Outside Dingying City, fifteen miles southwest.
This is where Shi Yu camped.
The location of his camp was close to a river. The nearby terrain was open and there was no place suitable for an ambush. A little further away, there is another large area of mountain forest. Both water and firewood are abundant.
There was a steady stream of food coming from the rear, so Shi Yu was not worried at all.
If he wants to fight a protracted war, he will have no problem.
Shi Yu wanted to break through the county and win. The key is that Dingying County is strong and has a moat. In addition, there are a large number of enemy troops in Dingying County. More than 100,000 people defend a county. Even if Shi Yu is capable, it is useless.
Shi Yu pretended to attack twice, but finally gave up and never attacked.
Military camp, Chinese military tent.
Shi Yu was sitting in the tent, looking at the latest news with a sad look on his face. The reason is simple. He is stationed here in Dingying County to break the situation and lure Meng Chong out of the battle. However, they all failed.
If Meng couldn't rush out, Shi Yu would have no chance.
Unless, attack the county seat by force.
The key point is that the Qin army has 100,000 people in the city. How do you attack it? Under this premise, attacking the county seat will only lead to increased casualties.
If it is June and July and the river water surges, you can use the flooding strategy.
But now, it is already the dry season.
It is impossible to attack with water.
If he wanted to break the situation, he would face many troubles, so Shi Yu was in a dilemma for a while.
According to his strategy, he must be stationed temporarily to fight the enemy, waiting for time for the enemy to have loopholes. Under the premise that both sides are elites and are ready to charge, it depends on who puts down the challenge first and then looks for opportunities to defeat the enemy.
This is a helpless move.
However, Shi Yu had no choice.
There is no way, who prevents him from taking the county seat?
While Shi Yu was looking through the county information, a sound of footsteps came in, and a soldier reported: "General, Supervisor Zhang is here to see you."
"please!"
Shi Yu gave an order.
Zhang Jianjun's name is Zhang Qian. He served as the censor Zhongcheng in the Jin Dynasty and was always upright.
This is the supervisory army arranged by Sima Chong.
His responsibilities are mainly to keep an eye on the grain and fodder in the army, supervise the arrangement of grain and fodder, and ensure that the grain and fodder transported to the rear will not be withheld by others.
Shi Yu had full authority to decide on military matters.
It's just that Zhang Qian's identity is very special. He is not only an official of the Yushitai of the Jin State, but also a supervisor of the army ordered by the emperor. Therefore, even if the emperor only asked Zhang Qian to be responsible for supervising food and logistics matters, in fact, all the people in the army Nothing can avoid Zhang Qian.
Shi Yu always acted rigorously, and he would always consult Zhang Qian for his opinions when doing things.
After Zhang Qian sat down, he looked at Shi Yu and frowned: "General, I don't really know anything about combat. I am just a layman. But now, I have been delaying the attack and have not made any progress. On the contrary, , consuming countless amounts of food every day.”
"I'm afraid this matter is inappropriate."
"I am the supervisor of the army. I am responsible for supervising the military camp. Is it difficult to explain to His Majesty?"
"Actually, I have been suppressing this matter and never mentioned it. I don't want to put too much pressure on the general. But it has been delayed for such a long time, and it is difficult for me to explain to His Majesty."
"General, please plan ahead."
Zhang Qian's face gradually became serious and he said: "You also know that this matter is of great importance. It is related to your majesty's layout and the national destiny of Jin. Therefore, the general, please pay more attention to this matter and win as soon as possible."
Shi Yu sighed.
He also wants to win.
He is the general of Jin. If he defeats Qin again this time, he will also have many benefits.
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Shi Yu patiently explained: "Zhang Jianjun, for the time being, we have no chance at all. You have also visited Dingying County. The Qin Army is guarding the county. If we attack directly, it will consume countless troops."
"I fought twice before, but nothing happened. I even had people instigate rebellion against the big families in the city."
"Unfortunately, the effect is very poor."
"There is no news about the people we arranged to enter the city. I'm afraid they were all killed."
"Under this premise, we can only wait and see what happens for the time being."
Shi Yu looked solemn and said: "If we rush to attack, we may end up hurting ourselves. Rather than rushing to attack Dingying County, in fact, we should consider it carefully."
"This is inappropriate."
Zhang Qian frowned.
He said solemnly: "General, I don't want to get involved blindly. It's just that I have been delaying it and it is difficult to explain to the court."
Shi Yu looked gentle and explained again: "Zhang Jianjun, when fighting against the Qin State, still has to seek stability first. We can't rush for a while. Please ask Mr. Jianjun to say a few kind words in front of His Majesty. Although the delay is long, A little, but it’s all worth it if we can win in the end. Lord Supervisor came out with me to fight, I guess he also wants to win and go back beautifully. Now, the time is really not ripe."
After Zhang Qian heard this, he also showed hesitation on his face.
He does want to win.
He was really unfamiliar with the arrangements for the war, so he was unwilling to interfere too much.
Zhang Qian thought for a while and said: "General, I will give you another ten days. If there is no progress after ten days, then you can't blame me. I will report to Your Majesty truthfully. General, what do you want? "You understand my difficulties, but I don't want to interfere too much, but I haven't pushed forward the war, and I can't explain it to the DPRK and China."
