Chapter 164: Attacking the County (2)
Early the next morning, Li Yinghong immediately met with Zheng Shuping and made a very helpless expression, but still agreed to Zhao Jia's request.
Of course, Zheng Shuping was very happy, and he had no doubts about Li Yinghong's helpless posture, because Li Yinghong's attitude was completely normal, so Zheng Shuping also said a lot of words to comfort Li Yinghong, Zheng Shuping knew that Zhao Jia was ready to ascend the throne and become king in Daijun, and Li Yinghong was Zhao Jia's queen, and of course he had to have a good relationship with Li Yinghong now. In case Li Yinghong blows the pillow wind in Zhao Jia's ear in the future and gives himself some eye medicine, it will not be easy to do.
Li Yinghong also said to Zheng Shu for a while, and then said: "Mr. Zheng, now that the food in my camp has run out, the princess must immediately transfer another 5,000 stone of grain to me,"
When Zheng Shuping heard this, his face was also embarrassed, and he said, "This is not very easy to do." Thinking in his heart, Li Yinghong didn't pretend to agree, the purpose was to get 5,000 stone of grain, and when this batch of grain arrived, he would immediately set up camp and slip away, which would not be good.
Seeing Zheng Shu's face with a difficult color, Li Yinghong sank his face and said: "I have agreed to your request, so difficult that you don't even want to pull out 5,000 stone of grain to us, now there are more than 70,000 troops in my camp, and there are nearly 200,000 men, women, and children combined. I had to pull out the camp and go elsewhere. ”
Zheng Shuping was taken aback, of course he knew that Zhao Jia was not only the one who wanted Li Yinghong, but the most important thing was to target the army under Li Yinghong, if Li Yinghong was really forced to leave, or if the army made trouble, it would not be a good thing for Zhao Jia. Therefore, he hurriedly said: "There, there, Miss must not be angry, this matter is really not the master, I must go back to tell the son, and the son will decide, but I will definitely try my best to persuade the son and immediately allocate food to the miss." ”
Li Yinghong returned to normalcy at this time, nodded his head, and said: "What you said is also reasonable, but the food in my camp is exhausted, you will go to the city to see Gongzi immediately, and give me an answer." ”
Zheng Shuping hurriedly got up and said, "Miss, please wait a moment, and I will reply to my son immediately." I took my leave. ”
After Zheng Shuping left, Gao Yuan came out of the back of the tent, and Li Yinghong said happily: "Gao Yuan, how am I doing?" ”
Gao Yuan nodded and said with a smile: "Very good, in this way, Zhao Jia is afraid that he will take the initiative to invite you into the city." ”
In fact, Li Yinghong asked Zhao Jia for food, because Zhao Jia couldn't find a reason to refuse, in order to prevent Li Yinghong from getting food and leaving, the only way to deal with it was to let Li Yinghong go into the city to live while pulling out the grain, so as to drag Li Yinghong, and the plateau could just take this opportunity to break into the Daijun city.
Subsequently, Gao Yuan also immediately ordered to recruit the main generals in the camp, which can be regarded as an official announcement that he will return.
After a while, all the generals gathered in the big tent, in addition to the generals in the battalion, there were Zhong Sun Qi, Wu Zhanpeng, Wu Hongyan, Ning Qi, Geng Zhong, Shen Shen and others. Although they are either not military enough, or they are not soldiers at all, they are all Li Mu or Gao Yuan's disciples, and they can be regarded as Gao Yuan's henchmen, and now that Zhao Guo has perished, theoretically speaking, everyone is not an official.
At this time, forty or fifty people gathered in the big tent, and the big tent was also crowded, although everyone was surprised to see the return of the plateau, but the plateau could also see that everyone's feelings were not high.
Li Yinghong first announced to everyone that after the return of the plateau, he would also officially abdicate, and he would be in command of the whole army in the future. This decision did not cause any objections, because everyone knew that Gao Yuan was the heir designated by Li Mu, and everyone pinned their hopes on Gao Yuan to get rid of the predicament of the goal. In addition, Sima Shang, Yuan Xuan, Chen Shi, and Zhao Xuan, the four most important generals in the current battalion, all supported Li Yinghong's decision, and of course the other generals could not have any opinions.
Seeing that everyone had no objections, Gao Yuan also officially took over the military talisman seal handed over to him by Li Yinghong, completing the transfer of power, and then Gao Yuan said to everyone: "Everyone, although I am the last order of the general, I am also valued by you and obey my call. After a pause, Gao Yuan said: "I know that now we are in a difficult situation both internally and externally, and we have neither a foothold nor overnight food, so if we want to tide over the current difficulties, we can only attack Daijun and seize the food and materials in Daijun, these things were originally ours, and now they are forcibly occupied by Zhao Jia and others, and we must take all these things back." ”
After listening to Gao Yuan's words, all the generals were also very excited, in fact, among the middle and lower generals, they were full of indignation at Zhao Jia and Zhao Cong's behavior, because the soldiers' ideas were very simple, Zhao Jia robbed his own things, did not let himself enter the city, and let himself be frozen and starved outside the city, so Gao Yuan proposed to attack Dai County and take back all the food and materials in Dai County, which also resonated with many people.
