Zhao Kuo continued to lead the army to approach Lantian without any hesitation.

Outside Lantian County, a large camp of Qin army was rising from the ground.

Under Wang Jian's order, the 200,000 Qin generals took action together and soon established a very good line of defense.

It’s just that the defense line is still a little different from the defense line in previous history.

Simply put, this time the defense line is quite large, and the front line is also very long, not the style of concentrated and intensive defense.

Many Qin generals asked questions about this, and even Meng Ao couldn't help but come to ask Wang Jian.

"Why did General Wang Jian stretch our defense line so long?

If this happens, it may be inconvenient to mobilize the army to support it.”

After hearing Meng Ao's words, Wang Jian immediately smiled and explained Meng Ao patiently.

No matter what, Meng Ao is the nominal general. If even Meng Ao can't convince him, how could Wang Jian control other Qin generals?

Wang Jian smiled and said to Meng Ao: "In fact, the reason for doing this is mainly because of the explosives of the Zhao people."

If the explosives were used only once in the war against Qi, so they have not attracted the attention of other countries, then in the war between Zhao Kuo and Chu last year, the magical effect of the explosives can be detected as long as they are not blind.

As the actual commander of Qin, Wang Jian of course had to come up with a solution to explosives.

After carefully thinking and analyzing various information about explosives, Wang Jian really came up with such a solution.

This method is the seemingly sparse line of defense that Wang Jian has built now.

"The reason is actually very simple. Explosives can be blasted at a fixed point, but if we pull this line very long, the effect of explosives will not be obvious.

Moreover, because the front line was stretched very long, if the people of Zhao really wanted to concentrate their forces to attack one of us, we would give this to them directly, retreat a little, and then counterattack.

If the people of Zhao really want to launch a full-scale attack, it would be even better, because in that case, the power of the explosive will be minimized. If they fail to break through a point, the loss to us will be minimal."

Wang Jian’s theory is actually very simple, that is, explosives have the greatest destructive power to dense defense lines, so gold does not use dense defense lines, but uses very sparse defense lines.

It is precisely because of this that Wang Jian pulled all the Qin army out of Lantian County.

Because if all the Qin army was concentrated in Lantian County, as long as Zhao Kuo used explosives to blow up the walls of Lantian County, all the Qin army would retreat in an instant.

But now if Zhao Kuo attacked any point in the defense line of the Qin army, the nearby Qin army could provide timely support. If it was not good, he could retreat a little, which would not affect the overall defense line.

Wang Jian's judgment actually coincides with Zhao Kuo.

After Wang Jian said this, Meng Ao was also stunned. He thought carefully for a while and finally couldn't help but slapped his thigh and praised him.

"So that's the case. I have known for a long time that General Wang Jian, you will never be able to make such a move that Zhao Kuo takes advantage for no reason. Now it seems that I am still very prescient."

After hearing Meng Ao's words, Wang Jian was also a little amused.

In fact, Wang Jian also knew very well in his heart that Meng Ao was also worried about this battle.

This inquiry is just a reflection of this worry.

After all, no matter who comes to see this war, he will not think that Wang Jian, a young general, is the opponent of Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo, who has been famous for a long time. Even though the age difference between the two sides is actually only a few years old.

When Wang Jian thought of this, he actually felt a little emotional. Wu Xinjun was only a few years older than Wang Jian and had already made such unparalleled achievements. This really made Wang Jian feel deeply admired sometimes.

But even though I admire him, Wang Jian and Zhao Kuo now belong to two countries, and both sides hold different positions.

So of course, Wang Jian could not surrender or something to Zhao Kuo because of this, even Zhao Kuo did have some hints to Wang Jian when he parted last time.

Sometimes when Wang Jian thought of that negotiation, he was also quite depressed, because Wang Jian did not feel that Zhao Kuo's lack of powerful generals, so why did Zhao Kuo pay so much attention to Wang Jian because of this?

"Maybe this is just a plan of disagreement by Wu Xinjun, which is to make the king doubt my loyalty."

After thinking about it, Wang Jian could only draw such a conclusion.

Three days later, Zhao Kuo led a 300,000 Zhao army to the front line.

Looking at the endless Qin army's long defense line in front of him, which completely exceeded the city and county, Zhao Kuo was a little surprised at first, and then immediately understood what Wang Jian meant and couldn't help laughing.

"This Wang Jian is indeed a talent."

Zhao Kuo's praise is indeed groundless. Wang Jian has never seen explosives, a brand new weapon, before, but he can use some hearsay news and intelligence to infer the advantages and weaknesses of explosives. This has to be said to be a manifestation of wisdom.

Su Li stood beside Zhao Kuo. Hearing this, he couldn't help but say to Zhao Kuo curiously: "Does the lord want to take this Wang Jian for his own use?"

Zhao Kuo smiled and said, "If possible, I do think so, but this kind of thing should go with the flow."

Although Zhao Kuo really wanted to take Wang Jian under his command, the problem is that Wang Jian is a Qin man. If Wang Jian would still choose to live and perish with Qin after the demise of Qin, Zhao Kuo would have no way to stop him.

But in this way, the whole thing really became more interesting for Zhao Kuo.

If Wang Jian only knew how to defend Lantian County, Zhao Kuo would have been able to win the war very easily, but now the difficulty of winning the war has increased a lot.

