Chapter 339: Cautious Battle

In the Zhao army camp in Tunliu City, Zhao army general Kou Fei stood in front of Zhao Xin, holding a document in his hand, and said to Zhao Xin: "General, General Zheng launched a fierce attack on Li Ting after he arrived at Li Ting. However, because the Qin army's vigorous resistance failed to break, General Zheng did not continue the fierce attack according to the general's orders, but instead stationed troops ten miles away from Li Ting, waiting for the general's orders. However, according to General Zheng's intention, he wanted to continue the attack. General Zheng believed that he had the ability to break Li Ting."

Zhao Xin frowned and walked to the map to observe carefully. After a long time, he said: "There are no ambushers on the road, and the Qin army resisted desperately. All of this seems to indicate that Bai Qi has no backup, but intends to defend the defense line to the death. However, why did I think Bai Qi had some plans? I sent someone to send a message to Zheng Tuo and ordered him to stock up on his troops. Li Ting did not control his troops. Without the general's military order, he would never launch an attack!"

"General, this..." Kou Fei was a little puzzled. The actions shown by the Qin army were telling the Zhao army that they had to defend the defense line, and with the strength of the Zhao army, they could definitely tear a hole in Li Ting. Why did Zhao Xin give up the attack?

Zhao Xin met Kou Fei's puzzled look and said, "Bai Qi is definitely not simple. The Qin army's desperate resistance is likely to be an illusion. Now, only by unchanging and responding to all changes is the only way to play against famous generals like Bai Qi. Whoever is anxious will lose!"

Although Kou Fei still didn't understand, out of trust in Zhao Xin, Kou Fei nodded and said, "Then I will send someone to send a message to General Zheng!"

Zhao Xin nodded, and then continued to emphasize: "Tell Zheng Tuo that he should not move his troops. If he does not have the order of his general, he will deal with it with the military law!"

"Here!" Kou Fei replied!

The Zhao army's actions of keeping troops still made the Qin army chief Bai Qi very confused. He saw with a clear look that now facing the powerful Zhao army, the Qin army can only defend the defense line to the death. Why did the Zhao army no longer attack?

"Is it because Zhao Xin saw my intention? It shouldn't be that the entire Southern Shang Party is under the control of our general. The Zhao army spies would never cross the general's defense line without any trace. How could they know that they would lay ambush troops in Yangtou Mountain?" Facing the strangeness of the Zhao army, Bai Qi began to feel a little unconfident, and even wondered if his backhand in Yangtou Mountain was noticed by Zhao Xin, which led to the Zhao army's stop moving.

"Taiwei, is that the troops withdrawing from Yangtou Mountain?" asked Qin general Ying Huai. Since Zhao Xin might have noticed the ambush of the Qin army in Yangtou Mountain, Li Chong's 20,000 people had no effect there, so it would be better to withdraw and defend in other places.

But Bai Qi shook his head and said, "No, the Zhao army is not moving now, which is of great benefit to our army. Besides Li Ting, it is not easy for the Zhao army to forcefully break through our defense line in the rest of the lines. Li Chong's 20,000 people have no effect anywhere except Li Ting. It is better to be in Yangtou Mountain. If Zhao Xin really knew that our army had ambushing troops in Yangtou Mountain, the Zhao army would not launch an attack rashly. This situation is beneficial to our army. If the troops in Yangtou Mountain are withdrawn, the Zhao army might take the opportunity to launch an attack. With Li Ting's troops, it would be difficult for Zhao army to stop."

Bai Qi saw it very clearly. The Qin army was not as strong as the Zhao army. The temporary confrontation between the two armies was beneficial to the Qin army, but it was only temporary. When the troops in the northern border of Zhao State arrived, the pressure on the Qin army would become extremely huge. Therefore, Bai Qi had to come up with a way to break the deadlock before the troops in the northern border of Zhao State arrived, otherwise he would have to be slaughtered by others.

Bai Qi thought for a while and said, "I ordered Li Chong to garrison Yangtou Mountain, and at the same time I paid close attention to Li Ting's situation. Once Li Ting's Ma Sheng's troops retreated to Yangtou Mountain, he must do his best to keep the Zhao army. In addition, I ordered Ma Sheng to continue to act like he was defending the dead, and also find ways to lure the Zhao army to launch an attack!"

