Prince Wei's Mansion in Jizhou.
The palace is decorated with carved beams and painted buildings, pavilions and pavilions, as well as rockeries and flowing water, creating a magnificent scene. Moreover, the palace covers an extremely vast area, covering nearly three thousand acres.
The entire surrounding area belongs to the Prince of Wei's Mansion, and is inhabited by the Prince's soldiers and servants.
In the backyard of the palace, there is a vegetable plot two feet long and two feet wide.
Now that we are entering July, the weather is perfect and it is the time when the most dishes are available.
In the vegetable field, a man in his thirties with a Chinese character face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a straight nose, thin lips, and narrow eyes, wearing the best Shu brocade robe, was hoeing and plowing the land.
This person is Zhao Fan, King of Wei.
He has inherited the title of King of Wei for more than ten years, especially Zhao Fan, who is quite capable. Under his rule, Jizhou has more than 80,000 elite soldiers, with armor, swords, bows and arrows, and countless arrows, ready for war at any time.
In addition, Zhao Fan continued to collect money and store food, and there was no shortage of supplies.
When Zhao Fan was plowing the land with a hoe, he looked like he was immersed in it. He is a person who always likes to put his own efforts into practice, so he opened a piece of soil in his house to grow vegetables, which shows that he attaches great importance to farming.
Zhao Fan is now leisurely and happy, waiting for Zhao Shan to start a war with the Northern Wei Dynasty.
Yue Feipeng led the garrison in Xingyang to the border of Jizhou and even went a little deeper. Zhao Fan still ignored it and only arranged some troops to sit in the southern important town of Jizhou to ensure that Yue Feipeng would not go north.
Yue Feipeng is a small pawn, and his fighting is mediocre and nothing to worry about.
The key lies in Zhao Shan's war.
In Zhao Fan's impression, the Northern Wei Dynasty had sharp soldiers and a military god like Tuoba Shao. Even if Zhao Shan could fight a tough battle, he would at most be a draw with the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the two sides would form a stalemate.
The most likely possibility is that Zhao Shan was defeated and was defeated by the Northern Wei army. When Zhao Shan was defeated, he sent troops north to attack Zhao Shan, destroyed Zhao Shan, and then counterattacked Luoyang with the momentum of a great victory.
This is Zhao Fan's consideration.
Just like that, Zhao Fan was not anxious at all, as if he was sitting on a mountain watching the fight between tigers and tigers.
While Zhao Fan was plowing the land, a rush of footsteps came. Zhao Fan's military advisor Tian Chunyi entered and saluted: "King Wei."
Zhao Fan nodded and said: "What's wrong with the military advisor? Is it possible that the battle in Youzhou has an outcome?"
Tian Chunyi said solemnly: "Your Majesty, the war in Youzhou has indeed come to an end, and the situation is not good."
Zhao Fan sneered and said: "What could go wrong? The worst outcome is nothing more than a confrontation between Zhao Shan and Northern Wei."
Tian Chunyi shook his head and replied: "Your Majesty, it's not a confrontation, it's a complete defeat of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Zhao Shan killed almost 50,000 Northern Wei soldiers, captured 20,000 to 30,000 people, and also killed Tuoba Shao, the military god of the Northern Wei Dynasty."
"How can it be?"
Zhao Fan's face changed drastically, his eyes were shocked, and the hoe in his hand fell to the ground.
After a while, Zhao Fan came back to his senses.
Zhao Fan walked out of the vegetable field and went straight back to the study. After sitting down, he asked: "Tuoba Hong is an extremely heroic monarch, and Tuoba Shao is the military god of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Moreover, in this war, the Northern Wei Tianlang Cavalry also participated in the battle. Is it The best of the best.”
"The total strength of the Northern Wei Dynasty was close to 100,000."
"That's one hundred thousand, not ten thousand."
"Even if there are 100,000 pigs, it will take several months for Zhao Shan to catch them. Now they have been defeated in just a short time. Is Tuoba Hong a pig?"
Zhao Fan's eyes were cold and he said in a deep voice: "This waste Tuoba Hong is so incompetent."
