On the land of Yan and Zhao, the follow-up war around the rebellion of the son is in the most fierce competition, Yan, Zhao, and Qi, Gongzi and Tai Ziping, each through the agent behind him, are fighting for each other in the land of Yan. The two armies of Yan and Zhao and the Qi army gathered in Zhuo County and fought a big battle here.

Originally, the initiative of the war has always been in the hands of Qi State, Kuang Zhang, with his extraordinary war acumen and ability to control the situation, has broken through the ambush circle of the coalition army, and arrived before the Yan and Zhao armies were about to break through Zhuoxian, joined the battlefield, and reversed the decline of the defenders of the Qi army in Zhuoxian, and soon gained the upper hand.

Seeing that the general trend had gone, Le Chi was also ready to retreat, and the rear army led by the city was also ready to intervene in the battlefield to ensure that the coalition army withdrew to the camp and fought again another day. However, no one thought that at this moment, the situation suddenly changed, and the Qi army, which was still in Zhuoxian County just now, was not afraid of danger and advanced and retreated, but was suddenly knocked open by a group of Yan people, causing the Yan and Zhao coalition forces to see the hope of turning defeat into victory.

This is no accident. When Qi first came to Yan State, he came here with a kind of compassion for helpers, and the people of Yan Country suffered greatly from the rebellion of the son, and it was not an exaggeration to say to the people of Qi that they ate pot pulp. And it is precisely because of the cooperation of the Yan people that the Qi army was able to capture the capital of Ji in fifty days, creating a myth.

However, when it was known that the people of Qi not only destroyed the Ming Hall of Qi State, forced Yan Wang Ji to death, tortured Zizhi, and forcibly plundered the princes of Yan State, Qiding, Yan State discovered that the people of Qi did not save Yan State at all, but took the opportunity to invade Yan State, so they began to rebel against the Qi people. For this situation, whether it is Tian Biqi or Kuang Zhang, they have taken the high-pressure policy as their first choice, and the Yan people who dare to resist are under capital punishment, and the flames of anger are getting stronger and stronger, and finally broke out when the Yan-Zhao coalition army attacked Zhuoxian.

Don't miss the opportunity, and never miss it. The city was taken the initiative to divide labor with Lechi quite tacitly, one was responsible for dragging Kuang Zhang's army, and the other was responsible for attacking the county seat of Zhuoxian again. The city was led by the Yan army to run frantically towards the gate of Zhuoxian County, hoping that the city gate that had just been broken open by the people of Yan could be in the hands of the people before he arrived, and he could directly break through the city. The Qi army defending the city also knew the importance of the city gate, and just as the drawbridge was about to be raised, it was taken by the people who climbed the city tower. If it is seventy or eighty people, it will be counted, but it is obvious that these resistance forces organized by the village elders include almost all the people of Zhuoxian. Wielding farm tools, they rebelled and retaliated against the Qi army, eager to vent all their anger.

Kuang Zhang naturally also discovered the situation here, and quickly ordered the rear army to raid Zhuo County, and be sure to rush into the city before the city was taken. But by coincidence, the cavalry of Zhao State, which broke through the encirclement of the Qi army, finally appeared on the battlefield at a critical moment.

Kuang Zhang deserved to be Kuang Zhang, not only calculated that Yan Zhou and the others moved to the southeast to ambush the cavalry, but also did not forget to cut off their back road, even after Pang Xuan's reminder, Yan Zhou and the others quickly turned back, and still fell into the encirclement arranged by Kuang Zhang. If it weren't for his skillful bow and horse skills and sharp machetes, it is estimated that this army would have all been handed over to this place. Even so, more than half of the 5,000 cavalry casualties, and less than 2,500 people still have combat effectiveness, which is also the largest casualty ratio since the establishment of the new cavalry of Zhao State.

