"Jun Xinling, please forgive me. The general must lead his army and set off immediately."
When the news spread to the camp, the four giants naturally gathered together as soon as possible.
However, before the general of Han State could speak, General Lian Po of Zhao State did stand up first and saluted Lord Xinling with cupped fists.
"General Lian Po?"
"Old General?"
Lord Xinling and the general of Han Zhiguo exclaimed almost at the same time.
Although both of them exclaimed, it was obvious that their tone and attitude were completely different.
Lord Xinling knew very well that his side had no chance of winning in a battle with the Qin army in the wild. Now the Qin army ambushed the Han army, not to mention whether it was too late to rescue them, even if it was still too late.
However, if they just pull the army out and fight the main force of the Qin army in the wilderness, they may lose more than just ten thousand troops. It is not impossible that the Qin army has even set up a trap waiting for them. of.
If this is the case, it is not impossible that this battle will become a decisive battle. But it was obvious that no one in the coalition was prepared.
In other words, this transaction is clearly a loss-making one.
He didn't believe that General Lian Po, a veteran on the battlefield, didn't know this.
However, General Lian Po actually told him that he would send troops, which really puzzled Lord Xinling.
As for the general of Han Zhiguo, it is much simpler.
Needless to say, seeing his own army of tens of thousands trapped in a tight siege, Han Zhiguo's general naturally hoped that the army would go out to rescue them.
Even he knew that if a large army went out to rescue him, the actual losses would be even greater, and even tens of thousands of troops would not be able to stop him. But even if the loss is tens of thousands, it is shared by the four countries, and the loss of 10,000 is firmly owned by the country of Korea.
He wanted to pursue this matter, but he was afraid that the two great powers Wei and Zhao would not allow it. Even if Chu, who was advancing and retreating with him, agreed, it would be of no avail.
Now that General Lianpo is coming forward, even Lord Xinling might not be able to refuse.
Unfortunately, both of them obviously thought wrong about Lian Po.
Seeing the expressions of the two men, Lian Po didn't know what they were thinking, and immediately went on to explain: "The ambushed Han army is in the valley, and it is almost impossible to rescue it. Even if it is a rescue, it is impossible to fight with the Qin army in the field. Our army still needs to be the attacking party, and the losses will be more than tens of thousands."
Of course this was meant for the general of the Korean army: It’s not that I don’t want to save him, it’s that there is absolutely no way to save him.
"The Zhao army came out not to rescue the Han army." Lian Po continued, "but to complete the task of burning food."
This was naturally meant for Lord Xinling: I am not trying to save Han Jun, but I want to make the proposal to rescue Han Jun completely impossible.
"Loss of troops is unavoidable. If we cannot complete the task of burning food, we may wait for three months and all the hard work of Wei and Chu will be in vain."
Naturally, I said this to the general of Chu State: You don’t want your hard work to be in vain, right?
After speaking, the three of them obviously understood what Lian Po meant. And even the general of the Korean army could not refute Lian Po's words.
Seeing that the three of them were deep in thought, Lian Po immediately continued: "The Qin army ambushed the Korean army on their way back so accurately, which shows that the Qin army has mastered the method of burning food of our army to a certain extent. Route and timing.”
"Therefore, I must set off immediately and burn the last food of Zhou Wangji before the Qin army can react." Lian Po finally said.
As he spoke, Lian Po had already stood up.
"That's right, that's right." Lord Xinling said to Lian Po with a look of sudden realization, "What General Lian Po said hit the point. The important task of burning food cannot be abandoned halfway. General, hurry up and make your trip."
"Yes." Lian Po immediately accepted the order with his fists clasped, and then strode out of the tent.
As he spoke, Lian Po had already left the camp. It was only then that the general of the Korean army reacted. Obviously, Lian Po was not as selfless as he said, and Lord Xinling obviously did not have a sudden realization.
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The two just cooperated and completely stunned the Korean general.
Indeed, the task of burning food is indeed important, and Lian Po's words are naturally reasonable. But looking at this layer, Lian Po's behavior is not to pave the way for Zhao Kuo's plan of "coming to Zhao Kuo"?
As for Lord Xinling, it’s even simpler.
What he wanted was not to rescue the Korean army. As for the reason, Lian Po's answer was obviously very suitable.
In the flash of lightning, the general of the Korean army finally reacted and immediately rushed to catch up with General Lian Po.
He knew very well that once Zhao Jun left, or General Lian Po left, even if the other two countries agreed, it would be impossible to rescue his troops just by relying on the combat power of the three countries.
Unfortunately, as soon as he stood up, he was immediately grabbed by Lord Xinling, who was staring at him closely.
"General Han, don't be impulsive. Loss of troops is inevitable, so don't act out of emotion." Lord Xinling grabbed General Han and persuaded him: "What's more, the country of Han is already short of food and grass, and if there are fewer people, it will Less burden of food!"
