Yan Yan took 10,000 Qin troops to the city of Wu'an first, and Han Song and Yan Nan continued to attack the rest of the Zhao army in Taiyuan.

Wang Jian led the Qin army to Xindu, and after capturing Xindu, he rushed to Wu'an to join Yan Yan and attack Wu'an together.

Li Mu led 100,000 Zhao troops to start leaving Yuyang, and quickly rushed back towards Handan City, once Wu'an did not hold it, then he would block the Qin army in Handan City.

The Qin army is not in a hurry, and there is no accident that Taiyuan was taken by the Qin State, and the Qin army can choose two paths next, one is to continue to attack Handan in the east, and the other is to attack Jiuyuan, Yunzhong, and Yanmen in the north including Yanmen Pass.

These three places are located in the north, connecting Donghu, and Li Mu has always been responsible for leading the work.

However, due to the continuous wars of the three kingdoms of Yan, Zhao and Qin, the Zhao troops stationed in these three places have been transferred back to the south, and the remaining troops in the three places are not the opponents of the Qin army at all.

In Wu'an City, General Zhao Jun received the news of the Qin army's attack, and constantly arranged the defense line while rescuing Handan.

Zhao capital Handan.

King Zhao Qianqian convened his ministers to discuss countermeasures and how to face the menacing Qin army.

In the court of Zhao State, Guo Kai, a favored minister, proposed that the two cities of Julu and Sand Dune should transfer troops to Wu'an to support until Li Mu returned to the army, and at the same time ordered Li Mu to speed up the new army.

Zhao Wangqian listened to Guo Kai's proposal, so he ordered the two cities of Julu and Dune to transfer troops to Wu'an to support.

Liangcheng is located northeast of Wu'an, and the journey of the new army will take about five days.

Under the orders of King Zhao, the generals of the two cities organized the Zhao army in the city to march towards Wu'an.

The troops of the two cities behind Handan City were not very sufficient, and they gathered 12,000 men to rush to Wu'an.

On the mountain road, which was still seven days away from Wu'an City, the Qin army began to camp and rest under Yan Yan's orders.

In the center of the barracks, Yan Yan received information about the transfer of the two cities, and also received information that Li Mu led the army south.

Yan Yan called a soldier and asked him to go to the Yan Kingdom and hand over the letter he had written to the Yan generals.

In the barracks, Yan Yan looked at the city walls of Wu'an City, thinking about how to attack the city.

Time kept passing, the lights were lit in the camp, the bonfire rose in the barracks, and the Qin army chatted about the topic of war around the firelight, talking about the time of attacking Zhao in the past six months.

Yan Yan looked at the door curtain and saw the startled salamander standing there.

Yan Yan put down the light and beckoned.

The startled salamander approached Yan Yan, who hugged her and whispered, "Why did you think about coming here?" ”

Salamander: "I miss you." ”

Yan Yan: "It's okay to come home. ”

The startled salamander nodded, explained the situation all the time, and also told her to bring the words again.

Yan Yan hugged her, listening to her tell the news of everyone in the family, and his heart was extremely stable.

The startled salamander quietly leaned against Yan Yan, looked at the Kanyu map of the city and said, "Don't you need me to touch the situation." ”

Yan Yan nodded, "That's fine." ”

The starry sky shines continuously, echoing the bonfire in the Qin army's barracks.

The sky rose white, and the startled salamander got dressed and headed towards Wu'an City.

The Qin army continued its journey.

The sun in the sky is getting hotter and hotter, indicating that this summer will still be a difficult season, a season of disaster.

The heavy snow in winter did not bring a good year, like a white horse passing through a gap, and there was no trace of it.

Yan Guo.

Yan Yan's letter was delivered to the Yan generals, and after learning of the movements of the Qin army and the Zhao army, the Yan army once again launched an attack on the Zhao army.

The Zhao army of Julu and Sand Dune also arrived at the city of Wu'an, and the Qin army was still a day's journey away from Wu'an.

Inside the city of Wu'an.

Under the order of General Zhao Jun, all the people in the city participated in the defense of the city, and above the city head, the equipment, cloud shields, rolling wood, and stones that defended the city were all stacked in place, and the city walls and gates were reinforced.

At the same time, the figures of the disciples of the Mo family also appeared above the city, helping the Zhao army to strengthen the city wall and arranging the machinery and equipment for them to defend the city.

A day passed, and the Qin army began to set up camp twenty miles outside the city of Wu'an, and at the same time, a thousand cavalry troops came to the city of Wu'an, looking at this majestic city.

Yan Yan looked at Wu'an, which was not much lower than Handan City, the male city guarding Handan City, just like the most city in the east of Xianyang, which was a big city that guarded the capital.

The cavalry captain said beside Yan Yan, "Taishi, it seems that the Zhao army has prepared to defend the city, and has also arranged a heavy cloud shield to guard against catapults. ”

Yan Yan looked at the large number of mechanical instruments on the head of the Wu'an city wall, and looked at the disciples of the Mo family who were wearing black and white clothes, and his thoughts about getting rid of the Mo family became strong again.

