Chapter 73: Cornered
At this time, when he heard the report of the messenger outside, he let people in, Bai Fengmian is also in his fifties this year, his hair is a little gray, but he is very neatly combed, he is dressed in simple armor, he looks so steady, there is an obvious scar on his face, which forms a "cross" on the left side of his face, his eyes are like swords, his eyebrows are like knives, his skin is a little black, his face is as heavy as water, and people can't guess his inner thoughts.
Grow some beard, slightly mature, and at the same time have a unique leadership temperament, at first glance it is the kind of person who is superior, should have a bearing, medium body shape, and no obvious sense of muscle, but gives people a kind of Taishan-like oppressive force.
A person like him, even if he takes off his armor and puts on civilian clothes. That's also a high-ranking general, and no one dares to underestimate it. The messenger relayed the battle outside just now to Bai Fengmian.
After Bai Fengmian heard this, he didn't show any strong anger, but was very calm. It's like the people who died on the battlefield were not Qin soldiers, but a group of strangers who had nothing to do with each other, and their moods were invisible.
After listening to it, he just said a faint "I know," and let him go down, and at the same time, he also read it again in his mouth: Huo Wuxie? ”
The Han side was excited because of this big victory, and their morale was unprecedentedly high, in their eyes, Bai Fengmian's undefeated myth seemed to have been broken by them, and his Great Qin army was not as terrible as he imagined. As everyone knows, in the battle just now, luck accounted for a lot, if it weren't for the enemy general, because of Huo Wuxie's age, he would have a contempt.
In addition, the Great Qin Fang did not attach too much importance to this battle, but seemed to be able to deal with it a little, and if he picked a random person, then he would definitely not have some achievements. Even so, under Huo Wuxie's near-perfect command, he still lost half of his soldiers, which is enough to explain a lot of problems.
In other words, the Han Dynasty used the top generals to fight against the weakest generals of the Great Qin, and the result was that they could not completely annihilate the opponent with zero injuries, and they had to bear a certain price. can barely do it, which shows how strong the soldiers under him are under Qin Bai Fengmian.
On the other hand, the Great Qin side did not lose morale because of the defeat in the battle just now, but became even higher. Originally, they were all a group of weak chickens for the Great Han Kingdom, and they were not worthy of their serious treatment at all, but now the Great Han seems to be qualified to be their opponent. When it is strong, it is strong, and his subordinates Bai Fengmian are all battle maniacs like him, and they are not eager for bloody battles all the time.
Bai Fengmian had a premonition about this result, so he didn't care much, and a small episode ended like this, and the two sides quieted down again. But everyone knows that this is just the calm before the storm, and in the future, here, and even the whole continent, will become a hell of corpses and blood, and wars.
On the side of Chu State, production has begun in various places, almost all the money Feng Xiaotian won in Datang has been invested in it, and the first batch of materials has been out of the warehouse. In addition to Feng Xiaotian's products, the effect is good and the supply is sufficient, almost they don't need to sell it, and orders from various countries are sent to them like snowflakes.
With the cooperation between Feng Xiaotian and Liang Guo, a bottle of healing medicine is almost sold at five or six times, or even more than ten times the price. Even so, all countries are rushing to ask for it, for fear that it will be too late, and they will run out of stock, after all, with these medicines, they can maintain the continuous combat effectiveness of the soldiers.
Naturally, there are military doctors in the army, but in the face of a big war, the number and speed of military doctors cannot save so many people, and many people can escape alive from the battlefield, but once they are seriously injured, even if the wound is not fatal, they will die because the treatment is not timely. Now with this batch of medicine, it is equivalent to saving the lives of countless soldiers.
All countries, because they are some small countries and small forces, have paid great attention to these medicines, and the only thing that is missing now is time and productivity.
In terms of time, it can only be like this, and in terms of productivity, it is necessary to rely on Zhao Long, quickly defeat the Liao State, capture some prisoners, and come to the emergency. At the same time, all the forces around the Chu State also transferred their families to the Chu State, and Feng Xiaotian's plan was also the first successful step.
In return, the first batch of antidote has also been delivered, and now their strength is not enough, and when the future war is over, they have more power, and then carry out the annexation plan, it will be foolproof.
