As the saying goes, what you are afraid of will come. When Li Mu was worried about the intervention of the Qin State, the next day Qin State saw that Li Mu was already in the quagmire, and announced an attack on Zhao to save Yan.
Wang Jian and Wang Jue, who had been with Chen Bing for a long time, divided their forces into two groups to attack the State of Zhao. Duke Hui led Wang Ben to sit in the town of the party, Wang Jian and Yang Duan and Zhidao took over, and Wang Jue and Li Xin attacked Yecheng. Qin's 200,000 troops were divided into two groups and sent out in two directions.
When Zhao Guo knew the news, some ministers petitioned Zhao Wangyan to transfer Li Mu back to fight the Qin army. Seeing such a large-scale attack by the Qin army, Zhao Wangyan's first choice was to transfer Li Mu back, but Guo Kai could not Yes, Li Mu and he are mortal enemies. If Li Mu returns and holds the army and repels the Qin army again, he will probably be taken care of by Li Mu. In addition, the people who brought the net brought some treasures, Guo Kai immediately Entered the palace.
"Why is Aiqing here?" Zhao Wangyan said while looking at Guo Kai who asked to see him late at night.
Breaking into the palace late at night can be punished by death no matter which country you are in, but this matter depends on the person. Guo Kai's status in Zhao Wangyan's heart is just like Ziyou's status in Ying Zheng's heart, or even higher, regardless of Whether it's love or career, Guo Kai can be said to be Zhao Wangyan's double mentor. When Zhao Wangyan was still a mischievous young master who was proficient in eating, drinking, whoring, and anger, Guo Kai had many suggestions when Zhao Wangyan bullied men and women. .
Later, Zhao Wangyan fell in love with a prostitute, that is, the prostitute, and clamored with his father to marry the prostitute as his wife, but Zhao Wang disliked the shame and did not agree. However, Zhao Wangyan had true feelings, and he and Guo Kai Crying that this is love, Guo Kai also lived up to expectations and gave a good idea, that is, making Zhao Wangyan the king of Zhao. Who can object to this at that time?
So with Guo Kai's money and treasures to buy his name, Zhao Wangyan transformed from a mischievous good-for-nothing young master into an upright future heir to the throne. After the old Zhao Wang died, Zhao Wangyan came to the throne, and Guo Kai became the king of Zhao. As the Prime Minister of the country, Zhao Wangyan is now able to have both career and love, and it is indispensable for the contribution of Guo Kai, a supporter and mentor, so Zhao Wangyan attaches great importance to and trusts Guo Kai.
"Your Majesty, what a disaster!" Guo Kai shouted with a sudden increase in tone.
"I know, isn't it about Qin's attack? I am going to ask Li Mu to withdraw to resist the Qin army." Zhao Wangyan said with a sigh, he was still very confident in Li Mu Zhao Wangyan.
"It's not the Qin army, but Li Mu. Your Majesty may not know it yet. Now the people of Zhao Kingdom regard Li Mu as their savior. His prestige in Zhao Kingdom has surpassed that of your Majesty. Now there is also a rumor in HD City. Your Majesty wants to know "?" Guo Kai looked at Zhao Wangyan and said.
"What rumors?" Zhao Wangyan asked curiously.
"There are rumors that Li Mu is about to rebel. The people of Zhao State regard Li Mu as their savior. The people's support is what they want. They have heard before that Li Mu was dissatisfied with the news that the king asked him to attack the Yan State. He even secretly sent troops to the grassland to exterminate two tribes to vent his anger. If If Li Mu comes back to defeat the Qin army this time, the prestige of the king and the clan in Zhao will be surpassed by Li Mu." Guo Kai said with tears in his eyes.
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Before Zhao Wangyan finished speaking, Guo Kai continued
"I know that the king values Li Mu. Li Mu is indeed talented and can resist the Qin army. Li Mu is loyal to the king, but this is just the fact that Li Mu is loyal to the king now. Didn't you see what happened in the past when he slaughtered Anjia? The king's heart is the most difficult thing. It is speculated that Bai Qi, Lord Wu'an of Qin State, was loyal to King Qin Zhaoxiang at the beginning, but Bai Qi's reputation has surpassed that of King Qin. A general is not afraid of having the intention to rebel, but he is afraid that he has the ability to rebel!"
