It is said that when the emperor's concubine Jian Di was bathing in the wild, she swallowed an egg of a Xuanniao by mistake, and as a result, she gave birth to a boy named Qi. Although this flawed story has been handed down and has become a beautiful legend of "Heavenly Destiny Xuanniao, descending to give birth to Shang", at least one thing is not wrong, that is, this child named Qi is the ancestor of Shang Tang, the founder of the later Shang Dynasty.

It is said that Qi helped Dayu to control the water that year, and was divided into the Hutuo River valley, becoming the tribal leader here, and this also became the first place where the Shang Dynasty began. It's just that eight generations later, Shang Tang moved to another place, overthrew the rule of the Xia Dynasty, and established the great Shang Dynasty. However, if there is no foundation laid by the contract, it may not be as strong as the SenseTime has built over the years.

And the place where the foundation of the deed is established is Fanwu.

Panwu, also known as sowing, has always been an important area controlling the Hutuo River basin leading to the Taihang Mountains, and it is also the most important grain producing area in Zhongshan. The Hutuo River has a huge amount of water, and the plains formed by the impact of the Taihang Mountains are most suitable for grain cultivation, and the fertile land also ensures that Zhongshan has a very important food supply area near Lingshou.

Therefore, for Zhongshan Kingdom, if you lose Shiyi, it is like being choked by someone, and if you lose Fanwu again, then Zhongshan Kingdom will be gone.

Zhao Yong was very concerned about Fanwu, of course, not because this is the earliest historical trace of the Shang Dynasty, but because he vaguely remembered that in the later Qin Dynasty's war to destroy Zhao, it was Zhao's general Li Mu who defeated the Qin ** team from Wolf Meng in Fanwu, and returned to the south to help Sima Shang, who resisted Qin in the area of the Great Wall, to defeat Qin's attack. Success brought Zhao Guo a short respite.

I have to say that from the perspective of the terrain, the battle between the Qin and Zhao armies in Fanwu was inevitable by chance. Because if the Qin army went north from Taiyuan to Wolf Meng out of Taihang Mountain, they would either go to Jingcheng or Fanwu. Then the North China Plain can ensure that the army of the Qin State will go south to attack Handan to the greatest extent. In the case that it is not easy for Jing Cheng to attack for a while, it has become inevitable to go out. And this, as Zhao Mu, who is the optimus prime of Zhao State, is also clear, it is he who first went north and then south, and led the army to defeat the Qin army from afar in Fanwu, thus crushing the Qin army's plan to destroy Zhao State.

Moreover, from Fanwu to Lingshou, a stone's throw away, it can be said that it is an important city in Zhongshan Kingdom, and the defensive strength is not weaker than Lingshou, and it is also a hoarding of heavy troops, so although Zhao Yong is conquering Shiyi, he still does not dare to slack off on Fanwu, and sends a team of elite cavalry, always paying attention to Fanwu's movements.

When he sat in the camp tent, looked at the spies under the steps, and told the news that "there was a large number of cavalry movements near Fanwu", Zhao Yong hurriedly called Le Yi and others to discuss how to deal with it.

"It's been almost a month since we attacked Shiyi, and if there is no movement in Zhongshan Kingdom, it will be really strange." Le Yi is a person who is not good at expressing himself, but every time he speaks, he must be to the point. So seeing that he didn't speak, Wu Guang interjected first.

From the beginning of the siege of the city, the Zhao army launched a total of three large-scale siege battles, but relying on the strong walls of Shiyi and the very three-dimensional means of defense, the Zhao army's gains were very limited. This made Zhao Yong, who was accustomed to seeing the rapid advance of modern warfare and three-dimensional offensive, very irritable. But in the final analysis, in ancient times when there were no spears and cannons, the siege of the city was always through the accumulation of casualties, and the patience and strength of both sides were tested, and even the strategy had a very limited effect.

Therefore, in the past month, the three-way gains of the Zhao army's southern offensive group have been quite limited, but the number of attrition and casualties has been rising, which has made Zhao Yong's temper also good, and no one is pleasing to the eye. Wu Guang and Le Yi can only cool him down from time to time, hoping that he will not do anything reckless at a critical time.

And now, Zhao Yong did see a very good opportunity, and he believed that as long as Zhao Jun planned well, it was not impossible to not only capture Shiyi, but even completely defeat Zhongshan.

"Our army has been besieging this place for so long, isn't it just waiting for this day?" Zhao Yong was in a good mood, because he finally waited for Zhongshan's reinforcements, which meant that the plan for encirclement and reinforcements planned before could be implemented.

"Although I don't know who Zhongshan will send and how many soldiers he will lead, but being able to suppress Zhongshan and send troops from Fanwu is enough to show that Zhongshan has realized that Shiyi is the key to solving the crisis in Zhongshan. This at least shows that Zhongshan is still quite sober even at this time, and has not blindly sent troops around to support, and for this alone, I still hope that your lord will pay attention. A calm enemy, often also very terrifying. "Le Yi is famous for his love of pouring cold water, even at the court meeting, he can't hold his habit, and sometimes Zhao Yong falls into a very embarrassing situation, I'm afraid it's because of his character that he can't stay in Wei.

