Mingtai stepped into Zhou Yu's camp with brisk steps, and Zhou Yu, who hesitated for a few days in Xingping, still pulled out the camp and marched to Xianyang under the order of Yingying's king, and arrived at the periphery of Xianyang five days later, set up a large camp, and formed a horn with Xianyang, and what puzzled Zhou Yu was that Lu Chao did not react in the face of such a form that was obviously extremely unfavorable to him, and his vanguard retreated a distance again.

Could it be that Lu Chao wanted to concentrate all the forces that opposed him under Xianyang City, and then gather and annihilate them in one go? The question is, where does Lu Chao get his self-confidence? In Xianyang City, the combat effectiveness of 30,000 Xuanyi Guards has always been above the armies, that is, the border army led by himself, and the combat effectiveness is not under the border army of Hangu Pass, and now the number of troops on both sides is almost equal, but the imperial court occupies the advantage of the home field, several large granaries in Xianyang City and the craftsman battalions concentrated here, can ensure that the logistics of the imperial army are safe, and Lu Chao has to travel thousands of miles to bring supplies, even if those county governments along the way have surrendered to Lu Chao, but they can provide grain and grass, but they cannot provide ordnance, even the most ordinary arrows, Lu Chao also has to be transported from Hangu Pass.

Zhou Yu was puzzled, he couldn't figure out the trick here, if Lu Chao was a mediocre general, it would be fine, but the ability that this person has shown over the years is not at this level at all. There must be something strange here, Zhou Yu, who can't figure out the head joints here, has been haggard a lot these days, the two sides are at war, you know yourself and know your opponent, and your strength is unobstructed, but Lu Chao's hole cards don't know it, which is a great hidden danger.

"General Zhou has a good command of the troops, and Ming has entered the barracks, and this fierce aura is coming, which is suffocating!" Mingtai clasped his hands into fists, saluted Zhou Yu, and said with a smile.

Commander Ming laughed, Zhou's subordinates thought they were far inferior to Xuanyiwei. Even if it is the action team of the Black Ice Terrace, the elite is far above Zhou's troops. Zhou Yu returned the salute and invited Mingtai to enter the Chinese army's big tent.

"As soon as General Zhou arrived, the road thief was not far from death, and the king's hanging heart was finally relaxed." Mingtai smiled and said: "To be honest, since the road thieves started the army, the king has been unable to sleep at night, and he doesn't know how to eat." ”

"Lu Chao is a chaotic minister and thief, and if he goes against the trend, it will naturally not last long. I just don't know what the king thinks? Zhou Yu asked, if Yingying didn't know the army, the problem was that this king was also born out of the army, and he was no stranger to the army.

"The king wants to fight the road thieves in a dignified manner, I don't know what General Zhou thinks?" Mingtai asked. "In fact, the king is also preparing for this."

Zhou Yu pondered for a moment, "Commander Ming, there is a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not?" ”

"Naturally, I can say that the king sent Ming to come here. I just want to hear General Zhou's opinion. "Mingtai is definitely authentic.

"Lu Chao marched from Hangu Pass, and the momentum along the way was like a bamboo, and the wind fell from all over the country, and the thief army was smooth. Now the limelight is strong, the morale is high, and our army has been suppressed, and the morale is not worthy of the opponent. At this time, in a decisive battle with the enemy, the number of victories and defeats can only be said to be five or five. "Zhou Yudao, in fact, is in Zhou Yu's heart. At this time, the decisive battle with Lu Chao, the number of victories and defeats is only afraid of four or six or even three or seven, the soldiers and horses of Hangu Pass have been fighting, and his border army has been at peace with the Chu people in the south over the years, and there has been no war for many years, and the battle of Xuanyiwei has been fought even less, tracing the latest battle of Xuanyiwei and Zhao Mu of Zhao State led by King Wulie of Qin more than ten years ago. But in that battle, Xuanyiwei suffered serious losses, a large number of veterans and veterans died, and the newly replenished soldiers were certainly selected from the best of the best, but they were not polished by the war, and it was not so reassuring to carry out this kind of decisive battle in a decisive battle.

"What does General Zhou mean?" Mingtai asked.

"We have Xianyang Jiancheng to rely on, naturally we have to give full play to this advantage, Xuanyi guards the city, our department should be on the outside, even if the road thieves are powerful, but as long as they can't capture Xianyang City, it will drag on for a long time, and the loss will be great, and the military spirit will inevitably be damaged, and the replenishment of grain, grass and ordnance, they are not as convenient as us, we only need to spend some more time with them, and the number of victories and defeats will be deflected to our side, this is one of them."

Mingtai nodded slightly.

"Second, our eyes can not only look at the results of this battle, but also consider the Han and Chu countries, the Han people are indeed standing still, but it does not mean that they are not prepared, the speed of the Han army, far from being comparable to us, once we make up our minds to send troops, in a very short period of time, they can dispatch hundreds of thousands of troops, and the Chu State, they have already started, Zhou led the troops to leave, the south is empty, the Chu people have sent troops, our southern territory has almost all fallen, so this battle, we have to consider, not only to win, but also to preserve the strength as much as possible, if both sides are defeated, it will be of no benefit to my Great Qin, I am afraid that the day when we and the road thieves will separate the victory and defeat, it will also be the time for our Great Qin to fall. ”

"What General Zhou said is very true, after I go back, I will naturally relay General Zhou's words to the king as they are, and maybe the king will summon General Zhou into the palace to ask for advice, and ask General Zhou to get ready." Mingtai stood up.

