Jicheng, Yan Wang Zangcha was taken aback when he received the news, Zhao Xie actually came to fight his idea without warning.

And the Zhao army did not take the initiative to attack the border Yan army, but sent cavalry to secretly cross the river, and thousands of cavalry came straight to the capital, which made Zang Cha even more puzzled.

He immediately ordered the city gate to be closed, and sent a number of people out of the city to send orders to the garrisons in various places, and rushed to Jicheng to rescue.

Zang Cha didn't think that there was any danger in Jicheng, even if the cavalry soldiers were in the city, there were no siege weapons, there was nothing to be done, and when the soldiers and horses from all walks of life arrived one after another, it was the Zhao army that was in danger. At that time, if the Zhao army does not leave, it will be destroyed by the inside and outside.

Zhao Jun is tantamount to sending him to death by doing this, how can Zang Cha not understand the reason?

Soon, the civil and military ministers of the Yan State came to the palace to discuss countermeasures.

The answer given by a courtier was that Zhao Xie wanted to attack on a large scale and annex the entire Yan Kingdom. Deliberately sent cavalry straight into Jicheng to attract troops from other places to come, so that the foot soldiers could take advantage of the weakness to go north and capture each city one by one.

Zang Cha felt that it made sense, scolded Zhao Xie for treachery on the spot, and then sent someone to pass the order to let the defenders in the area of Yishui River hold the defensive line.

The guards of Jicheng City are divided into two shifts, each shift is on duty for six hours, and the guard changes at midnight and afternoon.

In the afternoon, at five o'clock in the hour, every gate of Jicheng was originally the same as usual, and people entered and exited the city gate.

At the west city gate, Zhong Liyang and his subordinates were stationed here, and suddenly a fast horse came, this was the herald of King Yan, and ordered him to close the city gate immediately.

The other three gates were closed at about the same time.

In normal times, the gates of Jicheng are rarely closed, but now all four gates are closed, and the people in the city quickly start talking.

At the moment, Zhong Liyang, who was excited, appeared in an inn and knocked on the door of a guest room, in which He Xian lived.

Soon, He Yan opened the door.

Zhong Liyang said in a low voice: "Brother He, Zhao Jun is here!" ”

He Xian was overjoyed, packed his luggage and came to Zhong Liyang's house.

"Avenge King Yan, just tonight!"

Zhong Liyang was very excited.

He Yan patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother Zhongli, it's up to you!" When the time comes, I will go with you to the city gate to meet Zhao Jun. ”

Having used and deceived him like this, he couldn't help but feel guilty, and he decided to sincerely apologize after the incident was completed, and asked King Zhao to give other compensation.

At five o'clock, Li Zuoche and the cavalry rushed to Jicheng in the dust and stopped outside the range of the Yan army's bow and crossbow outside the west city gate.

The Yan army on the city wall, looking at the Zhao army outside the city, did not seem panicked, the other party's thousands of cavalry came from afar, without any siege equipment, and still wanted to capture Jicheng?

Defending the city itself was very boring, and what was happening in front of him soon became a topic of conversation among the Yan soldiers, and many Yan soldiers were laughing at Zhao Jun.

On the contrary, the soldiers of Zhao were a little dazed, the king wanted to seize the Yan Kingdom, what could he do if he rushed all the way here? It was impossible for the cavalry to storm the city.

In the meeting before departure, Li Zuoche and the generals said that when they arrived in Jicheng, they should open the city gate, but did not say the specific action, and the generals did not tell their subordinates.

Only military generals who have reached the rank of commander are qualified to hold meetings, and soldiers below the rank of military commander only obey military orders.

Li Zuoche asked all the capitals to be in charge and told the officers and soldiers under his command that as long as they waited until tomorrow, victory would come, so as to calm the morale of the army.

Ordinary soldiers only need to obey military orders, and there is no need to even tell them about military deployments.

After a long day of traveling, some of the soldiers and soldiers of Zhao who were tired were lying on the ground sleeping, and some were talking to each other to pass the time.

A soldier didn't talk to his subordinates, but was thinking about the problem.

This man's name is Fan Lian, twenty-two years old, originally a military officer, Dubo, in the army's big competition, won the third place in the cavalry team, and was promoted to the rank of military candidate together with Liu Zang, who won the second place.

He is not from a farmer's family, his father and brother are both scholars, and his father is a county magistrate in Gaoyang County, Julu County, and his brother is a minor official from Jiupin. Fan Lian doesn't like to read, but likes to practice martial arts and military affairs, practiced martial arts since he was a child, and also read some military books, and joined the army after the restoration of Zhao at the end of Qin.

After thinking about it for a while, Fan Lian seemed to have figured out some questions and came to Li Zuoche.

Li Zuoche knew Fan Lian, and was a little surprised by his arrival, and asked, "What's the matter with you?" ”

Fan Lian lowered his voice slightly and said: "General Zhengdong, General Rong Mo has the courage to ask, is there an internal response in Jicheng City?" ”

As a small soldier, he only obeys military orders, and is not suitable to ask such a question to the commander, but he does not have the slightest timidity when he speaks.

Li Zuoche looked at Fan Lian's expression and felt that he seemed to have something to offer, so he didn't reply directly, and asked instead, "What do you think?" ”

Fan Lian said in a low voice: "Unless there is an inner door to open the city gate, the last general really can't think of why victory will come tomorrow!" ”

Li Zuoche smiled faintly and said approvingly: "You guessed right!" ”

Fan Lian asked again: "Dare to ask the general, what is the military position in the Yan army?" ”

Li Zuoche was even more sure that Fan Lian wanted to make a suggestion, so give him a chance, if he had real skills, he would be happy about it, because Zhao Jun had one more talent.

He stepped aside, separated from the others by some distance, and gestured for Fan Lian to follow.

After Fan Lian followed, Li Zuo lane: "It is indeed an internal response, and he has a higher military rank in the Yan army." ”

He was quite interested in what suggestions Fan Lian could make.

I only heard Fan Lian say: "If Nei Ying's status in the Yan army is not low, when he opens the city gate, after our army rushes in, let him lead the team, we will quietly follow behind, and after going to the palace of King Yan, let him deceive the palace defenders to open the palace gate, and we will go in again." ”

Li Zuoche smiled and said approvingly: "This plan is very good, before leaving, I have discussed with the king, and this method is used." ”

Fan Lian was still thinking about offering a plan, but the boss had already had a plan, but this was not surprising, Guangwujun had a strategy, and the king had Haotian God to help, so it was normal to come up with these methods.

It is already relatively rare to be able to come up with such an idea, Li Zuoche gave him another chance and said, "If you can come up with a better way, I will have a reward!" ”

Fan Lian went back to his subordinates, and pondered alone.

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In Jicheng City, after Zang Cha learned of the arrival of the Zhao army, he was not worried about the capital at all, but worried about the southern border.

Zang Cha's expression was heavy, he knew the strength of the Zhao army, second only to the Chu army and the Han army, his army was difficult to contend with, the Yishui River was frozen, if the Zhao army attacked on foot, the border defenders would be difficult to resist.

At Zhong Liyang's house, the two of them also learned that Zhao Junbing was coming to the city, and they were even more excited about it.

He Xian stayed here, quietly waiting for the critical moment to come.

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Outside the west city of Jicheng, Fan Lian suddenly slapped his thigh after thinking hard for half an hour, and then came to Li Zuoche.

Li Zuolane: "It seems that you have come up with a good idea again!" ”