Chapter 148: The Battle of Changping (3)

The Battle of Changping, known as the decisive battle that decided the fate of the Warring States, at that time, the Qin State had long abused Korea, and intermittently abused the Yan State, and the Wei State was the main enemy of the Qin State, so from time to time it would be beaten violently, and when it was bad, the national capital Liang would be surrounded. The state of Chu was originally very peaceful, but accidentally, it was beaten by the state of Qin and had to move the capital, so the state of Zhao was the only country that could fight independently with the state of Qin on the frontal battlefield.

Therefore, the Qin State attached unprecedented importance to the Battle of Changping, of course, this does not mean that the people of Zhao did not attach importance to it, but due to the limitations of the times, the Zhao State at that time was quite vacillating in the attitude of war and peace with the Qin State. Especially when Lian Po fought against Qin for three years, the national strength of Qin and Zhao declined, and King Zhao Xiaocheng tried to make peace with Qin, not mentioning their thoughts at that time, and it turned out later that this negotiation made Qi, Wei and other countries suspicious, and during the grain shortage of Zhao, they were even unwilling to lend them food, coupled with a large number of casualties in Lian Po's last battle, which led to the change of generals in Zhao Wang.

In contrast, the attitude of the Qin state was much more resolute, and due to the relative strength of the state, they had higher requirements for victory, but in September 260 BC, the Qin state also squeezed the last drop of blood.

King Qin Zhaoxiang personally sat in Hanoi and recruited men over the age of 15 from all over the country to go to the decisive battle of Changping.

You can see that this is basically a battle of national fortunes between the two countries, and the loser ......, and it is better to pray not to lose. In fact, for 10 years after the victory in the Battle of Changping, there were no large-scale military operations in the Qin state.

When the war came to this moment, both Qin and Zhao felt unprecedented pressure, and the soldiers recruited by King Zhaoxiang, who could only be called the militia, blocked the front line from Gaoping to Shangdang, and blocked the transport team of Zhao State, which was also a national conscription, in Danzhuling, and when this front was completed, Zhao Kuo's troops never received military rations again.

At this time, no one knew whether the messenger would be able to pass through such a blockade.

"King Zhao's messenger." These five words raised the hope of the soldiers of Zhao Guo, who had already begun to run out of food, and a small school came in a hurry, and after reading the documents forged by Huang Xuan, he said, "Please come with me." ”

Huang Xuan looked all the way, the morale of the current Zhao army is still good, according to history, they were in the 49th day after the food shortage, before the complete collapse, in many materials, people as if they saw it with their own eyes as if they had seen it with their own eyes, the Zhao army after the food shortage, full of cannibalism tragedy, they said, the strong soldiers first united, ate the old and weak soldiers, and then ate each other with red eyes.

But the fact is that the most elite part of this army was divided into four echelons by Zhao Kuo, and continued to impact the defense line of the Qin State, until the 49th, when Zhao Kuo was "shot" to death by a "chaotic" arrow in the last impact, and the Zhao army surrendered.

From this point of view, Zhao Kuo is not as bad as imagined, as a general, even if it is a defeated general, his troops surrendered after he was killed, he died on the front line of the charge, and when he was alive, he was able to always maintain a strong fighting spirit in a desperate situation.

However, it still failed in the end.

The large camp of the Zhao army was built on the northern slope, and several teams of personal soldiers wearing armor were guarded nearby, and Zhao Kuo's father Zhao Hao was also a famous general, and it is said that he was very loved by the soldiers, and his troops were naturally left to his son.

The colonel stopped Huang Xuan's left and right, handed him over to the soldiers outside the tent, and reported to the tent alone.

The sound of shouting and killing can still be heard not far away, Bai Qi in the last period of time, at the expense of casualties, the use of light soldiers, in the form of death squads, constantly attacking the Zhao army's defense line, in order to exhaust its division, at the same time, the Qin army's army in the valley mouth, also suffered the attack of the Zhao army, and the statistics afterwards, the Qin army's losses also exceeded 100,000 people.

If the people of Zhao were busy eating themselves now, they would have been wrapped in dumplings for nothing, not to mention, there were enough corpses on the battlefield, and in a few days, the people of Zhao would be able to use them.

After about half an hour, Huang Xuan heard the sparse sound in the tent, so he stood up straight, and Dian Wei next to him was always standing like a javelin, looking at the surrounding Zhao Bing without anger.

Zhao Kuo is a white-faced, slender young man, his hair has not been combed for many days, and it has been "messy", but compared to the soldiers around him, it is already heaven and earth. This famous military theorist has a pair of sharp eyes - their sharpness is beyond Huang Xuan's expectations, and even in his mother, he does not see such an insight into "sex".

