In the bright autumn light, Yu Linwei commanded Sun Gu to come to the outside of the council hall in a hurry.

Although the autumn tiger has gone away, in the crisp days of autumn, Sun Gu, who is standing in the shadow under the eaves with a silk book in his hand, is still sweating profusely.

Seeing this, the eunuch order was also when he informed Zhao Kuo of Sun Gu's arrival.

Not long after, Sun Gu was brought to Zhao Kuo.

"I have seen my king." Bowing slightly, Sun Gu immediately saluted.

"Is there an emergency?" Zhao Kuo didn't care about Pingyuanjun and Lu Buwei and the others around him, and asked Sun Gu directly.

"Messages have come from all over the Qin State that there has been a large-scale movement of the Qin army." Sun Gu hurriedly presented the silk book in his hand.

"Oh?" When Zhao Kuo heard this, his heart was also pang.

Sure enough, did the Qin army still act, when the momentum of the development of the Zhao State was at its peak.

This is of course the worst time, according to the budget of Zhao Kuo and Pingyuan Jun, according to the current situation, as long as it takes even three years, the Qin State will no longer be the opponent of the Zhao State at all.

And now Zhao State, although after two years of development, the national strength has been completely recovered, but in the end it is only a recovery, and has not embarked on the road of rapid development.

This also means that between today's Zhao State and Qin State, the national strength and combat power are still only between the two princes.

If Zhao still has a slight advantage, it may be in the number of generals and heavy cavalry.

Therefore, it can be said that Qin's actions at this time were indeed an excellent time point.

However, Zhao Kuo was not surprised by this, after all, with the ability of the Qin State, it would be strange if he couldn't seize this last opportunity!

After taking the silk book, Zhao Kuo quickly read it at a glance.

Tiao Chen has been sorted out by Sun Gu, but because there are too many intelligence sources, even after screening and sorting, it still looks a little difficult.

But there was one thing that was determined by Zhao Kuo almost instantly: the entire country of Qin State moved.

This also indicates that the Qin State is probably preparing for a decisive battle.

Then the remaining question is: when and where will the Qin State start a decisive battle with itself.

handed the silk book to Li Mu, who was in his hand, and motioned for him to circulate it, and Zhao Kuo immediately ordered the eunuch to bring the map.

Soon, the silk book was changed in the hands of several important ministers, and the huge map was also carried into the hall by several eunuchs.

At that moment, Zhao Kuo also led everyone to the front of Yutu.

"Let's talk about the general situation of the Qin army's mobilization, combined with the map, and the widow." Zhao Kuo immediately said to Sun Gu.

"Yes." Sun Gu immediately received the order.

Immediately, walking in front of Yutu, Sun Gu began his report: "According to investigation, the large armies of Yongcheng, Xianyang, Liyang and other places in Qinguan have all assembled, with a total strength of at least 100,000, most of them are assembled in Shuzhong, and a few are marching towards Hangu Pass;

At the same time, the few Qin troops in Shu and the Qin army in the land of Yan and Ying also gathered and marched towards Chen County of Qin.

It is expected that by the end of the month, the Qin army of Chen County will reach about 200,000.

In addition, in the direction of Hangu Pass, the troops belonging to Hexi and Hedong also began to gather, combined with the army of Guanzhong, at the end of the month, the strength of Hangu Pass should be more than 100,000."

"300,000?" Pingyuanjun couldn't help but sigh.

"I'm afraid it's more than that." Sun Gu hurriedly explained: "This is just the number that our army scouts have seen and speculated, and the number of troops used by the Qin army in this battle is probably more than 300,000."

Hearing this, Zhao Kuo's heart moved slightly, but he didn't say anything, just nodded slightly and motioned for Sun Gu to continue.

Taking a deep breath, Sun Gu also continued: "In addition, the people in Guanzhong, Hedong, Hexi, Shuzhong, and Yanying are requisitioned, and they are less than one million. From this, it can be inferred that the Qin army may have mobilized the strength of the whole country, and its main battle force may not be less than 400,000 people."

"400,000!"

This time, even Lu Buwei on the side couldn't help but sigh.

Even, even Tian Dan and Li Mu

Such a military general also frowned.

Without him, the total strength of Zhao is now less than 400,000 troops.

"Tian Dan, Li Mu, what do you think?" Zhao Kuo then looked at the two generals on his right and asked.

Tian Dan and Li Mu glanced at each other, then Tian Dan nodded, and took the lead in replying: "Wei Chen thinks that the number of 400,000 troops should be credible, and even the total strength of the Qin army is still above 400,000. Even if it doesn't, our army must prepare according to the figure of 400,000."

"Therefore." Tian Dan swallowed his saliva and continued: "Weichen suggested that the emergency plan should be activated immediately, so that all the soldiers should return to the army and enter the war zone, and all the soldiers in the tuntian should put down their farm work, start intensive training, and be ready to fight at any time."

"What about Li Mu?" Zhao Kuo did not rush to make a decision, but looked at Li Mu on the side.

"What General Tiandan said is very true." Li Mu was not hypocritical, and immediately replied: "However, Weichen thinks that there may be a need for conscription to meet the needs of the emergency."

"The main battle army, plus the Tuntian soldiers, should have exceeded 400,000 troops, right?" Pingyuanjun on the side asked with some confusion.

"Indeed, it has been exceeded." Li Mu immediately replied: "To be precise, the strength of our army's main battle is now around 320,000, and the Tuntian soldiers are also around 120,000, and the total strength should be around 440,000.

