Yes, Lord Xinling did not betray his alliance with Qin.
To be precise, under the current circumstances, Lord Xinling is not allowed to betray the covenant.
Not only because of the Qin army's 50,000 troops, but more importantly, the battle between Qin and Zhao at this time could no longer repeat the situation of the Battle of Changping.
Very simply, once there is the possibility of a long-term confrontation between the two armies, especially if the Wei army does not appear at the designated location according to the established plan, the Qin army will inevitably retreat immediately.
As long as they withdraw from Chendu, Zhao Jun may not dare to pursue them.
And once the Qin army withdraws and the Zhao State gathers hundreds of thousands of troops, guess where their butcher knife will strike.
It can be said that the Wei army at this time has been tied to Qin's pirate ship.
Of course, if you can defeat Zhao State, it will also be profitable for Wei State. According to the agreement with Qin State, after Zhao State is dismembered, Wei State will obtain the original Dongjun and Huaisi County, as well as a large territory in the northern part of Yan State. , and Qin will divide Yingchuan County and Shangdang County.
In this way, although Qin's strength has greatly increased, Wei and Zhao's national strength can still compete with Qin.
A new triangular wrestling pattern will be re-formed. Even if Qi and Chu can support Wei, Wei may not be able to overtake Qin.
On the other hand, if they attack Dongjun and face Tian Dan's strong defense, even if they capture Dongjun, they will probably suffer heavy losses and the gain will not be worth the loss.
Therefore, the best choice before Lord Xinling is still to fulfill the covenant with the Qin army, so as to gain more territory from the complete defeat of the Zhao army.
The reason why more than 30,000 Wei troops appeared on the border of Dongjun has only one purpose - to attack the east and attack in the west: tell Zhao Jun that I will attack Dongjun, thus covering the true intentions of the coalition forces.
Because Tian Dan only had 50,000 troops in total, and the areas he needed to defend were Dongjun and Huaisi counties, Tian Dan had to take it seriously in the face of the attack of more than 30,000 Wei troops.
Reducing the number of troops is naturally the right thing to do.
At the same time, just in case, Tian Dan also passed the news of the Wei army gathering eastward to Handan by flying pigeon.
It cannot be said that Tian Dan made any mistakes, but Lord Xinling had already figured out Zhao Jun's pulse. In other words, this is an inevitable situation due to the insufficient strength of Zhao's army.
Fortunately, Qi State obviously has no interest in this war in the Central Plains and is still "busy" minding its own business.
And this gave Zhao Kuo enough confidence.
Although he had received Tian Dan's warning, he did not change his strategy and did not send any soldiers in Tian Dan's direction.
In this way, Lord Xinling's claim to attack Ximing from the east seemed to have succeeded in making Tian Dan shrink his troops and alert Handan, but in fact it had no impact on the battlefield situation.
Of course, after successfully forcing Tian Dan's troops back, only more than 3,000 of the 30,000 Wei troops were left to continue to harass the Zhao Kingdom, maintaining the illusion that the army was still online. However, the rest of the army turned around and pursued the coalition forces day and night. The main force left.
At the same time, in the Zhao State, Lu Buwei finally lived up to his expectations and successfully recruited more than 60,000 Hu people from Jiuyuan County and Daibei County plus more than 10,000 people, plus Handan County, Zhongshan, Shangdang and other counties. More than 10,000 people were recruited, and now there are as many as 90,000 recruits gathered in Handan.
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It was more than 10,000 people than the 80,000 people Zhao Kuo requested, which really made Zhao Kuo excited.
Immediately, after simply mixing the 30,000 elites who stayed in Handan with the 90,000 army, Zhao Kuo was about to take the 120,000 army and embark on a mighty journey south.
It is a pity that the reorganization is more time-consuming than Zhao Kuo imagined, especially when the main members are still barbarians. It is really difficult for the generals to separate them.
There was no other way. In order to maintain the fighting power of the Hu people as much as possible, Ma Su could only reorganize the Hu people by maintaining a thousand-man formation.
This entire compilation took several days. In other words, after these few days of delay, not only was the second phase of the war over, but Zhao Kuo's actions also lagged far behind the Wei and Qin coalition forces.
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Just when Zhao Kuo and his army had just left Handan, marched to Anyang, and were about to enter the former Hanoi County, bad news suddenly came from the front line: the Wei army raided Jishui and occupied Zhi City, the main road to the Zhou Dynasty. And threaten the wild king.
For Zhao Kuo, this was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue!
The loss of Zicheng directly separated Yingchuan County from Shangdang County and most of the Zhao State.
In other words, Li Mu's nearly 300,000 troops (including Zhou Qi and Zhao Wei) have now lost contact with the Zhao mainland.
This is almost a replica of the Changping battlefield in history, the Xuans and Daliang Mountains - the Xuans concentrated almost all the elite troops of the Zhao State but lacked enough food; the Daliang Mountains concentrated a large amount of the Zhao army's supplies, but did not have enough. troops.
Even as the situation continues to develop, the current war situation will become even worse.
