Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

"My lord, Gaotang City has fallen!"

Chapter 7 Details and Responses (Second Change)

"Gaotang City fell?"

This news seemed to have some kind of magical power, and it immediately silenced the main hall of Longtai, which was still full of singing and laughing just now.

Mao Sui, who was in charge of delivering the news, knew that the matter was serious, so he didn't dare to say more, and quickly put the urgent report in his hand in front of Zhao Dan.

The shock in Zhao Dan's heart at this moment can be said to be incomparable.

You must know that in Zhao Dan's heart, even if the war against Qi State in Gaotang City cannot be won, it should at least be a draw.

But now, the Zhao army led by Lian Po lost to the Qi army!

During his entire military career, General Lian Po, who abused Qi like a vegetable, lost to the people of Qi who he absolutely should not and could not lose! ?

In this short day, Zhao Dan heard two things that he couldn't believe.

One is that Shangdang won, and the other is that Lian Po lost.

So much so that when he picked up the war report in front of him, he was in a daze.

The content of this urgent report is actually very short.

"General Lian Po attacked the camp of the Qi army at night, was ambushed, and returned in a big defeat. The Qi army took advantage of the situation to attack Gaotang, and Gaotang fell. The general has led the remnants of the army to retreat to Liaocheng."

Although it was short, it was enough for Zhao Dan to understand the ins and outs of the whole thing.

Lian Po underestimated the enemy.

For such a big event, of course, there must be a very detailed military report, and this detailed military report was sent to Zhao Dan along with Lian Po's letter of guilt that afternoon.

According to the normal situation, facing an enemy army several times larger than himself, any general would choose to stick to it.

But Lian Po happened to be such an accident.

For Lian Po, he doesn't think much of Qi Jun from the bottom of his heart.

After all, Qi State has been hanged and beaten by Lian Po too many times, and the current general of the Qi army, Kuang Liang, was also hanged and beaten by Lian Po all the way. Who would look down on a defeated general who has lost countless times under his own hands?

So even though there are only 5 horses in hand, even if the opposite Qi has reached 20 after increasing its troops, which is four times as many as Lian Po, Lian Po still has no intention of shrinking back into the city, but prepares to "Give Qi people some color!"

It is said that although the old general looked down on the Qi people, he was not so reckless.He first sent a small team to conduct many small contact battles with the Qi people in the previous wars, and confirmed the fact that the Qi army was still the same Qi army, and there was no progress.

After confirming this point, Lian Po took the initiative to shrink his troops and gave up all the Hejian land north of Gaotang to the people of Qi.

A few days later, Kuang Liang led an army to surround Gaotang City, and it took half a month.

Lian Po felt that the opportunity had come, so he led the main force of the Zhao army out of the city quietly two nights ago, and suddenly launched a counterattack against the Qi army camp.

In Lian Po's view, even if this time the revolution could not defeat the Qi army, it could at least kill the arrogance of the Qi people.

But what Lian Po never expected was that the people of Qi State had anticipated this sudden counterattack, and set up an ambush in the camp in advance, causing Lian Po to lead the troops directly into the encirclement circle of the Qi State people.

At this time, Lian Po's ability to lead the army was shown. Although he was heavily surrounded, he still led most of the army out of the encirclement of the Qi people.

But when Lian Po returned to Gaotang City, another accident happened again.

Some remnants of local aristocrats in the Qi State in Gaotang City bribed the officials in the city, seized control of the city while Lian Po was out of the city, and locked Lian Po out of the city instead.

As a result, General Lian Po was overwhelmed by the enemy.

After a fierce battle, Lian Po rushed out of the Qi people's encirclement once again, but at this moment he had already lost his troops and would not be able to fight anymore, so he had to retreat to Liaocheng in the south with less than [-] remnants of the defeated generals.

Speaking of it, Lian Po was not defeated by his own military ability, but by the traitors in Gaotang City.

Of course, these are things for later.

However, in the main hall of Longtai, the monarchs and ministers of Zhao Guo, who were originally rejoiced by the great victory of Changzhi, all seemed to have been poured cold water on their heads after hearing the news of Gaotang's defeat, and they all cooled down instantly. .

