The Qin Dynasty opened the Hengqu Four Sentences, sweeping away all the schools of thought

Under the leadership of Wang Jian, the Qin army bypassed the Great Wall of Yan from the Taihang Mountains upstream of the Yishui River and unexpectedly defeated the Yan army. After cleaning up the battlefield, the Qin army marched north and besieged Ji City.

Only three days later, the Qin army captured Ji City without bloodshed.

The reason for such a victory was not only that the Qin army was strong enough, but more importantly, it was due to the fact that King Xi of Yan and his ministers abandoned the city and fled.

But you can escape for a while, you can't escape forever!

Wang Jian sent Li Xin to lead 10,000 Qin troops to pursue the Yan and Dai forces who had fled to Liaodong.

Poor King Xi of Yan and King Jia of Dai had no chance to catch their breath before they were defeated again by Li Xin at Yanshui.

King Xi of Yan sent an envoy to ask for peace, but before the news reached Xianyang, the envoy was captured by Li Xin's army.

Since then, Yan was destroyed. Qin established several counties in Yan, including Yuyang County, Youbeiping County, Liaoxi County and Liaodong County.

In December of the same year, Wang Jian asked to resign as commander-in-chief, and King Qin agreed. Later, he appointed Meng Tian as commander-in-chief and led an army of 100,000 to attack Gaotang.

Gaotang, one of the five capitals of the seven kingdoms, had high walls and fortifications and abundant military resources. It was the main line of defense during the war between Qi and Zhao. When the five kingdoms attacked Qi, Yue Yi chose to land on Qi territory in Gaotang, captured more than 70 cities in Qi, and looted the entire country.

Meng Tian used Lingqiu as a starting point to lead his army to attack Qi.

The State of Qi, which was living in a remote corner, had not resorted to war for twenty years. Although it had many soldiers, their combat effectiveness was disappointing. If it were to fight in the field, even if its numbers were several times that of the Qin army, it would probably be defeated.

Now they were defending the fortified city and were able to resist the Qin army's offensive for a while.

Meng Tian stood in the tent of the Qin army commander. On the map, five countries belonged to Qin, and the only remaining country, Qi, was naturally very conspicuous.

With the Qin army's current strategic reserves, there are many ways to destroy the State of Qi.

For example, a general was sent from the State of Yan to lead troops southward, march straight across the Jishui River, and arrive at the city of Linzi.

As long as an effective threat is posed and Gaotang sends troops to support us, the resistance to attacking Gaotang will naturally be greatly reduced.

A more conservative approach would be to wait for the army to assemble, send the navy to land from Bohai Sea, launch a surprise attack on Linzi, and capture it in one fell swoop.

The Qin navy was a powerful force that had not been demonstrated in front of the six nations.

Since the Qin State occupied Bashu and controlled the Yangtze River waterway, its navy became increasingly powerful. The ships it owned included barges, Taibai ships, and tower ships, as well as three main warships: Dayi, Zhongyi, and Xiaoyi.

And these were just the naval forces of the Qin State before it was reformed.

After Su Xuan took out a million gold coins to encourage innovation, countless talents flocked into the Academy of Gewu. Under Su Xuan's intentional or unintentional guidance, they developed many ships that only existed in later generations.

For example, there are the clipper ships that can travel dozens of nautical miles a day, the shuttle ships that are shaped like shuttles with bamboo masts and wooden sails, the sand ships that can be called warships, the Fu ships, and the mirages that have not yet been built and can be called islands on the sea.

Gongshu Chou participated in the design of these ships, and he did live up to the title of master of mechanical engineering.

As long as Su Xuan told him the principle, he could accurately create what Su Xuan wanted.

With the current naval power of the Qin State, it is already many levels ahead of the world and can easily sweep across the globe!

Meng Tian did not choose these two attack methods, but chose the most brutal frontal attack.

Since Ying Zheng appointed him as his commander, he naturally had to fight this battle beautifully and cleanly!

