July 20, 254 BC.

This is destined to be a day that will go down in history for the whole of China.

Because on this day, 350,000 Zhao troops and 450,000 four-nation coalition troops broke out in a fierce battle on the plain outside Suiyang, and this war also had an extremely far-reaching impact on the entire Chinese history in the future, and the history books called this battle "Suiyang Battle".

It was still dawn, and countless soldiers of the Zhao Army had already gotten up under the scolding and urging of their own officials, after a simple wash, they had breakfast, and quickly completed the assembly with the sound of the harsh cymbals, and they opened the camp in a row under the reflection of the first morning light on the horizon, and began to set up a formation on the plain in front of Suiyang City.

Almost at the same time, the large battalion of the Four-Nation Alliance on the other side also completed the assembly and began to set up the camp.

There were 350,000 troops on the Zhao side and 450,000 on the coalition side, and the total strength of the two sides was as much as 800,000.

With an army of 800,000 in front of you, what kind of feeling will it give people?

Shocking, absolutely shocking.

In fact, no one can fully see the whole picture of the two major military formations on both sides, because the soldiers, vehicles, horses, and so on on both sides add up to so many that no matter which direction you look at, you will see an endless number of enemies as black and oppressive as a tide, giving people the illusion that the enemy on the opposite side is really endless.

Undoubtedly, this is a very frightening delusion that scares many recruits before they actually fight.

And this illusion is not even limited to recruits, many veterans who have been on the battlefield have already experienced this feeling, but at this moment they still can't help but nervous, and their bodies are trembling slightly.

Before crossing over, Zhao Dan had seen the kind of big scenes of thousands of troops on the screen many times, the kind of Chinese-style war movies that shocked and talked about people, and the grandeur of the scene was extremely fascinating.

But I have to admit that everything I saw on the big screen was not as real as the real scene in front of me, with flags waving spears like a forest, crowds of people and horseshoe, and boundless like a tide.

On the second day of responding to the war report, Zhao Dan received information from the Qi State that the Qi people had decided to suspend the attack on Dong'e City, but Zhao Dan did not terminate the decision to end the Armageddon because of this, after all, it was already ready at this time and had to be sent.

Today's Zhao Dan is wearing golden armor and a golden crown, and the whole person stands tall on the chariot, and the armor on his body reflects a dazzling light under the sunlight, as if the gods descended to earth, which makes people have an urge not to look directly and want to worship.

Behind Zhao Dan is a huge flag, on the top of the high flagpole the flag is bright red as blood, with a big "Zhao" character written on it, no matter where the Zhao army is arrayed, as long as you turn around and look towards the position in the center of the Zhao army, you can see this flag fluttering high.

All the soldiers of the Zhao army knew that that was where King Zhao's royal banner was.

The king's flag is here, and the king is here!

This is the effect that Zhao Dan wants to achieve, he just wants the 350,000 Zhao soldiers under his command to be able to see this banner at any time when they turn around, knowing that their king is watching them there, looking forward to them fighting until the last moment and winning this big battle!

There are many factors that can determine the outcome of a war, roughly speaking, the right time, place, and people, and if you are more careful, what kind of terrain, strategy, diplomacy, general's command ability, equipment level, and so on.

But what is the most important point? That, of course – morale.

As long as an army retains its high morale, it will fight until the last moment, even in the face of an enemy ten times its size. But if an army loses morale, then even if it faces an enemy that is only one-tenth of itself, it can only become a background board and negative teaching material for a battle in which fewer win more.

It was precisely to boost the morale of the Zhao army that Zhao Dan would come to the front line of the battlefield to cheer for his soldiers.

In the eyes of everyone else, Zhao Dan's move was completely unnecessary, but only Zhao Dan himself knew that this was something he had to do.

In this era, no one has ever had the experience of great unification, and the entire Chinese world believes that there are laws for the decline and rise of every country, and it is impossible for any country to be hegemonic for a long time, and the seven major warring states are destined to survive for a long time.

Judging from this theorem, it is obvious that the Zhao State, which has been silently growing for decades, has reached the time when it should decline.

Zhao Dan knew very well in his heart that since the entire history had been changed by himself, once Zhao Dan was defeated, no one could say whether there would be a Qin State to dominate the world next.

If this defeat caused a huge turning point in the history of the Chinese world, and the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period fell into a complete division like Europe in history, then Zhao Dan felt that he was definitely a sinner for the Chinese nation that would be remembered for 10,000 years.

Therefore, the battle of Suiyang City must not fail, Zhao Dan must lead Zhao to win this victory, he must make Zhao the first dynasty to unify China, so that history can return to the regularity of the great unification of China, and only then can it be determined that this civilization destined to be the most brilliant and magnificent and long-lasting civilization will become the strongest civilization in history!

This is Zhao Dan's responsibility, and it is the responsibility that Zhao Dan must bear for this great nation as a traverser.

Therefore, Zhao Dan is willing to put on any bargaining chips for such a victory, even if this bargaining chip is his own life!

