On the fifth day of the march, Sima Shang's army reached the new city of Yanmen County.

In the clouds, there are many grasslands in the two counties of Yanmen, and many people in the two counties of Zhao State make a living from grazing. Xincheng is in the south of Yanmen County, but Xincheng and several nearby cities are in the mountains and dangers, not grasslands, Donghu is cavalry, Donghu does not know whether he has confidence or self-righteousness and continues to go south, and it is only two hundred miles away from Xincheng.

Sima Shang used to follow Li Mu to fight against the Xiongnu, and he was also a general of Zhao State, and he was very familiar with grassland and mountain warfare, so he arrived in Xincheng to get news of the Donghu aliens.

The generals of the three armed forces were ordered to begin to arrange combat missions.

New Town, the Lord's Mansion.

In the lobby, Sima Shang and the generals began to deliberate, and Sima Shang took the lead and said: "I got the news, the fifteenth army of Donghu is divided into three roads, one way in the clouds 50,000, all the way in Yanmen 50,000, and one way 50,000 in the middle of the two counties, and the three road armies are divided into multiple armies to fight and rob." ”

"As far as I know, the 50,000 troops of Yunzhong County were broken one by one by Huo Qubing of the Qin State, and the 30,000 Donghu army has been annihilated, and the Qin army itself has suffered less than 5,000 casualties. ”

"What? This is too demonic, isn't it? The Qin army is strong, but Donghu is not weak, otherwise the Yan State would not have deployed 100,000 troops on the northern border to guard against Donghu. One of the generals couldn't believe it.

Zhang Nan also said in disbelief: "General, the intelligence is true, there are many flat grasslands in the north of Yunzhong, you and I both know that fighting on the grassland, if you want to hide troops, it is even more difficult, there are so many famous generals in the world, and only the general (Li Mu) can do it." ”

Grassland warfare is not like terrain such as mountains, there are forests, mountain peaks, ravines, etc., which can hide traces and not be detected by the enemy.

Ambush the enemy, and as long as you hold the valley pass, or the dangerous checkpoint can block the enemy army.

But the grassland is different, since there are no forests and other bunkers, and there are no checkpoints and other places to defend, if you want to encircle the enemy in the grassland, you need several times the number of troops, ten times, but it is easy for the enemy to break through from one direction.

This is also the reason why Zhang Nan can't believe it, the enemy won't run after fighting.

Sima Shang also admired: "I don't know very well, but I heard that this person is flexible in his use of troops, does not stick to ancient methods, and is especially good at long-distance running, interspersed with battles, this person will be the second general." How could God take care of Qin State like this, Sima Cuo, Bai Qi, Wang Ling... Huo Quai, Wang Qian... , that one is not a general. ”

Thinking of Zhao Guo, he sighed again.

"Alas......"

"General, he will not be the second general, he is already the second general, the general has forgotten that nine years ago, he followed Sima Coo's westward expedition, exterminated tens of thousands of Xiongnu troops, and personally led the army to chase and kill the Xiongnu prince Maodun, chased and killed hundreds of miles, and beheaded his head. Then it was to subdue the Qiang people, and they all made a lot of contributions. A general who was familiar with the Qin State said.

The faces of everyone in the hall were complicated, and Sima Shang said, "Okay." I'm not here to discuss him today, what I'm going to say is that the Donghu people have been frightened by Huo Quai, and the remaining 20,000 troops in Yunzhong County have come to the east, and it seems that they are going to join the army in the middle road. ”

"Ben decided to set up an ambush near Xiling City to the west of the new city, do you have a different opinion?"

Before the generals could answer, one of the soldiers said outside the door:

"General Qiyu, the 10,000 troops of the Julu Fortress were driven away by Sima Cuo, and the fortress guard Zhang Xiang asked to see him outside the mansion. ”

Everyone in the lobby got up in shock, Sima Shang changed color, and said, "Pass Zhang Xiang." ”

"No"

Zhang Xiang entered the lobby, knelt on one knee, and said with a look of shame: "General, my subordinates are incompetent and failed to defend the giant deer." ”

Sima Shang's face was pale: "Detailed?"

Zhang Xiang said: "Two days after the general left, Sima Cuo led the army to arrive, and the last general naturally led the resistance, but the Qin army actually had a siege mechanism, and in less than an hour, the city wall of the Julu Fortress was breached, and his subordinates had to retreat with their troops. ”

Sima Cuo did not send troops to pursue, but instead sent someone to send a letter to his subordinates and asked them to pass it on to the general. ”

After speaking, he took out a paper letter from his bosom and offered it with both hands.

When Sima Shang saw the paper, he knew that it was unique to the Qin State, called paper.

I took it, opened the envelope, took out the stationery, opened it and looked at it.

Ban Xiang said: "The reason why the general didn't leave the defenders at the Jingcheng checkpoint in the first place was that he knew that if the Qin State wanted to attack Zhao, how many soldiers would be sent to death, so he took them all away." The general thought that Sima Cuo would go directly south to attack Handan. ”

He promised that our army's food would not enter the Julu Fortress, and the Qin army would not stop it, and the Qin Wang Wang Shu would be sent to Xincheng in two days. ”

"Sima Cuo is really a villain, he actually took advantage of the danger of others, didn't the king of Qin send Wang Shu to Handan, saying that Zhao and Donghu were at war, Qin did not attack Zhao, as the king of a country, he actually rebelled, how to convince the people of the world. The old general Chen Yu said dissatisfiedly.

Sima Shang can also understand his feelings, he Sima Shang is not without a choice, King Zhao and Guo Kai are determined not to care about the life and death of the people in the two counties of the North, from the matter of Wang Cang, it has been seen that Guo Kai is designing against him, if he does not lead the army to the north, he will not escape death, he is not afraid of death, he is afraid that after his death, the people of the North will really be left alone, so he only has the road to the north, even if he wants to die, he will die without regrets.

Moreover, he knew very well in his heart that from the moment Li Mu left Zhao State, his end was already doomed.

Sima Shang said: "Now that the matter has come to this, what can we do?" As for the Book of Kings of Qin, the content in it says: The monarchs and ministers of Zhao State worked together to drive out Donghu and protect the Chinese people, and Qin State could stop fighting. ”

The general in the hall was even more speechless, so that the King of Qin did not break his promise at all, but the Zhao State did not take the book of the King of Qin seriously.

Sima Shang said again: "The letter also said that the Qin State, the two armies of Yunzhong County on the East Hu Middle Road and the West Road, is responsible, and our army only needs to exterminate the 50,000 Donghu troops in Yanmen County." ”

A general sneered: "I didn't expect to protect the people of Zhao State, King Zhao didn't take it seriously, but Qin State cared about it very much, it's just a big joke in the world." ”

A general exclaimed: "This is the pattern, the court of the Qin State has already looked at the world, and those people in Handan are staring at the power in their own hands; ”

"If it weren't for his 'seeking talent', he would have begged Donghu and asked for Donghu people, and in the clouds, Yanmen didn't know how many people would have died because of him. "It's another humane.

"Enough. No matter what, he is the king, you and I are the minister, the minister is the king, not the way of the minister. Sima Shang shouted.

Everyone was silent, Sima Shang's eyes were murderous, and he said, "Now let's discuss the battle plan of Yanmen County first." What we wanted was not to drive out the 50,000 Donghu alien races, but to exterminate them all. ”