After carefully examining the map, Zhao Kuo finally had a plan in mind.
"Send the order." Zhao Kuo's cold voice immediately sounded.
Several generals and messengers bowed in unison and replied, "Yes."
"The army stationed at Kongcang Ridge immediately mobilized 15,000 sharp soldiers and field soldiers each, and immediately went south to garrison Yewang City." Zhao Kuo pulled out a command arrow from the desk and said coldly.
"Yes." Immediately, a messenger took two steps forward to take the token from Zhao Kuo's hand, turned around and left the camp.
Obviously, everyone understands that this has reached the most critical moment and no time can be wasted.
"Sun Gu." Zhao Kuo immediately glanced at the generals and continued to nod to the generals coldly.
As the last stop with Qin, Sun Gu, the commander of the Yulin Guards who was in charge of military intelligence, was of course also in the camp. This prevented Zhao Kuo from falling into the embarrassing situation of having no generals available.
"The general is here." Sun Gu also immediately left the team and replied.
"We have 20,000 troops, including 3,000 sharp soldiers, and we can rush to Yewang City. The troops going south from Karakura Ridge will be under your unified command." Zhao Kuo then took out a token again and ordered: "There is only one request, hold on Wild King City, wait for my call."
"Yes." Sun Gu also agreed immediately.
Sun Gu, who took the token, immediately turned around and walked away quickly.
With Sun Gu leading 50,000 troops to garrison Yewang City, even if the 150,000 troops of Wei and Qin came out in full force, they would never be able to capture Yewang City in a short time.
As long as there are no flaws in the Yewang Castle and Karakura Ridge, Zhao's fundamentals will be stable.
Only when Zhao Guo's fundamentals were stabilized could Zhao Kuo have the energy to devote himself to the frontal battlefield.
After arranging the urgent issue of Wild King City, Zhao Kuo immediately turned his attention to the map.
Although he already had an idea in his mind, it was obvious that Zhao Kuo's success was not too great.
However, in such an urgent situation, it is lucky to have a way to solve the problem. As for success, we can only rely on fate. (AR is awesome!)
Taking a deep breath, Zhao Kuo told himself: Qin and Wei have both tried their best. If they want to win this war, Zhao Kuo must not continue to seek stability.
Taking out a token again, Zhao Kuo immediately ordered: "Send an order to Lord Pingyuan to immediately submit a note to the State of Qi to ensure that the State of Qi will not participate in the war, and at the same time urge the State of Chu to send troops as soon as possible."
"Yes." Another messenger took the token and turned around and left the camp.
"Send the order to General Tian Dan." Zhao Kuo's voice soon sounded again: "Gather all the troops and march to Daliang of Wei immediately."
"Yes." The messenger in charge of flying pigeons agreed again.
"Send orders to Li Mu, Zhou Qi, and Zhao Wei." Zhao Kuo continued to issue instructions: "Stick to the position and do not leave lightly. We will soon open up the food road and join forces in Yingchuan."
"Yes." The messenger continued to agree.
"The rest of the generals." Zhao Kuo immediately stood up and announced to the generals: "Follow me and change the route to the east. The target is Daliang, the capital of Wei."
"Yes." The soldiers immediately agreed with a loud voice.
Yes, Zhao Kuo gave up the idea of attacking Zhicheng to open up the supply line.
Although this is the most direct way, it is far from the easiest to implement.
With 120,000 men versus 150,000 men, the troops were already at a disadvantage, and the Wei and Qin coalition forces in Zicheng had obviously planned this for a long time.
To attack more with less, to attack stronger with weakness, to attack with unpreparedness but with preparedness, no matter how you look at it, it is not a good choice. Not to mention that he had to divide his troops to garrison the Wild King City.
Even if Zhao Guo wins in the end, the reinforcements he leads will inevitably suffer heavy losses and will no longer be able to make the final say.
It is very likely that the Battle of Yingchuan will end in a draw between the two armies, and it is not impossible that the Zhao army will even be forced to evacuate Yingchuan.
This is obviously not an acceptable result for Zhao Kuo.
Since Wei Guo used all his wealth to gamble, let's play a big game with him.
Yes, Zhao Kuo wanted to recreate the story of besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao.
Didn’t you come out with all your strength to occupy my city of Zhi and cut off my food supply?
Okay, I will attack Daliang directly with an army of 150,000 (including Tian Dan's army of 50,000). Let's see how you parry!
If I don't return reinforcements, I can not only capture Daliang and destroy the Wei State, but I can also indirectly open up the connection between Zhao and Yingchuan County.
You know, what Zicheng isolates is only the connection between Zhao and Zhou Wangji, but Wei happens to have a large border with the Zhao mainland and Yingchuan County.
By capturing Daliang, Zhao's grain can be continuously transported from Dongjun and Hejian County to Yingchuan County.
Wei's attempt to cut off food routes will not only fail, but will even face the danger of national subjugation.
And if it is a return reinforcement, it can be divided into two types: the whole army's reinforcement and the partial division's reinforcement.
If a partial force returns to support, my 150,000-strong army, with its strength advantage, will inevitably intercept them outside Daliang City and recreate the story of Maling Road;
If the entire army returns to support, our army can temporarily avoid the front line and confront it outside Daliang City. at the same time. The 50,000-strong army in Yewang City can be divided into groups to recapture Zhi City, and the food route can also be opened.
Even after occupying Zhi City, Sun Gu could lead this army to attack the Wei and Qin coalition forces, forming a pincer attack with Zhao Kuo's army.
In this way, the attempts of the Wei and Qin coalition forces will also be completely destroyed.
Of course, this plan is not without risks.
The greatest risk is that from Qi.
