Pang Juan, Gongsun Cuo, and Long Jia walked along the roaring Zhang River for a long distance, and after observing the situation on the other side in detail, they rode back to Yecheng.

The war horses passed through the solid city walls and quickly crossed the long streets. The three figures finally stood in front of a mansion in Ye City.

A moment later, in the hall of the mansion, the Prime Minister of Wei, Duke Cuo, who was frowning and thinking hard over a map, heard three loud voices in his ears.

"The last general, Long Jia, has met the prime minister, Sima."

"The last general, Gongsun Cuo, met the prime minister, Sima."

"The last general, Pang Juan, met the prime minister, Sima."

When the sound slowly dissipated in the hall, Gongshu Cuo then slowly turned around and looked at the three of them, his brows frowning because of thinking gradually relaxed.

He walked lightly forward for a few steps, his eyes constantly looking at the three people in front of him, but there was a look of admiration on Gongshu Cuo's face.

As he grew older, Gongshu Cuo became increasingly aware of his lack of energy, and he couldn't help but begin to worry about the future of Wei.

If he passes away one day, will there be anyone in Wei...

But looking at the three people standing in front of him at this moment, Gongshu Cuo felt a sense of relief in his heart that there would be successors.

Let's talk about Long Jia, who is slightly older among the three. From his marching formation, Gongshu Cuo could clearly feel the word "stability".

Thinking of his achievements as the defender of Yecheng and never letting the Zhao Kingdom in the north take advantage, Gongshu Cuo believed that in time he would be a general capable of guarding the country.

Let's look at Gongsun Cuo, who is second only to Long Jia among the three. Although he has defeated the Han and Zhao coalition forces before, he is still able to understand his shame and become brave.

He was very brave in the battle formation and was able to lead his soldiers to defeat the enemy head-on every time. Gongshu Cuo thought that he would soon become one of the most powerful generals in the Wei army.

After talking about Long Jia and watching Gongsun Cuo, Gongshu Cuo began to turn his attention to Pang Juan, the youngest of the three.

To be honest, Gongshu Cuo was very optimistic about this young man who had just emerged in the Wei army.

He is always able to seize the most appropriate opportunity on the ever-changing battlefield, and then lead the army to achieve extremely brilliant achievements.

In Gongshu Cuo's view, Pang Juan, who is young and has such characteristics, may not be able to become the unique commander-in-chief of the Wei army in the future.

A general, a fierce general, and an army commander. Seeing these three generals in front of him who will definitely become the pillars of the Wei army in the future, the smile on Gongshu Cuo's face became brighter and brighter.

After looking at the three of them with satisfaction for a moment, Gongshu Cuo then said softly with a smile on his face: "Three generals, I wonder what you can gain from going to Zhangshui to inquire about the movements of Zhao's army this time?"

Hearing Gongshu Cuo's question, Long Jia and the other three people standing in front of them looked at each other, each of them showing some contemplation in their eyes.

After pondering for a moment, Long Jia, who was still a little older and had been in Yecheng for a long time, took the lead to stand up.

"As reported to the Prime Minister, the general thought that although the north bank of Zhangshui seemed to be peaceful, the Zhao army must have deployed a strong line of defense within a few months."

"Well said."

Just as Long Jia finished speaking, a voice came from in front of several people. It was none other than Wei Guo Sima Gongsun Qi who had been standing at the back and had been silent.

Gongsun Qi took a silk book from the tables on the side and handed it to Long Jia and the others.

"According to the detailed operations in Handan City and the information obtained by our army's scouts, Zhao State has assembled a 60,000-strong army near Handan within a few months."

"Coupled with the natural moat of Zhangshui acting as a barrier, it will not be easy for our army to break through Zhao Jun's defense line."

While watching the three people in front of him finish reading the silk book, Gongsun Qi asked aloud, "I wonder what the three generals have to do to defeat the enemy?"

Faced with this difficult problem raised by Gongsun Qi, Gongsun Cuo among the three people immediately took a step forward and said, "Report to the Prime Minister, Sima, and the general believes that our army now has 100,000 elite troops while the Zhao army on the other side only has 60,000.

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"In terms of the number of soldiers, our army is almost twice that of Zhao's army; in terms of army combat strength, our army is much more than Zhao's army. In the face of the huge gap between the two armies, the general thought that even if there is Zhangshui natural moat..."

After he paused for a moment, Gongsun Cuo's eyes suddenly flashed with a cold light, and his tone became even more confident.

"Our army can completely defeat the Zhao army head-on and reach the gates of Handan City."

After hearing what Gongsun Cuo said, Gongshu Cuo and Gongsun Qi looked at each other, but they did not give him any comments.

With a few gentle steps, Gongsun Qi came from in front of Gongsun Cuo to Pang Juan who was standing beside him.

"Pang Juan, what do you think?"

"Reporting to Sima, the general believes that General Gongsun's suggestion is not wrong. Our army of 100,000 is fully capable of breaking through Zhao Jun's defense line head-on."

With his eyes aligned with Gongsun Qi in front of him, Pang Juan suddenly changed the topic, "But Pang Juan thinks that if our troops divide into two groups, we may be able to achieve greater results."

It can be said that Gongsun Qi, who single-handedly promoted Pang Juan to his current high position, knows what kind of abilities Pang Juan possesses.

Seeing the confident look on Pang Juan's face, Gongsun Qi also said nothing, but turned around and came to the map.

"How to divide the troops?"

Listening to Gongsun Qi's inquiry, Pang Juan quickly came to him and traced the two sides of the Zhang River on the map with his finger.

In Pang Juan's view, one hundred thousand Wei troops were indeed capable of breaking through the Zhao army's defense line head-on, but this would inevitably cause considerable losses.

It would be better to use the main force of the army to conduct a feint attack on the Handan front line at Zhangshui, attracting most of the attention of the 60,000 Zhao army.

Then, taking advantage of Zhao's plan to gather all the troops on the front line of Handan, he used a surprise force to cross the Zhang River from the lower reaches and capture Zhao's two cities on the north bank of the Zhang River, Lieren and Feiyi.

Once the Lieren and Feiyi towns on the north bank are taken, the importance of the Zhangshui defense line that Zhao Guo spent so much effort to build will be greatly reduced.

Once this news is received, the Zhao army will inevitably retreat towards Handan, and the initiative in the war will be transferred from the Zhao army to the Wei army.

At that time, the Wei army could either flank the Zhao army from the east or south, or they could cross the river and directly oppress the Zhao capital, Handan.

A long time passed, and when Pang Juan finished explaining his strategy, Gongsun Qi's eyes immediately showed some admiration.

His eyes moved slightly to Gongshu Cuo, who had a satisfied look on his face.

Looking at Long Jia and Gongsun Cuo standing opposite, Gongsun Qi said in a deep voice: "What do the two generals think of General Pang Juan's strategy?"

"Reporting to Sima, the general agrees very much with Pang Juan's strategy."

"Inform Sima, the last general is willing to lead the elite to attract the Zhao army from the front, and buy time for General Pang Juan to cross the Zhang River, seize the following people, and fatten the city."

After Gongsun Cuo expressed his attitude in Longjia one after another, Gongsun Qi's eyes returned to Gongshu Cuo.

"What does the Prime Minister think?"

"I also think this strategy is feasible." Gongshu Cuo replied softly with a smile on his face.

"Okay!" A voice attracted the attention of everyone present, and Gongsun Qi ordered in a deep voice: "Where is Pang Juan?"

"The end will be here."
Chapter completed!