Zang Tu launched a rebellion in Yan State, and the biggest problem was the problem of military strength and manpower. Due to the limitations of the times, although Yan State controlled half of Hebei, the western Liaoning Corridor and basically controlled the Liaodong Peninsula, these places were sparsely populated and had thin money and food in the late Qin and early Han Dynasties. The four counties of Liaodong, western Liaoning, Yuyang and Shanggu only had one county town. Apart from the troops that had to be left behind, the Yan State was extremely capable of collating 50,000 troops for uprising and fighting to compete with the power of the world controlled by the Han court.

It was okay for Zang Tu, because he chose to surrender before the Han army reached into Yan land, and never gave the Han court any excuse to interfere in the internal affairs of Yan State. The Yan State's small court had strong control over the local area, so before the victory or defeat was decided on the Dongyuan battlefield, Yan State had completed the subsequent recruitment work and urgently assembled 30,000 troops in Jicheng, Yandu, which was considered to give Zang Tu and Yan State civil and military officials who were actually worried.

During this period, Zang Quan's front-line report was also sent back to Jicheng. When he learned that the Han army had already recruited troops in Jingxing first, and the main force of Zhao* team was dispatched far earlier than he thought, Zang Tu immediately understood that the situation was not good, and he quickly made a decision, determined to personally lead 25,000 rear troops to the south to help Zang Quan deal with the main force of the Zhao army, and to capture Jingxing important land, leaving only 5,000 troops to guard Jicheng, and his own prince Zang Yan temporarily took charge of the capital. As for the important city of Juyang, which was threatened by the Han army in Daijun, he could no longer draw troops to reinforce Zang Tu simply gritted his teeth and ignored it, and ordered the Juyang defenders to defend the city to gain time for him.

After making up this idea, just the next day, Zang Tu quickly led Zhai Xu, Li Hao and other generals to lead the army south, walking the road to the main battlefield of Dongyuan. As soon as he set out, he ordered the army to march south at a rapid speed. Zhai Xu, who was old on the battlefield, was quite worried when he saw it, and hurriedly spoke to Zang Tu: "King, we have too many new recruits and we don't have time to train and become familiar with it. If we keep marching south at a rapid speed, we are afraid that the soldiers will be left behind and separated. "

Unlike Zang Quan, Zang Tu listened to the advice. After thinking about it, he took back his speed of marching and ordered the army to move south at a speed of 50 miles a day. Then Zang Tu said comfortingly: "It should be like this. Quan'er has many elite troops. Even if the troops are at a disadvantage, there will definitely be no problem in defending the camp. I am not so anxious."

It was also by chance that after passing the Fanyang Iron Mine that Zang Tu had high hopes, Zang Tu had a good dream in the tent that night. He dreamed that before he arrived in Dongyuan, the front army led by Zang Quan had successfully defeated the main force of the Zhao army that rushed north. Then the Yan army's front and rear teams joined forces to quickly seize the crucial Dongyuan City and Jingxing City. The dream was very clear, and even when he woke up, he did not forget any details. So when he continued to set off the next day, Zang Tu was of course smiling, and he thought it was a good omen.

Even Li Hao and Zhai Xu who accompanied the battle saw the signs. When they were curious to ask Zang Tu why he was so happy, Zang Tu did not hide it and told them the good dream he had. As a result, Zhai Xu and Li Hao also agreed with each other and said, "King, this is a good omen, which means that our battle in the south will definitely go very smoothly."

"The eldest son can definitely do this." Li Hao also said: "The Zhao traitor army has been capable of being on the battlefield in Qi. It is far inferior to the iron cavalry of our Yan State. Xia said that the man was a throng that hastily assembled this time. When we meet the iron cavalry of our Yan State, we will definitely not be the opponent. The general dares to bet with his head that we don't need our reinforcements to arrive. The eldest son can directly defeat the Zhao traitor army!"

"Report——!"

It seemed as if it was to make General Li Hao who had tried his best to flatter and please him in front of Uncle Zhou to fulfill his promise. At this moment, a scout horse suddenly ran back in front of him and rushed directly to Zang Tu to dismount and salute, and reported loudly: "Your Majesty, we have met the team of the eldest son, and the eldest son wants to see you immediately."

