Just when Zhao Kuo was considering whether to put stability first and wait for the Qin army to fight the Chu army before sending troops, the Yulin Guards, who had high hopes from Zhao Kuo, finally brought Zhao Kuo a piece of news worth a thousand pieces of gold:
"The Qin army has assembled at least 120,000 troops in Shu, and there is a steady stream of troops from Qin Guanzhong heading towards Shu."
In other words, the main force of the Qin State has been assembled. Zhao Kuo knows that even if Zhao State starts to take action now, the Qin people will not be able to react at all. Even if they react, they will redeploy troops from Shu to Guanzhong, and then attack Zhou from Guanzhong. Land or Shangdang, at least it will take a few months, which is enough for Zhao State to defeat Yan State.
Even if possible, Zhao Kuo would like Qin to mobilize troops so frequently.
However, this is beyond his ability to intervene. As long as the King of Qin still has some brains, he will not send troops thousands of miles away to fight with the Zhao army.
Immediately, with the help of Yulin Wei's news, Zhao Kuo finally made up his mind.
However, even though Zhao Kuo already had a huge advantage, he still did not waste his time.
The first to take action was not the 170,000 troops heading to Yan State, but the 50,000 troops heading to Shangdang.
Yes, Zhao Kuo, in front of everyone in the court, appointed Li Mu as general, led 50,000 troops, and went to Shangdang.
This is already a clear sign telling the Qin and Korean people, you should be careful, I am about to attack.
Of course, in fact, the troops mobilized by Zhao State were far more than a mere 50,000 troops. But even so, it still failed to make King Qin have any doubts. After all, what Zhao Kuo was best at doing was hiding troops.
From the perspective of King Qin, Zhao State was obviously playing the trick of "reducing the number of troops and increasing the number of troops" this time.
As Zhao State prepared to attack in a large scale, Qin State mobilized its troops faster and faster. Ten thousand and ten thousand Qin troops packed their bags and embarked on the journey south.
At the same time, the entire Hedong and Hexi, including Hangu Pass, also entered a state of alert following the news of the Zhao army gathering.
The entire Qin State was like a war machine. Under the roar of Zhao State's pedal, it exploded with astonishing power!
Li Mu's 50,000-strong army here has not yet been assembled. Over there, toward Hedong and Hexi, the Qin people have begun to fortify their walls and clear the country. Three or five cities have combined their forces to defend against possible surprise attacks by the Zhao army.
Within a few days, the Qin army in Shu had surged to more than 180,000.
At this time, Zhao's 220,000 troops were finally assembled quietly.
Don't think that it will be more difficult for Zhao to gather 220,000 troops. You must know that it is not that easy for the Qin army to enter Shu. The road to Shu is as difficult as climbing to the sky. However, the Zhao army assembled was scattered among the counties and had not yet marched to Huaisi and Hejian.
However, none of this matters anymore.
As the troops from each county were assembled, Zhao Kuo waved his hand, and the troops from various places followed the order.
The external claims are naturally that he followed General Li Mu to the south to join the party.
Good guy, if Qin's detailed statistics could be calculated more carefully, maybe the King of Qin would be able to see some clues from the several times more troops.
The Qin State's detailed operations scattered all over the country are simply unable to complete such statistics, and it is even more difficult to obtain the strength of Zhao's army from the summary.
The simple reason is that if the information is on the same day, it is fine. If it is one or two days behind, who knows whether this unit is the same unit that has been reported before.
But even so, Qin's Black Ice Platform still found clues from the large-scale mobilization of Zhao's army.
Without him, since they were heading south, why did more and more troops appear on the west side? !
Immediately, the top leaders of Black Ice Platform asked various places to find out where the troops that appeared were going.
It's a pity that it has been delayed for too long. When the senior officials of the Qin State finally realized that something was wrong, a total of 170,000 troops were already standing on the stage at the border of Zhao Yan.
According to historical records, in the late summer of 253 BC, King Kuo of Zhao sent an envoy to the army in Hejian and Huaisi with the order: "Read the book"
"The country of Yan is unruly. First, there are feuding people who attack me and kill the king, and then there are widows who don't care about the people.
Virtue.
Today in Zhao, the armor and weapons are ready, the food and fodder are sufficient, the soldiers are sharpened, and the generals are focused. It is appropriate to reward the commanders of the three armies and punish the unworthy!
General Lian Po was specially ordered to lead an army of 100,000 troops out of Hejian County and to the east;
With Dupingjun Tiandan as the chief general and an army of 70,000, they marched north from the land of Huaisi;
With my majestic division, we will sweep the land of Yanbei.
The envoy must destroy his country, seize his ancestral temple, and move his important weapons! "
Immediately, the army comforted the world with the gift of three sacrifices, and soon a mighty army of 170,000 appeared on the land of the Yan Kingdom.
War always appears suddenly at the most unexpected time and in the most unexpected place.
Just like now, it is obviously the most important time for crops to ear. Once this time is missed and the crops are not given enough water and fertilizer, production reduction is almost inevitable.
Everyone knows that this year's autumn harvest is crucial to the food-deficient Zhao State. Everyone thinks that it is impossible for Zhao State to send troops before the autumn harvest.
Even if troops are sent out, they will only number tens of thousands at most in a defensive position.
However, Zhao State sent out its troops so brazenly, and as soon as it came out, it was overwhelming. With the troops of Shangdang, Zhao State actually mobilized a total of 220,000 troops.
