Chapter 478: Going and Returning is Zhao Ping
For a long time, Zhao Kuo still thinks that this is not caused by the capable people of the Yan army, and it is more likely that it is the true portrayal of the rabble of the Yan army.
The reason is very simple, first of all, if there are not so many elite troops in the Yan army, then most of the 160,000 troops must be made up of a number.
And if the Yan army really went north to Daijun with all its elite main force to intercept itself, then this army must march carefully, and even more quickly.
It is impossible to find out so easily for our army's land scouts, let alone tonight, there is still a full day and more than a day away from the city.
Therefore, Yan Jun is purely weak! There are not so many conspiracies. Thinking about this, Zhao Kuo is obviously more sure of the previous strategic layout.
As for the more than 10,000 troops that Pingyuan Jun finally brought out, it is very possible to use it a little, but how to use it is not something that Zhao Kuo needs to worry about.
Immediately, Zhao Kuo handed over the token on his body to Zhao Ping. Said: "Hurry up and leave the city, go to the south of the mountains and forests, hand over this token to General Li Mu Li who is marching in the mountains, and inform General Li of the current situation of Handan City in detail." Let him use this token as a basis to mobilize the army of Handan. ”
"Yes." Zhao Ping immediately agreed. There is no way, Zhao Ping is the only one who knows the situation in Handan, although Zhao Kuo knows that he has been running around for days, but the matter of sending a letter to Li Mujun can only be handed over to Zhao Ping.
Of course, isn't this Zhao Kuo's hard work? Although it is hard to send the letter, it avoids the danger of being trapped in a lonely city!
"Sun Gu, replace Zhao Ping and the others with a few good horses." Zhao Kuo immediately said to Sun Gu on the side.
"Yes." Sun Gu also immediately agreed.
"Thank you, General." Zhao Ping, who was about to leave, was slightly stunned, and then took the order and bowed. After sending Zhao Ping away, Zhao Kuo and his soldiers came to the city tower and continued to make the final preparations before the war.
Although Zhao Kuo said that this battle would be fine, in fact, how dangerous this battle would be, Zhao Kuo couldn't be clearer in his heart.
Others, at most, only saw the threat from the 60,000 Yan army on the bright side, but Zhao Kuo knew that in that vast dark night, staring at his forehead was far more than the 60,000 Yan army.
But there is no way, if you want to catch a big fish, you have to be willing to give up the bait! I am obviously the most fragrant bait today.
Zhao Kuo knows better that he can't lose, let alone die, otherwise the Qin army, which was originally a containment move, may be ready to move again, and the development opportunity that was finally exchanged for a Changping disastrous victory will all be burned.
History will go back to where it started. This may be the second dangerous challenge that Zhao Kuo will face as soon as the Battle of Zichangping comes.
Fortunately, Zhao Kuo seems to have expected that on the road to victory, how can it be smooth sailing, if you can't defeat me, it will eventually make me stronger!
"Order, hang my 'Zhao' character flag high! There must be a flag of my 'Zhao' character above the four cities, so that the enemy can see it from miles away. Zhao Kuo firmly instructed the heralds under his command.
"Yes." The herald responded. Soon, with the clattering hooves of the horses, they rushed out of the city again, embroidered with bright red
The banner of "Zhao" is rising. Another night passed quickly, the sun reluctantly rose, and in the morning mist, the horsemen approached the city quickly.
It's not someone else, it's Zhao Ping, who ran all night last night. That's right, after these people finished delivering the letter, they didn't stay under Li Mu's command, but rushed back to the city.
And Zhao Kuo saw a few people, but it was already Shen Shi.
"Why did you come back?" Zhao Kuo frowned, and asked Zhao Ping, who was helping on the city tower.
"General, after the last general has passed the general order, he naturally wants to return to the order!" Zhao replied with a flat smile.
Of course, Zhao Kuo understands that this is just Zhao Ping's excuse, if he only came to return the order, he should report himself immediately.
Even if you are afraid of disturbing your rest, you can always find yourself in a morning. And this noon has passed, and it is almost two o'clock in the Shen hour, and they were discovered by themselves, obviously, these people are deliberately avoiding themselves, and seeing that the sky is dark, they appear in front of them generously.
The purpose is self-evident, obviously seeing clearly his intention to let them leave the city, he hid, and only when the army of Yan Kingdom approached, did he appear calmly.
Zhao Kuo looked at Zhao Ping, who was sweating profusely, and also sighed lightly, shook his head, and said, "What's the trouble with this?" But seeing the smile on Zhao Ping's face, he said: "It is a great honor to be able to fight side by side with the general, so why not say that it is hard?" ”
"Don't you know the danger of this place?" Zhao Kuo asked again
"General, I don't know?!" Before Zhao Ping could answer, a soldier behind him who was carrying a stone had already answered.
