Under the continuous offensive of the Qin army, the defense line of the Zhao army appeared to be stretched. After only three quarters of an hour, the East Gate was declared lost, and thousands of Qin troops immediately poured into Linjin City without hindrance. This became the last straw that crushed Zhao Jun. Zhao Jun, who was still struggling to support him, collapsed all of a sudden, giving up the remaining three doors that were still in his hands. The remaining hundreds of Zhao troops retreated to the city's arsenal, where the Linjin garrison led the Zhao army in a final charge. The Qin army ended the torment of the Zhao army with a rain of arrows, and also completed the order given by Bai Qi not to let go of a Zhao army. Linjin City, officially changed hands.

Bai Qi did not enter the city, nor did he stop for a moment. After leaving 3,000 Qin troops to garrison this newly occupied city, Bai Qi immediately divided his troops to attack the two cities of Heyang and Yuanli in the north. Bai Qi led 60,000 troops to attack Heyang, Wang Jian led 40,000 troops to march into Yuanli, and the two agreed to meet in Shaoliang ten days later.

The process of the Qin army's capture of Heyang appeared to be uneventful, and Bai Qiliu's deputy led the main force of the Chinese army to advance slowly, leading 5,000 elites himself, and rushed to Heyang City at dawn, eighty miles away. The Zhao army in Heyang City thought that there was a river moat and Linjin as a barrier, and they were careless, so they did not prevent the Qin army from pretending to be the envoy of the Zhao army, and opened the city gate by fraud, and five thousand Qin army elites rushed up. Although the Zhao army resisted desperately, an hour later, Heyang City still inevitably fell into the hands of the Qin army.

The capture of Yuanli, the Qin army was a dignified and upright strategy. Wang Jian ordered his subordinates to infiltrate Yuanli City, and agreed to set fire to the city to create civil strife when the siege was most urgent. At the same time, Wang Jian bewitched the local wealthy families in the city who were close to the Qin state, and asked them to send private soldiers to the top of the city in the name of helping to defend the city, so as to gain the trust of the Zhao army. In fact, these private soldiers secretly communicated with the Qin army and attacked the Zhao army at a critical moment.

Regarding the Hao family's initiative to send private soldiers to help defend the city, the Yuanli guard general still had doubts in his heart at first. But realize that it was only two days of offensive and defensive battles. After the Qin army lost more than 1,000 horses, the Yuanli guard general began to worry that his own losses would be too large and he would not be able to hold on to the arrival of reinforcements, so he could only reluctantly accept this mention.

The private soldiers of the Hao clan really strengthened the momentum of the Zhao army, and the Qin army may not have realized that there were so many "Zhao troops" in the city, and the offensive did ease for a long time. But half a day later. The offensive of the Qin army became more and more fierce, and the private soldiers of the Hao clan on the head of the city gradually increased, and the war gradually entered the most intense time.

It was at this time that a series of events occurred. First, the Qin army lurking in the city set fire everywhere, shouting that the Qin army had come in, and the defenders of Yuanli were panicked when they landed. The guards hurriedly sent a group of men and horses to search for the fine work and extinguish the fire, among them, there were naturally private soldiers of the Hao clan and regular Zhao troops. I thought it was nine out of ten, but something strange happened. Only a few bloody people came back from this group of people who were sent out. Reported to the guards that the number of fine works of the Qin army was too large to resist. The guard was shocked, and was assassinated by the "subordinates" in front of him without paying attention, and died on the spot. The private soldiers suddenly attacked, and the city was in chaos. The Qin army took this opportunity and poured into Yuanli, and the three thousand five hundred Zhao troops did not leave a single living mouth.

When Wang Jian led the army to Shaoliang. The army of Bai Qi has been besieging the city for three days. Wang Jian thought that his speed was fast enough, but he didn't expect it to be faster than Bai Qi. Secretly said ashamed. Wang Jian went to meet Bai Qi to discuss how to attack Shaoliang.

The one who is less Liang is the capital of the Liang country. Nowadays, although the Wei State is also called the Liang State because of the Dingdu Liang, it is not the Liang State. Shaoliang is close to the river (Yellow River), and there is one of the few ferries on the river (Yellow River) thirty miles away from the east gate. It has always been a battleground for soldiers. Earlier, the Qin and Jin dynasties competed here, and after the three families were divided, the Qin and Wei dynasties competed here. In the eleventh year of King Huiwen of Qin (330 BC), Qin took Shaoliang. Shaoliang was renamed Xiayang, because of the irrefutable strong national strength of the Qin State, Shaoliang did not change hands repeatedly. Until six years ago, the Three Jin Dynasty invaded Qin, Han took Sanchuan, Wei took Hedong, Zhao took Hexi, and Xiayang was renamed Shaoliang by Zhao State, and set up a county with half a county, thinking that the county was located.

