Chapter Seventy-Three: Man Counts Heaven

However, the most heart-wrenching things often come so suddenly that you may not be able to bear them.

Zhao Hao thought about what kind of enemies the storm kite might encounter after he left, and also thought that with the experience of the storm kite, all the crises might be resolved. Now, all his wishes had been shattered, and the kite was armed with barbed crossbow arrows, one, two, three, each like the summons of death, ready to take away the dying general at any moment. Two or three medical officers were busy and began to help the storm kite clean up the wound, and Xu Li also instructed Zhao Guo's medical officer to hurry up and give the wound treatment medicine allocated by Bian Que to the storm kite. Everyone was busy, only Zhao Hao was still standing, as if he was cut off from this world.

Xu Li finally noticed his abnormality, Zhao Hao had not yet reached the weak crown, and such a heavy burden was indeed too big for him. He stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Captain, now that General Storm Kite is unconscious, you are now the highest general in Wenyi, the Qin army is still stationed not far away, and it is possible to attack Wenyi again at any time, what to do next, please ask the captain to make a decision." ”

Zhao Hao nodded subconsciously, "You arrange it, I... I..."Zhao Hao I was for a long time, but I couldn't say a word, Xu Li looked at his lost mind, and said with a vicissitudes that did not match himself: "Obey." Then I went to Yan Zhou and began to arrange defense.

Zhao Hao walked on the head of the city in despair, and under the city wall not far from him, there were traces of the war between Qin and Zhao yesterday. Some of the corpses were piled up so that the sounds of nearby beasts could be heard at night, and some soldiers even saw wild beasts dragging away the corpses of soldiers. However, none of this seemed to have anything to do with Zhao Hao, and he walked to a step and sat down. Although he has long been accustomed to seeing the life and death of soldiers, it is on the battlefield, life and death are fate, and wealth is in the sky. However, today, it is their words and deeds that determine their life and death. Deciding one's own fate, and deciding the fate of others, is a very heavy topic for a stinky boy who is not yet twenty years old.

The cold wind was slightly cold, but Zhao Hao's mind quickly replayed the words of the deputy general of the kite.

It is said that on that day, Storm Kite led nearly 20,000 Han troops from Wenyi and drove straight to Xiuyu. Because Xiuyu is very important to Wenyi and Yewang, the Qin army's move is almost to cut off the back road of the coalition army, so the storm kite must urge the troops to move forward quickly, even if the time comes, with a tired division, and the 10,000 defenders of Xiuyu City to flank this Qin army, it is also very likely to win. It was he who ordered the troops from the wild king to gather thirty miles outside Xiuyu City and send them to Xiuyu City together.

When the two forces reconciled, the 50,000-strong army marched towards Xiuyu City, the forward troops came to report and found that the Qin cavalry scouts were discovered, and the storm kite ordered that this scout force must be completely annihilated to prevent them from ventilating and reporting. He also ordered the troops to speed up, but the more they moved forward, the more the storm kite felt that something was wrong, but Xiuyu City was already close at hand, and it was too late to make adjustments.

The location of Xiuyu City is very unique, there are two rivers on the north and south sides of the city, just sandwiching Xiuyu City in the middle, the two rivers are tributaries of the big river, meandering from the bank of the big river to the vicinity of Xiuyu City, and flowing in parallel ten miles southwest of Xiuyu City, the distance between the two tributaries is less than 200 steps. And at the source of this tributary in the south, there is a small hill, although it is not high, but it is verdant and lush, and the two sides of the tributary are also tree-topping, if you want to reach the fish, you can only pass through the space of these two hundred steps.

When the storm kite saw the small mountain bag, he suddenly jumped between his eyebrows, and he heard the shouting of killing in front of him, and he wanted to drink to order the troops to stop advancing, but it was already too late, and the troops in the high-speed operation rushed to the small mountain bag with everyone. However, when they run behind the hill, they find that it will be the funeral of the Grim Reaper.

