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Chapter 728 Chess Player
Within a few days, news from the north of the Yellow River came back one by one.

"Your Majesty, Qin thieves are attacking Anyi!" The scouts rushed to report.

"This must be a thief's bluff!" Jia Chong concluded that Yang Zheng was not on the front line in Anyi.

"Thieves Qin are the only ones who can be considered generals, but Yang Thief and Du Yu are the only ones, and the rest are nothing to be afraid of!" Sima Yong also agreed.

Sima Yan paced back and forth, Anyi was ruled by Hedong, the city was strong, the money and food were sufficient, and the population was large, Tang Bin had [-] elite troops under his command, it was enough to defend Anyi.

Using Anyi City to kill the vigor and morale of the Qin army is also a long-established strategy.

"Report to Your Majesty, the bandit army suffered heavy casualties under the city of Anyi. The corpses were two feet high, bleeding profusely, and the water was red!" The second news brought back by the scouts made Sima Yan feel relieved.

"Haha, Qin thief thinks he is invincible in field battles, but he doesn't know that I have the strength of a city!"

"Report to Your Majesty, General Pang thinks the time has come. Your Majesty can lead the army to go northward to hunt down the bandits!" Shi Jian has now become Pang Hui's contact person, acting as a front and back for each other.

Luoyang's rulers and ministers, Shi Jian was willing to have a relationship with Pang Hui.

The two are sick and pity each other, and both have unbearable past events, so they can be regarded as sympathetic to each other...

Jia Chong frowned and said, "Don't tell me General Pang doesn't know that Bandit Yang is not under the city of Anyi?"

Shi Jian lost for a while last time, and this time he came prepared, "General Pang saw with his own eyes the appearance of Yang Bandit's tooth banners, Jingjie, and Yuhui in Anyi city. If they seize their banners and feathers, the morale of the Qin thieves will collapse! If the [-] people in the city of Anyi are wiped out, the Qin thieves will be discouraged, and they will definitely not survive! As the king of Hejian said, Only Yang Thief and Du Yu are the only Qin traitors who can be considered great generals. If Yang Thief is not in the army, our army can easily destroy him;

Shi Jian is not good at military strategy, but he also has a group of staff under his command, and with Pang Hui's guidance, his level has improved by leaps and bounds.

This Qin-Jin war is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to climb up again and win Sima Yan's favor.

So Shi Jian worked hard.

And he felt that he already had the upper hand, so there was no need to be timid.

Sure enough, Sima Yan nodded slowly.

It doesn't matter whether Bandit Yang is in Anyi, as long as these 10 people are eaten, and the tooth banners, Jingjie, and Yuhui are captured, the arrogance of Bandit Qin will suffer a heavy blow.

This is actually the safest way right now.

The benefits are visible and the risks are not great.

Jia Chong cupped his hands and said: "No, there are still tens of thousands of elite Qin thieves in Puban, who are the horns of each other. Today, the power of Qin thieves still exists, so don't act rashly. The key to our army is the partial division of General Cheqi. Turning the river and the sea can break the foundation of the Qin thieves!"

After so many years of conspiracies and tricks, Jia Chong has an amazing intuition about Hedong, which is already a dragon's pond and a tiger's den, which often makes him feel like a light on his back.

"Do you want to sit back and watch Hedong be captured by Qin thieves?" Shi Jian sneered.

Seeing that Jia Chong was in a hurry, he let out a bad breath.

Every time he sees Jia Chong's triangular eyes, rat-tailed mustache, and treacherous minister's face, Shi Jian's heart is filled with a sense of justice.

In the eyes of these celebrities, isn't the kingslayer born to attract hatred?

"What's wrong with changing the east of the river for Guanzhong! If the foundation of Guanzhong is broken, how can the Qin thieves hold on to the east of the river?" Jia Chong argued hard.

There are Tongguan, Hongnong, and Shangdang three places to clamp down on Hedong, and the Qin thieves can't hold it!

If you are willing to give up, you can only get it if you give up first.

