Chapter 686: Confrontation

"Your Majesty, the troops of the King of Yan are coming to Yangcheng. Reading"

In the imperial study, Wang Xie said to Han Zheng.

As they guessed, after the troops of Nanliang withdrew, the King of Yan immediately summoned his troops and took action.

In the past two days, he has continuously sent cavalry to investigate and discovered the intentions of the King of Yan.

However, this was within his expectations. After all, if it were him, he would also choose to attack Yangcheng.

In fact, they also concentrated a large number of troops in Yangcheng, preparing to fight with the troops of the King of Yan.

There are also Xie Duan, his brother Xie An and Wang Zian in the imperial study.

Xie An said: "I have allocated another 200 artillery pieces to Yangcheng. At present, Yangcheng has nearly 600 artillery pieces."

Han Zheng nodded, and he took off his dragon robe today.

Han Qi was captured by the King of Yan, and Han Bi died in the battle at the South Bank Fort.

At the moment, his Han family has no one available.

After discussion, he decided to let Wang Xie lead the troops.

The troops of the Xie family are still led by Xie An.

"This battle is just to hold the King of Yan under Yangcheng, the longer the better." Han Zheng said.

Wang Xie and Xie An looked at each other and nodded at the same time.

The two left, and Xie Duan said to Han Zheng: "Brother Han, Brother Wang, don't hesitate any more, take everything you can take away, don't leave anything behind, otherwise once Yangcheng is broken, everything will belong to the King of Yan."

After a pause, he continued: "Don't worry, I, Xie Duan, will not take advantage of the fire to rob, after all, I still have to rely on the two of you to keep warm in the future."

Han Zheng shook his head, and Wang Zian also showed a helpless smile.

After making a plan to delay the King of Yan's southward movement, he decided to transfer the treasury of Qi to the south, leaving nothing for the King of Yan.

After that, he would go south with Xie Duan, first to Pengcheng, and continue to resist the King of Yan.

If the King of Yan pursued them relentlessly, they would fight in Pengcheng, and then go south until they passed Jiujiang and arrived in Jinling.

Xie Duan called him Brother Han, not disrespecting him.

Instead, he was going to give up the title of Emperor of Qi and once again become Han Zheng, the head of the Han family, one of the eight great families.

After all, once Qizhou was lost, he would no longer have the face to call himself an emperor.

And it was not conducive to the plan being run by Dongying.

"Brother Xie, you are slapping me in the face. I, Han Zheng, am not like Dou Wei, who has a lot of sinister ideas. Even if the wealth of the national treasury is given to Brother Xie, what can it do?" Han Zheng said.

Xie Duan laughed when he heard this, and he said, "Yes, I hope you and I can be honest with each other, and don't be like Dou Wei, the old fox, who only does dirty things."

After that, Xie Duan stretched out his hand, Han Zheng and Wang Zian looked at each other, and put their hands on Xie Duan's hands, which was a trust in each other.

...

Liaocheng.

Zhao Xu and Chang Wei set out from Dongping City and arrived here after two days of trekking.

They took a short rest for half a day.

Next, they went south and arrived at the foot of Yangcheng after another day and a half of trekking.

The army was ordered to set up camp about 800 meters outside Yangcheng. Zhao Xu and Chang Wei found a high slope and looked at the top of Yangcheng.

Noticing the dense artillery on the wall of Yangcheng, the two looked at each other and shook their heads slightly.

"There is no grass in front of Yangcheng, and it is all stone below. The new tactics of this general really can't be used." Chang Wei was a little annoyed. There are some smart people in Qi who know how to adapt to circumstances. "

Zhao Xu nodded, "The situation on the battlefield is ever-changing, and marching and fighting is like this. We can't take advantage of everything."

Looking at Yangcheng blocking the middle of the mountain road, he said: "The tunnel can't be dug, so we will take the old method and attack at night."

For him, the difficulty he faced at the moment was that he couldn't take advantage of it like digging tunnels.

But relying on their advantage in firearms to take Yangcheng, it was still very easy, just a little more difficult than Pingyuan City.

"Yes, Your Highness. "Chang Wei said that the King of Yan and he had the same idea.

With such dense artillery fire, there would naturally be more casualties if the city was attacked during the day.

But it is still possible to let the scattered soldiers approach the city wall under the cover of night and blow up their artillery.

The wall of Yangcheng.

As soon as the King of Yan's troops arrived, Wang Xie and Xie An climbed the city wall.

Looking at the King of Yan's army setting up camp, he and Xie An looked at each other.

"The King of Yan's troops should attack the city at night." Wang Xie said.

"Why?" Xie An looked at Wang Xie. He was not convinced by this Wang family member who was more than 20 years younger than him.

Wang Xie said: "In all previous wars, the King of Yan would rather take the trouble than let his soldiers attack the city by force. It can be seen that he cherishes the lives of his soldiers very much. This time is no exception. The general will have to work hard at night. "

After Wang Xie said this, Xie An fell silent.

It seemed to be true.

He said: "This is troublesome. The sky is full of dark clouds today. It will be pitch dark at night. The Yan Wang's troops always like to send scattered soldiers to harass. How can we fight this battle?"

Although their mission is to delay the fall of Yangcheng as much as possible.

But he really has no idea.

Wang Xie said: "General Xie, have you never studied the tactics of the Yan Wang when fighting the Northern Di? There is a method to counter the night attack of the Northern Di. "

Hearing this, Xie An's face was a little embarrassed.

But there was a big battle ahead, and he only wanted to complete the task, so he said: "Please give me some advice."

Wang Xie came to Xie An and said a few words to him.

Xie An was overjoyed when he heard this.

While the two were talking, Zhao Xu saw them clearly through a telescope.

Zhao Xu said: "It seems that the one on the city wall is Xie An. He once came to Yanzhou to pick up Prince Chun and brought him back to the capital. Is that young general Wang Xie?"

During the Northern Expedition, when Zhao Heng came to Yanzhou, Wang Zian brought him to Yancheng, and he had met him.

During this period, when Xu Ke was collecting intelligence on Qi State, he also had some understanding of Wang Xie, saying that he was brave and resourceful.

Thinking of this, he frowned and gave Chang Wei a few instructions.