Chapter 133： Under Handan City! Shocked: Where does this force come from?

Chapter 133: At the foot of Handan City! Shocked: Where does this force come from?

Handan!

Longtai Palace!

"The Qin army has arrived at the city."

"Old general, can our great Zhao be able to hold on?"

Although his subordinates had warned him many times before that the army and the people were united to suppress Handan, now that he actually saw the Qin army approaching the city, Zhao Yan was still a little panicked.

"Old minister, I swear to defend to the death and coexist with Handan." Pang Nuan stood up and replied loudly.

Looking at his serious face and the way he was ready to die, it was obvious that Pang Nuan was determined to die.

Pang Nuan has been unwilling to do so since Wu'an City retreated.

Pang Nuan felt that it was a great shame and humiliation for a city guarded by 300,000 troops to be breached by the Qin army in one day.

This time.

He was already determined to die.

When he heard that there were 100,000 frontier cavalry, Pang Nuan's eyes flashed sharply.

"I have no intention of blaming the old general Wu An for his defeat. I hope the old general can turn his defeat into experience and come up with better ways to defend against the enemy." Zhao Yan said with some worry.

Even if you die, you must protect Handan.

The only person Zhao Yan could rely on was Pang Nuan.

"Once there is chaos, the supervising team will directly kill the defeated army."

"I have prepared a perfect solution."

"I have issued an edict to mobilize 100,000 frontier cavalry from Daidi."

"I think these two days are coming. How to arrange the arrangements? I will leave them all to the old general." Zhao Yan said again.

He stood up slowly, picked up a box on the table, and walked towards Pang Nuan in the hall.

"In view of the defeated army, the old minister decided to implement the idea of ​​setting up a 100-man supervising team in one army camp and a thousand-man supervising team in 10,000 general camps."

"In charge of the Tiger Talisman and military power, the old general takes orders directly from me."

"Old General, feel free to do it."

"This is also the method that the old minister uses to think hard."

Hear this.

Pang Nuan bowed to pay homage.

"Except."

"In addition to the more than 200,000 that the old general brought back from Wu'an City, there are also 50,000 imperial guardsmen from me."

Although Zhao Yan was worried about the defeat of Wu'an City, victory or defeat was a common matter for military strategists. Zhao Yan was naturally not too harsh on this veteran general who was loyal to him.

"Except for the nearly 300,000 troops in Handan City."

"There are nearly 300,000 troops in Handan City."

"This battle."

Now.

"The defeat of Wu'an was due to the loss of one gate, and the defeated army was scattered, causing chaos in the defense of the other two gates."

"Now that the country is facing a national crisis, all military power in the city has been handed over to the old general."

Pang Nuan bowed: "Old minister, I swear to be loyal to the king to the death."

Zhao Yan said extremely seriously.

"If anyone in the city dares to disobey the old general's orders, surrender to the enemy and betray the country, and disturb the morale of the army, the old general can directly deal with him according to military law." Zhao Yan put the box containing the tiger charm in his hand against Pang Nuan's hand.

Lian Po is dead.

"The Tiger Talisman, I gave it to the old general."

"The Qin army is brave and must be guarded against."

Zhao Yan also flashed a hint of joy in his eyes: "The old general is really good at commanding troops. Using this as a fortress will definitely prevent the soldiers of the war supervisors from escaping from the battlefield. It can be said that the war supervisors are spread throughout the army, and there will definitely be no more broken troops rushing into the battle." Things."

"Create a directory for all members of the war team and record all their families' hometowns. If the war team dares to escape from the battle, the clan will be exterminated." Pang Nuan started loudly.

"With these words from the old general, I feel a lot more at ease."

"Only in this way can we, the generals of Zhao State, work together to resist the powerful enemy." Pang Nuan said solemnly.

"They are all the elites of our great Zhao."

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty."

"but."

"I, the Great Zhao, are the best in the world in riding and shooting in Hufu."

Subsequently.

Hear the words.

"Great King Shengming."

"With these 100,000 frontier cavalry, I am more confident that I can defend Handan without losing it."

"Even defeated the Qin army." Pang Nuan said confidently.

"With these words from the old general, I feel more at ease." Zhao Yan laughed.

Subsequently.

Zhao Yan turned around and looked at Manchao Wenwu, his eyes specifically staying on Zhao Yan for a moment.

"Your Majesty."