"I can understand, I can understand."
Shi Yu felt relieved.
Ten days is already quite good.
Every day on the battlefield may be different. Once the ten days are up, consider other strategies at that time.
"Report!"
At this moment, soldiers suddenly entered in a hurry.
The soldier looked very panicked and said loudly: "General, a large number of Qin soldiers appeared outside the camp and shot arrows into our camp. Every archer was tied with a note. In addition, these Qin soldiers The soldiers were also shouting loudly, saying that the Qin army defeated the northern Yan State, killed the Yan State Emperor Liu Yuan, and captured the Yan State Prime Minister Cui Yonghao. The Qin Army directly entered the Yan State and directly slaughtered the Yan State. "
brush!
Zhang Qian's expression changed suddenly.
There was a look of panic in his eyes.
Lin Feng!
It must have been Lin Feng who slaughtered the Yan army.
Lin Feng had great military exploits. After he destroyed the Yan army, he would probably attack Jin next.
Zhang Qian was obviously a little impetuous and said anxiously: "General, the situation has changed drastically. What do you think we should do?"
Shi Yu took a deep breath before he completely calmed down.
He didn't expect that it would be like this.
Jin and Yan jointly attacked. At the beginning, Yan was intimidated. The key was that the emperor was also killed. For a country, it is extremely terrifying for the emperor to suddenly die and be killed without any domestic preparations.
The entire Yan Kingdom will be in turmoil.
The State of Yan could not stop the Qin army.
Shi Yu thought for a while and said: "Zhang Jianjun, I think we will continue to be stationed, and then send the news back to the court as soon as possible, please make a decision. For now, we can't take down the Qin army. In the blink of an eye, Lin Feng's army , are going south to fight again, the situation will be very unfavorable to us."
Zhang Qian also frowned.
This battle didn't achieve any success at all, and he even thought that Shi Yu was seeking stability too much.
If you need to fight, fight.
Even if the army is destroyed, it is still worth it.
Defeating the Qin army was worth it.
Now that time has been wasted, Qin's north has stabilized, so that Jin's situation is now somewhat dilemma.
Zhang Qian clenched his fists, leaned forward slightly, and said directly: "General, can you go out to fight quickly and have a complete battle before Lin Feng goes south?"
"It can't be helped."
Shi Yu shook his head firmly and said: "If the Qin army is encamped, we can attack directly because it is not difficult. But now, the Qin army is guarding the city and guarding the heavy city. It will be very difficult to attack under this premise. Even if we have five more Thousands of people and hundreds of thousands of people will not have any effect. This is my judgment."
Zhang Qian sighed and said, "That's all. Then please ask Your Majesty to make a decision and send the news back."
Shi Yu felt relieved.
From the bottom of his heart, he actually did not approve of the emperor's surprise attack on the Qin army. Because this battle was too rushed and rushed, there was no preparation at all.
In addition, even if the new army of Qin takes the throne, it will not be easy to offend.
Unfortunately, the emperor insisted on fighting.
Shi Yu immediately wrote a letter and arranged for someone to send the news back 800 miles away. The news was that they first took a boat south, then changed their way into the Yangtze River, and headed east along the river day and night, returning to Jinling City in just a few days.
The news spread back to Jinling City and soon reached the hands of Sima Chong.
Sima Chong was in a daze after reading the news about Yan State.
He was even a little panicked inside.
The State of Yan was defeated directly.
Yan's army is useless.
When Sima Chong secretly scolded Liu Yuan for his ineffectiveness, in the blink of an eye, he began to scold Shi Yu for procrastinating. So far, he has not launched a large-scale attack and has been facing off at the front line.
The letter asked him to make a decision.
But what does such an arrangement mean?
It seemed that he was asking for his opinion, but Sima Chong thought that Shi Yu clearly meant to be timid.
Sima Chong was very unhappy, threw the memorial aside, and said: "Come, please inform Gu Xi, Xie Xuan and Zhang Xi to discuss the matter."
After receiving the order, the chamberlain immediately went to deliver the order.
Not long after, Gu Xi, Xie Xuan and Zhang Xi all entered the hall and saluted Sima Chong.
Sima Chong said directly: "I just got the news from the front line. In this battle, Shi Yu was still confronting the Qin army on the front line. He did not make any breakthrough. He was not victorious or defeated. The war in the north suddenly changed due to negligence. Lin Feng led his troops to kill Killed the Emperor of Yan Liu Yuan, captured the Prime Minister of Yan Cui Yonghao, and defeated the 100,000-strong Yan army. The northern part of Qin has been stabilized, what do you think?"
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Gu Xi and others' expressions suddenly changed.
Everyone looked shocked.
So fast.
The war had just begun, and Lin Feng killed Liu Yuan directly on the battlefield. He was so fierce that it was unbelievable.
Everyone is thinking about coping strategies in their hearts.
For a long time, there was silence in the hall.
No one was the first to take a stand. After all, when it came to this war, everyone was a little afraid.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Sima Chong said again: "Tell us carefully, what should we do? Gu Xi, you are the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and the head of the civil service. You should talk about this matter first. What should we do about this matter?"
