Handan.

Zhao Dan received two different pieces of good news at the same time almost on the same day.

The first piece of good news came from the Hedong battlefield.

Zhao Kuo, the captain of Zhao State, led a group of strange soldiers to march for five days and five nights, and conquered the shore gate city with lightning speed!

As a result, one of the two retreats of the Qin army in Hedong County has now been blocked by Zhao State.

As long as Pu Han is taken again, then the Qin army in the entire Hedong County will be cornered and completely become a turtle in the urn!

This news undoubtedly made Zhao Dan overjoyed, and he couldn't help but slap the table fiercely and praised: "Okay, Zhao Kuo is really good!" ”

In fact, to be honest, after knowing the failure in Zhao Kuo'anyi's camp, Zhao Dan's heart was somewhat unhappy.

Although we all know that there is no battle in this world that we will never win and lose, but who is not happy to hear the news of defeat.

But now that Zhao Kuo can achieve such a victory, then Zhao Dan will naturally forget Zhao Kuo's previous defeat.

The winner is always not harsh.

The white rise of history is a clear proof, you must know that the white rose to commit a massacre in Changping, the scale was larger than that of Nanjing during the Anti-Japanese War, and the result was not praised by later generations as the "invincible god of war" and "the first military god of the Warring States".

Therefore, some things are to put it bluntly, that is, the king is the king and the loser, and it is not black and white.

In addition to Zhao Kuo's good news, another news that Zhao Dan received came from the battlefield on the southern front.

Wei Wuji led 20,000 Wei troops to the south in the starry night, and had already rushed to camp outside Pengcheng, and formed a corner with Chu Guochun, Shenjun and Huang Xie in the city to jointly defend against the Qi army.

Moreover, Wei Wuji was very chicken thief, and put on a posture of fanfare, which made the Qi people make a wrong judgment that the Wei army that came was at least about 100,000, so the Qi army was afraid and temporarily stopped the attack on Pengcheng.

It only takes another five to six days to support the 30,000 vanguard army of Zhao State, which is heading south from Handan, to arrive, and in another two or three days, the 70,000 main force of Zhao led by Ju Xin will also arrive.

At that time, the whole situation was completely stabilized.

Zhao Dan let out a long breath, and the nerves that had been tense for the past few days finally relaxed a lot.

Although Zhao Dan also knew that Wei Wuji took the opportunity to kill a horse gun and capture Taoyi, but at the moment, Zhao Dan did not plan to pursue this matter, because it was the main thing to stabilize the Chu State first.

There are always priorities in everything, and for now, the matter of cleaning up Wei Wuji can only be put aside for the time being.

But no matter what, as long as the state of Chu has not collapsed to the end, then it will be out-and-out good news for Zhao Dan.

Thinking about it, Zhao Dan couldn't help but reach out and rub his temples.

Damn, it's really hard to be the king of this country.

Especially in this world of great contention and enemies on all sides, being a monarch doesn't know how many brain cells will die every day.

Zhao Dan thought for a while, and said to Mi Xian in front of him: "How is the situation in Anyi?" ”

Mi Xian replied: "According to General Lian Po's report, there are about 15 to 200,000 Qin troops in Anyi at the moment, and they are facing off against the main force of the coalition army. ”

"What?" Zhao Dan was a little surprised: "Where did Qin Wangji get so many soldiers?" ”

Although it has always been known that Anyi has come to Qin reinforcements, it is only today that the Hedong battlefield has sent accurate information about the number of Qin troops in Anyi for the first time.

Mixian replied: "According to the secret report of Xianyang Lü Buwei, Qin Wangji has sent all the soldiers and horses that can be summoned to Anyi, just to hold Hedong County. ”

Zhao Dan understood as soon as he heard this, good boy, Qin Wangji, this old man, began to gamble on his life again.

Judging from the Battle of Changping, Qin's troops were about 600,000, and about 200,000 were killed or wounded in the Battle of Changping, so the remaining strength of Qin is about 400,000.

At this moment, the Qin State has 250,000 troops fighting in the Chu State, plus the 150,000 to 200,000 troops on the Anyi side, which is almost 400,000.

