Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

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On the fifth day after Zhao Dan issued the order, Ju Xin led the troops in the direction of Julu to fight and retreat, and arrived at the north gate of Handan City.

On the seventh day, all Zhao's troops retreated into the palace city and Guocheng of Handan.

Long before the two armies retreated into the city, Zhao Dan's order spread throughout Handan City.

"Qin Wangji has always been arrogant and brutal. I can't bear to see the people of Qin State suffer from his tyranny and send troops to attack, but Qin Wangji insists on going his own way. He not only resists the righteous teachers of the widow, but also colludes with Wei and Qi to attack together."

Thousands of words were eloquent, generally speaking, Qin Wangji, Qi Wangjian, and Wei Wangyu were described as cruel villains, and then by the way, they boosted the morale of a wave of soldiers and civilians in Zhao State, and informed Guanzhong that General Lian Po was about to leave. If you win, you will be able to lead the army back in a short time. At that time, the siege of Handan will be broken if it is not attacked.

Due to the invasion of the coalition forces of Wei and Qi, a large number of merchants from various countries who had been doing business in Handan City fled one after another.

However, Zhao Dan is still very happy to see these people leave. After all, spies from various countries often travel around in the name of merchants. Since merchants have left one after another, there must be a lot of spies in Handan City. few.

At the same time, the surveillance guards also began to make a big move, uprooting, capturing or killing many spies from various countries who had been in sight for a long time, especially the spies from Qin, Qi, and Wei.

Since Zhao Dan ordered Miao Xian to establish this supervisory guard, although due to limited time, the current eyes and ears can only be in the major cities and counties of Zhao State, but as the capital of Zhao State, Handan is naturally the work of supervisory guards. top priority.

Therefore, after Zhao Dan’s clearing order, hundreds of people died overnight in Handan City, and most of the intelligence networks of various countries in Handan City were wiped out. Occasionally, some leaked fish could only hide underground. , dare not pass any news to the outside world.

Now that he has made up his mind to defend Handan to the death, Zhao Dan's focus of work these days is all about how to defend the city, and he doesn't bother to care about any government affairs. Anyway, after being surrounded, there will be no royal orders.

In addition, Zhao Dan also quietly did one thing, that is, he ordered his sons and daughters to be sent to Jinyang, the old capital of Zhao State, and only the queen and Zhao Heng, the crown prince of Zhao State, were left behind. By my side.

Jinyang is thousands of miles away, and there is a whole Taihang Mountains separated from Handan, so it will not be affected by the military front anyway.

Although Zhao Dan was certain in his heart that the defense of Handan this time was nothing more than a near-miss, he always had to leave a way out for himself. If the city of Handan really collapsed, then Zhao Yan, who was far away in Jinyang, could Become Zhao Guo's last choice.

Not only Zhao Yan alone, but also a small number of Zhao Guo's important officials, including Si Kou Zhao Bao, Lieutenant Li Bo, etc., all went to Jinyang.

In this way, in case something goes wrong, Jinyang can also immediately set up a new power center of Zhao State.

After everything was ready, Zhao Dan confidently waited for Wei Wuji's arrival.

Wei Wuji will come soon.

Just after Zhao's last army completely retreated into Handan City, Wei Jun began to appear on the east side of Handan City.

Wei Wuji led the 10,000+ army of Wei State like a black tide, the sound of countless dense footsteps converged into an earth-shattering sound, and the 10,000+ army shouted and neighed so that everyone in the city of Handan could see billowing smoke and dust , and countless banners flashed in the smoke and dust, and the momentum was extremely astonishing.

Standing at the head of Handan City, Zhao Dan wore a crown and a red robe that he usually only wears during court meetings. Seeing this, he couldn't help smiling at Zhao Heng beside him: "Heng'er, you You have to watch carefully today, this time is a rare opportunity to let you see what a real war is!"

In fact, Zhao Dan is bragging, because Zhao Dan has never witnessed a real war in two lifetimes

But of course Zhao Heng didn't know this. The eldest son of Zhao Guo's king is still a young man who has not yet given the crowning ceremony, that is, he is not yet an adult, so his mind is naturally immature, and he will inevitably be caught by Wei Wuji for a while. The momentum of the army of Wei State that he led was overwhelmed, and there was somewhat panic on his face.

However, Zhao Dan's composure obviously gave the Prince Zhao a lot of encouragement. After a while, when Zhao Dan glanced past Zhao Heng intentionally or unintentionally, he found that Zhao Heng was already standing upright. Relaxed, and his face was completely restored to calm.

By Zhao Dan's side, of course, Zhao Heng was not the only one. In fact, almost all Zhao's ministers who were still in Handan City were present.

So Zhao Dan simply called Pang Nuan and Ju Xin over, and asked the two veteran generals to give some pointers on Wei Jun's marching array and other places on the spot, nominally to teach the prince's army formation strategy.

Pang Nuan and Ju Xin, two gray-haired old men, had already received a hint, how could they not know what Zhao Dan meant?At present, the generals Wei Wuji and Wei Jun at the head of Handan city were severely demoted, directly saying that they were useless.

