Han Xin fought very beautifully in the first battle, repelling the Qin army head-on, and then setting up an ambush in advance to attack the front and back, causing Han Qi's team to suffer heavy losses.

Next, the Great Xia soldiers cleaned up the battlefield and counted their exploits, and after completing it as quickly as possible, they continued to go north.

As long as they cross the river and take the city of Dongqi County and take Dongqi County into the palm of their hands, Han Xin will have no worries and can rest assured that they will go north.

And Han Qi, who fled, only fled north with thousands of people, and the rest were scattered, he gritted his teeth with hatred, and he was defeated, and his reputation was ruined.

The troops in Dongqi County are in his hands, and now he can only flee into Tianshui County and send an urgent express to Meng Yi.

Meng Yi was seated in Qingchuan County, and soon received a military report from Han Qi.

"Sure enough, it was defeated."

Meng Yi sighed lightly, he was not angry, because he guessed that Han Qi might be defeated, and specially sent a letter to Han Qi, asking him to focus on defense and be careful of Han Xin. But now it seems that Han Qi is still careless, and he is a complete defeat.

Dongqi County has no troops to stop Han Xin, and then Han Xin will go to Tianshui County to enter Qingchuan County, Han Xin's purpose is very direct, that is, to deal with himself, and depending on the situation, Xia Guo and Yuan Guo have reached a certain tacit understanding.

"Someone, bring me the map!"

Meng Yi instructed the lieutenant general beside him, and then he got up and walked to the table.

Laying the map on the table, Meng Yi's attention was fully focused on it, and he was analyzing Han Xin's possible route in order to prepare for it.

Just after taking a closer look, Meng Yi felt the pressure.

The terrain of Dongqi County and Qingchuan County is relatively flat, and it is unrealistic to rely on the terrain to block the Xia army, and the Xia army is not to conquer the city, it is the task of the follow-up Xia army, not Han Xin's, so Han Xin will not seize the city, and the Qin army will naturally not be able to rely on the city to fortify.

The adjutant general on the side couldn't help but say: "General, although we have an army of 300,000, and all of them are brave and good at fighting, but now they are all dragged in Mohe County and Qingchuan County, and they are being pinned down by the Yuan people. Once the Xia State soldiers and horses attack, and Temujin become a flank attack, our situation will be even more dangerous. He felt that he should ask the imperial court to send troops. ”

Meng Yi shook his head and said: "Your Majesty is sending troops to encircle and suppress King Xiang and King Zhuang, which has greatly restrained the strength of the imperial court. Since Your Majesty has appointed me as the general of Anguo, he has explained that the situation of the sixteen counties of Dongqi can only be solved by ourselves. Great Xia wants to take advantage of Qin's domestic and foreign troubles to take the sixteen counties and drive us back, I will definitely not let them get their wish! ”

As soon as the adjutant general heard his general's words, he immediately asked, "What does the general mean..."

Meng Yi said: "Send someone to try to negotiate peace with Temujin, if you can't negotiate, then give up Mohe County and Qingchuan County!" It is better that half of the territory of the sixteen counties falls into the hands of the enemy, and we also have to hold the three passes of the Qinling Mountains, and in the future, when the rebellion is quelled, we will recover it. If the three passes of Qinling are lost, it will be a catastrophic blow. ”

The three passes of the Qinling Mountains were the only way for the Qin State to reach the east, and if it fell into the hands of the Xia State, then the Qin State would be trapped in the west. Now that natural disasters are so severe, being stuck in one place is a dead end. Why did Great Xia take Anxi and Anbei Prefectures? Because the new land seized has no clan or family restrictions, it can become the granary of the imperial court.

The tree dies, and the man lives, and this is the truth.

When the adjutant general heard this, he opened his mouth to speak, but finally gave up.

Because he knew that his general was right. It's just that once the northern counties are abandoned, they will fall under the iron cavalry of the Yuan people, and the Yuan people will not grow an inch of grass when they cross the border, and everything will be snatched away, and even people will be taken away as slaves, and the north will inevitably be in mourning at that time. Moreover, the efforts made by the Qin State in the past few years have been in vain in an instant, and the Zhao people, who have been finally wooed, will hate the Qin State again.

"General, when are we leaving?" The adjutant asked.

Meng Yi hesitated for a moment and said, "First send Meng Fang to lead 60,000 troops to Shanyuan County to take care of the three passes of Qinling." If Temujin is willing to withdraw his army, or even help us attack Ganzhou and Suzhou in the Xia Kingdom, then our situation will be much better, and there is no need to give up here, after all, giving up this place is a matter of the next step. ”

"Temujin plundered south, just for food, and the general Ben gave them food."

The adjutant general worried: "The Yuan people have a great appetite! ”

Meng Yi nodded, but didn't say anything more.

Subsequently, the Qin army sent envoys to the north to meet Temujin, and on the other side, Meng Yi's younger brother Meng Fang led his troops to the southwest of Shanyuan County.

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At this time, Han Xin's soldiers and horses were ready to continue north. However, Han Xin suddenly ordered the soldiers and horses to suspend their actions.

The generals under him immediately wondered, wondering why Han Xin hesitated, shouldn't he strike north as soon as possible while the iron was hot?

Dian Wei was straight, and immediately broke into Han Xin's camp and asked, "General, why don't you go on the expedition?" ”

Han Xin was not annoyed by Dian Wei's rudeness, knowing that his nature was like this, and then he called down the other generals who were probing their brains outside the military account.