On the city of Wu'an.

The generals of the Zhao army looked at the Qin army outside the range of the city, and looked at their silver-white armor, which was very sophisticated.

The Qin army retreated, and the Zhao army breathed a sigh of relief.

Qin army barracks.

Yan Yan summoned two lieutenant generals and ten lieutenants in the camp to discuss the siege arrangement, and Yan Yan asked everyone to talk about how to arrange the formation and what kind of siege method to use.

Within the military tent, each individual has his own proposal, some say that it will follow the previous method, some say that it will attack by force, and some say that it will lure the enemy.

Personally, Yan Yan listened and pondered, and did not give a general attack plan at the first time, but just asked one of the deputy generals to go to Yang Attack tomorrow to try the details of the Zhao army in Wu'an City.

Yan Yan was the only one left in the military tent, and he was waiting, waiting for the battle report that Wang Jian had taken Xindu.

Yan Yan "came to someone." ”

"Taishi."

Yan Yan sent someone to send an order to Wang Jian and ordered him to speed up the march and take Xindu within half a month. ”

"Yes."

Taking Xindu in half a month, Zhao will lose its ability to grasp the northwest, even if it can't take Wu'an, Jiuyuan, Yunzhong, and Yanmen will be completely stable.

When Li Mu returned to help, he was beyond the reach of the three places, so he could only defend Handan.

At night, the startled salamander reappeared in the camp and handed over all the information about Wu Annei to Yan Yan.

Yan Yan looked at the information in Wu'an City, and he already made a decision in his heart.

Yan Yan looked at the startled salamander and said, "You go to Wang Jian and tell him that after taking Xindu, he will leave the defenders, and then take the army to Yanmen Pass, and be responsible for leading the army to attack Yanmen, Yunzhong, and Jiuyuan." ”

The startled salamander nodded, then turned away.

Yan Yan burned the information in his hand, Wu'an City couldn't take it for a short time, enough for them to support Li Muyuan, and the next thing was to hold Zhao Jun so that they couldn't leave Wu'an.

The next day, the Qin army began its attack, and this time the Qin army did not attack the city in a big way.

Wu'an City.

The generals of the Zhao army looked at the retreating Qin army, and asked the herald around him to go down and give orders to the whole army, strictly prevent the Qin army from attacking the city in the dark night, and defend it at night.

The generals of the Zhao army returned to the command post, and the generals in command among the generals were all called here.

General Zhao Jun "This time the scale of the Qin army's attack is not large, but judging from the degree of their damage, the range of the Qin army's catapults and giant crossbows has reached about two hundred and fifty zhang, which completely exceeds the range of our army's bows and arrows." ”

"Is there any way to stop the Qin army's catapults and giant crossbows, otherwise the city wall will be broken sooner or later under the attack of the Qin army."

These generals, you look at me, I look at you, and I can't think of any way.

The distance was too far, their bows and arrows could not reach the range at all, and going out of the city to meet the battle would only give the Qin army military merits, and the hand crossbows in the hands of the Qin army completely suppressed their bows and arrows.

The generals of the Zhao army had no choice when they looked at them, there was too little information about the Qin army, not to mention the huge difference in equipment.

A Zhao military captain said, "General, send a kind of cavalry to go out of the city at night and burn down the Qin army's barracks, and burn their catapults and giant crossbows." ”

A lieutenant retorted, "We haven't even figured out the distribution of the income of the Qin army's barracks, how to burn it." ”

"In case the Qin army has an ambush, just wait for us to attack the camp, isn't that self-defeating."

As the two spoke, many generals began to quarrel with each other, and the result was meaningless words.

The generals of the Zhao army looked at them and opened their mouths to silence them.

After listening to so much, the summary is that they don't know the intelligence of the Qin army, they don't know the distribution of the Qin army's forces, the Qin army's equipment is better than theirs, and the Qin army will ambush them.

The generals of the Zhao army "sent out the whole battalion of the Hou camp and went to the Qin army camp to find out the specific distribution of the Qin army. ”

"We must find out the information of the Qin army camp within three days, and then discuss it then."

The lieutenant who commanded the Hou camp raised his voice and said, "Yes. ”

After saying that, he left.

The generals of the Zhao army "ordered to go down and divide the soldiers and civilians in the city into three waves, one wave to be vigilant at all times, one wave to be ready to support at any time, and one wave to rest and wait for orders." ”

"Yes."

General Zhao Jun: "Let's go and arrange tasks." ”

Under the arrangement of the generals and lieutenants, the soldiers and civilians in Wu'an City began to arrange defense in an orderly manner.

Sindu.

Wang Jian looked at the startled salamander and saw that she took out the golden seal of Yan Yan, so he believed the woman who suddenly appeared in his tent.

After the startled salamander finished Yan Yan's order, he continued, "The king said that Handan City is already impossible to take, so retreat and take Jiuyuan, Yunzhong, and Yanmen. ”

Wang Jian looked at the terrain and map, and quickly found the location of the three places, and then followed Yan Yan's arrangement to look, and found that as long as the letter was occupied by the Qin army, it would be difficult for the Zhao army to send troops from Handan to support the three places.

