diskusbooks Chapter 489: Troops at the Gate of Xuzhou
Chapter 489: Troops at the Gate of Xuzhou
On the other side, at night, Shen Changgong received the military report sent by Yu Ziling on express horse. He opened it, read it carefully, and then laughed out loud.
This inexplicable laughter made Ma Ling feel like he was seriously ill.
Shen Changgong looked at him proudly, but didn't say much. He directly wrote back to Yu Ziling, asking her to confiscate the prisoners' weapons first and take them with her as laborers. After eliminating Tong Xuan, she would decide whether to recruit or dismiss them.
In addition, he will lead his troops to Xuzhou early tomorrow morning, and he will wait for her outside the city of Xuzhou.
After sending someone to deliver a reply letter to Yu Ziling, Shen Changgong said,
"Brother Nan Wang, the number of soldiers and horses on the Wei border has now increased to 300,000, and they are actively preparing for war, and seem to be heading north.
How about we send someone to warn the Wei commander not to send troops into Xuzhou?"
After thinking about it, the Southern King nodded and said,
"Well, we should send someone to warn them. Although we have warned their emperor before, there is no guarantee that they will have any evil intentions.
If we really wait until their army enters Xuzhou, it will be a bit embarrassing for us whether we warn them or attack them directly.
We are sending someone to warn them in advance. If they really dare to set foot in Xuzhou at that time, don’t blame us for treating them as enemies and sending troops to attack them.
There will be no warning then.”
Shen Changgong said,
"Okay, but I don't think Wei has the guts to fight us yet. Their five-nation alliance hasn't been finalized yet, and they're also afraid that after we defeat Qi, we'll head south to deal with them."
The Southern King sneered.
"When they really form an alliance and start mobilizing their troops, we will directly penetrate into Wei territory and fight them there.
For now, let's first stabilize Qi, fully utilize Qi's resources and national strength, and quickly expand weapons production at the arsenal to prepare for the upcoming war."
"Yes, we have been fighting Qi and the Qi army in Liangdi for a long time. The consumption is very high. The artillery and shells need to be replenished. If we continue to fight south, the battle line will be too long and the weapons will be difficult to transport."
"So be it."
King Nan stood up and walked outside.
Shen Changgong held the letter and laughed again.
When the Southern King heard the voice, he turned his head and frowned.
"You keep laughing."
"I want you to manage."
"I always feel that you are holding back something good."
"You'll know in two days."
Shen Changgong kept the secret and turned to walk towards his own tent.
As soon as he entered, he saw Gongsun Wan'er lying on her bed, naked and waiting for him.
"what happened?"
Shen Changgong asked with a smile.
Gongsun Wan'er pouted and snorted coldly,
"How dare you say that? It's always like this. When you have a new love, you forget the old one. How many days have you not been with me? Ever since you had Yu Ziling, you have ignored me. She's not here today, so you have to come and accompany me."
Shen Changgong was startled when he heard this and said,
"But you said the same thing yesterday, the day before yesterday, the day before yesterday, five days ago, ten days ago..."
Gongsun Wan'er's face flushed, she turned her head away and said guiltily,
"I don't care. If you don't want to, you can sleep on the floor."
Shen Changgong shook his head and smiled, and said while taking off his clothes,
"There's really nothing I can do against you..."
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Three days later, the Yan army arrived in the north outside Xuzhou city and set up camp.
However, only the Tianyu Army, Zhennan Army and Zhengnan Army have arrived. The Pingnan Army and Yuying Army will not arrive until tomorrow because the journey is quite long.
Half of Tong Xuan's army was stationed in the city, and the other half was stationed outside the city.
Xuzhou City is very large, but it also has a large population. There is no extra space to accommodate the food, accommodation, and combat needs of 300,000 troops.
Just these tens of thousands of people almost filled up the streets in the city, which were packed with people.
These armies usually conduct their daily training in the camp outside the city. Now that the Yan army has arrived, they are transferred into the city for defense.
It is worth mentioning that Tong Xuan sent many envoys to ask for help from Wei during this period, claiming that as long as Wei helped his Great Qi to repel the Yan army, he could cede half of his territory to Wei in an emergency, as long as the northern part of Qi would be fine.
But the State of Wei had no mood to pay attention to him.
Firstly, Tong Xuan's act of throwing dirty water on the State of Wei angered the State of Wei.
Although Wei and Qi had a grudge against each other and both had wanted to destroy Qi in the past, it was not Wei that killed the emperor of Qi. You killed the king and proclaimed yourself emperor, and then pushed the blame onto Wei. Wei would definitely not agree to that.
Secondly, Wei State does not dare to go to war with Yan State now. If he were to unite the five countries to fight Yan State, they would be willing to do so.
But they would never dare to ask the Wei State to fight against the Yan State.
The 300,000 troops stationed in the north were also used to prevent the Yan army from moving south, rather than to go north to fight the Yan army.
Although Cao De said some time ago that he wanted to join forces with Yan State to fight against the pseudo Qi State and steal Xuzhou, he did not dare to act rashly after receiving a warning from Yan State.
Although Yan's tyranny annoyed the Wei court, they had the strength and capital to be tyrannical.
After the envoy of the pseudo-Qi entered the Wei State, the Wei Emperor Cao De did not even meet him. He only sent the Minister of Guests to meet him. He then scolded Tong Xuan for his treason and for throwing dirty water on the Wei State, and then drove him away directly.
Now Tong Xuan can only rely on himself to fight a decisive battle with the Yan army.
After the Yan army settled down, they did not rush to attack, but prepared silently.
The two sides were only ten miles apart. Although everything was safe and sound, the feeling of impending storm still made it hard for the pseudo-Qi army to breathe.
One day passed, and in the evening, both the Pingnan Army and the Yuying Army rushed back.
Yang Hongying commanded the army to set up camp, while Yu Ziling went to the central army commander's tent to meet with the two princes to discuss the next siege.
By the time Yu Ziling came in, everyone was present.
Shen Changgong, Ma Ling, Yu Huatian, Jiang Shun, Zhang Han, Li Bohan, and Yu Ziling.
Two princes and the commander-in-chief of the five armies.
Shen Changgong looked at everyone with a smile and said,
"In the battles to attack the four cities, everyone fought well. Almost every city was captured within a day, and the enemy forces were completely wiped out or driven away.
Everyone has made great contributions. Once Tong Xuan's forces are completely wiped out, our army can rest for a while. Then we will count your contributions and reward you accordingly."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Everyone responded in unison.
Shen Changgong continued,
"Before discussing the final battle deployment, I would like to give everyone a question to test them.
You are all excellent commanders. You can express your own opinions and think of ways to defeat the enemy to answer this question of mine."