I don't know whether he was in a hurry or deliberately irritated General Han, but Lord Xinling spoke out about the Korean army's food shortage problem without hesitation.
Yes, the Korean army is short of food.
For some unknown reason, the grain has not been delivered in recent days. As a last resort, the general of Han State had no choice but to borrow grain from other countries.
It was okay at first, after all, they were all allies, so borrowing some food was no big deal.
But the problem is, once or twice, you can't borrow food again and again! Seeing that it has been more than half a month, the other three countries are not rich in food either!
After some investigation, I found out that the Qin army had cut off the Han army's food route.
Naturally, the general of the Korean army wanted to send troops to recapture the grain road. But the problem is that he only has an army of 50,000, and his combat effectiveness is pitifully weak. If he fights against the Qin army, he really has no confidence.
In desperation, the general of the Korean army could only report to the King of Han, hoping that the King of Han would transfer food through Wei or Zhao.
But the problem is, on the one hand, a large amount of food has been burned by the Qin army on the road, and there is not much food left to transport on the front line; on the other hand, regardless of whether the Zhao army and the Wei army cooperate, collect it again , transshipping food, that all takes time!
As a last resort, Han Jun could only tighten his belt and endured for more than half a month with the support of Zhao Jun's small team.
Even this expedition was given by Zhao Jun.
Therefore, during this expedition, in addition to burning grain, the Korean army also had to harvest an additional portion of grain and grass to supplement military supplies and wait for the king of Han to transfer the grain and grass.
Because of this, the Korean army's actions were slower than those of the Wei and Chu armies before. This also gave the Qin army sufficient time to set up an ambush.
As soon as Mr. Xinling said this, General Han became completely angry: "Oh, my Korean army came all the way to meet with the alliance? What could possibly happen?"
Of course, General Han could only think about this in his heart, and would definitely not dare to say it out loud.
During this obstruction, General Lian Po's figure had disappeared into the camp.
The general of Han Zhiguo immediately understood: This matter cannot be changed.
Then he sat down on the cushions slumpedly, feeling chilled in his heart.
Ten thousand troops! That's an army of more than 10,000 people! The total number of troops in South Korea was less than 50,000, and one-fifth of them were gone at once, and the Qin army was almost unscathed. How can I explain this to the king?
Looking at the disappointed general of the Korean army, Lord Xinling also understood the profound meaning of going too far but not doing enough.
He immediately apologized to General Han and said, "I made a mistake."
"In this case, I will lend 20,000 shi of grain to the general first, and then deduct it after King Han transfers it. What does the general think?" Lord Xinling then threw out another carrot and said.
Lord Xinling’s meaning is very clear. These ten thousand troops were surrounded by the Qin army. It was purely an accident. It is impossible for the army to send troops to rescue. However, as long as you stop making trouble, I can give you enough food to drink. like
If you continue to make trouble, not only will there be no rescue, but there will also be no compensation.
Listening to Lord Xinling's seemingly gentle but actually threatening words, the general of the Korean army actually had no choice but to nod silently, which was regarded as agreeing with Lord Xinling's suggestion.
However, even though the person sat down, his heart felt completely cold.
It has to be said that Qin Jun's move to kill people and kill people had a miraculous effect. Even the general of Chu State, who had been watching with cold eyes, felt sad in his heart.
No matter what, Lord Xinling finally managed to deal with the Korean general, and over there Lian Po had already asked Zhou Qi to take tens of thousands of cavalry to the east of Zhou Wangji to start the final operation of burning grain.
But what everyone didn't expect was that just after the army fled far enough and entered another valley, Zhao's army immediately stopped and changed the flags and clothes of Wei.
Where did so many Wei army flags and clothes come from?
You know, in the battle of Changping, nearly 100,000 Wei troops were killed by the Qin army in Shangdang territory, and almost all their supplies and other items were captured by the Qin army.
In the end, the winner of the Battle of Changping was Qin.
Naturally, the remnants of the Wei army were also acquired by the Zhao state. Although some of them had been transformed and reassembled and given to the Zhao army, it was not a problem to find some flags and more than 10,000 sets of Wei army clothes in the remaining inventory.
As for why he dressed up as Wei Jun.
Although this approach of being both responsible and assertive is a bit shameless, it is also an indispensable part of Zhao Kuo's "Here comes the Zhao people" action. After all, no one would believe a villain who burned down his own home.
Even if it can only be deceived for a while, that's still a good thing. As for the future, let’s talk about it later...
Soon, Zhao Jun, who had changed his armor and flags, set out on the road again.
Just as the flames in the valley gradually extinguished, a raging fire finally broke out in the fields east of Zhou Wangji.
