Daqin Engineering Corps

If the loser is the United Zong Kingdom, only a fool would go up and give away the head, right?

So the Chu State just sent a 5-strong army on the border to Chencheng, which is regarded as solidarity.

What angered Ji Dan the most was that the state of Qi would not move in spite of what the envoys said.

The abacus in Qi Wangjian's heart was playing loudly:

You hit you, what's the matter with Qi State?

Qin State has a good relationship with Qi State, so Qi State will naturally not take advantage of others.

It doesn't matter if you join forces to attack Qin, the prestige and prestige of destroying Qin will be internal friction.

At that time, my country of Qi will be... Humph!

Tian Jian didn't even think about it, how could he use up so much strength of Qin State with He Zong State's ulterior motives!

Coupled with the fact that Qi Guo himself does not want to make progress, no matter how much the others fight internally, it will not be Qi Guo's turn to be the boss again.

But some people always think the reality is too beautiful like this.

But no matter what, Ji Dan finally assembled 40 coalition troops within half a month, and then marched towards Handan mightily.

Among them, there are [-] people from the Zhao Jia Department of the Dai State.

Yan State 25.

Wei Guo's [-] people concentrated in the south of Handan to respond.

In addition, [-] troops were prepared to copy the back roads of the three counties north of Anyi at any time.

The entire troop arrangement looks perfect.

Wang Jian's 16st Division had only [-] troops.

In other words, the joint vertical army formed an overwhelming force advantage with 40 against Qin's 16.

In addition, Wang Jian's army was in Zhaodi, not to mention that the people's hearts were unstable, and Wei Guo also played a key role in this period.

Although the State of Wei was surrounded by the State of Qin on three sides, it also meant that its territory penetrated deep into the territory of Qin.

The [-] troops north of Anyi only need to go north for dozens of miles to cut off Wang Jian's connection with Qin.

At that time, the three counties will be surrounded on all sides like a turtle in a urn.

While the Hezong Kingdom was busy mobilizing troops and condemning the generals, Ying Zheng laughed angrily in Xianyang:

"Sure enough, it's the assassin sent by Ji Dan."

"I'll see what else he has to say this time!"

Zhao Gao said worriedly at the side:

"My lord, shall we announce the truth at this time, otherwise..."

Zhao Gao's worry is justified, Ying Zheng's strategy is actually playing with fire.

If the battle situation really started like this, even Wang Jian might not be able to please him.

Therefore, the sooner the truth is revealed, the safer Wang Jian's tribe will be, and the safer the three counties will be.

But Ying Zheng interrupted Zhao Gao without thinking:

"Wouldn't it be cheaper for them to announce the truth at this time?"

"No rush! It won't be too late to announce when Yan and Dai's allied forces arrive at the city!"

Yingzheng is not in a hurry, but the three counties are in a hurry.

Although Yan Guo was in the middle of the trick, the three counties actually didn't have much capital.

In particular, lack of food is a big taboo... Most of the piles of food shipped from Xianyang recently have been used for farming.

At this time, Wang Jian wished he could dig up the grain that had been planted.

Chapter 1 Please let me go

Ji, the capital of Yan State, is more than nine hundred miles away from Handan.

According to the normal marching speed, it will take about 20 days for Yan Wangxi's army to reach Handan.

But in fact, it took only thirteen days for the Yan army to arrive at Julu, and two days later they came to Handan City.

On the one hand, the King of Yan ordered the troops to march day and night at an accelerated pace; on the other hand, many troops came directly from the border of Yanzhao to gather, and the distance was much shorter than the army dispatched from the capital Ji.

But of course, the main force did not dare to act rashly until the Yanjun forward.

They only built fortifications and siege equipment outside the city.

The atmosphere in Handan City immediately became tense. Qin soldiers were running around everywhere, and carts of arrows, stones, and rolling logs were transported to the city wall, and the people also hid in their houses and dared not go out.

The artillery division under Shen Bing was ordered to rush to make trebuchets and stone bombs.

When Shen Bing passed by Cang, Cang, who was making the trebuchet, asked in a panic:

"Brother, do you see how many soldiers and horses have come from the Yan Kingdom?"

What Cang wanted to ask was whether Handan could be held this time.

But of course you can't ask this question casually, so Cang put it another way.

If before this, no one would take the soldiers and horses of Yan State seriously. A division that has been defeated repeatedly, once attacked Zhao with five times its strength, but was surrounded by Zhao's capital. joke.

If calculated according to this ratio, the more than [-] Qin troops led by Wang Jian could resist a million Yan troops.

But now and then:

Yingzheng lives and dies without knowing the morale of the army is unstable, the people in the city are short of food and the people's morale is unstable, Wei's army is still on the sidelines, eager to go north at any time...

So not only Cang, but also the artillery division and even the soldiers of the whole army were panicked, and the whole army was shrouded in the haze of imminent disaster.

Shen Bing replied indifferently:

"How can I know how many soldiers and horses Yan Guo has?"

"However, if Dai and Wei are counted, there are at least hundreds of thousands!"

Shen Bing deliberately frightened them.

Sure enough, everyone's expression changed upon hearing the words.

