Daqin: Prince Peerless, guarding Hangu for ten years!

Chapter 336 Digging the moat!

at the same time.

In the territory of Zhao State, on the road leading to Border Stone City.

"Hey, there's going to be a war again!"

In the carriage, Pingyuan Lord Zhao Sheng's face was filled with sadness.

Since the defeat in the Battle of Handan, Zhao's national strength has been declining day by day, especially after experiencing the Hangu Pass stop a month ago. Now Zhao's national strength is not as good as before. Coupled with the pig iron incident, the Chinese people are rushing to buy Pig iron, even selling grain, also wanted to buy pig iron and sell it to Qin.

Who knew that since Yingjun returned to Qin, Qin would no longer purchase pig iron.

This also resulted in the pig iron in the hands of many Zhao people becoming scrap iron, and even some poor families could no longer afford to eat.

This time, as the supervisor of the army, his task was to escort the looted food and the weapons and supplies allocated by the treasury to the border to ensure the logistics of the front army.

On both sides of his carriage, there were thousands of civilians carrying food and baggage on their camels and marching slowly.

However, when he saw the miserable-looking civilians, listened to the complaints in different dialects, and looked at their pain, he felt a little unbearable.

If it weren't for the Qin State, how could their huge Zhao State have fallen to this point, even giving up their ancestral homeland of Handan and committing themselves to Dai County.

Even vaguely, he had a feeling that the previous pig iron incident was deliberately done by the Qin State. The purpose was to disintegrate their Zhao State from within and completely make the Zhao people lose their fighting strength.

And he was also the son of the late king. After he failed to compete with King Zhao for the throne, if it weren't for Li Mu's support, he would have been demoted to a pariah.

In the battle of Hangu Pass, Li Mu fell to this point after his death.

These civilians were just as miserable as him.

As a prince, he was granted the title Lord Pingyuan, but he no longer had any rights in the Zhao Kingdom.

Zhao Sheng sighed secretly in his heart and saw the civilians rushing on their way in the cold wind. Many people were shivering from the cold. In addition, without food supplements, their faces were turning blue. Dozens of people started to arrive before they reached the border of Shicheng. Fell halfway.

At this moment, there was another noise from the front, and another farmer fainted on the road. This was already the 20th person on the road today.

The Zhao sergeant standing aside looked at the civilian husband who fell on the ground without any mercy. He immediately waved to other Zhao people around him and quickly carried him aside. If he could wake him up, he would continue to follow. If he couldn't wake up, he would kill him. He dropped it on the roadside and ignored it.

Zhao Sheng clenched his fists and couldn't stand it any longer. Then he jumped off the carriage and shouted loudly to the two Zhao soldiers in front who were urging him arrogantly: "Wait a minute, carry the fainted civilian husband to me first." On the carriage, we’ll find a military doctor to come over and take a look!”

"As for the others, camp on the spot and rest for a while!"

Hearing this, a centurion standing nearby quickly bowed and advised: "Pingyuan Lord, think twice!"

"Sir, the general supervising the war has issued a military order. If we cannot reach the border before dark, we will all be punished for delaying the war opportunity. We will deal with it according to military law!"

However, Zhao Sheng suddenly waved his sleeves and said with determination: "Don't tell me this."

"I am the supervisor who is escorting the food, grass and baggage this time. It is my order to let you camp and rest. If the general who supervises the war wants to punish me, let him punish me. I want to see if my identity as Lord Pingyuan still has any effect. !”

The centurion looked very embarrassed. He was about to speak, but he hesitated and couldn't say a word.

Although he was sent by the king to escort supplies this time, he still had the title of Lord Pingyuan. With this title alone and his status as a prince, even the general supervising the war could not touch him, but what should they, as subordinates, do? ?
But you can’t disobey Lord Pingyuan’s military orders?

After thinking about it again and again, the centurion sighed deeply. Since Lord Pingyuan said so, he could only do it.

Then he went to issue military orders for everyone to stop and rest.

As the long baggage team stopped advancing, when the people of Zhao State learned that it was the military order issued by Lord Pingyuan, and even asked the military doctors to arrange treatment for the fainting people, they couldn't help but shout from the bottom of their hearts:

"Pingyuan Jun is wise!"

"Lord Pingyuan is so graceful and majestic!"

"..."

And the other side.The border of Shicheng, Zhao State.

Although it was almost midnight, the entire city was lit up with bright lights. Guards were stationed all over the city wall, and there were even patrol teams from time to time.

Inside the city, Zhao Jun camped.

The entire camp was illuminated by fire as bright as day.

The veteran general Lian Po was summoning his generals to discuss matters in the tent.

'Hu~'

A cold wind blew in from outside, and the closed curtains of the tent were suddenly opened by the guards stationed outside. Then a general ran in quickly from the outside. The strong wind brought by it shook the burning candles in the big tent. Suddenly bright and suddenly extinguished.

Lian Po's face darkened. He raised his head and was about to scold him when he realized that the person coming was his lieutenant. He scolded and asked, "What's the matter?"

The lieutenant general took two steps forward quickly, knelt down in front of Lian Po, lowered his head and said: "General, the spies from the front just came to report that the Qin army has assembled 50 troops at Hangu Pass, and will set off tomorrow. This time The Qin army included cavalry, infantry, chariot soldiers, crossbowmen, captured herdsmen on the grasslands, etc..."

"50 million!"

Lian Po was taken aback and looked a little surprised.

Unexpectedly, the Qin State could still use so many troops after experiencing the offensive of the four armies of Hangu Pass, and even pulled out the herdsmen captured from the grassland.

Such a huge battle required almost all the national strength!

'Snapped! '

Lian Po slammed his palm on the table, a trace of anger surged on his face, and shouted: "Is this Qin State planning to fight to the death with our Zhao State?"

The deputy general couldn't help but trembled and said quickly: "General, even if all 50 Qin troops arrive in this siege, it is impossible to break through our border in a short time."

"Moreover, the Qin State has almost mobilized its entire army this time. In this way, as long as Lin Xiangru persuades the Chu State to send troops to attack Qin, the pressure on our Zhao State will be much less."

"What's more, in this siege, the powerful cavalry under Ying Jun's command will be basically useless as long as we can't hold on, and we still have to rely on Qin's infantry to charge into the battle!"

Lian Po stroked his beard, raised his hand and said, "Get up, you have reminded me."

"But this time the Qin army is dispatched, even if it does not rely on the strength of the cavalry, the strength of the infantry cannot be underestimated, and it is not that easy to deal with!"

"But it's not that easy to destroy our Zhao country!"

"Pass my military order to order fifty thousand troops to march twenty miles out of the city, dig a moat, and fill it with spikes and iron thorns. The pig iron has become scrap iron. It's better to use it to kill more Qin troops."

The deputy general immediately bowed and shouted: "General, take your orders!"

"correct!"

Lian Po suddenly thought of something and asked: "The Qin army will arrive soon. Why hasn't the army responsible for escorting grain, grass and baggage arrived yet?"

Upon hearing this, the deputy general's face changed slightly, he hesitated for a long time, and then slowly said:

"According to the reports from the scouts, the large army of food, grass and baggage is currently resting three hundred miles away from Shicheng. Tonight... I'm afraid they won't be able to reach the military camp."

"It will take at least two...two days..."

Lian Po slapped the table suddenly, his face suddenly darkened, and he shouted sternly: "Bastard!"

"Now the national crisis is looming. The Qin army will arrive here soon. The military situation is like a fire. If you don't speed up the pace, why stop?"

"Who is the supervisor responsible for escorting this batch of food and grass this time?"

(End of this chapter)