Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Le Jian said: "So what I mean is very simple, that is to seize as much land as possible before Qi is destroyed by Zhao, so that Yan will become stronger. Otherwise, once the future The southward path of Yan State is blocked by Zhao State, and then Yan State will surely follow in the footsteps of Qi State and be destroyed by Zhao State!"

There was silence in the hall, and the Empress Dowager Yan frowned and remained silent for a long time.

Le Jian continued to persuade: "And there is one more thing I want to say, that is, this attack on Qi may not necessarily offend Zhao State. After all, King Zhao is definitely more willing to attack Qi State first, and if If you attack Qi, King Zhao will definitely unite with Yan, so in King Zhao's heart, he probably won't break the alliance with Yan because of Qi."

These words finally moved the Empress Dowager Yan.

"Is there really such a possibility?"

Le Jian nodded with certainty: "Returning to the Queen Mother, there is indeed such a possibility."

Empress Dowager Yan let out a sigh of relief, and said after a long time: "Since that's the case, then the old woman will agree to the killing of Qi!"

Chapter 543 Lian Po's Little Thoughts (Fifth Change)

Chen Cheng.

The city has been under siege for almost a month now.

The sound of rumbling drums reverberated in everyone's ears, and there was an extremely fierce shouting and killing from above and below the city, and the squeaks of the trebuchet's brackets creaked, and every shot would make a lot of cracking sounds, which seemed to be unbearable. burden.

Countless arrows and boulders follow the principles of physics, shuttle back and forth in the air non-stop, most of them have no effect, but a small part of them ruthlessly pierced into the soldiers' bodies In the middle, reaping life recklessly.

Under the north wall of Chencheng, the original moat had already been filled. Thanks to the efforts of countless soldiers of the Zhao army carrying shoulder resistance, a large earth bag was slowly increasing at a rate of about one or two feet per day.

And in the vicinity of this big soil bag, it is also the place where the fighting is the most intense in the entire battlefield.

Everyone knew that when this big dirt bag grew to almost the same height as the city wall one day, Chen Cheng would be completely unable to hold it.

Commander-in-chief Lian Po of Zhao Jun just looked at the city in front of him quietly, his gaze was the same as that of his young and charming concubine the night before the expedition.

Next to Lian Po, of course, was Le Cheng, Lian Po's old partner. I saw this Zhao Jun's deputy general standing here with a somewhat sad expression.

"General, the Chu people are defending Chencheng to the death. Our army has been unable to attack for a long time, and has suffered heavy losses."

Regarding Le Cheng's worries, Lian Po seemed very indifferent.

It has been almost forty days since the war started.

Ever since the soldiers of Zhao State came under pressure, the people of Chu State obviously knew that they could not confront Zhao State head-on, so they simply gave up the possibility of fighting Zhao State and chose to stick to the capital Chencheng.

Speaking of which, the geographical location of Chencheng is not too good. The distance between Chencheng and Daliang City, the former capital of Wei State, is comparable to the distance between Daliang City and Handan.

And Chencheng is only one day away from the border of Chu and Wei.

The reason why Chu State chose this place as its capital was that Chencheng was very close to Wei and Zhao. Once attacked by Qin, it would be very convenient to get reinforcements from Wei and Zhao.

But there are always advantages and disadvantages in everything, so after enjoying the geographical dividends for many years, the retribution of the Chu people also came.

This time, Wei Guo and Zhao Guo, who were close at hand, became enemies of Chu State.

After Zhao Jun attacked from Handan, it only took less than ten days to successfully surround Chencheng.

But even with the geographical advantage, Le Cheng didn't have much joy on his face.

You must know that in the other three directions, the three allies of Zhao Guo are getting good news frequently.

South Korea sent troops from Xinzheng, and now Wancheng has been surrounded. It seems that it is only a matter of time before Wancheng is conquered.

The State of Wei sent troops from Taoyi and conquered Chengfu and Juyang along the way. The battle report just came out was that Suzhou was surrounded, and the entire vast land between Yingshui and Suishui fell into the hands of the State of Wei.

Not to mention Qi State, Qi State, which was determined to regain Huaibei Territory, exploded with amazing power in this war. It's just a matter of time.

Only Zhao State, as the leader and leader of the Allied Forces of the Four Nations, is still besieging Chencheng, the capital of Chu State, after so many days of war, which basically means that it has not achieved any results.

Countries are compared to countries, it's maddening.

So Le Cheng was a little anxious.

In Le Cheng's view, his king's decision to attack Chen Cheng was fundamentally wrong.

Chen Cheng and Zhao State are directly separated by Wei State. Even if the capital of Chu State is really taken down, it is impossible for Zhao State to take this place as Zhao State's future territory.

In this case, attacking the capital of the Chu State will waste the lives of Zhao State soldiers in vain, and restrain the main force of the Chu State here, and the rest will be to make wedding dresses for others.

A gust of wind blew by, and a few strands of white hair fluttered from Lian Po's cheeks, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Le Cheng, in your opinion, how long will it take to capture Chen City?"

Le Cheng thought for a while, and said uncertainly, "One month?"

Lian Po nodded slowly, and said, "One month should be enough to break through Chencheng."

Based on this calculation, it would take more than two months to capture Chencheng.

That's actually not too slow a pace for this era.

As a soldier, Lian Po, like Le Cheng, was very dissatisfied with the decision to attack Chen Cheng first.

The hard bones are all for Zhao Jun to chew, and the three families of Qi, Wei and Han are happily eating meat and soup, is it plausible?

But military and politics have never been separated. Wars between the two countries are mostly just a continuation of politics.

As a soldier, you must obey the will of the king.

Chencheng must be breached.

As long as Chencheng can be breached, the confidence of Chu's soldiers and civilians will be dealt a fatal blow.

At that time, even if the overall situation of this war has been completely settled, Chu State will be completely unable to turn around.

Then Lian Po can slowly lead the Zhao army to attack the city and plunder the land, and pocket the land that should belong to Zhao.

It is true that this style of play will cause greater losses than attacking other places such as Qufu from the beginning, but this is indeed what Zhao Dan must achieve repeatedly.

So Lian Po could only pat Le Cheng on the shoulder and said: "The king's order is hard to break!"

Le Cheng was stunned for a while, and then said: "Why didn't the general order the king to send out another division, and take down that Qufu first?"

Lian Po let out a hey and said, "This is absolutely impossible."

After a pause, Lian Po continued: "Although the land of our Zhao Kingdom is large, it also needs many troops to guard it. There are only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Handan. The defense must be empty."

Le Cheng said: "But now Han, Wei and Qi are all allies, and Qin is far away in Guanzhong, so it can't threaten Handan at all."

Lian Po shook his head and smiled: "Could it be that you have forgotten the country of Yan?"

Le Cheng was stunned: "Does Yan Guo dare to betray the alliance?"