Ge Lan took Xue Baoshan down to rest, and Zhu You and the others stayed to continue discussing matters. After all, it is a general matter that they have agreed with each other now, and there are still many details that need to be gradually perfected
Three days.
"His Royal Highness Li Ke and the others are back!"
Jun Buqi came in from the outside and said that before Zhou Heng set off from Chang'an, he asked Jun Buqi to go ahead and contact Li Ke and others to wait for him in Foping.
When the army arrived in Foping, Li Ke and others came.
"Let them in!"
Zhou Heng said.
"Your Highness!"
Li Ke, Feng Zheng, and Ma Bo came in from the outside. They didn't expect Zhou Heng to arrive in Foping so soon, and they didn't expect that the imperial court would really agree to send troops.
"Well, tell me what you have found these days!"
Zhou Heng sat down and asked a few people to tell him about the situation in Hanzhong.
"Your Highness, what we have found is that Zheng, Mian County, Da'an, Ningqiang and other places in the southwest of Hanzhong City have all fallen into the hands of Xiyi. Now the Xiyi army is mainly gathered in Hanzhong City, and they are eyeing the surrounding cities of Hanzhong!"
Feng Zheng told Zhou Heng the information he had found.
Zhou Heng picked up the map, carefully marked it according to Feng Zheng's instructions, and found that the area west of Hanzhong was basically occupied by Xiyi.
"How many people are there in Xiyi?"
Zhou Heng asked.
"It is said to have an army of 100,000, but according to my estimate, there are 150,000!"
Marble replied.
The Xiyi army is known as 100,000, and 50,000 are some surrendered soldiers from Hanzhong. They are mainly led by Chen Jiu and Zhang Wude, and there are also 50,000 of these people.
So add up to 150,000 troops.
"It's equal to the same strength as ours." Zhou Heng said solemnly. He didn't expect that Xiyi had increased by 50,000 people in just a few days.
"Your Highness, although the other party claims to have an army of 150,000, I don't think these people are anything to worry about. The 50,000 of them are soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty. They are not in the same heart with Xiyi, they may be trying to survive."
Li Ke said.
"Well, I also agree with Li Ke's words."
Feng Zheng nodded. He felt that Li Ke was right. The 150,000 troops were not a threat to them.
But Zhou Heng remained silent, obviously Zhou Heng did not fully agree with what Li Ke said.
"Is Your Highness worried about something?"
Li Ke saw Zhou Heng's worry.
"I can understand that they surrendered to Xiyi for their lives, but what should we say if they are helping tigers and doing evil?" Zhou Heng asked the three of them.
The three looked at Zhou Heng.
"What does Your Highness mean?"
"kill."
Zhou Heng only had one word, which was to kill, and he didn't say anything else.
"Kill? That's right, kill those who deliver traitors, kill those who work for tigers, kill those who mutilate compatriots, kill those who rape and plunder!" Zhou Heng expressed his thoughts.
The three listened to what Zhou Heng said. Although it was a little bloody, it was not unreasonable. It is understandable that you surrendered to the Xiyi for your life, but it is unforgivable that you helped the Xiyi to harm the people of Dazhou.
"Understood."
Marble nodded.
"Your Highness is right."
Feng Zheng also agreed with what Zhou Heng said.
"His Royal Highness, I found out that the Xiyi army stationed 60,000 people in Hanzhong City, plus a total of 100,000 surrendered troops, and 50,000 soldiers and horses in Yangping Pass and Ningqiang."
Li Ke and Zhou Heng continued to explain the situation.
"good."
Zhou Heng looked at the map.
"This time I want to take a drastic drastic action. What do you generals think?"
Zhou Heng asked everyone what they thought.
Everyone looked at Zhou Heng, wanting to know what kind of method this drastic action was, and how to do it.
"Your Highness means we are going to attack Hanzhong?" Ma Bo asked.
"No, the city wall of Hanzhong is tall, easy to defend and difficult to attack. If we attack Hanzhong, we will lose too much. This is not my style, Zhou Heng. I suggest that we go around and attack Ningqiang and Yangping Pass, directly cutting off the rear of the Xiyi army. .¡±
Zhou Heng put himself??The plan was spoken.
If they take down Ningqiang and Yangping Pass, the Xiyi army will become a tree without roots and water without a source in Hanzhong, and they will be completely isolated by them.
"Close the door and beat the dog!"
Li Ke seems to have seen the key points in Zhou Heng's strategy.
"That's right, Yangping Pass is the entrance to the Southwest. If we close Yangping Pass directly, his Xiyi army will never come back."
"good idea."
Many people think that Zhou Heng's method is a very good one.
It is definitely a good way to cut off the retreat of the Xiyi army.
"Your Highness, there is a problem with your method. If we attack Yangping Pass and Ningqiang, the Xiyi army will easily detect it."
Feng Zheng said that the method is a good one, but how could Xiyi watch them cut off their retreat.
"I thought of this. We need a bait here. We need to attract Xiyi's attention." Zhou Heng pointed to Qingshui City.
Qingshui City is the closest city to Hanzhong, where they can bring a suspicious soldier.
"Suspicious tactics?"
"That's right, we made a false appearance in Qingshui City that we were going to attack Hanzhong City to attract Xiyi's attention, and the others set off from Foping to make a detour to Yangping Pass."
Zhou Heng drew the route.
"Your Highness, this detour will take ten days, and ten days is the fastest time."
Marble said.
"Well, I also know this, so Qingshui City is the key to our victory. The people in Qingshui City not only want to attract Xiyi's attention, but also prevent Xiyi from attacking."
Zhou Heng said.
Qingshui City is the key, this is beyond doubt.
"Then who will go?"
Everyone looked at each other, no one knew what to do, Qingshui City was very important, and no one was sure that Qingshui City could resist the Xiyi army in Hanzhong City, which was a so-called 100,000 army.
"I go."
Seeing that everyone was silent, Zhou Heng spoke slowly.
"I will guard Qingshui City, and you will attack Yangping Pass and Ningqiang. I only give you 20 days. If you can't take it down in 20 days, then you can guard the corpse for me."
Zhou Heng said lightly.
The key points of the decisive game in Qingshui City are taken into consideration by everyone. Since he is the prince and the marshal, he has no shirkable responsibility, so he can only go to this place by himself.
"Your Highness is too dangerous!"
"It's okay, I won't go if it's not dangerous. You can charge forward, and I, Zhou Heng, am not a person who is greedy for life and fear of death. I can't charge forward with you, but at least I can win for you."
Zhou Heng looked at the crowd and said.
Zhou Heng felt that he had to go to Qingshui City for this matter.
"But Qingshui City is very likely to resist the 100,000 Xiyi army. It is too dangerous for you to go there, why don't I go there!" Li Ke said.
"No, I'll go in person. I'll attract Xiyi's attention better if I stay in Qingshui City." Zhou Heng waved his hand, vetoing Li Ke's proposal. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com