Chapter 116: How to break the promise
Zhao military camp.
Zhao Jia looked at the envoy sent by Meng Fu, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his face showed a contemplative look.
"Peace?"
Zhao Jia muttered in a low voice.
To be honest, although Zhao Jia used Meng Wu as a bargaining chip to threaten Meng Fu, he never thought that the other party would be able to do this.
"This battle was first provoked by the Qin State, and since General Meng Fu is willing to make a truce, I will not refuse."
"You can return to the old general Meng, as long as the Qin army lets the Tu army fortress and is willing to completely withdraw from the land of Shenqi, I will not only agree to a truce, but also be willing to provide the grain and grass needed for the return of the Qin army."
"Is that true?"
When the envoy of the Qin State heard this, his face suddenly showed a look of surprise.
"Seriously!"
Turkish army fortress.
"Father, do you know how much impact this battle will have on my Mengshi and the Qin State?"
Meng Tian hesitated for a long time, but after all, he still couldn't hold back and expressed the doubts in his heart.
Meng Fu glanced at his grandson, then rubbed his brows, and his eyes showed a look of deep exhaustion.
"If not, what then?"
Meng Tian clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and said, "Is it because Zhao Jia threatened his father's life that he forced his eldest father to act like this!" β
Meng Xiao looked at Meng Tian and asked rhetorically, "Then do you think that your father is more important than the entire Mengzhi?" β
Meng Tian heard this, but he lowered his head and did not speak.
Meng Fu sighed: "If you don't answer, then it also shows your attitude, and you also know which is more important, what about me?" β
Speaking of this, Meng Fu got up and walked to the side of the map, looking at Duyi Zhongyang, which was not far from the Turkish army fortress.
After a long time, Meng Fu suddenly turned his head and asked, "Do you really think that Zhongyang is empty, and if I wave my troops north, I can easily capture it?" β
Meng Tian was a little stunned when he heard this, and then asked rhetorically: "There are not many soldiers and horses in the land of Shenqi, Zhao Jia has already taken them all, could it be that there will be more soldiers and horses in Zhongyang?" β
Meng Fu's cloudy eyes showed a sparkle of wisdom, and he sighed: "With Zhao Jia's wisdom, how could he really take away all the soldiers and horses in the land of Shenqi?" β
"Zhao Jia relied on the speed advantage of the cavalry to cut off almost all our ears and eyes, how many soldiers and horses the other party has, who knows?"
Hearing this, Meng Tian couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on his forehead.
He had never thought of this before, thinking that Zhao Jia had taken away all the soldiers and horses in the land of Shenqi, and the Qin army could take advantage of the emptiness of the land of Shenqi to take advantage of the time difference to conquer a large territory, and then take the city to resist the army of Zhao.
Now after listening to Meng Fu's words, Meng Tian suddenly woke up: with Zhao Jia's wisdom and ability to command troops, it is impossible to make such a low-level mistake.
Then there is only one possibility, the 30,000 cavalry shown by Zhao Jia may be just a bluff.
He deliberately made the Qin army think that Zhongyang was empty, and wanted to lure the Turkish army to fortress the Qin army out of the city to attack Zhongyang, and then break it with cavalry.
Although this arrangement seems too scary and meticulous, it is not impossible.
"Even so, we can defend the city to the death, as long as we occupy the fortress of the Turkish army, and when the king sends troops to arrive, the land of Shenqi is not within reach?"
Meng Tian felt that it was unlikely that Qin would really accept this defeat, and there was a high probability that he would continue to send troops.
As long as he and the others can occupy the fortress of the Tu army, the Qin army will easily attack the land of Shenqi, and the Mengshi may also be forgiven by the King of Qin.
"Without food and grass, how can you wait for reinforcements?"
In the face of Meng Fu's inquiry, Meng Tian was silent.
He originally thought that the interior of the land of Shenqi was empty, and he could take the opportunity to attack the city and grab some grain and grass by the way.
Today, that idea seems a bit naΓ―ve.
If you really do that, the tens of thousands of Qin troops in the Turkish army fortress may even fall into the trap laid by Zhao Jiabu.
"What's more, the king and Lu Xiang proposed to raise troops twice, but they were both defeated."
"Not long after the king succeeded to the throne, and not long after Prime Minister LΓΌ took power, two decisions on the fortunes of the country ended in failure, and there was no opposition in the court."
"The king and Lu Xiang, this time to pacify the court is still not enough, will they continue to send troops to expand the war?"
"You must know that if you provoke all the countries to join forces to attack Qin again, even if the king is the king of Qin, I am afraid it will be difficult to end."
When Meng Tian heard this, his eyes showed a complicated look.
It was only at this time that Meng Tian knew that he was still too young compared to his time-honored grandfather.
"Well, Father, he ......"
After the silence, Meng Tian finally mentioned Meng Wu in a hurry.
Falling into such a passive situation this time was inseparable from Meng Wu's improper command, and Meng Tian guessed the general content of the letter, so he didn't dare to ask easily.
Today.
Retirement has become an inevitable trend, but Meng Tian let go of his obsession and began to worry about his father's safety.
"He'll be fine."
Meng Fu didn't seem to want to mention Meng Wu too much, but just responded lightly and began to avoid talking about it.
Although Meng Tian was worried, thinking of his grandfather's temper, he still didn't ask anything after all.
The Turkish army was fortified, and the Qin army slowly withdrew to Qin.
While Zhao Jia sent people to garrison the Turkish army fortress, he also gave enough grain and grass to the Qin army as promised.
After retiring from the Qin army, everyone had a look of defeat on their faces, and they lost their previous confidence and sharpness, but became depressed.
Over the years, although the Qin army has occasionally encountered setbacks, on the whole, it has been based on victory.
Even if there will be defeats, it is because of the unity of the nations.
In such a defeat, although the Qin army was defeated, it was still proud, even if it experienced defeat.
But now, Qin raised 100,000 troops to attack the land of Shenqi, first frustrated his sharp spirit under the city of Pingzhou, and then was broken by Zhao Jia in the Qin realm, and now he has to put down his body to seek peace.
was beaten to the ground by the Zhao army, which had far fewer troops than his own, how proud and arrogant the Qin army was in the past, and how depressed it was at this time.
"Pass on my military order, let the soldiers cheer up, and be cautious against the attack of the Zhao army!"
Meng Wei looked at the mental state of more than 30,000 Qin troops, although he felt uncomfortable in his heart, he still forcibly cheered up after all, and commanded the general next to him.
"Zhao Jia has accepted peace, so I don't dare to go back on my word."
Some Qin generals heard this, but they said so.
Although they were defeated by Zhao Jia and eventually had to withdraw from the Turkish fortress, they were also proud of the Qin state in which they were located.
For a long time.
Only the Qin State dared to break the promise and play tricks on the rest of the countries, and if the rest of the countries dared to do so, they would inevitably welcome the wrath of the Qin State.
The arduous battle to defend Handan was exactly the end of Zhao playing Qin.
Although the war ended in the defeat of the Qin state, it also brought irreparable losses to the Zhao state, as well as incomparably huge wounds.
"Regardless of whether Zhao Jia will break his promise or not, we must be cautious."
At the head of the Turkish army fortress, Zhao Jiamu saw the Qin army leave slowly, and suddenly turned his head to look at Fan Zeng and Sima Shang.
"You say, if I tear up the peace treaty at this time, how about leading the troops to break this Qin army?"
When the two of them heard this, their faces changed greatly.