At night, Zhao Kuo first explored the various tuns, and then returned to the Chinese army, sat with Zhao Fu, took out the map, and looked at it seriously, Zhao Fu said seriously: "When I left, the Yan people were attacking Yi'an City, and the partial division was attacking Fenglong City, and now, they should be besieging Song Zicheng and Yuanshi City, and when we arrived at the battlefield, they would probably gather troops here!" ”

The place that Zhao Fu refers to is an important transportation center connecting the four directions, Shancheng (Baixiang County). Zhao Kuo looked at the map seriously and said: "There are no more cities around that need to be breached, so they will concentrate their forces and attack the city first, then the house city, and then Bairen.... This was followed by a direct attack on Handan. Zhao Fu nodded, frowned and said: "Although the Yan people actually don't have 100,000 people, there are still 70,000 or 80,000 people, just a few thousand..."

Zhao Fu didn't continue, but Zhao Kuo had already understood what he meant, and used 6,000 people to resist 100,000 people, which was to hit a stone with an egg, Zhao Fu said again: "You can't fight in the wild, I know that the walls of the house city are strong, it's better for us to march to the house city and hold here, maybe they can't easily break through, and when they run out of food and grass, they will definitely be able to defeat them." ”

Zhao Kuo shook his head, he said: "Their purpose is not to break through all the cities along the way, they are heading for Handan, if we defend the city, they only need to leave a partial division to besiege us, and the rest of the people can drive straight in, which is not appropriate." ”

When Zhao Fu heard this, he sighed again and was speechless. Zhao Kuo looked at the map in front of him seriously, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Have you ever attacked the logistics line of the Yan people?" Zhao Fu shook his head helplessly and said: "General, it's useless, they may have emptied the treasury of Yan State, they didn't transport grain troops, the grain trucks followed them all the way, and the supplies were enough." ”

Zhao Kuo stood up and paced back and forth, as if he was hesitating about something, Zhao Fu didn't bother him, everyone just looked at him quietly, Zhao Kuo frowned, thought about something, walked back and forth for a long time, and asked, "How many times have you attacked the Yanren's camp?" ”

"Three times."

"You are only a few hundred people, how can you attack?"

"They did not encounter the enemy all the way, and they had to march hastily, so they only rested on the ground at night, did not set up camps, and had little defense, except for a few sentinels, but after I attacked several times, they strengthened their defenses, and we gave up the attack."

Zhao Kuo thought about it seriously, then looked at Ge and said, "Please bring the old soldier who was frightened by General Zhao Fu today!" Ge didn't know what Zhao Kuo wanted to do, but he still stood up, and after a while, he brought the old pawn to Zhao Kuo, the old pawn looked very scared, trembling, Zhao Kuo just got up, he knelt down and begged: "Please forgive the general." ”

Zhao Kuo helped him up with a smile and said, "I don't want to blame your thoughts, may I ask what is your name?" ”

"I'm called Tu...", the old pawn said with some trepidation, Zhao Kuo nodded, and said: "Tu, I have something now, I want to get rid of you, if you want, I can give you a reward, appoint you as the pawn commander, if you don't want to, I won't embarrass you." Tu slowly raised his head and looked at Zhao Kuo, and Zhao Kuo said: "I want to write a letter to Yan Xiangli to persuade him to withdraw from the army, and I want to ask you to help me deliver the letter." ”

"I... I'm this...", the old pawn was a little speechless.

"I will write to Chestnut Belly, even if I don't want to make peace, don't hurt you, I don't know if you want to go?"

The old pawn pondered for a moment, his face turned extremely pale, nodded, and said, "I am willing to go." Zhao Kuo laughed, let people take the bamboo slips, and then wrote, Zhao Fu and the others looked at each other, and they didn't know what Zhao Kuo wanted to do, Zhao Kuo looked around, and then said to one of his doormen: "Please take two horses, as a deputy envoy, escort this captain all the way, rush to the Yan army camp as quickly as possible, and then bring him back." ”

The doorman was not afraid, took the order, and stood behind the old man.

