Chapter 237: Zhao Xin Dianbian

In the Zhao army camp and in the central tent, Zhao Xin looked around the generals in the tent, and was very proud. He asked Sima Tai: "General Sima, is there any news from the people sent by Zhao Xin to contact Li Jiqian, Long Ao, and Zhang Di?" Sima Tai was the person sent by Zhao Xin to contact Li Jiqian, Long Ao, Zhang Di and other surrendered generals of Song Chu. Now Zhao Xin has decided to start the first battle immediately, and their attitude is crucial.

Sima Tai stepped out and bowed: "Returning to the general, Li Jiqian drove our people out. Long Ao was fine and he would no longer contact our army these days. As for Zhang Di, he said he could cooperate with us, but he had a condition and hoped that the general could agree to him."

"Conditions? What are the conditions?" Zhao Xin asked.

"As long as the general can guarantee that after defeating Qi, he will help Chu restore the country, he will be willing to cooperate with the general." Sima Tai said Zhang Di's conditions.

"Restore the country? Zhang Di is really a loyal and kind-hearted person." After hearing Zhang Di's conditions, Zhao Xin smiled awkwardly. He didn't expect that Zhang Di would actually ask him to help Chu restore the country. As a condition to rebel against Qi, Zhao Xin immediately made him laugh and cry. He didn't know whether he admired Zhang Di's loyalty to Chu or should he laugh at Zhang Di's innocence and stupid loyalty. Chu State is already done, and he is still thinking about restoring the country. He took a step back and said that even if he helped him restore the country, can the ruined Chu State survive in a situation where wolves are watching?

"Then General, how should the last general reply to Zhang Di?" Sima Tai asked.

Zhao Xin thought for a while and said, "Promise him and tell Zhang Di that as long as he can help me defeat the Qi army, I will make the decision and give him Pengcheng and Pei County to him, so that he can rebuild the State of Chu."

"What! General, is this saying that you agree with Zhang Di? You still have to give him Pengcheng and Pei County? Shu Mo said something too much. I'm afraid this general can't make the decision. Should you ask the king first?" Sima Tai did not expect that such an excessive condition would actually agree. In his opinion, Zhang Di's condition was completely nonsense and could be ignored.

Zhao Xin shook his head and said, "No need, the general can make the decision on this matter. Zhang Di was devoted to Chu State. Apart from the conditions to help Chu State restore the country, nothing can attract Zhang Di. Besides, this is just empty words. Who said that Chu State can restore the country?" When he said the last sentence, Zhao Xin showed a cunning smile on his face, which was clearly about to show Zhang Di's words.

Sima Tai suddenly understood that Zhao Xin wanted to stabilize Zhang Di first and win over Zhang Di. After defeating the Qi army and the overall situation was decided, it was not a question of Zhao Xin's words.

"I will understand, and I will ask someone to contact Zhang Di later." Sima Tai said with a smile.

Seeing that Sima Tai had already understood what he meant, Zhao Xin nodded with satisfaction and said, "You just need to convey the general's meaning to Zhang Di. Now it's just the beginning, and it's not the time to use Zhang Di's chess piece."

"Here!"

After solving Zhang Di's problem, Zhao Xin began to arrange the first battle action. Zhao Xin brought the generals to the map and said, "The Qi army's troops were stationed in Leling, Banxian, Yanci and Ge Kingdom respectively, and have covered the entire plain northern line. This is a common trick by Han Qing. This is a defense line that is difficult to break through. However, once our army can break through one of them, the entire defense line of Qi will collapse."

Zhao Xin and Han Qing have been fighting many times. This time, they are very familiar with the tactics commonly used by Han Qing, Zhao Xinmenqing. This defensive tactic is a magic weapon used by Han Qing to resist him. Every time Han Qing relies on this all-round defense to block himself, so Zhao Xin sent someone to contact Song Chu's surrendered generals, hoping to break the defense line from within and reduce casualties.

Zhao Xin continued: "I plan to choose a place to conduct a tentative attack. Let's first look at the strength of the Qi army." A large-scale attack is impossible at this stage. After all, the Qi army also has 300,000 troops and has the benefits of a city. I can only test step by step and explore the strength of the Qi army before talking about it.

"Where do the general thinks he attacks?" asked General Li Rengong.

