Zhao Kuo obviously knew General Lian Po's plan, and was naturally happy that Lian Po paved the way for him, and then continued to enjoy General Lian Po's performance from the main seat.
But Wei Xiang Lian Po wanted to drag him into the water.
Lian Po turned his head and said emotionally to Zhao Kuo: "All the generals have been with me for many years. They are all generals with outstanding military achievements and can fight in battle. I hope you won't abandon them because of me. I hope you will do the same, general." Focus on military affairs, understand the situation, select talents and use their abilities to defeat the Qin army and repay the favor of the king."
Before Zhao Kuo could react, Lian Po continued to show off his acting skills.
"Please take good care of me, see you in Handan!" After saying that, he turned around and left without taking away a single blade of grass, leaving only the generals in the camp looking at his lonely back, their eyes red from crying.
Damn you, you made me cry. I won’t watch the Oscars without you - Drama Queen!
I don’t know how wronged you have been!
Looking at everyone in the field, Zhao Kuo cleared his throat and said to the generals in the camp: "Old General Lian is old. In addition to the long and fruitless confrontation in the Battle of Changping, this return to Handan is also out of concern for him. Protect."
Zhao Kuo calmed down the atmosphere slightly, and when all the generals came to their senses, they realized that this matter should be done to appease the troops, and they must not let the generals think that they would be ostracized after General Lian Po left.
Then Zhao Kuo ordered: "Where are the two generals, Sun Gu and Zhou Qi?"
"The general is here!" Sun Gu and Zhou Qi both stepped out and responded.
"General Lian Po specifically mentioned these two to me before he left, saying that they need to be reused." Zhao Kuo nodded and said, "Today, Sun Gu is promoted to be the general of the army, and also serves as the commander of the army; Zhou Qi is promoted to be the general of the army, who is in charge of the army's food and grass. Everything."
"Yes! Thank you, General." Although the two of them already knew that they were going to be promoted, now that General Zhao Kuo said it in front of everyone, their hearts were still filled with excitement.
General Pi! That is a high-ranking general who can single-handedly command an army's partial division! What a soldier’s dream! Especially Zhou Qi, who came from a poor family and almost never thought that he would become a general one day.
And as the two men were awarded the title, sure enough, the hearts of the generals who were in turmoil as General Lian Po left gradually calmed down.
Zhao Kuo knew that it was time to tell them about the next step: "General Lian has returned to Handan. What we have to consider now is how to defeat the Qin army on the other side."
As soon as these words came out, it was like pouring a bowl of cold water into the hot oil that had cooled down slightly, causing oil stars to splash again in an instant.
"Defeating the Qin army sounds nice. I think about it too. How to defeat it?"
"Old General Lian can only hold on, but you want to defeat him as soon as you come. You are really arrogant!"
Faced with doubts, Zhao Kuo did not treat him with gentle words. After all, "beating a sweet date with a stick" is the best method for the superior. Zhao Kuo looked around with a cold face and said slowly: "Is this what General Lian taught you? Have you forgotten all the seventeen taboos and fifty-four beheadings?"
The generals were startled, and then they realized that this was a military meeting, and the commander had just spoken. He used his arrogance to accuse the army or slandered the army, and he would be punished with a knife! (The fourth of the seventeen prohibitions: complaining too much, making the general angry, disobeying the restraints, and being more difficult to control. This is called arrogance of the army, and the offender will be killed. The eighth of the seventeen prohibitions: having a sharp tongue, acting arbitrarily, and misdirecting the soldiers. , causing them to be discordant, this is called slandering the army, and the offender will be killed.) Kneel down in a hurry to receive the punishment!
"Only this time!" Zhao Kuo saw that the generals were already in awe, so he did not pursue further.
"Three years of confrontation have wasted money and food. Our army has the advantage of cavalry, but cannot use it. This is the biggest shortcoming of our army. When we come here, the tactics are just one word - attack!"
"General: In the three years of confrontation, our armies initially attacked each other, then the Qin soldiers attacked while our army defended, and now our army wants to defend but cannot cope with it. If we rashly switch from defense to attack, it may be difficult to achieve success. Once the offensive fails, it will be difficult to protect the Danshui defense line, so please think twice, general." Although a general was still frightened, he responded in a neither humble nor arrogant manner.
"If you have this idea, the Qin army must also have the same idea. If they turn from defense to attack, the Qin army will have no time to react, so we can catch them off guard. This is a strategy to catch them by surprise and attack them unprepared. It is one of the chances of winning!" Obviously for such a benign person! During the discussion, Zhao Kuo was willing to explain something.
"Attack is what our cavalry is good at, defense is not what our cavalry is good at, and the Qin army's three years of attacks have made them forget how to defend, abandon the shortcomings of our army and use the strengths of our army, and use the strengths of our army To attack the enemy's shortcomings, this is the strategy of knowing yourself and the enemy to win in a hundred battles, which is the second chance of winning." Zhao Kuo continued to explain.
Listening to Zhao Kuo's explanation, everyone nodded. It seemed that there was some truth in it, but they felt that something was wrong, but they just couldn't explain it!
Seeing everyone's strong opposition to thoughtfulness, and now gradually being convinced, Zhao Kuo was obviously extremely satisfied: Talking on paper is our specialty. In the past thousands of years, we have been second to none and no one dared to be first. . In the war of words, really, we have never lost!
However, this seemingly self-consistent logic and full chance of victory has a fatal premise - the Qin army on the other side knows nothing about our army's deployment!
However, in fact, the Qin army on the other side not only knew that Zhao Jun would definitely switch from defense to offense, but was also fully prepared for Zhao Jun's possible attack. Each trap was waiting for Zhao Jun to dig into it!
Of course, other people don't know these things, and it's impossible for Zhao Kuo not to know. However, it was obvious that Zhao Kuo was not prepared to inform the people present about these things.
"Pass this general's order!" Seeing that the effect of establishing authority had been achieved, Zhao Kuo immediately began to issue his own order.
"Yes!" All the generals present responded in unison.
"General Zhou Qi." Zhao Kuo took the lead in calling the general.
"The general will be here!" Zhou Qi promised as he left his duties immediately.
"I order you to station yourself in Daliang Mountain, and quickly transfer the grain from Daliang Mountain to the Hanwang Mountain Camp. Within one day, you must deliver ten days' worth of food to the army!" Zhao Kuo stood up and took out a token from the desk. .
After hearing this general's order, the expressions of everyone present changed, and they had a bad premonition - isn't this a rise and fall in disguise?
Everyone knows that Zhou Qi is good at attacking, and he will soon switch from defense to offense. At this time, a strong general like Zhou Qi, who is good at attacking, is asked to go to Daliang Mountain to defend grain and grass? Isn't this a random fate?
Of course Zhou Qi knew that the reason why Zhao Kuo sent him to Daliang Mountain was not only not to ascend openly and secretly, but also to use him in a big way, and to pave the way for the subsequent hiding of troops and counterattack. But on the surface, Zhou Qi had to pretend to be in trouble.
Several generals who were present were about to say something for Zhou Qi, but after hearing the order, Zhou Qi's face changed, but his steps stopped. He walked straight towards the desk, took the order with both hands, and said : "As you command!"