"But Li Mu is Zhao Guo's current support!" Zhao Wangyan continued. He was also afraid of Li Mu's reputation, but Li Mu was the biggest trump card for Zhao Guo's current stability, and it was also his capital that allowed him to continue to be mediocre.
"Your Majesty, I also know that Li Mu is a top priority to our Zhao country, but what I am worried about is that after Li Mu defeats the Qin army again, Li Mu's prestige in the hearts of the people will exceed that of the king. I ask the king to consider it carefully. The lessons of the past are indispensable. Borrow it," Guo Kai said.
"Then what does Aiqing want me to do?" Zhao Wangyan asked hesitantly. Li Mu's prestige was indeed a big headache for him. Although Li Mu is loyal now, it does not mean that Li Mu will be the same in the future. People's hearts will change. Yes, if Zhao Guo could not live without Li Mu, Zhao Wangyan would not be so relieved about Li Mu.
"My lord, there is indeed a way to retreat the Qin army without worrying about Li Mu's prestige surpassing the king." Guo Kai wiped away his tears and said. He knew that King Zhao had fallen into the trap.
"Ai Qing, please tell me." Zhao Wangyan said.
"The court talks about checks and balances. Li Mu now has unrivaled prestige in the army, but this does not mean that our Zhao country has no other generals who can fight. The veteran Pang Nuan is still there. I heard that although Qin is eyeing the six countries, it still treats General Pang Nuan." With respect.
Although the last alliance failed, General Pang Nuan's surprise attack frightened the Qin State. If someone had not leaked the secret, the Qin State might not be afraid anymore, so I proposed that General Pang Nuan lead troops to resist the Qin army.
This will not only allow Li Mu to defend the territory he occupies in the Yan Kingdom, but also prevent Li Mu’s reputation from continuing to increase," Guo Kai said.
"But General Pang Nuan is seriously ill now. Wouldn't it be bad to let him wear armor and go into battle rashly?" Zhao Wangyan said with some worry. Pang Nuan had resigned and went home to recuperate some time ago, and he still attached great importance to this veteran Zhao Wangyan. of.
"As long as General Pang Nuan is in charge of the overall situation, and General Hu Zou is the vanguard, then there is no need for General Pang Nuan to wear armor himself and go into battle, and with General Pang Nuan leading the entire army, even if he cannot defeat the Qin army, he can still block the Qin army. Hu Zhuo, who is the vanguard, also has merit. If the king promotes him one or two more, Hu Zhuo will definitely be moved and swear to be loyal to the king. Then there will be someone in the army who can check and balance Li Mu and prevent Li Mu from getting bigger." Guo Kai continued.
"Okay, I love you, you are worthy of being the prime minister of my country, Zhao. You are very smart. In this way, I can have no worries. With my beloved to assist me, there is no need to worry about Zhao State not being prosperous!" Zhao Wangyan patted the table and stood up and said, Zhao Wangyan Yan looked at Guo Kai with eyes full of joy, and he knew that Guo Kai would not let him down. This plan was very satisfactory to him. He had Guo Kai in literature and Li Mu in military affairs, so there was no need to worry about Zhao's unhappiness.
The next day, King Zhao Yan ordered Pang Nuan to take command, and General Hu Zou was the vanguard to resist the Qin army. Li Mu continued to have a stalemate with the Yan State. After seeing King Zhao's order, Li Mu felt a little worried, but thought of Pang Nuan's presence. The loser Hu Zhe should not be defeated too quickly. Even if he cannot defeat the Qin army, it is more than enough to defend the city. As long as he solves the Yan Kingdom, it will still be too late to return to Pang Nuan's aid.
"Come here, give me the general's order to assemble troops and prepare for a decisive battle with the Yan army." Li Mu said in a deep voice.
After Wang Jian heard that it was Pang Nuan who was going into battle and Hu Zhe was the vanguard, he immediately understood how to change his tactics. He knew that Hu Zhe was a useless person who was a little stronger than Yan Yi. As for Pang Nuan, although Pang Nuan was old and still suffered from injuries, But Wang Jian still did not dare to underestimate this veteran, so he prepared to pester Pang Nuan and let Wang Yan and Li Xin continue to attack, forcing Pang Nuan to divide his troops to resist Wang Yan and Li Xin.
