Bai Qi has always liked to arrange every step before taking action.

When he defeated Lian Po, he did not bring all the main forces to attack together when he entered Zhao. In Shangdang, Qin also had a group of main elites. In Zhao, Bai Qi had only more than 200,000 soldiers, and Wang Feng's partial army had 100,000 elites. When Bai Qi realized that these 100,000 people might be in danger, he thought of a way to get rid of Lian Po and Wei Wuji and come to support him.

The loss of elite troops of 100,000 people is a major event for Qin State. Moreover, if the partial army is destroyed, Bai Qi will face Zhao Kuo, Lian Po, Wei Wuji alone, and the Zhao-Wei coalition forces will have an overwhelming advantage in terms of numbers, especially since these three generals are not mediocre. He needs enough people to obey his orders, and he will defeat these three enemies.

Through the time difference between Meng Ao, Wei Wuji and Lian Po successfully got rid of them and arrived in Wu'an. However, it was a very embarrassing time when he arrived. If he had come a little earlier, he might have been able to attack the Zhao army with Wang Yan. He could see that Zhao Kuo's left and right wing generals had very obvious shortcomings. The two of them worked together to defeat the main force of Zhao State.

When he arrived, Wang's troops had been crippled. They were besieged outside Wu'an. They fought for three days and suffered heavy casualties. Most importantly, the morale of the army was shaken and seemed to be in despair. The despicable Zhao Kuo directly opened the encirclement and drove these desperate soldiers to stop the charge of Bai Qi's army. When Bai Qi arranged the defeated soldiers, Zhao Kuo had already begun to tentatively attack.

Bai Qi believed at this time that the main force of Zhao State had experienced several days of fierce battle and was a tired army. Although his soldiers were rushing to the road, they did not encounter any war and could fight.

However, the Zhao army showed an amazing fighting spirit. Bai Qi had never seen such a tenacious will in the Zhao people. The original Zhao army, facing the Qin army who was fearless, immediately fled in panic after several rounds of arrows. Now Bai Qi's army broke through from two directions, Zhao Kuo naturally would not miss such a good opportunity and pursued with all his might. However, Bai Qi was ready after appearing.

First, he arranged his logistics troops in a dense forest not far away.

The time he appeared was also carefully selected. When Bai Qi was confident of annihilation of the enemy, he usually chose to fight with the enemy in the early morning, but when he did not have this confidence and just had a tentative attack, he chose the evening because late at night was the natural enemy of war. Among the soldiers, there were many people who could not see anything after night and became completely blind, even if they were lit on a bonfire.

This is what Bai Qi is terrible. He can regard everything as his soldier. In his eyes, everything is war.

Therefore, the Qin people's war drums were shouted in the dense forest in the distance, and when the sky gradually became darker, Zhao Kuo ordered to stop the pursuit of Bai Qi. The soldiers could not pursue them at night, and he was also worried that he would encounter Bai Qi's ambush. The generals of Zhao State hurriedly gathered the soldiers, and Zhao Kuo also hurriedly arranged people to treat the wounded soldiers on the battlefield. After Zhao Kuo ordered these, he asked the soldiers to return to Wu'an City to rest.

Zhao Kuo hurried into the courtyard. He could hear Di slaughtering a pig from afar. Hearing Di roaring so strongly, Zhao Kuo breathed a sigh of relief. Di was lying on the bed, while Zhao Fu was sitting aside, wiping something on his back. Seeing Zhao Kuo coming in, Zhao Fu was about to salute, but Zhao Kuo shook his head, sat directly beside him, and asked, "How is Di?"

"He wore two layers of armor, but he broke some skin, and it was nothing serious." Zhao Fu shook his head helplessly. His disciple of Pingyuan Jun and the warrior on the battlefield have now become the "saint of medicine" around Zhao Kuo. After killing the enemy on the battlefield, he has to come back to save people. Zhao Fu can only sigh that the world is impermanent. He never thought that one day he would have such attainments in medicine in the first thirty years.

What Zhao Fu is applying now is a herb that can stop bleeding.

Di raised his head, looked at Zhao Kuo, and asked with a smile: "Shaojun, when will we go home?"

Fu Zhao snorted coldly and said, "Why, you have started missing your hometown before you get married?"

Zhao Kuo looked at him and said with a smile: "You still don't understand Di. Di is anxious to tell the story of his heroic rescue of the generals on the battlefield to the villagers." Zhao Kuo was talking when he saw an old man hurriedly breaking into the courtyard, "Di!", "Di!!" The person came was Ge. Before Ge's blood was wiped, his voice trembled a little, and he staggered into the courtyard.

At that moment, Di suddenly lowered his head and closed his eyes tightly.

Ge walked into the house and looked at Di who was motionless on the bed. Zhao Kuo clearly saw that the old man's eyes were red. He walked to Di, looked at Zhao Kuo, and then looked at Zhao Fu. His lips were trembling and he couldn't speak for a long time. A tear fell from the corner of his eyes, and quickly left a conspicuous white mark on his blood-stained face. Zhao Kuo frowned and slapped Di's head with a palm.