Of course, Gao Yuan also has some vague intentions in his statement, such as only saying that he was attacking Daijun to recapture food and materials, but did not mention the occupation of Daijun, let alone what to do with Zhao Xuan after attacking Daijun? And the vast majority of people are not aware of these subtle things, they only know that they can get through the current difficulties by retaking the food and supplies in the Daijun town. So the rest of the matter is not too much to pay attention to.
Seeing that he had brought up everyone's feelings, Gao Yuan said: "Now everyone go back and get ready, within three days, we will start an operation, and then everyone will have to fight hard before we can attack the Daijun City." ”
Only then did the generals bid farewell to Gao Yuan, and each returned to the camp to prepare. Only Sima Shang, Yuan Xuan, Chen Shi, and Zhao Xuan were left to discuss the plan to capture Daijun. Of course, it is impossible to formulate a detailed plan before getting Zhao Jia's reply, and Gao Yuan mainly understands the current situation of both sides.
At present, there are more than 73,000 soldiers in the battalion, more than 18,000 cavalry, more than 360 chariots, and more than 50,000 horses of various kinds. There are still a lot of 3,000 cavalry and 6,000 infantry troops trained on the plateau, of which 2,153 are cavalry and 3,485 are infantry troops. Moreover, this army has experienced major wars and is well-trained, and the generals at the middle and grassroots levels are also all battle-hardened formations, and Sima Shang, Yuan Xuan, and Chen Shi are all the generals who can take charge on their own, so it can be said that as long as there is sufficient logistics supply, this army still has considerable combat effectiveness.
And although the army was stationed outside the city, it had a certain understanding of the situation in the city. In fact, the situation in Daijun City is also very complicated now, roughly divided into three forces, Zhao Jia represents the orthodoxy of the Zhao State clan, and controls most of the materials in the city, but there are not many troops in his hands, and Zhao Cong's army has nearly 60,000 people, and the strength is strong, and he actually controls most of the situation in Daijun City, and three of the four city gates are controlled by him.
In addition, there are nearly 30,000 Li Mu's old departments, which also form a force of their own. It's just that Li Mu's old department lacks an authoritative commander, and Ji Fengsun, the chief general stationed in Daijun, has less seniority, so it is difficult to influence the situation in Daijun, and both Zhao Jia and Zhao Cong are actively pulling this group of troops. However, now Li Mu's Yu Wei is still there, and Li Yinghong's army is stationed outside the city, plus Zhao Jia and Zhao Cong pull each other's back, so in a short period of time, neither side can pull this group of troops.
After listening to these situations, Gao Yuan also has a basic understanding of the current situation. Said: "In terms of strength alone, our side is definitely the strongest, the old people in the city will definitely not be our enemy, on the contrary, if we can get in touch with them at the very time, they can also become a big help for us, Zhao Jia is not to worry, and although Zhao Cong's men have 60,000 troops, his army is far from ours, and there may be a certain threat to us, but it is not terrible, so as long as we can win the city gate, it is not difficult to capture Daijun." ”
Sima Shang also nodded, and said: "What is Zhao Cong, he has an army of more than 100,000 people, and the Great Wall and Zhangshui are the screens, but he can't defeat the 50,000 Qin army, and the 50,000 or 60,000 people, as long as I have 20,000 troops, I can beat him to the ground." ”
Gao Yuan said with a smile: "It is not difficult to capture Dai County, but we must pay attention to two points, one is that this battle is carried out in the city, don't damage the buildings in the city too much, we don't want a completely destroyed Dai County, because it is the food and materials in the city, but also to focus on protection, in case Zhao Jia is forced to be in a hurry, he set a fire to burn all the food and materials, I just captured Dai County, and the gains outweigh the losses." ”
Chen Shi also nodded and said, "Yes, the safety of food and materials in the city is the first thing we need to protect." ”
Gao Yuan said: "The second point is to reduce the killing as much as possible, not only can not kill the people in the city, but even the soldiers under Zhao Jia and Zhao Cong also try to surrender as much as possible, for my use, only the first offender can be punished, and the servants can be ignored." Daijun is originally vast and sparsely populated, after occupying Daijun, our next goal is to resist the attack of the Qin army, if we can recruit the soldiers under Zhao Jia and Zhao Cong, we can also expand our strength. Therefore, these two points are the things we should pay attention to when attacking Daijun. ”
After Sima Shang, Yuan Xuan, and Chen Shi listened to Gao Yuan's words, they also admired the meticulous and comprehensive consideration of Gao Yuan, and from Gao Yuan's body, they had already seen a trace of Li Mu's shadow in the past. And there are vague expectations for their own future.
However, for the time being, these major policies can only be set, and the plan for the use of troops can only be formulated after Zheng Shuping's reply, so Gao Yuan called Shen Shen and Wu Zhanpeng and asked them to lead five hundred cavalry, led by Ling Feng, Jiang Yi, and Zhou Wen, to welcome the people from Yanbei Village to Dai County.