Seeing that the generals were a little puzzled, Gao Yuan further explained: "Now we occupy Daijun, although the development is good, but the land is small and there are few people, in the long run, we will definitely not be able to compete with the Qin State, we must expand the territory and population, and now we can only seize the place of Yan and Zhao, but now the land of the Three Jin Dynasty has been occupied by the Qin State, all of which are connected with the Qin State itself, and the Qin State has a large army stationed in the Zhao Land, and it is difficult for us to recover the Zhao Land in a hurry, so we should seize the Yan Land first, based on it, Then wait for the opportunity to recover the land of Zhao in order to compete with the Qin State. ”

After a pause, Gao Yuan said: "And a large part of the source of income of our Daijun is generated from trade with Qi State, but we and Qi State are separated by Yan State, once Yan State cuts off the trade route between us and Qi State, it will be a severe blow to us, so the best way is to be able to occupy Yan Country by us, so that we can expand our population area, and we can also directly border Qi State, and better develop trade with Qi State." Then this time, not only can we not let the Yan State be destroyed by the Qin State, but we also have to wait for the opportunity to seize the Yan State. ”

Zhao Xuan and Jiang Huanwu had known about the plateau's plan for a long time, so there was no big reaction, but Sima Shang, Yuan Xuan, and Chen Shi heard it for the first time, and they were all taken aback, although it was said that the strength of the Yan State was the weakest, but whether it was the territory or the population, it was much larger than that of Dai County. If there is no interference from other external forces, just a battle between Dai Yan, Dai Jun annexes Yan State, there is not much problem, but now facing the pressure of Qin's army, not only to defeat Qin, but also to occupy Yan, the difficulty is not ordinary.

However, Sima Shang reacted first, and said: "If we follow the plan of the lord, we should concentrate the army to rescue the Yan State, resist the Qin army on the one hand, and control the overall situation of the Yan State on the other, and at the same time use the Qin army to consume the strength of the Yan State, and after defeating the Qin army, we can turn our heads and destroy the Yan State in one fell swoop, so that we can occupy the Yan land." ”

Gao Yuan nodded and said with a smile: "General Sima's construction is very good, but there is one thing General Sima has thought about it, in this way, we are in the name of rescuing the Yan Kingdom, but in the name of destroying the Yan Kingdom, the Yan people are good-looking, it will be difficult to be convinced, and if you want to subdue the heart of the Yan people, it will take a lot of time, so you should not use this method unless you have to do it." And if we sit back and watch the Yan State be destroyed by the Qin State, and then send troops to defeat the Qin army and restore the Yan State, we can justifiably occupy the Yan land for us, and the Yan people will not only not be dissatisfied, but on the contrary, they will thank us for defeating the Qin army. ”

When Sima Shang heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said: "The lord's proposal is naturally good, but after the Qin army captures Jijing, it will be too difficult to defeat the Qin army again." After a pause, he said, "According to the general's estimate, at least 300,000 troops are needed." ”

Yuan Xuan and Chen Shi also nodded their heads again and again, expressing their agreement with Sima Shang's view.

Gao Yuan smiled, turned his head and said, "General Zhao, tell them about our arrangement." ”

Zhao Xuan nodded, and then said: "As early as more than two years ago, I was ordered by the lord to send personnel to the Yan country to lurk, and took the opportunity of the caravan to pass through the Yan country to secretly transport weapons, armor, bows and crossbows and other things, which is enough to assemble an army of three thousand people. Now there are more than 700 people lurking in Yan State, and there are more than 300 people living in Jijing, who are scattered around Jijing, once the Qin army attacks, they can immediately hide in Jijing, and many people have properties and domestic slaves in Yan State, and the number of people who can call for a total of three or four thousand people. ”

When Sima Shang, Yuan Xuan, and Chen Shi heard this, they couldn't help but gasp, of course they knew that in a city, what it meant to have three or four thousand people? Although three or four thousand people are not many compared to a big city like Jijing, if it is not easy to get out of the city, take advantage of its unpreparedness, but it can make a lot of noise in the city, because it is outside the city and the enemy army is pressing, the internal and external attack, can definitely break through the city defense.

At this time, Jiang Huanwu took a silk cloth from under the table, spread it on the long table, and said: "Two years ago, I was ordered by the lord to find a secret road from the north to Jijing, in order to hide people's ears and eyes, unexpected, this road is from the Gangcheng method, along the Yan Great Wall to the northeast, after bypassing the forest, along the lake irrigation to the southeast, over the Yan Mountain, you can go all the way to the northeast of Jijing, along the way are mostly mountains, forests and hills, but the terrain is relatively flat, although the car is not easy, but the people and horses walk is not a big problem, the whole process takes about twenty to thirty days, In the past two years, we have sent personnel who have repeatedly walked more than ten times, and built more than ten wooden houses in the valley, and have stored thousands of stones of grain and forage, which can supply 50,000 troops for about 15 days, so the army can only carry a month's worth of food, travel lightly, rush to the valley to hide, wait for the opportunity to dispatch, and can rush to Jijing overnight. ”

Sima Shang, Yuan Xuan, and Chen Shi listened while looking at the map, this map was drawn in great detail, the route of the march, the terrain, rivers, lakes, mountains and forests along the way were marked, obviously it took a lot of effort. And Gao Yuan began to prepare for the layout two years ago, which shows that he has been prepared for a long time.