Wang Jian's entire defense line is designed quite exquisitely. He relies on Lantian County and Mount Li to the south, forming the core hubs on the north and south sides of the entire defense line.

If Zhao Kuo wants to break through any point in this defense line, then Wang Jian can use these two core hubs on the north and south sides to send troops from it anytime and anywhere, so as to achieve the fastest support and interception of Zhao Kuo.

I have to say that the design of this defense line is very amazing, and even Zhao Kuo even feels like he wants to applaud.

So the question is, how will Zhao Kuo break through this line of defense?

Zhao Kuo smiled slightly, took out a secret letter from his arms and handed it to Su Li.

"You use the power of the nightingale to me immediately and send this secret letter to Xianyang City as fast as possible, and hand it over to Lu Buwei and Mao Sui."

Almost at the same time, a cavalry of 20,000 people had just gathered in Yiqu City, the capital of Yiqu, in the northern Qin State.

Yi Qusheng, the king of Yiqu Kingdom, stared at the 20,000 cavalry in front of him, and had an expression of pride that could not be concealed.

Once upon a time, the Yiqu Kingdom was annexed as the land of the Qin Kingdom, and the Yiqu people were driven away like cattle and sheep on this land where their ancestors lived for generations.

But with the arrival of a person, this matter was completely changed.

This person is nothing else, but Zhao Kuo from the State of Zhao.

With the help of Zhao Kuo, the Yiqu people once again defeated Qin and gained independence.

Although the Yiqu Kingdom's army now has only 20,000 cavalry, these 20,000 cavalry are all elite. Not only do they have excellent war horses, they also obtain very excellent weapons from Zhao Kingdom. Their bow and arrow combat power is completely incomparable to the Yiqu Kingdom back then, and they are much stronger.

More importantly, not long ago, a batch of secret weapons called explosives were quietly transported to Yiqu Kingdom by the Nightingale's hand.

Due to the blockage of news, Yiqusheng had never even heard of explosives. However, when the Nightingale's people demonstrated Yiqusheng how to easily blow the mobile house to pieces, Yiqusheng immediately understood the importance of this weapon.

Yi Qusheng looked at the 20,000 Yiqu cavalry in front of him and spoke in a deep voice.

"Once Qin people killed and ruled us, making us unable to survive on this land. It was Zhao who saved us.

Now that Zhao has launched a war of destruction against Qin, our Yiqiu Kingdom will certainly not be silent at this time. We want to send troops to help our saviors and allies. Does anyone have any opinions?"

The next moment, the shouts of countless Yiqu cavalrymen suddenly rang out.

"No!"

Yi Qusheng burst into laughter when he heard this.

"Since that's the case, then I will announce the departure of the entire army to let the Qin people know what revenge is for us Yiqiu people!"

Under the leadership of Yiqu Sheng, 20,000 Yiqu cavalry set out from Yiqu City without stopping and rushed towards Guanzhong, Qin.

Of course, this news was soon learned by scouts on the northern border of Qin and reported to Xianyang City.

But at this time, the core figures of Qin did not pay attention to this matter, and their attention was focused on another matter.

This matter, or the debate, comes from the strategy proposed by the Qin State's Grand Tutor Lu Buwei in the Qin State's court.

"I don't think we should defend here. When fighting with Zhao Kuo, there is no way out. We must take the initiative to launch an attack to have hope of defeating Zhao Kuo."

The goal of Lu Buwei's proposal of this idea was also very simple. He just hoped to make Xingqiu attack earlier and then be defeated by Zhao Kuo.

Without any suspense, Lu Buwei's idea was ridiculed by many Qin ministers.

"The strongest thing about Zhao Kuo is that if he takes the initiative to attack in the wilderness war, wouldn't it be the situation that Zhao Kuo is most willing to see?"

"If Zhao Kuo knew, we would have someone coming up with such an idea. I'm afraid his mouth would be smirking, right?"

"The current situation is obviously that only sticking to the dead is the best strategy."

Thousands of words are summed up in two words - no.

King Ying Zichu of Qin also muttered in his heart as he watched this scene.

For Ying Zichu, he certainly believed in Lu Buwei very much, but in today's matter, Ying Zichu also felt that what Lu Buwei did was indeed a bit nonsense.

But Ying Zichu also wanted to give Lu Buwei a face, so he coughed and planned to smooth things over for Lu Buwei.

But at this moment, Lu Buwei actually spoke again.

"You guys are just too short-sighted in their eyes and knowledge.

Zhao Kuo is the college, and he is the strongest general in history. Do you think Zhao Kuo can't think of all the things you can think of?

I can conclude with certainty that Zhao Kuo made corresponding arrangements for our strict prevention and control policy. If we attack at this time, we can disrupt Zhao Kuo's arrangements and perhaps have a chance to win on the front line.

But if you do nothing according to your statement, we will have no other result except failure."

Lu Buwei's wave can be said to have also started the group ridicule, and he directly said that the Qin emperors present were a group of fools.

This suddenly aroused the disgust of the Qin ministers, and they also criticized and complained in a variety of ways to criticize Lu Buwei.

Seeing that the situation was starting to feel like it was too uncontrollable, Ying Zichu quickly patted the table hard.
To be continued...