Zhao Kuo did not continue to talk in circles, and then continued: "Don't the two old generals feel that our army is a little too obsessed with annihilating the remnants of the Qin army, so that it is tied up and does not dare to let go?"
Before the two men could understand, Zhao Kuo continued: "Because we are eager to annihilate the Qin army, we are obsessed with trapping the Qin army, trapping it to death, and trapping it motionless. It seems that only in this way can our army defeat the Qin army. .”
"We only have the remnants of the Qin army in our eyes, and this is just a blind eye!" Zhao Kuo concluded.
"Our army occupies Guanglang City, Jiepai Ling, Danshui Barrier, and the exit of Zoumaling." Zhao Kuo picked up a baton from somewhere and then listed the occupied areas of Zhao's army one by one on the map. Then he continued: "The intention of our army is very clear. Is it to trap the remaining 100,000 Qin troops in the land west of Danshui?"
After hearing this, Tian Dan looked along Zhao Kuo's baton and suddenly felt how small the land occupied by the Zhao army was. Even the west bank of Danshui that besieged the Qin army only occupied less than half of the map.
Tian Dan, who seemed to have thought of something, immediately looked at Lian Po who was standing aside. Lian Po also looked at Tian Dan in shock. Obviously both of them had realized what Zhao Kuo wanted to say.
"Yes, what can defeat the Qin army is never the occupation of a few passes, but the food shortage caused by the occupation of the passes, and the series of sequelae caused by the food shortage. This is the magic weapon for our army to defeat the powerful Qin army." Zhao Kuo continued to conclude.
"In other words, we just want to trap the Qin army in the food-free land of Shangdang, so that it will slowly be exhausted due to the lack of food." Zhao Kuo looked at the two men with a smile, and slowly He uttered those shocking words: "The land of Shangdang is so huge!"
Hearing this, Tian Dan finally understood Zhao Kuo's intention of dragging the two of them to such a distance, because only from this distance could the two of them see the whole picture of Shangdang County clearly! Shangdang is not just on the west bank of Danshui!
"Yes, cutting off the Qin army's supply of food and fodder is the basis for the Qin army's defeat. As for trapping the Qin army in Shangdang, it doesn't matter. Since the current pocket is not good, then our army can change the pocket. A bag that is stronger and consumes less troops." Tian Dan nodded in approval: "Besides, with the provisions of the Qin army, even if we let them go, if they want to get out of this huge Shangdang County surrounded by high mountains, I'm afraid it will be too difficult. Not easy!"
"We all obscured our vision for great gain." Lian Po sighed softly.
"It's just that even a dangerous place like Jiepailing requires 30,000 troops to guard it. Even if we can retreat to a more dangerous place, I'm afraid the number of troops stationed will not be much smaller, right?" After Tian Dan thought for a while, he proposed a new idea question.
Zhao Kuo was obviously prepared for Tian Dan's question, and immediately replied: "This is what I said, we are too greedy. The current situation on the battlefield, although our army has a slight advantage, we want to annihilate it in one fell swoop The Qin army has tens of thousands of tigers and wolves, so the difficulty is still too great. If we keep taking this as our goal, our army will still be helpless."
"It would be better to acknowledge the gap between our Zhao State and Qin State, and not to take total annihilation as the only goal, but to kill the Qin army as much as possible." Zhao Kuo then pointed to the map and said: "If this is the goal, our army will We should concentrate our forces and prepare for a decisive battle with the Qin army. If it accepts the challenge, our army has sufficient strength and will be able to kill it. But if the Qin army wants to escape, it only needs a slight blockade except Jiepailing. , the main force of our army can follow and attack them."
"Two old generals, please see, in fact, the only place our army must defend is Jiepai Ridge." Zhao Kuo said, while moving the baton in his hand, saying: "Just because we go south from Jiepai Ridge, Qin The army can reach Yewang City directly and complete the breakout, so our army must hold the boundary sign."
"As for other lines of defense." Zhao Kuo shook his head and said slowly: "Just like the Guanglang City to the west! There is a defense line of Kongcang Leader behind it, and behind Kongcang Leader there is the Qinchuan River to block it. The Qin army wants to return to Hedong, it will take time."
"Whether it is Guanglang City or Kongcang Leader, our army's partial division only needs to make a small block to stop the Qin army's march, and the subsequent main force of our army can attack its back. In this way, under attack from two sides, the Qin army will definitely The losses will be heavy, and it is not impossible that even the whole army will be wiped out." Zhao Kuo continued to draw on the map.
"Yes, after the Danshui Barrier, there are Hanwang Mountain and Daliangshan Camp, and then there is the old pass. After the old pass, it is the territory of our Zhao Kingdom. Even if the Qin army uses deception to get rid of the entanglement of the main force of our army, as long as our army is along the way If they block the attack even a little bit, the Qin army will definitely be in a dilemma!" Lian Po also drew inferences from the sidelines.
Seeing that the two men understood, Zhao Kuo immediately continued to wave the baton in his hand and began his layout.
"The fortress of Light Wolf City is built along the city, stretching for dozens of miles. Even if 30,000 troops guard it, it will be difficult to achieve full success. It is better to retreat to the front line of Kongcang and rely on the existing defense line to garrison in dangerous places to block The Qin army fled west." Zhao Kuo then asked, "How many troops does General Lian think are needed to defend this place?"
"If it is just to prevent the Qin army from escaping westward, ten thousand is enough!" Lian Po replied immediately.
"I'll go with ten thousand elites." Zhao Kuo then used his baton to draw an arc along the Danshui on the map and said, "Defend on the north road and defend on the east line. We can all go to the Baili Stone Great Wall. On the first line, with the two strong cities of Changping Pass and Guguan as the fulcrum, we deployed 10,000 elite troops and 30,000 young men to hold off the Qin army for one to two days. What does General Tian think?"
"Given the dangers of Changping Pass and Gu Pass, it may not be possible to defend it for a long time, but if we only block the attack for one or two days, there will be no problem." Tian Dan also replied cheerfully: "Even if the Qin army breaks through, they still have to go through Danzhu Ridge. If you go, you can’t escape at all.”
"Of course!" Zhao Kuo put down the baton in his hand and said slowly: "In this way, our army has just 90,000 elite troops and 20,000 young men. What do the two old generals think?"
After hearing this, both Lian Po and Tian Dan were silent for a while, frowning as they considered the feasibility of the plan proposed by Zhao Kuo.
I have to say that Zhao Kuo's tactics are really a bit unconstrained. It's even a bit counterintuitive.
Whether it was Zhao Jun's previous strategy or Qin Jun Bai Qi's tactics, they were all about fighting each other and turning the battle into an encirclement and annihilation battle. But now Zhao Kuo wants to encircle an already well-encircled enemy. The iron barrels were broken open by themselves, turning a good encirclement and annihilation battle into a pursuit battle.
Of course, Zhao Kuo's tactics were actually still encircling and annihilating the Qin army. It's just that the emphasis has shifted from the word "siege" to the word "annihilate".
