Yiyang City.

A very fierce siege battle is in progress.

The soldiers of the Zhao army held the ladder and swarmed up amid the overwhelming shouts of killing, heading towards Yiyang City.

Dense arrows fell from the sky and fell into the formation of the Zhao army soldiers. In the area covered by the rain of arrows, the soldiers fell down like harvested wheat.

The cloud ladder and the city wall were added, and the shouts of killing seemed to become even higher and higher in an instant. Rolling stones and wood began to fall on the city wall, and the boiled stinky gold juice was mixed from time to time. The Zhao soldiers who were not in time to hide were so hot that they screamed and danced and landed on the cloud ladder.

Outside the city, a mountain of earth was slowly formed under the construction of many civilians. The Qin army obviously attached great importance to this. From time to time, the whistling of powerful crossbows sounded in the air, instantly piercing through several young and strong civilians who had no time to hide.

Zhao He stood on the chariot and quietly stared at the battlefield in front of him.

Around Zhao He, many coalition generals rode horses and lined up on both sides. In addition to Zhao He's general Le Yi, the ones closest to Zhao He were the general Mangmao of Wei and the general Bao Yuan of South Korea.

Zhao He looked at the situation in front of him and breathed a sigh of relief, saying to the left and right: "It seems that the Qin people are quite prepared."

Everyone nodded and said yes.

Zhao He turned his gaze to Bao Yuan and Mang Mao: "The two generals have fought the battle in Yiyang. Do you have any suggestions?"

Faced with Zhao He's inquiry, Bao Yuan and Mang Mao looked at each other.

After a while, Mangmao's face was thinner after all, so he said with a stingy head: "I'm going to hide it from the king, in this regard... there is really no good way for foreign ministers."

Bao Yuan also said: "King, although Yiyang City is a land of South Korea, it has been mostly owned by Qin over the years. Although it was temporarily recovered by Dahan, it did not help much in the war in front of him."

Zhao He sighed with regret and said, "It's okay. Anyway, we have a lot of people, so as we said before, each country will take battle for three days. The number of Qin troops in the city is not as large as ours, and they will sooner or later they will not be able to resist it."

Regarding Zhao He's decision, Bao Yuan and Mang Mao naturally agreed in unison.

As for the fact that the number of the Han army and the Wei army was far less than that of the Zhao army, no one mentioned it to Zhao He. Anyway, for these two people, just let the soldiers under their command not work so hard.

How capable are you to do as big a thing?

Zhao He did not seem to notice the little thoughts of Bao Yuan and Mangmao. He pointed to the earthen mountain not far away and said with a smile: "After this mountain is built, I will push the archers up. At that time, I will see if it is the archers of Qin State more accurate, or the sharpshooters of our Three Jin Dynasty are more sharp."

Bao Yuan smiled and said, "Please rest assured, you can see how my Dahan crossbowman performs."

Speaking of crossbowman, Bao Yuan is obviously quite confident. After all, the saying that the world's strong bows and crossbows are all out of Korea is not bragging, but has been verified by real results.

Of course, strong bows and strong army are different, so this has not changed the fact that South Korea has been beaten by princes for so many years.

Zhao He laughed and said, "That's natural. By the way, I have heard of the name of Wei Wuzhang. At that time, General Mangmao should not let me down."

Mangmao glanced at Bao Yuan and replied to Zhao He with a serious expression: "Please wait and see."

Half a month passed in a flash.

The tall earthen mountain has completely stood up, right in front of the wall in the east of the city.

Although the Qin army also tried some destruction and even sent small groups of troops to attack, the Sanjin coalition was obviously prepared and collapsed the Qin army's efforts to destroy Tushan one by one.

After the city was built in Tushan, the archers of the Shanxi coalition finally got an opportunity to have an "equal dialogue" with the Qin army archers in the city.

The Qin army on the top of the city also began to suffer a large number of casualties.

The casualties on both sides began to rise steadily at an almost equivalent proportion, but both Zhao He and Bai Qi seemed to be unexpectedly calm.

Zhao He didn't know what Bai Qi was thinking, and he didn't want to guess what Bai Qi was thinking.

