Handan.

Zhao Kuo was very excited.

At this moment, Zhao Kuo was wearing a big helmet on his head, only two eyes were exposed, a pair of silver heavy armor was draped on his body, and a spear longer than himself was held in his hand, and under his crotch was a war horse that was also wearing armor.

Behind Zhao Kuo were a full five hundred armored cavalry of the Zhao State.

After the First Battle of Hedong County, Zhao Kuo was transferred back to the Central Army and became a general of the Northern Army of the Central Army.

As a general, Zhao Kuo originally led an infantry.

But on the day when Zhao Kuo came to the camp of the Northern Army to report, he happened to see the training of armored cavalry.

In just a quarter of an hour, Zhao Kuo was completely obsessed with this cavalry, and he was not a good general, so he directly used various relationships and made various requests to his superiors, and finally was transferred to the armored cavalry as he wished, and became the leader of the armored cavalry of the Northern Army.

What Zhao Kuo didn't know was that there was actually something about him wanting to be transferred into the armored cavalry, which had actually been reported to Zhao Dan's desk.

Zhao Dan was also a little speechless after discovering this situation, how could the two future seedlings in the history of Zhao State, Li Mu and Zhao Kuo, all enter the armored cavalry?

However, Zhao Dan thought about it and felt that this did not seem to be a bad thing.

After all, this armored cavalry is already an out-and-out "high-tech" branch of the army in this era.

Since this is the case, it is better to let these good seedlings enter this high-tech arms to receive training than to stick to the rules with the mentality of "the second day boss of the infantry."

So Zhao Kuo finally got his wish and got such a status.

Zhao Kuo didn't know that there were so many stories happening around his position transfer, and at this moment, Zhao Kuo's heart was full of incomparable excitement, and the look when he looked at the tall and heavy South Gate of Handan in front of him was like the feeling of a wanderer who had not returned home for a long time when he just saw the door.

Zhao Kuo has been holding back for too long.

The Battle of Handan has been going on for almost half a month, but Zhao Kuo and the 500 armored cavalry under his command have no chance to go to the battlefield at all except for eating, drinking, and training every day.

Zhao Kuo, who was eager to fight, repeatedly asked for battle, but was rejected by Pang Xuan and Ju Xin every time, and the reasons were completely the same: "The time has not come." ”

Later, Zhao Kuo even doubted whether he would be able to play one day.

Fortunately, all this is not a problem at all, Zhao Kuo appeared here at the moment fully armed on his war horse, and he only had the expectation of the upcoming big battle in his heart!

At the end of a long street not far from Zhao Kuo, Zhao Dan, surrounded by a large number of generals such as Pang Xuan and Ju Xin, watched from afar the armored cavalry that was ready to set off.

Zhao Dan opened his mouth and asked Pang Xuan on the side, "Is there any hope of success?" ”

Pang Xuan thought for a while and replied, "It's hard to say...... But there is a lot of hope. The minister had already informed Zhao Kuo that if something was not done, he would give up the task and retreat directly. ”

Zhao Dan nodded and said, "This is very good. Although the widow also understands that everything on the battlefield is based on the highest premise of striving for victory, if he can, the widow hopes that you will reduce the casualties of the soldiers as much as possible when leading the army in the future, after all, every soldier is a child of the widow, and their lives should not be wasted. ”

Naturally, there was a voice of promises around, but how many people listened to it, Zhao Dan actually couldn't say.

At this moment, the gates of the city slowly opened.

Almost at the moment when the city gate opened, the overwhelming shouts and killings from outside the city converged into a huge sound wave, which instantly slapped on Zhao Kuo, who was standing at the front.

But Zhao Kuo was completely unmoved by this, he just raised the spear in his hand high and slowly moved forward.

At this moment, Zhao Kuo's line of sight could already clearly see many Wei soldiers outside the city gate, and these soldiers also discovered the sudden opening of the Handan city gate, and were rushing towards the open Handan city gate with great excitement and excitement, wanting to grab the first merit of seizing the Handan city gate.

Looking at these Wei soldiers who rushed over frantically, the corners of Zhao Kuo's mouth couldn't help but show a sneer.

"Armored cavalry, attack!"

After saying this, Zhao Kuo clamped the horse's belly hard, and the war horse under the crotch immediately understood, and exploded the speed in just a few breaths, and rushed into the soldiers of the Wei army with Zhao Kuo like a violent steel whirlwind!

And the five hundred armored cavalry behind Zhao Kuo also followed the footsteps of Zhao Guo at the first time, five hundred war horses and knights on horses gathered into a torrent of steel, countless spears shone in the air with a bright cold light, mercilessly tearing apart all the enemies in front of them, and rushed out of a bloody road of death in the infantry position of the Wei State that was completely caught off guard!

In just a moment, the thousands of Wei soldiers who had just gathered outside the city gate were slaughtered, leaving only blood and corpses all over the ground.

Behind Zhao Kuo and the five hundred iron tools, the gate of Handan City slowly closed.