"Shoot the arrows!" I don't know who ordered it.

Tens of millions of crossbow arrows flew towards the Korean army like locusts, and in the face of this sudden change, everyone was caught off guard, and they could only watch the crossbow arrows like locusts, and before they could defend themselves, they passed through their bodies.

What the storm kite saw was the Korean army in front of him, and the rows went down, sweeping like a tide. He didn't see a man smiling hideously behind the group of Grim Reapers. It's just that he recklessly let the bow and crossbow of the Qin army whizz by. Immediately afterwards, the Korean army fell in front of him. The river on both sides has been filled with blood and overflowing, and piles of Korean corpses are slowly piling up into new hills. This is no longer a way of fighting a war, but only a one-sided massacre, a massacre of the Koreans by the Qin people.

Storm Kite would not have thought that the people who left the Qin army's camp that night were not 10,000 people at all, but 20,000 people, and he would not have thought that for this massacre, he had concentrated almost all the crossbowmen of the Qin army. It is precisely for this reason that the 10,000 Qin troops left behind are almost using their lives to arouse Zhao Hao's greed.

20,000 Qin troops, nearly 10,000 crossbowmen, facing the high-speed Korean troops, were just mechanically executing the order of the massacre. Many people's crossbow machines were broken, and some had broken bowstrings, but they still didn't let go. He wanted to use this massacre in exchange for a nightmare that would never be erased in the six eastern countries.

And he did.

In this battle, the 20,000 Qin army completed the massacre of the 50,000 Han troops who were reinforced, and their own damage was negligible, and less than 10,000 of the 50,000 Han troops fled back to Wenyi. The Qin army gave up attacking Xiuyu and instead pursued the Han army to the city of Wenyi. At this moment, the Northern Expeditionary Qin army finally reversed its disadvantage in numbers and gained the upper hand. And the safety of the two cities of Wenyi and Xiuyu is also in danger.

Le Yi put the battle report aside, looked at the map and was silent. Originally, it was thought that with his arrangement, the Five Nations Alliance would be able to continue to maintain this balance with the Qin army, at least giving the Zhao army time to complete the deployment of northern Xinjiang. But it was too fast, and the Qin army completed the revenge on the Five Kingdoms quickly and ruthlessly, and it was a painful lesson. If it was only a defeat, the Six Nations would still be able to hold on, but such a fiasco...

"Korea fought two battles from Hanguguan to Xiuyu, with a total of 60,000 casualties, plus 20,000 casualties from Wei, a total loss of about 80,000 people." Pang Cong also felt very discouraged. With 80,000 casualties, this casualty is probably the largest in recent years. The casualties of the Qin army were only about 20,000. I am afraid that this kind of comparison is not easy to accept.

Although Wei Yu has been laughing and scolding and speaking harshly, he doesn't know what to say in the face of such a tragic situation, "There are really many talents in the Qin army." Storm Kite and Zhao Hao both fell for each other's schemes, and the other party didn't want to capture even one city or one pool at all, but just wanted the five countries to pay the most painful price. Just like you have to warn the two of you, capturing the city is not the best for the Qin army, but it is still a step too late. This kind of fighting, even if it is a step later, is tens of thousands of casualties. ”

"It's so-and-so who is too careless." Le Yi sighed, "I only hope that Zhao Guo will benefit from it, but I forget that the other party is not an ordinary person." In the face of Qin Jun, a certain was too rash. ”

The atmosphere is getting thicker.

