"Lian County is about three hundred miles away from Shan'anfu. At the marching speed of our army, it will take about ten days."
On the eastbound road, Zhao Tuo was sitting in the car, and Li Shiqi, his number one staff officer, was sitting on the other side.
Today, Li Shiqi no longer wears a red scarf on her head, but a blue cap that symbolizes the title of the hairpin bird.
This person took the greatest credit for the surrender of Shen County. Not only did he personally go to the city to collect intelligence, but he also saw through Dai Yu's plan, and finally allowed the Qin army to capture Shen County without any losses.
Therefore, Zhao Tuo rewarded them according to their merits after the incident, and reported their respective military achievements, and Li Shi was promoted to one rank. As for the others, except for the soldiers who were ambushing, they were assigned heads, so that many people were upgraded to the rank.
It's just that each has accumulated achievements and has not reached the "experience value" for promotion.
"In ten days, plus the few days we stayed in Shen County, Wei Jiu, who is in Shan's father's city, will get the news that Shen County has been lost. I wonder what he will do."
Zhao Tuo frowned when he thought of Wei Jiu's name.
The reason why Wang Ben asked Zhao Tuo to take the Wei territory eastward was that in addition to occupying all the cities in Wei, one of the tasks was to capture or kill Wei Jiu, Lord of Ningling.
In this battle of Qin's attack on Wei, Wang Ben suddenly led the Huaiyang division to launch a surprise attack.
Wei hurriedly sent troops to resist, and its main force was wiped out by Wang Ben in one battle.
The Qin army immediately surrounded Daliang, and its speed was so fast that many of the princes, princes and grandsons of Wei were trapped inside Daliang City, leaving only a few members of the public clan outside.
Among them, the most famous one, besides Wei Bao who was captured by Zhao Tuo, is the Ningling Lord Wei Jiu.
Wei Jiu is Wei Bao's brother and an outstanding figure among the Wei princes of this generation. He is known as the "Ling of Little Faith". He is usually generous and loving, respects the virtuous and respects scholars, and has always had a good reputation.
However, Lord Ningling was only Lord Ningling after all, not the Young Master Xinling who could save Wei.
Facing the Qin troops surrounding Daliang, Wei Jiu, Lord of Ningling, angrily raised his troops, gathered more than 10,000 Wei troops from all walks of life, and marched north to rescue Daliang.
Then, he was defeated by Wang Ben's army.
The Wei army was killed by the formation, with four thousand soldiers killed and two thousand captured.
Wei Jiu fled back to Da Song County in Wei state in embarrassment, hoping to gather the remaining troops again. However, this time Wang Ben did not intend to let him go, and sent 10,000 soldiers south to attack Suiyang.
Although Wei Jiu wanted to rely on Suiyang to resist, Suiyang fell to the Qin army's cannon in just a few days.
Under the protection of his trusted attendants, Wei Jiu escaped to heaven again and ran all the way to Shanfu County on the eastern border of Wei State.
Since Fang Yujun of Wei State was captured by Chu State.
Shanfu is the easternmost county in the Wei State and one of the last cities in the Wei State today.
"The Qin army has captured Feng County and is attacking Shanfu. What should I do in this situation?"
Wei Jiu sat on the couch with a pale face and asked everyone in the room.
One of the middle-aged scribes with a high official diploma raised his hands and said: "Master, don't be anxious. I have found out that this Qin army only has five thousand people, and it is a new army made up of Qin people from all walks of life. It is not a military force under Wang Ben's command."
Soldiers, their combat power is limited. Our army has gathered nearly 7,000 people in Shanfu, and its strength is greater than that of the Qin army. You don’t need to be afraid, sir."
Wei Jiu sighed: "Master Hou, although the number of this Qin army is smaller than ours, Shi County is so strong and was captured by the Qin army in just a few days. How can I not worry about it?"
Hou Shu is about forty years old, with a long face and short beard, and some pockmarks on his face.
He is the grandson of Hou Ying, who committed suicide during the "stealing amulet to save Zhao" incident in the past. He has always been quite resourceful.
Wei Jiu wanted to follow Lord Ling's example, so when he heard about Hou Shu's name, he personally invited him and took him under his command as a think tank.
After hearing Wei Jiu's words, Hou Shu smiled and said: "Don't worry, young master. The reason why the Qin County was easily captured by the Qin people was not because of how powerful the Qin army was, but because the Dai family had long been willing to surrender, so
Only then will Kaicheng surrender."
Wei Jiu blinked.
"But I heard that Dai Wu once sent his tribe to attack the Qin army's camp at night, but they were defeated by the Qin people, with many casualties."
