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"What?" Lian Po's eyes were bigger than copper bells: "Why did the Qi people withdraw their troops?"
Judging from the last scout report a few days ago, the Qi people can say that they have played triumphant songs all the way, and have completely swept the entire eastern part of Huaibei in Chu State, and are even ready to start marching into Huainan and drinking horses in the Yangtze River.
It's only been a few days, why did the Qi people retreat?
Le Cheng shook his head and said: "I don't know about the final general, but it is said that it is related to the Yan State. It seems that the Yan State sent troops to attack the Qi State again."
"Yan State?" Lian Po's expression became even weirder: "Shouldn't Yan State be our ally? Why would you attack Qi State?"
After a while, the old general waved his hands and decided to put aside the bad things about Qi: "Forget it, even if the people of Qi withdraw their troops, with the combined strength of the three Jins, the people of Chu can't be opponents! Wait, wait, has a problem!"
Lian Po jumped up suddenly, looked at the map with piercing eyes for a while, then raised his head to Le Cheng and asked, "Where is the army of Wei State now?"
Le Cheng said: "Wei people are attacking Suzhou."
Lian Po snorted and sneered unabashedly: "Suzhou, hum! Suzhou is only two or three days away from the Huaihe River. Thirty thousand Chu troops went up from the Huaihe River. The Wei army in Suzhou didn't know anything about it. You think it's possible ?"
Only then did Le Cheng suddenly understand, and said: "Could it be that the Wei people and the Chu people are colluding together?"
Lian Po shook his head, and said: "Wei and Chu are now at war, and Wei Guo has also occupied the western part of Huaibei. It is unlikely that the two countries will make peace so easily. Unfaithful! From my point of view, it must be that the people of Wei deliberately released the reinforcements from Chu to consume our strength!"
Le Cheng was a little annoyed when he heard it: "The Wei people are so ignorant, and now Zhao and Wei are allies, since they are still doing things like this!"
Lian Po also shook his head, his face full of depression.
The [-] troops, more or less, just belonged to the kind that is difficult to swallow in one bite, and has enough ability to contain Zhao Guo's army.
In this way, Zhao Jun will no longer be as unscrupulous in his attack on Chencheng as before, and the pressure on Chencheng will inevitably be reduced a lot.
Just when Lian Po and Le Cheng were depressed, a voice sounded outside the tent.
"General, Zhao Kuo is in a hurry to see you!"
"Come in!"
Zhao Kuo walked in.
Five years have passed since the Battle of Changping, and now Zhao Kuo is no longer the guy who was not afraid of looking at everything when he was a newborn calf. Strong, and at the same time, the temperament of the whole person has become more calm.
Many Zhao military generals, including Lian Po, believed that as long as Zhao Kuo was given another ten or 15 years, he would be able to grow into a general like his father Zhao She, and he was even expected to be able to serve them again that day. The branch won the title of the second emperor!
Lian Po said: "Zhao Kuo, what military situation do you have, just tell me."
Zhao Kuo showed a look of excitement on his face, and said: "General, when our scouts were investigating the movements of the enemy troops outside the city, they accidentally discovered that the enemy army outside the city had sent spies, and it seemed that they wanted to approach Chen Cheng." !"
"Oh?" Lian Po raised his eyebrows and said, "Have you ever stopped it?"
Zhao Kuo smiled slightly, and said proudly: "General, the cavalry of Zhao State is the best in the world. How can we not intercept it? Although the Chu people used a lot of tricks, all the messengers have been captured by our army. Shoot!"
"All?" Lian Po and Le Cheng's eyes widened, apparently in disbelief.
Looking at the expressions of the two generals, Zhao Kuo couldn't help but feel a little upset, and repeated what he said just now.
"I also ask the two generals to remember us, Zhao Bianqi, number one in the world!"
This time, Zhao Kuo brought the most elite cavalry of two thousand Zhao border cavalry regiments and one thousand armored cavalry. Five miles away from the city, is it a matter of killing a few messengers who want to quietly pass through Zhao Jun's blockade?
After Zhao Kuo finished showing off, he took out a few pieces of silk paper from his bosom, carefully placed them in front of Lian Po, and made them into a complete piece of paper: "This is what was seized from the messenger, sir. General and General Lecheng have a look!"
