Sitting in the tent, Lian Po was discussing the war with Zhao Kuo.

Although Zhao Kuo was unwilling, Lian Po still pulled him to sit in the main seat, sitting beside Zhao Kuo, and said seriously: "Now that everything outside the Great Wall has fallen, we know nothing about the situation of the Qin people. I still don't know where Bai Qi is. Of course, he must know where I am." Lian Po looked a little angry, and he said: "There are too many spies from the Qin people, and I can't catch them!"

Listening to Lian Po's complaint, Zhao Kuo didn't say much, but just looked at the map in front of him and said, "Bai Qi wants to break the Great Wall now, it is definitely not easy to break Wu'an, attack Handan from the west, or attack Wucheng from the middle of the Great Wall, and finally break Pingyang and attack Handan from the east through Ge Nie." Zhao Kuo frowned and asked, "Which attack direction do you think he is most likely to choose?"

Lian Po looked at the map seriously and said: "Wucheng is very close to the Great Wall, and there are a lot of troops stationed in the garrison. On the side of Ge Ni, there is a long way to go. There are also Pingyang and the people as their horns. If I were Bai Qi, I would definitely launch an attack from Wu'an."

"I don't think he will attack any place." Zhao Kuo said calmly: "Now that food and grass are scarce, the Qin people come from afar. It is extremely inconvenient to transport food and grass. The consumption of strong attack is too great, so Bai Qi Duan can't afford it. According to Bai Qi's idea, he should lure me to fight and then surround and annihilate..."

When Lian Po heard Zhao Kuo's words, he was a little angry. He said angrily: "You don't know that the Qin people have a strange car, with only one wheel, which continuously transports food and grass from the mountain road, and does not even require cattle and horses. They can walk with just a soldier... If I knew that the Qin people had such a powerful weapon, they would not have suffered such a crushing defeat in Changping!"

"What did you say?" Zhao Kuo looked at Lian Po in a daze.

"I didn't lie to you. I really have a wheeled car. Oh...the Qin people always make some unexpected things." Lian Po shook his head helplessly. Zhao Kuo was stunned for a long time and said, "I made this wheelbarrow, but I only made less than ten of them, all of them were in the horse suit..."

Lian Po looked at him in surprise, but did not mention any wheelbarrows. He just pointed to the map and said, "Li Mu guards Wu'an, you come to guard Wu'an, I'll guard Pingyang... You are in the center, so you can command better." Lian Po pondered for a moment, and then said, "At present, we can only wait for Bai Qi's attack. If he chooses to continue confrontation, he has to wait until the Wei people come and break the deadlock."

Lian Po explained a lot of things to Zhao Kuo, such as food, deployments in various places, the situation of generals, etc. The two chatted all night. During their negotiations, messengers sent from various parts of the Great Wall were constantly reporting the latest battle situations in various places. The next day, just in the early morning, Lian Po was about to leave. He did not take away the soldiers, nor did he take away a general, but just took his own soldiers.

Zhao Kuo led the generals of the army to see him off. In the early morning, it seemed even colder than night. Standing outside the camp, the soldiers were trembling, but General Lian Po was not at all unusual. As the oldest of these people, his ability to bear pain was stronger than anyone else. He gave a few more instructions to Zhao Kuo who came to see him off. Then Lian Po rode on his horse and ran quickly towards Pingyang.

After saying goodbye to Lian Po, Zhao Kuo turned around, and sixteen generals and his confidant disciples stood in front of him. At this moment, these generals were standing respectfully in front of Zhao Kuo, and suddenly leaned over to Zhao Kuo and said, "General!!" Zhao Kuo smiled and said, "Please get up..." After hearing Zhao Kuo's words, several generals stood up and surrounded Zhao Kuo with a smile.

After Lian Po left, they were no longer as serious as before, and they rushed to Zhao Kuo to introduce themselves to Zhao Kuo. Some were asking about the war with Yan State. Zhao Kuo talked to them, and everyone walked into the camp and entered the main tent. Everyone sat on both sides. Zhao Kuo sat in the upper position, while the guests were guarding outside the tent. Zhao Kuo looked at everyone and said seriously: "If Bai Qi knew about General Lian Po's departure, he might have to launch an attack on the Zhang Great Wall."

"Therefore, we must not relax everywhere, and we must strictly prevent Bai Qi's attack."

