On the battlefield, the Zhao army has already occupied an absolute advantage, and the Yan army is retreating under the impact of the Zhao State Iron Cavalry, although it can still barely maintain the queue, but it is not far from the rout.

Zhang Er was covered in blood, and he had always been happy and clean, and he had no image at all. His eyes were blood-red, and he brandished his sword and led his subordinates to rush left and right, trying to cut through the phalanx of the Zhao army and turn the tide of the battle. However, his subordinates were still brave, but after all, there were few people, and the momentum gradually slowed down under the layers of Zhao army's encirclement, and finally stopped.

Zhao Bing is good at fighting, although he is only a rabble of hasty troops, but he is also better than Zang Di's Yan army, and under a battle, the strength and weakness will be clear.

Relying on 30,000 elite cavalry, the Zhao army's offensive was like a bamboo, and the cavalry used the huge impact force to chisel through the Yan army's formation. Yan pawns were terrified, they dropped their weapons and turned around and ran, Zang Tu saw that the situation was not good, and took the lead in escaping into Jicheng with his personal guards. Seeing that the main general also ran away, the Yan army dispersed in a hurry, and more than 100,000 people were defeated.

Relying on the hard work of his subordinates, Zhang Er was lucky enough to break out of the encirclement and rushed into Jicheng with his five thousand remnants. Zhao Xie was overjoyed and ordered to collect the captured Yan army, and at the same time ordered Jicheng to be surrounded so that the siege could be launched.

Although Jicheng is dilapidated, after all, it was the capital of the Yan Kingdom for 700 years, and the main body of the city wall is still preserved, and the Yan soldiers in the city resist desperately. The Zhao army was in a hurry to attack the city, and the preparations for the siege were not ready, and in a hurry, they suffered heavy casualties under the stubborn resistance of the Yan people. At this time, if Zhao Xie was more stoic, continued to attack the city regardless of casualties, and took advantage of the Yan army's unstable foothold to capture Jicheng and kill Zang Di and Zhang Er, then Yan Di would soon be pacified.

It's a pity that Zhao Xie's eyes are narrow, he feels sorry for the loss of the soldiers, and thinks that Zang Di is already finished anyway, so it is better to let him flutter for a few days. He ordered a large army to besiege the city, and the rest bypassed Jicheng to attack the territory in the east of Yan Kingdom.

That is, Zhao Xie's paralysis and carelessness allowed the Yan army to win precious respite, and Zhang Er gathered the remnants of the army overnight and strengthened the city defense. By the time Zhao Xie came to his senses, it was already too late, and the defense of Jicheng had been greatly strengthened, and it was difficult to capture it. The Zhao army had no choice but to besiege but not attack, trapping Zang Di and Zhang Er in Jicheng.

In Jicheng, Zang Di was like a frightened bird, and when there was a slight disturbance, he thought that the Zhao army had invaded Jicheng, and he panicked and wanted to flee for his life. In view of the situation of the King of Yan, Zhang Er, with the support of the ministers and generals of the Yan State, took over the defense of Jicheng completely, while strengthening the city defense, and on the other hand, he ran out of the dead and rushed out of the encirclement of the Zhao army and asked Xiang Yu for help.

Xiang Yu, who was far away in Chu, seemed to have become the only savior of Yan Kingdom, and it had also become Zhang Er's last resort to constantly boost the morale of the city. Although he also knew in his heart that Xiang Yu was already unable to protect himself at this time, and would never send troops to the distant Yandi, Zhang Er still insisted on sending dead soldiers to break through the siege and ask for help, just for the soldiers and civilians in the city to see.

After all, the world knows that Xiang Yu is a person who is good at creating miracles, the battle of Julu, the battle of Pengcheng, and the brilliant victories are all as mythical and incredible. In Xiang Yu's life, there has never been the word "impossible". Maybe she can do it again?

The Zhao army was not good at siege, as can be seen from their clumsy siege methods. Fortunately, Zhang Er relied on the dilapidated Jicheng to survive for more than ten days. However, another problem has come to the fore, that is, the problem of grain and grass.

Although Jicheng is the capital of Yan, it is not where the granary is, and there is not a lot of grain and grass stored in the city. Zhang Er now has more than 50,000 remnants on hand, plus more than 200,000 Yan people in the city to eat, and the grain storage can only last for another half a month at most. At that time, even if the Zhao army did not break through Jicheng, the people in the city would starve to death.

Zhao Xie also saw this, so he adopted the tactic of besieging but not attacking. Although he knew that trapping Jicheng was a dead end, Zhang Er in the city was helpless.

