Outstanding meritorious such as Uncle Zhou is still lacking in popularity, after the great destruction of the Chuji coalition army, he had the idea of greedy merit, and wanted to strike while the iron was hot and win the Gaishi Qigong that destroyed the main force of the Zhao Qi coalition army, not to mention Zheng Bu, another Han army general who was used by Xiang Kang after Uncle Zhou.

It was precisely because he was in a hurry to compete for merit and grab merit, and just took the important town of Handan and basically annihilated the main force of the Zhao army on the southern front, so that the army rested for a day, Zheng Bu couldn't wait to hold a banquet in the big tent of the Chinese army, while celebrating the victory of Handan, while discussing the tactical plan of attacking Julu by victory.

People are in good spirits on happy occasions, they have just fought a huge victory, the Han army's celebration banquet is of course very warm, including Ni Ji, who is very likely to become the captain of the Julu War Ant Attached Attack Death Squad, is also smiling, holding the wine jar and drinking non-stop, and when Zheng Bu Chengxing asked the Han generals how to enter the army next, the Han army generals spoke enthusiastically, and agreed in unison that they should seize the time, advance to the Julu City as soon as possible, and strive to fight before the enemy on the northern front returns to help, Directly take the current national capital of Zhao State, Julu City.

"This is a rare opportunity, and we must not miss it!"

The loudest shouting is still Zhong Lifu, Pu Fan grabbed a wine jar with his big hand, and said in a loud voice: "The distance from Handan to Julu is less than a hundred miles, and there is a gallop road to pass, our army is going north at full speed, and it will take two days at most to kill under Julu City, even if the Quliang Town on the way is still in the hands of the Zhao State thief army, it can be easily cleaned up by arranging a rear army at will, such a good opportunity to run is placed in front of us, if we don't hurry up and seize it, wouldn't it be too sorry for the Zhao State thief army?" ”

The generals of the Han army echoed one after another, and Gongsun Tong also rushed to say: "You can't miss this opportunity, hasn't our detailed work been confirmed, hasn't the Zhao State thief army been in a hurry to send troops south from the northern front?" Since this is the case, we will advance to Julu City at full speed, even if we can't take Julu City for a while and a half, we can seize the advantageous terrain in advance, and easily clean up the Zhao State thief army who came back from the northern front, no matter how the situation changes, it will only be beneficial to us. ”

Zheng Bu, who was anxious to make a contribution, of course also hoped for this, but fortunately, Zheng Bu did not forget that Xiang Kang had to listen to Li Zuoche's advice before leaving, and turned to Li Zuoche next to him and asked, "Guangwujun, what do you think?" ”

"General Zheng, generals, don't blame me for pouring cold water on you, I don't think there's any need to be in such a hurry."

Li Zuoche's answer surprised the generals of the Han army again, and then Li Zuoche patiently pointed out: "Generals, please don't forget, before this, all the arrangements of the treacherous minister Zhang Er were all in the hope of luring us to go north directly to Julu as soon as possible, which is enough to prove that Zhang Er's treacherous minister must have made thorough preparations in Julu, and he is confident that he will be sure to hold Julu for a long time, and hold on until his northern army goes south to help Julu." ”

"Since that's the case, what's the point of us rushing north to Julu?" Li Zuoche asked rhetorically, and said: "Even if we now have the counterweight trebuchet pioneered by King Han himself, the siege of the city is no longer too much of a problem, but in a short period of time, we can build so many trebuchets that can guarantee the capture of Julu City?" In order to fight Handan, it took us seven days to build twenty-five trebuchets, Julu is a lair that has been operated by Zhang Er for many years, the city is far stronger than Handan, we need to prepare for a longer time, after such a long delay, the enemy on the northern front must have returned to Julu City, and we have the opportunity to calmly attack Julu City? ”

Considering that it takes a long time to manufacture a counterweight trebuchet, and the most important throwing arm is rare in materials, no one dares to guarantee that the soldiers of the Han army can quickly find a sufficient number of qualified materials on the Julu battlefield, Zheng Bu nodded and said: "What Guang Wujun said is extremely true, we now have the opportunity to quickly advance to Julu City, but we are not sure that we can quickly take Julu Jiancheng, and there is basically no hope of taking Julu City before the northern front thief army returns to the division." ”

The generals of the Han army were silent, but Gongsun Tong refused to give up, and said: "But we can at least win the opportunity to wait for work, advance to Julu City first, and while preparing to attack the city, while calmly packing up the Zhao thief army that hurriedly returned from the northern line to help Julu, it is better than letting the Zhao thief army return to Julu first and arranging the defense in advance." ”

