Zhao Jun had a belief in looking down on the world. From the bottom of his heart, he felt that all the cavalry in the world were no match for them. In fact, this was indeed the case.
This led to the fact that when the Zhao cavalry faced cavalry from other countries, they did not feel that they would lose from the bottom of their hearts and had a head start on the opponent.
Qin Jun once had a belief in looking down on the world, but this belief was abruptly interrupted by Zhao Jun at its peak.
Faith is a very wonderful thing. It can give people an inexplicable power and make one person equal many.
Just like when the countries in the Central Plains faced those barbarians and Rongdi, even if the opponent's strength was several times that of their own, they would not have the slightest fear. Not only would they not retreat, they would even be able to fight back.
Now the belief that the Qin army is invincible is gone, and it has even suffered a certain amount of suppression.
When they encounter Zhao Jun, deep down in their hearts they will think that they cannot defeat him. This mentality is especially obvious among the cavalry.
Not to mention that there is a certain gap between the Qin cavalry and the Zhao cavalry. Even if the Qin cavalry is stronger than the Zhao cavalry, it is impossible to defeat the opponent under the influence of this mentality.
"You did a good job." Bai Qi looked at the Longxi cavalry behind Wang Jian. After the first battle, these cavalry lost nearly one-third, but there was no fatigue or fear on their faces, but they were full of energy.
Their strength has not increased, but their energy and spirit have undergone earth-shaking changes, giving people a feeling of being reborn.
Bai Qi couldn't explain the reason for this change in status. Maybe he was infected by Wang Jian, which was a good thing for the Qin army after all.
In comparison, the loss of nearly two thousand soldiers was nothing.
At least after this time, Zhao Jun could not block Qin Jun's door and cook meat to disgust Qin Jun.
"General, can these soldiers be given to General Mo for training in the future?" Wang Jian clasped his fists and said extremely seriously.
He made up his mind to train a cavalry capable of competing with Zhao Jun.
The people of Qin are no worse than the people of Zhao. If the people of Zhao can do it, the people of Qin can also do it.
"I will talk to the king." Bai Bai nodded.
"Then the general will go back first." Wang Jian said.
Bai Qi didn't speak, just looked at Zhao Jun who was slowly retreating, with a touch of sadness between his eyebrows.
The New Year has passed, and the weather will get warmer soon. By then, Zhao Jun will definitely start to launch real attacks, instead of just small fights like now.
The Qin army was only half the number of the coalition forces. It would be difficult to defend such a long line of defense. Moreover, the Zhao army was good at attacking. Rivers like Turbulent Water could not guard against the elusive Zhao Feiqi.
A breakthrough at any point may lead to the collapse of the entire defense line.
"Go and call Zheng Anping." Bai Qi said to his subordinates.
After a while, Zheng Anping rushed over and said respectfully: "General."
Although Zheng Anping belongs to Fan Ju, he is in awe of Bai Qi from the bottom of his heart.
It should be said that there were few people in the entire Qin State who did not respect Bai Qi.
"You lead people to set up beacon towers along the entire rapids, heading north to the Middle East and south to Deng City. The faster, the better." Bai Qi said. In order to deal with Zhao Jun's cavalry, he could only use the oldest method. , using beacon towers to convey information.
No matter where the Zhao army attacks, the soldiers here can notify the main force of the Qin army through the beacon tower, and then the Qin army quickly sends troops to support.
If he had enough time, Bai Qi even wanted to build a Great Wall along the rapids and slowly waste time with the Zhao army.
However, building the Great Wall consumes too much manpower, material resources, and time. It is impossible for the Zhao army to watch the Qin army build the Great Wall.
"No." Zheng Anping said, and when he saw that Bai Qi had no other instructions, he retreated.
"I hope it will last until Zhao Jun retreats." Bai Qi thought in his heart.
He originally had no hope of consuming the allied forces. The four kingdoms of Zhao, Wei, Han and Qi were located in the Central Plains, with fertile land and a continuous supply of grain and grass. Even if the entire Qin State was drained, it would not be possible to consume the four kingdoms.
But now Bai Qi is facing death
Hope was restored to the coalition.
The reason is very simple. King Zhao is too extravagant to Zhao Jun. Not only does he have three meals a day, but he also has meat occasionally. During the New Year, there is meat every day.
Even this kind of luxury is not only for the Zhao army, but also for the three armies of Han, Wei and Qi.
You must know that the combined forces of the four countries total more than 500,000!
What kind of concept is this? Just eating every day can eat a small mountain.
Bai Qi didn't know how wealthy Zhao was. The distance between Qin and Zhao was too far, so what he could get from a glimpse was limited.
But he knew that no matter how wealthy Zhao was, it had its limits. With so many troops, it would never last long.
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"Your Majesty, the Qin army has retreated." Meng Wu turned over and dismounted, clasping his fists and saying.
