Chapter Eighteen
Antao City, the lieutenant's mansion.
Zhou Yang knelt on the short table, frowned with his eyebrows. Gongsun He looked worried, his eyebrows frowned into the character "Sichuan", and he kept paced back and forth, anxious and uneasy.
Before Emperor Jing's order was met, the Shanyu led his troops straight to Antao City. The hundreds of thousands of Huns were as many as sixty or seventy times that of Jianzhang Army. The difference in force was too great, so it would be impossible to ask Gongsun He not to worry about it.
"My head hurts!" Gongsun He patted his forehead: "Shanyu led an army of more than 100,000 to fight, and it is coming fiercely. How can he resist?"
Zhou Yang still didn't speak.
Gongsun He couldn't help it: "Zhou Yang, you are talking! You have planned very well in the battle against Yi Zhixie. I came to discuss it with you, but you didn't say a word, at least you had to make a sound."
"I don't speak, that's because I'm thinking!" Zhou Yang, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke: "Not to mention it was the Huns, even if it was more than 100,000 pigs, stretching his neck to let us chop, it would make us half tired. Not to mention, these are the soldiers and horses of the Shanyu headquarters. Compared with Yi Zhixie's 10,000 troops, we will chop them into meat paste with one knife. Our situation is very bad, and I have to think of each link clearly."
"Do you have a way?" Gongsun He asked blurted out as if someone in the dark saw Mars.
However, Zhou Yang returned to silence, making Gongsun He anxious like an impatient monkey, and he almost scratched his ears and heads and paced faster.
Time was lost while Gongsun He was walking. After a while, Zhou Yang finally stood up, walked to the wall, and looked at the map. Gongsun He also stopped and looked at the map. He and Zhou Yang looked at the map for many times, and could recite it. The mountains, rivers and waters on the map seemed to be engraved in their minds.
After a while, Zhou Yang let out a long sigh. If Zhou Yang did not allow him to speak, Gongsun He rushed to ask, "Zhou Yang, have you thought about it?"
"I've thought about it, but I'm afraid you won't agree." Zhou Yang raised his eyebrows and said, "If you weigh the trade-offs, it's still the only way to be the most beneficial to us."
"What's the solution?" Gongsun He asked anxiously.
"Let's go!" Zhou Yang answered very briefly.
"You want me to give up Antao City?" Gongsun He simply didn't believe his ears, and his pair of tiger eyes were rounded: "Zhou Yang, do you know how important Antao City is? As long as we are here, the Xiongnu will not be able to go south. As long as Antao is in our hands, Youbeiping, Yanmen County, Dai County, Dingxiang County, and Yunzhong County will be safe and sound, and I will never give up!"
"I knew you wouldn't agree." Zhou Yang frowned and sighed: "The location of Antao City is important, but it is not necessary to be captured. First, Antao City is too small, but after a few miles a week, even if Jianzhang Army is good at fighting, how many can it have? The entire city is full, there are only three or four thousand people, and even more, there are soldiers. What will happen if it is a battle with a mere 2,000 troops of Shanyu? It is a mountain of Tai that crushes eggs. Unfortunately, that egg is us, and the Huns are Taishan."
This is a clear fact, Gongsun He's tone is slightly lower: "What about the second one?"
"The Antao city wall is high and thick, easy to defend but difficult to attack. The Han army is good at defending, while the Huns are good at attacking Yezhan. If they are not good at attacking the city, the Huns will definitely not be able to capture..." Zhou Yang analyzed the interests.
"The Huns can't be defeated, so why do we have to give up?" Gongsun He couldn't understand the whole story.
"It is precisely because the Huns cannot conquer it, it is the biggest threat to us!" Zhou Yang then analyzed the pros and cons: "If I were the Shanyu and could not conquer Antao City, I would not fight. I sent 20,000 people to surround Antao City. You know, Antao City is located on the border and is surrounded by flat land, so you can completely advance. As long as you surround Antao, the threat to the Huns will no longer exist, and the Huns can continue to advance."
Gongsun He couldn't help but pat his forehead: "It's a headache, a headache! If there are more troops in his hands, it's easier."
"Jianzhang Army is a cavalry, familiar with cavalry and good at rushing. Once trapped in Antao City, can we take advantage of our advantages? What is the difference between Jianzhang Army and infantry? It is like a tiger trapped in a cage. No matter how fierce the tiger is, once it is trapped in a cage, it can only bare its teeth, but cannot pounce on it." Zhou Yang stared at Gongsun He and his voice turned high: "If you want to take advantage of Jianzhang Army, you can only give up Antao City, find a place to hide it again, and wait for the opportunity to move!"
Gongsun He also understands military tactics. Zhou Yang's analysis is completely reasonable. He had no words to refute and pondered for a while before saying: "From the current situation, it is very unfavorable for us. The best way is to withdraw from Antao and find another opportunity to fight. However, we just won a big victory in Antao City and gave up Antao. What would the emperor think?"
Victory is sometimes a burden! I just fought the biggest victory since the founding of the Han Dynasty in Antao, and I gave up Antao in a blink of an eye. What would Emperor Jing think? What would the ministers in the court think?
Gongsun He has to worry about it!
"City is important, the army is more important!" Zhou Yang's voice was released, and he was very loud: "As long as the army is here, the city can be taken back, we don't have to care about the gains and losses of a city and a place! Besides, there are no people in Antao City, so we will not lose much once we withdraw. Even if the emperor wants to punish the crime, we have to wait until we finish the battle. If we can win another greater battle, we will not only be innocent, but also have great achievements!"
"A bigger victory?" Gongsun He's eyes stared like a copper bell and said in disbelief: "Zhou Yang, the Shanyu is coming with great momentum. It would be great that we can defend the city. How dare we expect a bigger victory? Not to mention, we only have a little bit of troops in our hands! Two thousand troops are not enough for the Shanyu to get stuck in the teeth."
"Only our Jianzhang Army alone cannot complete it, but aren't there still many Han troops on the border?" Zhou Yang's chin appeared in a curved arc, full of confidence, pointed to the map and gave Gongsun He a commentary.
The explanation was very carefully and all aspects were mentioned. When Gongsun He heard this, he knew that Zhou Yang had put in a lot of effort. Zhou Yang was not the kind of short-sighted person. It was a pleasure to defeat Yi Zhixie, but it was a great luck. After all, Yi Zhixie did not take the Han army seriously and took advantage of the loopholes for Zhou Yang.
If Yi Zhixie is defeated, Junchen Shanyu will inevitably be furious. If he wants to regain his face, the next battle will be even more tragic. Zhou Yang has been looking for a solution.
Gongsun He did not speak, but paced: "We have no choice but to do so! But will they come? If they don't come, we Jianzhangjun alone will never be able to accomplish anything!"
"I think they will come because we have to attack Shanyu! No one will miss this opportunity! If they were normal, they might think it was crazy, but with Jianzhang Jun here, they would think it carefully!" Zhou Yang was full of confidence.
Gongsun He frowned even more: "Okay! That's it! I'll call them up and convince them. I can imagine that once I say that I will give up Antaocheng, they will definitely say I am a lunatic!"
Jianzhangjun had just won a big victory but wanted to give up Antaocheng. Who would be willing to be willing to do it? If Gongsun He is a madman, can that be possible? Zhou Yang smiled and said, "That's not something I can think of. Who said you are the captain, and I am not?"
"You..." Gongsun He was furious.
"Don't be angry, we have to prepare a meeting gift for Shanyu." A cold light flashed in Zhou Yang's eyes.
"Meeting gift?" Gongsun He raised his eyebrows, not sure why.
Chapter completed!