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But why does Zhao Dan always feel that there is always some conspiracy in these things?
When Zhao Dan saw the last secret report from South Korea, this feeling became even stronger.
"Han Wangran said that South Korea had a bad harvest last year, and there was no food in the national treasury temporarily, which was not enough to support the army to go out. After the autumn harvest, South Korea will definitely send troops to fight with Zhao Guo!"
Zhao Dan smacked his mouth, tapped his fingers lightly on the table in front of him, and fell silent for a while.
Wei and Qi suddenly rebelled, Chu was busy attacking Chu, and South Korea's attitude was ambiguous
After such a calculation, except for Yan Guo, who has not yet received a reply, Zhao Guo has no allies in this war!
Thinking about it, the expression on Zhao Dan's face gradually became serious.
Up to now, the state of Qin alone is no longer in Zhao Dan's eyes, but if Qin, Qi, and Wei came together, Zhao would indeed be unable to defeat it.
If Zhao Dan is given five years to develop the two places of Hedong and Hetao, then the three countries will not be afraid to go to Zhao Dan together.
The problem is that Zhao Guo just won the territory not long ago, and the potential for war has not yet been fully developed and realized, and the enemy has already attacked the door.
Time is a big problem!
Chapter 391 The widow is definitely not the second king of Qi Min! (first update)
Five days later, a message reached Handan.
The [-] troops of the Chu State, led by Yin Chunshenjun Huang Xie, the order of the State of Chu, have already entered the territory of the State of Lu, officially starting the war of Chu State against Lu.
Judging from the information obtained by Zhao Dan, the current state of Lu is no longer comparable to the state of Lu that smashed Qi's invasion attempts several times back then. The current state of Lu is just a small, lingering country.
Although the monarch of Lu State sent out messengers for help everywhere, anyone with a discerning eye knew that no country in the current Chinese mainland would give Lu State a helping hand.
Everyone is busy.
And Chu State sent troops to Lu State, which officially opened the prelude to this great war.
With the dispatch of troops from Chu State, Zhao State's soldiers and horses were also fully assembled, and began to cross Pujindu under the leadership of Lian Po, and approached a city called Wangcheng in the east of Qin State Guanzhong.
Once the king's city falls, Zhao Jun can take advantage of the situation and go south to attack Yinjin City, the east gate of the Guanzhong area.
Yinjin City is the hub connecting Guanzhong and Weihan Passage. If Yinjin City falls, the connection between Hangu Pass and Qin State Guanzhong will be completely cut off.
For Zhao Guo's preemptive attack, Qin Guo was obviously well prepared.
Qin Wangji ordered two generals, Wang Yan and Wang Ling, to lead the 20 Qin army to confront the Zhao army near the king's city.
Contrary to the battle of Changping, this time Wang Lu became the defensive side, while Lian Po became the offensive side.
From the very beginning of contact between the two armies, an extremely fierce battle broke out. Under the leadership of Lian Po, the Zhao army launched an extremely fierce offensive against the Qin army, but the Qin army also held its ground under the command of Wang Lu.
The two sides have fought countless times in the past few days, but the Zhao army has never broken through the defense line of the Qin army's royal city.
Not long after news of the stalemate between the Qin and Zhao armies reached the Central Plains, Wei and Qi sent troops one after another to attack Zhao from east to west with Qin.
Under the order of King Jian of Qi, General Kuang Liang of the Qi Army led 15 fighters from the Qi State to attack from Gaotang City, crossing the two main streams of the Yellow River in succession, and the soldiers pointed directly at the giant deer in the north of Handan.
On the other side, Wei Wangyu appointed Wei Wuji as the commander-in-chief, and he also led 15 Wei troops to attack from Yecheng and storm the defense line of Zhao Guonan Great Wall north of Zhangshui.
In less than half a month, the Central Plains, which had been quiet for a year, started fighting again. Except for Han and Yan, the other five major powers were involved in the flames of war.
