Chapter 478: Encirclement the site for reinforcements or ramming earth to seal the city? Chang'an Jun is delaying time on purpose!
Although Ying Chengxuan had long been worried that he would face the dilemma of wearing a yellow robe.
But the diners' desire for profit and Mrs. Han's determination were beyond Ying Chengyu's expectation.
When Mrs. Han stepped into Xianyang City with a feeling of despairing of death, the unknowing Ying Chengyu jumped out of the flying boat and laughed loudly: "General Meng!"
"Don't come. All right! ”
Meng Wu dismounted from his horse, bowed his hands, and said with shame: "I failed to comply with the king's order, so I have to trouble Chang'an Lord to lead the army to reinforce."
"I am ashamed, general!"
Ying Chengxiao He smiled warmly and said: "Our Qin Dynasty is not good at attacking cities, and General Meng's troops only have 40,000 people. It is not easy to always pose a threat to Handan City, so there is no need to be too harsh on yourself."
"This time This general has arrived with 110,000 troops. With the combined strength of your troops and mine, I think the inner yellow city will be destroyed soon!”
The Qin army’s siege capability is relatively weak.
In order to avoid losses, Da Qin also tried its best to suppress the generals' desire to attack the city and guide the generals to seek opportunities for field battles.
The same general, if he can be promoted to nobility with a profit of two thousand in field battles, he will need to have eight thousand in a siege to be promoted.
This indeed allowed Da Qin to reduce the losses in siege as much as possible, but it also created a vicious cycle in which the Qin army became less and less good at siege.
Meng Wu said seriously: "It must be like this!"
"This general has received the king's order and should lead our army to join the Chang'an Lord. The last general will also be the deputy general of the Chang'an Lord. I will obey The coach dispatches! ”
Ying Chengyu solemnly raised his hands: "In this case, there will be General Lao Meng."
"General Meng, this is the false son of Qi, the commander-in-chief of the Qi army, and the deputy general of our army."
The State of Qi knew what was right and did not ask for the formation of a coalition. Instead, it directly merged the Qi army into the Qin army.
But Ying Chengyu also had to understand the rules, so he gave Tian Jia the title of deputy general.
However, Tian Jia knew very well that all he had was a name, and all he could do was fight for one or two when Ying Chengyu used the Qi army as cannon fodder. He did not have the power that a lieutenant general should have at all. He doesn't even have the ability like Meng Wu.
So Tian Jia politely handed over his hand first: "The second son of King Qi Xiang, Gong Zijia, pays homage to Vice General Meng!"
"If you are in the army, just say your job."
"This general is rarely seen. As we set off for the expedition, Lieutenant General Meng is far away."
"Please give me some advice when you have time to spare."
If Ying Chengxuan hadn't been around, Tian Ji would have been sent away. What a generous gift.
Meng Wu kept the distance between him and Tian Jia, and politely returned the salute: "Greetings to Vice General Tian, Vice General Tian is very polite."
After a brief greeting, Ying Chengxuan ordered: "Guardian, lead the robe Ze." They followed Lieutenant General Meng to the camp and set up camp. "Vice General Meng and Lieutenant General Tian were chatting while walking." Walking side by side with Meng Wu, he asked in a solemn voice: "What is the current situation of the war in Inner Yellow City?"
Meng Wu shook his head: "It is not optimistic."
"Zhao Jun has been stationing 10,000 garrison troops in Neihuang City for a long time to withstand the front of our army." Jipucheng has stationed thousands of troops respectively, and Neihuang and Neihuang are horns and help each other. They also ordered the navy to use the surrounding rivers to repeatedly raid our army and quickly switch to war."
"If it hadn't been for the end of the year. We have completely annihilated Zhao's navy. Our army can't hold on until now!"
"Our army now has only 31,692 soldiers left to fight, and the enemy still has one. More than seventeen thousand."
"If the commander had not arrived with reinforcements, the general would have decided to form a camp."