"Thank you Commander Ming, by the way, Commander Ming, the Black Ice Terrace is well-informed, what is the situation on Yingchuan's side now?" Zhou Yu asked.

"Hey!" Mingtai sneered: "Tan Feng has a good idea, he wants to take advantage of the chaos on our side, take the opportunity to take Wulong, Tai'an, and expand his territory, but he doesn't want the Han army to pick up the cheap, his old nest Yingchuan is now copied by the Han army, Wulong is also lost, this person is now shrinking in Tai'an, and the Han army has been forced up relentlessly, he, it's a rabbit's tail that can't grow." ”

Listening to Mingtai's words, Zhou Yu couldn't help but feel gloomy in his heart. Now that Daqin's hearts are scattered, the two hungry wolves of Han and Chu have already pounced on the sick tiger that bites Daqin, even if Xianyang wins this battle, I am afraid that it will be difficult to move forward.

"I wonder what else the king commands?" Zhou Yu asked.

"This time the road thieves rebelled, and there were very few people in Daqin, only General Zhou did not hesitate, and the whole division came, and the king was extremely moved, so General Zhou, you are in front of you, as far as I know, you are about to become the lord of our Great Qin."

"Huh?" Zhou Yu was a little surprised.

"Xingping Hou, the food yi is in the Xingping County you just beaten, and the whole county is your food yi as the general!" Mingtai's face showed envy, "In addition, in order to commend the general and your subordinates for their righteous deeds, Wang Shangte allowed the general to bring three thousand personal soldiers into Xianyang City to be reviewed by the king. Admiral Wang personally awarded these soldiers with silver and new armor and weapons. ”

"This, this in itself is not something that Zhou Yu should do, the king values it so much, but it makes Zhou Yu panic." Zhou Yu was not too excited in his heart, if it was before, Daqin was still in full swing, and it was a happy event to be able to be sealed, but now, even if he was sealed, what could he do?

"When all the horses are together, General Zhou's actions are eye-catching, the icing on the cake is nothing, and the charcoal in the snow is still fresh in people's memory, the king has always sighed these days and said that he has seen people's hearts for a long time, and said that he wronged the general a few years ago!" Mingtai said with a smile.

"Zhou was ordered to guard the south, and tens of thousands of elite soldiers and strong generals under his command, how can he be wronged! Please ask the commander to wave back to the king, and a day later, the last general will lead three thousand sons into the city to be read. ”

Mingtai laughed and stood up, "That's it, Ming's mission to go out of the city will be completed, General Zhou, you might as well choose the soldiers who will enter the city in three days, and you can choose those strong and strong people, so that the king will be happy to see it." ”

"What is nature!" Zhou Yu said with a smile.

As soon as Mingtai left, the generals in the tent surrounded Zhou Yu and said hello, in Daqin, it is not an easy thing to want to be sealed, it has to make a special contribution, now Zhou Yu has to be sealed, they will naturally not be pulled down, at least they will climb up two levels above the dismissal, although there is no practical meaning, but at least there will be a lot more, more importantly, after winning this battle, Zhou Yu, who has made great contributions, will inevitably be reused, and they, the towns and one side is not a difficult matter, looking at the entire Daqin, Now there are really no more people who are stronger than Zhou Yu in terms of qualifications, and those who can stand side by side with Zhou Yu are almost all thieves. Bai Qi, the only rising star, is still entangled with the peasant rebel army in Nanyang County, but this time he has not achieved an inch, even if he is trusted by King Qin, there is no way to deal with Zhou Yuban's wrist with his hands.

Because they are Meng Tian's subordinates, they have been suppressed for many years, and now they finally see the dawn of turning over, how can they not be happy?

"This time to enter the city to receive a reward, for our Daqin soldiers, but a rare reward, as far as Zhou knows, when the first king was in power, conquered the Quartet, expanded the territory and opened up the territory, such a reward is only a few times, so this time there are 3,000 people, the Chinese army goes to 1,000 people, and the remaining 2,000 people, but each department selects people, and each department goes to a few hundred people!" Looking at the excited subordinates, Zhou Yu simply came to a rain and dew evenly.

"Thank you, Lord Hou!" The generals were overjoyed, such a thing, if Zhou Yu only brought people from his Chinese army, everyone would have nothing to say. Now that Zhou Yu is willing to share this opportunity equally among his subordinates, everyone can naturally take the opportunity to show their faces to his henchmen and soldiers.

Just when Zhou Yu's department began to select people and put together the latest Kai armor, weapons, and war horses for these people, Lu Chao's big tent of the Chinese army, which was more than ten miles away from Zhou's camp, Lu Chao was smiling and said to a spy who rushed over from Xianyang City: "Go back and tell your master, just say that I know everything, and everything is according to his plan." ”

Seeing the spies walk out of the tent, Lu Chao stood up: "Generals, make the final preparations for the siege, tomorrow, we will conquer Xianyang City and complete our first goal." (To be continued.) )