Outside the city, Yu Yuan looked at the heavily guarded city, his eyes were full of hesitation, and he suggested: "Your Majesty, although this sincerity is small, but it is heavily guarded, I am afraid that it will not be able to break through the city in a short time, it is better to continue to march east while we still have food on us, and rush to the west bank of the river as soon as possible." ”

Before attacking Yangzhou City, he still used a strategy, first Yiqu was defeated, and then Yiqu surrendered, so that Qin State took it lightly. Then he arranged an internal response, and also mobilized more than 5,000 horses, and used a sneak attack to successfully capture the city.

If the siege was carried out in a proper manner, Yu Yuan had no confidence in the rout of the army, not only worried that the siege would be blocked, and the morale of the army, which had finally recovered, would plummet again, but also worried that the Lijian would quickly catch up after getting the news, and then he would not be able to meet the Qi and Zhao coalition forces to cross the river, then the righteous canal would be finished.

Gongsun Yan shook his head and smiled: "Although the general does what the general instructs, the general has his own measure, and he will not blindly attack the city. ”

Then he explained: "Although we have won a battle and the morale of the defeated army has recovered, if we fight with the Qin army in the field, the current military spirit is not good, and we still need to break another city to improve morale." ”

"Moreover, since we set out from Yiqu City and rushed for five days in a row, the soldiers have been exhausted, and if the army is exhausted, it will definitely collapse in a field battle with the Qin army on the west side of the river."

"If we pass the western capital in the east and then rest, I am worried that one will make the Qi and Zhao coalition forces misunderstand that we are afraid of war, and the other is too close to the main force of the Qin army, and it is easy to be attacked by the Qin army in the West River, so the location of this Pingzhou is just right, and it is the place to take the opportunity to rest."

Yu Yuan hesitated when he heard this: "The general just said that he would capture another city, but the general also said that this attack on this Pingzhou City is actually just a cover, so the general is planning to sneak attack other cities?" ”

The corners of Gongsun Yan's mouth curled, and he said with a smile: "That's right, Pingzhou City is heavily guarded, even if our 30,000 troops are all elite divisions, but in the absence of siege equipment, if you want to capture this city, it will be three or four days as fast as six or seven days, and it will be too late." ”

"But from Pingzhou City to the west of the river, you still need to pass through two cities, one is the western capital city, and the other is the city of Fushi, which is the seat of the upper county, and it is also the base camp of the Qin army defending the river, so the general will naturally not think of attacking the city of Fushi."

Yu Yuan asked, "Which general is planning to attack the Western Capital?" ”

"Exactly." Gongsun Yan nodded and said: "It has been twenty years since Pingzhou City fell into the hands of the Qin State from the Wei State, and the people's hearts are attached, so it is not easy to fight. But the West is not better than Pingzhou, not long ago it was still the territory of Zhao State, the western capital of Zhongyang Fushi County, only five or six years by the Qin State, Qin law is harsh, the local people have not fully adapted to Qin law, and now they will not fight for Qin State with all their might. ”

"Moreover, now we can also contact the Zhao people in the Western Capital, even if we can't cooperate with the outside, we can drag down the defense of the Western Capital."

Yu Yuan thought for a while, and finally bowed and said, "I am willing to listen to the general's orders!" ”

Gongsun Yan nodded, and then, first arranged for his disciple Zhong Wu to go to the Western Capital, and then paused and said: "Pass the order, take out the momentum of the army, we will intimidate Pingzhou County, and then rest for a day today, and let the 10,000 defenders of Yiqu City test the siege tomorrow, and we must show that we are attacking the city with all our might." ”

"And General Yu, the four thousand elites in your hands will rest from now on, and they will make a long-distance attack on the Western Capital City tomorrow night. The western capital is a county seat, and its defense is insufficient, and if it can succeed in a sneak attack, it will be able to break the city in one fell swoop. ”

"In addition, send an envoy to the city of Pingzhou to persuade him to surrender, and tell the county commander not to have a fluke heart, my 40,000 troops will attack the county seat but it will not be captured. Otherwise, when the city was broken, the whole city would have been reduced to slavery. ”

Pingzhou in the city.

After the departure of Gongsun Yan's envoy.

County Commander Hu Yan looked at County Lieutenant Xu Jin with a worried expression and said, "County Lieutenant Xu, now that I have rejected Gongsun Yan, with the strength of our Pingzhou County, can we stop Gongsun Yan for seven days?" ”

Xu Jin Zhengse said: "The county order is worry-free, as you can see below, Gongsun Yan rushed forward lightly, abandoning all the military resources, even if our city wall is not high, it is impossible for their Yiqu army to climb the city wall with bare hands." ”

"Therefore, it will take them a day or two to build a ladder, and with us there are more than 2,000 strong men in our city, they will definitely be able to hold on for a few days, and then tens of thousands of troops will return to help, and Gongsun Yan can only be captured."

Hu Yan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this: "Okay, then we will wait for help." ”

Just when Gongsun Yan led the army to rest outside Pingzhou City, the Zhuli Gang outside Yiqu City also received news from the fast horse of Yangzhou City at this moment.

"The king of Yiqu, with Gongsun Yan as his general, led an army of more than 35,000 to attack Yangzhou City successfully, and now he is heading east."

"This..."

I was stunned.

The important town garrisoned by the three thousand Qin troops was hit with one blow, which was really unexpected.

"Innocent..."

She smiled coldly.

"If you want to take the opportunity to go to the river to meet the Qi and Zhao coalition forces to cross the river, you can only harass them with their less than 40,000 remnants of the defeated generals, and in the face of the 100,000 Qin troops in my river!"

Thinking about it, suddenly there was a commotion outside, and his face sank, and he shouted, "What's the matter? Why is it so noisy? ”

"General Bao, it's a voice from Yiqu City, they seem to be cheering something?"

When he heard this, he came out of the camp to take a look.

Sure enough, the noise came from the city.

"This is probably the last hope of Yiqu Kingdom!" Listening to the cheers of the city, he smiled disdainfully.

"General, Gongsun Yan has nearly 40,000 troops in his hands, according to the situation of Yiqu Country, it must be the elite exhausted, if our army attacks the city, we will definitely be able to break through the city." Yang Xun, a lieutenant general beside him, suggested in a word.

"No need, if Gongsun Yan hadn't broken through Yangzhou City, then we still have the possibility of breaking the city, but now that King Yiqu has the hope of reinforcements, it will be difficult to break the city."

"And the current Yiqu Country is no longer important, the current situation of the Yiqu Country is very difficult to even protect itself, let alone harass the cities in the north of my Qin State. Therefore, as long as we exterminate Gongsun Yan's army, then Yiqu's hope will be completely lost. The righteous canal that has lost hope is not far from the day of the death of the country! ”

"Besides, the river defense line cannot be lost."

As he spoke, he ordered: "Order, the army should abandon its baggage, bring seven days' rations, and immediately march to the river. ”

"Ordered Shangjun to guard Wang Xian and the general Ren Xian, and to guard the river crossing to wait for reinforcements, and the general will lead an army of 50,000 to arrive in Shangjun in a few days."

"No!"

"Summons to the king, just say that the matter of going to the county, Ben will deal with it himself."

"No."