Just listening to Meng Wu's story, Ying Chengyu felt a headache for Meng Wu.
Although Meng Wu seems to have more troops, 40,000 soldiers and horses cannot form an absolute strength advantage over 20,000 enemy troops in a siege battle, let alone face three cities at the same time. .
The defenders of the three cities can maneuver and assist each other at any time, and follow the strategy of a group of wolves hunting tigers.
Every time Meng Wu wants to fight back, he will only hit a solid city wall in the end!
No wonder Meng Wu couldn't win for a long time.
If an ordinary general were to come here, not to mention taking the opportunity to completely annihilate the Zhao navy, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to hold on until now and they would be defeated!
But this is not the most troublesome thing. Ying Chengyu frowned and said: "This is only the defense line east of Huan River."
"Even if our army captures the Neihuang Zhucheng, To cross the Huan River to the west, we still need to face the defense line composed of the four cities of Fei, Lieren, Pei and Ge Ni!"
"We will not be able to trap Handan City until we break through this line of defense!"
At this moment, Ying Chengyu truly felt what it was like to be one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization.
The Xia capital, Xihe City, and the Shang capital, Yin City, are both nearby here, making this place the center of China for a long time and making the city density here terrifying.
It is only a short distance of more than two hundred miles from Neihuang City to Handan City.
But there are seven strategically important fortified cities blocking this road!
Meng Wu's expression actually relaxed a little: "The battle situation is not that bad."
"Although there are Feicheng and other cities after the Huan River, Zhao State does not have that many soldiers to use. Yu ShouCheng ”
"According to the information obtained by the waiters, King Zhao started recruiting troops two days after the general left Qi, but the income was not abundant."
"As of four days ago, King Zhao had only recruited more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, together with the surrounding areas of Handan Including the defenders and Handan City guards, King Zhao can only reinforce no more than 40,000 troops. "
The Qin State, which had gone through a great war, was defeated.
But the situation of Zhao State is worse than Qin State.
A tragic defeat in Changping left Zhao Guoqingzhuang with very few, and subsequent fierce battles with the Qin State caused Zhao Guoqingzhuang to suffer a lot.
Unless Li Mu's troops are recalled, King Zhao will no longer be able to mobilize more troops to resist Ying Chengyu!
Ying Chengyu asked thoughtfully: "Admiral Meng, how do you think this battle should be carried out?"
Meng Wu immediately said: "Today, the commander has borrowed 100,000 Qi troops. The general and the commander combined forces, with a total strength of more than 140,000."
"The battle situation also changed drastically!"
"The general thought that we should use a hundred thousand troops. Attack Neihuang City fiercely, and then use 40,000 soldiers and horses to ambush the only way to pass. "Not only attack the city, but also provide reinforcements!"
Since the military report of the 110,000-strong army led by Ying Chengyu arrived, Meng Wu has been thinking about strategies to defeat the enemy.
But after thinking about it, Meng Wu found that there was no need to think so much.
Just do it!
There are so many troops, so arrogant!
But Ying Chengyu shook his head: "The Qi army is weak and has low morale."
"Although our army now has as many as 140,000 troops, it is vast but not sophisticated."
>"Vice General Meng should know the situation of the Battle of Echeng. Our Qi army is only slightly better than Chu Zhao'an army."
"If our army uses the Qi army as the main army to attack Neihuang, we will definitely Difficult to defeat quickly. "
"Soldiers who are broad but not refined have obvious shortcomings and cannot be deployed according to the regular army."
"In the event of an enemy surprise attack or night attack, our army may blow up the camp at any time!"
Tian Jia's smile faltered.
My Daqi soldiers are so weak, I really feel sorry for you!
But no matter how weak our Daqi soldiers are, they cannot be compared with the bandits!
Meng Wu smiled and said: "Don't worry, coach, I will eventually gain some experience from training together."
“Although the Qi army is weak, it is due to lack of training and rewards.”
