On the northern foot of Yangshan Mountain, the northern Diao Army camp.

Because the Han army suddenly withdrew from Jiuyuan, the Xiongnu people were given the opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity. When Meng Shuo led 50,000 Northern Diao Cavalry to the outside of Gaoque Pass, the Xiongnu had already occupied Jiuyuan.

What is interesting is that Meng Feng did not order an attack on Jiuyuan.

The Bei Diao Army confronted the Xiongnu outside Gaoque Pass for more than a month.

Meng Liao strode into the central army's tent, first at Meng Feng, who was discussing affairs in the tent, Meng Yuan bowed and said loudly: "Father, brother, our army has been stationed outside Gaoque Pass for more than a month, and the Huns have also come several times, hoping to join forces with our army to go south to loot Guanzhong. My father just ignored it. Will we still attack the Han?"

"Of course, attack the Han Dynasty." Meng Feng said, "Why do we raise troops if we don't attack the Han Dynasty?"

"Since you want to attack the Han, then make an idea quickly. Whether you are going around Hexi to attack Guanzhong, or defeating the Huns first and then heading south, or simply joining the Huns to join forces south, father, you are just giving me some good words." Meng Liao clapped his hands and said with a bitter face, "Don't always stay on this desert grassland like this?"

"What's wrong with lying in the grasslands of Mobei?" Meng Feng said, "What's the rush?"

"Can you not be in a hurry?" Meng Liao stomped his feet and shouted loudly, "The ten-way army attacked the Han at the same time. If we go too late, the first achievements of Pinghan will be taken away by other families."

"What are you yelling?" Meng Feng said coldly, "If you let others take away the first merit, that's right."

"Huh?" Meng Liao was stunned when he heard this, scratched his head and asked Meng Shu, "Father, what do you mean?"

"Boy, do you know? Since Concubine Ying's death, our Meng family has been at the forefront. Yes, the king has never doubted the loyalty of our Meng family father and son, but what about the nobles of Chu? What would they think in their hearts?" Faced with his son, Meng Feng did not conceal too much. "What would they think about the two forces behind the prince and the prince Xiang Zhi?"

Meng Liao suddenly realized and asked in a low voice: "Father said, this time we attacked the Han Dynasty, can't our Meng family be too popular?"

"Opportune." Meng Yuan stood up and patted Meng Liao on the shoulder, and said, "Second brother, this time the ten-way army launched a large-scale attack on Han, the Han State has exhausted its national strength and used its sufficient troops. It is inevitable that the destruction of the country is a foregone conclusion. Now the only suspense is, when will the Han State be destroyed? Under such circumstances, it is necessary for our Meng family to fight for this merit?"

Meng Feng also said earnestly: "Liao'er, you have to remember, where is the big tree attracting wind?"

"The tree attracts wind?" Meng Liao muttered, "Isn't there still the big tree of General, the general?"

"General?" Meng Feng smiled and shook his head and said, "Liao'er, I dare to bet with you for my father that this time, the general will not have any results, but may also suffer a few defeats."

Mengyuan and Mengliao were a little disbelief when they heard this. Will the general be defeated?

Seeing Mengyuan, the two brothers of Meng and Liao couldn't react at once. Meng Shuo didn't explain much, but just reminded him: "Okay, please keep an eye on the Great Wall for your father, especially Gaoque Pass. Since the Huns have entered the cage of Jiuyuan, they should not think of running out again. Let's wait for the Han Dynasty to perish before dealing with the Huns."

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Shangyong's eastern suburbs, the Chu army camp.

Two hundred thousand Chu troops set up camps in the wasteland ten miles east of the city for dozens of miles. From a distance, the Chu army's tents were stacked and dense, extending from close to the end of their view.

However, what is strange is that since the Chu army came to Shangyong City, there has been no more movement. Apart from the daily gathering of horns and daily exercises, there is not even a minimum tentative attack. Although the generals in the army are strange, no one dares to question Bi Shu's strategy of using troops. People are the peerless military gods who defeated King Han Xin of Qi.

But now some people finally can't hold back their anger. He is Bi Shu's personal military lieutenant Tieniu.

"General, when will it take?" Tie Niu hurried into the central army tent with a horizontal knife, but saw Bi Shu sitting leisurely on the couch and tasting wine. He immediately stepped forward and said, "The soldiers are all looking forward to the war as soon as possible and achieve military achievements as soon as possible. If you continue to do this, you will be worried about morale problems."

"Will there be a problem with morale?" Bi Shu smiled and said, "I have only heard that the army's morale collapsed due to shortage of food, defeat in war or the death of the chief general, but never heard that the army's morale would be disintegrated due to confrontation. *Qingyi Erya*"

"But..." Tie Niu said anxiously, "General, when will we wait?"

Bi Shu smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Don't worry, don't forget that Bai Mo is the senior brother of General Ben. I both came from Guigu. Whether it is military strategy or wisdom, they are basically in line with each other. It is not that easy to break the Shangyong who is guarding my senior brother. In short, when it is time to go to war, this general will naturally give orders."

"Hey." Tien Niu sighed and stomped his feet again, leaving in a little depressed mood.

