Zhou Ge finally couldn't help coughing, everyone looked at him, he adjusted his mood, and his voice slowed down. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Master Hou, you have to make a decision as soon as possible, you can't stay here for a long time. ”

Jin Yang Hou was a little disheartened, his mood was low to the trough, he was very disturbed, he couldn't collect his mind, he sat there and thought nonsense, but he left everyone there, everyone probably knew that Jin Yang Hou was in a state of confusion at the moment, and he didn't think about what to do next, because he saw that his face was gloomy, no one dared to touch his head, and he didn't speak, so he was cold.

After all, Zhou Ge is a strategist who plays conspiracy, and his ability to observe words and colors is his true color, how much can he see that the Marquis of Jinyang is in a mess, if no one breaks the silence and wakes him up, I don't know when he will come back to his senses, now the situation is in crisis, and he is alone, and he needs to make a decision as soon as possible to get rid of the crisis.

"Alas、、、"

The Marquis of Jinyang sighed, as if he wanted to vent his irritability.

After all, he is a person who has gone through strong winds and waves, and he has also commanded millions of troops, but he has been repeatedly defeated during this period of the Southern Expedition, and the blow to him is too great, making it difficult for him to accept it for a while, and he has lost his bearings.

He tried to adjust his mentality and glanced at everyone.

"Mr. Zhou, tell me what you think. ”

Although he regained his composure, he had not yet had time to come up with a way to solve the predicament, but as the commander of the first army, there were many ways to disguise himself, such as first consulting the advice of the advisers, which not only showed the generosity of accepting the opinions of the people, mobilized everyone to brainstorm, and covered up the embarrassment of being uncertain.

"Wow. ”

How could Zhou Ge not see the dilemma of his boss, his position was to regulate these, so he responded, sorted out his thoughts, and then decomposed.

"We are now in a situation where we can't retreat, and we all know the reasons for this, so we can't stick to the same place, because we are about to run out of food, and the only way to do this is to move forward, as long as we take the pond pass, seize the grain and grass, and hold the fortified city for reinforcements, this is a strategy.

Second, continue to attack and advance, after all, we still have more than 50,000 horses, compared to the coalition army, our strength is not weaker than them, and there is also the possibility of capturing Wuling City.

Third, if both of the above strategies are difficult to achieve and the worst situation occurs, then 、、、"

Zhou Ge didn't continue, but pointed to the west, others may not understand what Zhou Ge meant, but Jin Yanghou understood, his face changed, and then waved his hand to let Zhou Ge step back first, he was listening to the opinions of others.

Zhou Ge's third strategy is also the next policy, that is, it is impossible to hold on to the reinforcements, and it is impossible to continue to attack and capture Wuling City, and it is surrounded by the coalition army, and there is no hope of breaking through, so he sent people to submit a letter to the Bashu State and beg them to surrender.

In other words, you want the Bashu Kingdom to surrender, and you will not surrender to the Xia Kingdom.

This can be regarded as a serial plan, although it is humiliating, but the Bashu Kingdom really accepted their begging, which is equivalent to putting a thorn in the joint army.

The number of coalition forces is the largest in Xia and Bashu, and the Bashu is the strongest, but it is Wuwei that dominates this resistance to Qin.

The largest number of troops sent by the coalition was the Xia State, followed by the Suli State.

Wu Weiguo led because Wu Weiguo faced the Qin army.

The Xia State sent the most troops because the main purpose of the Qin army was to come against it.

The Bashu Kingdom joined the coalition because the vassal state Baling State was threatened, and the Zongye State was out of the affection of its protector to repay the lord of the Xia State.

Su Li Guo saw that his lips were cold, and he also felt the crisis, after all, if Qin Guo wanted to attack Xia State, he had to go to his territory, whether Qin Guo piggybacked on him and destroyed him, they didn't know the bottom of their hearts.

The coalition forces exist in an alliance situation, but the armies of each country are still controlled by their own people, and of course they are under the command of the coalition command, which is composed of veterans of various countries, and the staff committee is composed of the top advisers of each country.

The commander-in-chief fell on the king of Wuwei Kingdom, and in fact he was the one responsible for conveying orders.

The military plan was drawn up by the strategists, voted on by the senators, and passed by the king of Wuwei State.

It's too early to say how the benefits will be distributed, but everyone has a calculation, but they can't say it now.

In the face of a strong enemy, the current coalition forces are not only united, but also extremely efficient.

But once victory is in sight, contradictions arise from interests.

Zhou Ge's idea was so calculated, even if he had no choice but to surrender, he would have to put the coalition forces together.

After all, the Marquis of Jinyang is a pivotal task in the Qin State, and what kind of punishment he receives if he fails to surrender is an internal matter of the Qin State, but if he is captured by the coalition forces, especially by the Xia State, it will have a great impact.

It is impossible for the Qin Emperor to abandon the Marquis of Jinyang, in the end, it will cost money and food to lose the army, and because of the Marquis of Jinyang who fell into the hands of the coalition army, he fell into passivity, whether it was forced to withdraw the army or redeem the Marquis of Jinyang, the blow to the Qin State can be described as a great and difficult to accept.

However, if the Bashu Kingdom accepted the surrender of the Marquis of Jinyang, this matter would be much easier, and the Qin Emperor had many channels to minimize the negative impact and take the Marquis of Jinyang back.

