Chapter 38: The Siege I

Xianyang, King Qin's Palace, upper study.

King Qin Zhao, Fan Sui, Bai Qi and Sima Terrier were present.

King Qin Zhao was dressed in regular clothes, wearing a hood on his head, kneeling on a low table, and the momentum of the superior was restrained, like an old farmer, extremely tranquil.

Bai Qi, Fan Sui and Sima Terrier did not wear official uniforms, but were dressed in regular clothes, with a relaxed expression, kneeling on the low table, forming a circle, not like facing the King of Qin, but like talking to people.

"Huh!" King Qin Zhao smiled before he could say anything, and the smile on his face was layered layer after layer, and his eyes narrowed one after another, which was extremely pleasant.

"The aliens have surrounded the Huns in the Yinshan Pass, and the fall of the Huns is only a matter of time......" As soon as he mentioned this, he laughed even faster, and where could he close his mouth.

Not only was he happy, but even Fan Sui, Bai Qi and Sima Terrier were also happy, all grinning and smiling, extremely happy.

Since Pangu opened the world, Huaxia has never been as prosperous as this time! Thinking that Zhou Gong hit Hu was just a small victory, and the harvest was not much, but he was praised as a flower by "Poetry" and became a "saint". If it is compared to the big destruction of the Huns that Qin Yiren is currently undertaking, it is not a fart.

Who can not rejoice in such a grand event?

“…… Bai Qi, how long do you think it will take to completely annihilate the Huns? King Qin Zhao turned his head and asked at Bai Qi.

Although the Xiongnu were surrounded, they had not yet been annihilated, and when they would be destroyed was naturally the topic they were most concerned about. Fan Sui and Sima Terrier stared at Bai Qi with burning eyes, their ears erected high, for fear of missing a detail.

"Your Majesty. In the opinion of the minister. Although Great Qin was invincible in this battle. The total annihilation of the Huns can be expected, but this still takes a long time, as little as three months, and as much as half a year. Bai Qi pondered for a moment and immediately gave the answer.

"So long?" King Qin Zhao, Fan Sui, and Sima Terrier exclaimed in unison, greatly surprised, and their faces were incredulous.

Bai Qi nodded heavily. Very sure.

King Qin Zhao raised his eyebrows and said: "The Battle of Changping, you wait and surround it, it will only take more than 40 days to completely annihilate Zhao, and why does it take three to half a year to completely annihilate the Huns?" ”

Although the Changping War lasted for three years, the real battle was only one or two months. Before Zhao Kuo became a general, the Qin and Zhao armies were more against each other, and the Zhao army just did not go out of the camp to fight, allowing the Qin army to resort to various conspiracies. Until Zhao Kuo became quite a general, this changed Zhao Jun's strategy. Launched a big attack, wanting to burn the grain and grass of the Qin army.

But he didn't know. The so-called "grain and grass" is just Bai Qi's plan, and Bai Qi ordered the Qin army to hollow out the mountain and disguise it as grain and grass. Zhao Kuo didn't notice it, so he fell into the white trap and was besieged by the Qin army.

More than 40 days later, the Zhao army was completely annihilated.

At that time, it was hundreds of thousands of Zhao troops who were besieged, and all of them were the elite of Zhao, Qin won the victory in only more than 40 days, and the current Xiongnu were also more than 400,000, Bai Qi asserted that it would take three months to half a year to be completely annihilated, and King Qin Zhao was really surprised.

"The king doesn't know that the reason why the Zhao army fell so quickly is due to two reasons: one is that Zhao Kuozhong's plan is that he did not bring grain and grass, and it is difficult to support it for a longer time. The second is that Zhao Kuo can order Zhao Jun, and there is no cannibalism. "Bai Qi broke the reason for the destruction of the Zhao army in the Changping War.

During the Battle of Changping, Zhao Kuozhong planned to go out with the whole army, but he did not bring grain and grass, and after being surrounded by the Qin army, it was impossible to hold on longer.

