Peng Yue and others had been watching the road going south on the hill, so when Mengtian's 10,000 infantry front army just showed up, Peng Yue and Bangtuo saw it.
Under the rising sun, two poles more than three feet high were fluttering high on a black background with the two characters "Qin" and "Meng" on top. Behind the two flags, more than ten thousand infantrymen came over with powerful steps.
The clear black armor exuded a black-gold light, which made Peng Yue and the others narrow their eyes involuntarily.
Followed by more than 10,000 infantry were at least 10,000 powerful black-armored cavalry, and tall, muscular horses paced leisurely and contentedly.
Peng Yue and others knew that the Qin army on the road had already discovered them and others. The war was coming, but they were still so leisurely. It was obvious that both the knights on the horses and the horses under them were brave and battle-hardened people.
Or maybe these Qin troops didn't take their 50,000-strong army seriously at all.
Behind the capable cavalry, the first thing that appeared was a five-foot-high tooth flag with a black satin base of more than one foot wide and five feet long, with a foot-sized "Meng" character on it shining brightly in the sun.
The tooth flag means "the one with the tooth flag is the essence of the general". In ancient times, the tooth flag was the symbol of the entire army.
The tooth flag is the main symbol of an army, so in a war, wherever the tooth flag is, it means that the command center is there and the general is there. If the flag does not fall down, the general is there and the entire army exists. Once the flag falls, it means
The general is gone and the entire army has collapsed.
When Peng Yue and others saw this huge tooth flag, they knew that Meng Tian's Chinese army should be behind it.
At this time, Peng Yue, Hamato and others were already feeling very cold.
Let’s not talk about Meng Tian, the elite of the Jiuyuan Army and the sophisticated weapons and equipment. According to the visual inspection of Peng Yue and others, the number of the former army is almost 20,000, and the former army is generally only a part of the entire army.
, as well as a larger central army and rear army.
Peng Yue, Bangtuo and others came down Gushan. Yue said in a dull voice: "Did the Qin people transfer all the 300,000 Jiuyuan troops into Guanbei and go to Julu? And gave up Jiuyuan and other places to the Huns?"
Hearing Peng Yue's words, Bang Tuo and the others did not say a word. If it is true as Peng Yue said, let alone the newly established Zhao Kingdom, even if it returns to the time when the six kingdoms rise together, they may not be able to resist it.
This is the most elite army of 300,000 and 9 original soldiers in the Qin Dynasty.
"If this is not the case, I think that the second generation must have transferred some of the 300,000 Jiuyuan army to the north. The Qin Emperor Yingzheng spent a lot of effort to build Jiuyuan and other places when he was in power. The second generation should not dare to abandon them.
The cause of Yingzheng." Bangtuo said slowly after a while.
"Even if there are only one hundred and ninety thousand soldiers from the original army, it is not something that our Zhao country can resist now." Peng Yue knew the situation of the new Zhao State very well.
Although on the surface it seems that Xin Zhao now has nearly 300,000 soldiers, not to mention how many of these 300,000 soldiers have received training and been on the battlefield, there are still nearly 100,000 weapons alone.
Sticks and the like. Not to mention armor and other protective equipment.
Even if such an army of 300,000 were doubled, they might not be able to withstand the 100,000 troops heading north. Of course, it might not be more than 100,000.
"General, while the Qin army has not yet arrived, you should immediately order someone to fly back to the Prime Minister and report the situation in detail to the Prime Minister. Let the Prime Minister decide everything. We will live and die here." Hamato sighed.
road.
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Li Zuoche, who was in Julu, had received military information from Peng Yue yesterday night about what happened to Meng Tian's army heading north to Julu. Although Li Zuoche was anxious, he did not send the Qin army northward, which was less than a hundred meters away from Julu.
Tell anyone what happened.
Since the restoration of the new Zhao Dynasty, the survivors of the original Zhao Kingdom have come. Those who should be given high positions have been given, and those who should be granted officials have also been granted. However, the little Zhao court has been in chaos because of the undecided position of the right prime minister.
Oh my god.
Li Zuoche has not appeared in the court for the past three days, but naturally everything that happened in the court could not escape his eyes and ears. Today, Li Zuoche was the first to arrive at the main hall of the morning court for the first time.
The court hall of Xin Zhao was originally the official residence of the Julu County Sheriff, and the house behind the official residence has naturally become the palace where King Zhao rests today.
As soon as Chenshi arrived, officials of all sizes from Xinzhao came to court one after another. After a night's rest, these people who had just argued all day yesterday were now in high spirits. They were gearing up to argue with their opponents today.
One day.
When these people came in and found that the Prime Minister Li Zuoche, whom they had never seen before, was already in the main hall, they couldn't help but be startled, and then hurriedly bowed and saluted. Li Zuoche greeted these people lightly and lowered his eyebrows.
Fall asleep and stop talking.
Everyone knows who the real leader of the new Zhao Kingdom is now, so when they saw Li Zuoche taking a nap, all the officials who had been quarreling when he arrived suddenly stopped one by one today.
King Zhao Xiecong ascended the throne. For three days, he was so noisy by the surviving members of the Zhao family that he wanted to die, but what he said was of no use. He was like a puppet every day.
I watched them quarreling from the first court to the next court, and so on.
But when he finally plucked up the courage to walk into the main hall today, he suddenly found that the small hall that was supposed to be full of noise was extremely quiet today. What was going on?
"The king has arrived!"
"I respectfully welcome your Majesty!"
When King Zhao entered the main hall, he found Li Zuoche sitting in the front seat. He immediately understood why these people stopped arguing. He couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He, the nominal King of Zhao, was not as intimidating as a minister.
