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Chapter seven hundred and seventy third confrontation

After a long journey, Zhao Dan finally led his army of 250,000 and came to Suiyang City, where he met the 100,000 Zhao army led by Le Cheng.

By this time, the main force of the Zhao army in Suiyang City had reached a total of 350,000.

The number of 350,000 people is very scary at first, but if you consider the situation of the enemy in Zhao, it is actually not so optimistic.

The Qin army had already captured Hangu Pass eight days ago and has just arrived in Xinzheng, South Korea, only a few days away from Suiyang City.

On the other side, the 150,000 coalition forces formed by Wei and Chu, as well as the 150,000 main forces of South Korea, have arrived at the city of Suiyang and set up a camp, confronting the main force of the Zhao army in a long distance.

In this case, a situation outside Suiyang City was temporarily formed between 300,000 Three-Nation Alliance and 350,000 Zhao troops.

Of course, Zhao Dan could not let go of such an opportunity. After a brief rest for three days, Lian Po, who had already taken command from Le Cheng, immediately led the main force of the Zhao army out in full swing and launched a fierce attack on the Three Kingdoms coalition forces in front of him, intending to defeat the Three Kingdoms coalition forces before the arrival of the Qin ** team, and thus gain the initiative in the entire battle situation.

But it is obvious that the chief generals of the Three Kingdoms coalition had already expected this moment, so they had no intention of attacking the Zhao army at all. Instead, they had already set up various defensive measures outside their camps since the first day of camping, just to act as if they had to defend to the end.

If the Three Kingdoms coalition really dares to send troops to fight against the Zhao army head-on, Zhao Dan can say with great confidence that with generals like Lian Po and Le Cheng, and with these 350,000 elite Zhao forces, the Zhao army can definitely take away all the 300,000 local chickens and tiles and dogs on the other side in one battle.

Unfortunately, the Three Kingdoms coalition forces made up their minds to hide. Under such circumstances, the Zhao army had no other choice but to put up the entire line to attack the Three Kingdoms camp.

No matter in any era, defense is always easier than attack, so even with the strong military strength of the Zhao army, after several days of attack and suffering a considerable casualties, it was still unable to break through the defense line of the Three Kingdoms coalition.

At this time, another bad news came, and the Qin people were very close to Suiyang City.

In order not to let the Qin people reap the benefits, Zhao Dan made a decision at Lian Po's request and temporarily gave up the attack on the Three Kingdoms coalition outside Suiyang City.

The battle situation thus entered a confrontation.

Three days later, the 150,000 Qin troops finally arrived outside Suiyang City under the leadership of Wang Yi and successfully joined forces with other Three-Nation Alliance forces.

At this point, the situation on the battlefield in Suiyang changed again, forming a situation where the four-national coalition forces faced the 350,000 main force of Zhao State.

In this way, the four-nation coalition forces not only instantly surpassed the number, but also exceeded the number of Zhao's 100,000 people.

After the Qin army arrived, the coalition forces that had been unable to retreat finally began to become active, and even tried to send some small troops to launch some tentative attacks on the Zhao army's defense line, hoping to see if they could achieve any results.

However, the combat effectiveness of the main force of Zhao State over the past few years is naturally not to be ripped off. The four-nation coalition forces fought back effortlessly by all the soldiers of Zhao State.

After repeated incidents, the Four-Nation Alliance simply stopped attacking such small groups and confronted the Zhao army, and the entire battlefield fell into a strange calm.

For the four-nation coalition forces, they were actually not in a hurry at all, because according to the prior plan, they were still waiting for another very important coalition force, that is, the 150,000 Qi troops led by Kuangliang of Qi State to come to meet.

Once the 150,000 Qi army led by Kuang Liang could arrive in time, then the five-nation coalition forces would have a total of 600,000 people, and even facing the 350,000 elite main force of Zhao, they would have an overwhelming numerical advantage.

But Zhao State was not in a hurry, because it was not easy for the Qi people to come to Suiyang City. After all, Pang Nuan had already led 80,000 Zhao troops to Hejian.

Unlike the main forces in Suiyang City, most of the 80,000 Zhao troops led by Pang Nuan were county soldiers from various counties and young and strong men who were temporarily recruited. Only 10,000 Central Army drawn from Handan, which is not an exaggeration to say that it is a miscellaneous unit.