"So quickly? Have you met Quan'er's army?" Zang Tu was happy at first, then suddenly stunned, and quickly shouted: "How is it possible? Isn'er's army in Dongyuan? Why have we just passed Fanyang and met his army before we even left the border?"

"Good King, forgive me." The scout replied carefully: "The eldest son fled back because he was defeated. All the infantry were lost, and only a few thousand cavalry left fled back."

With a light bang, the whip in Zang Tu's hand fell to the ground, and his face suddenly turned gray. Zhai Xuze next to him asked Li Hao in a low voice: "General Li, what bet did you say you were using just now?"

After quickly ordering the army to stop moving forward, a moment passed. With the sound of horse hooves, the defeated Yan army soldiers who were disguised their armor appeared in front of Zang Tu and others. Then, Zang Quan, who didn't even know where to go on the helmet, rushed back to Zang Tu. As soon as he met, he bowed to Zang Tu and lie down in front of Zang Tu and cried loudly. Zang Tu looked at his precious son and looked at the crowd of defeated Yan army soldiers in a mess. Then he roared and said, "What happened? How could he lose so badly? How many people are left now? How many people are left?"

"My son is incompetent, but my son is incompetent." Zang Quan kowtowed and cried loudly, "My son and Xia said that the man fought in the southern suburbs of Dongyuan. Xia said that the man relied on his troops more than twice that of Erchen. He personally led the army to charge the battle, and tore a gap from Erchen's central position, killing Erchen's flag formation, causing our army to lose command and defeat on its own. Yan Yaopu took the opportunity to come from behind. Our army was defeated and forced to flee back to the camp. Who would have thought that before the defeated soldiers returned to the camp, the bandit general Tao Xi led the violent army to suddenly arrive and followed the situation to break into our camp. Our army..., our army was defeated and defeated. There were about five thousand cavalrymen who fled back... and more than five thousand people."

After roughly speaking, Zang Quan repeatedly slapped his head and apologized, crawling in front of Zang Tu and crying to death. Zang Tu, who was small and profitable, was so angry that he waved his whip and roared wildly, "Then why are you coming back? Then what are you coming back? What are you doing? Why don't you die on the battlefield? Why don't you die on the battlefield?"

The Yan army next to him rushed up and grabbed Zang Tu. Zang Quan escaped the misfortune of being killed by Zang Tu. Zhao Shoe, who also escaped, also spoke to Zang Tu: "Master, the minister can prove it. The eldest son has tried his best. It's not that he is incompetent in command, but that the Zhao traitor army attacked too fiercely. Even Xia said that the ordinary man personally rushed to fight to inspire morale. The Zhao traitor army's military advantage is too great, and the eldest son can't resist it, so the current situation is created."

"Don't calm down." Li Hao also advised: "The Zhao traitor army is famous for using infantry cavalry. Even if the infantry battle formation is encountered by the Huns, it will not be inferior. It has an advantage in military strength. It is normal for our cavalry to defeat them." - By the way, this is the truth. In the era without stirrups and high bridge saddles, even the Zhao ** team, which was shot by Hu's cavalry, still used infantry as the main force of combat.

After all, it was his own biological son. After hearing the persuasion of everyone, Zang Tu still threw the whip on the ground angrily, and then shouted at Zang Quan: "How many violent men are there on the battlefield of Dongyuan?"

"Report to my father, I don't know how many of them are." Zang Quanzhan replied tremblingly: "I only know that the thief general Tao Xi brought more than 30,000 troops. Xia Shuo commanded the Zhao traitor army of thieves and thirty-five or sixty-six, and Yan Yao's man's hands had about six or seven thousand troops."

"So many?" Zang Tu's face turned pale and he murmured: "So, the front troop of the rioters alone has reached more than 80,000, which is more than twice our total troop?"

"King, the bandit army has a much larger force than we expected, and Dongyuan must not go any further." Zhai Xu said hurriedly: "Where will we go next? Please make an idea."

After thinking about it for a while, Zang Tu roared, "I'll order the entire army to withdraw to Jicheng immediately, and make every effort to strengthen the city defense in Shengou Gaozuo, and prepare to fight with the violent thief army to the death in Jicheng."