Cang didn't believe it, followed up from behind and asked again:

"Brother, if there are hundreds of thousands of enemies, why are you so calm?"

Shen Bing smiled and replied:

"So what if you are calm? What if you are not calm?"

He even hummed a ditty while talking, and the artillery master was stunned for a while.

The secret road is still a engineer with the demeanor of a general, and he can remain calm in such a dangerous situation, so it is not an exaggeration to say that Mount Tai collapsed in front of him without changing his face.

How did they know that Shen Bing didn't think this was a predicament at all.

It may even be said that it is the country of Yan who is in dire straits:

There is a saying that soldiers and horses go first without using food and grass.

Yan State is going to attack the three counties and there are still hundreds of thousands of troops, so naturally a large number of food and grass will be transported to the three counties.

The reason why Ying Zheng hasn't stepped forward now is probably because he wants to transport the food for a while...

These food and grass are probably the capital for Wang Jian's counterattack against Yan and Dai.

Yan Wangxi on the other side did not expect this, and he continued to urge to speed up the march and transport of food.

When Yan Wangxi rushed to the city of Handan, he laughed and pointed to the city wall and said to General Qing Qin:

"General, if you capture Handan, this city will be handed over to you!"

Qing Qin was overjoyed, and hurriedly responded:

"Thank you king!"

Handan was the former capital of the State of Zhao. If this city was conferred, it would basically mean sitting in the State of Zhao. How could Qing Qin not be overjoyed.

The three counties of the Qin State... To be precise, there should be a reason why the former Zhao State built these three cities.

These three cities are more than [-] miles apart from each other, forming a triangle.

If there is an enemy coming to face these three cities, no matter which direction you go into the area between the three cities, you will be attacked by Zhao Jun from several sides...

More than two hundred miles is exactly the distance that cavalry can cover in a day when they attack from both sides.

Therefore, these three cities can reinforce each other and echo each other, and even the enemy dare not surround any city to death, otherwise they should worry that a cavalry will suddenly appear behind them and be flanked by two sides.

However, this is only an advantage for the Zhao cavalry.

The Qin army was mainly infantry, and the distance of more than two hundred miles obviously made the connection between the three cities much weaker.

This is also one of the reasons why Yan Wangxi was full of vigor and confidence in this trip.

Ji Danna is similar, he is in charge of attacking the two cities of Julu and Taiyuan together with the Dai army.

Ji Dan was even more impatient than his father, and immediately ordered the Yanzhao coalition forces to attack the second city.

According to Ji Dan, it is:

"The military situation is urgent, and we should take this time to launch an attack as soon as possible without giving the Qin army any chance to breathe!"

Ji Dan's tactic may be right.

The combined vertical army has many generals and the Qin army has no more than [-] people, so the sooner the battle starts, the better. The combined vertical army can afford it, but the Qin army cannot afford it.

But strategically...

Among them, Dai Guona felt something was wrong.

Sima Shang led the army on behalf of the country.

This Sima Shang was originally Li Mu's friend. When Li Mu was wronged by Zhao Wangqian, Sima Shang was the only one who spoke well of Li Mu, but he didn't want to be dismissed because of this.

After learning that Li Mu had been killed, Sima Shang knew that the state of Zhao was about to perish, so he persuaded Zhao Jia to leave Handan and flee to the north before the Qin army besieged the city.

As a result, Zhao Jia spared his life. When he arrived in Beidi, he listened to Sima Shang's suggestion and actively rehabilitated Li Mu and gathered Li Mu's old troops. He really assembled [-] soldiers.

However, only [-] of these [-] soldiers can fight, and another [-] are wounded and [-] are temporary recruits.

What Dai Guo brought this time was the [-] elite soldiers from the Northland.

Zhao Jia was eager to restore the country, and as soon as he arrived in Taiyuan, he wanted to follow Ji Dan's order to attack the city, but was persuaded by Sima Shang.

Sima Shang said to Zhao Jia with some anxiety:

"My lord, I'm afraid there will be fraud in this battle."

"If the Qin army is so easy to deal with, our country of Zhao will not be destroyed by Qin!"

At this time, Zhao Jia of course obeyed Sima Shang's words, and he thought it was right, so he ordered the suspension of the attack and only used catapults to fire stone bombs, and built fortifications to prevent the Qin army from counterattacking.

Unexpectedly, just this "suspension" saved Zhao Jia's life...

Ying Zheng saw that the time was almost up, and gave the order with a wave of his hand:

"Wei Guo dares to renege on the alliance!"

"One hundred thousand soldiers, the widow wants to conquer by himself."

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As a result, the entire strategy of the joint vertical army was completely messed up.

First of all, Wei Guo's army in the north of Anyi is only [-], while Yingzheng's army is [-].

And this is still a well-trained Qin army, or Ying Zheng's imperial conquest...

Obviously Wei Jun is not an opponent.

In this way, the Wei army could not cut off the grain roads and retreat routes of the three counties of Qin.

If it is said that Wei Guo dared to fight the Qin army in a serious battle, it is not yet known who will win.

After all, the Qin army had just destroyed the Zhao State and then occupied the land on a large scale and consumed a lot of soldiers. The three countries of Wei, Dai, and Yan might be able to defeat the Qin army with all their efforts.