Chapter 367: Doing calculations with a heart and no intentions, the overlord's strategy(1/2)
Xiang Yu ordered camping in Fufeng and held a military meeting at the same time.
All the eighteen princes, except Liu Bang, attended the meeting.
Xiang Yu sat in the main seat without saying nonsense. He summoned Long Qi immediately and asked him about Zhao Kunjun's situation.
When Xiang Yu learned that Zhao Kunjun was huddled in Yongcheng and there was no movement, he was obviously stunned.
After winning the battle, he had never heard of any army that would make such a "negative" move.
Logically speaking, shouldn’t the Qin army take advantage of the situation to annihilate the rebels and recover lost territories?
Xiang Yu frowned, as if he was at a loss at the point of being at a loss for Zhao Kun's unreasonable way of playing cards.
Tian Du, the King of Qi, who was beside him, reminded in a deep voice: "King, this Qin army... seems unusual!"
"After all, it's that boy Zhao Kun's army..."
Xiang Yu sighed slightly, then reached out and rubbed his eyebrows.
Yes, he has a headache.
Because Zhao Kun is different from other Qin generals, he likes to be unexpected in everything he does.
He thought Zhao Kun was dead, but he suddenly resurrected. He thought Zhao Kun would move forward and caught him off guard. He revolted and crushed him with his military advantage.
But I never expected that everything was beyond his expectations.
what does that mean?
This means that the other party has a bigger conspiracy brewing!
It is obvious that Zhao Kunjun also considered the problem of insufficient troops, so he gave up on the initiative and turned to a defender.
Admittedly, this is a very wise approach.
Not everyone can remain calm after two big wins and strictly implement their strategies.
"What the hell is this kid thinking?"
After thinking for a while, Xiang Yu got up and walked to the map, frowned and looked at it. Suddenly, a crazy idea flashed in his mind. Xiang Yu asked coldly: "Longjie, can the scout you sent out be inquiring about Qishan?"
"Qishan?"
Long Qi was stunned for a moment, then bowed and said, "The general only sent people to inquire about the situation around Yongcheng and Fufeng, but did not inquire about Qishan!"
"snort!"
Xiang Yu snorted coldly and said heavily: "Our army relies on Qishan. If the enemy takes advantage of the night to climb to the top of the mountain and use fire attacks, do you want the large army to burn the camp?"
"ah?"
Long Qi was startled and hurriedly said, "I'll make arrangements!"
After saying that, he rushed out of the military tent without looking back.
Seeing this scene, the princes around him couldn't help but look at each other and breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.
If it was true as Xiang Yu said, they might not even know how to die.
After calming down a little, King Zhang Er of Changshan bowed to Xiang Yu and said, "Overlord, is this Zhao Kun the nineteenth son of the Qin Emperor Li Anjun?"
"Um."
Xiang Yu said 'um' and turned around and said, "This Zhao Kun is full of tricks. When I contacted my uncle with all the major clans, in an attempt to assassinate Ying Zheng, he stopped us and killed my uncle!"
After saying that, he walked straight to the main position, sat down again and said, "No need to mention the past. No matter who it is, as long as he dares to stop us, he will be dead and lifeless!"
"Yes! That's right, as long as there is a Overlord here, then Zhao Kun is what a thing!"
"Kill Zhao Kun! Destroy the tyrannical Qin!"
"A young man who lost his country wants to turn the tide is simply a delusion!"
Looking at the princes all agreed with Xiang Yu, they didn't take Zhao Kun seriously at all. Zhang Liang, who was sitting in the corner, shook his head slightly, thinking that he was really fearless!
"cough--!"
It seemed that these princes also felt that they had gone a little too far. Xiang Yu coughed lightly and waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's talk about the main business now!"
As he said that, he turned his head to look at Zhang Er and Tian Du on the left: "Do you two have a good plan to defeat the enemy?"
"Report to the Overlord!"
Zhang Er took the lead and said, "Although Yongcheng is easy to defend but difficult to attack, our army's strength is far superior to the Qin army. If we forcefully attack the city, we will definitely be able to take it..."
"not necessarily!"
Before Zhang Er finished speaking, Tian Du, beside him, immediately interrupted: "Although our army has the advantage of military strength,... but the mysterious weapons of the Qin army are amazing. I thought that if our army forcibly attacked the city, there would be heavy casualties!"
Hearing this, the princes nodded slightly, as if they felt that Tian Du's words made some sense.
After all, the one who fights the vanguard must be their army, and no one wants their army to die in vain.
From this point of view, we can see that the so-called coalition forces are not united at all.
