The three battle reports from the Qin and Zhao battlefields arrived in Handan almost one after another, and then appeared in front of Zhao Dan in just a quarter of an hour.

In the first battle report, Bai Qi led 200,000 Qin troops to finally break through the defense line of Pang Xuan's department after a fierce and continuous offensive, and Pang Xuan was forced to lead the Zhao army to retreat a hundred miles and deploy defenses at Pigao Pass.

After this battle, Zhao has basically lost its military presence in Hedong County, as long as Bai Qi conquers Pigao Pass again, then the entire Hedong County will return to the hands of the Qin people.

After seeing this battle report, Zhao Dan was also troubled in his heart, Bai Qi is still Bai Qi after all, as long as he does not die for a day, it will be a major threat to Zhao Guo.

Fortunately, soon, the second news comforted Zhao Dan.

Li Muhuo burned Liyang and used the mobility of the cavalry to trick Wang Yu's troops, so that the good news of the heavy losses of the Qin army led by Wang Yu was transmitted back to Zhao Dan's hands.

According to Li Mu's extremely detailed battle report, at least one-third of the land in Guanzhong has been ravaged by Li Mu's cavalry of Zhao State, and it will be difficult to rebuild it in at least the next two or three years.

In this way, although the situation of Hedong County of Zhao State is similar to that of Guanzhong of Qin State, after all, Hedong County is not the most important grain production base of Zhao State at present, but the importance of Guanzhong to Qin State is unique.

From this point of view, exchanging a scrapped Hedong for a half-crippled Guanzhong, Zhao Dan felt that it was really not a loss.

Of course, the premise is that Hedong can be taken down.

Although Li Mu's news gave Zhao Dan a lot of confidence, it also gave Zhao Dan a further understanding of the strength of Bai Qi, a famous general of the Qin State who was famous in the world and was called the "God of War" by many people in later generations.

Lian Po was suppressed in the Battle of Changping, and Pang Xuan was also defeated in the second Battle of Hedong now.

So Zhao Dan was thinking about it, and suddenly found that Bai Qi was really a little too strong.

However, Zhao Dan is not without a candidate to confront Bai Qi.

Li Mu.

From the current point of view, Li Mu seems to be the most reliable and promising general of Zhao who will face off against Bai Qi head-on.

But the problem is that Li Mu is just over thirty years old now, which is still very young by the standards of a general.

At this time, Li Mu met Bai Qi, who was so spicy that it could be said that he had reached the peak level of the whole person's conducting art, and to be honest, Zhao Dan's heart was a little drumming.

In addition, although Li Mu has the experience of commanding the army independently, Li Mu commanded all the cavalry before, and in the future, the army will definitely be supplemented by the infantry as the main cavalry, which is not the command method that Li Mu is used to.

From this point of view, it may be better to let Li Mu command a few real large corps battles first, and then let Li Mu fight against Bai Qi.

Zhao Dan thought about it, and suddenly felt that the current Bai Qi was like a king bomb in the landlord, and as soon as the people of Qin threw it out, they didn't have a good way to deal with it.

"It's just a hell of a life, could it be that the widow just gave up Hedong County to the people of Qin for nothing?"

No way.

Absolutely not.

Not to mention the identity of Hedong County's grain production base, in terms of geographical location alone, Hedong County is extremely important to any of the two countries of Qin and Zhao.

If Qin State gets Hedong County, then Zhao's threat to Qin's Guanzhong will be greatly reduced, and even Qin State can start to threaten Hetao and Shuofang Counties in the northwest of Zhao.

And if Zhao State takes Hedong County in his hands, then Qin Guoguanzhong will be directly exposed to the Zhao army's troops, and the Qin people must invest heavy troops in Hexi to prevent the Zhao army from advancing westward, so naturally there will be no room to do anything to the two counties of Zhao State and Hetao in the north.

If the east of the river is lost, the Hetao and Shuofang will not be protected, and if the east of the river is gained, the Qin State will not be able to move half a step.

