For Kuang Zhang's Qi army.

Take the initiative to attack, if there are too few people, then it may be swallowed by Kuang Zhang; The number of people is quite positive, and whether they can beat it is also a question; There are too many people, and he is not afraid that Kuang Zhang will hide in the military camp to avoid the battle, but he is afraid that Kuang Zhang will run back to Lu as soon as he sees that the Chu army is overwhelming. Then, when the Chu army left, he returned to Xue Di and continued to be a turtle with a shrunken head.

If he left it alone, then really when the hundreds of thousands of Qi troops led by his Kuang Zhang were muddy, when he Kuang Zhang was afraid of the Chu army, and when he Kuang Zhang's wars over the years were all fought by luck?

That's death!

That's not a war, it's a game.

Chen Zhen saw that Jing Cui and Gongsun Yan didn't speak, so he said: "King, the news from Xue Cheng has been arguing for two days. ”

"Missing again!" Xiong Huai repeated, then his eyes lit up, and he asked, "What does Xianqing mean is that Qi Maungbi went to lobby King Qi?" ”

Chen Zhen nodded and said, "King, although we are anxious about Kuang Zhang's shrunken turtle, the most anxious is the Qi State Meng Weijun in Xue City. We have been attacking Xue Cheng for so long, and until now, Tian Wen has sent batch after batch of messengers to Kuang Zhang for help every day, but Kuang Zhang has not moved at all, Tian Wen should be really anxious. ”

Xiong Huai smiled and said to Chen Zhen expectantly: "Xianqing, since Tian Wen has started to act, then our Chu State cannot lag behind, mobilize our forces in Qi State, as long as someone makes a suggestion to the King of Qi and asks Kuang Zhang to quickly march to rescue Xue Cheng, then let them follow immediately." ”

"Yes, my lord." Chen Zhen responded.

At this time, Gongsun Yan spoke: "King, in fact, in addition to asking King Qi to urge Kuang Zhang to rescue Xue Cheng as soon as possible, we can also transfer Kuang Zhang away and let Kuang Zhang's deputy general, Tian Wen's friend Tian Jia, serve as the chief general of the reinforcements." ”

Xiong Huai almost choked on saliva when he heard this, and blurted out: "Rhino head, don't be kidding, how is this possible?" ”

Gongsun Yan looked solemn and said: "The king is in front, and the ministers dare not make jokes." ”

Xiong Huai straightened his face and said solemnly: "Please tell me a little bit about it." ”

Gongsun Yan understood and explained in detail: "Great King, judging from the situation of Kuang Zhang staying in Xue Di, now that the strategy of the Qi army is obvious, then use Xue Cheng to attract the attention of the Chu and Song coalition forces, and let us attack Xue Cheng with confidence until we are exhausted." At that time, the Qi army will show its fangs, wait for work, and launch a strong attack on us. ”

"Maybe it's not just that, during this period of time, the court struggle on the Wei side was very fierce, and the pro-Qi faction besieged the pro-Chu faction led by Lou Su, and even some pro-Qin factions who were dissatisfied with Lou Su also participated, and the Wei King had an ambiguous attitude towards this. Therefore, the minister thought that the reason why the Qi State was waiting was because of the reason for fighting for the Wei State. ”

"And once the Wei State is co-opted by the Qi State, at that time, in addition to the army of Xue Cheng in front of us, the 150,000 army led by Kuang Zhang in the east, there are actually two or even three large armies."

Xiong Huai nodded.

Shengzi, a famous general of the Qi State, has been staying in Pinglu City and Acheng for the past two months, nominally to guard against Zhao and Wei, and is worried that the Wei State will take advantage of the fire to rob and attack the western part of the Qi State, but in fact, who knows?

If Wei defects, then the Qi army of this part of Shengzi will be released. In this way, the Song State itself and the newly acquired Tengdi will have to face the huge Qi and Wei coalition forces alone, and whether the Song State can withstand it, Xiong Huai thinks it is very hanging.

Of course, regardless of whether the Song State can withstand it or not, the Founder Chu State has enough time to deal with it, even if the Qi army in the east wants to entangle the Chu army, in the face of the fortifications built by Tang Yu, it will not be able to entangle the main force of the Chu army.

