Six hundred!
Zhao Kuo asked himself that the 450 men in his hand were enough to eat them, even if they were the legendary elite soldiers of the Qin army. In the face of technological progress, individual bravery will only be a tragedy and not worth mentioning at all. What's more, in terms of bravery, Zhao Kuo's soldiers may not be afraid of the Qin army's elite soldiers.
After determining the number of Qin troops, the next question is how to fight.
And how to fight? The most critical and first thing to determine is the battlefield. It's a pity that to pretend not to know, most of the choices on this battlefield are still in the hands of the Qin army. If you want to reverse this situation, you must first find the location chosen by the Qin army.
"Here comes someone." Zhao Kuo, who wanted to understand this, immediately raised his head and shouted outside the tent.
"Yes." The two soldiers immediately entered the account and replied.
"Bring me the map of the Kingdom of Zhao." Zhao Kuo immediately ordered.
"Yes." The two soldiers agreed again.
Soon, a map was spread out in front of Zhao Kuo.
The map of two thousand years ago is no better than the current map. It only has a general situation. Fortunately, these days, Zhao Kuo is injured at home. In addition to training his own soldiers, he is looking at the maps of various countries, especially the Zhao Kingdom that he is about to go to. I looked at the map of the north again and again. When I encountered something unclear, I even asked a few veteran soldiers who had been stationed in Dai for many years to give me some guidance. Therefore, I knew the area in the north of Zhao State by heart. , which is at least familiar.
There was no way. If he wanted to win the war, maps were probably the most lacking link for Zhao Kuo, so he simply made up for his shortcomings with diligence. Of course, the specific situation still needed to be investigated on site, otherwise it would really be just talk on paper.
At this moment, the map was spread out again, and a familiar feeling came over it. Winding rivers, majestic peaks, and large chunks of plains were suddenly displayed in front of Zhao Kuo's eyes. .
Hundreds of cavalrymen wanted to hide themselves from the Zhao people who were coming and going, so they had to travel along the mountain road to hide from others. After arriving at their destination, they also needed a large mountain forest to provide them with a hiding place;
While thinking about it, Zhao Kuo followed his route on the map and marked the areas with large mountains and forests one by one with charcoal.
Obviously, there are not too many places like this, but they are not too few either. However, the closer you get to Daibei, the rarer they are. Going north from where you are now, the number is even smaller.
Sure enough, this alone is not enough to guess the whereabouts of the Qin army. But Zhao Kuo is not panic at all, the known conditions have not been exhausted yet!
Logically speaking, the Qin mission does not need to be equipped with so many war horses, but the mission is equipped with them. Obviously these war horses should be equipped for themselves. In other words: the Qin army prepared a considerable number of war horses from the beginning, rather than using these war horses as a tool to quickly project troops.
In other words, these war horses should not just be used as means of transportation. Because they had to pass through Shangdang County whether they were attacking or retreating, war horses couldn't run fast at all, and they were not even as efficient as walking.
Hundreds of war horses are not a small number. Obviously Qin will not send so many war horses for no reason.
Then the answer is obvious! The war horse is bound to play an irreplaceable role in the process of encircling and killing him! In addition to the rapid movement that has been ruled out, the most likely function is-necessary for combat!
In other words, Qin State planned to use cavalry to surround and kill itself from the beginning.
Some people may ask, shouldn't the ambush be in those dangerous terrains such as a line of sky?
Of course, yes, but first of all, we are in Zhao State now, and most of the dangerous places are controlled by Zhao State. Where will it be the Qin army's turn to ambush; secondly, even if there are a few dangerous places, there are no In terms of defense, Sima Cuo didn't dare to gamble. We didn't dare to bet on whether Zhao Jun was there, let alone that Zhao Kuo would slip into the trap without noticing. That was really because he looked down upon Zhao Kuo too much.
Therefore, although Sima Cuo's behavior of besieging and killing Zhao Kuo was a conspiracy, when it came to the actual implementation of the siege, he could only use the conspiracy head-on, that is, using the speed of the cavalry and the combat power of the sharp soldiers to carry out the siege. .
If Zhao Kuo came to ambush himself, this would definitely be his choice.
Then it's easy. If you want to bring out the combat effectiveness of the cavalry, the best area is a plain area, preferably with a gentle slope to facilitate the acceleration of the cavalry. And if you want to complete the siege as much as possible, the area should not be too small, otherwise it will be difficult to find it once you get into the forest.
Combined with the conditions for hiding troops above, there must be a large area of plains or gentle slopes next to large mountains and forests, and they must be on their own established marching route.
Once the three conditions are superimposed, there are almost very few places on the map that meet the conditions.
Zhao Kuo then looked at them one by one, trying to find the one among the few. But when Zhao Kuo saw the familiar place name, there was no need to look at the remaining places. Zhao Kuo has been able to conclude that the Qin army must be ambushing there!
"Lan and City", the place where Zhao Kuo's family's dream began!
"The King of Qin is trying to kill someone!" Zhao Kuo twitched the corner of his mouth slightly, obviously aware of the sinister intentions of the King of Qin. Once he falls in the city of Lanyu, the story of "Success is Lanyu, failure is also Lanyu" will become popular. Coupled with some fatalistic remarks, who else in the world dares to resist Qin?
"In your absence, I won a great victory, and Lord Ma Fu obtained his throne, but died young, leaving orphans and widowed mothers to live in hardship;
Don't you hear that if Chang Ping wins again, he has achieved peace in the world, and he has not changed his whip with the imperial staff, so he will take his life again in the name of Yan Zhi?
Those who resist the Qin Dynasty may have a reputation for a lifetime and gain temporary benefits, but in the end they cannot escape and return to the underworld, losing their incense. "
Zhao Kuo even thought about how to write the King of Qin's appeal. A short appeal, not to mention completely dispelling the world's ambition to resist Qin, could at least greatly weaken or even make up for the sharp rise caused by the defeat of Changping. Confidence to resist Qin.
It can be said to be a huge profit!
At least if Zhao Kuo came to choose, he would definitely choose this place, even if the conditions of this place are slightly worse! What's more, the conditions in that place just meet all the requirements.
What a pity!
Zhao Kuo sighed slightly, then dropped the charcoal and leaned back on the chair.
"General, if that doesn't work, we can go back to Handan and wait for the Shangdang's army to turn around." Upon seeing this, Zhao Ping comforted him slightly.
Zhao Kuo smiled when he heard this. It was obvious that his lack of interest had been misunderstood by his subordinates.
"I'm just thinking about where Jingguan will go after eating all the Qin troops." Zhao Kuo said with a smile.