Now Zhao Zhihexi County is actually just the territory of the original half of the upper county of the Qin State. The Qin State has occupied this place for more than 50 years, and is very familiar with the mountains and trees of Hexi County. On the one hand, Zhao State was not wary of Qin State daring to tear up the alliance and attack Hexi, and on the other hand, he was negligent, he did not expect that the Qin army's advance would be so fast. Yuanli only asked for help from himself four days ago, and the next day the main force of the Qin army surrounded Shaoliang City. The only thing that Zhao Dan, the county guard of Hexi, was glad that he had sent the news of his request for help in time.

"Lord County Guard, the Qin army outside the city has increased its troops again!" Zhao Dan, who was discussing with his henchmen how to defend the city, received another bad news.

Yesterday, I just received an urgent report from the foreign Gucheng eighty miles north of Shaoliang asking for help, and the Jigu County Order said that at least 20,000 troops surrounded the Gucheng, and the Gugu was in danger, and asked him to send troops quickly. Zhao Dan confirmed that this was Qin Jun's deliberate mess with his own military morale. After all, the Qin army's strength was several times that of its own, and it was completely impossible to surround Shaoliang, but the Qin army just let the other party break in. Of course, he knew that the other party was the brother of the county order, and the news of the aunt's request for help must be true, but in order to maintain the stability of the army's heart, he still ordered the other party to be pushed out and beheaded. His head is still hanging at the north gate.

Originally, the Qin State sent 60,000 troops, and the leader was Wu Anjun Baiqi, and his chances of winning were low enough. Now that the Qin army has actually increased its troops, Zhao Dan no longer expects to be able to hold Shaoliang City. The only thing he hopes for is to last as long as possible, and maybe there is a chance to be buried in Handan's ancestral grave. It is already very clear that in the land of the eight counties in Hexi, only Shaoliang is still in the hands of Zhao Guo. As for Yuanli and Jigu, I am afraid that they are about to be lost, and Zhao Dan no longer counts Jigu as Zhao's territory in his heart.

After hearing this bad news, Zhao Dan's face remained unchanged, and he said without panic: "What? The Qin army rushed to send us military merits again? ”

The henchmen looked at each other, admitting that the joke was cold, but the tension eased a little. The general is the courage of the army, if the main generals are timid before fighting, there will be no need to fight this war. It's better to discuss surrender as soon as possible, while you have some price in hand!

After Bai Qi led the army to surround Shaoliang City, he did not launch an offensive, but only resorted to the trick of encircling three and missing one, blocking the passage of Shaoliang to the east, south, and west, leaving only a surprisingly quiet north gate. But nevertheless. It also put a lot of pressure on Shaoliang.

On the one hand, the contrast between the forces of the two sides is too great, the Qin army is a dignified 60,000 elites, and the Zhao army's side, because of the rush of time, only gathered 10,000 troops. Although there were more than five thousand young men available in the city. But Zhao Jun was not at ease. Zhao Dan only intends to use it selectively and conditionally, otherwise, it will cause contradictions between the military and the people and lose the hearts of the people; At worst, it will lead to defection and mutiny.

On the other hand, Bai Qi's reputation is outside, and the title of the world's first general is not called in vain. In the first battle, he killed 240,000 Han and Wei coalition troops, and then broke through the Yingdu of Chu State, burned Yiling, and Chu suffered more than 300,000 casualties and was forced to move the capital. Even the allied armies of Qi, Yan, and Zhao under the command of Lian Po were all defeated in Guanzhong, and now they are still punished by King Zhao to defend the frontier in the clouds. Nearly one million lives in the six countries of Shandong have made Bai Qi famous.

Zhao Jun watched Qin Jun under his nose. Methodically preparing siege equipment, blocking passages, burying pots for cooking, and going out of the camp for training, you can only wait quietly for the other party to attack the city, and the pressure on anyone's heart is incomparable. Just as death is not terrible, what is terrible is waiting for death, and what is terrible is that the person who is about to kill himself is preparing to kill himself in front of him.

The messenger who came to report the news seemed to be infected by Zhao Dan's calmness, took a deep breath at the moment, and said slowly: "The Qin army that came to help came from the southwest, and the number is more than 30,000. The leading soldiers are carrying a big banner with the word 'king', and the army is neat. ”

Zhao Dan nodded quietly. Signal that the other person can leave. The messenger breathed a sigh of relief, and did not forget to bow respectfully, and carefully retreated. Without him, the anger of the whole room was too depressing. The weather was cold, and everyone's faces were not relaxed, even if the county keeper's face was not so gloomy. The messenger also felt like falling into an ice cellar.

