General Qin

Tian Dan put on his armor and set foot on the north wall of Linzi.

The turrets and female walls were basically knocked down by the Qin people with stone bullets, leaving a bare piece of the city wall.

Every few steps, you can see broken stone bullets and potholes everywhere.

The Qin army gathered dozens of cannons on the north wall. When the cannons fired in salvo, they were very powerful.

The Qi soldiers who defended the city did not have the courage to stand on the city wall and be bombarded. They all ran to the far wall section that was not within the range of the bombardment, or went straight to the bottom of the city wall to avoid it.

This made Tian Dan quite worried. If the Qin army used the cover of shelling to let the soldiers push the ladders to attack the city, wouldn't it be easy to climb the city wall? In this way, the defensive effect of the Linzi city wall would be greatly reduced weaken.

But compared to the fact that the Qin army took the opportunity to attack the city, what worried Tian Dan even more was that the Qin army had no intention of attacking the city.

They bombarded Linzi with huge cannons for several days, causing everyone in the city to panic, but they had no intention of attacking the city, which made people even more terrified.

"What is Zhao Tuo waiting for?"

"When did he start attacking the city?"

Looking at the Qin army camp in the distance, Tian Dan felt helpless and sad.

At this moment, Tian Rong came striding from behind and whispered: "Brother, the Qin army sent someone to pass a message, saying that they want to send envoys to see the king and Xiangbang."

"Zhao Tuo sent envoys to see the king?"

Tian Dan was stunned for a moment, and whispered: "It's this time, why did the Qin army send envoys here? Could it be a threat?"

Tian Rong had an idea and said, "Perhaps they want to pretend to negotiate, so as to take the opportunity to investigate the movements in my city."

Tian Dan nodded and said, "It's possible. However, the two countries will fight each other and the envoys will not stop. It's okay. You can send someone to inform Xiangbang. If the king and Xiangbang allow the envoys of Qin to enter the city, then you can go with them to see them. Arrange the sharp soldiers in my city to the side, and let the Qin people see that the army in my city is still there, so as to intimidate one or two."

"only."

Tian Rong immediately took the order.

Tian Dan turned around, continued to look at the Qin army camp outside the city, and whispered, "Bombard Linzi, but don't attack the city. Zhao Tuo, what are you trying to do?"

...

In the city of Linzi, the palace of King Qi.

Qi Wangjian huddled on the couch, surrounded by two women, one on the left and one on the right, hugging him and pressing their plump bodies against him.

"Qin Jun's artillery stopped?"

"Stopped."

Hearing Tian Jia's answer, Qi Wangjian let out a long sigh of relief.

Although most of Qin's bombardment targets were concentrated in the northern city, his palace was in the southwest corner of the outer city and would not be bombarded.

But when the boulder hit the city wall and fell into the city, the roaring sound would still float into the palace from time to time.

Every sound made Qi Wangjian tremble with fright.

He even imagined in his mind whether the Qin army would move those terrible cannons to the southwest, and then bombard his palace.

What would happen if a boulder fell into his bedroom and hit him on the head?

The more Qi Wangjian thought about it, the more frightened he became. He could only shrink into the arms of the two beauties, recalling the scene when he was protected by his mother when he was young, which gave him some comfort and a sense of security.

Tian Jia stood in the house, looked at the timid old fat man on the couch, and sighed inwardly.

He said: "Your Majesty, after the Qin army stopped shelling, they want to send envoys into the city to meet the King."

"The Qin army sent envoys to see the widow?"

Qi Wangjian was stunned for a moment, and then a look of joy appeared on his face, and he said in surprise: "The Qin army stopped shelling and sent envoys to come. Could it be that they want to make peace with the widow? My brother, if the Qin army wants peace talks, then we have to agree. , whether it is cutting land or donating money, the widow will definitely give it to them!"

Tian Jia frowned.

His elder brother was frightened to such an extent. Judging from his words, if the people of Qin wanted Qi Wangjian to offer his Tianjia's head, they agreed to retreat.

Then will his elder brother agree?

Tian Jia didn't answer immediately, but glanced at the two beauties.

Qi Wangjian understood, and now that he was pleasantly surprised, he was no longer afraid, and impatiently said to the two beauties: "Get out, get out quickly."

