Chapter 685 tacitly preparing for war
The current battlefield situation is:
Zhao Jun: Zhao Kuo and Li Mu led more than 60,000 people to gather in Xinzheng City, ready to defend Xinzheng; Zhao Wei led 3,000 secret heavy cavalry to hide in the mountains and forests east of Xinzheng City; And Lian Po led an army of 120,000 and rushed to the battlefield in Korea under the stars.
On the Qin side: Wang Di's 180,000 army and Meng's more than 10,000 soldiers and horses successfully joined forces on the Chu-Han border, and then Qi Qi went north to the homeland of Korea, aiming at Xinzheng City.
On the whole, the Zhao army, including the reinforcements of Lian Po's subordinates, who were about to arrive on the battlefield, totaled about 183,000 people, while the strength of the Qin army was around 190,000.
It can be said that in terms of overall strength, there is almost no distinction between Qin and Zhao.
The only question was whether the Zhao army in Xinzheng City could withstand the first round of the Qin army's fierce attack.
After all, in the course of the first phase of the operation, the ratio of troops between Zhao and Qin will reach a terrifying one to three, which is obviously extremely unfavorable to the Zhao army.
However, the Zhao army has the defense of the city, although it will be lost if it is defended for a long time, but with an army of 60,000, it is still no problem to defend it for ten days and half a month.
And once the Zhao army arrives at the moment when reinforcements arrive, then the entire battlefield situation will be fundamentally reversed.
Because of the attack on the city, the Qin army is bound to pay more casualties, so that when Lian Po's army arrives, the strength of the Qin army is very likely to be inferior to the Zhao army.
And because of the siege of the city, the Qin army will become a tired division at that time, and in such a state, it is very likely that the Zhao army will be defeated and retreated under the combination of the inside and outside.
This is still the result of not counting Zhao Wei's heavy cavalry.
So, a multiple-choice question was once again placed in front of Wang Di.
Because Jicheng was forced, the news that King Yan surrendered and the main force of the Zhao army went south inevitably reached the ears of Wang Di, who was on the border between Chu and Han.
Qin State's black ice platform was not a decoration in the end, and almost at the same time that Lian Po led his army south, urgent information had already been sent.
Now, Wang Yu not only knows that Lian Po has gone south, but even the situation of the 120,000 troops he led is also clear.
Therefore, the choices in front of Wang Yi are:
First, stop there, arrange the defense of the Chu-Han border, and then return to the DPRK in order to have another chance to fight;
second, continue to go north, gambling that he can break through Xinzheng, which was defended by the Zhao army, in a short period of time, and get back the apprentices of the country of Han before the main force of the Zhao army arrives in the country of Han;
Third, continue to wait, and even gather more troops (there are still 20,000 troops in Xinzheng City), wait for the main force of the Zhao army to move south, and then start a decisive battle with the Zhao state.
Needless to say, the first option is the safest and safest option.
This plan, although it eliminates the risks of the present, is also irresponsible for the future.
Everyone knows that once Han Zhiguo is included in the hands of Zhao State, in a few years, the national strength comparison between Qin and Zhao will be fundamentally reversed, and if you want to fight Zhao State again, I am afraid it will be even more difficult.
And such a reversal of national strength will also become an irreversible reversal.
The second option is undoubtedly risky.
Although the risk is successful, the benefits are great, but is it really possible for this risk to succeed?
Zhao Jun is not the Chu army, and the king of Zhao is not the king of Chu, and it is simply impossible for the Zhao army to retreat and abandon the defense.
Zhao Jun is already strong enough, coupled with Zhao Kuo's blessing, once he holds on, he must be extremely resolute, and it is almost impossible for the Qin army to break through Xinzheng City, which is guarded by Zhao Wang Kuo himself, in a short period of time.
And once such an adventure fails, it is very likely to cause a series of chain reactions.
The Qin division was defeated by the internal and external attacks of the Zhao army, and then retreated to the Chu land, if the Zhao army pursued and killed, the Chu land that was finally obtained may also be handed over.
The consequences of these two plans are obviously unacceptable to Wang Di.
On the contrary, it is the third plan, which seems to be a waste of time, but it is the most suitable golden mean for Wang Ji now.
Although the Qin army has hardly achieved any benefits in the hands of the Zhao army since the Battle of Changping, it seems that the Qin army is no longer as good as the Zhao army, but if you talk about it carefully, the Qin army really has not lost to the Zhao army in a one-on-one battle.
In the First Battle of Changping, if it weren't for the sudden arrival of more than 100,000 Wei troops, history would have already given the result;
And then in the Battle of Los Angeles, the Qin army faced the Zhao army, and it was also inseparable in the offensive and defensive battle of Yicheng, even if the Qin army was in an unfavorable position to attack, its battle loss ratio also bit the Zhao army.
From this point alone, we know that the combat power of the Qin army is by no means weaker than that of the Zhao army, whether it is individual combat or group combat.
As long as no other country intervenes, Wang Yi is still very confident that he will do a game with Zhao Jun.
It should be said that with the demise of various countries, Qin Zhao's war is also imperative, and it is a matter of time and time.
In the face of the imminent reversal of national strength, from Wang Di's point of view, the late war is not as good as the early war. In particular, at the point where the Zhao State had just swallowed Han and Yan, and at the point when the Chu State had just retreated, it might be the best time.
Because the rapid expansion of Zhao will inevitably cause vigilance and uneasiness in the remaining Wei and Qi states, at least at this juncture, it is obvious that the two countries will be more willing to watch from the sidelines;
And the state of Chu has just suffered a big defeat, and it is bound to dare not go north easily.
In this way, the three off-market factors are almost all excluded. The Qin State can have a good fight with the Zhao State almost without any worries (Chen Cheng still has to put more than 10,000 troops in the middle of the army to deter the Chu army)
There was almost no interference in the battle, and this was perhaps the best time that Wang Yi could find a decisive battle with Zhao.
