Just when Han He was racking his brains for the attack on Feicheng, Bai Liyan (Wei Xian) and Zhong Heng returned to the Xianjun camp after a day of repair, escorted grain and grass back to the Xianjun camp at night, rested for another day halfway, and returned to the camp on the third day after eating and drinking.

Hearing that Zhong Heng broke the Jin army, Zhao Xun was shocked:

"Tell me quickly, how to break the Jin army."

"Back to General Zhao's words, this matter is thanks to the merits of Wei Xian, a Qi person, and the last general also acted according to his plan, so he hit the Jin army hard by mistake."

"Wei Xian?!" Zhao Xun was surprised and hurriedly asked, "You mean the strong man under Ding Su?" ”

"Exactly, if it weren't for him, I am afraid that the last general would have been captured by the Jin army at this moment. This matter has to start on the way out of the camp that day. And this son is very skilled, it is said that under the black light, he stabbed the Jin cavalry lieutenant to death with a single shot, and he did not move at all. ”

When Zhong Heng told the details, Bai Liyan was eating and drinking in the baggage camp, and Ding Su was sitting opposite and smiling:

"Wei Xian, Wei Xian, I never thought that this time I would go out of the camp, and such a great achievement would fall on your head, how can you thank me."

Ding Su said shamelessly, Baili Yan was angry and didn't fight in one place:

"Thank you, Lord Ding? If there is such a beauty difference next time, how about you go Master Ding. ”

Hearing this, Ding Su immediately became unhappy:

"Hmph, if it weren't for the official, your kid wouldn't know where to suffer at this time, and instead of repaying the favor, he would be greedy for merit, what is the reason."

"Greed!" Bai Liyan put down his chopsticks and said: "Lord Ding, do you know how many Jin troops there were that night, counting the 9,000 people in the Minfu, and more than 1,800 people in our army went to fight 9,000 people, can this be a beautiful difference?" You Lord Ding go and try it for me. ”

Ding Su frowned and was speechless, seeing that he couldn't say anything about Bailiyan, he simply patted his ass and left. Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the camp tent, he bumped into Zhao Xun:

"Uh...... General Zhao! ”

Ding Su was weak-hearted, thinking that what he said just now must have been heard by Zhao Xun. Zhao Xun's face was fine, not only did he not get angry, but said calmly:

"Lord Ding's recommendation is meritorious, and he will give you credit for it. When this battle is over, the general will be promoted to the rank of Lord Ding. ”

"General Zhao's words are serious, how dare the lower officials be greedy for merit." Ding Su pretended to be humble, and he was already thinking about how to rise in the future.

At this time, Zhao Xun said again:

"In this case, you step back first, there will be something important to talk to Wei Xian."

"No!"

When Ding Su retreated, Zhao Xun and Zhong Heng quietly entered the tent, and Bailiyan stood up and bowed:

"Wei Xian has seen General Zhao and General Zhong."

"Well, excuse me. I came here just to rob the grain. I heard what General Zhong Heng said, this grain robbery is all your plan. ”

"Wei Xian doesn't dare to be greedy for merit, if General Zhong Heng is not decisive, I'm afraid that no matter how good the strategy is, it will be on paper."

"Well, it seems that you are still a humble person. It's just that Ben won't understand, it's really incomprehensible that you have such ingenuity and martial arts at such a young age. However, since you have served our army, this general cannot treat you badly, and you are the first to do this robbery, and it is said that it is also in line with the military system to promote you to the capital.

But you are still young, and you are a talent with both civil and military skills, so this general transferred you to obey orders, and for the time being, how about condescending to the school and the army. ”

Bai Liyan did not refuse, and decisively took the appointment:

"That being the case, I am willing to serve the general as a dog and horse."

The "school soldier" is similar to a student boy, which is equivalent to the entourage of the general, mainly doing some miscellaneous things such as pouring tea and delivering water, without positions and rights, it is a vacant establishment, and he does not receive the imperial court's salary, but he eats military rations, and the salary comes from the salary of the auxiliary generals. After the general is free, the school soldier can also be retained as a guest to leave the army, but the school soldier is still in the army.

However, all the governors of the capital, the left and right governors, can be equipped with school military langs, in fact, it is rare to be equipped with school military langs. Because of the position above the metropolitan governor, such as the general of Zhengdong, the general of Zhendong, as well as the Taiwei, the great Sima, etc., they have the right to open the shogunate to raise customers, and the school military lang has naturally become a meaningless establishment.