The game between the two famous generals often determines the outcome, not ability, but mood. Whoever is anxious first will lose. Indeed, Li Chong's 20,000 elite troops stationed in Yangtou Mountain will put a lot of pressure on the Qin army's defense line, but it is not irresistible. Therefore, Bai Qi decided to continue to place Li Chong's 20,000 elite troops in Yangtou Mountain as a surprise soldier.

In this way, under the leadership of two famous generals Zhao Xin and Bai Qi, the Qin and Zhao armies actually started a strange confrontation on the Shangdang front. Although it is not a decisive battle between Qin and Zhao, this battle is related to the fate of Qin and Zhao's honor. If it is defeated, Qin is likely to be unable to defend the Nan Shangdang, which has already succeeded. In this way, Qin will be completely trapped by Deng and Zhao and died in Guanzhong. In the land of Xiliang, although Guanzhong has a fertile field for thousands of miles, it is obvious that Guanzhong alone cannot support Qin's ambitions. After the failure to fight for Bashu, the Nan Shangdang can be said to be the last chance of Qin.

Zhao State has never defeated a single defeat since he had Zhao Xin, an invincible general. Perhaps in some major battles, Zhao State had some minor defeats, but in the end, Zhao State finally laughed to the end. Even Zhou Shen, Pang Kuo, Han Qing and other famous generals in the world were unable to stop Zhao Xin and Zhao Army. Zhao Xin, who was over fifty years old, would definitely not allow a defeat in his career.

Regarding this battle between Qin and Zhao, those in Wancheng ordered Mingjing to send a large number of spies to sneak into the Shangdang war zone in danger and collect first-hand battle situations. Deng Sheng's mood was contradictory to this battle, because facing the powerful Zhao State, Deng State had already decided to alliance with Qin State to fight against Zhao, so the outcome of this battle also touched Deng Sheng's heart.

Before the war, Deng Sheng and a group of important officials predicted that no matter what the outcome of this war was, Qin would get the land of the Southern Shangdang, which to some extent alleviated the crisis of food shortage. However, what Deng Sheng did not expect was that the move of his support for Chu to seek Pei County made the direction of the war confusing.

After being successfully attacked by the Chu army by the Chu army, Zhao State was completely angered. Zhao State, which lost face, did not care about Deng Chu's pressure in the Central Plains, resolutely mobilized a large number of Central Plains garrisons into Shangdang, and even mobilized a large number of troops from the northern border to move south. According to spies' reports, the troops in the northern border of Zhao State were about to arrive in Jinyang, which means that they could go south to Shangdang soon. This puts great pressure on Qin State's actions to protect the Southern Shangdang. It can even be said that in the face of hundreds of thousands of Zhao State's army, whether the Qin army can escape unscathed from Shangdang.

Faced with the strength of Zhao, Deng Sheng even thought about whether to bring the Qin army at the right time, but this idea was strangled by Deng Sheng as soon as it came out. It is true that once Deng and Qin form an alliance, the Qin State of the Southern Shangdang will undoubtedly increase its strength, which will be of great help to the alliance. But on the other hand, Qin State without Southern Shangdang will continue to be in a food shortage crisis. Once an alliance is formed, it means that Qin State has no capital to defeat the alliance at all. This is equivalent to a security for the alliance between the two countries. Unless Qin State chooses to form an alliance with Zhao State to deal with Deng State, but this is impossible, because Qin State's ambition is to seize the world, and Qin State has a fight to form an alliance with Deng State. However, if it is an alliance with Zhao State, even if it defeats Deng State, how can Qin State take the world from the unprecedentedly powerful Zhao State?

Therefore, the best choice for Deng State is to watch the wall, but it cannot be purely watch the wall. After all, if the Qin army is defeated too badly and the Qin State's strength is weakened too much, it will not be of any benefit to Deng State. Therefore, Deng Sheng secretly ordered Xue Rengui and Li Siye to two generals. If the Qin army showed signs of defeat, immediately attack the Central Plains and bring back the attention of Zhao State to ensure that the Qin army can escape unscathed.
Chapter completed!