Another spring is here.

The frequent wars in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were unmatched by any era in China in later generations. According to historical statistics, in the last 100 years of the Warring States Period after 321 BC, Qin had 80 years of war, Zhao had 47 years, Wei had 38 years, South Korea had 31 years, Chu had 27 years, Qi had 20 years, and Yan had 19 years.

From this data, we can see that the stronger the country launches wars, the more times it will start, and people's ability to bear wars is also far beyond that of later generations. As the strongest overlord of the world, Zhao State has fully possessed the conditions and ability to start wars again after half a year of rest.

However, Zhao State was not the first country to start a war. The reason is very simple, because most parts of Zhao State were already in spring, and the ice and snow in Yan State had not yet thawed.

The first war broke out was Qin and South Korea.

Although King Han was a cowardly personality, the new Korean Xiangbang Baoyuan was a very decisive person. In addition, after the Qin Lianggou defeat, Wei Ran brought most of the war-capable soldiers back to Guanzhong. Therefore, after several months of siege, the Koreans recovered Yiyang before the arrival of winter.

Yiyang's regaining is crucial to South Korea. This city is the second largest city in South Korea except for its capital Xinzheng, and is also the largest iron weapon smelting base in South Korea. It has extremely important significance in both political and military.

After learning that Yi Yang was restored, King Han was overjoyed and even temporarily forgot about the fact that Bao Yuan took his own initiative to stand on the side of the Zhao-Wei coalition forces in the Battle of Lianggou, and the monarch and ministers temporarily became harmonious.

However, the King of Qin has never been a person who is willing to suffer losses. After learning about the capture of Yiyang City, the King of Qin was furious in Xianyang.

It would be fine if the powerful Zhao Kingdom could not do anything, but could the Qin Dynasty fall to the point where even South Korea could not deal with it?

So, spring just arrived, and the tough-minded King of Qin could not even wait for the spring plowing to be completely over, and he mobilized 150,000 troops, and Meng Ao, as the main general, went out of Hangu Pass and rushed to South Korea.

King Han was naturally shocked by this, and immediately sent an envoy to Handan to ask for help from Zhao He, the leader of the Three Jin alliance.

Zhao He received the Korean envoy very readily.

On the main hall of Longtai, the Korean envoy's words were very earnest: "King, Han is a minister of Zhao. Qin's attack on Han not only wanted to seize the land of the country, but also ignored the alliance between the country and the king, greatly refuting the king's face. He also asked the king to send troops to help Han attack Qin, so that the people of the world can know the power of Zhao, so that the country can serve the king more convinced in the future."

As Zhao He listened, his smile gradually became stronger.

When requesting reinforcements, you must be humble, but the attitude of South Korea is so low that it is still a bit beyond Zhao He's expectations.

It seems that the King of Han really needs a reinforcement.

Zhao He pondered for a moment and replied happily: "Emunique, go back and tell the King of Han and let him keep his heart in his stomach. South Korea is my ally. Qin wants to bully South Korea at will and seize South Korea's land. I will never sit idly by!"

The Korean envoy was overjoyed when he heard this, and then left after thanking him.

After the envoy left, Xiangbang Gaotang Jun Feiyi, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but speak, "Does the king want to fight on two fronts?"

All the people present were the core officials of Zhao State, and they all knew Zhao He’s plan to destroy Yan this year. Now Zhao He has agreed to aid South Korea, but isn’t it just a two-line battle?

Zhao He laughed and nodded, "What Gao Tang said is very much. Looking at the world, only Qin is the biggest obstacle to unifying the countries, so I will definitely not give Qin any chance to make it bigger!"

Although Zhao was obviously better than the other five countries after annexing Qi, Zhao He never relaxed his vigilance against Qin.

This is not to say that history is not historical. After all, it has been through the past few years, and the history that Zhao He is familiar with has long been changed to an unrecognizable face in this world.

The key factor lies in people.

King Zhao of Qin and General Bai Qi, as long as these two people are alive for one day, Qin will be the number one enemy in Zhao He's heart.

Therefore, when he heard the news that Qin State had issued a letter, it was understandable that Zhao He agreed so readily to send troops to rescue South Korea.

