"Are you done?"

In the big tent, a questioning voice sounded, and the brief tone suppressed the anger in the heart of King Zhao Yu.

"King Qi..."

Facing the eyes directed at him and the cold meaning contained in them, the general standing in front of him looked so trembling.

"Yecheng was originally an important town in the Hanoi area of ​​Wei State. It had a solid wall as a barrier. Even though our army launched repeated offensives, it ultimately ended in failure."

"enough!"

An angry roar rang out in the tent. Zhao Yu stared at the general for a long time and then looked back.

"Get out, get out for me!"

"Here."

With a feeling of survival after a disaster, the general of the Zhao army who reported the report quickly retreated, leaving only Zhao Yu in the big tent.

After staring at the map in front of him for a long time, especially when he saw Ye City marked on it, Zhao Yu's eyes showed deep reluctance.

Zhao Yu took advantage of the main force of the Wei army to move south and led 60,000 Zhao troops south to Zhangshui in order to seize Hanoi, severely weaken Wei's national power, and eliminate the threat to his own capital Handan.

But what he didn't expect was that the sight of Yecheng in front of him would abruptly stop his progress.

In these days, Zhao Yu's army launched countless offensives towards Yecheng, but every time they failed.

Zhao Yu is not a monarch who is inexperienced in military matters. He can fully understand the difficulties of his own soldiers.

The walls of Yecheng are indeed tall and strong, and the morale of the defenders of Yecheng is indeed high. It is indeed extremely difficult for our own side to capture Yecheng in a short period of time.

But he could understand the difficulties of Zhao Jun's soldiers, but the current battle situation forced Zhao Jun to gain something.

What cannot be obtained on the battlefield is also difficult to obtain at the negotiation table.

Unable to capture Yecheng in front of them, Zhao State gained nothing in this confrontation with Wei State.

Not to mention relying on Yecheng to go south and seize the wealthy Hanoi land from Wei State, thereby consolidating Zhao State's national power.

Not only that, once Wei reacts and sends a large number of elites to reinforce, Zhao, who was originally on the offensive side, is very likely to become the one being beaten.

Recalling the strange silence that had filled Wei State these days, Zhao Yu had a bad feeling in his heart.

We have been attacking Yecheng for so long, why is there no movement from Wei?

Not to mention that the Wei State was limited by the war between Chu and Han, so it sent a hundred thousand elite troops southward.

But Zhao Yu knew very well that that was definitely not the full force that Wei State could produce now.

So why has there been no news from Wei these days?

Just as Zhao Yu, King of Zhao outside Yecheng, was thinking about it, a figure appeared in a mansion inside Yecheng.

"Report..."

"Report to the general, please report to the general."

When this report sounded in his ears, Long Jia, who was overlooking the map in front of him with the help of the lights beside him, immediately raised his head.

A look of excitement appeared on the face of the Wei Guo Yecheng guard.

In the past few days, although Zhao Jun has not been able to break through the city wall of Yecheng, the pressure it has brought to the people in the city is undoubtedly huge.

Long Jia had long wanted to fight the Zhao army outside the city, but unfortunately the reinforcements from the country were slow to arrive. With insufficient troops, he could only keep wandering in front of the map.

Now that he heard the military report from General Pang Juan, Long Jia's heart suddenly lit up.

Having followed Pang Juan for many years, Long Jia had no doubts about Pang Juan's ability to use troops.

Coupled with the consolidated national power possessed by the Wei State, Long Jia believed that he would be able to defeat the Zhao State this time.

He couldn't wait to take the military report from the messenger in front of him, and after just a cursory glance, Long Jia's face was filled with joy.

"color!"

"The general is really good at using troops."

Putting down the military report with Pang Juan's plan in his hand, Long Jia looked at the ordering soldier in front of him with a more cautious look.

"I wonder how the general will cooperate with the general's request?"

"Everything is as usual." Looking at the excited Long Jia, and remembering Pang Juan's instructions before arriving, the messenger said: "The general asked the last general to tell General Long Jia."

"Continue to entangle with Zhao Jun. We must not let Zhao Jun notice anything unusual and buy time for our army's next actions."

"Long Jia respectfully obeys the general's military orders."

…

According to Pang Juan's order, in the next few days, Long Jia led the defenders under his command to block the Zhao army's offensives again and again as before.

Seeing that the expression on the face of King Zhao Yu was getting more and more ugly, and when he wanted to eat the defenders alive, a Wei army of about 10,000 people quietly crossed the Zhang River.

"Senior General, in front of our army is the Zhao Kingdom's fortress."

"I see."

The deputy general's report sounded in his ears, but Pang Juan only gave the other party a very bland response.

Looking at the fortress not far ahead, a memory of the past emerged in Pang Juan's mind.

I still remember that more than ten years ago, he led the elite soldiers of Wei to capture Liren City in front of him, threatening the security of Handan, the capital of Zhao State.

It was precisely because of this battle that Pang Juan finally gained a firm foothold in the Wei army.

Nowadays, the familiar city and familiar scenes once again appeared in front of his eyes, but Pang Juan felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

Of course, as a veteran on the battlefield, Pang Juan's emotion did not last long, and his face soon regained its calmness.

A cold light flashed in his eyes, he drew the long sword from his waist with his right hand, and Pang Juan gave the order to attack to his soldiers.

"kill!"

Cries of killing rang outside the crowd. After Zhao Jun's offensive for so many days, Wei Jun's counterattack began.

Although it is a fortress to defend against threats from the Wei State, due to the good relations between the Zhao State and the Wei State in the past ten years, the people are no longer as strict as they used to be.

In addition, the main force of the army was still on the south bank of Zhangshui River, and the people on the north bank never thought that they would be attacked by the Wei army.

Therefore, this sudden offensive and defensive battle did not last long, and was incomparable with the long-lasting offensive and defensive battle of Yecheng.

When the Wei soldiers who ascended first gained a foothold on the city wall of Lieren, when a steady stream of Wei troops poured in like a tide, Lieren finally changed hands.

"Reporting to the general, we have been defeated by our army."

"Yeah." Pang Juan didn't seem to be surprised by the news, and calmly issued another order.

"Three thousand Wei soldiers will stay here, and the rest will go with me to capture Feiyi."

"Follow orders."

Pang Juan was never prepared to directly confront Zhao Jun, and even the final victory he won was a tragic victory.

What he wanted to do was to take advantage of the fact that the main force of the Zhao army was focused on Yecheng to seize Lihe and Feiyi as the gateway to Handan.

This strategy was used by Pang Juan more than ten years ago, and this time the war situation between the two sides will also change.
Chapter completed!