My brother Ying Zheng, who dares to kill me?.

Chapter 737 Even if I have to become a coward, I will wait until Li Mu returns! There are treacherous officials in the court!

At the same time, in the Qin army camp.

The smile will not disappear out of thin air, it will only transfer from Li Mu's face to Ying Chengjiao's face.

"Did Zhao really change its generals before the battle?!"

Ying Chengjiao held a piece of cloth in his hand, his eyes full of excitement.

A waiter stood beside Ying Chengjiao, smiled and nodded: "After Prince Jia was jailbroken, the King of Zhao was furious."

"That evening, the King of Zhao ordered Zhao Cong, a member of the royal family, to lead 50,000 troops to Wu'an Jun's army and take over the position of commander-in-chief."

After a pause, the waiter added: "This news was reported by Zhao Xiang Guo Kai who personally went to our Great Qin residence to inform us."

"The comrades hiding in the Zhao army also verified this news."

"As for whether this news is true or not, it is up to Lord Chang'an and the other ministers in the court to judge!"

The news was brought back by the waiter.

But this news was proactively provided by the Prime Minister of Zhao.

Whether Zhao State really wanted to change its generals before the battle or just make a feint to lure Ying Chengjiao into the trap still had to be judged by Ying Chengjiao and the ministers in the court.

Ying Chengjiao played with the paper in his hand and asked thoughtfully, "What are the conditions for Zhao Xiang Guokai?"

The waiter said solemnly: "Zhao Xiang Guo Kai is willing to open the gates of Handan City when my Great Qin needs it."

"I only hope that his rank can be raised one level after he returns to Qin."

Ying Chengjiao raised his eyebrows slightly: "He wants to be the Third Duke?"

According to the terms originally agreed upon between Daqin and Guo Kai, if Guo Kai cooperated with Daqin to get rid of Li Mu, Daqin would give Guo Kai ten carts of treasures. At the same time, Daqin was willing to give Guo Kai the position of one of the nine ministers of Daqin, and Guo Kai could enter Qin to take up the post at any time.

And now, Guo Kai actually wants to go up one more level?
The candidate couldn't help laughing and said, "He wants to be the prime minister!"

Ying Chengjiao was speechless, and then laughed: "He wants to die!"

Someone once privately asked Ying Chengjiao for the position of Shangqing as a bargaining chip for betrayal.

Today, those people are probably four or five years old!
If Guo Kai just asked for the position of senior minister, Ying Zheng might really give it to him - although he might not give it for how long, but even if he only let Guo Kai be the senior minister of the Qin Dynasty for one day, Ying Zheng would have agreed.

But Guo Kai actually asked for the position of prime minister!

Guo Kai's fate was already determined!
This crazy request, which seemed like it had gone insane, also made Ying Chengjiao feel more at ease.

It is true that only Guo Kai could come up with such a crazy request. If it were someone else, they probably wouldn't even dare to think about it!
After a moment's silence, Ying Chengjiao said in a deep voice, "Please continue to keep an eye on Handan."

"Besides that, try to find out where Zhao Wuan-jun is going!"

The waiter bowed solemnly: "Yes!"

Ying Chengjiao strode out of the military tent, took the long halberd from Bafu, and ordered in a deep voice: "Send the order to the whole army!"

"Each unit should prepare food, and each commander should adjust the intensity of the attack. The entire army should finish eating within two hours!"

"All the captains will go to the central army to discuss matters!"

The originally tragic battlefield calmed down a little.

The intensity of the Qin army's attack suddenly slowed down a lot.

However, Zhao Cong was not at ease when faced with the sudden slowdown in the intensity of the attack, but was only worried.

Standing on the gate tower of Yangyi City, looking towards the Fushan battlefield and listening to the scouts' report, Zhao Cong asked solemnly, "Is the Qin army like this recently?"

Sima Shang shook his head: "That's not the case."

"The Qin army has been attacking Fushan fiercely in recent days, and some days they have even been attacking day and night!"

"According to Lord Wu'an's prediction, the Qin army will be able to capture Fushan Camp in ten days at most and completely enter the Yangyi Valley on the east side of Fushan."