Zhao Dan called the guards not far away, signaled them to block the place within a radius of ten zhang, and then closed the door tightly, blocking the chill outside the room. Only then did he return to his position and take a sip of tea. looked around and said, "If I'm not mistaken, it should be Wang Qian, the guard of the Qin State, who came to help." ”

Everyone looked at each other and said yes again and again. In today's Qin State, there are not many high-ranking officials of the (surname) king, and there are even fewer people who can be qualified as Bai Qi's deputy generals. Thinking about it, it is suitable for Weiwei Wang Jian alone. This is not good news, Wang Jian came from the southwest, which means that most of the people in Yuanli are more than lucky.

Shaoliang has become an isolated city, and the Qin army must be bound to win this strategic location. The 60,000 Qin army had already made Shaoliang breathless, and the 90,000 Qin army was enough to suffocate Shaoliang. The news of the Qin army's swaggering increase in troops could definitely not be concealed from the Zhao army in Shaoliang City, and the army's heart was unstable, and it was even more difficult to hold Shaoliang. This is really a wave of unsettled, wave after wave, and it is not easy to make the whole army believe that the north of Shaoliang is safe and sound. When the Qin army conquered Jigu and completely blocked their retreat from the north, it was then that the sky should not be called the earth. Thinking of this, everyone was silent.

As if he hadn't noticed the reaction of his henchmen, Zhao Dan said to himself: "Eat the king's luck, share the king's worries; Eat the king's luck, and be loyal to the king. Although there are many Qin troops, why should I be afraid? I am the guardian of a county, and I am in charge of Hexi on behalf of the king, and I am under the command of the king, and I must not leave my post without permission. Now Hexi can't be defended, only to fight to the death, so that it can live up to the king's trust! You are not, you all have the talent of the heavens and latitudes, and you are not Zhao Chen, you can change your surname incognito, wait for the situation to stabilize, and then find another master, in order to hold the ambition of life. Everyone, disperse! Go too! Go too! ”

Everyone didn't expect that Zhao Dan did not open his mouth to discuss how to stick to Shaoliang, but to persuade everyone to leave. The words were extremely helpless and frustrated. The so-called mourning is greater than the death of the heart, and this is not the case.

A henchman immediately got up and said angrily: "The lowly one who goes home thousands of miles away, and often accompanies the adult without caring for his parents, covers the special encounter of the adult." Now that the great man is in trouble, will there be one who forsakes the adult and goes away? If the adults doubt the sincerity of the lowly position, the lowly duty is willing to carry a long sword and kill the Qin army, even if they can't take the white starting rank, they must consume the Qin army's arrows to show the will of the lowly position. ”

Another henchman also came back to his senses, his eyes were split, and he sighed again: "Adults are not afraid of death, so why are they afraid of death?!" Death is a small matter, but a loss of discipline is a big matter. If you ignore the grace of your lordship and escape from the battle, you are really not a son of man! Although the tree falls and the monkey is scattered, there are also monkeys lingering, and they think that they are far better than the monkeys, and they are willing to advance and retreat with adults, and live and die together. ”

The rest of the people were either trying to persuade each other or draw their swords to death, and the room was in chaos. Zhao Dan saw that his goal of bitter meat was achieved, and he hid his tears and said with joy: "I only know the will of the monarchs today. Don't say more, from now on, you will not live up to me, and I will not live up to you. ”

"That's it! When it is, too! The crowd responded.

After this episode, everyone's fear of the menacing Qin army, which took advantage of the time and place, was a little less, and on the contrary, the morale increased sharply. This is exactly the result that Zhao Dan wants. The so-called people are not afraid of death, so why should they be afraid of death. If a person is not even afraid of death. What is there to be afraid of! Wang Jian led more than 30,000 Qin troops and Bai Qi's 60,000 troops converged, and another 20,000 Qin troops in the north were eyeing each other, and they would rush over to support at any time. Zhao Dan can only use the agitation method to mobilize everyone's fighting spirit.

