After a day of recuperation in Wuyang, the Zhao army began to turn around and head south. Yanzhou was still the vanguard, but instead of returning along the way they came, they marched southeast along Yishui. After arriving at the border of Yanqi, they turned to the south.
In the south, attack Qi State's Pingshu, Zhongyi, Fuyang, and Rao'an lines.
An Ning did not rush to the front on horseback as usual, but followed Zhao Kuo obediently, raising her head to look at Zhao Kuo from time to time, her eyes full of admiration.
"I don't know what Le Yi, Tian Dan, Lian Po and the others are like." Zhao Kuo was riding on his horse and his thoughts could not help but drift to the south.
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Shangdang County, Yaodu Pass.
Shangdang is located in the basin in the middle of the Taihang Mountains, surrounded by high mountains. There are many passes built between the mountains, which are easy to defend but difficult to attack. Yaoduguan is a pass between Duanshi and Yicheng.
"I hope you gentlemen, the Qin army is as usual, there is no movement." Feng Ting walked into the camp, took off his armor, threw it aside casually, picked up the water glass on the table, raised his head and drank it down, then depressed
said.
Since the beginning of the war, except for the first day when the Qin army launched an attack under the leadership of Wu'an Jun Bai Qi, the rest of the time was spent hiding in the pass, not even bothering to pretend to attack.
Half a month ago, Le Yi led his troops to a night attack, killing a thousand Qin troops and giving up after losing five hundred. The Qin army responded very quickly, and the quality of the soldiers was even better than that of the Zhao army, so it was difficult for him to take advantage.
Moreover, he only had 35,000 soldiers, who needed to defend all parts of Shangdang. Yao Duguan only had 20,000 soldiers.
The Qin army has a total of one hundred thousand, even if one exchanges for two, it will be a loss. Moreover, after the Qin army is prepared, even Le Yi cannot exchange one for two. Bai Qi may even seize the opportunity and attack the Qin army.
Yao Duguan was captured.
"Is there any plan?" Zhao Sheng said with some worry. The Qin Army's coach is Wu Anjun Bai Qi. It is impossible to say that he is not worried at all.
"You'll know when you go out and take a look." Le Yi stood up and walked outside.
Zhao Sheng and Feng Ting quickly followed.
When the soldiers on guard saw Le Yi, they hurriedly bowed and saluted. Le Yi nodded, came to the female wall, and walked directly towards the Qin army's camp with his feet in the air.
"General, you..." Zhao Sheng said anxiously.
You can fucking fly, but we can’t!
"No need to follow." Le Yi waved his hand and said, angrily Zhao Sheng and Feng Ting stood behind and stamped their feet.
The eyes of all the soldiers were filled with envy.
Le Yi flew to a place about 500 meters away from the Qin army's camp and stopped. It would be dangerous to get any closer. If the Qin army's war cloud enveloped him, he would have no power to compete alone.
"Where is Mr. Wu'an? Come out and see him." Le Yi's voice was like rolling thunder, spreading throughout the entire Qin army camp.
"What do you want to do with me?" Bai Qi's figure rushed out of the Qin army camp and stood not far from Leyi. His pure white robes rustled in the breeze, which was somewhat inconsistent with his past image.
"It's nothing, just checking to see if you are here." Le Yi said calmly.
"I hope you are worried about the division of our army?" Bai Qi had a stiff smile on his face.
"I was a little worried before, but I'm not worried anymore." Le Yi nodded and did not deny it.
"As expected of you," Bai Qi said with approval.
"Less killing, your temper will soon be uncontrollable." Finally, Le Yi gave Bai Qi a deep look, reminded him, turned around and flew towards Yaoduguan.
Bai Qi stayed for a while and fell into the camp.
"General." Seeing Le Yi return, Zhao Sheng and Feng Ting hurriedly greeted him, "How is the situation?"
"The Qin Army's 100,000-strong army is here and they have not divided their forces," Le Yi said.