"Of course Lone knows." Zhao Yong shook his head with a wry smile and said, "But this opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, no matter what, you always have to touch it." We can't wait for them to reach the foot of Shiyi City, and the defenders of the United City will counterattack us. ”

"No, your lordship, what I mean is that Zhongshan will definitely come prepared for this time. Therefore, we need to discuss a perfect strategy to deal with the enemy before we can solve it once and for all. ”

"This time, I asked Qing and the others to come to talk about this one thing." Zhao Yong smiled slightly and asked the others to leave the big tent, leaving only Wu Guang and Le Yi. He walked to the sand table and said to the two: "My plan lies in once and for all. Not only to send reinforcements, but also to attack the city! Speaking of this, Zhao Yong's eyes showed a little cunning.

On the second day, the Zhongshan soldiers trapped in Shiyi City suddenly found that the illegal construction of the Zhao army camp, which had been stationed at their gate for a month, was being demolished, and all the Zhao troops were also packing up their things in an orderly manner.

Of course, the defenders of Shiyi would definitely not come up to Zhao Jun and asked with a swagger: "Are you trying to escape?" Because not far from the camp, there is also a team of cavalry, which has already set up a formation, as long as the city gate on the side of Shiyi is opened, and they dare to sneak attack the Zhao army, they will become the sharpest scimitars, and take the lead in letting the Zhongshan people go to see the king of Hades.

In the end, the Zhongshan people could only watch Zhao Jun pack his bags and head north, and it seemed that their target seemed to be Fanwu. If this is the case, it must be that Zhao Jun received the news that Zhongshan was about to reinforce Shiyi and went to ambush in advance.

In the city of Shiyi.

Looking at the back of Zhao Jun leaving, Sima Chong's brows furrowed, and the doubts in his heart couldn't be dissolved. It seems that Zhao Jun is planning some kind of conspiracy, and this kind of trick has no way of knowing it.

"Captain, it seems that Zhao Jun has really left." Looking at the back of Zhao Jun's cart leaving, the deputy general said happily, "It seems that they can't hold on, go to Fanwu, isn't this self-defeating?" ”

Sima Chong didn't answer, but he kept thinking in his heart. He was able to stand out from the many young talents of the Sima family, naturally not by virtue of his blood relationship that he was Sima Cheng's nephew, in fact, Sima Cheng was not keen on promoting the people of the Sima family, and he strongly opposed it. But Sima Chong not only has martial arts, but also is skilled in arches and horses, and has some ability in the art of war, which makes Sima Chong look at it in his eyes, focus on training and promotion, and finally at a young age, he became the lord of a city, and he became one of the many captains of Zhongshan Kingdom.

Sima Chong is calm and a little witty, this is where Sima Chong takes a fancy to him. When Zhao attacked Xiafangcheng, the crisis in Zhongshan shifted from the north to the south. Although Zhongshan is also rich in talents, there are only a few that really make Sima Cheng look at them. So, Sima Cheng and Sima Xi planned for a few days, and finally decided to transfer him from Hongshangsai to Shiyi to guard the most important city in Zhongshan Kingdom.

As it turned out, Sima Chong did have some talent, and while strengthening the defense system of Shiyi, he also trained soldiers, especially soldiers and archers, dug deep moats, raised city walls, and cut down most of the forests around Shiyi, so that the enemy army had no terrain to take advantage of. Finally, under his command, he resisted the attack of the Zhao army for nearly a month.

But this time, Sima Chong obviously couldn't guess what kind of medicine was sold in Zhao Jun's gourd?

"I'm afraid it's not that simple." He shook his head, "If Zhao Jun can't support it, he won't go north to Fanwu." With such a large contingent of the Zhao army, it is very difficult to set up an ambush on the path that our army must pass, because their goal is too conspicuous to achieve the effect of surprise. What's more, from Fanwu to Shiyi, except for walking in the Taihang Mountains, there are no conditions for ambushes at all, so why should the Zhao army attack the reinforcements? ”

The deputy general crouched on the city wall, looking at the back of Zhao Jun in the distance, although he didn't think much of Sima Chong's words, but after a little bit of his touch, it seemed that this was really the case. "So what does Zhao Jun want to do when he goes north with such a momentum? Aren't you afraid of being flanked by our army? You must know that on the vast plains, there is almost no danger to defend, and when the Zhao army goes and encounters our army, isn't it self-defeating? ”

Sima Chong nodded, and muttered in his heart, what are you doing to Zhao Jun? What is their purpose? Will there be an ambush?

These questions began to linger in his mind, lingering, for Zhao Jun's actions, he can be sure that there is a purpose, but what the purpose is, he has no way of knowing.

As if he had made up his mind to awaken, Sima Chong slapped the city wall hard after hesitating for a while, and suddenly said: "If there is an abnormality, it is a demon." I'll take 3 people out of the city to see what the hell Zhao Jun is doing! ”