"When Bai Qi used his troops, he was cautious when he should be cautious and took risks when he should be risky. He was not rigid at all. It is really difficult to guess." Zhao Kuo said.
The Zhao army spent so long, but in the end they only killed less than 2,000 Qin soldiers and attracted nearly a thousand Qin soldiers to surrender. Although it was not a loss, it did not make much profit.
"Your Majesty, do you still want to cook meat in a pot?" Meng Wu asked.
"No need." Zhao Kuo waved his hand. After this time, the Qin army's morale had stopped falling, and there was no point in continuing.
However, Zhao Kuo did not stop hating the Qin army, he just changed his way of hating the Qin army.
For example, they sent people to yell at the gate of the Qin army's camp, especially to scold King Qin Ji. They also said that King Qin Ji was dead and the Qin army should not surrender quickly.
Then Zhao Kuo sent troops to attack the Qin army's camp from time to time. This kind of irregularity was really irregular.
Just like the arrow rain used to disgust the Qin army before.
Sometimes they attack the Qin Army in the morning, sometimes they attack the Qin Army at noon, sometimes they attack the Qin Army in the evening, and sometimes they attack the Qin Army in the middle of the night or even early in the morning.
Moreover, they randomly attacked any part of the Qin army's camp.
Sometimes they attack Rangcheng, and sometimes they attack the Qin army's camp outside the city.
The Qin army didn't dare to gamble at all. Even in the middle of the night, they had to get up to defend the city. But as soon as they got up, the Zhao army immediately ordered their troops to retreat.
If they don't get up, Zhao Jun will continue to attack.
There was a military camp, but because the general was a step too late to react, Jin Bi led his army into the army and killed more than 2,000 Qin soldiers. Even the army commander was beheaded.
Bai Qi once personally led his army in an ambush, only to encounter the Zhao army led by Tian Dan. They instantly reached the level of the puppet army soul army and blocked three times the Qin army. After that, Zhao Feiqi quickly came to join the battlefield.
Originally, the Qin army had the advantage and might even be able to defeat the Zhao army. However, after Zhao Feiqi arrived, the situation reversed instantly, and Bai Qi had to lead the Qin army to retreat.
The next day, Bai Qi repeated his old trick and once again waited until the Zhao army attacked the Qin army's camp and led his troops to support him. As a result, he was besieged by Le Yi who was ambushing not far away. In the end, only a few hundred people escaped.
Since then, the Qin army has restarted the retreat mode. No matter how provocative the Zhao army is, the Qin army will not come out.
Bai Qi divided the Qin army into two parts, one part defended during the day and the other part defended at night, in order to deal with the harassment of Zhao army.
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In Handan, Lin Xiangru handled government affairs as usual.
Since Zhao Kuo's personal expedition, the entire Zhao Kingdom has become busy, and they don't even have a holiday during the New Year.
Zhao Kuo and Wei Wuji were both away, and Lin Xiangru was looking over everything in the country. He was so busy every day that he felt quite haggard. However, seeing Zhao becoming stronger and stronger day by day, Lin Xiangru was happy from the bottom of his heart.
"The last batch of cattle and sheep has been loaded in Monan. From then on until autumn, there will be no large-scale beef and mutton production." Zhao Bao said.
Spring is the time for cattle and sheep to mate and give birth. It is impossible to kill cattle or sheep in the pasture at this time.
What's more, Zhao Bao plans to double the entire ranch this year, and it's even less likely that he will kill cattle and sheep.
The same goes for other livestock farms. In the spring, the meat output will be much less. Chickens, ducks and geese enter the egg-laying period. At this time, they will lay eggs.
Eggs are to be hatched.
In Zhao's industrial planning, these livestock industries also need to be expanded, and it is expected to be approximately doubled by autumn.
The industries of Yandi, which has just been included in the territory, are also being planned bit by bit.
Fighting on the front line returns to fighting and cannot affect the development of Zhao State.
"I understand." Lin Xiangru pulled out a small booklet from the table, which recorded various supplies stored by Zhao State, including meat.
Zhao State did not have refrigeration technology, but it could be preserved for a long time by marinating it with a lot of salt.
Lin Xiangru opened one of the pages and frowned immediately.
Zhao State did store a large amount of meat before, but this large amount was relative to the number of Zhao troops. If it was used to support the 500,000 coalition troops, it would not last long at all.
"What's wrong?" Zhao Sheng asked.
"There is not enough meat stored." Lin Xiangru said.
"Send a letter to the king and use salted fish instead." Zhao Sheng said.
"A letter from the fishery said that the salted fish production... is not enough." Lin Xiangru said silently. It is true that there are many fish in the sea these days, but it cannot support the endless expansion of Zhao's fleet and endless fishing.
It also takes time for small fish to grow into big fish.