This ambush and robbery of grain, Zhong Heng lost more than 300 people, injured more than 200, and robbed back enough grain and grass to be used for more than half a year, which solved Zhao Xun's urgent need, and also kidnapped more than 2,000 people, more than 800 war horses, of which more than 1,700 people were captured by the Jin army, Xianguo, Qiguo, and Sun Guoren, and the rest were recruited Zhiguo and Jin people's husbands.

Most of the Xianguo and Qiguo people can be incorporated into the Xian army, but it is not so easy to leave. As for the Zhiguo and Jin Kingdoms, they either joined the Xian army, or served as hard labor and people's husbands, and there was no choice. So Zhao Xun, who originally had less than 7,000 people, is now 9,000 smaller.

If you count the more than 5,000 people who killed the Jin army, such a great feat, it is no problem to reward the governor or so.

But people have also said that you are too young, your appointment is too high to meet public expectations, and your luck component accounts for the majority, so you have to observe and observe.

After talking to Zhao Xun in detail, and following him to the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhao Xun asked Bai Liyan about the current situation and said:

"Wei Xian, the general originally thought that the Jin army might retreat after robbing the grain, what do you think?"

"The Jin army is in a hurry to attack Feicheng at the moment, and it is impossible to give up halfway."

"Oh, how so?"

"In fact, the reason is obvious, in Xia and General Zhong Heng robbed the Jin army of grain and grass, but the Jin army did not chase after the next day, from this point of view, the Jin army must have expected that the number of people robbing grain in our army is not much, so there is no need to worry. Moreover, the method of attacking each other at that time was to consider the weakness of our army, and if we attacked rashly, we would suffer a crushing defeat, so we let them kill each other.

As long as the commander of the Jin army asks the details afterwards, he will definitely be able to guess that our army is in a hurry and has to do so.

Taking a step back, the Xian army has no whole army east of the Qinjiang River, and the Jin army does not need to catch up, but only needs to wait for the capture of Feicheng and then do encirclement and suppression, which is more convenient. ”

"Hmm...... What he said is really clear, it is unbelievable that this statement is all from the mouth of a sixteen-year-old young man, if the country can use you Wei Xian, why worry about the country's lack of strength. ”

"General Zhao is a mistake."

"Then as you can see, how should our army plan at the moment."

General Zhao must have a strategy for using troops, but in my opinion, no matter what the strategy is at the moment, it will not help reverse the decline of Xianguo Wangqin to the east of the river. At present, the best strategy is to withdraw to the west of the Wangqin River and reorganize the army to fight again. The middle strategy is to defend Yin Yangcheng, only to defend Yin Yangcheng, and gain a foothold on the bank of the Wangqin River, but to wait for the salty army to rush to help. ”

"Why can we only hold on to Yin Yang City, if our army enters Yin Yang City, won't we sit back and wait for death."

"No, Yin Yangcheng is small and has a small population. To the west for the Qinjiang River as the backing, the land can not attack me, to the east there is the Fu River as a screen, if the Fu River can be used as a barrier, the Jin army siege soldiers will be divided into two, our army can attack at night to break its pontoon bridge, and then hit the enemy under the city of Yin Yang.

And the most important point is that the Jin army thought that our army had been dispersed, and it would be difficult to organize a legion to fight in a short time, so our army could secretly enter the city, wait until the Jin army crossed the river to halfway, and kill the Jin army by surprise.

After the Jin army besieged Yin Yangcheng, it could also destroy the pontoon bridge, and then attack the Jin army under the city at night, so that it could not take care of each other, so that the Jin army could be delayed for a long time.

However, even so, when our army enters the city, I am afraid that it will not last for half a year, especially the tens of thousands of mouths in the city, which will inevitably dilute the existing military rations. Therefore, it is necessary to plan for a long time and quickly urge reinforcements to cross the river. ”

"If General Ben goes the opposite way and goes east to regain the lost territory, is it feasible?"

"That's the way to go. At present, the situation in Xianguo is unclear, although General Zhao has 9,000 people under his command, in fact, there are less than 4,000 capable of fighting, which is no different from the rabble. Rashly detoured to the rear of the main force of the Jin army to subdue the lost city, one had no hope of the Xian army west of the river to meet the grain and grass, and the other our army was equivalent to going deep into the hinterland, and it was difficult to supply grain, grass and soldiers.

