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Doctor Zhong's rhetoric persuaded the prime minister to general, and also persuaded King Yan. Since South Korea took the initiative to find trouble with Zhao State, Yan State also has the beauty of an adult, so it is natural for him to send troops to help South Korea. Of course, Yan Guo will not let South Korea succeed lightly, for Yan Guo, the best situation is that Han and Zhao are evenly matched, and in the end, both will lose.

Chen Xiao left Jicheng satisfied, and the envoy of the King of Yan also hurried to Dicheng on the north bank of Jishui, where the garrison of Yan Yaqing Rongyi was located. King Yan had an order, in addition to leaving 20,000 soldiers to guard the first line of Jishui, the remaining 80,000 troops immediately pulled out their camps and went north after receiving the order, preparing to attack Zhao from the Hejian area.

Although Rong Hui resented South Korea, because the existence of the Korean army was the result of the defeat of Yan Guoqi, Rong Hui also knew that in this era, the identity of allies and enemies was only a thought. South Korea attacked Zhao because Zhao attacked Qin, and Qin did not support South Korea for help. King Yan saw the benefits and made friends with Korea.

South Korea supported Yan to take Julu County, and in return, Yan Guo wanted to give South Korea a way to let the Korean army go north from Gaotang, take the plain, and then cross the river. In the final analysis, the two countries are just using each other!

After handing over the task of welcoming the Han army across the river to Ji Xin, Rong Yan led the army and left. Rong Yan was not worried that South Korea would go back on his word, because Rong Yi knew very well that seizing the land north of Jishui would not benefit Korea at all. If the land north of Jishui is taken as its own, then the Yan State will not be able to pass through the Qi State, and can only be the enemy of Korea. Returning the land north of Jishui to the Qi State would only increase the strength of the Qi State. On the contrary, he sought the help of Yan Guo and plotted against Zhao Guo while half of the elite of Zhao State was thousands of miles away. It is more in line with the interests of South Korea.

In fact, just as Rong Yi expected, the Han army crossed Jishui in an extremely low-key manner and did not break out a little conflict with the Yan army. Only Ji Xin, the commander of the Yan army, was surprised that South Korea used 200,000 troops at once, compared to his own 20,000 troops, which was simply insignificant. Ji Xin couldn't help but rejoice, at least for now, Yan and South Korea are still allies. Otherwise, Yan Guo will definitely not be able to face the South Korea that is overwhelmed by the army!

After crossing Jishui, counting the time of the march, it took only three days for the Korean army to take Pingyuan City. On June 12, the Korean army abandoned Pingyuan City, and the 200,000-strong army divided into five routes and crossed the river in turn. Although the Han army has been as careful as possible, such a big momentum still can't hide from the Zhao army on the other side. After discovering the Korean army, the ferry defenders, who had only more than 1,000 people, decisively abandoned the ferry. Fleeing in a hurry, the Korean army successfully crossed the river without encountering the slightest resistance. It took five days to cross the river, and the Han soldiers who took the lead in crossing the river divided the road and cut off the road for the Zhao army to go north in Dongwu City and Lingqiu. After clearing the resistance on the periphery, they surrounded Tobu Castle and Lingqiu without hurry.

In the face of the black and oppressive Korean army, the county orders of Dongwu City and Lingqiu City all rushed to despair. Because the speed of the arrival of the Korean army was too fast, although both places received warnings from the defenders of the ferry. But it was still too late to gather the soldiers. This is also related to the laxity of the two places.

Prior to this, King Zhao had already ordered. All localities, especially the cities on the border, are asked to beware of the ROK army. After all, everyone knows that Zhao Guo's attack on Qin is challenging South Korea's bottom line, and South Korea is very likely to attack Zhao's place to be saved, forcing Lian Po to return to his division. to solve the crisis of the Qin State. But whether it was the Dongwu City County Order or the Lingqiu County Order, they all thought that there were six cities south of the river in front of them, and there were river moats, so they didn't have to worry about the Han army coming at all! Even if the South Korean army really wants to attack itself, he has plenty of time to react. But it backfired. The Han army actually crossed the river from the land of Yan State, and directly caught himself off guard.

Originally, there were 5,000 defenders in Tobu Castle and 4,000 defenders in Lingqiu, but when the Korean army besieged the city, there were only 3,000 soldiers in Dongbu Castle and only 1,000 in Lingqiu. On the one hand, the two places sent many soldiers to guard several crossings on the river, and on the other hand, the two places did not recruit all the soldiers. If all the young and strong were to be recruited, at least 15,000 people could be gathered from the two places.

