I am a commoner, but I will lead the empress to unify the world

"Really?"

Wu Changge looked at Su Wuan suspiciously, and then picked up the military newspaper. It was clearly written on it that it was Wu Changge who came up with this idea.

Wu Changge put down the military newspaper, then crossed his arms and sneered,

"You really are two-faced. Do you think Hongying will look up to you in this way?

You give one portion to the prince and one portion to her, but she is with the prince. If the prince knows about it, wouldn’t she know about it too?

If you do this, not only will you not gain her favor, but it will also make Hongying feel that you are deceiving her."

However, Su Wuan waved his hand and said with a smile,

"Ah, what are you talking about? The prince has an army of 800,000 soldiers, so many commanders, and His Majesty and the Southern King. When they hold a meeting to discuss military affairs, it is not the turn of Hongying, a deputy commander, to come in and discuss matters.

"Maybe the prince will report military intelligence to her?"

"Then you can't say nothing about me in front of Hongying. Don't ruin my image in front of Hongying."

"You have a shitty image. Hongying is mine."

"mine!"

"Let's have a fight?"

"Humph!"

Wu Changge snorted coldly. He could not beat Su Wuan, but he changed his mind and said,

"Hey, you should know that Marshal Yu of the Yuying Army is pregnant. It's been half a year, and her belly is getting bigger, so she's about to give birth, right?

Do you think that the prince would still let her take charge of the Yuying Army after she has become like this?

The baby in her belly is the prince's eldest son.

Since Marshal Yu can't manage the Yuying Army, guess who is in charge of the Yuying Army now, and who is discussing matters in the Marshal's tent?"

Hearing this, Su Wuan suddenly had an epiphany, and then he immediately tore up the letter to Yang Hongying and rewrote it.

Wu Changge smiled triumphantly, turned around and walked out.

In the next few days, apart from occasionally firing a few shots and making feint attacks to consume the Sichuan Army's physical strength, the Yan Army basically did nothing else. They waited for the Sichuan Army's food and grass to be used up, or waited for them to withdraw on a large scale.

After all, if the Sichuan Army wants to hold on for a long time, they cannot support so many people because there is not enough food.

……

The central battlefield is in a stalemate, and the eastern battlefield is about to begin.

Guan Shouchang led an army of 250,000 and marched through the mountains and arrived at the center of Yinwu Valley.

The scout ahead came riding back to report, saying,

"General, the road is forked ahead. According to the map, the eastern one is the Xiegu Road, and the western one is the Luogu Road.

The two roads are fifty or sixty miles apart. Which one should we take?"

"Are there any ambushes along these two roads?"

Guan Shouchang asked in a cold voice.

"Marshal, it's too far away. We haven't explored it yet. If we do, it will take a day or two. After all, we need to climb the mountain."

"Then send a hot air balloon to investigate. Which of these two routes is closer to Nanjiang City?"

"General, the Xiegu Road to the east is closer."

"Then focus on exploring the Xiegu Road."

"As ordered!"

The scout immediately took the order and prepared the hot air balloon to take off.

When the army reached the intersection of two roads, they stopped and rested on the spot.

Chen Qing came over and pointed at the map and said,

"General Guan, you see, this sloping valley road is narrow, with high peaks on both sides and dense forests, making it very easy for ambushes to be laid, and it is also closer to Nanjiang City.

If the enemy wants to ambush us, this section of the road just before exiting the Xiegu Valley is the most suitable place to set up an ambush.

Why don't we take the Luogu Road instead? It's wider, the mountains on both sides aren't too high, and the view is wide. It only takes a day longer anyway."

Guan Shouchang looked at the map and simply said,

"Let's investigate first and then we'll talk about it. It's just that the construction of Nanjiang City is quite ingenious."

Chen Qing said quickly,

"I asked the Sichuanese soldiers who surrendered among us, and they told me that Nanjiang City was built on a high slope. The north side is high above, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.

To the south is the confluence of Nanjiang River and Yangjiahe River, which means that Nanjiang City is built in the middle of these two rivers.

It is not realistic to attack the city from the east, west and south directions because there is a river.

We can only attack from the north, upwards, and the enemy is on high ground, so it is difficult for us to attack."

"It's nothing, it's just a slope, how high can it be?"

Guan Shouchang didn't care.

After resting for a while, the hot air balloon sent back a message saying that no ambush was seen on either road, but the slope valley road was covered with dense forests, so they were not sure if there was any, and they were worried that the ambush might be hiding under the big trees.

After hearing this, Guan Shouchang immediately ordered them to take the Luogu Road. After all, if there really was an ambush, they would have to cross the mountains to attack, and attacking from the bottom up would give them less advantage.

The army walked on the Luogu Road for two days, and after leaving the valley, they walked south for more than ten miles and arrived at Nanjiang County.

Looking at the long steep slope in front of him, with an angle of thirty degrees, the rugged mountain road, and the mountain road standing at the top of the slope, Guan Shouchang was shocked.

"You call this a slope? Are you sure this isn't a city built on a hill?"

Chen Qing smiled and said,

"For the people of Sichuan, a mountain at this angle is only called a slope. With a slope to the north and water to the east, west, and south, this city, nestled between mountains and water, offers beautiful scenery. It's also easy to defend and difficult to attack. It has always been Sichuan's second line of defense against northern enemies."

The first is the Hanzhong defense line.

Guan Shouchang put down the telescope and said,

"No matter how difficult it is to fight, it won't be harder than Jiange. You've read Xiao Su's military report. The slope of the steps in Jiange is like climbing vertically to the sky. Only two people can walk side by side at a time.

The slope here is not as steep as in Jiange, and the road is much wider. We can climb such a large slope, which is much easier than their place."

Afterwards, Guan Shouchang asked his men to set up camp and rest.

He himself did not go back, but kept looking at the terrain.

Guan Shouchang had a habit of personally going to see every battle, walking through the terrain of the battlefield, knowing every part of it, and then making strategic deployments.

However, the geographical location of this city in front of us is really too good. If Guan Shouchang himself is allowed to guard it and he is given 20,000 people, he can withstand the attack of an army of 100,000.

Give him a hundred thousand men, and no one in the world will be able to defeat him.

Unless the other party also has artillery.

After Guan Shouchang looked at the terrain, he realized that there was no other way to take the city except to attack it by force.

Even if they learned from Su Wuan to burn the grain and grass, there would be little hope, because after crossing the Nanjiang River and a few more mountains, there would be a smooth road to Bazhong, which was originally a major grain-producing county. It stored grain and grass for the front-line army and could be transported there at any time.

Twelve thousand people defending a city wall from a high position is enough to make one's scalp tingle just thinking about it.

Guan Shouchang sighed, turned around and went back to the military camp, then continued to stare at the map, thinking about which legion to lead the attack tomorrow.