"However, although the Qin army is large, they may not be able to capture Zhao Kuo!"
"Also, what should we do if Lian Po's army goes south?"
...
Just as everyone was thinking about a bright future, a few untimely voices suddenly sounded, instantly interrupting everyone's imagination.
As this question was raised, the atmosphere in the room became stagnant again.
However, just at this moment, Pingyang Jun's slightly aged voice sounded again: "This is what I was trying to say. Zhao Kuo is a child who does not know his own abilities, but we just happened to help him."
"If food and grass are cut off! What will happen even if Zhao Kuo has the power to reach heaven?" Lord Pingyang immediately said with a smile: "As long as Handan is in our hands, I can return Lian Po to Tian Dan and stay in Yan in the name of the cabinet. , and supplies such as grain and grass sent to the Shangdang can also be withheld. The food on the front line can only last ten months. Even if the Qin Army is informed of this food shortage, what do you think the Qin Army will do? "..
Suddenly, Lord Pingyang's analysis made the flames in everyone's hearts burn again.
"But, how do we control Handan City?" In the rush, someone finally asked the key to the problem.
"What's so difficult about this!" Lord Pingyang was still confident, and immediately said: "There are only two thousand old and weak guards left in Handan City. Even if we add the Handan government office and hundreds of palace guards, there are only less than three or four thousand soldiers. We When the mansion is young and strong, ranging from dozens to hundreds, and together they number no less than 2,000, we can first attack the government office and capture the soldiers of the city inspection school, and then control the cabinet and various government offices, then all Handan will be there. Control."
After hearing this, everyone immediately praised the wonderful thing.
Of course, some people want to raise questions. For example, how can a mere young man control the Handan government office so easily? For another example, even if you control the government office, will your subordinate city inspectors and school inspectors obey orders?
It's a pity that everyone with their eyes gleaming obviously can no longer hear such a voice.
It has to be said that the people who are valued by Lord Pingyang are not first-class people after all. There was a room full of people who didn’t even understand the basic elements of rebellion.
You must know that in the era of cold weapons, although the army is important for rebellion, the reason why the army is important is not because of anything else, but because of the armor they wear.
With armor versus without armor, it's not a question of how many versus how many, or how many versus how many, it's simply a one-sided massacre!
It is also for this reason that throughout the ages, swords and swords have been banned, but anyone who hides armor privately will be punished by beheading.
For example, the Taiwei Jianghou Zhou Yafu of the Western Han Dynasty was directly imprisoned because his son secretly built 500 armored shields. (Of course, it was also because Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty wanted to touch him)
Therefore, if you want to rebel, the first thing you must hold in your hands is not the Handan Guards, but the Handan arsenal.
Only when you have an arsenal in hand can you fully arm your young men, and only when you have a fully armored team in hand can you have the possibility of a successful rebellion.
The one who did this best was undoubtedly the old thief Sima of Wei State.
The old thief Sima's goal was very clear. As soon as the Gaopingling Incident was launched, he led his dead soldiers and rushed to Yecheng's arsenal without any delay for even a second.
It's a pity that now is the Warring States period, and without the old thief Sima taking the lead to set an example, it is indeed a bit difficult for this group of ministers who have never actually fought on the battlefield, let alone have any experience in rebellion.
In fact, their so-called "taking Handan" rebellion is no different from child's play.
The reason why the old thief Sima dared to rebel was because he was a veteran of three dynasties. Whether in Guanzhong or on the front line in Hefei, he single-handedly promoted almost all the generals who led the army. With this confidence, the old thief Sima dared to plan rebellious.
But even so, after the Gao Pingling Incident, the Cao family still had the possibility of counterattack.
And what about people like Pingyang Jun? Not only was the process of rebellion not clear, but even the foundation of rebellion was not grasped.
Not to mention other things, even if Pingyuan Jun and Zhao Ping (the leader of the secret guard) were blind and allowed Pingyang Jun and others to occupy Handan City, the total number of troops in Handan City would only be a few.
Thousands, even if they are all armed with arsenals and armors, Li Mu, Tian Dan, and Lian Po, which one of these people does not hold tens of thousands of troops in their hands, but if one of them rushes back, they will spoil you, Lord Pingyang?
Therefore, from the beginning, Pingyang Jun and others were not plotting rebellion, but seeking death.
Not to mention, every word they said had been recorded by the hidden guards, and it had appeared on the desks of Zhao Ping and Ping Pingjun that night.
Even a fool knows what to do next...
And just when the drama in Handan City had just begun, the war in the Kingdom of Han over there was finally about to begin.
As Zhao Kuo led his army to make a big noise on the border, he successfully delayed the arrival of Zhao Jun by several days. As the King of Han watched Zhao Kuo advance with great fanfare, he immediately sent several urgent letters. It was sent to the Qin army who was still in Chu.
Even in order to prevent the letter from being intercepted by the Qin army and to allow the army to rush back as soon as possible, the King of Han even sent a trusted envoy to the Qin army.
King Han's idea was very simple and simple: Can the Qin army's reinforcements come and put them aside? The capital of his 30,000 troops cannot be lost.
Therefore, under the constant urging of the King of Han, Meng Ao then quietly left the outskirts of Chendu with 55,000 soldiers and horses, including 30,000 Korean troops.