For a guy like Bai Qi who has always liked to win unexpectedly, it is very difficult to guess his thoughts, and there is no need.

In the south, the Chu State's conquest of Nanyang County was also in full swing.

Although the Qin State did not invest much force in Nanyang County, the combat effectiveness shown by the Chu army after many failures was also surprisingly low.

Half a month passed, and the Chu army had only captured three small cities, and had not even reached the foot of Wancheng.

However, compared with the progress of the Chu State, the Sanjin coalition seemed even slower. After all, Yiyang still stood firmly in front of the Sanjin coalition, and did not allow the Sanjin coalition to obtain the first victory in siege since the war began.

The news came from Handan. After hearing the news of Zhao's expedition, the rebellion among the counties in Yan's territory instantly reached an order of magnitude, and even the county magistrate who surrendered to Zhao's rebellion again.

However, these rebellions are not a big problem for Zhao State. After all, after conquering Zhongshan State and Qi State one after another, Zhao State had already had a complete set of emergency response mechanisms from top to bottom.

Stand to wait for assistance - after the reinforcements arrive, kill the rebels back - hang all the heads of all the rebels on the top of the city, and then get involved again.

After doing this process a few times, basically all the rest are honest good people.

As a time traveler, Zhao He is not without any objection to this, but when he cannot come up with a better solution, he can only choose to default.

Conquest always carries blood. This is the law of history, and even time travelers cannot disobey it.

On the Qi area, perhaps because a large number of young and strong men were transferred to the army, or perhaps because the rebellion and rebellion in Qi area have been held for several rounds, or perhaps both, in short, the number of rebellions in Qi area has been zero so far, which made Zhao He very happy.

Of course, the most important thing is the current situation.

In Zhao He's tent, the king and minister of Zhao also had some discussions on the situation of the war.

Mangmao and Baoyuan were not present. After all, they were not "our own people" of Zhao State. At best, they could only be regarded as tool people placed by Zhao He in Han and Wei State.

Le Yi said: "King, I'm always worried. Bai Qi has always been a man who likes to attack but not defend. If he suddenly finds an opportunity to rush out, it is not impossible."

As the saying goes, knowing yourself and your enemy, you will never be defeated in a hundred battles. Of course, Le Yi has also studied Bai Qi, the chief general of Qin. The most obvious fact is that when Bai Qi was the chief general, he would never choose to attack.

Zhao He smiled and said, "I have thought about this. Can Bai Qi come out? If he is willing to take a gamble, he might go out of the city to fight me. To be honest, with Bai Qi's ability to lead troops and the strength of the Qin army, this is actually a more troublesome solution for me. However, when the King of Qin pressed all the troops on Bai Qi, he had already lost the power to do so. The King of Qin could not allow Bai Qi to take the initiative. If he loses this time, Qin would be really finished."

When Zhao He said this, his face was obviously happy.

With Zhao's current national strength, even if he suffers a big defeat outside Yiyang City, as long as he is not wiped out, he can still bear it.

But if Qin loses, it will not be too difficult for Zhao He to push into Guanzhong and destroy Qin. Who gave Zhao He more help?

This is the benefit of strong national strength.

In history, Qin's foreign expansion was not smooth. The war in Zhao's defeat of Qin was just the battle of the war in which Zhao She was commanded by Zhao She, the Battle of Handan led by Zhao Sheng, and the Battle of Fei under Li Mu. However, Zhao and the other five countries were still beaten by Qin because Qin could afford to lose a great cause. Anyway, you are the one who sheds blood first if you continue to waste your life.

Now, the country has become the country of Zhao.

Le Yi pondered for a while and said, "King, I think neither Qin nor Bai Qi can sit and wait for death."

Zhao He smiled and nodded, saying, "Yes, it is impossible to sit and wait for death. But at the moment, Bai Qi has no choice but to stick to Yiyang City, trying to consume the strength of the coalition forces with the strong city walls, and then see if there are any lobbyists' opportunities to attack King Han or King Wei, and then the possible counterattack of the Qin army is the stage for Bai Qi to perform."