The two beauties responded, got off the couch, and walked out of the room with their skirts in hand.

Only the two Tian brothers were left in the house.

Qi Wangjian stared at Tian Jia and said, "My brother, can the people of Qin explain the purpose of coming here, and do you want to make peace with us?"

"I don't know the purpose of coming here. Your Majesty will know when he sees the Qin envoy. But I can probably guess what the Qin envoy is here for."

Speaking of this, Tian Jia took a deep breath, stared at the king on the bed, and said in a deep voice: "The people of Qin are probably trying to persuade the king to surrender the whole country to Qin!"

...

Qin Wangzheng twenty-five years (222 years ago), April 4th.

Outside Linzi City, the Qin Army camp.

The news that Qi Wangjian promised to meet the envoy of Qin State has already spread to the Qin camp.

The Qin envoy Li Shiqi, who had been prepared for a long time, put on a toga with big sleeves and a high crown on his head after combing his face, and wanted to enter the city.

Zhao Tuo waited at the gate to see him off.

"General, I will go."

Li Shiqi stepped forward and bowed his hands in salute.

Up to now, Zhao Tuo naturally wouldn't say any disappointing words.

He smiled and said: "Sir, please go slowly, I will wait for the good news from you in the camp. I hope that you will make a great contribution to the world and pass on your name to future generations."

"Hahaha, I will never let the general down."

Li Shiqi laughed, waved his sleeves and walked away.

"Li Shang, send Mr. into the city."

Zhao Tuo opened his mouth lightly, and Li Shang, who was beside him, responded and immediately followed.

The Li brothers walked out of the Qin camp and went to Linzi City.

After walking in silence for a while, seeing that he was about to reach the city of Linzi, Li Shang finally couldn't help but speak.

"Brother, I know you are obsessed with fame and fame, that's why you want to surrender to the country this time. It's just that now that the people of Qi are at the point of subjugation, there may be some loyal dead soldiers. Brother, you should be more cautious in your words and deeds. Don't be too aggressive and attract people. It is not beautiful for those dead men to be angry and hurt elder brother."

Li Shang looked at his brother who was walking in front of him, and exhorted him worriedly.

Li Shiqi paused, then he turned around and slapped Li Shang on the shoulder.

"Okay, Li's second son, your brother, how much pains has it taken me to pull you from a poop to the present, I was the only one who told you, and you still need to tell me? And What kind of nonsense are you talking about? Since I followed the general, you can see that I, Li Shiqi, have missed something? If you don’t believe me, you have to believe my tongue, huh. "

Li Shiqi snorted, patted Li Shang on the shoulder again, and strode forward.

"Just wait, kid, until your brother comes back after earning a lot of fame!"

Looking at Li Shiqi's confident back, Li Shang's eyes grew more worried.

The brothers had been together for more than twenty years, how could he not understand that Li Shiqi's appearance was just pretending to be relaxed, and to ease his heart.

Li Shang murmured: "Brother, I don't want fame and wealth, but only want you to return safely."

...

Linzi put down the hanging basket at the head of the city and hoisted Li Shiqi to the city wall.

"Oh? It turned out to be General Tian Dan. I have met the general here."

As soon as Li Shiqi went up to the wall, he found a mighty general of the Qi State standing here. After a closer look, he was still an old acquaintance, so he hurriedly saluted and said hello.

"I knew it was you who came. I don't know what's the meaning of Li Sheng's coming here?"

Tian Dan spoke coldly.

Li Shiqi laughed: "My mission is a major national matter. I should meet King Qi and report to him. The general asked me at this time, so I'm sorry I can't answer."

Tian Dan snorted coldly, but didn't force him to ask, and told Tian Rong who was behind him: "Bring this Qin envoy into the palace."

Li Shiqi bowed his hands to say goodbye, followed Tian Rong down the city wall, and walked towards Qi Palace.

Tian Dan withdrew his gaze and looked out of the city, with a look of worry flashing across his face.

The Qin army is coming fiercely, and may launch an attack on the city at any time. He must sit at the top of the city to deal with any emergency.

...

In Linzi city, Li Shiqi followed Tian Rong on the avenue about 20 meters wide.

He looked around and saw that the houses on both sides were row upon row and arranged in an orderly manner. However, during the shelling of the Qin army in the past few days, there were many collapsed and damaged places in the houses near the north city wall, which were very conspicuous.

