For a Prosperous World

Chapter 37: A prosperous age in flames

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Wang sat in front of Bai Qi with a serious expression: "Zhao Jun still doesn't know you're here, so Lao Bai, I think this time should be resolved quickly. Vertex novels are updated the fastest"

"Quick battle and quick decision." When talking about business, Bai Qi naturally stopped laughing with Wang, and knocked on the table with the index finger of his right hand.

Suddenly, he evoked a sneer.

"Then Zhao Wang is also thinking of a quick battle at this time."

"King Zhao?" Wang thought for a while: "Yes, I think Zhao's national power is already crumbling."

"The battle of defending the city should have been fought steadily, but since the king of Zhao replaced Lian Po, who was stubbornly defending, and ordered Zhao Kuo to go out to fight for victory, it seems that the consumption of Changping has been too much."

"So, it's not us who are anxious now, but King Zhao. Regardless of whether Zhao Kuo wants to fight or not, King Zhao will definitely urge him to fight. Because if this continues, it will not just be as simple as losing Changping , the entire country of Zhao may be dragged to death."

Bai Qi spoke unhurriedly.

"We just wait for the king of Zhao to urge Zhao Kuo. When Zhao Kuo has no food and no aid, he will naturally have to come out and fight our army to the death. When the cavalry enters the mountain, I will wait for a circle. There is no food and grass, and it will take ten days at most. Attack yourself."

Wang nodded deeply after listening to Bai Qi's words, and looked at his old friend with admiration.

I was still thinking about how to attack the formation, but Bai Qi had already prepared a countermeasure to wait for work with ease.

"In the past few days, I have sent three thousand Qingqi to Zhao Jun's formation every day to call for formation, and wait for their King Zhao to urge them to come out."

"In addition, the 30,000 rear troops are ready to bypass Zhao's camp in the mountains and forests at any time. Once the battle starts, the main force of Zhao's army will come out, and the last grain road of Zhao will be cut off."

"Zhao Jun has to fight if he fights this battle, and he has to fight if he doesn't fight."

Wang nodded, stood up and bowed and said, "The last general takes orders."

In the middle of the night, Zhao Kuo led his horse back to the camp. The soldiers at the gate of the camp saw that it was Zhao Kuo and opened the door quickly.

"General."

Zhao Kuo nodded to the soldier, looked at the tiredness on the soldier's face, and smiled: "If you are tired from guarding the camp these few days, it's okay to take a rest for a while, as long as Mo Zhen falls asleep."

"General." There was a hint of gratitude in the soldier's eyes but he shook his head: "What if the Qin army attacked at night, I will close the camp gate, and the general will rest assured."

"Do not worry."

Qin Jun, Zhao Kuo sighed, and the smile on his face seemed a bit bitter: "The Qin army will not attack the camp these days, they are waiting for us to go out."

The soldiers couldn't understand Zhao Kuo's words, but he knew that the young general was treating them well, not as strict as General Lian Po, and he was very sympathetic to them.

The general has done this, if the soldiers are lazy and playful, it is because they don't take their own lives seriously.

Guarding the camp gate is a matter of life in wartime.

"General, just go, I'm not tired of waiting."

Zhao Kuo looked at the soldiers, shook his head, and left with his horse.

The soldier called the rest of the team and slowly closed the gate of the camp.

Zhao Kuo tied his horse to the horse post in front of the tent, opened the curtain of the tent and walked in.

But he found that in his camp, his own soldiers were standing inside waiting for him.

Seeing Zhao Kuo walking in, the soldier handed over the bamboo slips in his hand.

"General, the document sent by the envoy sent by King Zhao."

Zhao Kuo frowned, but the document at this time could never bring any good news.

Opening the bamboo slips in his hand, he just glanced briefly, and a wry smile appeared on his face.

King Xiaowen couldn't wait, Zhao Guo couldn't hold on anymore, and asked him to fight a decisive battle as soon as possible, and make a quick decision.

decisive battle

He knew that since King Xiaowen sent this biography, it was already very difficult to win.

In ancient times, when attacking a city, the soldiers attacking the city should be multiples of the soldiers defending the city.

If the Zhao army defends the city, there are still a few months left to defend, but if the king of Zhao insists on them attacking and switching defenses this time, the Qin army is 600,000, and the Zhao army is 450,000. What is the chance of winning

Changping is located in a strategically important place belonging to Shangdang. It can be said that capturing Changping is equivalent to capturing Shangdang.

If Shangdang wins, Qin State only needs to bypass the Taihang Mountains to directly attack Handan, the capital of Zhao State.

And if Shangdang is in the hands of Zhao Guo, Zhao Guo can attack Anyi on the west side of Shangdang. If Anyi is taken, cross the Qinling Mountains and cross the Yellow River to directly attack Xianyang, the capital of Qin State.

Qin has the heart to destroy Zhao, and Zhao has the ambition to destroy Qin.

Then Shangdang must be a place that has to be won.

In this way, the offensive and defensive battle of millions of soldiers in the Shangdang area was caused.

But it is clear that since Hu Fu rode and shot, Zhao Jun's military power has flourished, but in terms of national power, it is not as good as Qin after Shang Yang's reform.

From the very beginning, Zhao Guo's calculations were wrong, coupled with the wrong layout of Changping's offensive and defensive early stage, and did not consider the preparations for long-term combat, this led to the daily situation of the battle.

Zhao Kuo stood in the camp for a long time, holding the bamboo slip in his hand.

Changping is doomed to defeat, he actually already had eight plans in mind.

But Changping must not be lost so simply. Once Changping falls, the Qin army will go north and cross the Taihang Mountains to become the capital Handan.

If Handan is broken, the state of Zhao will perish, but how will his family deal with themselves

No matter how you say it, you have to fight with all your strength, so that the Qin army will be unable to go north.

"General." Seeing that Zhao Kuo had been standing there without saying a word, the soldiers asked worriedly, "What's the matter?"

Zhao Kuo felt that his hands were cold, so he put down the bamboo slips, walked to the brazier beside him, and put his hands on top of the flames to warm them.

He said something that even made him feel terrified.

"Within five days, fight to the death."

Shuaijia 400,000, attacking 600,000 Qin troops.

How crazy is this.

But for the battle of Changping, which has already been defeated by half, it can only be fought like this, or there is hope.

If there is no war

Zhao Kuo seemed to recall what that Qin Bing surnamed Gu said on the hill before.

In the dancing flames in the brazier, he seemed to see such a scene.

Zhao Kuo's vision was blurred.

It was really a peaceful and prosperous age.

Let me tell you here, the Zhao Shi in the last picture is just a fake name of Zhao Kuobao. His real name is Zhao Kuo. I didn’t write clearly, sorry haha.