The Wei army set off in a mighty manner. Wei Wuji personally led an army of 100,000 to attack, leaving 50,000 troops to guard the camp.
The army marched towards Anyi in the east of Hedong, and the two cities that bore the brunt were Yucheng and Bancheng.
"Zhang Er, Chen Yu, and Jin Yao obey orders!"
"Zhang Er is the right vanguard, Chen Yu is the deputy general of the right vanguard, and they are going to capture Bancheng. Jin Yao is the left vanguard and are going to capture Yucheng. Each of you will be given 20,000 troops. You must capture the city within three days!"
"As you command!"
Zhang Er and Chen Yu naturally accepted the order happily. They were naturally happy to have the opportunity to lead troops, and they were also the vanguard and vanguard deputy generals of a large army.
Jin Yao also looked at Wei Wuji in surprise.
Neither Yucheng nor Bancheng was a fortified city. According to the scouts' reports, the two cities' defenders only had more than a thousand people. It can be said that the Wei army attacked these two cities with ease.
Wei Wuji is actually willing to give me this easily obtained military exploit, instead of giving it all to his subordinates?
After all, it was a military exploit. Jin Yao wasn't so resentful of Wei Wuji that he didn't even want to take the easily obtained military exploits, but he still snorted with some arrogance: "I will obey the order."
Immediately, without waiting for Wei Wuji to say anything, he led a group of Jin Bi's old troops towards Yucheng.
Zhang Er saw Jin Yao snorting coldly, his face full of anger, and his hand unconsciously pressed on the hilt of the sword again.
"Open your ears!"
Wei Wuji gave a final shout, and when he heard Wei Wuji call him that, he opened his ears and shrank his neck, and no longer looked as angry as before.
Wei Wuji usually calls him "Er" affectionately, and only calls him by his full name when he is angry. Since his parents died young, the only person he fears in the world is Wei Wuji, who is both father and teacher.
"Oh, Yu, remember to watch Hao Er and don't let him act recklessly."
When Wei Wuji saw Zhang Er's appearance, he couldn't help but rub his eyebrows.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Chen Yu glanced at Zhang Er helplessly.
Watching the two vanguard armies set off, Wei Wuji sighed slightly.
If possible, he would rather be a free and easy young man, wearing fine clothes all day long, fighting cocks and running dogs, sensual and sensual, and never intervening in military and political affairs.
But the mother country needs him, so he must stand up and be the version of himself he hates most.
The military order just issued seemed simple, but in fact it was an invisible confrontation.
It is true that military and political affairs have not been separated from each other since ancient times.
Just as Jin Yao thought, although he gave him the victory of a city in order to appease the hearts of Jin Yao and Jin Bi's old tribe, he was not really impartial.
There are four cities outside Anyi, in addition to Yucheng and Bancheng, there are also Yanshi City and Wucheng.
Yanshi City is located in the northeast of Yucheng and is closer to Yucheng, so it is natural that Jin Yao, who captured Yucheng, will attack Yanshi City.
Yanshi City does have some background. In the seventeenth year of King Nan of Zhou Dynasty, the five kingdoms of Qi, Han, Wei, Zhao, Song, and Zhongshan jointly attacked Qin (don’t ask why the six kingdoms were called five kingdoms, that’s what the historical records say). The salt family returned. Qin made peace with Han, Wei, Hebei and Fengling.
At that time, Kuang Zhang, the commander-in-chief of the Qi army and the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, broke through Hangu Pass for the first time and led the armies of the five countries into the pass.
But here comes the embarrassing thing. The Hezong Alliance originally wanted to take back some of the Qin army's cities outside Hangu Pass, but no one wanted to really break through Hangu Pass.
After all, the natural dangers of Hangu are well known to the world, and no one wants to waste too many soldiers on this heroic pass. Unexpectedly, on the way to the alliance, a rebellion broke out in Shu, and King Zhaoxiang had to dispatch Sima Cuo to lead his elite troops into Shuping. Rebellious, it took a long time and failed to return in time. At the beginning of the Jijun rebellion, Prime Minister Yingji suddenly died of illness, which caused internal turmoil in the Qin army.