"King, what should I do if Zhuo County and Yi County?" Zhai Xu asked again: "There is also Fanyang behind us, where there are two small towns, new and old, and we can keep troops stationed. Should we leave troops to garrison? How much time will we buy us?"

"Our troops are not enough, so don't stay and defeat them all." Zang Tu sighed and said the truth, "Give up the two small cities in Fanyang, and the defenders of Zhuo County and Yi County. If you can draw back, all of them will be transferred back. We will only guard one city in Jicheng next."

The attack on Zang Tu was still behind. After dejectedly leading the army back to Jicheng, he hurried back to Jicheng. Before Zang Tu could enter the city, an urgent report came from Juyang, saying that it was the Han general Gongsun Tong who led 20,000 troops to the city of Juyang. Someone suddenly rebelled and rebelled in the Juyang defenders. The Han army inside and outside took Juyang. Zang Tu complained even more when he heard the report. He could only order the army to seize the time to establish a camp, and at the same time rushed back to the city to summon civil and military confidants to discuss countermeasures.

This is also the most depressing and dullest court meeting in Yan Guo's opening since Zang Tu claimed to be king. Facing Zang Tu's roar, Yan Guo's civil and military officials were silent, and they didn't even dare to breathe. No one stood up to offer suggestions and help Zang Tu resolve the crisis in front of him. This is also impossible. The huge gap in strength is too huge. Even if Han Xin really arrived in Yan Guo, he was basically destined to be helpless, let alone others.

Finally, he was forced to make things anxious by Zang Tu. Zhang Shengcai, Zang Tu's think tank, said, "King, since things have reached this point, we have no choice. We can only defend Jicheng and ask for help from the Huns. Only when the Huns dispatch troops to rescue us can we have hope of surviving this difficulty."

"Is it that easy to ask for help from the Huns?" Zang Tu said in a bitter voice, "Not to mention that we and the Xiongnu border tribe suddenly turned their faces. Even if the Xiongnu Khan didn't care about this, he might not have sent reinforcements to us. Spring has come. According to the Xiongnu living habits, now is the time for them to move north to reproduce cattle and sheep. Will the Xiongnu Khan sacrifice their Xiongnu's livelihood for us?"

"Don't worry, we don't need to ask the Huns to come out in full swing to save us." Zhang Sheng hurriedly said: "We only need to ask the Huns and Khan to send 100,000 troops to rescue us, and we have hope to block the attack of the violent army. If the king does not abandon it, the ministers are willing to go to the grassland in person and ask for help from the Huns on behalf of the king."

"Father, let me go." Zang Yan, who surrendered to the Huns in history, quickly stood up and robbed the envoy and volunteered to Zang Tu: "My son is the crown prince of Yan. On behalf of your father, you go to the Huns for help. This can not only prove our sincerity in complying with the ministers, but also make a decision for the father and agree to other additional conditions proposed by the Huns."

"I have to do this." Zang Tu sighed helplessly and nodded, "Then let's go, the prince. As long as the Huns are willing to send troops, you can agree to me no matter what the conditions are. Zhang Sheng stayed and continued to help me give advice and deal with the violent army."

Zhang Sheng had no choice but to bow his hands and sing, then glared at Zang Yan quietly, and thought to himself: "Crown Prince, you are walking fast enough."

It happened that Zhang Sheng's resentful gaze was also seen by Zang Yan. Zang Yan also understood Zhang Sheng's thoughts and said in his heart: "Don't think that I don't know that you want to leave. I must leave. I am the crown prince personally appointed by the emperor. My father rebelled and plotted against him. If I don't slip to a safer grassland quickly. When Jicheng is broken, I will definitely die without a burial place."

Zang Tu should indeed keep Zhang Sheng. Next, Zang Tu asked everyone how to defend the capital, but everyone still kept silent. Only Zhang Sheng, who had no way out, spoke up and offered Zang Tu two very reliable strategies. One was to let all the troops enter the city to ensure that there were enough troops available when defending the city; the other was to organize other people in the city to assist in the battle, help the Yan army defend the city, and at the same time spread rumors, saying that the Han army would use the massacre after breaking the city, forcing the people in the city to defend the city with all their might.