"Hmph, it was Your Excellency who let the Qin bandits enter Hedong, and it was Your Excellency who made the plan to encircle Anyi. Today, it is also Your Excellency who gave up on Hedong. It's a waste of opportunity! If you can't defeat the Qin bandits head-on, what can you do in Guanzhong?" Shi Jian is good at talking, and his level of debate is not bad.

One sentence made Jia Chong speechless.

"Both of you are loyal to the country, so don't hurt your peace. The Qin traitors have suffered heavy casualties. Let them shed some more blood to refresh their spirits." Sima Yan reconciled, and finally chose to wait and see what happened.

In the situation, the Jin army holds a slight advantage.

Moreover, he has high expectations for Chen Qian, the [-] elite Chinese army under his command will always have some achievements!

Looking at the Central Plains, Chen Qian and Shi Bao are the only ones who can stand on their own.

Just as he was thinking about Chen Qian, the news from the west came, "Your Majesty, the chariot general's surprise army stood out, the bandits were caught off guard, and Huayin has now been captured!"

"Great kindness!" Sima Yan was overjoyed.

Breaking through Huayin is equivalent to opening the gate of Guanzhong!

However, the scout's next sentence made the atmosphere a little gloomy, "The chariot general suffered nearly [-] casualties, and killed the enemy's first [-] levels!"

300 elites for [-] people...

The battle loss was one to four!

Of course the scouts first announce the good news and then the bad news...

The soldiers in Chen Qian's hands are the essence of the Chinese army, and nearly ten thousand were lost in the first battle, which made Sima Yan very painful.

Elites are not so easy to come by.

It has been several years since the Feng Sa war, and Luoyang has only produced [-] to [-] elites on the basis of the defeat of the army...

But the distress is the distress, and it can be regarded as opening the situation.

Sima Yan comforted himself.

Jia Chong turned his gaze, "Overjoyed! Your Majesty can transfer another army as backup to sweep through Guanzhong!"

Shi Jian's face was gloomy.

Seeing that Sima Yan's heart was agitated, another incident occurred.

It is not known whether Yang Zheng can be besieged or not, but Guanzhong has been opened, and Chang'an is close at hand!

The temptation is not small.

Unexpectedly, Sima Yan still shook his head, "Don't worry! Qin's bandits are all in the east of the river. If our army marches westward, Yang's bandits will abandon Hedong and return to Guanzhong. And when Guanzhong is empty, [-] chariot and cavalry generals are enough, and I will order Wang Jun to send troops to respond."

Shi Jian gave Jia Chong a sideways glance, "Your Majesty is wise!"

Sima Yan had already spoken, and Jia Chong, who knew the current affairs, stopped persuading him.

Sima Yan is not mediocre, but quite assertive.

If Chen Qian's 10,000 army can't get any benefits in Guanzhong, it's useless for Sima Yan's [-]+ army to enter.

If Yang Zheng gave up Anyi and sent his army south to attack Hongnong, then the 10,000+ army's food supply would be cut off and they might be locked in Guanzhong.

The real advantage of the Jin army lies in stability and delay!
If you drag on and compete for national strength, Qin Jun must be the first to fall!

"Order the army to stick to the front and not to move lightly, and then order Liu Hong to leave Shangdang and enter Dongyuan to take care of Anyi!" Sima Yan said lightly.

Like a good chess player, everything is in the chest.

And Sima Yan's hobby is Go, and he often plays against Zhang Hua, He Shao, Xun Xu and others.

In his eyes, this battle is like a game of chess.

Dongyuan is to the east of Anyi, with Liu Hong's 6 horses, and Panghui of Jishan in the north, Anyi is as stable as Mount Tai.

"The first emperor's defeat by Feng Sa was not a crime of war, nor lack of strength, nor was it because the soldiers did not die. It was all due to impulsiveness, the right time and place, and the tricks of Yang Thieves. Today, our army is battling every step of the way. Push forward, this is the siege of the chessboard!" Sima Yan brushed the dust off his sleeves.

"Your Majesty is holy!" Everyone present bowed their hands in worship.

Jia Chong's triangular eyes turned round, and he suddenly felt that it was no accident that Sima Yan could come to this day.

It happened that the eyes of Shi Jian, Sima You and others were also turning.

(End of this chapter)