Chapter 42: Asking for help
"General, let's break through in the direction of Handan!"
"General, the losses of the Qin army are greater than ours, and the strength of the two armies is almost the same. They defended the danger, and it was difficult to dispatch troops for a while, once we broke through, we will definitely succeed! ”
"General, the battalion is short of food and grass, we can't wait any longer!"
The content of the Art of War kept coming to Zhao Kuo's mind, should he escape, or fight?
Zhao Kuo was born illustriously, was familiar with military books, and had a good reputation with King Zhao.
But he wanted to be like him Ah Weng and become famous in the first battle, and the world knew it, so he insisted that the first battle must be the main general.
The Battle of Changping was a national war between Qin and Zhao, and the opposite side was the famous Wu'an Jun Baiqi!
Bai Qi is over sixty years old, can he still have a keen sense of smell for the battle situation like he did when he was young?
This world, after all, belongs to young people!
As long as you win this battle......
"Send someone to Handan for reinforcements, increase the army by 10,000, we should cooperate with the outside and oppose the Qin army!" Zhao Kuo felt that this one could be gambled, and when the time came, the offensive and defensive momentum would be easy!
The lieutenants had no choice but to ask Handan for help.
Knowing that the 300,000-strong army was besieged, the whole country was in an uproar.
Lin Xiangru hurried to the palace and asked to see King Zhao.
"Your Majesty, Zhao Guo can't afford to lose 300,000 young people! I implore the king to recall Xin Pingjun to discuss the war. ”
It was the first time for King Zhao to experience such a big failure, even if his father was starved to death back then, he was not as helpless as he is today: "Let's discuss this matter again." Pingyuanjun, what do you think about the increase in troops? ”
Pingyuan Jun was embarrassed: "At present, only Daijun, the defenders of Yanmen Pass can be mobilized, and they can arrive in ten days." However, once the defenders were transferred, it was very likely that the Xiongnu would move south. ”
With the current situation of Zhao State, it is impossible to fight on both sides.
King Zhao decided: "Increase the grain!" Send someone to borrow food from the rest of the nations! ”
Zhao's borrowing of grain was in vain, because of the repeated efforts of King Zhao, Wei Qi and other countries did not trust Zhao at all to firmly resist Qin.
What's more, Zhao Guo's situation, can he afford it then?
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"Master, do you want to offer food?" Many fish carry a long string of keys to the granary.
Lian Po's beard in front of him was sticky, and his eyes were scarlet: "Yes, although the Zhao army is besieged, as long as the grain and grass are sufficient, it can continue to mediate with the Qin army." ”
"King Zhao has already sent people to various countries to borrow grain."
"There's no way they're going to borrow it. But as long as we hold on for a period of time, the Zongheng family will be able to rely on more, and then the six countries will join forces and retreat from the Qin army. ”
Many fish lowered their eyes: "King Zhao has already abandoned you, and you still want to help him?" ”
"Not for King Zhao, but for 300,000 young people!"
Many fish looked at Lian Po deeply: "You know, Ah Zheng and I are going to Qin State. What should I do if I let the King of Qin know about my borrowing of grain? ”
Lian Po dodged to avoid the sight of many fish, but stubbornly stood in place.
It's really feng shui in turn, once he was going to elope with Ah Zheng, Ah Weng's question, compared with today, how similar is it?
I don't know what kind of mood Ah Weng was in at the beginning.
But today, it is really sad, helpless and dilemma.
Suddenly there was a bustling sound outside the courtyard, and many fish and Lian Po opened the courtyard door to investigate.
"Lord! Lady! ”
Outside the courtyard, there was a group of commoners and homeless people.
Ding Laoweng, as the most senior person in the township, took the lead in speaking: "Nujun, we heard that Zhao Jun is trapped and lacks food and grass. This is our heart. ”
Looking at Ding Laoweng's fingers, the open space was full of grain, including wheat and potatoes.