After Yan Zhou and Pang Xuan broke through the encirclement, they successively broke through the three waves of blocking troops arranged by Kuang Zhang all the way, and finally entered the battle at a critical moment. Not only did the two hang up, but Yan Zhou's left arm was still bleeding because the wound was too heavy, but it was only hastily treated; Pang Xuan's face was also wounded, and his right arm was about to lose his command because of the constant slashing. Seeing that it was about to fall short, Yan Zhou immediately ordered all the cavalry to rush straight to Kuang Zhang's central guard and attack the command center of the Qi army.

I have to say that this decision is bold and smart, Kuang Zhang transferred all his guards to support Zhuoxian, but forgot that there was a cavalry of Zhao behind him, more because he thought that after so many surroundments, even if this cavalry could be killed, most of them would be killed or injured, but he didn't expect it to be so tenacious. Now that there are only foot soldiers left in his central guard, and the opposing cavalry must come in a moment, there are remnants led by Le Chi in front of him who are struggling to contain their main forces, even if the rescue of Zhuoxian is successful at this moment, I am afraid that I will not be able to live.

"Mingjin! Collect the troops, hurry! Fast! ”

The tight retreat order came, and the soldiers of Qi also knew that the battle was over, so they hurriedly gathered their troops and moved closer to Kuang Zhang, and Kuang Zhang's central guard also retreated in the direction of Jidu after breaking through the ranks of Yan Zhou and others. The soldiers of the State of Qi, who were too late to gather, were surrounded by the troops of the city, Lechi and Yan Zhou under the city of Zhuoxian, and all the soldiers of the Qi State became prisoners, and Zhuoxian also fell under this situation.

At this point, the avenue leading to Jidu by the Yanzhao coalition army has been unblocked. After this battle, the Yan-Zhao coalition army suffered heavy losses, especially the elite Zhao cavalry of the coalition army suffered too high casualties, and I am afraid that they will not be able to participate in the battle for a long time, but fortunately, in the next siege battle, the cavalry is relatively much easier, and the music pool is relieved.

At the same time, after five days of fierce fighting, the military capital of Shanzhao army through the night attack on the camp, to attract the other party's pursuit strategy, broke the defenders of Qi State, occupied the north entrance of the military capital, the next thing to do is to recuperate, wait for a blow, open up the forty miles of military capital, and point the soldiers directly to the city of Jidu.

Faced with the danger of a possible attack from the Yan and Zhao coalition forces, Kuang Zhang not only did not organize troops to defend, but guarded the city, did not run or leave, as if waiting for a decisive battle. After being analyzed, Lechi and the city believed that Kuang Zhang should be preparing to start a tug-of-war in Jidu when the coalition forces attacked Jidu, and took the opportunity to transfer troops from Linle and Fangcheng to the north to attack Xiadu and Zhuoxian, cut off the back road of the coalition army, and attacked the main force of the coalition army before and after, and captured it in one net. In that case, there is no way to act rashly. So he died down and prepared to rest for a while before making plans.

It seems that at about the same time, in the far south, a great war was also brewing.

Yingdu.

Xiong Huai, the king of Chu, stood on the platform, solemnly picked up the tiger talisman, glanced at Jing Cui who was kneeling on the ground, and breathed a long sigh of relief, as if he had made up his mind and put the tiger talisman in Jing Cui's hand.

Jing Cui took the tiger talisman, looked at Xionghuai, and then set his eyes on the tiger talisman in front of him, without hiding the eagerness in his heart. He thanked Xiong Huai, and held the tiger talisman to the soldiers around the general's platform, as if he was showing off, and seemed to be showing his identity, but there was no way to hide the smile on his face.

Zhaoyang is now the first general of the Chu State, but in the past few years, he has been on the expedition, especially Fangcheng and Qin have been facing each other for many years, and he is riddled with diseases. As the leader among the young generals of the Chu State, Jing Cui naturally did not shirk this errand, after all, being able to command an army of 100,000 people, for a young general, there are not many opportunities. What's more, the king of Chu also named him a pillar country, looking at the entire Great Chu, only Zhaoyang has this honor.

