Needless to say, Zhao Kuo withstood a lot of pressure when he ordered the army to return to start spring plowing.
After easily taking over Shu, almost everyone in the Zhao court advocated taking advantage of the situation to go north and directly send troops to Guanzhong to solve the problem of the Qin State.
It seems that the Zhao court was dazzled by the sudden victory, but in fact, Zhao Kuo knew that this was the sequelae of fear of Qin after being suppressed by Qin for a long time.
To put it simply, after the Zhao State turned over, everyone in the Zhao State was eager to completely solve the Qin State to prevent the Qin State from resurrecting.
Of course there is nothing wrong with this, but it still makes me feel a little less confident.
Of course, in the face of the popular comment that "letting the tiger return to the mountain will cause endless troubles," Zhao Kuo also gave a clear reply: the so-called letting the tiger return to the mountain, the focus is not on letting the tiger go back to the mountain, but on returning to the mountain.
Only dense and vast mountain forests can accommodate the return of tigers and cause future troubles.
But now the Qin State has been completely restricted by the Zhao State from south to north, east to west, and can no longer draw strength. Therefore, there is no such thing as "returning to the mountain".
Under the current circumstances, Zhao Jun's continued offensive will only unite the Qin people even more, creating a situation where the trapped beasts are still fighting.
It is better to continue to encircle it. In order to maintain sufficient military strength to resist the Zhao army, it is almost inevitable for the Qin army to resort to violence.
In a short period of time, in order to cope with the danger of national subjugation, the people of Qin may be able to understand and persist, but if time goes by, even if they understand again, they will inevitably feel resentful.
Once resentment arises, conflicts will gradually be exposed.
And as the internal conflicts in Qin gradually become acute and exposed, taking action at that time can achieve twice the result with half the effort.
Obviously, Zhao Kuo's rhetoric convinced many senior officials of Zhao State. Not only that, based on this theory, Zhao also formulated a strategy for advancing against Qin: rotating soldiers and waiting for the opportunity.
There is no need to say more about waiting for the opportunity.
The rotation of soldiers means that the troops besieging the Qin army must be rotated regularly. The purpose is self-evident, which is to make full use of the grindstone of the Qin army to create more elite troops for Zhao.
What do you need so many elite troops for?
You know, Chu State still has vast land!
Historically, the Qin army used a total of 600,000 troops to attack Chu State. Now the entire Zhao State does not have 600,000 troops combined.
Although the troops were insufficient, in terms of tactics, Zhao Kuo was able to find a way to encroach step by step.
Yes, Zhao State's method for Chu State's vast land was to encroach step by step. The elite troops withdrawn from the Qin and Zhao front lines will be deployed on the Zhao Chu border after being repaired. Then, through the encroachment of a small town today and a small town tomorrow, the territory of Chu State was continuously devoured.
As for Qi, if they are honest enough, Zhao Kuo doesn't mind continuing to put them in the last position.
In this way, as Zhao Kuo's royal order was issued, hundreds of thousands of troops returned to their fields, and vigorous spring plowing began on the land of Zhao.
Compared with the lively Zhao State, the Qin State at this time was a bit gloomy.
As Zhao Kuo expected, in order to prevent Zhao Jun from breaking through, maintaining sufficient troops to confront Zhao Jun became Qin's top priority.
However, it is not easy to match the power of a country with the power of one state.
Zhao State blocked it almost effortlessly, but Qin State had to use all its strength over there.
The 300,000-strong army had almost drained the entire Guanzhong of its bones and blood. Even though there were thousands of miles of fertile soil in Guanzhong, only women and children were left cultivating it, not to mention any young people.
Production cuts are almost inevitable.
And this 300,000-strong army cobbled together from here and there was a heavy burden that Qin could not get rid of. Every day people eat horse chews, which is enough to overwhelm Qin's treasury.
But with the Zhao army suppressing the situation, who dares to reduce the number of troops?
The more you dare not reduce your military strength, the more manpower and material resources you will have to consume. The less manpower and material resources you have, the worse the effect of farming will be. Worse farming will lead to a poor harvest of food, and a poor harvest of food will further intensify the reduction of your military strength.
of urgency. .
Obviously, the Qin State has fallen into an out-of-control vicious cycle, and as the cycle continues to deepen, the collapse of the Qin State is already foreseeable.
This is of course what Zhao Kuo and all the Zhao courtiers want to see.
So, with the arrival of the hot summer, the whole of China fell into a rare calm - there were no bloody fights or the deployment of large armies, but only the undercurrents surging under the calm.
Hundreds of thousands of troops from Qin and Zhao are still facing each other at Hangu Pass and Dashan Pass;
Part of Zhao's military strength has been transferred to Huaisi County, and the Zhao army in the middle of Shu has also detached some troops and marched into Chen County, ready to cut into the Chu army's territory from different angles at any time.
Summer finally faded away, and Zhao State once again ushered in a grand harvest.
With enough troops and food, Zhao Jun immediately began to dismember the Chu State.
For a time, urgent reports and letters for help from all over the country flew into Shouchun's palace like snowflakes. However, the Chu army, which had not yet recovered from last year's defeat, did not dare to leave Shouchun.