The straightforward and simple six words made Zhao Kuo a little speechless for a while. The meaning is very clear: your generals are not afraid of danger, how can we be afraid?
! In the face of such a subordinate, what else can Zhao Kuo say?!
"Let's go find Sun Gu! The battle power of the Eyrs should not be wasted on carrying them. Zhao Kuo sighed again and said, "Zhao Ping, you just follow the general." ”
"Yes." Zhao Ping and the soldiers behind him hugged their fists and agreed. Here, Zhao Kuo had just dealt with Zhao Ping's people, and not far from the city, there was another burst of dust.
Along with the stirred dust, an urgent voice came to the ears: report 。。。。。。 The scouts that had been sent out paid off: fifteen miles north of Yu Yan and the city, traces of the Yan army were found!
Listening to the scout's return, Zhao Kuo is still faint, but not everyone has Zhao Kuo's calm mentality.
In just an instant, above the head of the city and the city, visible to the naked eye, became more and more nervous! Fortunately, Zhao Kuo's majestic body is like a needle that fixes the sea, firmly nailed to the hearts of all soldiers and people - the general is here, what are we afraid of!
Immediately, the nervous mood turned into a busy figure! The fire that had been prepared for a long time was finally ignited, and the large jar of gold juice was placed on top of the fire, and the disgusting stench rose with thick black smoke, and bundles of arrows were immersed in it, stirring until it was stained with the essence of the golden juice, and then lifting it up, turning out the fresh stench under the golden juice.
A few new towers and four newly-repaired bed crossbows that had been repaired overnight were being put to the forefront, and together with the bed crossbows, ten catapults were found from the armory of the city and the city.
And these ten catapults were also the objects of Zhao Kuo's busy night last night, and they also added a lot of confidence to Zhao Kuo to defend the city.
It's just that when these dozen big guys arrived, the illiterate generals obviously showed an extremely strong interest in the bed crossbow, and several captains in charge of the defense of the city wall shouted that they wanted to put the bed crossbow at the gate of their defense.
It's no wonder that they are, after all, this crossbow can be called an artifact in defensive warfare. Whether it is the enemy's arrow tower or heavy infantry, a salvo will be fired, and the storage hole will be pierced!
Of course, Sun Gu, as the general of defending the city, also said: The enemy's main attack must be the south gate, and the bed crossbow, as a weapon to defend the city, should naturally be placed at the south gate.
The captain of the east and west gates said: The south gate has gathered more than 1,500 of the most elite troops, and our two city gates only have more than 800 defensive troops, and half of them are old and weak in the city.
After all, the city gate is broken, and it is also broken! Only the captain of the north gate looked at the three people in front of him with interest, not at all
The intention to "go to war". The reason is very simple, the reason why the city is an important town is a very important reason is the special location of his - like a big lock between Handan County and Dai County.
Its city is also made by the mountains, and the north gate is directly close to the Daijun, and if you want to attack the south gate, you not only have to bypass the mountain, but also may be attacked by the hinterland of the soldiers and horses of the Daijun.
And this Yan army that was flanked, unless it broke through the rest of the gates, it would not be able to get timely reinforcements at all, and once it was flanked by the abdomen, it was only a matter of time before it was annihilated.
If you can break through the rest of the gates, then why go far? Therefore, the north gate is very difficult to be attacked by the Yan army, of course, just in case, Sun Gu still put two hundred soldiers and three hundred old and weak at the south gate.
As a result, of the 5,000 troops, there were only more than 1,400 people left, of which 400 were Zhao Kuo's personal troops.
These are the last reserves of the city and the city. Of course, as the carrying work was coming to an end, from the morning, Zhao Kuo ordered the three thousand or so young people in the city to start training like a team.
Faced with the problem of bed crossbows, Zhao Kuo also thought twice, first of all, there are only four bed crossbows, and it is certain that they will be used intensively, and the separated bed crossbows are far less shocking than the effect of four bed crossbows in parallel.
Secondly, considering the real combat strength of the Yan army, presumably its general will still want to break through the trick with his strength, take advantage of the wide front of the south gate, and make an ant attack, so as to give full play to the advantage of his own troops.
Then the decision is already obvious.
"The bed crossbow is concentrated at the south gate, remember to hide it well, and it must be exposed when the Yan army is intensively charging and attacking the city! Do you understand! Zhao Kuo said to the captain at the south gate.
"No!" The captain of the south gate was overjoyed when he heard this: "The last general will definitely let them play their greatest role!" Immediately, the captain of the South Gate, who had received the order, immediately led people to arrange the bed crossbow.
Only the captain of the east and west gates was left with envious eyes. It's just that what they don't know is that in Zhao Kuo's heart, the status of this mere four-bed crossbow is far inferior to the seemingly bulky and useless catapult.
"Don't worry, the bed crossbow can't be given to you, this catapult can still be supported in a critical moment." Zhao Kuo said lightly.
It's just that the effect is 。。。。。。