After Wang Ling and others came in, Bai Qi also asked him to choose a place to sit. This is a mountain peak with undulating terrain, making it difficult to find a flat place. There was no cushion, so kneeling on the ground really hurt my knees. Bai Qi came to the case, casually wiped it with his hands in front of his knees, and knelt down without any trouble; Wang Hao and Sima Jin sat on his left and right sides, and followed his example, smoothing the ground slightly with their hands. He knelt down. The people brought by Wang Lu had already sat down inside, while the people brought by Wang Ling found a place with more weeds and sat around.
Bai Qi said: "The King of Qin has a decree, please listen to it personally!"
Sima Jin knelt down, took out a bamboo slip from his sleeve, and showed it to everyone that it was indeed the special order slip of the King of Qin. Everyone saluted together and said, "I would like to teach you!"
Sima Jin recited loudly: "Qin took over the party, and Zhao blocked me in Changping. I appointed Wu'an Junqi as the general, Zuo Shu Changluo as the lieutenant general, and the governor-general and all the troops defeated it! It's so encouraging!"
Bai Qi and Wang Lu both bowed down and said, "I sincerely worship you!"
Sima Jin said again: "The king ordered: Lord Wu'an is in the army and must not be leaked to anyone. Whenever you respond to military orders, you must obey the commander of the left concubine."
Everyone bowed down again and said, "I honor your instructions!"
Bai Qi said: "I'm lucky to have received the king's favor and the help of all the ministers!"
Everyone saluted and said, "I obey your order!"
Sima Jin said: "The king's teaching was issued ten days ago. So far, it has been revealed. The general trend is not yet determined, so don't let it slip. Fortunately, the generals have used force and the soldiers have worked hard. Now we have decided on it and announced it!" Then he bowed to Bai Qi in the dialogue. Speech.
Bai Qi asked his retainers to spread out a large piece of white cloth on the ground, and drew a picture of the mountains and rivers of Changping and the distribution of military camps. He said: "Zhao's army of more than 400,000 has surrounded me in the valley. Although there are many soldiers, there is nothing we can do." Yes. I am willing to attack it together with the generals! Are you willing to hear his plan?"
Wang Hao and Sima Jin both sat by the desk, and the one sitting under the desk was Wang Ling, who had the highest status. He spoke: "By the order of Lord Wu'an, I am willing to be at the front!"
Bai Qi glanced at Wang Ling with some disdain, ignored him, and looked at the others.
The Shangjun Lieutenant is Bai Qi's old subordinate. He has a good grasp of Bai Qi's thoughts and has a high status here. He knows that Bai Qi looks down on people who talk big words, so he must take specific measures. So he knelt down and said: "I see that although the Zhao army was defeated, it was in a corner, but there were many soldiers and everyone fought hard. Yesterday's battle was an example of this. I think that we should defend the wall firmly until it is exhausted again. That’s why we have to advance.”
Speaking of yesterday's battle, Bai Qi also saw it in his camp, but due to the angle, he could not see the entire battlefield. Seeing the commander-in-chief mentioning yesterday's battle, Bai Qi suddenly became interested and said: "Yesterday the Northern Army fought hard all day long, using one battalion to hold off four battalions and killing one of the ten thousand generals. I commend him very much. May Beidi Lieutenant explain it in detail."
Li Bing knelt down and said: "I am in the camp, but I am preparing for reinforcements. All matters concerning the formation and battle will be led by General Ao. I am willing to hear about it!"
Bai Qi used his eyes to signal Meng Ao to speak. Meng Ao knelt down from behind Li Bing and said: "I don't dare to use one battalion as the enemy of four battalions. In my battle, there are actually three battalions fighting against me. The one battalion on the top of the mountain should be the enemy; The five neighboring battalions are equipped with a hundred shields, a hundred bows, and a hundred and fifty halberds; and there is one battalion in the reserve to support them. If the three battalions fight together, we will win!"
Li Bing said: "Joining the army, Ao first fought against the northern camp of Nanshan, and was able to kill the Zhao army by three hundred ranks. The Zhao army was too timid to advance again, so they had to reduce the number of shields, twenty bows, and thirty halberds in each camp to aid the southern camp."
Bai Qi said: "How do you plan to kill three hundred Zhao heads in one battle?"
Meng Ao said: "The enemies in the northern camp are all patrolling and cowering. They are ordered to attack, but they are really incompetent. I lured them into the camp, came out from behind with halberds, and strangled them in front with bows and spears. Their energy was depressed. The formation is in chaos, and they are unable to fight! Therefore, they are all ink."
Bai Qi asked Meng Ao to describe the whole process in detail. Meng Ao described in detail the situation of the first battalion luring the enemy deep, encircling and annihilating them. Meng Ao experienced this personally and described it vividly. Bai Qi heard this and cheered: "Good! Although the Zhao army has no plan and is afraid of fighting, it is difficult to annihilate them if they gather together!" He asked his retainer to scoop a bowl of water for Meng Ao and continued to talk about the war in the south camp.
The war in Nanying was relatively complicated and went through multiple stages, each with different characteristics. Meng Ao has a high-level view and narrates the whole process in a clear and focused manner. When he mentioned that he used arrows to instruct the archers to fire a volley, Bai Qijie praised: "It's very good!" However, some people didn't believe it: "Is your shooting like this?"
Li Bing explained: "When Meng Qing first arrived, Hedong Weiwan personally tested him, and he was excellent in shooting, defense, and strength, and there is nothing wrong with it!"
