"For the specific situation, Zhao Xiang will read it out on his behalf."

On the brightly lit side hall of Longtai, the top five members of the Zhao Kingdom gathered in it. Pang Cong is a new member, and since the funeral of the Five Kingdoms, he has become a close confidant of Zhao Yong. Zhao Yong mainly felt that the decision-making of four people was easy to form an impasse, and the introduction of a fifth person, no matter at any time, would form a three-to-two result.

Although it was late at night, it was necessary to react according to the contents of the silk book today, and the five of them did not drag, and hurriedly entered the royal city while the night was dark.

"Yes." Zhao Bao opened the silk book and read it. "Han Ju, the guard of the minister Gao Tang Yi, sent a message, today, Pingyi, a subordinate of my Gao Tang Dynasty, was besieged by the Qi army. Pingyi sent a police message, signaling that the Qi army had hundreds of chariots and more than 10,000 troops, and had besieged Pingyi for a day. Chen Te sent a police signal and listened to orders. After Zhao Bao finished reading, he said slowly, "It seems that it is the land of Qi that sent troops to attack the Pingyi subordinate of my Gao Tangyi." Defender Zhao Shu asked us if we were going to send troops to counteract. ”

"I don't think there is much need to say about this for the time being, countermeasures must be countered." Fei Yi first set the tone of the meeting, joking that others have slapped you in the face, are you still regressing? Zhao people don't have this habit. "The question is how to dispatch troops?"

"Han Ju was originally a Korean, and later defected to Zhao State, a general who was more relied on when the ancestor was alive, leading troops all the year round, and he was also a fierce general, but the strength was slightly insufficient, and a general should be dispatched to be his deputy general to make up for his shortcomings a little." This is Wu Guang's strength, although he is not good at leading troops, but he is familiar with the history of this dynasty, good at planning, and organizing logistics, so Fei Yi recommended him to join the top five, not on a whim.

"In that case, where does Master Wu think the generals should be dispatched?" Although Zhao Yong was nervous, he still maintained a calm attitude, which was what Fei Yi told him many times, as a young gentleman, if you are in chaos, everyone will follow the chaos, no matter when, you must maintain your demeanor.

"Gao Tangyi has 5,000 soldiers and dozens of chariots, and it was originally safe to defend the city, but since it is a pursuit this time, there are fewer chariots." He pointed to the map and said to Zhao Yong, "Young Gentleman, please see, because Zhongshan is in the hinterland of my Great Zhao, I can't take care of the north and the south. Therefore, the nearest place to the army this time is naturally Handan. ”

Zhao Yong looked at the map and was terrified. He had always known that Zhongshan was the heart of Zhao State, but he didn't expect that from the map, Zhongshan was like a wedge, wedged into the territory of Zhao State, and cut Handan from the Dai County in the north of Zhao State. Therefore, if you want to go from Daijun to Handan, you have to follow the border between the two countries and detour back to Handan from the southwest, which is very inconvenient.

Moreover, Daijun also borders Lou Fu and Yan Kingdom, so the geographical location here is very important, and it is also the main base for the fight against the two countries. Therefore, it is impossible to transfer troops from Daijun.

"Zhongshan is a problem in my heart, this country will not be eliminated for a day, and my Zhao country will never talk about going south to compete for power." Fei Yi looked at the map and muttered.

In fact, everyone here is very clear about this truth. Therefore, Zhao Suhou will go south to occupy grain-producing areas such as Handan, forming a strategy of encircling Zhongshan from the north and south.

"This is a country that will die, put it aside for the time being, let's talk about the affairs of the Qi country first." Zhao Yong said lightly, of course he knows that if Zhongshan is not removed, everything is half the work, but for now, it is better to get through the current crisis first.

Everyone felt a pang in their hearts and continued to listen to Wu Guang's speech.

"Yes, if you go to Gaotang, you have to send troops to Handan." Wu Guang said.

"The biggest threat to sending troops from Handan is from Zhongshan. If they go south from the house, and the defenders of Handan are half gone, I am afraid they will not be able to hold for a long time. Zhao Bao said with a little worry.

