It is not the geographical location of Ludong Road, which is irrelevant to the battle situation; It's just that as far as the current situation of the Qin army is concerned, they have reached a critical juncture where they must strive for a quick victory.

It is inevitable to take Handan and trap Shimen and cut off the road for the Northern Yan army to return to the capital to aid the capital, which is understandable; The attack on the two strategic points of Baozhou and Lion City is to strangle the last activity space of Weijin and Yanjing City, which is also a matter of course.

It's just that if you want to take the Lion City, Chen Ziling can do his best to attack Handan, and then divide the army from Handan into three ways; Why do you have to go far and pass through the northern border of Ludong Road first? It is incomprehensible that such a move would inevitably greatly delay the pace of the march, and that it would have no strategic significance.

But the so-called not in his position, not in his politics. Since the soldiers, food, salary, and ordnance are all the family funds of the Qin army, and how Chen Ziling likes to squander it, it is all the business of Sanqin's own family; And Xiang Qing has 20,000 old and weak soldiers, although he has no grand ambitions, but self-protection is enough; In addition, Huaiqing Mansion is backed by Luojing City, which is full of flowers and plenty of grain and grass, and he is naturally happy.

Therefore, since the convergence of the two armies, Li Zilin only spent three days to rest and reorganize; Then he set up a three-way army and went straight to Yanjing City. As for General Cai, who followed Li Le'an's "parting words", he held the idea of sticking to Huaiqing Mansion, and did not go out of the gate every day, and did not step out of the second gate; and Xiang Qing's department, who sang and danced all day long in Luojing City, fell into a confrontation across the Yu River, and no one had the intention of taking the lead......

It's just that Cai Ning, who has been trapped in the hinterland of the enemy army, can only patiently maintain a confrontation with Xiang Qing; But Zhou Chang'an, who was far away in the city of Sanjin and Zhou, couldn't sit still at all.

He knew that Chen Ziling and Zhou Changfeng, the master and servant, had all gone crazy and went straight to their nest desperately; Once Yanjing is lost, even if he guards this annexed city like an iron bucket, it will be in vain! So, he had an urgent consultation with the military advisor Zheng Qian on this matter; And the two finally came to the conclusion that they would wait and wait to see the specific battle situation in Handan City, the southern gate of Jizhou Road, and then consider what countermeasures should be taken.

I have to say that after the previous few bloody battles, Chen Ziling has indeed made great progress. On the surface, he just changed the overall strategy; But in fact, he made a false shot and completely changed the wrestling battlefield between the two sides. At this point, the competition in military power has ended; The contest that really determines the belonging of Hua Yu has fallen on the level of personal will and moral character.

This is also the inspiration that Xiang Qing easily forced Chen Shijie to bring to him.

The civil and military officials of the Northern Yan Dynasty will never live up to their ardent expectations for Chen Ziling; The officialdom of Beiyan, which has always been known for its decadence and mediocrity, how could it be the false words of Lang? Under the command of Emperor Zhou Yuanqing, there are certainly talents such as the second minister of the cabinet, Wang Kenong, and Cai Ning; But in the final analysis, good talent and beautiful jade will always be a minority; The vast majority of people above the temple are still those mediocre and incompetent people with fat brains.

Such a person is a master of talking and acupuncture on weekdays; In private, they are full of benevolence, morality, courtesy, righteousness and shame, and everyone is a face of a minister who is not afraid of power and pursues truth; But when the tiger and wolf division of the Qin army carried the cold and bloody knives and guns, smashing the gate of the opponent's mansion; How many people can hold their necks and puff up their chests, and truly fulfill the duties of a courtier and the sentiments of a gentleman?

In fact, if you don't try it, you can know that the bureaucratic system of the Northern Yan Dynasty, regardless of civil and military, has long been rotten to the roots! A true gentleman will not live for a few days at all; More than eighty percent of civil and military officials at all levels, and even soft bones like Chen Shijie are far inferior!

For example, Huang Weide, the master of Handan City, held a swearing-in meeting in Chen Ziling, announcing that he was going to invade Jizhou on a large scale on the same day, and he also issued a touching and sincere "pre-war mobilization order" in public.

At that time, Lord Huang and his family of 18 men, women and children stood on the high South Gate Tower. From the old mother in the high hall to the three-year-old son, everyone is covered with filial piety clothes; And Huang Weide himself, wearing armor and a saber as a civil official, swung a knife and cut his fingers in front of tens of thousands of people in Handan and swore a bloody oath, saying that he would die and die to repay His Majesty's grace; No matter how many jackals, tigers and leopards Qin Jun drove this time, as long as he Huang Weide is still alive, he will definitely accompany him to the end!

Seeing that Huangfutai was determined to fight to the death, the people of Handan City were also inspired to donate their own food, gold and silver, and comfort the soldiers and soldiers of the city guard; There are also local gentry and prominent families, who spontaneously organized a people's husband team and a women's movement team, always ready to dedicate themselves to the great cause of defending the land against the enemy and defending the country.

Fierce words. It is always an ethereal passing cloud; Only the blood blooming in the chest and the unyielding head on the neck can pay tribute to the immortal soul of the loyal general! Lord Huang Weide begged for benevolence, and in just five days, he got the opportunity to fulfill his promise!

