Chapter 251: Should You Send Troops to Attack Qin Immediately? (1st Update)
It seems that he has been accustomed to Zhao Dan's sudden summons, and this time many ministers of Zhao State arrived quite quickly.
When Mixian introduced the current situation to these ministers, the ministers' faces became a little unpleasant.
For Zhao's strategy of "encircling Qin and saving Chu", the most important thing is, of course, that Qin and Chu will both lose in this battle, lose heavy losses, and win with 1,000 injured enemies and 800 self-losses.
However, due to the fact that the Qin State suddenly sent this strange army led by Wang Ling, which no one expected in advance, the situation on the battlefield is likely to be changed now.
If the whole battle evolved into a great victory for Qin against Chu, then this would definitely be unacceptable to Zhao.
Zhao Dan looked at the ministers of Zhao State in front of him with a solemn face, and asked in a deep voice, "What plan do you have?" ”
Several ministers of Zhao State glanced at each other, and then Zhao Sheng of Xiangbang stood up first and said: "King, in the opinion of the ministers, it is better to send troops to attack Qin immediately!" ”
It must be said that anyone who is in the position of the current leadership of Zhao is very likely to make the decision to attack Qin as soon as possible.
The reason is also very simple, if the state of Chu is about to be defeated soon, then the state of Zhao must immediately send troops to contain the forces of the state of Qin, so that the state of Qin will not occupy too much territory of the state of Chu after defeating the state of Chu.
Zhao Dan listened to Zhao Sheng's words, and his heart was also a little moved, but he didn't speak immediately.
After all, in Zhao Dan's opinion, if he attacked in such a hurry, he always felt a little passive.
To be honest, Zhao Dan didn't like the feeling of being led by the nose by the Qin people, so Zhao Dan decided to wait and see if the other ministers could have better ideas.
To everyone's surprise, Zhao Bao, who was the second to speak, expressed different opinions on Zhao Sheng's statement.
"Now the Qin army is strong, but the Chu army is not completely powerless. In the opinion of the ministers, although the Qin State has the advantage now, the Chu State is not without a chance to win, so the king does not need to send troops immediately. ”
As soon as Zhao Sheng heard Zhao Bao's rebuttal, he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and immediately retorted: "Right now, the Qin army is about to outflank the back of the Chu army, and the battle situation is already very critical. ”
The two were at loggerheads for a while.
Zhao Dan shook his head, looked at Lian Po on the side, and said to Lian Po: "General, in your opinion, should you immediately send troops to attack the east of the Qin River?" ”
Compared with Zhao Sheng or Zhao Bao, Zhao Dan is more willing to listen to Lian Po's opinion on this matter.
Lian Po thought for a moment, and then said: "In the opinion of the minister, this is the time to send troops. ”
Zhao Dan looked at Lian Po with some curiosity and said, "Why is this?" ”
Lian Po big knife: "Now Qin Wangji sent Wang Ji to lead 200,000 troops to attack Chu, and ordered Wang Ling to lead 50,000 strange soldiers along the river to attack Yiling, so it can be inferred that at this moment there must be an empty army in Qin, if you send troops to attack Qin at this moment, then a big thing can be done." ”
Lian Po's meaning is actually very simple, anyway, the Qin State has now been firmly tied up by the battlefield of the Chu State, even if the Zhao State immediately launches an offensive now, it is impossible for the large army of the Qin State to return to help in a moment and a half, this is actually a good opportunity.
Zhao Dan understood Lian Po's thoughts, but he still didn't make a decision, but continued to turn his gaze to the other two important ministers of Zhao State, Yu Xin and Li Bo, who had not yet spoken, and then spoke: "I don't know what the two Qing families have to say about this?" ”
As soon as Zhao Dan's words fell, Yu Xin immediately spoke: "King, in the opinion of the ministers, there is no need to rush this attack on Qin. ”
As soon as Zhao Dan heard Yu Xin's words, he immediately felt that today's meeting was really weird.
The same head of the Gong faction, Zhao Sheng advocated an immediate attack, while Zhao Bao objected.
On the other side, the two generals of the Buyi faction, Yu Xin and Lian Po, also had infighting and took opposite positions on this matter.
Could it be that I got the wrong script today?
At this meeting, Zhao Dan was somewhat surprised to find that the number of people who advocated an immediate attack and those who opposed an immediate attack this time were completely equal, and they were both two.
So everyone unanimously looked at the only important minister of Zhao State in the main hall who still hadn't spoken, Lieutenant Li Bo.
Although there is no principle that the minority obeys the majority in the Zhao political arena, if there are more people on that side, maybe Zhao Dan will be more likely to adopt the plan on that side.
The next moment, Lieber's answer surprised everyone.
I saw that Li Bo was dressed properly, and then coughed: "Great King, the minister is not the one who leads the troops, so whether the Chu State will be quickly defeated by the hands of the Qin State is not something that the minister can say." ”
After listening to Lieber's words, the others in the hall couldn't help but feel the urge to roll their eyes.
This Li Bo actually dumped the pot directly, and he didn't plan to come up with an idea.
But think about whether it is understandable, after all, Li Bo has always been a magistrate, and he has never had the experience of leading troops to fight, and it is indeed difficult for him to judge whether the Qin State has the ability to defeat the Chu State in a short period of time.
So after a short silence, everyone turned their eyes back to Zhao Dan.
Now that it has reached an impasse, it is obvious that Zhao Dan, the monarch, needs to make the final decision.
Zhao Dan frowned, and he was also a little entangled in his heart.
To be honest, if the current leader of the Qin State is Bai Qi, then Zhao Dan will definitely not hesitate to raise troops to attack the Qin State.
Because in Zhao Dan's opinion, as long as Bai Qi led the troops, then no matter how short the Qin State was and how quickly it defeated the Chu State, it would not be surprising at all.
But now the leading general of the Qin State is not Bai Qi, but Wang Yi.
Although Wang Yi is indeed quite heroic, from a historical point of view, his actual ability is not particularly outstanding, and he does not belong to the level of that kind of outstanding famous general, he can only be regarded as a decent general.
Can such a person really defeat the Chu State quickly? Zhao Dan actually had some doubts in his heart.
Moreover, if the troops were sent too early, Zhao Dan was also worried that the Qin people would make peace with the Chu State, and then the Qin army would return from the front line and the Zhao army would have a big battle similar to the Battle of Changping in Hedong County.
To be honest, the current Zhao Dan actually doesn't want to have another battle of Changping with the people of Qin in his heart, because the risk of a big war like this is too high and too high.
It was when Zhao Dan didn't know what to do, and suddenly an idea moved in his mind, and he thought about it.
What appeared in his mind was actually four very simple big words - taking history as a mirror.
The current situation seems to be somewhat similar to when Wei rescued Zhao back then.
The State of Qi back then also didn't want to fight to the death with the central army of the Wei State, which was in full swing.
Since this is the case, then what did Sun Bin and Tian Ji do back then, and now Zhao Dan copies it as it is, and it seems that it can be solved!
So Zhao Dan no longer hesitated, and immediately said: "The widow has decided to send 200,000 troops from now on, and with Wu Xin Junlian as a general, send troops to attack Qin!" ”