In the past ten years, Zhao has been adopting a policy of recuperation with the people, except for the invasion of Han Xin's army three years ago, there has been no military disaster, and Han Xin was full of thought that he could conquer Zhao when he invaded, so he did not take much damage to Zhao, so the situation of Zhao has always been good.

However, Zhao's good is only limited to the economy and people's livelihood, but not very well in the military.

Zhao has a population of about two million, and there are four or five hundred thousand regular pawns, Rong pawns, and more pawns, but Zhao State simply cannot gather so many large armies, because Zhao State does not have enough armaments, weapons, Kai armor, and horses are very scarce, and the second general Bai Xuan strongly asked to strengthen the armament, but was repeatedly suppressed by Zhang Jing, the prime minister, and Zhao Wu, the general.

Zhang Jing is in charge of the treasury, if he wantonly increases his armaments, he will have less oil and water in his hands, of course he does not agree, as for the general Zhao Wu, he opposes the expansion of armaments because he does not want to threaten his position in vain, and in this way, the expansion of armaments has been dragged down again and again, and it has not changed since Handan lifted the siege.

About half an hour later, Guan Gao, Zhao Wu and Bai Xuan entered the palace one after another.

After listening to Zhang Jing's introduction, Guan Gao and everyone else changed their faces greatly, and they couldn't speak for a long time, nothing else, this news is really shocking!

Seeing that no one spoke, Zhang Ao was a little unsure and asked Guan Gao: "Old Prime Minister, what do you say?" ”

Guan Gao came back to his senses from the endless shock, and sighed: "The soldiers of the King of Qi generation were defeated by Bi Shu, it is really surprising, it seems that the second general's worry is right, we should not have formed an alliance with the Chu State in the first place, but now it is still too late to correct the error, the king, hurry up and expand the armament!" ”

"Of course the armament needs to be expanded!" Guan Gao's voice fell, and General Zhao Wu continued, "But the top priority is to immediately send troops to destroy the Qi State, now that the Qi army is newly defeated, Han Xin is dead, and the Qi State is when the people are panicking and the whole country is in turmoil, my king should lead the army to attack it with a thunderous force, and it is not difficult to destroy it!" ”

Zhang Jing also echoed: "What the general said is extremely true, now is the time to use troops against the country. ”

Zhang Ao hesitated a little and asked Bai Xuan: "Second General, what is your opinion?" Zhang Ao is cowardly and cowardly, and he doesn't dare to disobey the opinions of the old minister, the prime minister and the general, but he always remembers the will of the former king before his death, so he also relies on Bai Xuan's opinion.

Bai Xuan felt a little regretful in his heart, if Zhao really wanted to use troops against Qi State and get a piece of the pie from the Great War of Exterminating Qi, then he should have sent troops as early as the beginning of the confrontation between Bi Shu and Han Xin, and when he sent troops at this time, how could Chu State give Zhao State another chance? If nothing else, Bi Shu was afraid that he had opened the trap and waited for Zhao Guo to drill in.

Besides, although the Qi army is newly defeated, and although Han Xin is dead, is the mourning soldier really easy to bully? I'm afraid it may not be!

However, Bai Xuan also knew that since Zhao Wu and Zhang Jing both agreed to send troops, and Guan Gao was an old fool, in this case, with Zhang Ao's cowardice and incompetence, he would not dare to disobey no matter what.

Therefore, the only thing Bai Xuan can do now is to reduce the risk of using troops against the Qi State as much as possible, and Bai Xuan said at the moment: "King, it is not impossible to use troops against the Qi State, but you have to join forces with the Yan State to go." ”

"Why?" Zhao Wu shouted, "Qi State is such a big piece of fat, and it is just a matter of sharing it with Chu State, why should it be shared with Zang Di's anti-bone boy?" After saying this, Zhao Wu knelt down and stood up again, and asked Zhang Ao to fight, "My king, please lead an army of 100,000 and set out on an expedition, if you can't wipe out the Qi country, you will not return to Handan!" ”

Zhang Jing then knelt down and stood up, and said loudly: "King, the minister is willing to allocate grain and grass and fully cooperate with the general!" Zhang Ao turned his head to look at Guan Gao, although Guan Gao was upright, his strategy and knowledge were quite insufficient, and he couldn't make up his mind, so he just lowered his old eyes and didn't speak.

Bai Xuan sighed and said: "If the army of Yan Kingdom takes advantage of the weakness to attack Handan, what can I do?" ”

Guan Gao's slightly narrowed old eyes opened, but Zhao Wu waved his hand and said disdainfully: "This is impossible, Yan Guo is an ally of Zhao State, how can he stab Zhao Guo in the back?" ”

Bai Xuan retorted: "Liu Bang is still the king of Han who was divided by Xiang Yu, why did he rebel?" ”

When Zhao Wu glared at Bai Xuan and was about to reprimand Bai Xuan for a few words, Zhang Jing hurriedly jumped out of the circle and said: "King, the minister also thinks that the second general's worry is not unreasonable, but now is indeed a godsend opportunity to attack the Qi country, so it is better for the general to lead the troops to go out, and the second general will stay in Handan, and if the Tibetan general is from the second general to resist!" ”

Bai Xuan sighed in his heart, and didn't say anything more at the moment.

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Almost at the same time that Zhao Wu took 100,000 Zhao troops to advance, Yan Wang Zang Tu also gathered 50,000 troops to prepare to go south, obviously, Zang Tu had the same thoughts as Zhang Ao, and thought that now was a good time to beat the water dog of Qi State, even if the biggest benefit in the end would be occupied by Chu State, but as an ally, Yan State should also get one or two counties.

But before Yan Jun could pull out, an urgent report from Handan was sent to his desk.

