Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Zhao Dan shook his head, belittling his uncle, and then said to the ministers of Zhao Guo with a smile: "Is there any news, Zhu Qing, that will make you happy?"

There is actually a lot of good news.

In addition to South Korea officially sending troops to stab Wei Guo in the back, the people of Yan Guo also brought surprises.

Since this joint attack on Qi was a plan made by Le Jian and Zhao Dan in person as early as last year, Le Jian, the coach of the Yan Army, has naturally already prepared for this.

After several days of besieging the city, a group of hundreds of elites who entered Rao'an City with various identities half a month in advance launched a surprise attack at night, took down a city gate, and then broke through from inside to outside. The drama of the city.

Of course, there must be a lot of planning and planning in advance, as well as the life-and-death fight when the plan is implemented, the exciting ceremony of breaking the city, or the doomsday elegy like a mourning concubine, etc., but those are not what Zhao Dan needs to care about today. s things.

The city is broken, and that's fine.

Zhao Dan shifted his gaze to the map in front of him. Since the war started, Zhao Dan always had such a map on his desk.

Judging from this map, basically after the fall of Rao'an, there was no city in Qi State north of Jishui that could continue to block the pace of Yan State's army going south.

This means one thing, that is, under the smoothest circumstances, it only takes three days for the army of Yan State to cross Jishui and reach the city of Linzi, the capital of Qi State.

Of course, considering that Qi State will definitely set up some defensive lines on the road, three days is definitely not enough, but since the main force of Qi State is now on the front line of Gaotang City, it seems that the Yan army's encirclement of Linzi should also be a certainty thing.

Everything seemed to be going smoothly, so smoothly that Zhao Dan was a little surprised.

But if you think about it carefully, it seems that there is nothing strange about it.

Qi's system is actually very distinctive, even unique among the seven heroes of the Warring States Period. This is the so-called "five capitals system".

In the state of Qi, the regular army is known as the "soldiers of the five capitals" and also commonly known as the "warrior of martial arts". It is the main force of the state of Qi when it fights abroad.

Judging from the map, the radiation range of these five capitals covers most of Qi, with the exception of Rao'an.

The area of ​​Rao'an is called "Northern Land" in the Qi Kingdom, so the army in this area is also called "Northern People".

Nominally, this place is under the jurisdiction of Gaotang, one of the five capitals, but in fact there is a Maiqiu of Zhao State between Gaotang and Gaotang. The original contact was very difficult, and now Gaotang has been surrounded by Zhao State. Naturally, this reinforcement is out of the question.

Under such circumstances, the fall of Rao'an is actually inevitable, it just depends on whether it is early or late.

But what I have to admit is that with the fall of Rao'an, the situation that had been delayed due to the lack of progress in Gaotang's direction has now been tilted towards Zhao Yan's coalition forces.

Then Zhao Sheng reported a piece of news that might sound disappointing: "Your Majesty, according to information, that Qi Wangjian has recruited 10 new horses in the country, ready to face the Yan Army."

Zhao Dan was stunned for a moment and asked, "Where did these one hundred thousand soldiers come from?"

Zhao Sheng laughed and said, "It's nothing more than soldiers from the Zhao State. They may have some combat power, but they certainly cannot be compared with the Yan Army. If the Yan Army can break Linzi again, then the Qi State should take the initiative to seek peace. "

Zhao Dan shook his head and said: "It's hard to say, as the saying goes, arrogant soldiers are bound to be defeated. If Le Jian really underestimates the enemy, it's not impossible for the people of Qi to counterattack successfully."

Zhao Dan couldn't help laughing when he said that: "But the possibility of this is too small."

Of course there will be miracles where the weak defeat the strong, but if miracles happen every day, then they cannot be called miracles.

At least in Zhao Dan's view now, the chances of Qi people performing a miracle are very small.

All in all, it was indeed a very happy day for Zhao Guojun and his ministers in Handan City.

