King Zhao will definitely move, not only because of his own limitations, but also because the people he trusts, the people around him, will unanimously persuade him to move!
His favorite, Dr. Lou Chang, would urge him to act quickly. If that wasn't enough, there was also a Pingyang Lord who had been humiliated by him.
Pingyang Jun, who is a member of the clan but has no strategic foresight, will tell King Zhao that the Zhao Kingdom is his Zhao Kingdom, the clan's Zhao Kingdom, but not his Zhao Kuo's Zhao Kingdom!
And once King Zhao takes action, he will eventually know that Zhao State is the Zhao State of Zhao people. Of course, although it was certain that King Zhao would definitely take action, Zhao Kuo had no way of knowing what actions King Zhao would take. After all, King Zhao and the advisers around him were both people who did not understand military matters. , it is really difficult to guess their thoughts.
No matter what, as long as he has a large army in hand, Zhao Kuo will not be afraid of the various changes of King Zhao - Zhao Kuo always remembers the principle that political power comes from the barrel of a gun.
Zhao Kuo believed that the two generals Li Mu and Zhou Qi who had been trained by him would be able to deal with all King Zhao's conspiracies well.
What's more, there is a sea-fixing needle in Handan City - Lin Shangqing. Although he has been seriously ill, although he seems to have no longer been involved in government affairs.
But Zhao Kuo knew that as long as he was alive for one day, he would play a decisive role in the court situation. No one knows how many tricks this old man with a dry face has hidden.
Anyone who underestimates Lin Shangqing will pay a price, a huge price. After explaining the plan, Zhao Kuo no longer kept the two men, sent them away, and put on the armor again.
Fortunately, there is good gold sore medicine in the army, otherwise the wound on the back would not be healed so easily. With a war about to begin, Zhao Kuo must prepare for the worst.
Although when I told the two of them, I said that the Yan army may not attack, but facing a city with only a few thousand people in charge, being in it is a proper monument.
Everyone understands that as long as you can defeat yourself, no matter what method you use, you will immediately become famous.
Maybe his reputation can intimidate him for a day or two, but once the Yan army has investigated the true situation in the city, no one will be able to resist this temptation.
So fighting is almost inevitable. Of course, Zhao Kuo is naturally well prepared, and Sun Gu and the heavy-armored Mo Dao soldiers will all be a nightmare for the Yan army.
Soon, Setting Sun could no longer stand the suppression of Long Yue and ran down the mountain in despair. The space between heaven and earth was gray.
And it was time for Zhao Kuo's army to attack. Because of the curfew, the roads in the city were deserted, and only the clatter of horse hooves echoed in the city.
But behind the half-open wooden doors, pairs of eyes were watching their hero embark on his journey again.
"Xilulu", the war horse seemed to feel the different gaze, and snorted unconsciously, as if saying goodbye to his fellow villagers.
At the same time that Zhao Kuo's troops finally took action, on the top of the city, Sun Gu was commanding the young men and warriors in the city, constantly carrying arrows and rolling logs and rocks towards the top of the city, and there were even sergeants pulling. Driving a cart, they are collecting gold juice from door to door.
Although the supplies were piling up more and more, there was no joy on Sun Gu's face. Apparently, the scouts sent also brought the news to Sun Gu that the Yan Army's 60,000-strong army was heading here.
After counting Sun Gu's hands, even if he added the more than 400 people he brought with him, the actual number of soldiers available in the city was only 5,000.
One thousand of them are veterans stationed there, 3,000 are the troops that the general arranged not long ago from the defense line of the Bailishi Great Wall, and the next few hundred are from nearby small towns and fortresses. Deployed troops.
Yan State invaded on a large scale, and it was appropriate to gather nearby troops. Obviously the situation was a little better than Zhao Kuo imagined, but only a little.
Among the nearly 5,000 troops, those who are truly capable of fighting, or can be said to be elite, are actually about 3,400.
That is, the 3,000 armored soldiers transferred from the Bailishi Great Wall defense line and the more than 400 personal soldiers of the general under Sun Gu.
As for the more than a thousand people in Yanyu City itself, including the soldiers gathered nearby, their combat power is actually quite limited, and it is much better than the young men in the city.
Five thousand versus sixty thousand are just an egg hitting a rock, not to mention there are more than a thousand miscellaneous soldiers. This battle will be difficult, and Sun Gu has already expected it.
We can only hope that the general can arrive as soon as possible. However, according to the schedule, the general's team should arrive in a day or two. If it only lasts for a day or two, Sun Gu is still confident.
However, the king ordered the general to immediately send his troops south to aid Handan. I don’t know how the general is going to solve this problem.
Sun Gu shook his head and looked at the young men who were busy under the bonfire in the city. Speaking of youth, this may be the only news that can make Sun Gu feel better.
