Chapter 680: Three Perfect Strategies!
"As long as my Great Qin takes Jiaocheng, my Qin army can point in all directions, fight wherever it wants, and can also implement a semi-encirclement of Zheng Long, by the way, there is no news from Zhao Hao, the general of Zhenbei?" Ying Chang was talking, and suddenly Zhao screamed.
When Du Changjing heard this, he immediately bent down and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, there is no news from General Zhao Hao of Zhenbei yet, but calculate the time, General Zhenbei will soon get His Majesty's will and attack Qingkou Pass!" ”
Ying Chang nodded, "As long as Qingkou Pass is taken, with the combat effectiveness of our Qin army, coupled with the level of the general Zhenbei army, there is no pressure to crush the enemy five times as much, and when the general of Zhenbei takes Mingguang County, Zheng Long will be surrounded on all sides, and only Meng County in the southeast will open his chest and abdomen to him!" ”
"Your Majesty, then if we take Jiyuan County, do we have to take Meng County and completely lock Zheng Long's way out?" Aluk Goh couldn't help but ask.
Ying Chang shook his head with a smile, and said with a smile in his tone: "No, I want to leave a way for him!" ”
"What does Your Majesty mean?" Du Changjing seemed to have guessed what Yingchang wanted to do.
"That's right, I want to give Zheng Long a chance, isn't he a fraud? Isn't it a stab in the back? I will let him stab, and when Zheng Long stabs him, our army will all go out and destroy Zheng Long in one go! The corners of Yingchang's mouth curled, revealing a sneer.
If the Qin army takes Meng Jun, Zheng Long will have no way out, and will be forced to change from a fraudulent surrender to a real surrender, Ying Chang doesn't want him to really surrender, otherwise all the conditions he promised will be fulfilled, if he doesn't fulfill it, he will lose his trust in the world.
What should I do if I don't want to fulfill the conditions and don't want to break the world? Let Zheng Long see the way out and see the hope of victory, so that Zheng Long will send troops to attack Qin, as long as Zheng Long sends troops to attack Qin, Daqin can justifiably send troops to destroy Zheng Long's forces.
In this way, Daqin can not only not fulfill the conditions, but also do not have to lose his trust in the world, wouldn't it be happy?
"Your Majesty Shengming!!"
The generals bowed down and shouted with admiration on their faces.
"Your Majesty, you just said that if you take Huaibei City and attack Jiyuan directly, isn't Your Majesty ready to take the entire territory of Huaibei County?" Jianzhong's general Saiyin Shanda looked puzzled and asked Yingchang.
"As soon as Liu Zhendong dies, the remnants of the Yan army in Huaibei County are just some crumbling dogs, my Qin army only needs to send hundreds of soldiers to persuade them to surrender, and they can easily take the entire territory of Huaibei County, and they don't need a large army to press the territory at all!" Ying Chang explained calmly.
Liu Zhendong is fighting for the Great Yan Empire, and the army under his command is not fighting for the Great Yan Empire, but only for Liu Zhendong, as soon as Liu Zhendong dies, they don't know who they are fighting for, so as long as the Qin army goes to persuade them to surrender, there is a chance that they will surrender.
After the remnants of the Yan army surrendered, the Qin army sent one or two to all parts of Huaibei County as commanders, temporarily leading these surrendered troops to garrison the counties of Huaibei County, and when the battle was over, they would take a little severance pay to those surrendered soldiers and let them go home to farm!
Originally, Ying often wanted to directly let those surrendered soldiers go home, but the war had not stopped, and if they were let go, they would only be captured by other princes and filled with troops, so he handed over the task of garrisoning the city to these surrendered soldiers, and then let the commander of the Qin army or a general of the rank of commander lead them.
After listening to Yingchang's explanation, Saiyin Shanda nodded as if he didn't understand.
"General Du!" Yingchang called softly!
"The last general!" Du Changjing wrote a compilation of the Dao.
"Whether these 200,000 prisoners of war can be used for their own purposes depends on General Du!" Ying Chang said indifferently.
When Du Changjing heard this, he knew that Yingchang wanted him to gather the military hearts of the 200,000 Yan army!
"The last general commands!" Du Changjing responded with a solemn expression.