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In the tent of Zhao's military camp, the sound of wind music could be heard from afar, Zhao Xie's face was flushed, and he laughed with a wine glass; "Come, ladies and gentlemen, a toast to my great Zhao Guoyun and prosperity."

Everyone in the camp hurriedly stood up and saluted, and the sycophancy was endless for a while. Zhao Xie's face flushed excitedly, squinting his eyes and looking intoxicated.

He was indeed happy, quite happy. You must know that two years ago, he was a cattle herder, but now he is a veritable king of Zhao and the lord of Hebei. After the annexation of Yandi, Zhao's territory will be greatly expanded, meaning that it will encompass almost the entire Hebei Province. Except for the Wei State in the southwest corner and the Liaodong foreign country in the northwest, Hebei is already in Zhao Xie's bag. In terms of land alone, Zhao Xie has surpassed Liu Bang, the king of Han, and has become the third force in the world.

But this is only the surface, Yandi is a newly harvested land, and the people have not returned to their hearts. In addition, this time Zhao Guo captured Yan Land, and he also lost nearly half of it, and there were still the remnants of Yan State clinging to Jicheng, which made it difficult for him to sleep and eat.

But no matter what, Zhao Xie's self-esteem was greatly satisfied. When Zhang Er and Chen Yu found him and made him the king of Zhao, almost no one was convinced of him, and Zhang Er and Chen Yu just regarded him as an obedient puppet, using his identity as the king of Zhao to control the Zhao state.

Fortunately, God blessed Zhao, Zhang Er and Chen Yu turned against each other, and Zhao Xie took the opportunity to gather some of the forces loyal to him. Then Zhang Er walked away angrily, and Chen Yu died under the iron hooves of the Chu army in the Battle of Pengcheng, and Zhao Xie became the real King of Zhao.

Zhao Xie, who tasted the taste of kingship for the first time, couldn't wait to prove himself, he wanted everyone to know that he Zhao Xie sat on the throne of King Zhao with his real materials, not relying on the ideas of Zhang Er and Chen Yu.

In fact, he was also lucky, because he met Zang Di, who was even more stupid than him, and Zhao Xie was able to win a big victory in the first battle he personally commanded, and more importantly, he defeated Zhang Er, who had always looked down on him, and his heart was very happy.

Although Zhao Xie was the royal family of Zhao, he was only more than ten years old when the Zhao Kingdom fell, and his parents died in the war, so he became an orphan and made a living by herding cattle for people. When Zhang Er was Zhao Xiang at the beginning, because he looked down on his vulgarity, he often made sarcastic remarks, which made Zhao Xie hate in his heart and often think about revenge.

This time, he went north with all the strength of the country, what he wanted was to get rid of Zhang Er, and now this wish is about to come true, how can Zhao Xie be so unhappy in his heart.

So he has always been not good at drinking, and now he does not hesitate to drink drunk, just to indulge the pleasure in his heart.

After three cups of wine, the wine is strong, and Zhao Xie has drunk no more than the east, west, north and south. With his eyes open, looking at the profligate ministers and generals in the tent, Zhao Xie grabbed the collar of one of them and said inarticulate drunkly; "You say...... Say, "How am I better than that ear?" ”

"Zhang Er is a fart." The man spat heavily on the ground. "What kind of person are you, king, how can you fall into your own identity and compare with him."

Zhao Xie laughed. "That's right, Zhang Er is a fart, the widow is going to carry his head out." After saying that, he stumbled and wanted to get out, but he didn't know who tripped over his outstretched leg, and he didn't get up when he fell on the carpet, but he just laughed and was full of drunkness.

This is the curtain was suddenly opened, and a cold wind poured into the gap, and Zhao Xie, who was head-on, was blown by the cold wind, and suddenly shivered.

"The King." A Zhao soldier stumbled in, kneeling in front of Zhao Xie and said anxiously with a face full of anxiety; "The big thing is not good, Dai County has lost."

The tent was so noisy that the soldier's voice was not very open, so that only half of the people heard it, and the rest of the people were still drinking and having fun as if nothing had happened.

Zhao Xie was in a mess in his mind at this time, and he seemed to hear the words "Dai County lost" in a daze, but he didn't react for a while, still squinting and thinking nonsense. Suddenly reacted, Huo Di sat up and lost his voice; "What did you say?"

"King, Daixian is lost." The soldier shouted with an anxious face.

This time, everyone had heard it clearly, and there was silence in the tent for a while, only Zhao Xie's heavy breathing was heard.

Zhao Xie said in a trembling voice; "Hurry, hurry, hurry, we will immediately pull out the camp and retake Dai County."

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Dai County is located in the north of Xinjiang key place, east of Fanzhi, west of Yuanping, south of Wutai, north of Shanyin, is the seat of Dai County governance, but also an important barrier in the north of Zhao State.

