"General Jin of Wei led an army of 100,000 troops into Yecheng?" When Zhao Dan in Handan City heard the news that Mixian had come to report, it was already a few days later.

The shock of this news to Zhao Dan can be detected just by looking at the extremely surprised expression on his face.

Because of the memories brought by the time-travel, Zhao Dan has always regarded Wei as a "quasi-ally" in his subconscious. In previous meetings, he also tended to pay more attention to the Yan side than to the Wei state.

There is no doubt that this is a mistake.

It is absolutely impossible for a true quasi-ally to openly deploy 100,000 troops in Yecheng, south of the river in Handan City, the capital of Zhao State, at such a critical moment.

This is simply equivalent to Wei Guoren sitting at the gate of Zhao Dan's house with a submachine gun, and the muzzle of the submachine gun is pointed directly at Zhao Dan's bedroom!

After a long while, Zhao Dan barely suppressed the many surprises, angers, incomprehensions and other emotions in his heart, and said to Mi Xian in front of him: "Quickly summon the ministers into the palace to discuss matters!" ”

Looking at the figure of Mixian leaving in a hurry, Zhao Dan's face gradually sank.

It was only at this moment that Zhao Dan suddenly realized that he had made a mistake that he had not noticed all along.

With the butterfly effect that appeared through the crossing, the world has quietly changed, and he can no longer simply apply the history in his previous memory to look at the relationship between Zhao and other countries.

Whether it is an ally or an enemy country, from now on, everyone should re-evaluate and think about the relationship between Zhao and them from the current situation, instead of copying history.

After all, the idiom "Chao Qin and Twilight Chu" was originally used to satirize the vassal states of the Warring States Period that made an alliance with this one today and with that one tomorrow.

However, what made Zhao Dan a little relieved was that at least now that Wei State had not officially launched a war against Zhao State, then this matter should still have a turnaround.

What can be done to resolve this crisis?

Zhao Dan sat there quietly, his face constantly changing, and he fell into a long period of contemplation.

Due to the distance, by the time the ministers of Zhao gathered in front of Zhao Dan, it was already half an hour later.

The number of ministers who arrived this time was four, except for Lian Po, who was absent as usual on the front line, Lin Xiangru, who was bedridden again due to an onset of illness, did not appear.

But it doesn't matter, because a few people in front of Zhao Dan are enough to decide the military affairs of the entire Zhao State.

Mr. Liang Qichao once said, "If you want to make foreign competitiveness, you must make the whole country a military and a citizen." The militarists practiced among the Seven Heroes, only Qin and Zhao······ The king of martial arts, Zhao Zhida Peter also. The king has changed his beard, and he thinks that he is a place to ride and shoot; Teach the people with cavalry and archery, and the so-called people are soldiers. ”

In Liang Qichao's view, King Zhao Wuling, who implemented the "Hufu Cavalry Shooting", is a national leader comparable to Peter the Great, the best emperor in Russian history. Among the reforms implemented by these two emperors, in addition to restoring the country and strengthening the army, the most important thing is - centralization.

Today's Qin State and Zhao State are the two countries with the highest degree of centralization among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, with Qin being the first and Zhao second.

This status quo between the two countries is in line with the trend of the times and the law of historical development, which is why Qin and Zhao were able to stand at the end in the cruel world of the Warring States and compete on the stage of the final finals.

In the middle of the dragon platform, Zhao Dan looked at the ministers in front of him who were still a little unclear, and finally his eyes fell on the body of Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, and slowly spoke: "The king of Wei ordered the general of Wei to lead an army of 100,000 a few days ago, and now he has entered Yecheng. ”

As soon as Zhao Dan's words came out, the four ministers present showed shocked expressions at the same time. None of the people who could sit here were fools, so of course they understood what Wei Guotun Bing Yecheng represented.

Handan is in danger!

Once Wei rebelled against the water and cooperated with Qin, then the Wei army could cross the Zhangshui and go north into the territory of Zhao at any time.

After attacking the territory of Zhao, the Wei army could not only besiege Handan, the capital of Zhao, for beheading tactics, but also attack the other two important towns of Zhao, Wu'an and Zhongmu, and even further attack the cantonment of the Beishang Party, completely cutting off the grain route and back road of the Changping army.

No matter which situation happens, it will be extremely fatal for Zhao Guo.

Of course, the previous monarchs of the Zhao State were not unprepared for the attack from the Wei State. Don't forget that although the protagonists in the idiom "besiege Wei to save Zhao" are Qi and Wei, it is Zhao who is besieged by Wei, and the besieged city is Handan!