Gao Yuan said: "Therefore, my plan is to first refuse Yan Guo's request for help, let Qin State relax its vigilance against us, and then send an army to secretly sneak into the vicinity of Jijing and station, and after the Qin army captures Jijing, it will inevitably relax its vigilance, we take the opportunity to launch a surprise attack on Jijing, and the people lurking in the city can defeat the Qin army in one fell swoop and capture Jijing." ”

After a pause, Gao Yuan said again: "General Sima and General Chen, this time to raid the Yan Kingdom, I think I will take the two of you leading the army, with General Sima as the main and General Chen as the deputy, mainly the two legions of Shanggu and Yunzhong, and then supplement a part of the collected army, a total of 100,000 troops, to complete this plan, once defeat the Qin army, capture Jijing, and then wait for the opportunity to lead the army southward to seize Julu County to expand the results, I will also try my best to arrange manpower in these areas to respond." ”

After Sima Shang and Chen Shi listened, they couldn't help but be overjoyed, because with these arrangements made in the early stage, this plan of the plateau does have a great possibility of success, so the plateau handed over this task to the two to complete, which actually gave the two of them a great opportunity to make meritorious contributions, although the Yan State is small, but it is also one of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, and it is also the oldest and longest history of the Zhuhou Kingdom, once the raid on the Yan State is successful, not only can defeat the Qin army, but also be able to expand the territory, this credit is certainly not small.

And the plateau is arranged like this, which means that it will be stationed against the Qin army in Hongshangsai, and it will naturally be led by the plateau himself, obviously the pressure on this side is much greater than that of the Yan State, because the strength of the Qin army on this line is much stronger, and the Dai army does not have many advantageous conditions, so it can only meet with the Qin State, and even if it can win, the results are difficult to compare with the capture of the Yan State. Therefore, it can also be said that Gao Yuan took the initiative to take over the heavy work and gave the opportunity to make meritorious contributions to the two of them.

Sima Shang immediately said: "Don't worry, the last general will definitely be able to defeat the Qin army and seize the Yan land without paying the lord's high hopes." ”

Chen Shi also said: "Yes, we will definitely be able to complete it." ”

Because this time the Qin army attacked in two ways, Daijun naturally had to meet the Qin army in two ways, and Gao Yuan could only pay for one of them, so the main general of the other road could only be chosen among these people.

In Li Mu's old department, Zhao Xuan is not a general, Yuan Xuan has the deepest qualifications, Chen Zhi is the youngest, only Sima Shang is the strongest in military ability, when Li Mu is still there, Sima Shang has won Li Mu's reuse, and has been in charge many times, and the main general of the other army is naturally him, and his deputy can only be Chen Shi. Because Yuan Xuan's qualifications are older than Sima Shang's, he is not suitable to cooperate with his deputy.

Among these two armies, the Qin army attacking Yan was led by Wang Jian, and the main commander attacking Daijun was Han Teng. However, after all, Han Teng's situation was special, and there were too many means other than military ability, so Gao Yuan naturally didn't worry about letting Sima Shang deal with Han Teng, so he could only let himself deal with it. In addition, now that the troops collected by Daijun have reached the limit, and to deal with Han Teng's attack, the number of troops must not be less, so he can only give Sima Shang 100,000 troops.

However, although Wang Jian's ability to use troops is stronger than Sima Shang's, this time Daijun has been carefully prepared and began to lay out two years in advance, so even if the strength of the two sides is roughly equal, and it is still against Wang Jian, Sima Shang still has a greater chance of winning. That's why this arrangement was made.

Seeing that Sima Shang and Chen Shi both confidently took the order, Gao Yuan also nodded and said, "Okay, I'll give you three days to work out a detailed battle plan, and then we will discuss it again, and then transfer troops to attack separately." ”

Sima Shang immediately said, "Yes." ”

Gao Yuan turned to Yuan Xuan again and said, "General Yuan, you immediately rush back to Yanmen County, mobilize the army of the Yanmen Legion, and rush to Dai County to gather." ”

Yuan Xuan hurriedly said: "Yes, after the meeting is dismissed, the last general will set off immediately." ”

Gao Yuan said again: "General Jiang, you immediately lead the Wu'an Army, starting from Daijun, stationed in Hongshangsai, if the Qin army does not come, arrange a defensive line on the periphery of Hongshangsai, and advance to the south layer by layer, if the Qin army has approached Hongshangsai at this time, you can open the fortress and attack, and fight a few battles with the Qin army, but the scale of the battle is not easy to large, and the battle is quick to decide, and you can give full play to the advantages of the cavalry army, and test the weakness of the Qin army." ”

Jiang Huanwu knew that Gao Yuan was going to test Han Teng's bottom line, so he also said: "Yes, the last general will respect the order." ”

Gao Yuan nodded and said, "Okay, the meeting is dismissed." ”