Zhao Long's actions were very smooth, he was a military genius himself, and with the assistance of flying armor, he knew the enemy's movements well, and then led the army to rush into the Liao country, and the left and right attacks could always find the weak points of the Liao army, and the Liao army was defeated and retreated, and it was miserable.
At the same time, Zhao Long also strictly obeyed Feng Xiaotian's orders, captured as many prisoners as possible, and replenished the labor force for the Chu State. The first is to go to farming, to produce pharmaceutical raw materials, and the second is to go to mining, to produce iron raw materials.
Take care of food and shelter, as long as you work hard, you will never be abused, and your life is far worse than before, but it is better than death. However, in just two days, more than 5,000 prisoners and more than 7,000 war horses have been harvested, which can be regarded as a bumper harvest. In short, everything is developing in the direction that Feng Xiaotian hopes, and now he is still busy, but he is not as nervous as before.
Teaching the apprentices knowledge in the sect every day, so that they can learn alchemy, refining tools, and exercises, although he himself knows nothing about these things, but he has been exposed to it in the fairy world for a long time, plus he also has the knowledge of the three major runes, so he is still qualified to teach these Xiaobai, who can't do anything. In this way, he lectures and drinks tea on weekdays, and occasionally uses his divine sense to look at the situation in the world, as well as the war between the Han and the Great Qin, and his life is not bad.
As for other matters, Jiang Ya is in charge of internal affairs and management, no matter what, Liu Heng, the great enemy he thinks about day and night, is dead. Most of his wish has been completed, and the rest is hatred for the Han Emperor, but with the Qin State to clean them up, the good days of wanting to come to the Han Dynasty are coming to an end, so he will do his best to manage the internal affairs of Chu and strive to make the development of the Chu State better.
And because of his outstanding performance, there are now people in the court and China who have elected him as the prime minister of Chu State, and this post of prime minister, no matter in that country, can be regarded as the top level below one person and above ten thousand people. And they want to give this honor to Jiang Ya, in addition to looking at Feng Xiaotian's face, his personal ability has also been fully recognized by everyone.
Feng Xiaotian did not make a clear statement on this, just let it be, and in terms of intelligence, Feng Qingyuan also quickly entered the state, and the intelligence from all sides continued to pour into the Chu State. He is quite professional in this regard, Feng Xiaotian also opened up some resources to him, such as his singing and dancing spies, all of which are managed by Feng Qingyuan, as for the Liangguo Intelligence Network, just wait for Zhao Long to conquer the Liao State, he has sufficient resources, and he will consider giving it to him in the future.
The country is also quiet, the courtiers perform their duties, the treasury has sufficient silver, the people have enough food and clothing, it is the time of prosperity, and the orders from various countries are also endless, but Feng Xiaotian did not let go of his guard, he knew that the peace in front of him was only temporary. Driven by war, the credibility of the past is one thing, but the economy is more important.
Now that the whole continent is participating in the war, and the entire continent is completely shut down, at least for a long time, the productivity will drop to the original three layers, and food will be the top priority in the future. Almost every major war leads to a famine. Countless people will lose their homes and go hungry.
These Feng Xiaotian must find ways to prepare, so as not to have the tragedy of Yi Zi's cannibalism in the future. After thinking about it, we should still solve the problem fundamentally, that is, to solve the problem of seeds and yields, preferably the kind of varieties that ripen quickly, have high yields, and can be planted everywhere.
After thinking about it for a while, he finally had a clue, that is, his previous snack, gopher fruit, this thing is at the same level as wild grass in the fairy world, it grows fast, but it has no spiritual power. It's usually them, the food of these small people who live at the bottom, and even ordinary spirit beasts are unwilling to dig them up to eat.
But now that he is in the mortal world, this kind of thing has become the most useful plant, thinking of such an ordinary thing, there should be something in the mortal world, but he didn't find it, it just so happened that he had an intelligence network, so he was lazy, and drew a pattern of the plant according to his memory, and after the painting was completed, he ordered someone to go down to find it, the sooner the better, and then returned to his normal life, teaching and watching the front-line battle.
