Chapter 208: Wang Li's Bitter Battle
Handan came to the first city when he defected to the Qin army with Zhao Tuo.
Li Tangshan looked at the wheat field on the side of the road, the ears of wheat were full of grains and golden. When the wind blows, the wheat waves roll, which makes people feel refreshed. I can't help but think of the poem: "Last year, in this door today, the peach blossoms on the human face were red." The face of the person does not know where to go, and the peach blossoms are still smiling in the spring breeze. At this time, this scene is the portrayal of Li Tangshan's eyes.
Wang Li continued to advance eastward along the Yellow River, stopping his advance not far from Handan, forming a flank from the north and south to attack the capital of Zhao. The strategy used by Wang Li was roughly the same as that used by his grandfather, Wang Qian, to destroy Zhao twenty years earlier.
However, due to the support of Zhao and the support of Qi and Yan, the two coalition forces formed by Zhao and Qi fought tenaciously, and Wang Lijun's offensive along the way was not smooth.
The arrival of Li Tangshan and Panli made Wang Li's depressed face show a rare smile.
Wang Li: "You kid is not in South Vietnam, why do you have time to come here to find me?" ”
Li Tangshan: "I am the son of a sinner, our whereabouts, I hope you will keep it secret for me." ”
Wang Li nodded and said, "You won't come here just to talk to me, right?" What do you say? ”
Li Tangshan laughed: "I'll come over to see the situation in the Central Plains, and I'm ready to save your kid's life at a critical time." Ha ha! ”
Wang Li Shen said with a serious face: "Tangshan, since we went south from the Great Wall, we have been holding on to the Zhao army in the area of Jingcheng Pass, the northern battlefield north of the Yellow River, with the addition of the Yan army, we are in a stalemate with the Zhao, Qi, and Yan armies, and this battle is really uncomfortable. ”
Li Tangshan also said solemnly: "Wang Li, the current stalemate can only be opened when Zhang Hanjun is above the north. The Great Qin Empire is running out, and you have already made plans. How about you come with us to South Vietnam? ”
Wang Li shook his head and didn't speak, he also knew that after Zhang Hanjun crossed the Yellow River, he was still very cautious about the smooth passage of grain. Zhang Han did not use all the troops of the water division to transport grain, but divided them into three. Some of the transport ships were used to transport grain and grass, the other warship was responsible for protecting these transport ships, and some of the warships were patrolling along the river to prevent the sailors of the Zhao-Qi coalition army from sneaking up on the rear grain routes, so that the supply was cut off, and although they also wanted to cut off the supply of the Zhao-Qi coalition army with sailors, the number of ships that could be used for patrolling was no longer enough, and Wang Li also knew that the Qin army was not good at shipbuilding.
What's even worse is that the Qin army's naval division does not have enough strength to annihilate all the naval divisions of the Zhao and Qi coalition forces on the Yellow River, and the cost of the naval division is relatively expensive, so the naval division has not built a large number of pure offensive warships, and Zhao Qi's naval division has not annihilated the strength of the Qin army's naval division, so most of the built ships are used to transport their own grain and grass.
Li Tangshan didn't speak, and sat next to him with Panli waiting for Wang Li's statement.
Wang Li thought for a while and said: "Tangshan, I can't leave the army now, I can't be a deserter!" ”
Li Tangshan understood Wang Li's mood very well at the moment, and said softly: "We can wait slowly, just wait in your military camp for you to understand my good intentions." ”
After Li Tangshan waited for Wang Li's troops for a month, Zhang Han's main force finally appeared, and Wang Li led the main force to Feixiang to meet Zhang Han's main force. When the two main forces of the Great Qin Empire met in Feixiang, the strength reached 400,000. Subsequently, 400,000 Qin troops broke the combined forces of Zhao and Qi, and took advantage of the victory to capture Handan City, the old capital of Zhao.
