Chapter 133: Under the city of Handan! Dun Ruo was shocked: Where did this force come from?

Handan!

Longtai Palace!

"The Qin army has arrived at the city."

"Old general, can our great Zhao be able to hold on?"

Although his subordinates had warned him many times before that the army and the people were united to suppress Handan, now that he actually saw the Qin army approaching the city, Zhao Yan was still a little panicked.

"Old minister, I swear to defend to the death and coexist with Handan." Pang Nuan stood up and replied loudly.

Looking at his serious face and the way he was ready to die, it was obvious that Pang Nuan was determined to die.

Pang Nuan has been unwilling to do so since Wu'an City retreated.

Pang Nuan felt that it was a great shame and humiliation for a city guarded by 300,000 troops to be breached by the Qin army in one day.

This time.

He was already determined to die.

Even if you die, you must protect Handan.

"With these words from the old general, I feel a lot more at ease."

"but."

"The Qin army is brave and must be guarded against."

"I have no intention of blaming the old general Wu An for his defeat. I hope the old general can turn his defeat into experience and come up with better ways to defend against the enemy." Zhao Yan said with some worry.

Now.

Lian Po is dead.

The only person Zhao Yan could rely on was Pang Nuan.

Although Zhao Yan was worried about the defeat of Wu'an City, victory or defeat was a common matter for military strategists. Naturally, Zhao Yan was not too harsh on this veteran general who was loyal to him.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty."

"The defeat of Wu'an was due to the loss of one gate, and the defeated army was scattered, causing chaos in the defense of the other two gates."

"This battle."

"I have prepared a perfect solution."

"In view of the defeated army, the old minister decided to set up a 100-man supervising team in one army camp and a thousand-man supervising team in 10,000 general camps."

"Once there is chaos, the supervising team will directly kill the defeated army."

"Except."

"Create a directory for all members of the war team, and record all their families' hometowns. If the war team dares to escape from the battle, the clan will be exterminated." Pang Nuan started loudly.

Hear this.

Zhao Yan also flashed a hint of joy in his eyes: "The old general is really good at commanding troops. Using this as a fortress will surely prevent the soldiers of the war supervisors from escaping from the battlefield. It can be said that the war supervisors are spread throughout the entire army, and there will definitely be no more broken troops rushing into battle." thing.”

"This is also the method that the old minister uses to think hard."

"Only in this way can we, the generals of Zhao State, work together to resist the powerful enemy." Pang Nuan said solemnly.

"Old General, feel free to do it."

"There are nearly 300,000 troops in Handan City."

"In addition to the more than 200,000 the old general brought back from Wu'an City, there are also 50,000 Imperial Guards from me."

"Now that the country is in crisis, all military power in the city has been handed over to the old general."

Zhao Yan said extremely seriously.

Subsequently.

He stood up slowly, picked up a box on the table, and walked towards Pang Nuan in the hall.

Pang Nuan bowed to pay homage.

"The Tiger Talisman, I gave it to the old general."

"In charge of the Tiger Talisman and military power, the old general takes orders directly from me."

"If anyone in the city dares to disobey the old general's orders, surrender to the enemy and betray the country, and disturb the morale of the army, the old general can directly deal with him according to military law." Zhao Yan put the box containing the tiger charm in his hand against Pang Nuan's hand.

Hear the words.

Pang Nuan bowed: "Old minister, I swear to be loyal to the king to the death."

"Except for the nearly 300,000 troops in Handan City."

"I have issued an edict to mobilize 100,000 frontier cavalry from Daidi."

"They are all the elites of our great Zhao."

"I think these two days are coming. How to arrange the arrangements? I will leave them all to the old general." Zhao Yan said again.

When he heard that there were 100,000 frontier cavalry, Pang Nuan's eyes flashed sharply.

"Great King Shengming."

"I, the Great Zhao, am the best in the world in riding and shooting in Hufu."

"With these 100,000 frontier cavalry, I am more confident that I can defend Handan."

"Even defeated the Qin army." Pang Nuan said confidently.

"With these words from the old general, I feel more at ease." Zhao Yan laughed.

Subsequently.

Zhao Yan turned around and looked at Manchao Wenwu, his eyes specifically staying on Zhao Yan for a moment.

