A few days later.
Xianyang City.
In a teahouse somewhere.
The storyteller was telling the story of Ying Yuan's empty city plan, his clever way of defeating the Chu army, and his two great victories in attacking the Chu camp.
When the talk got to the point of excitement, many people applauded.
At the end, the storyteller said: "His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Qin is the best in the world in terms of both civil and military strategy.
Everyone, you can rest assured. As long as Your Majesty is here, our Great Qin will be safe and sound!"
As soon as the words fell.
Many people began to discuss:
"The storyteller is right. The empty city plan alone is enough to make Your Majesty famous for eternity!"
"Your Majesty is leading the army in person for us, and you are also taking risks for us. Your Majesty can disregard your own safety to keep the enemy out of the country.
Everyone, I suggest that today we use tea instead of wine to toast our Emperor!"
"Okay, tea instead of wine, to His Majesty the Emperor!"
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Scenes like this could happen anywhere in Xianyang City.
And the news about Ying Yuan was spreading like wildfire.
...
Youzhou.
Zhu Di and others have made a decision after discussion.
Zhu Neng and Zhang Fu were ordered to lead 50,000 troops to rush to the aid of Yunzhou.
Today, Yunzhou City has been surrounded on all sides.
Before they set out, Zhu Di repeatedly warned them, "I don't need you to charge into Yunzhou to help Zhang Yu.
This king only hopes that you can continue to disrupt the enemy's deployment outside Yunzhou.
Remember, never engage the enemy head-on; instead, utilize your cavalry's strengths."
The 50,000 people given to them were the only 50,000 cavalry in the entire Youzhou city.
Zhu Neng bowed and said, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, we know what to do."
If 50,000 cavalrymen choose to enter Yunzhou City, they will assist Zhang Yu in resisting the enemy.
We must confront Lian Po's army head-on.
By then, how many of those 50,000 people will be able to enter the city?
Once we enter the city, we will become an isolated army.
Therefore, harassing the enemy from the periphery was the only thing Zhu Neng and Zhang Fu could do.
Zhu Di said worriedly, "Remember, if you encounter the enemy commander Lian Po and the Jin general Li Cunxiao, you must retreat to a safe area immediately and don't fight!"
He believed in the words of the old monk Yao Guangxiao.
Even the other side felt that Li Cunxiao was so brave that no one could match him, and even the unrivaled general Pan Feng might not be his opponent.
Then, this Li Cunxiao must be an extremely terrifying existence.
However, war cannot be won by relying on the bravery of a general.
Unless it is an encounter or a frontal charge, the role that a powerful general can play is very minimal.
After the two men left, Zhu Di asked Yao Guangxiao, "Master, do you think Lü Bu can defeat Li Cunxiao?"
In the history of Ying Yuan's previous life, there has always been such a saying.
It is said that the best king is Xiang, the best general is Li, the best marquis is Lu, and the best knight is Mo.
It refers to four people: Xiang Yu, Li Cunxiao, Lu Bu, and the leader of the Mohist school.
Mozi was not a great man.
It is impossible to verify who this great Mohist master (Juzi) refers to.
Yao Guangxiao frowned and said, "Lü Bu...maybe he can fight Li Cunxiao, but...
Lü Bu is with Your Majesty now and cannot come to Youzhou!"
Zhu Di said, "Your Majesty needs Lü Bu even more now. I just received news that Your Majesty is leading tens of thousands of vanguards to Hangu Pass.
Your Majesty used the ingenious strategy of the empty city to repel the enemy, and then attacked the enemy camp twice in succession, both times achieving complete victory."
Hearing this, even Yao Guangxiao was surprised and clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha, Your Majesty's military skills are probably even better than yours.
However, for some reason, Your Majesty seems to have too much prejudice against Buddhism."
Zhu Di said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty's emphasis on Taoism should be related to Empress Zhenyi.
"I heard from the Princess that after Empress Zhenyi married the late Emperor, she has been living in seclusion in the palace, spending her days studying Taoism."
"I see."
Yao Guangxiao said: "In fact, the situation in Youzhou is much better than that in His Majesty's place.
It can even be said that if Your Majesty wins, Youzhou will be safe, but if Your Majesty loses, not only Youzhou, but the entire Great Qin will be plunged into danger."
In the few days since Zhu Di returned to Youzhou, he had actually fought with Li Mu several times.
Of course, in the end, the attacking party retreated.
As soon as Zhu Neng and his men left, they were attacked by Li Mu.
Zhu Di stood on the top of the city wall and said to Li Mu with a smile, "General Li, you are also a famous general of the Jin State. Don't you know that if you want to attack a city, you must have an army several times larger than the enemy's?
With only your 200,000-plus soldiers, I'm afraid you can't break through my Youzhou City. It's better for you to go back to where you came from. If the general is really interested in Youzhou City, he can enter the city alone.
At that time, I will definitely drink with the general for three days and three nights!"
The latter could vaguely hear his voice, and he responded loudly: "King of Yan, if you are willing to serve the Jin State, this general can guarantee that you will still be the master of Youzhou!"
Zhu Di said no more, but slowly lowered his arm, which had just been raised, and thousands of sharp arrows shot towards the Jin army.
But this time, what surprised him was that Li Mufang did not display overly strong siege tactics.
After only a brief battle, both sides shot arrows at each other and then retreated.
The same thing happened for the remaining days.
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