"When to go!" Bai Qi, who had been silent, suddenly asked coldly.
"The whole army rested for two days, and after two days, the army went south to attack Jiyuan County, but it is still necessary to follow the rules, first send one person as the envoy of Great Qin, and persuade Jihou to surrender, as long as he is willing to surrender, I promise him a life of glory and wealth, if he is not willing to surrender, I will not give a second chance to surrender!" Ying Chang said indifferently.
Treating a talent like Liu Zhendong, Ying Chang can give him two, three, countless opportunities, and even treat him at a high position with real power, but dealing with a chaotic minister and thief like Wu Yang, allowing him to be prosperous and rich is already very lenient.
"Leave this to the last man!" Aluk Goh offered to ask.
"Okay, then I'll leave it to you, okay, if it's okay, let's step down!" Ying Chang waved his palm lightly, signaling everyone to retreat, everyone got the order, and left the handsome tent one after another, after the generals left, Ying Chang lay down in the back tent to sleep, and soon entered the dream.
It has to be said that the results of this battle not only captured 200,000 prisoners of war, but also captured 200,000 stone of grain, so that the Qin army still had 2 million and 200,000 stone of food!
With the passage of time, the sun and the moon changed, the night was swept away by the sun, countless animals crawled out of the cave, inhaling the clear air of the morning, and the soldiers of the Qin army also walked out of the camp tent one after another, stretching their waists and snorting.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”
In vain, the drums of war suddenly sounded, but those Qin soldiers were still lazy and completely ignored, why did this happen? Was the military discipline forbidden by the Qin military order eaten by dogs? Of course not, as early as last night, they had already greeted them from above, and they heard the war drums alone, which was the signal to gather prisoners of war.
It is precisely because of this that the soldiers of the Qin army ignored the sound of war drums.
School Field!
The current camp of the Qin army was originally the camp of the Yan army, after the camp of the Yan army was flattened by the iron cavalry of the Qin army, the Qin army encamped here, the school field of the Qin army camp was the school field of the Yan army camp at this time, and in the school field at this time, 200,000 Yan army prisoners of war stood scattered in a group, looking at the familiar and unfamiliar school field, these Yan army soldiers were ashamed and couldn't raise their heads.
This place should have belonged to them, but unexpectedly, they became guests here, oh no, they are not even guests, they are prisoners of war, no different from slaves, from the status of masters to the status of slaves, which is really shameful.
On the platform of the general, there is a mighty middle-aged man, this middle-aged man is the white-haired Qin general Du Changjing, last night, Yingchang asked him to gather the military heart of the Yan army prisoners of war, no, he acted this morning.
"What does Qin Jun mean by this? Why are you calling us here? ”
"Qin Jun doesn't want to kill prisoners, right?"
"This.... How is this possible! ”
"How is it impossible, I heard a small news before, saying that Qin Shangyang Hou and his father had killed more than 200,000 Jin Army prisoners of war, and it was Qin Shangyang Hou who was standing on the platform, so he wanted to follow his father to kill prisoners!"
"No, it won't, Qin Jun won't!"
"I don't believe it!"
"If the Qin army really wants to kill us, does it matter whether you believe it or not? Believing is death, not believing is death, accept fate, and be loyal to the Dayan Dynasty! ”
The Yan prisoners were talking a lot, all discussing why the Qin army gathered them on the school ground, and many Yan army prisoners of war said that the Qin army wanted to kill the prisoners, as soon as this sentence came out, it immediately caused a commotion among the 200,000 Yan army prisoners of war, and they looked around with fear on their faces, as if they were looking to see if there were Qin crossbowmen and archers around.
Listening to the noise from the audience, Du Changjing's brows couldn't help frowning, and he immediately shouted coldly: "Quiet!" ”
Under the noise, Du Changjing's voice could not be conveyed to the ears of 200,000 prisoners of war, but the Yan army prisoners of war in the front row heard it clearly, so they closed their mouths one after another, and the prisoners in the back row saw that the prisoners in front of them were quiet, and they couldn't help but close their mouths.
Soon, the school field quieted down, noisy and terrible, quiet and terrible, the silence under this atmosphere full of death made the Yan army prisoners of war sincerely frightened, and they were about to be scared, for fear that the next second would usher in the Qin army's arrow rain!
