Although he was shocked by the speed of his march, but if he thought about it carefully, it was almost the same, his army needed to avoid people's eyes and ears, and it was definitely much slower than the rapid march of Li Ji without scruples, and he was delayed for two days in Pingzhou City in front of him in order to attack the western capital.

Calculating the time, it should have almost arrived in Yangzhou City.

Thinking about it, Gongsun Yan opened his mouth and said: "Convening the generals to discuss the matter, there will be a big event to announce." ”

Summoning the generals, he announced with a smile: "The general has already made contact with the Qi and Zhao coalition forces, and now the coalition forces are fighting fiercely with the Qin army on the west bank of the river. ”

"Moreover, the envoy of Zhao has successfully persuaded the king of Zhao, the king of Zhao came to Lin four days ago, commanded 300,000 troops to attack the Qin army for three days in succession, and the loss of 100,000 Qin troops is not small, and most of them have been pinned down on the west bank of the river, just wait for us to rush to the west side of the river, give a fatal blow in the back of the Qin army, and then meet the Qi and Zhao coalition forces to cross the river."

After speaking, Gongsun Yan stopped and smiled at the generals without saying a word.

As soon as this news came out, the spirits of the generals were immediately lifted, especially the news that King Zhao came to Lin Di in person, and his heart was even hotter.

Now his own coach, this world-famous rhino head, isn't he the envoy of Chu and Zhao?

Before the departure of the Yiqu army, the envoy of Zhao State had only left Yiqu not long ago, and now the King of Zhao had arrived in Lin to personally command the army, which meant that Zhao State wanted to smash Qin State to the death, and vowed not to give up until the goal was achieved!

As long as the Qi-Zhao coalition army crosses the river, then the 300,000 army will face the 100,000 Qin army, and the result will be obvious.

At this moment, the generals felt that the possibility of receiving the Qi and Zhao coalition forces to cross the river was still very great, at least the rhino head himself was worthy of the name, and taking the two cities lightly proved that the rhino head was not in vain.

Thinking about it, all the generals are hot-headed, the road ahead is no longer bleak, and hope is in front of them.

Seeing that the generals had recovered their morale, Gongsun Yan spoke again: "And today, the general has already seen the envoy of the Zhao State, and the King of Zhao heard that we were coming from afar, so he specially instructed the general that after rushing to the west bank of the river, there is no need to launch an offensive immediately, so that the Qi and Zhao coalition forces can continue to consume the strength of the Qin army!" ”

When the generals heard this, they immediately praised: "King Zhao is really a benevolent and righteous king." ”

Gongsun Yan said with a smile: "Therefore, Ben General decided to set off early tomorrow morning, carrying only three days' rations, and marching to Hexi in a hurry." ”

Yu Yuan was shocked when he heard this, and said: "General, the front is Fushi County, which is the base camp of the Qin army, and there are many Qin troops, will they be ambushed by the Qin army." ”

Gongsun Yan said with a smile: "General Yu, the Qin army in Shangjun is only 100,000 in total, after half a month of fierce fighting, the Qin army must have consumed a lot, and we still have 35,000 troops here, how many troops do the Qin army need to send if they want to ambush us." ”

"And in the face of the onslaught of the Qi-Zhao coalition army, how many troops can the Qin army send. If there are too few people, they will only be swallowed by the general, if there are thirty or forty thousand people..." Gongsun Yan smiled disdainfully: "Then Ben will fight with the Qin army for more than 20 years, and he has never been afraid of the evenly matched Qin army. ”

"What's more, it's still such an unpopular thing as Ren Wang Xian, don't you even have confidence in facing them?"

The generals were agitated by Gongsun Yan, and immediately three or four generals opened their mouths to ask for battle: "General Rhino Head, if you let the king of Contempt come to fight, then you can defeat the Qin army without working hard." ”

Gongsun Yan smiled and said, "Okay, so I can rest assured." ”

Saying that, Gongsun Yan's face turned straight, and he ordered: "Pass my general order, tomorrow the fourth watch will make rice, and the fifth watch will eat, and then march to Hexi in a hurry." ”

"No!" The generals responded with a loud voice.

After the generals left, Gongsun Yan said to Zhong Wu: "Now you immediately hurry to Lin Di to ask for King Zhao, and say that I will rush to the west of the river in two days, and after resting for the night, I will launch a strong attack on the Qin army on the third day, either to defeat the Qin army to meet the Qi and Zhao coalition forces to cross the river, or to be buried with the king of Yiqu, and ask the king of Zhao to decide for himself." ”

"It's your lordship!"

Zhong Wu nodded heavily, in this situation, the army of Yiqu Country only has the strength to fight, and if it is not victorious, it will die.

After Zhong Wu left, Gongsun Yan looked at the west with a sneer: "Zhu Liji, I will leave a gift for you in Yangzhou City, I don't know if you have received it!" ”

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On the other hand, since he got the news that Yangzhou City was breached, he never got any news of Yangzhou City in the next few days. Then, the news that Pingzhou City in the east was besieged came, and after knowing that Gongsun Yan was blocked in Pingzhou City, Zhu Liji breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, when he rushed to Yangzhou City dozens of miles away with the army in a hurry, he got the exact news from the scouts on the road.

"The city of Yangzhou is broken, the guards will be martyred, and the county commander and the county lieutenant will die together!"

"Gongsun Yan's army plundered, sacked the whole city twice in a row, the vast majority of the grain and grass in the city were robbed and burned, the people had no food to use, many young and strong people have fled to other places, and now only about sixty percent of the original people are left in the city, mainly the old, weak and disabled..."

Zhu Liji's face was ugly, and he gritted his teeth with hatred and said: "Gongsun Yan, this old horseman, would be so vicious, I knew it would be like this, and I should have asked the first king to kill you in the past." ”

As he spoke, he said to the scribe beside him: "Pass my general order, immediately order the county commanders of the north and south counties of Yangzhou City to rescue the refugees in Yangzhou City, and then each of them will transport a part of the grain to Yangzhou City, and send someone to temporarily take the post of county commander to restore the order of Yangzhou City until the county order officially appointed by the king arrives in Yangzhou City." ”

"No!"

Then he snorted coldly and said to himself: "Gongsun Yan must have thought that I would rush forward lightly, and I didn't carry much military rations, could it be that burning grain can cut off my grain and grass?" Naive! ”

Then, he instructed Yang Xun, the deputy general beside him: "Now that Yangzhou City is no longer suitable for rest, order the army, and wait for the army to bypass Yangzhou City directly and camp in the east of Yangzhou City." ”

"No!"

At dusk.

In the city of Yangzhou.

"The disease has reached twenty miles outside the city of Yangzhou, and according to the general's orders, he can act."

"Okay, then act now."

Soon.

More than a dozen injured strong men appeared in various places in Yangzhou City, picked up a gong, struck it hard, and shouted loudly while running: "The chief led the army back to rescue, and it has arrived outside the city, and the army of the chief is full of food, and is planning to release grain outside the city to rescue the people, and those who want to survive all go to the west to meet the uncle of the king of Qin, and thank Uncle Wang for saving his life." ”

Yangzhou City was originally not big, and under the vigorous propaganda of more than a dozen people, it didn't take long for the remaining people in the city to know about the hungry people who had been eating wild vegetables and gruel for two days.

Regardless of whether the news was true or not, and no one else needed to organize it, everyone helped the old and the young to swarm to the west, and then, like divine help, pointed in the direction where the disease came from.