But it has to be said that it makes sense that Pang Nuan can be called a famous general. Even though he led such a unit that was quite different from the Qi army in terms of combat effectiveness and number, Pang Nuan still successfully dragged the Qi people to Hejian.

For half a month, under the leadership of Kuang Liang, Qi army launched several attacks on Yangjin City, which Pang Nuan was guarded by him, but did not make any breakthrough at all. They were blocked in the northern part of Onoze and could not go south even if they had a single step.

On the battlefield in the northeast of Zhao State, the 120,000 Yan troops went south with great force, conquered cities including Wusui and Zhongren, occupied all the land north of Zhao State, and further crossed the Tang River to surround the lonely city in the northern part of Zhao State.

Zhao Dan was not very worried about this, after all, this was something that could be expected in advance.

Moreover, there is also a team of 50,000 Zhao ** led by Ju Xin to defend. Although the Yan people surrounded Gu Cheng, Zhao Dan believed that with Ju Xin's ability, there should be no problem to defend Gu Cheng for at least a few months.

Qi State could not advance westward, Yan State was blocked from moving south, and the outside of Suiyang City was calm, and the entire war seemed to have been completely in a stalemate.

In the Suiyang Camp of Zhao State, there was a very fierce quarrel over how to resolve this deadlock.

Some generals of Zhao believed that they should take the initiative to attack before the Qi people came to meet and fight with the Four-Nation Alliance in front of them with real swords and guns. As long as they can defeat the Four-Nation Alliance outside Suiyang City, victory will be the treasure of Zhao.

However, there were other generals of Zhao who expressed firm opposition to this view.

These opponents believe that no matter what, Zhao's current military strength and combat effectiveness are at a disadvantage in any battlefield, and Suiyang City is the top priority. Once they attack and are defeated, Zhao will have no room for any turnaround.

Therefore, opponents felt that Zhao State only needs to maintain the current situation and prevent the six-nation coalition from making any progress.

As long as we can hold on for a few more months, when winter comes, the six-nation coalition forces will definitely not be able to bear it and will retreat on their own.

These two opinions have their own supporters in the Zhao camp and even the top leaders of the Zhao State. The constant quarrel between the two factions made the king Zhao Dan, also very overwhelmed.

According to convention, I finally asked Zhao Dan for his opinion.

But this time, after thinking for a long time, Zhao Dan did not give any comments, but said: "Wu Xinjun is the chief general of the army's expedition this time. Any matter related to war should be based on Wu Xinjun's orders as the final result."

This time Zhao Dan's personal campaign did not mean that he would go to command. On the contrary, Zhao Dan knew that although he was a time traveler, he knew nothing about commanding warfare.

This time, Zhao Dan was actually here to be a mascot to encourage morale. The war has to be done by professionals like Lian Po. After all, when it comes to the professional level of war, no one in Zhao State can compete with Lian Po except Li Mu.

As for Lian Po's defeat, Zhao Dan felt that it was not a bad thing.

The more you win, the more you are, the more you are proud. After experiencing a failure, Lian Po must have learned a lesson and held his anger to prove himself again. Such Lian Po is even more terrifying than Lian Po, who had won all the battles and won the whole world seriously.

The reason why Lian Po didn't speak at the beginning was because he was afraid that his opinions would conflict with the opinions of King Zhao Dan. Since King Zhao Dan had determined to completely hand over the command to Lian Po, Lian Po naturally no longer was polite and made a decision to defend his position and temporarily avoid war.

Lian Po believes that the four-nation coalition forces outside Suiyang City have just met for a short time and are in a period of morale. In terms of momentum, the coalition forces must definitely surpass Zhao, after all, four fights one.

However, as long as time slowly drags on, the vigor of the six-nation coalition forces will gradually decrease. The Zhao soldiers who were originally under great pressure will find that there are many enemies on the other side, but in fact they can do nothing to do with themselves. At this time, the Zhao soldiers' period will naturally gradually rise.

As a result, the morale between the two sides increased and the hope of Zhao's victory naturally increased greatly.

Zhao Dan expressed unconditional support for Lian Po's judgment.

To be honest, Zhao Dan’s idea is exactly the same as Lian Po, that is, he should indeed avoid the war at this time.

However, Zhao Dan's starting point and reason are completely different from Lian Po. Lian Po considers morale from the perspective of morale, while Zhao Dan's reason is purely because of a person, who is still thousands of miles away at this moment, and I don't know if there is Li Mu, the Northern Strategic Envoy of Zhao who entered the Qin Dynasty.
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