735 pressure, save strength
"Borrowing the way" is just a more beautiful statement on the surface, in fact, King Zhao colluded with Xihu to facilitate Xihu's attack on Daqin Daxing, and this is a good thing that King Zhao talked about with Xihu before.
For King Zhao, the Great Qin Land is vast, and if Xihu can help him win the throne, what does it matter if he divides several cities to Xihu. Left and right, when he sits firmly on the throne, he can still beat Xihu back.
King Zhao symbolically took out Xihu's letter of state and asked for the opinions of his staff. King Zhao's staff knew the inside story, and they understood that King Zhao did not want to bear the infamy of colluding with the enemy country on his own initiative, and needed them to give them a step down, so that King Zhao could "reluctantly" agree to Xihu's "borrowing".
The staff did not disappoint King Zhao, as usual, there were those who supported and opposed, and after a battle of words between the two sides, in the end, it was naturally the supporters who praised the upper hand, and King Zhao, under the persuasion of a group of staff, finally agreed to let Xihu "borrow the way".
In order not to let people catch the handle, the letters replying to Emperor Xihu were all written by his staff, and King Zhao didn't even touch them.
The matter was thus decided, and King Zhao immediately passed the news to the Xihu army. Then he waited for the Xihu army to enter Great Qin, and carried it with Qin Shanyan's soldiers and horses.
He wanted to see how Qin Shiyan's 200,000 soldiers and horses could confront Xihu's 500,000 soldiers and horses, and how he could send people to resist his 200,000 horses.
It takes time for news to come and go, and it also takes time for the Xihu army to enter the station, which is enough time for King Zhao to recuperate, and enough for Qin Xiaoyan to write about the situation in the northwest to the old emperor.
Xihu's 500,000 troops pressed the border, and also colluded with King Zhao, the situation in the northwest can be described as very dangerous, and when Qin Xiaoyan wrote a letter to the old emperor, he added two more points, and almost said that the country was broken.
In fact, in the face of an army of 700,000, Qin Xiaoyan was indeed under a lot of pressure, if it weren't for the fact that the person who led the troops in Xihu this time was Feng Yao, Qin Xiaoyan would definitely not be able to sit calmly in the camp and drink tea.
Yes, when the discussion of the deputy general was in full swing, His Royal Highness Qin was holding a cup of fragrant tea and tasting it slowly. It is said that the fragrant tea is a bit too much, this tea was prepared for him by Gu Qiancheng, and it is said that it has a refreshing effect, and I don't know if there is His Royal Highness Qin or not, because his energy is the same whether he drinks it or not.
In the face of the 700,000 army, the lieutenant generals were so anxious that the corners of their mouths were foaming, you and I spoke fiercely, and His Royal Highness Qin also listened carefully, but there was not much nervousness in that attitude.
The lieutenant generals quarreled fiercely at first, but they didn't notice His Highness Qin's abnormality, and when they paused, they found that His Highness Qin was not in a hurry at all.
"Your Highness, aren't you worried about this?" General Cheng couldn't hide his words, so he immediately asked.
"Xihu's 500,000 army is pressing the border, do you think the palace is worried?" His Royal Highness Qin didn't ask but answered, General Cheng pointed to the teacup in front of him, "This is not ......" Look at Your Highness, you are not in a hurry.
"Isn't it? Can't Hongu even have a cup of tea? Qin Xiaoyan held the teacup with a dissatisfied expression, and General Cheng hurriedly shook his head: "No, it's not." "It has nothing to do with drinking tea, it's mainly Your Highness's expression, and you can't see any nervousness and uneasiness at all.
"Not the best." Qin Shiyan put down the teacup, "Xihu is under the pressure of 500,000, and the 20th army of King Zhao is eyeing it from the side, how can this palace not be in a hurry, but what's the use of being in a hurry?" No matter how anxious we are, we can't change the fact that King Zhao colluded with Xihu, instead of arguing here, it is better to find a way to drag down Xihu's army, so that we can wait for reinforcements. ”
200,000 against 700,000 horses, this is not beatable at all, and there was a huge disparity in the strength of troops in the era of cold weapons, and there was only a share of defeat.