Putting away the slight emotion in his heart, Zhao Dan's face returned to solemnity, and he said in a deep voice: "The Qin army is ten times larger than me, and he won't kill me now, but he wants to cut my morale." Fear my people. Now Shaoliang is a lonely city, I heard that there is no soldier to save outside, and there is no city to defend inside. If you want to make the whole army work together so that the Qin army cannot defeat Shaoliang, it is necessary to strengthen the determination of the whole army first. ”

One person said: "Your Excellency is better to scatter all your family wealth and take out all the money and food in the treasury, on the one hand, to gather the dead soldiers and attack the Qin army camp at night." On the other hand, meritorious sergeants are rewarded. The officers of the Qin army, large and small, up to two or five hundred masters. Down to the captain and pawn, all of them are clearly priced. Even the people who are willing to go to the city to help, the adults can reward them and encourage the people to help defend the city. If the people are willing to assist us wholeheartedly, it will be difficult for the Qin army of this Shaoliang City to take it lightly. Once it takes a lot of time, the loss is quite large. The Qin army must be afraid and change the attack to a siege. When the time comes, it's our chance. ”

Zhao Dan nodded again and again and said approvingly: "This plan is feasible." If Shaoliang City is broken, the money and grain in the treasury belong to the Qin State. It's better to use it now to boost morale. If everyone can get away with not dying, the king will blame it, and I will bear it! ”

Everyone heard the meaning of Zhao Dan's words. Without the king's order, it is a capital offense to embezzle money from the treasury without permission. If Zhao Dan died in battle, Handan would naturally not be able to investigate Zhao Dan's culpability. But if Zhao Dan is lucky enough not to die, he must "pay" for his unauthorized claims. The best outcome is to redeem the merits for the sins, and the merits and demerits are offset.

One person counts short, two people count long. Someone else stood up and said: "This is a thousand and five hundred miles away from Handan, even if the king agrees to immediately send troops to rescue Shaoliang, it will take nearly 20 days for the army to reach Shaoliang." Most of the messengers who asked for help were still in Taiyuan at the moment, and when they arrived in Handan by detour, I am afraid that it would be three days later. Counting these days, we will need to hold out for at least a month before we can hope to see the shadow of reinforcements. This is still the ideal situation. The Qin army is more than 100,000, and the leaders are Wu Anjun Bai Qi and Wei Wei Wang Qian, if we Zhao want to compete, at least 100,000 troops must be sent to the army, and the leader must be a famous general such as Xinpingjun (Lian Po) to have the strength to fight. Now Zhao (luxury) Shangqing is leading troops to fight with Yan and Qi, and most of them are led by Lian (Po) Shangqing to help. The envoys came and went, and they were delayed for at least half a month, just to use money and food to boost morale, and I am afraid that the humble post could not support it for a month and a half! ”

Zhao Dan's eyebrows twisted together after hearing this, this is indeed a fact. The essence of Zhao is (Taihang) Shandong, where more than 80% of the country's population and taxes come from. If you want to gather more than 100,000 elite soldiers, you must recruit a large army from near Handan. South Korea and Zhao are at loggerheads, and most South Korea will not agree to Zhao Guo borrowing from the party. The army of Zhao set out from Handan to rescue Shaoliang, and must first go north for 300 miles to reach Jingcheng, and then travel west, pass through Taihang Mountain, and go south by Jinyang to arrive. After a long journey, the army is bound to be exhausted, and if you want to meet the Qin army in the best mental state, you must go through rest, and this month and a half will only be more and not less. Just using a little money to stimulate it really doesn't work!

"Does Yu Qing have a high opinion?" Zhao Dan asked for advice from the guest he valued the most. Everyone in the room, the rest of the people can be called their henchmen, but Yu Qing cannot. Yu Qing is just a person recommended by his friend Ping Yuanjun to govern Hexi, this kind of person, although he values righteous words and will not turn his back on himself when he is in trouble, but it is also difficult to take it for his own use. They do things according to their preferences, and they are not good at fame and fortune. It belongs to the kind of "Jun Xian will enter the court to assist, and Jun is not virtuous and will be good alone", and its ambition can be between the mountains and rivers, or on the temple. Otherwise, with the meritocracy of the Plains King, he can only worship it but cannot accept it.

"There are two things that matter most. First, the Qin army was menacing, and it was inevitable to win Hexi, and on the occasion of this great change, the country should make a decision quickly. Otherwise, when the interruption continues, it will be chaotic. However, the king has always been hesitant, and the country is busy fighting with Yan and Qi, and the ministers of the DPRK and China are bound to be divided into two factions and quarrel endlessly over whether to rescue Shaoliang. The adults should speak directly, and write to the king, showing that although the Zhao State is strong, it must not be an enemy with Yan and Qi in the east, an embarrassment with Han and Wei in the south, an embarrassment with the Qin State in the west, and a discord with the Xiongnu in the north. Now, if you want to break the situation, you can only form an alliance with South Korea and Wei, and if you can't, you must at least make friends with one of them. Otherwise, we will not be able to hold out for a month and a half. This matter is a big matter, and the king only trusts Pingyuan Jun and Lin Shangqing, and the relationship between the two adults has always been good, and when he writes a letter asking them to work together to promote an alliance, this is one of them! (To be continued......)

PS: How are there fewer recommendations, everyone doesn't look at the genuine version anymore, and I'm a little frustrated!