Of course, Zang Tu adopted these two strategies without hesitation. After a little calculation, Zang Tu took his own initiative and said: "Also, all the troops are stationed in the city, the houses in the city will definitely be requisitioned in large quantities, and your families will definitely be affected. So, when you go back, you will prepare quickly. Before sunset tomorrow, let your parents and wives live in the palace city, and be protected by my guards, so that you can defend the city on the city with peace of mind."

I knew that Zang Tu wanted to take hostages, but none of the officials in Yan dared to point it out. They could only bow their hands and sing their promises honestly and accept Zang Tu's arrangements with a angrily voice. Then it was still at this time that the think tank Zhang Sheng suddenly remembered a big event and said hurriedly: "King, my subordinates suddenly remembered a big event. The violent army was forcing Jicheng in three directions. Why until now, we still don't know who the commander of the violent Qin army is?"

It was still Zhang Sheng reminded that Zang Tu realized that the situation was indeed wrong. Xia said that Tao Xi and Gongsun Tong advanced to Yan at the same time, why were none of them the main generals? He immediately said: "Yes, why did I neglect this? The troops of the three tyrants have not had much difference in strength and are not subordinate to each other. Why haven't I heard of who is the head commander yet?"

"The king, there should be two possibilities." Wei Man, the general of the Yan army, spoke, and said: "First, the court did not appoint the front-line chief generals of the rioters' army at all, but just asked Xia Shuo and Gongsun to fight each other. Second, the rioters appointed by the rioters' court may still be on the way, and it will take some time to reach Yan territory."

Zang Tu nodded slowly and said, "This is an opportunity. You can think of a way for me to see if you can take advantage of the opportunity of the violent thief army that is not subordinate to each other and fight for their own people, and do something."

Only then did the officials of Yan State finally feel a little bit of spirit. During the discussion, some people offered suggestions and suggested that Zang Tu attack decisively and defeat the three Han troops. As a result, before such suggestions were finished, they were already rejected by Zang Tu, "Break each one? It's easy to say. We only have more than 30,000 troops in total, and we must leave our troops to guard the capital. We don't have the upper hand in front of the violent army. How do we defeat the Han thieves one by one?"

"King, as far as we are concerned, it is indeed very unlikely to defeat the violent army." Zhang Sheng spoke again and said, "But my subordinates think that using this to make some delaying strategies may give us some time."

"How to use a slow-strike strategy?" Zang Tu asked hurriedly.

"My subordinates believe that we should start against Zhao thief Xia." Zhang Sheng calculated and said, "Xia said that the common man was not the emperor's direct lineage and his position was unstable. He would definitely hope to take this opportunity to establish great achievements and consolidate his position as Zhao Prime Minister. In this case, why not send secret envoys to pretend to negotiate surrender with him and pretend to put down his weapons and surrender to Zhao ** team. Xia said that seeing Jicheng can be obtained without a fight, we will definitely not rush to launch an attack. In this way, we can reduce a lot of pressure, which will help us stay in Jicheng for a long time."

"And when it comes to a certain time, we can deliberately spread the news to Tao Xi and Gongsun and the two common men. Know that as long as they arouse suspicion of Xia, they will no longer be so united, and they are not subordinate to each other, the pressure we face on the battlefield will definitely be even less."

Zang Tu nodded slowly, and after a while, Zang Tu said, "You can give it a try, let's send someone to discuss secret negotiations with Xia. As long as he can come forward to ask the court for pardon, we will immediately put down our weapons and surrender to the Zhao team led by him."

"The king's trick is that Xia said that as long as the common man is greedy for me and is moved, he will definitely bargain with us. It is even possible that the above article will be violent and pray for pardon for us. As long as he does this, we can get time." Zhang Sheng quickly praised and asked, "King, who will send to Xia to secretly contact the common man? It is not that the ministers are greedy for life and fear death, but that the ministers and Xia say that the common man has never had any contact. Even if they go to the enemy camp, it is difficult to convince Xia to be moved."
Chapter completed!