"Then our army can set up an ambush and attack from all sides of the Yangyi Valley, and then send a group of elite soldiers to go around and block them on the Xing Road."

"Thus encircling and annihilating the Qin army!"

The Yangyi Valley was like a jar, and Li Mu had already prepared to catch the turtle in the jar here!

The Huoyan Mountain Camp and Fushan Camp located to the west of Yangyi were just baits thrown out to make Ying Chengjiao let down his guard.

Zhao Cong frowned: "There must be something wrong when things are out of the ordinary!"

"People say that Qin Chang'an Jun can communicate with ghosts and gods. Our military deployment may not be hidden from Qin Chang'an Jun!"

"Pass this general's order!"

"Send another 5,000 scouts south to patrol the mountain roads to prevent the Qin army from withdrawing troops and horses to bypass Taihang Mountain from the southern mountain roads."

"Order the rear army of Yuanbaoshan to move forward to Yangyi to strengthen the defense of our central army."

"Inform all the generals in the army to be careful!"

Sima Shang hurriedly bowed: "Yes!"

The messengers scattered out and adjusted the formation of the Zhao army.

Zhao Cong looked at the generals behind him and said earnestly: "Today, Wu'an Jun returns to Handan City."

"You two must do your best to resist the Qin army."

"As long as we hold out until Wu Anjun returns, our army will be victorious!"

"You all don't want Wu Anjun to see only devastation and corpses when he returns, right?"

Zhao Cong knew very well that his ability was not as good as Li Mu's.

Now facing the Qin Chang'an Jun, Zhao Cong does not seek victory, but only seeks not to be defeated!
So Zhao Cong did not hesitate to tell all the captains openly.

Even if he has to become a coward, Zhao Cong will wait until Li Mu comes back!
But a burst of rapid drumbeats shattered Zhao Cong's fantasy.

Under the command of Linggu, the Qin army completely gave up the attack on Fushan. The Qin army troops that had originally attacked Fushan were stationed at the foot of Fushan, guarding all the important roads for the Zhao army to go down the mountain.

The Qin army's main banner advanced from the pass at the foot of Fushan Mountain into the Yangyi Valley!
Zhao Cong leaned forward in disbelief, exclaiming in astonishment: "How could this be!"

"The Qin army clearly did not take down the Fushan camp, how dare they advance into Yangyi!"

“Are you not afraid that after they enter the valley, the Fushan defenders will cut off their retreat and trap them around Yangyi, and they will be completely annihilated by our army?!”

"How dare Qin Chang'an Jun do this with such a weak army!" "Generals, what do you think Qin Chang'an Jun's intention is?!"

If we use one word to evaluate Ying Chengjiao's current actions, it would be——

Military taboo!

Zhao Cong didn't believe that Ying Chengjiao, who had won consecutive battles and conquered the Three Kingdoms, would commit a major military taboo that even beginners would not commit.

But Zhao Cong really couldn't figure out what Ying Chengjiao meant by this move, so he could only look to the generals behind him for knowledge.

Generals of Huqiong: ???
You are the commander, and you ask us?
But since Zhao Cong asked, all the Zhao generals racked their brains and spoke up.

Hu Qiong asked tentatively, "Could it be that Qin Chang'an Jun has been unable to capture Fushan after a long siege, and is trying to use the movements of the central army to force the Fushan soldiers to come down the mountain and fight a decisive battle with the Qin army?"

Ren You shook his head. "Qin Chang'an Jun can drive the Earth Dragon. If Qin Chang'an Jun really can't do anything to the Fushan Camp, he can order the Earth Dragon to turn over and break Fushan. I think Qin Chang'an Jun did this because he wanted to fight quickly, so he handed over the Fushan Camp to his detachment to attack, and he personally led his troops to engage our army as soon as possible."

Sima Shang said in a deep voice: "I think that Qin Chang'an Jun wants to fight a decisive battle! And no matter what Qin Chang'an Jun wants to do, Yangyi cannot be easily given to Qin Chang'an Jun."

"Otherwise, the heartland of our Zhao State will be at the mercy of Qin Chang'an Jun!"

While listening to the advice of the generals, Zhao Cong verified it with the military strategies he had learned.

After a while, Zhao Cong said, "I think what Commandant Sima said is very true."

