Zhao Kuo's army was stationed in Qizicheng, which was no stranger to Zhao Kuo. When Zhao Kuo went out for the first time, he fought here with the Lifu of Yan State. That war was two years ago.
It has been more than ten years. Zhao Kuo came here again with his army, and things have changed. Zhao Kuo has changed a lot. Several villages that Zhao Kuo once knew are now in ruins. These are not Qin's.
caused by the attack.
Years of wars and heavy taxes and corvees have caused the number of people in Zhao to continue to decrease, and many villages and towns have been turned into ruins. The people who lived here either died in the war or at the hands of officials.
Above. Zhao Kuo came here for the second time and was deeply touched. The people here had not forgotten the man who had saved them, but now this man came to attack them.
Zhao Ren's feelings for Zhao Kuo were so complicated, but Zhao Kuo's feelings for Zhao Ren were not the same. Zhao Kuo's feelings for them had not changed from the beginning to the end.
Zhao Kuo opened the granary to relieve the local people, and told them that the Qin Congress would exempt them from taxes and corvees for this year, and announced the abolition of all miscellaneous taxes... The people of Zhao State looked at him, but no one cheered. These policies can save their lives.
Their lives, but the person who came to issue the policy should be Zhao's Ma Fujun, not Qin's Wu Chengjun. Zhao Kuo was in the area of Yizi and did not continue the attack.
On this day, a pedestrian came to the city of Lizi. This man was sitting on a carriage. When he came to the gate of the city, the soldiers of the Qin State were also a little surprised, because during these days, almost no one wanted to enter or leave the city.
The Zhao people. On the one hand, the Qin people did not allow the people in the city to go out. On the other hand, it was also because the Zhao people were afraid and did not dare to contact the Qin soldiers. When this Zhao person came here, the Qin soldiers were in a bit of a dilemma.
According to the system of the Qin State, his identity must be ascertained before he can enter the city. However, now is the war period, the State of Zhao has not completely submitted, and the State of Qin has not cleared the household registration information in various places of the State of Zhao. The attitude of the soldiers of the State of Qin is also
It was kind, and the man in front of him also understood Qin language, which made it even more convenient. The soldier first asked about his identity and then his purpose. The guest told the soldier that he was here to visit Mr. Ma Fu.
Two soldiers took him to Zhao Kuo's residence.
Zhao Kuo chose a courtyard in Yizi City as his temporary office, where he dealt with affairs in various places. When the soldiers came to report that someone came to the city and said they wanted to visit him, Zhao Kuo put down his
Bi, someone came to visit me? Could it be an old friend from Zhao? Zhao Kuo asked his soldiers to invite the guest in. When the guest walked into the courtyard with a heavy belly and panting, Zhao Kuo almost jumped up.
"Dong Chengzi???"
He is indeed an old friend. The visitor raised his head with a silly smile on his face. It was Dong Chengzi, Zhao Kuo's good friend. After so many years, Dong Chengzi has not changed much. His figure and appearance are the same as before, but his hair is the same.
His color was mixed with some silvery white, and he was no longer young. Zhao Kuo hurriedly stepped forward and held his hand. The two had not seen each other for many years. Zhao Kuo was so excited to see each other now.
"You're alright?"
When the two friends met, they had too many things to say. Zhao Kuo sent away the soldiers and asked someone to prepare some food. The two sat in the courtyard and chatted. After exchanging greetings, Zhao Kuo sighed with emotion.
Said: "I didn't expect that we could meet again. Li Mu and the others said that no one has seen you since you left Handan. I thought you were no longer around..."
"Alas, I have offended too many people. After you left the State of Zhao, I also left... I also did not want to harm my family. Over the years, I have studied in various places in the State of Zhao, the State of Yan, the State of Qi, and the State of Wei.
...Studying the local customs and systems, it can be said that I learned a lot..." Dong Chengzi said, he looked at Zhao Kuo again and asked: "What about you?"
"After you went to Qin, I never heard anything about you again...I only heard about you leading troops to defeat Lord Xinling later..."
"Oh, I'm lucky. I've raised several children, and now I have grandchildren..."
The two chatted for a long time until late at night. Dong Chengzi just mentioned the matter of Zhao State. He smiled bitterly and said: "I have long seen that Qin State is going to attack Zhao State. I thought it would be Wang Jian or Meng Wu."
, I didn’t expect that it would be you who came to lead the soldiers to attack Zhao Guo.” Zhao Kuo fell silent and did not reply. Dong Chengzi said with a smile: “Don’t worry, I’m not here to accuse you.”
