Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

After a while, a young man strode into the hall, bowed to Zhao Dan and greeted him.

This is Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Dan looked at Zhao Kuo carefully, Zhao Kuo was actually not too old at this time, around 27 or 30, not even [-] years old, wearing a martial crown with a sable tail and cicada pattern on his head, and wearing a uniform all over his body. A set of cyan short-sleeved narrow clothes, a belt around the waist with hooks, and a pair of black leather boots under the feet.

Zhao Kuo's outfit is completely different from the "Chinese clothes" that other countries in the Central Plains are used to at this time, that is, the style of the toga with long sleeves and long clothes. Clothes".

I have to say that this Zhao Kuo is really handsome, and coupled with this energetic and extravagant attire, anyone who looks at this Zhao Kuo can't help but praise: "What a handsome and handsome man!" boy!"

Although there was a certain impression in his memory before, when Zhao Dan saw this Zhao Kuo, he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart.

Don't even talk about why so many people are blind and support Zhao Kuo. With Zhao Kuo's appearance, at a glance, there are four big characters on his head that are young and promising!

Zhao Dan waved his hand: "There is no need to be polite, sit down."

Zhao Kuo sat down immediately according to his words. This guy still doesn't know that his wish to replace Lian Po has come to naught. His eyes are full of fighting spirit, and he thought that his king came to him for some pre-war encouragement.

Looking at Zhao Kuo's appearance, Zhao Dan couldn't bear to discourage his enthusiasm. Among other things, Zhao Kuo's loyalty to Zhao Guo is absolutely nothing to say, and his ability can only be blamed on his bad fate. When it comes to the god of war, let's get up in vain.

"Zhao Kuo, the widow has just discussed with the ministers, and the matter of changing generals is not feasible for the time being."

Zhao Kuo was shocked when he heard the words, and his young face showed an incredible expression. Obviously, he didn't expect such a result at all, and he was stunned.

After a long time, Zhao Kuo came back to his senses and asked in an unbelievable tone: "I dare to ask the king, why did you make this decision?"

Zhao Dan was also a little embarrassed at this time, because according to the memory in his head, the Zhao Dan before the crossing had actually promised Zhao Kuo that he would change generals, so this was actually Zhao Dan's back-and-forth

But Zhao Dan really had no choice. After all, everyone knew that Zhao Kuo would lose, so it was impossible to insist on letting him go.

Zhao Dan suddenly raised his voice: "Come on, take the picture above!"

As the saying goes, what do you say if you don’t have a picture, so you still have to have a picture.

A moment later, a map drawn on a silk book was placed in front of Zhao Dan's case.

This is a topographic map of Changping battlefield.

Zhao Dan pointed to the map, and said to Zhao Kuo who was still in shock: "Come on, let's play with the widow. You are the Zhao army, and the widow is the Qin army. If you win the widow, the widow will still regard you as the general. "

Zhao Kuo, who was already a little downcast, immediately became energetic when he heard it: "The king has an order, how dare I refuse to obey?"

In Zhao Kuo's view, this time he is sure to win.After all, when it comes to this kind of deduction, even Zhao Kuo’s father, Zhao She, the number one general of the Zhao Kingdom, was not Zhao Kuo’s opponent. When".

So Zhao Kuo was full of confidence, and pointed out Jiangshan on the map: "If you lead the army, you should first organize the army and unify the generals and armies. After everything is complete, use the main force to cross the Dan River and take the Guanglang City in three ways. , East and West Chapter Two City! At that time, our army will be sharp, and the Qin army will definitely not be able to take over!"

"Oh?" Zhao Dan smiled slightly, and suddenly stretched out his finger to draw a big arc on the map, circled a big circle from Qin Jun's camp, and went directly behind Zhao Jun's camp: "If Qin Jun When you are attacking fiercely, you feign defeat and retreat, and at the same time send out a surprise army, the number of which is about 5000, to attack the Bailishi Great Wall after going around the Kongcang Ridge in the Danhe River, what do you do?"

Zhao Kuo's body shook violently, staring fixedly at the route drawn by Zhao Dan, it took him a long time to say: "The king's use of troops was beyond my expectation, it seems impossible, but when you think about it carefully, it seems impossible. But if it succeeds like this, our army's right rear flank, the Bailishi Great Wall, will definitely fall, but our army has hoarded a lot of grain and grass at Daliang Mountain. Although the situation is unfavorable, we can still support it."

"Really?" Zhao Dan smiled again: "If the Qin army sends a surprise army to attack the Bailishi Great Wall, and then sends another army to break in from the Xiaodongcang River Valley to separate the main force of your army from Daliang Mountain, Let the main force of your army fall into the siege of the Qin army, and you can neither retreat nor get food and grass, what should you do?"

Zhao Kuo was shocked again when he heard the words, his eyes almost protruded from their sockets, his hands were clenched tightly into fists, his veins were exposed, and his forehead was dripping with sweat.

After about half an hour, Zhao Kuo suddenly let out a long sigh, and lowered his head in a slumped manner: "Your Majesty's use of troops is unpredictable, and Kuo was defeated."

