Chapter 219 Go further to the well path and march twenty miles.
"Yingchuan?"
In Xianyang City, as the news from Yingchuan was sent to the palace, Ying Zheng couldn't calm down after reading the bamboo slips.
Looking at the huge map in the study room, Ying Zheng looked angry.
According to the plan, the army that originally attacked Zhao State in two directions was actually trapped in Yingchuan!
"Why don't I know that there are still such a huge number of forces in Yingchuan?"
Ying Zheng looked at the location of Yingchuan on the map and asked.
In the study room.
Wei Zhuang, Chang Pingjun, Li Si, Wei Liao and other important officials of the Qin State fell silent when they heard Ying Zheng's words and looked at the position of Yingchuan.
It was obvious that someone deliberately concealed this matter.
Otherwise, no one knows about such a large force in Yingchuan, let alone reports it.
"Your Majesty, please order someone to go to Yingchuan to investigate."
Wang Wan stood up, raised his hands and said.
The Yingchuan County Sheriff, the county captain, and even the censor must all investigate this matter, one by one, until the truth of the matter is revealed.
"Let me find out clearly. Once it is confirmed, the three Yi tribes will be killed."
Ying Zheng nodded and said softly.
"promise!"
When Wang Wan listened to Ying Zheng's words, she felt at ease and quickly accepted the order.
"Li Si, since Li You is in Sanchuan County, immediately ask him to lead troops to Yingchuan and investigate the matter together!"
Ying Zheng looked at Li Si.
Li Si looked at Ying Zheng's eyes, lowered his head, and quickly handed over his hands.
"promise!"
Li Si responded.
At this moment, Li Si's heart was full of helplessness. The Yingchuan incident obviously involved more than just a single noble clan. There must have been many officials involved, including many city guards and city captains.
If it is not handled properly, the consequences will be unpredictable.
"Kings!"
Just as Li Si took a step back, Wei Zhuang stepped forward and looked at Ying Zheng.
"Now that Yingchuan is in turmoil, General Yang Duan and General Wang Jian are trapped in Yingchuan, and our Qin State only has General Wang Jian and his troops in Zhao State. Opposite Li Mu and Sima Shang, General Wang Jian may not have a chance of winning. Wei Chen suggested, but
Let General Wang Jian retreat first and return to the territory of Qin."
Wei Xiang said.
After hearing Wei Xiang's words, Chang Pingjun and others looked at the map.
According to the news from Wang Jian, calculating the time, Wang Jian is now sending a large army to attack Yanyu. If he retreats, it will indeed be too late.
But this also means that the attack on Zhao State is likely to be delayed and variables will arise.
"Give Wang Jian more troops!"
Ying Zheng opened his mouth and looked at the map: "I am sending you an order to have Qiang Yu and Meng Tian lead 30,000 troops to rush to Wang Jian's aid."
"promise!"
Wei Liao answered with cupped hands.
Li Si, Changping Jun and others were not surprised when they heard Ying Zheng's words.
An hour later,
As Li Si and others left, Yao Jia was left alone.
In the study room.
Ying Zheng looked at the map, his eyes fixed on the location of the Zhao Kingdom, or in other words, the place with the word Handan written on it in the Zhao Kingdom.
Destroy the Zhao Kingdom! This has been Ying Zheng’s long-cherished wish since the beginning of his succession to the throne.
His experiences in Handan since childhood made Ying Zheng think about destroying Zhao all the time after he succeeded to the throne and quelled the civil strife.
However, they sent out troops several times, but all returned without success.
No matter how many Qin troops were sent, they were all defeated by Li Mu, which also led to the long-cherished wish to destroy Zhao not being realized.
"Kings!"
A eunuch held a scroll of bamboo slips in his hands and came to Ying Zheng's side.
Ying Zheng turned to look at the eunuch, then took the bamboo slip from the eunuch's hand and handed it to Yao Jia.
"This is the bamboo slip sent by Bai Yan's order!"
Ying Zheng said.