Hou Shu sneered and said: "In my opinion, the reason why Dai attacked at night was to take advantage of the situation to clean up the strong men in the city who were unwilling to surrender to Qin, and deliberately let them go out of the city to die and be killed by the Qin army. In this way, Dai would have nothing to lose.
The resistance is dedicated to Sian County."
"Dai Wu has now been appointed as the county magistrate of the Qin State, and his legitimate son Dai Yu has brought hundreds of Dai clan members to follow the Qin army. This is proof! The so-called night attack is just a collusion between the Dai clan and the Qin army.
It’s just a play!”
"What a Dai! He is so insidious. If Naigong is able to attack Jian County, he will definitely behead Dai and his son in public display!"
A big man in the room spoke angrily. This man was eight feet tall and had a burly build. His big belly held up his armor and stomach, which showed how strong his body was.
"Zhu Jun, please don't be angry. People like the Dai family and his son are not only in Shen County, but also among the single father, I don't know how many people want to join the Qin people."
As soon as Hou Shu said this, the strong Zhu family man yelled in anger, and Wei Jiu, who was in charge, also frowned and asked: "What Hou Jun said, does it mean that there are many people in Shanfu City who want to
Surrender to Qin?"
Hou Shu said coldly: "That's right. Among the single fathers, there are many wealthy families. Among them, the Wei family, the most powerful, is a descendant of the former Duke of Wei. He has never been loyal to our country, Wei.
If the Qin army approaches the city in large numbers, I am afraid that the people of the Wei family will follow the example of the Song family of Suiyang!"
Hearing this, everyone in the room changed their expressions.
In the past, when Suiyang fell, even though the Qin army attacked the city with huge artillery, it was because the Wei army was frightened.
But the most important thing was the Song family, a wealthy family in Suiyang City. In order to protect themselves, they opened the city gate at night and let the Qin army enter the city. This caused Suiyang to fall into the hands of the Qin people in an instant, and Wei Jiu fled in a hurry.
Now that Hou Shu said that the powerful Wei clan in Shan's father's city wanted to surrender, wouldn't Shan's father become the second Suiyang?
"Sir, since the Wei family wants to surrender, we will take the first step and eradicate this Wei family first, so that we can safely fight the Qin people."
Zhu Piao said sternly that he was the son of Zhu Hai, the knight who "saved Zhao and wielded the golden mallet" in the past. He had supernatural power and a fierce personality. He was also one of the great sages that Wei Jiu had snagged.
Wei Jiu shook his head and said: "No, the Wei family may have the intention to surrender, but now it is just our guess. If he is killed without a name, I am afraid it will arouse the fear of other big families in the city and make them surrender to the Qin army."
Hou Shu also nodded and said: "What the young master is saying is that the Wei family has been very popular among Shan's father during the hundreds of years he has been here. If he kills him, the consequences will be unpredictable, and the young master will be accused of indiscriminate killing and lose the Wei family."
People trust.”
Zhu Piao said angrily: "This won't work, that won't work, then Hou Shu, tell me, what should we do?"
Hou Shu smiled and said: "Why do you always think about defending the city?"
Zhu Piao was stunned for a moment.
Wei Jiu was also stunned, and then said: "Hou Jun, what do you mean by this..."
“Take the initiative!”
"In this way, we don't have to defend the city, and we don't have to worry about the betrayal of the Wei family, and the winning rate is even greater!"
"This Qin army only has five thousand men. If we leave a thousand men to defend the city, we can also send a six thousand army."
"To the west of Shanfu, there are valleys and dense forests where our army can ambush."
"The Qin army must be exhausted after coming from a long distance. Our soldiers have rested in advance so that they can wait for their work."
"The Qin army does not know the terrain here, let alone our ambush."
"Six thousand against five thousand, those who are waiting for work to fight against the tired, the ambushed army against the panicked. How can our army not be victorious?"
When Hou Shu said this, his face shone with light and he laughed and said: "As long as this Qin army is destroyed in an ambush, the young master will definitely be famous. In this way, he can take Feng County to the west and punish the Dai family and his son."
"At that time, under the military might of the young master, the Wei clan and others in Shanfu's city will naturally be subdued, so there is no need to worry."
Zhu Piao laughed and said: "Okay! It's really a good plan! Just like Wang Ben sent people to ambush us outside Daliang, we also repaid the Qin army with an ambush. Hahaha, if we ambush the Qin army, we will definitely win this battle."
!”
Wei Jiu thought carefully and felt that Hou Shu's strategy was indeed impeccable.
If you have more troops than fewer troops, and if you plan an ambush in advance, you will win no matter how you look at it.
A smile broke out on Wei Jiu's face.
"Mr. Hou is indeed my wise man, this strategy is wonderful!"