Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

But according to Lian Po, there are only more than 20 of the 4 Zhao troops left by his side, and the other 16 Zhao troops are either dead or taken as prisoners of war or missing. This is more than 15 battle losses.

What is the concept of 20 soldiers and horses with more than 15 battle losses?

This is almost annihilated!Needless to say, it was a fiasco, a super fiasco!Originally, Zhao Guojun and ministers thought that it would be no problem to defeat Qi and destroy Yan after this battle, but then they learned that their army was almost wiped out by the Qi-Yan coalition army?

This huge gap is like being transferred from heaven to the eighteenth floor of hell in an instant!Lin Xiangru was completely stunned.

At this moment, the body of the Zhao Guo veteran began to tremble.

Lin Xiangru couldn't understand why Lian Po could lose so badly!Could it be that only Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo can win the battle in Dazhao now?

Things shouldn't be like this! !Mr. Pingyuan was the first to come back to his senses, and said: "Queen Mother, now is not the time to get angry, the most urgent thing is to find a way to solve this problem.

Otherwise, if the [-] soldiers and horses around General Lian Po are gone, not only Wuyang City, but even the whole Zhao will be in big trouble! "

This sentence successfully reminded the queen mother, so that the queen mother woke up a little bit and started to think.

Then the queen mother found that her head was full of anger, and she couldn't tolerate anything other than the thought of cutting Lian Po into pieces.

The Queen Mother took a deep breath, looked at Mr. Pingyuan in front of her, and said, "Mr. Pingyuan, what do you think should be done now?"

Lord Pingyuan hurriedly said: "Now that Lord Wu Xiang is defeated, there must be someone to support the battle of Yan State in the north.

Otherwise, once Wuyang City is conquered again, the northeast border of Dazhao will be directly opened, and the Qi-Yan coalition forces will be able to take Handan along the direction of Zhongshan County in the northeast, and Dazhao will really be in danger at that time! "

The queen mother understood what Lord Pingyuan meant: "You want Lord Wuxin and Zhao Kuo to go to Yan Kingdom?"

Chapter 426 The Lord Shouldn't Go to Wuyang

When the queen mother asked the question, she was both embarrassed and somewhat regretful.

Knowing that Lian Po would lose so badly, the queen mother would never have let Lian Po lead the troops to Yan.

Still only Wu Xinjun is reliable.

Mr. Pingyuan nodded solemnly, and said: "Now that things have come to an end, only Mr. Wu Xin can save this defeat."

After Mr. Pingyuan's words fell, the embarrassing atmosphere in the hall became more and more intense.

This is actually asking Zhao Kuo to clean up Lian Po's mess, but the problem is that Zhao Kuo has already done such a thing once.

The last time Lian Po attacked Qi and suffered a disastrous defeat in Gaotang, it was Zhao Kuo who rushed from Hedong and finally defeated the coalition forces of Han, Wei and Yan in the Battle of Lingqiu and helped Zhao regain victory.

Now, history is repeating itself once again.

The Queen Mother took a deep breath and said, "Do you have any opinions?"

Among the few remaining ministers, Lord Pingyang certainly would not oppose Lord Pingyuan, while Zhou Shaofen set his sights on Lin Xiangru.

Lin Xiangru kept silent.

The queen mother nodded and said: "In this case, then send people to Anyi, Hedong County as quickly as possible, and recruit Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo and his Chi You army to advance eastward immediately, and rush to Wuyang City at the fastest speed!"

In this regard, everyone has no opinion.

A trace of hatred suddenly flashed in the Queen Mother's eyes, and she said coldly: "Send someone to Wuyang City immediately to send an order to dismiss Lian Po as the commander-in-chief immediately, and the deputy general Le Cheng will take over the military power, and wait for Wu Xinjun to arrive. The military power is handed over to Wu Xinjun!"

The failure of this war has consumed the last trust in Lian Po in the queen mother's heart.

Lin Xiangru sighed in his heart, but he still didn't speak after all.

This world is like this, only the strong can stand out.

Now that the battle has been lost, what else can we say?

On the other hand, Lin Xiangru also had a lot of complaints about Lian Po.

You must know that Lian Po's two failures directly ruined Zhao's 30 troops.

Even if it is the most powerful country in the world, such a huge loss will definitely hurt Zhao Guo.

Lian Po, Lian Po, what kind of battle are you fighting!East County of Zhao State, Anyi City.

"Come after me, come after me!"

Yi Quwei's laughter echoed like a silver bell in the back garden of the Sheriff's Mansion.

The equestrian skill of the princess of the Yiqu Kingdom is amazing. She controls the red steed under her crotch to move around in the garden, sometimes riding the horse to make various difficult moves, which makes Zhao Kuo feel like returning to the future. Watch what it's like to watch the Olympic equestrian finals.

