Chapter 703 The troubles of Wei Wangyu
King Wei was in a good mood.
Although the news from the front line is actually getting more and more nervous, King Wei is still in a good mood.
At noon that day, King Wei even changed his usual routine of not drinking during the day and drank a few glasses of wine with his number one confidant, Duan Ganzi, the prime minister of Wei.
The King of Wei smiled at Duan Ganzi and said, "Duan Qing knows that Qin has sent troops to Hedong four days ago! Now these four countries are attacking Zhao, attacking from all sides. I guess that Zhao Dan's son has three heads and six arms, and this time he will definitely be defeated!"
After saying that, King Wei couldn't help laughing loudly, obviously in a very happy mood.
This made King Wei unhappy. After all, since the Battle of Changping, Zhao State has become the biggest shadow in King Wei's heart.
What made King Wei even more helpless was that he had always been dissatisfied with Zhao State, but because of his lack of strength, he could only be the younger brother of Zhao State in a low voice!
This is a very shame for King Wei, who is arrogant and determined to prove himself!
So today, when King Wei felt that Zhao State was about to end, he was so happy.
Even when he put Long Yang Jun under his crotch, he was not so happy!
King Wei had already decided that after finishing the small wine, he would return to his palace and have fun with the young lady who had just been admitted to the palace.
People feel refreshed when they are happy, but a golden gun will never fall.
Compared with King Wei, Duan Ganzi was actually not in such a good mood. This Wei prime minister was even a little distracted when eating and missed several opportunities to flatter.
No matter how nervous the King of Wei was, eating a meal for such a long time was enough for him to find something wrong with Duan Ganzi.
King Wei stopped the dagger, frowned and said to Duan Ganzi, "What, is Duan Qing having something to worry about?"
Duan Ganzi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then smiled bitterly, saying, "Best, I have no worries? I am just a little worried about the situation on the front line."
Over the past few days, almost every piece of information sent back from the front line has been in a hurry or asking for help, which has made Duan Ganzi unable to calm down at all.
When King Wei heard this, he was stunned at first, and then he smiled and said, "I thought it was something. Duan Qingru, don't worry. I know Pang Qing, I am just a mediocre general. He has been blocked by my soldiers for a month, and even if he is given another month, he cannot break through the defense line. And by a month, Han had already taken down Shangdang and Qin had already taken down Hedong!"
As soon as he said this, the smile on King Wei's face became even stronger.
But King Wei was happy, but Duan Ganzi couldn't laugh at all.
Although Duan Ganzi did not lead troops directly to fight, as a prime minister, Duan Ganzi certainly knew very well about the situation on the front line.
The 150,000 Central Army of Zhao led by Pang Xian put great pressure on the Wei army. Although the Wei side had made up his mind to delay the main force of Zhao at the beginning, and all the arrangements made were only defense and no offense. After all, the combat effectiveness of the Wei army was not on the same level as that of Zhao State, and the second was that the battlefield between the two sides was a plain without any danger at all, which posed a big problem for the Wei army.
The war has been fighting for more than a month, and the war reports from the front are becoming increasingly critical. In the past two days of war reports, the generals of the Wei State's front line have begun to request a retreat.
Duan Ganzi hesitated and hesitated, and finally he mustered up the courage to say, "King, in fact... I have a reluctant request."
King Wei looked at Duan Ganzi with a strange look, but said, "Duan Qing can come."
Duan Ganzi let out a sigh and tried to say in the most peaceful tone: "It's such a king. I heard the frontline generals say that the Zhao army's offensive is growing more and more powerful now. I feel that it's better to let the army retreat to Taoyi and defend it according to Taoyi City defense. I wonder what the king thinks?"
There is no way to make this opinion.
Because the battlefield where Wei and Zhao battle fiercely are now only a few dozen or a hundred miles away from the capital of Wei, the Wei army will definitely retreat into Taoyi once it retreats.
This is also why King Wei planned to move the capital before, it was too close.
In Duan Ganzi's view, the biggest advantage of retreating into Taoyi is that compared with the current plain battlefield, the Wei army can have an additional tall city wall in Taoyi as a defense line.
With the help of this city defense, it would be much easier for the Wei army to resist the attacks of the Zhao army.
Anyway, Zhao State had fought a siege of Handan back then. In Duan Ganzi's opinion, there is no problem with Wei State's defense of Taoyi now.
Now that the four countries are attacking Zhao, only one of Wei in the four battlefields is a disadvantage, but this is actually not important.
Wei State had nothing to do anyway. As long as the other three allied countries defeated Zhao State's old, weak, sick and disabled on other battlefields, the main force of Zhao State led by Pang Yan must withdraw its troops.
At that time, wouldn’t it be pleasant to have another head-end pursuit in Wei?
Of course, Duan Ganzi didn't make a judgment on this kind of plan with a big impact.
Duan Ganzi not only solicited the opinions of the front-line generals, but also summoned some Wei ministers in Taoyi to discuss it, and finally determined that this plan was the most beneficial to the Wei State.
Even so, Duan Ganzi did not propose it immediately, because Duan Ganzi still knew the King of Wei very well and knew that his face-loving monarch might not like this kind of retreat plan.
To be nice, it is retreat, but it is retreat.
So until now the battle situation is really very tense, and I have to mention this matter. Only then did Duan Ganzi raise this matter to King Wei, hoping to impress King Wei with this tense situation.
However, what Duan Ganzi did not expect was that his opinion was rejected as soon as he was raised.
"No." King Wei shook his head firmly and said, "Duan Qing, this matter must not be done!"
Duan Ganzi was a little anxious when he heard this and hurriedly said, "But king, if there is no city defense, our soldiers will probably be unable to resist the attack of the Zhao army!"
King Wei snorted heavily and said, "Taoyi is my capital. If Taoyi is surrounded, how can I have my face? This matter must not be mentioned again!"
The King of Wei actually had his own considerations in his heart. You must know that the King of Wei was trapped in Daliang City and was flooded by Li Mu, and he became a prisoner of the people of Zhao.
Although the people of Zhao were very polite to King Wei at that time, and after the peace talks between Zhao and Wei, the King Wei was soon released.
However, being imprisoned by the enemy as the king of a country is a great shame.
This feeling of incomparable shame can be said to be fresh in memory of King Wei, and it is absolutely impossible for him to experience it again.
But once Tao Yi is surrounded, this may happen again!
How can this work?
So King Wei waved his hand and interrupted Duan Ganzi, saying, "Okay, aren't there still 50,000 defenders in the city? I'll send 30,000 people to the front line! In this way, you can always defend it, right? Let me tell the soldiers on the front line that as long as you hold on for another month, the people of Zhao will definitely be defeated! Okay, I'm tired, go and rest first!"
Chapter completed!