He directly mobilized the Demon God of War to attack, breaking the city wall with one blow, and a big fire-breathing made the morale of the soldiers defending the city collapse.

The Qin army captured Gaotang without any effort.

After this, the Qin army advanced like a hot knife through butter and reached the city of Linzi in half a month.

Meng Tian did not launch a direct attack, but instead sent envoys to the palace of King Qi to persuade the King of Qi to surrender, hoping to capture Linzi without bloodshed.

Inside the Qi Palace, Prince Jian of Qi sat slumped on the throne with lifeless eyes.

After a long while, he turned his gaze to Prime Minister Hou Sheng, who was standing with his head down in the audience.

"Prime Minister, the Qin army sent an envoy to persuade you to surrender. What do you think I should do?" "Your Majesty, the Qin State is only willing to give you ten miles of land. Isn't this an insult to you?" Hou Sheng looked indignant. "Your Majesty is the King of Qi, with thousands of miles of land and millions of soldiers under his command. If you surrender easily, won't you be laughed at by the world?"

"You mean to let me choose to resist Qin?" Qi Wangjian's cheeks trembled, his eyes were full of anger, and he questioned, "When Qin destroyed Han and Wei, you told me that Qi was located on the coast of the East China Sea, thousands of miles away from Qin, so there was no need to worry. When Qin destroyed Chu, you told me that Chu had brought trouble upon itself. When Qin destroyed Zhao, you told me that I could just sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and I would be able to reap the benefits! When Qin destroyed Yan, you told me that I must not help Yan, otherwise it would anger Qin. Now that Qin is at the gates, you tell me that it's time to resist Qin?"

"How much money did you get to say something like that?"

King Jian of Qi was furious and cursed in his heart that the treacherous ministers had misled him!

"Your Majesty, I am devoted to the State of Qi and Your Majesty! Your Majesty's loyalty is known to the sun and the moon, and witnessed by the heaven and earth. I have no second thoughts!" Hou Sheng fell to his knees with a thud. He was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.

Qi Wangjian was silent for a long time, looking at Hou Sheng in the audience, he sighed, "Get up, now that things have come to this, it's useless to blame you anymore."

"Take a short break, and then follow me to welcome the Qin army into the city."

"Yes." Hou Sheng let out a long breath, bowed and stepped aside.

"Prime Minister, I will no longer be the King of Qi soon. Are you still willing to serve me?" King Jian of Qi asked.

"I, your Majesty, am willing to assist you for generations to come." Hou Sheng bowed respectfully.

"Okay!" Qi Wangjian laughed, "Someone come!"

Two servants walked into the hall carrying two bottles of wine.

"Your Excellency, you have assisted me with great merit. I am afraid that we will no longer be able to serve each other as monarch and subject. This cup of wine is to commemorate our friendship over the years."

"Prime Minister, please." King Jian of Qi picked up the wine jar and made a gesture of invitation.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Hou Sheng did not doubt it, picked up the wine jar and drank it all in one gulp.

But when he finished drinking, he saw King Jian of Qi lying motionless.

He immediately had a bad feeling and asked hurriedly, "Why doesn't the king drink?"

"This wine is specially prepared for the Prime Minister. I cannot drink it." King Jian of Qi sighed and regretted his decision in his heart.

"Your Majesty..." Hou Sheng was stunned. Before he could finish his words, he fell to the ground and lay motionless.

“Born in sorrow, die in comfort!” King Jian of Qi sighed. The State of Qi was located deep in the East China Sea and had not been disturbed by wars for decades. It was a prosperous scene, but this was also the reason for the demise of the State of Qi!

He understood everything, but there was no chance of redemption!

He picked up the wine glass and brought it to his mouth tremblingly. He struggled internally for a while, but still didn't have the courage to drink it.

Half an hour later, King Jian of Qi led all the civil and military officials to open the city and accept surrender.

From then on, the State of Qi was destroyed and the world was unified.

From now on, there will only be one country on this land, and that is Qin!