Chapter 863

Outside the city of helucheng in the state of Dazhou, under the leadership of Li Yuanhe, the army of the post Qin army had been assembled. After nearly half a month's siege of the city, almost all the cities of the state of Dazhou had been captured by the post Qin army, leaving only the crane deer city in front of him. As long as he Lu city was captured, the state of Dazhou would be destroyed.

In the face of the invasion of the late Qin state, Li Ke, who had managed to escape from Yan state before, could not resist. First of all, he proposed to the head of the state of Zhou to recall the army of the state of Dazhou, which was far away from the city of Nao and the western border. Although it is a pity to give up the city of Nao, which was hard to get, if we did not try our best to gather strength, even if Li Ke was so powerful, he would not have the confidence to keep the state of Zhou under the attack of the Qin army.

Of course, with the example of Yan, Li Ke was not stupid enough to call all the troops to Helu city. Before the Qin army launched an all-round attack, Li Ke ordered Liu Duoxian and Xu Yanqiao to lead their troops to garrison two important towns in the East and West on the southern border of the state of Zhou, while he led 20000 troops to the south of Helu city. The three teams of men and horses formed an angle with each other, defending most of the territory of the state of Zhou.

After making all the arrangements, Li Ke was relieved. Although there was no royal army, the total number of troops of the state of Zhou was still more than that of the Qin army. As long as the army of the latter Qin wanted to attack, it was impossible. The longer the time was delayed, the more favorable it would be for the state of Dazhou. When the armies of Shu and Dachang arrived, I believe that the state of Qin would be defeated by the enemy.

However, Li Ke's calculations were not made. At this critical juncture, Xu Yanqiao, who held the Western defense line for Li Ke, suddenly rebelled. Although the soldiers who responded to Xu Yanqiao's rebellion accounted for less than half of Xu Yanqiao's army, they greatly damaged the morale of the Zhou army. Later, Li Yuanhe of the Qin army took advantage of this time to raid Liu Duoxian's army. Liu Duoxian was caught off guard and was directly besieged in the city. Although Li Ke had the intention to help, she was forced to withdraw to Helu city to defend Xu Yanqiao's attack on Helu city. After several days of hard defense, Liu Duoxian was finally defeated by the post Qin army. As Li Ke's deputy, Liu Duoxian committed suicide on the day of breaking the city.

After the destruction of Liu Duoxian's army, Li Yuanhe led the army to conquer the counties of Dazhou state, and finally joined Xu Yanqiao's rebels to encircle Helu city. Although Li Ke wanted to break through the encirclement, however, both in terms of military strength and manpower, she had no strength to return to heaven. During this period of time, Li Yuanhe had led the army to launch a crazy attack on Helu city. Li Ke racked his brains, which was to keep the city. However, there were not many Zhou troops left in the city. If there were no miracles, the day of breaking the city would not be far away.

Li Ke was dressed in ragged armor and covered with blood. Although her face was full of fatigue, she still stood at the head of the city, frowning tightly and looking out of the city. The Zhou army, led by Li Ke, had just repulsed an attack by the post Qin army, but in Li Ke's view, it was nothing to be happy about. Li Ke can see that the reason why the Qin army retreated so simply was mainly because the other side didn't want to cause too much loss. I'm afraid that in the view of the other side, it's already a matter of iron and steel to break Helu city. There's no need to lose too many troops in order to break through Helu city.

However, looking at the situation at the head of the city, Li Ke's 20000 men and horses have been damaged by half after these days of fighting, and the rest of the officers and men are all wounded, and their combat effectiveness is not much better. Listening to the wails of the city, Li Ke could not help sighing. For the present situation, Li Ke had been blaming herself more than once. If he had not proposed to go south to rob Yu ruochai, qingfengqi would not have been destroyed. If he had not believed too much in Xu Yanqiao, the state of Zhou would not have fallen into this situation!

"Damn it!" At the thought of this, Li Ke couldn't help but burst into a fury and hit the wall heavily with her fist. For Xu Yanqiao, who was on the verge of rebellion, Li Ke simply hated Xu Yanqiao. It was all thanks to this man that the Zhou parliament fell into such a predicament! Li Ke did not worry about Xu Yanqiao's loyalty before, but he did not expect that Xu Yanqiao would be in such a desperate time. Now that Liu Duoxian is dead, the rest of the territory of the state of Dazhou has been completely occupied. Li Ke has come to the same end as the state of Yan before, and can only wait for the day when the city is broken.