"Oh~~", Di was in pain, and hurriedly raised his head, questioning with some anger: "Shaojun, I was injured, you still hit me!"

Seeing Di raise his head, Ge was furious and cursed angrily: "Why are you barbarians not dead yet?!"

...........

Zhao Kuo did not stay here for too long, and he had a lot of things to deal with.

In Wu'an City, the wounded soldiers were still moaning in pain. Zhao Kuo was not a doctor. He knew about disinfection, but he didn't know how to disinfect. Alcohol seemed to be possible. But those wines that could not even burn were really possible? High temperatures seemed to be possible. Zhao Kuo still did not rush to splash these wounded soldiers with wine. He found a doctor and discussed with them whether the knife used to retrieve arrows could be burned with fire first.

He told the doctor that this is the knowledge he saw from ancient books, which may be useful. In addition, he told the doctor that he could use water to wipe the wound, and that the doctor himself should also take a bath. Of course, this is also the knowledge he saw from ancient books.

Where is the gap between Zhao and Qin?

The Qin army had special military doctors responsible for dealing with wounded soldiers and preventing plagues. There were no professional doctors in the Zhao army. The wounded soldiers of Zhao usually had to find some medical skills from the recruited soldiers to treat them. In addition, the witches, who cured the wounded soldiers through dancing and blessings. Zhao Kuo was generally unwilling to come to the wounded soldiers. He was a kind person. Every time he saw these dying people, he was always very sad.

Those who are pierced by spears, cut or even trampled will be difficult to die unless they are injured in a critical way. They usually struggle in pain for a long time. The doctors have no way to save them. They can only watch them suffer great pain, wail, begging their colleagues to help them and let themselves die soon, and stop making themselves in such pain. Zhao Kuo was helping with these wounded soldiers all night.

For those who are about to die, Zhao Kuo will tell him: he must take good care of his family.

As for those who are still being rescued, Zhao Kuo will tell him: You can survive, and I will bless you.

There are all kinds of life, and it seems that you can see the most clearly among the wounded soldiers. Some cry and only want to die, some laugh at their colleagues who go to death safely, some of them who are rushing to ask Zhao Kuo to save themselves, some of them cursing everything and scolding everything, and more, those who are weakly lying on the sickbed and muttering their family's names. In the early morning, the exhausted Zhao Kuo left the East City where the wounded soldiers gathered.

Tian Yue, who was careful and cautious, sent many knights to investigate the news about the Qin people.

Li Mu became very silent. This arrogant young man thought that it was his fault that caused Bai Qi to escape. He blamed himself for himself. All night, he stood on the city wall, looking into the distance, without saying a word, and refused to rest. Zhao Kuo found him on the city wall. Walking to him, Zhao Kuo sighed, looked at the blood color outside the city that could not be cleaned, and said, "Do you know this person Goujian?"

"I know."

"At the beginning, the King of Yue was defeated by the King of Wu. The King of Yue served the King of Wu for three years, herding cattle and shepherding sheep, and suffered humiliation. After returning to the country, he vowed to take revenge. He was afraid that he would be greedy for a comfortable life and exhausted his ambition to take revenge. At night, he slept on a straw pile. He also hung a bitter gall in the room. Every morning he got up, he tasted the bitter gall. According to his orders, every day, the soldiers outside the door would ask him: Have you forgotten the shame for three years?"

"He went to the fields to work with the farmers himself, and his wife also spinned thread and weaved cloth. After ten years, the Yue Kingdom became stronger and defeated the Wu Kingdom."

Zhao Kuo said, and then asked: "The shame you have suffered exceeds that Goujian has suffered?"

“Not.”

"Is your enemy stronger and higher status than Goujian's enemies?"

“Not it.”

"Then why don't you follow Goujian, work hard, prepare for your troops, and take revenge on Bai Qi, but stand alone on this city wall and complain about yourself?"

Li Mu lowered his head, clenched his fists, and looked at Zhao Kuo firmly. He said, "I will definitely defeat Bai Qi." Zhao Kuo smiled and left here. Many scouts sent by Tian Yue came back. Zhao Kuo needed to know Bai Qi's latest movements. According to the scout's report, Bai Qi seemed to be retreating towards Danshui. Zhao Kuo left soldiers guarding the city in his eldest son and Lucheng, and he was not worried that Bai Qi would attack for force.

He first sent his soldiers to contact Lian Po and Wei Wuji, and then continued to rest here. The soldiers experienced a war and needed rest.

Zhao Kuo didn't know whether this battle could be considered a victory. In the battle between the two sides, Zhao Kuo commanded an army of more than 100,000 for the first time. Together with Wu'an City and the Great Wall, Zhao Kuo had 180,000 soldiers. On Bai Qi's side, Wang's partial division had a total force of 140,000 troops. First, he fought with Wang's. After three days of fighting, Wang's 90,000 soldiers left nearly 40,000 corpses outside Wu'an City.

