Episode 10 Chapter 513
Chapter 513
Chizhou, County Government, Meicheng latest chapter.
When Tang Yin's team arrived in Meicheng, Yue Ze had been waiting here for more than ten days. Upon learning that Tang Yin had finally arrived, Yue Ze personally went out of the city ten miles to greet him. After meeting, the two of them inevitably exchanged pleasantries.
On the way into the city, Tang Yin and Yue Ze shared a car. Tang Yin first got to the point and asked, "Brother King Yue, what is the current situation in Chizhou?"
Yue Ze shook his head repeatedly and said, "The situation is critical!" Then he sighed and said, "According to reports, the Huan army's troops on the border of Chizhou have almost increased to 300,000, with Qingyun Marquis Lu Chen as the commander, and there is a possibility of crossing the border at any time!"
"Qingyun Marquis Lu Chen?" Tang Yin was unfamiliar with this name and asked, "Who is he?"
Yue Ze said seriously, "Lu Chen is a famous general of the Huan State, a son of a noble family, both civil and military, and among the four great generals of the Huan State, he can also be ranked first!"
Tang Yin nodded and did not ask any more questions about this matter. In his opinion, the Huan army still has some combat power, but it is only some, and it is not a cause for concern.
After entering the city, Yue Ze invited Tang Yin to the county capital of Meicheng. In the lobby of the county capital, Tang Yin and Yue Ze sat side by side, with the generals and ministers of Feng and An on both sides, while the county chief of Chizhou sat at the bottom. After all, any one of the civil officials and military generals present was much higher than the county chief.
Yue Ze had people prepare wine and food in advance. During the banquet, he and Tang Yin toasted each other, and the generals of Feng and An below also toasted frequently.
In order to adjust the atmosphere, Yue Ze also asked people to invite the singers and dancers he brought from Anguo to the lobby to sing and dance to cheer Tang Yin and many Feng generals.
The atmosphere of the banquet was lively and harmonious, and everyone present also enjoyed eating and drinking very much.
After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Yue Ze, a little drunk, leaned towards Tang Yin and asked, "Brother Tang, tell me, should Anguo fight this war with Huanguo?"
Though Tang Yin drank a lot of wine, his mind was very clear. He smiled calmly and said, "If brother Yue really doesn't want to fight this war, he can choose not to fight, but ceding land is inevitable. Now Huanguo has made such a big move, I'm afraid that one county will not be enough to satisfy them. In my opinion, only if brother Yue gives Chizhou and Gu Rao to Huanguo, Huanguo will have the possibility of withdrawing its troops!"
"So that's it." Yue Ze would not be willing to give up even one county, let alone two counties, otherwise he would not have come to this point today.
He thought so in his heart, but he didn't say it out loud. He said quietly, "The Huan army is strong and brave. I'm afraid that our An army is no match for the Huan army. This battle..." Before he finished speaking, Tang Yin smiled and said, "Today, the Huan army only sent troops to intimidate, and Brother Yue Wang gave up two counties. Tomorrow, if the Huan army sends troops to threaten again, Brother Yue Wang will give up half of An Guo's territory?" This was right in Yue Ze's heart, and it was also what the An Guo court was most concerned about. Yue Ze's face changed, and he no longer pretended to test Tang Yin's mouth. He gritted his teeth and said, "So, in this battle, our An Guo must fight, and we must defeat Huan Guo." "Not only defeat, if you want to eliminate future troubles, Brother Yue Wang must take this opportunity to annex Huan Guo in one go." Tang Yin picked up the wine glass and said quietly. Yue Ze's eyes lit up, and he suppressed his excitement and said helplessly: "But the Huan army is also a fierce army that is good at fighting. In the past, the Huan army and the Zhen army were evenly matched. For my An country, it is already difficult to defeat the Huan army, so how can we have the strength to annex the Huan country?"
Tang Yin smiled and said: "The alliance between Feng and An is not just talk. Brother Yue, do you think his Huan army is better than my Feng army?"
Yue Ze didn't even think about it, and blurted out: "The courage of the Feng army is unmatched in the world, and it is naturally several times better than the Huan army!"
"In this case, what is there for Brother Yue to worry about?" Tang Yin said with a smile: "Once An and Huan fight, this king will definitely stand on the side of Brother Yue, If the King of Yue is in trouble, I and even the millions of troops of Feng will fight side by side with the King of Yue to defeat the enemy! "
Alas, Yue Ze was waiting for Tang Yin's personal promise. Hearing that he was done, Yue Ze was so happy that he almost jumped up from his seat. He held Tang Yin's hand with emotion, his eyes rolling in his eye sockets, and said in a trembling voice: "With your words, I am relieved. With your help, no matter how prosperous his Huan Kingdom is or how strong the Huan Army is, what is there to fear!"
Looking at Yue Ze who was so happy that he almost lost his way, Xiao Muqing, Nie Ze, Wu Ying and others sitting below all laughed in their hearts. Let the prey get into the trap you set in advance, and let the prey be grateful to you. The king is really a good 'hunter'!
