Pang Xuan and the generals of the Qingzhuang faction all looked at Ying Zheng with burning eyes, hoping that Ying Zheng could approve them to conduct war games.

Ying Zheng hesitated, did not agree immediately, and looked at Zhang Ji, as if asking Zhang Ji's opinion.

Zhang Ji was a little stunned, but he immediately reacted.

These people who want to play war games with Pang Xuan are all generals of the Qingzhuang faction, and the generals of the Qingzhuang faction, in addition to Wang Ben, the son of Wang Qian, Yang Wengzi, the son of Yang Duanhe, and Li Xin, Qiang, Feng Wuxue and Feng Zai, the four Langguan from the background, Tu Sui, Ren Huan, Su Jiao, Shejian and others were all trained by him from the bottom, and Teng, the commander of the dead soldier battalion, became his retainer.

And even Wang Ben, Yang Wengzi, Li Xin, Qiang Qi, Feng Zai, Feng Wuxue and others were all promoted and reused by him little by little, giving them the opportunity to develop their talents, so whether he admitted it or not, he became the de facto leader of the Young Zhuang faction.

Ying Zheng also seemed to acquiesce to this, so he asked him for advice.

Zhang Ji narrowed his eyes and swept towards a group of generals of the Qingzhuang faction.

Naturally, not everyone of these young generals is not convinced by Pang Xuan, such as Wang Ben, Meng Tian, Yang Wengzi and Ren Huan, who have always had a calm personality, but which young man can refuse the opportunity to play war games with Pang Xuan?

Win or lose, this is an experience, a rare opportunity, just like getting the opportunity to play with a national Go player.

Even if he returned from a fiasco, it was equivalent to the personal guidance of a world-class famous general.

Moreover, Zhang Ji also had the intention of striking at the sharpness of these young generals, especially Huan Qi and Li Xin.

The two men's military styles are surprisingly similar, both of them are very brave and strong in battle, the difference is only that Li Xin is good at commanding the army to exert a brave offensive, while Huan Qi is good at motivating the army through personal bravery.

And the two also have a similar characteristic, they like to take the sword off the edge and surprise the enemy, and they are easy to float and underestimate the enemy.

Huan Qi and Li Xin were both fierce generals with great achievements in history, but they both became the commanders of the two major defeats of the Qin State on the road to pacifying the world.

Although Li Xin was betrayed by Changping Jun, not only cut off the supply of grain and grass, but also was attacked from front to back, it still could not hide the fact that he attacked the enemy lightly and tried to attack Chu with 200,000 people.

And the final outcome of Huan Qi and Li Xin was not good, Huan Qi died in Fanwu, and Li Xin was reduced to a deputy general, following Wang Ben to attack Liaodong and Linzi, although he also made a lot of contributions, and completely lost the qualification to compete with Wang Ben.

Ying Zheng still didn't agree immediately, not because he didn't take into account the intention of thwarting the Qingzhuang faction's light enemy, but because he valued the Qingzhuang faction the most, not only because he was a descendant who really belonged to his dynasty, but also because as an ambitious young king, he preferred those enterprising young people.

What's wrong with being young and vigorous?

If you are not angry, you still call it a young man!

After thinking about it again, Ying Zheng nodded in agreement.

If a mere war game can smooth out the determination of the young and strong generals he promoted, then such people are not of great use.

As a result, the Qin State dropped out of the dynasty for ten days in a row, and finally determined the people who came down to conduct war games with Pang Xuan, including Huan Qi, Li Xin, Qiang Qi, Wang Ben, Meng Tian, Yang Wengzi, Feng Wuxue, Feng Zai, Tu Sui, and Ren Huan, ten people who had the talent to lead an army.

A group of generals and elders went to watch the battle, and many generals and colonels outside took leave to watch the battle, but in the end, except for a few people who were stationed outside, most of them could only stay in the camp.

On the first day of the wargame, as the first young Zhuang general, Huan Qi's performance was not bad.

On the sand table modeled after the terrain of the Qin-Zhao border, Huan Qi, as the chief general of the Qin army, led 150,000 troops to attack Zhao.

From Li Mu's point of view, Pang Xuan removed the troops left behind to defend Zhao State, Wei State and the alien tribes in the grassland, and faced the Qin army with 30,000 Zhao border cavalry, 50,000 foot soldiers and 30,000 crossbowmen.

Huan Qi showed a strong aggressiveness at the beginning, concentrating his forces to storm and even take down nine cities, but the three important places of Yecheng, Yanhe, and Luyang were never captured by Huan Qi due to Pang Xuan's strict defense.

The Qin army led by Huan Qisuo was exhausted due to a series of onslaughts, and after resting for twenty days, he marched again.

This time, the Qin army conquered the two important military towns of Ye and Anyang in one fell swoop, but Pang Xuan's turtle-like defense caused Huan Qi to fall under Yecheng and Yan and the two cities again.

