"What a waste, 20,000 people can't even stop 10,000 people." Mang Mao cursed, pointed at Wan unwillingly and said, "How about we attack this Qin army first? After defeating this Qin army, we can defeat the Qin army. Camp."
"Both your armies and mine have gone through great battles, and we are at the end of our strength. Although this Qin army has fought just now, its combat effectiveness has not been damaged. Even if we can capture it, we will not have the strength to attack the camp later." Le Cheng shook his head.
If we can capture the Qin army's camp, it will be worthwhile to overdraw some vitality and take some risks. But if you just defeat a Qin army group, forget it, Zhao people's lives are still very valuable.
Before coming, Le Yi also told him to preserve his own strength first, and then weaken Qin's power.
Although Qin is Zhao's biggest enemy, as long as there are two countries, South Korea and Wei, Qin cannot truly threaten Zhao.
"In that case, let's retreat." Mang Mao sighed, and He Lecheng turned around and walked towards the royal city.
"Thank you generals for traveling thousands of miles to come to our rescue!" The Duke of Western Zhou came to the outside of the city as early as the Qin army was defeated. He was extremely excited when he saw Le Cheng and others, and led a group of ministers to greet them excitedly.
"I have met the Duke of Western Zhou." Le Cheng bowed and bowed, looking behind the Duke of Western Zhou strangely, but did not see the King of Zhou.
However, Le Cheng did not dwell on this matter. He had no special feelings for King Zhou, it was just a little strange. After all, King Zhou was the emperor in name only, so it stands to reason that he would step forward at this time.
"I have prepared a banquet in the city and prepared rewards for the soldiers. Please mount your horse and enter the city, general." The Duke of Western Zhou bowed and stepped forward to take the reins, as if he wanted to lead the horse and hold the whip for fun.
Lecheng was so shocked that he didn't even dare to say so.
Since ancient times, some ministers have led horses for the monarch, and some monarchs have shown their favor to lead horses for ministers.
But no king has ever led horses and whips for generals from other countries. He and the Duke of Western Zhou are not in a relationship between monarch and minister. It would be bad if it arouses the suspicion of King Zhao.
The State of Zhao is very good, and the King of Zhao treats him well. He has no intention of leaving the State of Zhao.
To put it bluntly, even if he left Zhao State and found another old club, he would not be able to find Western Zhou State, which had no future.
Seeing that Lecheng insisted on refusing, the Duke of Western Zhou Dynasty had no choice but to give up and sighed deeply in his heart.
He actually didn't mean to poach Zhao Kuo, he just wanted to make good friends with Le Cheng.
The Kingdom of Zhou was miserable, with a wolf's den in front and a tiger's mouth in the back. I thought that no matter what, in the name of the common master of the world, no country would dare to really attack the Emperor of Zhou.
But the reality told him that the Emperor of Zhou was nothing in front of the Qin State. The Qin State would not care whether you were the emperor or not, and would destroy you if it sent troops to destroy you.
However, Zhou State did not have any ability to resist.
The curses were so feeble in front of the Qin soldiers.
Zhao is the only powerful country in the world that can compete with and even defeat Qin for a time. It is also the leader of the Three Jins. Zhou wants to survive Qin's military attack. We can only hold Zhao Guo’s thigh.
Soon, the army entered the royal city.
"Your Majesty." An old minister came over and looked at the Duke of Western Zhou with a wry smile.
"What does the old gentleman want from me?" asked the Duke of Western Zhou with a smile. He was still immersed in the joy of defeating the Qin army. As for the little episode just now, he had long forgotten it.
"We thought that the reinforcements were only from the State of Zhao, and we prepared silk, wine and food for ten thousand people. Who would have thought..." The old minister leaned next to the ear of the Duke of Western Zhou and whispered.
When the Duke of Western Zhou heard this, his expression suddenly changed. He was so happy that he almost forgot about it.
This is no small matter. If it is not handled well, it will offend all three countries.
"Is there any way?" Duke Zhou asked.
"There are only two ways at this time, either no rewards and no banquets, or all rewards and all banquets," the old minister said.
"I have just told you about the banquet and rewards, and I am talking about the second method." Duke Zhou of Western Zhou said decisively.
"Lending money to wealthy households in the city, lowering the standards for banquets and rewards
Yes, it should be enough. "The old minister said.
"Go and do it quickly." The Duke of Western Zhou waved his hand and said. At this time, there was no other way but to try his best to save the situation.
If I had known that reinforcements from the three Jin Dynasties would come, I wouldn't have given him a fucking reward. It would have been better than now.
"No." The old minister leaned over and said.
"Everyone, please follow me into the palace. The banquet is ready." Duke Zhou turned around and said with a smile, but his smile was a little bitter.
Everyone had just won a big victory and they were all relaxed. Mang Mao and Bao Luan grabbed Le Cheng to persuade them to drink. The three of them were too lazy to use their internal energy to expel the alcohol, and they were all drunk.
Before Le Cheng fell asleep, he grabbed Jia Yan's arm and told him to set up city defenses to prevent Qin troops from sneak attacks.
Jia Yan sent Le Cheng back to his room and took a patrol with his guards. He saw that all the Qin troops were huddled in the camp and there was nothing abnormal before returning.
After washing up, Jia Yan declined the maid assigned to him by the Duke of Western Zhou Dynasty. Just as he was about to go to bed, the guard reported outside the door, "General, General Mangmao, do you want to see me?"
"Mang Mao? Isn't he drunk? Let him come over." Jia Yan frowned slightly. He was very familiar with Mang Mao. Mang Mao was the commander-in-chief of the Wei army in the Battle of Huayang, and he was the commander-in-chief of the Zhao army!
At that time, Zhao and Wei were vying for the alliance leader. Zhao was powerful, but Wei, relying on Fan Zuo, could always overpower Zhao at critical moments, which resulted in the relationship between the two countries not being so friendly.
However, after being defeated by Bai Qi, the relationship between the two of them gradually began to warm up and they became sympathetic to each other.
"I haven't seen you for many years, but the general's demeanor remains the same." Mang Mao stepped into the camp and said with a smile and cupped his hands.
"How can I, a deputy general, get my grace? General Mang is the one who retains his true grace." Jia Yan sighed.
"What did the general say? Who doesn't know that there are many famous generals in the Zhao country, and it is already remarkable that the general can be among them. On the other hand, in our country of Wei, the talents are withering, and even a defeated general like me can stand in the temple. "Mang Mao also sighed deeply.
"If you have something to say, General Mang, just say it directly. This is not General Mang's style." Jia Yan glanced at Mang Mao.
"Okay, General Jia Yan is so happy. I'll tell you what I have to say. Now Zhao is responsible for the food and pay for our armies of the Three Kingdoms. I wonder if the food and grass are sufficient?" Mang Mao asked.
"Don't worry about food and grass. We, Zhao State, can deliver food and grass all the way from Heshui and Luoshui to the royal city. Qin's naval force is weak and cannot pose a threat to the food road." Jia Yan said.
A mere 30,000 people have food and grass supplies, but if there were 300,000 people, Zhao might have to think of a solution.
"What if there are more prisoners of the Qin army?" Mang Mao asked.
In this battle, the Three Jin Dynasties captured more than 20,000 Qin troops. If Wan had not been on the side to gather the defeated troops later, and Wang Lu returned to the camp in time, there would have been even more prisoners.