But for both parties inside and outside Gaotang City, this is a more serious day.

Wei Wuji has arrived.

The [-] troops of the Wei State and the [-] Qi Army of the Qi State marched to the foot of Gaotang City under the leadership of Wei Wuji.

Adding in the 12 Qi troops in the city, the Wei Qi allied army has reached a full 25, even more than the Zhao army currently besieging the city.

So Lian Po, the leading general of Zhao State, made a decision to take the initiative to remove the siege of Gaotang City, and let the Qi Wei coalition forces join together.

Regarding this point, Le Cheng, Zhao Guo's leader and lieutenant general, obviously couldn't understand it.

"General, why don't you defeat the enemy one by one, instead let the enemy join forces?"

Considering that Le Cheng's question must also be asked by many generals and soldiers, Lian Po made his own explanation.

"Wei Wuji has always been a very wise man, and he will definitely guard against my defeating them one by one. Therefore, he must be careful along the way, and will not give me an opportunity to take advantage of it. It is better to let him join forces with the Qi army, and then defeat them together."

Le Cheng was quite worried: "But the Qi Wei coalition army has a total of 25, which is more than our army."

Lian Po responded with a long laugh: "It's only 25 people. What about the 60 people Bai Qi led back then? I still can't get it cheap in my hands. Moreover, the quality of the Qi and Wei armies is uneven. They can't be united, but they will be hindered by each other, so how can we be the opponent of our army? Just follow me and destroy the Qi Wei coalition army."

Le Cheng said: "But now the Qi and Wei coalition forces are defending the city, unless they capture Gaotang, how can they win?"

"Otherwise." Lian Po laughed, took out a secret letter in his hand, and shook it in Le Cheng's hand with a somewhat cunning expression of an old urchin, as if to show off: "Wei Wuji and Kuang Liang Shaoze It will take more than five days and half a month, and we will definitely attack."

Since Lian Po is so confident, Le Cheng's persuasion can only go so far.

So outside Gaotang City, the 25 Qi-Wei Allied Army and the 20 Zhao State Army confronted each other. The camps on both sides were filled with countless banners and banners, and a great battle was imminent.

There is no doubt that this decisive battle outside Gaotang City will definitely determine which country will be the final victor in this war.

Except for Zhao Guo and Yan Guo, no other country actually wants Zhao Jun to win this battle.

But all those who paid attention to this battle had to admit that even though the number of people seemed to be smaller, Zhao Guo's chances of winning were actually higher.

If this battle can end in the defeat of Zhao State, and thus become the prelude to the decline of Zhao State's hegemony, most people in the world will be happy to see this.

This is undoubtedly a decisive battle worth looking forward to.

But this time the decisive battle did not make people wait too long.

Chapter 5 A reliable king is still very important (third update)

Although Gaotang City is a big city that can accommodate several 10 people, if 10,000+ troops are stuffed in at once, it is obviously too crowded.

Perhaps it was for this reason that Wei Wuji did not lead his Wei army into the city, but only let the [-] Ping Lucheng Qi army that followed him all the way enter the city.

Judging from the panic on the face of the Pinglucheng general who tried his best to hide but was still noticed by Wei Wuji, it was obvious that what awaited him was not a good thing.

Anyway, since that day, Wei Wuji never saw that General of Pinlu City again.

Wei Wuji chose to camp five miles southeast of Gaotang City.

Correspondingly, the camp of Zhao Guo's army is located in the northeast of Gaotang City.

From the perspective of terrain, this is obviously very unfavorable for Zhao's army's siege.

After all, the Wei people could easily contain the Zhao people who were attacking the city from the flanks at any time, and even if something went wrong, the Qi people could easily withdraw from Gaotang City and retreat southward calmly.

Judging from the situation of this battlefield alone, Zhao Jun's situation is actually not good, and he may even be slightly disadvantaged.

But war is complicated because it's not just what's shown on the battlefield.