For a moment, the military tent fell into silence again.

It was a silence of despair in the true sense. There were enemy armies in the east, west, north and south, like a giant net trapping the 300,000 troops including himself.

At this point, the generals of the Zhao army finally understood that the battle of the barriers was basically a bait for the Qin army, a poisonous bait to lure them into the encirclement.

Unfortunately, I realized it was too late.

Facing the huge sand table, Zhao Jun's generals seemed to have seen that countless Qin troops in black surrounded, divided and exhausted them layer by layer.

And I, like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, one by one, will eventually be separated by the corpse in painful despair, and the soul will be scattered in a foreign land.

Looking at the generals present with their heads hanging down, Zhao Kuo could clearly understand their feelings.

A bit of sadness, a bit of regret, and a bit of resentment towards myself as a general.

Although I know that I can't blame General Zhao Kuo entirely for reaching this point. After all, General Zhao Kuo is at least calm and did not make any command mistakes. Maybe I just blame the other party for being too strong.

Obviously, facing such a powerful enemy, the generals of the Zhao army had no choice but to be passively beaten. And the ultimate result of being passively beaten would naturally be the annihilation of the entire army.

Thus, under the shadow of death, the atmosphere in the tent suddenly dropped to freezing point.

But this is exactly what Zhao Kuo wants - to survive, the light in the dark night is the most timeless and bright, and people will only follow blindly in despair, and only those who are about to drown will do so.

Grabbing everything around you at all costs, even if it is obviously a straw, even if you know that this straw is not enough to bear your own weight. Zhao Kuo's next words and arrangements are the only light that pierces the dark night.

The only straw in the rushing river.

At this point, no matter whether the road ahead is a cliff or a trap, Zhao Jun's soldiers can only follow this light and rush away; no matter whether the straw is strong or not, Zhao Jun can only stretch out his hands and try hard to explore this only opportunity.

hope.

"Gentlemen, don't be discouraged." Seeing that the time had come, Zhao Kuo immediately broke the silence and said, "Gentlemen, have you forgotten the fortresses built by my army on the way here?"

As soon as Zhao Kuo's words fell, it was like a sharp arrow that instantly cut through the heartstrings of the generals.

Yes, why did you forget the fortresses you built along the way?

With this fortress here, even if the Qin army wants to completely devour our army, it will have to pay double the price!

At that time, the general was just preparing for the situation step by step, worried about the Qin army's temporary counterattack. Now it seems that the general had already anticipated and planned this?

…

All the generals are obviously people who know everything. Just by Zhao Kuo's words, they have already sketched out countless pictures in their minds. Of course, this is also indispensable because of the desperate emotions foreshadowed before.

However, Zhao Kuo's many arrangements for him stopped at this fortress, and he did not intend to continue to explain his plans clearly. Whether it was the Tibetan army in Daliang Mountain or Lian Po who had gone to Wei, Zhao Kuo

I don't intend to expose it, at least not at this time.

In other words, Zhao Kuo cannot expose his full plan.

What should I say, that you are all cannon fodder to attract the Qin army? That I am prepared to sacrifice you in exchange for Zhao’s victory?

Obviously not, even if Zhao Kuo is involved, even if Zhao Kuo himself is a bet and a so-called "cannon fodder", the irrational soldiers will not listen to such words.

He needs to give the soldiers room for imagination and hope for life.

The word "fortress" is enough to give the generals endless imagination, and imagination brings confidence and hope.

Seeing that all the generals present seemed to have got their point, and their emotions gradually became more excited, Zhao Kuo understood that it was time to take advantage of the opportunity to issue specific orders.

"Generals, listen to your orders!" Zhao Kuofu walked to the main seat again.

"The last general is here!" the generals quickly lined up and promised with clasped fists.

"The battlefield is divided into three parts, two of which are for defense, divided into the Battle of the Barrier and the Battle of the South Guard, and the other is the decisive battle of the North.

The barrier army, totaling 50,000 men, was led by You Xu Li, and ordered it to resolutely withstand the Qin army's attacking army and buy time for our army to fight decisively. If the barrier is not lost within three days, it will be considered as merit. Three days

If you lose, raise your head and come see me. After three days of fighting, you can break out of the encirclement on your own." Zhao Kuo said as he took out the case and put a token on it.

"Yes." A messenger hurriedly appeared, took the token with both hands, and passed the order outside the tent.

"Guard the south." Zhao Kuo then looked at Sun Gu and said, "General Sun Gu."

"The general is here!" Sun Gu immediately left his shift and replied.

"Among our troops, you are especially good at guarding. I want to see if you are worthy of your name. I would like you to use the main force of our army as infantry, a total of 200,000 troops, and defend it with forts along the way. Each fort has its own troops.

The grain and fodder soldiers need to fight based on the fortress to delay the Qin army's offensive and inflict maximum damage on the Qin army based on the geographical advantage." Zhao Kuo took out another token and said.

Sun Gu hurriedly stepped forward, held the order in both hands and said: "When the last general receives the order, he will live up to his trust."

"Remember: the troops should be lighter in front and heavier in the rear, arranged in echelons, and sufficient reserves should be retained." Zhao Kuo handed over the token and continued to instruct.

"Yes, the general will understand. The front is light and the back is heavy, and the echelons are arranged." Sun Gu repeated Zhao Kuo's instructions.

Zhao Kuo nodded with satisfaction after hearing this, then looked at the other generals and said: "The terrain in the north is flat, suitable for our cavalry to gallop, so I have chosen the place for the decisive battle. I mobilized the entire army of 80,000 cavalry and 10,000 elite infantry to serve for me.

The attacking army will be led by my general to fight to the death with the Qin army's cavalry. This is the time to make great achievements. Please encourage me, generals!"

"Yes!" After hearing this, all the generals agreed in unison with excitement.

No wonder the generals were so excited. Judging from Zhao Kuo's arrangements, the battle between the Zhao army and the Qin army was not a so-called outflanking at all, but an evenly matched attack, and the Zhao army even had a certain advantage.

First, they used fortresses and barriers as well as the Zhao army's not-so-elite infantry to block the Qin army's proud infantry, resulting in a situation where the Zhao army's elite cavalry and the Qin army's cavalry were almost one-on-one. It was simply a battle.

Atypical "Tian Ji Horse Racing".

Without careful analysis, one would even think that Zhao Jun has a good chance of winning. After all, Zhao Bianqi's strength has been verified in the Battle of the Barrier, and the three-year confrontation has fully demonstrated that the Qin Army cannot

What's wrong with Zhao Jun?

However, the actual situation is far from that optimistic. It can even be said that if there were no off-board moves, all Zhao Kuo's current arrangements would be nothing more than a meaningless death struggle.

In addition to being able to replace a lot of Qin army elites, it can also slightly delay the Zhao army's annihilation.

The Qin army obviously does not lack this time.


Chapter completed!