"In the past few years, I have been to many countries, and what I have seen is similar. The nobles drink and have fun day and night, and the people are miserable... The taxes of Zhao State are constant, the politics of Wei State is chaotic, and corruption and bribery are common in Qi State.
...Perhaps it is right for such a country to perish." Dong Chengzi said, suddenly thinking of something, he said: "However, there is one thing I must tell you."
"The reason why local people are against Qin is because they don't know Qin's system. Officials everywhere have been slandering Qin, slandering Qin's system and policies. The people are deceived and do things out of fear.
As long as someone can change their wrong views, they will not resist some actions. I am very worried that the soldiers under your command will kill out of anger."
Zhao Kuo nodded and said: "I understand that as long as I am here, no one will act like this... When Zhao is defeated, I will preach Qin's system everywhere and let the people give up resistance. As long as they can
Live a better life than before, and the turmoil will naturally stop." The two chatted almost until dawn. When talking about the future, Dong Chengzi said: "I have learned a lot in these years.
I really want to write a book.”
"In the future, I may settle down in my hometown... and write books."
Zhao Kuo naturally wanted to stay in the State of Zhao, and he might have to stay in the State of Zhao for a long time in the future. After arranging Dong Chengzi's daily life, Zhao Kuo just began to prepare for the attack on Zhongshan. Even if Zhao Kuo
Without looking at the map, he knew the location and situation of many county towns. Currently, Zhao Jia has gathered a lot of soldiers in Zhongshan. His troops are stationed in the two counties of Songzi and Fenglong, and they are well prepared for tenacious resistance.
The Yan State sent him a lot of food, and stationed troops in Wusui and Zhongren cities, making preparations to support the Zhongshan State. Zhao Kuo only had more than 40,000 troops, and he wanted to defeat Zhongshan.
The county town was still not easy. Zhao Kuo had to be fully prepared, so Zhao Kuo called Wang Ben over. Wang Ben stood beside Zhao Kuo excitedly, waiting for him to give him orders.
Zhao Kuo said seriously: "Fenglong and Songzi are both very strong cities. If we try to break them by force, there will definitely be heavy casualties. I will take 20,000 soldiers to bypass Uehara and attack Shicheng. The defenses of Shicheng are empty.
Once I take Shicheng, the defenders of Feng Long and Song Zi will definitely abandon the city to rescue them. At that time, you can lead your soldiers to attack these two cities. I will continue to attract them and keep moving towards Zhongshan.
The direction is pressing..."
Zhao Kuo talked about his strategic deployment. Zhao Kuo wanted to use the Qin army's organizational power and mobility to engage in a mobile battle with Zhao's army. Zhao Jia stationed the two armies on the front line, but his belly was very empty. Zhao Kuo just happened to
Taking advantage of this, he took a detour and attacked its hinterland, forcing the troops on the front line to defend. In this way, Wang Ben could calmly capture the front line city and pursue it step by step.
Wang Ben remembered Zhao Kuo's instructions and continued to garrison with the rest of his troops, while Zhao Kuo left Bizi City with 20,000 soldiers. Zhao Kuo also thought about whether he could persuade the soldiers in Zhongshan to surrender. Unfortunately, they gathered in
These people in Zhongshan were all the original nobles of Zhao State. They were unwilling to surrender or surrender. Zhao Kuo could only defeat their army first and then make plans.
When Zhao Kuo left Bizi City with 20,000 people, came to Yuanshi, and quickly detoured to Shangyuan, the soldiers of Zhao State in Fenglong City opposite Yuanshi had already discovered the movements of the Qin army. They
He hurriedly passed the news to Zhongshan in the rear. Zhongshan was still some distance away. By the time the news reached Zhongshan, Zhao Kuo had already captured Shicheng. This was mobile warfare.
Zhao Jia was also extremely uneasy. The person leading the troops to fight against him at the moment was Ma Fujun. He had never been defeated once. Many famous generals had been defeated by him. Zhao Jia had no confidence that he could defeat him, let alone him.
Zhao Kuo, even Wang Jian, was enough to scare them... Thinking of this, Zhao Jia did not dare to make a decision directly. He hurriedly summoned the generals who had come to join him to come up with strategies to deal with the enemy.
In fact, after hearing that it was Ma Fujun who led the troops to attack Zhongshan, these people's faces turned pale... They all grew up hearing about Ma Fujun's achievements. How can they defeat their invincible idol? The generals pondered.
