Wei and Jin cooks

Xun Xiu stood beside Zhao Hanzhang and saw Shi Le, clenched his fists, stared at him and said: "Your Majesty, will you let the last general go into battle this time?"

"The city gates are closed. As long as they don't attack the city, let them scold you." Zhao Hanzhang withdrew his gaze and said, "Send someone to call Mi Ce."

Xun Xiu was stunned for a moment and then agreed.

Zhao Hanzhang stood in front of the map and paced back and forth. Xun Xiu and others all retreated, except for Ming Yu.

After watching her wander around for a while, Ming Yu asked, "What do you want to do?"

Zhao Hanzhang stopped, turned his head and looked at him with bright eyes and said: "I want to come to Wei to rescue Zhao He and take advantage of the situation."

Ming Yu's eyes flashed, "You want to attack Pingyang?"

Zhao Hanzhang said: "Liu Cong's army is out and Pingyang is empty. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

"But Shangdang is in Shi Le's hands. Even if we capture Pingyang, we can't hold it."

"So we fight together with the party!"

Ming Yu was surprised, "Where did we get our troops?"

Zhao Hanzhang clenched his fists and said: "Only for this opportunity, I will give an order to Jingzhou and let Wang Yifeng and Wang Meizi lead troops to assist Yuzhou. I plan to dispatch Mi Ce and Yuan Li to assist Bei Gongchun in attacking Shangdang."

Ming Yu couldn't help but wander around, and finally stopped and said: "Please think clearly, if it succeeds, Jin can get rid of these ten years of troubles, but if it doesn't, we people will be in catastrophe, and even Jin may be destroyed."

Zhao Hanzhang said: "With great danger comes great benefit, and danger can be turned into an opportunity. How could we know that this is not our opportunity?"

Ming Yu felt excited and thought what she said made sense.

So I agreed.

Zhao Hanzhang and Ming Yu didn't tell anyone about this. They just summoned Mi Ce and Yuan Li, rearranged their defenses, and asked them to leave with an army of 50,000 men.

The order to mobilize Jingzhou soldiers was also ordered to rush south for 600 miles.

They didn't know that when Zhao Hanzhang changed defenses, Shi Le also quietly took a group of people away and headed straight for Zhencheng County.

During the war, the news was not delivered in time. When Shi Le began to attack Zhencheng County, Mi Ce and Yuan Lizhen divided their forces to attack Chaoge County, He Gong County, and six counties of Ji County. Four counties were occupied when Shi Le sent troops south, and those who stayed behind in the city There are not many soldiers.

Ji County belongs to Sizhou. It has a special geographical location because it is too close to Yanzhou and Shangdang. When Zhao Hanzhang regained Sizhou, he did not want to provoke Shi Le and Gou Xi, so he did not touch this place.

The six counties of Jijun still obey the emperor's orders and do not belong to any party's power.

Wei County to the north of Ji County was divided into two, half occupied by Shi Le and half occupied by Liu Yuan's Western Xiongnu tribe.

Because these four counties had not been occupied by Shi Le for a long time, Yuan Li contacted the gentry inside based on the list given by Zhao Hanzhang, and quickly captured two counties.

Mi Ce was not slow in his actions. He quickly captured Chaoge County and Ji County, and they did not stop yet. They wanted to capture the other two counties as well. After recruiting troops, they joined Huang An and attacked Shangdang and Wei County. .

At this time, Beigong Chun in Luoyang City and Fu Tinghan outside Yangyang City received Zhao Hanzhang's letter.

Yes, Fu Tinghan ran to Pingyang City. As soon as the war broke out, he and Ji Yuan immediately wrote to Zhao Hanzhang.

The letter was sent, but there was a reply soon, and no one was found. The messenger replied that Zhao Hanzhang had returned to Chen County. Although they also had letters to Chen County, Fu Tinghan was always afraid that the letter would still miss her.

As soon as the war broke out, everyone seemed to regard him as the leader. Not only Bei Gongchun, Xie Shi and Chen Wu, but even Ji Yuan asked him for his opinion.

