Zhao Dan's sudden appearance obviously startled Pang Xuan and the others, and they all stood up in a hurry and saluted Zhao Dan.

Zhao Dan smiled and waved his hand, and said, "A few Qing families don't have to be polite, come and come, sit down." ”

Saying that, Zhao Dan didn't forget to glance at the guy who was sleeping on the side.

That's right, it's really a drama Xin......

Because this battle was very fierce, many generals and officials of Zhao State like Pang Xuan, Ji Xin, and even in this small building basically did not go home, and they were sleepy and found a couch to sleep on casually like Ji Xin.

Pang Xuan, who had just sat down, hurriedly said, "King, the minister will call the drama Xin up." ”

Zhao Dan waved his hand and smiled: "No need, let General Ji Xin have a good rest." Come, tell me what you were fighting over with the widows? All of them are red-faced and red-eared. ”

After hearing Zhao Dan say this, Pang Xuan and the others glanced at each other, their faces were somewhat embarrassed, and after a while, Pang Xuan spoke: "King, in fact, what we are arguing about is whether to order the armored cavalry to go out of the city and kill a wave. ”

Although most of the elite cavalry of Zhao State were taken to Guanzhong by Li Mu, Handan City, as the capital of Zhao State, actually had an armored cavalry.

It's just that the number of armored cavalry in Handan City is not large, only five hundred.

Five hundred people is almost a negligible number for this big war with five or six hundred thousand people fighting on both sides.

That being the case, there doesn't seem to be any need for argument.

Therefore, Zhao Dan couldn't help but be a little curious in his heart, and said, "This mere five hundred armored cavalry really has such a big effect?" ”

Although it is said that this type of army was made by Zhao Dan, Zhao Dan really has never actually seen armored cavalry in battle.

Of course, Zhao Dan also knew something about the armored cavalry through the battle report, but he didn't have a deep understanding, and he didn't know what the combat effectiveness of this heavy armored cavalry was.

But no matter what, Zhao Dan felt it in his heart...... Using 500 cavalry to face tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of enemy troops, this ratio is a bit exaggerated.

Pang Xuan, a veteran, shrugged his shoulders very rarely, and said, "This is exactly what we are arguing about. ”

Under Pang Xuan's introduction, Zhao Dan finally understood the ins and outs of this matter.

These days, in order to break through Handan as soon as possible, the allied forces of Qi and Wei can be said to have done everything, and all kinds of messy siege tactics have been used.

Among them, the biggest threat to the head of Handan City is undoubtedly two things, trebuchets and arrow towers.

Needless to say, trebuchets were the most reliable and effective heavy siege weapons used against tall and thick walls throughout the Cold Weapon Age.

In addition to trebuchets, arrow towers are also a very troublesome thing.

After possessing the tall city walls, the soldiers of the Zhao State defending the city could condescendingly use long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows to shoot arrows at the besieging Qi and Wei coalition forces, inflicting a large number of casualties on these enemy troops, but they themselves suffered no casualties.

But when the arrow tower appeared, this situation changed.

After climbing the arrow tower, the archers of the Qi-Wei coalition army were completely at the same height as the Zhao archers on the city wall, and even higher.

In this way, it would be completely impossible for the archers of Zhao to shoot at the coalition soldiers under the city unscathed.

In fact, in previous wars, as soon as the arrow tower was erected, the crossbowmen on both sides would begin to enter a state of rapid mutual attrition.

It sounds like everyone is consuming together, as if no one is taking advantage and no one is suffering, but in fact, it is not.

You must know that in the defense battle, the crossbowmen on the defending side are the most lethal troops, while the crossbowmen on the attacking side can only play a role as soy sauce due to the existence of tall walls.

Therefore, if the attacker uses the Qi Wei crossbowmen who play soy sauce to exchange the crossbowmen of Zhao Guo, who are the main firepower of the defenders, then it is obvious that the attacker of Qi Wei is making a lot of money.

Without the long-range attack suppression of Zhao's crossbowmen, the Qi-Wei coalition could safely invest more siege infantry forces, thus posing a greater threat to the city of Handan.

Facts have also proved this, since the first arrow tower was erected five days ago, the defense of Handan City began to become a little tense, and now the second and third arrow towers have also been completed, the entire Handan City is rumored, and there have been several dangers.

Zhao Dan frowned and listened to all this, and after a while before he spoke: "So what Pang Qingru and the others mean is that they want to use the armored cavalry to go out of the city, and then destroy these arrow towers?" ”

Pang Xuan nodded and said, "Back to the king, that's exactly the case." As long as these arrow towers are destroyed, even if only one or two of them can be destroyed, the defensive pressure on the east, south and north sides of Handan will be greatly reduced. ”

Zhao Dan nodded and said, "Sounds like a pretty good idea...... If this is the case, why are you so controversial? ”

At this time, a loud voice suddenly sounded in Zhao Dan's ears.

"King, Pang Xuan's strategy is absolutely not feasible, if it is rash, it will be useless except to bury all the armored cavalry and cause the morale of our army to be frustrated!"

Zhao Dan was taken aback by this voice, and turned his head to find that he was still lying on the couch and snoring, and Ji Xin, who was snoring loudly, didn't know when he had come to Zhao Dan's side.

Let's take a look at Ji Xin's appearance with white hair and a cloak of hair...... Well, it's perfect for pretending to be a ghost in some secluded streets and alleys in the middle of the night.

