The new year has begun, but before the eighth pass of Taihang, there is still a vast snowfield. Looking down, everywhere on the left and right, there are two continuous military camps in black and red. Everything is silent, falling into a different kind of tranquility.
"General, a few days ago, there was chaos in the palace city in Handan. I am afraid that Prince Jia and others have already taken action."
Immediately standing on Gaogang and staring outside the pass, Li Mu, wearing heavy armor, ignored the severe cold of the sky and the earth, looked around, and found that despite the help of Yan State troops, he defeated Li Xin's 30,000-strong army on the north road.
But it did not harm the main force of the Qin army. Now, looking at the battlefield in front of me, I have a strange feeling.
After nearly a year of stalemate, King Jian of Qin only made one real attack. After that, there were endless attacks and harassments. Although he was not afraid, as the year passed, Li Mu suddenly felt that everything seemed to be changing.
The current strength of the Qin army is really not comparable to that of the Changping Battle. If the years were turned back more than 20 years and King Xiaocheng was still alive, Li Mu felt that he might have trained a force for Zhao that could compete with the border army just like his far-reaching plan to counterattack the Huns in the early years.
Heavy armored divisions with different styles were dedicated to compete with the Qin army.
However, after Xiao became King, chaos arose in the State of Zhao. The king was unjust and traitors were rampant. All circles of power were groping in the dark. The smell of death had permeated the State of Zhao more and more thickly, attacking everyone.
The tip of the nose.
At present, all he can do is to use the more than 100,000 troops at Jingxingkou and the more than 100,000 troops from the north and south to resist the Qin general Wang Jian. The government is in chaos. How long can it last?
The advantage he has is that he has the hinterland of Zhao State behind him, so he can transport all the grain, grass and baggage on the spot, which is much more convenient.
After staring for a long time, Sima Shang behind him suddenly said something.
"how?"
Li Mu knew that Prince Jia had contacted many generals to take action, but he didn't know the details.
However, he did not support it. Sure enough, the political turmoil in the government undoubtedly gave Wang Jian a good opportunity to destroy Zhao, but he could not stop it. With the power that Prince Jia had, there was little hope for success.
"Heavy losses!"
"I wanted to force the royal city to attack Guo Kai and depose King Zhao, but... Guo Kai seemed to have noticed it early in Handan, and it would be difficult to escape without the help of hundreds of families. Now, Prince Jia and others are in Daijun."
Sima Shang's face also looked a little ugly.
In fact, deep down in my heart, I hope that the general will take action. If the general takes action and brings heavy troops to press against Handan, everything will be settled. If the government is stable, then we can gather all our strength and fight against Qin.
But...the general's worries are not bad.
"That's all, our duty is to protect the front line in front of us so that the Qin army cannot cross."
Li Mu let out a long sigh, and the cold void in front of him was filled with mist.
"General, what do the hundreds of families think of the secret reports they received from Handan and Xianyang?"
Sima Shang deeply believed that for the sake of the entire Zhao Kingdom, he and others should fight against the Qin army here, but...another thing passed through his heart, and he felt infinitely sad.
In Handan, Shangqing Guo Kai wanted to sacrifice the Kingdom of Zhao in exchange for wealth!
How ridiculous this is!
But it is real. King Qin Yingzheng promised to destroy Zhao, but Guo Kai was made a fake king of Zhao. He was not a member of the Baijia family. Sima Shang was not so deeply disappointed. This was not the result he wanted to see.
"Just keep in mind our responsibilities."
Li Mu said lightly.
Naturally, he knew the news obtained by the Baijia, but... he had no way to do anything about it. The defeat of Prince Jia Shi, as expected, meant that all those who opposed Guo Kai in Handan were completely damaged.
Of course, there is no hope of reversing the structure of the temples. Now, there are rumors coming from Handan, which has stirred up the whole Zhao country and it is dark and dark, making it difficult to distinguish right from wrong.
Li Mu thought in his heart that he could really defeat Qin. When the time comes, who can guarantee that he can protect the country and the people will rise up with arms? Besides, even if the people of the country rise up with arms, there is no way that the Qin army will come again.
During this period, it was still the subjects of Zhao who were injured and suffered.