Zhao Dan watched the steel torrent led by Zhao Kuo disappear from his sight from a distance, and suddenly his heart moved, and he said to Pang Xuan: "The widow wants to go to the city to see, how about it?" ”

As soon as Zhao Dan's words fell, the surrounding ministers of Zhao State were shocked in their hearts, and hurriedly began to dissuade them: "King, don't do it!" ”

"How can the king's precious body be easily in danger?"

"King, please think twice!"

Zhao Dan turned his head helplessly and looked at Pang Xuan beside him.

Pang Xuan thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "King, there can only be one time for tea!" ”

Zhao Dan was suddenly overjoyed and said, "That's it!" ”

As he spoke, he didn't care how noisy the ministers of Zhao Guo behind him were, and walked directly towards the city not far in front of him.

A moment later, Zhao Dan, under the elite escort of the elite soldiers of the Zhao State, finally climbed the southern city wall of Handan and saw the panoramic view of the battlefield for the first time.

As soon as he saw the panorama of the battlefield, Zhao Dan was shocked.

In front of Zhao Dan is the tall battlements of Handan City, and under the battlements is an extremely vast land, in this vast land of dust and smoke, countless soldiers of the Wei State are swarming with weapons, the chariots are rumbling and the crowds are surging, the scene is very spectacular and shocking.

Zhao Dan had just glanced at it, when he suddenly heard a sharp sound of breaking the sky, and then Ji Xin, who was standing beside Zhao Dan, suddenly rushed in front of Zhao Dan and raised the shield in his hand: "Protect the king!" ”

Under Ji Xin's order, the guards who had been prepared for a long time also raised their shields.

"Whoosh!" Several crossbow bolts fired, all of them hitting the shield.

Zhao Dan looked at the crossbow bolt that had just landed under Ji Xin's feet, and a drop of cold sweat slid down next to his cheek.

Speaking of which, this is also a brush with death, right?

Zhao Dan looked in the direction where the crossbow bolt was shot, and finally saw the arrow tower not far away.

The arrow tower is actually not large, and it is divided into several floors, which can probably accommodate dozens of archers shooting arrows at the same time, but the archers of this arrow tower will immediately replenish one when they die, so the arrows shot from above have always been endless.

However, when Zhao Dan saw this arrow tower, there were actually not many Wei archers who were shooting arrows at the city.

The reason is actually very simple, the five hundred armored cavalry led by Zhao Kuo are cutting through all the obstacles in the surging crowd of countless Wei soldiers, like a small boat facing the huge waves in the sea, extremely conspicuous.

And anyone who pays a little attention to the direction of Zhao Kuo's armored cavalry will find that his target is this arrow tower of the Wei State!

The archers on the arrow tower had obviously discovered the existence of Zhao Kuo's cavalry, so they didn't care about suppressing the Zhao archers on the city wall, and instead shot their arrows at Zhao Kuo's armored cavalry.

However, Zhao Kuo led 500 armored cavalry to rush through the Wei army array like a tide, invincible all the way, what role can dozens or hundreds of arrows play?

The commander of the Wei army had apparently discovered Zhao Kuo's intentions, and countless orders and banners were passed down one after another, and groups of Wei soldiers rushed forward, trying to completely submerge Zhao Kuo's army.

On the city wall a few miles later, Zhao Dan watched all this, and unconsciously clenched his palms: "Is there any hope of success?" ”

Pang Xuan's old face was also serious, and it took a moment before he said, "Yes." ”

A moment later, the very annoying arrow tower that had been standing in front of everyone suddenly made a few loud cracking sounds, and then fell heavily into the dust amid the panicked screams of countless Wei soldiers, stirring up countless smoke and dust.

Countless cheers resounded above the city of Handan.

Looking at the armored cavalry that was slowly turning, Zhao Dan slowly breathed a sigh of relief and retreated from the city surrounded by many palace guards.

In fact, Zhao Dan knew very well in his heart that a mere arrow tower could not represent anything, as long as the Wei army had enough craftsmen, then more arrow towers would soon appear on the battlefield one after another.

But this sortie undoubtedly greatly boosted the morale of the Zhao army, and at the same time, it was also able to contain the Wei army to a certain extent, so that the Wei people could no longer attack so unscrupulously.

Overall, it was indeed an out-and-out victory, and it was a victory that Zhao Dan had witnessed with his own eyes.

Zhao Dan, who was in a good mood, had just left the city without taking two steps, and Mixian appeared in front of Zhao Dan.

"King, urgent news outside the city!"

Zhao Dan glanced at Mixian with some surprise.

With such a large army besieging the city, how could Mixian receive information?

When he saw the bloodstains on the silk silk that Mixian handed to him, Zhao Dan seemed to vaguely understand something.

After a few breaths, Zhao Dan finished reading the contents of the silk secret newspaper, his brows suddenly stretched, he coughed, and slowly spoke to the curious people around him.

"Zhuqing, the widow wants to tell you and others here an important news, South Korea has entered the war as an ally, and victory is just around the corner!"