Unfortunately, there are no ifs. In the face of the unrivaled Korean army, the Dongwu Cheng County Commander chose to surrender very spinelessly, because the Dongwu City County Commander knew very well that if the Korean army only had tens of thousands of people, then he could still hold on and wait for reinforcements from Handan! But the South Korean army now has hundreds of thousands, and resistance is only a dead end. Moreover, even if you resist on your own, you won't be able to hold out for long. The Lingqiu County Order is very backbone, and led the army to resist, but unfortunately, the Han Army promised that whoever takes the head of the Lingqiu County Order can take his place, and the next morning when this promise was made, the wealthy families of Lingqiu County tied up the Lingqiu County Order and escorted it to the Han army camp.

In just five days, the 100-mile land surrounded by Huanshui and the river was captured by the South Korean army, and the casualties paid by the South Korean army were only more than 3,000 people!

At the same time, Zhao's Henan land was also attacked by the Korean army. Wang Jian led an army of 30,000 to return to Taishan County, attacking A County from the west, although A County tried its best to resist, but the city was small and the soldiers were few, but in five days, it was declared lost. Immediately, Wang Qian's army went all the way north and went straight to Liaocheng.

Liaocheng had already learned that the Han army was overwhelmed, and was afraid that it would be difficult for them to resist, so they sent messengers to Yuancheng, Huangcheng, Boling, and Pingyi for help. It's a pity that King Zhao had already ordered that if the Han army attacked the city, he could only hold on; If you encounter other cities calling for help, you don't have to pay attention to it, in case the South Korean army is attacking the west.

In addition to the 10,000 troops in Pingyi who fulfilled King Zhao's orders and ignored Liaocheng's call for help, Yuancheng, Huangcheng, and Boling all sent reinforcements in varying numbers. Among them, Yuancheng and Huangcheng combined 3,000 troops to reinforce from the south of Liaocheng; Boling sent 2,000 reinforcements from the north of Liaocheng.

Seeing that his plan to surround the point and send reinforcements was successful, how could Wang Jian let go of such a good opportunity. The reinforcements sent by the three places were all ambushed by Wang Qian, and the whole army was annihilated. Wang Jian put the head of the main general of the reinforcements under the city of Liaocheng to hit the morale of the Zhao army. The 5,000 soldiers in Liaocheng City trembled, and they no longer had the courage to go out of the city to fight with the Korean army.

Although Yuancheng, Huangcheng, and Boling were not attacked by the Korean army, they were also worried and closed the four gates in order to protect themselves. The South Korean army's intimidation tactics had the desired effect, and the five cities, which could have been in solidarity with each other, lost confidence and had to fight on their own.

Subsequently. The main force of 70,000 Han troops led by Meng Fu surrounded Pingyi, and Meng Fu showed that the enemy was weak, leaving only 20,000 troops stationed at the south gate and east gate of Pingyi, and let go of the west gate and north gate. But even so, the Zhao army in the city was indifferent, as if he was afraid that the Han army was deliberately luring him out of the city. If you really go out of the city, you will definitely fall into the scheme.

Unexpectedly, Meng Wei took advantage of the suspicion of the defenders of Pingyi City, and first mobilized the main army of 60,000 people to attack Yuancheng and Huangcheng. Both places are close to the river, and the terrain is relatively low, and the bed crossbows mounted on the Korean boats are condescending, constantly firing rockets, while the Korean trebuchets are also taking turns firing stones. In such two days, Yuancheng took the lead in surrendering out of the city because of the heavy casualties in the city and could not support it. The same is true for Huangcheng, however, because the number of Huangcheng garrisons exceeds 5,000, the Huangcheng County Order is loyal to Zhao and has held out for a longer time. The South Korean army suffered more than 2,000 casualties. also took Huangcheng. The six cities in the south of the Zhao River have gone to three of them.

After the capture of the Yellow City. Wang Jian and Meng Fu joined forces and attacked Liaocheng and Boling. In the face of nearly 80,000 Korean troops, the defenders of Liaocheng finally showed the toughness of the Zhao army. Yuancheng County ordered to enter the city to persuade him to surrender, was killed, and his head was hung at the head of the city. The Han army captured the city several times, but they were all driven down by the Zhao army. Liaocheng County ordered Wang Fang and county lieutenant Zhao Zhen to take the lead. Taking the lead in killing the enemy at the head of the city greatly boosted the morale of the defenders. Even if Meng Fu announced that he could slash Wang Fang and Zhao Qian, reward 100 gold, and promote the official to the third level, no one was lucky enough to win the two. The people of Liaocheng are also surprisingly single-minded. It can't be used by Korea like the people of Lingqiu.

