After Spring and Autumn

Chapter 239
Zhao Yang, who was leading an army to attack Handan, got the news that the coalition forces of the princes of Qi State attacked Jin State again. Under this situation, Zhao Yang had to postpone the attack and began to carefully plan what to do next.

After the last war, Jin suffered a lot. After almost a year of recovery, it still seemed a little inadequate. At this time, his retainer You Liang suggested after a moment of contemplation.

"My lord, at this time, we should be ready to meet the coalition forces of the princes. Otherwise, the coalition forces of the princes will not have the slightest scruples to attack the Wulu City. Once the Wulu City is lost, the coalition forces of the princes will directly enter Zhao. fight."

"At that time, the strength of the Zhao family's fief will inevitably be greatly damaged. This is unbearable for us, so no matter what, we must do our best to keep Wulu City and prevent the flames of war from falling on the Zhao family's fiefdom again."

Kuai Kui seemed very confident at this time. After all, last time when Zhao Yang was at a disadvantage, he finally won, so after thinking about it, he spoke.

"The coalition of princes was defeated by Jian Zi with a surprise attack last time, this time we can use the same method to threaten the coalition of princes' retreat and intercept their food and grass, so that the coalition of princes will be destroyed without attack. "

After hearing this, Zhao Yang shook his head. The so-called one moment and another moment, the reason why he succeeded last time was because the opponent was caught off guard. If he still uses this trick now, the opponent will definitely be on his guard. .

In the end, it is very likely that the gain will outweigh the loss, so he thought about it for a while, and then said.

"Qi Kingdom is clearly certain to win this time, so it has adopted a relatively safe strategy, then concentrate all its efforts on attacking Wulu City. Under such circumstances, it must have been prepared for our surprise attack."

"If we use this trick again now, it is very likely that we will be ambushed by the opponent, so we can't do this. The most regrettable thing is that Handan City will be attacked by us in a while. It's a pity to leave like this .”

"However, there is no way around this. Wulu City is relatively close to Handan. Under such circumstances, we will attack Chaoge directly, and then look for opportunities to deal with the allied forces of the princes by besieging the city and fighting for reinforcements."

This is a relatively safe way to do so. It would definitely not be a good result to fight directly with the allied forces of the princes. Moreover, although Zhong Xingyin and Fan Jishe in Chaoge City had been resting for a period of time, there were no new recruits.

Although a certain amount of strength is still preserved, if there is no rescue, it is bound to not last long, and this can be regarded as the ultimate rescue.

You Liang nodded after listening, with a thoughtful look on his face, and then he spoke with some worry.

"The Rongdi of Zhongshan Kingdom have already launched an attack on the Jin Kingdom and are besieging Jipu City. If they are allowed to go down, it will be even more difficult to attack Handan in the future."

On the other hand, Zhao Yang had a look of disdain on his face, and he spoke in a very firm tone.

"These Rong and Di have always been bullying and fearing hard. Now they just saw the power of the coalition of princes, so they accepted the bribe from Qi. As long as we can defeat the coalition of princes, these Rong and Di will naturally retreat."

"So now immediately order the troops to start gathering, withdraw from Handan, and go straight to Chaoge. I hope that this time the coalition forces of the princes will act as we expected, so that we have hope of victory."

Gao Zhang and Guo Xia did not expect that Zhao Yang would give up Handan directly at this time, and then attack Chaoge City instead. Although the siege of Handan was solved in this way, Chaoge's letter for help had already been sent to the camp.

It can be said that Chaoge is short of everything, food, ordnance, and troops. If rescue is not carried out in time, Chaoge City will be declared to fall in a short time.

Faced with such a situation, Gao Zhang also realized that this was Zhao Yang's strategy, and he must be saved if he attacked, so he immediately made a decision.

"Obviously, this time, Zhao Jianzi chose to attack Chaoge City because he saw that our army was strong, so he didn't dare to fight. Our first task is to keep Chaoge, so we need to send a batch of food to Chaoge."

"Under such circumstances, we can only report this matter to Marquis Qi. When the time comes, we can let Zhengguo's army escort the food and grass to Chaoge City. At that time, we will follow behind. As long as the front army is engaged in battle, we can catch up quickly." .”

"In this way, the troops led by Zhao Jianzi will be encircled. In this way, we will be able to win this war, but this matter requires you and me to jointly sign."

After all, Marquis Qi was far away in Qi State, and he didn't know much about the battlefield situation. If Gao Zhang and Guo Xia jointly signed their names, it also showed their attitude. After hearing this, Guo Xia frowned and thought for a while, and then he spoke.

"If this is the case, you should discuss it with Meng Di and let his cavalry act as the vanguard to open the way for Zheng Guo's army. Only in this way can we be safe."

But Gao Zhang shook his head and rejected his proposal, but analyzed it.

"Last time, Mengdi was able to fight Zhao Jianzi with a small number of troops. If he is allowed to fight this time, then Zhao Jianzi will definitely realize our combat intention, and maybe he will avoid it and not fight."

"It's like this time Zhao Jianzi directly attacked Chaoge, but didn't help Wulu City. Maybe it was because he didn't want to have a direct confrontation with Mengdi's cavalry. You should have seen the last battle report."

"The cavalry has a strong fighting ability. If his formation is in chaos, he only needs to send out a chariot, and the Jin army will be defeated. Therefore, Mengdi's cavalry should be used at critical times."

"It can be used to cut off Zhao Jianzi's back path. As long as he can buy enough time, the Jin army will definitely fall into chaos because his back path is cut off. This is the best result."

Guoxia felt that there was nothing wrong with what he said. Even if he agreed, and then sent the specific situation into a battle report and sent it back to Qi State, the pace of the coalition forces attacking Wulu City also slowed down.

Now it's like a game between a hunter and a prey. It depends on who can calm down and burst out with enough power at the critical moment, so that he can successfully protect himself and win the war.

Meng Di found a branch and sketched it on the ground. He was thinking about Zhao Jianzi, what would he do next?After all, besieging a city and fighting for aid is also a technical job.

(End of this chapter)