Gongsun Yan asked, "General Yu, how many horses are there in our army that can run quickly?" ”

"This..." Yu Yuan thought for a while and replied: "General, in order to march quickly, we brought more than 5,000 horses, most of which are used to transport grain, grass and wounded soldiers, and only when we attack Yangzhou City, we use the horses to rush to transport troops, and the loss is very small, so the last general estimates that there should be more than 5,000 horses that can be used in the army." ”

"Okay." Gongsun Yan replied and said: "General Yu, now you go to the horse camp, let those herdsmen who are proficient in horse breeding select three thousand horses that can run quickly, and then all the remaining horses will be killed and eaten, and let the soldiers let go of their bellies to eat, and put enough meat pipes." ”

"Yes, General." Yu Yuan nodded, then was stunned for a moment, looked up at Gongsun Yan and said, "General, you want to do the same trick and quickly transport troops to the weak point of the Qin army." ”

"It's not. Rapid troop transportation can only be taken by surprise, and now that the Qin army is on guard, it will not be effective. Gongsun Yan shook his head and said, "I wanted to use these horses to attack the Qin army." ”

Yu Yuan shook his head when he heard this, and reminded him: "General, I'm afraid this won't work, although the herdsmen can control the horses to move forward quickly, but that can only be done when there is no obstruction in front." ”

"Otherwise, once the Qin army in front shoots a few rounds of arrow rain, the horses will be frightened, and they will scatter, and maybe they will recoil backwards, and then we will be hit by the horses."

Gongsun Yan said expressionlessly when he heard this: "So use someone who is proficient in horse control to control horses on horseback!" ”

Yu Yuan was taken aback and said, "The general means to use these three thousand horses and three thousand soldiers as dead soldiers to launch a decisive charge against the Qin army?" ”

Gongsun Yan nodded: "Yes, even if the average dead soldier charges, he may not be able to break through the Qin army's military formation, but if he rides on a horse, it will be different, use the speed of the horse and the huge size to collide with the Qin army, even if the horse dies or falls in front of the Qin army, then it can kill a few people." ”

"At that time, the formation of the Qin army will be in chaos, and Ben will lead the army to launch a strong attack afterwards, and he will definitely be able to take the opportunity to defeat the Qin army."

Yu Yuan swallowed his saliva, and said unconfidently: "Can the general do this?" ”

Gongsun Yan nodded affirmatively: "Of course it is feasible, in the past, when the Yellow Emperor fought against the Yan Emperor Chiyou, didn't he domesticate many fierce beasts, so that the army of the God of War Chiyou was defeated?" ”

As soon as Yu Yuan heard Gongsun Yan talk about the story of the Yellow Emperor, he immediately nodded, this matter was passed on by the people, and the old and young knew it.

But...

Then, Gongsun Yan swore and said: "If the story of the Yellow Emperor is too far, then talk about the recent battle examples, and I will tell General Yu about one thing about the Chu State." In the past, when the Wu State broke through the capital of the Chu State, the King of Chu hurriedly fled out of the city, and the Wu army was in hot pursuit, and it was about to be caught up by the Wu army. ”

"Although the horses are not as big as elephants, there are only a few dozen elephants, but we have 3,000 horses. Moreover, the Wu army at that time was led by the soldier saint Sun Tzu, but now the commander of the Qin army on the opposite side is a person like Wang Xianren. ”

As he spoke, Gongsun Yan puffed up and said: "Therefore, now our army of two battles and two victories in a row is far stronger than the defeated army of the Chu State in the past, and the momentum of three thousand horses charging together is far stronger than the momentum of dozens of elephants charging, and Wang Xian Ren on the opposite side is far inferior to Sun Tzu." ”

"In this case, if we charge with a herd of horses, we will definitely be able to break the formation of the Qin army, and then break the Qin army."

Yu Yuan nodded again and again when he heard this, he was originally only 20% sure of a head-to-head duel with the Qin army, but if he could succeed in the assault, then the victory rate would increase to 50%.

Gongsun Yan continued: "Moreover, in order to guard against the arrows of the Qin army, we can use the horses originally used to pull chariots as vanguards, these horses have been trained for a long time, not comparable to ordinary horses, and put back the vests that were taken off in order to hurry, which can greatly prevent a large number of horses from dying on the way to the charge." ”

"Therefore, the general's plan, we will fight normally first, and then when the big war is in full swing, we will suddenly use this strange army, which will definitely break the defense line of the Qin army."

Saying that, Gongsun Yan was full of confidence and sonorous and powerful: "When the time comes, our army will take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, and this battle will be won." ”

Hearing this, Yu Yuan knelt on one knee and bowed his hand to the battle: "General, this battle is related to the life and death of my Yiqu, the last general will ask for battle, and use the elite under his command to launch a decisive charge against the Qin army!" ”

Gongsun Yan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and after saying so much, you finally asked for battle.

Thinking about it, Gongsun Yan immediately helped Yu Yuan up and responded: "Okay, since the general is determined to ask for battle, then the general is approved." ”

Yu Yuan was overjoyed and said, "General Xie." ”

On that day, Yu Yuan selected 3,000 usable horses from the army, and then killed all the remaining horses for meat, and that night, the whole army had a full meal.

Early in the morning.

After the army had eaten, Gongsun Yan summoned the soldiers and announced with a heavy face: "Soldiers, the general has just received an unfortunate news that Qin Guoyu has led 100,000 Qin troops to cut off our retreat and arrived sixty miles away. ”

"It's coming..."

"It's so fast..."

"It's over..."

"What..."

As soon as the news came out, the whole army immediately talked about it, and what kind of expressions were revealed.

Especially the 20,000 troops who followed the southern expedition of the King of Yiqu and were killed twice by the Yuli disease, they were even more panicked.

After the soldiers discussed for a while, Gongsun Yan and the other troops quieted down, and spoke again: "Also, just now the scout came to report that in order to prevent us from successfully receiving the allied forces across the river, the Qin State took Zhang Yi, the prime minister of the Qin State, as the general, and led 100,000 Qin troops to rescue Shangjun, and now, Zhang Yi has arrived at a hundred miles to the southwest. ”

As soon as these words came out, many people's faces turned white.

After discussing it again for a while, I heard the main general Gongsun Yan say: "It is even more unfortunate that we have almost eaten all the grain yesterday, and in desperation, we have no choice but to kill horses and take meat, and use the last meal of grain and grass to make two meals, so that you will not get up this morning without food and go hungry." ”

“···”

No wonder there was meat last night...

Just now, I thought the meat was delicious, and I had an endless aftertaste in my mouth, but now I swallowed my saliva and suddenly found that the meat was so bitter.

Most of them had desperate looks in their eyes.

In front is the army of Qin, behind is also the army of Qin, in the south is still the army of Qin, and there is no food for himself.

There was an uproar in the army, and the generals of the various armies could not stop it for a while.

Gongsun Yan waited for a while, and when he saw that the soldiers had not quieted down, he stretched out his hand, pulled out the sword on his waist, and shouted: "The soldiers ······."