On the other side, in Xia Yang of Qin State, Wei Ran was discussing the military situation with a group of Qin generals. Suddenly, a general walked in quickly

"General Wei, the spies are here, and the Wei people in the Hedong region are quietly transferring troops to the east these days."

"Really moved?" Wei Ran was overjoyed and reconfirmed, "Is it true?" ”

"General, after our spies have repeatedly confirmed, Wei has really transferred troops to the east."

"Okay, great." Wei Ran was overjoyed.

Previously, Gan Mao was expelled by Qin Wangdang, and asked himself to find out the truth of Wei for Qin, and instigated Wei to oppose Chu, shifted the center of gravity of Wei to the south, and also undertook the important task of preventing Qi from rescuing Wei.

Therefore, Gan Mao left Xianyang with his front foot, and Wei Ran left Xianyang with his heel and came to Xiayang. Moreover, not long after, the 150,000 troops carefully prepared by the Qin State also quietly arrived in Xiayang.

Subsequently, because of Qin's aid to Wei's grain, Wei relaxed its vigilance against Qin. Moreover, after Gan Mao spied in Hedong and found that Hedong was empty, Wei Ran had already decided to send troops to attack Wei ten days ago.

But after Gan Mao came to the news that the Chu State sent troops, Wei Ran temporarily endured it.

He wanted to hitch a ride on the Chu State and expand his strategic goals, expanding half of Hedong's goal to the entire Hedong region.

Sure enough, the ten days of waiting was worth it, the Chu people wantonly plundered the people in the Wei State on the front foot, and the Wei State transferred troops from the west on the back foot.

Just thinking about it, at this time, a sturdy young man under Wei Ran spoke, "General, the battle of Chu and Wei has broken out, and this time the Chu State has also mobilized 300,000 troops to attack Wei, and the momentum is huge, thinking that the war between Chu and Wei will inevitably be fought for several months, and it will not end until various countries send troops to save Wei."

Therefore, in addition to playing the banner of the Qin-Chu alliance to aid Chu and Wei, I also need to falsely claim that our Qin State supports Chu with 100,000 or 80,000 troops. ”

"One hundred thousand? Eighty thousand? Wei Ran was slightly stunned, and then hesitantly glanced at his son-in-law Bai Qi.

He also knew that this kind of practice of hiding his troops from the outside world could make the other party despise him, just like Sun Bin's plan to increase troops and reduce the heart.

But now that the Wei State is too busy to take care of itself, and Hedong is already empty, shouldn't it be time to falsely claim an army of 300,000 to intimidate the Wei people, and then take Hedong lightly? And not only did it not do so, but it also had an army of 150,000 falsely claiming to be 180,000.

Thinking about it, Wei Ran asked strangely, "Why is this?" ”

Bai Qi replied with a blank face, "Avoid the noise and the fear of the world." More importantly, with the current situation in Hedong, there is not much difference between a 150,000 army or a 100,000 army or even a 50,000 army. ”

Wei Ran's eyes lit up when he heard this.

Yes, the current Wei State is already a frightened bird, whether it is a real bow and an arrow, or a false shot, with the current situation of the Wei State, he will be scared to death.

Therefore, whether the Qin State sent 50,000 troops or 150,000 troops, there was no difference.

And for the state of Chu, then this is not the case.

If Qin sent 50,000 troops, it was just to support Chu, and if Qin sent 150,000 troops, it would mean that Qin took advantage of the great war between Chu and Wei and used Chu to drag the main force of Wei, and Qin took advantage of it.

If Wei suddenly made peace with Chu at this time, if Chu did not take advantage of Qin and agreed to withdraw its troops, then the forces in the eastern part of Wei would immediately advance westward.

In the same way, there are other countries, if it is only 50,000 troops, then the countries will not pay attention to it. But if it is an army of more than 100,000 troops, then the countries will worry that Wei will not be annexed by Qin and Chu or be seriously weakened, so they will quickly send troops to rescue Wei.

And what Qin lacks most now is time, not only the time to attack the cities of Wei, but also the time to deploy defenses in Hedong.

Thinking about it, Wei Ran smiled slightly, "Well, yes, that's exactly how it should be." ”

Saying that, Wei Ran immediately ordered, "Send an order, immediately send an envoy to Fenyin, just say that the grain for Qin to aid Wei is ready, and tomorrow will pass through Fenyin City, and ask the Wei people to open and close." ”

"No."

"General Bai Qi, as long as the switch is put on the Fenyin side tomorrow, you will immediately lead the army to cross the river and attack Fenyin."