"Even so, Pingyi feels that he can't afford to lose it." Wu Guang pointed to the map and said. "With Pingyi, it expands the space between our country and the Qi State, so that if the Qi State wants to attack my Handan, it must cross the river, and Pingyi is on the east bank of the river, without this place, the Qi State will not dare to invade the Zhao Realm." Then he pointed his finger to the north, "Moreover, according to this place, you can unite the Gaotang defenders to form a suppression of the Qi State, and you can connect Korea and go south to the Wei State, which can be described as a strategic place, and it is really impossible to lose." ”

Zhao Yong looked at the map, although he knew that the current map would definitely not be particularly accurate, but it was indeed as Wu Guang said, once Pingyi was lost, Qi State would be equivalent to having a strategic base on the east bank of the Yellow River, and it could be used as a point to attack Zhao Jing, which was definitely not lost.

"Since this is the case, we don't have to hesitate, the city of Handan is deep and can still resist for a while, and we can also go south from Daijun to Lingshou in Zhongshan, and repeat the story of 'encircling Wei and saving Zhao'." Zhao Yong's thinking is also active, he is not a person of this era, he naturally has thinking and knowledge beyond this world, and he makes decisions quickly.

"But the only thing to worry about is that Daijun went to Lingshou, and it was not a smooth journey. It is necessary to send troops from Dai County, and it is necessary to march along the river. Fei Yi said.

"I don't think there's anything to worry about." Pang Cong, who had not spoken, said, "Dai County is the stronghold of my Zhao State, and it has always been an important strategic place in my north. Moreover, the generations are good at raising horses, and this place is also dominated by cavalry, and there are few chariots, so the defenders can attack with cavalry. ”

"Who is the general of the defenders of Dai County?" Zhao Yong looked at Wu Guang and said.

"The surname is Li Mingyan, although he is young, but he is better than courage. And he was originally a Zhao person, and his ancestors were native people on behalf of the land, and later because of Lou Fu and Lin Hu nuisance, he led his clan to raise horses to fight against the Hu people. Later, he became a local guard, and it was passed on to Li Yan's generation, and it has been three generations. Wu Guang replied.

"In that case, this will be ordered. Be cautious about the city, once Zhongshan changes, directly attack Lingshou and force the Zhongshan army to return to the army. Zhao Yong said.

"Good." Zhao Bao agreed, "So, who will you send to the land of Pingyi?" How many soldiers and horses do you bring? ”

"Shaojun, I am willing to go." When Pang Cong saw Zhao Bao's words, he immediately followed.

"You?" Zhao Yong looked at Pang Cong suspiciously, although he did not doubt his military literacy, after all, dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and Pang Juan's descendants are not much worse. However, he is now encircling Pang Cong, supporting him to become a pawn for himself to break into the military, and if he is let out at this time, in case of accidents, his plans will be disrupted.

"Shaojun Yunyu." Pang Cong hurriedly saluted, "This time the generals are selected from Handan, and naturally the generals are the best from Handan." I have been in Handan for many years, and I have personally brought out a group of soldiers, and when I command them, I am naturally like an arm. ”

"Moreover, when I go to Pingyi, most of them are mountainous places, and the chariot soldiers are not the best choice, but the cavalry is the best. Although my ancestors were good at foot soldiers, they also studied cavalry, and I studied cavalry a lot, so I was the best candidate. ”

"In the end," Pang Cong's eyes were slightly red, and he said in a heavy tone, "My Pang family is in the Qi country, and it is a feud. Although it is neither Tian Ji nor Sun Bin who led the troops this time, since it is the Qi army, it is the duty of our generation to lead the troops to attack. Even if Shaojun didn't allow it, the onion was willing to join the reinforcements as a pawn, just to reward the ancestors for a wish. As he spoke, he bowed down heavily.

Zhao Yong looked at him resolutely, and thought, forget it, since this is the case, maybe he will be blessed with a great life and will not be able to die. So after consulting Wu Guang and Feiyi, he ordered Pang Cong to lead all the 3,000 cavalry in Handan to aid Pingyi.