"The national crisis is approaching, and the violent Qin troops are approaching the city."

"I don't want to talk nonsense."

"Whoever dares to collude with the Qin State in private, and whoever dares to betray Zhao, I will destroy his clan." Zhao Yan shouted coldly.

Maybe Zhao Yan is not a wise king, but at this moment when the national crisis is looming, Zhao Yan naturally has a kind of domineering king. After all, this is to save his life.

If Handan is broken.

Life is gone.

So he is extremely rational at the moment.

"I swear to be loyal to the king and to Zhao to the death."

Zhao Chen in the main hall of Longtai Palace shouted loudly.

"Your Majesty."

"There is one more thing that is the most important thing to protect Handan." Pang Nuan said again.

"Old General, please speak." Zhao Yan said immediately.

"In addition to the 100,000 border troops, there are also needed war horses."

"Handan must have enough food and baggage."

"The army of more than 300,000 people consumes huge amounts of food and grass every day. If the Qin army blocks it, Handan may become a trapped beast."

"So we must be careful about food and grass matters."

"I sincerely request that the food and grass in the city do not go through the Prime Minister's Mansion, but are directly under the jurisdiction of the old minister." Pang Nuan respectfully requested the order.

Hear this.

Guo Kai was a little anxious.

He has always been in charge of the food and grass matter. Only he knows how much oil and water there is, so how could he give it up?

And maybe this can continue to make contributions to Qin!

"Isn't it possible that the general can't trust the truth?" Guo Kai said reluctantly.

"The Prime Minister's words are serious. It's not that I can't trust the Prime Minister, but it's for the sake of the overall situation."

"The food and grass in the city is only enough for my army for three or four months, and there must be Qin's fine work in the city. I don't want Qin to take advantage of it. If the food and grass are lost, our great Zhao will be in danger." Pang Nuan painted a picture for Zhao. look.

"Old General..." Guo Kai still wanted to argue.

But at this moment, Zhao Yan, who was rational, raised his hand: "The old general is right, it affects the survival of our country, Zhao, and must be treated with caution."

"I have already said that all the military power in Handan will be handed over to the old general, and the survival of the Zhao Dynasty will also be at stake."

"Food and grass can only be secured if a large army guards them."

"Prime Minister, from now on you will be responsible for dispatching grain and grass from other cities. After the grain and grass enter the city, all the grain and grass will be handed over to the care of the old general." Zhao Yan said.

"I accept the edict." Guo Kai had no choice but to accept the edict.

And Pang Nuan felt Zhao Yan's trust in him, and immediately knelt down: "Old minister, I swear to be loyal to the king to the death, and will never let the king down."

"Prime Minister."

"Thankfully, the old general reminded me that the food and grass in Handan is only enough for the army until April."

"You have to hurry up and raise food and grass." Zhao Yan said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty."

"It's not that I don't want to raise money, it's that there is no more food and grass to raise now."

"Now our country, Zhao, is in a war. We have mobilized troops against Yan for several months, consuming countless amounts of food and grass. Now that Qin has come to attack, a lot of our country, Zhao's food and grass, has also been taken by the Qin army."

"And the autumn harvest has never come."

"So..." Guo Kai said helplessly.

"The survival of the country, everyone of our Zhao people is responsible for protecting the country."

"Pass on my edict to increase taxes and get the money to buy grain and grass." Zhao Yan said immediately, with no doubt.

"Your Majesty."

"Now the tax in our country, Zhao, is already 70 per 10 tax. If we add this to the tax, it will be at least 80 per 10 tax. This will make it difficult for the people to live." Zhao Yi couldn't help but say.

Unlike Zhao Yanzhi, Zhao Yi still has some conscience for the people of Zhao State.

“I don’t think I need to explain how tyrannical the Qin State is, right?”

"In the battle of Changping in the past, the State of Qin wielded a butcher's knife against the 400,000 soldiers of the Zhao army who had laid down their weapons, causing a massacre that shocked the world. If the State of Qin was allowed to overthrow the capital, nearly 20 million of our Zhao people would be killed by Qin. Slavery, how many people will die?”

"For the great Zhao Cunguo, this is the obligation that every citizen should fulfill."

"Today's taxes are indeed high, but after the Qin Dynasty retreats, I will naturally compensate them." Zhao Yan said without changing his expression.

For Zhao Yan.

