"Gao Tang City lost?"

This news seemed to have some kind of magic, and it suddenly made the main hall of Longtai, which was still full of singing and laughing just now, silent.

Mao Sui, who was in charge of delivering the news, knew that the matter was big, and he didn't dare to say more, so he hurriedly put the urgent report in his hand in front of Zhao Dan.

The shock in Zhao Dan's heart at this moment can be said to be incomparable.

You must know that in Zhao Dan's heart, even if the war between Gao Tang City and Qi Guo cannot be won, it should at least be a draw.

But now, the Zhao army led by Lian Po actually lost to the Qi army!

In his entire military career, General Lian Po, who abused Qi like a dish, actually lost to the Qi people who should never and could not lose!?

In just one day, Zhao Dan heard two things that he couldn't believe.

One is that the party won, and the other is that Lian Po lost.

So much so that when he picked up the emergency report in front of him, his mind was a little trance-like.

The content of this urgent report is actually very short.

"General Lian Po attacked the camp of the Qi army at night, was ambushed, and returned defeated. The Qi army took advantage of the situation to attack Gaotang, and Gaotang was lost. The general has led the remnants of his troops to retreat to Liaocheng. ”

Although it was very short, it was enough for Zhao Dan to understand the ins and outs of the whole thing.

Lian Po underestimated the enemy.

To such a big matter, of course, there must be a very detailed military intelligence report, and this detailed military intelligence report was sent to Zhao Dan in the afternoon of the same day, along with Lian Po's letter of guilt.

Under normal circumstances, in the face of an enemy army several times larger than his own, any general would choose to hold on.

But Lian Pi was just such an accident.

For Lian Po, he doesn't look down on Qi Jun from the bottom of his heart.

After all, Qi Guo has been beaten by Lian Po too many times, and the current Qi army commander Kuang Liang has also been beaten by Lian Po all the way, who can afford to see a defeated general who has lost countless times under his own hands?

Therefore, even if there are only 50,000 horses in his hands, even if the Qi State on the opposite side has reached 200,000 after increasing the army, which is four times as much as Lian Po, Lian Po still has no intention of shrinking into the city, but is ready to "give the Qi people a little color and see!" ”

It is said that although the old general looks down on the Qi people, he is not so reckless. He first sent a small detachment to conduct many small contact battles with the Qi people in the previous war, and determined the fact that the Qi army was still the same Qi army, and there was no growth.

After confirming this, Lian Po took the initiative to shrink his forces and ceded all the Hejian lands north of Gaotang to the Qi people.

A few days later, Kuang Liang led a large army to surround Gaotang City, and it was half a month.

Lian Po felt that the opportunity had come, so he led the main force of the Zhao army to quietly go out of the city two days ago on the night of the previous day, and suddenly launched a counterattack on the camp of the Qi army.

In Lian Po's view, even if this reactionary reaction cannot defeat the Qi army, it can at least kill the arrogance of the Qi people.

But what Lian Po never expected was that the Qi people actually expected this sudden counterattack and set up an ambush in the camp in advance, causing Lian Po to lead the troops directly into the encirclement of the Qi people.

At this time, Lian Po's ability to lead the army was shown, and although he was heavily surrounded, he still led most of the army to break out of the encirclement of the Qi people.

But just when Lian Po returned to the outside of Gaotang City, the accident happened again.

Some remnants of the local nobles of the Qi State in Gaotang City bought off the officials in the city, and seized control of the city while Lian Po was out of the city, but instead locked Lian Po outside the city.

In this way, General Lian Po is the back of the enemy.

After a fierce battle, Lian Po once again broke out of the encirclement of the Qi people, but at this moment, he was already unable to fight anymore, so he had to retreat to Liaocheng in the south with the remaining remnants of less than 10,000 defeated generals.

Speaking of which, Lian Po was actually defeated not by his own military ability, but by the traitors in Gaotang City.

Of course, that's all for later.

However, it was said that in the main hall of Longtai, the monarchs and ministers of Zhao Guo, who were originally jubilant because of the victory of Changzhi, after hearing the news of Gaotang's defeat, all seemed to have been poured a basin of cold water on their heads, and they all cooled down in an instant.

After a long while, Zhao Dan shook his head and said slowly: "Okay, the matter has happened, and it won't help to say anything more." For now, let's talk about how to deal with the next battle. ”

Although the people present did not have the kind of generals who led the troops, they still knew how to read the map at the most basic level.

Judging from the map, Gaotang is actually a very important place, it is not only the gateway of Handan City to the east of the Yellow River, but also the flank of the main force of the Zhao army Pang Xuan, which is fighting in the Wei State.

Now that Gaotang is lost, it is possible for the Qi army to cross the Yellow River from here to attack Handan City, or it is possible to continue south along Gaotang to cut off Pang Xuan's back road.

No matter which of these two things is, it is not good news for the current Zhao Guo.

After a full moment, Yu Xin spoke: "Regarding the Wei side, now that General Lian Po has retreated to Liaocheng, Pang Qing's back road should not be threatened for a while. ”

"Really?" Zhao Sheng, who had been holding his breath, finally found an opportunity now, and said lukewarmly: "Now Wu Xinjun has only 10,000 remnants in his hands, and the morale of the defeated soldiers just now is at a low point, if he is pursued by the tail of the Qi army, hum...... Maybe Liaocheng has been lost at this time, and it is unknown. ”

Yu Xin was also very unhappy when he heard this, and said angrily: "Pingyuan Jun, now that the battle situation is critical, it is the time to be in the same boat, but you are here to say these rumors, what is your intention?" ”

Zhao Shengpi said with a smile: "Really? I don't know who is still questioning Pang Qing's position as the chief general just now, in my opinion, fortunately, this time the main commander is Pang Qing, if it is someone else, maybe the main force is ...... now Hey! ”

"Bang!" Zhao Dan suddenly slapped the table fiercely, startling both Yu Xin and Zhao Sheng.