"I'm afraid it's not the scariest thing." Wei Yu said, "After this battle, the generals of Han and Wei who advocated the use of troops against the Qin State will probably be reprimanded and will no longer be appointed." When other countries saw the courage of the Qin army, they were probably also very afraid, so that they turned against Gongsun Yan one after another, no longer believing in Gongsun Yan's rhetoric, and instead attached themselves to the Qin State. ”

After this battle, the Qin State succeeded in intimidating the six eastern states, and then the Qin State either retaliated against Korea and Wei, or went south to capture Shu. No matter which one it is, the six eastern countries will not be able to stop it. Not only that, I'm afraid Gongsun Yan him..."As he spoke, he looked at Le Yi again, "Congratulations, your plan is almost achieved." ”

Le Yi was silent, not knowing how to answer. Psychologically, such a fiasco was enough to make him feel guilty, because he expected the defeat of the Five Kingdoms, but such a defeat would be beneficial to the Zhao State, which would not only weaken the opponent's strength, but also make the Qin State too late to look north. For such a goal, it doesn't hurt for him to feel guilty at all.

However, man is not as good as heaven, he underestimated the strength of his opponent, so that Han and Wei suffered heavy losses, he had no doubt that the two countries would immediately cede land to the Qin State, which made Zhao Guo, who regarded the Three Jin Dynasty as a forbidden state, how could he accept it? As for Gongsun Yan, he will also have to resign from the Wei State because of this, if the Qin State continues to send Zhang Yi to serve as the Wei State Prime Minister, then the Zhao State will definitely be the next target of the Qin State.

Gongsun Yan took off his armor and carefully placed it on the shelf, he returned to his case, and as soon as he sat down, the tent was lifted and the sun ran in. Of course, there is one more person who is not surprised.

"The king has an order to resign from the position of Gongsun Yanxiangbang." Hui Shi said with a complicated look in his eyes, "You, obey the order." ”

Gongsun Yan stood up unhurriedly and took the silk book handed over by Hui Shi, there was a lot of content written on it, but it was summed up as Hui Shi's sentence. He bowed to Megumi, "Yes." I don't know who the king wants to appoint as the new prime minister. ”

"You don't have to worry about that." Hui Shi said, "The king thinks that you have been working too hard lately, so let you go back to Daliang and rest for a while, and he will make a decision in the future." ”

"Is it you, Mr. Hui Shi?"

"How's it going? Isn't it? ”

"With all due respect, sir, do you really think you are really suitable to be this prime minister at this moment?"

"Do you still think that this world can't do without you?" Hui Shi replied coldly.

"No, no, no." Gongsun Yan said, "It's just that you and I both know that the next choice of the king may not be something he can do." Because Qin will interfere with Wei's candidate for Xiangbang, no matter who it is, it is not good news for Wei. ”

Regardless of whether Hui Shicheng admits it or not, Gongsun Yan's analysis at this moment is very correct, since there has been a precedent for Zhang Yi to enter Wei before, the Qin State may not send a Xiangbang to the Wei State again. And Wei could not refuse this matter, because in the face of Qin's strength, any resistance would be futile, and even greater revenge would be encountered. And after this stop, the Qin State will also enter a period of repair, how to ensure that when it is repairing, the six eastern countries will not cause trouble to themselves, is something that the Qin State must consider. Then, choosing a good agent is definitely a way to save money and effort.

"It's hard to be embarrassed." Hui Shi sneered, "At this moment, you are still giving advice to my Wei State, but I don't know if what you are doing is for yourself or for the Wei State." ”

Gongsun Yan smiled self-deprecatingly, "Gongsun Yan is now ruined, what else can be redeemed?" Since then, I have been satisfied with the things of traveling in the mountains and forests, climbing high and looking far away, and being a farmer in the mountains, and the rest is no longer extravagant. ”

Hearing that Gongsun Yan had the intention of going into hiding, Hui Shi was both envious and a little sad in his heart. Just like him and Zhuang Zhou, the two can not only criticize each other for academic issues, but also respect each other because of this criticism. In the same way, Gongsun Yan and himself also have this relationship.

If so, then the rhino may wish to name the man. I don't know who else in the world has this ability, it is worth recommending, and I have become the prime minister of my Wei country. ”

Gongsun Yan turned around, looked at Hui Shi, and said solemnly: "Qi State Xiangbang, Tian Ying." ”

I really couldn't hold it up yesterday, and after a day of injection, it gradually improved, so don't blame it when it's late.

(End of chapter)