After knowing that there were no less than 100,000 Zhao troops seven miles away from here.
Bai Yan and Wang Ben both had a trace of cold sweat behind their backs.
Almost, if we had walked another five miles or arrived here any later, the consequences would have been disastrous.
Bai Yan looked at the sky.
As dusk falls, there should be no fighting now, but it cannot be ruled out that Li Mu will send a large army to attack at night. After all, the distance is seven miles, let alone Zhao Bianqi, even if the soldiers attack at night, they don't need to walk long.
"Explore again!"
Bai Yan said to the soldiers.
"promise!"
The soldiers handed over their hands, and then turned and left on their horses under the watchful eyes of everyone.
"General Wang Ben, do you think it's time to attack or defend?"
Bai Yan did not rush to give orders, but turned to look at Wang Ben.
Regardless of age or combat experience, Wang Bi is far superior to him.
Now they are only seven miles away from Zhao Jun. Whether to attack or defend, they need to make a decision as soon as possible.
"Offense or defense?"
Wang Ben was a little surprised when he heard Bai Yan's inquiry.
Wang Ben did not expect that Bai Yan would still want to attack after knowing the number of Zhao troops.
After pondering for a few breaths, Wang Ben shook his head. He advocated sticking to it.
"Wang Ben believes that we should stand firm and wait for my father to lead the follow-up army to arrive here."
Wang Ben said.
Then he analyzed it for Bai Yan.
Now the Qin army has been divided into three parts. Here is the first part, the second part of the army is besieging Yanyu, and the third part of the army is the army under his father who rushed to Yanyu.
Li Mu's army must have planned to come here, or station closer to Yanyu, but they arrived here first.
As the first line of defense against Li Mu, it is also the line with the most soldiers in the army. This is a matter of success or failure in the attack on Zhao and must not be lost.
Secondly, although Zhao Jun has lost the opportunity now, Zhao Bianqi was brought out by Li Mu. He has experienced fierce battles all year round and his combat power is by no means ordinary. If he rushes towards Zhao Jun, he can certainly be caught off guard.
However, once Zhao Jun came to his senses, without reinforcements, the consequences were unpredictable.
It was too important here and he didn't agree with taking risks.
"Okay! Then we will station here."
Bai Yan listened to Wang Ben's analysis, thought for a moment, and nodded.
Wang Ben felt relieved when he saw that Bai Yan did not choose to send troops rashly.
"To prevent the Zhao army from attacking at night, the soldiers can be asked to dig deep trenches and divert the Zhang River into the trenches."
Wang Ben said.
Now we can use the Zhangshui River next to us to help defend. Even if Zhao Bian rides over the next day, he can stop the momentum.
As long as they hold this place, Zhao Jun can't do anything to them.
"You can ask the soldiers to burn more bonfires at night."
Bai Yan added.
Wang Ben raised the corners of his mouth and nodded with a smile.
"Then the two of us will go down separately to arrange it."
Bai Yan looked at Wang Ben, cupped his hands and said.
Wang Ben bowed his hands to Bai Yan, then turned around and led his horse away.
Bai Yan looked at Wang Ben's leaving figure, lowered his head to see that his horse had already drunk water, and then led the horse towards the direction of the cavalry army.
Before dark.
The carriage carrying provisions and baggage finally arrived.
All the soldiers can eat, retreat to the back, and set up camp.
Bonfires were lit on the plains.
Bai Yan walked in the camp, and Ye followed Bai Yan.
Seeing everyone sitting in front of the fire talking to each other about the soldiers, Bai Yan felt a little stressed.
Bai Yan was a little worried when he thought that his opponent was Li Mu.
Even when the Xiongnu and the Yuezhi went south, he was not under so much pressure. When the Yuezhi and the Xiongnu went south, he was secretly at that time, and the Yuezhi and the Xiongnu were not of the same mind.
But this time, Li Mu and Sima Shang were both famous generals of the Zhao Kingdom.
"General, the arrangements have been made. If Zhao Jun attacks at night, he will be able to predict it in advance."
Yanmao came to Bai Yan at this time, raised his hands and said.
Bai Yan nodded.
"You go down and rest first!"
Bai Yan said to Yanmao.
After Yanmao left, Bai Yan turned his head and looked in the direction of the well.
