Chapter 68 Jingren!
Relying on his own as the king's favorite general, Li Xin wrote to Xianyang for more than ten days. At first, his discussion was not organized, but after many discussions, he destroyed the countries and his strategy for the whole world became clearer and clearer.
The Qin Dynasty should immediately change the westward strategy that is being implemented now, and not compete with Chu for Nanzheng and Bashu, nor for Fang Nanyang and Nanjun. Instead, it should mobilize all military forces to attack Wei. Qi is the same as the west, and it is enough to maintain a moderate force. If necessary, it can deceive the people of Qi and let them temporarily stay out of the war to isolate the Wei and Chu countries.
Once Wei State is removed, the gate of Chu State in the east will be opened. Since Chu State is opened, the waters in the south of Daliang are all channels for attacking Chu State. The Qin army should take advantage of the favorable opportunity of the new defeat of Chu State and many divisions and brigades still cannot return to rescue in the west. As long as the waterway is controlled, the Chu army will be completely divided, and after division, they will be encircled and defeated, the Chu State will soon be destroyed.
The overall strategy is like this, and the most important part of the details is how to remove the key points.
Daliang is a strong city in the world. A few years ago, the King of Wei was worried that Daliang would be in trouble, so he used the money of the country to ask the Chu craftsmen to build all the city walls with cement and glutins. The built beams had two cities, one was a cement glutinous wall, exposed to the outside; the other was the original rammed earth wall, hiding inside. There was a reason why the Wei people did this.
The capital of Wei was originally in Anyi, but there was Huo Tai in the north, Taihang in the east, Dahe in the west, and Boshan (Zhongtiao Mountain) in the south. Mountains and rivers were blocked and it was inconvenient to be the leader. Then he moved east to Daliang instead of fearing Qin. Daliang was in the east with Chu territory, west with Han territory, north with Zhao territory, east with Qi territory, "the princes connect four ways, and the lines are connected to the sermons" and is the center of the world.
But this central place connecting the world was still a depression more than two hundred years ago, surrounded by large zoos. There are Rongzepu Tianze in the west, Muze in the east, Pengze in the south, and Sand Sea in the north. The reason why the gulf is so easy to be digged is because the terrain here is low and the river water is easily led out to the south. Because of this, Daliang is most afraid of water attacks.
The so-called "breaking the Rongkou, Wei has no Daliang", "When attacking the land, attacking the Hanoi, and when attacking the water, destroying the Daliang", "Wei's opinion". Because of his opinion, the Wei people built the Great Wall in the west of Daliang City, extending south from Juancheng (now the west of Yuanyang) to the Han territory. This is not so much a Great Wall, but a river embankment. Once the big river breaks, this long embankment can still block the flowing river water.
Water attacks the beam is the most convenient way. Whether the cement glutinous wall can block the river water that breaks the dam depends on the skills of the Chu craftsmen. Even if the river water cannot destroy the Daliang city wall, it can still be surrounded. The north and south beams have a total of 600,000 or 700,000 people. No matter how much corn accumulated in the city is dry, it will be consumed in half a year. Moreover, the Chu army will be rescued when attacking and defeating Daliang. The two armies of Qin and Chu will be determined by Daliang, so it will be done once and for all...
In Xianghe Pass, after the military discussion was over, Li Xin began to write a letter again, and he finally completed the last part of the entire strategy: flooding Daliang and breaking up with Jing.
This is of course a very crude idea. He did not have any information on the defense of Daliang City, nor did he have hydrological information about the Yellow River, Rongze, Putianze, and Honggou. This is a possibility based on previous experience. The decisive battle with the Chu army was also a fantasy, but he was sure to force the King of Chu to fight to the decisive battle.
The Qin army, who continued to advance in the rain, had a long sleep, and the next day, was still raining. At the Danming time of the Ming Dynasty, the soldiers went straight south at fifty-five steps per minute, six Qin feet per step, and rested for a quarter of an hour. The two mountains in Xianghe Pass were clamped with each other, crossing the Xiangshui River and turning east, and the road was clamped with each other, north and south.
The peaks are only six or seven hundred meters, but for the Qin army walking on the plains above 100 meters above sea level, these peaks still need to be looked up. After the rain in spring and summer, the trees on the mountain only feel lush and beautiful. After the rain in late autumn, even if the maple leaves in the mountain are as bright as fire, they make people feel desolate and sad.
Li Xin was still energetic after not sleeping all night. He looked at the sad autumn in the drizzle and felt a little happy. Autumn is already very deep, will spring be far away? Since the Qin Dynasty has struggled from life and death, will it be far away to destroy Chu and unify the world?!
"Li Xin!" Thinking of destroying the Chu State, Li Xin was stunned at the red maple in the mountains and forests. Ten miles away, Xiong Jing in the dense forest saw the ox tail and colorful feathers on his feather flag.
"It's Li Xin!" Deng Sui couldn't help but feel excited. After working hard for more than ten days, he finally got a result.
"The Qin people are not prepared." Xiong Jing and Deng Sui were concerned about Li Xin, Zhuang had no land, and Shen Tong and other advisers were considering the equipment of the Qin army. The Qin army, wearing straw raincoats and oil cloth, lined up in an orderly manner, and slowly moved south in three marching columns. The soldiers were no longer the elite soldiers they had seen before, but ordinary soldiers who were uneven in old and young, with seven feet to sixty.
"When will it be attacked?" Yang Wei rubbed his palms, his spear was already hungry and thirsty.
