A few days later, two pieces of news came to Zhao Dan's ears on the same day.

"The state of Chu ordered Yin Chun Shenjun to successfully capture Qufu after forty days of siege, and the state of Lu perished!"

Regarding this news, Zhao Dan really has no surprises.

After the fall of the Zhongshan Kingdom, the hundreds of princes in the Spring and Autumn Period, except for the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, now there are only two families, Wei and Lu.

Wei Guo has now become a vassal of Wei, and it is basically a state of existence in name only.

So the one who is really still surviving is the Lu country.

The reason why Lu has been able to survive until now has nothing to do with the strength of Lu itself, diplomacy or anything, it is purely because of the mutual containment among the seven heroes of the Warring States, and the three powerful neighbors of Qi, Wei and Chu each have ghosts and do not want to see others annex Lu State, so that Lu State has survived in the gap between the princes.

According to Hu Yiwei's intelligence, when the Chu State launched a war to destroy Lu, the Lu State was able to mobilize more than 10,000 soldiers to meet the battle......

The number of 10,000 is really too little for the seven heroes of the Warring States who are now 100,000 and hundreds of thousands.

So even if the State of Chu had just suffered two major defeats more than a year ago, in terms of the national strength of the State of Chu, it was still too simple to destroy the State of Lu.

To be honest, when he heard the news, Zhao Dan was actually somewhat relieved in his heart.

Previously, the state of Chu had rejected Zhao's request for help under the pretext that he could not be distracted by the extermination of Lu.

Now that the state of Lu has also been destroyed, Chu Wang Yuan can't use such an excuse to prevaricate Zhao Dan, right?

Zhao Dan actually didn't expect the Chu State to help the Zhao State defeat any of the countries in Qin and Weiqi, after all, the scum performance of the Chu State in the last battle of Hedong County did make it difficult for Zhao Dan to have any expectations......

But it must be admitted that the more than 100,000 troops of the Chu State are swinging there, which is a great threat to the Wei State and the Qi State, a threat that must not be ignored.

Whether it is attacking Wei or Qi, these two countries must bring back the army that is besieging Handan, so that the pressure on Handan will be directly reduced by half.

So after hearing the news of the fall of the Lu State, Zhao Dan immediately made a decision without thinking about it: "Come on, spread Zheng Zhu into the palace!" ”

Two hours later, Zheng Zhu, the great governor of Zhao, hurriedly left the palace and headed towards the state of Chu.

This time, Zheng Zhu's task is very simple but also very important, that is, to persuade the Chu State to send troops no matter what!

After sending Zheng Zhu away, Zhao Dan received another piece of news.

Wei Wuji led the main force of the Wei army eastward along the Zhangshui River, landed on the east bank after entering the Yellow River, and captured the Inner Yellow City in the Hejian County of Zhao State.

After Zhao Dan heard the news, he immediately walked to the map in a few steps, looked at the map for a while, and his face immediately became unsightly.

By this time, Zhao Dan had certainly understood Wei Wuji's intentions.

After discovering that the Great Wall of Zhao along the banks of Zhangshui was already an insurmountable moat, Wei Wuji immediately chose to shift his direction, intending to bypass the Southern Great Wall and attack Handan from the east.

"Damn ......"

Now that the Inner Yellow City has been conquered, then there is no need to think about it to know that Wei Wuji will soon cross the Yellow River from a little north of the Inner Yellow City.

As long as he crosses the Yellow River, Wei Wuji only needs one day to completely surround Handan!

This news was quickly known by several important ministers of the Zhao State who came in a hurry, and the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became solemn.

Zhao Dan looked around at everyone present and said in a deep voice: "In your opinion, how should we deal with it now?" ”

Xiangbang Zhao Sheng thought for a while, and said to Zhao Dan: "The minister has the courage to ask the king, has this military information been passed on to the two generals Pang Xuan and Ji Xin?" ”

Zhao Dan nodded and said, "This is natural." ”

Zhao Sheng asked again: "I wonder what the two generals think about this?" ”

Zhao Dan replied: "General Ji Xin has not replied yet, but General Pang Xuan's reply has arrived. ”

The distance between the South Great Wall and Handan is actually very close, plus the intelligence from the front line directly sent two copies to Handan and the South Great Wall, which is why only a few hours later, Pang Xuan's reply was placed on Zhao Dan's table.

Since Wei Wuji chose to attack Handan from the east, then Pang Xuan led his troops to the east of the Yellow River to crush Wei Wuji's attack!

When Si Kou Zhao Bao heard this, he immediately said: "Since this is the case, it is better for the king to order General Pang Xuan to immediately lead the defenders of the Southern Great Wall to the east and crush the Wei army's attempt to cross the river."

Zhao Dan shook his head and sighed, "It's late." ”

It's too late.

Wei Wuji was not stupid at all, and since Wei Wuji's vanguard was going down the river, the speed of action far exceeded that of Zhao's army.

In fact, at the same time as he landed in the river, Wei Wuji had already sent another army to land on the west bank of the Yellow River, and had now successfully established an advance camp on the west bank of the Yellow River.

In this way, even if Pang Xuan was able to lead his army to arrive, it would be completely impossible to prevent Wei Wuji's troops from crossing the Yellow River.

When this result was learned, the solemn atmosphere in the hall was even higher.

The people present were all important ministers of Zhao State, and they all knew what the combat effectiveness of the troops in the hands of Pang Xuan and Ji Xin was.

At this moment, most of the elite troops of Zhao State have been transferred to Guanzhong to fight against Qin, and although there are many troops led by Pang Xuan and Ju Xin on the Handan side, there are 200,000 in total, but their combat effectiveness is far from being comparable to the main force in the direction of Guanzhong.

If it is defended by relying on such an extremely strong defense line as the Southern Great Wall, then with the training of the two generals Pang Xuan and Ji Xin, of course, there is no problem.

But once you are forced to open up a position in the field with the elite troops of Wei led by Wei Wuji like now, and come to fight with real swords and guns, this winning chance is really not too high, to be honest.

After being silent for a while, Li Bocai finally couldn't help but speak: "King, why don't you just let Pang Xuan lead the army back to Handan to defend?" ”

"No." Yu Xin said: "If Pang Xuan returns to Handan, then Wei Wuji may also go north to Julu directly, and fight with the Qi people before and after the drama Xin's department." ”

Zhao Bao interjected: "Then let Ji Xin also return to Handan." Pang Xuan and Ju Xin are united, and there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city, can Wei Wuji still be able to break through Handan? ”

Everyone discussed it for a while, and finally they all set their eyes on Zhao Dan.

After all, only Zhao Dan is the one who can really make up his mind.

At this moment, Zhao Dan was still hesitating.

If it is for the sake of insurance, it seems that it is indeed the safest to directly order Pang Xuan Xixin to shrink back to Handan.

But the problem is that this Wei Wuji just changed the direction of the march, and then Zhao Guo just retreated back to Handan without fighting?

If this is really the case, then it will also have a very serious impact on the morale of Zhao Guo itself.

And anyway, defending Handan is the last step that has to be done, if it weren't for the last moment, Zhao Dan really didn't want to enjoy the feeling of being attacked by enemy soldiers in the city.

After thinking about it, Zhao Dan finally gritted his teeth and made a decision: "General Pang Xuan once said in his letter that even if he was defeated by Wei Wuji, he was confident that he would be able to make the large army withdraw to Handan completely. Since this is the case, then let Pang Xuan lead the troops to fight Wei Wuji first, and then depending on the result! ”