My brother Ying Zheng, who dares to kill me?

The 14th day of January in the 17th year of the reign of Qin Wangzheng.

Sixty miles southwest of Lishi City, on the side of the West Mountain.

Seeing the military report from Jicheng asking for help, Bater smiled softly: "This is the Qin Chang'an Jun who killed you?"

Bater's ridicule of Ying Chengjiao was just a pretense, but Bater was always quite wary of this young man who killed people all over China.

But this time, Bater's ridicule came from the heart!

This king only used a small trick, and even felt that the probability of success of this strategy was less than 20%.

But this Qin Chang'an Jun has already walked into the trap!

Mao Sui bowed solemnly to Bater: "Qin Chang'an Jun is the first general of Qin State, invincible in attack and battle!"

"Qin Chang'an Jun can also urge the earth dragon to turn over when the battle situation is unfavorable. In a day or two, he can make the earth dragon swing its tail and blow away the city wall, causing the city defense to be burned down!"

"Now Qin Chang'an Jun leads his army to attack Jicheng, Jicheng is in danger!"

"Please ask the commander to rush to Jicheng!"

Mao Sui tried his best to describe the horror of Ying Chengjiao in words that Bater could understand.

Bater also cooperated and made a surprised expression, saying in shock: "Qin Chang'an Jun can make the earth dragon accurately sweep the city wall without hurting his soldiers when attacking and defending the city?!"

"Qin Chang'an Jun, he is really a great shaman!"

Before Mao Sui agreed, Bater's face changed and he said in a deep voice: "If that's the case, there is no need to worry."

"If Qin Chang'an Jun wants to seize Jicheng, it will be meaningless even if our army rushes to Jicheng."

"If Qin Chang'an Jun does not want to seize Jicheng, it will not be a big deal even if our army does not rush to Jicheng."

"If such a great shaman tries his best, it is definitely not something that ordinary warriors can resist, and my Tungus Great Shaman did not go with the army in this battle, and our army can hardly resist Qin Chang'an Jun!"

Mao Sui was stunned.

He felt that he had encountered the biggest Waterloo in his lobbying career!

He really hoped that Bater would pay attention to Ying Chengjiao, but he did not hope that Bater would be afraid of Ying Chengjiao and not return to Jicheng!

Mao Sui immediately changed his perspective and persuaded: "Even with Qin Chang'an Jun's ability, it is not easy to activate the earth dragon to turn over."

"In every previous battle, Qin Chang'an Jun could only activate the earth dragon to turn over once or twice, and each time it was used to determine victory or defeat."

"I hope the commander-in-chief will not regard Qin Chang'an Jun's activation of the earth dragon as a casual move. In my opinion, although there is a possibility that Qin Chang'an Jun activates the earth dragon to turn over and destroy the wall of Jicheng, it is very small!"

"Once Jicheng falls, our army's food supply will be cut off, and Jicheng will also be in danger. Our army's granary may fall into the hands of the enemy, and our army's food and grass will be in urgent need."

"This battle will definitely be defeated!"

"I hope the commander-in-chief will immediately send reinforcements to Jicheng!"

Mao Sui persuaded from the perspective of the coalition's food and grass, and Bater could not refute it.

But Bater did not need to refute it.

Bater said with a look of shock and surprise: "If I remember correctly, I ordered the King of Dai to lead 150,000 troops to defend Jicheng, and ordered 50,000 Dai troops to stay in Jicheng to guard the granary of Jicheng and rush to Jicheng at any time."

"Jicheng is only 140 miles away from Jicheng. If we rush to help, it will only take three days to arrive."

"On the other hand, although the Qin army claims to have a million soldiers, according to military reports from all parties, Qin Chang'an Jun's troops have at most 800,000 to 900,000 soldiers."

"No way? No way!"

"A full 200,000 Dai troops defending Jicheng are still not enough to resist the 800,000 Qin troops under Qin Chang'an Jun?!"

The small Jicheng is not enough to support the full deployment of a million troops. In a battle of such a large scale, the defenders will be in an overwhelming advantage for a long time.

Even if the troops of both sides are reduced in proportion, the 4 to 1 ratio is definitely not an insurmountable gap.

If Li Ke had said this, Mao Sui would have responded with confidence.

But when this was said by Bater, a barbarian, Mao Sui blushed from face to neck, and said in a slightly difficult voice: "Qin Chang'an Jun, very brave!"

Bateer leaned back slightly, shook his head and said: "My subordinates are mainly Tungus warriors and Hu warriors, good at fighting and field battles, but not good at fighting in the city."

"If the Dai army of 200,000 can't resist Qin Chang'an Jun, what's the point of my leading my army to rescue Jicheng?!"

"I think, instead of giving up our army's advantage to fight the Qin army in the city, it is better to take advantage of the opportunity when Qin Chang'an Jun leads the main force of the Qin army to attack Jicheng and attack the enemy by surprise!"

"Take Kunyu map!"

Ling Dalai took out Kunyu map, Bater pointed to Du Kang and said: "The Qin army went north to Jicheng, but the Qin army's food and grass can only be transported through this place."

"Qin Chang'an Jun's troops are the main force of the Qin army. They have many soldiers and generals, and it is impossible for them to carry too much food and grass with them."

"Once our army captures this place, we can cut off the Qin army's food supply and make the Qin army's front line short of food!"

"By then, the Qin army will collapse without attacking!"

"What do you think of this plan of the king?"

Mao Sui finally woke up and looked at Bater and said, "The commander-in-chief intended to lure the main force of the Qin army with Jicheng from the beginning, and then seize Dukang when the main force of the Qin army left Dukang?!"

Bater nodded calmly: "Yes."

"The king did have this idea from the beginning."

