However, Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi did not have high expectations for this. After all, the person facing him was Le Yi. He was a well-rounded and impeccable general who led his troops in battle. If he wanted to sneak attack on the opponent, the chances of him being attacked were very small to be honest.

Sure enough, an hour later he received news that the cavalry he sent to pursue Le Yi were ambushed by Le Yi for a while on a mound eighteen miles east of Chongquan City. More than a hundred cavalry were shot to death by random arrows from the Wei army, and they were bluffed.

The cavalry did not dare to get too close, and could only watch helplessly as Le Yi led the Wei army that had been cut off from the rear and slowly retreated.

Let’s talk about the King of Qin. After capturing Chongquan County, the Qin monarch who refused to admit defeat immediately thought of attacking the next city. For this reason, he summoned Gongsun Qi, the Marquis of Wuxin, to a room in Chongquan City where the Qin army was commanded by the Qin army.

A house saved from the flames.

In the commander's office, Gongsun Qi explained to the King of Qin: "Chongquan is located in Lianshao, Pinyang and Linwei. To the north is Pinyang and to the east is Linwei. The guard of Pinyang is Sima An's deputy general.

Bai Fangming, this person is quite cunning, it is difficult to succeed in a sneak attack, the only way is to attack the city; and the guard general of Lin Wei is Sima An himself. Sima An is a fierce general of the Wei State, but now he is old and no longer as brave as before.

…”

The King of Qin and the chief concubine Zhao Ran listened quietly to Gongsun Qi's story. For a long time, the King of Qin asked: "According to Marquis Wu Xin, should our army take advantage of the situation to take Pinyang, or take Lin Wei?"

"In fact, these two cities are not easy to win." Gongsun Qi shook his head, leaned over and pointed at Pinyang on the march map, then moved his finger slightly to the east and said: "To the east of Pinyang, between Liangshan and Liangshan

In Yang, the Northern Army of Zhao Xuan, King Huan, the younger brother of the King of Wei, was stationed.

Although this Wei army had no great achievements before, it still has 60,000 to 70,000 armored soldiers. If our army attacks Pinyang, it must support Pinyang. If our army attacks Wei, then it must support Linwei...

…Therefore, no matter which city our army attacks, it will be difficult to avoid a fierce battle.”

After a short pause, he then expressed his thoughts: "In my opinion, our army should attack Wei first..."

"Linwei?"

Zhao Ran, the chief concubine, frowned and interjected: "According to what you said, Pinyang guard Bai Fangming is quite cunning. If our army takes Linwei, wouldn't he lead his troops to cut off our army's rear... uh, cut me off?"

Military food road."

Of course Gongsun Qi, Marquis of Wuxin, understood why the chief concubine Zhao Ran suddenly changed his tune. With a slight smile on his face, he calmly helped Zhao Ran pass the topic: "That's right! I just want him to seize the opportunity to attack our army's food and grass."

Zhao Ran, the chief concubine, was stunned when he heard this, and immediately realized: "So that's it!... It turns out that your attack on Linwei was just a pretense, and the purpose was just to induce Bai Fangming to send troops to cut off our army's... food road." After that, he nodded.

The head said: "This is a good idea. If Bai Fangming falls into our army's trap because of this, our army can easily capture Pinyang. Moreover, seeing that you have set up a posture to march towards Wei, Zhao Xuan in the south of Liangshan will soon

It is possible to lead an army to support Linwei City, but he would never have thought that our army's goal is Pinyang... What a good plan!"

Wuxinhou Gongsun Qi bowed his hands humbly, then frowned and said, "I'm just a little worried, worried that Le Yi will see through my intentions..."

After saying that, he turned to look at King Qin, obviously letting the latter make a decision.

I saw King Qin staring at the map sharply. After a while, he nodded and said in a deep voice: "Follow Wu Xinhou's plan... In addition, I sent an order to Ying Hua and ordered him to find a way to capture Diaoyin!"

Hearing this, the chief concubine Zhao Ran and Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi were both stunned. They subconsciously turned to look at the map, and soon understood what King Qin meant.

Because Diaoyin is located in the south of the Hetao area, this city can reach Pinyang directly to the south. It is obvious that the King of Qin planned to gather the armies of Gongsun Qi and Weiyang Jun Yinghua when his attempt to capture Pinyang failed.

The elites captured Pinyang.

It is undeniable that this decision is quite clever. After all, Weiyang Jun Yinghua's battle situation in the Hetao area is not optimistic. Instead of asking Yinghua to fight with Wei General Lian, Lecheng and others in the Hetao area, it is better to go south to assist Gongsun Qi.

Taking Hexi and Wei general Lian Pi, it is very possible to pursue them to Hexi after success. As long as they capture Pinyang and ask Weiyang Jun Yinghua to guard Diaoyin, Lian Pi, Chenggong and others can be isolated in Hexi.

north of the county, making it unable to assist the Wei army in Hexi County.

Just doing this means that Qin State has given up on the battlefield of Hetao. More importantly, if Lian Pi does not think about regaining Diaoyin by then, but instead marches southwest from Hetao and approaches the Qin State's homeland, this will be quite serious.

fatal.

In other words, King Qin's clever strategy was actually very dangerous. It was just a bet on whether Weiyang Lord Ying Hua could capture Diaoyin with lightning speed, and a bet on Wei's general being honest. The two succeeded.

After learning that Diaoyin has fallen, will he choose to attack Diaoyin and regain the city, or take advantage of the situation and attack the Qin mainland.

But it is undeniable that King Qin's strategy can greatly increase his Qin army's chances of capturing Pinyang, allowing the Qin army to gain further advantages in Hexi County.

"That's it!"

Under the hesitation of the chief concubine Zhao Ran and Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi, King Qin said in a deep voice.

In early April of the 13th year of Wei Zhaowu, the Qin army immediately marched eastward after capturing Chongquan, assuming a posture of attacking Linwei City, and built a military camp about forty miles west of Linwei City.

Two days later, King Huan Zhao Xuan, who was stationed on the south side of Liangshan, learned of the Qin army's movements and ordered Zongwei General Fang Shuo to lead 10,000 soldiers to guard the camp. He himself, with generals such as Zhou, Zhang Ao, and Li Meng, led

The Northern Army of 50,000 to 60,000 men supported Linwei and built a camp about 20 miles north of Linwei City.

At the same time, Le Yi had already led his troops to withdraw to Linwei City and built a camp fifteen miles southwest of Linwei City. When he learned that the Qin army had taken Linwei instead of Pinyang, he was quite shocked.

Surprised.

Is the Qin army really that reckless? They didn't care that Wei general Bai Fangming, who was stationed in Pinyang, was likely to cut off his retreat and forcefully take over Lin Wei?

Or should I say...

...It's true that you are attacking in the east and in the west.
Chapter completed!