Since Gaoding almost occupied the entire Yuexi County, he made Qiongdu County, the county's capital, his base camp, and built deep ditches and high forts in Beishui County to the north of Qiongdu and Dingzuo County to the south to defend Qiongdu.
After occupying Qiongdu, the county government became the residence of high-ranking officials. At this moment, in a hall of the county government, Gao Ding was sitting at the top, and there were three people sitting on the left and right below him, all of whom were his handsome generals.
"Li Qiucheng, please tell me about the latest news from An Shang." Seeing that everyone had arrived, Gao Ding said to the majestic general sitting in the first position on the lower right.
This Yi general named Li Qiucheng was the man who led the troops to attack Gong Lu and besiege Anshang last time. He was the senior commander of the Situ tribe under Gaoding's command. He was about forty years old and had a strong build.
This person is not only highly skilled in martial arts, but also quite resourceful, so he is highly relied upon by Gao Ding, and many confidential matters are entrusted to him. Even the matter of contacting the Huo family is handled directly by him.
After hearing Gao Ding's instructions, Li Qiucheng quickly saluted and replied, "Yes, Your Majesty."
After that, he looked around at everyone, and then said loudly: "According to the latest news from Anshang City, the new governor Yang Qing has returned to Anshang for a few days. It is said that this guy has gained a lot from going out to supervise the farmers. An agreement has been reached with the Qingqiang Ancient Plow Department, and the two companies will implement mutual trade and exchange leather, salt, cloth and other materials. According to the news sent back, this move has greatly eased Anshang's food consumption."
With that said, Li Qiucheng informed Yang Qing of the three strategies for obtaining food. Everyone could not help but secretly frown after hearing this. They had previously known that the food installed in the city would not last for half a month, and they wanted to take this opportunity to make some big moves. Unexpectedly, Yang Qing could still find a way to exchange food from Jianwei County. In this case, it would be difficult to wait for An Shang to go into chaos without attacking.
Gao Ding saw the disappointed expressions on everyone's faces, whispering to each other, and felt slightly angry in his heart. Why was he not the same if everyone was disappointed?
However, as the King of Yi, he is someone who can afford to take things in hand. He immediately shouted: "Okay, that guy Yang Qing has some tricks, but he wants to put up a city and resist. I think he is a fool. Today. I have called you here to discuss how to deal with this person, so you can speak freely."
Gao Ding has been feeling a little anxious lately. He knows that it's time to pull out the nail in An Shangcheng. According to news from Chengdu, Zhuge Liang is recruiting soldiers and conducting military training. There is no way that the Han people will send a large army to the south next year.
What's more, Yang Qing is now recruiting troops and building cities. Although this man is young, he has only been making big moves since he came to Yuexi and took office for more than a month. His actions are very ambitious. If he lets go again. If he keeps doing it, it will be really difficult to capture it.
Thinking of this, Gao Ding couldn't help but clenched his right fist under the desk, thinking that Anshang City must be captured. Only by capturing Anshang's complete stronghold of Yuexi, can his army fight Hanjia County without any scruples. The Yanniu tribe and the Qingqiang tribe are connected together, and then they will have more room for maneuver.
Since he launched a rebellion and occupied most of Yue Xi, Gaoding's ambitions have grown day by day. What he coveted was no longer Yue Xi. He sent people everywhere to connect with the surrounding tribes, hoping to spread the war to the north of Nanzhong.
Jianwei County was blocked by An, so he could not capture it, so he turned to the west and persuaded King Yanniu Yi to use the road to build a fortress in Yanniu County. This way, a strong nail was planted in Hanjia County.
As long as Anshang is captured, he can calmly send troops northward, or invade Qianwei from the northeast, or harass Hanjia from the northwest. In this way, the hinterland in central Shu will also be in danger of facing a military peak.
Gao Ding kept calculating in his mind, thinking that even if he was blocked from going north in the future, once the Han army came south, he could still fight against it in Hanjia and Qianwei counties to ensure that the country would not lose. All things considered, it must be captured if it is installed.