He didn't care at all that the people couldn't survive. All he cared about was his own throne and his own power.

As long as he can retreat from Qin and preserve the throne, as long as he can keep the country of Zhao alive, no matter what price he pays, it is worth it.

Again.

If the country of Zhao is gone, it will really be destroyed by Qin.

Then this kind of mess must be handed over to Qin.

If it is not handled properly, the people of Zhao will hate Qin very much in the future.

"Your Majesty, if it arouses public anger, it will be detrimental to Zhao's fight against Qin." Zhao Yi still wanted to persuade.

"Shunpei-kun."

"Now that the country is in crisis, the people want to blame Qin as well. What does it have to do with the king?"

"Everything is because of Qin." Guo Kai said loudly.

"The Prime Minister still thinks of others." Zhao Yan smiled happily.

"Okay, this matter has been settled, and the Prime Minister will go to implement the policy."

"Dismiss the dynasty."

Zhao Yan didn't bother to say anything more and just walked away.

"In such a situation, even if we can really hold Handan and withdraw from the Qin Dynasty, it will be difficult for me, Zhao, to recover within ten years." Zhao Yan sighed in his heart.

In the palace of King Zhao!

"Why hasn't Li Mu returned yet?" Zhao Yan looked at Guo Kai and asked.

"Your Majesty."

"Li Mu is unwilling to hand over military power."

Guo Kai said with a serious face.

When Zhao Yan heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then snorted coldly: "It's just as I expected."

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty."

"I have dealt with it, and General Yan Ju has successfully taken control of the military. The generals loyal to the king brought from Handan have also replaced Li Mu's confidants."

"The border troops are in full control," Guo Kai immediately replied.

"You did very well."

"If Li Mu dies, he will die." Zhao Yan said solemnly.

There was no uproar about Li Mu's death. For him, Li Mu was his dissident in charge of the king's power.

"Your Majesty."

"Li Mu is dead, but his reputation in our country is no weaker than that of Lian Po. I propose that his death can be passed on to the Qin State, which will arouse the common hatred among the soldiers against the Qin State." Guo Kai suggested again. .

"The Prime Minister's words make sense."

"Only the Prime Minister can handle this matter." Zhao Yan nodded happily.

Left Zhao Wang Palace.

In the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"Lord Dunwei."

"I have taken away the military power of Li Mu and Sima Shang. I also sent people to kill them, but the situation has changed a bit."

"Li Mu and Sima Shang were rescued on the way."

"But I still lied that Li Mu and Li Mu were dead, and King Zhao didn't ask any questions."

"But I really don't know who rescued Li Mu and Li Mu." Guo Kai said respectfully to Dun Rui.

"Rescued Li Mu and Li Mu?" Dunruo frowned slightly, and then said, "Are they from Zhao State?"

"Won't."

"The execution of Li Mu this time is top secret and was planned by a villain."

"It will never be known to others."

"And the people who rescued Li Mu definitely came from extraordinary backgrounds. Each of them was extremely skilled. They killed more than 500 of my county soldiers and evacuated without any casualties." Guo Kai replied respectfully.

Facing Zhao Yan, he lied repeatedly.

But in the face of Dunwei, who controlled his fortune and life, Guo Kai could not stop talking and did not dare to lie at all.

after all.

He still wants to survive and want future wealth and glory.

Listening to what Guo Kai said, Dunwei's expression became serious: "How many are they?"

"According to the people at the scene, the number of those people was only five hundred." Guo Kai replied.

"Five hundred people faced 3,000 Zhaojun soldiers head-on, killed more than 500 Zhaojun soldiers, and escaped without a trace?"

"What kind of force is this?"

"How can it be so powerful?"

Dunwei couldn't help but be surprised in his heart.

Even if he, the Black Ice Terrace Dark Warrior, faced off against so many county soldiers head-on, there would be no way he could do this. There would definitely be a lot of casualties, but all of these people escaped without any casualties.

"You should investigate what characteristics they have and what weapons they use. Then tell me after the investigation."

After thinking for a while, he explained to Guo Kai.

"Yes." Guo Kai nodded immediately.

"It is absolutely impossible for this force to appear out of thin air. It must be a well-trained force."

"It's just that I don't know which country it was trained by." Dunruo thought in his heart.

As the leader of Black Ice Platform, he is naturally very sensitive to this sudden force.

It's only five miles outside Handan City!

