Chapter 973： Long Binh City Dilemma

At first, Zhang Liao thought that after Zhao She took control of the army, he would immediately launch an attack.

After all, the number of the coalition forces of these small countries has already exceeded ten million, five times the number of the defenders of Longping City.

In this case, direct attack is undoubtedly a good choice.

Even with the use of life piles, it is possible to break the city.

And Zhang Liao was also prepared early. As long as Zhao She dared to attack with this method, he would be 100% sure to block all the enemy forces outside of Longping City and come first to win.

Then it will launch a counterattack, relying on the elite soldiers under his command, he will undoubtedly win the pursuit of victory.

At that time, even if there are as many as tens of millions of enemies, the final fate can only be a complete defeat!

What made Zhang Liao's all preparations failed was that Zhao She did not choose to order the army to attack directly, but chose to set up a camp not far away, set up defenses, and then selected five million young men to start training.

It looked like that, it turned out to be planning to train the troops first, not to attack in a hurry.

In this way, it is Nanyan Kingdom that is uncomfortable.

The current Nanyan Kingdom is a three-line battle, Dunchuan City and Jinshui Kingdom, Chuanping County and Liyang Dynasty, plus the small kingdoms of Longping City and the Land of All Nations.

For the Nanyan Kingdom, the pressure is very, very great. If it weren't for the fact that Lu Feng had brought back a lot of resources from the Guxuan Commercial Bank, he would simply not be able to persist.

If Zhao She camped in front of Longping City and trained the army, he would completely drag down the Longping City army. In this way, it would be impossible to consume the Nanyan Kingdom for a long time.

As for offense, this is also almost impossible.

Zhao She arranged for defense very well. Even if the defenders' combat effectiveness is low and there are tens of thousands of troops, no matter how low their combat effectiveness, relying on the camp, it will definitely be no problem to defend the two million troops of the Nanyan Kingdom. .

It is perfectly fine to hold it for at least one or two months.

In addition, as time goes on, Zhao She can also train those small-nation coalition forces to be more elite, which is certainly not a good thing for Zhang Liao who guards Longping City.

Therefore, Zhang Liao is still somewhat helpless now.

If Zhao She directly led his troops to attack the city, even if he took a step back and talked about the two sides fighting on the plain, Zhang Liao would be confident that he could defeat the mob of the enemy.

But defending the city is hard to say.

"General, Prime Minister Jia Xu is here." At this moment, the soldiers walked in and said respectfully.

"Hurry up!" Zhang Liao said immediately.

Soon, Jia Xu walked in under the leadership of his soldiers.

"I will see the prime minister at the end." Zhang Liao saluted.

Jia Xu is the left prime minister of the Nanyan Kingdom, and his official position is far above Zhang Liao.

However, in the face of Zhang Liao’s salute, Jia Xu didn’t give a big gift, but smiled: “Why Wenyuan should do such a big gift? Your Majesty asked you to come here to assist you. It is Wenyuan, your military division, and the army in Longping City. You have to order it."

Zhang Liao was also relieved to hear that he was the chief general of Longping City, so naturally he should command the army to fight. But at the moment Jia Xu is in the city, he is also an army strategist, and his official position is still Prime Minister Zuo of the Kingdom, far above Zhang Liao.

If Jia Xu must command the army to fight, Zhang Liao is really hard to say.

Fortunately, Jia Xu has no such thoughts.

He also said directly that the commanding power of the army was in his own hands, which made Zhang Liao admire Jia Xu.

But not many ministers with official positions in the prime minister's position would be willing to lower their status to assist a general and become a military division.

Of course, he also knew that these were all orders from Lu Feng, and Jia Xu had to listen.

Looking at Jia Xu, Zhang Liao asked, "Prime Minister, after you arrived at Longping City a few days ago, you disappeared and only appeared today. Did you go to investigate the enemy's situation?"

When Lu Feng learned that Zhao She was commanding the allied forces of the small nations, he asked Jia Xu to help Zhang Liao.

But when Jia Xu arrived, he told Zhang Liao and left with some Jinyiwei, leaving Zhang Liao confused.

"exactly!"

Jia Xu smiled and nodded, and said, "I have been investigating the enemy's situation with Jinyiwei these days, and I have some confidence in the current situation."

"Is there some assurance?" Zhang Liao heard a joy and immediately asked, "Could the prime minister have any solution?"

"Exactly!"

"What way?" Zhang Liao asked anxiously.

"You wait to step back first."

Jia Xu didn't say it immediately, but waited until everyone in the hall except him and Zhang Liao had left before saying: "Surely the general has some understanding of the enemy's situation right now?"

"I do understand."

Zhang Liao nodded, sighed lightly, and said, "Zhao She is a smart man, and what he is doing now is the most correct choice, completely restricting our army here."

"Unfortunately, I only have two million elite soldiers in my hands. If I have another million, I will dare to try even if I take the initiative to attack the city, because the result will be better than the current situation."

"What Wen Yuan said is that Zhao She is indeed a smart person, but there is a saying that being smart is not being smart. I have seen a flaw in the current arrangement these days." Jia Xu said.

"What flaw?"

"Even if Zhao She is a leader of tens of thousands, he did not rush to attack. This is a very correct choice; he camped and trained the army, which was the second correct choice."

Zhang Liao heard his brows frown, and he knew this, but he didn't know what Jia Xu meant.

After a brief pause, Jia Xu continued: "He made two correct choices, but he made a fatal wrong choice!"

"What choice?"

"He chose to put those small country generals under house arrest instead of killing them!" Jia Xu said.

"What the prime minister meant..." Zhang Liao stared at Jia Xu, and said: "We release these small country generals so that they can find their own army, so as to break all the arrangements of Zhao She internally?"

"Exactly!"

"Well, tonight I will lead the elite 50,000 nights to attack the enemy. As long as the prime minister can ask Jin Yiwei to tell me where they are, I will be sure to release them." Zhang Liao said immediately.

"No, no, now is not the best time." Jia Xu shook his head slightly.

"Not the timing?"

Zhang Liao was full of doubts and said: "The current situation in the kingdom, the sooner the Longping City War is over, the greater the benefits for the kingdom. Now as long as we release those small country generals, we can break Zhao She’s arrangement from within. Occupy the initiative on the battlefield to win this battle."

"Why does the prime minister say that this is not the best time?"

Zhang Liao really couldn't understand what Jia Xu meant.

"Even if we attack the enemy at night and release those small country generals, those small country generals will no longer be able to control their own troops!" Jia Xu said, shaking his head.

"Why is that?"

Zhang Liao was puzzled, and said: "Those generals will more or less establish their own prestige in their army, and Zhao She is just an outsider. As long as they show up, it is not difficult to control his previous army, right?"