"Cannibalism?" King Qin Zhao was shocked, his eyes were shining, and he said: "Zhao Kuo has brought Zhao Jun into a desperate situation, there is no way to live, it stands to reason that Zhao Jun should not obey his orders, however, his orders Zhao Jun still obeyed, and there was no cannibalism, this person is very good!" ”

"Your Majesty!" Bai Qi nodded heavily, greatly agreeing with this, and said: "Any army is in a desperate situation, and the order may not be able to be carried out. In particular, Zhao Kuo brought Zhao Jun into a desperate situation, it stands to reason that Zhao Jun should hate him to the bone and will not obey his orders, however, Zhao Jun can carry out his orders in the end, and this person's talent is not trivial......"

"You think so highly of Zhao Kuo?" King Qin Zhao definitely didn't expect that Bai Qi's evaluation of Zhao Kuo would be so high.

Not only King Qin Zhao was surprised, but even Fan Sui and Sima Terrier were also surprised, their eyes widened, and they stared at Bai Qi.

“…… Your Excellency, it is not that the ministers look down on Zhao Kuo, but that Zhao Kuo himself is extraordinary. At a young age, even his father could not bend his views on the art of war, and his intelligence can be seen. It's a pity that such a good material and beautiful jade have not been sharpened and not integrated, but they suddenly became a high general, and eventually caused a tragedy. If given time, his extraordinary insights and battle formations will be invincible. Bai Qi spoke very highly of Zhao Kuo, and said: "The minister thought that if he was allowed to escape, it would definitely become a great disaster for Great Qin, so the minister mobilized tens of thousands of strong crossbows and shot him on the spot." ”

"This Zhao Kuo can be so highly regarded by you, I don't think it will be bad!" King Qin Zhao was terrified, and stroked his forehead with his hand, and found that he was shocked into a cold sweat.

They all know that Bai Qi's vision is high, how many can enter Bai Qi's eyes? How many people can be so highly regarded and given such a high evaluation?

Not only King Qin Zhao was shocked, but even Fan Sui and Sima Terrier were also in a cold sweat.

You must know that the Changping War against the Qin State killed the only opponent of the Zhao State, and the general trend of the world is in his own hands, and the road for the Qin State to unify the world has been opened. If Zhao Kuo escapes and integrates the insights on the art of war with actual combat, it will become a big trouble for the Qin State, and at that time, the unification of the Qin State will be difficult to carry out, and it will not be possible for King Qin Zhao not to be surprised.

"Fortunately, Zhao Kuo is dead!" King Qin Zhao was fortunate for a while.

Later generations demean that Zhao Kuo will only talk on paper, in fact, Zhao Kuo's intelligence is extraordinary, but he has not carved it well. If he is tempered in actual combat, his outstanding insights in the art of war and actual combat will be integrated, and he will surely become a generation of famous generals.

"It's just, what does this have to do with the annihilation of the Huns?" King Qin Zhao asked.

"The battle to annihilate the Huns is the opposite of the Changping War." Bai raised his eyebrows, like a sharp sword out of the sheath: "Let's talk about grain and grass first, although we all say that the Huns grew up on horseback since childhood, and can live a life on horseback, coming and going like the wind, as if the Huns did not have heavy grain and grass." In fact, otherwise, if you are a person, you have to eat and drink, and the Xiongnu still have grain and grass, but they are different from the Central Plains. ”

This is very reasonable, as long as it is a person, you have to eat and drink, and even the Huns are no exception. It's just that the situation of the Xiongnu is special, and its heavy grain and grass are different from those of the Central Plains.

"The Huns' heavy grain and grass are their cattle, sheep and horses." Bai Qi said in a deep voice: "Every time the Great Huns make a big move, there are countless herdsmen who come with them, and these herdsmen drive cattle, sheep and horses, which are equivalent to our people's husbands. ”

"Well, it makes sense." King Qin Zhao, Fan Sui, and Sima Terrier nodded heavily in agreement.

