Zhao Guo, Liaocheng. Liaocheng leans on Boling in the north, Anyang in the south, and Jishui in the east, and has the reputation of Jiangbei Water City. Since it was taken by Zhao State, it has been operated as an important border town for more than ten years. In the hearts of the Zhao people, Liaocheng was not lost for a day, and the vast area in the south of Qi was under the front of Zhao's troops for a day.

However, with the 100,000 army of Qi under the leadership of Prime Minister Tian Dan, crossed the Jishui, marched from Ayi, entered the Zhao realm, Ke'anyang, and the 100,000 army of Wei under the leadership of Jin Cong, crossed the river (that is, the Yellow River) from Fanyang and took Pingyi. Only four of the fifteen cities on the other side of the Zhao River could maintain contact with Handan.

A few months ago, the 50,000 troops left behind by Pingyuan Jun in Pingyuan and Lingqiu did not deter the greed of Qi and Wei. The states of Qi and Wei only carefully avoided the main forces of the Zhao army, and chose to divide the small southern part of the Zhao state in two.

At this time, the soldiers and horses of Liaocheng were surging, and the radius of twenty miles was full of fierce battle flags flying in the wind to cover the sky and the sun. The arrival of the 150,000 Zhao army gave Liaocheng great confidence, and the baggage teams carrying grain and the scouts who probed the enemy's situation shuttled inside and outside Liaocheng, which was very lively.

The city guards the mansion, and the county order that used to be arrogant is long gone. Looking at the sons and daughters of the nobles and the important generals in the army, the Liaocheng County Commander knew that his status was humble, and he concentrated on recruiting people to transport military rations.

A huge map was placed on the bookcase, and the deputy general Yan Zhou kept accurately displaying the enemy information that the scouts had heard on the map. As the scouts of the Zhao State continued to flock south, the confrontation with the scouts of Qi and Wei became more and more frequent. Covering the battlefield is always the best way to make the enemy make mistakes. If a general is not well aware of the enemy's situation within a radius of hundreds of miles, he will be ambushed by the enemy if he is not careful. If it is small, it will lose its spirit, and if it is large, the whole army will be annihilated.

The main general, Zhao Hao, naturally would not make such a mistake. The more the enemy of Qi and Wei was hidden, the more interested Zhao Hao became. Spread the scouts in all directions, and make them detour through the relatively weakly defended territory of the Qi State, and listen to the news of all the cities that have not been heard from in Yuqiu, Yangjin, and so on. The Zhao army paid nearly two thousand casualties. Finally, the situation on the entire battlefield was clearly understood.

"At present, the Wei army has captured the three cities of Pingyi, Guancheng and Maling. The army of Qi took 200 miles of Anyang. The city south of Maling was not yet attacked by Qi and Wei. After learning the news of the arrival of the main force of our army, the main force of the Wei army had already moved closer to Anyang in the east. The main forces of the Qi and Wei armies should be around 150,000, which is comparable to our army. Yan Zhou pointed to the map and said.

Zhao Hao nodded with satisfaction and said, "Although Qi and Wei occupy four counties and fifteen cities in my Zhao country, they need to stay behind. With the battle losses, there will never be more than 170,000 people who can fight our army. How to defeat the current enemy, let's discuss. ”

As soon as the words fell, Captain Zhao Qi immediately shouted: "The Qi army is greedy for life and afraid of death, and only the Wei army can withstand a battle." The last general thought that it was better for the army to come out together, and attack the Qi Wei camp with 100,000 troops, and the 50,000 army would circle around and cut off its way back. The Qi army was bound to be afraid. The soldiers have no will to fight and cannot hold on. The Wei army is difficult to support alone, and it will definitely break through. When it breaks through, we can divide and encircle. ”

"It's not right, it's not right!" Someone immediately retorted.

"What's wrong?!" Zhao Ji looked at the captain who spoke up, and said dissatisfiedly: "My Zhao army is invincible, only the Qin army and the Han army can stop it!" Could it be that Captain Wang thinks that our 150,000-strong army can't defeat the rabble of Qi and Wei? Checkmate! If you attack the enemy camp, the last general is willing to be the vanguard! After speaking, he looked at Wang Wei provocatively. There is a lot of sarcasm for the timidity of the other party.

