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Chapter 515 Should I fight or not?
But the news that soon spread to other countries stunned everyone!

Luoyang was actually taken down?

How can this be?

Everyone who heard the news found it incredible, because that was Luoyang! The former residence of the Zhou emperor!
If you ask which city is the most prosperous, Xianyang or Linzi might have something to say, but if you ask which city has the strongest defense and the greatest reputation, Luoyang says all of you are trash.

Before the prestige of the Zhou emperors became a thing of the past, Luoyang was the holy capital in the eyes of everyone in the world. Successive Zhou emperors had reinforced Luoyang. At that time, the city of Luoyang alone could accommodate a population of hundreds of thousands, and the Zhou emperors could intimidate the princes in all directions just by relying on the capital of Luoyang.

Although the various countries were somewhat shocked that the Tang army defeated the Qin army that was besieging Jinshui City, it was still within the scope of understanding. After all, victory and defeat are common in the military. Fan Yuqi could be considered a famous general after all, and the Qin army had only 50,000 soldiers besieging the city. It was normal for the Tang army to catch the Qin army off guard.

However, the Tang army actually marched 200 miles in one day and one night, and directly turned the defense of Jinshui City into the attack on Luoyang City. Both the marching speed and the results of the siege made people feel like they were listening to a joke!
The first to receive this news were the Wei army, which was still posing in the east of Jinshui City. Although they heard loud shouts of killing in the west the day before yesterday, the Wei army didn't care at all. After all, what does the fight between the Tang army and the Qin army have to do with the Wei State?

If it weren't for the threat from Qin, the commander of the Wei army said that he wanted to lead his troops home long ago. However, he had already asked his soldiers to pretend to do so, shouting at the city wall a few times every day, and then throwing a few stones at random, just like an old actor on the battlefield.

When the Wei general received intelligence in the afternoon that the Tang army had defeated the Qin army in the morning, he thought it was just a bunch of nonsense, because he knew the fighting power of the Tang army. If they defended the city, they could barely make do with their defenses, but if they dared to jump out and get beaten, the Wei army would beat them to a pulp.

Although there was only a city between them and the Qin army, in an era without radio communications, the only way to transmit messages was to cross the Yellow River by people or to have experts sneak past the battle site of the three armies. Therefore, the Wei army commander did not receive a detailed battle report until the next morning.

He was completely dumbfounded. The Tang army actually defeated the Qin army in the siege. Could it be that he drank too much fake wine last night?
He immediately sent someone to deliver the battle report to Daliang, and the commander of the Wei army quickly summoned his generals to discuss whether they should retreat.

After all, the Qin army was defeated, so it seems that the Wei army is of no use here?
It's just that everyone thinks that the Qin army is only defeated occasionally. Whether in terms of national strength, combat power, military strength, economy, etc., Tang can never be Qin's opponent. Moreover, Qin just sent an envoy to ask Wei for assistance in the attack. If they retreat now, they will probably be blamed by Qin again.

There is no way. A weak country has no diplomacy. Wei's national strength is now almost the third from the bottom, only slightly stronger than Tang and Yan. But Yan is far away in the bitter cold land of northeast. No one can beat it except Qi and Zhao, so Wei can only face the pressure of Qin alone!
As the saying goes, things that cannot be solved before the meeting basically cannot be solved after the meeting, so the commander-in-chief of Wei decided to wait for the decision of the King of Wei.

The result!
Before any news came from the King of Wei, news came that the Tang army had captured Luoyang!
How can this be?

The commander of the Wei army was stunned. Looking at the soldiers who were still forming battle formations to attack Jinshui City and the Tang soldiers on the city wall with green eyes, he felt like he was going to be torn to pieces in the next moment!
Now there was no need to wait for any news from the King of Wei. The Wei army even abandoned the siege equipment and food supplies and directly changed from an all-out charge to an all-out retreat, because they were afraid that they would not be able to leave if they were late for even a second.

Morale is something that cannot be seen or touched but exists in reality, just like the will of the people!
When morale is high, they can even fight across eras, and rifles can defeat airplanes and cannons.

But if morale is low, no matter how well-equipped the troops are, they are only used to transport supplies. After these two great victories, all the Tang army had a mentality of "I can do it if I do it". Originally, everyone was a little afraid of the Qin army and felt that they could not beat them at all.

And now?

A group of soldiers who stayed behind in Jinshui City just wondered why they were not selected in the first place. So-and-so was standing guard with them the day before yesterday, and the other party just ate half a bowl of rice more than them every day. Why was he chosen to be a heavy armored soldier?
It is said that with the two big victories the day before yesterday and last night alone, that person has been awarded two great merits and can be divided into hundreds of acres of land!

In other words, the generals in charge of defending the city did not dare to go into battle on their own without receiving orders, otherwise these Wei troops would probably have become the achievements of these guys who were eager to make merit.

The Wei State only felt fear, but when the Qin State in Xianyang received the news, all the civil and military officials were stunned.

Because it was a thousand miles from Luoyang to Xianyang, even an expert would need two days to run there, so it was already the next night when the King of Qin received the news of the defeat in Jinshui City!
On the morning of the third day, King Ying Zheng of Qin had a private meeting with Prime Minister Lu Buwei who had hurried over. Ying Zheng was now in his early twenties. Although conflicts had arisen between him and Lu Buwei over the power of government, the two had not yet officially fallen out.

Besides, although the two of them have conflicts, they are both people who consider the overall situation. In the current situation, they naturally have to put the overall situation first!

So the two of them discussed privately for a long time and felt that they must give the Tang State a strong warning, otherwise, would the Qin State still be able to continue to be the leader in the future?
On the morning of the fourth day, all the people of Qin were attending a court meeting in the Zhangtai Palace. When they learned that the Tang soldiers had actually defeated the 50,000-strong army under Nei Shi Teng, everyone found it a little unbelievable.

But no one took this matter too seriously. After all, people make mistakes and horses stumble. Nei Shiteng was not a famous general, and the soldiers he brought were just ordinary soldiers. It was no big deal to lose occasionally.

A group of people immediately recommended their generals to go and get back the advantage. After all, the Qin State was now the leader in the world, and the Tang State, the last among the nations, actually dared to humiliate the Qin State. It was simply courting death.

But before everyone could discuss whether to send 80,000 or 100,000 troops, and who would take the position of general, the messenger who suddenly rushed into the hall stunned everyone.

Luoyang is lost?

How can this be?

Wang Jian did not dare to capture Luoyang even though he led an army of 400,000. It was the Zhou emperor who surrendered on his own initiative when he knew the situation was hopeless. No matter how useless Nei Shi Teng was, it was impossible for him to lose Luoyang so quickly!

(End of this chapter)