"Mr. Pingyuan?" the elder ventured to guess.
Lord Pingyang did not answer, and everything was lost. In the entire Handan City, Shangqing Lin Xiangru was lying ill in bed. Who else besides Lord Pingyang knew what was going on on his back, and who else dared to intercept him so blatantly? Except for his younger brother.
This younger brother! I always put pressure on myself...
"Then what should we do?" Seeing that Lord Pingyang didn't speak, the elder quickly skipped this sensitive topic - no matter how discordant the brothers were, it was not something that his servants could comment on.
"What should I do?" Pingyang Jun leaned slightly against the back of the car, letting himself relax a little. His fingers subconsciously flicked on the seat cushion, his eyes were slightly closed, as if he was thinking about how to deal with the process in front of him. , and the relationship with Mr. Pingyuan.
The younger brother's thoughts have been very clear, not only in the court, but also in this palace and the city, expressing his dissatisfaction in his own way. But, Mr. Pingyuan, is your idea necessarily correct? !
There are only 30,000 elite soldiers in Handan City. Even if the army recruits 50,000, how can they be the opponent of Yan's army of hundreds of thousands? What if Handan City is lost, even if Zhao Kuo really wipes out all the Hu people in Dai County? The State of Zhao had already collapsed.
Also, this generation of counties is vast and sparsely populated, and there are still those barbarians who make troubles from time to time, causing trouble to Zhao State every day or two. It is really tasteless and a pity to discard, and it is worthless Land, endangering the security of the capital?
Mr. Pingyang really doesn’t know what Mr. Pingyang thinks...
If Mr. Pingyuan is here, he must have a good talk with his brother.
What do you think? As long as you lower your head a little higher and look at the people under the clouds, it is not difficult to come to such a conclusion.
Handan City is important, but it has a high wall outside and tens of thousands of soldiers inside. This year's autumn grain has been stored in the warehouse, and there is no shortage of food and clothing. Even if they are trapped, there is no need to worry. The Yan army cannot attack Handan City in a short time.
The most important thing is that no matter how Yan Jun is, he is still one of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period and one of our Xia Dynasties. It is absolutely impossible to massacre people and burn the city. Once it is done, other countries, let alone Zhao State, will not be able to do it. He could not spare Yan State, and even Qin State had to draw a clear line with Yan State.
What is the situation in Kedai County?
Does the reason why people who are not from my species have different minds still need to explain more? In the past three years, Daijun has been fighting life and death to the point where it's either you or me.
If Zhao Kuo retreats, half of Daijun will be lost, and tens of thousands of people will surely fall into the enemy's hands. Their lives will be worse than death, and their lives will be in ruins!
This is the reason why Zhao Kuo cannot retreat.
Of course, the lives and deaths of more than 100,000 people are just a long series of numbers in the eyes of the court officials! Just like the 300,000 soldiers who died in Changping.
But you also have to know that even at the most difficult time of the Battle of Changping, which was related to the national destiny of Zhao State, neither General Lian Po on the front line nor General Zhao Kuo who replaced him, ever thought of fighting again. Allocate troops from the already stretched Daijun.
Above the court, the civil servants headed by Lin Xiangru, the above minister, had never thought of drawing troops from Dai County again.
Why? Dai Jun cannot retreat. If he retreats, the Hu people's horses will trample Dai Jun's fields to pieces. Countless homes will be destroyed by the Hu people. Countless people will also fall under the Hu people's scimitars... ...
Unable to even protect his own people, the people of Zhao were scattered.
Of course, the Gonggun princes in the court still don't care about these.
Yes! All the Gongun princes care about is their own position and glory.
Yes! In the Battle of Changping, even if Shangdang lost, the ministers would still be ministers; but now the Yan army is approaching Handan City. Once Handan City is broken, the ministers may not necessarily be ministers anymore.
This may be the fundamental reason why everyone from the king to the ministers want the general to turn around.
Of course, Mr. Pingyuan only fully figured out these ideas later. As for Mr. Pingyang? Apparently he didn't even realize there was anything wrong with his thinking.
After a long time, Pingyang Jun, with his eyes slightly closed, finally made his decision: "Send the order: The convoy speeds up. As long as there is a city in front, they will go straight around the city, day and night, and reach Dai City as quickly as possible."
"Since my good brother wants me to walk slower, I have to walk faster!" Pingyang Jun then added another sentence to himself.
Anti-bone, as expected, and part of the age.
Hearing this, the elder did not dare to say anything. He immediately accepted the order, opened the carriage door curtain, asked the coachman to stop for a moment, then jumped out of the carriage to give the order.
Obviously, Zhao Ping's method was not able to delay Lord Pingyang, but instead aroused Lord Pingyang's desire to win, and a group of a hundred people quickly rushed towards Dai City.
Perhaps Pingyuan Jun guessed his brother's rebellious mentality, so he just passed the news to Zhao Ping, but did not block Pingyang Jun's departure.