Seeing this, Yao Jia stepped forward and took the bamboo slips with both hands.
Then standing next to the map, Yao Jia took the bamboo slip and slowly opened it. When he first took a look at it, he couldn't help but be surprised. When he saw the back, his eyes were full of surprise.
Divorce!!!
That Bai Yan actually wanted to use a stratagem to alienate Zhao Guochao.
"Yao Jia, do you think this method is feasible?"
Hearing the sound of putting away the bamboo slips, Ying Zheng turned his head and looked at Yao Jia.
This scroll of bamboo slips has been delivered here for a long time, but Ying Zheng has never taken it out, because it is also difficult to reverse it.
It's better to see if we can attack it with military force first.
If possible, directly destroy the Zhao city and attack Handan all the way.
However, news has just arrived from Yingchuan.
Faced with the current Zhao Kingdom, only Wang Jian has a large army. Facing Li Mu and Sima Shang, the possibility of destroying Zhao with a large army is getting smaller and smaller.
Ying Zheng couldn't help but think of this bamboo slip again, or rather the method of dealing with Li Mu contained in this bamboo slip.
"Your Majesty, it's hard to say, but you can give it a try!"
Yao Jia replied.
Yao Jia is different from other ministers. Yao Jia has been traveling around various countries all year round to alienate other countries for the Qin State. As for Zhao State, Yao Jia knows it best because before coming to Qin, Yao Jia was an official in Zhao State.
Looking at the bamboo slips at this moment, Yao Jia was full of surprises and curious about Bai Yan.
Logically speaking, it would not be surprising if he, Yao Jia, learned about Gongzi Jia's actions and thought of this matter. After all, he, Yao Jia, knew Zhao Guo.
But it was Bai Yan who proposed this move!
How could Bai Yan know so much about Zhao Guochatang? Could it be that someone told him.
"Your Majesty, since General Bai Yan has submitted a letter, we may allow him to give it a try now."
Yao Jia looked at Ying Zheng.
Although the bamboo slips said that he would use Gongzi Jia to drive a wedge between Zhao Wangqian and Li Mu, he was not very sure that he could successfully separate them. It would be better to ask Bai Yan, who wrote the letter, to go to Zhao State and give it a try.
Perhaps Bai Yan, who wrote the letter, already knew how to persuade Gongzi Jia.
Ying Zheng nodded when he heard Yao Jia's words.
Under the scorching sun.
In previous years, mid-April was supposed to be the time when spring was warm and flowers were blooming. I never thought that this year, Zhao would experience a drought. There would be no rainfall all year round, resulting in extremely high temperatures.
Traveling under the scorching sun is not comfortable even for cavalry soldiers.
You can't walk for long at all, so you need to rest, otherwise the consequences of heat stroke will be serious.
From Qicheng all the way to Yanyu.
Fortunately, when Bai Yan led the cavalry army to Yanyu, he did not see Li Mu's Zhao army.
Wang Ben and Yang Yan still led an army of 50,000 to besiege Yanyu.
As the son of Wang Jian, when Wang Jian and Huan Jue attacked Yanyu, Wang Ben followed his father and participated in the attack on Yanyu.
Therefore, now Wang Ben personally leads the troops to attack Yanyu, and he is more skillful in attacking the city.
It was similar to the way Wang Jian and Huan Jie used to attack the city. In addition to using siege machinery, Wang Ben also used bag soil siege methods to coordinate the siege, intending to make the defenders in the city exhausted.
When Bai Yan led the cavalry to the army formation.
Among the army, Wang Ben and Yang Yan, who were wearing Qin armor, were looking at Yan Yu and talking to each other.
Suddenly seeing Bai Yan leading the mighty cavalry army, Wang Ben and Yang Yan were a little surprised. After telling the deputy general to guard the city gate and be alert to the defenders in the city, the two rode towards the cavalry army.
Accompanied by three people meeting.
"Vice General!"
"Vice General!!"