"The king also made it clear that Qin Chang'an Jun would most likely attack Jicheng, and even left 200,000 soldiers and horses to defend Jicheng."

"What do you think is wrong with my arrangement, Prime Minister Mao?!"

What's wrong?

Mao Sui's mouth was bitter.

Although Bater used Jicheng as bait, he also left 200,000 soldiers to defend Jicheng. He did his best. Even if the Chinese people from other countries were to judge, they would only say that Bater was really righteous.

As long as the enemy general was not Ying Chengjiao, Jicheng would not be easily captured.

But the enemy general was Ying Chengjiao!

Seeing this, Bater patted Mao Sui's shoulder and said, "Why are you so hesitant?!"

"I know that Prime Minister Mao is worried about the safety of Jicheng and the safety of King Dai."

"But what I am doing is also to save Jicheng!"

"For the Qin army, the survival of the grain route is far more important than the ownership of Jicheng."

"Once our army captures Dukang, Qin Chang'an Jun will definitely stop attacking Jicheng and immediately return to fight with our army in Dukang."

"By then, the danger of Jicheng will be resolved!"

"Isn't this what you call Wei Wei to save that thing?"

"If Prime Minister Mao is still worried, then this." Bater said generously: "I will make the decision and allow Prime Minister Mao to lead 50,000 Dai troops to return to Jicheng."

"In this way, Dai will gather troops from all over the country to defend Jicheng, which can also show my sincerity!"

After Mao Sui's brain was working rapidly, he had to admit that Bater's strategy was indeed a better strategy.

It is a foolish dream to expect the Xiongnu and Donghu troops to attack and defend the city. Instead of detaining the Xiongnu and Donghu troops in Jicheng, it is better to let these two troops really play the advantages of the Hu bandits.

As for leading the army back to Jicheng?

If the 200,000-man army can't do anything to Ying Chengjiao, then adding another 50,000 troops will only give Ying Chengjiao military merit.

Sighing in his heart, Mao Sui solemnly bowed his hands: "The commander's strategy of besieging Wei to save Zhao is really the best strategy!"

"I am willing to be the vanguard and follow the commander's orders!"

Bateer curled his lips secretly.

He originally wanted Mao Sui to become a stumbling block on Ying Chengjiao's way back to help, but he never thought that Mao Sui chose to stay.

Bater laughed heartily and said, "Why must Mao Xiang be the vanguard?"

"The key to this battle is speed! Urgency! Surprise!"

"Therefore, only the warriors of the Hu Kingdom can be the vanguard of this battle."

"But when we attack the enemy city, we will have to trouble the Dai and Yan armies!"

Mao Sui and Li Ke immediately bowed their hands and said, "We will not let the commander down!"

Bater shouted solemnly, "Pass on my order!"

"The Yan army will follow the Hu Kingdom to attack the two cities of Anci and Qizhou!"

"The Dai army will follow Gao Yi to attack Fangcheng!"

"The rest of the troops will follow me to attack Zhuocheng!"

"Set off immediately! Quick battle and quick decision!"

The generals of all the troops agreed in unison.

The troops of Dai and Yan quickly moved their camps and prepared to set off, while the troops of the Xiongnu, Gao Yi, and Donghu did not need to move their camps at all, and they turned their horses and galloped eastward!

Relying on the speed of horses, Bater's troops covered a distance of a hundred miles in just one day. After taking a short rest at night, they arrived at the city of Zhuocheng!

"How can I be so virtuous and capable that I can fight against more than 400,000 enemy troops with only 10,000 soldiers!"

Looking at the smoke and dust in the distance, Deng Ming shouted angrily: "Pass on my order!"

"Two thousand soldiers will be stationed at each gate, and another two thousand elite soldiers will be kept in the city as a living force."

"Take out all the weapons for defending the city and place them on the top of the city!"

As soon as the order fell, Deng Ming saw hundreds of old, weak, women and children in Shanggu County being driven and crying towards Zhuocheng. Deng Ming frowned slightly, held down the crossbowmen behind him, and watched these old, weak, women and children slowly move forward in silence.

Seeing this, Bater sneered: "The southerners are really like what our ancestors said."

"There is a stupidity called kindness!"

Since childhood, Bater has heard from the elders of the clan that using the Chinese people as cannon fodder to attack the Chinese city will likely cause the city defenders to not fire a single arrow, helping them to easily capture the city.

Looking at the reaction of the defenders of Zhuocheng, Bater felt that the defender of this city should be the kind of idiot that the ancestors said, and this city is about to fall into his hands.

But just as Bater was about to order the vanguard to capture the city, arrows shot out from the top of the city, steadily and accurately killing all the women, children, the elderly and the weak!

Putting down the longbow with a trembling bowstring, Deng Ming looked coldly at the white banner behind Bater and said calmly: "Does the enemy general not know that I was the leader of Dongling Mountain?"

A gentleman can be deceived by his own methods, but I was the leader of the Dongling Mountain bandit camp, who was famous in the world, okay!

Isn't it my specialty to kill women, children, the elderly and the weak?

After killing them, I can't plunder the remaining wealth, which makes me feel itchy.

Seeing that the enemy army sent a group of women, children, the elderly and the weak as cannon fodder, Deng Ming ordered in a deep voice: "Crossbowmen, be on guard, archers, aim before shooting, and save arrows!"

While shouting, Deng Ming shot three arrows in succession, piercing the foreheads of three old men!

After sending out five teams of women, children, the elderly and the weak, Bater finally gave up his fantasy and ordered his servants and slaves to get off their horses, carry the ladders, and charge towards Zhuocheng.

Seeing this, Deng Ming's heart was heated, and he shouted: "All generals, listen to my orders!"

"Shoot for me!"

"Shoot hard!!!"