Proud of the victory in the Battle of Changping, many people returned to Zhao State, and some even fled into Zhao State from South Korea, Wei State and other places. Many of them were resettled by Shangdang and Hanoi, but there were also many who fled to Zhao State. A few people thought that these two counties were still close to the Qin State and were not very safe, so they fled into the interior of the Zhao State.
But unfortunately, Shangdang and Hanoi counties, because of Zhao Kuo's farming policy, naturally absorbed refugees, but this does not mean that Zhao Tu in other areas also absorbed refugees. Especially after arriving in Handan County, it was even more difficult, and even directly connected to the city Can't even get through the door.
In desperation, the people had no choice but to return north. But the people suddenly discovered that although Yanyu City was a city of Handan County, it was used to absorb refugees.
What else is there to say? Just stay here quickly! As a result, Yanyucheng, an important military town, finally ushered in its second spring.
In the face of the Yan army's attack, this group of refugees expressed a stronger obligation to join the army than the aborigines.
Could it be more intense? Yanyucheng also provides food and clothing to the refugees like Shangdang County and Hanoi County. The refugees who have suffered for half a life will never allow their good life to be ruined by the Yan army.
Of course, if it hadn't been for Sun Gu's arrival, the city guards of Yanyu City would not have dared to use these refugees. But who is Sun Gu? He is the famous man who follows Zhao Kuo. He has seen with his own eyes the general's celebration when he heard that Zhao Wei was distributing food in Guanglang City.
For these common people, Sun Gu not only boldly used them, but also directly issued a military order: Anyone who helps the army defend the city will be admitted to Zhao!
Anyone who kills the Yan army will be rewarded! As soon as this order came out, those who responded gathered together, and the number of young people who were originally insufficient was instantly expanded to more than 3,000 people, and even more young people are still registering!
A conservative estimate is that there will be at least 5,000 people in the Youth Camp established by Sun Gu! In case of emergency, these five thousand people may be able to resist one or two.
There was no way, the Yan army would arrive in a few days, Sun Gu had to find a way to complete the defenses as soon as possible.
Fortunately, these refugees are young and strong. In just one day, the slightly dilapidated city wall has been repaired to a great extent. Anyone who sees it will praise its majesty. The next step is to remove all the defensive materials. , transported to the tower.
The city walls of Yanyu City here are in full swing, and the same is true for Handan City hundreds of miles away. On the more majestic city wall, war horses are running back and forth, sending military orders one after another and bundles of arrows. arrow.
The originally noisy streets became quiet as the curfew began. But before he had taken two steps, he could hear the clanging sound of forging iron again. It was the blacksmiths in the city who were working overtime to make arrows for the army.
It was still a sequelae of the Battle of Changping. Not only were hundreds of thousands of Zhao's young men injured, Handan City's arsenal was also emptied out. In addition, after the victory in Changping, all the officials in Handan thought they could leave Nanshan. As a result, the arsenal was replenished with weapons in a more timely manner.
After Mr. Pingyuan took over, he discovered that there were only so many swords, guns, swords and halberds, and even the most deadly arrows were very few.
You must know that in defensive warfare, especially in city defense warfare, bows and arrows are almost the most important equipment. Other weapons are too late, but this arrow is absolutely indispensable.
So, Lord Pingyuan gave an order, and all the blacksmiths in Handan City worked in three shifts to make arrows, day and night, and the sound of tinkling tinkling sounded throughout Handan City day and night.
Because there were too many of these clanking sounds, even the nobles in the deep mansion could not bear to be disturbed. However, no one complained to the king anymore. After all, no one was a fool. This matter involved Considering the safety of the entire Handan City, Pingyuan Jun is lucky that he did not hold the responsibility for the empty arsenal.
In any case, Handan City's defense work has been carried out in an orderly manner under the leadership of Lord Pingyuan. But what everyone does not know is that more than 10,000 elite troops have been quietly transferred to the mountains in the northwest corner by Lord Pingyuan. among.
Farther north, on the long galloping road, there are dozens of cavalry, one man and two cavalrymen, waving their long whips, not caring about the horses at all, and sprinting all the way to the north of Handan.
Even if it is to expedite the military situation, it is nothing more than that! What they are carrying is the urgent military information brought from Handan City, and the person leading it is Zhao Kuo's spokesperson in Handan City-Zhao Ping!
The spokesperson went out of the city in person, which shows the importance of this letter. They must convey Lord Pingyuan's message to the general before the Yan army arrives at Yanyucheng!
Compared with the Zhao army, which was facing a formidable enemy, the Yan army's march was obviously much easier. Although the sun had just set, the main force of King Yan was already exhausted and ready to set up camp on the spot.
If you don't know, you will think that they are not here to fight at all, but for autumn outing. There is no way, there are many troops, but they are so confident that even the partial division led by Qing Qin, even with Qing Qin in charge, still can't stop the fatigue in the army.
Seeing that the sky was getting darker, the troops' marching speed unconsciously slowed down, fearing that they would have to camp on the spot in less than half an hour.