This is not Zhao Dan's own judgment, but a common view formed by the wisdom of dozens of military staff officers gathered by the General Staff Headquarters of Zhao Jun.

In addition, the significance of Hedong County's must be protected lies in other aspects.

With his understanding of history, Zhao Dan is keenly aware of one point, that is, it is actually the last and strongest wave of the Qin State.

Bai Qi is already in his sixties, although he was not killed by Qin Wangji as in history, but in today's era, he is already an absolute old man, and his lifespan will not be too long.

Qin Wangji is dead, and Fan Sui is now also dismissed, once Bai Qi dies of old age, then the troika that once made Qin the first power in the world will be completely dispersed.

Ming Jun, virtuous ministers, and famous generals, once this kind of bug-like combination is dispersed, the impact on the Qin State will definitely be very great.

The Qin prince Chu, who is about to succeed to the throne, is actually not highly evaluated in history at all, at best, he can be regarded as a golden mean.

Mi Chen, Cai Ze, and Wang Yu Wang Ling are also relatively ordinary courtiers and generals.

On the other hand, on the side of Zhao State, there are not only Lü Buwei as an internal response within the Qin State, but also the two famous generals of Lian Po and Li Mu (Lian Po lived to be more than eighty years old in history), the older generation of courtiers has Zhao Sheng and Yu Xin, and there will be Lü Buwei in the future.

With these talents in hand, the future of Zhao should be much brighter than that of Qin.

So the problem now is very simple, that is, no matter what, we must pass the current wave.

As long as it withstands the offensive of the Qin people, which can be called a desperate wave, after the white rise is gone, the Qin State will never think of rising again.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhao Dan slammed his hand on the table in front of him, and said to the ministers of Zhao State in front of him in a firm tone: "This time, even if the widow fights Zhao Guoshan to the end, he must take Hedong County back from the hands of the Qin people!" ”

Just when Zhao Dan and the ministers of Zhao were studying what price to persuade other countries to help Zhao to attack Qin, the third battle report was also delivered.

"Hangu Pass has been conquered?" After Zhao Dan heard the news, the surprise on his face was actually greater than the surprise: "Wait, what's going on with this Lian Po, didn't he say that he was going to attack Anyi a while ago?" ”

After reading this good news written by Lian Po himself, Zhao Dan finally understood.

This Lian Po, in order to conceal his intentions, even his own monarch dares to deceive!

Of course, this may not be a lie.

Because according to the letter, after personally inquiring and understanding the topography of the Zhongtiao Mountains, Lian Po confirmed that it was indeed very difficult for the army to pass, and then gave up the plan to copy the back road of Baiqi, and turned to attack Guanzhong.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhao Dan couldn't help but feel the urge to roll his eyes.

However, in view of the fact that Lian Po has indeed conquered Hangu Pass at this moment, and has begun to march towards Guanzhong, Zhao Dan is not concerned with himself.

As the so-called generals are not affected by the orders of the monarch outside, as long as they can win this battle, Zhao Dan actually doesn't care whether Lian Po goes to Hanguguan or Anyi, as long as he can win.

At the same time, a fourth letter arrived.

This is a reply letter from Xinzheng Han Wangran.

According to what Han Wangran said in his heart, the 100,000 Han troops will soon launch an attack on the Wuguan of the Qin State under the leadership of Jin Huang, and if the Wuguan can be conquered, then the Han army will consider continuing to enter the pass along the Wuguan and cooperate with the Zhao army.

After seeing this, Zhao Dan's heart finally completely returned to his stomach.

No matter whether the combat effectiveness of these 100,000 Korean troops is strong or not, it is great news for Zhao Guo.

Zhao Dan let out a sigh of relief, and the smile gradually returned to his face.

Although on the whole, the battle situation in the direction of Qin is still not optimistic, it is obviously too early to say who will win and who will lose.