"Over King, I don't recommend attacking Yongcheng forcibly... Then Li Anjun was clearly prepared and expected that our army would forcibly attack the city, so he defended Yongcheng and waited for us to take the bait!" King of Hengshan Wu Rui said seriously.
"Hook?"
Xiang Yu nodded with a wry smile.
It's not that he took the bait. You have to know that his army alone can't stand him anyway, but he lured Xiang Zhuang, defeated Ying Bu, and forced himself to fight him step by step.
why is that?
Unless he has a brain problem, he will never make such a strategy.
But is Zhao Kun’s brain problem?
Xiang Yu asked himself, he would rather believe that the sows would climb trees than believe that Zhao Kun had a brain problem.
Faced with himself with an absolute advantage in military strength, he did this, which shows that he is waiting for him to take the bait.
Suddenly, Xiang Yu felt a little bored in his chest. He obviously missed Fan Zeng a little. If Fan Zeng was here, he could still give him some advice.
Um?
Fan Zeng?
Zhang Liang?!
Yes! Isn’t Zhang Liang in his camp?
Suddenly, Xiang Yu looked up and looked around. After a moment, he finally found Zhang Liang in a corner. He couldn't help but grin: "Zifang, why did you sit there?"
After saying that, he immediately waved behind him, "Come here, set a table for Mr. Zhang, yes... just sit next to me!"
Hearing this, the princes were slightly stunned and seemed to have not reacted.
Isn’t Zhang Liang Liu Bang’s military advisor?
Liu Bang has already gone to Xianyang, why is he still here?
Also, why is Xiang Yu so polite to him that he is on par with him?
You should know that Xiang Yu is very fond of power. He can eat, live and suffer with you, but he will never allow you to share his power.
The meaning of being on the same level seems a bit unusual!
Just as the princes were thinking a little, Zhang Liang smiled and shook his head, and politely refused, "The Overlord is the lord of the world. Zhang Liang is just a counselor of the King of Han. Now he can sit here, which is also the benefit of the King of Han. How can he be on an equal footing with the Overlord..."
As he said that, he stood up and bowed to Xiang Yu: "I hope the overlord will not kill Zhang Liang!"
Zhang Liang said everything without any loss. He first showed his identity, then raised Xiang Yu's status, and finally gave the princes a face.
He was a minister of Liu Bang, and he was just below the princes. If he was on par with Xiang Yu, it would be equivalent to being above the princes. This was a great shame for the princes.
It was obvious that Xiang Yu did not understand Zhang Liang's intentions and thought that Zhang Liang was not aware of the current affairs, so he waved his hand unhappily: "Forget it, just sit there!"
"Thank you, Ba Wang!"
Zhang Liang smiled and bowed, then nodded to the princes.
The princes nodded slightly, and their expressions calmed down a little.
At this time, Xiang Yu saw Zhang Liang sitting down again and said again: "Zhang Liang, what do you think about the current situation?"
"Back to the Overlord!"
Zhang Liang pondered for a moment and bowed, "There are currently about 180,000 Zhao Kun's army gathered in Yongcheng, about 50 miles away from us, and another Li Xin army is heading towards Shangjun, about 2,000 miles away from us, and only 20,000 people in Longxi are stationed, about 500 miles away from us;
Zhao Kun seemed to have never thought about the defense behind him. He was completely dispatched to annihilate us in Guanzhong! The current situation is here. Let me see, how should we deal with the enemy?"
"Overlords, generals, in the following view, Zhao Kun's rear is the opportunity for our army to win!" King Hengshan Wu Rui was the first to speak.
"Oh?" Xiang Yu raised his eyebrows: "What strategy does King Hengshan have to defeat the enemy?"
"Return to the king, our army can leave some of its military strength to restrain Zhao Kun in Yongcheng, and then divide its troops to attack Longxi, and take Zhao Kun's rear for himself. In this way, Zhao Kun will lose the supply behind, and Yongcheng will become an isolated city. It is easy to break the city!" Wu Rui said seriously.
"What General Wu said makes some sense!"
Chen Wu, the general under Xiang Yu, nodded and suddenly said with some confusion: "It's just that Longxi is on the north side. If Li Xin gives up entering the pass and leads his army back to Longxi, wouldn't our army be attacked from both sides? And the front line will be lengthened, which seems to be inappropriate!"
"Yes, the journey from Shangjun to Beidi is about seven days. Although the capital of Longxi is not as good as the capital of Xianyang, it is also a border city. If you want to break the city before Li Xin's reinforcements arrive, wouldn't it be too rush?" Zhang Er pondered.
To be continued...