Chapter 9: A short pre-battle narrative
I thought so, but when I saw the eager expressions of everyone below, the words of rejection just came to my lips but didn't say it.
Zhao Kuo knocked on the desk in front of him, thought quietly, and said after a while: "Since the general came to Changping, he has not met Wang Yi, and this time the general will personally lead the team, and he will meet this left chief of the Qin State for a while." ”
As soon as Zhao Kuo's words fell, the result attracted the unanimous opposition of the generals below. Qian Jian, who took the lead just now, stood up and resolutely opposed the general's easy involvement in danger: "The general can't, the battlefield has been the place of death and life since ancient times, and now the lifeblood of the Zhao State is all in the hands of the general alone, how can the general easily set foot in the danger!" ”
Zhao Kuo was noncommittal to Qian Jian's words, looking at the excited expressions of the crowd below, he said softly: "Is Wang Ji the chief general of the Qin army?" ”
"This?" Faced with Zhao Kuo's understated question, Qian Jian looked embarrassed and didn't know how to answer.
"Wang Ji is the commander of the Qin army, and he personally led the troops to attack our fortress. I'm just going out to meet the enemy, and I'll see what you become one by one. Could it be that what Wang Yi can do, can't I Zhao Kuo do? Zhao Kuo stared at the generals to see which of them dared to say a word.
"The last general is willing to meet the enemy with the general, and I hope that the general will be gracious." Qian Jian couldn't persuade Zhao Kuo, so he could only choose to retreat.
"Yes, this time, General Qian will accompany the general to meet this Wang Yi for a while. Herald, pass the order, beat the drum to meet the enemy! Zhao Kuo picked up the sword hanging on the side, pinned it to his waist, pulled Qian Jian and walked out.
The war drums set up on the high place were beaten by the drummers, and Qian Jian's soldiers and horses quickly assembled at the old pass with the sound of the drums, and soon nearly 80,000 horses were on the bank of Chen Ge Pass, waiting for Zhao Kuo and Qian Jian to lead them out of the pass to kill the enemy.
Zhao Kuo sat on the high-headed horse, looked at the eager expressions of the soldiers below, and roared loudly: "Soldiers, Qin Guoxing's unrighteous army invaded my territory, do you have the courage to fight to the death with them?" ”
"Yes, yes, yes!"
"Okay, let's show the majesty of our Zhao State this time, and let Qin Jun take a look. Shangdang County is not a place where they can come and go when they want, switch! ”
Therefore, the closed gate was forcefully opened, and Zhao Kuo took the lead, leading 80,000 Zhao soldiers to go outside the gate to fight the invading Qin army.
Wang Ji led the troops before they approached, but they saw the Zhao army swarming out of the old pass. He hurriedly stopped the marching troops, formed a phalanx nearby, and quietly waited for Zhao Guo's attack.
After Zhao Kuo led the Zhao army's foot soldiers out of the customs, he instructed Qian Jian to command the phalanx layout, and he rode a war horse under his crotch to the Qin army slowly.
"Can General Wang come out and talk about it?" Zhao Kuo looked at the Qin army with a flat expression on the battlefield, and secretly sighed in his heart that the Qin army had an extraordinary quality after experiencing large and small battles.
Hearing the invitation of the enemy's commander, the Qin army scout quickly drove to the rear and came to Wang Di's face: "General, the enemy's commander invites you to talk in front of the battle." ”
Wang Yi didn't know that it was Zhao Kuo who personally commanded the army at this time, he glanced at the scout in surprise, thought about it for a while, and replied: "All the generals are ready to take me to meet the enemy commander for a while."
Zhao Kuoke had never seen Wang Di's appearance, but when he saw a general in black armor and a pure black horse under his crotch slowly pacing out of the enemy formation, he guessed that this was the left chief of the Qin State, and Wang Di, who had been with Lian Po for several months.
"It's General Wang Di?"
Wang Yi came to the front of the battle, squinting his eyes at the enemy general of the same age as himself not far away. According to the scouts of the Qin State, the commander of the Zhao State and the one of his own age seem to be the only one.
"It's Wang Di, but it's Zhao Kuo and General Zhao on the other side?"
"Exactly, I heard that General Wang Yi was added as the left chief of the Qin State at a young age, and he has been famous for a long time.
Wang Yi smiled faintly, seemed to disdain Zhao Kuo's praise, and said to himself: "General Zhao, as the commander of the Zhao army, actually led the army to fight our army today. ”
Zhao Kuo glanced behind him, Qian Jian had already commanded 80,000 Zhao Guo foot soldiers to set up a phalanx, and came behind him, only then did he say with a smile: "Kuo is a shallow learner, and he doesn't dare to compare with the old general Lian Po." General Wang, as the main general, came in person, including as the landlord, how could he not greet him personally? ”
"I don't know what General Zhao personally came to me before the battle, what is the so-called matter?"
"Kuo has liked General Wang for a long time, and today he has no choice but to fight against General Wang, so he will choose to talk to the general in front of the battle, so he should fulfill his long-cherished wish for many years."
Wang Di didn't believe the enemy's words, and seeing that Zhao Kuo was unwilling to say what he meant, he pulled the war horse under his crotch: "Since General Zhao doesn't want to say it clearly, let's see the truth on the battlefield!" ”
"Hey, General Wang, slow down. Including hearing some gossip, your country's Wu Anjun personally came to the Changping battlefield, can there be anything? ”
Hearing Zhao Kuo's words, Wang Yu's face under the armor changed greatly, and he stabilized his mind in a moment, and said lightly: "General Zhao is too worried, the army of Zhao is not worth mentioning in front of my Great Qin." Kill chickens with a cattle slaughtering knife, it's useless to talk more, let's see the real chapter before the battle! ”
Wang Yu didn't pay any more attention to Zhao Kuo's invitation, and returned directly to the center of the phalanx, where the banners of Qin and Wang were erected high, and he couldn't wait to kill Zhao completely.
Zhao Kuo smiled slightly, Wang Di's reaction just now had confirmed his guess. It seems that history has not deviated from the track it should have, and he still has to face the "killing god" Bai Qi.
However, in this way, Wang Yi's invitation to lead the troops to fight should be to implement Bai Qi's strategy of luring the enemy into depth, and after wanting to take advantage of himself, he would abandon the Danzhuling defense line and cross the Danshui to fight a decisive battle with the Qin army.
If it was the original Zhao Kuo, he would definitely fall for Bai Qi's strategy and replace it with his current self. Hehe, the master also gave Lao Bai a clever plan for Zhou Lang to calm the world, lose his wife and fold his soldiers.
Zhao Kuo smiled, returned to the center of the Zhao army's array, summoned Qian Jian and ordered: "Qian Jian, when I looked at the face of the Qin army just now, it should not be the face of a duel with us." Now you can let it go, but there is one rule, after the Qin army retreats, you can't rush to pursue, understand? ”
"You have an order, general, just look at it, these soldiers under the last general will definitely be able to kill the Qin army!"
Zhao Kuo raised his fist high, and the two banners of Zhao were erected high by the flag soldiers, announcing the beginning of the phalanx battle. The old pass behind him saw that the banner had been erected, and he cheered harder.
The sound of Zhao Jun's drums came, and the stimulated 80,000 Zhao Army foot soldiers were excited: "Kill, kill, kill!" ”