It's just that in this way, the Song Kingdom hangs.

But fortunately, Wei Xianglou's combat effectiveness is still very strong, and in the face of the siege of the pro-Qin and pro-Qi factions, he still does not fall behind. In a short period of time, the Wei State will not completely turn against the Chu State and fall to the Qi State.

Therefore, Xiong Huai also knows that as long as Lou Su falls in Wei, if the Chu-Song coalition has not captured Xuecheng at that time, then Chu can only keep the basic territory of Song first, switch from strategic offensive to strategic defense, and then retreat to the territory of Chu and Song before Wei sends troops, and then make a good calculation with Wei, and strive to make a mess inside Wei.

Of course, this is a last resort plan for the future, as for now...

In other words, Xue Cheng is so difficult to fight, and Kuang Zhang is so difficult, which was not expected at the beginning.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai said: "Few people know about the current situation, but what does this have to do with replacing Kuang Zhang?" ”

"Of course it does!" Gongsun Yan affirmed: "Great King, since the key at present lies in whether we can capture Xue City in a short period of time, but also in the attitude of the Wei State. So, in other words, Kuang Zhang's Qi army is not the key or the main force, the real main force is actually where Shengzi is in the north of Xue Cheng, it is the Qi and Wei coalition army led by Shengzi. ”

"That being the case, then Kuang Zhang may not be willing to be a son, responsible for containing the army of Chu, and then let Shengzi come to make a final decision."

After Gongsun Yan finished speaking, Chen Zhen immediately arched his hand and said: "King, the rhino head's words are reasonable!" Kuang Zhang's disagreement with Shengzi has not been a day or two, and it can be said that it has been a long-term grievance.

In the past, when various countries besieged the Qi State, in the face of the Wei army, Kuang Zhang and Shengzi argued about whether the Song State would rebel, whether to retreat to the Qi State itself, and whether to directly defeat the Wei army. As a result, neither side was convinced, and then hundreds of thousands of Qi troops stayed on the west bank of Pushui for two months. Until the Song State rebelled and turned against him, the Qi army collapsed in a battle, and Shengzi was almost captured alive by the Song army.

Therefore, if we attacked Tancheng before, the Qi State would let Kuang Zhang lead the main force to defend Tancheng, and let Zhao Wei, who had an unclear defensive attitude, have no problem at all.

But now we are attacking Xuecheng, Kuangzhang is in the east, Shengzi is in the north, Kuangzhang's main force has become a flank, and Shengzi's flank has become a main force. ”

Saying that, Chen Zhen smiled and said: "Great King, it is impossible for the King of Wei to hand over the army to Shengzi, let Shengzi be the chief general of the Qi-Wei coalition army, and then let Shengzi listen to Kuang Zhang, who is far away on the border of Xuelu, to command." ”

"King Wei shouldn't be so humble yet!"

Xiong Huai suddenly realized and immediately understood that although this battle was important, it was also important to let Kuang Zhang contain the Chu army, but Kuang Zhang and Shengzi were mixed together, which would be a little embarrassing.

Seeing that the King of Chu understood, Gongsun Yan continued to speak: "Great King, so the minister thinks that although the Qi army in the east is now the main force of the Qi State to rescue Xue Cheng, when the general trend of the Qi State is really achieved, then these Qi troops will be reduced to flanks. At that time, Kuang Zhang continued to lead these armies, and it seemed that he was killing chickens with a knife.

Moreover, the strategy that Kuang Zhang is implementing now is the strategy of shrinking, and he can implement it very well if he picks any general from the Qi State. That Tian Jia is a rising star of Qi State, although it is a big step worse than the current Kuang Zhang, but let Tian Jia continue to implement Kuang Zhang's strategy, there will definitely be no problem.

Therefore, if the Qi State plans to wait for the Chu and Song coalition forces to exhaust and let Kuang Zhang defeat us in one fell swoop, then Kuang Zhang will definitely not be transferred. If the Qi State has other plans and plans to eat the Chu and Song coalition forces outside Xue City, then it is a matter of time before Kuang Zhang is transferred, and we are speeding up this speed. ”