Zhao Dan sat on the top of the main hall of Longtai with a calm face, quietly listening to the reports of the ministers in front of him.

A huge map was hung next to the main hall, and Pang Xuan stood in front of the map with a baton in his hand, pointing and pointing on the map.

This was supposed to be Zhao Sheng's power, but Zhao Sheng shirked this errand to Pang Xuan on the grounds of exhaustion, God knows how a man who had to spend the night in the concubine's room every night could be exhausted and unable to support it because of the few minutes he spent standing in front of the map.

I saw Pang Xuan say: "According to the latest information from Guanzhong, as early as a few days or even earlier, King Chu of Qin had already issued an order to let Wang Qian's troops march east from Yiqu City. According to the time and general direction, Wang Qian's troops should have crossed Luoshui and surrounded Peng Yacheng in Xihe County. ”

Hexi originally belonged to the three assistants of the Qin State, but after it was placed under the command of the Zhao State, it was renamed Xihe County, and the name of the upper county remained unchanged.

Zhao Dan nodded slightly, motioning for Pang Xuan to continue.

Pang Xuan's baton slowly moved eastward on the map, and continued: "There are only two thousand defenders in Peng Yacheng, and this army facing Wang Jian must not last long, and the fall is only a matter of these few days. According to the judgment of the General Staff, after conquering Peng Yacheng, Wang Qian's troops are likely to choose to continue to advance eastward, striving to capture Shaoliang City. ”

Located on the east bank of the Yellow River, Shaoliang City was built by Wei Wenhou in order to contain the Qin State, and is now the seat of Xihe County of the Zhao State.

Located at the intersection of the three counties of Seoha-gun, Shang-gun, and Hedong-gun, this castle is probably the central point of an equilateral triangle, and its geographical location is very important.

Zhao Dan asked: "The widow also arranged 30,000 defenders in Xihe County, plus there are at least 50,000 people requisitioned locally, can't they hold Shaoliang City?" ”

Pang Xuan thought for a while and said, "My lord, with all due respect, after all, Xihe County and Shangjun have just returned to Shun, and the people's hearts are still towards the Qin State. ”

Although he didn't say it directly, the people present knew very well what Pang Xuan meant.

If you don't get the support of the local people, this battle will not be easy to fight.

Zhao Dan frowned and did not speak.

Pang Xuan continued: "But Wang Jian is not the only one who is going, according to the latest information, the Qin army in Yin Jin City is also about to move, and it seems that there are signs of going out. In this way, Wang Jian may also go south to take Wang Cheng first, and then conquer Yuanli and Wang Cheng all the way, so that most of Xihe County will be in his hands, and then he can slowly attack Shaoliang City and Pang Fancheng. ”

Zhao Dan's fingers kept tapping lightly on the table, and only after a while did he say, "So you can't determine Wang Qian's movements now?" ”

Pang Xuan said: "Yes, the king." These two lines of march are one radical and the other conservative, but because Wang Jian has not yet had the experience of leading the army alone, it is difficult to judge his combat style. ”

Zhao Dan thought for a while, and suddenly showed a smile: "Going south is a more conservative route, right?" The widow felt that Wang Jian should go south. However, Xihe County is really far away from Handan, and it is estimated that by the time the widow's messenger arrives, Yuanli City and Wangcheng will almost fall......"

"In this way, you immediately sent an order to the Hedong County side, so that they should first prepare to deal with the Qin army's crossing of the river. Also, Li Mu should have gathered the troops almost when he calculated the time, right? Let him hurry up and go south to put a little pressure on Guanzhong, and don't let Wang Jian continue to go east so swaggeringly,"

Regarding the battlefield of Qin in the west, Zhao Dan actually didn't care very much.

It's just a Xihe County, and even if the Qin people occupy it temporarily, it doesn't matter, as long as Hangu Pass is blocked.

As for the detour to Wuguan, Zhao Dan felt that Wang Jian should not have the courage, and Qin Wang Chu did not have the courage to let Wang Jian leave Guanzhong.

If the people of Qin don't come to make trouble, Zhao will be able to defeat South Korea smoothly, which is the most important thing.

At this time, in fact, there is no need to care about the gains and losses of one city and one place, but to look at the overall situation.

In fact, the occupation of Xihe County is not necessarily a bad thing, because most of the people in Xihe County are the people of Qin, so when Zhao State occupies Xihe County again in the future, they can identify and kill those guys who dare to stand with the Qin army when the Qin army arrives, so that if it is repeated, there will not be many people in Xihe County who are no longer loyal to the Qin State.

In that year, Taizong Zhao Er of the Northern Song Dynasty failed to conquer the sixteen states of Yanyun twice, and then the common people and gentry of the entire sixteen states of Yanyun were killed by the Liao State after these two wars, and as a result, the rule of the Liao State in the sixteen states of Yanyun was extremely stable, and there was no large-scale rebellion until the destruction of the Liao State, which can be said to be the best example of pig teammates.

Zhao Dan threw away the strange thoughts in his heart and said, "By the way, there is still a lack of a general in Xihe County, right?" Just let Xu Li go. ”

Xu Li is now the resident general of the Zhao State Praetorian Guard, responsible for guarding the palace city, because of the characteristics of grassroots background, so he is very trusted by Zhao Dan, this time it is just a chance to give Xu Li a chance to take charge of himself, to see if this relatively calm general can have any surprises, anyway, it doesn't matter if it is messed up, it will not affect the overall situation.