"We need to wait for the Central Shogunate to approach." Shintong whispered, "It's okay to wait for a moment."
"Please take Lu Li's mirror." Zhuang Wudi, who was worried about being exposed, advised him, he didn't want to fail.
"No." Xiong Jing agreed. He no longer observed Li Xin's central military shogunate, but was observing the Qin soldiers in the queue. The Qin people looked completely different from the Chu people, and their beards were completely different. Qin soldiers often lowered their eyes, their eyes were indifferent, giving people a sense of coldness. Most of the Chu soldiers were serious, but their eyes always liked to be raised and they felt complacent.
The Qin army in front of me is not all elite. At least the young Qin soldiers looked bad. They were not even the Qin people, and they were probably Han people. The Han people are different from the Qin people. The Han people are actually Zheng people. They do not have the coldness and murderous aura of the Qin soldiers, and their eyes are flexible. They still have a smile on their lips because they secretly grabbed a few yellow dogtail grass beside the road.
"King..." Xiong Jing agreed to Lu Lijing in his hand but continued to hold it up, so Zhuang Wudi shouted again.
"No." Xiong Jing agreed again, and then he put down Lu Lijing in a reluctance and hid in the deep dense forest. Although the Qin generals also used Lu Lijing to look at the mountains and forests on both sides of the road, they found nothing.
When Xiong Jing returned to the dense forest, all the soldiers of the army spent lunch and sat on the ground without avoiding the dampness. The long barbarian spear was standing up and hugged them in front of their chests. Seeing Xiong Jing and others returning, several waiting teachers led their gazes full of anticipation.
"Li Xin has arrived, and you can attack it in a moment!" Xiong Jing looked at the army surrounding him and said. "This battle is to kill and disperse the enemies in front of him. Shen Buwei's army is at the north, and you need to seize the south of Xiangshui. Do not allow Qin to cross south; the army is at the east, and the Qin people should be driven east. The Xia Road is narrow here, with waters in the north and mountain rocks in the south, so you can guard it. Yangfeng's army follows the Fengqiu flag and rush to Li Xin; the Qingqiu army is behind each division, thinking that it is traveling and taking the opportunity to act."
There is Xiangshui in the north and rock walls in the east, which is the most suitable for surprise attack. Xiong Jing's order was the surprise attack plan that the strategists had repeatedly discussed. The soldiers knew it had been known to them. As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers replied loudly: "I respectfully accept the order!"
"I think Li Xin was all new Korean soldiers before, so I was afraid. After killing Li Xin, our army should lead the army to the east to urge the Qin people to collapse."
The retreat plan formulated by the strategists before either rushed north to Xianghe Pass, because there were rear troops dozens of miles behind the central army, and the rear troops were all baggage and strong soldiers; or they returned directly on the same route. Now Xiong Jing attacked eastward, and the four divisions were all surprised.
"Yes!" Zhuang Wudi nodded first, and he also found that the soldiers in front of the central army did not look like Qin soldiers. Since they were not Qin soldiers, they could drive them to defeat Qin people, and it would be impossible to change the retreat plan.
"I respectfully accept the order!" After Zhuang Wudi nodded, everyone was delighted. In this way, the fight could last until dark.
"Prepare the jujube and prepare the dried meat, and you will have to fight for a long time." After confirming the plan, Xiong Jing mentioned these trivial matters and needed to be prepared to go east.
"I respectfully accept the order!" Several people bowed again.
"Two-thirds of the time, the whole army will attack and disperse!" Xiong Jing finally issued the order to disband, and the four divisions led him back to the headquarters immediately.
There were no artillery, no cavalry, and there were not even arrows in the rain. The general of Ying army used a spear formation to attack the central army of the Qin army. It was not four spear formations, but five - eight guards and Zhuang Quji's guard cavalry, a total of more than 2,200 guards. These more than 2,000 people also listed a spear formation that was 60 rows wide and 38 rows thick. In this array, Xiong Jing stood in the front row.
The final wait was very difficult. In the heat of the day, Xiong Jing removed the raincoat he was wearing and let the autumn rain fall on himself. The rain water penetrated into the skin from the gaps in the armor, making people moan. He looked up at the sky, and countless rains poured out from the gray sky, which seemed to never end.
"Report to the king, time is coming, our army is very lucky!" Zhuang Wudi reported loudly, and a tortoise shell that was auspicious in his hand lit up.
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"The king has an order: stand up - be honest! Being Yu!" The military officer conveyed the military's order and took out the colorful Zhiyu that he had carefully collected. These colorful Zhiyu were tied tightly to the shoulders and necks of the first row of soldiers. Xiong Jing stood in the first row, and Zhiyu was tied behind his shoulders.
"Report to the king, time has arrived!" Seeing Xiong Jing standing with his soldiers, Zhiyu was tied to his shoulders, Zhuang Wudi's eyes were a little wet, and he suddenly hated why he was a counselor.
Upon hearing the report from Shi Zhi, Xiong Jing took a deep breath. He turned to look at the two historians behind the formation and said, "If I die, Xiong Sheng will be the king!" After saying that, without waiting for the historian to react, he shouted again: "The whole army has! Advance! Advance--!"
"The whole army has it! Advance! Advance-!" The military officer repeated the order, as if the entire army had heard the order.
"All the troops have it! Advance! Advance—!" It seemed like a quartet, and the same military order sounded in the dense forest. More than 16,000 spearmen joined the steps of the guards, holding barbarian spears and following their comrades in front of them through the dense forest.
Chapter completed!