Looking at Zhao Kuo who was like a defeated rooster in front of him, Zhao Dan actually didn't feel much joy in his heart. After all, although Zhao Kuo was indeed talking on paper, it can be seen that Zhao Kuo's military theory is still very solid , tempering and tempering may still become a tool.

So Zhao Dan patted Zhao Kuo on the shoulder, and said gently: "Failure is the mother of success, and you don't have to take it to heart. I want to appoint you as a general to lead the army to Changping, and take orders from General Lian Po." , would you like to?"

Zhao Kuo immediately raised his head when he heard the words, opened his mouth to say something, but finally lowered his head deeply: "Chen, take orders!"

Looking at the back of Zhao Kuo leaving, Zhao Dan couldn't help but shook his head, feeling secretly in his heart: "Bai Qi, Bai Qi, you are indeed worthy of the name of the military god, the first of the four famous generals of the Warring States period."

When Zhao Dan and Zhao Kuo deduced just now, they used the tactics that actually happened in history and were personally directed by Bai Qi.

The large-scale outflanking and interspersed encirclement and mobile warfare tactics used by Bai Qi in the Battle of Changping were still used by the famous generals and marshals of our army in all previous wars before the founding of the People's Republic of China.

In the battle of Menglianggu to encircle and wipe out Zhang Lingfu's unit of the 74th Division, and in the later Huaihai campaign on a larger scale in which more than one million people participated in the battle, the founding general Su Yu used this tactic to perfection, reaching the pinnacle, which is breathtaking and worthy of praise. Called a masterpiece in the history of human warfare.

There was a gap of 2000 years between the Battle of Huaihai and the Battle of Changping!

From this, you can know how advanced Bai Qi's tactical thinking is for the Spring and Autumn and Warring States era!

This is why people often say that among the four famous generals of the Warring States Period, Bai Qi is the only one, and the others are second.

Confronting such an opponent is really stressful!

Zhao Dan took a deep breath, calmed down for a while, and then issued the next order.

"Call Su Dai into the palace!"

Chapter 8 Sudai

A moment later, a man with a wide robe and long sleeves, gray temples, and a gentlemanly look when he walked strode into the hall, and bowed to Zhao Dan: "Su Dai has seen the king."

Looking at Su Dai in front of him, Zhao Dan was filled with emotion, and saw another great man in history.

The name Su Dai may be unfamiliar to many people, but Su Qin, Su Dai's elder brother, is a name that can be said to be thunderous.

Zhang Yi and Su Qin, on the one hand, offered the strategy of connecting horizontally in the Qin State, and on the other hand, practiced the strategy of combining vertically and horizontally in the six eastern countries. These two people, one in the east and the other in the west, were shining stars. They were definitely the two most outstanding strategists in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods.

In fact, Su Qin is not the only one who is famous in the Su family. Su Qin's two younger brothers, Su Dai and Su Li, were also well-known strategists at that time. People at that time called these three brothers "Three Sus". There is no second in the middle.

Among the three brothers, Su Qin had long since died, Su Li served as a guest minister in Qi State, and only Su Dai happened to be in Zhao State.

And Su Dai is the best envoy in Zhao Dan's heart to go to Qi to borrow food.

Why choose Su Dai?

First of all, although the three brothers of the Su family were from Luoyang in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, whether it was Su Qin or Su Dai, they all had a common goal, which was to help Yan destroy Qi.

Needless to say, Su Qin, this great strategist only did one thing for the rest of his life after the failure of the Six Kingdoms Alliance, which was to help Yan destroy Qi, and even Su Qin himself was assassinated and killed in Qi.

And Su Qin's younger brother, Su Dai, also inherited his brother's will. Since it is impossible for Yan to destroy Qi alone after Tian Dan's restoration, Su Dai's efforts are to make an alliance between Yan and Zhao, and then work together. To deal with Qi.

There is a very familiar idiom "snipe and clam fight", which is the allusion that Su Dai persuaded Zhao Dan's father Zhao Huiwang in order to prevent Zhao Guo from attacking Yan.

In this allusion, the snipe and clam that competed refer to Zhao and Yan. In the end, Zhao Huiwang did indeed stop the war against Yan because of this.

The ability of Su Dai to be able to convince Zhao Dan's father, a generation of Mingjun King Zhao Hui, can be persuaded by his words alone.

Because Zhao Guo was prevented from attacking Yan this time, Su Dai gained the trust of King Yanhui, the king of Yan State at that time, and became an important minister of Yan State for a time.

But 12 years ago, that is, in 272 BC, King Yanhui was killed by General Gongsun Cao of the State of Yan. Zhao Dan's father Zhao Huiwang gave him a vain post as a guest minister, so he settled in Handan.

In the following years, although Su Dai was still actively traveling between countries, he had little success and was not trusted by King Zhao, so he himself gradually became discouraged, and in recent years he has basically stayed behind closed doors. She looked like she was waiting to die at home, but she didn't expect an opportunity to come to her at this time.

This is the first time since Zhao Dan ascended the throne, Su Dai, the guest of Zhao, was summoned alone for the first time.