Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

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No way, who made the distance between Handan and Daliang so close?

So after learning that Zhao's army and the main force of Qin's army began to confront each other, Wei Wuji immediately led the Wei's army that had been assembled long ago to set off, pointing directly at Handan, the capital of Zhao.

But right by the Zhangshui River, Wei Wuji ran into trouble.

At this moment, Wei Wuji was standing on the north wall of Yecheng, watching the battle several miles away.

The battle took place on the Zhangshui River.

From the angle where Wei Wuji was standing, he could easily see the ongoing battle.

On the wide Zhangshui River, countless large and small Wei State ships sailed towards the north bank.

On the north bank separated by a river, it is not Zhao people's fortifications, but a tall Great Wall.

Zhao Guonan Great Wall.

Since the city of Handan in the State of Zhao was breached by General Pang Juan of the State of Wei more than 90 years ago, everyone in the State of Zhao was ashamed and humiliated by it. It was against this background that the Great Wall of the State of Zhao was built.

But what's interesting is that after the construction of the South Great Wall, which cost Zhao a lot of manpower and material resources, as Wei gradually declined, the wars between Zhao and Wei became less.

With the reversal of Zhao Wei's strength and weakness since King Zhao Wuling, Zhao Guo, which began to take the initiative, seldom used the South Great Wall.

But at this moment, the South Great Wall still came in handy.

Although Zhangshui is wide, no matter how wide the river is, it is not a problem for the Wei army who has been prepared for a long time.

Many ships of the State of Wei were docking one after another, and countless soldiers of the State of Wei began to jump off the ships and assemble, preparing to launch an attack on the Southern Great Wall of Zhao State in front of them.

But when these Wei soldiers boarded the north bank of the Zhangshui River, the counterattack of Zhao Guo's defenders arrived.

Countless huge boulders whizzed up from the walls of the South Great Wall, and slammed heavily into the ranks of Wei soldiers.

These boulders can range from dozens of catties to hundreds of catties in weight, plus the terrifying potential energy brought by falling from the sky, as long as they are lightly rubbed against a little bit, their bones will be broken, and those who are hit head-on will be directly crushed to pieces. Vague.

It's not just the Wei soldiers who landed, many Wei ships will also be affected by the boulders thrown by these trebuchets when they dock.

The lucky ones were only slightly damaged, while the unlucky ones were directly smashed into a few big holes, and then the river water poured back, either directly stranded or sank to the bottom.

When the Wei soldiers who had landed on the shore formed a little formation and rushed towards the South Great Wall in a panic, the extremely dense arrows greeted them again, causing heavy casualties to the charging Wei soldiers.

Even if there are a few lucky ones who have survived these two rounds of blows and managed to rush under the tall Great Wall, when they hold up the ladder and prepare to start the siege operation, countless rolling stones, golden juice and hot soup, etc. All the blows made all the attempts of the soldiers of the Wei army to climb the city wall come to naught.

From early morning to noon, although the soldiers of the State of Wei fought hard under the orders and command of the chiefs, the result was only hundreds of thousands of corpses and dozens of ships of various sizes on the north bank of Zhangshui River. The damage has not achieved any results at all.

Wei Wuji let out a long breath, and suddenly said to the herald beside him: "Send the order, Ming Jin withdraws troops."

When Wei Wuji gave this order, the generals around him were stunned.

When it comes to war, everyone knows that it is impossible to tell the winner in one or two days.

It has only been three or four days since Wei's army started attacking, so it is normal that there is no progress.

But now it's only noon, so it seems a bit too fast to call in the troops, right?

Standing beside Wei Wuji, Zhong Chengcheng, the general of the Wei army, couldn't help but said, "Why did the general withdraw his troops so quickly? It's better to let the general go up and fight, maybe it can expose some flaws to the Zhao people."

