Today is a sunny day.

Zhao Yong walked out of the camp tent, and the morning exercise had begun in the barracks, which Le Yi specially asked Zhao Jun to do. During the period when the troops were waiting to assemble, assembly drills were conducted every day at dawn. Le Yi said that this can not only keep the troops fighting but more importantly, keep everyone under pressure at all times.

Since Pang Cong had not yet completed the encirclement of the eastern wall of Zhongshan, Le Yi and Zhao Yong both thought that it was better to wait for the troops to assemble while waiting for Pang Cong's news. And the troops of Zhao Zhuang of the Right Route Army also began to clear the road to Luancheng, preparing to surround this city. However, his main purpose was to protect the right flank of the Northern Expeditionary Army from being attacked by enemy forces from Hengshui and the eastern part of Zhongshan, so his siege was only a façade, and the most important thing was to contain the Zhongshan troops on the front line of the Great Wall.

During this period under Shiyi City, Zhao Yong forced himself to adapt to this slow-paced life in the Northern Expedition, while investigating and thinking about the future of Zhao State. The power of grain and grass was handed over to Wu Guang, and the military command was handed over to Le Yi, if Zhao Yong didn't do something, I am afraid he would really go crazy.

The more he experienced such a life, the more he felt that his Northern Expedition plan was too eager. In fact, he can't be blamed for this, as a modern person who has been nurtured by games, time is almost nothing more than a coordinate in his concept, and there is no game at all. But time on the real battlefield represents a greater expenditure, a greater consumption of food, and a heavier burden. This is something he wouldn't have noticed before.

Therefore, although he personally led the troops this time, in fact, he definitely visited with the attitude of coming to learn. The most important thing is to leave it to the most trusted and capable person.

"Your Majesty, you are up." As soon as Zhao Yong took two steps, he heard someone greet him, he turned around, and just saw Le Yi in military uniform, about to salute himself.

"Forget it, let's go." Zhao Yong excused him and asked him to walk with him. Naturally, Le Yi couldn't shirk it, so he could only accompany Zhao Yong and patrol the barracks one after the other.

"Is there any latest news from General Pang?" Zhao Yong began to chat with Le Yi without a match. Although he is the nominal commander-in-chief, Zhao Yong is by no means a hands-off shopkeeper, and his attention to the military situation is almost to the point of being harsh, and he even requires that all military information, once it is delivered, must be sent to himself.

"Not yet." Le Yi glanced at Zhao Yong, but Zhao Yong still had an indifferent expression, and it was easy for no one to see whether he was happy or sad, so it made people feel that he was very deep in the city, with a deep and sophisticated beyond age.

"What do you think of this situation?"

Le Yi thought for a while and continued, "It is normal for the Middle Route Army to coil around Fenglong Mountain. There are not only our grain and grass camps, but also the strongholds of Zhongshan Kingdom. If we can't capture it in one fell swoop, I'm afraid that if there is a fire in the rear, the gains will outweigh the losses. But if you want to fight, it is not so easy, after all, the other party is hiding in the mountains, and the large-scale mountain search operation, the easier it is to miss and be easily played by the other party, the most reliable way is to lure the snake out of the hole. ”

"Lure the snake out of the hole?" Zhao Yong muttered.

"Yes, the art of war: those who do not know the shape of mountains and forests, dangers, and frustration cannot march; In other words: Whoever fights with the enemy, or lives in the mountains and forests, or in the flat land, must be in a high place, depending on his situation, and obey the spurs, so that it is convenient to rush, and the battle is victorious. Fa said: The battle of the mountains and tombs does not look up to its height. All of this shows that there seems to be no good way to solve the problem in such terrain as mountains and forests, except to avoid contact with the enemy and occupy favorable terrain. Therefore, I am afraid that General Pang Cong will first attract the enemy down the mountain, create a suitable terrain or advantage for the enemy, and then win a big victory. Le Yi analyzed Pang Cong's thoughts for Zhao Yong. However, in his opinion, after Pang Cong is a famous general, and he has also led soldiers to fight, this war skill is probably also familiar to him.

"Well, hearing Qing say this, I think it's very possible." Zhao Yong nodded in agreement, he trusted Pang Cong's military skills very much, because the Pang family was now the only family in Zhao State that reassured Zhao Yong, but it was the first time to command such a large-scale battle, and he was indeed not very adaptable.

"Your Excellency actually doesn't have to worry, General Pang should have a way to solve this matter, break through the uproar of the Zhongshan Army as soon as possible, and realize the plan of besieging Dongyuan." How could Le Yi not see Zhao Yong's thoughts in his heart, but the matter of fighting a war was impatient, and every decision determined the fate of a group of people.

The two happened to walk to the gate of the camp, and Zhao Yong looked at Shiyi City not far away. At this distance, he could already see the Zhongshan soldiers patrolling back and forth on the Shiyi city wall, as well as the vigilant look in their eyes when they looked at Zhao **ying. Over the past period of time, Zhao's ** team has intercepted a lot of post guards who set off from Shiyi City, without exception, they are all messengers who are trying to go to Lingshou and Dongyuan for help. For such a thing, even if they are caught by Zhao Jun, they will be magnanimously let them pass, and even give them some food to suppress the shock. However, if it is a messenger who travels from these two cities to Shiyi, he will be detained after being caught.