After a long time, they finally came up with a plan. The soldiers on the front line returned to the defense and asked the Yan people for help. They asked the Yan people to transfer their troops to Quyang, Nanxing Tang, Yetai and other areas... and besieged Zhao Kuo in Shicheng Yidai, and then
Defeat him.
After Zhao Kuo captured Stone City, he attacked Dongdan again. Zhao Kuo's two armies on the front line also turned around and began to pursue Zhao Kuo's army. Their return to defense was inevitable. If they continued on the front line,
Zhao Kuo can easily cut off their supplies and leave them alone... At this moment, Zhao Kuo has also cut off the supplies of the frontline soldiers, but Zhao Kuo can still complete the supplies by going to Quyang.
It's just that Feng Long's soldiers couldn't get food supplies in time.
After Zhao Kuo captured Dongdan, he did not stop and went to Jiumen.... Wang Bi, who was in the rear, after learning the news of the retreat of Zhao's team, also hurriedly followed up and captured it effortlessly.
At this moment, Feng Long's army came to Shicheng, and Song Zi's army came to Yi'an. At this moment, Zhao Kuo suddenly turned around. Wang Ben set off from Song Zi, and Zhao Kuo set off from Jiumen. The two sides joined forces.
, stormed Yi'an.
Zhao Kuo defeated Yi'an's garrison with a single movement of his carbine. Another army of Zhao was still attacking Dongdan, and there was no time to rescue him. After defeating Yi'an, Zhao Kuo captured more than 10,000 people.
With an order, more than 10,000 people were released directly. Wang Ben's eyes widened. What was going on? Why did he let him go after finally catching him? However, he couldn't persuade Zhao Kuo, let alone him.
, even Wang Jian couldn't persuade Zhao Kuo.
When more than 10,000 people reluctantly returned to Dongdan, they no longer had the will to fight.
Ma Fujun released them.
Ma Fujun is still the same Ma Fujun as before.
The Zhao army had no intention of fighting Zhao Kuo, and the news of Zhao Kuo's release of the prisoners shook their morale. They did not want to continue to take up arms to fight Ma Fujun. There were many routs in the army, while Zhao Kuo continued to fight.
Go north, attack Quyang, quickly cross the river, and rush towards Kujing County. The Yan army is now in Yetai, heading south to Tang and other areas. This is the western city of Zhongshan, while Kuxing is in the eastern part of Zhongshan.
When Zhao Kuo captured Kuxing, Zhongshan was completely exposed to Zhao Kuo.
Zhao Kuo only used a simple carbine and an unpredictable attack route to get rid of the many obstacles of Zhao and Yan and marched straight into Huanglong. When he heard that Kuxing had fallen, Zhao Jia broke out in a cold sweat.
He hurriedly ordered the Yan army stationed in Yetai and other areas to come to Zhongshan to help defend the city, while the Zhao army on the front line was to rush to Xiaquyang immediately to cut off Zhao Kuo's retreat.
Zhao's army rushed to Xiaquyang quickly, but they didn't know that Wang Ben had been waiting here for a long time.
Wang Ben is serious about his work, quite like his father, and never takes risks. Team Zhao ** traveled a long way here, but Wang Ben was not in a hurry to attack. It was not until Team Zhao ** was about to sit down and rest that Wang Ben suddenly killed
The two sides fought, and in the end, Wang Ben captured nearly 30,000 people. Wang Ben gritted his teeth, resisted the temptation of military merit, and released these soldiers again. At this moment, Zhao's team completely lost their fighting spirit.
The army of Yan State rushed towards Zhongshan from the Yetai area. Zhao Kuo did not launch an attack because of the small number of troops. He bypassed Zhongshan and stationed on the main road north of Zhongshan. At this moment, Zhao Kuo defeated Zhao Kuo's army.
Wang Ben successfully captured Yetai. Wang Ben was so excited. Zhao Kuo's command was so wonderful. The combined number of Zhao and Yan was 110,000, while Zhao Kuo only had 40,000 here.
Taking 40,000 people to attack 110,000 people was something that was unimaginable.
And Zhao Kuo divided his troops and launched a perfect roundabout mobile battle. He easily captured all the cities except Zhongshan without having to fight the enemy too many times... Zhao Jia didn't know what happened.
, those cities of his fell. From the beginning to the end, Zhao Kuo's troops ran after Zhao Kuo. Not only did they fail to catch up, but they lost all the cities... For such a commanding talent, Wang Bian really
It's heartfelt.
The next question is how to break through Zhongshan.
