Chapter 422: The Battle of Handan (Second Update)
Handan.
This is already the thirteenth day since Handan was besieged.
When the sun rose, Zhao Dan was awakened by the sound of the tsunami outside the city.
After waking up, Zhao Dan's heart was slightly flustered at first, but he immediately calmed down.
To be honest, Zhao Dan has been listening to such a voice for many, many days.
At this moment, Zhao Dan did not live in Miyagi, but had already moved to Guocheng in advance.
Although the various defensive measures in the palace city are actually more perfect than those in Guo Cheng, Zhao Dan knows very well in his heart that the soldiers and civilians of Zhao State who live in Guo Cheng are the key to whether the defense of Handan this time can finally be defended.
Since this is the case, then as the monarch, Zhao Dan must of course live in Guocheng, because this is the most effective way to motivate the morale of Zhao Guo's army and people.
Although morale is something that cannot be seen or touched, it is actually closely related to the victory or defeat of every war.
When an army loses any morale, then it must be followed by a rout and flight.
Zhao Dan opened his eyes, looked around, and found that Queen Han Wan was sleeping soundly, her long eyelashes trembling slightly, her fair skin, her straight nose and her slightly pursed lips were put together, and she had an extremely moving temperament.
In addition, Zhao Dan could also feel a thigh with extremely amazing elasticity pressing on his body.
It feels good in the hand.
Zhao Dan slowly lifted the quilt, not wanting to wake up the person next to him.
However, as soon as he stood up, Han Wan's voice behind him, which was still a little sleepy: "The king is awake?" ”
Women are always easy to wake up, especially if a man leaves suddenly.
Zhao Dan replied and said, "The enemy army is attacking the city again, the widow goes to see the battle situation, and the queen should rest for a while." ”
However, before Zhao Dan's words were finished, Han Wan had already sat up and said, "Xiao Tong is serving the king to change clothes." ”
Dressed, tied up, crowned.
Zhao Dan squinted his eyes and listened to Han Wan's slender jade hand tie up his hair, and asked with some curiosity, "Where have all the palace maids gone?" ”
Although it has always been said that every time Zhao Dan spends the night on Han Wan's side, Han Wan personally does these things for Zhao Dan, but there is no palace maid like today, how can there be a few palace maids serving on weekdays.
Han Wan smiled and said, "Back to the king, a few days ago, I happened to hear that there was a shortage of manpower in the Tai Hospital, so Xiao Tong sent all the palace maids to the Tai Hospital to help. ”
Needless to say, the word Tai Hospital, which should not have appeared in this era, naturally came from Zhao Dan.
It's just that unlike the later Tai Hospital, which was specifically responsible for treating the royal family, the Tai Hospital, which has just been established, is mainly used to treat wounded soldiers.
Zhao Dan attached great importance to this newly established Tai Hospital, and sent all the doctors in Zhao Guogong to treat the wounded soldiers.
This is actually a bit out of line, but after all, it was Zhao Dan's order, and at this moment, the Qi and Wei coalition forces were coming to the city, so naturally no one raised any objections to this.
Zhao Dan was stunned for a moment after hearing Han Wan's words, and then smiled: "This is not bad...... Now that the city is besieged, it is not good to let those palace ladies be idle every day, and they should indeed find something to do. ”
And this incident actually reminded Zhao Dan a little.
Nowadays, although there are many doctors in the Tai Hospital, there is another profession necessary for hospitals in later generations - nurses have not yet appeared.
Although Zhao Dan has not been exposed to the relevant knowledge of nurses, after all, he is from later generations, and he is still very clear about the importance of nurses and the nursing system.
Who doesn't have a few relatives who have been hospitalized......
Soon, Zhao Dan walked out of the door of the room, looked left and right, and walked towards a small building not far away, surrounded by several Zhao State guards.
Since he has left the palace, the place where Zhao Dan lives is naturally not the palace.
Today, 30,000 Zhao soldiers have been stationed in the palace, and the palace city garrisoned by these 30,000 Zhao soldiers will be horns with Guo Cheng, where Zhao Dan is located, to jointly resist the attack of the combined forces of Qi and Wei.
At this moment, the mansion where Zhao Dan is located is a temporary palace, and it is the mansion of Yushi Louchang, who was originally beheaded.
I have to say that this Lou clan is the Duke of Zhao after all, and it has been operating in Zhao for hundreds of years, so there is naturally no shortage of noble heritage or anything.
