Qin did not kill 400,000 Zhao troops at that time but adopted a better approach, perhaps Qin King Yingji would have really hoped to destroy the six kingdoms in his lifetime.
The impact of this killing is more than that.
Even when Qin Shihuang swept across the six kingdoms, the resistance of Zhao was the most intense. Even after the unification of the Qin Dynasty, the rebellion in the old land of Zhao was still one after another, which was a major cause of Qin Shihuang's many eastern tours.
After the Daze Township Uprising broke out at the end of the Qin Dynasty, Zhao was also the first place to raise troops to respond to Chen Sheng and Wu Guang.
From the Battle of Changping to Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, the hatred has not faded for 51 years and a half centuries. It has to be said that it is indeed thought-provoking.
With such a lesson in history, Zhao He felt that he should try more tolerance. Although he didn't know whether the result was good or bad, it was always possible to try it.
As for whether the more than 50,000 South Korean troops will continue to be hostile to Zhao in the future after they are released, Zhao He is not worried at all.
As for South Korea's size and combat effectiveness, what is the 50,000 Korean army? It's 50,000 military achievements. The soldiers of Zhao probably don't think it's enough to score.
However, there must be some tolerance. Next time, 50,000 Korean troops will indeed appear in front of Zhao's army. After Zhao defeated the Korean army, these Korean soldiers will naturally have to be coolies and build the Great Wall. It is impossible to have such good treatment as Zhao's own people. If you don't want it, then there is nothing you can do.
After the problem of the South Korean army was solved, Zhao He began to continue to send troops.
Before sending troops, Zhao He divided two separate troops, one with Lian Po as the main general, with a total of 40,000 troops to attack Lu. In the other, Zhao She as the main general, he also led 40,000 troops to attack the former territory of Song and Xue, which had not been annexed by Wei for several years.
As for Zhao He himself, he led the remaining 130,000 troops to continue southward and seized Daliang, the capital of Wei.
Three more days later, 130,000 Zhao troops arrived at the city of Daliang.
The city of Daliang was completely in chaos.
The King of Wei sat in the hall, his eyes without any focal length, and looked like a clay statue.
In front of the King of Wei, the defeated Wei Prime Minister Bang Mangmao knelt on the ground, and drops of sweat fell from Mangmao's forehead to the ground.
After a long time, the King of Wei sighed and said quietly: "Get up, it's over here, what's the use of kneeling down?"
Mangmao then got up tremblingly.
The King of Wei looked at Mangmao quietly, and after a while, he said, "King of Zhao is already outside the city, what are you going to do?"
Mangmao was speechless and after a while he squeezed out a sentence: "Please rest assured, I will mobilize the soldiers and civilians in the city to defend the city to the death, so that the people of Zhao will step into Daliang City!"
The King of Wei said lightly: "Do you think the people of Zhao will retreat?"
Mangmao said seriously: "As long as the Wei Dynasty is united, it will definitely be able to defeat the Zhao army!"
The King of Wei shouted and waved his hand: "Okay, you go down."
Looking at Mangmao's figure as he was leaving, King Wei's face gradually became ferocious.
After a long time, King Wei suddenly punched the table, causing the paper on the table to be shaken up.
"A bunch of waste!"
After cursing hatefully, the King of Wei became silent again.
After a long time, a sigh came from the mouth of the King of Wei.
"The whole thing is united, hey... What a whole thing is united!"
That winter not long ago, what Su Dai did in Daliang City might not be useless.
In Daliang City now, there are countless people looking forward to it, waiting for the King Zhao outside the city to lead his army into the city?
As he thought about it, King Wei's heart was filled with bitterness and confusion.
Could it be that the hundreds of years of foundation of the Great Wei Dynasty will be completely ruined by my own hands?
In the Zhao army camp outside the city, Zhao He looked at Daliang City in front of him, and felt very moved.
It is said that the Central Plains is the Central Plains, so where is the real Central Plains? It is this plain with Daliang City as the center, covered with rivers and water networks, and extremely fertile land. This is a treasure land bred by the Yellow River, the mother river of China, and is generously presented to the people of China!
Compared with this place, neither Taoyi, which is known as the world's largest commercial city in the east or Luoyi, the capital of the Zhou Dynasty in the west, is nothing.
Only by conquering this place can you truly win the Central Plains!
Zhao He calmed down and said slowly, "Come on, send a messenger into the city to tell the King of Wei that as long as he could surrender, I would give him a decent treatment like King Qi and King Yan."
After a pause, Zhao He changed his mind again: "No, let's send a prisoner. Remember to choose a Wei person who is enough to meet the King of Wei, but refuses to surrender."
The day passed and Zhao He received no response.
Zhao He was not angry about this, but just shrugged: "Sure enough, every monarch will not shed tears without seeing the coffin."
In fact, Zhao He can understand this. After all, it is the foundation of his ancestors for hundreds of years. It is unlikely that he can let go if he says he can let go. No matter how he wants to try his best, he can see if he can turn the tables. The previous monarchs of Qi and Yan are good examples.
Speaking of which, the people of Wei have actually taken a lot of thoughts to defend Daliang City.
Daliang City is located on the plain and is completely a place without any dangers to defend, so this city pays special attention to defense. The city wall alone must be at least six or seven feet high, far exceeding any city Zhao He saw.
In addition, the Wei people also dug two very wide canals on the north and south sides of Daliang City. The one in the north is called Dagou and Lianggou on the south side. The two canals are closed in an oval shape of an egg and surrounded Daliang City in the middle.
The tall city walls and wide moat, in terms of the geographical conditions of Daliang City, have actually been done well enough.
In history, the Qin army had besieged Daliang many times but could not be broken. It was not until after Qin Shihuang launched the Battle of Unification that the Qin general Wang Ben conquered Daliang in one fell swoop and destroyed the Wei State.
The approach Wang Ben took was quite violent and quite in line with the usual style of the Qin people. The Qin general directly dug up the Yellow River channel, diverted water into Lianggou Dagou and poured back into Daliang City, and collapsed the walls of Daliang City and the buildings in the city. Countless soldiers and civilians in the city drowned, and eventually forced the last generation of Wei Wang Wei in the city to choose to surrender.
Although this approach is very effective, the strategy of drowning hundreds of thousands of lives to break the city is of course a denied Zhao He at this moment without thinking.
After confirming that the King of Wei really had no intention of surrender, Zhao He finally made up his mind.
Chapter completed!