Wang Chong took the prince to the Taimiao, worshiped the ancestor King Wen, and then burned incense and prayed, asking the ancestor to give the artifact of the mandate of heaven to help the Huai State defeat the enemy. Although Zijue's soul was asleep, he had a wisp of divine thought to respond to the sacrifice. I saw that in the cave world, two spiritual lights flickered, and the next second they appeared in the Taimiao like starlight.

When the aura on the altar dissipated, two Heavenly Mandate artifacts appeared in front of him.

Prince Luo dispatched 200,000 people, and at the same time, under the escort of 5,000 Yu Lin Wei, went to support Xu Chao. The 200,000-strong army marched all the way north and soon came to the Huai State camp. After seeing the arrival of Huai reinforcements, Lian Po and Bai Qi also shrank their forces.

In the Huaiguo camp, Xu Chao was telling Prince Luo about the current situation on the battlefield. Although Huai Wang Chong trusted Xu Chao, there were still necessary checks and balances. Xu Chao commanded the 600,000 army of Huaiguo, and almost controlled more than seventy percent of the soldiers of Huaiguo, although Xu Chao was a son of the Huaiguo clan, but with so many troops, no matter who led it, the king would be worried.

Therefore, Wang Chong led the crown prince Luo to support the army, on the one hand, as a supervisor to prevent Xu Chao from having different intentions, and on the other hand, to let him brush up his military exploits, improve his reputation, and inherit the throne in the future.

Compared with the court ethics dramas of other countries, what is 'mortuary and attacking each other', what 'don't eat in March, starve to death in the dunes', what 'daughter-in-law is beautiful, father enjoys' and so on. But Huaiguo is different, Huaiguo attaches great importance to the inheritance of heirs. This hasn't happened in hundreds of years.

Xu Chao attaches great importance to the arrival of Prince Luo, and he also knows what it is like for one person to control an army of 600,000, which is a crater. So there was no resistance to King Huai sending Prince Luo to come, and he was even very happy. With the endorsement of Prince Luo, he is safer.

"Prince, you see, this is the camp of Zhao State, and these are Qin State's. Although the two armies were clearly distinguished, they cooperated with each other tacitly, and our Huai army won several battles. ”

"The two of them actually cooperate so tacitly!" Prince Luo was surprised, you must know that these two armies belong to two countries, and temporary cooperation can actually suppress the elite of Huai, which is very difficult, Prince Luo knows very well.

"Well, Lian Po commanded the Zhao army, good at defending, and then counterattacking, Bai Qi commanded the Qin army, good at attacking, dividing and encircling, commanding like an arm, if he is not careful, it is easy for him to find the weakness, and then the army will attack."

"There were several major battles before, when I led the army to defeat the Zhao army and wanted to pursue, Bai Qi took the opportunity to break through the right flank and had to return to help, while Lian Po took the opportunity to revitalize the army and quickly counterattacked."

"Then Xu Qing has a strategy to break the enemy?" Prince Luo asked.

Xu Chao said: "In the past, it was because of the lack of troops and it was impossible to start a war at the same time, but now there are 200,000 reinforcements under the command of His Royal Highness the Prince, and the minister is sure to force the two armies back." ”

"Since that's the case, then please Xu Qing!" Prince Luo said.

Prince Luo is very clear about his positioning, he is not good at commanding an army against the enemy, and professional things are naturally left to professional people to do.

With 200,000 reinforcements, Xu Chao immediately began to counterattack the allied forces of Zhao and Qin, and the 600,000 troops attacked under his orders and launched a fierce attack on the combined forces of the two countries.

Whether it is Bai Qi, Lian Po or Xu Chao, at their level, leading the army to fight rarely uses any tricks, more about strength, dispatching troops, and quickly attacking after discovering the opponent's weaknesses.

Compared with Zhao and Qin, the quality of the officers in the Huai army was higher, so the execution of orders was faster, and the 600,000 army was dispatched to directly suppress Qin and Zhao. Even if Bai Qi and Lian Po led the army, in the face of such a general of the same level, the enemy was stronger than his own in terms of equipment and soldiers, and there was no good way.

The core element of the art of war is to fight with more and fight with less, and fight with the few. As for the various battle formations in the art of war, it also allows you to form an advantage of fighting more and fighting less locally. Of course, it's not that there is no outnumbered art of war, but those are basically the ones that have to be done.

Xu Chao used upright soldiers to suppress people with the general momentum, and Bai Qi and Lian Po counterattacked several times, but there was no way to break the general trend of the Huai army, so they had to continue to retreat under the attack of the Huai army. In the end, it withdrew into Shangdang County, and once again relied on the terrain of mountains and rivers to confront the Huai army.

At this point, the numerical advantage of the Huai army was once again leveled, and the Huai State was pushed sideways, and the Qin army and the Zhao army suffered a lot of losses, but they were still unwilling to admit defeat and retreat. Even the Qin and Zhao states kept sending logistical supplies, and it seemed that they were going to fight a protracted war with the Huai state.