Lin Xiangru on the other side spoke: "But the possibility of this is not too high."

Zhao He said: "Yes, it's not high. Whether it's King Han or King Wei, they can get benefits from defeating Qin. Han can get Yiyang and Wei can take back Hedong, which is a very critical place for both of them. It can also solve the Qin, a great enemy that has been trying to advance east for decades and has been fighting with Han and Wei. In this case, they lack a reason to withdraw."

Le Yi said: "Perhaps, they will withdraw from this war because of their fear of Da Zhao."

Zhao He nodded and said, "This is indeed possible. Therefore, I supported Bao Yuan within South Korea and Tian Wen within Wei. With these two people, both the King of Han and the King of Wei must carefully consider the rebellion with Da Zhao. Because Da Zhao is also very powerful in these two countries."

If you think about it carefully, this may be the reason why American emperors often like to interfere in their internal affairs in later generations. As expected, being a hegemon is comfortable.

Lin Xiangru said: "However, the king seemed to have the intention to abandon Tian Wen during his conversation with the King of Wei. Tian Wen was there at that time and could not remain indifferent."

Zhao He said: "It should be pointed out that Tian Wen is just a pawn for Da Zhao. Without Tian Wen, Da Zhao can still find a way to continue to support another person to be the prime minister of Wei. Once Tian Wen does not have the support of Da Zhao, it will be difficult for Tian Wen to survive under the attack of King Wei. Although his Xue Kingdom has reached a certain scale, it is obviously not enough to see Wei Wuzun. Therefore, even if I say such words, Tian Wen still dares not do anything to betray Da Zhao, unless he really doesn't want to continue to live."

Lin Xiangru gently knocked on the table and said, "So the king wants to tie Han Wei firmly to the chariot until the end of this war."

Zhao He smiled and nodded, saying, "That's certainly. In fact, I don't need to worry at all now. Even if it's exhausted, Qin State would not be able to consume me at all. The Chu State was still stabbing Qin State in Nanyang County. As long as Mi Rong was not careful, Chu State might have to fight directly from Wuguan to Guanzhong."

Lin Xiangru thought for a while and said, "The King said that the King of Chu lacks courage. Perhaps after regaining Nanyang County and Nan County, he will stop fighting with Qin."

Zhao He said: "Even so, then the State of Chu will not stand against me."

Le Yi said: "So, if Da Zhao wants to achieve his goal, he must ultimately start from Yiyang in front of him and step by step to capture Yiyang, followed by the Xuhan Pass, then Hangu Pass, and finally Xianyang in Guanzhong."

Zhao He looked relaxed and said, "It sounds quite difficult, but in fact, as long as Yiyang is captured, Bai Qi has to give up the Luhan Pass and retreat to Hangu Pass. As long as Hangu Pass is captured, Xianyang will basically be my own pocket."

Lin Xiangru thought for a while and said, "There is actually a problem here. If the Hangu Pass is broken, Qin will basically not endanger Han and Wei. These two countries can already take back Yiyang and Hedong. Then the two countries may give up continuing to fight with Qin. Even they may collude with Chu and even Qin, and in turn become enemies with Zhao."

Zhao He frowned slightly, but immediately stretched out again, and the expression on his face became a little relaxed, and he said, "At this time, the use of the two pieces of Baoyuan and Tian Wen was reflected. They didn't even have to completely turn against the country. As long as they could exist for one day, then King Han and King Wei would not be able to defeat the alliance immediately."

A short period of silence fell into the big tent.

After a while, Zhao He asked, "Are there any other questions?"

Lin Xiangru and Le Yi shook their heads at the same time.

Zhao He said: "Then, this brainstorming will end here. Lin Qing, you will copy the content of this time and ask Zhuxian to send someone back to Handan for the Lord's Father to consult."

Lin Xiangru agreed.

Zhao He turned his head to look at Le Yi again and asked, "Is there no news from Lian Po yet?"

Le Yi thought for a while and said, "If we look at it according to the previous plan, as long as Lian Po can fully obey the order, the corresponding news should be able to come in the next two days."
Chapter completed!