It should be said that the departure of more than 50,000 soldiers and horses still had a certain impact on the siege, but it was only a minimal impact. After all, Wang Lu already had an army of 220,000 in his hands, which still had an overwhelming advantage over the Chu army of over 100,000 in Chendu.
In fact, rather than saying that Meng Ao led his troops northward and had an impact on the siege, it is better to say that the Zhao army's southward movement had an impact on the defending Chu army.
Yes, the news that Zhao Kuo personally led his army south finally reached the capital of Chen State of Chu. Although the State of Zhao attacked the State of Han, all Chu people regarded it as a replica of "surrounding Wei and rescuing Zhao".
For a time, the Chu army's combat power soared, which made the Qin army quite difficult.
Fortunately, Wang Hao knew very well that as time went by, especially after the news that Zhao Jun was blocked in Xinzheng spread, the Chu army would soon become depressed.
At that time, the Chu army's combat power was greatly weakened, and it was the opportunity for the Qin army to completely occupy Chendu.
Blessings and disasters depend on them, and blessings and disasters depend on them.
Most things in the world are like this.
However, what Wang Lu didn't expect was that the special envoy of Han Zhiguo who had just set off with the army would be the culprit of sabotaging his strategy.
The army had just set off, and before it reached the border of Chu State, differences had already emerged.
It's very simple. The Korean army, especially the confidant envoy sent by King Han, is eager to return home. He wishes he could fly all the way back to Xinzheng. However, the Qin army led by Meng Ao seemed a bit slow and unhurried.
This is of course easy to understand. After all, Xinzheng was besieged and not Xianyang of the Qin people.
However, the Qin Army does not mean to sit back and watch success or failure, otherwise the Qin Army would not send troops at all.
Meng Ao did not intentionally delay the march, and even the Qin army had accelerated its pace. However, compared to returning to Xinzheng quickly, Meng Ao was more worried about safety issues on the road.
Therefore, when facing the narrow passage in the valley, Meng Ao often sent out a large number of scouts to find out the situation before ordering the army to set off.
In this way, even if the Qin army's scouts have been dispatched in advance, it will inevitably be delayed a lot of time.
Once or twice, the generals and envoys of the Korean army could bear it, but once this happened more often, the Korean army would stop doing it.
After much talk, Meng Ao finally persuaded the Han army and others to come over on the grounds that the Chu territory was newly occupied and the roads were unfamiliar and there was a high possibility of being ambushed by the Chu army or even the Zhao army.
After another three days of trekking, the Qin and Han coalition forces finally entered the territory of Han.
At the same time, the 45,000 troops led by Li Mu and Zhao Wei were already at the southeast corner of Xinzheng City.
Gu Zhong completed the deployment of tactics and was just waiting for the Qin and Han coalition forces to come.
The news of the appearance of the Qin and Han coalition forces was naturally detected by Zhao Jun's scouts.
The good news is that the number of the Qin and Han coalition forces was indeed less than 100,000 as expected. To be precise, it was only more than 55,000. With such a number, Zhao Jun's 45,000 men were caught off guard. Li Mu was at least 70% sure that he could capture the Qin and Han coalition forces. Not to mention annihilating them, he could at least defeat or even eliminate most of their effective forces.
The bad news is that the almost obscene march of the Qin and Han coalition forces will not give the Zhao army the possibility of being unprepared.
As far as the investigation intensity of the Qin army's scouts was concerned, they were barely able to chop them into pieces in the grass. Not to mention that there were more than 40,000 Zhao soldiers hiding in the mountains. Even if there were only a thousand or even a hundred people, they probably wouldn't be able to escape the Qin army. The scout's eyes.
The scouts observed by Zhao Jun along the way were almost discovered by Qin Jun.
"What should I do?" Zhao Wei also frowned and asked after reading the information handed over by Li Mu.
Li Mu on the side couldn't help but frowned. Although his 45,000 people were not afraid of the more than 50,000 Qin-Korean coalition forces, although the Qin-Korean coalition forces had an advantage in strength, the Korean army was weaker. Due to poor communication and command, Zhao Jun may not be at a disadvantage even in a head-on confrontation.
However, without the suddenness of the ambush and the geographical advantage, is it necessary to continue such an almost evenly matched battle?
Li Mu was weighing and thinking about this issue.
A fight would most likely result in losses for both parties;
Without a fight, the Qin-Korean coalition forces would march into Xinzheng in a big way, and it would be even more difficult to capture it.
"Let's wait and see." After all, Li Mu still couldn't make up his mind, and then said: "Immediately inform the king of this situation and ask the king to make a decision!"
"Yes." Upon hearing this, Zhao Wei immediately agreed.
Immediately, dozens of riders quickly entered the woods regardless of the darkness and started running towards Xinzheng.
Yes, when the Qin and Han coalition forces arrived at the border of Han and Chu, Zhao Kuo also brought his 25,000 troops, pretending to be an army of 70,000, to suppress Xinzheng.
At the same time that Li Mu sent someone to Pegasus to inform Zhao Kuo about the march of the Qin and Han coalition forces, a fierce debate broke out in the camp of the Qin and Han coalition forces late at night.
The two sides facing each other are naturally the senior generals of Qin and Han. As for the reason...