This thought was immediately suppressed by King Zhao, who smiled and said: "Pingsheng! The Prime Minister is here today too?"
"Go back to your Majesty, I will report you if you have any questions." Li Zuoche bowed and said.
"Oh? Mr. Prime Minister, please tell me something!" Zhao Wangxie said quickly with a solemn expression when he heard that Li Zuoche had something to report.
"Your Majesty, Qin's General Jiuyuanhou Mengtian led his army to Handan yesterday, which is less than a hundred miles away from Julu." As soon as Li Zuoche spoke calmly, there was a dead silence in the hall, and then there was chaos.
Got up.
All the officials, big and small, who were originally sanctimonious, suddenly exploded.
Everyone knows who Meng Tian is ☆The important thing is that Meng Tian will die if he is less than a hundred miles away from Julu.
"Your Majesty, let's escape!"
"Yes! Your Majesty, run away!"
"Lord Xiangguo, what should I do?"
"Qin surrendered!"
…
Li Zuoche looked at the chaotic hall, with a hint of coldness in his eyes.
When Zhao Wangxie heard Li Zuoche's words, he was stunned for a while, but he immediately noticed that Li Zuoche still had a calm face. He immediately knew that the Prime Minister had already made up his mind.
"Lord Xiangguo, do you have a way to deal with it?"
The officials, big and small, who were originally in a mess in the main hall, suddenly came to their senses when they heard Zhao Wangxie's words. Yes, isn't there the Prime Minister?
"Please, Mr. Xiangguo, save our Zhao country!"
These officials were all experienced, and they immediately saw some clues from Li Zuoche's expression, and they all said respectfully.
"My lords, you don't have to be like this. I am the Prime Minister of the State of Zhao, how can I ignore it?" Li Zuoche said calmly, then he bowed to King Zhao in the hall and said: "Today I will lead the army to fight against Meng Tian's army. Please, Your Majesty."
Appoint Situ Pang Xin as the right prime minister to assist the king in governing the country!"
Pang Xin, the son of Pang Nuan, the famous general of Zhao State. Pang Nuan was the apprentice of the hermit He Guanzi. He Guanzi was from Chu, but he was a deaf man. He was proficient in Taoism and military science. He was once a popular man under King Wuling of Zhao.
, it is said that the First Emperor once studied under He Guanzi.
"Okay! I'm sure." Zhao Wangxie dared to bargain with Li Zuoche at this time. The officials from Zhao's surviving family who had been fighting for three days because of this right didn't even claim to be Li Zuoche at this time.
"Thank you, Your Majesty! I will resign and order my troops to go on an expedition immediately!" Li Zuoche bowed and said, "The military power of the country is in Li Zuoche's hands, so he doesn't even need to ask King Zhao for any tiger charms or other means to mobilize troops."
Seal.
"Then I will wait in Julu for Lord Xiangguo to return victorious!" King Zhao stood up and said.
"We wish the Prime Minister a great victory!"
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The scouts of Great Qin had already reported to Meng Tian the information that the Zhao army had moved north and camped in the mountains, but to be honest, Meng Tian did not pay attention to the 50,000 rebels who were not equipped with armor or weapons. What he really cared about was Li Zuoche.
After Hu Hai decided to let Meng Tian lead the army north to Julu, Meng Tian carefully searched for all the information about Li Mu and Li Zuoche. In particular, he studied Li Mu's tactics of using troops.
Li Mu was good at hiding his flying cavalry and was good at decisive battles in the open space. This was Li Mu's unique strategy for defeating the Xiongnu and even the Qin army.
There are plains everywhere on the grassland, and there are no mountains or rivers to block them, and there are no fortresses. The Huns gather and scatter randomly, come and go as fast as they fly, and there is no way to pursue and annihilate them. However, Li Mu explored a unique set of tactics in the long-term fight with the Huns.
First paralyze the Huns and hide their scattered troops on the grassland. When the Huns cavalry gather together and move south, use the flying cavalry army to surround and annihilate them. If you can hide the army on the endless grassland without the Huns noticing, you can
Encircling and annihilating the Xiongnu in the open grassland, the most unsuitable place for an encirclement battle, was Li Mu's most unique strategy.
Meng Tian already regarded the 50,000 Zhao troops who were camping on the mountain as dead men. Li Zuoche's actions were what he was concerned about.
"Order Zhang Wu to lead the front army to surround the camp of the rebels and not to attack by force. If the rebels come out, they can shoot them with powerful crossbows. The middle and rear armies continue to move north, and the scouts of each army are ordered to go forward fifty miles and carefully explore whether there are any ambushes around our army.
"Meng Tian looked at the lonely Peng Yue camp next to the hill and ordered.
"Here!"
Following Meng Tian's military order, 10,000 infantrymen from Zhang Wu's former army set up camps on the left and right sides less than 500 steps away from Peng Yue's camp, while 10,000 cavalry set up camp directly in front of Peng Yue's camp, blocking Peng Yue's army.
On the way out of camp.
Meng Tian did not care about Zhang Wu's front army. Although Zhang Wu's front army only had 20,000 people, Meng Tian believed that the tens of thousands of Zhao troops camped on the mountain were definitely no match for the 29,000 elite soldiers.
Seeing Zhang Wu setting up camp, Meng Tianya flags were waving, and he led the central and rear troops to continue northward along the Chi Road, heading straight for Julu.
As soon as Meng Tian's army walked less than ten miles, the scouts who came forward flew to report. Less than fifty miles ahead, a large number of soldiers with the banners of "Zhao" and "Li" appeared. An army of no less than 100,000 people was coming from the giant.