Pingyang is a strong city, but it is also the food town of Pingyang Jun Zhao Bao. Zhao Bao is self-denying and dedicating himself to the public, and he is a direct minister above the court of Zhao State. Naotomi means being strict not only with oneself, but also from others. If this requirement is strict, it is easy to offend people. Zhao Bao is not as fond of making friends as Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng, and he is not very tactful, so naturally, his reputation is far inferior to that of Pingyuan Jun.

Considering that Pingyang and Handan were close to each other, although King Zhao knew that he was loyal, Zhao Bao was also worthy of his heart, and the cautious Zhao Bao did not dare to raise too many private soldiers, even if Zhao Bao had complete jurisdiction over his own food. However, eight hundred elites are less for Pingyang within a radius of dozens of miles, but they can make other ministers unable to find flaws and make King Zhao feel at ease, Zhao Bao feels that he has arranged it very appropriately.

It's just that in the face of hundreds of thousands of Korean troops, Binh Duong, who had few defenders, resisted for only half an hour before announcing a change of hands. The Korean army took Pingyang City on the south bank of Zhangshui without much effort.

After taking Pingyang City, the Han army did not stop at all, and went straight to Ye County upstream. There, there were suitable shoals for the Korean army to force their way across the Zhangshui.

There are 3,000 Zhao troops in Ye County to defend the city, and it is enough to defend the city, after all, the city of Ye County is only ten miles away, but it is difficult for a strong man to trap the Han army in Ye County. The Han army did not divide 5,000 soldiers, so that the defenders of Ye County did not dare to act rashly. In fact, King Zhao has already ordered, but in the event of a Korean army attacking the city, he can only defend it to the death, wait for reinforcements, and not go out of the city to fight, otherwise, even if he wins, he will be punished.

The Korean army was divided into two routes, one was a partial division, with 30,000 horses, responsible for containing the Zhao soldiers and horses west of Ye County to ensure the safety of the grain route; All the way to the main force, there are 150,000 troops. Commanded by Li Mu and Bai Qi personally, the target was Handan, the capital of Zhao.

In the face of the forced crossing of the Korean army, the army deployed by Zhao along the line of the Great Wall did not stop it. Although these Zhao troops added up to not much, only 15,000 people, when the Korean army crossed the river, they could also get a lot of results, but at the same time, it also meant that the Great Wall defense line of Zhao State would face the embarrassment of being undefended. The South Korean army can completely after annihilating the defenders of the Great Wall. The long drive went straight in, and the soldiers approached the city of Handan. The lesser of the two powers, Zhao would rather let the Han army cross the Zhangshui than break through the defense line of the Great Wall. After all, the former still has room to turn around, and the latter is almost desperate for Zhao Guo.

After crossing the Zhangshui, there were two roads in front of the Korean army, one was to storm the Great Wall of Zhao, which was simple and straightforward. It's just that the casualties will be larger; The other is to detour back to the east of Handan, which is the end of the Great Wall south of Handan, although it takes more than 100 miles to travel, but east of Handan, in the relatively weak link of the Zhao army's defense. As long as Ge Xin and Feiyi are taken, the east of Handan will become the Happy Valley of the Korean army!

As for whether to go directly to the north or east, Li Mu specially discussed with Bai Qi. Although Bai Qi has lost to South Korea several times, it is not a factor of strength. Rather, it was defeated by luck. If he let himself fight with two armies with the same number and combat power commanded by Bai Qi, Li Mu would not be sure of victory. For Bai Qi, a famous general who shocked the world. All Li Mu has is respect. With Bai Qi's ability and prestige, he can lead an army alone, and now he is subordinate to himself, but it is just the idea of King Han to take care of his ministers. It is obvious that the promotion and reuse will be used in the future. Li Mu is also willing to learn more from Bai Qi, a senior.

As far as the use of soldiers is concerned, Li Mu and Bai Qi are very similar. Both are good at large legion combat. It seems that the more chess pieces you have, the more you can play the role of a chess piece. In terms of details, though, there are slight differences. When facing a strong opponent, Bai Qi is accustomed to draining the opponent's morale first. Tong guò constantly tries to find out the flaws of the other party, and then wins the battle. Bai Qi never cared about the gains and losses of one city or one place, but took killing and wounding the enemy army as the first priority. Therefore, in order to achieve this effect, Bai Qi rarely invested a large number of troops to attack the city, and was more accustomed to defeating the enemy army in field battles.

Li Mu is also good at large-scale mobile operations, and also likes to inflict heavy damage on enemy troops in the field. However, he is better at concealing his combat intentions, and he is not used to showing weakness to the enemy, even in the face of an opponent of equal strength, Li Mu's first thought is still to attack. Of course, this does not mean that life is exchanged for life, and that it is all about fighting on the basis of whim, but that the enemy army is completely unaware of its intentions, and intimidates and suppresses the enemy army with a series of actions, and then inflicts heavy damage when the enemy army loses its square inch or loses patience.

When Li Mu found Bai Qi to discuss the direction of using troops after crossing Zhangshui, Bai Qi did not reply directly, but said with a smile that Li Mu must have his own ideas, why don't the two write down what they think in their hearts on a piece of paper, and then hand it to each other at the same time. Li Mu became interested and did as he was told. As a result, the two of them wrote two words at the same time, that is, eastward.

Bai Qi then explained that going north seemed to be a shortcut, but it was not. The Great Wall defense line is a defense line built by Zhao Guo painstakingly and alone, built relying on the mountainous terrain, the Korean army attacked on the back, and the Great Wall defense line could not be taken without 350,000 sacrifices. Moreover, even if it was taken, it would take enough time for Zhao to mobilize his army to build a simple but strong defensive line.

The advantage of the South Korean army today is not only in the strength of the army, but also in the time. Advance eastward and take Ge Sin, then the game of chess of the Korean army attacking Handan will be considered alive. The Han army can not only make the army arranged by Zhao in the south of Handan an an ornament, but also rely on Ge Xian to take Handan in the west, peep into the sand dunes and houses in the north, and cut off Handan from the outside world at the same time.

Of course, Zhao Guo should also know the importance of Ge Sin to Zhao State, and he should also arrange a lot of troops. However, the strength of the Zhao army was really limited, and it could only rely on Ge Xin City to defend passively, while the Han army was not, and it was completely possible to leave a large army to besiege Ge Xin, and the other large armies swept north of Handan, so that Handan's reinforcements could not go south. Under the elimination of one and the other, Handan's morale will inevitably collapse, and when the South Korean army storms Handan, it will encounter relatively little resistance.

What's more, Yan has reached an agreement with South Korea and will send a large army to attack Julu County. In terms of time, Handan should have received news of the Yan invasion if the Yan kept its promise. However, Li Mu and Bai Qi both believed that it would be safer for the Han army to do the work that Yan Guo might not contribute to, and cut off the connection between Handan County and the outside world. These things he did just made the Qin State rush to despair, and when the army of Meng Fu and Wang Jian led the army north, it might become the last straw that crushed the Qin State. (Tomorrow 10,000 words update!) (To be continued......)

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