Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

In the next day, Zhao Kuo took the lead and not only took advantage of Sima Jin's defeat and the defeat of the Qin army to successfully lead the Zhao army to retake half of Yangtou Mountain, but also led the Zhao army on Yangtou Mountain in the next day. The offensive of the 3000 follow-up troops of the Qin Army led by Wang Ling was defeated one after another, and the security of Guguan, the only retreat of the Zhao Army, was kept.

Due to Zhao Kuo's excellent performance, after a day of intense fighting, Le Cheng, who presided over the overall situation on the front line of Guguan, gave Zhao Kuo a new task to lead the [-] Zhao troops who had just arrived at Guguan back to the Beishangdang Basin, trying to delay the battle. The footsteps of the Qin army attacking the Dang Basin in the north.

As a lieutenant general, Zhao Kuo's rank is one level higher than that of the school lieutenant, and he is still qualified to command 1 people.

So Zhao Kuo led the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to set off from Guguan in a hurry, and returned to aid the Dang Basin in the north.

In just one day, Zhao Kuo led [-] troops across Qinghe and arrived at Qinghe Town on the north bank of Qinghe.

It is worth mentioning that Zhao Kuo also met eight strong men who claimed to be natives of Qinghe on the road, and brought four to five hundred people from Qinghe Township to ask for asylum.

Zhao Kuo, who was puzzled, asked after some inquiries, only to find out that Qinghe Township had been occupied by a Qin army with a number of about [-].

Knowing the situation, Zhao Kuo led a ten thousand Zhao army to advance rapidly, and arrived at Qinghe Township an hour later, and defeated the Qin army that had just occupied this place for less than half a day.

Although Qingheyi is only a small city, it is located between Changzhi City and Guguan. The geographical location is quite important, so Zhao Kuo left 1000 people here, and then led the main force of the army to continue northward.

Two days later, Zhao Kuo arrived at Changzhi City, the county seat of Shangdang County.

The news that the defense line of Changping Pass had been breached had reached here. Changzhi City was at a time when people were panicking. The timely arrival of the Zhao army led by Zhao Kuo greatly inspired the hearts of the people in Changzhi City.

But Zhao Kuo didn't get any good news from Changzhi City. On the contrary, he also got bad news here. Another important city in Shangdang County, the eldest son county, has fallen into the hands of Qin Jun.

Changzi County is located in the southwest of Beishangdang Basin, directly behind Changping Pass. Therefore, when Changping Pass fell, the county seat was actually doomed to fall.

After the fall of Changzi County, other strategic locations in the entire Beishangdang Basin, especially Tunliu and Changzhi, were completely exposed to the front of the Qin army and might be attacked by the Qin army at any time.

After some consideration, Zhao Kuo decisively decided to divide his troops.

Although there are only one thousand Zhao troops in Qinghe Township, it is close to Guguan. Once Zhao Guo's follow-up reinforcements come from Guguan, they will definitely pass through Qinghe Township. Therefore, Zhao Kuo has no plan to continue to increase troops to Qinghe.

Zhao Kuo's plan is very simple, that is, according to the order of the general Lian Po, to stick to the two more important cities of Changzhi and Tunliu.

The two cities of Changzhi and Tunliu are the first and second largest cities in Shangdang County respectively, and they are both located on the road of Fukouxing, respectively connecting Handan in the east and Jinyang in the west. important.

Among them, Changzhi is the county seat of Shangdang County, and it is directly related to the safety of Zhao Jun's grain road. Therefore, Zhao Kuo left most of his troops, a total of [-] infantry, in Changzhi City for defense.

Then Zhao Kuo rushed towards Tunliu City with the remaining 2000 people including [-] cavalry, preparing to support Tunliu City.

Tunliu City is just a small county town, and the combined population does not exceed 2000. Zhao Kuo felt that with his [-] people and the original defenders in Tunliu City, it would not be possible to stick to it for ten days and a half months. question.

When Zhao Kuo wanted to come, after ten days and a half a month, the reinforcements from Changping should come, right?

Zhao Kuo led [-] troops to advance lightly, and arrived in Tunliu in two days.