Li Shiqi noticed that there were no Qi people walking around in the surrounding houses, and no one was watching on the road. It must have been cleaned up beforehand.

And beside him, there are hundreds of strong men with a height of eight feet surrounding him. These people are all expressionless, wearing armor and holding spears, which brought him a great sense of oppression. .

"Are you trying to scare me?"

Li Shiqi smiled secretly, but he was not afraid. His eyes fell on General Qi who was leading the way.

"The appearance of this general looks familiar. Where is he from?"

Li Shiqi asked, wanting to get close.

Tian Rong turned his head and glared at him, then said in a deep voice, "Di Cheng."

Li Shiqi was shocked and said: "Dicheng? Oh, no wonder I said the general looks familiar. I used to chat and laugh with the elders of the Tian family in Dicheng, and also played with some boys. Let me think about the name of a boy The name comes..."

"Oh, it's Tian Guang!"

"Guang Zhe, Da Ye. This name is very heroic. The person who named it should also be a hero, otherwise how could he have such a heroic spirit. That kid is also quite clever. I like it very much when I saw it. General Since you were born in Dicheng, do you know him?"

Tian Rong faltered.

Tian Guang, that is his son.

Father and son are connected by blood, so they look very similar.

He thought of Tian Dan's instructions, and knew that the envoy of the Qin Kingdom probably saw something. Saying these words is thinking of getting closer, and then extracting some information from him.

Tian Rong's mouth was clumsy, so he simply kept silent, instead making Li Shiqi annoyed, and followed him all the way into the inner city located in the southwest of the outer city, into the palace of King Qi.

The palace of Qi is majestic, magnificent and splendid.

But Li Shiqi had already been here last time, so he didn't feel anything.

However, before he was called into the temple, his attention was attracted by a huge thing in front of the temple.

The last time he entered Qi Palace, he had never seen this thing.

"It's such a big tripod, why is it placed in front of the hall?"

"Hey, the water is still boiling!"

Li Shiqi saw that on the platform in front of the main hall, there was a huge bronze tripod with simple and simple decoration, which looked old and solemn.

It's big enough to hold an adult.

At this moment, the tripod is filled with water, and the fire is burning under the tripod.

Li Shiqi stretched his head out of curiosity to look into the cauldron, only to see that there was boiling water inside, but there was nothing to cook.

Li Shiqi was thoughtful in his eyes, but his face did not change, and he jokingly said: "I don't know what King Qi is going to cook with such a big cauldron. Could it be that he wants to invite me to enjoy the cauldron?"

Tian Rong didn't answer, but just looked at Qin envoy coldly.

After a while, Qi Wangjian's order came from the hall.

"Xuan Qin's envoy Li Shiqi enters the palace!"

Follow the voice of the audience.

Li Shiqi restrained his smile and hurried forward into the hall.

He walked into the hall with small steps.

I saw the magnificent and magnificent hall, with Dukes and Ministers of the State of Qi sitting side by side on each side, and their eyes were all on him.

"Foreign Minister Li Shiqi, under the order of General Zhao of the Qin State, came here to pay homage to the King."

Li Shiqi saluted and stood up, looking forward.

I saw Qi Wangjian wearing purple clothes, looking at him in a daze, his eyes still a little dull.

Instead, it was Qi Xiang Tianjia who was sitting at the head of the hall.

He said coldly: "Qin and Qi are at war, and they have become mortal enemies. I don't know what Qin's envoy Li Shiqi wants to do when he visits our king?"

After Li Shiqi saluted, he stood up. He glanced at the Duke of Qi in the palace, and saw Tian Jia staring at him upright.

He waved his sleeves, and said with a smile: "I have come here to save the king, Xiangbang, and all the officials and officials in the palace, and all the people in the city!"

As soon as these words came out, no one in the hall spoke, but the sound of breathing became more and more intense.

Immediately afterwards, Qi Xiangtian raised his head and laughed.

"Come to save me Qiren?"

"Haha, the calamity of our country of Qi is caused by you Qin people's unreasonable conquests with swords and weapons. You, Li Sheng, speak wildly and dare to save our lives. I think you should save your own life first! "

"Come on!"

"Pull this Li Shiqi down and cook it!"