Everyone in Zhao Hua is dumbfounded!
Help Qi regain its territory and drive the Yan people back to Liaodong?
If this can really be done... it will undoubtedly be a great thing for Chu State!
In the current state of Chu, there is a strong Qin in the west and a strong Yan in the east. The king is also brazenly domineering, which has put the Chu state in a disadvantageous position that everyone covets.
If Qi can be helped to recover, the strength of Yan will be severely damaged.
After Qin lost Wuguan, it was no longer easy to launch an effective offensive against Chu in a short period of time.
Chu State will be in an invincible position!
Moreover, Zhao Hua also knew clearly about the "adopted father and adopted son" relationship between Xiong Wuliang and King Qi Tiandi.
He doesn’t expect Tian Di to serve Qu Yanghou as his father for the rest of his life - after all, no one would be so naive in the diplomacy of a great power. As long as Qi can keep this friendship and maintain a honeymoon period with Chu for five to ten years, Chu will be extremely comfortable.
Imagine - Wei and Han are now flirting with Chu. When the time comes, Yan is defeated and Qi becomes Chu's staunch ally for ten years...
Invincible!
The prospect is too tempting, but...
It takes three months to achieve such an ambitious strategic goal? Isn’t this pure nonsense!
The Yan State has 200,000 elite soldiers, all of whom are burly Northeastern men recruited from the Liaodong region. They have also experienced the baptism of a bloody battle like the Battle of Jixi... The combat strength is quite strong.
If Xiong Wuliang wants to realize Xiong Wuliang's strategic concept of "helping Qi State recover the entire territory", Chu State will definitely have to attack with all its strength!
Moreover, this will definitely be a long and hard battle that wastes people and money and is protracted.
Now his master has lost his mind and gone crazy - he wants to rely on Jimo's three melons and two dates troops, plus 10,000 Quyang new troops... to push Yan back to Liaodong within three months?
Zhao Hua Bengbu came to live... Although my little master can often create miracles, this time it was too exaggerated: "Master, you..."
Xiong Wuliang smiled, as if he had a pearl of wisdom: "Do you think I am talking nonsense?"
Zhao Hua nodded involuntarily.
Shaohu and Wu Yu in the cabin looked at each other... Shaohu, a reckless man, fully trusted Xiong Wuliang, and he just scratched his chest hair honestly: "Since the Lord has sent troops, there must be a way to win... In the end, all generals will listen to the Lord!"
Although Wu Yu felt that Xiong Wuliang's statement was absurd, but based on his many years of success following his lord, Wu Yu decided to blindly trust Quyang Hou——
"Me too!"
Xiong Wuliang nodded towards the second general, turned around and smiled at Zhao Hua: "In this battle, our army has five victories!"
Zhao Hua's face became serious, he cupped his hands and said, "Please tell me, my lord, what are the five wins?"
This is obviously a formal meeting between the emperor and his ministers. Xiong Wuliang was not afraid, smiled and stretched out the five fingers of his right hand——
"The State of Yan has been weak for hundreds of years. Once it rose, it almost wiped out its powerful neighbors. Now that the country's territory has suddenly expanded, it is a time of arrogance and arrogance. The Yan people are arrogant, and they must take advantage of the opportunity. This is a victory."
Xiong Wuliang retracted his right index finger and shook the remaining four fingers: "Although the Yan State's territory and population have suddenly expanded, it only occupied Qi for less than two years, and it has not yet completely transformed Qi into national power, so its stamina is Not strong - there are only 200,000 Yan troops in front of our army. If we can defeat them, the Yan army will have no options."
"The Yan Kingdom has little stamina, so this is the only way to win!"
"The King of Yan, Ji Zhi, who is very aware of everything and can be called a wise king, is in Yunmengze. The only prince in the country who has little experience in handling emergencies is the superintendent of the country - this is the best of three!"
