My brother Ying Zheng, who dares to kill me?

January 5, the 17th year of Qin Wangzheng.

Looking at the military report sent back by Su Jiao, Ying Chengjiao sighed softly with a complicated voice: "It seems that Dai Wu'an Jun was indeed only the commander of a detachment in this battle, not the commander of the enemy army."

"This is really..."

"Great!"

Ying Chengjiao would not feel any regret for not being able to fight a battle on equal terms with the top generals.

War is about human lives!

Ying Chengjiao never longed for a hearty bloody battle, and even more despised a war of equal strength.

Being able to kill more enemies while preserving his soldiers as much as possible is what Ying Chengjiao pursues in war!

And now, Ying Chengjiao's dream has been half realized.

Yang Hu leaned over to Ying Chengjiao's side, stretched his neck to look at the military report in Ying Chengjiao's hand, but could not make out anything. He asked in confusion: "Captain Su led the army to retreat to the southwest as ordered by the commander-in-chief."

"From this, did the commander-in-chief see that Dai Wu'an Jun was not the enemy commander-in-chief?"

Su Jiao's military report was mediocre, basically consistent with the military meeting before the war.

Yang Hu really didn't know how Ying Chengjiao could see from this military report that Li Mu was not the enemy commander-in-chief.

Zhang Liang spoke in a gentle and soft voice: "The commander ordered Su Duwei's troops to rush to Lishi City as a test."

"According to Su Duwei's report, the enemy troops chasing Su Duwei's troops are mainly Hu cavalry, with a strength of about 550,000, and the pursuit speed is not fast, giving Su Duwei's troops relatively ample time to evacuate."

"From this, it can be seen that the enemy has no intention of pursuing and annihilating Su Duwei, but is only marching to the southwest under the pretext of Su Duwei's troops."

"In this way, Jicheng is exposed to our army."

"I think the enemy commander is throwing Jicheng to our army as bait in this way."

"It is almost impossible for Dai Wu'an Jun to adopt such a military strategy!"

"The only reasonable explanation for the enemy's strategy is that the enemy commander is the King of Donghu!"

"I don't know if what I said is what the commander thinks?"

The tactics of pursuit, escape, scattered battles, and raids, etc., which rely on high mobility, are the war modes that Donghu and Xiongnu are best at.

But in the local battlefield of Su Jiao's troops, the barbarians did not show such a housekeeping skill at all. Instead, like an old security guard led away by a lost puppy, they left the gate that was supposed to be guarded by him slowly, calmly, and logically, exposing the tons of gold, silver and jewelry inside the gate to the public.

Admittedly, the barbarians may have done this because they were intimidated by Ying Chengjiao's reputation, afraid of the strategy of luring the enemy deep into the country, and unwilling to fight for the country of Dai.

However, Zhang Liang believed that the barbarians' move was the enemy's strategy, and the gold, silver and jewelry exposed inside the gate were the enemy's bait!

This strategy is absolutely impossible for Li Mu to adopt!

It's not because Li Mu couldn't think of it, nor because Li Mu couldn't bear it, nor because Dai Wangjia was reluctant to give up Jicheng.

It is because Dai Wangjia's check and balance on Li Mu is achieved by promoting the former Yan nobles. The former Yan nobles, who have already gained considerable voice in the court of Dai, will never allow Dai Wangjia and Li Mu to sacrifice Jicheng in this battle!

Then the result is obvious. The leader of the enemy in this battle must be a strong non-Dai national.

Taking into account the strength, status, and subordinate relationship of the various forces in the enemy coalition, Donghu King Bater is the only correct choice!

Ying Chengjiao nodded and said, "What Corporal Zhang said is what I think."

"There is a 90% chance that the commander in chief of this battle is the King of Donghu, Bater, and the King of Dai and Dai Wu'an Jun do not have much say in the enemy army."

After a pause, Ying Chengjiao said thoughtfully, "Of course, there is another possibility."

"The King of Donghu suddenly decided on this strategy, and never made it clear that Jicheng was a bait, so that Dai Wu'an Jun could not warn the King of Dai in advance."

"And the King of Dai and the dignitaries of Jicheng failed to see through the King of Donghu's plan, so Jicheng became the bait of the King of Donghu without knowing it."

The more Ying Chengjiao thought about it, the more he felt that the second guess was more likely!

Although Jicheng was a price that King Jia of Dai could sacrifice, the sacrifice of Jicheng must be a valuable sacrifice for the Dai Kingdom rather than a valuable sacrifice for the coalition forces. King Jia of Dai would not sacrifice his own interests for the coalition forces.

Moreover, Jicheng cannot fall too early, and Shanggu County around Jicheng cannot be defeated, otherwise the court that Dai Wangjia has finally balanced will tilt again, and Dai Wangjia will have to rely on Li Mu again. The power that Dai Wangjia has just obtained will be greatly reduced, and the morale of Shanggu soldiers under Li Mu will also be severely damaged, which is not conducive to the strategic planning of Li Mu's troops.

Yang Hu's eyes lit up: "Jicheng was used as bait?"

"Doesn't that mean that Jicheng must have fewer troops?"

"Is the enemy not afraid that our army will only eat bait and decouple and wander around?!"

Ying Chengjiao's train of thought was interrupted.

What do you mean by only eating bait? What do you mean by decoy?

This general suspects that you are mocking me!

Zhang Liang took the opportunity to speak: "If the commander's first guess is true, then the money and food of the important officials of Dai must have been transported away long ago, and the King of Dai may have even led his important officials and their families westward to prepare to join forces with the Lord of Dai Wu'an."