After resting for two months again, Huan Qi selected 80,000 elite soldiers and strong generals to attack Pingyang and Chili from Shangdang Yue Taihang Mountain.

Although Ying Zheng doesn't know much about the art of war, he can also see how amazing Huan Qi's hand is.

The road from Shangdang through the Taihang Mountains was winding, and it seemed that even Pang Xuan did not expect Huan Qi to dare to take such a big risk, although he transferred the army back to defend in time, but he was also a step too late.

This could have been incorporated into Qin's strategy to conquer Zhao.

It's just that Ying Zheng was keenly aware that the faces of Wang Qi, Meng Fu and Wang Jian were not happy, but a little dignified, and even Zhang Ji was silent.

But Huan Qi, who was immersed in the sand table, didn't notice it, but felt that he had shown his face in front of everyone and won another battle with a surprise soldier, and he became more and more proud.

Pang Xuan seems to be nothing more than that.

After resting for three months, Huan Qi showed his hand again.

The remaining 100,000 Qin soldiers were divided into two routes, one with 30,000 people, falsely claiming to be 50,000 people, from Yecheng to the north, crossing the Zhangshui to Danhan, and the other 70,000 people, taking Wolf Meng from Taiyuan, and entering Fanwu, the eastern fortress of Zhao State.

Pang Xuan divided 80,000 troops to rescue Danhan, and the 20,000 people stationed in Fanwu were defeated and retreated by the Qin army, and the Qin army conquered the fortress Fanwu.

Everything went so smoothly, Huan Qi's 70,000 army went deep into the territory of Zhao from Fanwu City, as if the southeast and southeast roads were attacking the Zhao capital Danhan, and the destruction of Zhao was just around the corner.

"Huan Qi has been defeated."

Zhang Ji sighed and shook his head.

Wang Ji, Meng Wei and Wang Jian looked at Zhang Ji at the same time, although they all saw that Pang Xuan was arranged, but they still didn't see what kind of plan was in it, Zhang Ji blurted out that Huan Qi was defeated, which really surprised them.

Zhang Ji didn't explain, but his voice reached the ears of the crowd watching the battle.

Although his voice was very slight, the people watching the battle were all military generals, and they were deaf and clear-sighted, and many people heard Zhang Ji's words, even Huan Qi heard them.

In Huan Qi's stunned eyes, Yang Duanhe, as the referee, looked at Huan Qi with a complicated expression, and 40,000 Zhao troops appeared outside Fanwu City, and captured Fanwu City together with the original 20,000 who pretended to be defeated and fled, making Huan Qi's army of 70,000 people become a lone army with no logistics!

Pang Xuan's army was actually only 20,000 in the defense of Danhan, falsely claiming to be 80,000, while the remaining 80,000 people secretly weaved a huge net and surrounded the Qin army near the Fanwu fortress.

The 70,000 Qin troops on the East Road were surrounded and annihilated, and even Huan Qi, the main general, was characterized as killed in battle.

And the 30,000 Qin troops on the south road were not much better, although they withdrew in time, but under the pursuit of Zhao Bianqi, only more than 10,000 people escaped.

After the first battle, the Qin army lost 140,000 soldiers, while the total loss of the Zhao army was less than 40,000 troops, which can be regarded as a shame.

Huan Qi, who suffered a fiasco, was pale and sweaty, and fell to the ground.

In the next nine days, the nine people who had not watched the battle according to the rules did not know how Pang Xuan dealt with Huan Qi, and even the victory or defeat was kept secret.

However, these young generals of the Qingzhuang faction still saw from the faces of the spectators that Huan Qi was defeated, and as for the final battle damage and how to defeat it, they did not know.

So, Li Xin was also defeated, and the defeat was similar to that of Huan Qi, but Li Xin was better than Huan Qi, and he did not go up completely, but he still left some soldiers and horses as a response, but it was difficult to affect the battle situation after all, and only 40,000 people were left in the 150,000 Qin army, and the Zhao army died more than 50,000 people, which was much better than Huan Qi.

Then everyone suffered a fiasco, but Wang Ben, Meng Tian and Tu Sui, Ren Huan's performance was quite eye-catching, Wang Ben used the military style to learn from his father Wang Qian, extremely cautious, easy not to risk, was defeated by Pang Xuan in a battle, the Qin army was beheaded 80,000, and the Zhao army was killed and wounded 40,000.

Pang Xuan's art-like command gave everyone a glimpse of what it means to be a real command.

However, Wang Ben is nominally a young Zhuang faction, but in fact, he is the same generation as Mengwu according to his generation, but at the age of thirty, he can barely be regarded as a member of the young and strong, and the experience of leading troops is also richer because he has been by Wang Qian's side in his early years, so it is not too surprising.

And Meng Tian, Tu Sui and Ren Huan, the three real young people, really let Daqin see the future of the Qingzhuang faction, and the three of them did not fall into Pang Xuan's ambush, but lost in the battle command, killing 70,000, 90,000 and 80,000 respectively, while the Zhao army's casualties were about 50,000.

