"I thought that Zhao Wuxian's soldiers were as powerful as they boasted, and they were invincible in the world, but in fact, it was nothing more than that."

After repelling the Zhao soldiers who crossed the river in Jianjin, beheading 1,000 and capturing 2,000, Zhong Xingyin felt that he had avenged the revenge of being held by Zhao Wuxian under the guise of an empty city, and he was immediately complacent.

Gao Qiang poured a scoop of cold water on him beside him: "Lord, the servants asked around among the captives, among which Zhao Wuxian's elite soldiers were very few, and most of them were the so-called Lu Guozhong Army and Left Army. What's more, there are more than 1,000 casualties in this battle, and this is only its partial division, and the Zhao clan's combat strength should not be underestimated......"

"I know ......" Zhong Xingyin calmed down a little and nodded. In particular, the miscellaneous army, which was as cunning as a loach, looked like a ragtag with no organization, but when they fought, they were full of strange tricks, and finally they broke out of the siege and fled along the riverbank, tidal flats, and reeds.

He asked: "Fan's was attacked from both sides by the Qinshui and fell into a big defeat, although we won back a game in this small victory, but Fan's main force has lost nearly half of it, Mr. thinks, how should I fight the enemy next?" ”

Gao Qiang said: "Fan Bo is running to the north and is a communist, thinking that the Zhao army will soon be in the city, Fan Bo sent a letter for help, the current situation, without Fan, there is no Zhongxing clan!" The lord will save Famber! Leave some people on the north bank of the river to watch the Zhao soldiers on the south bank, and then lead the Chao Gefan soldiers to the west, and they must arrive before the Zhao soldiers capture Fan and Gong! ”

"Someone suggested that the two cities of Fan and Gong would not be able to be conquered for a while and a half, saying that I might as well retreat to Chaoge and wait for the rainy season to come and drag down the Zhao clan's spirit......"

Gao Qiang objected: "This is cowardice to avoid war." It will make the Zhongxing clan lose its sharpness, and it is easy to break the rumors that the Zhao army is invincible. How can it be so wasteful? Yes, the Zhao clan hopes for a quick battle. Because there are still Zhibo in China to wait and see, and abroad, Zhao Wuxian has only been in Lu for a few years, I learned from the mouths of those captured Dongdi doctors that although the Lu people have received his small favors, but they are not convinced, once he stays in the Jin State for a long time, the Lu State may change. What's more, he had a feud with Qi and Wei before, once it dragged on for a long time. There will also be war in the East. ”

Zhong Xingyin was puzzled: "Since the long-term war is not good for the Zhao family, why don't you follow this strategy and drag them down?" ”

"Lord, not only the Zhao clan can't afford to drag it, but my Zhongxing clan can't afford it either!"

"What do you mean by that?"

Gao Qiang said: "The Zhao family is worried about foreign countries, but Fan and the Bank of China are worried about the domestic family, Zhibo's attitude is ambiguous, and the monarch is now biased towards the Zhao family and supports their crusade against Handan's ......."

"This old thief ......," Zhong Xingyin cursed his cousin Zhibo viciously. I swore before that I knew that the Bank of China was still one family, and if there was a conflict with outsiders, I would definitely support it, but now I have left it behind? ”

Gao Qiang sighed: "Zhibo can't figure it out. It can't be judged that he is determined to help the Zhao family, but we can't expect too much. I'm more worried about the Wei and Han families, who don't have much power east of Taihang. But to the west of Taihang, it can create a lot of trouble for the territory of Fan and Zhongxing. Once Wei Han sent a large army to support the Zhao clan, by that time. My two are gone. Therefore, I can only take advantage of the strength to fight when I still have an advantage, hoping to defeat the Zhao clan in the battle! Don't give them a chance to surprise them! ”

As far as Gao Qiang is concerned, he thinks that the elite of the Zhao clan may be similar to the strength of the Bank of China, and the battle of Muye and Qinshui can easily defeat the Fan family, all by seizing the offensive opportunity, if there is a dignified battle between the two armies, the victory or defeat is not known.

In this way, the battlefield is almost determined, that is, the area of Fan and Gong.

However, when more than 10,000 Zhongxing troops and 5,000 Chaoge Fan's soldiers marched westward, when they arrived at their destination, they were shocked to learn that Fan's retreat had been defeated all the way, and even Fancheng had given up and only defended Gongcheng.

