Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

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Their discussion was so intense that no one noticed Zhao Dan's arrival.

Zhao Dan was amused, walked straight to these people, and coughed heavily.

"Gentlemen, what are you talking about?"

Chapter 423 The quarrel between Pang Nuan and Ju Xin (third update)

The sudden appearance of Zhao Dan obviously startled Pang Nuan and the others, they stood up in a hurry and saluted Zhao Dan.

Zhao Dan waved his hands with a smile, and said: "You don't need to be too polite, come and sit down."

Speaking of which, Zhao Dan still didn't forget to glance at the guy who was sleeping soundly beside him.

That's right, it really is drama

Due to the fierceness of this battle, many generals and officials of the State of Zhao like Pang Nuan, Ju Xin, and even this small building basically did not go home. When they were sleepy, they just found a bed like Ju Xin Go to sleep.

Seeing this, Pang Nuan who had just sat down hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I'm going to call Ju Xin up now."

Zhao Dan waved his hands and said with a smile: "No need, just let General Ju Xin take a good rest. Come on, tell me, what were you arguing about just now? Everyone is blushing."

After hearing what Zhao Dan said, Pang Nuan and the others looked at each other, somewhat embarrassed on their faces, and after a while, Pang Nuan said: "My lord, in fact, what we are arguing about is whether to order armored The cavalry went out of the city to charge and kill a wave."

Although most of Zhao's elite cavalry were taken to Guanzhong by Li Mu, Handan City, as the capital of Zhao, actually had armored cavalry.

It's just that there are not many armored cavalry in Handan City, only 500.

500 people is almost a negligible number for this war where the number of people fighting on both sides is as high as 60 to [-].

That being the case, it seems that there is no need to argue.

So Zhao Dan couldn't help but be a little curious, and said: "The five hundred armored cavalry in this area really have such a big effect?"

Although it is said that this unit was created by Zhao Dan, Zhao Dan has never actually seen an armored cavalry in battle.

Of course, Zhao Dan also had some understanding of the armored cavalry through the battle report, but he didn't have a deep understanding of it, and he didn't know the combat effectiveness of this heavy armored cavalry.

But no matter what, Zhao Dan felt in his heart that using five hundred cavalry to face tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of enemy troops was a bit exaggerated.

The veteran Pang Nuan shrugged his shoulders very rarely when he heard the words, and said: "This is exactly what we are arguing about."

Under Pang Nuan's introduction, Zhao Dan finally understood the ins and outs of this matter.

These days, in order to break through Handan as soon as possible, the coalition forces of Qi and Wei can be said to have used all kinds of siege tactics.

Among them, the biggest threat to the head of Handan City is undoubtedly two things, the trebuchet and the arrow tower.

Needless to say, trebuchets are the most reliable and effective heavy-duty siege weapons used to deal with tall and thick walls throughout the cold weapon era.

In addition to the trebuchet, the arrow tower is also a very troublesome thing.

After having a tall city wall, the Zhao soldiers guarding the city can condescendingly use long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows to shoot arrows at the attacking Qi and Wei allied forces, and carry out a large amount of damage to these enemy troops without any casualties. .

But after the Arrow Tower appeared, this situation changed.

After climbing the arrow tower, the archers of the Qi Wei coalition army were at the same height as the Zhao Guo archers on the city wall, or even higher.

In this case, it would be completely impossible for Zhao's archers to shoot at the coalition soldiers under the city unscathed.

In fact, in previous wars, as soon as the arrow tower was erected, the crossbowmen on both sides would start to enter a state of rapid mutual loss.

It sounds like everyone is consuming it together, as if no one is taking advantage and no one is losing, but it is not the case.

We must know that in the battle of defending the city, the crossbowmen on the defensive side are the arms that can exert the strongest lethality, while the crossbowmen on the attacking side can often only act as soy sauce due to the existence of tall city walls.

So if the attacking side uses soy sauce Qi Wei crossbowmen to exchange pieces with Zhao Guo's crossbowmen who are the main firepower of the defending side, then it is obvious that Qi Wei, the offensive side, has made a lot of money.

