South bank of Lianggou.

At night, the Zhao army camp was dotted with stars, and countless torches flashed, and a heavy footsteps gradually moved away from far to near. They were soldiers patrolling the camp.

Among the many camps, you can occasionally hear slight voices, but more soldiers have fallen into deep sleep and even snoring sounds.

Zhao He did not sleep. He sat in the brightly lit tent. Le Yi was on the left side of the lower head, and Lin Xiangru sat on the other side.

Lin Xiangru said: "The Yan army's Juxin troops are besieging Anping, and Qin Kai troops surrounded Gucheng. Both sides have completely started fighting. Judging from the situation they received, the Yan army's offensive is extremely fierce and it means to take it down at all costs."

When Zhao He heard this, he couldn't help but snorted softly and said, "Of course they must be fierce, otherwise when I return to my master, it will be the time when King Yan died and the country was destroyed!"

Zhao He was quite annoyed by King Yan.

Originally, there was a Qin State and Bai Qi on the front, which was a headache. At this time, the King of Yan ran out and stabbed Zhao State with his back, and pulled Zhao State hard.

Zhao He looked at Le Yi and said, "How is the morale of the army now?"

Le Yi said: "The morale of the army is still relatively stable for the time being, but if Handan is in a hurry, it is hard to say."

Gucheng was the territory of Zhongshan Kingdom, and Anping City was the border city between Zhao and Qi. Therefore, although the Yan army now occupies half of these two counties, in fact, most of the people living in those places were the former Zhongshan people and Qi people, which did not have much impact on Zhao.

But if Anping City and Gu City are broken through, the Yan army can approach the city of Handan, and everything will be completely different by then.

Handan is the most elite territory of Zhao State and the base camp that Zhao State has operated for hundreds of years. Now half of Zhao's soldiers and civilians under Zhao He's command are from Handan and its surrounding areas.

Once they learned that Handan was surrounded and their families were trapped by the war, how could these soldiers, the young and strong men have any intention of fighting in Daliang City? It would be great if they didn't mutiny at the time of the battle.

Zhao He let out a long sigh, knocked on the table in front of him with some anger, and reiterated what he had said long ago: "In this battle, we must take the initiative to fight and fight to solve the Qin and Koreans in the shortest time."

Le Yi and Lin Xiangru nodded at the same time.

Zhao He asked: "How long will it take Zhao She and the others?"

Le Yi thought for a while and said, "Tonight or tomorrow morning, you should be able to arrive at Qifeng. If you can conquer Qifeng in time, you can raid below Yuguan at most one day. As long as you can take Yuguan, the army's food route of more than 200,000 yuan on the front line of Qin and Han will be directly cut off, and the food will be cut off at most five days. By then, Da Zhao will surely win."

Lin Xiangru, who was standing beside him, finally couldn't help but speak out: "Zhao She has only 10,000 cavalry under her command. Can she defend the Qin army's return to the army and counterattack?"

Le Yi said: "The Qin people did not have established cavalry. If they wanted to return to Yuguan from the front line, it would take as long as three days to rely on the infantry's foot strength, and Zhao She only needed to hold on for two days."

Lin Xiangru was planning to say something else, but Zhao He had raised his hand and suppressed Lin Xiangru's words: "Don't worry, Lin Qing, as long as Yu Pass is broken, our army will definitely win in this battle!"

Of course, Zhao He is so sure and full of confidence.

Although according to historical records in later generations, there was no famous war in this area during the Warring States Period, and there was only an vague battle in the forest, if we were to push back the time point, there was a very famous battle that broke out in this generation, which could be used as a reference for Zhao Helai.

That is a decisive battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao in order to fight for hegemony in the Central Plains - the Battle of Guandu.

Guandu, the main battlefield of the Battle of Guandu, is located on the north side of Zhongmu County, dozens of miles west of the confrontation between the Zhao and Qin armies, connecting the Yellow River and the south bank of the canal water.

But specifically, the Battle of Guandu is very different from the current battle.

Four hundred years have led to a significant difference in the terrain today from the Battle of Guandu. One of the most significant terrain factors is the South Korean East Great Wall built by South Korea, which is more than a hundred miles on the border between Han and Wei in order to prevent the attack of Wei.

This section of the East Great Wall is centered on the direction of Yuan Yong, Jingyu, Yan and Guan, and protrudes from west to east in a protruding way. The front protruding part is just less than twenty miles away from Guando Ferry.

With this section of the East Great Wall, the Zhao army had no way to suppress it from the north like Yuan Shao in history, because that was equivalent to exposing its right flank directly under the military fronts of the Qin and Han armies.

On the other hand, since Daliang City is owned by Wei State, the Qin army cannot face the south straight line like Cao Cao. If that happens, the right flank of the Qin army will also be exposed to the military front of the Zhao-Wei coalition forces.

Therefore, in order to avoid the risk of exposing the flanks, the main generals on both sides chose to change directions. The Qin army was backed by Putianze and the Han East Great Wall in the west, while the Zhao army chose Daliang City in the east.

In this way, the battle situation becomes a confrontation between the east and west, rather than a confrontation between the north and south as in the Battle of Guandu. This is the difference caused by the terrain and the ruling territory.