In this way, eight days passed, and the troops on the Qin-Han border had been assembled. Both sides dispatched elite troops, the Great Han Kingdom took out the remaining 300,000 Red Dragon Army, the other 200,000 were used to protect the imperial city, and the other troops also had nearly 1 million, which can be said to be pouring out.
On the other side, Daqin, with 1.3 million ordinary troops and 500,000 elite troops, the Wind Wolf Army, was trained by Bai Fengmian. Its combat power is unparalleled in the world, at least since it was formed, he has not lost. This battle was about to begin, and the Han side also made a temporary decision, that is, Huo Wuxian would command the Red Dragon Army and be responsible for all the operations of the elite battle.
For him, a newcomer who had only entered the battlefield for the second time, this was the highest honor, and many people in the army who disobeyed him were secretly belly, saying that he had risen to power by nepotism, and such jealousy could be heard everywhere, and he had been prepared since he first joined the army.
In terms of background, his family is also a famous family, so he is naturally superior in terms of treatment, and then he has made many great and small contributions, and he himself. But he basically didn't go out much, he was all his subordinates to get it, and it was inevitable that everyone would be upset, if it weren't for his previous small victory, plus Wei Jun's support, he wouldn't have this opportunity.
And Wei Jun also has high hopes for him, he believes that Huo Wuxian is a maxima who can withstand the test, he just needs to be more patient and wait, and have more opportunities to temper, since the two sides have almost prepared, the outbreak of the war is just around the corner, and they are now waiting for another opportunity, a chance for the other party to show their flaws.
After these eight days of action on the side of the Chu State, the Great Liao has been completely disabled, and the Emperor of the Liao State personally handed over the surrender table to Zhao Long, if it is based on the real strength. The people of Liao are good at riding and shooting, and almost all of them are natural cavalry, but it is also this that makes them lose so quickly.
The reason is naturally because the troops are too single and easy to be restrained. For example, cavalry mainly relies on mobility, flexibility, and a sense of oppression when charging to compete for supremacy on the battlefield. In the face of the expansion of the area, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry is the best in the world.
But Zhao Long has a cheat "Light Spirit Armor." can fly in the sky, keep an eye on their movements, and the speed of their marches,
And take advantage of it. For example, they were led to the river, and the water of the river was used to weaken the movement of the horses, and then they were annihilated, and then they were used in the valley to fight ambush warfare, and they were all destroyed in one fell swoop.
There are also generals on the Liao side, but there is still a gap between him and Zhao Long, plus the Liao State is located in the grassland, and the temperature difference between day and night is very large, and good wine has also become one of their important weaknesses.
For example, the storage of grain and grass., and the location of the headquarters, he is only one person in general, and it is impossible for everyone under him to do things perfectly. The result was naturally a complete defeat, during this period they even suspected that there was a traitor, so they searched everywhere, Zhao Long also made good use of this, sent people to spread false information, let them kill themselves, a few particularly difficult, and loyal to the Liao generals.
In fact, the emotions of human beings are much higher than those of unanimous outwards. For external enemies, if they can't beat them, they will have a fear psychology, which makes them very sensitive, and there is no good channel to vent, and now with these true and false news, it is as if they have found an outlet for them, almost bent into a trick. Forcibly put several famous generals who were loyal and patriotic, and gave them traitorous villains.
Pity this group of people, they don't understand why they are carrying these pots until they die, and for their fate, Zhao Long, as a soldier, is naturally sad. But war is like this, either you die or I die, and at the moment he is not qualified to sympathize with the enemy, and if he has the opportunity in the future, he will rehabilitate them.
After all, they still believe in the motherland until they die, and they obviously have the opportunity to raise troops to resist, but only because of the sentence that the king wants the minister to die, the minister has to die, and the generosity is righteous, if they can all follow the plan and raise troops to resist, then Zhao Long can at least three days ahead of schedule and annihilate the Liao State.
But now this is not bad, at the surrender ceremony, the ministers of the Liao State, as well as the royal family, are the first time to see and defeat their generals." Zhao Long". Everyone was very curious about his use of soldiers, and for a while, they went crazy looking for a traitor. But the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and many plans are improvised, and it is impossible for anyone to have the opportunity or even time to pass on the news.
