It was impossible for Bai Gongbo to think about Dingyang, because the situation he saw was very different from what He Ran saw.

It is an exaggeration to say that the Yi army is in a hurry to "receive" the city, and the Shun army here is an out-and-out bloody seizure of the city.

This does not mean that Zhao used more troops to defend the Shun army than on the side of Yi, on the contrary, Zhao used no less than 50,000 elites to ambush the Yi army, and only 30,000 were transferred to defend the Shun army, but the 50,000 army was not put into the battlefield, but the 30,000 here were all used, plus the original defenders, the Shun army was not superior in strength, and it was not surprising that the war was difficult.

In fact, the two sides of the Zhao defenders got the same order: resist, to move the capital, to move the people to buy time, the reason why the Yi army is destroying the dry and decaying smooth sailing, as He Ran said, is to harvest the erosion of the new deal in this section, although many defenders are loyal to the king of Zhao, but also want to repay the country with death, but the Yi army does not give them this opportunity, only choose those cities that are willing to surrender to occupy, as a result, these cities that want to defend to the death are facing the danger of becoming isolated cities, with the advancement of the Yi army, this danger is getting bigger and bigger, The morale of the army was naturally shaken, and some eventually evolved into mutinies, and most of the cities that were still able to hold on were mainly focused on suppressing the resistance of the people in the city, and they could only seek self-protection and were unable to lend a helping hand to others.

The situation encountered by Shunguo is just the opposite, whether it is the people or the defenders are looking down on Shunguo, everyone has been watching how it was beaten by a country of Yi with only three cities all over the place, in addition to looking down, Zhao **min also has contempt and hatred for Shunren, the two countries were originally allies who resisted Fanbang, but the last time Shunguo shamelessly colluded with Fanbing, and joined forces to invade Zhao Jing brought great disasters to the soldiers and civilians here, so they were united in hating the enemy, The people who hated the itchy roots of their teeth would rather destroy the houses and transport the demolished bricks and stones to the city for defense than surrender, with such people, how can the defenders not be moved, every time the city is broken Zhao ** people are still fighting desperately, and its heroic state makes the Shun army all secretly tremble,

In the face of this situation, how can Bai Gongbo think about the question of Dingyang's ownership, he wants to suspend the offensive after defeating three cities, hoping that Zhao Guo can transfer some troops from this side to Yi Guo's side, although he thinks so, but he can't do it too explicitly, because this joint action Yi and Shun both sides have sent supervisors to each other,

After thinking about it repeatedly, the White House Bo summoned a fierce general under the account, Lou Huan, the general of Pingkou, and ordered him to take 3,000 people to attack Jiuhe City.

Although the city of nine households is not really only nine households, it is also small and pitiful, the city wall made of loess ramming is not too long, such a small city does not need to be so solemn to fight, and it can be flattened on the way when marching, this move is just to delay time,

After hearing this military order, he found Bai Gongbo with some dissatisfaction and raised an objection: "General, although the last general is dull, he also knows a little about the art of war, why should these nine cities go out of their way to fight, please advise the general." ”

Bai Gongbo had already thought of an excuse, kindly pulled him to the geographical map, and said with a smile: "The general thinks that I am negligent in attacking, please don't be careful, Bai is not a person who does not believe in his words, and it is the consensus between me and He Junshi to attack Zhao with all my might, and I will never lose my trust in your country, general, please see, although these nine cities are small, there are deep ravines and dense forests on its right." As he spoke, he pointed with his hand on the diagram,

It is impossible to draw any ravines and dense forests in this kind of map, Tao Lang did not know the local terrain very well, and frowned: "So what." ”

Bai Gong Bo moved his finger to the side of the White Waterfall City, and said in a low voice: "We are going to take this place next, it is only twenty miles away from Jiuhe City, if the enemy army ambushes a group of men and horses over there, when we attack the city, we can suddenly come from the side and cut off my back road, the terrain over there is complicated and unfavorable for exploration, and it is difficult to find a hidden 10,000 or 20,000 horses. ”

Tao Lang frowned and said: "If you want to prevent the enemy from here, you only need to set aside a group of men and horses to be stationed in this direction when attacking the city, it is not necessary to capture Jiuhe City." ”

Bai Gongbo patted him on the shoulder affectionately and said, "Brother Tao, don't be too careful, Bai Mou's use of soldiers can't be compared with your He military division, and it should be that you don't look very clever, but I definitely don't want to delay, it's better to be cautious." ”

Tao Lang had nothing to say, so he had to say: "The general said that the last general can't afford it, how dare the general look down on the general's strategy of using troops, since the general has planned well, the last general will wait for good news, but after taking the Nine Households City, he will immediately enter the White Waterfall City." ”

"This is natural." Saying that, he sighed and said: "Brother Tao, in fact, I am more anxious than you in my heart, I can't wait to take advantage of the opportunity of the two countries to join forces to attack Zhao to get more land for my king, your country has divided nearly half of the land from us, and the whole country is looking forward to making up for more from Zhao this time, if it is useless, I can't go back to explain." ”

Tao Lang smiled awkwardly and said, "Now that we have joined forces to attack Zhao, let's not mention the previous things." ”

Bai Gongbo pressed him on the seat, filled him with tea with his own hands, and said with a kind face: "There is nothing that can't be said, it is our fault first, and it is also self-seeking to be taught by He Junshi, I am not afraid of Brother Tao's jokes, although he Junshi has been defeated again and again, but Bai not only does not hate him but sincerely admires him, the last time we met by the riverside, we talked and laughed very happily, you He Junshi, haha, can we put it aside first, he is really interesting, I have never seen someone more interesting than him, I really look forward to the day when you and I will cease to fight forever, so that even if I kneel and beg for him to become brothers with me,

Referring to the fun of the military division, Tao Lang showed a knowing smile, and unconsciously narrowed the distance with the general Shunguo, and had to tell him some interesting stories about the military division, Bai Gongbo also told some interesting things about his relationship with He Ran when he met the alliance and Vaxiping in the past, and the two talked more and more closely, as if they were talking about another common friend, but one is sincere and the other is false, the reason why Bai Gongbo, who has always been unsmiling, laughed with him so abnormally, its purpose is self-evident,

But what White House Bo didn't expect was that he was a prophecy this time, and his original intention was just to delay the use of troops, but he really provoked the Zhao army who was ambushed in Jiuhe City, and he was a strong opponent.