After reading the emergency report, Prince Yan Zangyan said in a dark voice: "Father, you might as well wait a few more days for the army to start." ”

Zang Tu slammed the table and scolded: "Fart, wait a few more days and the widow won't even be able to drink the soup." ”

Although he was scolded by his father, the crown prince Zangyan was unimpressed, and said in a low voice: "Father, the Zhao army is pouring out, Handan must be empty, and the father might as well take advantage of the void to take Handan and destroy the Zhao State, isn't it better than competing with Chu Zhao for the territory of the Qi State a hundred times?" How can a Qi country with a tired livelihood compare to a rich Zhao country? ”

Zang Di's heart moved slightly, and he stroked the beard that curled up the corners of his lips, and said, "Will it annoy Xiang Zhuang and attract the army of Chu State?" ”

This kind of thing is not without precedent, when Xiang Yu divided Tiandu as the king of Qi, Tian Rong refused to accept it, and drove away Tiandu, but it annoyed Xiang Yu and recruited the army of Chu, and finally died of defeat, although Zang Tu coveted the land of Zhao, but he couldn't help but worry about Xiang Zhuang's attitude, you need to know that Yan Zhao and Han are now allies of Chu.

Zang Yan sneered: "Xiang Zhuang is now confronting Liu Bang in Nanyang, and he is still too busy to take care of himself!" ”

"But what about the future?" Zang Di was still a little worried, and said, "What if Yijiazhuang defeats Liu Bang, and then settle accounts with us when he comes back?" With my little Yan Kingdom, how can I resist the army of Chu State? ”

Zang Yan said disapprerovingly: "If Xiang Zhuang really defeats Liu Bang, he will inevitably use troops against Yan Zhao and Han next, even if your father does not disobey him, he will find an excuse to embarrass your father and you, so my father will take advantage of the weakness to attack Zhao and strive to strengthen himself as much as possible before Chu attacks and destroys Han." ”

I have to say that this Prince Yan still has some vision and is a character.

Zang Di was obviously convinced, and after his eyes flickered for a while, he gritted his teeth and shouted: "Good, just hit Handan!" ”

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Compared with Yan Wang Zangdi, Han Xin's ambition is obviously greater!

From the very beginning, Han Xin, the king of Han, never thought of carving up the Qi country with Chu Yan Zhao, Han Xin Han Xin's goal was Guanzhong, he wanted to take advantage of the Han army to pour out of the nest and fight the Chu army in Nanyang, take advantage of the void to sweep Guanzhong, and then confront Chu according to Guanzhong, in order to seek the opportunity to conquer the world!

In order to achieve this goal, Han Xin, the king of Han, has been forbearance all these years.

Moreover, what Xiang Zhuang and Liu Bang didn't know was that Han Xin, the king of Han, also found a powerful help - the Huns!

As early as the beginning of the confrontation between Qi and Han and Chu in Huainan and Nanyang, the envoy of Han Xin, the king of Han, had already penetrated into the Monan royal court at the northern foot of Yin Mountain, and made contact with the Xiongnu Shan Yu Maodun, and the Han and Hun families had even agreed that when the time was ripe, they would send troops together to attack the Han State, of course, the goal of the Huns was Hetao, and the goal of Han Xin, the king of Han, was Qinchuan in Guanzhong, eight hundred miles. ..., however, although Han Xin, the king of Han, has the same name and surname as Han Xin, the king of Qi, he is really not a soldier, this time to send troops, the so-called "strange plan" he came up with is just picking up people's teeth and wisdom, and what he learned is the strategy of Han Xin, the king of Qi, who attacked Wei at the beginning, and even the number of odd positives has not changed, and it is also a bright crossing of Pusaka and a secret crossing of Xiayang.

Of course, Han Xin, the king of Qi, crossed from west to east, and Han Xin, the king of Han, crossed from east to west.

At the Pusaka Ferry, 50,000 "Korean troops" have already set up a battle, and are erecting pontoon bridges with great fanfare, preparing to cross the river, in fact, this is just some temporary collection of the old, weak, sick and disabled, in secret, Han Xin, the king of Han, has gathered 50,000 elites in Xiayang, including 20,000 cavalry, which is collecting large urns and wooden basins, preparing to cross the river.

Under the cold moonlight, a group of Korean cavalry was crossing to the west bank of the river with the help of the big urn, Han King Han Xin stood on an earthen platform on the east bank of the river with a horse whip in his hand, and asked the military advisor behind him without looking back: "Military advisor, do you say that Mao Dun will attack Jiuyuan at the same time as agreed?" ”

Jiuyuan's 100,000 Han troops were like a thorn in the back of Han Xin, the king of Han.

The Han army attacked Xianyang by surprise, if it can go down with a drum, once the war does not go well and falls into a stalemate, then the Han army stationed in Jiuyuan will definitely return to the division to rescue, although the main general of Jiuyuan Lu Juan is a straw bag, but his two deputy generals Li Shang and Mei Kai are experienced battlefield generals, Han King Han Xin is very jealous of these two people.

Therefore, whether the Xiongnu will go south according to the agreement will determine the success or failure of the entire plan.

The military advisor Zhao both comforted Han Wang Han Xin and said: "The king rest assured, the Hetao grassland is a fertile land for the Huns to dream of, Mao Dun is ambitious, for the battle of Jiuyuan more than ten years ago, Mao Dun is even more angry, he always thinks about revenge and shame, recapture the Hetao, so, the minister expected that the Xiongnu will definitely send troops. ”

"Good!" Han Xin, the king of Han, said excitedly, "As long as Mao Dun is willing to send troops as agreed, as long as the Huns can contain the 100,000 Han troops in Jiuyuan, the widow will have 100,000 confidence to take Xianyang, haha!" ”

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ps: The first shift arrived, a little late, sweat.