The war drums roared and the wolf smoke rolled.

Zhao Jia's face changed wildly, and the five thousand female soldiers in the schoolyard showed nervous expressions on their faces.

After Zhao Jia arrived in Guyi, in order to prevent the Yan army from crossing the river, he built beacon towers in various areas where he adapted to crossing the river.

According to Zhao Jia's instructions, the Yan army crossed the river from wherever it was, the beacon towers at which location would ignite wolf smoke.

Nowadays, more than a dozen beacon towers are filled with smoke.

That means that the Yan army divided at least ten routes to cross the river and wanted to climb the west bank of the Kou River.

This situation is the situation that Zhao Jia least wants to see.

"Blow the trumpet, reorganize the army, prepare for war!"

"Sima Shang, quickly assemble and enter the camp first and prepare to fight to the death!"

Facing the large-scale attack of the Yan army, Zhao Jia did not drag on the slightest, and led his personal guards and many generals and schools to rush towards the city gate.

As the wolf smoke and the sound of war drums rang out, the entire Guyi City suddenly became nervous.

Everyone knows that the war has broken out.

On the city wall, Zhao Jia set up a pergola in his hand, staring at the position where the wolf smoke rose, waiting for the messenger to come and report the information.

"Young Master Qi reported to you that the Yan army was divided into fifteen groups, with about 20,000 troops and horses in each group, and there were signs of crossing the river."

Not long after, the messenger arrived in a hurry.

Although Zhao Jia had expected it, he still took a breath after hearing the report from the messenger.

If the Yan army does not move, it will be like thunder and thunder. If it wants to climb to the west coast of the Gushui River in one go, it will be like a thunder.

Gu Yi has only 20,000 troops.

Among them, there are only two strong men, most of them are elderly, women, and teenagers aged 12 or 13 years old.

If the Yan army concentrated its troops across the river, Zhao Jia could still rely on the advantage of the territory to snipe the Yan army.

But now, the Yan army was divided into fifteen directions to cross the river, and Zhao Jia did not have so many soldiers at all, so he divided his troops to guard it.

As long as the Yan army crosses the Kou River, they will stand on the west bank of the Kou River. Even if the other soldiers and horses are blocked, they can return to cross the river from that place.

It can be said that Li Fu is a dignified and open plot that he relies on his own advantages in his military strength.

In this way, Zhao Jia's idea of ​​relying on the enemy's waters to stop the Yan army would end in failure.

The surging Kou River plays a role in resisting the huge Yan army.

"Young Master, the camp has been assembled."

Just as Zhao Jia was flirting with his eyebrows and thinking about countermeasures, Sima Shang rushed over with a rush, his face full of worry.

Sima Shang can naturally see the problems that Zhao Jia can see.

"Young Master, how should Yan army divides troops across the river?"

Zhao Jia stared at Sima Shang and asked back: "Do you have a good plan to defeat the enemy?"

Sima Shang pondered for a while and said, "Li Fu is cautious in using troops. In addition to consolidating the new land, he also ordered the three armies to build ships and siege equipment."

"If you don't move, you will be able to suppress others with your power and be upright."

"There are only 20,000 troops in the city, and the combat power is worrying. If the troops are divided to guard the Yan army's crossing points, they may be defeated by the enemy."

"For the sake of the present plan, I can only give up the defense line of the Kou River, transfer all the troops back to the city, and defend Guyi to the death."

Sima Shang’s suggestions are just right.

Gu Yi had 20,000 troops, and he could not all send out to resist the Yan army no matter what. He would have to leave at least three thousand defenders.

If three thousand are subtracted, if the remaining 17,000 people are divided into fifteen routes, there will be only more than a thousand people who block the Yan army in each route.

If these men were all elite soldiers of Zhao State who could fight, even if there were only more than a thousand people, they could rely on the advantage of the river and the advantage of the enemy, causing great trouble to the Yan army crossing the river.

Unfortunately, the defenders in Guyi City are all elderly, weak, women and children, and their combat effectiveness is worrying.