In addition, Taishi Yanyan contained Handan City in Wu'an, and Yan Guo contained the Zhao army in Yuyang, and these three places were completely without soldiers.

Wang Jian "Madame told the master for me, I understand." ”

"After taking Xindu, I will immediately lead the army north to Yanmen Pass, and take Yanmen Pass and the three places in the north."

The startled salamander nodded and handed him a letter, "This is what the king asked me to give to you, remember to burn it." ”

After saying that, the startled salamander left and disappeared into Wang Qian's military camp.

Wang Jian opened the envelope, and after reading it, he placed it on the lamp, and as the fire gradually rose, the letter paper turned to ashes.

Wang Jian "Someone is coming." ”

"General."

Wang Jian "sent the order to go down and launch a general attack tomorrow." ”

"Yes."

Giant Deer City.

Li Mu, who had returned from the land of Yuyang, had arrived, and it had been five days since Wu'an had been besieged, and Xindu was also in danger under Wang Qian's offensive.

Li Mu asked to rescue Xindu first, but King Zhao's order was for him to rush to Wu'an immediately.

Li Mu looked at the king's order in his hand, and once again gritted his teeth at the villain in the court.

and the dangerous letter was not saved, but Wu An, who was still not broken, asked him to go to help, did he have to give the letter to the Qin army for nothing?

Li Mu had no choice but to obey the order and dare to go to Wu'an.

It was already the height of summer, and the weather was as hot as last year, and it hadn't rained a drop of rain in the sky for a month.

Everywhere Li Mu's army passed, all that caught his eye were withered yellow weeds and shrubs, and even some of the attacking trees showed signs of withering.

Outside the city of Wu'an.

The cavalry of the Zhao army once again launched a charge against the Qin army's formation, and the spears of the Qin army's shield soldiers pierced through and met the Zhao army like a hedgehog.

In the rear of the two formations, the crossbowmen continued to fire crossbows at the Zhao army, and round after round of arrows rained down, bringing different rain.

Yan Yan stood on the lookout and watched the battle between the two armies and ordered, "Let the cavalry attack." ”

The flag commander beside him waved the red flag and blue flag in his hand, and the only 1,200 cavalry troops in the Qin army began to rush towards the cavalry of the Zhao army.

In the ten-day battle, the Qin army was mainly attacking Wu'an most of the time, and the battle line between the two armies was glued together only twice.

The cavalry of the Qin army was not very badly damaged.

On the contrary, it was the Zhao army, which left a total of more than 3,000 corpses on the two occasions, and the city wall was also shattered by one section, which was a few points shorter.

At dusk, the two sides of the army began to appear cleaning the battlefield on the battlefield, each doing their own thing, collecting the remains of their comrades, and counting the number of people.

Qin army barracks.

Yan Yan: "Judging from the recent reports of the Zhao army's frequent battles out of the city, they should have some information about our army, so it is very likely that there will be an attack on the camp. ”

"What we have to do is to take precautions and turn this possible event into a battle to destroy the Zhao army."

"Taishi, you can just say what to do."

"Yes, we all listen to the Grand Master."

After the battle in the past few days, Yan Yan has enough prestige in the army.

At this time, there was a report outside, "Report, General Wang Jian has a letter." ”

"Come in." ”

The herald entered and gave Yan Yan a wood-colored black dragon scroll, Yan Yan opened it and looked at it, saying that the letter had been taken, and he was going north according to the arrangement, going to Yanmen Pass to meet Han Song and Yan Nan.

Yan Yan: "General Wang Jian has taken Xindu, and the next thing I do is to entrust Zhao Jun in Wu'an." ”

The tactics were all changed, and instead of fighting head-on with the Zhao army, a harassment battle was the main one to buy time for General Wang Qian. ”

"Yes."

"Next, let the soldiers lay traps in the barracks to guard against cavalry, and sleep through armor. ”

"Yes."

Yan Yan: "Okay, let's go and arrange the task." ”

Yan Yan returned to the camp where he was resting, and the salamander and Liki were waiting inside.

Yan Yan: "How long will it take for Li Mu to arrive?" ”

The "startled salamander" will be able to enter the city tomorrow. ”

Yan Yan: "What is the situation in Li Mujun's army. ”

The "salamander" marched lightly, and many armaments were not available. ”

Yan Yan lowered his head and thought about something after hearing this, and then Yan Yan said, "Someone." ”

"Taishi."

Yan Yan: "Let the cavalry captain come over." ”

Soon, the captain of the cavalry arrived.

"Taishi."

Yan Yan "In Li Mu's army, for the speed of marching, the lightly armed march will definitely be a little slackened on guard, you lead the cavalry to ambush here overnight, ambush him, and then rush back." ”

The lieutenant looked at the terrain in the direction of Yan Yan's fingers, which was the only plain to Wu'an City, and from here to there, the march was bound to be fast.

The lieutenant nodded and left.