"Conquering Jicheng is meaningless to our army. Instead, it will cause our army to be attacked from three sides instead of one side."

"If the commander's second guess is true, there must be a large number of troops in Jicheng. Otherwise, the King of Dai will not be easily deceived by the King of Donghu. With the advantage of Jicheng's defense, the enemy is likely to complete the encirclement of our army when our army attacks Jicheng. At that time, our army may find it difficult to escape."

"And in this case, our army will be led by the nose by the enemy, and our strategy and deployment will all fall into the enemy's expectations!"

Yang Hu was at a loss: "In this case, Jicheng is either a straight hook, which is tasteless for our army."

"Or it is a hard hook. Once our army moves forward, it may be difficult to escape?!"

"In this case, what should our army do?"

Zhang Liang also looked at the Kunyu map and fell into deep thought.

Attacking Jicheng in the north is tasteless, attacking Jicheng in the northeast is not beneficial to the overall situation, and the mountains and mudflats on the east and west sides are not conducive to the deployment of large troops. Neither of them is a suitable direction for launching an attack.

Then, should we persuade the commander to take advantage of the contradictions within the enemy army and lure the main force of the enemy army in the northwest Lishicheng direction into the encirclement to complete the annihilation?

If the remaining veins of Taihang Mountain in the southwest can be used to encircle the Hu bandits, the Qin army will have the opportunity to use this war to establish a victory.

But how can the Qin army lure this enemy army composed mainly of Hu bandits into the trap?

Although Zhang Liang now has extraordinary talents, he has too little experience and knowledge after all. He has never experienced the heavy blows of life. He is still a young man who is just starting out, carefree, and has not yet realized his talents. For a while, he really couldn't think of a way to break the situation.

Ying Chengjiao suppressed his complaints about Yang Hu and said in a deep voice: "There is a third possibility."

"Jicheng and the King of Dai are both sacrifices given by the enemy to our army!"

Combining intelligence from all sides, Ying Chengjiao's intuition told him that what the enemy threw at him was not a straight hook with bait, nor a hard hook with bait, but a combination of a 'No Fishing' warning sign (Lishi City) and a '80 miles ahead, a pond full of fish, free fishing ground welcomes you' propaganda sign (Jicheng) to lure the enemy!

Zhang Liang's eyes were blank at first, then they lit up, and he suddenly said: "The commander means that the enemy just wants us to go to Jicheng!"

Ying Chengjiao nodded slightly: "Yes."

"The enemy just wants us to attack Jicheng."

"If my guess is correct, there will only be a few guards in Jicheng."

"But if we investigate further, or our army is at the gates of the city, a large number of enemy troops will rush to Jicheng, or a large number of enemy troops will directly emerge from Jicheng, guiding me to further send troops to Jicheng!"

"As for the survival or death of Jicheng, it is not It is not important to the enemy commander. "

Zhang Liang frowned and said: "If so, this Jicheng is not only tasteless, but also cannot be left!"

Ying Chengjiao smiled and shook his head: "No."

"I will go."

"This plan has been taken by me!"

Zhang Liang was stunned: "Commander, are you going to fall for it?"

"Then won't our army be led by the enemy?"

"This move is not in line with the art of war!"

Zhang Liang couldn't understand why Ying Chengjiao took the initiative to walk into the trap since he thought the enemy was leading the Qin army into a trap?

Isn't this a way to his own death!

Ying Chengjiao looked at Kunyutu and said calmly: "Our army is indeed being led by the nose by the enemy."

"But how can this not be our army leading the enemy by the nose?"

"Who wins and who loses is just a matter of seconds!"

After deciding on a strategy, Ying Chengjiao asked in a deep voice: "Has the vanguard of Deputy General Ben's troops not yet connected with our scouts?"

Xiao He said in a deep voice: "According to the report from the scouts of Deputy General Ben's troops, the vanguard of Deputy General Ben's troops should be at sunrise today. Join our army before sunset."

"The main force of Lieutenant General Ben can join our army before midnight tonight."

Ying Chengjiao looked down at the Kunyu map, and after a while he said solemnly: "Order Lieutenant General Ben to stop advancing immediately!"

"Order Lieutenant General Ben to lead 300,000 troops to hide in the branches of Taihang Mountain along the Xibanyu line, and order Commandant Feng Wuzhe to lead 100,000 troops to guard the Yishui Great Wall line, implement military control, and close all checkpoints along the Great Wall, except No one is allowed to pass except those who hold the order of the king or the order of this general! "

"Order the commander-in-chief Su Jiao to continue to lead the enemy army to the west of Taihang Mountain. When the enemy army is fifty miles away from the mountain range, the entire army will quickly escape into the mountain, and then go south along the mountain road to meet up with the deputy general Ben. "

"Order the commanders of all the divisions in Wuyang City and Qizhou City to strictly guard the city and not to send troops without orders. "

"Order the commanders Xin Sheng, Yang Qiu, Zhang Xiao, Qi Attack Jicheng!"

"Order Captain Deng Ming to continue guarding Zhuocheng, and his scouts to expand 50 miles outward. If they find out the enemy situation, report it to me immediately. If the enemy is strong, order them to pretend to be defeated and retreat quickly, and immediately go south to the Yishui Great Wall!"

"We will cook at sunrise tomorrow (5:00), move camp at mealtime (7:00), and go north to Jicheng!"

Yang Hu didn't understand what Ying Chengjiao was talking about with Zhang Liang until the end, and he became more and more confused the more he listened.

But when he heard Ying Chengjiao's order, Yang Hu immediately became excited and bowed with other generals: "Yes!"