Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Smoke and dust suddenly appeared in the distance, Zhao Kuo's eyes were slightly fixed, but he quickly recovered his expression as if nothing had happened, and he was even in the mood to put a few sitting upstream but unconsciously put their stinky feet into the river The guy in it was kicked into the river.

The smoke and dust gradually approached. Judging from the armor style of the knight on horseback, it was obvious that this was a scout of Zhao Jun.

"General Zhao Kuo!" Panting, the scout jumped off his horse and came to Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo nodded, patted the scout in front of him on the shoulder, and said, "How is the enemy situation?"

The scout replied, "The Aries King is about thirty miles away, and he has already headed west."

"West?" Zhao Kuo frowned, and asked after a while, "Isn't Dingxi City in the south? Isn't he going to attack Dingxi City?"

The scout said: "I don't know, but what I can guarantee is that he is definitely heading west."

"This damned horse thief!" Zhao Kuo spat forcefully, and asked again: "How many people are following the Aries King now?"

The scout thought for a while and said, "About five thousand to six thousand."

Zhao Kuo snorted lightly, and said, "There are so many thieves? It's really hateful. It seems that what General Li Mu said is not wrong at all. These Hu thieves are wild and unruly, and they should all be killed. , to avoid future troubles!"

Zhao Kuo is very angry now.

Since Li Mu, the original supreme commander of the Frontier Cavalry Corps, had led [-] cavalry eastward to join Pang Nuan in attacking Yan State, the northern counties of Zhao State were currently under the command of several Li Mu's deputies. Zhao Kuo was responsible for the security of Hetao and Shuofang counties.

As a result, Li Mu had only been away for less than a month, and the defense area Zhao Kuo was in charge of had such a big problem as the Baiyang tribe's rebellion, which made Zhao Kuo very angry.

Although Zhao Kuo sent people back to Handan for help immediately, judging from the normal speed, it will take at least half a month before Handan's transfer order can be sent to the northern counties, and a large-scale reinforcement will be sent after a month. Able to enter the two counties of Henan.

In other words, within this month, Zhao Kuo should be able to rely on only the 4000 troops under his command.

If it was just the Aries King's rebellion, then Zhao Kuo felt that it would be more than enough for him to quell the rebellion with four thousand cavalry, but after learning that the Huns' army had gathered on the north side of Helan Mountain to prepare for the eastward crossing, Zhao Kuo knew that he had Once in trouble.

In order to reverse the passive situation, Zhao Kuo led two thousand elite cavalry out of the city, intending to wipe out the Aries King in one fell swoop in the wild first, and then find a way to deal with the Xiongnu army that had already begun to cross the river.

However, I didn't expect the Aries King's actions to be very erratic, like a slippery loach moving around in the huge Shuofang County, which made Zhao Kuo completely unable to touch the Aries King.

Zhao Kuo thought for a while, and then asked, "How far is the nearest settlement from here?"

The scout replied, "About fifty miles to the northwest."

Zhao Kuo snorted and said, "In that case, let's go to that settlement later to have a look! If there is no trace of Aries King in that settlement."

Zhao Kuo waved his hand in displeasure: "Then go back to Dingxi City and wait for the rabbit, I don't believe that the Aries King won't come!"

After two quarters of an hour, Zhao Kuo saw that his subordinates had almost rested, so he decisively waved his hand and issued an order: "The whole army mounts their horses and prepares to march westward!"

Just when many Zhao cavalrymen mounted their horses one after another, a faint trembling sound came from afar.

Zhao Kuo subconsciously looked towards the south where the sound came from, and found that there was a lot of smoke and dust on the land in the south, and apparently a large cavalry was approaching rapidly.

Zhao Kuo's spirit lifted, he was both surprised and happy: "Could it be that the Aries King is here?"

Thinking of this, Zhao Kuo's heart was no longer bothered, his body was no longer hot, his waist stopped, and he roared like thunder.

"There are all of them, put on your armor and mount your horse, ready to fight!"

As the saying goes, Wangshan ran dead horses. If the cavalry from the south wanted to approach the battle range, it would take at least two quarters of an hour. These two quarters of an hour were enough for Zhao Kuo and the thousand soldiers under his command. Armored cavalry is fully ready for battle.

The smoke and dust gradually approached, and Zhao Kuo could even see countless barbarian cavalry looming in the smoke and dust.

A large flag was revealed in the smoke and dust, Zhao Kuo put his eyes on it, and could clearly see the two seal characters on the large flag.

"Yiqu?" Zhao Kuo opened his eyes wide, and couldn't help muttering: "What are the people of Yiqu coming here at this time, are they also taking advantage of the fire? Forget it, whether it is Yiqu or Aries, in short See one and kill the other!"

The atmosphere gradually became tense, and a thousand armored cavalry had made all preparations and were ready to attack at any time.

Just when Zhao Kuo was about to order an attack, the speed of the Yiqu people's cavalry suddenly slowed down gradually, until they stopped completely when they were about three miles away from Zhao Jun's cavalry.