Speaking of which, in Huang Xuan's imagination, this should belong to Lian Po, not Zhao Kuo's eyes.

The only thing that indicates that this is a son's brother is the belt hook that Zhao Kuo hangs on the leather of his waist, the hook is very short, pecked like a bird's beak, and the lower end is a cylinder.

Noticing Huang Xuan's gaze, Zhao Kuo smiled and untied it, and said, "In the past, Qi Huan used it to dodge an arrow. He said with a smile, held it high, and said loudly to the surrounding soldiers: "My king blesses, and today will be able to inflict heavy losses on the Qin army." ”

"Heavy damage to the Qin army!"

"Heavy damage to the Qin army!"

As the belt hook was thrown far away, Zhao Jun burst out with a huge cry, Zhao Kuo smiled and beckoned, and said, "The king envoy invites you in, and we will welcome you." ”

Huang Xuan was startled, but was gently held down by Dian Wei, and then he "revealed" a smile and said, "General first, please." ”

The generals of the Zhao army were not polite, and walked into the tent majestically, Huang Xuan sighed, it seems that the prestige of this King Zhao is really not very good.

Zhao Kuo sat in the main seat of the tent, and the rest of the generals were erected on both sides, and the current Zhao army, which had just fallen into the encirclement, still maintained a minimum posture.

Seeing that Zhao Kuo wanted to speak first, Huang Xuan smiled self-deprecatingly, threw the letter on the table and said, "General, I am actually not from Zhao State, but a businessman from Qi State. ”

Lorraine can be said to be the best simultaneous translation in the next tens of thousands of years, almost before Huang Xuan just said it, everyone present changed at the same time, and the more excited generals directly drew their swords.

The relationship between Zhao and Qi is acceptable, but the Qi people pretend to be the envoys of King Zhao. "His heart can be punished", someone immediately shouted.

Dian Wei glared angrily, blocking several people in front of Huang Xuan, and Zhao Kuo jumped slightly from the corner of his eyes, and said, "Who are you?" ”

"I am indeed the messenger of King Zhao." Huang Xuan eased the atmosphere first, and then said, "Does the general know who the general on the other side is?" ”

"Isn't it Wang Di?" Zhao Kuo reacted immediately.

"Can Wang Yi have such momentum?" Whether it is Wang Yi or Bai Qi, Huang Xuan has no understanding of sensibility, all he knows is the analysis of modern people, so he just preached according to the script: "After three years of confrontation, has the Qin army been so cunning? drove straight in, and brought 30,000 soldiers to death and then came back to life, Wang Di, how can he have such courage? ”

Although Zhao Kuo was defeated in the first battle and created the largest annihilation war in the history of the Warring States Period, as far as theory is concerned, Comrade Sima Qian also said, "In terms of theory, Zhao Kuo is invincible." Therefore, this professor, who is at least a professor at the National Defense University, stared at Huang Xuan very clearly and said, "Is it Bai Qi? ”

Only Bai Qi is the victorious general of the contemporary Qin State, and his reputation is very bad.

The King of Qin was well aware of the deterrent power of his Wu Anjun, so he declared, "Who dares to say that Wu Anjun is the commander, and all of them are dead." ”

Zhao Kuo may not know about it until he dies.

But as a good theorist, he had reason to find the suspicion if he had the energy to study it carefully during the period when he was arguing with other officers, directing deployments, distributing rations, and deciding to break out.

Huang Xuan nodded silently, his face was serious and not fake.

"Thou hast lied." Huang Xuan heard this sentence clearly, he shook his head very solemnly, and said: "The King of Qin has arrived in Hanoi, and the road from Handan to here is different. ”

"What about the rations?"

Huang Xuan shook his head.

Zhao Kuo can almost be called the face of the earth, which is a sign of poor heart and spleen function, it seems that these days, his quality of life is very problematic, in modern terms, it is sub-health.

Zhao Kuo glanced at the officer beside him and said, "King Zhao has an order." ”

Huang Xuan still shook his head, this was not in line with the plan, he looked at Zhao Kuo, and said, "I need the general's warrant to go and report to King Zhao, and inform him of the situation here, if there is a chance, I will come back." ”

One of the generals asked distrustfully: "Since the blockade is so tight, how did you get through the Danshui line?" ”

"There are hundreds of people who will come with me, and maybe others will come." Huang Xuan's face was indifferent, but he smiled in his heart.

"That's it." Zhao Kuo waved his hand exhaustedly, the only hope for the Zhao army at present was to attack inside and outside and break the blockade, if so, it was even possible to leave a considerable number of Qin people in Shangdang County.

However, when Huang Xuan ruthlessly broke this hope, Zhao Kuo's desire for victory suddenly faded, and he didn't even want to think about what the consequences would be if this main army of Zhao was surrounded and annihilated by Qin.