A moment later, Yi Quwei galloped up to Zhao Kuo and pulled the rein hard: "Woo!"

The red horse neighed for a long time, stood up instantly, and then stopped steadily.

Before the horse was fully recovered, Yi Quwei's figure jumped out of the saddle and rushed towards Zhao Kuo: "Husband, catch me!"

Zhao Kuo was taken aback, and subconsciously opened his arms, and then Yiquwei directly had an intimate contact with Zhao Kuo, and his whole body was firmly attached to Zhao Kuo's body with both hands and feet like an octopus.

Zhao Kuo took a deep breath and said seriously, "Wei'er, you are so heavy."

"You said it yourself, you weigh no more than a hundred, and you're either flat-chested or short!"

"Uh, you just rode a horse and you're sweating all over. Do you want to take a shower?"

"No, you said it yourself, girls' sweat smells good!"

"Why did I say everything myself?"

"Because you said those things yourself!"

Facts have proved that unreasonableness is a woman's talent, whether it is ancient or modern, whether it is Huaxia or Yiqu, this will not change in any way.

It has to be said that Yi Quwei's liveliness and detachment are completely different from the dignified Tian Wan and the lovely Qiu'er, which gave Zhao Kuo a brand new feeling.

Of course, this kind of character of Yiquwei will only be shown in front of Zhao Kuo, if there is an outsider present, this princess of Yiqu country will be an iceberg with no expression The beauty's appearance formed a very strange contrast.

The sudden appearance of Xu Li interrupted the fight between Zhao Kuo and Yi Quwei: "Your Majesty, urgent report from Handan!"

Zhao Kuo let out a cry, put down Yi Quwei in his arms, took the urgent report from Xu Li, and read it.

After reading it, Zhao Kuo's complexion suddenly became quite complicated, and he couldn't help but sighed.

"This Marquis Wuxiang is really convinced."

Yiquwei observed his words and expressions, and asked, "Could it be that he lost?"

These days, Yi Quwei is by Zhao Kuo's side. Although she consciously does not touch any military secrets, she still has a lot of knowledge about the current situation and military strength of this war.

Zhao Kuo nodded, and said solemnly: "Yes, we lost.

Xu Li, go and call Li Mu and the others for a meeting right away! "

Half an hour later, Li Mu, Li Si, Han Fei and Xu Li appeared at the same time.

As the chief financial steward of Wu Xinjun's mansion, Guo Zong had to sit in Handan for many years, but he didn't follow him.

Zhao Kuo waved the information in his hand, and said: "This is the transfer order from the Empress Dowager, and this is the military information that just arrived and was forwarded from the General Office of the Handan General. Please circulate these two copies first, and we will talk about them later." .”

After a while, the expressions on the faces of several of Zhao Kuo's retainers who had been circulated were not good-looking.

Li Si said angrily: "This Wuxiang Lord Lianpo was considered a famous general of Zhao before, why is he losing so badly in battles now?

Losing 10,000+ in one battle, and losing 10,000+ in another battle, even if Da Zhao is the most powerful country in the world, he doesn't have so many troops to defeat him! "

Zhao Kuo shook his head and said, "Mr. Wu Xiang has fallen into his own demon."

Once a person can't think about it, it is equivalent to practicing qigong and becoming obsessed, no matter how great his previous skills are, it is useless.

Li Mu said calmly: "My lord, if we leave now, how many soldiers and horses from Hedong County will we take away?"

Zhao Kuo said: "This Marquis is not going to take the troops here, because from Hedong to Wuyang we have to cross the Taihang Mountains, if we bring the infantry, there will be too little time.

The frontier cavalry regiments in the direction of Wuyuan and Jiuyuan have all rushed to help Wuyang City, and Handan and Zhongshan are also urgently recruiting county soldiers. It is estimated that about [-] soldiers and horses will arrive in Wuyang with the Marquis.

Although this number is still a little insufficient, if it is only to resist the attack of the Qi-Yan coalition army, it should be almost the same. "

Li Si sighed, and said: "If the king had been sent to conquer the country of Yan before, the country of Yan must have perished by now, why should it be so?" Zhao Kuo was silent for a moment, and said, "It's useless to say these things now, let's all go down and make preparations." Bar."

The meeting was about to end, but at this moment, Han Fei, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "My lord, I have something to say."

Zhao Kuo looked at Han Fei in surprise. Because of his stuttering, this retainer usually wouldn't express his opinion: "Let's talk."

Han Fei said: "I feel that the lord, the lord should not go, go to Wuyang."