Yang Yan and Wang Ben rode up to Bai Yan, bowed their hands in greeting, and looked at the cavalry soldiers behind Bai Yan, full of doubts.
Bai Yan bowed his hands in return to the two of them.
"Two generals, the situation has changed. General Yang Duan and his troops are trapped in Yingchuan by Yingchuan bandits. Due to the obstruction of food and grass supplies, they will not be able to attack Zhao in a short time."
Bai Yan rode his horse and said to Wang Ben and Yang Yan.
Just as Bai Yan finished speaking, he saw Wang Ben and Yang Yan both looking shocked.
"Trapped in Yingchuan?"
Wang Ben and Yang Yan heard Bai Yan's words. They were both generals, and they almost immediately realized that if there was no containment in the south, Li Mu and Sima Shang would attack their Qin army with all their strength.
"Do you want to withdraw the troops?"
Yang Yan asked.
Since the Qin army led by his father could not reach Zhao State in Yingchuan on time, facing Li Mu and Sima Shang alone, they had almost no chance of winning.
"If we don't withdraw our troops, General Wang Jian ordered me to come and join the two generals to prevent Li Mu from making a surprise attack!"
Bai Yan shook his head. If he could withdraw his troops, Wang Jian would have ordered him to lead an army of cavalry to escort this army to retreat.
From the corner of his eye, he looked at the city of Yanyu in the distance. Countless Zhao soldiers were watching here with vigilance. Under the city, there were many corpses of Qin soldiers.
Hearing Bai Yan's words, Wang Ben frowned slightly.
Wang Ben knew his father's character of leading troops. If it were normal, he would have already issued the order to withdraw the troops.
"Vice general, if we don't withdraw our troops, we will never be able to stay here now!"
Wang Ben looked at Bai Yan and said.
Just facing the Zhao army led by Li Mu and Sima Shang is enough to scare Ren. If he doesn't withdraw to Qiyang now, he will never be able to stay here.
Wang Ben turned to look at Yanyucheng. He knew clearly that if the Qin army was guarding here, the defenders in Yanyucheng would definitely cooperate with Li Mu when they saw Li Mu coming. By then, the situation of their army would be very dangerous.
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"You really can't stay here!"
When Bai Yan heard Wang Ben's words, he nodded and frowned slightly.
Facing Li Mu, Bai Yan was actually very nervous. When Wang Jian gave him the order, he was already prepared for a bloody battle with Li Mu when he arrived here.
Unexpectedly, after arriving here, he discovered that Li Mu's Zhao Bianqi had not arrived.
As a result, there are many choices left for him.
And behind every choice and every order, he can decide the life or death of these tens of thousands of soldiers.
"General Wang Ben and General Yang Yan, I plan to leave part of the army behind and continue to surround Yanyu. The rest of the army will follow me towards the direction of the well and march twenty miles."
Bai Yan looked at Wang Ben and Yang Yan and said.
Bai Yan knew in his heart that the infantry could travel thirty to fifty miles a day, which was within the normal marching range. Fifty miles was close to the limit. If he wanted to go further, he would have to abandon his military equipment and baggage.
Li Mu and Sima Shang led the Zhao army in Daidi and Yanmen. Although the number of cavalry was quite large, the infantry still accounted for the majority.
Twenty miles away, you can't guard against Li Mu's cavalry, but you can effectively guard against Li Mu's infantry.
Under such a scorching sun, if Li Mu wanted to surprise the Qin army and break up the siege, he would definitely calculate the distance and not let the Zhao army just arrive and become exhausted.
In other words, the day before arriving at Lanyu, Li Mu's Zhao army must not have been more than twenty miles away from Lanyu.
At the beginning, Hu Jin's grandfather Hu Yang failed to calculate the distance accurately, so he was exhausted and defeated by Zhao She.
Now facing Li Mu, Bai Yan also planned to use these twenty miles to prevent Li Mu's surprise attack and prevent Yan and the defenders here from cooperating with Li Mu.
"Twenty miles!"
