The grain and grass were robbed, and it is said that there were tens of thousands of Qin troops, and in front of Pang Nuan, there were more than 50,000 Qin troops under the leadership of Wang Jian who were constantly harassing and could force the crossing of Zhangshui at any time, Pang Nuan was anxious.

On Pang Nuan's side, Sima Shang led a group to fight with the combined forces of Han and Wei, and the fight was inextricable.

As for Li Mu's main force of the Zhao State, after suffering a disastrous defeat in the Battle of Fanwu, they were eager to return to Handan, but along the way, they could generally run into the troops of the 65th Army of Qin everywhere, and the speed of movement was extremely slow.

It can be said that at this moment, the territory of Zhao has become a complete mess.

On the other hand, on the side of the Qin State, in fact, the situation is not much better, the Han and Wei coalition forces are fierce, but after all, they are the two countries' coalition forces, and they are still enemies a moment ago, so they all have their own selfish intentions, and the original army has an advantage in all aspects, but it is not possible to take Sima Shang for a long time.

The Qin army on the southern road led by Wang Jian was blocked by Pang Nuan along the Zhangshui River, and there was no chance to cross the river.

In the territory of Zhao State, the 54th Army, which originally planned to rush to the aid of Wang Qian, was temporarily rerouted and directly inserted into Fanwu through Taiyuan, but it was also stumbling along the way, because the troops led by Li Ling did not completely sweep the small groups of Zhao troops along the line, these Zhao troops who had lost their unified command and dispatch but hated the Qin people to the bone can be said to do everything they could, in order to cause casualties to the Qin army, they did everything.

Poisoning water sources, digging traps, and even pretending to be villagers along the way, suddenly exchanging lives for lives, and before Meng Tian could reach Fanwu, his 54th Army had already suffered very serious non-combat attrition, and the speed of movement was unusually slow.

Zhao Xin's side of the army was divided into three parts, fighting here and there, and there was no connection between them, during which they collided with Li Mu's troops several times, although the two sides did not break out a super-large-scale encounter, but it was also very large.

Besides, Yang Duanhe's tenth army was even more anxious, and all the large and small troops in the north of Zhao were constantly flocking to Handan, and Yang Duanhe wanted to stop all the enemies north of Handan with 30,000 soldiers and horses, and the difficulty of its battle can be imagined.

To say that the only thing that went relatively smoothly was the 38th Army led by Li Ling, and the rumors of the ghost army fighting at night made Li Ling win before fighting, and he relied on automatic rifles during the day to be one-sided.

But when Li Lingbing came to the city of Handan, he also felt the coming crisis.

The drought in Zhao was far beyond Li Ling's imagination, and there were many places he had conquered, except for some military camps, almost every household could not find food, and the crisis was coming.

Facing the magnificent Handan City, Li Ling knew that it was impossible to fight in the short term, and the final result could only be failure.

Can't afford it, the communication is not smooth, the Qin army is fighting on its own, and it can't be withdrawn by itself, Li Ling didn't expect that he would be unstoppable all the way, but he walked into a dead end by himself.

The city wall of Handan is high and strong, all kinds of defense facilities are complete, using all kinds of heavy trebuchets and bed crossbows, Li Ling's troops can not get close to within one kilometer of the city wall, the rifles in the hands of the 38th Army cannot play any role at all, the PF98 120 mm rocket launcher is difficult to pose a threat to the defending enemy, and the 40 fire does not even think about it.

All counting on mortars?

But the number of mortars was limited, and the siege was not very effective.

Unable to find an effective solution, Li Ling finally decided to move out the farm tool 107 rocket launcher again.

"How many days can the grain and grass last?"

"Five days at most, and after five days we have to withdraw anyway."

"Can we get more food, or will everyone eat less?"

"Boss, this is already the minimum, and if it is reduced, the soldiers will not have enough to eat, and they will not be able to fight at all."

"Okay, I know, you go down first."

Listening to the quartermaster's report, Li Ling had a big head for a while.

He was already ordering the soldiers to build a firing position for the 107 rocket, and the range of that thing was long enough to hit the city of Handan directly and pose a threat to the city wall, but there was a fatal problem, that is, the circular error of the arrow bullet was too large.

It is simply impossible to use direct rocket fire, because it is impossible to set up a position within one kilometer of the first kilometer of Handan City, so these arrows and shells can only be fired at Handan City.

When he hits Handan City, regardless of how many civilians will be injured by mistake, even if he razes Handan City to the ground, he still can't attack Handan City.

"Immediately send two people into Handan City to deliver a message, and one person to find the Handan guards, tell them that if they don't surrender early tomorrow morning, we will launch a punitive attack on Handan City, and if we don't surrender the day after tomorrow, we will attack the city in an all-out way! Let another person go directly to Guo Kai, that Guo Kai seems to have some friendship with Lu Buwei, let him tell Guo Kai, Li Mu's army has been defeated by me, don't expect Li Mu to come back to rescue, let him better persuade that King Zhao, make the right choice as soon as possible, don't die until you don't know it. At the same time, transfer this secret letter to Guo Kai, and remember that it must be handed over to Guo Kai by hand, and must not be passed through the hands of others. ”

It was a handwritten letter written by Li Ling to Guo Kai, as for the content of the letter, it was not much, it was nothing more than that if Guo Kai could dissuade King Zhao from making fearless resistance, then Guo Kai would be a hero who saved tens of thousands of Li people in Handan, and at the same time, he would also be rewarded with a thousand gold in the future.

However, at the end of the letter, Li Ling did not forget to remind Guo Kai that he had defeated Li Mu's army, and asked him not to think that Li Mu would come to reinforcements, as for Li Mu's life and death, Li Ling would be happy to listen to Guo Kai's thoughts at that time.

Unable to fight and retreat, Li Ling decided to adopt the tactics of intimidation and inducement.

The reason why he was not in a hurry to wash the ground with the 107 fire cannon was to create a false impression and tell the defenders of Handan that he had 10,000 ways to capture Handan, and he was not afraid of consuming it, but he did not want to make the entire city of Handan miserable, so he did not open fire immediately.

"Let the troops rest and recuperate, and in addition, you have to expand the reconnaissance range of the scouts by another twenty miles, so as to ensure that once Li Mu comes, we can find out and respond as soon as possible."

"Yes, the Admiral understands!"

Li Mu suffered heavy losses in the battle of Fanwu, but it does not mean that there is no threat, in the end, Baili Meng only has 10,000 troops in his hands, and it does not consume energy, Li Mu is still the biggest threat at the moment.

"Oh, by the way, anyway, the army has nothing to do now, you send some people out to search and see if you can find a woman named Xia Yufang."

"Xia Yufang? Boss, why are you still looking for a woman? Is this woman difficult to be the boss, your old friend? ”

"Nonsense, how do I know Xia Yufang, she is the king's sweetheart, if you can find it, maybe the king will be happy and reward you with ten rooms and eight rooms!"

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