If the Bashu State was forced by the pressure of the Qin State and decided to release the Marquis of Jinyang back to the Qin State alone, then there would inevitably be disagreements within the coalition army, and if it was not handled well, the alliance would be in danger of decomposing.

Even if the goal was achieved, the Marquis of Jinyang also made the final contribution to the Qin State.

But this matter can't be said clearly, Zhou Ge gave Jinyanghou a hint, and although Jinyanghou's face was not good, he silently accepted Zhou Ge's suggestion.

Zhou Ge analyzed and explained, and gave three strategies, although the last strategy was unknown to most people, but no one dared to ask, the Marquis of Jinyang asked them for advice, these people don't have any good ideas at the moment, but the blood of the soldiers is still biased towards the second strategy.

Although it is the best policy to hold on to the reinforcements, everyone understands that if the fire in the mountains is not extinguished, the reinforcements will not be able to survive at all.

Although the pond water pass is very strong, but after all, it is too small, and the food reserve will not be too much, and the 50,000 army eats, drinks, sleeps, and sleeps, that is not 500 people, 5,000 people, and the daily consumption is very large, if the reinforcements cannot arrive in a short time, once they are besieged by the coalition forces, they will be trapped to death, and they will not need to be attacked.

Continue to attack and advance, everyone has a little bit in their hearts, taking Wuling City is just that, when it comes to this, how can the coalition force let your lone army survive, even if the number of people is not superior, but the local battle, heavy blockage, attack and sneak attack, piecemeal, I am afraid that if I can't get to Wuling City, I will be divided.

But the soldiers would rather die in battle than bow their knees, and they still advocate one;

They fought vigorously to the end, and they did not disgrace the glory of the soldiers.

"Assemble the army, feast on the war meal, set off tomorrow at midnight, and take the Chishui Pass in one fell swoop. ”

In the end, the case of Jinyang Hou was decided.

At the critical moment, Zhou Ge made a plan, Guan Ting's expression was gloomy, he stepped on people's shoulders to compete for favor and did not step on it, and almost caused a fatal disaster, not Zhou Ge was generous, interceding for him, Jinyang Hou was in a bad mood, and under his anger, he might have clicked him.

"Mr. Zhou, look at me、、Actually、、"

"General Guan, you don't have to say anything, at this moment of crisis, we can unite as one to get out of trouble and protect the safety and reputation of Lord Hou. ”

"What the gentleman said is very true, and the last general will definitely do his best. ”

The two can be regarded as reconciled.

Guan Ting is now the highest-ranking and most powerful general under the command of the Marquis of Jinyang, and it is his task to rectify the remnants of the army, so he led the generals to return to the army in a hurry.

Zhou Ge looked at the backs of Guan Ting and the others, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and the sneer disappeared in a flash.

This night, the Marquis of Jinyang fell asleep drunk, and the guards carefully woke him up after dawn.

The Marquis of Jinyang was a little confused about alcoholism and headaches, but he still insisted on getting up and washing, dressed neatly, beat drums and gathered generals, and prepared to go on the expedition.

"Mr. Zhou, do we still send someone to guard this Yu Pass?"

Before leaving, the Marquis of Jin Yang rubbed his forehead and asked Zhou Ge beside him.

"Master Hou, is it still necessary!"

Zhou Ge pointed back to the smoke that was close at hand.

"Hehe, yes, yes. ”

The Marquis of Jinyang smiled and ordered to go out.

The fire burned to Xiayu Pass, there was already a lot of smoke and a small fire, but it would not take long for the situation to still burn to Xiayu Pass, what is the point of this Xiayu Pass not guarding, Jinyang Hou reacted a little slowly.

Out of the customs is a horse Pingchuan, this piece is fertile land, in the late autumn season, except for some of the fields in the winter wheat green and secluded, the others are all sluggish.

"There are so many fertile fields here, why don't you see a village?"

The question of Jin Yanghou is also the doubt of construction.

It is said that this was originally a place of reward for a high-ranking official in Baling, and then this high-ranking official was greedy and extremely stingy, offended many people, was impeached and dismissed, and then died of depression, this fief was recovered, it turned out that there was a village here, and this high-ranking official was afraid that these farmers would steal his village, so he ordered the villagers to move to the west of Chishui City, and when cultivating and managing the harvest, he sent private soldiers to guard it.

It's just hearsay.

However, there is also a saying that wild animals are infested in the mountains, and farmers do not dare to build villages to live here. ”

Zhou Ge explained.

Everyone laughed and laughed, but they didn't take it seriously, they didn't travel fast after leaving the customs, waiting for the scouts sent out to report, and just chatting at leisure.

After walking for about ten miles, the weather was clear, and I could see far away at a glance, and I didn't need to report to scouts, and I could see that there was no trace of the coalition troops, and I couldn't even see a single figure.

In this way, everyone's mood became nervous, it was too abnormal, their arrival should be known to everyone, but how could the coalition forces let them kill Chishui Pass so swaggeringly.

"Many scouts are sent to investigate from all sides. ”

The Marquis of Jinyang had an ominous feeling in his heart, so he ordered.

After walking for more than ten miles, I could already see the outline of Chishui Chengguan in the distance, but there was still no trace of the coalition forces, and the scouts who returned one after another also reported that no one was found until Chishui Pass.

"Is that weird?"

Zhou Ge couldn't hold his breath anymore.

"Could it be that they are going to hold the gate and stop us from advancing?"

Guan Ting had been cautious and didn't dare to say much, so he couldn't help but speak out at the moment.