"The Huns make good use of flying horses, use the speed of horses to come and go like the wind, if the cattle and sheep can't keep up, the Huns can also drink mare's milk. Mare's milk is easy to carry, there is no drag, just a pasture. "Bai Qi knows the Xiongnu quite well.

For the Huns, it is good to have beef and mutton to eat, and it is not a problem to have it, as long as there is mare's milk. Whenever they are hungry, the Huns will get under the horse's belly, hold the horse's milk and suck it, and then they can wrap their stomachs. To maintain the supply of mare's milk, all you need is pasture.

"At the beginning of the Xiongnu escape from the Beihe, they must ride horses, and there must be a large number of horses in the pass, and the Xiongnu will first drink mare's milk, and then slaughter the war horses and eat." Bai Qi's tone is not high, but he is very determined.

The Huns traveled by horses, starting from the Beihe escape, almost everyone fled on horseback, and there were so many war horses concentrated in the pass. If there was enough pasture, the Xiongnu could live by drinking mare's milk. It's just that the pass is so big, the pasture is definitely not enough, and it will soon be eaten up by the horses, and the Huns will lose their milk. Then, the Huns will eat horse meat next.

"This horse meat alone is enough for the Huns to hold on for a long time, and three or two months are inevitable." Bai Qi's calculation is very accurate.

"More importantly, the Xiongnu did not have strict orders, let alone a sense of shame, and in the case of eating horse meat, they would eat cannibalism." Bai Qi's words are amazing.

"Cannibalism?" King Qin Zhao, Fan Sui and Sima Terrier were moved again.

Cannibalism was incomprehensible to the Central Plains people, an unforgivable felony, however, for the Huns, it was no big deal. Whenever there was a year of famine, when there were too many deaths and injuries of cattle, sheep and horses, and there was a shortage of food, they would eat human flesh.

"In this way, it is good to be able to completely annihilate the Huns in half a year." Bai Qi finally said.

"Hey!" King Qin Zhao sighed, with a look of unwillingness, and said: "If the Xiongnu can be dealt with as soon as possible, there will still be a chance to advance eastward." ”

How rare it is to go eastward in a big way, he is still a little unwilling.

"If you want to advance eastward as soon as possible, it is not impossible, you only need to pay an extra 580,000 casualties." Bai Qi's words are enough to make people angry.

King Qin Zhao pointed at Bai Qi and rolled his eyes. The price of fifty or eighty thousand rui soldiers is very heavy, and King Qin Zhao is absolutely unwilling to pay.

"Your Majesty, Han Yan, Wei Qi, Chu, Zhao Wei, Zhou Tianzi...... The envoy has arrived in Xianyang to congratulate you. At this moment, Chang Shi Huan Xing walked in quickly and reported to King Qin Zhao.

"What do you say? Compliment? King Qin Zhao's face was surprised, and a pair of tiger eyes were round.

"yes." Huan Xing stroked his forehead and said excitedly: "There are twenty cities in Korea, thirty in Wei, and forty in Chu." ”

"The widow did not ask them to congratulate, nor did he ask them to cut the land." King Qin Zhao still hadn't figured it out.

King Qin Zhao just sent people to preach everywhere, and did not put pressure on the countries, they actually came to congratulate and not say, but also cut the land, King Qin Zhao really couldn't understand.

"Your Majesty, the Great Qin soldiers are mighty, who dares not to be afraid?" Fan Sui was the first to understand, and said: "Daqin broke the Huns in Hetao, this is a grand event in China, they dare not congratulate, if they don't congratulate, they will definitely give Daqin the truth, and Daqin's dispatch of troops is justified." These Shandong countries have long been frightened by Great Qin, and they dare not congratulate them. ”

Fan Sui is worthy of being a man of wisdom, and he broke the intentions of the countries of Shandong.

"The widow really didn't expect that there would be such a gain in the battle of the aliens. If they want to give it away, the widow will take it. King Qin Zhao said with a smile. (To be continued.) )