The State of Yan immediately went into full force under the leadership of Prime Minister Li Fu, recruiting troops, raising food, seizing power, and closing doors.
In short, with the top-down efforts of Yan State, everything is moving forward as they expected.
The Yan State is using the last of their flesh and blood to block the fate of the country for a hundred years, and forge a sword that will be wielded against the Zhao State.
It's done, cut off a large piece of flesh from Zhao Guo's body to make up for the consumed flesh and blood essence, then gather his will and wield the second sword... If he loses, he may completely withdraw from the stage of the Warring States Period.
Of course, when it comes to the fate of the Yan State, whether it is the King of Yan or the Prime Minister, it is not that nothing serious has been done.
In order to paralyze the Zhao State, Li Fu spread the news that the Yan army would also attack the Donghu people. This news did not cause any big commotion among the countries in the Central Plains, but it shocked the already weak Donghu people.
In the past few years, while the Zhao army was on the Changping battlefield, the pressure on the Yan army was reduced a lot, but it did not stop dealing with the Donghu people.
It has to be said that this news deceived many spies in Jicheng to a certain extent, including the spies of Zhao State.
It wasn't until as time went by that more and more Yan troops gathered in Jicheng, reaching an absurd level, that the spies became alert - do they need so many troops to defeat Donghu?
! You know, due to geographical relationship, the grassland of Donghu is much poorer than the Hu people in Zhao land, and the number of people and equipment are much worse. In addition, the Yan army has been invading almost non-stop in recent years, and the Donghu people The strength has been reduced to a terrifying level.
This can be clearly seen from the number of troops currently stationed in the north by Zhao and Yan: Zhao, even in such a difficult situation on the Changping battlefield, still maintains a garrison of 60,000 elite troops in the north, and these six Only an army of ten thousand elites can resist the barbarians.
"Playing Autumn Grass" activity. On the other hand, the Yan State currently has less than 30,000 troops stationed in the north. This mere 30,000 army can still suppress the Donghu people.
The weak combat power of the East Lake people is evident. Logically speaking, even if we want to annihilate Donghu, 60,000 to 70,000 troops are enough!
But what about Yan Jun? They marched towards Jicheng almost continuously, ten thousand, twenty thousand, thirty thousand... Until one night after dusk, no less than hundreds of soldiers suddenly appeared in the overcrowded military barracks outside the city. Smoke - the spies from various countries in Jicheng discovered that something was unusual!
In order to deal with such a ragtag group of people, so many troops need to be mobilized? This is simply
"Killing a chicken with a bull's knife"! When the soldiers transferred back from Yanbei returned to Jicheng, everyone felt that something was not good. However, at this time, Jicheng had already entered martial law. Let alone prying for news, even if there was news that they wanted to spread. , is also full of difficulties.
At the same time, the King of Yan finally listened to General Qu's advice. On the eve of the army's preparation, he sent an envoy to Qin in an attempt to persuade the King of Qin to send troops to coordinate the Yan army's military operations.
Of course, the meaning of King Yan is very obvious. It would be best if King Qin can send troops! But if the King of Qin refuses to send troops, the State of Yan is not afraid to support him.
In a word, Yan State will definitely eat the fat meat of Zhao State. But if King Qin knew King Yan's thoughts, I don't know whether he would praise his courage or ridicule his ignorance.
But, after all, the ignorant are fearless! Here the Yan State was preparing vigorously, and over there Zhao Kuo was not idle in Dai. Under the leadership of General Wu surnamed Pi, Zhao Kuo and his party had arrived at the front line of the fight against Hu in just one day—— Outside Ma City.
Zhao Kuo rode a tall horse and stood in front of the horse city. He looked up and saw the inscription
The stone plaque with the word "Ma Cheng" has been invaded by wind and sand until only its outline remains, but the iron paintings and silver hooks from that year can still be faintly seen between the dots and horizontal lines.
Horse City is obviously not too big, but its city wall is not too low, it is two or three feet high. Looking at the distinct colors of the layers of soil, it is obvious that it has been repaired and raised several times.
The lowest earth wall is only less than a foot high, and it has turned dark brown. It is obviously a testimony that it has experienced countless winds, frosts and blood rain.
The color of the city wall becomes lighter as it goes up, and the topmost one is almost the same as the soil on the ground. It is obvious that it did not take much time to build.
This simple city wall seemed to secretly foreshadow the military situation in which Zhao Jun gradually lost the initiative in Daidi - the city wall that originally only needed to be one foot high finally became the majestic appearance it is today after repeated reinforcements.
The thickness of the city wall has never been something worth boasting about. Even if it is as majestic as the Great Wall, it is just a pain that history and the nation are unwilling to mention.
The current Ma City is like a fortress-like city full of blood. Outside the city, the shooting boundary has long been cleared, and all the wood above the knees, including bushes, has been cleared to dryness. A few withered yellow grasses may be the only embellishment on this road.