"General! General From behind came bursts of shouts, Li Ke immediately looked back, but saw a large group of people were rushing to catch up with the city, toward Li Ke here. Li Ke also recognized that it was Lian Zheng who was in charge of guarding the palace, and the team who followed the company to the head of the city was not the pro guard army responsible for the security of the palace.

Seeing Lian Zheng coming, Li Ke's face sank. Even though Lian Zheng couldn't run to her face, Li Ke just yelled: "nonsense! Lian Zheng! How can you bring the pro - guards here without authorization! You are here. Who is responsible for the safety of the palace? Who is responsible for your Majesty's safety? Go back if you don't give it to me! " Li Ke is telling the truth. After Xu Yanqiao's rebellion, Li Ke no longer trusts the aristocratic families in Helu city. If these aristocratic families take advantage of the chaos to engage in any conspiracy in the city, it will be even worse! So even if the city is not good, Li Ke is not willing to transfer out the thousands of Pro guards in the imperial palace. What he is defending is the aristocratic families in the city!Lian Zheng ran to Li Ke, but he gave a salute first. Then he raised his head and said with a wry smile, "general! The last general knew that his Majesty's safety was the most important, but he was ordered to come here by his majesty himself! Your majesty has said that if the city is broken, the palace will not be able to keep it. It is better to concentrate on defending the city! "

Li Ke was silent at once. Of course, he knew that this was the truth. With the troops on the top of the city, I'm afraid it won't be long. If there were no fresh troops brought by the company government, the city might have been broken only in these two days. The problem is that Li Ke is worried about the safety of the city, so after hearing Lian Zheng's words, Li Ke frowns and hesitates.

Seeing that Li Ke didn't speak, even the government didn't dare to interrupt. She just shrunk down beside her and waited for Li Ke to make a choice. In fact, even Zheng was not loyal to the state of Zhou, but he regarded Li Ke as a deity. Although he led his troops to the city according to the order of Zeng Qing, the head of the state of the Zhou Dynasty, he still wanted to come to the city to help Li Ke.

After thinking for a long time, Li Ke finally raised her head, but her face was a little more resolute. Li Ke raised her head and whispered to Lian Zheng: "what you said is reasonable, but the safety of the palace can not be relaxed! Taking advantage of the fact that the Qin army has retired for the time being, you immediately take the pro guards into the city and clean up all the great families in the city for me! Don't leave any evil! Do you understand? "

Hearing Li Ke's words, even the political body was shocked. Obviously, he did not expect Li Ke to come up with such an idea. Seeing Lian Zheng's shock, Li Ke laughed bitterly. If there was no other way, he didn't want to do it so well. If you kill all the great aristocratic families in the city, the coming situation will surely cause the resistance of the great aristocratic families in all parts of the state of Dazhou, which will also be a big trouble at that time. But if we can't be so resolute now, he Lu city can't be defended, and there is no other use for keeping the great families! It is better to solve this problem and concentrate on resisting the attack of the Qin army!

Although Lian Zheng was a little surprised at Li Ke's method, it did not affect him to carry out Li Ke's orders. After calming down, Lian Zheng hugged Li Ke, and then immediately turned around, and with the pro guards who had just arrived at the head of the city, he rushed back to the city. Lian Zheng, after all, is the commander of the Imperial Palace's Pro guard army. After spending so many years in Helu City, he knows the situation of the major aristocratic families in Helu city. Li Ke is much more down-to-earth when he is entrusted with the task.

Looking at Lian Zheng's departure, Li Ke turned her head and looked out of the city. She clenched her fists and made up her mind secretly. Even if she was fighting for the last soldier, she would defend Helu city!

Compared with Li Ke's determination on the head of helucheng City, the problems faced by Li Yuanhe and other generals of the Qin army outside the city were not small. Originally, Li Yuanhe had planned that today's siege plan would last at least another hour. However, the reason why Li Yuanhe changed his mind temporarily and ended his military campaign was that an envoy came from the camp, but this messenger came from Bian Cheng, the capital of the post Qin state.

The news of the messenger's arrival reached Li Yuanhe's ears. Li Yuanhe immediately withdrew his troops. This was not because Li Yuanhe was afraid of the emissary, but because Li Yuanhe guessed the purpose of the emissary. It should be that Li Yuanhe came to reward the army on behalf of the Lord of the state of Qin! Half a month ago, Li Yuanhe sent people to Biancheng on a fast horse with Yu ruochai's head. Now it's time for Ying Zhen to move down the reward. In recent days, although there has been little loss in the siege, the repeated attacks have failed, which has a certain impact on morale. So Li Yuanhe plans to take advantage of this award to improve the morale of the army. Next time, he will cheer up and take Helu city directly! Finish the final goal of the western expedition of Qin army!