Chapter 969: The Predicament of Longping City
At first, Zhang Liao thought that after Zhao Hao took control of the army, he would immediately attack.
After all, the number of these small coalition troops had already exceeded 10 million, which was five times the number of defenders of Longping City.
In this case, a direct attack is undoubtedly a good option.
Even if it is a pile of human lives, it is possible to break through the city.
And Zhang Liao was also ready early, as long as Zhao Hao dared to attack with such a method, he would be 100% sure that all the enemy troops would be blocked outside Longping City, and the first victory would be the first victory.
Then he will launch a counterattack, and with the elite soldiers under his command, the pursuit of victory will be undoubtedly victorious.
At that time, even if the enemy army is as high as 10 million, the final outcome can only be a complete defeat!
What made Zhang Liao's preparations frustrated was that Zhao Hao did not choose to order the army to attack directly, but chose to set up camp not far away, then arrange defenses, and then select five million of them to start training.
Looking at that, he actually planned to train the troops first and not attack in a hurry.
In this way, it is the Nanyan Kingdom that is uncomfortable.
At present, the Nanyan Kingdom is a three-front battle, Dunchuan City and Jinshui Kingdom, Chuanping County and Liyang Dynasty, plus Longping City and these small kingdoms in the land of all kingdoms.
For the Nanyan Kingdom, the pressure is very, very great, if it weren't for the fact that Lu Feng brought back a lot of resources from the Guxuan Commercial Bank before, he wouldn't be able to hold on at all.
If Zhao Hao camped in front of Longping City and trained the army, he would completely drag down the army of Longping City, and in this way, it would definitely not be possible to consume the Nanyan Kingdom for a long time.
As for the offense, it's almost impossible.
Zhao Hao's defense arrangement is excellent, even if the combat effectiveness of the soldiers defending the city is low, and the army of tens of millions is there, no matter how low the combat effectiveness is, relying on the camp to hold the attack of the two million army of the Nanyan Kingdom is definitely no problem.
It's perfectly fine to hold on for at least a month or two.
In addition, with the passage of time, Zhao Hao can also train the elite of those small alliance forces, which is definitely not a good thing for Zhang Liao, who is guarding Longping City.
Therefore, Zhang Liao is also a little helpless now.
If Zhao Hao directly led his troops to attack the city, even if he took a step back and said that the two sides were fighting on the plain, Zhang Liao was confident that he would be able to defeat the enemy army with a rabble.
But it's hard to say about defending the city.
"General, Prime Minister Jia Xu has arrived. At this time, the soldiers walked in and said respectfully.
"Please!" Zhang Liao said immediately.
Soon, Jia Xu walked in under the leadership of his own soldiers.
"The last general will meet the prime minister. Zhang Liao saluted.
Jia Xu is the left prime minister of the Southern Yan Kingdom, and in terms of official position, he is far above Zhang Liao.
However, in the face of Zhang Liao's salute, Jia Xu did not hold it up, but said with a smile: "Why does Wen Yuan have to make such a big salute? Your Majesty asked you to come down to assist you, it is Wen Yuan, your military advisor, and you have to give your order to fight the army in Longping City." ”
Zhang Liao was also relieved when he heard it, he was the chief general of Longping City, so he should naturally command the army to fight. But right now, Jia Xu is in the city, and he is a military advisor of the army, and his official position is still the left prime minister of the kingdom, far above Zhang Liao.
If Jia Xu must command the army to fight, Zhang Liao is really hard to say.
Fortunately, Jia Xu didn't have such thoughts.
and directly said that the command of the army was in his own hands, which made Zhang Liao also quite admired Jia Xu.
But not many ministers with official positions in the position of prime minister will be willing to lower their status to assist a general as a military advisor.
Of course, he also knew that this was Lu Feng's order, and Jia Xu had to listen to it.
Looking at Jia Xu, Zhang Liao asked: "Prime Minister, after you arrived in Longping City a few days ago, you disappeared and did not appear until today, did you go to investigate the situation of the enemy army?"
When Lu Feng learned that Zhao Hao was the leader of the allied forces of these small countries, he asked Jia Xu to come over to help Zhang Liao.
But after Jia Xu arrived, he told Zhang Liao and left with some brocade guards, which made Zhang Liao also confused.
"Exactly!"
Jia Xu nodded with a smile and said, "These days, I have been investigating the situation of the enemy army with Jinyiwei, and I already have some confidence in the current situation. ”
"Have you some certainty?" Zhang Liao was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately asked, "What is the way the prime minister has?"
"Exactly!"
"What's the solution?" Zhang Liao asked urgently.
"Wait for the first step down. ”
Jia Xu didn't say it immediately, but waited until everyone in the hall left except for him and Zhang Liao before saying, "Presumably, the general army also has some understanding of the current situation of the enemy army, right?"
"Yes. ”
Zhang Liao nodded, sighed lightly, and said, "Zhao Hao is a smart man, what he is doing now is the most correct choice, completely restricting our army here." ”
"It's a pity, it's a pity that I only have two million elite soldiers in my hands, if another million come, even if I take the initiative to attack the city, I dare to try, because the result will definitely be better than the current situation. ”
"What Wen Yuan said is that Zhao Hao is indeed a smart person, but there is a saying that being smart is mistaken by being smart. In the past few days, I have seen a flaw in the current arrangement. Jia Xu said.
"What's the flaw?"
"Even if Zhao Hao led tens of millions of troops, he did not rashly attack, this was a very correct choice, and he set up camp to train the army, which was the second correct choice. ”
Zhang Liao frowned slightly when he heard this, he also knew this, but he didn't know what Jia Xu meant by saying it again.
After a slight pause, Jia Xu continued: "He made two right choices, but he made a fatal wrong choice!"
"What choice?"
"He chose to put those small generals under house arrest instead of beheading them!" Mr. Jia said.
"What does the prime minister mean ......" Zhang Liao stared at Jia Xu and said, "We release these small generals and let them find their own troops, so as to break all Zhao Hao's arrangements internally?"
"Exactly!"
"Okay, tonight I will lead 50,000 elite soldiers to attack the enemy army at night, as long as the prime minister can ask the Jinyi guard to tell me their specific location, I will be sure to release them. Zhang Liao said immediately.
"No, no, no, it's not the best time. Jia Xu shook his head slightly.
"Not the timing?"
Zhang Liao's face was full of doubts, and said: "The current situation of the kingdom, the sooner the battle of Longping City ends, the greater the benefits to the kingdom, now as long as we release those small country generals, we can break Zhao Hao's arrangement from the inside, and we can occupy the initiative on the battlefield, so as to win this big war." ”
"Why does the prime minister say that now is not the best time?"
Zhang Liao really couldn't understand what Jia Xu meant.
"Even if we attack the enemy army at night now and release those small country generals, those small country generals will no longer be able to control their own army!" Jia Xu shook his head and said.
"Why is that?"
Zhang Liao was puzzled and said, "Those generals will more or less establish their prestige in their army, and Zhao Hao is just an outsider. As long as they show up, it won't be difficult to take control of the army before them, right?"
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