Chapter 251 Do you want to send troops to attack Qin immediately?
It seemed that he had become accustomed to Zhao Dan's sudden summons. This time, many ministers from Zhao State arrived quite quickly.
When Miao Xian introduced the current situation to these ministers, the ministers' faces became a little unfavorable.
For Zhao's strategy of "surrounding Qin and saving Chu", the most important thing is of course that Qin and Chu will suffer both losses in this battle. The losses will be heavy, and the winners will hurt the enemy by 1,000 and the losses will be damaged by 800.
However, because Qin suddenly sent out a surprise soldier led by the royal tomb that no one expected in advance, the situation on the battlefield is likely to be changed.
If the entire battle evolved into a great victory for Qin against Chu, then this would definitely be unacceptable to Zhao.
Zhao Dan looked at the Zhao ministers in front of him with a serious expression and asked in a deep voice: "What are your plans?"
Several ministers of Zhao State looked at each other, and then Zhao Sheng, the prime minister, stood up first and spoke: "King, it is better to send troops to attack Qin immediately!"
It must be said that anyone who is in the current position of Zhao's leadership is very likely to make the decision to attack Qin as soon as possible.
The reason is also very simple. If Chu State is about to be defeated soon, then Zhao State must send troops immediately to restrain Qin State's troops so that Qin State will not occupy too much territory after defeating Chu State.
After hearing Zhao Sheng's words, Zhao Dan was also a little moved, but he did not speak immediately.
After all, in Zhao Dan's opinion, if he attacked so quickly, he would always feel a little passive.
To be honest, Zhao Dan didn't like the feeling of being led by the Qin people, so Zhao Dan decided to wait and see if other ministers could have better ideas.
To everyone's surprise, Zhao Bao, the second one, expressed different opinions on Zhao Sheng's statement.
"Now the Qin army is strong, but the Chu army is not completely powerless. In my opinion, although Qin is superior now, the Chu State is not completely unsuccessful, so the king does not need to send troops immediately."
When Zhao Sheng heard Zhao Bao's rebuttal words, he felt a little uncomfortable and immediately retorted: "Now the Qin army is about to encircle the Chu army's rear route, and the battle situation is already very critical. If he does not send troops again, it will be a good opportunity after the failure of Chu State."
The two couldn't argue for a while.
Zhao Dan shook his head, looked at Lian Po on the side, and said to Lian Po: "General, in your opinion, should we send troops to attack the east of Qin State immediately?"
Compared to Zhao Sheng or Zhao Bao, Zhao Dan is more willing to listen to Lian Po’s opinions on this matter.
Lian Po thought for a while, then spoke, "In my opinion, it is time to send troops."
Zhao Dan looked at Lian Po with some curiosity and said, "Why is this?"
Lian Po’s sword: “Now King Ji of Qin sent Wang He to lead 200,000 troops to attack Chu, and ordered Wang Ling to lead 50,000 troops to attack Yiling along the river. Based on this, the Qin State must be empty at this moment. If troops are sent to attack Qin at this moment, great things can be accomplished.”
Lian Po's meaning is actually very simple. Anyway, Qin has been firmly tied up by the battlefield of Chu, and even if Zhao launches an offensive immediately, the large Qin army will not be able to return to the rescue in a moment. This is actually a good opportunity.
Zhao Dan understood Lian Po’s idea, but still did not make a decision. Instead, he continued to turn his attention to the other two important officials of Zhao State, Yu Xin and Li Bo, who had not spoken before, and then said, "I wonder what the two Qing families have in mind?"
As soon as Zhao Dan finished speaking, Yu Xin immediately spoke: "King, from the perspective of the minister, there is no need to rush to attack Qin."
When Zhao Dan heard Yu Xin's words, he immediately felt that the event was really weird enough today.
As the same as the public clan, Zhao Sheng strongly advocated an attack immediately, while Zhao Bao expressed his opposition.
On the other hand, two generals of the common sect, Yu Xin and Lian Po, also had internal conflicts and took the opposite position on this matter.
Could it be that they all got the wrong script today?
At this time, Zhao Dan was somewhat surprised to find that the number of people who advocated immediate attack and oppose immediate attack were completely equal, both of them.
So everyone looked at the only important minister of Zhao State in the hall who had not spoken yet, Lieutenant Lie Bo.
Although there is no principle of minority obeying the majority in Zhao's political arena, if there are more people on that side, maybe Zhao Dan will have a greater possibility of adopting the plan on that side.
The next moment, Li Bo's answer was beyond everyone's expectations.
Li Bo straightened his clothes and then coughed: "King, I am not the one who leads the army, so whether Chu will be defeated quickly by Qin is not something I can say."
After hearing what Li Bo said, the others in the hall couldn't help but feel the urge to roll their eyes.
Uncle Li actually just turned the blame and didn't plan to come up with an idea.
But it is understandable to think about whether it is understandable. After all, Bo Li has always been a local official and has never had the experience of leading troops to fight. It is indeed a bit difficult for him to judge whether Qin has the ability to defeat Chu in a short period of time.
So after a brief silence, everyone turned their eyes back to Zhao Dan.
Since we are in a deadlock, it is obvious that the monarch Zhao Dan, the king, needs to make the final decision.
Zhao Dan walked up and felt a little confused.
To be honest, if the general who led the Qin State now was Bai Qi, then Zhao Dan would definitely raise an army to attack Qin State without hesitation.
Because in Zhao Dan's opinion, as long as Bai Qi led the troops, no matter how short the Qin State used it or how quickly it quickly defeated Chu State, it would not be surprising at all.
But now the general led by Qin State is not Bai Qi, but Wang Yan.
Although Wang Feng is indeed quite heroic, his ability is not particularly outstanding in history. He does not belong to the level of an outstanding famous general. He can only be regarded as a general who is just a regular one.
Can such a person really defeat Chu State quickly? Zhao Dan was actually a little suspicious.
Moreover, if the troops were sent too early, Zhao Dan was also worried that the Qin people would make peace with the Chu State, and then the Qin army would return from the front line to have a war with the Zhao army in Hedong County, similar to the Battle of Changping.
To be honest, Zhao Dan actually doesn't want to have another battle in Changping with the Qin people at all, because the risk of a war that is so powerful that it is too high.
It was just when Zhao Dan didn't know what to do, but suddenly had an idea in his mind and came up with a plan.
What appeared in his mind was actually four very simple characters, using history as a mirror.
The current situation seems to be somewhat similar to when he surrounded Wei and saved Zhao.
The Qi State back then also did not want to fight the fierce Central Army of Wei State to fight to the death.
Since that's the case, then what did Sun Bin and Tian Ji do back then? Now Zhao Dan copied it once, it seems that it can be solved!
Chapter completed!