Chapter 409: Four hundred thousand soldiers destroyed Zhao
What happened on this day was quite absurd and magical. Although they did not find where the snare was hidden in the palace city, the stolen money collected alone was enough to pay the entire Zhao army for a year. This gave Zhao Yan a headache for the snare, but he also gained a lot.
A little bit of joy.
It was night, thanks to the map in Lu Yan's mind, the Chao Banshee's unique fragrance as an aid, and the secret passage that Zhao Yan carefully prepared for him to find flowers and ask willows, Luo Sheng and others fled out of the palace with Li Mu.
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After walking out of the secret passage, Lu Yan jumped on a branch and looked at the sparkling waves not far away under the moonlight. He mapped it in his mind and immediately knew his current location, "This is... the southern suburbs of Handan."
Chaogou River. If you want to go to Nvlu, Zhao Yan really goes to great lengths."
He sighed and said: "If you think about it from another perspective, King Zhao Yan is quite good among many kings. Although he is a little willful, he also knows how to take into account the face of the country."
After a while, the people who were lagging behind also caught up and reported, "Sir, the traces have been cleaned up."
"Let's go and meet up with one party at the planned location." Lu Yan nodded and quickly disappeared with the team.
At the same time, the Qin State had already put on a show, and the previous actions such as national preparations and grain mobilization immediately entered a real state of war.
General Wang Jian led one group of 200,000 people, and General Wang Ben led two groups of 100,000 people. They sent out their troops from Taiyuan.
First, he stormed Yanyu, the most important hub of the Zhao Kingdom. After capturing Yanyu, Wang Jian's army crossed the Taihang Mountains via Jingxing, cutting off the Zhao Kingdom in the middle, and blocking the return path of Zhao's 200,000-strong main army that destroyed Yan.
Wang Ben's army marched straight from Jingxing to Wu'an to threaten Handan.
In addition, Yang Duan and an army of 100,000 troops were dispatched from Hanoi, attacking Yecheng, Anyang and other places along the way, and rushed straight to Handan from the south.
The three armies totaled 400,000. Taking advantage of the fact that Zhao had just let go of his vigilance, he quickly advanced with great momentum. Within ten days, Zhao's border defense line was ruthlessly torn apart, and the Qin army officially invaded Zhao's territory.
Wang Jian and Wang Ben's father and son's 300,000-strong army stormed Yanyu. After capturing it as quickly as possible, they divided the troops into two groups and implemented the originally agreed upon military strategy. The battle for the destruction of Zhao State took just over half a month to begin.
the most critical period.
Military information flew from everywhere to Handan like snowflakes, and the defeat of Yan Yu meant that Zhao State was no longer able to organize a military counterattack across the country, and could only let the Qin army use it at will.
Wang Ben rushed to attack Wu'an, Handan was in danger; Yang Duanhe went all the way south, Handan was in danger!
After Zhao Wangyan received military information from various places, he looked at the miserable situation of the three lines blooming on the map, his eyes blurred for a while, and he fell straight down.
It's over, the main force of 200,000 on the front line cannot come back, Wang Ben and Yang Duan and the two groups of 200,000 are approaching Handan. Apart from holding on to Handan, there is no room for Zhao to operate.
As for asking for help? Who can I ask for help?
The State of Yan was attacking other people's capitals just now; the State of Qi was Qin's younger brother; the State of Chu was in civil strife; and the State of Wei had no strength.
The only option is to refuse to defend. If we can prevent the Qin army's offensive in the battle to defend the city, there may be a turning point!
Yes! There is still a turning point!
Zhao Yan shook his head, and the crown had already flown to nowhere. He lay down on the case, stared at the remaining military towns, and began to calculate in his mind:
Who in the country is worthy of such a big job?
Suddenly, he figured out a certain joint, stood up slowly with his eyes widened, and unconsciously covered his chest with his hands.
