Just as Yan State was busy with autumn harvest from south to north.

However, the Wei State fell into the dilemma of fighting on the east and west sides.

The Wei army on the Western Front and the Qin army led by Zhao Rong fought fiercely in Hedong County, which had just been taken back the previous year. However, the Wei army's situation was very unfavorable. The Qin army's goal this time was very clear, which was to capture the ancient capital of Wei, Anyi (now Yanhu District, Yuncheng City, Shanxi).

The 100,000 Qin troops led by Zhao Rong went north from Hangu Pass and attacked Wucheng of Wei (now north of Pinglu County, Shanxi). Wucheng was an important barrier at the southern end of Anyi, the former capital of Wei, and was very important to Wei.

If Wucheng is lost, the Qin army can cross the Zhongtiao Mountains from the southern end and go straight to Anyi, the former capital of Wei.

The capital of Anyi was not only extremely important in politics but also economically for the Wei State.

Because there is a natural salt pond here, it is the only salt water lake in the Central Plains.

This salt pond is located at the foot of Zhongtiao Mountain and on the banks of the Weishui River. It is more than 30 kilometers long from east to west and about three kilometers wide from north to south. It has a total area of ​​about 130 square kilometers, and the salt production is extremely large.

How much salt is produced in this salt pond? Let's put it this way, in the Tang Dynasty when Ji Kang's previous life, the annual tax on salt produced in this salt pond accounted for one-eighth of the overall tax of the Tang Dynasty. Think about it, is it big?

In this era, salt is very important and is an important strategic material for every country.

The salt produced in the salt pond near Anyi is also the most important tax source for Wei State.

If Wucheng is lost, Qin will take over the former capital of Wei, Anyi, and control this salt pond. For Wei, both politically and economically, it can be said that it is an unbearable consequence.

Therefore, the competition between Wei and Qin in Wucheng was extremely fierce.

Wucheng is located in the Zhongtiao Mountains, with many natural passes and many ditches and obstacles, with thousands of them.

The Wei army relied on the fortifications at these passes to resist the Qin army's attacks layer by layer.

This made Zhao Rong, the chief general of the Qin army, extremely uncomfortable, and had to fall into a tug-of-war with the Wei army near Wucheng.

At this moment, the King of Wei in Daliang, Wei capital received another bad news.

That is, the Chu State, which had just occupied Lu and Fei, was so full of desire that General Jingyang led his army of 50,000 to invade Suiyang (now Shangqiu, Henan), an important town in the eastern part of Wei.

The Chu State's strategic policy is very clear. In Ji Kang's words, it is just a sentence: "Wait for your illness and kill you."

Since your Wei army is fighting against the Qin army in the west, if our Chu State does not take advantage of your Wei State at this time, will I still be the Chu State?

Suiyang City is also very important to the Wei State. It is not only the eastern part of the capital of Daliang (now northwest of Kaifeng City, Henan Province), but also an important barrier to the land of Taoyi that the Wei State had just occupied, and it is also an important city for the Wei State to intimidate the capital of Chen Ying of the Chu State.

If Wucheng in the western part of Wei State was lost, Wei State could rely on many passes in the Zhongtiao Mountains to block the Qin army's invasion of Anyi. However, if Sui Yang is lost, then from Sui Yang to Daliang, the capital of Wei State will be flat.

Therefore, Suiyang City must be saved for the Wei State.

The King of Wei was in the court, so angry! He cursed King Xiong Wan of Chu and Mr. Chunshen Huang Xie.

"The ambition of this Chu State is too great. King Xiong Wan of Chu and the king of Chunshen Huang Xie are simply ambitions! Lu and Fei, and even the previous Ni and Zhu State, could not satisfy his Chu State's appetite."

"Now, while our Wei and Qin were fighting in the west, we had the idea of ​​our Wei State and were preparing to occupy the Suiyang City of Wei State. His mother is simply tolerant, but who is unbearable!"

Speaking of this, King Wei ordered: "Come here, send someone to quickly inform the Suiyang garrison Wei Wang and order the defenders of Suiyang City to guard the Suiyang City. No matter what method is used, no matter how you defend Suiyang City, and wait for the arrival of reinforcements."

"I passed an edict to order General Xin Yuanyan, who was in the old capital of Anyi, to draw a large army back for me and quickly reinforce Suiyang City."

Seeing this, the Shangqing Zhou Xin hurried out to the King of Wei and said:

"Your Majesty, no! General Xin Yuanyan is now leading our 100,000 troops of Wei, near the ancient capital, Anyi, and the battle with the Qin army led by the Qin general Zhao Rong is currently in stalemate."

"King, at this time, our Wei State drew a large army from the west to support Suiyang, which may lead to the defeat of the war in the western region, and the important city of Wucheng may also be lost. It will be difficult for my old capital Anyi to be protected!"

"Besides, the Chu army has begun to attack Suiyang now. At this moment, it is not urgent to send troops from the west to reinforce Suiyang. Suiyang City has been under the attack of the Chu army, and it is difficult to protect it!"

King Wei frowned and asked Zhou Xin:

"Zhou Qing, if we don't draw troops from the west to reinforce Suiyang, there will be no large army in the eastern part of our Wei Kingdom!"