Everyone in the room was also well aware of the importance of An Shang for future troops. Seeing their king asking questions, everyone remained silent and thought carefully.
After a long time, the Yi general at the top of the left clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, capturing Anshang is crucial to our army's future plans. Although our army's previous attacks were due to the timely rescue of the Jianwei Han army, our army was not exhausted. Trying your best is also an important reason.”
"Therefore, the general thought that our army might as well go out in full force, with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to attack Anshang. In this way, even if Jianwei County comes to help, our army can successfully break the city."
It's not that I haven't thought about attacking Gaoding with the whole army before, but it's just that it's extremely risky. If Anjian can't be breached for a while, it will lead to a big battle with the Han army in Jianwei County.
Even if he defeats the reinforcements in the future, his vitality will be severely damaged, which will only allow Yong Kai and the others to take advantage.
Therefore, Gao Ding had no choice but to take such a dangerous move. After all, Yong Kai, Meng Huo, Zhu Bao, and the others were not of the same mind as him. Only if he was strong enough would he not be eaten up and kicked by others. open.
When Gu Gu heard someone suggesting a large-scale attack, Gao Ding hesitated: "This...E Huan, this matter is not trivial and must be discussed in the long term."
It turns out that this man is E Huan, the most powerful general under Gao Ding. This man is nine feet tall, good at using a halberd, and has the courage of thousands of men.
He was a little disappointed when Gao Ding refused to comply with his proposal, so he had to remain silent and think of another way.
"Generals, do you have any other plans?" Gao Ding shouted immediately when he saw that no one said anything after E Huan finished speaking.
"Your Majesty, there is finally a plan that can be implemented." Li Qiucheng replied.
Gao Ding was secretly happy after hearing this, feeling that his number one think tank was more reliable, and asked expectantly: "Oh, are you going to figure out the plan?"
"Your Majesty, the general thought it was impossible to capture Anshang with all his strength, so he had to outsmart him. Last time, after we planned to capture Gong Lu, we almost wanted to break the city, but unfortunately we were unable to defeat the Han reinforcements and retreated due to the small number of troops."
Li Qiucheng sighed and added: "Although this matter has failed, we can see from this that as long as we can capture the governor again, it will be much easier to capture the city."
"Oh, what do you mean?" Gao Ding asked, stroking his beard.
"Your Majesty, the new governor, Yang Qing, is young and vigorous. He has repeatedly established political and religious affairs in a month. I think he is also a person who is eager for quick success."
Speaking of the key point, Li Qiucheng stood up and approached Gao Ding and said, "As long as we can lure Yang Qing's fellow southward, we can repeat our old plan and capture and kill this beast."
"Come on, that's how it should be." Gao Ding couldn't help but patted the desk, thinking that if the two prefects were killed, what's the harm in killing another prefect?
Yang Qing made more noise in just one month than Gong Lu did in half a year. Gao Ding felt that this person would eventually become a serious problem for him and he had to try to get rid of him as soon as possible.
A few days ago, they found out that Yang Qing was heading north of the city and felt it was a pity. If he went south, they would have another chance to capture him.
Gao Ding kept thinking in his mind, how to lure Yang Qing to go south? After thinking about it for a long time, I still didn't have a good idea, so I had to ask: "What's your idea?"
"Your Majesty, this..." Li Qiucheng looked at the others and hesitated.
Gao Ding understood what he meant and waved his hand to signal everyone to leave. Although the other barbarian generals in the hall felt dissatisfied, they had no choice but to disperse. Only E Huan snorted dissatisfiedly and walked out angrily.
Gao Ding didn't take it seriously when he saw this, and said with a smile: "Now, it's time for you to tell me your plan, right?"
Li Qiucheng came to Gao Ding's side and whispered in his ear: "Your Majesty, this is all we need..."
After hearing this, Gao Ding felt that it was indeed a clever plan, and immediately burst into laughter: "Okay, as long as this plan is successfully implemented, I will allow you to replenish the city's wealth, silk, military equipment, and equipment first."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Qiucheng was overjoyed to receive this promise and quickly thanked him.