When he was shocked to hear the news, Gao Qiang was so angry that he slapped the rails on the car, looked up to the sky and sighed: "Fan Bo and Wang Sheng are confused, there is a total of one south and one north, and they are indispensable to each other." In this way, the Zhao clan has Fan City as a way out, and even if we win, we can't completely defeat it; Gongcheng has become the last obstacle for the Zhao clan to the court song, if we are defeated, the Fan clan's river territory is afraid that the whole territory will fall! ”

……

The two cities of Van and a total of two cities stand on the plain of Hanoi, looking at Taihang in the west, choking the main road of Chaoge in the east, the two cities are only twenty miles apart, and they can even look at each other in the distance when the weather is fine.

The city of Fan is in the south, which is the old kingdom of Fan Bo, the son of the Duke of Zhou, which remained until the early years of the Spring and Autumn Period, and later perished in the wave of annexation by the princes.

Gongcheng is in the north, originally a Weiguo city, Zheng Zhuanggong's unscrupulous younger brother Duan went out to the Gong, known as "Gongshu Duan".

But now, they are all Fan's counties.

Like Muyi, these two towns are the barrier to defend Chaoge, and Fan Jishu and Wang Sheng abandon Fancheng, in fact, they also have their own difficulties.

Zhao Wuxian took 3,000 forwards, chased after Fan Ji in the process of fleeing north, fought more than ten small battles along the way, rushed the militia recruited by Fan's family, and captured a lot of townships and Lilu.

In addition, the Han clan had already entered the war, and the army of Zhao and Han more than 10,000 followed, menacing. Fan Ji was shocked after escaping into Fancheng, and saw that the walls of Fanyi were just rammed earth, two zhang high, and there was not even a waiguo, and the treasury and Qingzhuang in the city were not as intact as the Gongyi in the north, so he resolutely took the soldiers and Zhuangding to flee at night, and left only a few people to block the footsteps of the Zhao army.

The thief was bent on making meritorious service and asking for orders to attack the city, and the Zhao army took him as the vanguard and took Fancheng in a day and night, so that there was an enterprising base.

However, the treasury in the city was burned, the well water was filled, and their supply line was stretched for dozens of miles, and the Fan clan concentrated the soldiers of the left and right cities in the Gongcheng, totaling more than 5,000 people. Gongcheng is not comparable to Fan City, it is a fortress city that the Fan clan focuses on, and it cannot be captured without effort.

What's more, the army of the Zhongxing clan has also arrived, and they are lying between the two cities of Van and Gong.

The two armies were evenly matched, and they were both new to this place, and the weather was not beautiful after that, and it rained for a day or two, but they did not dare to move lightly.

After two days of standoff, they began a tentative attack.

On this day, the shower was sunny at the beginning, Zhao Wuxian climbed the city tower, looked at the city from afar, only to see that there were enemy soldiers inside and outside the city, the head of the city was heavily guarded, and the camp outside the city was several miles.

He asked Xiang Lu beside him, "You are young and have good eyesight, can you see how the Zhongxing clan is arranged?" ”

The smart Xiang Lu has also read a lot of military books: it is rumored that it is written by Taigongwang to ask the right question, and he has dabbled in Sima Fa purchased from Qi State with a lot of money, and he has followed Zhao Wuxian to fight in the south and north on weekdays, and he can also counsel the military aircraft. However, Zhao Wuxian has always belittled him more than praised him verbally, this son has a proud personality and is extremely talented, he doesn't want to cultivate a Yang Xiulai.

Xiang Lu looked at it and said: "There must be some of the retainers of the Zhongxing clan who understand military affairs, and know the truth of 'defending the city must defend the wilderness', although they cooperate with the Fan clan to defend the city, they did not blindly shrink into the city, but sent more than 10,000 people to be stationed outside the city, and the city became a horn. ”

That's right, the Zhongxing clan also dug a trench outside the camp, and the fence inside the trench was towering, and it looked very much like it.

"Set up camp to fight, it seems that Zhong Xingyin's confidence has increased greatly after winning the battle of Jianjin, and he wants to have a dignified confrontation with us." Zhao Wuxian sneered:

"However, the Zhongxing clan still lacks experience in fighting with our army, they don't know, the Zhao clan's military pawns, can be strange, and can be positive!"

(To be continued.) )