But Zhao He likes the current situation more.

Because it is not far from Daliang, Zhao He, as a northern force, can easily obtain food and supplies from Daliang City. As a logistics base, a large city like Daliang City is countless times more stable than Yuan Shao's Wuchao, and there is no need to worry about being sneaked into the grain road.

On the contrary, the Qin army, because it was close to the West, gave up half of the south direction. Historically, Cao Cao set up a line of defense here so that Yuan Shao's army could not bypass it at all. However, because Zhao now occupied the southeast direction, Zhao He was able to easily command his Zhao cavalry to move south calmly when the Qin people could not detect it, and in turn attacked the Qin army's food route.

Therefore, the conditions for Zhao He's battle are much stronger than Yuan Shao in history. There is only one place worse than Yuan Shao, that is, Zhao State has fired in the backyard, so Zhao He must take the initiative to attack and cannot afford any confrontation tricks.

Even so, Zhao He was still very confident.

In Zhao He's understanding of the tactic of splitting troops and breaking through each other, only one general had used it in the entire Warring States Period, that is, Bai Qi, the deputy general of Qin who is now in the Qin army camp more than ten miles away.

But Bai Qi's division of troops was actually used twice. The first was the Battle of Yique when facing the Han and Wei countries, and the second was the Battle of Changping when facing Zhao Kuo.

Both battlefields have the same characteristics, that is, the terrain near the battlefield is extremely complex, and hundreds of thousands of troops from both sides gathered in an extremely narrow place, fighting in a decisive battle - just like now.

Bai Qi's interlude is usually near the main battlefield. The core of interlude is to eliminate the main force of the enemy in one go. The distance is usually not ten miles away from the main battlefield. Such interlude can only be regarded as a small interlude.

As a time traveler, what Zhao He learned from the founding Iron Army generals more than two thousand years later was a great interlude.

In the second battle of the famous Korean Peninsula, the 113th Division of the 38th Army marched more than 70 kilometers (150 miles) in 14 hours, directly cutting off the enemy's 25th Division, the 2nd Division and the Tuji Brigade, the 1st Division of the enemy cavalry, and the 1st Division of the South Korean Army were each in trouble, causing the aggressive coalition forces of the countries to fall into a large siege in an instant, and had to go from north to panic to retreat south, completely shattering the attempt of the coalition forces of the countries to reach the Yalu River and completely changing the entire battle situation.

The most famous title of the Iron Army, "Long Live Army", was named after this battle.

From Zhao He's perspective, it took fourteen hours to walk across the mountain roads and walk 150 miles to block the front line of the Qin army... I can take a shower and sleep, and I have everything in my dreams.

You should know that in this era, the normal marching speed of a large army is generally about thirty miles a day. The infantry that can travel a hundred miles a day is only the arrogant Wei Wushu decades ago. Even the Qi martial artists who defeated the Wei Wushu could not travel a hundred miles a day, let alone 150 miles a day.

Zhao He didn't expect to replicate the miracle of that iron army, but this large-scale roundabout idea was definitely an outbreak of Zhao He's victory in defeating the enemy.

It is no exaggeration to say that in the infantry era, such cross-border ideas were absolutely ahead of the world. If it were not for the absolute advanced and leading tactical ideas, the Iron Army, which was a whole era behind the weapons and equipment, would not have been able to drive the coalition forces of all countries back from the Yalu River back to the 38th level.

In essence, Zhao He used cavalry to penetrate Yuguan, which was exactly the same as the long-distance three-south house that year, under the guidance of tactical ideas.

No matter how strong Bai Qi is, can you be more powerful than using tactical ideas to flatten the entire weapon and equipment gap in the era?

Moreover, these weapons and equipment are not cold weapons, such as bronze vs. iron weapons, which are rifles vs. tanks, and straw sandals vs. trucks, and hot weapons era gaps!

No matter how magical Bai Qi is, he is still just an ancient man. No matter how talented he is, he cannot still win with the advanced tactical ideas summarized by the group of founding masters more than two thousand years later, over ten years of fighting and millions of lives.

At this moment, Zhao He was not facing Bai Qi alone, he was standing on the shoulders of a giant, standing on the military thought of the entire China and the entire earth for more than two thousand years.

Bai Qi, so what!

Three cobblers are even better than Zhuge Liang. For more than two thousand years, so many military strategists can only be better than you, Bai Qi!

Zhao He was full of passion and slapped the table in front of him.

"Tomorrow, the entire army will be suppressed, so that the Qin people can understand and learn the bravery and majesty of my eldest Zhao man!"

On the side, Le Yi and Lin Xiangru stood up at the same time and said in unison: "Now!"

The night sky outside the tent is shining with stars and shining in the sky.

Just under the illumination of these little starlight, dozens of miles southwest direction, Zhao She had already grabbed the horse under her crotch.

Beside Zhao She, the guide Hou Ying pointed: "Please look, General, the city is open in front of you."

Zhao She looked around and saw a small city located in the darkness several miles away. On the wall, there were occasional fire lights.

The city is here.
Chapter completed!