"Your Majesty."

"The national crisis is approaching, and the violent Qin troops are approaching the city."

"I don't want to talk nonsense."

"Whoever dares to collude with the Qin State in private, and whoever dares to betray Zhao, I will destroy his clan." Zhao Yan shouted coldly.

Maybe Zhao Yan is not a wise king, but at this moment when the national crisis is looming, Zhao Yan naturally has a kind of domineering king. After all, this is to save his life.

If Handan is broken.

Life is gone.

So he is extremely rational at the moment.

"I swear to be loyal to the king and to Zhao."

Zhao Chen in the main hall of Longtai Palace shouted loudly.

"Your Majesty."

"There is one more thing that is the most important thing to protect Handan." Pang Nuan said again.

"Old General, please speak." Zhao Yan said immediately.

"In addition to the 100,000 border troops, there are also needed war horses."

"Handan must have enough food and baggage."

"The army of more than 300,000 people consumes huge amounts of food and grass every day. If the Qin army blocks it, Handan may become a trapped beast."

"So we must be careful about food and grass matters."

"I sincerely request that the food and grass in the city do not go through the Prime Minister's Mansion, but are directly under the jurisdiction of the old minister." Pang Nuan respectfully requested the order.

Hear this.

Guo Kai was a little anxious.

He has always been in charge of the food and grass matter. Only he knows how much oil and water there is, so how could he give it up?

And maybe this can continue to make contributions to Qin!

"Isn't it possible that the general can't trust the truth?" Guo Kai said reluctantly.

"The Prime Minister's words are serious. It's not that I can't trust the Prime Minister, but it's for the sake of the overall situation."

"The food and grass in the city is only enough for my army for three to four months, and there must be Qin's fine work in the city. I don't want Qin to take advantage of it. If the food and grass are lost, our great Zhao will be in danger." Pang Nuan painted a picture for Zhao. look.

"Old General..." Guo Kai still wanted to argue.

But at this moment, Zhao Yan, who was rational, raised his hand: "The old general is right, it affects the survival of our country, Zhao, and must be treated with caution."

"I have already said that all the military power in Handan will be handed over to the old general, and the survival of the Zhao Dynasty will also be at stake."

"Food and grass can only be secured if a large army guards them."

"Prime Minister, from now on you will be responsible for dispatching grain and grass from other cities. After the grain and grass enter the city, all the grain and grass will be handed over to the care of the old general." Zhao Yan said.

"I accept the edict." Guo Kai had no choice but to accept the edict.

And Pang Nuan felt Zhao Yan's trust in him, and immediately knelt down: "Old minister, I swear to be loyal to the king to the death, and will never let the king down."

"Prime Minister."

"Thankfully, the old general reminded me that the food and grass in Handan is only enough for the army until April."

"You have to seize the time to raise food and grass." Zhao Yan said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty."

"It's not that I don't want to raise money, it's just that there is no more food and grass to raise."

"Now our country, Zhao, is in a war. We have mobilized troops against the State of Yan for several months, consuming countless amounts of food and grass. Now that Qin has come to attack, a lot of our country, Zhao's food and grass, has also been taken by the Qin army."

"And the autumn harvest has never come."

"So..." Guo Kai said helplessly.

"The survival of the country, everyone of our Zhao people is responsible for protecting the country."

"Pass on my edict to increase taxes and get the money to buy grain and grass." Zhao Yan said immediately, with no doubt.

"Your Majesty."

"Now the tax in our country, Zhao, is already 70 per 10 tax. If we add this to the tax, it will be at least 80 per 10 tax. This will make it difficult for the people to live." Zhao Yi couldn't help but say.

Unlike Zhao Yanzhi, Zhao Yi still has some conscience for the people of Zhao State.

“I don’t think I need to say more about how tyrannical the Qin State is, right?”

"In the battle of Changping in the past, the State of Qin wielded a butcher's knife against the 400,000 soldiers of the Zhao army who had laid down their weapons, causing a massacre that shocked the world. If the State of Qin was allowed to overthrow the capital, nearly 20 million of our Zhao people would be killed by Qin. Slavery, how many people will die?”

"For the great Zhao Cunguo, this is the obligation that every citizen should fulfill."

