The arrival of Lian Po and his troops came a few days later than Wang had expected.

Obviously, at this stage, the two sides have basically made their cards clear: Zhao Kuo knows that Wang Yu wants to fight with him, and Wang Yu also knows that Zhao Wang Kuo already knows that he wants a decisive battle.

And the determination of the two sides to fight a decisive battle is also unannounced in this silent waiting center.

It seems that both Zhao and Qin want to decide the winner in a dignified battle in the land of this country of Han.

But in fact, both sides have not used their brains, just like Zhao State, not to mention his backhand, Zhao Wei's 3,000 heavy cavalry is the best weapon to kill, and Qin State is not so easy to get along with, Hexi's troops have been assembled towards Hedong, and a full 50,000 troops are about to pounce on Zhao's Shangdang.

Yes, after receiving Wang Di's letter, the King of Qin almost did not hesitate to begin to deploy his troops according to Wang Di's ideas.

The entire Qin State once again erupted with an astonishing will to unite.

Soldiers, horses, ordnance, grain and grass were assembled almost in a few days.

Just like the Battle of Changping that year, the old Qin people, including the King of Qin, always gave the most trust to the front-line generals at the most critical time.

This is true for Bai Qi of Changping back then, and it is also true for Wang Ji today.

Just when Lian Po rushed to Xinzheng with the main army of Yanbei, the Qin army in Hexi and Hedong was also assembled in place, and then they ran into the oncoming 20,000 Zhao army.

Fortunately, before the Battle of Hedong began, Lian Po still brought his 120,000 troops to the battlefield of Xinzheng.

Wang Di, who got the exact news, led 200,000 Qin troops to the north.

The two armies soon met on the fertile field south of Xinzheng City, yes, the fertile field where 30,000 Korean troops were buried.

It's not that the Qin army is cold, it's just that except for the south of the city, the terrain on several other sides is either the mountains and forests that are favorable to Qin, or the highlands that are favorable to the Zhao army are undulating.

Only the south of the city, a fertile field, is fair and reasonable for both sides.

Naturally, both sides with a tacit understanding placed the decisive battle in the south of Xinzheng City.

What, why does it have to be near Xinzheng?

After all, in this way, the supply line of the Zhao army would be much shorter than that of the Qin army.

However, considering this war, after all, it was provoked by the Qin State, and it should be considered that the Zhao State should take advantage of it, and the supply line may be the only advantage that the Zhao State can take advantage of.

Of course, Qin State can not come to Xinzheng, then Zhao State can also choose not to fight!

The northern army has returned, and it is not a sure win to stay in Xinzheng directly?

Only when the Qin army attacked in a big way, did Zhao have the need to face it.

Therefore, the choice of Xinzheng can be seen as a tacit understanding between the two sides, and it can also be seen as a requirement for a decisive battle that Zhao did not put on the table.

But no matter what, with the migration of time, the armies of Qin and Zhao finally opened their posture in the south of Xinzheng City, and after six years, the war between Qin and Zhao, hundreds of thousands of levels, finally kicked off.

For this war, both sides invested in their respective countries, almost more than 70 percent of the field elite, if the sub-battlefield in Hedong is also counted, the elite troops of Qin and Zhao can even reach an astonishing 80 percent.

It can be said that although the scale of this war is not as huge as the Battle of Changping, it is already a battle that determines the fortunes of the country.

If either side loses this war, it will lose the initiative on the battlefield in the next five to 10 years, and at worst it will completely lose its qualification to compete for hegemony and reunification.

Therefore, Qin and Zhao also sent their most capable generals to preside over the war.

Needless to say, on the Qin army's side, after Bai Qi and Sima Cuo were killed one after another, Wang Di almost single-handedly shouldered the burden of the Qin army, and Meng Fu, who was the future star of the Qin army, naturally followed this Wang Yi into the decisive battle.

Compared with the Qin army, which was somewhat young, the Zhao army's general lineup was luxurious.

Zhao Kuo, who is now recognized as the No. 1 general in the six countries

Not much to say, Lian Po and Li Mu under them are also respected by later generations as the existence of the four famous generals of the Warring States.

Of course, because of the "bright stars", the choice of the coach is not easy to determine.

It stands to reason that Zhao Kuo should be the best candidate for the main general, but Zhao Kuo himself knows that winning the Battle of Changping is entirely because he knows all Bai Qi's actions well, and most of the reason for winning the Yan army is because the Yan army is too weak.

really wants Zhao Kuo to command hundreds of thousands of troops to fight against the Qin army, or in less than two hours, he will have to show his stuff.

At the same time, Zhao Kuo is now the king of Zhao after all, and the battle between King Zhao and the king of Qin is obviously a bit cheap.

With this reason, Zhao Kuo vacated the position of coach in a grand manner.

According to the general truth, since Zhao Kuo is not the coach, it is natural that General Lian Po, who is more experienced and experienced, should be the coach.

Especially the main force of this army, a full 120,000 army, was brought by Lian Po from Yan State. Even from the point of view of familiarity with the military situation, Lian Po should be the commander.