It's just that, in the end, the combat power of this Tuntian soldier is not as good as that of the main battle soldiers, although there are more than 10,000 soldiers, the combat power may not be as strong as the 400,000 army of the Qin army;

Second, it is impossible for our army to concentrate all the large armies to fight against Qin, and the extra tens of thousands of troops are not enough to prevent the Wei and Qi armies that may attack.

Thirdly, the army of the Qin State may not only have 400,000 troops, and if we wait for the shortage of soldiers to recruit troops, I am afraid it will be too late at all."

Of course, Zhao Kuo knew that Pingyuan Jun was worried that conscription would affect the economic construction in the coming year, and he was even more afraid that like the First Battle of Changping, it would drag on for several years, and these hundreds of thousands of troops would bring down the country that had been built with great difficulty.

It's just that such a mentality of suffering from gains and losses is obviously not applicable to today's situation.

The other side is already flipping the table, and he is still worried about the retention of the plate, that is, he is committing a crime.

Immediately, Zhao Kuo interrupted Pingyuan Jun's words and said, "First, judging from the intelligence, the Qin State is already a national mobilization, and such a large-scale mobilization is impossible to fake, and fraud will only make the Qin State more passive. Therefore, this war can already be regarded as a decisive battle between Zhao and Qin.

Second, now that our country is in the Qin State, its strength is only between the best, and whoever can hold out for the last quarter of an hour will win. Therefore, since it is a decisive battle, then I, Zhao Guo, must have the belief to fight at all costs, and we must not have the slightest luck mentality."

"Yes."

With Zhao Kuo's final word, everyone also agreed.

"Okay." Zhao Kuo also nodded, and then said, "Let's talk about military issues first, and Li Mu will tell me your opinion."

Obviously, at this critical time, Zhao Kuo's most trusted person was Li Mu, a ruthless man who had withstood the Qin army for more than ten years in history.

"Yes." Li Mu didn't talk nonsense, and immediately agreed again.

"In this battle, the most important thing is to withstand the sudden attack of the first wave of the Qin army, not to be defeated by the Qin army in one fell swoop and occupy important nodes, which is the birthday of the first stage.

Then, when the main force of the Qin army appears, the reinforcements prepared by our army can join it and enter the stage of confrontation with the Qin army.

With our country's current national strength, as long as we can hold back the Qin army, we will not be afraid of even a protracted war." Li Mu looked at the map and talked eloquently.

"What should I do if a third party joins in?" Zhao Kuo then asked.

"Turn the offensive into the defensive, abandon the strategic stalemate, instead stick to the fortified fortress, abandon the salient, and then lure the enemy to go deeper, shorten the supply line of our army, lengthen the supply line of the enemy, and then find an opportunity to cut it off." Li Mu also replied immediately.

"Tian Dan, Sun Gu, what do you think?" Zhao Kuo then looked at the other two.

"Feasible." Tian Dan nodded and said, "The most important thing is to find the flashpoint of the Qin army, because of me

The army is the backhand, and it is inevitable that it will suffer losses, but it must be within the scope of tolerance. In addition, in terms of diplomatic channels, we should try to avoid the participation of third-party forces, and at the same time, we should consider whether the Chu State can deal a blow to the Qin army at a critical time."

"We'll talk about diplomacy later." Without waiting for Pingyuanjun to answer, Zhao Kuo waved his hand and said.

"Yes." Pingyuanjun and the others also immediately agreed.

"Wechen only thought of these two points for the time being." Tian Dan immediately replied.

Immediately, Zhao Kuo looked at Sun Gu on the side again.

"Weichen also thinks that General Li Mu's strategy is feasible." Sun Gu nodded and said, "Our Yu Lin Wei will definitely try their best to find the direction of the Qin army's main attack, but it will take time."

"Don't be afraid." Zhao Kuo nodded and said, "The directions that the Qin army can attack are nothing more than two or three. The first is to attack the party and lead the defense line with an empty position; the second is the land of Zhou Wangji; Third, and the most likely direction of the Qin army, the Yingchuan front."

"With such a large-scale attack by the Qin army, it is impossible to attack the defense line of the empty warehouse, and the mountains simply cannot tolerate such a large-scale deployment of the Qin army." Tian Dan then continued to analyze.

"It is also possible to attack Zhou Wangji, this is almost where our army is located, as long as this place is successful, we can separate the 100,000 troops of our army on the Yingchuan front from our mainland, and then divide and annihilate it." Li Mu also continued to analyze.

"Judging from the movement of the Qin army's troops, it is very likely that the main force will continue to attract the troops of our army's Yingchuan front, and then use a force to cut off Los Angeles. Thus trapping my Yingchuan army." Zhao Kuo stretched out his hand and began to draw on the map, then stopped on top of Los Angeles and said, "Los Angeles!"

"My king, did you order General Lian Po to lead his army back to Los Angeles?" Tian Dan then suggested.

"Most of the territory of Yingchuan County was lost without a fight?" Zhao Kuo frowned slightly and said, "This is definitely not possible."

"But?" Tian Dan wanted to persuade again, but was coldly interrupted by Zhao Kuo.

"This is not only a matter of the territory of the half county, but also a matter of morale, if you retreat before fighting, this battle will not be fought." Zhao Kuo said coldly.

"Yes." Tian Dan, who heard this, also sighed lightly.