Chapter 338: Who Can't Hold on First
Located in the northeast of the Qin State, west of the river, on the banks of the Wuding River, far away from Xianyang, close to Linhu, it was often harassed by Rong Di, and the Qin State did not control much here, and the Zhao State easily took it down without much effort.
At that time, Zhao and Qin were bounded by the Wuding River, the north of the Wuding River belonged to the Zhao State, and the south of the Wuding River belonged to the Qin State.
Zhao's purpose this time was only to regain the lost territory, and he did not want to start a full-scale war with Qin. Qin and Zhao are the two strongest countries in the world, neither side has the strength to crush the other, once the fight starts, it will not be beneficial to both countries, but the five countries are happily watching the fun next to it, just like the Battle of Changping at the beginning.
But the current Qin State does not have the national strength to drag down the Zhao State before the Battle of Changping, and the Zhao State is also impossible to drag down the Qin State, so both sides are exercising restraint.
The Zhao army repaired in Fushi for a day, and on the third day, in the early morning of the third day, the troops continued southward, crossing the river at the junction of the Wuding River and the Yellow River, and then marching south along the river.
"Report, King, urgent report from the front." At this moment, a herald came galloping from a distance.
"What's wrong?" Zhao Kuo grabbed the reins and asked, this time the Zhao army went south without carrying a chariot, including Zhao Kuo, who was riding a war horse. The road was almost all mountainous, the road was rugged and narrow, and it was difficult for the chariot to walk, so it was all left to Li Mu.
"Your Majesty, General Lian Po is in a hurry." The herald handed over the information.
"Defeated?" Zhao Kuo opened the battle report and looked at it, first frowned, and then stretched out, and did not blame Lian Po, Bai Qi is not something that normal people can deal with, it is normal to lose, if he wins, he must wonder if the Qin army has any conspiracy.
"The Wei State is in danger." Le Yi walked over and said.
"I'm afraid that if we rush there, the Wei State has already been defeated." Pang Xuan's face was gloomy, and Bai Qi personally came forward to stop Zhao Jun for Wang Di, which shows how confident he is in Wang Di's defeat of the Wei army.
Although Pang Xuan doesn't like Bai Qi as a person, thinking that he is too murderous and will be punished sooner or later, he still admires his military vision very much. Since Bai Qi thought that Wang Ji would be able to defeat the Wei army, there would be no accidents.
"Wei has an army of 200,000 anyway, even if it is defeated, it won't be so fast." Han Fei frowned and said.
"The defeat is like a mountain, and the two sides may face off for months without any losses, but once the war starts, the victory or defeat is only a matter of seconds." Pang Xuan said.
A big war may last for months, or even years, but most of the time is a trial, confrontation, looking for the flaws of the other party, and the real decisive battle is often only a few days.
"Command the army, speed up." Zhao Kuo ordered.
On the other side, Le Cheng and Ju Xin led 30,000 Wei troops all the way north, and encountered the Qin army led by Sima Terrier on the bank of the Fenshui River.
Subsequently, the two received news from the rear that Anyi had been lost, and they were forced to retreat to Xintian for fear of being attacked by the Qin army in front and back.
Three days later, Zhao Kuo led a large army to Qucheng, and then received the news of the defeat of the Wei army and the loss of Anyi, and the king of Wei led the army to retreat to Quwo.
"I didn't even hold it for a day!" Pang Xuan couldn't believe it, when did the Qin army become so strong.
"The intelligence said that Wang Yi smashed the Wei army's defense array with a knife, and then took advantage of the Wei army's inattention to sneak under the city wall and break through the city gate. The Qin army knew Anyi well, and the Wei army could only retreat. However, Wang Yi underestimated the strength of Longyang Jun, Wang Ling and Hu Yanger were severely damaged by him, and the King of Wei successfully escaped from Anyi under the cover of the Wei army. Now the Qin army has surrounded Quwo, but the Wei army is still holding on and has not withdrawn to Hanoi. Lian Po said.
"Wei Guo has a good calculation." Huang Shigong snorted coldly, if Wei directly gave up Hedong and retreated to Hanoi, after Zhao defeated Qin, he could rightfully occupy Hedong, and Wei would not be able to say a word of opposition.
But as long as Wei does not give up Hedong for a day, even if there is only one city left, when the Qin army is repulsed, Hedong will still be Wei's, and unless Wei is ceded to Zhao, Zhao will have no reason to occupy it.
Now Wei obviously wants to hold on to Quwo, and then rely on Zhao to defeat Qin, but Zhao can't help it, but Huang Shigong is still very unhappy in his heart.
"By helping Wei now, we are helping ourselves, and we must not only help Wei, but also help Wei as soon as possible." Han Fei said that if the King of Wei died in Hedong and the Three Jin Alliance was divided, the first to bear the brunt would be Korea, which was closest to Qin.
Zhao and Wei are strong, and they are farther away from Qin, and they are less threatened by Qin, but Korea is weak and close to Qin, and if they can't rely on Zhao and Wei, they can only take refuge in Qin.
Han Fei was very reluctant to accept South Korea in Qin, not only because he was dissatisfied with Qin, but more importantly, Qin's threat to South Korea was much greater than that of Zhao.
"The Qin army is just to the south." Zhao Kuo said in a deep voice, while the main force of the Zhao army was moving south, the Qin State was also increasing its troops, and at this time, there were nearly 100,000 Qin troops around Bai Qi.
Standing on the mountain, you can clearly see the Qin army camp not far away, the Qin army did not take the initiative to attack, but continued to build fortifications, the purpose is obviously to drag the Zhao army here.
Now the situation is that the Zhao army cannot quickly defeat the Qin army, and the Qin army cannot quickly defeat the Wei army, so it depends on who can't hold on first.
Once the Qin army can't hold on first, all the previous efforts will be in vain, and the loss of troops in half a year will not gain anything, and it will make the relationship between the three Jin Dynasty stronger.
Once the Wei army can't hold on first, it will lose Hedong, and the so-called dream of hegemony will also completely become a flower in the mirror, and the prestige of the king of Wei will suffer a heavy blow. If the king of Wei dies here, the alliance of the Three Jin Dynasty is even more likely to break down directly, Korea will fall to Qin, Qin will once again open the door to the east, and the six eastern countries will face the threat of Qin at any time.
"What's the best way for everyone?" Zhao Kuo's gaze swept over everyone's faces in turn.
The generals didn't say a word, Bai Qi blocked the front, the Zhao army either fought over, or bypassed, but if you want to bypass, you can only go over Luliang Mountain, go south along the Fenshui from Jinyang, and wait for the Zhao army to rush to Quwo, it is estimated that the Wei army can collect the body.
As for the fight, even if the Zhao army was half as numerous as the Qin army, it was almost impossible to defeat the Qin army quickly.
"Can you let Korea and Chu send troops to put pressure on Qin?" Lu Zhonglian said.
"It's very difficult, the state of Chu suffered a big defeat the year before last, and last year it put down the rebellion in East Vietnam, and the national strength has not been restored so far. Korea was worried that Qin would attack Sanchuan and Nanyang, and did not dare to send troops to support Wei. Gongsun Long shook his head.
"The minister feels that we must show a tough posture, my Zhao State is unwilling to fight with the Qin State, and the Qin State is also unwilling to fight with my Zhao State, as long as my Zhao State shows the posture of not repelling the Qin State and vowing not to give up, with a great victory, I will definitely be able to repel the Qin army before the Qin army defeats the Wei army." Xunzi said.