After arriving in Shangdang County, Xu Chao became more cautious, as the roads in the mountains were rugged and the mountains and rivers divided the terrain. If you are careless in this kind of terrain, you will be in danger of being wiped out if you are not careful.

Xu Chao sent a large army to seize the key passes, and steadily advanced little by little. Relying on the strength advantage of the Huai army, Xu Chao occupied a large number of passes, and then pushed all the way. Although the siege war consumed a lot, there were first camps and Shanyue elite soldiers and various advanced siege equipment of Huai State, and the loss was not large, and Zhao State's idea of relying on the terrain to consume Huai State's strength was in vain.

After the Qin State retreated into the Shangdang region, Bai Qi played a greater role in this mountainous terrain. Because of the terrain, Huai's military superiority could not be brought into play, and Bai Qi could always seize the fleeting fighter and launch a small-scale attack.

Seeing this situation, Xu Chao immediately sent a large army to strictly guard the mountain roads. With the constant attacks of the Qin State to help contain it, the progress of the Huai State was very slow. From the start of the war between Huai and Zhao to the present, more than four months have passed, and the weather has gradually become colder. At this time, it is already late autumn, and the climate in the mountains is colder.

If it drags on any longer, when it snows, the snow will cover the mountain, and the Huai army will have to evacuate. Xu Chao calculated the time, he was not sure that he would defeat Zhao Guo before the heavy snow fell, and he already had a little retreat in his heart.

At this time, a detachment of cavalry quickly rushed into the camp.

In the big tent.

"What do you say? Qin sent 100,000 troops to cut off our army's food route? Xu Chao asked with an ugly face: "Who is the commander of the soldiers?" ”

"It is said to be white!"

Xu Chao suddenly flashed a flash of inspiration in his mind, and then suddenly brightened: "It's good to be calculated!" We have fallen into his trap! ”

"Xu Qing, why do you say that?" Prince Luo asked.

"Bai Qi and Lian Po saw that our army's reinforcements were not opponents, so they retreated step by step, introduced our army into Shangdang County, and at the same time dispatched 100,000 troops from the country to cut off our army's food route. Hit the nail on the head. ”

"Then what will our army do next?"

"There is still a month of food and grass for the army, so we can only desperately attack the Qin army and open up the back road, but Zhao and Qin will definitely not let us get our wish, and they will definitely block it desperately!" Xu Chao said with a solemn face: "This time it was the fault of his subordinates, who put the prince in danger." ”

Prince Luo shook his head and said, "Xu Qing should pay more attention to his mistakes after he knows them, and he must not make them again." ”

"Your Majesty is guilty." Xu Chao bowed down and pleaded guilty.

"Okay, let's talk about this later, let's solve the current crisis first!" Prince Luo said.

Xu Chao was slightly stunned, and said in his heart, could it be that the prince had expected it and had already left his back hand in advance?

Prince Luo: "Send someone to build a platform in front of the camp, three zhang high, nine zhang long and nine zhang wide." ”

"This" Hearing Prince Luo's words, Xu Chao was slightly stunned What kind of operation was this, but at this time, he suddenly thought of some miracles circulating in the family, and immediately his face was happy, and he hurriedly sent someone to arrange it.

Tens of thousands of troops went out together, and it took ten days to build a high platform in front of the camp, and then Prince Luo summoned the whole army to start worshipping the sky.

Prince Luo, dressed in a crown robe, stood on the altar and looked at the boundless soldiers on the ground. For a while, he was full of pride, and after completing the sacrifice to the sky, he directly took out the prop [Ground Steps: Blizzard], and a golden light rose from the altar. The entire army saw the golden light, and for a while, the morale of the Huai army was boosted, and they all felt that they had to be protected by heaven.

Prince Luo suddenly felt that his consciousness was rapidly expanding, enveloping it for hundreds of miles, and at this moment he understood the way to use the Heavenly Mandate Artifact, and in the next second, heavy snow like goose feathers fell from the sky.

These areas covered by heavy snow are very strange, the areas where the heavy snow falls are all in the mountainous areas where Zaizhao and Qin are located, and the Huaiguo area, which is only ten miles away from Qin and Zhao, has indeed not fallen a single snowflake.

As the snow fell, the biting cold wind blew up in the mountains, instantly taking away the body temperature from the body. In just a few moments, the mountain not far away turned into a snow-white patch.

We find from many history books that there seems to be a magical power among the ancestors of the royal family. Every time this transcendent force appears, it has a huge impact on history.

The vast majority of experts and scholars believe that these so-called supernatural powers are deliberately done by the royal family to increase the mystery of the royal family, but after the excavation of many ancient tombs found in the bamboo slips recorded these deeds, this has to make us suspicious.

The royal family will refute the rumors every time, and resolutely oppose it, saying that this is feudal superstition, and believe in science, and specially paid for the CCTV "Approaching Science" column to jointly launch a popular science program that goes into history. ——The Fog of History: A History of Ancient China

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