While the Qin army was still arguing around Diqiu City, the Qin army had already entered the border of the Wei State. On a hill, Yang Ming spread out the map in his hand, and familiar names appeared in his sight.
Along a line running through the entire picture in the map, Yang Ming found a familiar name on one side of the line: Baima.
"How is the situation here in Baima?" Yang Ming closed the map and asked a clerk in the army recruited from Hanoi County.
"Reporting to General Zuo, the full name of Baimayi is Baimayi, which is named after the Baimajin ferry of Dahe. This place is the only ferry connecting the north and south of Dahe River within a radius of 300 miles. Therefore, there are many merchants and travelers. Over time, Baimayi was formed. However, there are only 3,000 people here and only 300 soldiers and generals, mainly to maintain local public order." The clerk replied respectfully.
He understood how terrifying the authority of this young man from Xianyang was. He was not as young as the youngest, and he led a large army to fight with the temporary position of General Left. Such treatment was probably only possible for the royal family members of various countries to possess. However, Yang Ming was not from a royal family, which was even more incredible.
If he could be favored by such figures, his future would be bright, and it would not be impossible to complete the leap of his life class. Moreover, even if this is not the case, considering that Yang Ming and Yang Duan, who had been promoted from the position of Hanoi County Magistrate to Hanoi County Magistrate, not long ago, he dared not neglect the same race.
"Bai Majin, a long-standing name." Yang Ming pondered.
"Li Jue." Yang Ming suddenly called Li Jue, the side general beside him.
"I am in a humble position." Li Jue stepped out of the list.
Because of his previous military achievements in the city of Shicheng, he followed Yang Ming to conquer the country to defend the country. Yang Ming directly promoted him to a commander of thousands of cavalrymen.
"You lead our troops and I will allocate you another two thousand infantrymen to Baimayi, control it in your hands as quickly as possible, isolate the north and south of the rivers, in case Zhao State sends a large army to rescue the Wei State." Yang Ming said.
"No." Li Jue responded.
"If you can guard it, you must keep it. If you can't guard it, you must destroy the big river pontoon bridge." Yang Ming reminded.
Although the possibility of Zhao sending troops is not high, in the war, we must make complete plans to avoid being in a hurry. The war is not just about success or failure in the bamboo slips, but also about fresh lives.
Yang Ming relies on the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers under his command to exchange for his future, and he himself must be responsible for the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers under his command.
"People are in the floating bridge, and people are in the floating bridge." Li Jue firmly assured.
"Don't be so nervous. After all, the advantage lies with me." Yang Ming said. Although the advantage lies in me, this sentence does have a magical demonic nature, like a mysterious curse, it will not come true every time.
Then, tens of thousands of troops rushed towards Diqiu City. Along the way, the Qin army attacked four light cavalry. Within two days, they occupied all the important traffic roads up and down of the Wei Kingdom, and the entire Wei Kingdom transportation system fell into the hands of the Qin army.
Although there are several county towns and more than twenty small towns in Wei State, they have become scattered islands, located on a plain hit by the river, guarding themselves behind closed doors, and only think that the Qin army traversing the various avenues cannot be seen.
In mid-August, the Qin army vanguard appeared under the city of Diqiu City.
All the big cities in the Central Plains may have a common feature because they are really unsafe to defend, that is, the city is profound and the city walls are extremely solid, and they use artificial power to turn into dangers of mountains and rivers.
The same is true for Diqiu City. Although the Wei Kingdom is small, it is endless. As one of the extremely densely populated areas in the world, the agriculture is developed and the industry and commerce industry is extremely prosperous. Although most of the military equipment of Wei Kingdom was destroyed due to the Wei Kingdom, its equipment is still excellent, at least in terms of accuracy, not below the seven countries.
"Diqiu City is indeed well-known, and it is not easy to capture such a city." Wang Jian, who led a group of soldiers and horses to join 10,000 Dongjun troops and rushed to the city of Diqiu City, said to Yang Ming.
After all, Yang Ming had never led a large army to fight alone. Although he had experienced the battle in the city before, Yang Ming had only 3,000 soldiers and horses in the city. Although he was skillful and casual in command, Yang Ming also knew that one person could be invincible in command, but it was not certain that he would lead 3,000 soldiers and horses, not to mention that his soldiers and horses now have a total of 50,000 soldiers and horses.
Such a soldier can be called an army of 100,000 to the outside world.
Yang Ming did not dare to guarantee that he could command 50,000 troops as smooth as the Battle of the City. In order to prevent possible mistakes, Yang Ming brought Wang Jian, a military master who was not yet famous in the world but had already won the top famous general of the seven countries, to his side through Zhao Ji's relationship.
With Wang Jian on the side and Yang Ming's own ability, it would be enough to directly kill Wei State with his 50,000 troops under his command.
Besides, letting the future Marquis of Wu Cheng of Qin serve under his command and serve as his deputy general, such an opportunity is hard to come by.