This put Fu Tinghan under great pressure. He was also afraid that Zhao Hanzhang would lose Luoyang when he returned, so he decided to take the initiative after thinking carefully.

This is what he said, "Han Zhang said that offense is the best defense."

He racked his brains to say more to convince everyone to agree with his point of view. Who knows, just after he finished speaking, Bei Gongchun slapped the table and said: "Fu Shangshu is right. We should take the initiative at this time. Not only can we find out their lies, but we can also let them know that our Sizhou is not someone to be trifled with."

Who was the Xiliang army afraid of?

Xie Shi also nodded, "The Huns and Han were so ambitious that they dared to attack Sizhou, Yuzhou and Yanzhou at the same time. There are emperors and generals in Yanzhou, so I guess their main force must be there, but Pingyang is empty. We can fight."

Ji Yuan also shook his cattail leaf fan and said: "Liu Yuan sent troops at this time not only because he wanted to destroy Jin and dominate the world, but also because the drought diverted the country's attention. Just in time, we are here to help you encircle Wei and rescue Zhao."

So everyone happily decided to take the initiative, very quickly.

Fu Tinghan also wrote a letter to Fu Zhi personally, inviting him to send troops to Pingyang together and engage in a flanking attack with him. In order to promote friendly cooperation between the two parties, he himself also ran outside Pingyang City.

When Zhao Hanzhang's appointment letter and the letter were transferred to Pingyang City, Fu Tinghan was already standing on the hillside watching Zhao Erlang play a game.

Sizhou didn't have many troops, and every soldier was important, so Fu Tinghan improved the trebuchet to have a longer range. If he hadn't been scrupulous about throwing stones instead of gunpowder packets, I'm afraid the war would have been over. Smoother.

They not only attacked Pingyang City head-on, but also divided their forces into three parts to attack other cities.

The walls of Pingyang city were high and the gates were strong. If one area could not be attacked, he would surround and attack. At worst, he would isolate Pingyang city just like Liu Yuan isolated Jinyang.

Liu Kun can hold Jinyang alone, but Liu Yuan may not be able to.

Because Zhao Erlang and Bei Gongchun were in Sizhou, Liu Yuan deliberately left a large army to guard Pingyang. Therefore, the Zhao army continued to attack for three days without making any progress. However, several counties east of Pingyang City were attacked by the Zhao army one after another. Liu Yuan They were also afraid that the Zhao army would attack too fiercely and eventually isolate Pingyang City, so they sent reinforcements.

As soon as Zhao Hanzhang's letter arrived, Fu Tinghan immediately discussed with Bei Gongchun and sent some people from the Zhao Army and Xiliang Army guarding Luoyang to support.

Zhao Hanzhang originally wanted to stay in Meng County and be honest and patient with Shi Le, but defending the city was really boring. Meng County had sufficient resources and was backed by Yuzhou. It would not be easy for Shi Le's army to invade if they were fully prepared.

And since that day, two of Shi Le's Eighteen Riders came to scold him every day. In just three days, Zhao Hanzhang got to know five of the Eighteen Riders.

She didn't go out of the city. Xun Xiu and the others went out to fight selectively and fought with them. There were winners and losers, and there were not many casualties.

Obviously, they are also delaying, until the other party loses patience and acts impulsively, and then hits the target with one hit.

Under normal circumstances, it would not be a problem to defend Meng County for three to five months. Zhao Hanzhang was very confident in herself. She felt that with her own ability, she could kill Shi Le even if she defended it for a year.

It's strange that it's boring. Apart from the other side's new curse words every day, all you can do here is listen to reports from all parties on the battle situation.

The situation in Yanzhou is also good. I heard that Gou Xi won three consecutive battles and recovered two cities.

So Zhao Hanzhang saw that Shi Le never showed up, so he simply handed over Meng County to Xun Xiu to guard it. She also quietly left with a Zhao family army and went straight to Shangdang.