Outside Shiyi City, the Zhao army camped.

Zhao Yong was holding a silver knife in his hand, the knife was very delicate, and the blade was also very sharp. Reflecting the coldness in the moonlight, he gently brought the scabbard on, the same silver scabbard, inlaid with turquoise. Zhao Yong held him in his hand, looking at the Hutuo River rolling away not far from the city, his mind had already run away from the nine clouds.

Qiu Linyue left, she rode a horse and left Handan City with Zhao Yong's army. The soldiers of the Northern Expedition all knew Qiu Linyue's identity, and they also knew that Zhao Yong took her back to Handan just to treat her illness. Four years have passed, Qiu Linyue was arranged by Zhao Yong in a private mansion, hired a slave to take care of it, and asked Zhao Yi to arrange someone to take care of it to prevent others from disturbing her. In the past four years, Qiu Linyue has never walked out of this small courtyard, and Zhao Yong often comes to see her. The relationship between the two seems to be more like a pair of friends, and in the past four years, no one has ever taken a step out of the thunder pool. This is also the reason why Han Qian and the others knew about Qiu Linyue's existence, but they never complained about Zhao Yong, Han Qian occasionally sent people there to deliver something, all in the name of Zhao Yong, and after Zhao Yong knew about it, he didn't explain it to any of them. The two sides maintained this tacit understanding. In Han Qian's eyes, it is impossible for Zhao Yong to include Qiu Linyue in the harem, and the harem may not be the most suitable place for Qiu Linyue.

And now, she finally left again, she told Zhao Yong that Handan is very good, but not as wide as the grassland, and Zhao Yong can only say that she hopes she has a good home. When Wei Yu knew about Qiu Linyue's affairs, he tricked Zhao Yong more than once to deceive Qiu Linyue's heart, so that Zhao Guo would not have to spend time and effort building the Great Wall to resist the attack of the Xiongnu, and could even send troops to fund Qiu Linbu and make him an important chess piece placed by Zhao State among the Xiongnu tribes, but Zhao Yong refused. I'm afraid that after I can't see her, Zhao Yong knows that he has used too much affection.

"The King."

"What's the matter?" Zhao Yong hurriedly put away the knife, but the knife was still too exquisite, reflecting the moonlight on Le Yi's face, Le Yi knew everything about Qiu Linyue, and felt that Zhao Yong was worthy of Qiu Linyue in this matter, but he might not be worthy of Zhao Guo.

"Qiu Liquid is here, and he is waiting in the side hall."

Zhao Yong nodded, "Let's go." ”

Qiu Liquid has been a little aggrieved in the past two years.

Since it was excavated by Zhao Yong from Dai County, Qiu Liquid is the existence of the most famous Hu people, and he is also the first Hu general to be awarded the post of captain of Zhao State. The geographical location of Jingcheng Pass is very important, and Zhao Yong placed him here, which shows how much attention is attached to it.

But in the past two years, Zhao Yong seemed to have forgotten him, and always put him in Jingcheng, and many wars did not use him. At first, he thought that Zhao Yong was trying to prevent Zhongshan from seizing Jingcheng, but after a long time, he saw that most of the generals who fought together at the beginning had made war exploits, and they were only themselves, but they became backward elements, which was indeed very aggrieved.

So this time, when I heard Zhao Yong's dispatch, I rushed over overnight, hoping to win one or two battles, and I could also raise my official position.

However, what surprised him was that when Zhao Yong and Le Yi had just entered the room, before they could speak, they heard Zhao Yong say with a slap on his face: "I heard that in the past two years, you have complained so much!" ”

Qiu Ye violated the military order that year and was severely cleaned up by Zhao Yong's Baijin Battalion, Zhao Yong not only pardoned him, but also punished himself in public, and staged a bitter plan, which was exchanged for the harmonious relationship between the Daijun Hu people and the Zhao people. From then on, Qiu Li always felt that he owed Zhao Yong a life. Hu Ren is only full of admiration for heroes, and he is in awe of his savior.

"The last general... Can't. Qiu Ye said, and secretly glanced at Zhao Yong with his eyes, wondering if the other party was really angry.

"If you don't dare, come here." Zhao Yong said that he really didn't want to knock out Qiu Li's arrogance, just give him a warning.

"Whoa." Qiu Ye trembled and followed behind Le Yi and Zhao Yong, using this trick to preemptively make him put away all his complaints.

"This time, the widow led all the troops to besiege Lingshou, and he must capture this city within six months."

"Six months?" Qiu Li thought to himself, if it weren't for Zhao Yong and Le Yi who said this, he would definitely think that this was a madman. The solidity of Lingshou is by no means imaginable to ordinary people, not only has the construction and repair of the two generations of Zhongshan Kingdom before and after, but also relies on the mountain, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there is a lot of money and grain in this city. It is extremely difficult to break through the siege. Moreover, although Lingshou City is on the bank of the Hutuo River, the terrain is high, and there is no possibility of diversion of water to besiege the city, and it is difficult to break the city within six months.

"Not bad, six months. It's been too long, I'm afraid that the Chu State can't afford to drag it out, so we won't be able to fish in troubled waters. Zhao Yong said inadvertently, "In any case, six months to break the city, at most eight months, it can't be longer." ”

"Yes, the last will obey."