"Today's taxes are indeed high, but after the Qin Dynasty retreats, I will naturally compensate them." Zhao Yan said without changing his expression.

For Zhao Yan.

He didn't care at all that the people couldn't survive. All he cared about was his own throne and his own power.

As long as he can retreat from Qin and preserve the throne, as long as he can keep the country of Zhao alive, no matter what price he pays, it is worth it.

Again.

If the country of Zhao is gone, it will really be destroyed by Qin.

Then this kind of mess must be handed over to Qin.

If it is not handled properly, the people of Zhao will hate Qin very much in the future.

"Your Majesty, if it arouses public anger, it will be detrimental to Zhao's resistance to Qin." Zhao Yi still wanted to persuade.

"Shunpei-kun."

"Now that the country is in crisis, the people want to blame Qin as well. What does it have to do with the king?"

"Everything is because of Qin." Guo Kai said loudly.

"The Prime Minister is still thinking of others." Zhao Yan smiled happily.

"Okay, this matter has been settled, and the Prime Minister will go to implement the policy."

"Dismiss the dynasty."

Zhao Yan didn't bother to say anything more and just walked away.

"In such a situation, even if we can really hold Handan and withdraw from the Qin Dynasty, it will be difficult for me, Zhao, to recover within ten years." Zhao Yan sighed in his heart.

In the palace of King Zhao!

"Why hasn't Li Mu returned yet?" Zhao Yan looked at Guo Kai and asked.

"Your Majesty."

"Li Mu is unwilling to hand over military power."

Guo Kai said with a serious face.

When Zhao Yan heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then snorted coldly: "It's just as I expected."

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty."

"I have dealt with it, and General Yan Ju has successfully taken control of the military. The generals loyal to the king brought from Handan have also replaced Li Mu's confidants."

"The border troops are in full control," Guo Kai immediately replied.

"You did a great job."

"If Li Mu dies, he will die." Zhao Yan said solemnly.

There was no uproar about Li Mu's death. For him, Li Mu was his dissident in charge of the king's power.

"Your Majesty."

"Li Mu is dead, but his reputation in our country is no weaker than that of Lian Po. I suggest that his death can be passed on to the Qin State, which will arouse the soldiers' common hatred towards the Qin State." Guo Kai suggested again. .

"The Prime Minister's words make sense."

"Only the Prime Minister can handle this matter." Zhao Yan nodded happily.

Left Zhao Wang Palace.

In the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"Lord Dunwei."

"I have taken away the military power of Li Mu and Sima Shang. I also sent people to kill them, but the situation has changed a bit."

"Li Mu and Sima Shang were rescued on the way."

"But I still lied that Li Mu and Li Mu were dead, and King Zhao didn't ask any questions."

"But I really don't know who rescued Li Mu and Li Mu." Guo Kai said respectfully to Dun Rui.

"Rescued Li Mu and Li Mu?"

Dunruo frowned slightly, and then said: "Are you from Zhao State?"

"Won't."

"The execution of Li Mu this time is top secret and was planned by a villain."

"It will never be known to others."

"And the people who rescued Li Mu definitely came from extraordinary backgrounds. Each of them was extremely skilled. They killed more than 500 of my county soldiers and evacuated without any casualties." Guo Kai replied respectfully.

Facing Zhao Yan, he lied repeatedly.

But in the face of Dunwei, who controlled his wealth and life, Guo Kai could say everything he said and did not dare to lie at all.

after all.

He still wants to survive and want future wealth and glory.

Listening to what Guo Kai said, Dunwei's expression became serious: "How many are they?"

"According to the people at the scene, the number of those people was only five hundred." Guo Kai replied.

"Five hundred people faced 3,000 Zhaojun soldiers head-on, killed more than 500 Zhaojun soldiers, and escaped unscathed?"

"What kind of force is this?"

"How can it be so powerful?"

Dunwei couldn't help but be surprised in his heart.

Even if he, the Black Ice Terrace Dark Warrior, faced off against so many county soldiers in such a head-on manner, it would be impossible for him to do so. There would definitely be a lot of casualties, but all of these people escaped unscathed without any casualties.

"You should investigate what characteristics they have and what weapons they use. Then tell me after the investigation."