But he, Zhao Long, was able to find their weaknesses again and again, so as to annihilate them. If Zhao Long is ambushed, they must be tricked, and if their own side is ambushed, they will definitely be recognized. So that he had the opportunity to attack the base camp directly, burn the grain, grass and armaments, and not in one place, but everywhere.
Until now, the Great Liao State was defeated and had no troops available and was forced to surrender. They didn't know how they were defeated, they were defeated there, but fortunately, Zhao Long was not easy to kill, and after defeating them, most of them were prisoners.
Regarding his military skills, the Liao State side once asked on the spot, but Zhao Long did not get Feng Xiaotian's permission, and did not dare to tell this secret. just replied indifferently with a sentence of "military secrets" and stopped speaking, and the Liao side was angry about it, but there was nothing to be done.
Later, Feng Xiaotian found the crops he needed, and ordered to start planting them in full force to prepare for future exports, and at the same time they harvested a large natural horse farm. War horses are also a sought-after resource in the future, these lines have a good starting point, and the rest is to start making crazy money. Minerals, agricultural products, war horses, and medicines.
Let Chu suddenly become the most eye-catching cornucopia on the mainland, if it weren't for Feng Xiaotian, it would probably be "embattled" now.
On the other hand, the big battle that attracted the attention of the whole continent finally began the first round of battles after a long time of testing. First of all, as a justification for justice, Daqin, began the first all-out attack. Charged by ordinary soldiers, the wind wolf army protected the two wings and grain and grass, and the whole army of 1.7 million people advanced mightily.
Bai Fengmian now has absolute strength, and plenty of soldiers, and with the blessing of such a large army, all the conspiracies and tricks seem so pale and powerless. The tactic he formulated was very simple, that is, to use the momentum of Mount Tai to suppress the top, slowly and quickly, into the hinterland of the Great Han, thus destroying the Great Han.
After all, at present, there are many people in Daqin, and if they attack in a dispersed manner, there will inevitably be loopholes that cannot be taken care of, and besides, the enemy has only one big man by himself, so it is better to attack directly with the advantage of numbers like now!
As the local home of the Han Dynasty, naturally could not let him be so arrogant, almost immediately began a full-scale resistance, Wei Jun personally led the army to fight against it, but the result was very bad, in this kind of large-scale battle, the overall situation is very important, the Han army and the Great Qin army fell into a bloody battle at the same time. But the difference is that the Great Qin Army is the kind of master who fights to the end and exchanges his life for his life.
It is a big Han army, which has just won the battle a few days ago, and its morale is high. But as soon as the two sides came into contact, they were slapped and slapped back to reality from the dream.
As soon as the two sides met, there was an immediate difference, and the casualties of the Great Han army were on average three times higher than those of the Great Qin! This was still the result of fair conditions under which the two sides fought hard against hard without any conspiracy and trickery.
The current situation is very unfavorable for the Han Dynasty, who have already lost a third of their troops in the battle of Huachu. And if we continue to fight like this now, then these troops will have to be handed over here sooner or later. It is not certain whether the few people who remain can hold on to the local people who intend to rebel. Not to mention those neighboring countries that are eyeing each other.
You must know that for this war, the Han Dynasty imposed extremely heavy taxes on the people, so that the Han people were dissatisfied, and the drama was staged every day in various places, and the people were chased and beaten by the government because they could not pay the taxes. It can be said that the Han country is now in chaos, if it were not suppressed by the soldiers stationed locally, then there may be how many people would want to rise up and do the right thing for heaven.
This is also a hidden danger left by the previous war, the army sent out to recruit soldiers, horses, grain and grass, and military salaries were very money-burning, but the battle of Chu was almost taken away, and more than half of the treasury of the Han Dynasty was taken. Now the whole country, including the palace, is tightening their belts to live, I thought this was an easy battle to capture, but who would have thought that he would lose a fine light, and now he has to face the menacing continent of Daqin, this grain and grass army salary does not reach out to the people, where can he get it?