Judging from the intelligence, the Wei army in Zhi City is a coalition of Wei and Qin, with a strength of 150,000. Such an army has the absolute strength to continue to advance towards the empty Shangdang County (formerly Hanoi County) of.
As long as it captures Yewang City, it can threaten the Zhao army on the front line of Kongcang in the northwest direction, and even threaten Handan in the northeast direction.
The reason why the Changping Battle was forced to retreat to both sides of Bishui was because the loss of Yewang City allowed the Qin army to pass through Yewang City to reach the heart of the Shangdang at any time.
Once the Yewang City is lost, what Zhao will face is not how to rescue the hundreds of thousands of troops trapped in Yingchuan County, but how to avoid repeating the dilemma of the Changping Battle.
It has to be said that the sword of the Wei army commanded by Lord Xinling really struck the vital part of the Zhao army.
Of course, this has nothing to do with the loopholes in Zhao Jun's formation.
However, facing the Qin army's overwhelming attack, as the defensive side, with insufficient troops and a battle line that stretched across several counties, negligence and loopholes were almost inevitable.
Even this is not a loophole.
The reason is simple. Just a few days ago, there were more than 5,000 people stationed in Zhi City.
Just because the second stage of the battle was over, Zhou Qi led his army to Luo City. The army was exhausted, and the surrounding Qin army also died down. Zhou Qi ordered three thousand soldiers and horses in Zhi City to escort the remaining grain and grass to Luo City.
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Soon, the more than 3,000 people who escorted the grain and grass will return.
It's a pity that the food and grass have just been escorted away here, and the Wei army has already moved in over there. This small loophole was finally keenly caught by Lord Xinling.
Of course, having said that, even if there are 5,000 people stationed there, they may not be able to hold out for long in the face of the attack of Lord Xinling's 150,000 troops.
These three thousand troops transported all the food and grass in the city, but they also avoided a lot of losses.
What's more important is that with such a large amount of food and grass entering the city, there is no need to worry about the shortage of food on the front line for a while.
But it is obvious that even if a large amount of grain and grass is sent to Luo City, and a large amount of grain and grass is stored in Xinzheng City, the grain and grass will eventually be eaten up.
Once the food and grass are exhausted, one can imagine the fate of the more than 300,000 troops.
What, let Li Mu lead his troops back to attack Zhi City?
Do you think the Qin army on the frontal battlefield is a vegetarian? How could it be possible for Li Mu to get off easily?
Since ancient times, there was only one road in Huashan Mountain. Zhao Kuo understood that only by opening up the food road as soon as possible can the entire battlefield be revitalized.
But the problem is that Zhao Kuo himself only has a mere 120,000 troops, and more than 90,000 of them are fresh recruits. However, according to military information, the Wei and Qin coalition forces that occupied Zhi City were as many as 15 Ten thousand.
Although the Wei army's combat power is not high, they will not lose to their own recruits.
120,000 vs. 150,000, still attacking the city, Zhao Kuo didn't think he had any chance of winning.
Moreover, if the Wei army were to divide tens of thousands of troops and attack Yewang City, his 120,000 troops would instantly be trapped in a dilemma of being flanked from the north and the south, and the entire battlefield would inevitably fall into an irreversible defeat.
Although Zhao was already extremely anxious, Zhao
Kuo knew very well that he could not be anxious, let alone panic.
Zhao Kuo spread out the map and began to analyze it in detail.
With the addition of Wei Jun, the situation between the two sides has become completely clear:
Judging from the current situation, the Qin army has gathered 250,000 troops on the front, about 100,000 troops near Zhou Wangji, and the final Wei-Qin coalition also has 150,000 troops. The total number of troops invested should be around 500,000, which should be all the Qin State has.
On his side, he has 180,000 troops in Xinzheng, 140,000 troops in Luo City, and 120,000 troops in his own hands. The total is only 440,000 troops.
The total number of troops was less than 60,000 troops.
Although war is not a simple accumulation of numbers, when you are in a weak position, the best way is still to increase your chips (troops).
Zhao Kuo carefully counted the chips (troops) he still had in his hand: there were still 40,000 troops in Kongcang Ling, and 50,000 troops in Dongjun and Huaisi.
If these two troops can be gathered quickly, then he will have an army of 210,000 in his hands.
In this way, it is not impossible to attack Zicheng with an army of 210,000 against 150,000.
But the problem is that Dongjun and Huaisi County are still far apart. By the time General Tian Dan arrives with his troops after a long journey, most of the army's food and grass in Yingchuan County will have been consumed.
As long as Zicheng is delayed for even half a month, Li Mu will run out of food.
In terms of time, it was obviously too late.
What's more, if all the troops of Kongcang leader are withdrawn, and if the Qin army divides ten or twenty thousand troops to attack Kongcang leader, then the entire Shangdang will fall and the battle will be lost.
Sometimes, having a larger territory may not be a good thing, especially before your own strength has reached that level.
Obviously, this is the case in Zhao State today.
The only blame to blame is that the State of Zhao has expanded too fast in recent years, and Zhao Kuo has been obsessed with the growth of national power, but has ignored the importance of conscription, which is why the current financial situation is in place.
Of course, it is no longer useful to think about these things. What is important is how to solve the current situation...
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