The Qin army is setting up camp in an orderly manner.

Inside the general's camp!

"General Zhao is here."

When Zhao Feng walked into the camp, Wang Ben and Yang Duanhe's eyes immediately turned over.

"Two generals."

"General."

Zhao Feng immediately smiled and greeted him.

"Sit down." Wang Jian smiled slightly, looking at Zhao Feng with particularly soft eyes.

And Wang Ben, the brother-in-law, had even more admiration in his eyes.

Yang Duanhe smiled and said directly: "The first achievement in conquering Wu'an City must be General Zhao. Originally, I wanted to congratulate General Zhao, but I never thought that General Zhao would directly lead the troops in pursuit."

"General Yang, you're welcome."

"Conquering the enemy city is naturally your duty." Zhao Feng replied with a smile.

"Hey." Yang Duanhe waved his hand: "There are 300,000 troops stationed in Wu'an City. According to my original estimate, it will take at least a month to break through the city, and the casualties will definitely not be less than 100,000. But because Zhao The general's move to break the city caused the Zhao army's defense line in Wu'an City to collapse, which allowed our army to break the city in one day."

"No need to say more about this skill."

"I have already reported to you, Your Majesty."

"After Zhao Feng is defeated, he will reward Zhao Feng for his merits." Wang Jian raised his hand and smiled.

"Thank you, General." Zhao Fengdao thanked him.

Although this is what you deserve, you must have the proper etiquette.

Not only did he break into Wu'an City this time, he was promoted to general, but his seniority was increased by 10%, and he should be able to be promoted to a higher title.

"alright."

"Now my three main camps are gathered in Handan."

"Just like Wu'an that day, we are discussing the matter of breaking the city." Wang Jian said in a deep voice.

"Handan City is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is more difficult to break than Wu'an."

"And unlike Wu'an, which is difficult to support alone, Handan City is a majestic city. It is almost impossible to attack three gates at the same time."

"It is impossible for Pang Nuan to station all his troops in Handan City."

"If nothing else happens, Zhao's border troops have already moved." Zhao Feng said in a deep voice.

"You were right."

"Zhao Bianjun has indeed moved."

"And this general has received information that Li Mu is dead." Wang Jian said in a deep voice.

Hear this!

The expressions of Wang Bi and Yang Duanhe changed. They were shocked at first, and then showed a hint of joy: "Li Mu is the top general of Zhao State. Without Zhao State, Li Mu is like losing an arm. To us, Great Qin, Great thing.”

"Lian Po died before, and now Li Mu is also dead. There is only one Pang Nuan left in the Zhao Kingdom."

"Very good."

"I don't know how much combat power the border troops can exert without Li Mu."

As an enemy general of Zhao State, Li Mu's death was naturally a happy thing for Wang Ben and others.

After all, if Li Mu were alive, he would definitely be a very difficult opponent.

Li Mu died.

Da Qin Rui Shi can avoid more casualties.

But for Zhao Feng.

At this moment, he had other thoughts in his mind.

"It seems that Guo Kaishang reported that Li Mu was dead, but did not say that he was rescued."

"Guo Kai, Guo Kai, you are indeed cunning."

"only."

"Now that we have information about many things in Zhao State, is it possible that Guo Kai has been controlled by King Qin?"

"Right."

"Guo Kai was handed over to Tu Sui by me at the beginning, and then handed over to King Qin. At that time, he was controlled by King Qin."

"The historical God of War of the Qin Dynasty really belongs to the Qin Dynasty."

"otherwise."

"The first one targeted Lian Po, and this time he ambushed Li Mu."

"It is impossible that there is no trace of Qin in this." Zhao Feng thought to himself.

Lian Po was forced to stay outside the city before. If there was no one secretly manipulating him, Zhao Feng would never believe it.

All of this must be Guo Kai.

"This is intelligence that I have just received."

"Zhao General Yan Ju led 100,000 border troops to Handan from Daidi, and has now arranged to garrison east of Handan."

"Except."

"Pang Nuan also formulated a strategy for supervising the war army. Taking the military camp as an example, one army camp has one hundred war supervisors, and they are specially designed to kill the soldiers who escape from the battle. And if these war supervisors escape from the battle, they will be directly exterminated." Wang Jian said in a deep voice.

Hear this.

The three generals Zhao Feng were silent.

After continuing for a while.

