Chapter 395 Yao Guangxiao's suggestion
Zhu Yunwen sent veteran Geng Bingwen to do the best. After all, his reputation in the army was even more powerful than the King of Yan. He had already won the first place before he could get the people. Even the entire Yan army was covered with a hint of uneasiness. It turned out that the two generals of the King of Yan, Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng, were actually Geng Bingwen's former subordinates and had been under his command for ten years. He was afraid of Geng Bingwen from the bottom of his heart, let alone let them challenge him.
The King of Yan was furious and said, "You two useless guys are afraid of this old guy who is about to fall into the ground..."
"Your Highness King Yan, we are really no match for Geng Bingwen."
"What!" King Yan was already furious.
At this time, Yao Guangxiao actually walked into the camp. His appearance eased the tense atmosphere and indirectly saved the two of them.
"Your Highness, the two generals said nothing wrong. They will die if they go..."
"Military advisor, you are gaining the ambition of others and destroying your own prestige..."
Yao Guangxiao sighed deeply: "Your Highness, King Yan, you should know better than me if Geng Bingwen is powerful, but what I am more worried about is the equipment given to him by Zhu Yunwen."
Yao Guangxiao didn't know the information he had found there. He actually knew that Zhu Yunwen gave Geng Bingwen three hundred tiger cannons and also gave Geng Bingwen a lot of guns and ammunition. In terms of strength and equipment, he was almost the same as the Yan army.
"Military advisor, is this information true?"
"Your Highness Yan, this information is definitely true, and because of this information, we have also lost a group of dead soldiers..."
Yao Guangxiao, a cunning guy, actually secretly arranged someone to Geng Bingwen's team, but Geng Bingwen was really too alert. He hadn't found out much, but he actually destroyed all those people. More than ten and half-step masters were strangled to Geng Bingwen's hands without passing a hundred moves. Their heads are still hanging in front of Geng Bingwen's camp.
"Old Geng, I, King Yan, and you are swearing to be in harmony..."
"Your Highness, please calm down. Actually, I have different opinions..."
"Military advisor, tell me!"
Yao Guangxiao seriously analyzed to the King of Yan: "Your Highness, I think you should deal with these generals as leniently as possible..."
Yao Guangxiao directly put forward his three major suggestions. The first suggestion is to deal with military generals as lenient as possible. Whether it is surrendering or those who fight to the death, they will not kill them, and even do not hold them accountable for their descendants. This is done for long-term stability. Besides, soldiers obey orders as the first code, and they only obey orders to deal with the King of Yan.
"Military advisor, isn't you going to let the tiger go back to the mountain?"
Yao Guangxiao shook his head and said, "Your Highness Yan, we will encounter much less resistance to doing this. Besides, if someone on that side wants to betray, we will also give them enough sweetness."
"Military advisor, you are right!"
Yao Guangxiao made the second suggestion to value military generals, and he followed Zhu Yunwen's approach. It can be said that he went against Zhu Yunwen. Although people's livelihood is definitely not as good as Zhu Yunwen, centralization can completely avoid following Zhu Yunwen's old path.
"Military advisor, I agree very much with this. After all, Zhu Yunwen and I have completely different ideas."
"Your Highness, the last and important point..."
Yao Guangxiao suggested that the King of Yan should use another intelligence agency in addition to vigorously developing the Jinyiwei, which is the origin of the Dongchang. Since the eunuchs are the ones who are in charge, there is no need to be afraid that this organization will control other royal family members, and the Jinyiwei and the Dongchang can play a role in restraining each other, so there is no need to worry about the dominance of one family.
The King of Yan was very satisfied with Yao Guangxiao's suggestion, but he never expected that his descendants would be cowardly and finally to be ridden by the eunuch. Perhaps it was fate, or it might be the retribution of the King of Yan. It turned out that although the King of Yan believed Yao Guangxiao's suggestions, he was extremely cruel to civil officials. Not only did he confiscate the families and destroy the clans of the so-called treacherous ministers such as Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai and Fang Xiaoru, he also confiscated their relatives regardless of whether they supported Zhu Yunwen, men were slaves for generations and women were prostitutes for generations. Such inhuman things were only thought of by rogue emperors like King of Yan.
Of course, Yao Guangxiao also proposed plans to fight against the enemy in addition to these suggestions. The first plan was to wait for work. After all, even if Geng Bingwen's team had to work hard, they had to be tired from crafts to get here. This was also the absolute advantage of the Yan army's geographical advantage. Of course, it was absolutely impossible to defeat Geng Bingwen by relying solely on this point.
"Your Highness, King Yan, I have an absolute way to win. I wonder if you will use it..."
"Military advisor, please say..."
"Your Highness, I think the most effective way to deal with Geng Bingwen is to avoid his sharpness..."
"Military advisor, how can he avoid his sharpness?"
"We just need to abandon the city."
The city that Yao Guangxiao wanted to abandon was actually Tongzhou City. This Tongzhou City is easy to defend but difficult to attack, which is a place that military strategists must fight for, but Yao Guangxiao had to go against the rules and give in to this good place. Not only is the King of Yan unable to understand, but even the soldiers under his command could not understand.
"Your Highness King Yan, what we abandoned is just an empty city, and I have prepared a big trap for them in this empty city..."
"Big Trap?"
"Everyone knows that Tongzhou City is easy to defend but difficult to attack, but not everyone knows the secret passages underground in the city..."
King Yan thought for a while and asked, "Military advisor, what do you mean is that the secret passage was dug later..."
"Your Highness King Yan is right. This is actually Chen Jia's idea. He was originally here to deal with You, but he didn't expect that it would be cheaper to us now."
"Chen Jia is indeed a talent, but unfortunately he refused to surrender until he died."
Yao Guangxiao left the empty city to Geng Bingwen only the first step, and the second step was to launch a sneak attack on Geng Bingwen using a secret passage. This move could be as fatal as it could be. Geng Bingwen might be destroyed because of this entire army. Of course, with Yao Guangxiao's understanding of Geng Bingwen, he, who has always been rigorous in his military management, would never declare failure because of a sneak attack, and would even arouse his fighting spirit.
"Military advisor, you said it would be impossible to defeat him even a sneak attack."
"Your Highness King Yan, have you forgotten that the late Emperor praised Geng Bingwen?"
The King of Yan thought for a while and said, "The iron barrel country is as solid as a soup..."
The late emperor's vision was absolutely correct. After all, Geng Bingwen was best at defending his life. This includes no one of the generals under the late emperor who could do what he was like.
"Military advisor, since you know that you can't do anything to him like this, why do you still do this..."
"Your Highness, the best way to lure the enemy into the deep. As long as he bites us, he will definitely be attacked from both sides in the end."
Yao Guangxiao's plan made Geng Bingwen exhausted and finally led his nose away. At the right time, Yao Guangxiao even made Geng Bingwen a fatal blow. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!