"No matter what Qin Chang'an Jun intends to do, our army must not let the Qin army seize the land of Yangyi!"

"Pass on my order! The defenders of Yuanbao Mountain must speed up their march and meet up with our central army as soon as possible."

"The central army abandoned Yangyi and set up camp facing west. The left wing..."

"All the ambushes around Yangyi are ready to attack immediately upon receiving the order!"

After giving the orders one by one, Zhao Cong took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "My friends, follow me."

"Let's fight against Qin Chang'an Jun together!"

The generals responded loudly: "Yi!"

The gates of Yangyi were wide open, and one by one the Zhao soldiers walked out of the thin city wall.

The 120,000 Zhao soldiers formed a regular square formation five miles west of Yangyi and were ready for battle.

Twenty thousand Zhao army soldiers are galloping towards this place from Yuanbao Mountain.

Another 20,000 Zhao troops were stationed in the direction of Dongbishan, and 30,000 Zhao troops were ambushed around the valley.

And to the east of Yangyi, a dazzling large banner appeared in front of all the Zhao army soldiers.

Under that big banner, more than 90,000 Qin soldiers marched forward!

What Zhao Cong couldn't understand was that these more than 90,000 Qin troops actually arranged themselves into several inverted figure-eight formations!

Zhao Cong was slightly startled, and then his expression suddenly turned cold: "The main force of the Qin army is in Jingxing, and the number of troops under the command of Qin Chang'an Jun is only about 100,000."

"And our army has nearly 200,000 troops!"

"Qin Chang'an Jun took the initiative to attack our army with a weak force, and even arranged such a formation?"

"I'm afraid Lord Qin Chang'an has already known about our replacement of generals!"

"There are treacherous officials in the court!"

The center of the goose formation is completely open and faces the enemy, while the left and right wings are inserted forward like goose wings. It is good at attacking the strong and defending the weak, and is good at long-range shooting and outflanking. It is basically a winning formation for a strong army against a small army.

As a result, Ying Chengjiao deployed such a formation even though he had obviously fewer troops under his command.

Ying Chengjiao didn't even regard the commander of the Zhao army as a human being!

Zhao Cong knew what was going on.

Ying Chengjiao would never look down on Li Mu like this, but would only look down on Zhao Cong!

But what can Zhao Cong do?
Taking a deep breath, Zhao Cong said in a deep voice: "The weakness of the Goose Formation lies in the center of the Goose Formation!"

"Order Captain Hu Qiong to lead his troops forward and distract the Qin army from their formation."

"Send a message to Lieutenant Ren You. I will assign 3,000 elite knights to your unit. Order Lieutenant Ren You to lead these 3,000 knights and your unit's knights to charge forward when the opportunity arises and attack the center of the Qin army!"

"Order the commander Sima Shang to guard our central camp!"

"Chariots, get ready for battle!"

Hu Qiong's troops were the first to go out into the battle, running wildly towards the Qin army and charging!
"kill!!!"

Listening to the roar of Hu Qiong's troops, Ying Chengjiao spoke calmly: "Left and right wings."

"Crossbow arrows are fired in a round!"

The Qin crossbowmen lined up in front raised their crossbows, aimed slightly at the direction of the Zhao army, and then pulled the trigger hard!

"Boom boom boom~~~"

The crossbow strings exploded like thunder, driving more than ten thousand crossbow arrows to shoot into the sky, and then smash down on the heads of Hu Qiong's troops!
"Do not!!!"

"Charge! Those who dare to retreat will die!"

"The only way to survive is to charge through the enemy's crossbow array!"

Hundreds of Zhao soldiers were killed on the spot, and more than a thousand were shot and wounded, falling to the ground crying in grief.

However, Hu Qiong's troops did not stop their charge. They still used their own lives or those of their comrades as shields to narrow the distance between the Qin and Zhao armies!

Two hundred feet!
Baizhang!

Fifty feet!
The Qin army's crossbowmen finally began to retreat, but a gap suddenly appeared in the center of Hu Qiong's formation.

Ren You personally led five thousand elite knights and galloped out on horseback, roaring angrily:

"Generals, obey the order!"

"Break the formation!"

"Kill the enemy!"

(End of this chapter)