In the end, it was Wang Jian who took the initiative to ask for help and promised Meng Fu that Liaocheng could be captured within three days. Meng Fu was overjoyed and transferred 40,000 troops to Wang Jian under the command of Wang Qian. Wang Jian also lived up to expectations and took Liaocheng on the third day.

The method used by Wang Jian is extremely simple, that is, to attack the east and the west. First, it stormed the southeast corner of Liaocheng, which was also the main direction of South Korea's previous attack. After a long period of fierce attack, the southeast corner of the Liaocheng city wall has been somewhat dilapidated, although it has been urgently reinforced, but it is not as strong as other places after all. Wang Jian first sent troops to attack the northwest corner, confusing the defenders of Liaocheng, making them think that the Han army had suffered enough in the southeast corner and wanted to change directions. The Zhao army was unaware for a while, and the city was captured by the Korean army. Because the main force of the Zhao army all rushed to the northwest corner, the distance was too far, and it was night, Liaocheng was finally conquered by the Korean army. The county commander Wang Fang and the county lieutenant Zhao Zhen were all killed in battle, and most of the 5,000 Zhao troops defending the city were also killed in battle, and a small number surrendered! Lu Yi, which is under its jurisdiction, has few major generals, and in the face of the persuasion of the Korean army, he sensibly chose to surrender!

As for Boling in the north of Liaocheng, the will of the Boling defenders was originally not very firm, and after receiving the heads of Wang Fang and Zhao Qian, they chose to surrender with interest. In this way, in just half a month, only one city left in Pingyi in the territory south of the Zhaoguo River. In the five cities of Yuancheng, Huangcheng, Boling, Axian, and Liaocheng, there were a total of 17,000 Zhao troops, more than 13,000 killed in battle, and less than 4,000 surrendered! If the Zhao army did not have the siege and reinforcement plan of the Chinese and Korean armies, they might be able to hold out for a few more months, but with the five cities falling into the hands of the Han army, Meng Fu and Wang Jian could finally calmly lead the army south and solve the 10,000 Zhao troops in Pingyi City.

On June 20, Li Mu and Bai Qi led an army of 190,000 to cross Huanshui, which was only separated from Handan by a stretch of Zhangshui, less than 100 miles away. Almost on the same day, Meng Wei and Wang Jian led an army of 40,000 to the south, joined up with the 20,000 troops left behind, and combined 60,000 troops to besiege Pingyi City, the last city of Zhao south of the river. The Great War has begun.

Zhao Guo, Handan.

Knowing that the Korean army crossed the river from the plains by surprise and captured Dongwu City and Lingqiu, the plan of Zhao State to intercept the Korean army layer by layer failed, and the monarchs and ministers of Zhao State all changed their faces. Originally, Zhao State could still rely on Henan, Heshui, Huanshui, and Zhangshui to set up four lines of defense, but in the blink of an eye, Zhao State only had one defense line left in Zhangshui. Zhao didn't think that South Korea would take the initiative to cut off his own back route, and if nothing else, there would definitely be another army attacking Zhao's Henan.

Zhao Guojunchen also did not think that the 10,000 horses between Huanshui and Zhangshui could stop the Korean army for long. For this army that sent a message to them, many people silently sentenced themselves to death in their hearts. The annihilation of the 10,000-strong army is nothing more than a matter of time, just a question of how many men and horses the South Korean army will lose. Even if South Korea clears the hurdles and only 180,000 people remain, it is too large a force. It was so big that Zhao Guo couldn't breathe.

Recruit armies and recruit armies as fast as you can. Recruiting all the armies was the unanimous decision of the monarchs and ministers of the Zhao State. Everyone knows that if Zhao is unwilling to move the capital and give up Handan, he must fight to the death with South Korea!

If you just recruit elites, you can make up fifty or sixty thousand in a short time. After all. 150,000 elites attacked Zhao, 30,000 elites blockaded South Korea's Shangdang, 30,000 elites were south of the river, 10,000 elites were between Huanshui and Zhangshui, 10,000 elites were between Huanshui and Heshui, plus 50,000 elites in Yanmen and Yunzhong, and 20,000 elites in Handan, there were only tens of thousands of elites left in Zhao that could be recruited. At this time, it is not the quality of the army that matters. It's the quantity. If there are more ants, they can bite the elephant to death.

King Zhao ordered that all men who had reached the age of 16 and were not yet 50 years old, and who had no hand or leg problems, should be conscripted into the army. This also means that as long as there are no arms or legs, all of them must enlist in the army to resist the South Korean army. Of course. The exception was for the local tycoons, and slaves without household registration were not among them.

