Chapter 448 Changes in the situation

On May 1st of the first year of Huaxia, although the walls of Yecheng were not completed, the workshops in the city had already started construction. Various special equipment was transported from Huacheng to Yecheng. Soon, thousands of maids from the Hua family came to Yecheng. They lived in tents to adjust the equipment. The wool from all over Gaoliu County had been sheared and was being sent to Yecheng.

Qin State is now the focus of attention of all countries in the Central Plains. Hexi County has been shocked by the coalition forces of Wei and Zhao. Lian Po is leading the 500,000 troops of Wei and Zhao to break into the hinterland of Guanzhong. Although Bai Qi is the world's number one general, he can only defend important cities without an advantage in military strength. The two sides are in a stalemate.

Qin State is weak and Song State has organized troops to move on the border of Wei State. At this time, a piece of news shocked the entire Central Plains.

Qin Zheng led more than 20 kings and 100 blood dragon guards to raid the Wei capital Daliang. The King of Wei died in the battle. Tens of thousands of people in Daliang died in the aftermath of the battle between Qin Zheng and the King of Wei. The rules of heaven and earth began to become unstable. The spiritual rain continued for seven days and seven nights. The whole Daliang city was wailing. A large number of people fled Daliang. More than ten Qin people died in the foundation building realm, and only half of the 100 blood dragon guards were left.

Thousands of Wei family members died in this attack. The entire Wei State had lost control. Everyone was shocked by the sudden attack of Qin.

After hearing the news, the Wei army, which was still fighting in the hinterland of Guanzhong in Qin, began to think of withdrawing. Bai Qi's strong defense did not leave much food for the Wei-Zhao coalition. Without supplies, Lian Po began to lead his troops to attack the Qin city. But how could Bai Qi let Lian Po succeed? After only three days, the coalition had lost all its momentum. Many soldiers began to flee quietly. If they didn't leave, they might not be able to leave.

Lian Po was determined to fight to the death with Qin, but Qin Zheng's move directly broke the backbone of the coalition. Seeing more and more soldiers fleeing every day, he could only order the coalition to retreat.

How could Bai Qi watch the other side retreat safely? He led the elite Qin troops to pursue all the way. At this time, the Wei Wuzu had no intention of fighting, let alone ordinary soldiers. The coalition was pursued by the Qin army of more than 200,000 troops. In less than a month, the entire Hexi County was returned to the hands of Qin.

Bai Qi was not satisfied with the battle. After conquering Hangu Pass, he continued to lead the army to attack Hedong County. A large number of Wei families fled eastward, and many families chose to surrender directly to Qin. In less than half a month, Bai Qi led his troops to attack the city of Daliang.

Lian Po led the remaining soldiers of Wei to resist hard, but the entire Wei State lost the Wei family, and the entire Wei State was completely panicked.

Lian Po made many moves to stop the Qin Foundation Building Realm and Blood Dragon Guards, and fought with Bai Qi for most of the day in Daliang City, but the entire Wei State was already in a management vacuum period, and the Wei family was gone. Everyone didn't know what the meaning of their fight was.

Lian Po only held Daliang City for more than ten days, and the entire Daliang City was broken by Qin soldiers. A large number of Wei families surrendered to Qin. Lian Po escorted the people of Wei to retreat to Zhao State while leading 200,000 Zhao soldiers to stop the Qin's advance. The entire Wei State had begun to move eastward and was about to be completely occupied by Qin.

From the time Qin Zheng killed the King of Wei to the time when the entire Wei State was almost counterattacked by Qin, it took almost two months. The situation in the world changed so much that many people had just heard the news of the King of Wei's death, and the Wei and Zhao armies had already begun to collapse. The Wei family, one of the seven great families in the Central Plains, disappeared from the long river of history.

Song, Cai and other countries that were ready to make a move quickly stopped their efforts when they saw this. Qin had taken over the entire Wei State, and the world situation had already begun to tilt towards Qin. Zhao's current combat power was not even half of what it was in its heyday, and it was no longer possible to put pressure on Qin. It was probably impossible to take down Qin by relying on Chu alone.

In the eyes of the world, the only country that could stop Qin's unification was Yan. As the third largest country in the world, Yan had a large number of cavalry. If it attacked Qin from the north, just like Zhao, then Qin might be able to withdraw its claws. Otherwise, when Zhao fell, Qin only needed to stabilize Chu and take over all the small and medium-sized countries in the central part of the Central Plains, and then no one in the entire Central Plains could stop the Qin army.

Hua Kai was also surprised to hear the news of Qin Zheng's move. He discussed with the core members of the Hua family what the Hua family should do next. If Qin conquered Zhao, Dai would surrender. At that time, the Hua family would face the threat of Qin head-on, and Beishan and Baoyuguan would be under Qin's attack.

After three days of discussion, the Hua family decided to send 30,000 Yuezhi cavalry to Zhao. Under the command of Lian Po, they should be able to stop Qin's attack. Chu still has an advantage in Hanzhong County of Qin.

But when the news just reached Donghu grassland and the 30,000 troops just assembled, the news of Qin Zheng's surprise attack on Zhao Wang Palace came from Handan City of Zhao. The Zhao Wang Palace turned and fled north as soon as it encountered the surprise attack. Qin Zheng chased to Linhu grassland, and Zhao Dan fled eastward to Yan State.

The whole Zhao State was in chaos. The Mohists abandoned Zhao at a critical moment. Two great men led many Mohist disciples to flee from Mount Tai to Acheng, Qi State. After a short rest in Acheng, they fled to Linzi City, Qi State.