What made Zhao Kuo slightly gratified was that although the people going in and out of Macheng looked anxious, they were not afraid. Obviously, for the Zhao people in Macheng, they were not afraid of the coming Hu people. , and not much fear.
Inside the city gate, Zhao Kuo had even heard the bustling cries. It seemed pretty good, and people were continuing to live their lives.
Only a safe area can allow people to live peacefully and create such a city scene.
Obviously, there is a good guard in Ma City, which makes the people feel at ease. Of course, the young general standing in front of the city gate and the soldiers standing behind him were holding two spears with shiny tips, which also made Zhao Kuo very happy.
Although the clothes of the soldiers were not bright and were even a little shabby, the armor was also old-fashioned leather armor that Zhao Kuo didn't like. It had weak defense and restricted people's movements.
But with just that spear, Zhao Kuo knew that this soldier could fight. This also made Zhao Kuo more confident in the next war.
As for the general standing in front of the city gate, he should be General Li Mu, one of the four generals of the Warring States Period, whom Zhao Kuo thought about day and night.
Without hesitation, Zhao Kuo turned over with a kite and jumped off the horse. The young general in front of the city gate hurriedly held up his helmet, and then came to Zhao Kuo in three steps.
"The last general, Li Mu, has been ordered to wait here for the superior general." The young general
"Li Mu?" Zhao Kuo patted the young general in front of him, tried hard to suppress his excitement, and said to Li Mu, "Thank you for your hard work, General Li."
"It's not hard." Li Mu replied immediately. Zhao Kuo was slightly startled when he heard this, and he was obviously also slightly startled by Li Mu's answer - indeed he was still a young general, with no awareness at all.
The leader says that you have worked hard. What you have to tell the leader is: "You have worked even harder!" How can you say that you are not working hard?
! If it’s not hard, doesn’t that force your boss to assign more work to you? Zhao Kuo chuckled in his heart, and then did not embarrass Li Mu.
He patted Li Mu's belly gently, and then looked at the soldiers behind Li Mu. He took two steps forward and pulled out a long knife from the waist of one of the soldiers. It was pretty good, the blade was sharp, and it was also coated with paint. A thin layer of oil protects the blade.
There was also a faint trace of blood on the light stain, which added a bit of murderous aura to the long knife. Zhao Kuo took the long sword and danced a sword dance before returning the long sword.
Then he smiled and said to Li Mu: "The sword is good, and the soldiers are also good."
"Thank you, General, for the compliment. I'm not worthy of it!" Although Li Mu didn't dare to say it repeatedly, the corners of his mouth bent back quietly revealed his true inner thoughts.
Obviously, Li Mu was extremely happy with Zhao Kuo's praise. This is normal. After all, if the idol of the young general Zhao Jun is now, who else can he be but Zhao Kuo, who turned the tide?
Li Mu was naturally very happy to be praised by his idol. Zhao Kuo naturally saw Li Mu's performance and was delighted in his heart - he was one step closer to conquering this super general.
Immediately, Zhao Kuo smiled and patted Li Mu on the shoulder and said, "General Li, take the lead! Look at the defenses of this horse city."
"Yes!" Li Mu immediately clasped his fists and accepted the order: "General, please come here." As he spoke, Li Mu had already led Zhao Kuo and his party to the tower.
The city tower that is more than two feet high is not very empty, and even the city walls are not very wide. Three or four people can march together at the same time, which is the limit. There is no special horse racing track.
Zhao Kuo knew that the most difficult thing about fighting on such a narrow city wall was the support coming and going.
Because the city wall is not spacious enough, the defensive equipment itself has to occupy a certain position. In addition, the positions of the soldiers take up almost half of the space. In the space beneath them, one row of soldiers can pass smoothly, but two rows seem a bit awkward. Crowded.
Once rapid reinforcements are needed, soldiers will be mobilized hastily, which can easily cause chaos. If two lines of soldiers were heading toward each other, it would be almost a disaster.
And this will extremely test the commander's ability. It is not only necessary to judge whether to reinforce in the shortest time, but also to quickly judge where to send reinforcements to avoid collision, because once sent out, they cannot be taken back, and once reinforcements collide and delay reinforcements, I am afraid that The defense of the entire city was in jeopardy.
Obviously, this narrow tower requires the general to have strong control over the battlefield. Judging from previous battles, Macheng has never been breached. It seems that Li Mu, who is responsible for the defense of the city, and General Wu Pi, who is responsible for the overall defense, must have two skills.
With just one glance, Zhao Kuo already had a general impression of Macheng's city defense. At the same time, Zhao Kuo also secretly shouted in his heart
"lucky". Because, in Zhao Kuo's previous plan, he planned to use Macheng as a bait to surround the barbarians.
Because this narrow tower is not suitable for the deployment and defense of Modao Team.