I want to sacrifice the Kingdom of Zhao in exchange for wealth!
As long as you are still here, as long as you are still fighting against Qin, it is absolutely impossible.
"How about Li Xin and Yang Duanhe marching in two directions?"
In front of Jingxingkou, I personally guarded the area. General Wang Jian of the Qin State did not make any movement. At most, he made some small movements. But now it was the armies from the north and the south that worried me.
"Qin General Li Xinzheng led his 70,000 troops, combined with Qin General Meng Tian's 100,000 troops, to attack Daijun Lingqiu. I'm afraid it will be uncomfortable! The siege equipment used by his army is novel, and the siege equipment used by the army is fierce. Fire oil attacks the city, and the Yan State cannot help.
, Lingqiu ordered to return, I am afraid it will be difficult to hold on until the beginning of spring."
"The Qin general Yang Duanhe on the south side has crossed Chaoge and is attacking Anyang. It is also difficult to hold on until the beginning of spring. There is really a huge disparity in military strength and combat power!"
Sima Shang bowed his hands and responded with a serious look on his face.
The general also knew this news. Although he didn't know, the general still asked, but... Sima Shang still said it.
Now the general is stationed at Jingxingkou with more than 100,000 elite troops, but the Zhao armies in the north and south are not elite. On the other hand, the Qin army is all elite, and the gap is huge, but why is it so.
Sure enough, in more than a month, after the beginning of spring, the Qin army from the north and the south will really continue to encroach on Zhao's territory. If it continues, Li Xin and Yang Duanhe will be able to attack from the north and the south before the generals engage in battle with Li Mu.
Attack.
"Wang Jian!"
"You are worthy of being the commander of a thousand men under the command of Bai Qi, the famous general of Qin!"
Li Mu sighed again, if Wang Jian's 200,000 troops could attack the fort with all their might, allowing him to fight a bloody battle, he might be able to gain some peace of mind at this moment.
After all, it is also a heroic fate for a general to die in battle and turn into bones.
However, the Qin army chose to fight but not fight, and retreat but not retreat. It was just like this that it laid heavy troops here, wasting itself, and wanted to waste itself and its more than 100,000 elite men at Jingxingkou.
It's really frustrating.
These tactics are very similar to what I heard from Bai Qi in the Battle of Changping - using heavy force to control light force, using slow force to control fast force, cutting off roads to divide the enemy, and encircling and besieging them for a long time. At that time, Wang Jian was no more than Bai Qi's subordinates.
long.
Now he is also a pillar of the Qin army.
Last time, Bai Qi's tactics killed 450,000 Zhao troops in one fell swoop!
Does Wang Jian also want this?
Although it is ridiculous, the current situation cannot be ignored!
The Qin State dispatched more than 400,000 troops, with one soldier and two men, and more than one million troops. Since a year ago, the Qin State has been dispatching and operating in an orderly manner. From this alone, Li Mu fully understood the huge gap between the Zhao State and the Qin State.
gap.
Not only that, Li Xin, Yang Duan and the two armies in the north and south, who he had originally despised, now also showed a different kind of edge, causing Zhao Jun to retreat continuously and fight steadily instead of relying on force.
Completely forcing Zhao Jun on the passive side.
If Zhao State does not mobilize troops from other places, it is very likely that the northern and southern routes will really be lost.
Now in the Zhao Kingdom, the Handan Camp still has nearly 100,000 troops, and the Julu Camp has even more troops. Sure enough, they have been mobilized and can definitely continue to support them, but those two troops are all in the hands of Guo Kai.
No way!
Thinking back to the past thirty years, when he was fighting against the Huns in the north, he always forced the Huns by himself. How could he be controlled by others today? If so, Guo Kai still ignored his own documents to dispatch troops to help.
It is very possible that he can only watch helplessly with an army of more than 100,000 people unable to move even half a step, and helplessly sink into a deep quagmire dug by whether it is the Qin State or the Zhao State, or two or even multiple parties at the same time, until he is drowned and suffocated.
And unable to struggle.
With nothing but a large army, he had no choice but to wait for death. Li Mu's spine suddenly became much colder. Although the world was frosty, his heart felt like ice that had lasted for thousands of years.