"Then there's no need to be in such a hurry." Li Zuoche replied: "After receiving the news of the disastrous defeat in Handan, Zhang Er sent someone to send a message to the enemy on the northern front, and the enemy on the northern front returned to the south to rush to Julu, which also took a certain amount of time. In this case, we can let our soldiers rest in peace for a few days, and then calmly go north, so that our soldiers can calmly deal with the enemy when they are full of physical strength, which is better than not doing any rest and going north directly to the giant deer. ”

After that, Li Zuoche added: "There is also a very important point, that is, we don't know how many troops Zhang Er will send from the northern front to the south to help, if we get to Julu first, and the overall strength of the enemy who comes back from the northern front is above us, then not only do we dare not expect to wait for work and besiege the city to help, on the contrary, there is a danger that it will be difficult to withdraw from the south." Therefore, our best way is to calm down and slowly go north, find out the enemy's reality and act again. ”

couldn't argue with Li Zuoche, Gongsun Tong could only keep his mouth shut, and Zheng Bu asked thoughtfully: "Guangwujun, then in your opinion, how much time should we rest before sending troops north?" ”

"Five days, preferably." Li Zuoche raised a slap and said: "We took Handan City the evening before yesterday, if nothing else, around noon yesterday, Zhang Er had already received the news of the defeat of Handan, his messenger quickly stepped up, and the news could be sent to the Dongyuan front line within three days, and the enemy on the northern front line went south at full speed along the gallop road, and he could rush back to Julu for reinforcements in about eight days, which means that after ten days, the enemy on the northern front could rush back to Julu. ”

"We rest for five days and then set off, it takes about three days to rush to Julu with grain and grass baggage, even if it takes one day to take Quliang on the way, at least one day ahead of the enemy's reinforcements, we can rush to Julu one day earlier, grasp the initiative on the battlefield, and then the enemy on the northern front If the strength is above us, we can seize the time to set up a camp and confront the enemy for a long time, if the enemy on the northern front is not strong enough, we are sure to eat it, and we don't have to worry about wasting the opportunity."

Zheng Bu nodded slowly, and then said with a cruel smile: "It's still Guangwujun who is thoughtful, okay, let's rest for five days and then march north, and rush to Julu City within four days, and then act at the opportunity, if you are not sure, you will defend, if you are sure, you will resolutely eat the thief army that came back from the northern front!" ”

After some careful selection, the Han army captured more than 18,000 Zhao soldiers on the battlefield in Handan, more than 5,000 people were incorporated into the main army of the Han army, and 3,000 soldiers cooperated with the 2,000 Han army, responsible for attacking Wu'an and entering Huguan to the west, eliminating the hidden dangers of the Han army's flanks, and the rest were sent dry food and road expenses to be dismissed on the spot, so as to buy the hearts of the Zhao people.

Five days later, according to the predetermined plan, the main force of the southern line of the Han army carried a large number of grain and grass military supplies to the north, calmly arrived at the small city of Quliang between Handan and Julu, after the envoy surrendered was refused, Zheng Bu decisively ordered to launch a siege, although the defenders of Quliang also had stubborn resistance, but the disparity in strength was too large, just held on for most of the day, the small city of Quliang was easily taken by the Han army, the Zhao army guard Zhang Yan killed himself, Zheng Bu respected his backbone, let the Han soldiers and soldiers collect him and bury, and then took the main force of the Han army to the north calmly, According to the original plan, he arrived at the outskirts of Julu City at noon on the ninth day, and immediately set up camp eight miles south of Julu City.

Li Zuoche successfully disgusted Zhang Er, who actually held the power of Zhao State, when he saw the Han army arrive in Julu City, Zhang Er's face was gloomy, and he cursed viciously: "Damn Han thief, shameless rat generation, sooner or later, why did you rush to Julu today?" Calculate the time, our main force will be back within tomorrow, the thieves have arrived first, if we find the traces of our reinforcements, take the opportunity to send troops to intercept and kill our main force, our main force may be in danger. ”

"Eun-sang doesn't have to worry." Meng Sui, the doorman, comforted: "The Qi army has long promised to go south to reinforce us, with the help of 60,000 Qi troops, plus our 40,000 main forces, even if the Han thieves find out the whereabouts of our reinforcements first, our army will be sure to deal with it." ”

"You know!" Zhang Er scolded angrily and said, "Do you think that the army of the Qi State is our Zhao State army, and they will be so enthusiastic to rescue the giant deer?" Ben Xiang bet that they are definitely letting our Zhao army rush to the front, they easily follow behind, our army will arrive within tomorrow, they can arrive the day after tomorrow, they are already the conscience of the horseman in the field has discovered! ”