Watching Tie Niu's figure fade away, the smile on Bi Shu's face slowly faded. The reason why he chose to confront each other instead of attacking Shangyong was actually only one of the reasons. The deeper reason Bi Shu couldn't tell anyone that this time, he had to ensure the demise of the Han Dynasty, and his army could not kill and achieve military achievements.

As for why? The reason is very simple, that is, the lessons learned from the Qin general Bai Qi.

After the Changping War, Zhao State was severely damaged. Bai Qi was about to take advantage of the victory to destroy Zhao State, but finally waited for the withdrawal of King Zhao of Qin, which missed the best opportunity to destroy Zhao State.

Does King Zhao of Qin really understand the principle that the fleeting opportunity of warfare is fleeting?

Of course not. Of course, King Zhao of Qin knew that the opportunity was fleeting. If he missed this opportunity, the Qin army would pay a greater price to destroy Zhao. However, King Zhao of Qin had no choice but to do so because Bai Qi's military achievements were too great and high. King Zhao of Qin found that he had nothing to seal. If Bai Qi was allowed to destroy Zhao again, he would have to abdicate and give way to the wise.

It was precisely for this reason that King Zhao of Qin recalled Bai Qi at the critical moment of destroying Zhao.

After returning to Xianyang, Bai Qi finally came back to the spotlight. So when the Qin army was unfavorable and King Zhao of Qin had no choice but to use Bai Qi again, Bai Qi refused to lead his troops to fight, because Bai Qi could see clearly that if he led his troops to fight, if the war was unfavorable and he would die, if the war was successful, he would have to die, and he would have to be entrusted with illness, or he could still save his life.

Unfortunately, Bai Qi overestimated King Zhao of Qin and was eventually sentenced to death.

Bi Shu has been in Chu for more than ten years, and Bi Shu has a sufficient understanding of the nature of King Xiang Zhuang of Chu. Bi Shu is very clear that the Duke of the State is already the highest-level title that the meritorious ministers can obtain. As for the title that is higher than the Duke, it is the King of Chu's rebellion. Whoever dares to bewitch him will die.

Bi Shu is now the Duke of the Kingdom. If he kills and achieves military achievements and pacify the King of Chu in Guanzhong, there will inevitably be a new round of rewards for the ministers. By then, Bi Shu will definitely be promoted to another title. Wouldn't he be promoted to the king again from the Duke of the Kingdom and the No. 1 title? That's not touching the King of Chu's scales, isn't he seeking death by himself?

Therefore, Bi Shu only wanted to restrain Bai Mo's main force of the Han army to Shangyong, so as to create opportunities for the rest of the Han army. Bi Shu was even considering that when the other armies entered Guanzhong and Bai Mo was forced to return to Xianyang, would he need to underestimate the enemy and let his senior brother fight an ambush?

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Bai Mo was standing on the east gate arrow tower and looking out at the Chu army camp outside the city.

The Chu and Han armies had been confronting Shangyong for more than a month. Tongguan, northern and Shangjun were calm in all directions. Whether it was the Chu army, Han army, Yan army, Zhao army, Northern Diao army or Yuezhi people, at least from the current signs, there was no sign of breaking through the Han army's defense line and attacking Guanzhong. Xianyang was still as stable as a rock.

But for some reason, Bai Mo always felt a hint of uneasiness in his heart.

Bai Mo always felt that he had neglected something, but every time he repeated his thoughts, he could never find where he was neglected.

Looking at the densely packed and stacked Chu army camp tents outside the city, Bai Mo began to sort out his ideas again.

At this critical moment, the sound of footsteps suddenly came from the stairs. When I looked back, I saw that the Imperial Guard General Sun Ying had already strode up the arrow tower with his sword, and bowed and said, "Prime Minister, the food in the city is almost impossible to provide for it. If you continue to waste like this, you will not be able to do it."

Bai Mo was upset for no reason. The Han Dynasty was so difficult.

After calming down, Bai Mo asked Shusun Ying, "General Shusun**, how much food is left in the city?"

"There are only more than 10,000 stones left in the city." Shusun Ying said, "If you only supply a 50,000 army, you can barely last for half a month, but the problem is that there are more than 200,000 people in the city, and they are about to lose food."

Bai Mo's brows became more and more tight, and he said in a deep voice: "In this way, we will immediately send troops to gather all the food in the city, as well as chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep. From today on, the people in the city will also distribute food rations together with the soldiers. The soldiers' food rations will be reduced by half, and the people's food rations will be only 20% so that they can maintain their lives and not starve to death."

Uncle Sun Ying said: "But this will last for only half a month at most. What if it lasts half a month?"

Bai Mo was silent, yes, what about half a month later? There will definitely be no food in the city in half a month, but Bai Mo was sure that the Chu army outside the city would never be able to cut off food. Last year, the counties under the Chu State had an unprecedented bumper harvest, so how could they be short of food? Looking around, Bai Mo happened to see a team of grain trucks winding into the Chu army camp.

Shusun Ying said: "Prime Minister, why not attack the Chu army camp at night, let's fight?"

"No." Bai Mo refused flatly, "Even King Han Xin of Qi is not a match for Bi Shu. Isn't our army going to attack the camp at night like seeking death? With Shangyong Jiancheng, our army may be able to barely deal with the Chu army. If we go out of the city to fight, we will definitely lose. The original state will never do this stupid move."

"Hey." Uncle Sun Ying stomped her feet and turned around.!~!

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