"How confident is the general?" Jin Yao frowned and did not make a decision easily.
If Yecheng is captured before the main force of the Wei army arrives, it will naturally be beneficial but not harmful. However, this also means that Zhao needs to transfer all the soldiers who defend the Qin army in the Hexi and Hedong areas to Yecheng.
"At least 70% sure! Now all countries are waiting and watching, waiting for Zhao and Wei to engage in battle before deciding their attitude. Therefore, the opportunity must not be missed before it comes, and time will not wait for me!" Lian Po said seriously.
The princes will not go directly to the battlefield, but wait for Zhao and Wei to consume each other before sending troops, which is also to determine the movement of Zhao's army.
Therefore, Lian Po came up with this risky strategy.
Jin Yao was also calculating the feasibility of the plan in his mind. In doing so, they were making a difference in time and geographical location. They occupied Yecheng before Wei could react, and then went to Neihuang to capture the entire Zhang River.
It was collected by Zhao Guo.
"Then fight!" Jin Yao finally agreed with Lian Po's idea.
"Here!" Lian Po took away the tiger talisman of the army and began to mobilize the armies in Hexi and Hedong.
Unlike what he imagined, waiting for the army to gather before setting out to attack the city, this time, Lian Po took the lead in leading the troops to attack Yecheng, and then waited for Le Cheng to lead his army to arrive.
"Add more fuel to the tactics!" Jin Yao looked at the military report from Guo Wei's Mansion and noticed Lian Po's eagerness.
Two days after the Wei State's proclamation was issued, the battle had already begun before the Wei State army had assembled.
"What?" All the countries in the world couldn't believe their eyes and ears. At this time, Zhao State did not gather its troops and defended Handan, but it actually dared to take the initiative to attack Yecheng.
"As expected of Lianpo!" Wang Jian had to admire him. As for whether Yecheng could be defended, he had a negative attitude.
Lian Po's use of troops means stability! If he is not absolutely sure, he will never take the initiative to send troops.
"But, how can Lian Po capture Yecheng with 30,000 defenders just by relying on his 50,000 men?" Others didn't believe it.
If it were a field battle, they believed that Lian Po could defeat the opponent, but this was a siege battle. Without an advantage several times that of the enemy, how could it be possible to capture Ye City?
Wang Jian also frowned, looking at the huge and detailed map. Could it be that Zhao State has sent out new troops?
As for the transfer of Le Cheng's army defending the land west of Hedong to Yecheng, Wang Jian and others did not believe it. Could it be that the Wei State could pose a greater threat to the Zhao State than the Qin State?
"Then let's wait and see how powerful the army Zhao has trained over the years is!" Lu Buwei said with a smile.
Zhao Guo was really panicked, and he pulled out the new army so quickly!
However, it is understandable. After all, military training requires seeing blood. It is better to see blood before the final battle comes than to be hurriedly dragged onto the battlefield during the decisive battle.
If the new army does not adapt to the battlefield, then the impact will be truly huge.
"The most annoying thing is this kind of commander-in-chief who knows his troops well!" Meng Wudu said.
Soldiers who have seen blood and soldiers who have not seen blood are completely different. Now that Zhao has directly pulled out the new army to see the red, then when the decisive battle comes, these will not be the new army but veterans of hundreds of battles.
"I'm curious about how Wei will respond!" Ying Zheng looked at the movements of the Wei army on the map.
At this time, the Wei army was still gathering, and troops were stationed near Daliang. It would take at least half a month to reach Yecheng, and could Yecheng be defended for half a month under Zhao's attack?
"Hong Gong, if you were the general of Zhao State, what would you do now?" Lu Buwei also respectfully asked the veteran general Hing Gong to express his opinion.
Duke Heng stroked his white beard. He had now reached the age of retirement, and his mental strength was not strong enough to support him in leading troops anymore, so he stayed in the Guowei Mansion as a staff officer.
"If I were leading the army, I would naturally mobilize a large army from Neihuang to assist Ye City. Even if Neihuang is lost, as long as Ye City is still there, when the Wei army arrives, Lian Po will have no choice but to retreat to Zhao territory and stand guard by the river.
." Duke He expressed his opinion.
The State of Wei did as Duke He thought. Lord Anling gave up on Neihuang and ordered Neihuang's 10,000 defenders to rush to Yecheng quickly when the army could not rush to help.
"General, Neihuang's army has left the city!" Under Ye City, Lian Po also received the information.
"Well done!" Lian Po smiled and ordered an attack on Yecheng.
"???" The generals were puzzled. Since Neihuang had already rushed for reinforcements, what they should consider was to postpone the situation and wait for the reinforcements to arrive, instead of continuing to attack!
"You still don't accept the order?" Lian Po looked at the generals and raised the military order in his hand.
"Here!" The generals had no choice but to take the military order and prepare to attack Yecheng.
"What is a desperate move? Your Majesty, this is a real desperate move!" Lian Po sighed as he looked in the direction of Neihuang.
He had actually considered that Wei Guo would first mobilize Neihuang's army to assist in the defense, so he also prepared a large army to set up an ambush and contain it, but was stopped by Jin Yao, who asked him to concentrate on attacking Yecheng and told him that Neihuang's
The army cannot appear.
Although he didn't understand it at the time, after thinking about it carefully later, Lian Po understood that Emperor Yao wanted to lead the army himself!
As for Zhao's large army that can be mobilized, there are only 5,000 Imperial Guards and 3,000 City Guards in Handan.
Therefore, it is tantamount to Jin Yao making a desperate move and no longer leaving any troops in Handan, and all of them were transferred out.
In a reed marsh between Neihuang and Yecheng, Jin Yao was dormant with his swordsman and six thousand troops. The remaining two thousand were naturally left to Gongsun Long to take charge of Handan's daily life.
No one would have thought that there would be such a large army squatting in the reeds on this open plain.
Coupled with the urgent military orders, Neihuang's army did not expect to encounter an ambush on the Wei land between them and Yecheng, or in such a plain that could be seen at a glance.
"We feel that we cannot set up an ambush here, and the enemy will think the same, so we just set up an ambush here!" Jin Yao said to the red-haired God Killer with a smile.
The terrain here is open and the sightline is excellent. It is really not suitable for setting up an ambush. The reeds are less than half a person's height, so it is not easy to set up an ambush.
But Jin Yao still chose to set up an ambush here. The reeds were less than half a man's height, so all the soldiers could just lie down!
After waiting for less than half a day, the rapid sound of horse hooves was heard, and the advance scouts hurried past. They were going to explore the canyons and mountains ahead to see if there were any ambushes, and to clear the way for the army. They habitually ignored the patch of reeds outside the canyon.
swing.
Not long after the scouts left, the sound of heavy footsteps was heard, and a large, dark army also came in a hurry, but it happened to be alive and stopped on the official road beside the reed marsh to rest for a while.
"Destiny is mine?" Jin Yao was also stunned. They had calculated many things and thought about many possibilities, whether it would be smooth or difficult, but they did not expect this situation.
"Tell the brothers that our lunch is in order!" Jin Yao whispered and smiled at the soldiers lying beside him.
The smoke from the Wei army's cooking fires rose, but no one would notice that there was an army no less numerous than theirs lying in the reed swamp, and it was still a guard-level army.