Therefore, this Knowles Mansion is also extraordinarily magnificent, along the way, there are rockeries, boulders, flowers, plants, pavilions, pavilions, and pavilions, and the color tone of red makes Zhao Dan suddenly have the illusion of returning to a thousand years later.
Compared with modern society, although there are extremely obvious differences in architectural styles in ancient times more than 2,000 years ago, from Zhao Dan's point of view, it is indeed a very beautiful mansion.
At this moment, a sudden burst of sound from a distance attracted Zhao Dan's attention.
Handan City is very large, but no matter how big the city is, it can't withstand the spread of the huge sound of tens of thousands of people at the same time.
Therefore, even if it was several miles away from the city wall, the shouts and killings from above and below the city still clearly reached Zhao Dan's ears.
Zhao Dan stopped, looked towards the south where the voice came, and happened to see the southern city wall of Handan Guocheng a few miles away.
Due to the distance, Zhao Dan could only see many figures running back and forth on the city wall, but judging from the amplitude and speed of the running, it was obvious that the battle was very fierce.
Suddenly, more than a dozen boulders fell from the sky and appeared in Zhao Dan's sight.
"Trebuchet......" Zhao Dan frowned.
Most of these boulders fell into the houses behind the city walls, sending out clouds of dust and smoke, while a small number fell on the city walls, causing many crumbles and dirt to fall.
Zhao Dan stood in place and watched for a while, and then found that he really couldn't see anything, so he shook his head and continued to walk forward.
At this time, if Zhao Dan's heart is not worried, it is definitely fake.
But Zhao Dan also knew very well in his heart that at this time in this war, his identity as a traverser could no longer play a role in turning things around.
What he can rely on is no longer something like ethereal luck or a traverser's aura, but the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians of the Zhao State in this Handan City.
"Can you win?" Almost every night, Zhao Dan interrogated himself like this before going to bed.
It was also on this night that Zhao Dan gave himself the same answer.
"Absolutely!"
Zhao Dan knew very well in his heart that at this time, his every move, word and deed might affect the people around him, and then affect the military and civilians in the entire Handan City from top to bottom.
So no matter whether it is self-consolation or psychological suggestion, in short, Zhao Dan will say to himself dozens or hundreds of times in his heart every day: "This time, the widow will win!" ”
After a while, Zhao Dan walked in front of a small building, and then walked into the first floor of this small building.
On the first floor of this small building is a large hall with many tables, almost all of which have one or several people sitting behind them.
This is the wartime high command of the Zhao State, which is now responsible for all operations in the entire Handan City.
Many generals and officials of the Zhao State went back and forth here, constantly discussing and busy, and the air was filled with a tense atmosphere.
Zhao Dan didn't let the guards inform him in advance, but when he walked in, there were still sharp-eyed people who noticed his arrival.
"I've seen the king!"
These four words seem to have some kind of very strange contagion, almost at the moment when these four words were just spoken, the entire hall on the first floor was completely silent, and everyone focused their eyes on Zhao Dan in a swoop.
The next moment, a sound wave that gathered everyone's voices exploded in the hall: "I've seen the king!" ”
Although he was already mentally prepared, Zhao Dan was still startled by this sudden huge sound, waved his hand with a dry smile, and said, "That...... The widow is here to see, you continue, you continue! ”
So in the next moment, everything was back to the way it was.
The generals and officials should quarrel and discuss, discuss and discuss, and the entire hall on the first floor returned to the state of a lively vegetable market, as if what had just happened had not happened at all.
Zhao Dan: "......"
In fact, this is because Zhao Dan has been running here almost every day these days, so these people have long been accustomed to Zhao Dan's arrival.
Zhao Dan endured the desire to complain in his heart and climbed the stairs, and soon came to the top floor, that is, the third floor.
As soon as he climbed to the third floor, a "thunderous" snoring sound came into Zhao Dan's ears.
Zhao Danleng for a moment, with a funny look on his face, followed the sound, and sure enough, he saw a person lying on a couch in the corner of the third floor sleeping soundly, his white hair scattered all over the ground.
There were several other people in the hall on the third floor, who were obviously accustomed to the thunderous snoring that even the floor trembled, and were not affected by the snoring in any way, but were discussing something fiercely around the table in the center of the hall.
Among these people, there are Pang Xuan, the supreme commander of Handan City, as well as Han Fei, who was temporarily transferred by Zhao Dan to play the role of chief of staff, as well as several other Zhao generals.
Their discussion was so intense that no one noticed Zhao Dan's arrival.
Zhao Dan was amused in his heart, walked straight to these people, and coughed heavily.
"Ladies and gentlemen, what are you talking about?"