Even if the problem of the Qin State was temporarily solved, Zhao Dan asked again: "What is the movement of the Chu State?" The widow heard that Chu Wangyuan planned to fight to the end with the widow this time. ”

Due to the increase in influence caused by the gradual growth of Zhao over the years, it has also facilitated the infiltration of Hu Yiwei of Zhao in various countries, and many ministers of other countries will secretly hook up with Hu Yiwei, and pass on some rumors on some non-critical matters, so as to make personal favors or something.

With this kind of favor, even if his country is destroyed by Zhao State in the future, he can still use it as his own vote to continue to mix in the officialdom of Zhao State, right?

Looking at the other four countries today, it is the Chu State that has been infiltrated by the Hu Yiwei of the Zhao State the most, because the centripetal force of the Chu State is the lowest, and the monarch's control over the courtiers is also the lowest.

So only three days after the meeting in Yingdu, Zhao Dan already clearly knew the content of that meeting, and the report submitted by Hu Yiwei was even specific to every word that Chu Wangyuan said, God knows how these guys did it.

Pang Xuan replied: "Back to the king, now the Chu army has arrived in Xianghe City under the leadership of Chunshenjun Huang Xie, and it is about four to five days away from Yangzhai. ”

Zhao Dan snorted and said, "This Chu Wangyuan is really fast, if he says so, does he want to surround Juqing?" ”

If you look at the map, you can see that the current territory of Korea is probably a less regular square, and the capital of South Korea, Xinzheng, is located in the upper right corner of this square, near the Zhao Kingdom.

In this Zhao State's attack plan, the main force led by Lian Po also attacked Xinzheng directly from the upper right corner, and then the partial division led by Ju Xin was outflanked from the upper left corner, striving to completely separate the place where Xinzheng was located from the rest of Korea.

In fact, this plan has now been carried out to the last step, as long as Yang Zhai can be taken, then Xinzheng will be completely separated from other big cities in South Korea, such as Wancheng, Luyang, Dengcheng, etc., and the Han army in Xinzheng City will really become a turtle in the urn.

Obviously, the people of Chu also saw this, so Huang Xie also went straight to Yang Zhai after sending troops, just to smash Zhao State's plot and prevent Zhao State's plan to isolate Xinzheng City from succeeding.

Yu Xin suddenly spoke: "Didn't the king already send the earth-shaking thunder to General Ji Xin?" You can let him use the earth-shaking thunder to try if he can break through Yang Zhai City. ”

Soon after Zhao Dan watched the experiment of gunpowder, that is, the earth-shaking thunder, Zhao Dan secretly held a second experiment in the palace city of Zhao State, so that all the important ministers of Zhao State in Handan participated in watching the experiment, and asked them to ask a few craftsmen on the spot, so Yu Xin was relatively aware of the earth-shaking thunder.

Pang Xuan said: "In General Ju Xin's latest report, it has been stated that he is trying to bury the earth-shaking thunder in Yangzhai City, but Yangzhai City is a big city after all, not comparable to a small city like Yiqu City, so it is still impossible to draw a conclusion about the effect." ”

Zhao Dan also had a headache, thinking that as soon as the gunpowder came out, he would be able to kill the Quartet, but what he didn't expect was that the power was not enough.

In fact, if there is only gunpowder, then it is not enough to change the situation of war, there must be things like guns, cannons, and then more powerful bombs, and even a complete set of supporting industrial systems, so that war can truly enter the era of hot weapons.

Speaking of the current Zhao State, he is actually still wandering around outside the gate of the Hot Weapon Era.

Of course, Zhao Dan had already told Yu Zhen about these things, and asked the craftsmen of Zhao Guo to hurry up and find a way to make them, but whether they could be made or when they could be made is not at all accurate.

Zhao Dan knocked on the table with some unhappiness and said, "Send someone to inform the drama Qing immediately, if you can't take Yang Zhai in time, then retreat first." ”

Zhao Dan is not very worried about fighting a protracted war, after all, Zhao's national strength is still very strong, and the supply of various military supplies, especially food and ordnance, is very sufficient, and the main battlefield is outside Zhao's country, if it drags on, it will definitely not be the side that will be dragged down.

"By the way, what is the movement of the Qi people?" Zhao Dan asked.

This time it was Daxing Zheng Zhu who answered Zhao Dan: "King, a letter has just been delivered from Linzi, saying that Qi Wangjian has made a decision under the persuasion of Xiangbang Housheng and stayed out of this war. ”

Zhao Dan nodded, but he was not too surprised.

After all, in Zhao Dan's opinion, isn't that Qi Wangjian in history like this, it's normal.

Speaking of which, after Zhao Dan crossed over, this Qi Wang Jian always fought against Zhao Guo, which is an abnormal performance......

But thinking about it, it may be understandable, after all, the historical Qin State is in the westernmost part, and it is too far away from the Qi State, and the long distance is easy for people to ignore the danger of the Qin State.

But in any case, as long as Qi does not participate in this war, it is very good news for Zhao State.

So Zhao Dan also showed a smile on his face and said, "Very good, Zheng Qingru remember to pay close attention to the diplomatic work of the Qi State, and it is your great achievement to stabilize the Qi State." ”

Ji Xin said very respectfully: "Oh! ”

After a while, several ministers of Zhao State left Longtai one after another, and Zhao Dan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he watched these ministers leave.

Everything seems to be going well, so I hope we can continue to do it until the end.