Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

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After sending Zheng Zhu away, Zhao Dan received another message.

Wei Wuji led the main force of the Wei army to march eastward along the Zhangshui River, landed on the east bank after entering the Yellow River, and captured Neihuang City in Hejian County of Zhao State.

After Zhao Dan heard the news, he walked up to the map in a few steps, looked at the map for a while, and his face immediately became ugly.

By this time, Zhao Dan certainly understood Wei Wuji's plan.

After discovering that the Zhao Guonan Great Wall along the Zhangshui River was already a natural moat that was difficult to conquer, Wei Wuji immediately chose to shift direction, intending to bypass the South Great Wall and attack Handan from the east.

"Damn"

Now that Inner Yellow City has been conquered, Wei Wuji will soon cross the Yellow River from a little north of Inner Yellow City.

As long as he crosses the Yellow River, Wei Wuji will be able to completely surround Handan in just one day!

The news was soon known by several Zhao Guozhong officials who hurried over, and the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became dignified.

Zhao Dan looked around at everyone present, and said in a deep voice: "In the opinion of you, how should we deal with it now?"

Xiangbang Zhao Sheng thought for a while, and said to Zhao Dan: "I have the courage to ask the king, has this military situation ever been passed on to the two generals Pang Nuan and Ju Xin?"

Zhao Dan nodded and said, "It's natural."

Zhao Sheng asked again: "I wonder what the two generals think about this?"

Zhao Dan replied: "General Ju Xin hasn't replied yet, but General Pang Nuan's reply letter has arrived."

The distance between the South Great Wall and Handan is actually very short, and the intelligence from the front sent two copies directly to Handan and the South Great Wall, which is why only a few hours later, Pang Nuan's reply was placed on Zhao Dan's desk reason.

Pang Nuan's meaning is actually very simple, that is, the soldiers came to block the water and cover it with earth. Since Wei Wuji chose to attack Handan from the east, Pang Nuan led his troops to the east of the Yellow River to crush Wei Wuji's attack!

Upon hearing this, Si Kou Zhao Bao immediately said: "Since this is the case, why don't you order General Pang Nuan to immediately lead the South Great Wall defenders to advance eastward, smashing the Wei army's attempt to cross the river.

Zhao Dan shook his head and sighed, "It's late."

It is indeed late.

Wei Wuji is not stupid at all, because Wei Wuji's vanguard is going down the river, so the speed of action far exceeds that of Zhao Jun.

In fact, Wei Wuji had already sent another army to land on the west bank of the Yellow River at the same time as he landed in Hejian Land, and now he has successfully established an advance camp on the west bank of the Yellow River.

In this case, even if Pang Nuan could lead the army to arrive, it would be completely impossible to stop Wei Wuji's troops from crossing the Yellow River.

After knowing this result, the dignified atmosphere in the hall went up to a higher level.

All the important officials of Zhao Guo were present, and they knew the combat effectiveness of the troops in the hands of Pang Nuan and Ju Xin.

At this moment, most of the elite troops of Zhao State have been transferred to Guanzhong to fight against Qin State. Although there are many troops led by Pang Nuan and Ju Xin in Handan, there are 20 troops in total, but their combat effectiveness is far from enough. It is on par with the main force in the direction of Guanzhong.

If it is defended by relying on the extremely strong defense line of the Southern Great Wall, then of course there is no problem with the training of the two generals Pang Nuan and Ju Xin.

But once they are forced to fight in the field with Wei Wuji's elite troops led by Wei Wuji like now, and come to a real battle, the chances of winning are really not very high.

After being silent for a while, Li Bo finally couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, why don't you just let Pang Nuan lead the army back to Handan to defend?"

"Inappropriate." Yu Dao said, "If Pang Nuan returns to Handan, then Wei Wuji may also go directly north to Julu, and attack Ju Xin's troops back and forth with the people of Qi."

Zhao Bao interjected: "Then let Ju Xin also return to Handan. Pang Nuan and Ju Xin are one army, and there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city. Could it be that Wei Wuji can still break through Handan?"

Everyone discussed for a while, and finally they all focused on Zhao Dan.

After all, only Zhao Dan is the one who can really make up his mind.

At this moment, Zhao Dan is still hesitating.

For the sake of insurance, it seems that it is indeed the most secure to directly order Pang Nuanju Xin to shrink back to Handan.

But the problem is, this Wei Wuji just changed the direction of his march, and then Zhao Guo just retreated to Handan without fighting?

If this is the case, it will also have a serious impact on the morale of Zhao Guo itself.

And no matter what, defending Handan himself was the last step he had to do. If it wasn't for the last moment, Zhao Dan really didn't want to enjoy the feeling of being approached by the enemy's troops.

After much deliberation, Zhao Dan finally gritted his teeth and made a decision: "General Pang Nuan once said in his letter that even if he loses to Wei Wuji, he is confident that he will be able to completely withdraw the troops to Handan. Pang Nuan led the troops to have a fight with Wei Wuji, let's see the result!"

Chapter 398 Will you save Zhao?The Chu people's quarrel (fourth update)

Chu State, Chen Ying.

After hearing the news from the front line of Lu State, Chu Wangyuan was in a good mood immediately.

Although it is indeed a very easy thing to destroy the Lu State with the national strength of the Chu State, but one must hear definite news about everything to make people feel at ease.

Although the state of Lu is indeed a weak chicken, but in any case, this is a credit for opening up its territory after all.

For a king, expanding the territory is the greatest achievement, and there is no other achievement that can be compared with this!

It was precisely because of this that Chu Wangyuan suddenly felt that his suppression of Chun Shenjun Huang Xie this year seemed to be a bit too much.

Although Huang Xie suffered a defeat, he was still loyal to Chu Wangyuan no matter what.

If it weren't for Huang Xie's scheme back then, King Yuan of Chu would have been unable to escape from the treacherous King Ji of Qin, and returned to Chu from Xianyang to inherit the throne.

And with the suppression of Huang Xie over the past year, the three major families of Zhao, Jing, and Qu began to gradually appear in the political arena of Chu State.

The combination of various factors made Chu Wangyuan feel that it might be time to give Huang Xie some sweetness.

So Chu Wangyuan almost didn't even think about it, so he opened his mouth and issued an order: "Chunshen Lord Huang Xie opened up the territory of Chu, and he has made great contributions to me, and I have made great contributions to Chu! Since I have made merit, I will naturally reward you." ! Send an order to return all the fiefdoms that Lord Chunshen lost earlier!"

As soon as these words came out, the Chu State Hall was completely silent, and many ministers of the Chu State kept exchanging glances with complicated expressions.

Huang Xie, who came back ahead of schedule, was even more excited, and paid homage directly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"

On the other side, the ministers of the Zhao, Jing, and Qu families inevitably looked a little ugly.

Huang Xie's original fief was twelve counties, but now that it has been cut and returned, it is still twelve counties.

The fiefs of twelve counties are nothing to the three major families. Any family owns the land and population of far more than twelve counties. The main reason why the backbones of the three major families look so ugly is that Because there is a deeper meaning in the award of Chu Wangyuan.

The restoration of this fief actually represented the restoration of Chu Wangyuan's trust in Huang Xie.

That is to say, Huang Xie's Lingyin position, which had been teetering under the fierce attack of the three major families for a year, was basically secured again now.

Wait until the next chance to bring down Huang Xie, and I don't know when it happened.

How can this not make these Huang Xie's political opponents feel depressed?

It was at this time that a guard came to report: "Your Majesty, Zheng Zhu, the envoy of the State of Zhao, is begging to see you!"