"The hearts of the people of Qi are still there. As long as we help the King of Qi to defeat the Yan army, all parts of the Qi Kingdom will inevitably flock to respond to the King of Qi's call - the main battlefield is in Qi, and the Yan people have not yet won the hearts and minds of the people of Qi. Our army It can be said that we are playing at home, so we can win four!”
"The sudden appearance of our army caused turmoil in the Jimo battlefield that had been silent for two years. It can be said to be unexpected - this is a win for five!"
Xiong Wuliang had already retracted all five fingers, clenched them into a fist, and waved them gently in the air: "With these five victories, our army will definitely be able to win even though we have fewer soldiers and fewer generals!"
Zhao Hua's eyes widened.
The two generals Shao Hu and Wu Yu on the side felt excited when they heard this. They felt as relaxed and happy as if they had taken a sip of iced Coke. They said in unison with conviction: "The Lord is a great talent!"
Zhao Hua took a deep breath. At this time, he finally understood clearly that this battle to help Qi defeat Yan was definitely not a whim of Xiong Wuliang after he encountered difficulties from the Yan people in Yunmengze.
It was a battle that had been planned for a long time in Xiong Wu's conscience and was even accurate to the details.
Perhaps, this battle was already planned in Xiong Wu's conscience when the allied forces attacked Qi and the King of Qi retreated to [Jimo] under the guidance of Marquis Quyang two years ago!
Zhao Hua couldn't help but bowed his hands in sincerity: "The prince has a far-reaching plan... I admire Zhao Hua!"
Xiong Wuliang stood up, put his hands behind his back forcefully, and said in a deep voice: "Although our army has five victories, the Yan army's hard power is far greater than our army. This battle cannot be underestimated - it can only be fought wisely, not rashly." Act.”
Zhao Hua, Shao Hu, and Wu Yu all shouted loudly: "I (the last general) will obey the order of the king!"
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Jimo.
This isolated city has been struggling for nearly two years under heavy siege by 200,000 Yan troops.
If the Chu people hadn't used the sea route to transport large amounts of food, arrows and other consumables time and time again... the Qi people would have been unable to hold on.
Now the Yan army has long stopped the forced attack that caused them heavy casualties, and seems to be determined to starve all the Jimo defenders to death... So this isolated city fell into a strange 'sit-down war'.
It is said that under the command of Tian Dan, this city has already carried out comprehensive war mobilization - after two years, this wartime plan has been extremely perfect.
First, Tian Dan separated all the soldiers and civilians in the city by men and women, and then divided the men's and women's teams into children's teams, prime years teams and senior teams according to age. Under careful command arrangements, all men, women, and children are responsible for their responsibilities.
Jimo's city defenses have been reinforced one after another, and now they can be said to be impregnable.
If the Yan people want to attack this city by force, they will pay a heavy price!
In this context, Le Yi stopped the attack - firstly, he wanted to try to starve the Jimo soldiers and civilians to death, and secondly, he also wanted long-term peace to destroy the morale of the defenders in the city.
If there is a continuous fight to the death, the people of Qi will certainly share the same hatred - to avenge their companions and fight to the death for the final victory.
But if peace lasts for a long time, the thought will always appear in the minds of normal people - why bother.
All in all, Le Yi adopted a clever and gentle strategy - not only stopped the fierce attack on the isolated city of Jimo, but also adopted a gentle policy throughout Qi State, striving to win over the hearts and minds of the Qi people and turn enemies into friends as soon as possible.
At the top of Jimo City, the Qi militiamen on routine patrol were extremely tired - they watched helplessly as their fertile fields outside the city were left uncultivated and became deserted day after day; the Yan army outside the city smiled friendly and rushed to the city. Waving the wine jar and large pieces of mutton in his hand at the city...
When will this battle end...
The militiaman sighed deeply and looked at the sea again... The only joy and the only hope in the entire Jimo City... was the supply fleet sent by Chu State...
Suddenly, the militiamen's eyes widened!
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