Zhao Dan shook his head and said with a smile: "General Drama, why do you say this?" ”

Ji Xin's eyes widened, and he said: "The king doesn't know, although this armored cavalry is strong, but the number is only five hundred, and now there are 300,000 enemy troops outside the city, with five hundred against 300,000, isn't it hitting a stone with an egg?" Moreover, the cost of armored cavalry is extremely huge, and the training of every armored cavalry is extremely difficult, if it is wasted here, wouldn't it be a pity? Therefore, in the opinion of the minister, this matter is absolutely not feasible! ”

As soon as Ji Xin's words fell, Pang Xuan on the side shouted very unhappily: "Ji Xin, don't talk nonsense and mislead the king!" You are the person in charge of the training of the armored cavalry of the central army, what is the combat effectiveness of the armored cavalry, don't you have a little in your heart? Besides, I let the armored cavalry attack, and I didn't let them directly attack the camps of the two armies of Qi and Wei, but just destroy the arrow tower and return, how could I face hundreds of thousands of enemy troops? ”

The two of you came and went without showing weakness, and they quarreled in an instant.

Zhao Dan watched the two white-bearded old men standing face to face and blowing their beards and staring at each other, and he didn't feel a little funny in his heart.

Obviously it should be a very serious matter, and it may even be related to the future trend of the Handan defense war, how could it be so disturbed by this pair of old friends and enemies, and suddenly become a little happy?

said that these two of them were enemies, then they really didn't wronged the two of them.

You must know that in the original history, Ju Xin led the Yan army to attack Zhao as the chief general of the Yan army, and then was defeated by Pang Xuan's army, and Ju Xin was also killed in that battle.

Unexpectedly, now that Zhao Dan recalled Ju Xin back to Zhao Guo, there is still such a entanglement between the two......

Of course, Zhao Dan also knew that these two people didn't actually mean that they had any personal grievances, after all, they were old friends who had known each other for decades, and the common starting point of the two of them was actually to keep Handan and win the final victory of this battle for Zhao State.

But in view of the fact that one of these two people is the current chief general, and the other is a deputy general, as soon as the two quarrel, others really can't interject, which can be seen from the painful expressions on the faces of Han Fei and several Zhao generals standing aside.

So Zhao Dan thought about it and felt that it was not a matter to quarrel like this, after all, it was absolutely impossible to solve the problem by quarrelling.

So Zhao Dan smiled and said: "The two Qing families, let's do it, the widow will give you two a way to solve this matter, how about it?" ”

As soon as Pang Xuan and Ju Xin heard Zhao Dan's words, there was naturally no reason to object.

Quarrel after quarrel, things have to be resolved.

After all, the military situation is like fire, if Zhao Dan does not come, one of the two must make concessions today.

It's just that these two old guys still have some suspicion in their eyes when they look at Zhao Dan, after all, Zhao Dan, as a king, has nothing to say about governing the country, but this is a ...... Okay, huh?

Zhao Dan didn't explain to these two doubtful old guys, but pointed to Han Fei and several Zhao generals around him, and smiled at Pang Xuan and Ji Xin: "The two Qing family think that these people can understand the military?" ”

Pang Xuan nodded and said, "Naturally, I know it, otherwise I wouldn't be able to attend here." ”

Ji Xin snorted and said, "Although it is not as good as me, it is not as good as Pang Qing, but it does have its talents." ”

Zhao Dan nodded, and then said with a smile: "The widow has heard a sentence that three stinkers are better than Zhuge ...... Uh, better than Guiguzi! Therefore, since the two Qing families are in dispute, it is better to listen to the opinions of these generals, if there are more people who support them, then whose opinion will be adopted, how about it? ”

Pang Xuan and Ji Xin glanced at each other, snorted at the same time, and turned their heads.

After a while, Pang Xuan said: "Back to the king, the minister has no opinion. ”

Ju Xin also said: "It will be according to the king's order." ”

The two old men also knew that they would not be convinced by the quarrel again, so they could only adopt Zhao Dan's suggestion of collective voting.

So under Zhao Dan's gaze, everyone present began to express their attitudes.

"In favor of attacking."

"Against the attack."

"In favor of attacking."

……

A moment later, a hearty burst of laughter erupted in vain through the hall.

"Hahahaha, drama Xin, you are a conservative person, after all, you are still unpopular!"

Pang Xuan was smiling, Ji Xin's face was pale, and it didn't matter who won and who lost.

Ju Xin looked at the proud Pang Xuan, and couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, so he snorted heavily at the moment, and saluted Zhao Dan: "King, minister...... Hungry! Go eat some food first! ”

Zhao Dan looked at Ji Xin's angry appearance and felt a little funny in his heart, and said, "The general should take care of himself." ”

Ju Xin got Zhao Dan's order, and he didn't look back, and went downstairs directly.

Obviously, the old general was going to turn his anger into food.

After Ji Xin left, the smile on Zhao Dan's face slowly retracted, and he said to Pang Xuan: "Pang Qing, the widow hopes that you can come up with a plan that is as thorough as possible, and it is best to achieve the greatest victory at the lowest cost, understand?" Don't be greedy for the number of kills, as long as you achieve your goal and reduce the casualties of our army, you will be credited with the same number of people! ”

Pang Xuan nodded vigorously and said to Zhao Dan: "Huh! Rest assured, the king, the ministers will do everything in their power not to disappoint the king! ”