After Wang Jian made a tactical plan, he sent someone to hand over the request for tactical changes to Duke Heng who was sitting in the rear. Duke He agreed immediately. The generals of the Qin State had a high degree of autonomy in fighting abroad and did not need to wait for orders from the court. Change tactics again.
After the war between Qin and Zhao started, Yang Duanhe, who had conquered three cities in a row, stopped his attack and prepared to mobilize troops to attack Liyang. Yang Duanhe's lieutenants were a little puzzled. They had already captured Yan and the three surrounding cities. As long as they After capturing the last city, Yanyu will be in the bag. After capturing Yanyu, the entire Zhao Kingdom will be divided into two halves, and the Zhao army will not be able to connect end to end. In this way, the Zhao Kingdom can only watch Qin destroy Han. , and there is no way.
"General Wang Jian wants to confront He Pang Nuan in Yan and swallow up Zhao's 200,000-strong army." Yang Duanhe said.
The geographical location of Lanyu is self-evident. If Pang Nuan does not come to support, then he can only watch the Qin State capture Lanyu. From then on, the Zhao State was cut off. Now the Qin Army has captured the three cities surrounding Lanyu. If it takes After conquering the last city, Yanyu would be in a desperate situation, but according to Pang Nuan's caution, he would rather give up Yanyu, choose to fight with the Qin army in the field, and wait until the Qin army retreats before conquering Yanyu, rather than take risks and get into the desperate situation.
So Wang Jian asked Yang Duanhe to give up the attack on the last city and circle around Liyang. He wanted to capture Liyang and join Wang Jue and Li Xin to merge and siege HD, forcing Pang Nuan to divide his troops. Some of them would support Yanyou and some of them Support Li Yang, and then have people hold back Wang Yan and Li Xin who are attacking Yecheng and Anyang.
In this way, even if Pang Nuan knows Wang Jian's intentions, he can only sneak into the trap of confronting Wang Jian and Yan Yu, because as long as Yan Yu is still there, Pang Nuan can mobilize troops from Jinyang to support him, even if Yang Duanhe takes the Li Yang and Wang Jie joined forces to surround HD. Pang Nuan could still support HD from the rear, attack Wang Yan and Yang Duanhe from the front and rear, and more importantly, confront Wang Jian. Pang Nuan could wait for Li Mu's support.
So Pang Nuan had to jump this trap even if he didn't want to. Pang Nuan had no choice because he knew that Hu Zhe was not Yang Duanhe's opponent and could not stop Yang Duanhe from taking Liyang. Instead of giving up his life, it was better to hold on to the rear and gradually hold back Qin. The Qin army will wait until Li Mu returns for reinforcements. If the Qin army gives up the war, the Qin army will only retreat and fight a protracted war with the Zhao State. The Zhao State will definitely lose, and the Battle of Changping will be repeated again.
As Wang Jian expected, after Yang Duanhe turned to attack Liyang, Pang Nuan entered Huanyu without any hesitation, treating it as a base camp and began to confront Wang Jian. Although Huyu, as a vanguard, wanted to fight many times, he was defeated by Pang Nuan. He refused, and when faced with Pang Nuan, he dared not speak out in anger, so he could only drink away his sorrows in his big tent every day.
At this time, the Zhao army supported by Yan Yu in Liyang was ambushed by the Qin army.
"Which wave of Zhao troops are supporting this?" Yang Duanhe asked, looking at the corpses below.
Yang Duanhe, who was originally supposed to attack Liyang, was encircling the area for reinforcements. On the one hand, he acted like he was attacking Liyang and couldn't wait to join Wang Yan to attack HD, so that HD kept urging Pang Nuan to support Liyang and stop Yang Duan. He and Wang Jie, originally Pang Nuan could still stabilize the HD court, because he had to confront Wang Jian, the main force of the Qin army, and it was difficult to divide his troops. Although HD was afraid of another HD defense battle, because of the importance of Pang Nuan, and the addition of Li Yang and Yecheng had not yet been lost, and HD was relatively reassured, so they did not rush Pang Nuan too much.
"This is the fifth time. There are about 5,000 people. This is the largest number of people supported by Zhao Jun." The deputy general said, wiping the blood on his face.