After the First Emperor destroyed Zhao, Daixian County was retained as an important camp for the garrison of the Great Wall because it was an important hub connecting the Great Wall and the interior. Daijun has also become one of the most important counties among the eight counties in the Northland, second only to Fushi, where the camp of the Northern Army is located, and there were 60,000 elite Northern troops stationed at its peak.

It's a pity that when Wang Li went south to quell the rebellion, he transferred all the elite soldiers in the north. After the defeat of Houjulu, the Qin army's power in the north shrank rapidly, and Daixian was the first to be abandoned because it was close to Zhao. After Zhao Xie and Chen Yu occupied Daijun, they took this place as their foundation. It can be said that Daixian is the most important city of Zhao State except Handan, the center of the northern territory of Zhao State, and it is also the base camp of this invasion of Yandi.

Because the power of the Xiongnu shrank after being defeated by the Qin State, the newly flourished Lou was busy fighting for the grassland, and had no time to look south. There was no longer a threat to the northern part of Zhao except for Yan, so Zhao Xie sent some troops from Daidi to reinforce the front line of Yandi.

Just when Zhao Guo was defenseless, a group of black cavalry of 10,000 people suddenly killed under the city of Daixian, and there were less than a thousand old and weak soldiers in the city. A rain of arrows shot up the city, and the Zhao soldiers who were in a hurry to respond to the battle scattered in a hurry, allowing the enemy to easily attack the city, and then opened the city gate, and more than 10,000 cavalry swarmed in.

After hearing the news of the fall of Dai County, Zhao Xie was immediately frightened. You must know that Daixian is not only where his lair is, choking the retreat of the Zhao army, but also where the grain and grass of the Zhao army are, if you can't recapture Daixian, I'm afraid that the army will soon mutiny because of the lack of food.

Zhao Jun hurriedly rushed from Yandi and hurriedly rushed back towards Dai County. On the way, Zhao Xie learned that the county town had been planted with the banners of the Qin army in this era, and this army of unknown origin turned out to be the Qin army, and he was shocked for a while.

Zhao Xie had thought before that it might be Zhang Er's strange soldier, or it might be Lou's annoying troubled waters, and even thought that it was the Wei State that came to take advantage of the fire to rob, but he definitely never thought that it was the Qin State thousands of miles away.

You must know that the Qin State was sending troops to Hangu Pass with great fanfare at this time, and the 300,000 Qin army with Han Xin as the main commander was fighting a fierce battle with the Chu army in the Central Plains.

Zhao Xie panicked for a moment, he really couldn't figure out what it meant for the Qin army to suddenly appear in the northern part of Zhao State and seize the important land of Dai County. He suddenly thought of a possibility, could it be that Xiang Yu of the Central Plains was finished, whether Hedong and Handan were lost, and the Qin army had hit Daidi.

If that's the case, then I will definitely die if I go to Daixian. Zhao Xie hurriedly ordered the army to stop marching and stand by in place.

Zhao Xie's hesitation shocked Xin Ju, the general who was in the rear to prevent the Yan army from counterattacking Zhao, he knew that the military situation was like fire, but Zhao Xie neither advanced nor retreated, and spent hundreds of thousands of troops here in vain. He rushed back to the camp overnight to ask to see Zhao Xie, and his face was at stake.

When Zhao Xie told him that it was the Qin army that was attacking, and said what he was worried about, Xin Ju couldn't help but laugh angrily. The angry thing is that this king treats the life and death of the army like a child's play, and the laughing thing is that this King Zhao's brain is really bad, and he has such a cute idea.

Not to mention whether Qin Guo has the strength to defeat Xiang Yu in such a quick time, even if he defeats Xiang Yu, he should take advantage of the victory to pursue and not give Xiang Yu a chance to breathe. In addition, there is Liu Bang in the east, unless Han Xin has a broken brain, he will wave his army north to fight Hebei.

Besides, even if the Qin army goes north, even if the remaining troops of Wei and Zhao are not good, they will not even be able to escape from the person who reported the news. Therefore, Xin Ju expected that this Qin army must have been raided by Qin State light cavalry from afar, and wanted to come to Hebei to rob and take millet from the fire during the Zhao Yan War.

In this way, the number of the Qin army is definitely not too much, it is likely that it is only a small army, and the real main force is still fighting with the Chu army in the Central Plains.

When Xin Ju said the guess, Zhao Xie suddenly realized. I have to say that Zhao Xie has a good habit, that is, although he is stubborn and self-serving, once he realizes that he is wrong, he will immediately correct it. So he ordered the Zhao army to immediately pull out the camp after dawn, continue to march westward and rush back to Dai County, and rush up to take advantage of the advantage of troops to kill this Qin army.