Coupled with Kuang Zhang's commanding ability, the coalition forces actually broke through Hangu Pass with few casualties.
However, because the incident happened suddenly, no one thought that Kuang Zhang could really break through Hangu Pass, so they did not prepare enough food and grass. Therefore, the coalition did not dare to extend the front line too long, so they had to go north to attack Yanshi City and occupy the edge of Yanshi City. on the salt lake.
Salt Lake is a major salt-producing area in the Qin State. Not only is the output extremely high, but the quality of the salt is also far better than ordinary table salt, so it has become a major economic lifeline of the Qin State.
However, South Korea and Wei, thinking that they could just take advantage, reached a private settlement with Qin, so the coalition forces did not march westward to Xianyang and directly disbanded and exited Hangu Pass.
Therefore, Wei Wuji wanted to cut off this economic lifeline of Qin.
Logically speaking, such an important city should be left to Zhang Er and Chen Yu, two young men he was optimistic about, to attack. It would not only train people more, but also gild their resumes, but it was still left to Jin Yao.
First of all, Zhang Er and Chen Yu still lacked experience in leading troops, and it was a long march to Yanshi City. He was worried that he would not be able to take care of them.
Secondly, it has greater military achievements than Yanshi City.
Anyi, the old capital of the Wei State, was absolutely of great significance to the Wei State, especially to the King of Wei who was dedicated to rejuvenating the country.
After capturing Bancheng, we can go north and attack Wucheng, which is only twenty miles away.
Once Zhang Er and Chen Yu capture these two cities, their central army will press forward and attack Anyi together.
At that time, he will hand over the first victory of capturing Anyi to Zhang Er and Chen Yu. In this way, they will also enter the eyes of his brother, the current King of Wei, as quickly as possible to recapture the old capital. Anyi's great contribution paved the way for their future.
Wei Wuji also ordered the army to camp on the spot, and was always waiting for good news from Zhang Er and Chen Yu.
Of course, Wei Wuji didn't know that a certain young talent who was born in Wei and was about the same age as Zhang Er and Chen Yu planned to repay his motherland with goodwill and fulfill the two young men's military exploits.
At the top of Yanshi City, the county magistrate of Yanshi City couldn't help but be a little stunned when he saw that Yanshi City had changed drastically after only four days.
Is this still his Yan city built with earth and stone?
Four days ago, the spies in the city suddenly found the Yanshi County Magistrate and claimed that Wei Wei Zhang Ji asked them to immediately raise money, sell the salt in the treasury at a discount, and buy grain from all the grain merchants in Yanshi City. They must raise at least 40,000 shi of grain.
Naturally, he, a small county magistrate, did not dare to disobey the orders of this upstart of the Qin State, let alone discount them.
In fact, no matter where Zhang Ji goes to Qin State today, as long as the local officials do not want to go to Luowang Prison to drink tea, they will not dare to obey Zhang Ji's orders.
However, fortunately, Yanshi City is a salt-producing area with a large concentration of merchants, so there are naturally many grain merchants. Many merchants prefer to barter and directly exchange grain for salt, so it is not too difficult for Yanshi City to raise 40,000 shi of military rations, otherwise it may not be possible to raise 40,000 shi of military rations.
On the day when he had just raised enough army rations, the Mo family's ink master flew down from the sky on the Suzaku mechanism, and also used the Suzaku mechanism to transport a large amount of bricks and stones. The Yan County magistrate cooperated with the Mohist master's ink master at the request of the secret agent. The inkers used the white tiger machine to knock down the original earth and stone walls of Yanshi City, and then cooperated with them to rebuild the city.
In just four days, the ink craftsmen, with the assistance of various machine beasts and machines, and Qing Zhuang, who commanded the signs of the Yanshi County Magistrate, had built 70% of the walls of Yanshi City.
On the fifth day, two Qin troops of more than a thousand men suddenly came to the city. They claimed to be from Bancheng and Wucheng, and came to Yanshi City on the orders of Weiwei.
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