Chapter 137 The Game Begins (16)
"Open the city gate, I have emergency military affairs..."
Outside Hengcheng, a young man in civilian costume rode a big dark horse, holding a token in his hand and shouting all the way.
The Han soldiers on the city tower looked down the city tower for a while, then turned around and ran to the rear, shouting to the soldiers guarding the city gate: "Open the city gate..."
After a while, more than a dozen soldiers tried their best to pull open the two huge city gates.
At the gate of the city, a path that only one horse was exposed. The middle-aged man who was riding a horse rushed into the city like a bolt of lightning.
In just a few breaths, his figure disappeared from everyone's sight.
The soldiers were a little stunned and looked out of the city. After confirming that there was no one, they closed the city gate again.
Outside the general's mansion, the middle-aged man quickly pulled the horse rope. The big black horse's front hooves suddenly lifted, stopped the horse's feet, and made a mooing sound.
"Who are you?"
Dozens of guards outside the general's mansion drew their swords and were on guard.
"Get out of the way, I have urgent military affairs, and I must meet the Supreme Commander here immediately." The middle-aged man held up the token in his hand, and rushed straight into the general's mansion as if he had passed by a nobody.
"It's from the Supervisory Office."
The guards saw the tokens in the middle-aged man's hands and returned to their positions.
In the hall, Lin Xiao, Zhang Long, Zhao Hu and other military generals, as well as a group of craftsmen, were planning the formation of a large army to attack the city.
Suddenly, they were attracted by a thick sound.
"Report..."
I saw a middle-aged man, holding a black token, ran into the hall, knelt on one knee and looked up, "A secret guard at the Little Man Supervision Institute, has a military intelligence of 100,000. Who is the supreme commander here?"
Everyone in the hall turned their eyes to Lin Xiao, dressed in black armor.
"I am the supreme commander here. If you have anything to do, you can tell me." Lin Xiao looked at the middle-aged man with a sharp look and said in a very majestic tone.
The middle-aged man lowered his head with a sharp face and said, "Report to the Grand Marshal, the villain has received reliable news. The three armies of Zhao have all gathered in the capital of Zhao."
"How could the Zhao army gather in the capital? Did they be scared away by us?"
"Impossible. If we were scared away, why did the twenty Zhao troops stationed in the border town not retreat?"
"Can they want to gather the troops from all over the country in the capital and have a decisive battle with us?"
A group of military generals and craftsmen started to discuss.
"Is the news true?" Lin Xiao asked with a frown. Zhao's move was indeed abnormal.
"Return to the commander-in-law, the villain is willing to use the head of his neck as a guarantee. The news is indeed true." The middle-aged man raised his head and replied firmly.
Lin Xiao turned his gaze to the giant map on the table, pointed to the map and analyzed:
"If the Zhao army wants to gather national forces and fight to the death with us, then they can gather the army in the border city. Now they gather the army to the capital. This not only wastes manpower and material resources, but also exhausts the army. This is not like the momentum of fighting to the death with us."
"Ship Lin, is there such a possibility?" Zhang Long expressed his thoughts:
"The 200,000 Zhao troops in the border city are used to delay the pace of our army's attack and gain time for Zhao State. King Zhao thought we would attack the capital of Zhao State in one breath, so he would gather the army to the capital and then fight us to the death in the capital of Zhao State."
"There are also no shortages of this possibility." Lin Xiao nodded and said.
"Ship Lin, since King Zhao thought we would attack the capital of Zhao, why don't we take the border city in one fell swoop while Zhao's army was mobilized?" Zhao Hu clenched his fists and said excitedly.
"Mr. Lin, General Zhao Hu's words are quite reasonable. Why don't we take advantage of the Zhao army to take down the border city in one fell swoop?" The lieutenant general looked at Lin Xiao together.
"It's still your Majesty who sent 500,000 troops to attack Zhao, which made King Zhao unable to guess our true intentions at all. King Zhao thought we would attack the capital of Zhao."
"Actually, we just occupied a few cities of him. When King Zhao reacted, we were already defending the city. The Zhao army was thinking of siegeing the city, so they would be passive! Hahaha..."
Lin Xiao smiled, and everyone in the hall laughed.
Undoubtedly, King Zhao's deployment of troops was destined to be futile.
"Report..." Just as Lin Xiao was about to order the troops to attack the city, another thick voice came from outside the hall.
The visitor was still holding the token of the Supervision Bureau, but the man was wearing the official uniform and could tell at a glance that he was from the capital.
"Report to the commander Lin, the head of the courtyard ordered a villain to report with important military information." The visitor knelt on one knee and said.
"Tell me!" Lin Xiao said.
"I reported to Lin Shuai, I watched the astrological constellations three days ago on the eve of the first three days of the courtyard. It was found that King Zhao had already died in the sky. I was a villain who was particularly destined to tell you this news."
"Ha..." Lin Xiao chuckled: "Wu Daozi still looks like a divine thing."
Then, he said with a serious expression: "Can this news be submitted to Your Majesty?"
"Return to Lin Shuai, the head of the courtyard has submitted it to His Majesty."
"What did Your Majesty say?" Lin Xiao frowned and walked to the two secret guards.
Everyone in the hall also surrounded him.
The spy from the Supervision Institute of Beijing felt a little relieved: "Go back to Lin, Your Majesty has no instructions, and he even kicked the head of the hospital."
"Hahaha..." Everyone in the hall burst into laughter.
Lin Xiao calmed down and covered his stomach that was sore in laughter and said, "Your Majesty doesn't believe him, he still asked you to report to me?"
"Ship Lin, the head of the court said, you will definitely not believe what he said, but the head of the court also said that he is willing to use the head to guarantee it. If his report makes a mistake, he is willing to apologize with his life."
Lin Xiao frowned and his face became more and more serious. Although Wu Daozi was a charlatan, he would never dare to make a fuss in the face of major events, especially in the face of state affairs.
Lin Xiao combined the situation of Zhao's army gathering at the capital of Zhao State, and he had a vague conclusion. Then, he leaned over and looked at another supervisory authority and said: "When did the Zhao State army begin to gather at the capital of Zhao State?"
"Return to Lin Shuai, three days ago."
"Is it because King Zhao is celebrating the sky that the Zhao army gathered in the capital of Zhao?" Lin Xiao murmured and guessed.
"Ship Lin, why don't he do that? The fighter opportunity is fleeting, so we will take advantage of the Zhao army to attack the border city first."
"General Zhao is right! Lin Shuai, let's capture the border town first." The generals shouted, even the craftsmen were excited and shouted.
"Okay..." Lin Xiao shouted domineeringly, raised his head and chest, and ordered with a firm face: "Send the order, the three armies gather and attack the city tomorrow."
Chapter completed!