After speaking, Chu Chen looked aside, ignoring Li Mengdie. This attitude instantly infuriated Li Mengdie.
She pondered for a long time, wanting to refuse, but she knew that if she refused this time, Chu Chen would probably never give her a chance to lead troops again.
In the end, she still chose to agree: "Okay, I accept. When will you hand over the soldiers to me?"
Upon hearing this, Chu Chen's face immediately broke into a smile: "Very good, I knew you would agree. Not today. In a couple of days, at midnight tomorrow, it will be fine."
Hearing this, Li Mengdie was immediately annoyed: "Why not today? Are you playing with me?"
Chu Chen smiled and shook his head: "Of course not. I have no reason to play with you. You also know that I have already made plans, and they won't change because of you alone."
"Now is also the time to tell you my plan. I plan to take two days to transfer eighty thousand soldiers and head towards the small path to attack the Wei Kingdom."
"I will personally lead twenty thousand soldiers to feign an attack on the Zhao Kingdom here, to attract attention."
"When the Zhao army arrives, and at the same time the Wei army is about to arrive, my twenty thousand troops will quickly follow the eighty thousand troops. At this time, it is estimated that the eighty thousand troops will have already passed through the narrow mountain pass and will be rushing towards the Wei capital, Daliang."
"At this point, even if Zhao and Wei want to rescue, it will be too late."
"By the time they receive the news, we will be fiercely attacking Daliang."
Hearing this, Li Mengdie's eyes lit up: "What you said is interesting, but the Wei and Zhao armies will definitely not stand by and do nothing. They will surely come to the rescue."
"Can we capture Daliang before they arrive?"
Chu Chen smiled and shook his head: "Of course not. However, our goal is not to capture Daliang, but to capture Handan!"
Hearing this, Li Mengdie became even more confused: "Capture Handan? You mean, we're going to do a feint and then attack? Handan is not close to Daliang. Can we manage such a large-scale troop movement in time?"
Chu Chen smiled slightly and nodded: "Of course. Because we are the aggressors, and they are passive. When we leave, we don't need to take the small path, but the main road back towards the Yunyue Kingdom."
"By the time these guys rush back to the Wei Kingdom, we will once again launch a fierce attack on Handan. They definitely won't be able to hold on, because all their soldiers have been transferred to support Daliang."
Hearing this, Li Mengdie was stunned: "This, if it really succeeds, why don't we attack Daliang directly? We have already successfully lured the main forces of the Wei Kingdom to the Zhao Kingdom's side. Why bother to make a detour?"
Chu Chen smiled and nodded: "You are right, what I am doing is indeed a bit of a detour, but it is necessary."
"Handan in the Zhao Kingdom is easier to capture, because the Zhao Kingdom is currently stretched thin. Their troop strength is limited, and they have too many people to deal with: Yan, Qi, and the Xiongnu. Unless they have three heads and six arms."
"But the Wei Kingdom only has us as an enemy. They can organize another army at any time. By then, we will be facing the endless reinforcements from the Wei Kingdom. Even if we have a hundred thousand troops, we cannot hold out alone in enemy territory."
Li Mengdie nodded, feeling that Chu Chen's words had some truth to them.
"I understand the logic you're talking about, but will our frequent troop movements cause a loss in our combat effectiveness?"
"We won't have much strength left to attack Handan then."
Chu Chen smiled and shook his head, saying: "What you said has some truth, but you have forgotten one thing, and that is that Handan will be empty of troops at that time."
"At that time, the Zhao Emperor will definitely spare no effort to send troops to support the Wei Kingdom and capture us."
"Our attack this time can be said to pose a very big threat to the Zhao Kingdom."
"The Zhao Kingdom will definitely be left with lingering fear. To prevent such a thing from happening again, they will definitely want to resolve us completely this time."
"Therefore, they will not even leave many troops in Handan, even if they leave some, it won't be too many, no more than five thousand."
"Think about it, a hundred thousand against five thousand. Even if each of them can fight ten, they will still be defeated."
Hearing this, Li Mengdie couldn't help but take a deep breath, her gaze towards Chu Chen becoming more and more reverent.
After a long pause, Li Mengdie said: "Chu Chen, you are truly born for battle, whether it's personal combat or large-scale army battles."
Chu Chen smiled and continued: "It's not as exaggerated as you say. There are some minor variables, but they don't have a significant impact."
"The most important thing is intelligence. We must accurately time the troop movements, ensuring that we can mobilize the armies of both countries."
"And we must ensure that it is not too late, nor too early. Simply put, it's about playing the time difference."
"We must fully mobilize the enemy's armies. At that time, the Wei army will be exhausted from rushing back and forth. They will have just arrived at the border of Yunyue and Zhao, and will have to rush back to Daliang again."
"After they return to Daliang and receive another urgent message from Handan, they will definitely hesitate."
"If they go to support Handan again, their own combat effectiveness will first drop sharply."
"If they do not support Handan, the city of Handan will be captured by us."
"At that time, everything will undergo a very significant change, which is something I am very much looking forward to."
"I heard that there is a Yang Guifei in Handan City, whom the Zhao Emperor dotes on very much."
"I would like to see what this Yang Guifei looks like, to be able to bewitch the Zhao Emperor to such an extent."
Li Mengdie frowned upon hearing this: "You're not thinking of her, are you? That's the Zhao Emperor's concubine. You want what others have used?"
Chu Chen sneered, not continuing on this topic.
"Alright, it's too early to talk about this. We haven't even attacked Daliang yet, and many things are not up to us."
"Let's take it one step at a time."
That night, Chu Chen's first and second teams departed, one just after nightfall and the other in the early morning.
Since their location was in the middle of the Yunyue Kingdom's army, their departure would not be noticed by outsiders.
Moreover, Chu Chen specifically instructed them to leave men behind to continuously stir up dust with branches in the camp's location.
This would create the illusion of activity, and even if someone was observing from afar, they would certainly not suspect that a part of the army had already left.
As Chu Chen had predicted, the scouts from the Zhao and Wei kingdoms were indeed monitoring the area.
With the armies about to arrive, they had to investigate.