In this way, first of all, Zhao Dan and Zhao Heng, the father and son of the film king, set an example, and Pang Nuan and Ju Xin, two witty old foxes, acted as dutiful supporters. The nervousness has been relieved a lot.

Since the king is so calm and composed, then Zhao Guo will undoubtedly win this battle!

Emotions are contagious. As the supreme leader of Zhao State, Zhao Dan's words and deeds will exert huge influence on Handan and even the entire Zhao State.

And two generations of people, especially Zhao Dan, who has witnessed intrigues and deceptions in the office, is going to maximize the role of leading by example through his own behavior today, so as to improve the morale of the soldiers and civilians in Handan City one floor.

As the saying goes, looking at the mountains and running dead horses, although the army of the State of Wei had already appeared on the horizon in the sight of Zhao Dan and others a long time ago, it took almost an hour for the army of the State of Wei to finally arrive slowly. A few miles outside the city of Handan.

Under the sound of several long horns and the shuttle back and forth of countless heralds, the army of Wei State began to spread out slowly, and slowly surrounded the southeast sides of Handan City.

During this period, several vigorous generals of the State of Zhao felt that there was a weakness in the army of the State of Wei, and wanted to ask for orders to lead a cavalry out of the city to charge and kill the people of the State of Wei, but Zhao Dan stopped them all.

Zhao Dan does not understand military affairs, but Zhao Dan knows people's hearts very well.

Since Wei Wuji has such a great reputation and has received countless praises from historians of all dynasties, Zhao Dan has also known Wei Wuji over the past few years, knowing that this guy is definitely not an idiot who does not live up to his name.

That being the case, it is absolutely impossible for Wei Wuji to do such a stupid thing like showing his flaws when he approached the city. The only explanation is that Wei Wuji actually deliberately showed his flaws in order to lure Zhao Jun to attack.

That being the case, Zhao Dan would naturally not attack easily, otherwise Wei Wuji would have won a battle as soon as he arrived, no matter how small the victory was, it would be very important to the ebb and flow of morale between the two armies.

Zhao Dan's analysis was unanimously approved by Pang Nuan and Ju Xin, and the two veterans also believed that it should be Wei Wuji's strategy to lure the enemy.

Of course, what followed was the flattery of the nearby officials like a tide, so amidst the flattery of "the king really has no plans, Wei Wuji is no more than a chicken and a dog", the officials of the Zhao state felt sorry for Wei Wuji from the bottom of their hearts. The last trace of fear was finally gone.

In fact, no matter whether it is Zhao Dan or the officials of Zhao Guo, after victories in one battle after another, their psychological quality has already been trained to be extremely strong.

No matter how urgent the situation is now, can it be as urgent as the situation where the entire army was almost wiped out during the Battle of Changping?

To put it bluntly, this time it was only because Handan City, the capital of the State of Zhao, was surrounded, so the ministers of the State of Zhao panicked. Once someone can stabilize first, then the strong psychological quality of these ministers will quickly help Stabilize yourself.

Many people even thought: "My country of Zhao is the most powerful country in the world. Although Wei Wuji is strong, how can he be stronger than the country of Zhao?"

The title of the most powerful country in the world seems illusory, but sometimes it is this illusory thing that can give people the most psychological comfort.

Sure enough, after a while, seeing that there seemed to be no sign of sending troops in Handan City, several horns sounded in the Wei army formation, and the 10,000+ Wei army began to choose to set up camp.

Of course, it was unavoidable to send many scouts to patrol around Handan City, lest the Zhao army in the city suddenly break out.

It was at this time that the spies came to report that the Qi army led by General Kuang Liang of the Qi State had also arrived, and the north and west sides of Handan City had also been surrounded by the Qi army.

After hearing these words, Zhao Dan didn't show any panic on his face, but turned his head and glanced at Pang Nuan beside him.

Pang Nuan understood, and waved his hand directly. Suddenly, a sharpshooter stepped forward, bent his bow and set an arrow, and shot directly at the nearest Wei army scout.

Although the Wei army scout wandered carefully out of the range of the bow and arrow, the range of the marksman is naturally farther than that of the ordinary archer.

So this arrow hit the scout with great accuracy, and the Wei Jun scout fell over and fell off his horse after being shot by the bow and arrow.

But after the Wei Jun scout fell off his horse, he found that he was safe and sound, and was surprised to find that the arrow that shot him was made of wood!

Not only that, but there was also a letter tied to this arrow, which was clearly written in Wei Guo characters: "From Mr. Xinling!"

Chapter 4 General, King Zhao must be cheating! (Second more)

Needless to say, this letter was of course sent to Lord Xinling Wei Wuji immediately.

In the newly built tent of the Wei State Central Army, Lord Xinling Wei Wuji in military uniform stared at the letter in front of him with a slight smile on his face.

"Interestingly, this King Zhao really deserves to be King Zhao!"

Beside Wei Wuji is the young general of Wei Guo Zhong Cheng, who has been regarded by Wei Wuji as his confidant since Zhong Cheng suddenly betrayed the water and helped Wei Wuji win the military power during the Jin Bi incident, and he is quite dependent on everything.

At this moment, seeing Wei Wuji's strange attitude towards this letter, Zhong Cheng was naturally extremely curious.