To Zhao Kuo's relief, Tunliu has not fallen, and is still in Zhao Guo's hands.

But the situation in Tunliu City is already quite bad.

The news of the fall of Zhangzi County reached Changzhi City and Tunliu County almost at the same time.

Since Changzhi City is the seat of the Shangdang County, the county guard's office has issued several announcements to appease many people's hearts, and the arrival of Zhao Kuo's ten-thousand-man army has also played a big role, so the overall situation is quite stable. of.

However, the fate of Tunliu City was not so good. When the news of the fall of Zhangzi County came, the head of Tunliu County, who felt that the disaster was imminent, took the lead in running away with his wife, children, sister-in-law, etc.

When the other people in Tunliu County saw that the county magistrate had run away, they really couldn't stay in this place, so more than half of them ran away with a huff.

So when Zhao Kuo rushed to Tunliu with 2000 troops, what he had to face was an almost empty Tunliu.

Fortunately, although more than half of the people ran away, there were still two or three thousand Tunliu people who were bloody and who were about to die in their hometown.

So Zhao Kuo, with the assistance of the remaining county magistrate, began to nervously organize the defense of Tunliu County.

The Qin people did not give Zhao Kuo too much time. The day after Zhao Kuo arrived in Tunliu County, a Qin army with a number of over [-] arrived here and surrounded Tunliu County.

A fierce siege battle began.

The intensity of the battle was completely beyond Zhao Kuo's expectations.

According to the military books that Zhao Kuo usually read and the notes left by his father Zhao She, the people of Qin should besiege the city first, then cut down trees nearby, build trebuchets, and then rely on trebuchets to bombard the city. Boom, smashed the city wall and won a hand-to-hand battle.

Looking at the world, only the state of Qin can do this, because the people of Qin state have the most complete craftsman system and the most craftsmen.

You must know that things like catapults are of a high-end level in this era. Hundreds of catties of stones are dropped from the sky, and the effect is not much different from that of artillery shells. After all, there is no such strong defense as reinforced concrete at this time.

However, to Zhao Kuo's great surprise, this aggressive Qin army did not take an unusual path at all.

After only one night, tens of thousands of Qin troops, under the cover of archers, launched an offensive towards Tunliu County the next day with ladders.

This dozen is a full two days.

When the sun was setting on this day, the ear-piercing sound of ringing gold began to sound from outside the city. The Qin army who had stormed for a day returned without success after leaving hundreds of corpses, and slowly moved towards the Qin army outside the city. The camp retreated.

Zhao Kuo was standing on the west wall of Tunliu County. His armor was broken. He held a sword in his right hand and a head of a Qin army in his left hand. A series of wounds can be seen in the gaps of the nails.

Looking at the retreating Qin army, Zhao Kuo let out a long breath.

Persisted for another day.

It was not an easy day at all.

It wasn't until this time that Zhao Kuo suddenly realized that he was weak all over, as if he didn't even have the strength to walk.

Zhao Kuo's body bent slightly, and he sat down in an extremely unsightly posture.

But just after sitting down, Zhao Kuo suddenly bounced up.

It turned out that there was a head where he was sitting just now, and Zhao Kuo just sat down on this head.

Zhao Kuo looked at the head and found that it was still tied with a bun.

This means that the head cannot be fitted with a helmet.

Zhao Kuo cursed angrily, kicked the Qin soldier's head to the bottom of the wall, and then sat down again.

At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the side: "General, that is our achievement."

Zhao Kuo turned his head when he heard the sound, but saw a soldier of the Zhao army who was about the same age as Zhao Kuo sitting a few feet away, looking at Zhao Kuo with a half-smile.

You must know that Zhao Jun's way of recording credit is the same as Qin Jun's, they all use their heads to count credit

The surrounding soldiers of Zhao Jun cast their gazes one after another and let out a burst of laughter.

Zhao Kuo blushed slightly, threw the head he was carrying in his hand into the opponent's arms, and said angrily: "I can't do without you!"

The soldier chuckled, looked at the new head in his hand, carefully placed the head on the ground beside him, and then changed the subject very wittyly: "General, how long can we keep guard?"

Zhao Kuo replied casually, "This general doesn't know either."