"Smack!" A crisp sound rang out, and the soldier felt a burning pain on his face. The garrison commander looked at him with a look of utter disappointment, as if the person standing in front of him was not his subordinate, but that wicked husband, or even King Ying Zheng of Qin!

"Retreat, retreat again! We've already retreated from five cities. The garrison in Dongheng only numbers fifty thousand. If we retreat any further, are we planning to hand over the King and Linzi to others?"

The soldier next to him covered his face. How could he not know this principle? But the scene of blood flowing like a river was not what he, as a native of Qi, wanted to see.

Looking at his subordinates, the garrison commander snapped out of his daze and couldn't help but sigh. "Let's retreat. Then we can gather the strength of the entire Qi Kingdom and fight a bloody battle with the Qin army. Dongheng can't withstand it now."

"But today, I will live and die with Dongheng. All soldiers of Dongheng, follow me and charge out! Even if the entire army dies here, we will tear off a layer of skin from that Qin army, so that we may be worthy of the Great Qi and this homeland!"

Without a second thought, the gates of Dongheng were opened, and with the withdrawal of those so-called elite soldiers, the Dongheng defenders faced the Qin army head-on.

Seeing this, the wicked man sneered, "Overestimating themselves, but so be it. We've already wasted too much time here. Qin warriors, listen to my command, charge!"

At the command of the wicked man, the Qin soldiers charged madly towards the Dongheng garrison like wild horses.

Their eyes gleamed with a bloodthirsty light, as if they wanted to devour the enemy before them completely.

The two armies clashed, and a fierce battle erupted instantly. Swords flashed, flesh flew, and the air was thick with the stench of blood.

However, it is clear that although there were many casualties, given the limited strength of the Dongheng garrison and the withdrawal of elite troops, this bloody battle was nothing more than a one-sided massacre.

Countless Qi soldiers lay dead on the ground. With their overwhelming advantage in equipment and numbers, the Qin army had left tens of thousands of corpses outside Dongheng City in just one attack.

Seeing this, the wicked man roared, "Go! Take Dongheng, then head straight for Linzi! The glory of destroying a country is within our grasp!"

"Charge! Take Dongheng and head straight for Linzi!"

"Straight to Linzi!"

......

"Phew, we were pretty quick, thankfully the casualties weren't too high!"

Wang Tian, ​​leading this Qin army, had arrived at the flank of Linzi, and along the way, he truly witnessed the might of the Qin army.

He turned to look at the imposing Qin army behind him, then at Linzi not far away, and couldn't help but smile.

He seemed relieved that he had made the right choice; there was no way to stop it, absolutely no way to stop it. In his view, there were only a few states left in the world, none of which could rival Qin.

The State of Qi is already at its end, and the Grand Commandant's next target, the State of Yan, is not far off.

When he first joined the forces of the wicked man, he was inevitably filled with some confusion and trepidation. Now, with the achievement of destroying a country right before his eyes, his future in Qin can be described as bright.

"I wonder how the Grand Commandant and the others are doing. I imagine it's not easy for them. I haven't encountered much resistance here. We've been persuading them to surrender along the way, so our march is naturally fast."

"But who are the Supreme General and the Grand Commandant? How could those two armies of Qi possibly stop them?"

Wang Tianzheng seemed to be deep in thought when a Qin soldier came to report from behind him.

"Reporting, sir, we have received accurate information. The Grand Commandant and the General have already surrounded Linzi from two different directions. Now, only Linzi remains for the State of Qi."

"The Grand Commandant orders that if the King of Qi does not surrender after he appears, the entire army will be mobilized to attack the city!"

"Okay, I understand!" Wang Tian shook his head slightly after hearing this, his lips twitching a little.

As a former official of King Tian Jian of Qi, he knew Tian Jian's character intimately: cowardly and lacking ambition. He knew him all too well; why would the Grand Commandant need to intervene personally?

I'm afraid that if the Grand Commandant just stood at the gates of Linzi, that scoundrel would lead all the officials in the city to open the gates and surrender!

......

On the other hand, after taking over Dongheng, the wicked man did not hesitate at all and led his army to the gates of Linzi.

Inside Linzi City, the King of Qi stared intently at the bamboo slips on his table, urging him to surrender. Suddenly enraged, he tore them to pieces.

"Useless, useless, haha, we retreated just like that, defeated without a fight, defeated without a fight. Qin didn't even use its full military force, yet they still managed to beat Qi into this state?"

The generals who retreated to Linzi dared not utter a sound. The forces of a single city were simply insufficient to resist the Qin army, and their actions were out of desperation.

"What talk of attacking Yan! He turns around and wants to destroy my Qi state! What a wicked man! What a Ying Zheng! And that traitor Wang Tian, ​​what a fine scoundrel..."

"My Great Qi treated that wicked husband with utmost courtesy, almost to the point of offering my heart to Ying Zheng and that wicked husband. And now they're treating my Qi so cruelly?!"

"And what about the states of Yan, Chu, and Zhao? Are they just going to stand by and watch? Don't they know that when the nest is overturned, no egg remains unbroken? Just wait, just wait, next, no one will escape."

"Come, follow me out of the city and see just how mighty this invincible Qin tiger and wolf truly is!"

As he spoke, King Qi rose and led his troops to the top of the city wall of Linzi.

At the main gate, the wicked man sat atop a tall horse, arms crossed, looking at himself with a mocking expression, while two hundred thousand Qin soldiers stood in neat formation behind him.

Seeing King Qi personally arrive at the city wall, the wicked man went straight to the point: "King Qi, have you come to your senses? If you open the city gates and surrender, I, the Grand Commandant, guarantee that my king will treat you with respect and ensure you have no worries about food and clothing."

"Or do you think it's better to be a strong-willed monarch who shares the fate of the nation?"

"What a joke! The city of Linzi is now filled with the elite soldiers that our Great Qi has accumulated over the years. It is not something that you people can wipe out so easily."

On the city wall, King Qi clenched his fists, his fierce demeanor revealing a hint of weakness beneath.

He knew all too well the fates of the rulers of Han and Wei.

He was now somewhat undecided. If he went to Qin, he could indeed be assured of a life of comfort and security. But then he thought, if he, as the King of Qi, were to surrender to Qin, he would surely be despised by the people of Qi and be condemned for eternity.

The wicked man said nothing more. Now that things had come to this, he had no choice but to massacre the inhabitants of Linzi. He waved his hand lightly to his hand, and the Qin army began to move.

Meanwhile, Wang Jian and Wang Tian on the other two sides were also ready.

"Further words are useless. Since you don't want to live, then this Grand Commandant will grant your wish. For the sake of the wine shop, I will spare your corpse!"

The moment that sound rang out, the ground outside the city began to tremble violently. This was the first time that all the Qin troops had launched an attack simultaneously.

No matter how unwilling the King of Qi was, he had to make a decision at this moment.

"Now, there is no way to retreat. This is the only battle left. If we win, we will take back all the land that our Great Qi has lost. If we lose, there will be no Great Qi from now on!" At this moment, Lord Anping, Tian Dan, slowly walked up to the city wall. He drew his sword as he walked, and his tone was very resolute.