"It's just that the barrier on the west bank of Danshui was quickly captured by the Qin army that swooped down from the empty cangling, and after the main force of our army crossed the Danshui, with the natural danger of Danshui, the defense line on the east bank of Danshui was consolidated, and the Qin army has not been able to advance an inch, and the war immediately entered the stage of stalemate, and this stalemate is three years." Lian Po put away his baton and sighed slowly.

There are too many tragic stories in this light sigh.

Zhao Kuo seemed to see the captain of the Zhao army who was covered in blood on the Kongcang Ridge but still fought to the death, and Zhao Guoerlang who forgot to die on the barrier several feet high along the Danshui River, rolling Danshui, how much flesh and blood flowed with it, the long night, and how many loyal souls missed their homeland.

Three years was a heavy disaster for the Zhao State, and it was one difficult day after another for the Zhao soldiers on the battlefield.

In the past three years, he was already in a weak position, and the difficulty of resisting the offensive of the Qin army can be imagined, but I don't know how many loyal souls have been buried in other places in these three years.

And if the Qin State succeeds, how many difficult "three years" will the world experience?

Unconsciously, Zhao Kuo's mood became heavier - winning this war, Zhao Kuo once again silently promised himself in his heart.

After adjusting his mood slightly, Zhao Kuo opened his mouth and asked: "I don't know how the front line is arranged now, and how many specific troops are left?" ”

Lian Po did not hide it, and then continued: "Since my army lost in the empty warehouse, my king sent more than 100,000 troops to support the front line, and the 50,000 cavalry troops in the north went south, which stabilized the Danshui defense line. Therefore, for the sake of insurance, a third line of defense will be set up after the Danshui defense line. ”

As he spoke, Lian Po raised his baton again, pointed to a towering mountain range in front of him, and said: "The defense line of the Bailishi Great Wall is a defense line with the old pass and Changping Pass as the fulcrum. ”

"At present, the defense line on the east bank of Danshui is still in my hands, and the Qin army must not advance an inch. However, after three years of day and night attrition, although there are as many as 10,000 people and as few as thousands of reinforcements in the country, the elite of our department has also suffered heavy losses.

Now the Danshui defense line has a total of 360,000 troops, including 100,000 cavalry and horses, and 260,000 foot soldiers, of which the main force is in the commanding heights of Hanwang Mountain on the east bank of Danshui, and the baggage grain and grass are in the other commanding heights of the Daliang Mountain; There are a total of 25,000 soldiers and horses in the defense line of the Bailishi Great Wall, most of whom are foot soldiers, and the cavalry is less than 3,000. Lian Po carefully cleared the few cards in his hand.

"400,000 horses!" Zhao Kuo was slightly certain in his heart, obviously quite satisfied with the number of 400,000.

However, this is also normal, the army that went out to fight and assist the empty warehouse is already more than 300,000, plus the supplementary troops that have been available every few months for three years, it is really expected that it can have such a scale.

But it is precisely because of the large number of troops that although they successfully blocked the offensive of the Qin army, they also brought a deep disaster to the weak Zhao State! The rations of the soldiers alone are a huge bottomless pit.

It's just that just when Zhao Kuo was a little relieved, Lian Po poured cold water on the side.

"And of this army of about 400,000, less than half of them are capable of fighting." Lian Po continued to say without shock: "After three years of fierce fighting, the elite has lost half of Thailand, and more than half of the recruits who have been replenished are just farmers who have just put down their hoes!" I can't get on a horse, I can't pull a bow, I don't have a discipline, and I don't have much combat power at all. ”

From 400,000 troops to less than 200,000 at once, Zhao Kuo obviously couldn't accept it, and his face was obviously much darker: I thought that no matter how good the Danshui front was, there should always be at least 300,000 troops, but I didn't expect the situation to be much worse than I imagined.

Two hundred thousand!

200,000 ......

It was like the aftermath of winding the beam, and the sound kept echoing in Zhao Kuo's ears.

There are only 200,000 left, can my plan still succeed? Is it even enforceable?

Zhao Kuo stared at the sand table, slowly thinking about his plan, trying to find that glimmer of possible hope in despair.

Tian Dan and Xu Li, who were on the side, heard this, and they didn't have a taste in their hearts.

We all know that the front line is fighting hard and the losses are big, but I didn't expect such big losses! You must know that the army that came out with Lian Po, and the 300,000 troops that followed up to reinforce Kongcangling, can most of them be elite troops, although most of the follow-up reinforcements are new soldiers who have little combat power, but there are still a few soldiers after all, so much combat power, there are only less than 200,000 soldiers left to fight so far?

In other words, at least more than 100,000 elite troops have died in these three years of confrontation, and if you add the losses of ordinary soldiers, I am afraid that it will go up to 200,000.

What kind of bloody storm should it be for three years of confrontation!

"Ben will bring 50,000 troops, of which only 10,000 are elites who can fight." Seeing that Lian Po had done his best, Zhao Kuo immediately opened the hole cards he carried.

"This ......"

At this time, it is about General Lian Po's numb claws. Zhao Kuo, who originally thought that he came with the king's order to turn defense into attack, claimed to be 200,000 reinforcements, how could he have 35,000 capable soldiers in his hands, but he didn't want to only have more than 10,000?

More than 10,000 people, what can they do?

A general assault on the West Bank barrier would probably result in no less than that.

It has also turned defense into offense, and it would be good to continue to hold it under the offensive of the Qin army.

Lian Po's face became worse and worse, obviously he didn't know how to evaluate the big people who were sitting firmly in the hall. Soldiers, the important weapons of the country, how can they be such wishful thinking?

"The general thinks that for the sake of today's plan, how should our army break the situation?" Without waiting for Lian Po to vent, Zhao Kuo asked first.

Hearing this, Lian Po cleaned up his heavy mood, turned his eyes to the sand table, his originally low eyes instantly sharpened a lot, and the baton in his hand hesitated slightly, and then flew in the air again.

"I'm afraid that the news of the arrival of our reinforcements is already known to the Qin army, so the Qin army is bound to continue to increase the number of troops on the Danshui line." Lian Po paced by the sand table, and then continued: "With the current combat strength of our army, if we hold the Danshui line again, I am afraid that the gains outweigh the losses, and it will be difficult to resist the Qin army after the increase in troops. ”

"For today's plan, there is only one way to make use of the strengths and avoid the weaknesses." Lian Po continued to analyze the situation between the enemy and us: "The benefits of the Qin people are wide because they have many soldiers, while the benefits of our army are three.

First, the cavalry fought in the hinterland of the party, which was twice as effective as the foot soldiers;

Second, our army is the defender, and there is the strength of the Danshui barrier, and the danger of the defense line of the Great Wall of Bailishi is retreated, and there are dense forests such as Daliang Mountain and Hanwang Mountain, which is said to be a good place;

Third, the customs of the Shangdang people are no different from those of the Zhao people, and they are more willing to accept our Zhao people and hate the Qin people, so they always lead the way for our Zhao army, rather than the Qin army.

If you can use it three, there may still be a chance to fight in this battle. ”