Tian Dan thought for a while and replied rather sadly: "If there is no ingenuity in this battle, I am afraid that it will not be possible for our country to stop it."
"But..." Tian Dan hesitated to speak.
"However, the countries that can help will probably not send troops easily at this time!" Zhao Kuo continued Tian Dan's unspeakable words.
"How could this be?" Lian Po asked with some confusion.
Of course Zhao Kuo and Tian Dan, who had been at the center of the Zhao court, knew how this could happen, but they were like dumb people eating Coptis chinensis - it was hard to say. Looking at each other, helplessness was evident.
What could be the reason?
It's not because the wise King Zhao fell into the Qin people's alienation scheme and removed his good allies from the group chat.
But as a minister, Zhao Kuo could not complain about the king now.
After a moment of organizing his words, Zhao Kuo said slowly: "The reason for this is naturally the trick of the Qin people, which caused Wei, Chu and other countries that have good relations with our country to misunderstand that we are connected with Qin, so they failed to send troops in time. save."
"However, this is not the most fundamental reason." Zhao Kuo said the problem of King Zhao in one sentence, and then continued to analyze: "The current thoughts of the five countries are not to rescue Zhao State, but because Qin and Zhao are weak."
"If the five countries send troops to Hangu at this time, Hangu warns, the Qin army retreats from Shangdang, Zhao Quan takes the land of Shangdang, and Qin is not gone, and Zhao is strong again, will it be of no benefit to other countries?" Zhao Kuo He simply opened his mouth and said: "But if we wait for the decisive battle between the Qin and Zhao armies and let Zhao be defeated, with the ability of General Lian, the Qin army will definitely not suffer, and it will not be a problem to lose troops and generals. At this time, it does not matter whether to aid Zhao or attack Qin. The Qin army that lost troops and generals must retreat. However, even if Zhao gained territory, it would have lost its military strength. Even though Qin defeated Zhao, it gained nothing. This is called the weakness of Qin and Zhao!"
Zhao Kuo's words made everyone wake up from a dream. At the same time, they could not help but secretly curse the shamelessness of other countries. Of course, this also indicates that Tian Dan's unspoken plan has been aborted.
"You are inhumane! How could you bully our country, Zhao, like this!" Lian Po vented his anger with his hair and beard spread out.
After calming down for a while, he discovered that it was himself, the God of War, who had pushed Zhao Guo into a dilemma. Three years of confrontation depleted Zhao's treasury, exhausted Qin's patience, and made all other countries have no intention of aiding Zhao.
If he could have obeyed King Zhao's order earlier and launched a general attack in time, even if it failed in the end, even if the land of Shangdang fell into the hands of the Qin army, if other countries participated, Shangdang would be lost and recovered in the blink of an eye.
Hateful, I have always been obsessed with holding the party's important territory;
Unfortunately, I have always been obsessed with the gains and losses of Shangdang, one city and one place, but I don't know the general trend of the world;
Damn it, I am planning a protracted war based on only arbitrary knowledge.
Thinking of this, Lian Po almost beat his chest. Fortunately, in order to suppress all the manic and depressed feelings in my heart that I had been relying on for many years, I held my hands on the edge of the sand table and stared at the intertwined enemy and friend situations on the sand table, trying to win the red color among the chaotic circles. Zhao Jun found a way out.
"A detour to attack the grain road? No, no, this has been denied!"
"Retreating to the Hundred Miles of Stone Wall? No, no, it's the same as Dan Shui. It's still a situation of being dragged to death."
"Attacking Dan Shui directly? No, no, the combat power is simply not enough. Lord Wu An has arrived, and if we go head-to-head, I'm afraid he will be annihilated."
No, it still doesn’t work, what should I do?
The old general gestured in front of the sand table, but found that he could not break the situation no matter what. Big beads of sweat kept leaving his white hair and beard, and his old face was even more depressed.
"Is God going to destroy our Zhao country?" Lian Po looked at the sand table of the two armies, his heart filled with despair. He could hardly stand on his feet and was about to collapse on the ground.
But he saw the young man next to him looking at him calmly. Although his face was solemn, he was not panicked... This calmness was like a beam of light in the darkness, directly penetrating Lian Po's dark chest!
"General, does he have any strategy to save the country?" Lian Po looked at Zhao Kuo steadily, as if a drowning man had grasped a straw.
Even General Tian Dan on the side looked over immediately. From the eyes of the two old generals, Zhao Kuo saw anticipation, hope and even a hint of threat. Whenever the word "no" is spoken, the two generals must know for themselves what "Lian Po is old, can he still make a living"!
"The old general is joking. The two generals..." Before Zhao Kuo could finish his words, he was forced back by the aura in front of him.
The eyes of the person in front of me were already red, and there was a possibility that they could explode and hurt someone at any time.
Zhao Kuo understood that the two generals had been conquered by him. As long as his plan had a chance of victory, the two veteran generals would go through fire and water.
And this is exactly Zhao Kuo's purpose of holding this high-level military meeting in his hometown.
It’s time to lay out your plans!
Immediately, he took the baton handed over by General Tian, walked around the sand table twice, and then slowly said: "First, this battle is unavoidable. If we retreat, the party will be lost and the army will be in danger. Handan will be destroyed, so we must fight!"
Everyone present nodded slowly.
Zhao Kuo then continued: "Second, fighting means victory, and what General Tian said is extremely reasonable. So far, in the battle of Shangdang, Qin and Zhao have invested no less than a million troops, which is unprecedented in history. , and our Zhao country is no longer able to win this battle alone, so seeking foreign aid is the only hope."
Everyone nodded again. What Zhao Kuo said were all conclusions that had been reached in the military discussion. However, how to seek foreign aid was the most important thing and the most difficult problem.
Seeing that they were about to talk about something important, the three of them held their breath and stared at Zhao Kuo, fearing that they would miss a word.
I saw Zhao Kuo smiling slightly, holding the baton in his hand, pointing towards the sand table in the distance, and everyone followed the trajectory and saw that it turned out to be the Danshui defense line that had been in confrontation for three years.
Before the three people could ask questions, Zhao Kuo's words had already rang in his ears: "The general's method is to attack!"
…
"Attack?" All three people present were stunned.
How to attack?
Where to attack!
Danshui defense line? ! Now it is not enough to defend oneself, how can one attack? Isn’t it self-destruction?
"To ask for help from other countries, our army must suffer a bloody blow. In this case, if we don't let this head be broken where we want to be damaged, at least there will be no chance of life." Zhao Kuo explained briefly.
However, this explanation was obviously not enough to satisfy the curiosity of the three people, especially Lian Po and Tian Dan. If he wanted the two to cooperate closely, Zhao Kuo had no choice but to continue to tell his plan in detail.