"King Zhao borrowed from Xihu, and there will be no obstacles between Xihu and me, and we can't stop Xihu's soldiers and horses at all." General Cheng hung his head, like a defeated rooster.
"If you can't stop it, you have to stop it!" Qin Shiyan knew that he could wait for the rescuers, and it was very fast.
The king of Pingxi County has 150,000 soldiers and horses, and he has not yet returned to Beijing, and if there is no accident, the fastest army of soldiers and horses will be able to join them in less than five days.
With these 150,000 horses here, they can hold out a little longer, at least until the imperial court sends reinforcements.
"Xihu is still thousands of miles away from us, we can take King Zhao first, or weaken King Zhao's forces, and solve the hidden danger of King Zhao first." Yan leaned forward and put forward his opinion.
As soon as Yan Tan's words came out, someone immediately retorted, "No, we are fighting to the death with King Zhao now, wouldn't the Xihu people pick up the cheap." ”
"If we don't fight, when Xihu and King Zhao meet, our pressure will be even greater. When the time comes, 700,000 soldiers and horses will come out, and we will not have the strength to resist at all. There are also those who agree with the rhetorical approach.
"When we are exhausted, we have no chance of winning in the face of Xihu's 500,000 horses."
In front of them are two groups of ferocious wolves, they have too few people in their hands, and no matter what they do, they will end up staggering.
"If there is no chance of winning, we must first reduce King Zhao's troops, and we can't let King Zhao and Xihu have the possibility of cooperating again." If the disparity between the strength of the two sides is too large, there is a possibility that it will be swallowed up.
If they weaken King Zhao's strength, Xihu will definitely swallow King Zhao's men and horses directly, and King Zhao will naturally not be reconciled, maybe the two sides will bite each other.
"It's too difficult to beat King Zhao, King Zhao deliberately grabbed a batch of grain, it must be to hide in Qingzhou City, so that we can compete with Xihu, and he will come out to pick up the cheap." The opposing generals are also very reasonable. Qingzhou City is not so easy to attack, and that sheep intestine path is enough to make the army suffer.
King Zhao suffered a loss on the sheep intestine path, and he will definitely set up an ambush there and wait for them to send it to the door.
The two sides had their own reasoning, and no one could convince anyone, and then they quarreled again......
The two sides quarreled for a long time, and it was not until His Royal Highness Qin finished drinking the third cup of tea that these people stopped, and each sent a representative to step forward and say, "Please make a decision!" ”
The people below can't decide what to do, so naturally the boss has the final say, Qin Xiaoyan is not polite, and said directly: "There is no need to capture Qingzhou City, just trap King Zhao in it, so that he can't join forces with the Xihu army." General Luo, you take 10,000 horses to defend that path, and once King Zhao wants to send troops, he will drag them at any cost. ”
In fact, Qin Shiyan didn't think that King Zhao would send troops, and sending 10,000 people to guard it was just in case.
"Yes." General Luo stepped forward to receive the order.
He happened to be a little injured before, and he would be a little unable to kill the enemy on the battlefield, but now he is just right to mark people.
"General Yan, take your soldiers, repair the city wall, and dig a battle road two hundred miles away from the city gate." Their main enemy is the Northwest Army, which is about to fight.
"Yes." Although Yan Tian mentioned that he would defeat King Zhao first, he never refuted Qin Xiaoyan's orders.
Before His Highness Qin gave an order, he could have an opinion, and once His Highness Qin issued an order, he only needed to do it.
"General Cheng......" Qin said one by one, and each of the lieutenants present had their own tasks.
Hearing Qin Shiyan's order, everyone also understood that His Royal Highness Qin was on the defensive, trying to maintain his strength as much as possible, and avoiding a head-to-head confrontation with the Xihu army, but it was just ......
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