Without the long-range attack suppression of Zhao Guo's crossbowmen, the Qi Wei coalition forces can safely invest more siege infantry forces, thus posing a greater threat to the city of Handan.

Facts have also proved this point. Since the first arrow tower was erected five days ago, the defense of Handan City has become a little tense. Now that the second and third arrow towers have also been completed, the entire Handan City The head is jittery, and there have been several dangerous situations.

After listening to all this, Zhao Dan frowned, and it took a while before he said: "So what Pang Qingru and others mean is to use armored cavalry to go out of the city, and then destroy these arrow towers?"

Pang Nuan nodded and said: "My lord, that's exactly the case. As long as these arrow towers are destroyed, even if only one or two of them can be destroyed, the defense pressure on the east, south, and north sides of Handan will be greatly reduced."

Zhao Dan nodded, and said, "It sounds like a pretty good idea. Since that's the case, then why do you have such a dispute?"

At this moment, a loud voice suddenly rang in Zhao Dan's ear.

"My lord, Pang Nuan's strategy is absolutely unfeasible. If he does it rashly, it will be of no use other than ruining all the armored cavalry and demoralizing our army!"

Zhao Dan was startled by the sound, and turned his head to find that Ju Xin, who was still lying on the couch just now, snoring loudly, had come to Zhao Dan's side at some point.

Look at the appearance of Xin's white hair disheveled again. Well, it is very suitable for pretending to be scary in some secluded streets and alleys in the middle of the night.

Zhao Dan shook his head, laughed and said, "General Ju, why did you say that?"

Ju Xin widened his eyes, and said: "Your Majesty, you don't know something. Although this armored cavalry is strong, its number is only 30. Now there are 30 enemy troops outside the city. If [-] is against [-], isn't it true?" Hitting a rock with an egg? Moreover, armored cavalry is extremely expensive, and it is extremely difficult to train each armored cavalry. Wouldn't it be a pity if it was wasted on this? Therefore, in my opinion, this is absolutely impossible!"

As soon as Ju Xin finished speaking, Pang Nuan on the side shouted in displeasure: "Ju Xin, don't talk nonsense and mislead your majesty! You are the person in charge of the drill of the armored cavalry of the central army. What is the combat effectiveness of the armored cavalry? Don’t you have any ideas in your heart? Besides, I sent armored cavalry to attack, and I didn’t ask them to directly attack the camps of the Qi and Wei armies. They just destroyed the arrow tower and then returned. How could they face dozens of soldiers? Enemy army?"

The two of you came and went without showing any weakness, and they quarreled instantly.

Looking at the two white-bearded grandfathers standing face to face and quarreling, Zhao Dan felt a little funny in his heart.

It was supposed to be a very serious matter, and it might even affect the future trend of the Handan Defense War. How could it suddenly become a little joyful after being disturbed by this pair of old friends and enemies?

To say that the two of them are enemies would really not have wronged the two of them.

You must know that in the original history, as the general of the Yan army, Ju Xin led the Yan army to attack Zhao Guo, and was defeated by the army led by Pang Nuan. Ju Xin was also killed in that battle.

Unexpectedly, now that Zhao Dan has recalled Ju Xin to Zhao Guo, the two are still so entangled

Of course, Zhao Dan also knew that these two people didn't mean any personal grievances. After all, they were old friends who had known each other for decades. The final victory of this battle.

But since one of these two is the current chief general and the other is the deputy general, so once the two of them quarrel, others really can't get in their mouths. It can be seen from the extremely painful expression.

So Zhao Dan thought about it, and felt that it would not be a problem to continue arguing like this. After all, arguing is absolutely impossible to solve the problem.

So Zhao Dan said with a smile: "You two Qing family, how about this, the widow will find a way for you two to solve this matter, how about it?"

When Pang Nuan and Ju Xin heard Zhao Dan's words, they naturally had no reason to object.

Arguments are quarrels, things must be resolved.

After all, the military situation is on fire, if Zhao Dan doesn't come, one of the two must make a concession today.

It's just that these two old guys looked at Zhao Dan with some doubts in their eyes. After all, as a king, Zhao Dan has nothing to say about governing the country, but can he lead soldiers?