Meng Sui sneered and shut up, and Wei Wuzhi on the other side said: "Enxiang don't worry, it's still too late for us to contact General Gan Gong, since you are worried that the Han thieves will send troops to intercept and kill, and the Qi army will be out of touch with our army, then you might as well take advantage of the time there is still to immediately send someone out of the city to the north to contact General Gan Gong, tell him about the situation of Julu, let him slow down, and join forces with the Qi army to come for reinforcements, we don't have to worry about anything." ”

Zhang Er was helpless, for the sake of the safety of the reinforcements, he could only nod and agree with Wei Wuzhi's suggestion, but after Wei Wuzhi quickly put up the pen and prepared the order, Zhang Er was about to pick up the pen and sign the letter order, but his heart moved, and he suddenly remembered another idea, and thought for a moment before ordering: "Don't be in a hurry, go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion first, and call Liu Jian to see me." ”

After Wei Wuzhi and the others inexplicably followed Zhang Er back to his prime minister's mansion, Liu Jian, who had previously come out to surrender to the Han army, was also called to Zhang Er's face, Zhang Er left everyone aside, leaving only his absolute confidant Wei Wuzhi to serve beside him, and then instructed Liu Jian: "General Liu, you immediately write another letter to the Han thief asking for surrender, saying that you will use the torch thrown from the city as a signal to open the north gate of the giant deer to the Han thief at the third watch tomorrow night, and then send someone to send it to the Han thief tonight." ”

"Enxiang, do you want the last general to come forward to deceive you?" Liu Jian asked in surprise.

"Afraid of what? Didn't I ask you to go to the camp of the thieves to surrender in person, what danger did you have? Zhang Er sneered and said: "The last time you sent someone to Handan to surrender to the Han thieves, although you were not able to deceive the Han thief army to go north directly to Julu, but it was not exposed, now the Han thieves have come to Julu City, and they must be in a hurry to take Julu City as soon as possible. ”

Eating people with a soft mouth, holding Zhang Er's Yulu, of course Liu Jian did not dare to disobey Zhang Er's order, even if he knew that he would definitely be hated to death by the Han army, once he fell into the hands of the Han army, he would definitely die without a place to be buried, but still according to Zhang Er's request, he wrote a letter of fraud to the Han army on the spot, Zhang Er carefully read the content, and told Liu Jian to send a reliable messenger out of the city to defraud and surrender, and let Liu Jian go down to act according to the plan, and then instructed Wei Wuzhi: "Mr. Ignorance, make an order to Gan Gong again for Benxiang." ”

Wei Wuzhi hurriedly sat down and picked up the pen and asked, "Enxiang, what is the content?" ”

"After receiving the order, he immediately selected 10,000 elite soldiers and handed them over to the commander of the right-hand man, and went south at full speed under the cover of night, and lurked and rested in a hidden place at dawn, so as not to let the Han thief scouts going north discover the whereabouts of our front army." Zhang Er instructed: "After the Shen Shi tomorrow afternoon, our front army will continue to go south, be sure to arrive at the ten miles outside the north gate of Julu before the third watch, and see the fire on the north gate of Julu at the third watch, immediately go south to kill, and we are in front and behind the thief army of the Han thieves." ”

"What a plan!" Wei Wuzhi was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "The Han thieves are greedy to take the giant deer quickly, seeing General Liu Jian come forward to surrender, they will definitely not miss this opportunity, even if they are prepared, at most they will only prevent us from arranging ambushes in Julu City, and we will definitely not prevent us from having ambushes in the north outside the city, our ambushes will be killed before and after, and the north and south will be attacked, but it is difficult to win a complete victory!" ”

"That is, to win a battle first, to boost the morale of the army, it will not play a role in determining victory or defeat." Zhang Er was still a little self-aware, and took the initiative to admit that his plan was at most just a lesson to the Han army, and it could not play a decisive role, and said: "Also, don't forget to tell Gan Gong that his rear army must wait until the Qi army goes south to meet him, and then he can join forces to go south to Julu, and he must not go south alone, giving the Han thieves a chance to break our reinforcements." ”

Wei Wuzhi sang a promise, and hurriedly wrote an order for Zhang Er, and replaced Jiyi with Gan Gong, who led the Zhao army to the south, but Zhang Er was full of smirk, and said proudly to himself: "Dog thief, such a good opportunity to break the city is placed in front of you, and I don't believe that you are not moved!" Let's give you a lesson first, hit your military morale, and wait for the main force of the Western Chu Army to return to Julu, and I see that you can still fly to the sky! ”