Zhao Kuo brought some meat and entertained them, and then let them go, and the two of them mounted their horses and galloped forward.

After sending them off, Zhao Kuofang hurriedly called another doorman and said: "Please return to Handan quickly and tell Yu Qing that according to my military order, let two thousand people be drawn from the knights stationed in Yanmen and Daijun to wander around Wusui City, and attack the Yan people's baggage carts passing by, or the Yan people's envoys, their purpose is to cut off the connection between the chestnut belly and the Yan country!" ”

"Yui!"

Zhao Fu hurriedly stood up and said, "General, the Yan people don't have a baggage cart at all!" They carried their own grain and did not need to transport baggage. ”

Zhao Kuo's eyes narrowed, and he said, "Soon, they will need it." He hurriedly called Handan Zao and said, "Please call all the people who came with you." He also instructed Ge to untie the chariot and the horses of the chariot, and soon, the young men in the army gathered in the position of the Chinese army, and they didn't know why Zhao Kuo called them here and whispered.

With more than 300 people in Handan, plus more than 200 people brought by Zhao Fu, plus his own disciples, Zhao Kuo found that he could make up nearly 600 elite knights. Zhao Kuo gathered these people around and said, "Please bring enough food and prepare horses, I want to lead you to kill the Yan people." If there is anyone who is afraid, you can tell me now, I will not blame, but once you follow me and set out, you can't retreat halfway, please know the second and third sons. ”

Everyone spread Zhao Kuo's words, and the first to get excited were those aristocratic teenagers, they didn't know what fear was, and they also fantasized in their minds about following the general to take the lead and take the lead with a hundred enemies, isn't this the best opportunity? They shouted one after another, they were willing to follow Zhao Kuo to fight to the death, Zhao Fu did not hesitate, most of them knew Zhao Kuo, and they also thought that they had accepted Zhao Kuo's kindness.

Isn't it an honor to die on the battlefield with such a righteous person?

"We're willing to follow!!"

Zhao Kuo looked at these incomparably determined warriors, his heart was full of courage, and he said, "Please slaughter the animals!" Ge still has to do this, dragged a sheep from the camp, Ge skillfully tied the leg of the sheep, dug a pit, pressed the sheep down, cut the throat of the sheep with a sword, blood sprayed in the pit, the sheep just struggled for a moment, then stopped moving, Ge cut off the sheep's head again, and placed it in front of Zhao Kuo.

This sacrifice was not as solemn as the sacrifice of King Zhao when he set off, but in the hearts of everyone, this sacrifice was extremely sacred, Zhao Kuo looked at everyone seriously, and said: "The Yan people took advantage of the fact that the army of Zhao was in Changping, and took the opportunity to invade Zhao and kill the women and children of Zhao State. ”

"Good!"

Zhao Kuo pulled Goe aside and ordered: "I have something to tell you, this time I will leave with everyone, but this army still needs to be commanded, and I must choose a trusted person to be in charge of this matter, I want to ask you to stay, take the army towards Bairen, don't be in a hurry, just follow the original speed, please must agree, I didn't leave you because you were not brave enough, I left you because I trusted you." ”

Ge was silent for a long time before he nodded.

That night, Zhao Kuo and everyone rode horses, with enough food, prepared enough spare horses, the warriors were extremely excited, wiping the short sword, their faces were full of pride, they thought that they had been recognized by Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo prepared a lot of things this time, almost emptied the baggage in the army, and even brought all the wine bags sent by King Zhao.

Zhao Kuo looked at Zhao Fu on the side and asked, "Do you have anyone under your command who knows the path that can not be discovered by others?" Zhao Fu said seriously: "I know that I came this time and walked on the trail." Because of the war, the people fled in all directions, and there was hardly anyone to be seen. ”

"Okay, let's take this trail."

Zhao Kuo, dressed in military uniform, rode a horse and pointed to the north.

"Towards the direction of Juancheng!!"