As for the third, with the strength of our army, I am afraid that it will be difficult to attack a city with more than 2,000 defenders, so going east is tantamount to throwing ourselves into a net. ”

"That being the case, can we stick to Yin Yangcheng for a long time?"

"I'm afraid it's hopeless, with the soldiers under the command of the general, less than half of them can fight, even if they can all fight, and join the defenders of Yin Yangcheng, I'm afraid it will barely exceed 12,000, even if you can recruit strong men from the city, it won't be too much. If the Jin army besieges and does not attack with more than 50,000 soldiers, I am afraid that it will be difficult to hold on for a long time, and half a year is already the limit in terms of grain and grass. ”

Regarding Bai Liyan's suggestion, Zhao Xun thought for a moment and said:

"If it is a dead place, why do you have to defend Yin Yangcheng."

"Because this place is the only reinforcement for the general, and it is also the retreat of the army, there is no other way."

Yin Yangcheng is surrounded by water on all sides, the west is the Wangqin River, the east, south and north are surrounded by the natural river, and the origin of the Fu River is the place of "Chengfu" and gets its name. The Fuhe River is more than 500 meters away from the farthest part of the city wall, and the nearest place is more than 300 meters, and the river is tens of meters to hundreds of meters wide due to different seasons.

The east side of the city is 400 meters away from the Fu River, and there is a one-word city, that is, a defensive wall, and there is only one wall, not a mouth-shaped fortress. There is a suspension bridge in the city, and the pontoon bridge on the river is connected to the two banks through the suspension bridge.

Therefore, if the Jin army crosses the Fu River, it is bound to occupy Yizi City, or build a pontoon bridge by itself. No matter how you cross the river, it will cause the siege troops and the base camp to be cut off by the Fu River, because the open space under the city simply cannot accommodate so many people.

Once the pontoon bridge and suspension bridge are destroyed, the siege force will be cut off from retreat, and at this time, the city will be surprised to kill a large number of people, and the siege force will become a head brigade in a blink of an eye.

Moreover, Yin Yangcheng is short from the west bank of the Wangqin River, and it is the only ferry port with a city arch guard among the nearest ferries around.

At present, Wangqinjiang is still far away from Feicheng, and the Han He army can't reach it for a while, so it is better to take advantage of this time to enter Yin Yangcheng to defend it. As long as Yin Yangcheng is occupied, it will be able to occupy a bridgehead for the Xianguo army to cross the river.

Han He raised troops this time, and the total number of land and water armies was more than 300,000, of which 100,000 were on warships, half of which were stationed on the border rivers of Xianguo and Jin. In addition, 50,000 cavalry were pinned down and guarded against Zhiguo at the junction of the Jin State, the Xian State, and the Zhi State. Therefore, the vanguard regular army of the Jin State that really took the lead this time was only 150,000, and the rest were conscripts and county soldiers with weak combat effectiveness.

Because of the previous battle with Wei Dan, the Jin army suffered some losses, attacking the city all the way, and adding casualties, so the actual number of the main force of the Jin army was only 1230,000.

In addition, 200,000 conscripts were conscripted one after another, that is, short-term compulsory conscription, as well as more than 10,000 recruited soldiers, totaling more than 300,000 people who entered the Xianguo.

But all the way swept over and occupied sixty or seventy cities in Xianguo, each city and grain road had to send troops to defend, so these 200,000 conscripts were defending the city, plus transporting grain to protect the army, prisoners of war to guard, etc., the total number of Jin troops attacking Feicheng this time would not exceed 120,000, or even only 100,000, once Feicheng was conquered, and then advanced to the west, north, and south, there were nearly twenty cities, according to this rate of occupation and dilution, and when Yin Yangcheng was attacked, Han He could draw 60,000 or 70,000 troops to attack the city.

If Zhao Xun leads troops into the city, the besieging side basically has to attack the city with more than three times the strength to capture it, and it is best to take it by four times. That is, more than 60,000 people, which can guarantee that Yin Yangcheng will be taken within a month or two. Of course, this is a relatively optimistic estimate, but with the special geography of Yin Yangcheng, the grasp is still very large.