Chapter Forty-Six: Heading North

Yan Guoxiadu, Wuyang.

"What, Wang Jian refuses to fight?"

Yan Dan roared angrily, crumpled the silk book in his hand, and threw it on the ground.

Zhao Jia, the acting king on the side, pursed his lips and said, "Why should the prince be angry. Regardless of whether he fights or not, our army only guards Wuyang. The terrain of this city is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, only tens of thousands of people can stop his million-strong army here, why bother to fight with the Qin army in the field. If Wang Jiantun's army does not advance, sooner or later he will be reprimanded by the king of Qin, and then we only need to defend the city, and we will be able to consume the Qin people in this Wuyang city. ”

Yan Dan glared at Zhao Jia coldly, what kind of did this guy say.

If they can defend the city, who is willing to risk going to fight the Qin army in the field?

In the era of cold weapons, attacking and defending the city, the side defending the city has a great advantage, especially a fortified city like Wuyang, where tens of thousands of people can block the enemy's hundreds of thousands of troops.

But isn't this that Yan Guo can't afford it?

Not only is there a warning on the Liaodong side, but the Donghu generals will invade on a large scale, and the Liaodong border army needs to come back with reinforcements.

What's more, as my father said, Yan has consumed a lot of grain and grass in the past few months, and spring plowing is imminent, if this war is not ended as soon as possible, the Yan people will not be able to farm with peace of mind, let alone consume, and they will not even be able to get a grain of grain in the second half of the year.

And what does this Zhao Jia mean, do you really think he Yan Dan doesn't know?

Last year, when the Zhao State was destroyed, Zhao Jia took a group of old nobles to the throne and regathered tens of thousands of soldiers and horses and hundreds of thousands of people.

But his territory is only more than 300 miles, and there is a famine every year, so he can only go to Shanggu County to garrison soldiers, saying that he wants to join forces with Yan State, but he relies on Yan Guo to supply food, and now he is running to Wuyang City with people, called United Anti-Qin, but in fact, it is also eating and drinking.

So many people eat horses and chew, even if Yan Guo had a little savings before, he can't bear such consumption.

However, Yan Guo still needs the soldiers and horses in Zhao Jia's hands now, thinking of this, Yan Dan softened and said: "What the acting king said is reasonable. But our army's food and grass are no longer enough, and we must go to Liaodong to warn that we must fight a decisive battle with that Wang Qian. ”

"What if he doesn't come?" Zhao Jia asked.

"If you don't come, then we will cross the Yishui and take the initiative to defeat the Qin army!"

A rough and brutal voice sounded, and a large man eight feet tall, dressed in iron armor, and with a full beard on his face, walked in.

Qin Wuji.

He is the commander of the Liaodong Border Army, after the famous general Qin Kai of the Yan State, he is also the elder of Qin Wuyang, who has been stationed in Liaodong for many years, and led the Liaodong Army of the Yan State to fight the wild men Donghu, Gaoyi, and Haoqian, and is very confident, and he is a first-class famous general in the Yan State today.

Qin State?

It's just a barbarian state in Xirong, and it's similar to the savages in the east.

I heard that the Qin army is known as invincible in the world?

It wasn't Li Mu of Zhao State who was beaten before.

Wang Jian and Li Mu's men were defeated.

And I, Qin Wuji, have won all battles and are famous generals in the world.

So Qin Wuji was not afraid at all, he felt that he was Li Mu of Yan Kingdom.

No, he wants to become a figure like the first monarch Qin Kai or Changguo Jun Le Yi, break Wang Jian in one battle, and then destroy the Qin State!

……

Boom!

Drums beat in the camp.

Zhao Tuo was the first to wake up, and with a call, all the people in the tent had already become sensitive to the golden drum after a long time of training, and they got up one after another, put on armor, and looked for blades.

After the five drums, everyone had eaten the morning food, and under the command of military officials at all levels, they walked out of the camp and formed a phalanx under the banner.

Li Xin, who was riding a white horse, galloped over, and beside him, the two captains followed closely, and the soldiers under him had already gathered their soldiers.

