Zhao Yong is a cunning old fox; he always has a plan that never fails!
I never expected to stumble so badly this time!
His own retainer was torn apart by five horses... This is a slap in the face that hurts terribly!
For a moment, he couldn't understand why the ruler of Zhongshan had the audacity to dare to tear apart the envoy of Jin by chariots.
So he reported to Ji Ji, the ruler of Jin, requesting that 200,000 troops be sent to attack Zhongshan, and that he could cooperate with Ying Jiang, the prince of Qin, to completely remove this "nail" stuck in Jin's head!
The Jin ruler's elite troops had been almost completely wiped out in the battle against the Qin army, with no more than 50,000 remaining. How could he possibly provide Zhao Yong with an army of 200,000?
Therefore, the ruler of Jin ordered Zhao Yong to lead his troops to destroy Zhongshan.
Zhao Yong, together with another physician, Wei Ji, gathered an army of 250,000 to attack the Zhongshan Kingdom!
In fact, Zhao Yong had his own plans: he didn't really want to give the entire territory of Zhongshan to Jiang Ming.
If he could take Zhongshan on his own... Jiang Ming would feel embarrassed to ask to leave.
Although the State of Zhongshan is a tough nut to crack, it's currently besieged on both sides, making it much easier to defeat than before...
Before Maiqiu Pass, the Qi army camp.
General Yue Yi's mother was brought over bound. Qi general Tian Yong laughed loudly at the Yan army on the pass: "Yue Yi! You coward, look who this is! Do you even recognize her?"
The soldiers guarding the pass saw an old woman tied to a wooden stake in front of the formation, and they all started whispering among themselves!
Who is this?
"It seems to be General Yueyi's mother..."
"Heavens! These... these Qi people are truly beasts! How could they have kidnapped General Yue's mother?"
"Yes, war is war, but what's the point of kidnapping someone's mother? How is this any different from bandits and robbers? And the people of Qi even call themselves the 'royal army that respects the king and repels the barbarians'! Bah! Utterly shameless!"
"What should we do now? Will General Yue open the gates to defend against the enemy?"
"No way! The last time it was the Battle of Maiqiu, the Qi people were cursing and swearing at us at the pass. The defending general, Wang Fen, couldn't bear the humiliation... so he sent out a large army, only to be utterly defeated by the Qi people, who massacred more than 70,000 of our soldiers..."
"But if she doesn't go out to fight the enemy, the old lady's life might..."
"Tch! Even if we go out to meet the enemy, we might not be able to save the old lady, since she's in the hands of the Qi people!"
......
"Le Yi!"
Qi general Tian Yong laughed loudly, "See this? This is your old mother! If you don't come out of the city to fight us, we'll cut off the old lady's flesh piece by piece, slice her a thousand times, and then feed her flesh to the dogs... Now the countdown begins, one slice per incense stick's time!"
The soldiers of Qi carried a table to Le Yi's mother, on which was placed an incense burner with incense sticks inserted, which were then lit...
Wisps of smoke rose... Both armies' soldiers stared intently at the burning incense stick!
No one could imagine how things would develop next.
I've never seen such a tactic before: using someone else's mother as leverage to force them into battle!
Since the collapse of the Great Han Dynasty, wars have frequently broken out between nations.
But basically, it was all done according to the "Ganli" (a set of rules for war): that is, war must be justified and cannot be fought at will. Before the war, a declaration of war must be issued, the two sides agree on a location, set up their formations, and then begin to feign mutual courtesy, letting the other side make the first move, dragging things out, and talking for a long time before the formal battle begins!
There are many restrictions involved. For example, if the other side has clearly lost, they can't attack anymore. Instead, they start talking about grand principles, from drinking beer to the Nile River disaster, from the India-Pakistan conflict to the Ethiopian drought... The losing side also has to admit defeat and make political concessions.
Deserters must not be killed, wounded soldiers must not be killed, young soldiers must not be killed, elderly soldiers must not be killed, and civilians must certainly not be killed...
Warfare back then was very polite and ceremonial!
If someone in the other family dies, the battle must stop immediately! You must also give a condolence payment... and the battle will resume only after the funeral is completely over.
But now, between countries, these things are no longer the norm; tens of thousands of people are massacred at the drop of a hat!
But even the soldiers of Yan hadn't expected the people of Qi to be this shameless...
Even the savages on the grasslands have never been this despicable!
The incense stick burned out very quickly!
At the Maiqiu Pass of the Yan Kingdom, Yue Yi did not issue any orders to send troops, nor did he even show his face...
Tian Yong of Qi didn't stand on ceremony and directly ordered a piece of flesh to be cut off from the old woman's leg!
The soldiers on both sides were on tenterhooks, the air was deathly still... After all, no one had ever seen such cruel and immoral behavior.
At that moment, Le Yi, standing on the second floor of the pass tower, was in tears, so much so that he was pounding his head with his fists.
He never expected that the ruler of Zhongshan would be so shameless as to send his own mother to the people of Qi to blackmail him!
This has completely crossed the line of human morality!
If they were to cross the border and engage in battle at this time, the Yan state would be completely ruined...
His painstakingly developed "enduring the eagle" tactic failed.
Although the Prime Minister has achieved a series of victories on the northern front, if the Maiqiu Pass is lost, the southern part of Yan will be left without any protection, and the Qi army can drive straight in and destroy Yan!
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