As long as Bai Qi is still here, it is unlikely that the Qin army will divide its troops. Finally, from the stiff smile on Bai Qi's face, Le Yi can be sure that the Qin army has not divided its troops.
"The State of Qin is really shameless. It instigated the four kingdoms of Han, Wei, Yan, Qi to attack our country, while he watched the show from the sidelines." Zhao Sheng said. His intelligence was not bad, and he immediately understood Qin's plan.
Obviously, Qin saw that there was no chance of destroying Zhao, so it just pretended to let the other four countries weaken Zhao and reap the benefits for itself.
Zhao Sheng even suspected that the Qin State told the other four countries that after destroying the Zhao State, our Qin State will not take an inch of land, and all of it will be yours, in order to encourage the four countries.
"Isn't this a good thing for our Zhao country?" Feng Ting said.
"It's indeed a good thing." Zhao Sheng nodded.
No matter what, at least Zhao Guo Shao now faces a strong enemy. Otherwise, even if Qin cannot attack Shangdang, it will still make Zhao Guo miserable for a long time.
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Yecheng.
"Mr. Anping, the cattle you want are ready, three thousand in total." Meng Wu came in from outside and said with a cupped hand.
He is the son of Meng Ao, one year younger than Zhao Kuo, and the same age as Li Mu, but his talent is not as good as Li Mu's, and his current strength is only at the peak of Qi training.
But compared to others, he is already considered a proud one.
For example, Tian Dan was very optimistic about him, and since Meng Wu was from Qi, it was inevitable that Tian Dan would feel some affinity with him, so he took him with him to train him.
"Well, thank you for your hard work." Tian Dan nodded.
"Mr. Anping, can't we wait for the king to come to support us?" Meng Ao asked.
"No wait." Tian Dan shook his head, "Although it would be safer to wait for the king to arrive for support, it will delay the spring plowing. This year's spring plowing cannot be delayed under any circumstances."
Spring plowing was in a month, and he had to find a way to end the battle within twenty days and then let the soldiers go home.
If he waited for Zhao Kuo to defeat the Yan army, then turned around and defeated the Qi army, and finally arrived at him, no matter how quickly he arrived, the spring plowing would be delayed.
"Then you want to use the Fire Ox Formation?" Meng Wu said eagerly.
As a native of Qi, he has grown up listening to the legend of Tian Dan. Almost everyone knows about the Fire Ox Formation. Unfortunately, until now, he has never seen the Fire Ox Formation.
"Now is not the time." Tian Dan picked up a scroll of bamboo slips from the table and handed it to Meng Wu. "Send this letter to the Wei army and give it to the commander of the Wei army, Jin Bi." Tian Dan said.
"No." Meng Wu took the bamboo slip and walked outside.
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Wei army camp.
Jin Bi was discussing military affairs with Bao Yang. Both of them were famous generals in Wei and South Korea, but their faces were full of sorrow at this time.
They have been attacking Yecheng continuously for nearly a month. Let alone defeating them, they have not even touched the top of Yecheng. They were even sneak attacked once by Tian Dan's troops, losing thousands of soldiers and losing the morale of the entire army.
"To be honest, I don't think we can capture Yecheng." Jin Bi sighed.
"It's all your fault that Wei State built Ye City so tall." Bao Yuan said.
Jin Bi rolled his eyes at Baoyuan and said nothing.
They had all cooperated with Tian Dan and were well aware of Tian Dan's abilities. Not to mention an army of 200,000 or even 300,000, they were not confident that they could capture Yecheng.
If it weren't for the monarch's order, they would have led the army to retreat long ago.
"General, the envoy from the State of Zhao wants to see you." A guard came in and reported.
"Messenger from the State of Zhao? Let him in." Jin Bi was a little confused, but decided to meet him.
Although Wei and Zhao are enemies now, his personal relationship with Zhao Kuo is still very good.
"General, this is a letter from my Lord Anping to you." Meng Wu walked into the camp and handed the letter to Jin Bi.
