Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

"It makes sense, it makes a lot of sense.

Then let's do this, tell all the envoys in Linzi City that the widow will not play with them this time, and let 5200 do what they should do. "

Listening to King Qi's answer, a smile flashed across Hou Sheng's mouth involuntarily.

The reason why Hou Sheng helped Zhao Guo speak so much was not because he was objective and neutral, but because he got a promise from Zhao Guo's envoy.

As long as Hou Sheng can speak for Zhao Guo this time, then all the property that Hou Sheng took away in the Battle of Linzi at that time will be returned within one year!

Chapter 899

As the main general of the three-way army, the progress of the middle-way army led by Zhao Kuo can be said to be very smooth.

In less than half a month, Zhao Kuo's 20 soldiers from the State of Zhao had advanced to the outside of Daliang City, the capital of the State of Wei.

This was not because the people of Wei State didn't want to stop them, but because the current territory of Wei State was too small, and the people of Zhao State could reach their capital not long after entering the territory of Wei State.

When he saw Zhao Jun, who was crowded with people outside the city, King Wei's expression changed drastically, and he could hardly stand still.

"Damn Zhao people, why did they come so fast?

Is this really not giving the widow and Wei Guo a chance to survive? "

King Wei's shock and murmured to himself did not cause any surprises to Xinling Lord Wei Wuji and General Jin Bi.

The two of them already knew King Wei's character, so they were not overwhelmed by this situation, but were still thinking and discussing countermeasures very calmly.

Lord Xinling said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to panic. We have already stockpiled food in Daliang City that can last for at least two years. In addition, now that the people in Daliang City are united as one, we will definitely not let the people of Chu easily seize this place. of a city."

On the other side, Jin Bi, the great general of the Wei State, also said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I have already organized 8 soldiers and horses, which can definitely protect the safety of Daliang City."

These two news somewhat made King Wei feel better. He looked at Lord Xinling and Jin Bi with a begging expression like a drowning man who found a swimming ring, and said, "You two, the future and life and death of the Wei Kingdom It's all up to you."

Lord Xinling said: "Your Majesty, let's go back and rest first, the matter here will naturally be taken care of by the ministers."

Seeing the departing figure of King Wei, Lord Xinling and Jin Bi both had quite dignified expressions.

Jin Bi said slowly, "Mr. Xinling, if I remember correctly, there should be less than a year's grain in the city."

Lord Xinling chuckled, and asked a question: "General, if I remember correctly, there should only be 5 soldiers and horses in the city, right?"

The two looked at each other, and both showed a tacit wry smile.

The current situation of Wei State is much worse than it actually is, but they can't tell Wei Wang, after all, from the situation just now, it can be seen that Wei Wang has been scared enough.

Lord Xinling sighed and said: "In short, we are doing our best and obeying the destiny."

Outside the city, Zhao Kuo looked at Daliang City in front of him, his expression was quite calm.

Beside Zhao Kuo, Xu Li asked, "My lord, should we exclude an envoy to go to Daliang City to persuade him to surrender?"

Zhao Kuo chuckled and shook his head directly to deny the idea.

"Let's forget it. I'm still very clear about King Wei's character. If I really sent an envoy, I'm afraid it's just a life for nothing."

Xu Li hesitated, and said: "But when two countries are fighting each other, sending envoys is considered a form of etiquette."

Zhao Kuo continued to shake his head: "I will not let my subordinates lose their lives in vain because of some insignificant etiquette.

Alright, let's make arrangements and start attacking the city. "

Zhao Jun's initial attack on the city was not quite smooth.

Although the people of Wei State are indeed the weakest country among the six heroes of the Warring States Period, there is a reason why Wei State has been able to exist for more than 200 years.

Whether in terms of the various measures of city defense or the enthusiasm of the soldiers for defending the city, Wei Guo was impeccable at the beginning.

In the first three days, apart from a large number of casualties, Zhao Jun's progress can be said to be quite small.

When this situation was reported to King Wei's desk, the fearful King Wei suddenly came back to life and became another person.