After thinking for a while, he explained to Guo Kai.

"Yes." Guo Kai nodded immediately.

"It is absolutely impossible for this force to appear out of thin air. It must be a well-trained force."

"It's just that I don't know which country it was trained by." Dunruo thought in his heart.

As the leader of Black Ice Platform, he is naturally very sensitive to this sudden force.

It's only five miles outside Handan City!

The Qin army is setting up camp in an orderly manner.

Inside the general's camp!

"General Zhao is here."

When Zhao Feng walked into the camp, Wang Ben and Yang Duanhe's eyes immediately turned over.

"Two generals."

"General."

Zhao Feng immediately smiled and greeted him.

"Sit down." Wang Jian smiled slightly, looking at Zhao Feng with particularly soft eyes.

And Wang Ben, the brother-in-law, had even more admiration in his eyes.

Yang Duanhe smiled and said directly: "The first achievement in conquering Wu'an City must be General Zhao. Originally, I wanted to congratulate General Zhao, but I never thought that General Zhao would directly lead the troops in pursuit."

"General Yang, you're welcome."

"Conquering the enemy city is naturally your duty." Zhao Feng replied with a smile.

"Hey." Yang Duanhe waved his hand: "There are 300,000 troops stationed in Wu'an City. According to my original estimate, it will take at least a month to break through the city, and the casualties will definitely not be less than 100,000. But because Zhao The general's move to break the city caused the Zhao army's defense line in Wu'an City to collapse, which allowed our army to break the city in one day."

"No need to say more about this merit."

"I have already reported to you, Your Majesty."

"After Zhao Feng is defeated, he will reward Zhao Feng for his merits." Wang Jian raised his hand and smiled.

"Thank you, General." Zhao Fengdao thanked him.

Although this is what you deserve, you must have the proper etiquette.

Not only did he break into Wu'an City this time, he was promoted to general, but his seniority was increased by 10%, and he should be able to be promoted to a higher title.

"alright."

"Now my three main camps are gathered in Handan."

"Just like Wu'an that day, we are discussing the matter of breaking the city." Wang Jian said in a deep voice.

"Handan City is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is more difficult to break than Wu'an."

"And unlike Wu'an, which is difficult to support alone, Handan City is a majestic city. It is almost impossible to attack three gates at the same time."

"It is impossible for Pang Nuan to station all his troops in Handan City."

"If nothing else happens, Zhao's border troops have already moved." Zhao Feng said in a deep voice.

"You were right."

"Zhao Bianjun has indeed moved."

"And this general has received information that Li Mu is dead." Wang Jian said in a deep voice.

Hear this!

The expressions of Wang Bi and Yang Duanhe changed. They were shocked at first, and then showed a hint of joy: "Li Mu is the top general of Zhao State. Without Zhao State, Li Mu is like losing an arm. To us, Da Qin, Great thing.”

"Lian Po died before, and now Li Mu is also dead. There is only one Pang Nuan left in the Zhao Kingdom."

"Very good."

"I don't know how much combat power the border troops can exert without Li Mu."

As an enemy general of Zhao State, Li Mu's death was naturally a happy thing for Wang Ben and others.

After all, if Li Mu were alive, he would definitely be a very difficult opponent.

Li Mu died.

Da Qin Rui Shi can avoid more casualties.

But for Zhao Feng.

At this moment, he had other thoughts in his mind.

"It seems that Guo Kaishang reported that Li Mu was dead, but did not say that he was rescued."

"Guo Kai, Guo Kai, you are indeed cunning."

"only."

"Now that we have information about many things in Zhao State, is it possible that Guo Kai has been controlled by King Qin?"

"That's right."

"Guo Kai was handed over to Tu Sui by me at the beginning, and then handed over to King Qin. At that time, he was controlled by King Qin."

"The historical God of War of the Qin Dynasty really belongs to the Qin Dynasty."

"otherwise."

"The first one targeted Lian Po, and this time he ambushed Li Mu."

"It is impossible that there is no trace of Qin in this." Zhao Feng thought to himself.

Lian Po was forced to stay outside the city before. If there was no one secretly manipulating him, Zhao Feng would never believe it.

All of this must be Guo Kai.