According to Le Yi's statement, Shiyi City kept asking for help, and the greater the pressure on Lingshou and Dongyuan, but because Zhao Jun was attacking from many sides and had been putting pressure on Lingshou and Dongyuan, they didn't dare to support Shiyi easily. Second, such hopeless communication is easy to cause panic in Shiyi City, which is helpful in breaking the morale of the city.

"It's been ten days." Zhao Yong sighed and said, "I didn't expect that I had made so many preparations in the early stage, and if I really did this, I needed to think about too many things." ”

"Soldiers, murder weapons. Be cautious, too. Le Yi said on the side. He can understand Zhao Yong's thoughts very well, in fact, he has a lot more things on him. Let's put aside the various reactions of the rest of the vassal states, but the situation in Zhao is a mess. Although the reforms he advocated were progressing smoothly, chaos between various forces within the imperial court was gradually emerging. Therefore, even if Zhao Yong knew that the Northern Expedition was not the best time at this time, he insisted on going his own way, and he also had the idea of alleviating domestic contradictions through foreign wars.

"I'm just afraid, the longer it drags on, the more the situation will change." This is the most contradictory thing about Zhao Yong, on the surface, he is Zhao Yong, but in his bones, he is still a little bit of Zhao Yong's thoughts, even if he has been in this world for so many years, the sense of alienation from this era cannot be erased for a long time.

Le Yi couldn't understand Zhao Yong's mood of suffering from gains and losses, he also thought that Zhao Yong's confidence in this Northern Expedition had been shaken, and he was about to dissuade him, but he heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and rushed towards the Zhao army camp with a full of wind and dust.

Seeing this situation, the soldiers of the Zhao army hurriedly stepped forward to surround and protect the two of them, and the soldiers on patrol also stepped forward to prevent the other party from coming forward, and on the arrow towers on both sides of the camp, the six archers were also ready, as long as this person had any malicious intent, they did not mind shooting him immediately.

The person who came obviously knew the rules, and as soon as he came within the range of the bow and arrow, he shouted loudly: "The Chinese army is in a hurry, report to the king quickly!" The Chinese army is in a hurry, report to you quickly! ”

When Zhao Yong heard that it was the military information sent by Pang Cong, for some reason, he actually showed a smile, perhaps in his subconscious, he could already feel that Pang Cong's side had won a big victory. Looking at Le Yi again, he also smiled and nodded towards Zhao Yong, as if he had seen through Zhao Yong's thoughts and agreed.

"The last general, Pang Cong, reported to the king: relying on the wisdom of the king, our army has broken through the pass of the Great Wall of Zhongshan and moved to the east wall to ......"

In this information, Pang Cong not only explained to Zhao Yong how he tempted the defenders of Fenglongshan to attack the grain and grass camp, but also killed a horse gun overnight and dug a well for the Zhongshan army in Fenglongshan, and also explained in detail the battle situation of his own attack on the Great Wall Pass overnight.

It turned out that Pang Cong deliberately let the whole army go to the mountains to hunt that day to attract the attention of the other party and compress the living space of the Zhongshan army, and then deliberately let the spies know that his night was actually a day and night operation, so that the soldiers of Zhongshan Kingdom thought that they had obtained real information.

In fact, after Pang Cong led the Zhao army to leave Fenglong Mountain, part of them blatantly went to the Great Wall and established a large camp in the posture of a large army, and even carried their own banners with them. And Pang Cong himself led a part of the elite of the Baijin Battalion to hide in the Fenglong Pass, and according to the pre-agreed time, he killed a horse pistol, and the Zhongshan army was deceived into coming down the mountain and captured.

When Pang Cong saw the remains of the Zhongshan soldiers, he suddenly had a clever plan, so that all the soldiers collected the armor and weapons of the Zhongshan soldiers and sent them to the Great Wall camp overnight. The soldiers were asked to pretend to be Zhongshan soldiers and entered the Great Wall Pass.

Of course, after these people entered at the beginning, they were also strictly checked, but because Captain Zhongshan had already notified the defenders of the Great Wall, the main force of the Zhao army had already left Fenglong Mountain and moved to the Great Wall. Moreover, the defenders of the Great Wall also saw that according to the thinking of ordinary people, it was impossible for the Zhao army to fight back.

Pang Cong told the soldiers to let them play the role of "deserters" of the Zhongshan Kingdom in Fenglongshan, and told the defenders the fact that Zhao Jun had killed a horse gun overnight, so that they would definitely be able to win sympathy. Sure enough, as soon as they said this, the Zhongshan defenders believed it and sent the information to Lingshou overnight, and these "deserters" were also properly placed.

On the second night, the "deserters" killed the soldiers guarding the pass and opened the city gate according to the agreed time in advance, and Pang Cong had already led the Zhao State foot soldiers to rush into the city overnight, and conquered the Great Wall Pass in one fell swoop, so that it only took four days, relying on this original version of the "Trojan Horse Strategy", to completely destroy the southern defensive position of Zhongshan State, and expose the entire hinterland of Zhongshan to the Zhao army's troops.