Chapter 770 The World's Greatest Hero? He's Nothing but a Rat! There Is only One Goal in This Battle!

It was May 20th, the 14th year of the Qin Dynasty.

Four days have passed since Yan Dan issued the order to join forces.

However, only six troops successfully joined forces with Yan Dan, and the remaining ministries could only send back one famous messenger!

"Report! Our unit is surrounded and attacked by Qin Captain Su Jiao and Qin Captain Li Xin. The enemy has nearly 40,000 troops. We request support!"

"Report! Our unit is attacked by Qin Duwei Ren Xiao, Qin Duwei Qiang Huai, and Qin Duwei Li Xin. The enemy's strength is more than 40,000. Our unit requests support!"

"Report! Our troops encountered Qin Commander Xifeng and Qin Commander Li Xin..."

Yan Dan suddenly interrupted the messenger and asked in a deep voice: "Who did you just say your department was surrounded by?"

The messenger hurriedly replied: "Qin Du Wei Xifeng, Qin Du Wei Li Xin!"

Yan Dan looked at the other messengers: "As you just said, you were also attacked by Qin Captain Li Xin?!"

The three messengers looked at each other, then anxiously raised their hands and said, "That's true!"

"Li Xin, the captain of the Qin Dynasty, may have divided his troops and made false flags to confuse our army."

"Whether it's Qin Captain Li Xin's troops besieging our army or not, our army is actually facing more than 40,000 Qin troops. Please reinforce me, Prince!"

All the Yan generals had deep shock in their eyes.

Yan Badger even said in a difficult voice: "If the Qin army lets the other Qin armies set up the general flag of Qin Captain Li Xin, then how many Qin armies are there in the north of our army now?!"

"If the Qin army had not asked other Qin armies to raise the flag of Qin Commander Li Xin, then where on earth is Qin Commander Li Xin?!"

If the fact is the former, then the Yan army's biggest advantage in this battle has been invalidated!

If the latter is true, it means that the movements of Li Xin's troops are completely beyond the control of Yan Dan. The battlefield in the northern part of Neihuang will be like a fog of war for the Yan army, and the northern troops will have to fight independently. !

No matter which situation occurs, it will be a great disadvantage for Yan Jun!

Yan Dan sighed with emotion: "I fell into the trap!"

"As Vice General Yan said, Lord Qin Chang'an doesn't care about the ownership of the old Zhao cities at all, but just wants to induce our army to divide our troops."

"I think the move to join forces has long been planned by Lord Qin Chang'an. Lord Qin Chang'an just called Qin Captain Li Xin's troops early and ordered him to lead his troops to intercept and kill all our troops and intercept our army. It’s time for the ministries to return!”

"As worthy of being Lord Qin Chang'an! As worthy of being Gu's best friend!"

Yan Dan understands!

He finally understood!

Unfortunately, he understood it too late.

The battlefield in the northern part of Neihuang is completely beyond Yan Dan's control, and it is difficult for all the troops to join forces with Yan Dan in a short period of time. Yan Dan's strategy of regardless of the baggage and the army, and to determine the outcome in one battle, is becoming more and more difficult. accomplish!

But at this moment, more than ten scouts covered in blood rushed back.

Without even having time to dismount early, the scout commander rode directly five feet in front of Yan Dan and shouted anxiously: "Report!"

"Our troops have detected that the Qin army is crossing the Yellow River eastward from Tunshi Port!"

Yan Dan suddenly looked at the scout commander and asked anxiously: "Have you ever ascertained the number of Qin troops crossing the river?"

The scout commander shook his head bitterly: "Incompetent and insignificant position!"

"The subordinates at the humble post only saw the flags of the Qin army on the other side of the Yellow River, but were unable to cross the river for a detailed investigation."

"The subordinates of the humble post wanted to hide on the east bank of the Yellow River and observe secretly, but they were discovered by the Qin army's scouts. They escaped after a bloody battle and were unable to find out more information!"

Looking at the scout commander whose left arm was cut off at the root, Yan Dan could not say any words of accusation.

Feeling anxious under pressure, Yan Dan patted the war horse on the crotch of the scout commander and said warmly: "Let's go find a doctor to treat the injury first."

"After this battle, you all will come to Gu Mansion."

"Gu Bi will not let the soldiers who fight to the death shed blood and shed tears!"

More than a dozen scouts raised their hands in gratitude: "Thank you, Prince!"

After making a promise, Yan Dan looked back at the generals: "Qin Chang'an is crossing the river at this moment, presumably to attack our army while our troops have not yet returned!"

"Do you have any good advice?"

Gongsun Gao's voice was extremely solemn: "The troops and horses of our army have not returned yet, but according to the messages sent back by the troops, it can be known that the troops and horses of Qin Chang'an Jun have not returned either."

"Our army now has 150,000 troops. On the other hand, Qin Chang'an Lord may only have 80,000 troops under his command."

"The advantage still lies with our army!"

"The only weakness of our army is that the food and grass can only last our army another half month."

"The general thought that our army should take the initiative to attack, taking advantage of Qin Changanjun's troops to cross the river, and attack halfway across the river!"

But Yan Badger shook his head decisively: "No!"

"Although Qin Chang'an Jun only has 80,000 troops under his command, don't forget that there are more than 40,000 Qin troops under Mengwu's command in Neihuang City!"

"Once the two Qin armies join forces, the difference in strength between the enemy and ours will be negligible."

"Your Majesty has sent an additional 200,000 troops south to support our army, but it is difficult for the Qin State to reinforce Qin Chang'an Lord."

"The general believes that we should continue to dig deep into our army's fortifications, resist the Qin army on the spot, and wait for the return of our army's reinforcements!"