Tian Chunyi continued: "Tuoba Hong's unprecedented defeat embarrassed Jizhou. In a short period of time, the threat of the Northern Wei Dynasty was gone. I concluded that Zhao Shan was probably going to send his army south and come to Jizhou."
Zhao Fan's eyes flashed and he said forcefully: "Come on, come on. Why should I be afraid of Zhao Shan? Send an order to inform Wang Chengzhong, Chang Shi Gao Sheng, Zuo General Hou Yong, Huben General Dou Wei, and Hu Wei General Zhu Shan Come to the palace to discuss matters."
The entourage arranged it, and not long after, Wang Chengzhong, Gao Sheng, Hou Yong, Dou Wei and Zhu Shan entered hand in hand and saluted in unison.
Zhao Fan told the news of Zhao Shan's victory and said straight to the point: "The Northern Wei army has been defeated. We must block Zhao Shan so that Zhao Shan cannot return to Luoyang. Moreover, we must take the initiative before Zhao Shan goes south."
"Our goal is to kill Zhao Shan at the border of Jizhou."
Zhao Fan said loudly: "Before, I sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight. I hoped to use Tuoba Hong's hand to kill Zhao Shan, or defeat Zhao Shan, so that we could move more easily." Now if God fails, we will go to war directly. "
Dou Wei said loudly: "The last general is willing to be a pioneer."
Zhu Shan also took the initiative and said: "King Wei, the last general is also willing to be the vanguard."
Hou Yong was thoughtful and expressed his position: "Your Majesty, the last general is also willing to be the vanguard."
One by one, the generals expressed their opinions.
Zhao Fan praised: "Yes, the courage is commendable. In this battle, I personally went out to fight, sending 60,000 troops. Tian Chunyi, Wang Chengzhong, Hou Yong, Dou Wei, Zhu Shan and accompanying them, Gao Sheng is in charge of Yecheng."
"As you command!"
Gao Sheng, Wang Chengzhong, Tian Chunyi and others answered in unison.
Zhao Fan further arranged the details of dispatching troops, and then ordered: "Gao Sheng stays, and everyone else disperses."
Everyone went to prepare individually. Gao Sheng solemnly said: "Your Majesty, I want to join the war despite my humble position."
Zhao Fan shook his head and said: "Gao Sheng, you are my brother-in-law and one of my own. I would not be at ease without you staying in Yecheng. You lead 10,000 people to sit in Yecheng, stabilize the rear, and then keep an eye on Yue Fei in the south. Peng. Unless I come back in person, I will never open the city gate and must guard it."
"I understand."
Gao Sheng replied solemnly.
As Zhao Fan's brother-in-law, Gao Sheng knew Zhao Fan's intention. He was worried about the collapse of the rear and wanted to keep him alone.
Zhao Fan gave some more instructions before asking Gao Sheng to retreat. He got up and changed his armor before heading towards the army, mobilizing an army of 60,000 to leave Yecheng and go north to the border of Youzhou.
While Zhao Fan was heading north, the news was also picked up by Zhao Shan's spies.
The news spread to Jixian County, Youzhou in the shortest possible time, and reached Zhao Shan's ears.
Zhao Shan was not angry but happy when he got the news, and was very excited.
Zhao Fan finally arrived.
We are not afraid that Zhao Fan will rebel, but we are afraid that Zhao Fan will always act like a coward, which will make things difficult to handle.
Zhao Shan called Wei Polu and Fang Weihu over, told Zhao Fan about sending troops, and quickly said: "Now that Zhao Fan is here, how are we going to fight?"
Wei Polu said: "Your Majesty, I think we can take advantage of the general trend of defeating the Northern Wei Dynasty, send troops to take the initiative to attack, and defeat Zhao Fan in one go. Even though we lost many soldiers in the battle with the Northern Wei Dynasty, we have been expanding our army. Now we have nearly 50,000 troops, which is enough Defeat Zhao Fan."
Fang Weihu took the words, shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, I don't agree with the strategy of directly attacking Zhao Fan. I suggest luring the enemy deep and then inviting you into the urn."
Zhao Shan asked: "How to lure the enemy to penetrate deeply, and how to invite you to enter the urn?"
