Under Sima Cuo's unremitting efforts, the Qin army's front was finally stabilized. Although dozens of Qin soldiers were killed on the spot almost every minute, Sima Cuo believed that as long as he remained stable for one day, the balance of victory would tilt towards Qin again!
At least, this is the news that Bai Qi sent Pegasus to deliver! Reinforcements from three places have been deployed at night, and even Fei Ge's message to the King of Qin asking for more reinforcements has been sent out. If you hold on, you can complete the siege of the Wei army from a wider space.
The fact is that it is indeed proceeding in the direction Bai Qi expected.
What Bai Qi didn't know was that there were more Zhao troops outside him, and they were preparing to take advantage of his opportunity to draw out troops to sneak attack the pass and completely block the Shangdang battlefield.
Some people may ask, since the Zhao army can lock the Qin army through the barrier, Jiepailing and Guanglang City, why didn't Bai Qi retreat directly or stand still and trap the Zhao and Wei coalition forces in the Shangdang area.
First let’s talk about the retreat plan.
If the strong man Bai Qi breaks his wrist and directly retreats to Guanglang City with 100,000 troops from the northeast, and at the same time orders the armies from the southwest and southwest to break through in the direction of Jiepailing, then the Zhao and Wei coalition forces will not be able to stop it.
Of course, the losses of the Qin army will not be small. For a slightly better army in the northeast, it would be good if 60,000 troops could escape; in the southwest, it would be worse, and it would be good if 30,000 troops could finally escape to Mu's land.
So what’s next? The more than 10,000 defenders of the barrier were quickly wiped out by the Wei army, and the team at Jiepailing would be forced to retreat to Hanoi under the powerful offensive of the Zhao and Wei coalition forces.
Although the Qin army was able to retain nearly half of its combat strength in the end, in Shangdang territory, only Guanglang City was left to defend. lu
Once Jiepai Ridge is lost, the Qin Army's important supply channel will be cut off. If you want to defend Guanglang City, you must cross Kongcang Ridge from Hedong County. Kongcang Ridge was the first line of defense deployed by Lian Po after arriving at Shangdang County. Although General Wang Lu took advantage of the Zhao army's unstable foothold, he immediately sent troops to defeat the Zhao army.
But to be chosen by Lian Po as the first line of defense to stop the Qin army, needless to say, there are dangers involved. And if the Qin army needs to cross this ridge for a long time to transport supplies and supplies, the losses involved are self-evident.
On the other hand, Zhao Wei, with Jiepailing in hand, the Wei army can export supplies to the coalition forces at any time by taking the flat route of Zhou Wangji. Although the State of Zhao has been hollowed out, the State of Wei is an old powerful country. Although it is in decline, in the end, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. God knows how much inventory the State of Wei still has - the name of the rivers and mountains inside and outside can be Not Gaide.
Under this situation, the Zhao and Wei coalition forces did not even need to confront Guanglang City head-on. They just waited for the Qin army to run out of supplies and the Qin army had to retreat without retreating.
If the battle really reaches this point, the Shangdang battle will be defeated even if it is not defeated.
This is obviously something Wu'an Jun Bai Qi cannot accept in any case.
So can we garrison on the spot and trap the coalition forces?
Obviously not! Without him, there are not enough troops!
Whether it is the frontal battlefield or the defenders in the three places. On the frontal battlefield, the Qin army still had 200,000 troops, but under the Wei army's surprise attack, its combat strength was quickly and greatly lost. The Zhao-Wei coalition army still had about 200,000 troops after the battle. What's even more terrible is that the entire battlefield presents a situation where you are surrounded by me, and I am surrounded by you.
Our own soldiers have been fighting fiercely for a long time. It is not a big problem to fight against the equally tired Zhao army, but it is obviously not enough to fight against the Wei army who has come to recharge their batteries; coupled with the shortage of troops and the battlefield being blocked The Zhao army is divided and its own reinforcements are difficult to reach. It is obvious that if the Qin army does not send reinforcements, it will definitely suffer a loss, or even a big loss, on the frontal battlefield.
Once the Qin army suffered a heavy loss on the front battlefield, with only ten thousand defenders everywhere, it was obvious that it would not be able to stop the Zhao and Wei coalition forces at all, so the strategy of trapping the army was impossible to complete.
Therefore, unless Bai Qi admits defeat and immediately leads his troops back to Hedong and Hanoi in despair, as long as Bai Qi still has the slightest desire to win, the best and only way in front of Bai Qi is to make a desperate move , mobilized troops to help, mobilized all the troops, and launched a counter-encirclement for the Wei army.
As for the Zhao army, the 120,000 troops, although not many, were enough to trap the remnants of the Qin army after the fight.
Of course, the premise is that the Qin army cannot discover it in advance, otherwise,
Although the garrisoned Qin army only numbered tens of thousands, it was enough to hold off the Zhao army for a certain period of time, and this period of time was enough for Fei Ge to send a message to Bai Qi. As for Bai Qi, once he knew that Zhao Jun still had a fresh force that was not on the scene, he would probably order a retreat immediately.
By then, perhaps the Qin army will still withdraw from Shangdang.
But the Qin army still retained most of its combat power. With the temper of the Qin state, I am afraid that there will be another wave of trouble and another attack on the party within two years! At that time, will Zhao Jun fight or not?
Moreover, if the Qin army is allowed to leave, the Qin army, which retains most of its strength, will definitely defend Hedong and Hanoi counties. If the Wei army "invites" the Zhao army to attack Hanoi together, should the Zhao army not respond?
If he agreed, neither Zhao Kuo nor Lian Po would have such confidence to fight against Bai Qi and the Qin army who were like mourning soldiers on the Qin army's territory. It is not impossible for the whole army to be wiped out if one is not careful.
But if you don't respond, firstly, you can't live with it morally. The Wei State is here to save you from the Zhao State. Secondly, the ownership of this Shangdang land, perhaps Lord Xinling, who has an army of 100,000, will have to fight with you. Let’s talk about it with Zhao Guo.
Those who travel a hundred miles are half-ninety!
In the encirclement, Zhao Kuo bet his own life and the lives of 100,000 Zhao troops, and went to the front line in person, just to pave the last ten miles of Zhao Jun's road to victory;
In Daliang Mountain, under the gaze of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, invisible pressure was quietly projected on Tian Dan. He knew that his decision, even just a moment and a half difference, would completely affect the direction of the entire battle.
Just like the night when "Fire Bull Charged into the Formation", the country behind him had changed from Qi to Zhao.
With an outsider like him deciding such an important final decision, Tian Dan could not help but admire Zhao Kuo's courage, especially since he was once the political enemy of his father, Ma Fujun, and he was so broad-minded that even Lin Xiangru knew about it. You have to be ashamed of yourself! The urge of a scholar to die for his confidant haunts his heart.
However, this finishing son is really difficult to play!
If you do it well, you will be rejuvenated; if you do it badly, although you will not lose everything, it will make the future completely unclear, not only the future of Zhao Guo and Zhao Jun, but also your own! The layout for more than a month is up to you!
He took a deep breath and looked at the bright moon above his head.
The moon was already high in the sky, so I put aside all other thoughts and looked at the burning eyes in front of me.
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