Fei Yi thought for a while and reminded: "King, if this is the case, I'm afraid it will be a bit difficult for the troops."

The troops mentioned by Fei Yi does not refer to the insufficient available troops of Zhao State. With Zhao State's current population of more than 7 million, an army of 400,000 or 500,000 in a minute can be gathered.

But although the number of this army is enough, its combat effectiveness has become a problem.

You should know that before the war began, the total number of troops in the standing army that Zhao State could use to invest in combat was only about 200,000, which was the result of counting the border cavalry army and the county soldiers of several powerful counties.

After the war losses and supplements over the past two years, due to the need to divide troops to garrison in various places, the troops that Zhao State can use have not changed, and it is still about 200,000.

If the 200,000 troops are used to destroy Yan, it is naturally no problem, but if it is used to carry out the two defense lines of Yan and break Qin at the same time, it will be a bit difficult.

Defeating a country is different from destroying a country.

According to the calculations of Zhao He and many think tanks in Zhao State, to destroy Yan State, at least 100,000 troops need to be used, and 150,000 is the safest number.

Then with the highest priority target of destroying Yan, the remaining 100,000 or 50,000 Zhao troops were invested in the battlefield against the Qin army, which was too few.

After all, it is Qin State. Even if history is not considered, Qin State is the second most powerful country in the world today.

So there is another question. Didn’t I just say that I would just raise 400,000 or 500,000? Why did this turn into 200,000?

The answer is very simple, because beyond 200,000, Zhao State had to recruit soldiers in Qi.

Of course, as part of the war, Zhao State would definitely recruit a large number of young and strong men to accompany the army in Qi. The number of young and strong men in this part of the country is often almost the same as the main force of Zhao State. However, it is possible to let these former Qi people serve as coolies such as transporting grain and feeding horses, setting up camps and cooking. It is obviously not good to use them to attack the city and fight.

After all, these people do not have enough sense of identity with Zhao State, and they cannot expect them to fight for Zhao State during war. It would be nice if they don’t go to the battlefield and don’t help Zhao Army in reverse.

What Zhao He could trust was still the only "Old Zhao people", which was such a standing army of 200,000, not the "New Zhao people" who came from the land that had just been conquered, and spoke the languages ​​of Qi, Lin Hu, and Yan.

This problem is actually not very big. As long as the laws of Zhao continue to be implemented, the rule among the counties in Qi will be stable for three to five years or ten to eight years. Gradually, the people will naturally return to their hearts, and the number of Zhao troops will not become a problem at that time.

For example, Qin Shihuang used ten years to destroy the six kingdoms, and in 230 BC, he sent 200,000 to destroy South Korea. By the time Chu was destroyed eight years later, eight years later, he could have used 600,000 troops to hand over to Wang Jian. The same is true.

But in the future, Zhao's total military strength is indeed not enough to support the two fronts to start war at the same time, which is also a fact that must be resolved.

Facing Fei Yi's question, Zhao He was obviously confident and smiled and said, "Gao Tang Jun is not worried, I have a plan."

Fei Yi looked at Zhao He with confidence and knew that his young king never bragged. He was even more curious and asked, "Dare you ask what the king's plan is?"

Zhao He smiled and turned his eyes to Le Yi, the new general of Zhao State, on the side, and said, "Le Yi, I want you to lead an army of 150,000 to attack Yan from now on. Be sure to destroy Yan State with one battle. Do you have confidence?"

Although Lian Po was undoubtedly more famous in history, after comprehensive consideration, Zhao He decided to choose Le Yi, who was a better candidate to destroy Yan, after considering it comprehensively.

For a time traveler, this actually has a little bit of evil taste in it.

Le Yi naturally accepted the order happily, and no one else had any objection. It was normal for the general, as the supreme military leader, to fight this kind of war of destruction, to fight. It was impossible for the king to personally fight again, right?

However, after Zhao He's appointment, several important officials from Zhao State, including Fei Yi, became more and more curious.

You must know that only 200,000 can be used, and Zhao He sent 150,000 out at once. Do you really want to use the remaining 50,000 to fight against Qin?

Zhao He quickly gave the answer: "Come on, Doctor Xuan Lingle takes the opportunity to the palace!"