Wang Wei didn't care, he knew Zhao Ji's temperament. Zhao Qi believes in upright warfare and doesn't like to play any intrigues. What can be solved with his fists, he will never use any strategy. In his words, a soldier should be happy to take revenge and see the real trick under his hands. This world. Whoever is fast with a sword, who is ruthless, and who is not afraid of death, should listen to whom. Therefore, Zhao Ji is a famous fierce general of the Zhao army. A good player who charges into battle, but he is not a famous general. He can defeat twice or even three times as many enemy troops as himself, but he often has no more than two of his men.

"Captain Zhao, of course our army can defeat the current Qi-Wei coalition army. But as you said, they are greedy for life and afraid of death. In other words, if you are an enemy army, when you encounter such a threat, do you want to be a turtle with a shrunken head and stick to the camp, or do you know that we have 20,000 cavalry and run away without your life? Wang Wei patiently persuaded.

"Lao Tzu shouldn't shrink his head and turtle!" Zhao Qi immediately retorted, then realized his gaffe, glanced at Zhao Hao, whose face remained unchanged, and muttered in a low voice: "Qi Jun is so afraid of death, he really doesn't dare to run away!" ”

Wang Wei saw that Zhao Qi softened, and did not continue to laugh, and said: "The defending side relies on strong cities and camps, and can inflict several times the damage on the attacking side. If the enemy forces do not hold out, even if we can barely break through their defenses and crush them, the casualties will inevitably be huge. The Qi army and the Wei army retreated, and naturally fled back to China in defeat. What about us, are we still chasing after the past? You must know that the Korean army is eyeing Shiyi, and the prime minister is leading troops to garrison Wu'an, and they still need our reinforcements! If we suffer too many casualties, and the South Korean army enters the country in a big way, how can we resist? Could it be to surrender to the Qin State and ask for help? ”

Zhao Qi no longer spoke, he also understood this truth, but whenever there was a war, he would always subconsciously want to use the blood and lives of the enemy to make them understand the price of offending Zhao Guo. The sooner you defeat them, the more your blood will boil. Wang Wei had already stated the pros and cons, and Zhao Qi naturally no longer insisted on his almost stupid construction.

Another lieutenant spoke: "Then according to Captain Wang's intentions, how should our army deal with itself, so that we can defeat the Qi-Wei coalition army as much as possible under the premise of not suffering many casualties?" ”

This has the meaning of school examination. Most people know that the combat power of the Zhao army is superior to that of the Qi and Wei coalition forces. The most direct method is what Zhao Qi said, which is the simplest. The casualties of the Zhao army will be greater, but the Qi-Wei coalition army is bound to be uncomfortable, after feeling the firm will of the Zhao army, the Qi-Wei coalition army will either make peace or die or break through, of which the possibility of death support is the least. After all, you can't expect Anyang to become the second Jimo. Even if the leader is still Tian Dan. In this way, whether it is peace or breakthrough, the goal of the Zhao army to break the siege has been achieved.

Or it is a long-term siege to cut off the grain routes of the Qi-Wei coalition army. As long as Zhao Jun is not afraid of spending time, this method is the safest. After all, no matter how abundant the food and grass of the Qi-Wei coalition army is, it will run out one day. And the advantages of the Zhao army are the easiest to play in the field.

Wang Wei has pointed out that it is urgent to return to Handan. Naturally, there will be no more siege plans. In this case, Wang Wei put forward a bold plan and said: "Do you still remember the battle of Guiling? ”

Everyone naturally knows the beginning and end of the Battle of Guiling. After all, Zhao Guo was the source of this war. When Zhao Chenghou (Zhao Wuling was the king of Zhao when he was king), Zhao took advantage of the Wei national funeral. Capture the Zhongshan State, which was subdued by the Wei State, and later attack the Wei State's vassal state Weiguo. King Wei Hui could not sit idly by and immediately united with the Song State to help defend the counterattack. The alliance of the Three Kingdoms besieged Handan, and Wei also had the idea of destroying Zhao once and for all. Zhao Guo was frightened, and as a reward for Zhongshan, he begged Qi to send troops. With Tian Ji as the general and Sun Bin as the military advisor, the Qi State adopted the strategy of avoiding the real and taking the lead. forced the Wei army commander Pang Juan to return to the division to rescue. And set up an ambush in Guiling, the road that Pang Juan's army must pass, and defeated the Wei army.