After learning that Zhao Dan had escaped, the northern counties of Zhao State raised white flags and surrendered. When the Yuezhi cavalry of Gaoliu County arrived outside Kanghou Pass of Zhao State, Lian Po had already led more than 100,000 Zhao troops and more than 300,000 people to retreat to not far from Kanghou Pass. Many people saw that the carriages outside the pass leading to Gaoliu County had to be taken no matter how much money they paid. Zhao State had no courage to resist after losing 80,000 elite cavalry and Zhao Dan fled without a fight.

Lian Po rode on a divine horse, which he exchanged for three treasures in the Ujumchin tribe. Seeing the people on both sides of the army fleeing north, they seemed to think that as long as they escaped from Zhao State and Kanghou Pass, they would be safe.

Lian Po tried to lead the army to stop the Qin army, but the more he resisted, the more soldiers fled. When he retreated from Handan City, he still had more than 300,000 Zhao soldiers, but after leaving Handan City, he only had 20,000 Zhao elite cavalry, and the other soldiers didn't know where to flee.

Many noble families surrendered one after another, and he could only lead 20,000 cavalry to fight and retreat. After Bai Qi collected the surrendered soldiers from Wei and Zhao, his army now exceeded 600,000. He was leading 100,000 Qin elite soldiers and 50,000 cavalry to pursue Lian Po, and there were more than 100,000 auxiliary soldiers behind him.

Seeing the enemy cavalry catching up again, the 50,000 troops went north all the way, and all the fleeing people died under the horses' hooves. Seeing this, Lian Po organized 20,000 Zhao elite cavalry to charge the enemy cavalry again. The enemy also knew that the Zhao elite cavalry was powerful and did not entangle with it. The people saw the enemy cavalry retreating and hurried to retreat to the north.

Not long after, Bai Qi's central army arrived. One hundred thousand Qin elite soldiers formed ten neat square formations and slowly approached Zhao's elite cavalry. For many times, the Zhao's elite cavalry's imaginary enemy has always been Qin's elite soldiers, but today they saw Qin's elite soldiers and had no intention of fighting.

Facing one hundred thousand Qin's elite soldiers, even if they can break up the opponent's battle formation, they can't turn their advantage into victory without other arms. It is basically impossible for Qin's elite soldiers to be defeated. At that time, they will only increase casualties!

"General Lian, Wei has been destroyed, Zhao Dan fled east, and the Zhao family still surrendered. General Lian still wants to fight fearlessly?" Bai Qi came to the front of 20,000 Zhao's elite cavalry and looked at Lian Po and said softly.

"Only Lian Po died standing, not General Lian died kneeling. The two attacks on Qin failed at the last moment. Qin was able to turn danger into safety at every critical moment. It was God's will!

The King of Qin failed to persuade me to surrender, let alone you. Today, Zhao was defeated and many noble families surrendered to Qin. I hope Qin can treat them well. The people's hearts are the foundation of the king. If the King of Qin cannot treat the people well, he will eventually become a historical memory!"

Although Lian Po was defeated, his majesty remained. The 50,000 cavalrymen who surrendered to Qin in the distance were moved. Since they surrendered to Qin, the control of the army has been taken away by Qin little by little. Now they can only pick up the butcher knife and wave it at their former compatriots under the nose of Qin soldiers, but what can Qin give them?

Bai Qi heard Lian Po's words, which had already made the Qin army somewhat demoralized. In the hearts of Qin soldiers, Qin politics is their greatest belief. They can go through life and death for their king, but the newly surrendered Zhao and Wei armies are different. They don't want to fight anymore and are unwilling to be enslaved by Qin.

Fifty thousand ordinary cavalrymen without any morale were no match for the 20,000 elite cavalrymen of Zhao State. The elite soldiers of Qin State could not do anything to the elite cavalrymen of Zhao State in the field, so they could only watch Lian Po escort a large number of refugees into Kanghou Pass.

As the head of the Yuezhi Cavalry Regiment of Gaoliu County, Bater led 30,000 Yuezhi cavalrymen across thousands of miles from the Donghu grassland to the outside of Kanghou Pass, where he saw countless Zhao people driving horse-drawn carriages and ox-drawn carts fleeing to the east. When those people saw the Yuezhi cavalrymen, they hid far away and confirmed that the cavalrymen had no intention of attacking them, and then continued on their way.

Some caravans doing business in Linhu State saw so many Zhao people fleeing to Kanghou Pass, and they all knew that there must be a big war in Zhao State. Some Zhao refugees saw a caravan passing by and asked for a ride, no matter how much money they paid.

Some scouts from the Linhu Kingdom were patrolling near Kanghou Pass. They saw that the Zhao refugees looked very relaxed. The grassland tribes were rarely afraid of the regular army of the Central Plains, because attacking the grassland was not as simple as attacking the Central Plains city. They were waiting here for the refugees to become their slaves voluntarily. They could obtain some slaves from the Central Plains every time they fought in the Central Plains.

Bater came to the outside of Kanghou Pass and saw the densely packed guards on the wall. These guards looked at them vigilantly when they saw the Yuezhi cavalry coming. At this time, the grassland tribes should not attack them from Kanghou Pass. A team of cavalry came out of Kanghou Pass and walked towards the Yuezhi cavalry.

Knowing Bater's intention, the team hurried back to Kanghou Pass to report the news. After a while, Bater saw a king in black flying from the wall.

"Are you reinforcements from Gaoliu County? I am Lian Po!"