Lian Po and Le Cheng looked at each other, and they both saw surprise expressions in each other's eyes: "Is this Yin Shu?"
Yinshu is a special information transmission format used to transmit secrets in this era, and it belongs to the highest level of information.
"Quickly, where is the water pill, and fetch it to make this Yin Shu appear!"
A bowl of elixir was poured on the Yinshu, and after a while, several lines of handwriting began to be displayed slowly.
The three heads leaned side by side on the table, and the three pairs of eyes stared at the Yinshu in front of them.
Lian Po let out a hey, and raised his head first: "What is said in this letter is of no use to us!" The disappointment was beyond words.
There are actually two points stated in this shady letter. The first is that there are a total of 6000 Chu troops who came to support them, and the second is that the Chu army is led by Zhao Hai, the prefect of Dongyue County of Chu State. , and then let the king rest assured that the minister will do his best and so on.
But these are all known information to Zhao Jun. Of course, intercepting these messengers can indeed prevent the soldiers and civilians of Chu State in Chencheng from raising their morale after learning that reinforcements are coming, but that's all.
The expression on Le Cheng's face was almost the same as that of Lian Po's. He was also disappointed and sighed: "I heard that the war in Hedong County is not good at the moment. If we can't make meritorious deeds here, Your Majesty must be very dissatisfied."
Lian Po and Le Cheng looked at each other, and they both saw the helplessness on each other's faces.
Only Zhao Kuo's eyes kept rolling, and after a while he suddenly said: "General, General Le Cheng, actually, I think this may be a good opportunity to break through Chencheng!"
"What?" Lian Po and Le Cheng shook their bodies at the same time, and hurriedly asked, "What's your plan, why don't you tell me quickly!"
Zhao Kuo chuckled, and suddenly took out another object from his bosom, and said in a low voice, "Two generals, please look at this object."
Lian Po and Le Cheng took a closer look, and then their bodies shook at the same time, showing expressions of surprise and joy: "This thing was also captured by you?"
The next moment, two bursts of hearty and joyful laughter sounded in the handsome tent, mixed with a loud chestnut, Zhao Kuo's screams, and Le Cheng's cursing.
"You kid, if you didn't take it out earlier, you'll be beaten!"
Chapter 558 Good News, Your Majesty (Second Update)
Time passed by every minute and every second, and the night finally arrived, and the ubiquitous darkness enveloped the entire earth.
Under the inner city wall of Chencheng, many soldiers of Chu State had fallen asleep holding their weapons.
Soft snoring sounded one after another in the sultry summer air. Because of the long siege, many soldiers looked pale. Some even drooled while sleeping, muttering something in their mouths, as if It was scolding the child who ate the roast chicken and didn't know how to chew the chicken bones together and swallow it into the stomach.
All in all, Chen Cheng looked very peaceful that night.
But even so, there are still some soldiers on duty from the Chu army passing by above the top of the city from time to time. They lighted torches, watched the darkness outside the city vigilantly as they walked, and listened to all unusual sounds, lest they Zhao Guoren seized the opportunity.
Suddenly, a rush of horseshoes broke the silence of the night, and the passing patrol soldiers immediately became vigilant. Looking into the distance, they discovered that there were several light spots approaching rapidly on the plain outside the city.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"
The incomparably sharp sound of gongs sounded immediately, and the soldiers of Chu State under the city woke up suddenly, and they all clenched their weapons and rushed to the top of the city.
"What's going on?" A sleepy Chu general grabbed the patrol captain and shouted sharply, "Where did the enemy attack come from?"
After a while, thousands of Chu soldiers on the city head bent their bows and set up arrows, aiming at the spots of light that came rapidly in the darkness.
The sound of hooves was getting closer, and there was a faint sound of shouting in the night, and there seemed to be the sound of bowstrings being drawn and arrows flying.
General Chu snorted, and said, "These Zhao people want to come to die in the middle of the night? Second and third, wait a minute, wait for my order, let these Zhao people know how good it is!"
Suddenly, an extremely hoarse voice came from the darkness: "I am the messenger of Yue County, and I am being hunted down by the Zhao people. Help me quickly!"