Similarly, he bit off a large piece of meat from Zhao Kuo, and the Zhao army suffered more than 30,000 casualties, which was comparable to the Qin people.

Then there were 150,000 soldiers fighting against Bai Qi and Wang Yi's defeated soldiers, with a total of 100,000.

The battle lasted for not long, but the situation was unexpectedly tragic.

Both sides each left behind another 30,000 to 40,000 corpses. Bai Qi and more than 60,000 soldiers left the battlefield. Zhao Kuo took more than 100,000 soldiers to rest. The casualties of both sides were equal. This was not the expected victory. At most, it could be considered a miserable victory. Wu'an City became a huge tomb. More than 100,000 people died on both sides. Zhao Kuo's soldiers buried them for a day without sleeping, but they could not let all of these soldiers be buried.

Behind these hundreds of thousands of people, there may be one million crying relatives.

When Sima Shang came to report on the casualties, Zhao Kuo was stunned for a long time.

After resting for four days like this, the scout brought back Lian Po's letters.

In the letter, Lian Po explained in detail the reason why Bai Qi appeared in Wu'an City. In addition, he also told him about the battle with Qin general Meng Ao. Meng Ao had been entangled with the two for a long time. A few days ago, he seemed to have received some order and hurriedly evacuated the battlefield. From the urgent newspaper from Zhongmu, he found that he was heading towards Danshui, and congratulating Zhao Kuo on his victory.

victory?

Zhao Kuo looked at the bamboo slips in his hand and said nothing for a long time.

The soldiers who had been resting for a few days set off again, with the target of Danshui. Lian Po, who was stationed in Boyang, also sent troops. He had to go to Zhongmu first and then to Danshui. Even if he repelled Bai Qi once, Zhao Kuo still did not dare to be careless. He marched cautiously all the way along the mountain, and scouts kept appearing everywhere to find out the latest situation. Zhao Kuo advanced all the way, occasionally encountered defeated Qin people and captured many prisoners.

It seems that Bai Qi did not succeed in taking everyone away.

Zhao Kuo's main army officially joined forces with Lian Po and others on a plain near Danshui.

After a long separation, the two sides joined forces. Among these soldiers, there were fellow townsmen, and even father and son and brothers from the same family. However, Lian Po was worried about Bai Qi's attack and did not allow the soldiers to move around at will. Therefore, when Lian Po's army was stationed aside, the soldiers from both sides poked their heads in the tent, shouted to each other, and asked about the safety of their relatives. However, Lian Po took Prince Wuji and many generals to walk towards Zhao Kuo's camp.

Zhao Kuo also brought Tian Yue, Li Mu and other generals, as well as his own guests to greet him.

The two groups met on the road. General Lian Po looked very excited. When he saw Zhao Kuo for the first time, he smiled and hurriedly walked up, grabbing Zhao Kuo's hands. General Lian Po experienced such a dangerous war, but he didn't seem to be tired at all, and his voice was still loud, "I know Ma Fujun can defeat Bai Qi, but I didn't expect that you could defeat him so quickly!!"

Zhao Kuo smiled and did not talk about the war. He just asked Lian Po if he was still healthy.

Lian Po chatted with him, and Wei Wuji looked at the Ma Fujun who had long been famous. When he was still in Xinling, he often heard various rumors about Ma Fujun, saying that he was a benevolent and righteous person and loved scholars. His reputation quickly became comparable to Pingyuan Jun and became a wise man in Zhao State. Later, his disciples came to find him, and Wei Wuji became a little curious about Ma Fujun.

During the war, he saw the talent of Ma Fujun again.

Now, he really saw the real Ma Fujun.

This is a handsome young man who looks very good when he smiles, but there is always a sense of sadness between his eyebrows. There is no joy or pride in his eyes that defeats Bai Qi, only a touch of sadness. This is a worried and deeply in pain and unable to extricate himself. Lian Po finally brought Zhao Kuo to Wei Wuji, and Zhao Kuo also looked at the famous wise man in Wei State.

Xinling Jun was older than him, and he did not have the so-called nobleness of a young man, but had the heroic spirit of a wanderer. When the two of them met, Wei Wuji smiled and said, "After I came to Zhao State, I listened to your reputation from others every day. Today I have the opportunity to meet you, and I realized that they did not lie." Zhao Kuo shook his head humbly, and then complimented Wei Wuji for a few words, and then took them back to the camp.

As soon as he entered the camp, Lian Po had not even had time to ask about the situation of the war, Zhao Kuo said, "Now is the weakest time for Bai Qi. Several large armies under his command have just experienced a crushing defeat and urgent marches. They just took this opportunity to drive him out of Danshui and force him back to Shangdang."

Lian Po hesitated for a moment before saying, "I think his army should be destroyed in Zhao territory. If he is allowed to return to Shangdang, there is no way to defeat him again."

"It's the season for sowing... the war can't be delayed any more."
Chapter completed!