The victorious Wang Li returned to his main tent, saw Li Tangshan and Panli sitting on a cushion coughing melon seeds, and saw Wang Li come back and said: "Congratulations to General Wang, you have won a great victory." ”
Wang Li was surprised that Li Tangshan knew that he had won a big victory: "How do you know? ”
Li Tangshan pointed outside and said, "Everyone is cheering, I guess you have captured Handan City." ”
Wang Li asked casually: "How should I fight next?" ”
Li Tangshan said slowly: "The city wall of Handan was removed, and the residents moved to Hanoi County? ”
Wang Li asked strangely, "Why?" ”
Li Tangshan said with a smile: "Doing this can eliminate the possibility of them rebelling against the city again." ”
Wang Li patted his head, immediately put on his hat and went to Zhang Han immediately.
Zhang Han quickly ordered the city walls of Handan to be demolished and the local residents forcibly relocated to Hanoi County.
The defeat of the Zhao army and the loss of Handan, Zhao took the initiative to abandon the capital Xindu, moved the country eastward, and retreated into Julu City, during which Chen Yu retreated to the south of Hengshan County and began to collect reinforcements. On the one hand, King Zhao in Julu City relied on the Qi State to make preparations for holding out for a long time, and on the other hand, he urgently asked for help from various countries.
Zhang Han sent his subordinates Wang Li, Shema and Su Jiao to surround the giant deer. He was stationed in the Thorn Plains in the south of Julu City, because Zhang Han had the Yellow River waterway to transport grain, so the Qin people actually maintained contact with the old base in Guanzhong, and had the absolute advantage of troops and grain and grass, laughing at the dying struggle of the Zhao people.
Wang Li came to Li Tangshan excitedly: "Tangshan, it seems that our Great Qin victory is in sight, and we will kill those anti-thieves without leaving." ”
Li Tangshan stretched out his arm lazily and said, "General Wang, you are too happy, the war has just begun, and the overlord of Western Chu has not appeared?" ”
The figure of a 10-year-old child appeared in Wang Li's brain: "Overlord of Western Chu!" When I think about it, when we let that kid go, I can't see how powerful a little fart kid can be. I don't believe it. ”
Li Tangshan smiled: "Let's make a bet!" If you win the battle of Julu, I leave and go back to South Vietnam, and you lose, you go back to South Vietnam with me, bet or not? ”
Wang Li laughed: "Li Tangshan, it's not like I'm bullying you, the result is not obvious, the Great Qin Empire will win!" ”
Li Tangshan also smiled: "Wang Li, I will take you as a promise, you can't go back." ”
Wang Li didn't care and said: "Bet on it, who is afraid of you!" ”
Li Tangshan: "Okay! That's it, climb away from you to be a witness! ”
Chen Yu once sent 5,000 men to fight the Qin army to break through, but no survivors survived.
Therefore, the Zhao army could only sit and wait for the reinforcements of the Zhuxia Restorationists to arrive.
In response to the situation at that time, Zhang Han and Wang Li made new adjustments and arrangements for the strategy of the Qin army. Wang Li's army pursued the Zhao-Qi coalition army into Julu County, besieged the main force of Zhao Wangjunchen and the Zhao-Qi coalition army in Julu City, and sent the general Sujiao to besiege the city to prepare for the siege of the city.
Shema led the cavalry to deploy in the open area of Pingxiang County, directly north of Julu City, to prevent the princes' coalition army from the north to the south to rescue the coalition army, and he set up his command post in the northeast of the city, where the former Zhao Wuling King and the First Emperor once lived: the sand dunes, and built an inner road from the sand dunes to the bottom of Julu City.
Zhang Han set up his own front-line camp in Qiu County, south of Wang Li's army, in the center of the Qingzhang River in the east of the city, to ensure the safety of Wang Lijun's Yongdao from the south, and at the same time, in order to ensure that Aocang's grain could be continuously transported to the Julu front, he built a waiyong road from Wei County to the sand dunes from Wei County along the Qingzhang River. Then he also set up his logistics base in Thorn Plain, because the geographical location of Thorn Plains made it easy to supply grain and grass.
Li Tangshan and Panli moved to the Qingzhang River with Wang Li's army.