Chapter 427 Han Fei's Strategy

Han Fei's words undoubtedly surprised everyone, including Zhao Kuo.

Li Si blurted out subconsciously: "Why don't you go to Wuyang City?

That was the order of the Queen Mother. "

Although Li Si and Han Fei are brothers, they are also Zhao Kuo's aides, and there is actually a vague competitive relationship between them.

In fact, Han Fei didn't take this kind of competitive relationship too seriously, but Li Si had always been quite afraid of this junior who was more talented than him, so he was the first to question him.

Han Fei said very calmly: "Wuyang is defeated, the defeat is settled, even if the lord goes to Wuyang City, the most, the most is to be able to defend to the death.

This is not a good thing for the Lord. "

Although Han Fei's words were a little stuttering, Zhao Kuo understood it all at once.

Will Zhao Kuo be sure to win when he goes to Wuyang?

Hard to say.

The combat effectiveness of a country and the number of soldiers that can be recruited are one aspect, but the most important thing is the quality of the soldiers.

In Zhao's military system, there are two types of soldiers: standing army and county soldiers.

The standing army is an army that does not produce at all and trains in barracks 360 days a year.

The county soldiers are militiamen, who are in production for most of the year, and only gather for some militarized training during the two or three months of slack.

It can be seen that the standing army is the key to the quality and combat effectiveness of Zhao's army, and it belongs to the elite veterans.

The county soldiers are much worse in terms of equipment and combat effectiveness, and they are rookie recruits.

Zhao Guo's standing army has always been maintained at around 25 to 30, and this number can be said to be the best in the world.

But the problem is that in the Battle of Gaotang, 10,000+ Zhao's standing army had already fallen under the leadership of Lian Po, and now they lost another 10,000+ standing army in the Battle of Wuyang.

In other words, in just two or three years, Zhao Guo lost a standing army of about 30, almost completely annihilated.

Of course, Zhao Guo is now considered to be a vast land, rich in resources and rich in population. As long as the recruitment and training of the previous period are supplemented, the combat effectiveness can still be restored a lot.

But the problem is that the Qi-Yan coalition forces are already approaching Wuyang City, and Zhao Guo does not have this time to replenish the fighting power of the standing army.

If Zhao Kuo goes to Wuyang, except for the [-] to [-] cavalry reinforcements from the Border Cavalry Corps, all the remaining infantry can only be county soldiers.

The combat effectiveness of the county soldiers is very poor. Even in Zhao Guo, the most powerful country in the world, the quality of the county soldiers cannot be compared with the Qiyan standing army led by Kuang Liang and Le Jian.

In Zhao Kuo's many command operations in the past, the number of Zhao Guo's soldiers and horses may be smaller than that of the enemy, but the quality has always been higher than that of the enemy. The battle of Changping was of equal quality on both sides.

Now if he goes to Wuyang City, the situation Zhao Kuo faces is that the number of soldiers and horses under his command is not as good as that of the Qi-Yan Allied Forces, and the quality is far inferior to that of the Qi-Yan Allied Forces.

Taking a group of farmers to fight against the regular army, even the No. 1 general in the world like Zhao Kuo, who has been victorious in all battles, has no idea at all.

It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, and no matter how good a commander is, he must have an army with sufficient combat effectiveness.

This is what Han Fei proposed, the biggest reason why he hoped that Zhao Kuo would not go to Wuyang City.

The odds of failure are high, never before.

Li Si couldn't help but said: "The queen mother's order is placed there, how can I not go?"

Han Fei smiled and said: "The reason why the Empress Dowager transfers the prince to Wuyang is just, because she is worried that Handan will be attacked or breached.

It is only necessary to cede and cede Wuyang City to the State of Yan, and then cede some land to the States of Qi and Qi, then the alliance between Qi and Yan will naturally disintegrate, and there will be no worries in the north. "

Ceded Wuyang City?

Han Fei's suggestion surprised Zhao Kuo, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed quite reasonable.

After Wuyang City was captured by Zhao Kuo, Yan State has become the weakest country among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period.

When Lian Po led an army to attack Yan, the country of Yan could not even gather [-] troops to defend Jidu.

If Zhao State ceased war with Yan State at the price of returning Wuyang, Yan State would definitely be very willing.

Without the support of the Yan State, the Qi State will lose a lot of confidence. If you try to convince the money-grubber, and cede some land to the Qi State as a promise, the Qi State should be able to accept it.

After all, Zhao State is so big, and the fool also knows that it is impossible for Qi State to annex Zhao State in a single battle, so it is a very possible option for Qi State to accept it as soon as it is good.

Zhao Kuo nodded and said: "It is indeed possible to stop the fighting in the north, but the Queen Mother may not agree.