Bai became interested and asked his retainers to get his bow. Bai Qili's bow is so big and powerful that ordinary people can't draw it. The retainer took it and gave it to Meng Ao. Bai Qi said: "Just shoot it and feel happy."
A few days ago, when Meng Ao arrived, Bai Qi asked him to wrestle with him, but Meng Ao did not agree. Now that Bai Qi asked him to test fire again, Meng Ao felt that it was necessary to show off his skills. He hung up the string, tried pulling it, and praised: "What a bow!"
Bai Qi was even more happy when he saw Meng Ao draw his strong bow easily, and said: "But to the one who wins, I am willing to give it to him!"
Meng Ao said: "I dare to hope for the gift from your Majesty!"
Bai Qi said: "It's not a gift, it's a gift of shooting!"
Meng Ao raised his head and saw a row of swan geese flying in the air. He stretched his bow and shot an arrow. One swan goose fell down, and the other geese screamed and scattered. Everyone in the tent cheered! But the swan goose shot down by this arrow was very strong, and it flew with the arrow for a while, but it was unknown where it landed in the end, and there was nowhere to look for it.
Zhao Kuo had been notified by a lookout post long ago. Zhao Kuo came up to observe in person and recognized at a glance that this was Wang Lu's officer and that was Wang Ling's officer. The person who deserves to be met by Wang Lu and Wang Ling in person is almost ready to be revealed: Wu'an Jun Baiqi! Obviously, Bai Qi's big tent was set up on the hill under his nose - he always thought that this place was just a sideline for the Qin army: there were only 5,000 people, and they were so close to the Zhao camp! How could Bai Qi be stationed here?
Zhao Kuo immediately thought that as long as he could mobilize 20,000 soldiers and storm the camp, he would be able to capture Bai Qi alive and severely defeat the Qin army. But yesterday, the scene of Zhao Meng's storming attack appeared before his eyes again: In order to capture a hilltop where 500 people were stationed, Zhao Meng mobilized 2,000 people and added his own camp. The final result was a disastrous defeat. Zhao Kuo looked at the open space in front of the southern camp again. There was almost no room for 20,000 people to gather in formation! What's more, where would 20,000 people be mobilized? Although he said he had 450,000 people, the old, weak, women and children accounted for more than 100,000. The real combat troops were only 250,000, and the rest could only be regarded as auxiliary labor. Among the 250,000 combat troops, the elite troops have been exhausted in the battles in the past few days, and almost all of them have been sent to the wounded barracks; the remaining soldiers who can still fight must serve as the backbone in future operations and cannot be used anymore. There is loss. If another 20,000 capable warriors are concentrated, if nothing happens, the entire army may fall apart immediately. Zhao Kuo did not dare to take this risk again. After all, he still had more than a month to persist and could no longer make a desperate move. ——After the battle some time ago, he has understood that it is an impossible task to completely eliminate the Qin army. Coexisting with the Qin army became the only option.
On the surface, Zhao Kuo was looking at the Qin camp in the distance, but his thoughts were flashing rapidly. The dull feeling in the big tent and the filthy air caused by the large number of people made it difficult for him to immerse himself in thinking. The broad field of vision and fresh air in front of him were very suitable for him.
How can I get through this month? With only one bowl of clear and refreshing porridge to drink a day, and the weather getting cooler day by day, can the troops maintain discipline and act in a unified manner? Can you still fight? Can morale be maintained? He has no other choice but to choose "can" for all problems. As for how to be able, it depends on his efforts!
His eyes returned to the hill where Bai Qi was. He himself had set up a command post there and watched thousands of Zhao troops rushing towards the Qin army's barracks and the Qin army who came out to fight in the field. They filled in trenches, piled earth, covered them with bows and arrows, and shielded them with shields. The blood and corpses advanced and advanced; but the Qin army was like a wall blocking the front, and could not be shaken no matter how hard it hit; there were several times when Zhao Kuo felt that he was about to succeed, but the Qin army could always find new reinforcements and push himself back Come down. Disappointment, helplessness, frustration... negative emotions filled his chest, almost making him burst into tears; but he couldn't, he had to put on an expression that he had expected, and face it all coldly and without emotion. .
The pleading look of King Zhao flashed before his eyes again: "You must last for two months with less than a month's worth of food. When the autumn harvest is over, I will send a large army to rescue you!" King Zhao's words were clear and cruel. Zhao Kuo knew that there would be no rescue army, and only death was waiting for him. However, he must live until after the autumn harvest before he can die...
Being deprived of the right to live is painful, but what is more painful than death is being deprived of the right to die.
Now Zhao Kuo has no right to die. If he dies early, it means that Handan will enter the war without autumn grain harvest, which almost means defeat, the destruction of the country, the destruction of the family, and the loss of the ancestral temple.
We must live resolutely. One more day of survival will give Zhao Guo one more chance of survival.
The figure of his mother flashed before his eyes again. The mother's riot in the royal court was actually a tacit understanding between King Zhao and Zhao Kuo. The purpose was that when Zhao Kuo was defeated and died, the family would not be harmed. Zhao Kuo will definitely be defeated and die, and according to law, if he is defeated outside, his whole family will be implicated, ranging from not being enslaved to being enslaved, to being destroyed. At that time, King Zhao could not come forward and say that I agreed to Zhao Kuo's defeat...
Mother, wife, and children, how are you all?
Thinking of them, Zhao Kuo firmly grasped the dagger at his waist and must persist until October comes. He didn't believe that Qin Jun would feel better if he was in such difficulty! And he will try his best to make Qin Jun feel uncomfortable!
Zhao Kuo turned around and got off the lookout post and walked firmly towards the big tent.