"Sit down." Han Xin sat on the main seat and asked his generals to sit down.

Everyone sat down, and Dian Wei hurriedly said: "General, Your Majesty is still waiting in Xizang Prefecture, we should rush to Qingchuan County, annihilate the Qin army, and capture Meng Yi alive!" I heard that Meng Yi is the most famous general of the Qin State, even more powerful than Bai Meng who destroyed the Zhao State, and he is the second of the Five Tiger Generals of the Qin State, second only to Meng Tian! And he is also the peak master of the sixth grade, I Dian Wei likes to beat such a master! ”

Five Tiger Generals of the Qin State: Meng Tian, Meng Yi, Bai Meng, Bai Shuang, Zhao Kuo.

Han Xin said with a smile: "I can understand General Dian Wei's eagerness, and I can also understand the doubts of the generals, but after thinking about it, General Ben feels that it is not the best strategy to attack Meng Yi." Although Meng Yi is now being dragged by Temujin in Qingchuan County, he wants to leave, and he may go west at any time, so it's a big deal to give up Qingchuan County and Mohe County, what do you think? ”

Everyone nodded, understanding what Han Xin meant, was Meng Yi so easy to annihilate?

Obviously, no!

"Then how does the general want to attack?" Wu Zhanfa asked.

Han Xin narrowed his eyes and said, "I have a bold idea, it is very dangerous, it is likely to put you and the soldiers in danger, I hesitate, I don't know if you dare..."

"General, you say, there is nothing in the world that I dare not do!" Dian Wei roared.

"There are no cowards under the general!" Wu Zhanfa also shouted.

The other generals shouted one after another, and one by one they were not afraid.

Han Xin nodded and said with relief: "Very good! You are so brave, I can rest assured. ”

After a pause, Han Xin looked around at everyone, and then under the gaze, Han Xin said: "General Ben wants to divide his troops into two steps, and 20,000 soldiers and horses continue to go north, pretending to be a large army, and creating a certain momentum to attract Meng Yi. The other soldiers and horses discarded the equipment they didn't need, and marched westward, through Yanzhou County, Zhaodu County, Xichuan County, Tonglu County, and directly to Shanyuan County, and captured the three passes of Qinling. ”

As soon as these words came out, there was silence in the military tent.

Crossing more than 1,000 miles to win the three passes of the Qinling Mountains, this is indeed an act of looking for death!

Now they are fighting in the eastern part of the Dongqi region, and the soldiers and horses of Great Xia behind them can be replenished at any time, even if they can't defeat Meng Yi, they can return to Anbei Prefectures if they retreat eastward. But to go deep into Sanbaru-gun is to go deep into the hinterland. Once outflanked, Han Xin's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses will completely fall into a desperate situation.

Looking at the people with shocked faces, Han Xin smiled and said, "Even you are surprised, I believe that Meng Yi thought of this possibility, and he would not believe that I dared to put it to death." If we can directly take the three passes of the Qinling Mountains, it will be equivalent to cutting off the road from the east of the Qin State, and trapping Meng Yi in the territory of Dongqi. Then the next step is to catch the turtle in the urn. I also know that this is a dangerous move, and if you are not careful, you may be completely destroyed. But as great as the danger is, so is the result. In the past two days, the general has been thinking about this plan, and found that although it is dangerous, but the feasibility is still very high, now there are Zhao uprisings in Yanzhou County, Zhaodu County, and Xichuan County to the west, although the scale of the rebel army is not large, but it is also boiling, we disperse to the west, disguised as the Zhao people of the uprising, and do not love to fight in the face of the encirclement and suppression of the Qin army on the way, mainly in a hurry, or disguise as the Qin soldiers who were scattered, and finally gather after entering Shanyuan County. ”

Wu Zhanfa said with a smile: "No wonder the general took off their clothes and washed them when we asked us to dispose of the corpses of the Qin army, it turned out to be this purpose."

Han Xin nodded and said, "That's right! This is our best disguise! ”

"It's done, it's exciting to think about it, if you really win the three levels of Qinling, it will definitely shock the Shenzhou Continent!" Dian Wei said excitedly.

After considering it, the other generals immediately agreed to this plan.

They believe in their generals, they will not harm them, and they will lead them to create impossible glory!

Being so trusted by his generals, Han Xin was also very moved, and said: "You trust General Ben so much, General Ben guarantees your life to protect your safety!" Live and die with you! Your Majesty will remember our merits, and the country will remember our merits! Commanders, listen to orders! ”

All the generals stood up and listened.

Han Xin arranged: "Wu Tactics, General Ben ordered you to lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to continue northward, lengthen the marching procession, and create momentum along the way to attract the attention of the Qin army scouts. The rest of the troops went west, divided into seven parts, under the command of the guerrilla generals. This trip is full of dangers, try to avoid crowded places and rush from the wilderness. ”

"Humble command!" Everyone clasped their fists and ordered, and then went down to make arrangements.

Before Dian Wei left, he asked, "General, do you still tell Your Majesty about this matter?" ”

Han Xin shook his head and said, "I'll tell Your Majesty after we leave." Will not be subject to the foreign monarch's order, this time I am bent on going my own way, using the military risk, if you tell Your Majesty in advance, Your Majesty will definitely not agree. ”

Speaking of this, Han Xin sighed and said, "This time is really dangerous, if something happens, I'm sorry for these soldiers." ”

Dian Wei comforted: "Don't worry, we will succeed!" ”

Han Xin nodded, his gaze unprecedentedly determined.