Of course, the good news is that even if Lord Pingyang is on horseback, he is destined to be no match for the soldiers who set off half a day earlier than him. Only halfway through the journey, the soldiers have already lost sight of Lord Pingyang for a whole day.
And when he finally arrived at Dai City, he would find that Zhao Kuo was not stationed in the rear at all. He had already moved his headquarters to Sangqian City on the front line. And when he finally ran to Sangqian City with great effort, he would find that Zhao Kuo Kuo had already left Sangqian City with his army to attack the Hu people.
This whole trip took at least four or five days.
Four or five days is a lot less time, but not much time at all. It was enough for Zhao Kuo to complete his encirclement and annihilation of the barbarians in the middle. On the east road, Zhao Kuo obviously didn't have time to solve it.
But once the Hu people on the east road are not eliminated, the Hu people's troops will still have an absolute advantage over Daijun's troops. Zhao Kuo's departure is likely to still plunge the people of Daijun into a life and death situation.
This is absolutely unacceptable to Zhao Kuo, but if he wants to deal with the barbarians on the east road, where can he find them in the remaining time?
A race about time immediately started between Zhao Kuo and Lord Pingyang. Even Lord Pingyang in Handan City also joined the race against time, but his opponent was no longer one of his own, but The surging Yan army.
Recruiting troops - this is the only thing Pingyuan can do now. Regardless of whether the general turns around, Handan's military strength must be expanded.
If he does not return, whether Lord Pingyuan can withstand the fierce attack from the Yan army with Handan's army will be the key to the outcome of this battle;
If they were to turn around, Daijun's troops would only be in the tens of thousands, and the general would not be able to take them all away. The strength of the Shangdang's troops would still determine the difficulty of the battle.
In short, the more troops in Handan City, the better. At least the general must have 50,000 troops! Mr. Pingyuan silently set a target for himself in his heart.
However, when the indicator dropped, problems began to arise.
During the Changping War, all the soldiers who could and could not be recruited had already been recruited. Although there were young men who returned to the fields, most of them stayed in Shangdang and Hanoi counties. Of course, there were also those who saw the power of Zhao after the war and came to seek refuge. People gradually arrived in Handan.
But it’s still a drop in the bucket. Although Mr. Pingyuan tried his best, the recruitment situation is still not optimistic. Five thousand people have almost drained the entire city of Handan.
Mr. Pingyuan knew very well that this was already the limit for the people at the bottom of Handan City.
But it is far from the limit of Handan City. Without him, there would be thousands of Kennu in his hands alone.
The reason why Lord Pingyuan focused his attention on this territory that he had never noticed before was because of Zhao Kuo's spokesperson in Handan City - Zhao Ping.
Only Zhao Ping, who was born in a humble background, would notice who owns the real population of Handan. Facing the frowning Pingyuan Lord, Zhao Ping naturally reciprocated the news for the sake of informing him.
Of course, Zhao Ping obviously also understood that these soldiers were most likely recruited by the general. As a result, Zhao Ping worked even harder. He even didn't know which family had the most ferocious kin slaves or which household had the most kin slaves. They found out one by one and then presented them to Lord Pingyuan.
Mr. Pingyuan looked at the bamboo slips recording the number of Jian slaves and couldn't help but look at this "prison leader" with admiration. In my heart, I was impressed by Zhao Kuo's ability to recognize people, but more importantly, I was embarrassed.
Jian Nu is as valuable as a field. If one or two of them don't take it seriously, but they really want to mobilize them on a large scale, it is tantamount to cutting off the foundation of many aristocratic families! This is no longer comparable to a fundraising event.
You must know that the number of Kennu is not only directly related to the amount of food production, but also the key to maintaining the security of the clan. Jiannu and Jiannu were servants and slaves on weekdays, tending the crops. During wartime, they were private soldiers of each family, responsible for protecting the safety of their homes.
No one dares, much less can, loan out a large number of Kin slaves from the clan, unless there is a real emergency moment of national subjugation, such as the Battle of Shangdang, then each clan will hand over the Kin slaves in their hands.
But even then, not all the Kinnu in the hands of each family were handed over.
After all, if the country is destroyed, but the fields and slaves are still there, there is still a chance for everything. You can still be a rich man while lying down. If you find a chance, you may be able to become a courtier of the new dynasty.
But if the land and slaves are gone, even if the country is still there, you will be nothing more than a rootless duckweed.
Divorce with the country? That was just a slogan, and no one took it seriously. Even the king himself had raised a large group of kennus. However, during the Battle of Changping, the kennus he sent were inferior to His family will just have more.
Now, the Jiannu lost in the Battle of Changping have not yet been replenished, and they are recruiting again. Mr. Pingyuan can imagine the cold faces of the heads of each family.
It's okay to have a cold face, but even if I tell the truth, I won't be able to get a single soldier! This is the crux of the problem!
Mr. Pingyuan sighed in his heart...
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