Taking a closer look at Li Mu's deeds, Bai Yan had a vague feeling that when the Zhao Kingdom was hit by an earthquake, coupled with successive years of drought, Li Mu would definitely launch a charge at all costs once he knew that he had a suspicious plot here.
After all, as long as Li Mu occupies this place, he can go to Lanyu. The Qin army will never fight in Lanyu and will inevitably retreat to Qicheng.
Today, he didn't take advantage of the situation or seize the initiative. Bai Yan always had a premonition, which was fatal.
Li Mu is not Pang Juan, and these bonfires alone may not be able to deceive Li Mu.
Under the bonfire, burning stones kept making crackling sounds.
Bai Yan was walking when he suddenly saw Gui and Feng Nian sitting by the bonfire.
"General!"
"General!!"
The two of them were arguing about what to do, but when they saw Bai Yan arriving, they stood up and smiled.
Bai Yan was already used to hearing the two people calling him names.
In the army, Bai Yan couldn't do anything casually, but fortunately, both Gui and Feng Nian treated him as always.
"What are you fighting about?"
Bai Yan looked at the two of them with some curiosity.
Feng Nian and Gui saw Bai Yan asking, and Feng Nian spoke first.
"This kid used to peek at family letters from time to time. I was always puzzled. Later I found out that this kid was going to be a father!"
Feng Nian looked at Bai Yan and pointed at Gui with his thumb.
When Bai Yan heard Feng Nian's words, he looked at Gui in surprise. He had been to Gui's hometown and met Gui's parents and the woman.
Thinking about it, it seems that five or six months have passed.
"sharp!"
Bai Yan was a little amazed at Gui's ability.
Gui lowered his head, his face turned red, he kept scratching his head, feeling uncomfortable all over.
After all, Gui became a father for the first time, and he was completely confused. It felt like he used to call his parents when he came home, but suddenly, when he came home in the future, he would also have his own child.
This feeling is hard to describe. It's a little scary and a little overwhelmed, but it's also exciting and happy.
"Why didn't you tell me?"
Bai Yan looked at Gui.
Listening to Feng Nian's words, calculating the time, Gui should have received letters from home when he was in Gaonu.
"I don't want to go back at this time!"
When Gui heard Bai Yan's words, she raised her head and looked straight at Bai Yan with her red face.
Bai Yan knew the meaning of that look.
Bai Yan couldn't help but laugh.
"Don't worry, it's not that easy for you to go back now."
Bai Yan said.
At night, Bai Yan, Gui, Feng Nian and Ye Ye sat together by the fire and had a rare chat.
Speaking of which, after becoming the first general, there have been many things in the army involving Gao Nu, as well as those soldiers who were killed or wounded in battle, all of which needed to be dealt with by Bai Yan.
Bai Yan rarely gets to sit with Feng Nian and Gui like this.
It was at this time that Bai Yan learned that Feng Nian had been trying hard to learn Qin characters since he came to Gaonu with him, so that he could understand it when the woman he admired sent letters to someone in the future.
Bai Yan admired Feng Nian's infatuation.
Looking at the sky, Bai Yan thought that Gui was already preparing to be a father, and he didn't know if his father and mother had found a match for his brother in Qi State.
Zeng Tian Feiyan asked Lu Qi to give him a message, telling him in a subtle way that she had found a reason to give money to his family.
Think of this.
Bai Yan felt that his parents should find a marriage for his eldest brother.
I just don't know what that woman is like, whether she is fierce or not, and whether she can get along with her eldest brother.
Think of this.
Bai Yan couldn't help but laugh, his eyes full of longing.
Thinking of my parents, my eldest brother, and the time we spent together when we were young.
"What's wrong?"
Gui's voice came and Bai Yan came back to his senses and shook his head.
Chatted for a while.
Bai Yan asked Feng Nian and Gui to rest early.
Before leaving, Bai Yan did not tell Gui and Feng Nian about the fact that Zhao Jun was several miles away.
At this time, a battle with Li Mu is probably unavoidable. In this case, it is better not to say anything and let the two of them have a good sleep.
After all, if he knew that there were no less than 100,000 Zhao State troops seven miles away, as well as Zhao State Wu'an Jun Li Mu.
Who can sleep!
(End of chapter)