Wei Jun is naturally clear about the difficulties at home, otherwise he would not be so anxious now, and now he has to think about how to fight against foreign enemies, but also how to save costs and reduce domestic pressure. All day is one head, two big, miserable.
On the other hand, Bai Fengmian didn't have such a lot of pressure, everything was moving forward according to his plan, and he was confident that he would definitely be able to take down the other party, in order to give the other party enough oppression, Bai Fengmian used a special system. Anyway, the battlefield is so big, if you fight at the same time, it is already the limit if you can have 300,000 people playing, and even if the rest of the people go to the battlefield, they can only watch from the rear.
In order to give full play to the fighting power of each person, he divided the army into three parts, each of which numbered about 400,000 men, and then each detachment went into battle to kill the enemy for eight hours, and when he was tired, he came back to rest, and the second team went up. This alternation and repetition allows everyone to have a chance to go into battle, and they can get enough rest to maintain their combat strength, so that the pressure on the Han side will be greater.
In the face of the endless new forces, it is no wonder that they do not suffer losses, such a big battle lasted for a day and a night, and finally Wei Jun could not resist. In just one day, the number of casualties of his Han Dynasty has reached a terrifying 150,000, and this number continues to grow, but the Great Qin side has only about 50,000 casualties and casualties, such a casualty rate will naturally make Wei Jun furious, the troops in his hands, but the last hope of the Great Han! In any case, they can't all die in his hands, otherwise the first sinner of this Han will be him.
After thinking about it, there was only one way to "retreat" and find a strong city to hold on to the rear, so as to bring back the casualty rate.
And the elite troops on Huo Wuxie's side are also suffering from the fact that they do not have the conditions to participate in the war, no matter how difficult it is for him to use elite troops, he can't use elite troops to consume the enemy's ordinary troops! The reason why elite soldiers are called elites is not only because they have strong combat effectiveness and fast action. What's more important is that they burn money, from equipment to training, to food and military salaries, all of which are fatal waste money.
The financial resources of the non-empire cannot be raised, and of course, no matter how much money is burned like this, he naturally has combat power worthy of him. With proper command, an elite unit can turn the tide of the battle, but now, there is obviously no such opportunity.
The Han was forced to retreat from the border line until it was off the national border, and the nearest "Yinshan Pass" was held by the city, which could be regarded as stabilizing the war situation. At the end of this day, the Han lost nearly 160,000 troops, while the Great Qin only had more than 50,000 troops, which is the difference between pursuing and fleeing.
The pursuing side is naturally imposing, and the more they fight, the more courageous they become. The fleeing side is like an arrow, unable to form an army, and there is a gap between the advantages of one and the other. Now it's bigger, and this is also the main reason why there are so many casualties in the big Han.
The situation of the battle here was spread rapidly to all parts of the mainland, and no one was surprised or even taken for granted such a result. His undefeated myth of Bai Fengmian was fought out with one tough battle after another, in terms of the evaluation of him by people on the mainland:
Militarily, the person who can fight against Bai Fengmian has not yet been born.
It can be seen how deeply rooted his prestige is, if Han Zaixing is still there, with his prestige and his leadership, he will definitely not let the casualty rate be so large. But the reality is not the case, in the Han Dynasty, because of the previous rash attack on Chu, it has caused a wave of dissatisfaction in the country.
Now there are successive defeats on the front line, and all these mistakes have erupted together, and the spearhead is pointed at the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, and the emperor is speechless, so he can only sprinkle his anger on Wei Jun's head. Almost every day, he issued three holy decrees, so that he would fight a victory no matter what, and stabilize the mood in the country.
He Wei Jun was originally ordered to be in danger, and his subordinates' support for him was not high, and now he received an order from the emperor, and he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.
Outside the city, Bai Fengmian's army was attacking the city, in order to oppress the Han, Bai Fengmian didn't want to rest for a moment, and kept attacking. On the Han side, they were tired of defense and miserable, and at this time, all the general-level generals were gathered in the city lord's mansion for a meeting, but the meeting was very dull, and everyone frowned and remained silent.
For Bai Fengmian's attack, everyone was helpless, this legendary general, no one dared to say that he had a way to repel him. At that moment the messenger came to report another decree, an untimely decree that broke the meeting as quiet and heavy as mercury.