Wei Wuji shook his head, and said: "No need. I've heard that Pang Nuan is a high-ranking disciple of He Guanzi. Nuan really has his own uniqueness. If this continues, even after another ten and a half months, the situation will not change in any way."

In Wei Wuji's view, due to the natural obstacle of the Zhangshui River, the Wei Army's large-scale siege equipment such as trebuchets, carts, and arrow towers could not be obtained outside the Great Wall of Zhao Guonan. Ladders are obviously difficult to accomplish.

Zhong Cheng became anxious as soon as he heard it, he didn't care about the distinction of superiority and inferiority for a while, and said, "But even so, why don't you stop fighting?"

Wei Wuji glanced at Zhong Cheng, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "That's right, we won't fight anymore."

"Ah?" As soon as Wei Wuji finished speaking, the eyes of many generals of the Wei state around him widened, and one or two of them became living fossils.

Wei Wuji laughed and said, "We won't fight here anymore."

Zhong Cheng's body shook, and he was keenly aware of Wei Wuji's meaning: "So what does the general mean?"

Wei Wuji turned around and walked directly towards the bottom of the city, saying as he walked, "With Pang Nuan here, it is already impossible for me to break through the defense line of the Southern Great Wall. So pass down the order and let the soldiers take care of themselves after the troops are withdrawn." Rest, break camp and set off at midnight tomorrow!"

Zhong Cheng followed Wei Wuji closely, and couldn't help asking: "Where are you going?"

Wei Wuji smiled slightly, a strange light appeared on his face.

"Go to a place without the Great Wall!"

Chapter 397 Zhao Dan's Adaptation (Part [-])

A few days later, two news came to Zhao Dan's ears one after the other on the same day.

"Chu State Commander Yin Chunshen successfully captured Qufu after [-] days of siege, and the State of Lu perished!"

For this news, Zhao Dan is really not surprised.

After the fall of the Zhongshan Kingdom, among the hundreds of princes in the Spring and Autumn Period, apart from the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, there are only two families of Wei and Lu.

The state of Wei has now become a vassal of the state of Wei, basically in a state of existence in name only.

So the one that is really still alive is the State of Lu.

The reason why the state of Lu can survive until now has nothing to do with the strength of the state itself or its diplomacy. It is purely because the seven heroes of the Warring States period restrain each other. Only then did the State of Lu survive in the cracks of the princes.

According to Hu Yiwei's information, when the Chu State launched the war against Lu, the State of Lu devoted all its power to the country, but it was only able to mobilize more than [-] soldiers to fight against it.

The amount of [-] is really too little, too little for the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period who are now easily [-] or hundreds of thousands.

So even though Chu State suffered two major defeats just over a year ago, it is still too easy to destroy Lu State in terms of Chu State's national strength.

To be honest, when Zhao Dan heard the news, he was actually somewhat relieved.

Before, Chu State rejected Zhao State's request for help on the pretext of focusing on destroying Lu and not being able to distract him.

Now that the state of Lu is also destroyed, King Yuan of Chu can no longer use such an excuse to prevaricate Zhao Dan, right?

In fact, Zhao Dan didn't expect Chu to help Zhao defeat any of the countries in Qin, Wei and Qi. After all, Chu's scumbag performance in the last Battle of Hedong County really made it difficult for Zhao Dan to have any expectations.

But it has to be admitted that Chu's 10,000+ troops are a big threat to Wei and Qi, a threat that cannot be ignored.

Whether it is attacking Wei State or Qi State, these two countries must withdraw the army that is besieging Handan, so that the pressure on Handan will be directly reduced by half.

So after hearing the news of the fall of the Lu Kingdom, Zhao Dan made a decision immediately without even thinking about it: "Come here, pass Zheng Zhu into the palace!"

Two hours later, Zhao Guoda and Zheng Zhu hurriedly left Miyagi and headed towards Chu.

This time, Zheng Zhu's task is very simple but also very important, that is to persuade Chu State to send troops no matter what!