Zhao Xin thought for a while and said, "The Ge Kingdom is too far away from this place, which is inconvenient. And Leling and Ban County are stationed in the main force of the Qi army, and it is not suitable for tentative attacks. Only Yanci is the best choice. This general's intention is to use General Li Rengong as the main general and General Huang Jue as the deputy general, leading 100,000 troops to attack Yanci."

"Abide by the general's orders!" Li Rengong and Huang Qing said.

Zhao Xin said to Li Rengong and Huang Feng: "The purpose of sending troops this time is to test it. It is good if you have the opportunity to take down the city, but you must not take a strong attack. He Jiong, who is unfair, must be careful. If you can't do anything, you can return it." He Jiong is a veteran general of Qi State. His strength is so good. Zhao Xin already knew it in his mind after several battles. Although he is not as good as himself and Han Qing, his abilities are still above Sima Chong and Zhang Chuan.

"Here!" Li Rengong and Huang Feng replied.

On March 20, 17th year of Qianyuan, Li Rengong and Huang Qing led 100,000 Zhao troops to the city of Yanci. In order to prevent it, Zhao Xin recalled the Zhao army's powerful general Tu Gao from Shangdang and went to Yanci with Li Rengong and others. Tu Gao had a military value of 102 and could hold on at critical moments. If it were not for the Zhao's most powerful general Le Yun who wanted to stay in Leling to deal with the Qi's most powerful general Jia Biao, Zhao Xin would not have to recall Tu Gao at all. Among the 100,000 Zhao troops, there were still 10,000 cavalry.

On the Yanci City, He Jiong looked at the 100,000 Qi troops under the city with a serious look, followed by Shangguan Qingyang, He Ji, Guan Jun and other generals of Qi. Guan Jun was also the former general of the Song State. Since he discovered that the Zhao army advanced eastward, He Jiong retreated all his troops into the city and defended the city with the order of Han Qing. Although this was not He Jiong's wish, as a long-time opponent, He Jiong also recognized Li Rengong, Huang Feng, Tu Gao and others. With his own ability, He Jiong believed that even if the Zhao army had a population of 100,000, he would not be his opponent, but his military orders were as good as a mountain.

Han Qing was scared by Zhao Xin. When he met Zhao Xin, when his troops were at a disadvantage, Han Qing would choose this kind of passive defense to resist Zhao Xin. Life is so wonderful. This kind of play that He Jiong thought was very negative is precisely the best way to deal with Zhao Xin. Every time Han Qing used this tactic, Zhao Xin returned in vain.

"General He, all the defensive materials in the city are ready, and all the food and grass can support our army for a year, but do we really have to defend this way? The members of the city all knew us, and there is not a chance of winning in a fight. Why don't we go out of the city to fight with the Qi army?" Shangguan Qingyang, who was standing beside him, said to He Jiong, and Shangguan Qingyang was also unwilling to defend himself and wanted to go out of the city to fight with the Qi army.

But He Jiong shook his head and said, "No, General Han has an order. Without his military orders, no one can leave the city to fight."

"But..." Shangguan Qingyang wanted to say something, but was interrupted by He Jiong.

"There is nothing, military orders are like mountains, and no one can go to war without the general's military order." He Jiong shouted.

"Here!" the generals had no choice but to answer in unison.

However, Li Rengong, Huang Feng, Tu Gao and others under the city were motionless and had no intention of attacking.

"Report to the three generals, no trace of the Qi army was found within a radius of five miles!" At this time, a scout came to Li Rengong and the other two.

Li Rengong nodded and signaled to the scout to go down. After the scout left, Huang Qing said to Li Rengong: "General Li, it seems that all the Qi troops near He Jiong have retreated into Yanci City and planned to defend the city to the death. If the attack is strong, there will be too much casualties."

Li Rengong replied: "It's true. It's not advisable to attack forcefully, but it doesn't matter. The task given to us by the general is to test. Don't worry, observe it for a while."

"General Li, General Huang, since the Qi army does not come out, why not let me go down to challenge the city and try the strength of the Qi army general?" At this time, Tu Gao, who was standing beside him, proposed to fight the generals at the city.

Li Rengong thought about it and thought that this idea was quite good. Tu Gao's strength was at the forefront of the entire Zhao State. There were very few people who could defeat Tu Gao in Qi State, let alone killing Tu Gao. So he nodded and said, "Well, since the Qi army refused to come out, please ask General Tu to go to the city to challenge. If he could kill several Qi generals, it would be best. But once things were not done, General Tu must retreat quickly and must not act recklessly."
Chapter completed!