On the last day of the end of July, Ji Kang's uncle Zhao Wangdan and Prime Minister Zhao Sheng stood outside the Longtai Hall, the highest building in Handan, and held the carved railing to look west. Zhao Dan received a letter from Zhao Kuo, the head coach of the Shangdang front line, knowing that Zhao Kuo would lead the Zhao army to attack the Qin army in Danshui River on this day.

After a while, the young king turned around and said to Zhao Sheng with a serious expression: "Mr. Pingyuan, do you think General Zhao Kuo can lead our Zhao army and defeat the Qin army this time?"

Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng looked at King Zhao's face and knew that King Zhao was not at ease. After all, the move of Zhao's court changed the generals this time caused a lot of noise in Handan. Many ministers such as Lin Xiangru, Yu Qing, Wang Crown Prince Le Yi, and even Zhao Kuo's mother expressed opposition.

I hope that the crown prince Le Yi, because of the matter of changing generals, even said to the attendant sent by King Zhao to consult his opinion: "When King Hui of Yan led his army to attack Qi, he changed the generals at the last minute, resulting in the defeat of the Yan army. This time, our Zhao State asked Zhao Kuo to replace the veteran general Lian Po, for fear of leading the Yan State to attack Qi."

When the attendant returned to the palace and reported Le Yi's words to King Zhao, King Zhao's face turned pale and looked very unfair.

Zhao Sheng smiled and said to King Zhao: "King, the strengths of our Zhao army lie in attack and field battles, and the weaknesses are defense. This time, our army fully utilizes our strengths and fights with the Qin army in field battles. In addition, it is a surprise attack, and it will inevitably win, so the king does not need to worry too much."

Zhao Wangdan nodded and said to Zhao Sheng: "What Pingyuan Jun said is so great that I am worried. I hope General Zhao Kuo can defeat the Qin army this time. Only in this way can I live up to my expectations for him."

When Zhao Sheng heard this, he knew that King Zhao was under great pressure. No matter how much he comforted him, King Zhao was still very worried.

At the same moment, King Yingji of Qin, who had already arrived in Hanoi County, was also asking the same question from the Prime Minister Fan Sui: "Prime Minister, do you think Wu'an Jun can defeat the Zhao army when he goes to Shangdang this time?"

Fan Sui said to the King of Qin without hesitation: "King, every move of the Zhao army this time is under the control of our Qin army. As the king once said, if our Qin army cannot defeat the Zhao army this time, it is really unreasonable!"

After hearing Fan Sui's words, Yingji nodded, closed his eyes, and murmured to himself: "We must defeat Zhao's army!"

Since King Wuling of Zhao, Zhao State has carried out reforms to "Hu Clothing and Cavalry" in the army, the cavalry of the Zhao army, like the cavalry of the Huns and Donghu, was extremely powerful in this era, and it is said to be proud to be a hero.

Of course, what the Central Plains countries, including Qin, did not know was that in the distant Liao area, under the command of the Liaocheng Jun Jikang, the cavalry units established at this time were even more powerful and fierce.

The first Zhao army that crossed the Danshui River was a cavalry unit of 30,000. The Danshui River flowed slowly, and as the Zhao army's horses and the cavalry on it passed, waves were sobbing.

The clear river water gradually became turbid as more and more Zhao troops passed by. Then the 70,000 Zhao infantry followed the cavalry and crossed the Danshui River Valley.

Bai Qi returned to the central army tent within the Qin army's barriers, staring at the wall map, a place called Changping on the west bank of Danshui was not moved away for a long time.

A scout came to report: "Report to General, our army has fought close to the vanguard of Zhao's army."

Bai Qi looked at the map on the wall and turned his head and nodded to the deputy general Wang Feng beside him. Wang Feng, who had followed Bai Qi for many years, naturally knew what Bai Qi meant. He stepped forward and ordered the scout captain, and ordered his commander: "Send the order and order our army to fight with all its strength and not retreat."

The scout lieutenant hurriedly replied: "No."

At this moment, Zhao Kuo, the commander of the Zhao army, sat on the top of Han Wangshan, looking westward, and the battle between the 100,000 Zhao troops who had crossed the west bank of the Danshui River and the Qin army. Looking at the fierce fighting between the Zhao and Qin soldiers, Zhao Kuo stood up and looked in the sky. He found that it was already noon and said to himself: "God, bless me Zhao army!"

He immediately said to the deputy general beside him: "Tell me the order, ordering the 200,000 troops on the left and right wings to launch a dispatch to reinforce our army in front. Today, we must break through the Qin army and the barriers on the west bank of the Danshui River, and do not delay."

The deputy general hurriedly bowed to Zhao Kuo and said, "No."

The head coach of the Qin army, Bai Qi and deputy general Wang Feng, also walked out of the tent, stood on the top of the mountain, and looked towards the battlefield to the east.