A tall general Yiqu rode out under the guard of dozens of Yiqu cavalry, came to the formation of the two armies, and shouted loudly in the direction of Zhao Kuo: "This king Yiqu wins, but Li Mu is on the opposite side? "

"Yiqu wins?" Zhao Kuo was a little surprised when he heard this, "Isn't that the king of Yiqu country? Why did he come to this place?"

He muttered in his heart, but as a general of Zhao State, Zhao Kuo, who had a strong self-confidence in his heart, naturally couldn't lose the scene at this time, so he also led [-] Zhao State cavalry to meet him.

"King Yiqu, General Li Mu has gone east to attack the Yan Kingdom, and I am Zhao Kuo, General of the Zhao Kingdom!"

"Li Mu isn't here?" Yi Qusheng glanced at Zhao Kuo, with a disappointed expression on his face: "That's right, if Li Mu was here, he shouldn't let the Aries be so rampant."

Zhao Kuo was very angry at Yiqu Sheng's words, but today's Zhao Kuo is no longer the brat who wanted to hate the world at every turn during the Battle of Changping. Angry, he said in a deep voice to Yiqu Sheng in front of him: "I don't know why King Yiqu suddenly led his army into the territory of our country of Zhao, what's the matter?"

Yiqu Sheng waved his hand very boldly, and said with a smile: "Aren't our Yiqu country and your Zhao country allies? I heard that you Zhao people are in trouble, so I brought my [-] troops to help!"

Yiqusheng took the word "big army" very seriously.

Zhao Kuo frowned, and looked at Yiqu Sheng suspiciously.

Although Zhao Kuo didn't have much contact with Yiqusheng in the last battle, according to Li Mu, Yiqusheng looks stupid but has a lot of ghosts in his heart. Tiger figure.

Such a guy, is he really so honest to hear that his allies are in trouble and then lead his troops to help?

Zhao Kuo took a deep breath and shook his head slowly: "King Yiqu, if you can't find a reason to convince me, then let's do it here today."

Yi Qusheng became angry when he heard this, and said: "You are so unreasonable, this king has a good heart to lead the army to rescue, and you treat this king like this? Hey, don't go, don't go! It's okay, Ben It’s enough for the king to tell you, this king thinks that compared to the Xiongnu and King Aries, you Zhao people are easier to deal with.”

Zhao Kuo, who had already walked back, stopped his mount and turned around: "Is this the reason?"

"That's the reason!" Yi Qusheng nodded with certainty, and said: "Longqi Shanyu, the Hundu, also sent someone to contact me, hoping that I can join them in attacking your Zhao country from north to south! But this king It's not stupid, if Shuofang and Hetao County fall into their hands, then the next step they will take is probably to carve up my king's Yiqu country with the Qin people!"

Zhao Kuo pondered for a while, then suddenly asked: "King Yiqu, do you know how many soldiers and horses the Huns have this time?"

"How many soldiers and horses?" Yiqu Sheng smiled and said, "This time, your Zhao country is in serious trouble. The envoy of the Hun King told me that the Huns just defeated the Yuezhi people, and now there are more than ten Huns." Wan Dajun!"

"One hundred thousand troops?" Zhao Kuo widened his eyes in surprise, and subconsciously blurted out: "This is impossible!"

Yi Qusheng shrugged his shoulders and said, "Who knows, but this king has already talked about this, so you should trust me, right?"

The expression on Zhao Kuo's face was obviously still a little doubtful, and he said, "The last question, why do you believe in Zhao Guo more than you trust the Huns who are the same people as you?"

"The people who lead the bow?" Yiqu Sheng laughed loudly, and said, "I grew up on horseback. Of course I know what the principles of the prairie are. Most of the covenants here are as different as women's promises." Reliable, only pure predators of the weak! Rather than trusting the Huns, I might as well trust you Zhao. After all, your Zhao country did fulfill its promise last time and helped me establish the Yiqu country!"

Speaking of this, Yiqu Sheng couldn't help but frown: "You don't know, the Qin people are starting to move again now, this king is really worried that when the Qin people will go north to attack this king again, then we will have to rely on you Zhao The people of the country came to help the king resist the attack of the people of Qin!"

Zhao Kuo was silent for a while, then nodded slowly: "King Yiqu, I can let you and I fight side by side, but there is one thing, I want to get the command of all your soldiers and horses."

Zhao Kuo originally thought that this request would make Yiqu Sheng angry, but Yi Qusheng waved his hand and said carelessly: "Even if you didn't say it, I would have raised it. Your general Zhao Guo's command level is indeed higher than that of the general. We are high, I will hand over the six thousand cavalry to you. But I also have one requirement, that is, you cannot send my troops out to die at will!"

Zhao Kuo frowned slightly, and said very seriously: "No problem!"

The arrival of Yiqu Sheng gave Zhao Kuo some comfort.