"The widow knows that our country of Wei cannot be conquered so easily, and this damn Zhao Kuo, he can't do it either!"

King Wei yelled, and then burst out laughing.

In the past period of time, his pressure was actually very high.

No one hopes that the ancestral stick of foundation will be given to him, and he will become the subjugated king of Wei State for more than 200 years. It will be recorded in history books and scolded by countless people.

So when the war situation turned around, Wei Wang was naturally the most excited.

In addition to King Wei, there is another person who is also quite excited, and this person is of course Lord Longyang.

Lord Longyang smiled and said to King Wei: "Your Majesty, the so-called Lord Wu Xin, Zhao Kuo has always been boasted to the heavens and the earth, and he is unique, but he has attacked Daliang City so many times and returned without success. This shows that his level is nothing more than that."

After hearing what Lord Longyang said, Lord Xinling and Jin Bi couldn't help shaking their heads secretly.

You must know that Wei State has lost so many territories over the years, all of which were defeated by Zhao Kuo.

If Zhao Kuo is nothing more than that, then all the generals in the state of Wei can commit suicide in shame.

Of course, under the current circumstances, out of the consideration of Wei Guo's mood and the morale of Wei Guo's army and people, it is impossible for the two of them to oppose what Lord Longyang said, so they can only keep silent.

King Wei said happily, "Very well, I will hold a banquet tonight for all the ministers, let's have a good celebration."

After hearing this, Lord Xinling finally couldn't bear it any longer, and said, "Your Majesty, it's still a time of war. Is it inappropriate to hold a banquet at this time?"

From Mr. Xinling's point of view, he obviously felt that it was very inappropriate to hold a banquet, because the food in Daliang City itself was very scarce, and a banquet was the most extravagant way to waste food.

King Wei glared at Lord Xinling, and said, "Why?

Don't you even want to listen to the widow's words?

If you can't even celebrate, how do you want the widow to boost the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city? "

When Lord Xinling heard this, he could only shut his mouth helplessly.

As King Wei's younger brother, Lord Xinling already knew one thing, that is, when King Wei made a decision, one persuasion was enough.

If you continue to persuade, the next result will not be successful persuasion, but will be affected by King Wei's anger.

Seeing that Mr. Xinling no longer had objections, King Wei laughed, and said to Mr. Longyang, "What are you still doing?

Do it now. "

The news was quickly and secretly spread to Zhao Kuo outside the city.

After seeing the information clearly, Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing.

"Already the enemy is at hand, is this King Wei still so leisurely?

It seems that he really has the appearance of a king of subjugation, so this prince should get what he wants. "

Chapter 900 Zhao Kuo Thinks of a New Tactic

How to break through Daliang City?

This is actually a problem.

If you think about it purely from the perspective of breaking through, Zhao Kuo thinks this matter is too easy.

The first way is to add gunpowder directly. In the face of enough gunpowder, no matter how strong the city gates of more than 2000 years ago are, they will not be able to support it.

But the disadvantage of this method is that once the gunpowder is exposed, it is likely to have a negative impact on Zhao Kuo, causing King Zhao to turn against Zhao Kuo and even kill him.

The second method is to imitate the method of Wang Ben, the famous Qin general in history, when he destroyed the six kingdoms, and divert the water of the Yellow River to flood Daliang City.

This method also has its disadvantages, that is, there are at least hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Daliang City. If this flooding occurs, basically 90% of them will die.

In Daliang City in history, it is said that less than 5 people survived in the end, which is not what Zhao Kuo wanted to see.

For the Qin people in history, the Wei people belonged to "foreigners" and loved to die.

But for Zhao Kuo, a traveler, both Zhao Kuo and Wei Guo are "Chinese people", and Zhao Kuo's definition of the unification war is actually a Chinese civil war.

There is no way to fight a civil war, and there is no way to kill people in a civil war, but Zhao Kuo really can't do such a thing as drowning hundreds of thousands of Chinese compatriots at once.

So the question is, what should I do?

Zhao Kuo stroked his chin and said, "So, can we arrange an internal response in Daliang City?"