Meantime. King Han sent envoys of 800 li to Yanmen and Yunzhong, and transferred 40,000 border troops to the south. Fortunately, it was the height of summer, and the grassland was rich in water and grass, and the Xiongnu should not sneak attack the border pass.

With such a series of orders, Zhao should be able to gather an army of 200,000, although half of them will be old and weak. There are 20,000 elites in Handan who stick to the front line of Zhangshui. It should be able to support until the arrival of troops from all over the country. However, this is a stopgap measure after all. Zhao transferred all the troops to Handan, which also meant that the garrisons in other places would be empty. If South Korea breaks through the Zhangshui defense line, it will ignore Handan, but go north to pass through Julu. Change the forcible attack on Handan to a siege, then the Zhao State will be in danger! Therefore, the safest thing is to ensure that the Korean army cannot cross the Zhangshui, or in other words, even if the Korean army crosses the Zhangshui, Zhao will have enough elites to drive the Korean army to the south bank of the Zhangshui. An army of 100,000 elites and 100,000 old and weak cannot do this.

It was in this context that the construction of mobilizing Lian Po's army to return to Handan was proposed. Pingyang Jun Zhao Bao opposed the conquest of Qin at the beginning, how could Lin Xiang be sick, Pingyuan Jun and Xinling Jun agreed that Qin was immortal, and Zhao was absolutely subject to Han. Qin and Qi are like the wings of South Korea, and if you want to destroy Korea, you need to cut off the wings first. The state of Chu invaded Yue, and the state of Yan invaded Qi, and for the state of Zhao, it was a good time to destroy Qin. Unexpectedly, whether it was the Chu State or the Yan State, they were defeated too quickly, one because they were spineless, and the other was because they were too hasty, which directly led the Zhao State into a dilemma.

If when the news of Yan's defeat reached Handan, Lian Po had not yet led the army into Taiyuan County, Zhao could certainly collect his troops, lest Korea send troops to attack him; But when the news of the Yan State following the Chu State to collect troops came, Lian Po led the army to break through the Qin army and broke into a place less than fifty miles away from Jinyang. As long as he wins one more game, the Zhao army can force the Qin State to sign an alliance under the city, and even capture Taiyuan County in one fell swoop and destroy the Qin State! This directly led to the unwillingness of Pingyuan Jun and Xinling Jun to give up the low-hanging fruit, so they instigated King Zhao not to withdraw his troops from Taiyuan.

Maybe Pingyuanjun and Xinlingjun are lucky, after all, South Korea has been sitting on Qin and Zhao for three months, and South Korea wants to save Qin, so it has already been saved. There is a great possibility that South Korea is unwilling to use too many troops to intervene in this war that affects the whole world, which is why South Korea only sent 50,000 troops to rescue Vietnam and 50,000 troops to rescue Qi. Now with the defeat of Chu and Yan, South Korea may not have enough food and grass, or it may be trapped in the party, no matter what the reason, South Korea should not send troops to attack Zhao in a short time, this time, maybe Lian Po can capture Jinyang City.

It's a pity that Pingyuanjun and Xinlingjun miscalculated, and Korea prepared enough grain and grass early in the morning, and also recruited enough troops. When Zhao Guo was unconscious, he took advantage of Daoyan and Qi to give Zhao Guo a blow!

Pingyang Jun knew very well that in addition to the 190,000 army he knew, there should be a large army in Korea attacking Zhao's Henan. South Korea is so mobilized, not only to rescue the Qin State, but also to let the Zhao State know who is the overlord in this world, and even does not rule out the possibility of trying to destroy the Zhao State! At this time, no risk can be taken! There is really a case that Zhao destroys the Qin State, but Handan is taken by South Korea, then the gains outweigh the losses!

Therefore, Zhao Bao firmly believes that Lian Po's army should be allowed to return to the division as soon as possible. Even if the Han army is unable to cross Zhangshui, or if it cannot conquer Handan, it should abandon the plan to attack Qin. On the other hand, be careful to beware of the Yan Kingdom. After all, the news from the front line was that the Korean army had conquered the plains before crossing the river to attack Tobu Castle. The surrounding area of the plain is the land of Yan State, if the Han army is a sneak attack, it is acceptable, but if it is the acquiescence of Yan State, or even the help of Yan State, then Zhao State's situation is dangerous. Yan Guo will not fall into the ground, no one dares to pack tickets. With an army of 200,000 alone, it is no longer possible to cope with this crisis! (To be continued......)