Li Xin was wearing armor and standing on the pawn platform impassionedly, as if he was saying some oath to send troops, but Gengshi's position was far behind, and he was facing the wind, so he couldn't hear clearly, and he could only see the phalanx at the front shouting one after another.

"Victory!"

"Victory!"

The passionate and exciting emotions spread in the barracks, forming sound waves that were passed layer by layer, even if Zhao Tuo was in the rear, he was also infected by that emotion, and the blood in his body boiled.

He looked left and right, and saw that Zhu and Black Buttocks and others were also raising their arms and shouting, and even Shiruma, who had always been silent, had a slightly red face and raised his hand.

Army!

As soon as you enter the army, you are no longer a separate individual, and everyone's life and emotions are all connected.

One is prosperous, and one is lost.

As the brightly colored flags moved eastward, the battalions marched in units of 1,000 men and began to pull out their camps and march eastward.

Zhao Tuo's eyes lit up, and while commanding the people of Gengshi to move their steps, he recalled the military information he learned during this time.

It is said that a few days ago, the general had sent his lieutenant general Xin Sheng to seize Sanqiu and other important cities west of Yishui, and his troops were approaching Yishui in the south, but he stopped there and did not cross the river to attack the Yan Great Wall on the east bank of Yishui, as if he was waiting for something.

There are rumors through the grapevine that the Yan people have even issued a war letter, and they will take the initiative to fight a life-and-death battle with the Qin army in the west of Yishui, and the battle will be decided.

Zhao Tuo didn't know whether this news was true or false, but now that even their reserve force had begun to move, he thought that the decisive battle was not far away.

"Wang Jian will win this battle, and then sweep the Yan land like the autumn wind sweeping the leaves, and finally surround Jicheng and capture the capital of Yan Kingdom. However, the king of Yan will flee to Liaodong, and after the destruction of the Chu state, the Qin state will free up his hands to destroy Yan and Dai together."

Zhao Tuo recalled the historical knowledge he had learned in his mind, and the Qin State would win this war, so Zhao Tuo only needed to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, and he didn't have to worry about the big situation, which was a rare tailwind.

Just when Zhao Tuo was thinking about it, he found that something was wrong.

"No, it's not the road to Sancho, it's due north."

Zhao Tuo had followed the refugees to the vicinity of Sanqiu before he was recruited into Jing Ke's convoy, so he knew that road.

It stands to reason that Wang Qian's army was stationed in Sanqiu, and even if the Yan people were going to fight a decisive battle, they should be near there, but their reserve force avoided the road to the two places and walked towards another path to the north.

Could it be that they didn't go to support Wang Qian?

The answer was revealed an hour later.

By that time, the army had strayed far from the official road and reached an uninhabited valley.

When you get here, you are not afraid of leaking military information.

General Li Xin stood on a high place and told them the purpose of the trip, and Feng'er brought the voice into Zhao Tuo's ears.

"The general has lured out the Yan people, and they will fight a decisive battle in the west of Yishui."

"Our troops do not need to participate in this battle, because the general has another important task."

"When the two armies face off, our troops will bypass the battlefield, cross the Yishui in the north, go straight to the Great Wall of Yannan, conquer it, block the escape of the Yan army, and strangle the Yan Dynasty!"

"In this battle, my Qin army will win!"

"The Qin army will win!"

"The Qin army will win!"

……

As Li Xin's words fell, countless excited voices sounded.

Zhao Tuo was also surprised.

His first reaction was that Wang Jian was too confident.

This old general did not need the reinforcements sent by King Qin, and he also had the confidence to defeat the Yan and Dai coalition forces head-on.

At the same time, Zhao Tuo couldn't help but praise "Jiang is still old and spicy".

The army faced each other head-on, and the strange soldiers went around and stole home.

If the frontal battlefield is won, their strange soldier can cut off the back of the coalition army, strangle the defeated army, and destroy the living force of the Yan Dynasty.

On the contrary, if the two armies are in a stalemate on the frontal battlefield, and the strange soldiers who steal the family take the Yannan Great Wall, the Yan Dynasty coalition army, which is cut off from the back road, will inevitably be in turmoil and will be broken by the Qin army.

As for losing head-to-head, is it possible?