Wang Ben listened to Bai Yan's words and looked thoughtful.
Wang Ben soon realized Bai Yan's intention, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He had to admit that Bai Yan's method was very bold, using offense as defense, and waiting for work with ease.
Even if there is danger, they can retreat to Yanyu, because the army surrounding Yanyu here has not traveled twenty miles, and they can just wait for work. Li Mu will also be afraid when the time comes.
Think of this.
Wang Ben nodded towards Bai Yan.
"Wang Ben agrees with the deputy general!"
Wang Ben cupped his hands and said.
On the other side, Yang Yan frowned, obviously not reacting as quickly as Wang Ben.
But in the end Yang Yan nodded.
Seeing this, Bai Yan issued an order to put Yang Yan in charge of guarding Yan Yu. Wang Ben led an army of 30,000 people and followed him to the direction of the well, marching twenty miles.
The palace and the city head.
The Zhao soldiers stood in the city road holding crossbows. When they saw another cavalry army coming outside the city, the Zhao soldiers' eyes were full of despair.
Originally, they were surrounded by Qin's army and had little hope of defending the city. Now, a large number of Qin's cavalry came, which almost made it impossible for them to survive.
However, when all Zhao soldiers were in despair, all Zhao soldiers suddenly saw that the cavalry army suddenly left, and together with it, there were about 30,000 Qin soldiers.
"Why did they withdraw?"
"Yeah, why did they withdraw?"
"Look, they stopped piling dirt!"
In the city road, a soldier named Zhao Guo exclaimed.
After watching the cavalry army leave, the Qin soldiers in the mounds of earth far outside the city also stopped bulldozing.
What's happening here?
No more siege?
"Quickly report to your lord, the Qin army is heading towards the well!"
Yan and the city.
Zhao You, the guard general who had just learned that the cavalry army had arrived outside the city, and other guard generals were sitting in the mansion with a look of despair on their faces, when suddenly a soldier ran in.
"General, all the Qin cavalry outside the city have left and are heading to the direction of Jingjing, along with 30,000 Qin troops."
After the soldier entered the study, he raised his hands and said.
"What?"
Zhao You stood up with a surprised look on his face, unable to believe what his ears heard.
Lanyu is a big city of Zhao State, and as a general of Zhao State, how could Zhao You not know how important Lanyu is, so he couldn't believe that the Qin army would actually leave.
"How could the Qin army withdraw its troops at this time?"
"Yes, the Qin army actually withdrew its troops! Maybe the Qin army will not fight against each other?"
The other Zhao generals all looked at each other with doubts on their faces.
"No! It's not that the troops are withdrawing. The Qin army is going in the direction of Jingjing. Lord Wu'an must be here!"
When Zhao You was in panic, he suddenly thought that it was not that the Qin army retreated, but that the Qin army had to leave.
The direction Qin is going is the well path.
The only explanation was that the Qin army had no choice but to give up the attack on Yanyu when Lord Wu An led his troops.
"How many Qin troops are there outside the city?"
Zhao You asked hurriedly.
Now that Lord Wu'an has arrived, he will naturally have to act according to the opportunity. Once he has the opportunity to cooperate with Lord Wu'an internally and externally, he will definitely be able to severely damage the Qin army.
"Return to the general, about 20,000!"
Zhao Zu cupped his hands and said.
When Zhao You heard this number, he was obviously a little confused.
Twenty thousand!
Why are there so many more!
Isn't it Lord Wu'an who is here? If Lord Wu'an is here, how can the Qin army dare to leave so many troops outside the city?
Zhao You couldn't figure it out.
After thinking for a moment, Zhao You looked at the other generals who were also confused.
"Immediately send my order, all officers and soldiers in the army are ready to break out at any time!"
Zhao You said.
Although he didn't understand it at the moment, Zhao You couldn't care less and could only wait for the opportunity.
"promise!"
"promise!!"
In the study room, a number of Zhao generals were confused, but they also accepted orders one after another.