Speaking of Bai Qi, these generals who were originally happy could not laugh out loud, their faces were full of depression and anxiety, and some were not afraid. Just like Sima Shang, they still raised their heads high. Zhao Kuo looked at them and said with a smile: "The Qin people are most afraid of me. Now that I am rushing to the Great Wall, I must be scared Bai Qi. With me here, the two and the third sons don't have to be afraid of Bai Qi, but they still have to be cautious, just because they are afraid that Bai Qi will attack Zhang Great Wall with all their might and want to get rid of me."

The generals immediately stood up and said loudly: "We swear to defend the general to the death!!"

"Okay, I will entrust my safety to you with the second and third sons... Since I have arrived here, the Qin people will not last long. Wei and Chu have decided to send reinforcements and wait for a million coalition forces to siege from all sides. The Qin people cannot resist no matter what. Please rest assured!"

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The good news that Zhao Kuo brought did make the generals let go of their fear of dialogue. Seeing the atmosphere becoming lively again, Zhao Kuo even joked with them. Sima Shang looked around happily and smiled foolishly. For a long time, such smiles had never appeared in the camp. As expected, when General Zhao Kuo came, victory came with it.

The generals could not stay here for too long. They all had their own defensive areas, and Zhao Kuo did not leave them for too long. They just told them to be more careful and let them go back. Only Sima Shang was left, because this was Sima Shang's defense area. Realizing that he could stay with Zhao Kuo forever, Sima Shang was smiling foolishly all day long. With the return of these generals, the words Zhao Kuo said were also spread to all places.

The worried Zhao people found their backbone in just one day. When they braved the cold wind, sang the song of Zhao on the Great Wall, clapped their hands and danced, the Qin people staring at them in the distance were stunned. What was going on?

Ma Fujun's flag fluttered over the Great Wall. At night, Sima Shang specially prepared a sumptuous meal for Zhao Kuo.

However, when he delivered the food to Zhao Kuo's main account, Zhao Kuo did not eat it. He looked at the beef, mutton, and the soup that was almost flooded, and asked with a smile: "How come the food in the army is more sumptuous than the banquet of the nobles in Handan City?" Sima Shang was stunned and said: "This is what I specially prepared for you..."

"Shang, I am very grateful for preparing such a sumptuous meal for me, but I cannot eat it. I heard that generals like Sun and Wu are willing to fight with their soldiers because they can eat and live with them. I do not have their talents, but I can learn their moral character. I cannot watch the soldiers hungry, but I am hiding in the main tent and eating and drinking."

Zhao Kuo said, patted Sima Shang on the shoulder and walked out of the main account.

In the camp, soldiers gathered together, surrounding the bonfire, and ate cakes in their hands. People of this era called pasta cakes, which was not as particular as in later generations. They kneaded the dough together, and could be steamed or roasted. Of course, during the march, they had to be roasted. The soldiers sat together, listening to the sergeant bragging about their past experiences.

"In that battle, I just saw that Qin man was able to distinguish his title from the head. I saw that the man's head was very tall, and I knew that this was a general. I pulled the bow and shot, and the guy fell head-on..."

"Did you see clearly what his crown looks like?"

"It's taller than the nobles of Handan. By the way, it's a bit crooked... What do you ask about this...you..." The sergeant said, turning his head and looking at him, he was stunned. Who is this? He thought for a moment, was shocked, and jumped up quickly and shouted, "Ma Fujun!" When he heard his scream, several soldiers around him stood up suddenly. The noise in the distance ended abruptly. The soldiers calmed down and looked at Zhao Kuo one after another.

Zhao Kuo smiled and signaled the sergeant to sit down, and then said, "As you said, the one you shot should be an official, it's amazing. If this man was in the army, he would be a captain or something."

"General...I..."

"Everyone and three sons sit down! No problem, I'm just hungry, come out for a meal!" Zhao Kuo smiled and waved his hand. Several soldiers around him slowly sat down, lowered their heads, but dared not speak. Zhao Kuo picked up a baking pancake. Zhao Kuo took a bite and almost collapsed his teeth. The sergeant on the side looked at him and whispered: "This pancake is too hard and needs to be soaked in the soup for a while before he could eat it."

Because there is no fermentation technology, the pasta is very hard and difficult to chew, so it has to be soaked in the soup. The squad leader took out a soaked scone. Zhao Kuo took a bite and then said with a smile: "It's not bad."

He took another bite and suddenly understood something.

I'm eating mutton soaked buns?
Chapter completed!