However, to everyone's surprise, including Wang Yi, on the battlefield, next to the big curtain set up by Zhao Jun, the dragon flying and the phoenix dancing turned out to be a banner with the word "Li".

Yes, Zhao Kuoli overrode public opinion and handed over the position of coach to Li Mu.

said that it was a force to overcome public opinion, but in fact, the main thing that Zhao Kuo needed to convince was General Lian Po.

Fortunately, Zhao Kuo started from the Battle of Changping and persuaded Lian Po, which was almost accurate.

"The future is always for young people." This is Zhao Kuo's first and only sentence to Lian Po about the coach.

This simple sentence has a double meaning.

First of all, because the future will eventually be in the hands of Li Mu, it is better to test whether the future can be handed over to Li Mu in front of you while you are still old.

Secondly, the future belongs to young people, but what about the past? Thinking about the land of Yan that Lian Po just won, this is already a splashing credit, although this credit needs to be given to Tian Dan. To snatch the credit for defeating the Qin army again, that is somewhat unimpressive. (The credit for the destruction of Han is Zhao Kuo.) ）

So, even under the ban, just one sentence was enough for Lian Po to give Li Mu.

However, handing over the position of coach to Li Mu instead of Lian Po, Zhao Kuo's consideration is not just because of the distribution of credit. It's not even just the inheritance of Zhao Jun, the next generation of Li Mu needs a huge victory to completely establish his position in the army.

What's more, to fight Wang Di, Li Mu will be more suitable.

Without him, Lian Po and Wang Di have been facing each other by the water for three years, and they have already become the most familiar strangers.

To put it mildly, these two people are fighting, and if you move your ass slightly, the other party will know what you want to do. Therefore, it is very likely that this battle will be fought by the two again into a protracted war and a war of attrition.

However, it is different to replace Li Mu as the head coach.

Because of the existence of Lian Po, Zhao Jun's side can almost easily obtain the opponent's intentions, but Li Mu's tactics are not understood by the opponent's Wang Di at all.

With mental arithmetic or unintentional, naturally, Zhao Guo's winning rate will become higher.

Lian Po may have figured this out, so he readily gave up the position of coach to Li Mu, and then became a bystander with Zhao Kuo.

In the face of the king's trust and the entrustment of his predecessors, the pressure on Li Mu's shoulders was not heavy, but Li Mu was Li Mu in the end, and he quickly turned the pressure into motivation and devoted himself to the upcoming battle.

So, on a sunny morning, the battle between the two armies officially began.

Without any surprises, the formation of the two armies is almost a copy of the mirror image.

The large number of infantry was divided into several phalanxes and concentrated in the center of the formation, with cavalry between the phalanxes and on the left and right flanks.

Within the phalanx of infantry, the equipment of various arms is almost identical to the two armies.

The ones at the front don't need to think about it, they are all shield soldiers with long shields.

The long shield is made of hardwood as the base, upper

The surface is covered with a thick layer of cowhide, and the surrounding of the cowhide is inlaid with iron skin, and the center is reinforced with rivets, and the dual role of iron and rivets not only sticks the cowhide and the wooden core together, but also makes the wooden shield more defensive.

Of course, if you can cover it all with iron sheets, or simply use iron to cast a shield, the defense will be increased.

It's just that in this era of iron scarcity, rivets and iron sheets are already very luxurious, and the all-iron shield, even if it is the Qin State, is not rich to that extent.

What's more, the all-iron shield, its defensive power is sufficient, but the weight will also reach a terrifying number, which may not be suitable for today's combat.

Perhaps only by waiting for the advent of steel can there be lighter and stronger steel shields.

Of course, that's all for later.

Almost the same shield soldiers were followed by a large number of foot soldiers with spears.

The long spear can easily leapfrog the shield barrier to attack the warrior behind it, and can also be stabbed and pierced to repel the shield soldier, thus providing an opportunity for other allies to kill.

The so-called one inch is long and one inch strong, and the situation of a single knife breaking a gun often only appears in movies.

In practice, the spear hits a single knife, which is almost crushing. And the cost of training a spearman is almost the cheapest of all classes.

Cheap and easy to use, such a class has naturally become the "darling" of the battlefield. Therefore, among the many types of troops, spearmen are always the most numerous.

Similarly, in each battle, it was the spearmen who suffered the most losses.

No way, it's not so much that they are the "darlings" of the battlefield, but that these spearmen are the "cannon fodder" of the battlefield.

And often the ones who can really make the final decision on the battlefield are the "jumping soldiers" who line up behind several rows of spearmen.

Of course, they are the elite of the elite, and the whole body armor is the easiest feature for them to distinguish.

Their task is to break through the enemy formation, open the gap of the enemy army, and at the same time, when there is a problem in their own formation, plug the existence of the gap.

Of course, although they are ranked behind the spearmen, they often do not appear on the battlefield in the first place.

After all, good steel is used on the cutting edge.

And behind the elite Jumpers, it's the ranged attack power of both sides......