After a while, Zhao Dan shook his head and said slowly: "Okay, things have already happened, and nothing else will help. For the present plan, let's first talk about how to deal with the next battle situation Bar."

Although the people present did not have the kind of leading generals, they still knew the basics of reading maps.

Judging from the map, Gaotang is actually a very important place. It is not only the gateway of Handan City to the east of the Yellow River, but also the rear flank of the main force of Zhao Jun Pang Nuan who is fighting in Wei State.

Now that Gaotang has fallen, the Qi army may cross the Yellow River from here to attack Handan City, or continue south along Gaotang to break Pang Nuan's back.

No matter which of these two things is, it is not good news for Zhao Guo now.

After a while, Yu Xin said: "As for Wei, now that General Lian Po has retreated to Liaocheng, Pang Qing's retreat should not be threatened for a while."

"Really?" Zhao Sheng, who had been holding his breath all this time, finally found an opportunity, and said in the same lukewarm way: "Now Wu Xinjun has only [-] remnants and defeated generals, and the morale of the defeat just now is just right. At the time of the trough, if he was chased by the rank of Qi Jun, Heheng might have lost Liaocheng by this time."

Yu Xin was also very upset when he heard it, and said angrily: "Mr. Pingyuan, the battle situation is critical now, and it is time to help each other, but you are here to say these gossips. What is your intention?"

Zhao Sheng smiled and said: "Really? I don't know who was still questioning Pang Qing's position as the commander-in-chief just now. From my point of view, fortunately, Pang Qing is the commander-in-chief this time. If it is someone else, Maybe the main force is also hehe now!"

"Bang!" Zhao Dan suddenly slapped the table hard, startling both Yu Xin and Zhao Sheng.

"When is it, and you're still here arguing with each other over such trivial matters! Do you like arguing, do you want me to give you a few months' leave so that you can go home and have a good fight, huh?"

Zhao Dan was really angry this time, and it would be fine if it was normal, after all, this political struggle situation was created by Zhao Dan himself to some extent.

But the fight for power belongs to the fight for power, this is imminent and still saying these words here, it will make Zhao Dan, or any monarch, unbearable.

Zhao Dan's anger was no small matter, Zhao Sheng and Yu Xinxin knew that the situation was not good, they were so frightened that they hurriedly came out and knelt down to make amends.

Zhao Dan was still angry, so he reprimanded the two guys in front of him severely, and then said: "Okay, what I need now is a solution to the matter, not just arguing to shirk responsibility! If you have an idea, just say, Shut up if you have no idea!"

Now that Zhao Dan's words have come to this point, the ministers of the Zhao Kingdom looked at each other, and they naturally came up with an idea after scratching their heads.

As the saying goes, the three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang, not to mention that the Zhao Guo ministers present are not cobblers, but outstanding people in the world today, so they quickly came up with their ideas.

The first person to speak was Zheng Zhu: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, since the Qi State is at a disadvantage in the war, it is time to seek foreign aid. The State of Yan and the State of Qi have always been sworn enemies. Your Majesty should order someone to tell the Empress Dowager Yan to let us He quickly dispatched troops to assist Zhao, and the people of Qi could not be too rampant if Yan Guo restrained him."

Zhao Dan looked a little better when he heard this, in fact Zhao Dan had already thought of this idea, just waiting for someone to bring it up.

So Zhao Dan said: "As a great leader, Zheng Qing should know that I have already sent envoys to Jidu, but the Queen Mother Yan has delayed replying."

Zheng Zhu nodded, and said: "Your Majesty, I think that the reason Yan Guo did not make any concessions is simply because he feels that he will not get too much benefit in this war. Your Majesty only needs to make some more concessions to Yan Guo." If you give in, the people of Yan will definitely send troops to support them!"

Zhao Dan pondered for a while, then said: "Since this is the case, in Zheng Qing's opinion, how much concession should the widow make?"

"Wuyang!" Zheng Zhu obviously had an answer, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, as long as Wuyang City is returned to Yan State, then Yan State will definitely send troops."

"Wuyang City?" Zhao Dan's face changed slightly, obviously hesitating.