"Pang Nuan is indeed a famous general in the world." Yang Duanhe sighed. Pang Nuan must have known that they wanted to encircle the area for reinforcements, so they sent very few troops every time, just to try their luck to see if they could support Li Yang. , every time I see an ambush, the first thing I do is run away without any hesitation.
Yang Duanhe looked at the corpses of less than a thousand people below, raised his head suddenly and said
"You lead the men and continue to ambush Zhao Jun. I will leave you two thousand men. Zhao Jun will not choose to rush in by force. You hide the flag in the mountains and forests and make it look like there are tens of thousands of people to intimidate Zhao Jun. I will lead people to capture Li Yang."
"No!" the deputy general said with his hands raised.
After Wang Jian received Yang Duanhe's request to attack Liyang directly, he thought about it for a while and then agreed, saying to the deputy general next to him.
"Yang Duanhe is brave and resourceful. If he hadn't been systematically trained as a military strategist, otherwise Yang Duanhe would be the number one among the young men in our Qin country."
"Does the general think so highly of General Yang?" the deputy general asked. There are many talented young people in the Qin State, such as Wang Ben, Li Xin, She Jian, Su Jiao, Feng Wuze, Tu Sui, Ren Xiao, and Qiang You. Although their levels are different, they are all capable of fighting and can command an army. Among them, Yang Duanhe is the oldest, has the best record in terms of record, and is the most convincing, but if we say that he is the first It's really hard to tell. Wang Bi, Li Xin, and Feng Wuze are all about the same as Yang Duanhe.
"Yes, has there been any information coming from Yan Yu recently?" Wang Jian asked. Ever since the confrontation with Pang Nuan, Pang Nuan had been extremely careful and did not give Wang Jian any chance. He would not send troops to fight Wang Jian. Waiting for Li Mu to come back for help.
If Li Mu comes back, although the Qin army cannot be said to have failed, it will not be able to cripple Zhao as expected, so Wang Jian is constantly looking for opportunities to lure Pang Nuan into battle.
"Our spies reported that Zhao Jun's vanguard Hu Zou was rejected because of his repeated requests for battle. He complained about Pang Nuan, saying that many times our Qin army showed flaws and could obviously charge, but it was because Pang Nuan had lost his courage. He didn't dare to attack, and most of his words were complaints about Pang Nuan. He was still drinking in the army to relieve his sorrows, but Pang Nuan found out and gave him eighty military sticks in accordance with military law." said the deputy general.
"Oh!?" Wang Jian's eyes suddenly shone, and he waved to the deputy general and said, "Come here."
After Wang Jian whispered in the lieutenant's ear, the lieutenant raised his hands to Wang Jian and left the tent directly.
On the second day, Pang Nuan stood at the top of the city of Yanyu and looked at the Qin Army's camp below. He found that the Qin Army's camp began to disperse. The injured Hu Zou, with the help of his guards, also saw the Qin Army's camp below. The turmoil in the military camp looks compact and neat, but in fact there are emptiness and holes in the middle.
"What are the recent movements of the Qin army?" Pang Nuan asked.
"General, our spies are here to report that the Qin army is attacking Liyang, and Anyang has been conquered, and Yecheng is also in danger. Our spies found smoke and dust in the Qin army camp last night, as if someone was evacuating. Last night we sent After the troops who went to support Liyang withdrew, some of them saw groups of Qin troops moving towards Liyang, numbering about five thousand people." said the deputy general.
"It must be to support Yang Duanhe. The Qin army's goal is very clear. They want to besiege HD. Wang Jian's purpose is to hold us back and pretend to be suspicious so that we don't dare to act rashly. If you ask me, just wait a few more days and wait until While the main force of the Qin army is retreating, attack the Qin army camp." Hu Noi muttered.
But Pang Nuan just glanced at Hu Noi coldly and left the city without saying anything. Hu Noi looked at Pang Nuan's leaving figure with eyes full of dissatisfaction and disdain. He felt that Pang Nuan was getting timid as he got older. , He no longer had the courage to lead his troops straight into Xianyang alone in the past. Pang Nuan is old, and Zhao's army should be taken over by young people like him.
There will be more in the evening
(End of chapter)
