The Zhao-Han coalition crossed the South Korean border with great fanfare and headed towards Zhaocheng.
Both Li Mu and Han Chuang thought that they would be blocked when they entered the territory of the Zhou Dynasty, because during a battle with the Qin State, Ji Jie sent cavalry many times to harass and cut off the Qin army's food routes, but they marched forward for nearly a hundred miles, and unexpectedly
Never encountered an enemy.
The Great Zhou Dynasty did not adopt the strategy of strengthening the walls and clearing the country, so Li Mu couldn't help but look at Ji Jie with admiration.
Han Chuang, on the other hand, sneered at Ji Jie. In his opinion, Ji Jie must have been lucky enough to defeat the Qin army. How could he let the enemy advance straight in, even if he put up a symbolic resistance?
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At this time, Ji Jie was explaining his intentions to the three women: "Li Mu is much higher than Meng Ao. It is precisely because Zhao Guo has a peerless general like Li Mu that Meng Ao feels that he has no future, so he joins the army."
Li Mu of the Qin State is familiar with the art of war and has rich combat experience. He knows that I am good at robbing food routes, so he will definitely send more people to protect the food delivery troops, and even set up ambushes in places where they may be robbed, waiting for me to take the bait!"
Sima Xueran nodded and said: "Brother Jie is right! If I were Li Mu, I would adopt such a strategy!"
"Haha, so I won't take advantage of their food this time!" Ji Jie said with a smile: "We have a strong army now, and I still don't care about the mere 60,000 coalition troops. Tomorrow Qian'er will go to the city with me and make them angry to death!
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Ji Jie has already sent people to spread the word that Princess Qian of Zhao State is his. Who told you that King Zhao and King Han are unkind? Don't blame them for being unjust.
"Okay, okay!" The little girl jumped up happily.
Ji Jie was startled. He thought she would be scared, but unexpectedly she looked impatient. This girl is also a master who is afraid of chaos in the world. I like it!
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Twenty miles ahead was Zhaocheng. Li Mu and Han Chuang simultaneously ordered to set up camp and rest one night before attacking the city tomorrow.
Li Mu held the position of marshal, and no matter how reluctant Han Chuang was, he still had to come to his tent to discuss the siege.
"I suggest that the south gate should be the main direction of attack. What do Deputy Commander Han think?" Li Mu asked with a smile.
Han Chuang shrugged. Any fool would choose the south gate. To the east of Zhaocheng is the Dragon City and to the west is the Royal City. Attacking from these two directions is easy to be attacked by internal and external attacks. It is even more unrealistic to go around the north gate. Only the south gate is the most appropriate.
However, Han Chuang had already made up his mind to go against Li Mu. No matter how tempting Nanmen was, he would still hold an objection.
"I think the east gate is more appropriate!" Han Chuang said expressionlessly.
Li Mu asked with great interest: "Why does Deputy Commander Han think so?"
Han Chuang gave a reason that even he himself did not believe: "The terrain in the east is flat. Although it is easy to be attacked by Dragon City's reinforcements, Dragon City is dozens of miles away. Their reinforcements cannot arrive in the blink of an eye! Ji Jie
I must also think that if we choose the south gate, the defense of the south gate will be placed in the most important position, and the defensive power of the east gate will be weakened, so the east gate is more suitable!"
The two couldn't argue. Li Mu didn't agree to attack the east gate, and Han Chuang didn't agree to attack the south gate. The two pioneers, the first and the second, were even more quarrelsome, and they were both blushing and thick-necked.
"Anyway, I don't agree!" Han Chuang said coldly: "If you want to attack the south gate, please ask Marshal Li to lead his men. I will hold the line for you. If I want to attack, I will attack the east gate!"
Li Mu thought to himself that this is deliberately against me. He wants me, Zhao Jun, to take the lead, while you watch the excitement from the side. What a strategy to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers! Let me see what you say next.
"Now that Deputy Commander Han has made up his mind, let's make a compromise!" Li Mu said with a smile: "Let's attack the south gate and you attack the east gate. If Deputy Commander Han takes the east gate, I, Li Mu, will never follow.
You take credit!"
Li Mu's words have another meaning, that is, if I win the South Gate, you, Han Chuang, don't compete with me for the credit.
Compared with Li Mu, an old fox, Han Chuang was just a child. He agreed without thinking. In his opinion, Zhou Jun must place the defensive end at the south gate, and the east gate he was responsible for attacking would be easily captured.
Early the next morning, Han Chuang led his troops in the direction of the east gate, and Li Mu's Zhao army appeared outside the south gate.
Han Chuang set up a two-pronged formation, attacking Zhaocheng on the one hand, and preventing a surprise attack on his back on the other.
Ji Jie first took Zhao Qian to the south gate. He saw that Zhao's army was in tight formation and had all kinds of siege equipment. He smiled and said: "Li Mu pretended to attack by force just to show Han Chuang!"
Li Mu would not be so stupid that he only knows how to attack with force. The Art of War says that what is real is false, and what is false is real. The more he pretends to be attacking with force, the less capable he is of attacking with force.
He wanted to use this to stimulate Han Chuang to storm the east gate, thereby testing the reality of Zhaocheng.
Han Chuang, this poor child, was tricked by Li Mu and turned into the chicken that was shown to the monkey in Ji Jie's hands.
"Let's go, there won't be any fighting at the South Gate today!" Ji Jie held Zhao Qian's slim waist and said with a smile, "Let's go to the East Gate!"
Zhao Qian was wearing white clothes today. She was so obvious among the troops. Li Mu had seen it a long time ago and was so angry that he was so angry! He thought to himself what happened to Princess Qian and why she was so close to Ji Jie. Wasn't she robbed?
Are you here? Why don't you resist?
He was so angry that he almost didn't order the vanguard to rush over. He shouted with a black face: "Beat the drums and shout!"
The heavy drums of war immediately sounded, and the Zhao soldiers shouted at the top of their lungs, looking as if they were about to charge.
Not to be outdone, Han Chuang outside the east gate also ordered: "Beat the drum, and charge after three drums!"
Zheng Gao, the deputy pioneer, shouted "I have the order" and returned to the main formation with his long sword. He only waited for the three-tone drum to lead his troops to kill him.
"Charge!" Zheng Gao gave the order, and with his infantry holding their shields high, they walked towards the city gate with neat steps, and the siege equipment also began to advance forward.
The trebuchet arrived first, and Han soldiers placed stones weighing dozens of kilograms on the pallet and waited for the order to launch.
On the city wall, Ji Jie waved his hand, and the giant trebuchet hidden in the corner roared, and black "winter melon"-like things were ejected out, heading straight for the opponent's trebuchet position.
Han Chuang looked at the flying "little black dots" with disdain and said to the general behind him: "Such small stones cannot destroy our army's trebuchet. Ji Jie only has so much ability."
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All the generals agreed, and flattering voices kept coming and going.
"Boom boom boom..."
He was dumbfounded. Those "little black dots" exploded after falling, blowing the trebuchet made of hardwood into pieces. The soldiers around him were blown high into the air and landed heavily on the ground!
"What is this?" Han Chuang panicked. Those trebuchets were made of the hardest wood, and ordinary stone bullets would have no problem hitting them. How could Ji Jie's stone bullets explode?
The Korean army's trebuchet position was shrouded in smoke. After just one attack, the place turned into a Shura hell. Broken limbs and broken trebuchets were scattered on the ground together with the exploded trebuchets!
"Infantry, speed up and rush to the bottom of the city!" Han Chuang shouted hysterically.