Zhao Dan sat on the main hall of the Dragon Terrace with a very calm expression.
"Han Fei, based on the calculations of the General Staff, can the Qi and Wei armies break through the Julu and South Great Wall defenses?"
Since Pang Nuan had personally rushed to the South Great Wall to deal with Wei Wuji, and another general, Ju Xin, had rushed to the north to defend Kuangliang, so the leadership of the General Staff once again returned to the hands of the founder, Han Fei.
After hearing Zhao Dan's question, Han Fei bowed and said, "Back to your lord, according to many calculations by the staff department, if Kuang Liang and Wei Wuji don't make too many mistakes, then once any of the two defense lines in the north and south is breached, the other All the soldiers on the first line of defense must go back to defend Handan. From this point of view, the siege of Handan will have a high probability of happening."
After hearing these words, Zhao Dan's pupils shrank slightly.
This answer was really not what Zhao Dan hoped for.
Seeing that Zhao Dan was in deep thought, Han Fei couldn't help persuading him: "Your Majesty, if something cannot be done, it is better to temporarily retreat to Shangdang or Jinyang. Even if Handan is lost, as long as Guanzhong wins, then Zhao Guo will be able to win the victory here." No territory will be lost in this war."
Zhao Dan snorted heavily, and said: "I am the king of the state of Zhao. If there is an enemy attack, I should sit in the city of Handan. How can I be a deserter? There is no need to mention this matter again!"
After a pause, Zhao Dan continued to ask: "If you look at it based on the inference of the staff department, what is the situation in Guanzhong?"
Han Fei said: "The Qin State has already been defeated twice by the Zhao State. If the Qin State does not get reinforcements this time, then General Lian Po in Guanzhong will definitely be able to return triumphantly!"
Zhao Dan said: "What I want is the time to win!"
Han Fei hesitated for a moment, and then said, "At least three months."
"Three months." Zhao Dan frowned deeply.
Three months, in fact, only a hundred days.
In terms of fighting with a large army, only a hundred days is not too much.
But Zhao Dan was also very clear in his heart that the answer Han Fei gave was actually based on the fastest calculation. If the battle was not as optimistic as imagined, the time would have to be delayed for a long time.
Besides, in such things as war, although it is possible to estimate the winning rate and strength of both sides based on pre-war deduction, it is absolutely impossible to be completely perfect. In many cases, a small link may go wrong. It will lead to the collapse of a large army, and even endanger the fate and future of a country.
But there is no turning back when opening the bow. In this world of great strife, even the most powerful country in the world like Zhao Guo is not without the possibility of overturning.
After all, before Zhao, Wei, Chu, Qi, and Qin, which was defeated by Zhao Dan, were all pulled down from the number one throne.
Any war is a gamble!
If you win, you will be one step closer to success, and if you keep winning, you will keep moving towards your final goal.
Zhao Dan felt that in terms of potential, the Zhao country he led already had the conditions to unify the world.
Why do you say that?
If you open the map, you will find that in its heyday, Jin State, the overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period, who once slammed all the disobedient overlords, 80.00% of its territory has fallen into the hands of Zhao State.
Not only that, Zhao State has more five northern counties, the hometown of Zhongshan State, and two counties of Hetao than the former Jin State.
Therefore, the current state of Zhao surpasses the original state of Jin in terms of territorial area, population, military equipment, general level, and overall combat effectiveness.
This is a state of Zhao that split from the state of Jin, but is far more powerful than the state of Jin back then!
But it must also be admitted that the wheel of history is rolling forward, and the times are constantly developing. Although Zhao State is stronger than Jin State, the opponents Zhao State faces are also stronger than Jin State. The opponent you are facing is much stronger!
So the predicament that Zhao Dan is facing now is actually similar to the predicament that Jin State faced back then, and it may even be worse.
After all, Jin State had an ally like Wu State back then to contain Chu State, but now Zhao State has no ally, and it has to face the attack from the other three powerful neighbors.