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It took almost two hours for the 350,000 army to assemble and line up alone, and when the sun had slowly moved to a place not far from the highest point in the sky, Lian Pocai, who had been by Zhao Dan's side, finally got feedback from his subordinates, and said to Zhao Dan: "All the king's formations have been completed, and you can send troops." ”

Zhao Dan nodded, and said to Lian Po: "Although the general lets go, the widow will definitely become your most solid backing!" ”

Lian Po saluted, didn't say anything more, but began to give orders: "Pass the order, beat the drum and march!" ”

The rumbling drums began to be beaten, and the battle of Suiyang, which was destined to go down in history, finally began.

Looking down from the sky, it can be seen that whether it is the side of Zhao or the side of the Four Nations Alliance, a posture of the left, center and right armies has formed on both sides.

On Zhao Guo's side, Zhao Dan personally sat in the Chinese army with Lian Po, responsible for coordinating and commanding the entire Zhao State's 350,000 army, Lian Po's old partner and old subordinate Le Cheng General was responsible for commanding the left wing, and another Zhao general, Xu Li, was responsible for the right wing.

On the side of the Four-Nation Alliance, the 150,000 Qin army led by Wang Yi served as the central army, the 150,000 Korean army under the leadership of Jin Huang acted as the left flank, and the 150,000 allied troops of Wei and Chu acted as the right flank.

After receiving the order, the Zhao Guolishi who were on the hundred ox carts behind Zhao Dan and Lian Po immediately waved their arms, raised the drumsticks in their hands vigorously, and struck the cowhide drums placed on the ox carts beside them.

"Knock, knock, knock!"

The heavy drum sound resounded like thunder in everyone's eardrums, and at the same time, the huge royal flag behind Zhao Dan also began to wave, and under the wave of the flag officer, it kept changing one signal after another, giving orders to the generals of the Zhao army in all directions.

With the sound of drums and the release of flags, the large array of the Zhao army began to change slowly, and the left and right wings slowly came out of the formation like two sharp arrows, heading towards the left and right wings of the Four Nations Alliance.

This is also a strategy conceived by the general staff of the Zhao army and the command post of dozens of generals such as Lian Po in the past few days - first weak and then strong.

Among the four-nation alliance in front of him, the strongest must belong to the Qin army, while the second is the Han army, and the weakest is undoubtedly the right wing composed of Wei and Chu.

Therefore, this time, the Zhao army prepared to break the right wing composed of Wei and Chu first, and then it could take advantage of the situation to cover and defeat the central and left armies of the coalition army, so as to win the war.

It is actually very old-fashioned, and it is also a tactic that has been repeated many times in past wars, but old-fashioned does not mean obsolete, on the contrary, the repeated use of this tactic by generals of various countries over the centuries just proves the rationality of this tactic and the success rate it can bring.

However, the Four-Nation Alliance is not without capable people.

Almost at the same time that the Zhao army had just taken action, Wang Di, who was also the commander of the Qin army and the Four Kingdoms Alliance, had already learned about the movements of the Zhao army through his own visual inspection and the reports of the scouts.

The corners of the commander-in-chief of the Four Nations Alliance's mouth twitched slightly, and he turned his head to Wang Ling beside him and said, "The movements of the Zhao army are really the same as what we thought before the war. ”

Wang Ling's face also showed a hint of a smile, and he said, "What the general said is extremely true. But to be honest, this should be the best choice that Lian Po can make in the current situation. ”

Wang Yi nodded, sneered, and said, "That's right, this is indeed the best choice made by the people of Zhao Guoren, but does he really think that the Wei and Chu coalition forces will be defeated so easily?" Also, does he really think that his Chinese army is so indestructible? Well, let's not delay, give the order, beat the drums and march! ”

Wang Yi gave an order, and the same rumbling drums sounded in the rear of the coalition army, and the huge black commander flag of the Qin State began to flutter and dance, and countless soldiers of the Four Nations Alliance Army raised their blades in their hands, gushing out like a tide, shouting and rushing towards the Zhao army several miles away.

Contrary to the Zhao army, it was not the two wings that rushed to the forefront on the side of the Four-Nation Alliance, but the Qin army in the middle, which just formed a "pin" shape.

For Lian Po's tactics of breaking the flank first, Wang Di's response was also very simple, he did not go to reinforce the Wei Chu army on his right flank, but directly chose to break through the Chinese army of Zhao.

As long as the central army of Zhao can be defeated, the left and right wings of the Zhao army will be cut off in an instant, and then the Zhao army will naturally be a big rout.

Of course, Zhao's Chinese army is obviously not so easy to break through, because there is Zhao Dan in the Chinese army, and the morale bonus is extremely strong, and according to common sense, Zhao Dan's Chinese army must also be the strongest force in Zhao.

However, Wang Di is very confident in himself and these Qin soldiers under his command, after all, Wang Di broke through the two lines of defense of Lian Po in Shangdang County in a row, and it was still in the mountains and mountains of Shangdang County, and now Lian Po has no mountain pass as a barrier, Wang Di does not believe that Lian Po can defend his attack at all!

As long as Wei and Chu can delay enough time, then Wang Yi will be able to completely defeat Zhao's Chinese army and win this precious victory for the coalition and the other six countries!

In the billowing smoke and dust, the first wave of soldiers on both sides collided like two monstrous waves, and countless sharp blades waved wantonly in the air, reflecting the dazzling light in the sun.

The Battle of Suiyang kicked off with this extremely tragic first wave of battles.