Although he followed Zhao He out for a long battle and got the title of a doctor, Le Cheng's official position was still responsible for defending Zhao's palace city, so Le Cheng appeared in front of Zhao He very quickly.

Zhao He looked at Le Cheng and said in a deep voice: "Le Cheng, I will be the chief general, and lead 20,000 border cavalry to the south from Beidi County to attack Guanzhong. Your goal is to restrain the attention of the Qin army and let the Qin people arrange heavy troops in front of you to guard Xianyang. I do not require you to have many achievements. As long as you attract enough Qin army, it is a great achievement!"

Le Cheng was overjoyed when he heard this and bowed directly: "Thank you, the king!"

Le Cheng was so excited that he kept crying when he spoke.

Over the years, Le Cheng was also extremely anxious when he saw his brother Le Yi and Lian Po and Zhao She who were not as good as him, who had climbed up step by step.

Finally, this opportunity to lead the troops alone fell on Le Cheng's head. How could this not make Le Cheng cry?

He wants to make progress too much.

After Le Cheng took the order and left, Zhao He smiled at Fei Yi and said, "Look, don't you have the troops to aid South Korea?"

Fei Yi was stunned at first, but after a while he came to his senses, he was a little amused and confused: "The king used these 20,000 cavalry to go south? But even if these 20,000 cavalry can attract a lot of Qin troops, the remaining Qin troops are not comparable to the Han army."

Zhao He nodded and smiled, "Of course I know this. So..."

Zhao He slightly elongated his tone and set his eyes on Su Dai, a great traveler: "Doctor Su, you can work hard to go to Daliang City once, and let the King of Wei send troops to help Han according to the alliance between the Three Jins. After you go to Daliang, you will find Xue Gongtian Wen first and tell him that Wei will send at least 100,000 troops this time, otherwise I will not agree!"

Su Dai stood up and should be.

Zhao He turned his gaze back to Feiyi again and said with a smile: "King Gao Tang, look, the problem is solved now? The Han and Wei coalition forces have almost 200,000 people. With Le Cheng's restraint, they do not need field battles and only need to defend the city. Can't they still defend the offensive of the Qin people? Take a step back and say that even if they really can't defend the offensive of the Qin people, as long as they can defend for a year or two, so that I can safely destroy the Yan Kingdom, I will all be solved!"

Fei Yi suddenly realized the truth and nodded in convincingly, "The king is indeed resourceful, and the old minister admires it. But if he does this, I'm afraid King Han will have some opinions, right?"

Zhao He laughed and said, "It is normal for the King of Han to have an objection. Who told me not to directly send troops to help him fight back the Qin army? But then again, after I destroy Yan State, South Korea may become my next target. At that time, will I still care about him and King of Han feel comfortable or not?"

After the ministers had no objection and discussed some details such as the date of dispatch, the court discussion ended.

After the court discussion ended, Zhao He left Le Yi alone.

"General, this time in the battle to destroy Yan, I have something to say to you."

After several years of training, Le Yi now looks mature and steady. He can be said to have the true style of a general. He said calmly: "Please give me advice from the king."

Zhao He smiled and said, "There are mainly two things. The first thing is that I have two spies in Yan State. In the past few years, these two spies and their men have put a lot of efforts for Da Zhao. They will also be in the same palace as you in the future. Do you understand what I mean?"

Le Yi nodded and said, "I understand. I will definitely not let these two people suffer any damage to them. I wonder what the names of these two people are?"

Zhao He said: "Zou Yan, Su Qin."

Le Yi was shocked.

Zou Yan and Su Qin have always been the highest secret, only the master father, Zhao He, Fei Yi and others knew that even Le Yi, who had just become the general, did not know. Therefore, when he heard that Zhao's spies were actually the upper court of power in Yan State, Zou Yan and Yaqing Su Qin, who were at the top of the power in Yan State, Le Yi was still extremely shocked.

Zhao He looked at Le Yi's out of composure and couldn't help laughing happily: "I believe you can do this very well, so let's talk about the next thing."

Zhao He signaled to the side of Wangxian. Wangxian immediately walked to Le Yi and placed a letter on the table in Le Yi's seat.
Chapter completed!