Tang Yin and Yue Ze had a good conversation. After the banquet, the monarchs of the two countries formally signed the covenant.
For Yue Ze, the signing of the alliance between Feng and An is of great significance. This is no longer a verbal promise from Tang Yin, but has a basis and further guarantee. However, for Tang Yin, the alliance between the two countries is nothing.
The emperor is in Feng State. As long as he wants, he can ask the emperor to charge An State with a false charge at any time. At that time, Feng State can just stand on the moral high ground and attack An State with justification under the banner of the emperor.
The trick of "following the order of heaven and suppressing the rebellion" has been used by Feng State for a long time and has never failed.
With the signing of the alliance between Feng and An, Yue Ze suddenly became more confident and promised Tang Yin that once the destruction of Huan was successful in the future, An would only want the five counties east of Huan, and the rest of the counties would be given to Feng.
Tang Yin didn't care much about this. After the victory of the battle, who would get more and who would get less spoils was not determined by the monarchs of both sides, but by the strength of the two countries. It would be nonsense to say more now.
He asked Yue Ze, "Does the King of Yue have an overall tactic in mind for the war against Huan?"
Yue Ze himself didn't know how to use troops, and he had never thought about such a far-reaching question. Now Tang Yin asked, and he was stumped, hesitating and unable to answer.
Seeing this, Tang Yin sighed secretly. As one of the protagonists of the war, Yue Ze didn't even know how to fight against Huan, and he hadn't discussed it with his generals. If he expected the An army to defeat the Huan army, he really had to wait for a miracle to happen.
Tang Yin sneered at Yue Ze's ability, but he didn't show it on the surface. He comforted the embarrassed Yue Ze: "It's still time to discuss the specific battle plan now. Are all the generals of your army in Meicheng now?"
"Yes, yes, yes, basically all in the county city." Yue Ze nodded repeatedly, paused, and said: "It's just that General Bai Qing, who commands the army, is still at the border."
"Brother Yue Wang, you must urgently summon General Bai back to Meicheng. Since she is the pre-war commander of your army, you can't discuss the battle against Huan's army without her." Tang Yin said firmly.
"Okay, I will listen to you. I will summon General Bai back tomorrow... No, I will call him back now!"
When destroying Zhen, Yue Ze had seen Tang Yin's ability to lead the army in battle, and knew that he was an expert in this area. He now obeyed Tang Yin's words.
Bai Qing was a female general of An State. She was over 40 years old. In fact, there were not many female generals of her age at that time. Generally speaking, female generals or female soldiers in the army would get married in their twenties. After getting married, they would retire and go home to take care of their husbands and children. Bai Qing, who continued to stay in the army after getting married, was a complete anomaly. Of course, this was also directly related to her husband's early death.
Yue Ze issued an order to urgently summon Bai Qing back to Meicheng. Although he did not explain his intention, Bai Qing, who received the transfer order, had already guessed that the king had just arrived in Meicheng and the king had called her back. Obviously, the king had reached a consensus with the king to officially go to war with the Huan State. The purpose of calling her back to Meicheng was only one, to discuss the specific strategy for fighting against Huan.
Before leaving the camp, Bai Qing instructed the deputy commander Wang Han to temporarily lead the entire army, and left her two nephews Bai Chong and Bai Xi to assist. After all the arrangements were made, she returned to Meicheng from the border of An and Huan with a group of personal soldiers on fast horses.
At this time, the atmosphere of the war in Meicheng was even stronger than that at the border. The army of Feng State was stationed outside the city. Almost all the soldiers were in and out of Meicheng. Lines of grain-pressing teams drove into Meicheng from time to time. Looking at the top of the city, there were rows of soldiers and piles of rolling logs and pounding stones.
Bai Qing was opposed to the upcoming war between An and Huan. She couldn't understand why the two countries of An and Huan, who had been getting along well and close, had inexplicably come to the point of fighting today.
However, she was a general in the army, not a minister in the court. She could not intervene in political issues, nor did she care much. Her duty was to follow orders and lead the soldiers in the army to defeat the enemy.
With the arrival of Bai Qing, the discussion between Feng and An on the war against Huan officially began.
The Bai family was a military family of An State, but what was strange was that the Bai family had always been dominated by women and weak by men, with women as the leader and men as the assistant. Most of the generals who followed Bai Qing back to Meicheng this time were her nieces.
However, it was refreshing and pleasant to have such a group of female generals join the boring military meeting.
Bai Qing was the most clear about the border situation. On the sand table, she marked the location of the Huan army camp, the branch camps, fortresses, and even the troops stored in various places.
Tang Yin also nodded while reading. He didn't think much of this female general, but he could tell from her understanding of the enemy that this female general was not just slacking off in the army, but had some talent.
After reading Bai Qing's markings of the various camps of the Huan army, Tang Yin's eyes lit up and he said faintly: "Fish scale formation."