Chapter Seventy-Four: The Qin Army Crosses the River
"Marshal, news is coming from the rear that the Qin army is building a pontoon bridge." At this time, Liu Ping walked over with a happy face with a piece of information in hand.
"Good! Convene the generals to deliberate. Zhao Kuo said happily, and immediately turned around and strode towards the barracks.
A moment later, all the generals of Han and Wei gathered in the camp, led by Wei Wuji and Storm Duck, and sat on both sides.
Zhao Kuo slowly glanced around, his gaze stayed on everyone's faces for a moment, and then said loudly: "The Qin army has begun to build a pontoon bridge to prepare to cross the river, and the time has come for our army to defeat the Qin army." ”
"The general is clever, Qin Jun really can't bear it."
"The general is really a soldier saint alive."
"I, the Wei State, will definitely be able to defeat the Qin State and recover the homeland under the leadership of the general."
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A group of sycophants immediately stood up and complimented.
Zhao Kuo sat on the main seat, enjoying his face, and couldn't help but think in his heart: No wonder the person in the high position knows that his subordinates are patting on the back, and he is very happy, it turns out that it is really comfortable to be patted on the back!
"Ahem." Wei Wuji rescued Zhao Kuo from the encirclement of the sycophants, got up and said, "Dashuai, will Hangu Pass continue to attack?" ”
"Leaving an army of 50,000 led by Jin Contempt, continue to attack Hangu Pass. The others marched east with me to meet the enemy. Zhao Kuo thought for a while and said.
If the Han army didn't come, Zhao Kuo would definitely choose to meet the enemy with the whole army, but now with the help of the Han army, Zhao Kuo plans to try it and see if he can defeat Hangu Pass on the premise of defeating the Qin army.
Thinking of this, Zhao Kuo wanted to scold Chu Jun.
Zhao Kuo was understandable that he had been slow to send troops before, saying that he had a large territory and a long time for conscription.
Yesterday, I finally received the news that the State of Chu sent 300,000 troops, and instead of going north to join the Han and Wei families, they attacked Nanjun, that is, the capital of the country before the State of Chu.
If the state of Chu goes north to join Han Wei, Zhao Kuo is confident that he will abolish the state of Qin just as the five kingdoms of Qi abolished the state of Qi back then.
Pity......
Zhao Kuo really convinced this group of people!
But at best, it can be regarded as sharing a little pressure, Zhao Kuo can only comfort himself like this.
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On the bank of the river, a soldier in armor and armed with a spear lined up, his eyes fixed on the front, not daring to relax in the slightest.
Their enemy was not the Wei army, which had not yet arrived, but the strong men who were erecting pontoon bridges in the water.
A day ago, they were companions.
Now, it has become an enemy.
The pontoon bridge is not so easy to build, especially the big river like the river, the river is wide, the water is turbulent, and a careless person will be swept away, and the pontoon bridge is completely filled with the lives of the strong men.
Especially at this time it is winter, the cold wind is cold, the river water is cold and biting, it can be said that as long as these strong men go into the water, there is a chance that they will not be able to come up. Even if they do make it ashore alive, most of them, except for a very few lucky ones, will freeze to death or die of disease.
The soldiers on the shore lined up to supervise these strong men, and if anyone dared to be lazy, they would come forward to warn them, and after three reminders, they would change to whipping.
It's not that they're ruthless, but if they don't, they'll be the ones who go into the water to build the bridge.
In the face of imperialist power, these ordinary people have no power to resist, and can only choose to die and not die.
"Ahh
A terrible voice came from the river, and a strong man couldn't bear the cold water, and his body suddenly convulsed, and the river swept away before he could call for help.
Immediately afterwards, another strong man was driven into the river to fill the vacancy.
King Qin stood not far away, looking at all this indifferently, without the slightest pity on his face.
It was as if these were not people, but animals.
As a living life disappears forever into the river, the pontoon bridge is gradually taking shape.
"Whole army, cross the river." Si Li stood on the shore, his long sword drawn sharply, and swung it forward with all his might.
The Qin army lined up in a long line from the five pontoon bridges that had just been built towards the south bank of the river, and after arriving at the shore, they quickly lined up in battle formation under the command of Si Li to provide protection for the army behind.
Soon, the King of Qin also crossed the river under the support of the Fei Lian army.
"The king, the general, the traces of the Wei army have been found in front." It didn't take long for the scout to report.
"Continue to explore where the main force of the Wei army has gone." Si Li ordered: "The others will line up with me, ready to meet the enemy at any time." ”
"No."
King Qin stood beside him, did not speak, and let Si Li command.
He didn't know how to lead troops into battle, but he knew how to give enough power to generals.
"General Yu, there are traces of the Han army ahead, and they are with the Wei army." Soon, there were scouts again.
"Is Han Jun here too?" King Qin muttered, not surprised.
Since it is a four-nation alliance, the Zhao army is trapped in the party, and the Wei army has already attacked, and it has successfully defeated the land of Sanchuan, there is no reason why South Korea should not come to get a piece of the pie.
However, what worries King Qin is that there has been no news from the Chu State until now.
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"Do you have any information about Si Li, and which battle formations to make good use of? Are there any innate skills? On the way to the march, Zhao Kuo asked.
Le Yi, the only one in the Zhao army who knew Si Li, was still in Changping, and he could only ask Wei Wuji and Storm Kite.
"Si Li used to be a Shu person, and later Sima became a Qin person after Sima mistakenly destroyed Shu. In these years, except for the first battle of the Qi War, almost all of the other times were stationed in the west and north of the Qin State to guard against the Qiang people, we don't know much about him, only that he is very trusted by the King of Qin. Wei Wuji said.
Zhao Kuo looked at the storm kite again.
"Si Li is a transcendent realm martial artist, very brave, good at attacking, and not weak in defense, I haven't seen him use natural skills when the Five Kingdoms were fighting Qi." Storm Kite said.
"The state of Qin has developed to the point of taking the initiative to enter other countries to spy on intelligence and even control public opinion. Other countries are still on the surface, and they do not even understand the main generals of the enemy countries. ”
Zhao Kuo sighed in his heart, feeling that it was really not easy for these countries to resist the Qin State for so long.
However, Zhao Kuo is not worried, the previous situation was that Qin was strong and Zhao was weak, and he was still undefeated.
What's more, now Qin is weak and Han Wei is strong, and in the coalition army, whether it is Zhao Kuo himself, Wei Wuji, or Tyranny Duck, they are not inferior to Si Li, and even surpass.
"Marshal, the vanguard of the Qin army has crossed the river." At this moment, a herald arrived from the front.
"I know, order the front army, don't attack, let the Qin army cross the river, and report it every half an hour." Zhao Kuo said to the herald.
His aim was to defeat the Qin army and then rescue the Zhao army, not to prevent the Qin army from crossing the river, so he had to wait until most of the Qin army had crossed the river before launching an attack, otherwise the most he would do was to kill the vanguard.
"Order, the whole army speed up and rush to Pingyin before tonight."
Zhao Kuo waved his hand, and the wind array covered the 250,000 troops of the coalition army, and the speed increased by more than two percent.