Decades later, when people talked about Wang Jian's achievements, they talked about Wang Jian being Yang Ming's deputy general, and that feeling seemed very good.
Moreover, Yang Ming was able to realize that Wang Jian had already fallen into the eyes of King Zheng of Qin, and Wang Ben had been transferred by King Zheng of Qin, and became a counselor. This was the sign that King Zheng of Qin wanted to win over Wang Jian for himself.
Faced with such a situation, for Yang Ming, Wang Jian's cheap and high-quality manpower can be said to be used once and once, but when Wang Jian completely rises up, Yang Ming naturally needs to cherish the opportunity to use it.
"Although the city is dangerous, people are still guarding the city. Whether the Diqiu is difficult to attack, it will eventually fall on the guards." Yang Mingdao.
"If you can destroy the courage of the guards in one battle, you will be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort." Wang Jian agreed.
"So, have a good rest today and attack the city tomorrow. Let's try the courage of the guards." Yang Ming said.
As the Qin army camps settled under the city of Diqiu, the atmosphere in Diqiu City was extremely depressed.
"Has the messenger been sent?" On the wall of Diqiu City, Wei Jun looked at the Qin army camp that looked like a long dragon under the city, and asked the general Gongsun Yu, who was beside him with a pale face.
"It has been sent, but it may not be able to reach Daliang and Zhaodu. The Qin army's actions were too fast. The army had not yet reached the limit and had actually sent a light cavalry to cut off all the important traffic routes in various places." Gongsun Yu said solemnly.
"So, Wei Guo is going to face the Qin army outside the city alone?" Wei Jun's face turned pale when he heard this.
"There is no shortage of smart people in Zhaodu and Daliang. They may take the initiative to send troops." Gongsun Yu comforted.
"Yes, if Wei State loses it, Qin State will occupy all the areas on both sides of the river. Whether it is Zhaodu or Daliang, it will definitely not sit idly by and watch such things happen." When Wei Jun heard this, he seemed to have caught a life-saving straw.
During the long night, countless people in Diqiu City could not sleep. Tens of thousands of Qin troops outside the city slept with them, which brought too many nightmares to their sleep.
As the general of the State of Defense, Gongsun Yu lived directly on the city wall. Although the Qin army showed no sign of attack, he was not afraid of ten thousand, but he was afraid of anything.
As the sun shredded open the night, the defenders of Diqiu City, who had not had a rest all night, woke up one by one under the sound of the Qin army's war drums. Compared with the defenders of Diqiu City, they could not sleep at night, and the Qin army rested well. They had breakfast in high spirits, tidied up their armor and weapons during the rest, waiting for the order to attack.
On the city wall, Gongsun Yu looked at the movements of the Qin army outside the city and the state of the defenders on the city wall, but his heart was calm. His current embarrassment was already within his expectations.
"At present, if you just defend, you can't defend it. The Qin army may have a morale collapsed before the Qin army has captured Diqiu." Gongsun Yu said to the deputy general beside him.
"The Qin army is known to be fierce. When fighting with it, it is normal for us to be afraid of it before fighting. What can we do?" the deputy general replied.
"The matter is due to human affairs, and the Qin army is not undefeated. No matter how fierce the Qin army is, it is far away from the defeat of the river in the past and the dangers in recent times. As long as the planning is done properly, we may not be able to reverse the war." Gongsun Yu said.
"What does the general mean?" the deputy general hesitated.
"When the Qin army attacked the city, I am going to lead a team of elite soldiers to find an opportunity to break out of the city, catch the Qin army off guard, and do not seek a big victory. I just need to defeat the Qin army and let the defenders and people in the Diqiu City see that the Qin army is not invincible, and increase the confidence of the defenders and people to defend the city." Gongsun Yu said.
"General, isn't this too risky?" The deputy general said in horror. Under the current circumstances, Gongsun Yu, the general of the Defense Kingdom, was still thinking about counterattacking. In his opinion, such a thing was too incredible.
Although Gongsun Yu is the general of the Wei Kingdom, the Wei Kingdom is too small and too weak after all. How valuable is the general? It is really a question worth discussing.
"My sword has not been drinking blood for twenty years. Now it is time to unsheath." Gongsun Yu pressed the long sword around his waist, and a hot fighting spirit burst out from his old body.
Looking at Gongsun Yu in front of him, the deputy general saw a tiger in his old age living in the deep mountains in a trance. Although the tiger was old, its momentum remained undispersed.
At that moment, he realized in a trance why Gongsun Yu was able to become the general of the State of Defense.
As long as he can remember, Gongsun Yu has been a general of the State of Defense, and now it has been thirty years.
During these thirty years, Gongsun Yu had never led troops to fight, so that Gongsun Yu had only the reputation of a famous swordsman, but other than that, he had nothing, but he had always been a general of the State of Defense. Even if the State of Defense experienced the drastic changes that year, it was still the case.
The question he once couldn't understand seemed to see the answer at this moment.