Wang Wei continued: "In the battle of Guiling, Tian Ji, the commander of the Qi army, wanted to go straight to Handan and fight a decisive battle with the Wei army under the city of Handan. However, because of Sun Bin's words, he walked quickly, so he could wait for work and set up an ambush to severely damage the Wei army. The end-of-the-day will think that we may not be able to emulate it. Attract the Qi-Wei coalition army with one. The main force is to go straight to Linzi. Qi must be panicked, and Tian Dan no longer has the will to fight. must wave the army to rescue Linzi. In this way, the Qi-Wei coalition forces parted ways, and we could break them individually. ”

Before the words fell, the deputy general Yan Zhou stroked his palms and laughed, and said, "This plan is very good! The plan of the last general is similar to Wang Wei. The last general thought that it was better to attack Daliang with a partial division. Wei was shocked and retreated. The will of the Qi army to hold on to Anyang will not last. At that time, even if we don't set up an ambush for the Wei army, as long as we add tens of thousands of troops to Puyang and spread the news, Daliang will definitely not dare to use troops. Without the support of the Wei State, how could the Qi State dare to attack my Zhao Guohu! ”

Zhao Hao smiled knowingly. Ever since he brought King Zhao to relieve the siege of Qi Wei, he was under great pressure. Zhao Shengli, the king of the plains, overcame the crowd and recommended himself to lead 150,000 troops south, and this trust could not be repaid. One-third of the elite of Zhao Guo is in hand, if he wins, he will naturally be famous all over the world, and if he loses, Zhao Guo's vitality will inevitably be greatly damaged. Zhao will even have to take the risk of pulling elites from the clouds to protect Handan and shrink the defensive line.

Before he arrived at the front line, he thought that the worst outcome would be that all the fifteen counties would be lost, or only the cities of Puyang would still hold on. Under such circumstances, a decisive battle with the Qi and Wei coalition forces and the revival of Zhao's prestige must be a unanimous decision of Zhao. Fortunately, the battle situation was not so erosive, and the persistence of the Zhao army in various places bought enough time for themselves. After Qi and Wei each occupied the land of Zhao for two hundred miles, they did not dare to continue south. His own 150,000 troops were in Liaocheng, which greatly deterred the Qi-Wei coalition army. The Zhao army had virtually taken the initiative in the campaign. On the Wu'an side, the South Korean army has not completely torn off its face and set off a war, and it is also good news for its own use of troops.

Under such circumstances, avoiding the real and attacking the false, and attacking the west from the east to the west has become a clever plan to disintegrate the Qi-Wei alliance. Zhao Hao believes that the benefits and disadvantages of the surprise attack are as obvious as the disadvantages. The Wei army is the courage of the Qi army, and if the Great Liang is attacked, the Wei army will retreat. As soon as the Wei army retreated, the Qi army was bound to feel isolated and helpless, and they were determined to retreat. In this way, his purpose is quickly achieved. However, Daliang is too close to Xinzheng, and the Korean army will be able to reach Daliang in a moment, and when the time comes, if he can't jump out of the encirclement in time, once he is attacked by the Han and Wei coalition forces, he will inevitably be defeated.

In contrast, Tian Dan was known for his prudence in the use of soldiers, but he was also known for his loyalty, and Zhao Hao thought that leading a light division to attack Linzi was enough to force the main force of the Qi army to return to help. The Wei army's commander, Jin Contempt, has always followed the rules in his use of troops, and such people rarely lose big, but they rarely win big victories. He was mostly indifferent to the attack on Linzi, and it was very unlikely that he would act with the Qi army, and the biggest possibility was to stay in Anyang, and even take the opportunity to go south to attack Yangjin, Puyang and other places. If the Zhao army can successfully ambush the Qi army, the cost of a few cities is still worth it. (To be continued......)

PS: I saw some new readers, such as the common sense that the Yellow River is called river water at this time has remarks in the subsequent chapters, and the protagonist Han Ran writes as Han Wangran according to the habit of history books, which is really not good to modify one by one. I don't write emotional dramas anymore, and I find that I am not good at it. Mainly writing a novel for the first time, the starting point of the protagonist is too high, and the plot is a little difficult to control. Everyone doesn't like it, there are a lot of guarantees!