"Ben Hou knows what you are thinking, don't worry, Daqin has enough food to feed you, and will not kill prisoners, even if there is no food, I will let you go home!" Du Changjing's face was expressionless, and his tone was full of seriousness.
Hearing this, many prisoners of war breathed a sigh of relief.
It's good if you don't kill, as long as you don't kill, it's okay!
"Originally, Your Majesty wanted to let you go home, let you accompany your father, mother, wife and children, and prepare for the arrival of the prosperous era of Great Qin, but you also know what kind of chaos the Great Yan Empire has become, if you are sent home, you will definitely be captured by those chaotic ministers and thieves to fill the army, and then you will have to fight with my Great Qin!"
"Your Majesty, in order to avoid the death of innocent beings, has decided not to let you return, now you only need two paths, the first way, stay, to serve Daqin, and the second way, death, to be with your dead comrades!"
"Don't worry, I, Daqin, will not let you charge into battle, as long as you guard the city for Daqin, and promise that when Daqin destroys the Great Yan Empire, you can choose to stay, or you can choose to go home, choose to stay, fill the Qin army, enjoy the treatment of Daqin soldiers, and those who choose to go home will be given ten taels of silver as severance pay each!"
"That's all for Ben Hou's words, how to choose, you can do it yourself, Ben Hou's ugly words are ahead, if you choose to serve Daqin, but you disobey the yang and yin, you will be punished according to the crime of treason, remind me, Daqin's treason is the three clans!" Du Changjing looked solemn and said in frustration.
"Master Hou, I am willing to serve Daqin!"
"I do, too!"
"Me too!"
When Du Changjing's voice fell, a large number of Yan army prisoners of war raised their hands and shouted, they all want to serve Daqin, there is no way, if you don't choose to serve Daqin, you have to go to the underworld to see your ancestors, and when you encounter this multiple-choice question, you don't need to hesitate at all.
But there are still surprises, the surprise is that to serve Daqin, you don't need to charge into battle, you just need to guard the city, and after the matter is completed, there will be ten taels of silver severance pay, ten taels, I have never seen so much money in my life, you can build a big brick house!
(Qin Ren: What are the Yan people so poor, I haven't seen them for ten taels, cut!) (King Despises)
Let's not talk about life and death, like this kind of life with food, money, and easy things, it is estimated that few people in the world will refuse, especially the Yan people who have been poor for many years, of course, if the Yan court is good enough to the Yan people, there will still be many people who refuse this mission.
But then again, if the Yan court was good enough to the Yan people, the Qin army would not appear here, because if the Yan court was sympathetic to the people, the national strength would only be strong and not weak, and the Qin Empire would not pick the hard persimmon of the Great Yan.
"Someone!" Du Changjing snorted lightly!
"In!!"
More than 100 soldiers of the Qin army under the stage shouted back in unison.
These more than 100 soldiers are all pawns in the army, but they also have another layer of identity, the military hall students who came out of the academy, they come from all over the six states of Great Qin, there are Huns, there are local Qin people, there are Jin people, they are all the leaders of the schools in various places, a total of 138!
After they graduated from the academy, they entered the reserve camp for three years of training, some people trained for three years, and some people trained for less than a year, and they were exceptionally promoted to the army and became a real Daqin general, although they are all leaders in the academy in various places, and they are the top generals in the reserve battalions in various places, but they enter the army, they all start from pawns (the positions in the army are full, and they can only be pawns).
One hundred and thirty-eight military hall students turned their backs to Du Changjing, and Du Changjing looked at each one with sharp eyes like a sword, and after a while, he said unhurriedly: "You used to be the pride of heaven in the schools everywhere, and you were expected by the masters of the schools, and you are also desperately looking for opportunities to perform, and you want everyone in the world to remember your name!" ”
"You have this kind of thought, I would have been very pleased, just as the so-called soldier who doesn't want to make a name for himself is not a qualified soldier, but my Great Qin army is fiercely competitive, and countless outstanding generals are waiting to be promoted and sealed, and it is not your turn at all!"