Although the performances of Wang Ben, Meng Tian, Tu Sui and Ren Huan were also eye-catching, it was difficult to hide the fact that the Qing Zhuang generals of the Qin army were all defeated by Pang Xuan.

Originally, all the courtiers of the main battle faction who supported the complete destruction of Zhao also wiped the cold sweat on their foreheads, fortunately this was a war game deduction rather than a real battle, and fortunately, they are all now at most a partial general of the Qin army, and they will not become the commander of the army to destroy a country.

And even if the Qingzhuang faction is all defeated, there is a chance to do it.

It's a pity that Pang Xuan and Zhang Ji don't seem to have any intention of fighting each other.

Of course, even if Zhang Ji is defeated, no matter how bad it is, there are still three generals, Wang Qi, Meng Wei and Wang Qian, as well as Meng Wu, Yang Duanhe and other backbone generals.

It's just that the strategy of using troops in Zhao State needs to be changed by Qin State.

Pang Xuan asked himself that he is not as good as Li Mu now, and the army with the border army as the main force will be more like an arm under the command of Li Mu, and the combat power of the Zhao army is far stronger than that on this sand table.

For a time, many people were worried about the war between Qin and Zhao, worried that Qin would repeat the mistakes of King Zhaoxiang and be once again snuffed out by Zhao to destroy the hopes of the Shandong princes.

The consequences of the fiasco of the Qingzhuang faction were somewhat beyond the imagination of Yingzheng and others, but fortunately, it was only an influence in the core power circle of the Qin State, and did not spread to the government and the opposition.

Zhang Ji, who was originally playing with his wife and daughter at home, was dragged out by Yingzheng again and asked him to clean up the mess.

What can Zhang Ji do?

Even if he defeated Pang Xuan in the sand table wargame deduction, what would it be?

He didn't even dare to say that he could compete with Li Mu, but although Zhang Ji couldn't defeat Li Mu, he knew that there was someone who could defeat Li Mu.

That is the strongest famous general at the end of the Warring States Period, Guo Kai!

There are five people, and two of them were killed by Guo Kai!

At the end of the Warring States period, the four famous generals Bai Qi, Wang Qian, Lian Po, and Li Mu, the latter two belonging to the Zhao State all fought against Guo Kai.

The final result was that Lian Po was rumored to be "the third arrow" and was not recalled to Zhao, and finally died in Wei.

And Li Mu was even more miserable, he was framed by Guo Kai for rebellion, and together with Zhao Wangqian, he killed this world-famous general, and easily dealt with Sima Shang, Li Mu's deputy general, and replaced him with Zhao Cong and Yan Ju.

At the subsequent small court meeting, Zhang Ji fully revealed the style of the ancestor Zhang Yi.

Although Zhang Yi also has a hand in leading troops, he prefers to use means other than the battlefield to conquer cities and conquer cities, retreat from the enemy and kill generals.

So when I heard that Zhang Ji was going to send someone to bribe a group of close ministers around Zhao Wangyan with a lot of money to separate Zhao Wangyan and Li Mu, suddenly everyone understood why Pang Xuan was unwilling to play against Zhang Ji.

Zhang Ji's approach is somewhat similar to Sun Bin at the beginning.

Before Sun Bin, the soldiers were mainly based on battle battles, but Sun Bin played the art of war with flowers, attacked the east and the west, surrounded Wei to save Zhao, reduced the stove to lure the enemy, carved and set up ambushes, played more tricks in the war, and refreshed people's cognition of the art of war.

It's just that Ying Zheng is Ying Zheng after all, and his courage is far better than ordinary people.

Ying Zheng waved his hand: "Since you want to win over the close ministers around Zhao Wangyan, you simply took out 10,000 gold, along with the close ministers around the kings of Wei and Yan." ”

Zhisu Neishi looked at Yingzheng with a blank eye, and it was obvious to the naked eye that there was a little grievance on the face of this Zhisu Neishi.

It is really staggering for a dignified Qin high-ranking official to show such an expression.

"Your Majesty, although this treasury is full of money, it is ...... It's really ...... Wouldn't it be ...... if those close ministers had accepted bribes and didn't do anything?"

"Zhisu Neishi, today the widow gave them ten thousand gold, and in the future, we will get ten thousand gold from Zhao, Wei and Yan?" Ying Zheng smiled coldly, and his smile suddenly became a little gloomy, "Of course, if they don't do anything, then I believe that Luo Wang will let them know that widows' money is not so easy to get." ”

So, headed by Cai Ze, the guest secretary, and assisted by two famous scholars, Dun Liang and Yao Jia, the three of them embarked on a journey to the Three Kingdoms of Yan, Zhao and Wei.

Thanks to Zheng Guoqu, Qin's financial resources are not the same as before.

With 500 cars, 10,000 gold, clothes and swords, he personally sent three people out of Xianyang City for ten miles, and sent envoys to Yan, Zhao and Wei.

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