With the withdrawal of all Tian Dan's troops, the entire eastern part of Zhao State, from Huaisi County, Dong County, Jibei County, Hejian County and even Handan County, will almost fall into an undefended situation.
Once Qi takes action, Zhao will lose a large amount of land in a short period of time.
However, it was precisely because of such a vast territory that Zhao Kuo had the courage to mobilize troops.
To put it bluntly, for such a large territory, even if Qi State really sends troops to fight and capture the cities one by one, it will still take a while. This time is enough for Zhao Kuo to solve the problem of food routes.
With the combat power of the Qi army, even after the war is over, it will still be too late to allocate troops to make up for it.
That's right, it's about trading space for time.
Of course, it would be best if Qi could not move. This is also the reason why Zhao Kuo asked Lord Pingyuan to take note of Qi immediately.
I believe Lord Pingyuan will also understand his intentions and will definitely appease the people of Qi and not participate in this decisive battle.
In addition to the risks to Qi State, Daliang City is also one of the risks in this operation.
Although from the current point of view, the absolute main force of Wei has been mobilized, there is no guarantee that there are still some troops in Daliang City, even if it is only ten thousand people, it will be enough for Wei to hold on for a while.
At this time, if Lord Xinling is like Pang Juan and has no choice but to fight, then it will be okay. Whether it is the whole class or partial rescue, he will be fully confident that he can solve the crisis in the food road (partial rescue, after eating partial division, Xinling Ling Jun still has to rescue Daliang).
But if Lord Xinling just stayed in Zicheng and refused to come back, fighting against himself for time, Zhao Kuo was really not sure who would win and who would lose.
In addition to the above two, the final risk is naturally the large corps of Li Mu and Zhou Qi on the front line.
The general Lian Po was lost first, and now the food route was cut off. Although the army's food supply was enough to last for a while, the psychological impact on the soldiers was self-evident.
How to maintain combat effectiveness under such circumstances, continue to fight the Qin army, and wait for their somewhat "unexpected" rescue will be a serious problem.
In particular, Zhao Kuo couldn't even give Li Mu a specific time to open the food channel.
This is indeed not easy for a general.
If it were an ordinary general, it would be possible to lead his troops back directly, no matter the cost.
Of course Zhao Kuo was willing to believe that Li Mu, one of the four famous generals of the Warring States Period, would have enough ability to calm the soldiers' mood, and would also have enough patience to wait for his rescue.
But after all, that was an army of 300,000 people!
In any case, Zhao Kuo's military order was issued
, there is no room for regret.
If it fails, as long as the basic bases of Handan, Shangdang, Daibei, and Zhongshan counties are still there, then Zhao still has hope. After all, these territories alone are already larger than when he traveled through time.
Even if it fails, it will only delay the day of reunification.
While thinking about it, Zhao Kuo's 100,000 troops were already on their way to Daliang of Wei State.
Looking at the vast road ahead, Zhao Kuo's heart was full of fighting spirit.
And this time, Lord Xinling, who was standing on the tower of Zhi City, watching his soldiers consolidating the city defense, gradually lost the excitement of taking Zhi City and cutting off the Zhao army's supply line, but Lord Xinling was even more looking forward to it. In front of Zhicheng, Zhao Kuo's army was seen.
Yes, from Lord Xinling's point of view, it is impossible for Zhao Kuo to ignore Zhi City.
It was not that he had not considered the situation of besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao, but in Lord Xinling's opinion, attacking Zhi City was far more likely than attacking Daliang.
The reason for this misunderstanding is very simple. Lord Xinling underestimated one thing - the amount of food hoarded by Zhao Jun on the front line of the war.
Everyone knows the importance of food to an army.
There is an old saying that goes before soldiers and horses are moved, food and grass go first. However, the army and the food and grass are often separated in two places. In addition to the continuous collection and transportation of food and grass, the most important reason is the two "restrictions" Character.
An army of 300,000 people hangs alone outside. If you were the king, would you feel relieved?
Even if that person is loyal, what about the people below him?
Therefore, the separation of grain, grass, troops and horses is not only conducive to the convenience of commanding troops, but also more conducive to the king's remote control of the army.
This is also the reason why a large army often only has a dozen days of food and grass.
But these are not feasible here in Zhao Kuo.
First of all, the existence of Luocheng and Xinzheng provided enough places to store grain, and there was no need to worry about affecting the marching formation;
Secondly, Zhao Kuo's prestige among the Zhao army, not to mention Li Mu, even Li Mu, Lian Po and Tian Dan combined could not equal it. Naturally, there was no need to worry about the general's fate being denied.
Therefore, from the very beginning when preparing for the decisive battle with the Qin army, Zhao State hoarded a large amount of food in Luocheng and Xinzheng.
Even though the war has been going on for more than a month, the food within the two cities is still enough to supply the 300,000 troops for at least a month.
It is a pity that Lord Xinling, as the mastermind of the attack on Zicheng, obviously did not expect such a situation.
It was precisely because of his misjudgment of grain stocks that Lord Xinling came to a completely wrong conclusion.
It's very simple. If the army only has less than ten days of food, Zhao Kuo will only have a day or two when he learns that Zhi City is lost. It will take five or six days for the army to reach Daliang. Rough calculation, it will take six or seven days for Chen Bing to reach Daliang. time.
But it is simply impossible to capture Daliang, the capital of a country, in two or three days. After all, although there are not many troops in the city, there are still ten or twenty thousand people together.
One hundred thousand versus twenty thousand, and without siege equipment, holding on for more than ten days is not a problem at all.
In Lord Xinling's plan, Zhao Kuo naturally understood this truth and naturally did not dare to take this risk at all.
It's a pity that man's calculation is not as good as God's calculation...
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