A group of Yan army captains argued endlessly about passive resistance and active attack.

Yan Dan also frowned and thought carefully while listening to the generals' advice.

After a long while, Yan Dan finally made up his mind: "Qin Chang'an Jun ordered Qin Duwei Li Xin to wander to the north of our army to intercept the troops and horses of our army."

"Of course, the military strength of both Qin Chang'an Jun and Qin Duwei Li Xin's troops are inferior to our army."

"Pass the solitary order!"

"Abandon the siege of Neihuang City."

"The whole army will move camp and cross the river to the north!"

"Send messengers to each unit. If the troops are still facing the Qin army's strong attack, they should hold on and wait for me to lead the army to rescue them."

"Wait for me to join forces with the troops of each unit, or even with the reinforcements from the court, and then choose a surrendered city as a base to fight a decisive battle with Qin Chang'an Jun!"

Yan Dan proposed a path that no other Yan general had ever proposed.

Does this strategy make sense?

Of course it does.

The troops of each unit were blocked by the Qin army and could not return, so I led the army to meet the troops of each unit and complete the joining of the troops. It was like a mountain that did not come to me, so I went to the mountain.

After joining forces with the troops of each unit, the strength of Yan Dan's troops would once again far exceed that of Ying Chengjiao's troops, and Yan Dan would be able to crush Ying Chengjiao's troops with superior forces!

Gongsun Gao said worriedly: "But our army's food and grass are only enough for us to last for half a month!"

Yan Dan said without hesitation: "When we pass by the surrendered city, we will go to the city to seek food and grass supplies."

Gongsun Gao wanted to persuade him again, but Yan Huan sighed in his heart.

He knew that when Yan Dan told his strategy, he would not give others the opportunity to question it.

All Yan Huan and other generals could do was to bow and say: "Yes!"

Under Yan Dan's order, the Yan army did not wait until the sunrise tomorrow to set out, but immediately broke camp and turned northeast.

The next morning, Yan Dan's troops boarded the warships "borrowed" from the Zhao army, broke through the waves and headed north, rushing towards Guanshi City (now Guan County) on the north bank of the Yellow River!

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May 21, the 14th year of Qin Wangzheng.

In the dense forest southwest of Guan County, flying birds circled in the sky, not daring to land for a long time.

On the south side of the dense forest, a hundred knights stood on the bank of the Yellow River, looking far away.

When he saw a Zhao warship flying the flag of Yan, Ying Chengjiao showed a mocking smile: "Yan Prince Dan, really went north!"

Meng Tian looked at Ying Chengjiao in disbelief and asked: "Yan Prince Dan really did not stay in the camp northwest of Neihuang City to wait for the troops to return, nor did he take the initiative to attack our army."

"But as Chang'an Jun expected, he crossed the river to the north?!"

Like the Yan army generals, the Qin army generals were also thinking about the strategy that the Yan army could formulate next, so as to anticipate the enemy in advance.

However, no Qin general considered that Yan Dan would abandon the camp that had been operating for several months and march north after Ying Chengjiao sent decoys to cross the river!

The ridicule in Ying Chengjiao's words became more and more obvious: "Yan Prince Dan seems to be a hero."

"But in fact, although he has courage, he is just a coward, although he has a lot of ability, he is just a small one. Although he is praised as the world's first hero, he is just a rat."

"Although I am not a general, I have come with the momentum to destroy Zhao."

"How can someone who can send assassins to assassinate my king dare to take the initiative to fight me head-on when the difference in military strength is not big!"

In Ying Chengjiao's view, although Yan Dan is regarded as a hero by the world's wanderers, it is only because Yan Dan gives money, official positions and women happily and righteously.

In terms of courage and character, Yan Dan is far from being a hero, let alone a wise leader!

Whether it is the original historical Qin or the current Qin, the national strength of Qin and Yan has already had an extremely huge gap.

The failed assassination of Yan Dan was tantamount to pushing the Qin and Yan countries to the point of no return. There was no possibility of peace talks between the two countries. As long as Ying Zheng did not want to face assassins every day in the future, he had to destroy Yan and make Yan pay the price!

What if Yan Dan's assassination was successful? This would undoubtedly be great news for the other surviving vassal states, but no matter who inherited the throne, such as Ying Chengjiao, Fusu or even Hu Hai, the successor would have to attack Yan whether he was willing or not, and Yan would still have to die!

A true hero would never assassinate Ying Zheng and anger Qin under such circumstances, but would accumulate national strength, expand territory through foreign wars, accumulate young and strong people, and search for good generals like King Zhao of Yan, and finally wipe out the previous shame and eliminate foreign threats with a magnificent and irresistible victory!

So in Ying Chengjiao's view, Yan Dan, who tried to reverse the decline of the country with a retainer and pushed the responsibility of the country's survival to a small assassin, did have some courage, but definitely not much.

When the Qin army rushed over with the momentum to destroy Zhao, Yan Dan's first reaction would definitely not be a head-on battle!

Facts have proved that Ying Chengjiao's judgment was correct.

For Ying Chengjiao's evaluation, Meng Tian and other generals nodded in unison: "Yes! The Prince of Yan is just a rat!"

Ying Chengjiao looked deeply at the galloping warship and said in a deep voice: "Pass on my order!"

"Order the captain Cen Bian to lead his navy to the battlefield immediately, and wait until the smoke rises on the north bank of the Yellow River to immediately intercept and kill the Yan army's navy!"

"Order all troops to retreat two miles, and don't let the enemy scouts notice it."

"Order General Meng Wu to lead the main force to this place and cooperate with our army to block the retreat of the Yan army."

"Pass the order to all captains."

"There is only one goal for this battle, that is..."

"The head of Yan Dan!"