The soldiers of the Qin army, who had just gone through a long march, directly launched a fierce attack on Handan City. They just slowly cut down the dense forests around Handan City and knocked down the large and small houses that lined up outside the city. Immediately, they pulled out the siege equipment that had suffered from the bumps, and tentatively began a small feint. This was originally a pre-siege practice, but it was just to check whether the siege equipment was in good condition and to test the enemy's defensive level of the walls.

So when the soldiers of the Qin army, using that batch of old-fashioned trebuchets, sent a greeting gift from the land of Sanqin to the soldiers and civilians of Handan City; Originally, I planned to camp on the underground pile, wait for the next day, join forces with the Second Route Army, and then discuss the specific tactics of attacking the city......

But they never expected that even the people who went out to cut down wood and push houses had not yet returned to the camp; Huang Weide and Huang Futai, who called on the soldiers and civilians of Handan to jointly resist the Qin army, had quietly sent an envoy to discuss with the Qin army the specific issue of the "strike and truce" between the two sides.

This envoy is Huang Weide's classmate and disciple, and he is also from the two rankings. It's just that because of the poverty of his family, this person has neither the financial resources to pay the "Bing Jing Charcoal" nor the silver money to make up for the shortage. So after waiting for three years without success, he was forced by the pressure of reality and became the guest of his senior brother Huangfutai.

Because this person is also a great talent who has been studying hard for more than ten years, he does have the ability to speak lotus and reverse black and white. After his statement, it was clear that Ye Gong was a good dragon and Huang Weide, a faint official who was afraid of the Qin army's front; has become a compassionate wise man who can't bear to see the people of Handan being devastated by the war, and does not hesitate to defile his innocence and give up his loyal and false name!

Zhang Lang, the chief general of the First Route Army of the Qin Army, was deeply moved after hearing this, and in front of the soldiers of the Qin Army, he tied the lobbyist to the city of Handan, and chopped off his head with a knife under the noses of the defenders of the city.

The result of Xiucai's encounter with soldiers is probably like this.

As the so-called confrontation between the two countries, do not cut off! In broad daylight, Zhang Lang made such a barbaric act, which clearly did not take Handan City in his eyes, and completely angered Huangfutai, who had a compassionate heart for others. So, half an hour later, Lord Huang, who had changed back into a Beiyan official uniform, held the official seal in both hands, resolutely opened the city gate, and knelt down to welcome the Qin army into the city.

Pathetic and pathetic, pitiful and hateful. The people in the city clearly remember that when the Qin army did not arrive, this Lord Huang shouted cruel words to the sky, vowing to go to the national disaster with this Handan city; But when the stone bullets and arrows of the Qin army really fell into the city; Those gentlemen and ministers who read from books can't suppress Huangfutai's fragile heart and a pair of trembling soft knees......

However, Huang Weide is also a serious reader, and he has a "seven-trick exquisite" mind. Not only did he flatter Zhang Lang into the city in every possible way, but he also promised him a lot of money to convey his "surrender conditions" to Zhou Changfeng, the king of Qin: he would continue to serve in front of His Majesty Zhou Changfeng, the Holy Lord of the Ming Monarch, and at least be a "diligent and honest" Sipin Futai, and a herdsman for the future Son of Heaven!

Zhang Lang really accepted Huang Weide's "warm hospitality", and was grateful for the other party's "indomitable" high quality, and responded to half of his request.

Zhang Lang took the official seal and register, and punched out half of his yellow teeth; Then he ordered his soldiers to tie up their ropes and tie them, and 18 men, women, and children from the Huang Mansion were all incorporated into the prisoner of war camp, contributing their own strength to His Majesty's grand wishes.

Zhang Lang was originally a veteran of Chen Ziling's side, and since the beginning of the Qin army, he has been following Chen Ziling to fight in the south and the north. Chen Ziling has experienced every bloody battle, and Zhang Lang has never been absent, so he naturally knows that the generals and soldiers of the Northern Yan Army are not as weak and incompetent as they guessed before the war.

Therefore, when Chen Ziling's soldiers were divided into three ways and worshiped the generals before the battle, he once said to Zhang Lang. It doesn't matter whether this Handan City can be defeated or not; As long as the Second Route Army clears the official road to the north, cut off the supply of grain, grass and intelligence in the city, and trap it for a while; The Third Route Army led by him personally could go straight to Yanjing City.

Therefore, Zhang Lang's trip was originally with the idle mentality of beating children on rainy days, and he planned to stay outside the city; Every day, with three meals in the morning, lunch and evening, I soaked mushrooms with the Beiyan defenders in Handan City......

He was originally a veteran who crawled out of the human purgatory in Hedong City; Now this happiness came too suddenly, and Zhang Lang was dizzy. And two hours later, when Feng Ji, the chief general of the Second Route Army, led his army to Handan City, he was almost scared to death by the prosperous scene of living and working in peace and contentment in front of him!

Until he had already walked into the main hall of the Huangfu Mansion and looked at the table of delicacies and delicacies in front of him, he still couldn't believe his eyes:

"I said Lao Zhang, our brothers have been brothers in life and death for more than 20 years! You're going to have to dig out your heart with me today and tell me the truth! How did you get this Handan city? ”