Chapter Seventy-Eight: The War Is Not Settled

Outside the Light Wolf City, the shouts of killing were deafening, and the Qin army all over the mountains rushed towards the Light Wolf City with a big shield and a cloud ladder moth to the fire.

The art of war is cloudy, ten is to encircle, five is to attack, and multiple is to fight, now the Qin army is not to say ten or five, but it can't even be doubled.

If you forcibly attack, not only will you bury the lives of the soldiers in vain, but you will also be overturned by the Zhao army.

Bai Qi originally planned to trap the Zhao army alive in Shangdang, but the king of Qin strictly ordered him to defeat the Zhao army within a month, and Bai Qi had no choice but to personally lead the army to attack.

In order to guard against the Qin army, Lian Po built one fortress after another outside Guangwolf City and Changping City, dug one ditch after another, connected with each other, and connected with the city, so that he could attack or retreat at any time.

Every morning, after the Qin army had eaten and drunk enough, it began to launch a strong attack, and then it was like a bamboo, pulling out several barriers in succession, until it reached the bottom of the Light Wolf City.

Then night fell, and the Zhao army began a counterattack, and the Qin army could not hold these barriers and could only retreat.

When they attacked the next day, they had to throw one or two thousand more corpses in order to take down these fortresses.

In this way, the Qin army has killed more than 10,000 soldiers, and there is still no sign of breaking through the Light Wolf City.

Moreover, Lian Po built trenches and fortresses everywhere, and the Qin army's catapults could not be pushed through at all, but the Zhao army's catapults could hit them from a long distance, making the Qin army suffer.

In addition, the Zhao army occupied the two cities of Guangwolf and Changping, which were guarded by Le Yi and Lian Po respectively. The Qin army attacked Guangwolf City, and Lian Po sent troops to rescue him. When the Qin army attacked Changping City, Le Yi sent troops to support, causing the Qin army to often suffer from the enemy.

"Did the letters get in?" Bai Qi asked with a gloomy face, he was really disgusted by the fortress built by Lian Po these days.

But the king had an order, and he couldn't help but fight, so he had to shoot a letter into the city, telling the city sergeant that the Zhao army had run out of food, and it was a matter of time before he was defeated. If it is too late to surrender after the Qin army breaks through the city, when the time comes, there will be no more than 300,000 Zhao troops left!

"It's all shot in, but Zhao Jun doesn't believe the big handsome. They also said that Zhao Kuo would definitely come to save them. Le Yi, the commander of the Zhao army, is also a famous general, and he is very prestigious in the Zhao army, and he also ordered the Zhao army to shoot a letter at our army, saying that the four countries of Zhao, Wei, Han and Chu have been united, and the reinforcements will arrive soon, so let us surrender. Wang Yi said bitterly.

It's already the eleventh day, and if it goes on like this, let alone a month, as long as Zhao Jun's grain and grass continue, it won't be able to fight for a year.

The military order is like a mountain, if the time comes......

Wang Yi was worried.

"Is there any news from the king?" Bai Qi asked.

"Nope." Wang Yi shook his head.

"Dashuai, the king has news." At this moment, a herald came galloping from behind.

Bai Qi hurriedly took the letter, opened it, and his face sank instantly, "The king has been defeated, and the 150,000 army has almost been wiped out." ”

"What!" Wang said incredulously.

"The king ordered us to withdraw to the east of the river. The order was given to the whole army to withdraw. Bai Qi did not hesitate and immediately ordered.

……

"The Qin army retreated?"

Le Yi stood at the head of the city, looking at the Qin army that was receding like a tide, and was a little puzzled.

In the past, when the Qin army attacked the city, it was inevitable that it would not recede until the sun set, but this time it was just after noon.

"Is it a ploy? It shouldn't be. Or is it that Ma Fuzi is coming with reinforcements? Le Yi suddenly thought.

Excluding the use of tactics, there is only this one possibility that can make the Qin army retreat.

"Send scouts to investigate in the direction of Hanoi immediately." Le Yi said excitedly.

……

The next day, the Han and Wei coalition forces crossed the river and entered Yewang City, and Li Mu personally went out of the city to greet him.

"Who is this?" Zhao Kuo looked at the sturdy figure beside Li Mu and felt a little unfamiliar.

"Meet the marshal." Meng Fu immediately clenched his fists and said.

"Yu Dashuai, he is the general of the Qin army who guarded the wild king before, and he is willing to abandon the darkness and join my Zhao country." Li Mu said immediately.

"Obscure?" Zhao Kuo was a little surprised, this is a famous general of the Qin State, and it is a family of famous generals, and the three generations of ancestors and grandchildren are all famous generals, and they belong to the kind that buys one and gets a few free, and the one who gives it is more powerful than what he buys.

In particular, Meng Tian, the grandson of Meng Fu, defeated the Huns, and was famous in later generations.

"Is Ling Lang's name Meng Wu?" Zhao Kuo's eyes lit up.

"The handsome man knows the dog?" Meng Wu said in surprise.

"I will report to the king, and let you be your general." Zhao Kuo said seriously, such a general should not be buried.

"Thank you, Sir." Meng Wu said excitedly.

Why did he join the Qin State, isn't it just to fight for that slightest opportunity to worship the general and become a marquis, and now Zhao Kuo is willing to recommend him, it is not unacceptable in Zhao Guoming!

Entering the Yi Ya, Zhao Kuo sat on the top, glanced around as usual, preliminarily analyzed the thoughts in the hearts of the generals, and then said.

"Our army has now captured Sanchuan and Hanoi, the Qin army has retreated to Hangu Pass and Yiguan, the road to Shangdang has also been opened, and the grain and grass to support Zhao's army are also ready, ready to be sent to Shangdang at any time." Zhao Kuo said.

If it is said that Han and Wei agreed to join together at the beginning, there was a certain reason why they had a fever, but now that they have seen the sweetness, they have already sent grain and grass without Zhao Kuo's urging, and even began to urge Zhao Kuo to continue to attack Qin.

"According to my speculation, the Qin State will inevitably let Bai Qi withdraw his troops, but for the sake of prudence, it is better to wait for the news to come before starting to transport grain and grass. What else do you have questions about? Zhao Kuo said.

"Marshal, what to do with these captives?" Storm Kite asked, getting up.

After the defeat and flight of the King of Qin, the Qin army also lost its fighting spirit, and most of the soldiers chose to surrender except for a few diehards.

After the First World War, the coalition forces captured nearly 100,000 Qin troops.

These captives would surely die if they were put into the hands of human slaughterers, but Storm Kite and others were not in the habit of killing prisoners.

The reason why he brought it up was to divide up the captives.

The population, especially the strong men, is a resource in any country, and no country will dislike that it has more strong men, whether it is South Korea or Wei, they want more strong men.

Zhao Kuo immediately understood the thoughts of the two countries, he thought for a while, and said: "If you let it go, you will be recruited back by the Qin army, and this battle will be tantamount to not fighting." In this way, with the Wei army as the main force in this battle, Wei will be responsible for 40,000 prisoners, and my Zhao and South Korea will each share 30,000, but the 30,000 of my Zhao will temporarily need the grain and grass of the two countries to feed, what do you think? ”

The Wei army sent 200,000 troops, the Han army sent 100,000 troops, and most of Sanchuan and Hanoi were defeated by the Wei army.

Wei has the most, Zhao and Korea have a little less, and at the same time there are two countries with the same number, which is the most acceptable.

"Yes." The generals looked at each other, and sure enough, there was no objection.

"Any other questions?" Zhao Kuo asked.

The generals shook their heads.

"In that case, tomorrow we will start the army and attack Yiguan."