Xu Li shook his head: "I'm afraid it will be difficult."

Zhao Kuo said: "Why?"

Xu Li said: "The real trouble in Daliang City is not King Wei, but Lord Xinling."

It is a well-known fact that King Wei is a mediocre man.

But Mr. Xinling is different, this one of the famous "Four Princes of the Warring States Period" in history, not only has a very high reputation in the Wei Kingdom, but also has a large number of strange people and righteous people to help him.

Over the years, the Nightingale system's infiltration of Daliang City has not been very successful, and there have even been incidents where Nightingale's spies were found out, and not once or twice.

This is because Mr. Xinling himself has eyeliners in all kinds of places in Daliang City, and Nightingale spy, as an outsider, will be discovered by these all-pervasive eyeliners if he shows a little bit of weakness.

As a result, Nightingale's power in Daliang City was quite weak, and she couldn't complete the work of coordinating internally and externally like in other cities.

After hearing Xu Li's words, Zhao Kuo couldn't help frowning.

"If this is the case, this matter is really a little troublesome."

Although there are ways to do it, but if you really want to do it, each has its own bad consequences.

If you don't do it, it will be even worse, after all, this war to destroy the Wei State is absolutely unacceptable.

Although Zhao Kuo's reputation is so high now, in fact, every war is a very risky option for Zhao Kuo.

Once Zhao Kuo loses any war, not only will his prestige drop rapidly, but those guys who have been hiding before and nodding to Zhao Kuo may also jump out at this time and make trouble.

After Zhao Kuo thought about it, although he felt a little troublesome, he still made a decision.

"Uncle Xu, do you know which direction the South Korean army is moving now?"

Due to geographical reasons, the South Korean army actually has three possible directions to move forward.

The first direction is to come directly to Daliang City of Wei State, and cooperate with Wei Jun in Daliang City to confront Zhao Kuo.

The second direction is to go west, to attack Hangu Pass in Zhao State, and to cooperate with the Qin army.

The third direction is to go south to join the Chu army, and then go north together to rescue Daliang City.

Considering that South Korea is the closest country to Wei, the movement of the South Korean army is of course very worthy of attention.

Xu Li also answered immediately: "The direction of the South Korean army seems to be preparing to go south."

This answer does not make Zhao Kuo very satisfied, but all in all, it does make Zhao Kuo feel a little relieved.

If the Han army is really difficult, then Daliang City will still be alone.

It's just that in this way, the pressure on Li Mu's side will be much greater.

After all, Li Mu only had 15 troops, but he had to face more than 20 troops from the Han Army and the Chu Army at the same time.

Speaking of Li Mu, Zhao Kuo suddenly felt a slight movement in his heart, feeling as if he had overlooked something.

So what is being overlooked?

Zhao Kuo fell into deep thought.

Seeing Zhao Kuo's appearance, Xu Li didn't continue to disturb him, but just stood there quietly, waiting for Zhao Kuo to finish thinking.

Suddenly Zhao Kuo slapped his thigh and laughed.

"Yeah, why did I forget?"

Seeing this, Xu Li knew that Zhao Kuo already had his own answer, so he asked, "Has the Lord already thought it over?"

Zhao Kuo laughed and said, "That's right, I've really thought about it.

This time, our victory in attacking Daliang City is within sight! "

The reason why Zhao Kuo was so sure was because Zhao Kuo remembered one thing.

In order to conquer Daliang City, in fact, under the current strategic situation, there are many ways to achieve it.

First of all, the most simple and direct thing is of course to break through Daliang City with the fastest speed, and then other countries can only hear the wind and retreat, and this war will end.

But this method actually has a lot of problems. Zhao Kuo has thought about it just now. For the time being, it is not feasible to quickly break through Daliang City.

If it were another person to think about it, it might have reached a dead end here.

But Zhao Kuo is different. After all, he is the person with the most abundant military theory in the world, and he is also a person who has received the influence of modern military theory.

In the war of liberation in history, the invincible generals of the People's Army once used a siege tactic very successfully.