Gao Tang City.

The sound of killing shook the sky, and countless soldiers of Zhao State held ladders and pushed the rushing cart, forming a surging crowd of people, rushing towards the tall Gaotang City.

The dense array of arrows on the city rained down, knocking down many of the Zhao soldiers on the way.

However, there were also many soldiers of the Zhao army who successfully broke through the blockade of arrows and rushed to the city wall, and one by one the ladders were driven up to the top of the city, and the soldiers of the Zhao State began to climb along the ladders like dense ants.

Lian Po, the commander of the Zhao army, stood on the lookout in the middle of the camp, looking at Gaotang City from a distance several miles away in front of him.

Although the old general's beard was gray, his whole body was still full of energy, and he stood there as straight as a pine tree.

Lian Po is no stranger to the city.

More than ten years ago, Lian Po personally led the Zhao army to capture the city, making the city the territory of the Zhao State.

As soon as he thought of this, the corners of Lian Po's mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly: "Tian Dan...... Hmph, Tiandan! ”

Obviously, Lian Po was very dissatisfied with exchanging such a city for such a person as Tiandan.

In fact, the decision to exchange Gao Tang for Tian Dan caused great controversy in the political arena of Zhao State, and many ministers of Zhao State, including Lian Po, firmly opposed this matter.

However, the reigning king Zhao Huiwen ignored these objections and finally insisted on completing the exchange.

To this day, Lian Po still feels that it was not a good decision.

A sound of footsteps sounded from behind Lian Po, it was Le Cheng who came.

"General, Wei Wuji has landed in Dong'e with 100,000 Wei troops!"

Lian Po's face was calm, and he asked without looking back: "The soldiers on the Dong'a side have all retreated?" ”

"Yes, they all retreated according to the orders of the general." Le Cheng said with a puzzled expression on his face: "General, my subordinates don't understand, why do you want to let Wei Wuji go ashore when you can already conquer Dong'e early on?" ”

Lian Po smiled and said, "The Wei State is located in the land of the Central Plains water network, and there are many ships with developed shipping, if I fight with Wei Wuji on the water, I have no chance of winning." But if Wei Wuji goes ashore, then he will lose. ”

Le Cheng suddenly said: "There has been news from the Yan Kingdom, Xiangbang Lejian personally led the troops to attack Qi, and now the 100,000 Yan army has passed through the Hejian Land and surrounded Rao'an. ”

Lian Po raised his eyebrows slightly, and let out a sneer: "These Yan people are coming quickly when they are robbing while the fire is burning...... What can be done on the Qi side? ”

Le Cheng shook his head and said, "At present, we have not found anything unusual in the Qi Kingdom. ”

Lian Po nodded slightly, first glanced at the city head that was still in the midst of fierce fighting, then looked up at the sun that looked like it was about to set, and said, "Pass the order, Mingjin withdraw the troops." ”

As one of the five capitals of Qi State, Gaotang City is not only a city, but also a military fortress.

If you want to break through such a fortified city, it is obviously not enough to take only a few days.

It was not the first time that Lian Po and Lecheng had attacked such a fortified city, and they both had enough patience.

And in Dong'e City, about a hundred miles away, there was a thunderous roar of joy at this moment.

The 100,000 troops from the ally Wei State have been camped outside the city of Dong'e, and the Zhao army that had besieged the city withdrew in embarrassment, and the soldiers and civilians of the Qi State in the whole city breathed a sigh of relief, and even many people thought that the withdrawal of the siege of Dong'e City was the beginning of the counteroffensive of the two countries of Qi and Wei in this battle.

But in the handsome tent that the Wei army had just set up, Zhong Cheng, the general of the Wei State, was obviously not so optimistic.

"This Zhao army gave up the siege of Dong'e so easily, I'm afraid there is a fraud in Xinlingjun."

Wei Wuji chuckled and shook his head: "No deception, Lian Po just wants me to land in Dong'e." ”

Zhong Cheng was even more puzzled: "Why is this?" ”

Wei Wuji said: "The Zhao army does not have a water division, if it is deployed along the north bank of the river, then it will definitely consume a lot of troops, it is better to give Dong'a to our army, so that we don't have to worry about being led down the river and suddenly attacked." ”

Zhong Cheng thought for a while and said, "In this way, Lian Po seems to be quite confident." ”

If Zhong Cheng had led the Zhao army, then Zhong Cheng would definitely not have allowed Wei to gain such a foothold on the north bank of the Yellow River so easily.

Wei Wuji laughed and said, "If I can be as invincible as Lian Po, I think I should be so confident." ”

"So what should we do now?" Zhong Cheng was a little worried, and couldn't help but say: "Xinlingjun, in my opinion, the combat effectiveness of this Qi army is worrying, it has been undoubtedly revealed during the siege of Handan before, and now in the face of the main force of the central army of Zhao State, I am afraid it will be difficult to win." ”

In the last siege of Handan, almost all the progress came from the Wei side, and the Qi State was more of a soy sauce character, and did not pose much threat to the defense line of Handan City at all.

Wei Wuji suddenly asked, "Is there a reward for Pinglu?" ”

Pinglu was one of the five capitals of Qi State, and at the same time, it was the closest to Gaotang, so Wei Wuji was also very concerned about the movement of the Qi army in the direction of Pinglu.

Zhong Cheng replied: "According to the latest information, at most tomorrow, the 30,000 Qi troops of Pinglu City will be able to reach the south bank and start preparing to cross the river. ”

"Good." Wei Wuji nodded and said, "They may not have enough boats, so we can order our ships to give them some assistance, so that they can cross the river as soon as possible and join our army and gallop together to help Gao Tang." ”

"Whoa!" Zhong Cheng nodded in response, and then said with some puzzlement: "Xinlingjun, now that the situation in Gaotang City is critical, why don't you rush to the aid as soon as possible?" ”

Wei Wuji shook his head and said, "Gao Tang City is very strong, even Lian Po can't easily take it, and I suspect that Lian Po may set up an ambush on the road, so it's better to join the Qi army before setting off." ”

A moment later, Zhong Cheng left, and Wei Wuji sat alone in the big tent, silent in thought.

Tang Ji's figure appeared silently in front of Wei Wuji.

"Your Majesty. The intelligence of the Qi State has just arrived. ”

"Say."

"Qi is currently preparing for war. Qi Wangjian had already begun to recruit troops from all the capitals, and it seemed that he was going to fight with Zhao and Yan with all his might. ”

The corners of Wei Wuji's mouth twitched slightly, revealing a mocking smile: "Qi Wangjian, this person is just pretending." As long as the Tang Dynasty falls, the State of Qi will immediately sue for peace with the State of Zhao...... But for now, that's a good thing. But do you have any other country information? ”

Tang said: "Back to the king, the Yan State has surrounded Rao'an, there is no movement in Korea, and there are thousands of soldiers and horses in Hedong County of Zhao State starting from Anyi to the west, and it should be the Qin people who sent troops." ”

Wei Wuji thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "The people of the Qin State will not send troops, so let's go down first." ”

Tang Ji's figure slowly disappeared into the darkness.

Wei Wuji sat in front of the table, quietly staring at a map in front of him, which showed many mountains, rivers and lakes, as well as the situation map of the entire battlefield today.

After a long time, a soft sigh slowly echoed in the big tent.

"It's hard, it's so hard!"