Thinking of this, Zhao Dan couldn't help laughing: "This Qin Wangji really dares to bet." ”

However, even if Qin Wangji sent another army to the country this time, Zhao Dan's heart was not as nervous as it was during the Battle of Changping.

After all, now the main forces of the Qin State are fighting for life and death with the people of the Chu State, and the Three Jin Coalition Army led by Lian Po is just some scum troops of the Qin State.

By this time, Zhao Dan felt that he seemed to have begun to grasp Qin Wangji's weaknesses.

Irritable.

Yes, this monarch of the Qin State, who can be called a generation of Ming monarchs, finally inevitably began to become impatient under the pressure of the years and the fear of approaching death.

In the Battle of Changping, the Qin State raised the country's troops to attack Zhao, which was actually such a manifestation of impatience.

Otherwise, Qin Wangji could have occupied the Nanshang Party first, and then continued to destroy Korea and then Xu Tu Beishang Party.

The reason why Qin Wangji didn't do this, on the one hand, he was unwilling to be taken advantage of by Zhao Guobai, and on the other hand, there must be a factor that wanted to defeat Zhao State in one battle and completely establish the dominance of the Qin State.

This impatience was not alleviated by the Battle of Changping, but became stronger because of the defeat in the Battle of Changping.

Therefore, after learning that the Xiongnu were forced to attack Zhao in the south, Qin Wangji didn't even have the patience to wait for a victory between the Xiongnu and Zhao to start attacking Chu in a hurry, wanting to get back the two southeastern counties stolen by Chu as soon as possible.

This kind of unbearable performance vividly reflects Qin Wangji's impatience.

In order to achieve this strategic goal, Qin Wangji did not hesitate to bet on all the forces of Qin once again, and dispatched all the soldiers and horses that could be drawn to Hedong County, just to block the footsteps of the Three Jin Alliance.

In Zhao Dan's view, the victory or defeat point of the current battle situation actually lies in who will not be able to hold on first, Chu State or Qin State.

If the state of Chu is the first to collapse, then the state of Qin will not only be able to recapture the two counties in the southeast, but also hope to rely on the victory to unite in diplomacy and cause the three-Jin coalition army formed by the state of Zhao to collapse.

Considering the existence of Wei Guo, an anti-bone boy, such a thing is not impossible.

If that were the case, then the situation would instantly change from Zhao Han Wei Chu to Qin Qi to Zhao Han to Qin Qi Wei, and the balance of power would suddenly turn over.

This is also what Zhao Dan has always been most worried about.

Someone is about to say, it's child's play for you to form this alliance, today it's Zhao State's side, and tomorrow's Qin State side?

Yes, the alliance in the Warring States period was such a child's play, otherwise how did the idiom "Chao Qin and Twilight Chu" come about?

Judging from this idiom, the morning is on the side of the Qin State, and the evening becomes the side of the Chu State, in fact, there is no need to stay overnight.

But judging from another result, if the Three Jin Coalition took the lead in taking Hedong County before the collapse of the Chu State, then the whole situation would be completely different.

Because as long as Hedong County was taken, Guanzhong, the base camp of the Qin State, would be directly exposed to the main force of the Three Jin Coalition Army.

Unless Qin Wangji is tired of being crooked, he must order the main force of the Qin army to retreat to rescue Guanzhong.

In this way, the pressure on the west side of the Chu State will disappear in an instant.

Next, Zhao Dan has a lot of room to operate, he can not only let the 200,000 troops of the Chu State be transferred to the eastern front to deal with the Qi State, but also let the troops of the Chu State attack the Qin State from Wuguan, and form a two-way situation of attacking the enemy with the Sanjin Coalition Army.

The initiative of the entire battlefield was in the hands of Zhao Guo, and Zhao Dan could lead Qin Wangji's nose and go.

said a thousand ways and ten thousand, as long as Zhao State takes Hedong before the collapse of Chu State, it will definitely not be a loss!

Therefore, Zhao Dan felt that Lian Po couldn't grind anymore, and he had to hurry up and finish the war in Hedong County.

After thinking about it properly, Zhao Dan picked up the pen and quickly wrote an order.

Just as he was about to hand the letter into the hands of Mi Xian, Zhao Dan suddenly paused.

"That's right, and summon Han Fei."