Everyone immediately got up to receive the decree, and everyone had already guessed the content of the decree, because this was the fourth decree today, and the tone of the decree was getting worse little by little, and now they all had a bit of a strict taste, which made them, the front-line generals, a lot of pressure!
After everyone listened to the holy decree, they regained their previous tranquility again, and after a short time, Huo Wuxian took the initiative to speak: I have a solution, but it is too risky, I don't know if it can be done?"
"Oh, what's the solution?" the crowd inquired eagerly, as if they had found a life-saving straw. Even Wei Jun listened carefully, the gaze in his eyes was eager and hot, and now he was really anxious.
I only heard Huo Wuxian say coldly: "Against Bai Fengmian, we have no chance of winning if we fight hard, so I propose to outwit it." “
"Nonsense, you still need to say this..."This was everyone's first reaction after listening to Huo Wuxie's words. But they meditated in their hearts, and no one said it openly.
Immediately after that, I heard Huo Wuxian continue: "I want the Red Dragon Army to play in a different way, that is, to take off that bright red helmet and replace it with the most unnoticeable gray and black, which is the kind of armor similar to the night clothes. Then I will lead the team, bypass Bai Fengmian, and attack directly inside Great Qin, believing that with our combat effectiveness, we will definitely be able to bring enough pressure to Great Qin.
This is to attack the enemy and save himself, with us exerting pressure internally, he Bai Fengmian will definitely return to the dynasty to save the country, and then I will start to fight guerrillas in Daqin, and you will drag Bai Fengmian back outside. Under such internal and external attacks, he Bai Fengmian will definitely mess with himself, and the danger of my big man can be lifted, what do you think?"
After saying this plan, Huo Wuxian was hopeful, and in his opinion, this was the best way. As soon as this plan comes out, it will be unanimously praised by everyone. But the reality is not like this, and the eyes that everyone looks at him are not approving, but strange, yes, weird.
There is no ridicule, only disappointment, like a parent who is disappointed in his child's wrong performance. For children, they naturally don't ask too much, they just can't be gullible.
Facing everyone's expressions, Huo Wuxian was extremely puzzled, and finally Wei Jun relieved him and said: "General Huo, you are not the first to come up with this plan, someone has used this plan to deal with Bai Fengmian, but the result is ......"
Regarding the following words, another general said: "The result is that he slaughtered the city like a madman, and sent a notice to that army, that if he does not return one day, he will slaughter two cities if he does not return for the second day, until he kills all the people of the enemy country, and finally kills all that army."
And he Bai Fengmian also did what he said, and on the same day, he killed more than 70,000 people in a medium-sized city in the enemy country, from the eighty-old man to the newborn baby, all of whom were spared. It is also because of this that he will be boycotted by the whole continent.
Afterwards, he himself had made a promise that he would not commit it again in the future, but who would believe that innocuous promise? Otherwise, he would not have been hidden by Great Qin.
It's not that Daqin doesn't want to use him, but because he is too ruthless, it is said that he did not return to China to defend because of the slaughter of the city at that time, and was included in a book by the Minister of the Interior, saying that he intended to rebel. But later, he Bai Fengmian didn't have anything, but the minister, after he returned to China, was wiped out by Bai Fengmian.
It can be seen what kind of trust and indulgence Emperor Qin has for Bai Fengmian. If you want to use this trick to deal with Bai Fengmian, I'm afraid it's a little naïve. Besides, if you enter the Great Qin Country, will you definitely have a chance? There are also Wang Lan, Meng Yi and other generals in the Great Qin Country, and you can choose any one of them, all of whom are experienced in a hundred battles.
In terms of using soldiers, are you confident that you will definitely be stronger than them?" He didn't say anything more about the rest of the words, because Huo Wuxie's face was already ugly.
Everyone thought he had given up, but they still underestimated that a teenager of this age should have the most emotional "rebellious psychology".
The more they think it's wrong, the impossible, the more he wants to show them it, trying to prove himself in this way. Then I saw him look at him coldly and said, "Okay, if you have other good methods, you can talk about it, if not, then what should we do?
"This ......" the crowd was silent again.