"Pfft~"
A mouthful of blood spurted out, Zhao Yanlao burst into tears, and beat himself with his fists like crazy, "Li Mu...Li Mu! My Li Mu! Ying Zheng, it was you who did the good deeds. During the battle to establish an heir, Li Mu went south and was robbed and disappeared...
General Li Mu, Ying Zheng, you damned person! General Li Mu, a mediocre person,~"
He made a huge noise, and the serving maids and chamberlains knelt down one after another. The personal guards immediately went to invite the royal doctor over.
When the doctor came to the main hall, he saw him crying and yelling in pain. He hurried over and persuaded: "Your Majesty, it is important to take care of your body. I have said before that you must never have such a violent disease again.
My mind and body are in turmoil.”
Zhao Yan pushed the doctor away, "Get out of here, get out of here, get out of here! Contact Pang Nuan and Le Cheng, and ask them to bring troops back to save the country quickly. Call the important ministers to discuss matters in Longtai Palace, and go quickly!"
"Yes, your Majesty."
The military situation was urgent, and Zhao's important officials arrived within a short time.
Zhao Yan did not want any false courtesy. He slumped on the throne and asked directly: "Qin General Wang Jian and Wang Ben have captured Yanyu and penetrated into the hinterland of our Zhao Kingdom; Yang Duanhe is approaching from the south, and he conquered three cities in more than ten days."
, all the way to Handan. Tell me, how can I save myself at this time?"
this……
A group of people in the hall looked at each other, unable to think of any solution.
Prime Minister Guo Kai was surprisingly the first to express his opinion, "Your Majesty, the main force of our army is far away in the State of Yan. At present, we can only order the two generals on the front line to give up destroying Yan and return to the country. We will garrison the city and refuse to go out to fight."
, can definitely hold out until the main force returns. When the Qin army cannot attack for a long time, the outside of the main force will order them to use rat weapons, and they will have no choice but to retreat."
Zhao Yan had already expected these words, and stared at Guo Kai like a hawk, and then at the ministers, "According to the news, the Qin army that attacked Yanyu totaled 300,000 people. Among them, Wang Jian led 20
All they have to do is block the way for my main army to return home. If the main army cannot come back, is there any other way besides holding on for dear life?"
At this time, someone in the crowd finally stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the Qin State has been planning this war for a long time. It has left us with no troops to send anywhere in the country. If we want to break the situation, we can only rely on external forces."
When everyone saw it, the person who spoke was actually Ke Qing Dunwei.
Zhao Yan asked: "What external force? Other countries?"
"They are the northern frontier troops. Your Majesty, only by quickly summoning the northern frontier troops to go south and attacking the Qin Army's northern route, and with the return of the main force of the Yan State, can it be possible to inflict heavy damage on the Qin Army and make it return without success.
Otherwise, King Qin would not have easily withdrawn his troops after he had planned a war to destroy the country for so long."
The method Dun Ruo mentioned is the best solution that Zhao can do at the moment. Unfortunately, what happened before has made the border army no longer trustworthy.
"Border Army...Li Mu..." Zhao Yan hesitated in his heart.
"Your Majesty, you can't. There are rumors now that Li Mu rebelled and has been executed. The morale of the army over there is unknown. If they have different intentions towards our country, Zhao, the consequences will be disastrous."
"Yes, Your Majesty, the border troops must not move lightly."
Feeling too weak to persuade him any more, the old god returned to his position comfortably.
Zhao Yan thought about it again and again, and finally made up his mind and said word for word: "Justify Li Mu's name. He did not rebel. His judgment was correct. He is a pillar of our Zhao country. I was wrong."
I posthumously named Li Mu the Lord of Wu'an, and asked Li Mu's son Li Hong to inherit the title. Prime Minister, go and issue a royal edict and ask the border troops to quickly go south to save the country."
Guo Kai quickly nodded in agreement, "Yes, Your Majesty."