"A letter from Lord Anping?" Jin Bi took it and opened it. He was shocked: "Qin plans to seize our country, Hedong!"
Jin Bi didn't believe it at first, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt it was possible. The people of Qin were cunning, and everyone knew it. Moreover, he had not received any news from Qin State, so he didn't know what Qin State was doing.
"Come here." Jin Bi shouted.
"General." A messenger came in.
"Send the letter to your Majesty immediately." Jin Bi handed the letter to the messenger and ordered.
"No." The messenger took the letter.
"I would also like to ask the envoy to thank Lord Anping for me. If Lord Anping hadn't reminded me, my country, Wei, would have almost fallen into Qin's plan." Jin Bi said gratefully to Meng Wu.
"Jun Anping asked me to tell the general that our king has said that the three Jin Dynasties are one family and we should not be instigated by outsiders." Meng Wu said with clasped fists.
Jin Bi and Bao Yuanlian felt a little ashamed. No matter what happened to the three kingdoms before, Zhao Kuo did not feel sorry for Han and Wei in any way. Instead, Han and Wei en took revenge and attacked Zhao.
Although there is no grudge or enmity between countries.
"I will tell this to the king." Jin Bi said solemnly.
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"How was it?" Tian Dan asked after Meng Wu came back.
"Wei Jun believed it." Meng Wu nodded.
"Tell the scouts to keep an eye on the Wei army and notify me immediately if there is any movement," Tian Dan said.
"promise."
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On the west bank of the river, Zhao Jun’s camp is located.
Unlike Shangdang and Yecheng, when Lian Po sent troops, the Qi army had already crossed the river, invaded the hinterland of Zhao, and captured more than a dozen cities.
After Lian Po arrived with his army, he defeated the Qi army with one-third of its strength. In less than ten days, he recovered all the lost territory of Zhao and drove the Qi army across the river.
Then... Lian Po could only stare at Qi Jungan across the river...
The flow of the river downstream is rapid, and the water surface is more than ten miles wide. In order to prevent the river from bursting its banks, the Qi, Wei, and Zhao Kingdoms also built hundreds of miles of dams on both sides of the river, which are higher than ordinary city walls...
Crossing the river was already very difficult, and now we still have to attack the dam...
"Isn't your boy's talent for ignoring the terrain? He can't even cross a small river." Lian Po slapped the back of the head of a general beside him and said angrily.
As for the rookie coach Qi Guo, Lian Po said that if there was no river water, he could beat him five times. It was too frustrating to be stopped here.
"General, you have to speak with your conscience. Do you call this a small river?" Qingshe pointed at the rolling waves in front of him and said, "Although the general's talent is to ignore the terrain, it is impossible to ignore more than a dozen people."
The river is miles wide, not to mention there are river embankments more than ten meters high on both sides. Including the river embankments, it is nearly thirty miles wide."
His talent allows him to ignore terrain to a certain extent. For example, walking on mountains is almost the same as walking on flat land as long as it is not too steep. However, it is absolutely impossible to ignore a river more than ten miles wide unless he can fly across it.
.
However, even Zhao Feiqi couldn't do it.
"It's really a waste that you have such a good talent." Lian Po sighed, pretending to be sad.
Only if your relationship is as good as theirs, can you talk so casually.
"If the general hadn't led his army across the swamp to sneak attack on the Qi army, how could the general have reached here so quickly?" Qing She said unconvinced.
"What's the use of fighting here? Aren't we still blocked? Now the Qi army won't attack or retreat. It's obvious that they want to delay our army." Lian Po said in a deep voice.
If this war cannot end before spring plowing, Zhao will be defeated!
"General, what do you think about us bursting the river?" said a general nearby.
"Pull it down. We can't even cross to the other side of the river now. How can we breach the embankment? Are we going to dig up the embankment on our side? Are you a spy sent by the Qi army?" Qing She curled his lips and said.
There was a roar of laughter all around, but Jiang blushed and stopped talking.