"Now Your Majesty will give you a chance to perform, each of you will pick out a thousand prisoners of war to serve as subordinates, and then I will merge you, let you garrison the counties of Yandi, consolidate the rule of my Great Qin in Yantu, and when Great Qin destroys the Great Yan Empire, you will be canonized and rewarded according to your performance, do you understand?"
"Understood!!" One hundred and thirty-eight military hall students shouted with high morale!
"Pick someone!" Du Changjing said expressionlessly.
"Yes!"
Next, one hundred and thirty-eight regimental students began to choose their own subordinates among the prisoners of war, and after an hour-long selection, one hundred and thirty-eight military students all picked out the people they wanted, and after the selection of military students, only 62,000 of the 200,000 prisoners of war remained!
Of these 62,000 prisoners of war, Du Changjing handed over to sixty-two Qin soldiers who fought bravely, and asked them to pick 2,000 people each, just like the students of the military hall, and then form a small army to garrison the land that Great Qin was about to fight!
Noon!
Inside the tent!
Ying Chang was in a handsome position, holding a military book in his hand, and was reading it with a serious face, I don't know how long it took, Du Changjing, who was dressed in military uniform, opened the curtain and walked into the tent, and saw that it was Du Changjing who came in, Ying Chang put down the military book in his hand, looked up at Du Changjing and asked, "Are they all picked?" ”
Du Changjing bowed down with a solemn expression and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the 200,000 prisoners of war have been selected by one hundred and thirty-eight military students and sixty-two brave soldiers. ”
"Maybe they are brave in battle and good at using strategy, but they are always a pawn and have never had experience in leading troops, so let them lead a thousand people at once, isn't it a bit of a sprout?"
Du Changjing frowned, his expression showed concern, obviously not at ease to hand over 200,000 prisoners of war to a group of pawns who had never led soldiers, after all, this is not twenty people, two hundred, but a full 200,000, it is definitely a force to be reckoned with.
"I understand your concerns, your concerns, I also have them, but what I think is that this is a good opportunity to teach a lesson, think about it, those military hall students are the pride of heaven in the schools everywhere, the best, each heart is higher than the sky, vainly trying to dominate thousands of troops as soon as they enter the military camp!"
"The reason why I handed over 200,000 prisoners of war to them is to let them endure hardships and let them know that commanding thousands of troops and horses is not something that can be led with a mouth, let alone reading military books to gain the ability to lead a large army!"
"As long as they are made aware of this, they will be convinced, willingly be a pawn, will not complain, and will be more motivated than before, because they clearly understand how far they are from the general's throne, and they will desperately make up for this gap!" Ying Chang said meaningfully.
He ordered the prisoners of war to be handed over to those pawns in charge, just to sharpen the sharpness of those pawns and let them know that if they were familiar with the art of war and bravely kill the enemy, they would be able to command thousands of troops and horses, and they would be worthy of the position of general.
Du Changjing's tightly knit brows relaxed, "Your Majesty's deep meaning, the last general understands, then how is Your Majesty going to distribute them?" ”
"A group of ten people, forming a small army of 10,000 people, a county town garrisoning a small army, 200,000 prisoners of war is twenty small legions, enough for my army to garrison twenty counties, twenty counties are enough, and when Jiyuan is laid, there will be surrendered troops, and then continue to garrison in this way, and the main force of our Qin army is responsible for attacking the city!" Ying Chang said calmly.
A small army of 10,000 people, but the Qin army only divided ten soldiers, and the rest were soldiers.
Oh no, it's a three-pronged strategy, generally speaking, every time you occupy a place, you have to divide more than 1,000 main forces to garrison it, and if you occupy more places, 100,000 soldiers and horses are not enough, so take the military march to attack Jin as a reference!
80,000 soldiers lost 10,000 soldiers to capture Huangshi Pass, and then 70,000 soldiers marched to start attacking the city, when they reached Jinling, there were only 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses left, and where did the rest of the soldiers and horses go? They were all stationed in various places, and only a small half of the troops were divided.
And now, the Qin army only needs to mobilize ten Qin soldiers to hold a county town, which greatly increases the number of soldiers and horses available for the main force of the Qin army.
Ying Chang himself has to admire his wisdom!
Clever!
Awesome!
PS: "Today's two chapters are both 5,000-word chapters, compared to the previous five changes, there is no reduction in the amount of updates at all!" ”