"The widow summoned you here, that is, the cavalry generals near Handan, take you as the most, use others, and the widow is not at ease."

Zhao Yong's big stick and carrot made Qiu Li, a Hu person, grateful, especially the sentence that others are not at ease, and it has the effect of buying people's hearts.

"The last general will serve the king to the death!"

"Hehe, don't die, the widow still needs you in the next war." As he spoke, he pointed to the sand table and said: "After my army crosses the Hutuo River, the widow will give you 10,000 cavalry, the focus is on the Hutuo River east of Lingshou, the reinforcements of the other side that may appear between Xiyang and Gucheng, if there are enemy troops in this place, no matter what, they must delay their appearance in Lingshou." It's better to keep them from reaching Lingshou. ”

Gucheng, Xiyang and Lingshou are distributed in a triangle, and now that the Zhao army is besieging Lingshou, the other two cities may not be able to reinforce Lingshou, if they are given the opportunity, it is easy to work with the troops in Lingshou City to flank the besieging Zhao army. Someone has to stand in the way of Lingshou after all. But the terrain of this place is open, all plains, and it is difficult for other troops to deploy and accomplish such tasks on such open terrain. Only cavalry can achieve this.

"However, in this way, the line from Jingcheng to Fanwu will be unguarded, and now there are still 10,000 defenders here, if our army crosses the river, the Fanwu defenders will definitely counterattack Jingcheng, Shiyi, and even directly attack my grain and grass camp to seal the dragon, so, then our army is unable to defend it. In the opinion of the last general, the army can storm Fanwu, and then cross the river from Fanwu and attack Lingshou, which will definitely succeed. ”

"What the general said is certainly reasonable." Le Yi walked to the sand table and said, "But Fanwu is easy to attack, but it is not easy to cross the river." Fanwu is in the middle reaches of the Hutuo River, because the river has just passed the Taihang Mountain, the river flow speed is too large, our army wants to cross the river, not only to face the opposite Zhongshan army in turns, but also to face the Hutuo River speed too fast. It's not easy to build a pontoon. ”

"Then I don't know where our army chose to cross the river?"

"Higashigaki."

"Higashigaki? Although Dongyuan is located between Xiyang and Lingshou, because it is the easiest place to build a pontoon bridge, it is precisely the area that is most easily blocked by the other side, and attacking in this area cannot achieve the best effect, and crossing the river is equally dangerous. What's more, relative to the flow rate, although the flow speed of Dongyuan is not as fast as Fanwu, it is also almost the same, so this place is not the best place. ”

Le Yi and Zhao Yong looked at each other and smiled, as if they knew that Qiu Li would say so, the latter laughed and said, "Who said that the widow gathered all the troops in Dongyuan?" The widow has prepared several places to cross the river! ”

Qiu Li's eyes suddenly lit up, "Sound east and west? ”

"It should be said, Ming Xiu plank road, dark east wall, haha." Zhao Yong said with a smile, "In addition, Li Yan will lead the Daijun troops to storm Gucheng, once the city is broken, he will drive straight into the three cities of Yan Guo Quyi captured by Zhongshan, and you will also need to be responsible for the aftermath work." ”

When Qiu Liquid heard it, although it seemed to be very beautiful this time, it was mainly cleaning up the mess. He himself could see that once Lingshou was surrounded, what he could do was very limited, and Li Yan's troops were suppressed in the north, who would dare to send troops to support easily? The newly occupied Yan country region seems to be strong, but the strength is limited, and it is afraid that it will be difficult to protect, let alone support, so it is not surprising that he will defeat the stragglers, as for the regular troops, it is impossible to meet.

However, there are always accidents, and you don't have to worry too much about it, sometimes you have to have it in your life.

"What about my Zhongshan garrison and grain and grass battalion?" Qiu Liquid is still worried about this problem.

"Eat it!"

"Fanwu city wall is tall, I'm afraid it won't take more than ten days, I won't be able to take this city."

"Ten days?" Zhao Yong smiled again, "General Pang can tell the widow that he can take this city in seven days." ”

"Seven days?" Qiu Ye said with a slight stunnedness.

Pang Cong stood on the bank of the Hutuo River, and from here, he could already faintly see the shadow of the Zhongshan troops on the opposite side. However, because the Zhongshan people felt that the Hutuo River natural danger was already very reliable, they did not build a water defense line here again. In fact, the Hutuo River is still too shallow compared to Zhangshui and Elbe River, if it were not for the large flow and fast speed, it would not be relied on by Zhongshan people. However, the geographical advantage is not absolute, when the number of personnel overwhelms the opponent, this geographical advantage will soon be wiped out, which is why he proposed to cross the river in many places on the Hutuo River, but mainly attack Dongyuan. It's just that now, on Fango's side, there is still some trouble.

Many people know that the longer the delay in Fanwu, the more conducive it will be for the Zhongshan people to establish a defensive line on the other side of the river, and the more difficult it will be to cross the river. Zhao Yong originally hoped to be able to capture Fanwu in fifteen days. However, after leading troops to understand the terrain of Fanwu many times, Pang Cong proposed that it would only take seven days to take Fanwu City, and if it went well, Fanwu might become the bag of Zhao on the night of crossing the river. There was even a military order for this.

Now, four days have passed, and tomorrow night, it is the time for Zhao Jun to cross the river, is Pang Cong's plan feasible?