Zhou Xin lowered his head and pondered for a while, and said to the King of Wei: "Your Majesty, in the opinion of the minister, you can only use my king's palace guards. Now, Suiyang city is solid and there are still 15,000 troops inside. With the assistance of the military and civilians, the Chu army will be difficult to capture in a hurry."

"My king's palace guards have a total of 30,000 yuan, and 20,000 yuan can be dispatched to reinforce Suiyang. In this way, our army can reach 35,000 people. If the people who can participate in the war are included, they will be in line with the Chu army, and even surpass the Chu army. If our army fights in our territory, we will definitely defeat the Chu army and protect our Suiyang."

The Shangqing also stood up to support Zhou Xin's decision: "Your Majesty, what Lord Zhou Xin said is so true, I will discuss it."

When other ministers of the Wei State saw it, they also came out to agree:

"The king, what Lord Zhou Xin said is extremely true, and I and others agree."

King Wei thought for a while and asked Zhou Xin: "Zhou Qing, who can I send to rescue Sui Yang?"

Shangqing Zhou Xin pondered for a moment and said to King Wei:

"The king, the candidate for the chief general is ready. The Gongwei Army commander Jin Sui. He has been with his father Jin Bi since he was a child. He is familiar with the military tactics and battle formations. He is also very familiar with the Gongwei Army soldiers under him and can be the chief general."

After hearing Zhou Xin's words, King Wei nodded and said to Zhou Xin: "Zhou Qing, you can draft an edict and order the commander of the Palace Guards to follow Jin Sui and lead our Palace Guards to rescue Sui Yang."

"No." Zhou Xin bowed and responded.

The defenders of Suiyang City faced the Chu army's consecutive days of siege, and suffered heavy casualties.

The people in the city have been mobilized to participate in defending the city.

After days of fierce fighting, many people have become qualified soldiers.

With a "bang", another stone fired by the Chu army's catapult car shattered on the top of the city.

Stone splattered everywhere, hitting the nearby military and civilians with blood and blood, and it was not good.

Wei Wang, the governor of Suiyang, shouted loudly to the soldiers and civilians on the city: "Please pay attention to avoid, pay attention to avoid."

At this time, the Chu army had already carried the ladder to the city and began to step on the ladder again and attacked upwards.

"Kill." Wei Wang shouted.

Holding a bronze sword in his hand, he led his personal guards to rush towards the Chu army that was climbing to the top of the city.

Blood flowers suddenly splashed at the top of Suiyang City, and the soldiers on both sides were fighting forever.

Wei Wang was very brave and stabbed two Chu troops who had climbed to the top of the city to death with the sword in his hand.

Then, he also carried a huge rock and smashed it towards the Chu army on the ladder.

Suddenly, a Chu army in front of the ladder fell down the ladder with screams.

As the sun sets, the Chu army that had attacked the city retreated again like a tide.

Wei Wang's deputy general was covered in blood and came to Wei Wang's side, gasping for breath:

"General, the Chu army was defeated by our army again. I wonder when our reinforcements will arrive?"

The guard general Wei Wang was also panting, shook his head, and said to his deputy general:

"It should be soon. Suiyang City is too important to our Wei State. My king must be anxious."

Wei Wang's deputy general looked at the top of the city, and the soldiers and civilians guarding the city said to Wei Wang:

"General, we have too many casualties. If my reinforcements don't come again, I will really not be able to defend Suiyang City."

There was thick smoke rolling and blood was everywhere above and below Suiyang City.

The bodies of the Chu army fell under the city, and the blood flowed out had formed a stream that penetrated the city of Suiyang.

The defenders of Suiyang City are not easy to live, and the Chu army who attacked Suiyang City is even worse.

Whether it was occupying the Ni and Zhu countries, or Lu and Fei countries, the Chu army had never encountered such strong resistance.

The commander of the Chu army, Jing Yang, knew that he was in trouble this time.

However, it is already difficult to get rid of the tiger.

After seeing the army that was siegeing the city retreat, he whispered to the deputy general next to him:

"How many casualties have our army been in total?"

Jingyang's deputy general hurriedly said to Jingyang:

"Report to General, our army has suffered more than 15,000 casualties in the past ten days."

When Jingyang heard this, he couldn't help but say to his confidant deputy general:

"I think our Lord Ling Yin was so confused. Our army successively occupied Lu and Fei, and the troops were dispersed. Lord Ling Yin actually instigated the king and asked us to lead a 50,000 army to attack the strong city of Suiyang, Wei."

"This Wei State is located in the heart of the Central Plains, with enemies on all sides. For more than a hundred years of self-establishment, it has not yet stood firm. It is not a small country like Lu, Fei, and even Ni and Zhu."

Jingyang's deputy general also nodded and said to Jingyang with emotion: "General, this Wei State is indeed not easy to mess with. Over the past hundred years, our Chu State has fought with Wei State, and our Chu State has won fewer victories and more defeats!"

Jing Yang walked back and forth a few steps, pondered for a while, turned around and said to the deputy general:

"You ask our desecrators to explore further. If you find reinforcements from Wei State arrive, come and report quickly."
Chapter completed!