If they were allowed to rely on the city wall to resist the Yan army, they could still make a difference. If they really wanted to resist the Yan army on the riverside, they might even be defeated by the Yan army one by one.

"Faced with Gu Yi, who was only 20,000 elderly and weak, Li Fu was still so cautious."

"The future battle situation is still extremely difficult."

At this time, Zhao Jia didn't really care whether he could defend Kou Shui and Gu Yi, but only cared about Li Fu and the attitude of Yan General.

If they were always so steady, even if Lian Po transferred all the main force of Zhao State, it would be difficult to defeat them.

Only by making Li Fu feel that Zhao State has no soldiers to fight and then underestimating the enemy and driving straight in can Lian Po create an opportunity.

From beginning to end, Zhao Jia remembered his mission.

"This time, in order to numb my chest, I deliberately led 20,000 elderly and weak people to defend the city, just to tell the Yan army that all the young and strong Zhao Guoguo died in Changping, and no one is available now."

"It's just that this battle is related to the life and death of both countries. Although Li Fu is anxious to make achievements, he does not dare to make too rashly."

"Since that's the case, I must incite him."

"As long as the elderly, weak, sick and disabled can cause Li Fu to suffer a great loss in the first battle, it will make the other party lose its composure."

Zhao Jia has a deep understanding of Li Fu.

This person's ability to command troops is not very strong. This time, he made every effort to promote the attack on Zhao, which is also to stabilize his position as prime minister.

Li Kuang poured his strength into Yan's country to attack Zhao, and he faced another 20,000 old and weak Zhao country.

If you suffer a big loss in the first battle, there will definitely be people pointing fingers behind your back, believing that Li Fu has no ability to command the troops.

At that time, Li Fu must have become angry and embarrassed, and then he was eager to achieve the results of the battle to prove himself.

"Yes, just take this as a precaution, kill and injure the Yan army, and then irritate the thunderbolt!"

Zhao Jia's eyes became more and more bright, and then he said: "The Yan army launched a large-scale attack, with a rainbow of momentum. If he did not attack him head-on, he would definitely attack Gu Yi when he safely crossed the enemy's waters."

"At that time, Gu Yi might not be able to defend him."

"Only by seizing the fighter's opportunity first, giving the Yan army a head-on blow, and slashing the morale of the Yan army hard, there is hope of defending Gu Yi."

When Sima Shang heard this, he was shocked.

He hurriedly said, "The enemy is large and I am small, but the enemy is strong and I am weak. It is not advisable to fight."

"Besides, the young master said that the Yan army is now full of momentum, so we should not confront them head-on."

Sima Shang was really a little anxious.

He was even a little worried that the young master Jia in front of him, as well as the Zhao Kuo who was nine years ago, were both very happy and talked about war on paper.

At this time, go out of the city to meet the enemy. Even if you occupy the advantage of the enemy's waters, you will definitely hit the stone with your eggs.

Zhao Jia said firmly, "It is precisely because the enemy is large and we are small and we are strong and we are weak that the upper and lower states of Zhao attacked Yan State and felt very frightened."

"The first battle with the Yan army is related to the morale of the military and civilians of the two countries. If we give up the enemy without fighting, the Zhao State's desire to fight against Yan State will inevitably be severely hit."

"Only by being brave and diligent and defeating the strong with the weak in adversity, can the people of Zhao be encouraged and the people of Yan can also let Yan know that our Zhao State cannot be humiliated."

"This time, we are in a fight. If we dare to fight, we must fight."

Although Sima Shang felt that Zhao Jia's words were somewhat reasonable.

However, no matter from any perspective, there is no chance of winning when sending troops to snipe the Yan army at this time.

If you lose, it will greatly damage your morale and it will not be worth the loss.

"If you attack with an egg, I hope the young master will think twice."

Sima Shang tried hard to advise, but Zhao Jia had made up his mind, and no matter how the other party advised him, it would be useless.

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