Seeing Zhao Jun invading his own land from all directions and in various postures, King Chu was completely helpless.
Last year's "tribute" seemed so ridiculous at this time. One hundred thousand shi of food only paid for half a year's sleep. This is just because Zhao Jun is busy farming.
Of course, in the face of Zhao Jun's invasion, the nobles of Chu State also showed an extremely heroic side.
After all, if the land is occupied by Zhao State, then these nobles will really be nothing.
It's a pity that without the connection of the King of Chu, the power of each noble is limited. Facing the powerful Zhao army, even if the nobles of Chu tried their best, they still could not stop the Zhao army's advance.
Of course, the King of Chu was not a fool. In fact, it was not that he was unwilling to gather the power of the Chu State to fight against the Zhao army, nor was it that he had turned a blind eye to Zhao's invasion.
In fact, King Chu was also waiting patiently.
wait for what?
Waiting for the Zhao army to advance and force the nobles of Chu State, large and small, to a dead end, the King of Chu must let them see the cruelty of the Zhao people. He must also make everyone realize that only by uniting as one can we drive the Zhao people away. Only when they get out can they have a good life.
Only by uniting the nobles from top to bottom of Chu State can Chu State be able to compete with Zhao State, which is now at its peak.
At the same time, the King of Chu did not forget to recruit and train troops, and even contacted Qin and Qi in an attempt to make a last ditch effort.
It's a pity that none of King Chu's actions escaped Yu Linwei's eyes.
To be precise, there was no need for more investigations from the Yulin Guards. Someone in the Chu Kingdom had already eagerly reported the Chu King's movements to the Zhao Kingdom.
After all, there are still smart people among the Chu people who have clearly seen the current situation - no matter how much Qin, Chu, and Qi jump around, they will never be Zhao's opponents.
The last chance was completely lost last year.
Now, even if Zhao Kuo died suddenly and suddenly, he still could not stop Zhao Guo from dominating the world.
Some people see the future clearly, and naturally some people are uneasy with such a future.
Needless to say, Zichu, who had just become the real King of Qin less than a year ago, was one of them.
Faced with the invitation from Chu State, Zi Chu agreed almost without thinking.
Yes, Qin is going to take the initiative again and join forces with Chu, its ally from last year.
Fortunately, under Wang Hao's sincere advice, his final rationality prevented Qin Wangzichu from launching a full-scale attack.
"Defend in the north and attack in the south", this was Zi Chu's final order. Retaking Dashan Pass and Yangping Pass and driving Zhao Jun out of Hanzhong was the final task Zi Chu gave Wang Lu.
You know how outrageous this mission is.
In this Dasanguan alone, the Zhao army had nearly 100,000 troops. With just the 112,000 troops under Wang Lu's hand, they were no match at all.
But now that the king's order was issued, Wang Hao could only bite the bullet and take the belt.
Then the team launched an attack on Dashanguan.
It's not that Wang Lu didn't want to refuse, it's just that among the Qin army, with Meng Ao's death in battle, there was no general who could still take charge alone. The defensive battle may be okay, but the offensive battle is even less capable.
Especially since this is a battle destined to fail.
To put it simply, even if he doesn't win, the defeat won't be too disastrous. If it had been someone else, the 120,000 troops that he had managed to assemble would have been lost in a short time.
King Qin was already hot-headed, but King Qi over there was extremely calm and did not want to have anything to do with King Chu at all.
If he didn't want to maintain the style of a great country, King Qi would have thrown the envoy directly out of the palace.
After decades of hard work, the family fortune of 140,000 yuan was finally lost in a battle last year. How can people continue to fight against Zhao Jun?
Are you crazy or am I crazy!
Very simply, the King of Chu refused the invitation of the King of Chu's envoy. Of course, this has nothing to do with the fact that King Chu has almost no soldiers under his command.
But no matter what, Qin Chu, the old enemies, got together again.
However, the situation is over, and Qin Chu's few troops and combat power are no match for Zhao's army.
Facing the alliance between Qin and Chu, Zhao Kuo didn't even think of mobilizing troops to put out the fire. Read the book
Without him, the existing military forces in various places are enough to deal with it.
In front of Dashan Pass, the ladders lined up by the Qin Army looked so small and clumsy. Stone bullets accurately hit the layers of ladders, and the narrow passage instantly became the tomb of the Qin Army's ladders.
When the broken ladder suddenly collapsed, countless fragments instantly smashed the Qin army's ranks into pieces.
With such a dense amount of stone bullets, let alone attacking the city, even approaching the pass seemed so difficult.
Not to mention that even if they break into the pass, there will still be a dense rain of arrows waiting for the Qin army. Without the followers of the arrow tower, groups of Qin troops instantly became living targets for Zhao Jun's arrows.
Facing such a majestic pass, one can only fill it with life.
However, it is a pity that the number of Qin troops currently under the pass cannot withstand such consumption.
But even so, Wang Lu, who was standing among the Chinese army, had no intention of withdrawing his troops at all...