The order was changed overnight, and the sudden change of order made the Zhao army not know why, and for a time there were rumors in the army, some people said that Handan was lost, some people said that the Qin army crossed the river and was attacking Zhaodi, and some people even said that Xiang Yu went north to capture Handan. All kinds of rumors made the soldiers of Zhao frightened, and the soldiers were all afraid.

In fact, Xin Ju only guessed correctly, this Qin army was indeed only a light cavalry raid, and there were not many troops, only more than 30,000 horsemen, all of which were lightly armed fast horse cavalry.

But he still didn't expect that this cavalry was not a partial division of the Qin army, but a strategy laid out by Han Xin, that is, to defend the south and attack the north. The southern army and the Chu army fought fiercely in the Central Plains, attracting the attention of the people of the world, while the elite cavalry of the Qin army stationed in Jiuyuan County in the north interspersed from the south of Mo and made a detour along the northern foot of the Great Wall into the Zhao land, attacking the Zhao State in the fierce battle with the Yan State.

And the commander of this strange army is none other than Han Xin himself. Wang Jing had already secretly gone to Hangu Pass and took over the command of Han Xin. In order to cover the movements of this strange army, he still falsely claimed that Han Xin was in the army of Qin, and it was still his scepter and banner.

I have to say that Han Xin took a great risk in this move, on the one hand, he left the Central Plains battlefield by himself, leaving the army of Qin to fight against Xiang Yu's Chu army, which undoubtedly required great courage and courage.

To know what kind of person Xiang Yu is, except for Han Xin, almost no one in this world can be qualified to be his opponent. Qin's Central Plains army is the main force of Qin, and if it fails, then Qin's vitality will undoubtedly be greatly damaged, and it can almost be asserted that it will collapse.

In order to ensure that there would be no loss in the south, Han Xin secretly transferred back Wang Jing and made him temporarily act as the commander-in-chief, with Zhang Liang as the military and Zhao Wuji and Yingbu as generals to ensure that the Qin army was not lost. Wang Jing's prestige in the army is already extremely high, and his talent and experience are enough to take on this great responsibility, and there is Zhang Liangzai, who has no last resort, and the courage of Yingbu and Zhao Wuji, even if the Qin army is a small setback, it is not difficult to protect itself.

Han Xin personally went to the newly recovered Jiuyuan County and took over 40,000 elite cavalry. If you want to surprise the Zhao Kingdom, you must take the opportunity to pass through the troublesome land. Although Lou Fu is now a tribute to the Qin State, smart people know that this relationship is just an expedient measure, if there is a chance, Lou Fu Wang Kunmo definitely does not mind stabbing the Qin State in the back. Even if he didn't send troops to ambush the Qin army directly, he would leak the news to the Zhao army.

Therefore, the number of Qin troops on this road must not be large, and they must quickly pass through Monan, and stop as little as possible during the period.

So Han Xin selected 30,000 cavalry, and the remaining more than 10,000 people continued to practice normally in the camp, so as to deceive Lou Fu's spies in Jiuyuan. He and Li Zuoche Mengshi led 30,000 iron horsemen, all of whom were two horses, and rode their horses day and night. The road does not stop, the knight is very sleepy to take a nap on horseback for disaster relief and running, and if he meets a grassland herdsman, he will not stay one to prevent leakage of news.

It was precisely because of this that the Qin army was able to pass through Monan as fast as lightning in just six days, easily take the extremely empty Great Wall Pass, and suddenly appeared in Daidi.

At this time, the main army of Zhao was fighting a fierce battle against the Yan army under Jicheng, and Zhao Xie was full of ambition to annex Yan and be his king of Hebei.

The emptiness of the land in Zhao gave the Qin army an opportunity, and the vanguard Mengshi Department quickly captured Dai County. After Han Xin arrived in Dai County, fortunately, he made a big show and played the banner of the Qin army. Taking this as a stronghold, the Qin army rode out in all directions, captured the county towns of Daidi one after another, and controlled the surrounding areas of Daixian before Zhao Xie returned to help.

Daijun was one of the eight counties under the jurisdiction of the Northern Army, because it was a border county, the people were fierce, and most of the people were good at arching and horseback, and there were a large number of generations of people in the Northern Army in that year. On the contrary, the harsh government implemented in the Central Plains was not so serious here, so the people of the generation did not have too much ill feeling towards the Qin State, and it was easy for the Qin army to occupy the empty land, and there was no fierce resistance.

And this is also what Zhao Xie is worried about, that is, once the Qin State gains a firm foothold in Daidi, then Zhao Di is afraid that it will change hands.