This is almost the entire main force that Zhao Guo could use last year.
What's even more surprising is that the direction Zhao Jun is heading is not the country of Han that everyone thought, but the country of Yan, which has been so low-key that people can't even remember it.
Obviously, all the countries and kings were horrified by Zhao's actions. Among them, the most caught off guard were the monarchs and ministers of Yan State!
The progress of the two armies of Lian Po and Tian Dan was not to mention smooth.
On just the first day of departure, both armies captured the bridgehead cities in the Yan Kingdom.
Even as the news of Zhao Jun's attack spread, the people of Yan State even began to watch the wind and surrender.
Of course, this is not a surprise.
There is no way, the people of Yan State are living a hard life!
In the battle against Zhao, the State of Yan had already been severely injured, and the few elite soldiers and generals were all transferred to the territory of the State of Zhao. In addition, after the King of Yan escaped from the State of Zhao, he completely gave up the idea of revival. He spent the whole day drinking and having fun, regardless of court affairs.
The government of Yan State has long been in ruins.
If it is just a waste of government affairs, then that's it. A king who loses his ambition is often accompanied by an extreme emptiness in his heart. The emptiness in his heart cannot be filled with the pleasure of conquering other countries, so he can only use beauty and wine to fill it. water.
Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty is a clear example.
Once upon a time, Yang Guang was also a handsome young man, and he also had the ambition to connect the north and the south and suppress the powerful. But after some trial and error in reality, Yang Guang, who had been defeated many times, finally knew what kind of person he was going to fight against. giant.
While losing the confidence to fight against the powerful, Yang Guang also completely reduced to an unscrupulous and unscrupulous king.
Obviously, with no hope of going south, King Yan also became empty, lonely and cold. However, with his psychological changes, King Yan's life became "colorful".
However, these "colorful" lives are based on the suffering of hundreds of thousands of Yandi people.
What is even more unexplainable is that if something is good above, it will be effective below.
The heart of one person may not be able to overwhelm hundreds of thousands of people, but what about dozens of people? How about hundreds of people? Thousands or even tens of thousands of people!
On one side is the shrinking territory, and on the other side is the growing need for a better life for the King of Yan and his civil and military ministers. In addition to collecting taxes, heavy taxes, and constantly squeezing the people, the Yan court headed by Xiang Guo Lifu really can't think of anything else. There is a better way.
How can I use up all the baht and use it like sand?
However, the common people have steelyards in their hearts. They can see with their eyes and listen with their ears. Especially because of geography, many people in the Yan State have relatives in Hejian County and Dai County under the rule of Zhao State.
In addition, the Yulin guards who went deep into various cities in the Yan Kingdom were like brainwashing, telling the people of the Yan Kingdom how good the Zhao Kingdom was!
Even in modern times when the people are wiser, the lie that "flavors cause cancer" has been repeated a hundred times and it has become deeply rooted in people's hearts. What's more, in the Warring States period where the information is limited and the people are not wise enough.
On the one hand, Zhao's new policy allowed their relatives to have enough food and clothing, and on the other hand, there was the endless oppression by Yan's monarchs and ministers. Even the most patriotic people could not help but be shaken.
In this way, it is not a surprise to see the wind fall.
Before the Zhao army arrived, the people tied up fish and meat and their Yan officials went to the city gate to greet them! They even replaced the flag of Yan State on the city tower with the red military flag of Zhao State!
Wherever Zhao went, everything was filled with vitality.
Tian Dan's reputation is great, but it is not as good as a bright red flag with the word "Zhao"! However, Tian Dan's detailed attack plan for every city and every fortress seemed to be almost a piece of waste paper.
Looking at the red flag hanging high on top of the city, Tian Dan couldn't help but sigh: "When it comes to attacking with troops, attacking the heart is the most important thing. You can't deceive me!"
"This battle is really the best battle of my life!" Lian Po, sitting in the other tent, looked at the surrender watch in his hand and the prisoners of war below, and he couldn't help but sigh.
No wonder the two generals lamented like this. It was so easy to win in the past few days. Except for a few fortresses on the border, they almost encountered no decent resistance in the past few days.
Even for those fortresses specially designed to defend the Zhao army, Tian Dan and Lian Po ordered people to besiege them, smashed them with catapults in the middle of the night, and then surrendered.
And as more and more cities in the Yan Kingdom "abandoned the darkness and turned to the light" under the leadership of Yu Lin's personal guards and secret guards, the soldiers finally discovered that the king had already paved the road unknowingly.
I thought there would be a tough battle, after all, the bitter cold land of Yanzhao has many generous and tragic people since ancient times! Even though Yan State was going to perish at his own hands, he didn't expect it to be so easy.
In fact, not only the soldiers of Zhao Jun were shocked, but Zhao Kuo, who was still in Handan City, was also confused.
Looking at the military report sent back by the flying pigeon in his hand, Zhao Kuo could not believe that Yan, one of the seven majestic heroes of the Warring States Period, could be so vulnerable? !
If I had known it was so simple, why would I bother with so many tricks? They cheated this and that, in exchange for food and ordnance.
If I had known that we could win so easily, why would I have used an army of 170,000 to launch an attack before the autumn harvest?
My grain, my millet!
Fortunately, the two armies finally encountered a hard nut in Yan State, which finally stopped the two armies...