The only problem is that the number of troops in Wang Di's hands is only more than 10,000 more than the Zhao army, and even if another 10,000 troops are transferred from Chen Cheng, it is not enough to exceed the Zhao army by more than 20,000.
If you want to repair a book, you will ask King Qin for more soldiers and horses, but it is too late! Even if the troops were sent directly from Shuzhong, it was impossible to rush to the battlefield before Lian Po's soldiers and horses.
Of course, just because Han Zhiguo's battlefield can't catch up doesn't mean that other battlefields can't catch up either!
For example, go out of Hedong and attack the party!
Now that almost all the troops of Zhao State are involved, or in Xinzheng of Han State, or in Jicheng of Yan State, or on the way, Shangdang County is bound to be empty.
If he could advance eastward with a partial division of tens of thousands at this time, even if he could not break through the defense line of the Zhao army in Shangdang, it would be enough to shake Zhao Wangkuo's nerves.
Shangdang and Handi, which is more important, I believe that King Zhao must have a rod and scale.
In this way, in the Battle of Xinzheng, the Qin army could even force the Zhao army to return to the party as long as it could contain the Zhao army.
If the main force of the Zhao army is unwilling to return to help, the feint attack of the party can become a real attack, and Zhao Guo even picked up the sesame seeds and lost the watermelon. Even, if you don't get it well, you can't even pick up sesame seeds.
Thinking of this, Wang Yi no longer hesitated, and immediately revised a letter, explaining in detail to the King of Qin the reason why he was preparing for a decisive battle with the Zhao army outside Xinzheng City, and asked the King of Qin to send troops to feint against the party.
It should be said that Wang Di's trick is exactly the same, and it does have its subtlety.
But the problem is that Wang Yi is astute, and Zhao Kuo and Li Mu on the other side are not bad.
As early as when Zhao Kuo decided to fight a decisive battle with the Qin army in the Xinzheng area, Zhao Kuo had already thought of this, and at the same time that Zhao Wei led the heavy cavalry south from Handan, Zhao Kuo had already ordered the Shangdang army to go east and lead the war to the east of the Qin State.
It's really the same thing that heroes see.
It's just that in such a situation, Zhao State obviously still has to be at a certain disadvantage, after all, the troops that Qin State can send will be much higher than Zhao Army's 20,000 army.
Of course, the premise is that Qin Jun can hold Zhao Kuo back in Xinzheng.
However, can Qin Jun hold back Zhao Jun's footsteps?
You know, Zhao Wei's secret weapon has already arrived in the east of Xinzheng!
It's a pity that Wang Yi doesn't know that Zhao Kuo still has a killer weapon hidden.
Therefore, the army led by Wang Di, after converging with Meng Fu, did not rush north, but stayed on the border between Chu and Han, while waiting for the reinforcements of the Zhao army and the 10,000 troops he transferred from Chencheng, while repairing the origin
The already somewhat damaged defenses came.
Anyway, if you have to wait for the army of Zhao State, it is better to take advantage of the time and do more.
Obviously, this is a preparation just in case: once the war is unfavorable, with this line of defense on the Chu-Han border, it can also stop the footsteps of the Zhao army and keep at least the harvest of Chu.
Thinking about defeat before winning is a dogma that every famous general has deeply in his mind.
However, Wang Di's approach really made Zhao Kuo a little confused.
Just looking at Wang Di's move to build a stronghold in the border town, this is an obvious move to accept it when it is good, and there is no doubt about it.
But the question is, does it take nearly 200,000 elite troops to build a border stronghold?
This is obviously very abnormal.
If you want to say that you have an elite army of 200,000 and Chen Bing on the border line, you don't dare to do anything, and you don't believe it?
But if you want to fight, why don't you start a war before the main army of the Zhao army arrives, what are you waiting for?
Do you want to be Song Xianggong?
Look at your thick eyebrows and big eyes, you don't look like such a polite person! Moreover, the Qin country, the tiger wolf! That is a fact recognized by the six countries.
Say that Qin Jun has changed his temperament? The dogs didn't believe it.
In the end, Li Mu, who was still on the side, guessed the Qin army's thoughts: the Qin army was not sure to take Xinzheng before the arrival of General Lian Po's reinforcements, and instead of consuming too many troops in the siege battle, it was better to simply fight a frontal field battle with the Zhao army.
Listening to Li Mu's analysis, Zhao Kuo also secretly calculated the strength of the troops, if Zhao Wei's 3,000 heavy cavalry is excluded, his total strength of 180,000 people is really not the opponent of the Qin army.
It's just that Zhao Kuo, who has heavy cavalry in hand, is not afraid of the Qin army at all.
Zhao Kuo knew very well that as long as this battle could defeat the Qin army, even if it was only a small victory, the gap between Zhao and Qin would no longer be reversed.
And even if it is defeated, as long as it is not a big defeat and rout, at most it is just to spit out the land of Han that has just been won.
With a mere Korean land, to fight for a bright future, this business can be done!
What's more, the Zhao army, which has heavy cavalry on its side, will it lose?
"Then let's have a good fight with Qin Jun!" Zhao Kuo waved his hand, and his heart was also full of pride.
Immediately, Zhao Kuo handed over the right to command the frontal battlefield to Li Mu, and at the same time, Pegasus gave Lian Po an order to let him walk slowly and preserve the physical strength of the soldiers.
Of course, the most important thing is the heavy cavalry. Zhao Kuo's request to Zhao Wei was very simple: before he went to war, not a single soldier must be exposed in front of the Qin army.
In this way, between the tacit understanding of the armies of the two countries, a major war that determined the direction of the Warring States period began......