A scout came on a horse, walked up to the two of them, knelt on one knee and reported: "Report to the general, there are 100,000 people on both sides of the left and right sides of the Zhao army, and launched a fierce attack on the barriers of our Qin army."

Bai Qi looked at the battlefield in the distance, pondered for a moment, and said to the deputy general Wang He: "Now the Zhao army has used 300,000 troops. It seems that this General Zhao Kuo has not had any temptation at all. He wants to fight with our Qin army to decide the outcome!"

He pointed at the cavalry of the Zhao army in the distance and said to Wang He: "Look, the cavalry of the Zhao army has now fought close to our Qin army as infantry. OK, very good!"

Now, since the cavalry of the Central Plains countries do not use the equipment of Liao cavalry such as saddles, stirrups, horseshoes, etc., they cannot shoot at a long distance like the Liao cavalry, and they do not need to dismount and fight with the enemy in close proximity. The way of fighting is the same as the cavalry of the Xiongnu and Donghu. They attack first, but when they can't rush, they dismount and become infantry, and fight with the enemy in close proximity.

Speaking of this, Bai Qi sneered at Wang He and said, "General Wang, since that's the case, you will fulfill our wishes. Let's follow the strategy we formulated the day before yesterday!"

Deputy General Wang Yi also laughed, bowed to Bai Qi and said, "No."

If it was the Liao general who was in the fore, he would definitely say, "These cavalry of your Zhao State are too "delicious."

The two counties of Qin and Zhao were in the west of Danshui River. The battle was not over until the afternoon.

Zhao Kuo, who was at the top of King Han, was extremely impatient and walked around. At this moment, a cavalryman came to report: "Report, General, our three armies have defeated the Qin army in front. The Qin army was defeated and retreated to the rear. Our army is about to attack the barriers on the western front of the Qin army's Danshuihe River."

The deputy general of the Zhao army was beside him, bowed to Zhao Kuo with his fists and said, "General, Lian Po has been holding his troops for three years. Now the general ordered our Zhao army to cross the Danshui River to attack the Qin army with a strong attack. The Qin army was indeed caught off guard and was defeated by our army!"

After listening to the report from the scout captain, Zhao Kuo finally put down the stone in his heart. After hearing the deputy general say this, Zhao Kuo remembered something and said to the deputy general with a smile: "You said, what would he do if Wu'an Jun of Qin was here?"

The deputy general was stunned and said to Zhao Kuo: "General, when we set out from Handan, we heard that Wu'anjun of Qin had been ill for three years and were almost dead! General no longer needs to consider Wu'anjun."

Zhao Kuo nodded, looked at the battlefield in the distance, and said to the deputy general: "The Qin army's strength is equal to that of our Zhao army, and its reinforcements will arrive immediately."

Speaking of this, he frowned slightly and said loudly to the deputy general: "Send the order and order our army to seize all the barriers in the western part of the Danshui River of the Qin army today, and there is no need to do anything!"

The deputy general hurriedly said: "No."

When it was getting dark, the Zhao army's three armies left, right and middle sides finally broke through the first wall built by the Qin army on the west bank of the Danshui River. On the first day of fighting with the Qin army, the Zhao army won a great victory.

The Zhao army, who had attacked the Qin army's barrier, found that the Qin army's granary was empty in the barrier. The Zhao army's front-line general immediately sent scouts to report the news to the commander Zhao Kuo.

After hearing this, the deputy general of Zhao's army said to Zhao Kuo: "General, it turns out that the Qin army has already run out of food. It turns out that we saw the Qin army camps before, and smoke was curling in cooking, which was deliberately confusing our army!"

When Zhao Kuo heard this, he asked the captain who came to report, "Where is the Qin army retreating now?"

The scout captain replied: "Report to General, the Qin army has now retreated to Laomaling in the direction of Kongcangling defense line."

Zhao Kuo laughed and said to the generals: "Generals, our army is brave and has already broken through the barriers of the Qin army's Danshui River. I will go to help our Zhao army in person. This time, as long as our army breaks through the barriers of the Qin army's Laomaling again, the task will be completed."

Speaking of this, Zhao Kuo ordered: "Comeone came and sent me the order to stay at Daliang Mountain to take care of our army's food, grass and military resources. The remaining 400,000 troops will all follow me to attack Laomaling."

A general of the Zhao army led by Lian Po dissuaded Zhao Kuo and said, "General, our army and the Qin army have been confronted by Shangdang for three years, and the Qin army has never been as vulnerable as it is now. I am afraid there will be fraud in retreating like this? Our army is better to be careful."

Zhao Kuo refused to listen, laughed loudly, and said to the generals: "What are you afraid of just Wang He? Take my helmet, I will pursue it while I am winning."
Chapter completed!