Chapter 784 600,000 enemy troops? Zhao Kuo only needs 200,000 (Eighth)
Handan, Zhao State Palace City.
Another military meeting was held, but the atmosphere this time was obviously not as relaxed and optimistic as the last time.
Sixty-one thousand! What is this concept?
Since the Battle of Changping, Zhao State has never faced an enemy of this level of quantity.
In the true sense, the world is enemies! During the Battle of Changping, Zhao still hopes to join forces and gain other allies, but now Zhao can only rely on itself.
All of this was like huge stones pressing on the hearts of the king and minister of Zhao, making their expressions no longer so relaxed.
King Zhao sighed and said to Zhao Kuo in front of him: "Wu Xinjun, what should I do now?"
Although he had already obtained the answer from Zhao Kuo, the King of Zhao still couldn't help but want to listen again and gain more confidence! Zhao Kuo smiled and stood up: "Why worry the king?
This so-called 600,000 army is actually just a native chicken and a treasure! The situation facing Da Zhao is much better than when the Battle of Changping was back then."
After hearing Zhao Kuo's words, the others present were also stunned.
Pingyang Jun couldn't help but speak first: "Wu Xinjun, what you said...isn't you too confident?"
"confidence?"
Zhao Kuo shook his head and said, "I don't think so.
Please think about it carefully. In the previous Battle of Changping, the enemies we faced were all from Qin, and they were all united and gathered under Bai Qi's command just to defeat Da Zhao.
But what about now?
Although the five alliances gathered 600,000 and claimed to be a million troops, they actually belong to five countries, and the orders cannot be unified, and even when fighting, they have their own thoughts! In this case, it is easier for us to target and defeat them one by one! Therefore, the current situation is much better than the Battle of Changping that year!”
It’s strange that after Zhao Kuo said this, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly improved a lot.
Even Zhao Kuo's number one political enemy, Pingyang Jun, had to admit that Zhao Kuo was so confident in this regard.
Who made Zhao Kuo win? King Zhao also breathed a sigh of relief and smiled and said, "Wu Xinjun, so do you still insist on fighting Chu State first this time?
I heard that Chu has already met with Wei."
The current situation is as Zhao Kuo analyzed before. Chu is the central army and has joined the army of Wei. Qi and Qin are on the left and right wings respectively. The Han army gathered relatively slowly. It is not clear whether to go to Chu in the east, Wei in or Qin in the west.
Zhao Kuo smiled and said seriously: "The king is right. This time I will continue to attack Chu State! And this time I will attack Chu State and Wei State, the state of Wei State, can be said to be a buy one free one, which is too profitable."
Zhao Kuo's laughter seemed to be contagious, which once again made the atmosphere more relaxed.
King Zhao also let go of his eyebrows and said, "Then Wu Xinjun, how do you plan to arrange the troops of our Da Zhao?"
So far, the total number of troops gathered in Handan by Zhao State is 450,000.
With the strength of a country, it is actually already arrogant in the world, but compared with the 610,000 opposite, it seems that it is much less.
In fact, the State of Zhao could have easily recruited more than 500,000 troops, but the State of Zhao is now the largest country in the world. Handan is located at the southernmost point of the entire country, which has led to tens of thousands of soldiers still not reaching the road.
In addition, because he had just conquered Yan State, Zhao Kuo had to leave 30,000 elite troops to guard Yan State's land to prevent various rebellions. Therefore, the 450,000 troops were basically the ultimate force that Zhao State could use now.
This time, not only the other five countries fought, but Zhao also fought! Facing King Zhao's inquiry, Zhao Kuo smiled calmly: "This time, I plan to lead 150,000 troops to defend the Qin army and Han army with the Grand Sima of Lianpo, and let Xu Li lead 100,000 troops to defend the Qi army. I will bring the remaining 200,000 troops to fight the Chu army and Wei army!"
Since the enemy is attacking three groups, Zhao Kuo naturally has to set up a three groups to fight.
As for why it is Lian Po and Xu Li, there are indeed some tricks here.
Needless to say, Xu Li was Zhao Kuo's confidant. In such an extremely critical battle, only if Xu Li watched the Qi army close at hand could Zhao Kuo feel at ease to kill the Chu and Wei coalition forces without worrying about the Qi army coming to make trouble.
As for Lian Po's appointment, on the one hand, there is really nothing decent at the moment in Zhao State. He can lead so many talents on the one hand, and on the other hand, he can also get rid of the relationship between Lian Po and Ping Yangjun.
Sure enough, after Zhao Kuo finished speaking, Pingyang Jun was immediately surprised and looked at Lian Po suspiciously.
Before, Pingyang Jun had already noticed Zhao Kuo's behavior of commending Lian Po on the credit card. Now Zhao Kuo actually asked Lian Po to lead the largest number of troops except Zhao Kuo, which had to make Pingyang Jun suspicious.
Did Lian Po and Zhao Kuo reach any secret deal in the battle to attack Yan State?
On the other hand, Lian Po did not expect this at all, but nodded repeatedly with joy.
Lian Po had long been eager to lead his army to fight! When King Zhao heard this, he nodded and said, "This arrangement sounds good, but you only have 200,000 troops. Can you really defeat the Chu-Wei coalition army?"
Zhao Kuo laughed and said, "The Chu army is 150,000 and the Wei army is 50,000, and the total is just 200,000."
I am not bragging, even if the Korean army comes together, I hope to defeat him in one fell swoop!"
As soon as Zhao Kuo finished speaking, the eunuch ordered hurriedly to enter the palace to report: "The news I just received is that the Han army has advanced eastward and is ready to join Chu and Wei!"
...The hall suddenly fell into a brief silence.
King Zhao looked at Zhao Kuo speechlessly, "What a guy, you really want to come whatever you say."
Zhao Kuo was also stunned, and then laughed heartily: "Han army has 80,000, which means that now the ministers are 200,000 to 280,000.
But please don’t worry, there is no problem with this!"
King Zhao looked at Zhao Kuo and after a while, he focused his attention: "Very good. What I admire most is Wu Xinjun's confidence! Then do everything according to your arrangement!"
The next day, Zhao Kuo led an army of 200,000 from Handan and rushed directly to the south.
Zhao Kuo's order was very simple: "Search the three coalition forces of Chu, Wei and Han as quickly as possible, and take advantage of Qi and Qin, and completely defeat them before they can meet with them!"
Chapter completed!