"When have you been here, still here to fight each other over this trivial matter! You like to rip off, don't you, do you want to wait for a few months off, so that you can go home and quarrel enough, huh? ”

Zhao Dan was really angry this time, if it was usual, forget it, after all, this situation of political struggle was created by Zhao Dan himself to some extent.

But fighting for power is fighting for power, this is all burning eyebrows, and if you still say these words here, it will make Zhao Dan, or any monarch, unbearable.

Zhao Dan's anger was not trivial, Zhao Sheng and Yu Xin knew that the situation was not good, so they were so frightened that they hurriedly went out and knelt down to make amends.

Zhao Dan was still angry in his heart, and reprimanded the two guys in front of him fiercely, and then said: "Okay, what the widow needs now is a solution to the matter, not a rip-off to shirk responsibility!" If you have an idea, say it, and if you don't have an idea, shut up! ”

Zhao Dan has said everything here, several ministers of Zhao State, you look at me, I look at you, naturally I think of the idea.

is the so-called three stinkers who beat Zhuge Liang, not to mention that the ministers of Zhao State present are not stinkers, but the heroes of this world, so they quickly came up with ideas.

The first to speak was Zheng Zhu, a great pedestrian: "Your Majesty, in the opinion of the ministers, since it is not conducive to the war in Qi State, then you should seek foreign aid." Yan and Qi have always been mortal enemies, and the king should order someone to say to the Empress Dowager Yan, so that she can quickly send troops to help Zhao, so that Yan can contain it, and the people of Qi can not be too rampant. ”

Zhao Dan's face looked a little better when he heard this, in fact, Zhao Dan had already thought of this idea, just waiting for someone to put it forward.

So Zhao Dan said: "As a big bank, Zheng Qing should know that the widow has already sent an envoy to Jidu, but Empress Dowager Yan has delayed and not replied. ”

Zheng Zhu nodded and said: "The king, the minister thinks that the reason why the Yan Kingdom does not make concessions is just because he feels that he will not get too many benefits in this war, and the king only needs to make some concessions to the Yan Kingdom, then the Yan people will definitely send troops to support!" ”

Zhao Dan pondered for a long time and said, "Since this is the case, then in Zheng Qing's opinion, how much concession should the widow make?" ”

"Wuyang!" Zheng Zhu obviously had an answer, and immediately said: "Great King, as long as Wuyang City is returned to Yan Kingdom, then Yan Kingdom will definitely send troops." ”

"Wuyang City?" Zhao Dan's face changed slightly, obviously a little hesitant.

Wuyang City is the lower capital of Yan State, and it was once the largest city of Yan State, if Wuyang City is returned to Yan State, it is definitely a bargaining chip that Yan Guo's monarchs and ministers cannot refuse.

The reason why Zhao Dan hesitated was not because of how important Wuyang City was to Zhao Guo, with the current national strength of Zhao State, what about returning it to four or five Wuyang Cities?

Zhao Dan is worried that now Yan Guo has basically been disabled by Qi Zhao Fa Yan last time, and now returning Wuyang to Yan Guo will not give Yan Guo another chance to turn over?

But if you think about it carefully, what if you return Wuyang to Yan Guo? Didn't Yan Guo, who had Wuyang City back then, be abused by Zhao Guo casually as a rookie?

Zheng Zhu saw that Zhao Dan was still hesitating, so he continued to persuade: "King, as long as you pass this level now, even if the princes of the world unite again in the future, it will be difficult to become the opponent of Zhao again!" Compared with this eternal hegemony, what is Wuyang City? ”

Zhao Dan took a deep breath and said slowly: "Zheng Qing's words are reasonable, since this is the case, then ask Zheng Qing to go to Jidu, and be sure to persuade Empress Dowager Yan and Lejian to let Yan send troops to contain Qi State." ”

Zheng Zhu stood up, bowed to Zhao Dan, and said in a loud voice: "Please rest assured that the king will do his best to live up to the king's trust!" ”

Zhao Dan nodded and said, "Also, the people of Qi are not necessarily going to attack Liaocheng, and Handan may also be the target of the attack, so this time Handan's defense must also be vigilant!" ”

"Let someone inform General Lian Po that if the enemy pursues Liaocheng, then let him hold General Pang Xuan's back road at any cost, and wait for General Pang Xuan to return to the division to support after victory!"

"Shangdang County, send someone to tell Ji Xin that the widow doesn't need him to eliminate Jin Huang, as long as he keeps the Beishang Party, he will be a great achievement!"

"Then send someone to tell Pang Xuan that you must defeat the Wei people as quickly as possible! Once the overall situation is affected because of his delay, the widow is the only one who asks! ”

After the orders were finished one by one, Zhao Dan looked at the ministers of Zhao State in front of him, and said in a very sincere tone: "Zhuqing, now that the situation is uncertain, the outcome is unpredictable, and I also ask Zhuqing and the widow to work together to tide over the difficulties!" ”

All the ministers of Zhao State present stood up one after another, with solemn expressions: "Wow! ”

The situation, which had already become clear because of the great victory of Changzhi, seems to have begun to become a little confusing again.

But the defeat of Gaotang City was not the end of the world for Zhao State, Zhao Dan and his courtiers had already experienced storms for a long time, and they certainly would not become depressed or even frightened after the baptism of Changping and Handan.

The real show is yet to come!