"This is intelligence that I have just received."

"Zhao general Yan Ju led 100,000 border troops from Dai to Handan, and now has been arranged to garrison east of Handan."

"In addition."

"Pang Nuan also formulated a strategy for supervising the battle army. Taking the Junhou Camp as an example, one Junhou Camp has 100 supervising soldiers, who are specifically responsible for killing soldiers who flee from the battlefield, and if these supervising soldiers flee from the battlefield, they will be directly exterminated." Wang Jian said in a deep voice.

Hearing this.

The three generals of Zhao Feng were silent.

After a while.

"The Zhao border army is the most powerful cavalry of Zhao, and they are unparalleled in the world in terms of Hu clothing and horse riding."

"Although my Qin warriors are powerful, if we fight with cavalry, we have almost no chance of winning against Zhao's Hu clothing and horse riding."

"Of course."

"Even if we attack the city in battle, if the Zhao cavalry attacks, my infantry will not be able to compete with the cavalry." Wang Ben said with a serious face.

Hu clothing and horse riding are unparalleled in the world and are world-famous.

"It is impossible that all 100,000 border troops are cavalry."

"If there are 30,000 cavalry, that's all these border troops." Zhao Feng said.

When I read novels in my previous life, those war novels had hundreds of thousands of cavalry, but now that Zhao Feng is in charge of the army, he knows how rare cavalry is.

Let's not talk about Zhao.

All the cavalry in Qin probably don't exceed 80,000, and that includes the northern border.

Zhao should have more, but it's about the same.

And the border troops, as the main force of Zhao to deal with the Xiongnu, are also cavalry.

There are only 70,000 cavalry stationed in Dai.

This time, it is impossible that these cavalry are all here.

It is not easy to raise a cavalry, and the resources paid are much more than those of infantry, especially war horses.

In this era, without the three treasures of cavalry, war horses basically have to retire in a few years, and they are not as durable as those after having the three treasures of cavalry.

"30,000 cavalry, this number is also very terrifying." Wang Ben sighed.

"And Pang Nuan learned from the defeat of Wu'an City and knew the harm of the rout and the attack, so he set up this supervisory army and threatened them with their families. Although it was cruel, it was also a way to govern the army."

"After using this method, the Zhao army will obviously no longer have routs of that scale."

"The Zhao army stationed in Handan City plus the Zhao Imperial Guards are definitely no less than 200,000, and there are 100,000 border troops. In addition, Handan is the capital of Zhao State, and the city defense is extremely high."

"It's really too difficult to break the city." Yang Duanhe said helplessly.

In the past, in front of Wu'an City, the two generals were still fighting for merit, but now that they are really at the gates of Handan City, they reveal a kind of silent heaviness.

Obviously.

They are not confident that they can break through Handan City.

"What?"

"The two generals don't want the credit for breaking through Handan."

"This is a greater merit than breaking through Wu'an City." Zhao Feng smiled.

"This battle will be a real bloody battle."

"It's not easy to break Handan."

"In the past, General Wang He led 300,000 troops to attack Handan, and lost nearly 100,000 soldiers, but failed to break the city, and finally committed suicide in front of Handan City."

"This incident is still vivid in my mind."

Wang Ben sighed.

Wang Ben naturally knew about the original incident, because he was once a general under Wang He, but he was just a general of 10,000.

The cruelty of that battlefield was even no less than Changping.

It's just that Changping is a blood debt that Zhao State is unwilling to mention, and the former Handan City is something that Qin State is unwilling to mention.

It is even praised as the shame of Qin King Ying Zheng.

Because.

This incident is also related to Lu Buwei at the time.

Ying Zheng attacked Zhao State in anger. Although he broke through the city and attacked Handan in the early stage, he was defeated in the end.

This also caused a lot of national strength to be lost in the Qin State.

It is precisely because of this incident.

Wang Ben and Yang Duanhe also have a shadow in their hearts.

"The past is the past, and the present is the present."

"The generals of the Qin Dynasty will never admit defeat."

Zhao Feng laughed, then stood up and bowed to Wang Jian: "I will be the vanguard to attack Handan!"

Hearing Zhao Feng's words.

Wang Ben and Yang Duanhe looked at him in surprise.