"Qu Kuo step forward!"

Qu Kuo tidied up his armor, glanced at Qu Yuan next to him, and also boarded the platform, first saluted Xiong Huai, and then saluted the golden drum, and then knelt on the ground.

Xiong Huai picked up another tiger talisman and placed it in Qu Kuo's hand as well. This time, he didn't hesitate. If there is an offense, there must be a defense, Jingcui's side is the main attack, and Qu Kuo's side is the main defense. However, Danyang is near Hanshui, and behind it is Fangcheng of Chu State, relatively speaking, the pressure of Qu Kuo is a little less, which is really not good, and you can retreat into Fangcheng to protect yourself.

Qu Kuo put away the tiger talisman and saluted Xiong Huai again, he didn't boast anything, walked straight down the platform, and stood beside Qu Yuan. Although Qu Yuan opposed the use of the nobles of the Chu State, he vigorously advocated the use of talents. But Qu Kuo is one of the few candidates in the Qu family who knows military affairs, and now Zhaoyang is sick, and the generals are really stretched, whether Qu Kuo can stand out from the crowd through this war depends on his ability and creation.

Chen Zhen stood under the stage, looking at Xiong Huai's lost but conceited smile, looking at Jing Cui's proud appearance, and then looking at Qu Kuo's calmness and Qu Yuan's worry, his heart was really a little cold, and he couldn't help but think of the conversation between him and Xiong Huai at the beginning.

"Sir, why do you think it's not appropriate to attack Qin at this time? Is it true that widows are easy to bully? Xiong Huai angrily threw the messenger's bamboo slip in front of Chen Zhen, looking at the minister who tried his best to prevent him from sending troops. Indeed, when Zhang Yi persuaded himself to break off diplomatic relations with Qi State, Chen Zhen opposed this matter, thinking that he should first get the land and then break off diplomatic relations, otherwise he was afraid that something would happen. I didn't listen to him at the beginning, and I regret it a little at the moment.

But now, Chen Zhen even wants to prevent himself from attacking the Qin State, which is simply impossible, and what he loses from the Qin State must be recaptured from the Qin State.

"Listen to me, the king." Chen Zhen said, "If the matter of severing diplomatic relations with Qi State was raised by Qi State before, then this matter has nothing to do with me Chu, and I will definitely sit back and relax, and it is justifiable to send troops at this time." However, the king should not forget, if it weren't for Zhang Yi's promise to give the king 600 miles of the land of Shangyu, the king would definitely not break off diplomatic relations with the Qi State, this is the first reason for my Chu State, and at this moment I want to attack the Qin State, wouldn't it be a bad name, and the words are not good, how can the other princes not have a whisper? ”

"Yes, the minister thinks that since we have broken off diplomatic relations with the Qi State, it is better for my Chu State to cede a city to the Qin State first, and then attack the Qi State together under the pretense of the strength of the Qin State. Now that the Qi State is boiling in Yan, the other princes are also dissatisfied with it, and they have long hoped to teach the Qi State a lesson. In this case, the king proposed to unite with other princes to attack the Qi state, so as to obtain the Huaishang land of the Qi state. Even if you lose your land from here, you can still get compensation from Huaishang, wouldn't it be just right to resolve this matter? ”

"The minister also agrees with what he said." Qu Yuan hurriedly stood up and said, in fact, he also had a lot of complaints about the King of Chu's attack on Qin, but he never had a good idea. Now that Chen Zhen has such a good suggestion, of course he supports it.

"No! Qin Guo humiliated me first, Zhang Yi's crime must be dead. It's okay not to let the widow send troops, either give the land of Shang Yu to the widow, or send Zhang Yi's head to the widow, there is no choice! Xiong Huai said murderously.

(End of chapter)