Although the result of besieging Wei and saving Zhao was that the Qi army broke the Wei army in Guiling, before the Battle of Guiling broke out, the Wei general Pang Juan had already led the Wei army to break through Handan, forcing the then Zhao monarch Zhao Chenghou to flee in embarrassment.

It was precisely because of the defeat of Handan that the Marquis of Zhao Cheng was later forced to sign an unequal treaty with King Wei Hui in the Zhangshui Alliance.

For Zhao Chenghou and Zhao Guo, this is undoubtedly a great shame.

Therefore, the Marquis of Zhao Cheng and the successive monarchs of Zhao built a Great Wall on the north bank of Zhangshui, the dividing line between Wei and Zhao, to prevent the Wei army from going north again, which is also the Great Wall of the South of Zhao.

After the Southern Great Wall, Zhao's defense capability against Wei was significantly enhanced, and although many wars broke out between the two countries in the following nearly 100 years, Handan was never broken by Wei.

Yushi Lou Chang reluctantly squeezed out a smile and said: "Don't worry, the king, my Zhao State has the strength of the Southern Great Wall, and the Liang and Wei Kingdom can't overcome it in an emergency." ”

Yu Xin snorted when he heard this, and glanced at Lou Chang with an idiot's gaze: "Today, all the soldiers of my Zhao State are gathered on the front line of Changping to fight against the Qin people, even if there is the Southern Great Wall, who will guard it?" ”

As soon as Yu Xin said this, the temperature in the palace seemed to drop by several degrees all at once.

This is the embarrassment of Zhao Guo now.

No soldiers!

Today's Southern Great Wall has drawn a large number of soldiers and horses originally stationed here due to the Battle of Changping, and now there are only two or three thousand soldiers stationed.

Moreover, most of the two or three thousand people are either recruits who have not grown up to the full, or they are old soldiers who can no longer go to the battlefield, and they have no combat effectiveness at all.

It is simply a fool's dream to use such a team to guard the Southern Great Wall that is more than 100 miles long and to guard against the assault of the elite army of 100,000 Wei States.

To protect the front line of the Southern Great Wall, it is simply impossible to do it without tens of thousands of troops.

Troops must be transferred!

But the question is – where do the soldiers come from?

Today's Zhao State, under an almost militaristic system, can be said to be a soldier of all people, and the potential of war has been brought into full play.

As I said before, the Changping front gathered more than half of the young and strong people of Zhao at this moment, with a total of 450,000 troops. Of course, it is not possible for all of them to be combat units, but also to include some personnel of logistics and baggage troops.

And what about a small and a half young people? This small and semi-young man also has a heavy task, that is, he is responsible for transporting grain and grass for the troops on the front line!

From Linzi to Handan of Qi State, and then from Handan to Changping Battlefield, there was a whole thousand miles of distance during this period, and it was necessary to use a large number of chariots, horses, and people to ensure the supply of grain and grass for hundreds of thousands of people on the front line in the Warring States Period, which basically used other small parts of the Zhao State.

Whether it is the Changping battlefield or the grain transporters, this can only be added and not subtracted, and there is no discussion, after all, the overlord Qin State is the number one enemy.

It can be said that in addition to the five northern counties of Zhao State, which still have a force of about 50,000 people, almost all the young men and women of Zhao State have been mobilized and thrown into this great war.

Historically, after the Zhao army was wiped out in the Battle of Changping and killed by Bai Qi, in the subsequent Battle of Handan, most of the defenders of Handan led by Lian Po were composed of underage children, women and the elderly.

Even at the most critical juncture, Zhao Sheng, the prime minister of Zhao State, even sent his wives and concubines to the city wall of Handan, which shows how great Zhao's losses were after the defeat in the First Battle of Changping.

As for the 50,000-strong border army in the five northern counties, although it also retains a certain combat effectiveness, first, it is necessary to guard against the southward movement of the nomads in the north of Zhao State, and secondly, it is even more necessary to be vigilant against the attack that the northeastern neighbor Yan State may launch at any time, which has been completely contained and cannot rush south to help at all.

In this way, although Handan, the capital city located in the southeast of Zhao State and close to the border between Wei and Zhao, has the protection of the Southern Great Wall, where did the soldiers and horses stationed on the Southern Great Wall and resist the Wei army come from, so that all the ministers of Zhao present are a little helpless.

There was silence in the hall.