"No."

"General Xiang Shou..."

After deploying the task, Wei Ran asked the generals to retreat, and then asked Bai Qi, "Get up, this time, as the vanguard of the Qin army, you must succeed in the first battle, and don't tarnish the name of Wu Zi." ”

Hearing this, Bai Qi nodded solemnly.

He knew that he deliberately changed his name to Bai Qi because he admired Wu Qi, and he was always ridiculed by others. Now, he has the opportunity to lead the troops to fight alone, and it is the time to make a name for himself and prove that he is qualified to call Bai Qi.

Thinking about it, Bai Qi was full of confidence and assured, "Please rest assured, this battle will be won, and it will not tarnish the name of Wu Zi." ”

"Good, Ben will believe in you, and I believe that you will become a famous general who is not inferior to Wu Qi!"

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On the other side, the Chu army camp.

On this day, Tang Yu ended the confrontation with Daliang, and only then led the army back to the camp, and received news from Daliang City.

"Gan Mao ran away early this morning, and he also went to the Qi country." Tang Yu couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Tang Lin, the envoy who was expelled from Daliang by the Wei people, and got the news of Gan Mao's escape from Tang Lin's mouth.

"It's a pity that Gan Mao would rather go to the Qi country, where he has no roots, than accept the invitation of the king to return to China." Tang Mo shook his head and sighed, "Gan Mao, this person is long-sleeved and good at dancing, he lives up to the king to the top, and he can win over the ministers to the bottom, and now my Chu State is lacking such a minister, but unfortunately he is unwilling to return to China."

It's just that now that Gan Mao has run away, and we have gained a large number of people, we have achieved the set goal, and there is no need to stay in Wei any longer. ”

As he spoke, Tang Yu glanced at the generals in the big tent, and saw that Yin Jun still had not returned, so he couldn't help frowning, "Hasn't Yin Jun returned yet?" How was the battle in Yanling? ”

At this time, the general in charge of liaison immediately responded, "Zhuguo, Yin Jun came to report, the people of Yanling desperately resisted our attack, and Yin Jun attacked Yanling for two days in succession, but failed to conquer the city. Now Yin Jun is still outside Yanling City, ready to continue the siege tomorrow. ”

Tang Mo shook his head, now that the state of Chu has been fighting for many years, it is already tired of soldiers and weakened, and its national strength is weak, and it can no longer withstand a long and hard battle. It's just that the previous offensive was unusually smooth, which created the illusion of high morale.

Now that Yin Jun is attacking the city, I am afraid that the high morale will soon be weakened, if Yin Jun does not attack Yanling for a long time, then this time the action of sending troops to attack Wei Yaowu will be in vain.

You can't beat it, you should accept it when you see it!

Thinking about it, Tang Mo muttered, "Since the Wei people knew that we were robbing the people, they spread rumors about our Chu people everywhere, saying that we were robbing the people to reduce all the people to slaves, the men were sent to the minerals for mining, and the women were sent to Hanbei County, which was crippled by the Wei and Han countries, and was extremely hostile to the Wei people.

Now the Wei people are afraid, in order to avoid the city being breached, all of them actively participate in the defense of the city, plus the Wei State transferred some Ding Zhuang from a distance to help defend the city, we want to conquer the Wei City at this time, it is already very difficult. ”

Saying that, Tang Yu paused, and when he saw that the generals had already retreated when they heard his words, he said, "Pass my general's order, rest tonight, and continue to go outside Daliang City tomorrow to show off your might, and when Yin Jun returns with the army, we will retreat and return to China the day after tomorrow." ”

When the generals heard this, they all showed joy and responded in unison, "No." ”

"Send an order to Yin Jun, so that he doesn't have to attack Yanling tomorrow, immediately collect his troops and return to the camp, and prepare to retreat."

"No."

"Send an order to Shen Yifu, the general of the water division, and tell him to get ready, he is going to withdraw."

"No."

Then, Tang Wu looked at Tang Lin again, "In order to put the fault on the Wei State, the general will go to Daliang again tomorrow afternoon, condemn the King of Wei for letting Gan Mao go without permission, and tell the King of Wei that we really came to Wei this time for Gan Mao, and now that Gan Mao is gone, then we will also withdraw our troops."

There is also to express the regret of the general to the king of Wei, if the king of Wei handed over Gan Mao earlier, why did Chu and Wei get to this point, the general would have withdrawn a long time ago. ”

Tang Lin nodded, "Yes, Zhuguo." ”

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