Handan.

It's already summer, so it's half an hour slower when it gets dark than it does in spring.

Traditionally, the gates are closed half an hour slower.

Just when the sky was just getting dark, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves under the south gate of Handan City.

"Who?" The soldiers defending the city shouted vigilantly.

The answer to them was a hurried voice: "The king has an order, open the door quickly!" ”

A moment later, several horsemen passed through the newly opened gate and hurried towards the city.

This made the soldiers who had just opened the city gate at the head of the city can't help but talk about it.

"What can happen in the middle of the night?"

"Who knows, maybe it's the battle on the front line."

"That's right. Tell me this war, will we win? ”

"Nonsense! The king is wise and martial, and there are Lian Po and General Pang Xuan leading the troops, how can he not win? ”

……

Two quarters of an hour later, something happened that surprised the soldiers defending the city even more.

The carriages of several important ministers of Zhao State, led by the messengers who had just entered the city, hurried out of the city and headed towards the palace not far away.

This scene made the soldiers defending the city look at each other, and they all thought in their hearts: "Is there something wrong?" ”

That's right, something big is wrong.

When the five ministers in the palace gathered in front of Zhao Dan, Zhao Dan, whose face was very ugly, immediately told his news.

"I just received the news that the Korean general Jin Huang led a large army to attack Shangdang County, and now he has occupied Changping, and the Beishang Party is in danger!"

Zhao Dan's words were like a bombshell, and they suddenly detonated the atmosphere in the entire hall, making several ministers extremely surprised in their hearts.

You must know that South Korea is an ally of Zhao, and not long ago, Han Wangran agreed to attack Wei with Zhao.

As a result, now that they suddenly learned that South Korea had rebelled, and they had already invaded the hinterland of Shangdang County of Zhao State, how could this not surprise the ministers of Zhao State who were present?

Zhao Sheng subconsciously asked, "King, has the news been confirmed?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Sheng immediately wanted to slap himself.

Zhao Dan glanced at Zhao Sheng and said, "The news has been confirmed, and it is absolutely true." ”

A gasp suddenly sounded in the hall.

Li Si, the young lieutenant of Zhao Guodai, couldn't help but speak: "King, if Shangdang County is lost, then Hedong is in danger!" ”

Li Si was mixed up in Tunliu County in Shangdang County, and he was more familiar with Shangdang County.

Shangdang County is located in the precipitous Taihang Mountain, east of the southeast core area of Zhao State Handan and other southeastern areas, west of Zhao State's front line against Qin State Hedong County and Cuihan Pass, and north of Zhao State's five northern counties.

It is precisely because it connects so many places in the Zhao State at the same time that although the terrain is rugged, most of the places are mountainous, and there is neither food production nor much population, it is an extremely important place for the Zhao State.

Once the Koreans take Shangdang County, then the connection between Hedong County and Handan will be severed, and the originally integrated Zhao State will be divided into two battlefields, east and west.

So as soon as Li Si's voice fell, Zhao Sheng immediately spoke again: "King, Shangdang County must not be lost!" ”

Zhao Sheng opened his mouth, and all the ministers present immediately echoed: "King, you must defend Shangdang County!" ”

In fact, not only Li Si, but every minister of Zhao present was well aware of the geographical importance of Shangdang County - of course, thanks to the Battle of Changping, which was destined to go down in history a few years ago.

Zhao Dan snorted, waved his hand a little distraughtly, and said: "Of course the widow knows the necessity of guarding Shangdang County, and today I want to ask you and the others, how should this Shangdang County be guarded!" ”

As soon as Zhao Dan's words fell, the hall suddenly became quiet, several ministers, you look at me, I look at you, they are a little difficult to speak.

At this moment, Lian Po and Pang Xuan, the two people who led the troops, one was attacking Wei and the other was in Gaotang, and these people present were all people who had never led troops, what good ideas could they have?

Zhao Dan looked at the appearance of these ministers, and felt a little unhappy in his heart.

What's the matter, usually one or two compete for performance, but now when the widow needs it, there is no voice?

Just when Zhao Dan was about to get angry, Zhao Sheng took the first step to speak: "King, the minister thinks that the most important thing now is to send reinforcements to Shangdang County first, otherwise, the thousands of county soldiers in Shangdang County will not be able to support it for long." ”

This sentence obviously reminded Zhao Dan, who pondered for a moment and asked, "How many soldiers and horses are there in the city now?" ”

Zhao Sheng hurriedly said: "Back to the king, there are still 30,000 soldiers and horses." ”

After repeated wars and recruitment, the current Zhao State has a total of 200,000 central troops, of which 150,000 were taken to Wei by Pang Xuan, 20,000 were taken to Gaotang by Lian Po, and the remaining 30,000 were responsible for defending Handan.

Zhao Dan thought for a moment and asked, "In addition to the 30,000 central army, how many county soldiers can the widow use?" ”

Zhao Sheng quickly thought about it and said: "Back to the king, now Jinyang, Hedong and the northern counties will not be able to convey orders in a short period of time, so if you want to organize county soldiers, you should only be able to draw them from Handan and the eastern counties. Based on last year's data, it should be possible to mobilize 50,000 people! ”

"Fifty thousand?" Zhao Dan frowned, thought for a while, and said, "The Koreans have at least more than 100,000 people attacking this time, and 50,000 is too few!" Can you levy more? ”

Today's Zhao State is a household that smokes one ding, that is, a family only needs to produce one adult man, which is obviously not the extreme.

Sure enough, Zhao Sheng immediately replied: "Back to the king, as long as the king gives an urgent order, then you can draw two out of three, so that at least 100,000 people can be recruited!" ”

Zhao Dan thought for a moment and said decisively: "Since this is the case, no matter what means you want, you must recruit 80,000 county soldiers for the widow, and then send Xu Li to lead 20,000 central troops to immediately set off to aid Shangdang County!" ”

Zhao Dan's order frightened the other ministers, and Li Bo hurriedly said: "King, if this is the case, wouldn't Handan guard against emptiness, and ask the king to ......"

Zhao Dan interrupted Li Bo's words very impatiently: "As long as Shangdang County can be defended, the widowed Handan will be as stable as Mount Tai!" Well, needless to say, let's go for it accordingly! ”

After thinking about it, Zhao Dan said again: "Immediately send an order to Jinyang and Li Mu, and let them make every effort to organize the county soldiers to go south to support Shangdang and Hedong County!" Wait, Li Mu is in Shuofang, it's too far, directly send an order to the county guards of the northern counties, use the fastest speed! ”

This time, Zhao Dan knew very well in his heart that since both Korea and Wei had betrayed Zhao, the whole thing was already very big.

If you don't do your best, I'm afraid it's going to be hard to get through this.

Zhao Dan's tone was solemn, and a terrifying light flashed in his eyes: "Han Wangran, this kid, actually plays Infernal Affairs with a widow?" If you don't believe it, can you just rely on South Korea to be able to laugh in the end! ”