I’m The King Chapter 1217: : Carrying forward the past and ushering in the future (107) New Changping

Changping and Yangfeng have always been the two strategic points of the confrontation between Qin and Zhao. When Qin is strong, they will be taken away by Qin. However, since the Handan Incident and Xizhao became a vassal of the Qin people, the importance of these two places has plummeted. Both sides believe that there is no reason to garrison troops here. Necessary, a strategic point was deserted. There used to be many people living here, but after Bai Qi killed tens of thousands of Zhao soldiers in Changping, there was no more smoke here. According to those who finally fled The people here said that every night, they could always hear the wailing of countless people, which made people's faces change, and they dared to stay here when they were frightened.

It was originally an extremely lively place, but it has fallen into such decline.

The first time Gao Yuan saw the famous Changping, it was a ruined and desolate scene. Pushing open the half-covered city gate, strolling into the city, the thick snow almost buried the city, and the snow on the street, after a winter's accumulation, almost covered half of the doors on both sides of the street. Open a window, and with a click, the window fell down easily, which startled Gao Yuan.

The house is fully furnished, but it is covered with thick dust, and a stale smell comes from the open window. When it landed on the ground, there was a sound of puffing from both feet, and there was a puff of smoke.

"This used to be a barracks?" Gao Yuan looked at the surroundings in the room and asked.

"Yes, Your Majesty, Changping City has always been a fortified city. Those stationed in the city are the army and the families of some officers and soldiers, and there are also administrative officials." Zhao Xilie on the side replied.

"Desolation is amazing!" Gao Yuan shook his head, walked to the corner, picked up a rusty iron gun head from the dust on the ground, and threw it on the table casually. Make a loud noise.

"Changping is an ominous place for Da Zhao, and everyone doesn't want to come here." Zhao Xilie said in a low voice, "After we arrived in Jinyang, due to various reasons. It's impossible to worship, slowly, this place has become like this."

"I understand!" Gao Yuan sighed, "Fortunately, there is no one here, and this time is actually beneficial to us. Let's start to clean up here, repair the city wall, and set up defensive positions. Next, this place will be Our core position and center point.”

He Lanyan, who was behind Gao Yuan, took out a map from her pocket and handed it to Zhao Xilie, "General Zhao, this is the defense setup map of the Changping central position. All the position settings and parameters are clearly marked on it. "

Zhao Xilie took the defense map with both hands, unfolded it and only took a few glances, his face couldn't help changing slightly.

"General Zhao, can all the settings be completed within a few days?" Gao Yuan walked a few steps inside the house with his hands behind his back, and reached another window, and pushed it away. There was actually some snow falling outside Come in, the terrain here is low. The snow outside has exceeded the lowest edge of the house.

Zhao Xilie swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "Ten days."

"We don't have ten days!" Gao Yuan smiled. "Because it takes time to deploy defenses around the perimeter, five days. I will give you five days at most. I want to see a brand new Changping."

"Obey!" Zhao Xilie bowed solemnly, "I will start to act immediately."

The desolate Changping has ushered in a vigorous project. Tens of thousands of soldiers have started the reconstruction of Changping. They will arrange a solid defense project within five days. With the current quality of the Xizhao army There is not much hope for fighting the Qin army in the field, but it is not impossible to defend the city. The stronger the defense line is, the more protection for the soldiers.

When Li Mingjun arrived at Changping, Changping had undergone earth-shaking changes, and a brand new Changping appeared in front of Li Mingjun. The criss-cross ditches and parapets are all over the position centered on Changping City, and the dilapidated city walls have been repaired again. The snow cleared from the city is piled outside the city walls and poured with water to form a new road. ice wall.

Li Mingjun almost couldn't believe his eyes, he was clear about Changping's situation, and now, there was still a little bit of the original shadow.

"Li Mingjun is here?" Gao Yuan stood up in surprise, "How did he arrive so fast, please invite him in."

The exhausted Li Mingjun stepped into the Changping General's Mansion, which was already bright and clean. I ran all the way here.

"Your Majesty, the last general is ashamed. I only brought less than 10,000 people, and the remaining few thousand people were left behind on the road." Li Mingjun said with his head down.

Gao Yuan nodded. He knew what Li Mingjun's army in Shanggu was like. Their condition was far worse than that of Zhao Xilie's army in Jinyang. It was almost as good as the county soldiers he had in Fufeng back then. The team is relatively beautiful. Li Mingjun's ability to maintain such a team without falling apart is evident, and it is even more impressive to be able to bring such a team to Jinyang in less than ten days. That's amazing, in terms of running the army, I'm afraid he is stronger than Zhao Xilie.

