Tian Dan's voice was very low, and he had obviously been worried about this for a long time.
Later, Tian Dan elaborated on the "low morale of the military", and expressed his admiration for Le Yi, the commander of the Yan army outside the city -
After organizing several large-scale offensives against [Jimo] to no avail, the Yan people changed their strategies and never launched any attacks on Jimo again. Even the scouts and spies stopped trying to infiltrate into the city... Le Yi began Adopt a firm 'soft approach'.
If the Yan State keeps attacking the city fiercely, then the people of Qi will naturally unite.
However, the Yan people not only stopped attacking the city, but also comforted the Qi people - the Qi people in the city could not defend themselves, causing the land outside the city to become barren. The Yan army even helped the Qi people to cultivate land for free.
All this was done under the eyes of the Jimo Qi people.
Yan Guo's strategy of attacking the enemy's heart was obviously effective - Jimo's will to resist was greatly reduced, so that no one was willing to fight anymore.
If the last tiger-skin flag of "King of Qi's Land" hadn't been hoisted in Jimo, and the general Tian Dan lived and ate with the soldiers and was strict with himself... I'm afraid the Jimo people would have surrendered long ago.
Tian Dan took a deep breath at the end and said with some sadness: "In short, our army's fighting spirit has declined."
"If they maintain the status quo and continue to hold on, they may still be able to resist...but if they are allowed to take the initiative to go out of the city and fight against the Yan people, who are strong and gentle soldiers, it may be difficult to do so."
"Le Yi's heart attack strategy worked - the people of Jimo no longer want to fight!"
Xiong Wuliang nodded.
No wonder Tian Dan is so resistant to his own rhetoric and even publicly stated that he "cannot beat him."
It is said that there are more than 30,000 people in the city, and there are actually 20,000 troops. The quality of the 20,000 "Qi Army" can be imagined.
Presumably, as long as they could hold a sword or draw a bow, no matter men, women, old or young, they were all organized into the 'militia' by Tian Dan.
Such an 'army' can barely hold up the number of people used to defend the city - if it goes out to fight outside the city, it will definitely collapse at the first touch.
The quality of the personnel was extremely low to begin with, but as a result, they had almost no fighting will... Why should they win? Being able to guarantee that there is no mutiny in Jimo City now shows that Tian Dan's organizational ability and personal charm are quite bad.
Even Zhao Hua, who has always been cunning and cunning, frowned and was in trouble.
Tian Di, Zhao Hua, Tian Dan, and Shao Hu all looked at Xiong Wuliang... Tian Dan curled his lips and thought, now you know how difficult it is, right?
As a result, Xiong Wuliang smiled and had a pearl of wisdom in his hand.
"I have my own way."
any solution? Plagiarizing according to Tian Dan’s strategy in real history... No! Copy the homework!
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Yan State, Jicheng.
Jicheng is the royal capital of the old Yan Kingdom and has a long history - ever since a certain ancestor of the Yan Kingdom conquered the 'Ji Kingdom', the royal capital was moved here.
After that, the capital of Yan State changed several times due to wars, civil strife and other reasons, and finally returned to Jicheng.
In addition to the illusory reason of 'mandate of destiny', Jicheng's geographical location is also very advantageous - from the pre-Qin period to later generations, Jicheng has been an important economic, transportation, and military hub of various dynasties.
The name of Jicheng has also been changed several times in the thousands of years of Chinese history. It has been called "Jicheng", "Yandu", "Yanjing", "Dadu", "Beiping", "Shuntianfu", etc.
In later generations, the location of ancient Jicheng was probably from Xuanwumen to Hepingmen in the southwest of Beijing.
At this moment, Jicheng was caught in a bizarre commotion——
"Did you hear...that news?"
"Don't talk too much, don't talk too much! Be careful of getting into trouble!"
"Mr. Chang Guo actually... No wonder the small city of Jimo actually fought for two years..."
"Hush... Shuzi, don't say anything anymore, be careful of getting into trouble for you and me!"
In the hidden streets and alleys, someone was secretly watching everything...seeing that the rumors had spread like wildfire, he smiled imperceptibly.
It was the spies of Qingyu Guard who spread the rumors.
There was already a commotion in the palace in Jicheng - the prince who was supervising the country, Ji Lezi, panicked and caught several ministers in charge and asked them like a barrage of questions: "What should we do?"
"What should I do?"
The ministers of the State of Yan looked at each other in confusion and didn't know what to say for a moment - there was news that King Le Yi of the State of Chang, relying on his own troops, intended to claim the throne in Qi!
hiss……
It sounds outrageous, but it really hits home the doubts and pain points of the ministers of the State of Yan. In fact, many ministers of Yan State were dissatisfied with Le Yi - now there is only one isolated city left in Qi State, Jimo, and an army of 200,000 has surrounded it for two years, but it can't be defeated?
Back then, Yaqing Leyi led an army of 200,000 to sweep across the entire Qi Kingdom, destroying everything... but now he was unable to conquer a small coastal city for a long time?
Even if we use human life ants to attack the city, we should have taken it long ago!
Le Yi's official statement is to be gentle in order to win the hearts of the people...but many ministers have criticized Le Yi.
Now comes the scary explanation - the reason why Le Yi has not attacked the city for so long is because he wants to support his troops and respect himself! Thus becoming the king of Qi!
Blanch!
One thing to say, this is not impossible... Le Yi was in charge of the coup d'etat in the Yan Kingdom, and the 200,000 Yan troops under his command were all trained by this Yaqing. The subsequent feat of conquering Qi made Le Yi extremely prestigious in the hearts of the 200,000 Yan troops.
He has won the hearts of the soldiers and has unparalleled achievements... yet it is suspicious that he surrounded the last small city under the control of Qi State and did not attack it.
It’s scary to step on a horse too much!
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Finally, a minister from the State of Yan spoke: "Since this matter has been spread, even if it is groundless, we have to guard against it."
"It's just that this matter is serious, and in my opinion, we should send an envoy to the king as soon as possible and ask the king to make a decision in person!"
Prince Ji Lezi nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes... The army is out on the battlefield, don't touch the general... Hurry! Send an envoy to Yunmengze to ask for instructions from the king!"
Suddenly, another wise minister came out and raised his hands and said: "Prince Mingjian - this matter has come sooner or later, but it happened when the king was leaving the National Assembly... Could it be that Lord Chang Guo seized the opportunity and wanted to do something about it?" Taking advantage of the king’s departure from the country to start an uprising?”
As soon as he said this, Ji Lezi became even more confused!
All the ministers in the court even took a breath of cold air - if this is really the case, then it would be too late to send envoys to Yunmengze to seek instructions from the king!
"For the sake of today, we must be prepared for any danger - in my opinion, I should immediately summon the Lord of Chang State back to Jicheng and explain his thoughts face to face..."
"If Lord Chang is ordered to return home, the prince can rest assured; if he disobeys the order and fails to come, he must have second thoughts!" said the wise minister.
The prince, who didn't have much experience in dealing with things, was already panicking. He just nodded his head after hearing this——
"This is a great thing to say... just as you say..."
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(Yi Jian's note: Today's third update. The Prince of Yan in this chapter is the 'King Yan Hui' of later generations. The name of this King Yan Hui is not recorded in the history books. Lao Yi searched the information on the Internet and checked CNKI... I really couldn't find this guy's real name. In desperation, I could only adopt the statement in "The Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasties" that he was named 'Ji Lezi')
(But readers please note - the Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty state that King Yan Hui was named Lezi, but 'Lezi' is actually the name of the annotator of the Historical Records - this statement is incorrect after research)