"The Zhao Kingdom's frontier troops are the most powerful cavalry in the Zhao Kingdom. Their cavalry and shooting in Hu uniforms are unparalleled in the world."

"Although our Da Qin warriors are powerful, if we fight with cavalry, we have almost no chance of winning against Zhao Guo's Hufu cavalry and archery."

"certainly."

"Even if we are attacking the city on the spot, if Zhao's cavalry makes a surprise attack, it is impossible for my infantry to compete with the cavalry." Wang Ben said with a serious face.

Hufu's riding and shooting skills are unparalleled in the world and are world-famous.

"It is impossible for all 100,000 frontier troops to be cavalry."

"Thirty thousand cavalry is considered all these frontier troops." Zhao Feng said.

When I read novels in my previous life, there were hundreds of thousands of cavalry in those war novels, but now that Zhao Feng actually took charge of the army, he realized how rare the cavalry was.

Not to mention Zhao Guo.

The total number of cavalry in the Qin State probably does not exceed 80,000, and that includes those from Northern Xinjiang.

Zhao Guo should have more, but it’s about the same.

As the main force of Zhao State against the Xiongnu, the frontier army also fought on horseback.

Only 70,000 cavalry were stationed in Dai.

It is impossible for all of these cavalry to come this time.

It is not easy to raise a cavalry, and it requires much more resources than infantry, especially war horses.

In this era, there are no three treasures of riding and fighting. War horses will basically be retired within a few years. They are not as durable as having the three treasures of riding and fighting.

"Thirty thousand cavalry is a terrifying number." Wang Ben sighed.

"Furthermore, Pang Nuan learned from the defeat of Wu'an City and knew the dangers of breaking up and rushing into the army, so he set up this war supervising army and used their family to threaten them. Although it is cruel, it is still a way to run an army."

"After using this method, Zhao Jun will obviously never have another defeat of that size."

"The Zhao army plus the Zhao Imperial Guard stationed in Handan City must be no less than 200,000, and there are another 100,000 border troops. In addition, Handan is the capital of Zhao State, so the city defense is extremely high."

"It's really difficult to break the city." Yang Duanhe also said helplessly.

In the past, in front of Wu'an City, the two generals were still vigorously competing for merit, but now when they actually approached Handan City, they showed a silent heaviness.

Obviously.

They are not confident that they can break through Handan City.

"how?"

"The two generals no longer want to conquer Handan."

"This is a greater feat than the victory over Wu'an City." Zhao Feng smiled.

"This battle must be a truly **** battle."

"It's easier said than done to break Handan."

"In the past, General Wang Lu led an army of 300,000 troops to attack Handan, and lost nearly 100,000 troops, but could not break the city, and finally committed suicide in front of Handan City."

"This incident is still fresh in my mind."

Wang Ben sighed.

Wang Ben naturally knew about what happened back then, because he was once a general under Wang He, but he was only a member of ten thousand generals.

The tragedy of that battlefield was no less than that of Changping.

It's just that Changping was a blood debt that Zhao Guo didn't want to mention, and the former Handan City was something Qin didn't want to mention.

It was even hailed as a shame to King Qin Yingzheng.

because.

This incident is also related to Lu Buwei at the beginning.

Ying Zheng was angry and attacked Zhao State. Although he broke through the city and attacked Handan in the early stage, he was ultimately defeated.

This also caused Da Qin to lose a lot of national power.

It is precisely because of this matter.

Wang Ben and Yang Duanhe must also have a shadow in their hearts.

“Then was then, and the present is now.”

"The Great Qin general will never give up."

Zhao Feng laughed, then stood up and bowed to Wang Jian: "General, please be the vanguard to attack Handan!"

Hearing Zhao Feng's words.

Wang Ben and Yang Duanhe both looked at it in surprise.

At this moment, both of them had a strange feeling in their hearts: "Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers."

Although Zhao Feng did have many military exploits.

But judging from the current layout of Handan, it is not that simple to break the city.

Pang Nuan summed up the lessons from the defeat of Wu'an City, and it was different now.

Handan is ten times more difficult than Wu'an City.

"General Zhao."

"You are still young and don't know the dangers of this battle."

"Although your subordinates have the most surviving warriors among my three main camps, if we are not careful in this battle, we may even be in danger of annihilation."

"The attack on Handan needs to be considered in the long term." Yang Duanhe advised.

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(End of chapter)