"Don't say you brought 10,000 people, even if you only brought 5,000 people, it's a remarkable achievement." Gao Yuan walked up to Li Mingjun, and even gave him a big hug. He thumped his back vigorously, "Now is the time when we need manpower. With you here, we have greatly eased the predicament by virtue of our military strength. Xi Lie, Mingjun's army must be exhausted, so we should make good arrangements. For a while, let them have a good meal and have a good rest."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhao Xilie bowed.

"Mingjun came in time, we are holding a sacrificial ceremony tomorrow, your troops have a good rest today, and all members will participate tomorrow." Gao Yuan said.

"Is it to commemorate Zhao Guoerlang who died here 80,000 times?" Li Mingjun's eye circles turned red all of a sudden.

"Yes, they died here. We are here today. More importantly, you are the protagonists and the main force in this battle." Gao Yuan's deep voice rang in Li Mingjun's ears.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Mingjun bowed deeply. He didn't expect that Gao Yuan didn't shy away from the fact that they used to be Zhao people, and he didn't care whether this memorial ceremony would arouse the soldiers' nostalgia for their homeland, but he knew , This time the sacrifice will definitely arouse the soldiers' hatred of the Qin people, and the morale will be greatly improved.

Changping at night is covered by a thin layer of fog, the wind is very small, blowing this layer of mist around, making the bright lights on the tower dim, Zhao Xilie and Li Mingjun both Sitting side by side on the watchtower on the newly restored city wall, sniffing the icy breath in the air, both of them were silent, as if they were not far from them. , Under that small hill, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Zhao army are sleeping. There was no such small hill there.

The two were silent, but they seemed to hear mournful complaints and calls in their hearts, which reminded them involuntarily of those tragic years,

"We must win this battle, not for anything else, but for the 80,000 comrades who are buried here forever." After a long time, Zhao Xilie burst out these words from between his teeth, "Not for the big man , not for our future, but only for these 80,000 comrades.”

Li Mingjun clenched his fists tightly and slammed it on the wall beside him: "You are right, this battle has nothing to do with the big man, it has nothing to do with the future, it is just for these comrades, they are watching us from anywhere , Watch us start this battle of revenge."

"Do you know why the king named this campaign the Changping Meat Grinder Project?" Zhao Xilie asked.

"Of course I know, this battle is not a short and quick battle, but a protracted war. We are here to let the people of Qin shed blood." Li Mingjun nodded and said: "Xi Lie, you have five Ten thousand soldiers, I brought ten thousand to sixty thousand troops this time. Compared with the Qin army, although it is insufficient in field battles, the defense does not necessarily fall behind. There are more than ten thousand Han army cavalry to help. In the first stage, victory is ours. You don’t know. This time I came from Shanggu and saw the strong mobilization ability of the big man. From the moment the king gave the battle order, within a short period of time, the country of Han was ready. All the preparations for the war, I have traveled this way, and what I have seen along the way is the endless transport team, countless grain, grass, and military equipment, which are advancing towards Jinyang in an endless stream, and these are all in charge of some businessmen Yes, the Han army only cares about fighting and nothing else. Its strong mobilization ability and strict organization ability are amazing. After seeing these, I am even more determined that the victory in this war must belong to us~IndoMTL. com~ My biggest wish is to catch Bai Qi." Zhao Xilie said, "It's a pity he's not here."

"Zhu, we will make your wish come true when we enter Handan." Li Mingjun said: "By the way, when we entered the city, I saw that the defense system here is quite different from ours before. Combat system, can our soldiers and command adapt to it?"

"In the past few days, I've been trying to adapt to this system. It's almost the same, and the principle is always the same. There are still many supporting equipment in this defense system that have not yet arrived. Only by combining them can they play a greater role. I count on you The caravans mentioned come earlier."

"Where are the two cavalry divisions?"

"They dispersed." Zhao Xilie said: "The Qin army has nearly 20,000 cavalry, and the main opponents of the two cavalry divisions are them. We must guard against them threatening our logistics line."

"The most difficult thing is the previous month. After this stage, the large troops of the Han army will come up." Li Mingjun said, "Come on, Xilie, we will definitely win."

"Of course!" (to be continued)