In the past, fishing boats could only catch a large amount of fish near the coastline. Later, they had to sail further afield, even to the offshore waters of Yan and Qi to fish.
Now even if we travel further, the fish caught are getting less and less, but Zhao Guo's demand is increasing.
Of course, the main reason is that Zhao's fishing boats cannot run very far at all.
In the summer, the fish must be returned on the same day, otherwise it will spoil.
In winter, the weather is cold, the activity of fish is reduced, and the difficulty of fishing is greatly increased. Even if you can run farther, the catch is not as good as in summer.
"Didn't they build two more fishing grounds in Yandi?" Zhao Sheng asked.
"These two fishing grounds are too small now, and they are in the same sea area as Heshui Port." Lin Xiangru shook his head.
"How about renting a seaport from Qi?" Zhao Sheng said.
Qi State has a ready-made port, ready-made fishing boats, and enough fishermen. As long as Zhao State spends some money and agrees to Qi State not to station and train its navy here, it will not be difficult to rent them here.
"A good idea." Lin Xiangru's eyes lit up, "But this matter requires someone to send an envoy to Qi State to discuss with the King of Qi."
"I'll go in person." Zhao Sheng said.
"Okay, if possible, discuss with Qi State to purchase a batch of grain and grass. The more the better, money is not an issue." Lin Xiangru said.
"Okay." Zhao Sheng nodded.
"I don't know how the war is going on the front line." Lin Xiangru said with some worry. Although his side is a coalition of four countries and is far more powerful than Qin, Qin is after all the King of Qin's personal conquest, and there is a famous general like Bai Qi, how can he let people Don't worry.
"Don't worry, the king is a man who knows how to fight, and he hopes that all the kings will be assisted by famous generals such as Lord Ping. Victory will be a matter of time." Yu Xin said with a smile, "We just need to take care of the country. When the king comes back, we will return the favor." Your Majesty, a strong and powerful Zhao Kingdom.”
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In February, the grass grows and orioles fly, and the willows on the shore pull out their young branches, like graceful girls swaying in the spring breeze.
Zhao Jun's attack gradually became more rapid. Zhao Kuo ordered Zhao Fei to ride and the Imperial Guard led the cavalry to attack from many places. He also asked Wei Wuji to lead his troops south to attack Deng City and cut off part of the Qin army's food routes.
Dengcheng is located at the intersection of Hanshui River and Tuanshui River. Going south can directly reach Nanjun. It is an important transportation artery connecting Hanzhong, Nanjun and Nanyang.
Grain and grass from Nanjun can be transported upstream along the Han River to Dengcheng.
Grain and grass from Bashu can also be transported north to Hanzhong, then flow down the Han River to Dengcheng, and then go north to Rangcheng.
As long as the Zhao army captures Dengcheng, it can cut off the grain road from Nanjun to Rangcheng.
The grain transport route from Bashu to Rangcheng will also be affected.
Then, Zhao Kuo ordered Pang Nuannuan to
Bao Yuan attacks in the middle.
The Shangyu area connects Guanzhong and Nanyang Basin. Qin and Chu once launched a crazy fight for this area, and there were several wars. King Chu Huai was deceived by Zhang Yi because of this, and was ridiculed by later generations for more than two thousand people. Year.
Yuzhong is located in the easternmost part of Shang Yu's land, and controlling the entrance to Shang Yu's land is crucial for the Qin army.
"Your Majesty, the Qin army has set up a large number of beacon towers along the rapids. Every time our army appears, the Qin army will immediately light the beacon towers and retreat into the camp without fighting our army. When reinforcements appear, they will attack me from both sides. Army." Yan Ju reported.
The Qin army cannot flank Zhao Feiqi. If Zhao Feiqi speeds up, the Qin army can only eat dust from behind. However, the Qin army can flank other legions, and Zhao Feiqi cannot ignore it.
If Zhao Feiqi acted alone, there would be nothing he could do against the Qin army's camp.
Although Zhao Feiqi was strong, it was impossible for him to attack the Qin army's camp. Even if he did attack it, he would suffer heavy losses.
Yan Ju was not the first to report it. All the legions that went out in the past few days had reported this problem.
The Qin Army's beacon tower can be said to be specifically aimed at the Zhao Army's cavalry, leaving the highly mobile Zhao Army's cavalry with nowhere to hide. As long as it appears on the battlefield, it will immediately reveal itself and then be intercepted by the Qin Army.
"Since the Qin army is building beacon towers everywhere, let's build them too!" Zhao Kuo waited for a long time and saw that no one spoke, so he ordered.
"Ah?" Yan Ju was stunned.
The Qin Army built a beacon tower to target the Zhao Army's cavalry. The Zhao Army's beacon towers were of no use. The Qin Army's cavalry was no match for the Zhao Army. There was no need to waste manpower and material resources building a beacon tower to target them.
Others also looked at Zhao Kuo in confusion.
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