According to rough estimates, they have at least three-quarters of their food stockpiles.
Many fish had dry throats and said, "Without this food, you may not be able to survive this winter." ”
Ding Laoweng smiled with a wrinkled face: "I am fifty-two this year, I am already a long life, and I have lived enough." Let those dolls live for me. ”
"There is my husband in the army, and he has never heard the child call him Aweng."
"My eldest man is pure filial piety and joined the army for his father. However, as parents, how can we bear to let my son starve to death? ”
At this moment, the fox cub came over with a bag of things in tow.
The fox cub touched the tears on his face: "Nujun, this is the dried fruit I saved and my Aweng's pension." I'm still in Changping, beg the female monarch, help me bring it to him......"
Many fish raised their heads, and the sun hung high in the sky.
"Take it back, my master plans to donate grain. This year's harvest is known to everyone. There is no shortage of you star. Live well and wait for them to come back. ”
"Thank you, lady! Thank you, Lord! ”
"When we go back, we will set up immortal tablets for the lord and the female monarch."
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Lian Po was moved: "You ......"
Many fish stopped Lian Po's words: "Master, I have conditions." First, when you go to Handan, you should travel light. If King Zhao agrees, I will directly send out grain and grass to save time. Second, no matter what the outcome of this battle is, if you don't want to stay in Zhao State in the future, you and Shi Niang will go to Qin State to find me. ”
"Good!"
Lian Po didn't even change his clothes, and rode directly to Handan.
Zhao Zheng: "Do you know what you're doing?" ”
"Yes. Ah Zheng, if King Qin is really unfavorable to me, you can watch from the wall. ”
Zhao Zheng was furious: "Are you underestimating me?!" ”
"Ah Zheng, we are still too weak. If the king of Qin wants my life, I will run away. If you don't want my life, Ah Zheng, you have to gain a firm foothold in the Qin State. ”
Zhao Zheng was angry and hated many fish and shouldn't be nosy. But with the grateful eyes of the peasants, and then recalling the bits and pieces of the past, this anger slowly dissipated.
Lian Po rushed to Handan and asked to see King Zhao several times, but was refused.
"Xin Pingjun, King Zhao doesn't want to see you."
"Donate food? Wait for me to pass it on. The temple people ran into the palace and came back after a while, "Xinping Jun, the king said, your fiefdom is mostly grassland, where does the grain come from?" Let you go back to the fiefdom. ”
Lian Po said anxiously: "I have a disciple who is quite good at management......
The temple man said impatiently: "Xinping-kun! The king is already magnanimous enough, if it weren't for your defeat on the battlefield, how would these hundreds of thousands of troops be besieged?! ”
Lian Po's face was blue and white for a while, and he wanted to brush his sleeves away, but when he thought of the hundreds of thousands of young men whose life and death were unknown, there were many elite soldiers and elite generals who had been trained by himself, and there were his own lieutenant generals for many years......
Lian Po turned and knocked on Lin Xiangru's door.
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In Xianyang City, it is majestic and solemn.
"Report! Great King, Wu Anjun besieged the 300,000 troops of Zhao State at the foot of King Han Mountain! ”
King Qin laughed: "Good! Well done! ”
"Report! Great King, Zhao borrowed grain from Wei, Qi, and Chu! ”
Fan Sui said calmly: "Don't worry, they won't act rashly." ”
"Report! Xinping Junlian went to Handan to donate food! ”
King Qin was surprised, Lian Po's fief was mainly used to raise military horses: "Where did he get the grain?" ”
"Back to the king, it is rumored that it was Xinpingjun's personal disciple who invented a sharp tool for cultivating land, rented a large amount of land, and produced three percent more grain than before."
King Qin sat up in shock, not only for this sharp weapon for cultivating land, but also for the battle situation that was very likely to be changed!
The Zhao army was besieged, but the number of Qin troops was on par with the Zhao army, and now the comparison is, whose reinforcements arrived first!