“When attacking Neihuang, the general will also train the Qi army at the same time.”
“Fight while training. , Use war as a substitute for training. As long as there is enough food and grass and the battle is tiring, after three months, although this army will not become a strong army, it will at least be able to fight. "
In terms of military training, Meng Wu. Be professional.
Give Meng Wu three months, he is confident that he can train this Qi army into a combatable soldier like the Yan army and the Han army!
Tian Jia's eyes suddenly lit up, and he couldn't wait to promise: "Don't worry, Lieutenant General Meng!"
"I will summon Linzi immediately and ask my king to send more food and grass."
"Reward for me. Jin can compare with the martial arts warriors of the past, and all the rewards will be shouldered by me, Daqi!"
"I will also report to the king, admonishing the king to give land to reward the meritorious generals, and give full support to Lieutenant General Meng! ! ”
No matter how much money and food is spent, or even if the 100,000 soldiers and horses are wiped out, as long as they can learn the skills of Mongolian military training, Qi will make a profit!
Meng Wu's eyes flashed, and his smile became more intimate: "A lot of food and grass are consumed during military training!"
Meng Wu was excited about the food and grass that was about to be put into his bag.
Ying Chengyu frowned slightly: "Three months is too long!"
"It will take even longer to pull out the city one by one and approach Handan."
"I can't wait that long!"
According to Meng Wu's plan, it would take at least four or five months for the Qin army to reach Handan City.
Four or five months is not a long time compared to a war.
But Ying Chengyu will not forget why he came.
He does not seek victory, he only seeks to force Li Mu to return for reinforcements!
Mengwu’s military strategy is certainly sound, but soundness is not suitable for this battle!
Meng Wucheng asked for advice: "May I ask the coach if he has a good strategy?"
After Ying Chengyu pondered for a long time, he slowly spoke: "I thought that there was a strategy to trap the city!"
From Taking out the map of Kun from his arms and unfolding it in front of Meng Wu, Ying Chengyu asked in a deep voice: "According to the map of Kun, except for Jipu City, the rivers adjacent to Neihuang and other cities are not big rivers?"
Meng Wu thought while replying: "Of course!"
"The last general just visited Jipucheng last month."
"Although Jipu City is adjacent to the Huan River, as the Huan River changed its course, Jipu City is now five miles away from the Huan River. Now Jipu City is digging trenches and canals to divert the water from the Huan River into a moat."
< br>"So the river that Jipucheng faces is not a big river."
Ying Chengyu smiled happily: "It's very good!"
"In this case, I want to make General Meng The troops blocked the gates of the three inner and yellow cities and did not allow them to leave the city."
"Then the Qi army was ordered to carry soil and cut off all the rivers flowing into the three cities."
"At the same time, we used earth to ram the city and trap all the soldiers and horses in the three inner and yellow cities inside the city."
Meng Wu couldn't help but frown when he heard this: "This strategy will consume a lot of physical strength of our soldiers, and it will also Let our army lose part of its combat power and be in danger."
"But I don't think this strategy will have much effect."
"In the past twenty years, The cities in Neihuang are all the first barriers to the southeast of Zhao State. These three cities have a lot of food and grass stored in them."
"If we adopt the strategy of trapping the enemy, it will probably take at least a year to use up these three cities. Food and fodder for the city.”
"But one year..." Meng Wu hesitated for a while before saying slowly: "Xianyang is in danger!"
While speaking, Meng Wu looked at Ying Chengyu with hesitation.
Meng Wu had already received the order from Ying Zheng and knew that once Ying Zheng died, Ying Chengyu would inherit the throne.
Now that he heard Ying Chengyu’s military strategy, Meng Wu inevitably had an idea in his mind.
How long does it take to talk about our general strategy?
But Chang'an Jun's military strategy will obviously take longer!
Mr. Chang'an may not be deliberately delaying time, so as to reasonably sit back and watch the death of the king!
(End of this chapter)