Chapter 249: Choice
Previously, every step of his action plan was to listen to Da Sima, and if he was right, he naturally didn't have his credit, but if he was wrong, he was not at fault, and now Wei Qing wants him to make up his own mind, if he succeeds, he will naturally become famous, but what if he fails?
Seeing Sun Ce's hesitation, Bai Buxin came to Sun Ce's side and whispered: "General Sun, if you go back to Xinyang now, General Wu and Da Sima have already defeated the Jin army, and you will go in vain, besides, General Sun has also done it completely according to Da Sima's command before, but once it fails, it is not General Sun's sin!" ”
Sun Ce's heart moved.
Bai Buxin said that it was not wrong, if he returned to Xinyang now, not only did he not succeed, but he had, because he went around in a big circle, but he did not respond to the middle route army at all, and before the battle of Nanhe, he also did it according to the command of Da Sima, but once he was defeated, Da Sima seemed to be fine, and all the faults were borne by his Sun Ce, and for this reason he was demoted by one level, why bother, rather than this, it is better to simply make his own opinion, win and have nothing to do with Da Sima, and admit that he is unlucky if he loses.
"Good!" Sun Ce nodded: "That's it!" ”
For the next month, the two Han armies were running as if they were in a race, attacking, attacking, and attacking.
Three days later, Wei Qingbu Kenanyang.
For another three days, Sun Cebu Ke Xinye.
On another second day, Wei Qingbu Ke Zhenping.
On the fourth day, Sun Cebu Kexun County.
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After a month of this series of attacks, the Jin army under the command of Wei Qing had already arrived in Shangluo, and now, there was only one important town in front of them: Xianyang.
Xianyang, located in the hinterland of "eight hundred miles of Qinchuan", the north bank of the Wei River, the south of Jiuzhi Mountain, because the south of the mountain and the north are all yang, so the name Xianyang, the imperial capital of the Qin period, is now an important town for the defense of the Jin army, according to the letter, Xianyang originally had 50,000 enemy troops, the Jin army heard that Wei Qing and Sun Ce swept the Central Plains, and urgently mobilized some small tribes to Xianyang to defend, the total number of these small tribes is also 50,000, counting, the Han and Jin armies have been equal, but on the other hand, the situation of the two armies is different, although the Han army has won consecutive victories, but now it is a long journey, The soldiers were tired, and the Jin army waited in place, waiting for work; The Han army faced the walls of Xianyang, while the Jin army could resist the walls; Although the Han army was named 100,000, the continuous conquest also produced a lot of battle losses, and the actual number of troops that could fight was less than 80,000, while the Xianyang Jin army was a real army of 100,000.
Generally speaking, the Han army was on the underdog this time.
In Wei Qing's big tent, the generals were also arguing about this matter.
Ma Chao is making a generous statement: "Xianyang controls the Yellow River in the north, and Chang'an in the south, if Xianyang is occupied, Chang'an will become meaningless, the enemy can only retreat without a fight, and recover Chang'an, what a great significance, if you want to recover Chang'an, you have to recover Xianyang, so Xianyang must be fought!" ”
Although Shi Qian's height is beautiful, but his chest is quite high, and he retorted with his neck: "General Ma only knows what benefits will be gained from defeating Xianyang, but he forgets what harm will be done if he can't beat Xianyang, our army is marching all the way, and the prestige is terrifying, and now everyone knows that General Wei is an undefeated general, and the branch army is a victorious army, but the number of enemy troops in Xianyang is more than ours, and they are waiting for our army to attack, this is a people, they defend the city, we attack the city, this is the geographical advantage, our army is tired, the soldiers are tired, the enemy army is well rested, this is the time of day, We don't have the right time and place, but how can we win! ”
Ma Chao is a good hand at fighting, and it is not possible to quarrel, although he knows that what Shi Qian said is wrong, but he doesn't know how to tell for a while, and his face is flushed with anxiety.
On the side, Chen Qingzhi said lightly: "We have won many times in worse situations than this!" ”
Shi Qian was speechless, and he looked at Liu Qi.
Liu Qi also did not advocate fighting Xianyang, and seeing that Shi Qian was speechless, he immediately answered: "But since we can no longer repeat that situation, why can't we work in a safe direction, but instead work in a dangerous direction!" ”
This is very reasonable, and Chen Qingzhi is speechless.
On the side, Hua Mulan sighed lightly: "General Liu, if every battle has to be fought in all respects, I'm afraid that our Han army has not reached the edge of the Nanhe River today?" There is no risk in war! ”
Liu Qi is not good at arguing with Mulan, no matter how Mulan is a female general, Liu Qi really believes in the creed of "good men don't fight with women", and said to Xi Mu at the moment: "The reasons for my waiting are almost the same, so please ask General Wei to decide!" ”
Wei Qing smiled bitterly.
To tell the truth, this time, he really didn't have an idea, the words of both sides were repeatedly fighting in his mind, and he couldn't decide which side to support?
Bai Buxin coughed: "The last general thinks that there is a good plan, fight, if there is no good plan, don't fight!" ”
Several generals on both sides glanced at each other.
Wei Qing's eyes lit up.
Don't think that Bai Buxin is talking nonsense, this is the real truth, there are benefits to fighting Xianyang, and there is danger if you fail, so the key to the question is not whether Xianyang should be fought or not, the key is whether there is a way to win.
Wei Qing lowered his head and looked at the map silently.
There was silence in the tent, only the sound of people's breathing.
Wei Qing slowly raised his head, his eyes shining with confidence: "Order, from today onwards, walk twice as much every day, dig twice as many stoves for each meal, and let the soldiers prepare for the siege of the city, and once they arrive in Xianyang, they will attack the city!" ”
"Order!" All the generals agreed, and Shi Qian and Liu Qi also responded loudly.
Whether to fight Xianyang or not, everyone can fight for it, but once Wei Qing decides something, even those who oppose this decision, they will also resolutely obey, because they know that the constant victory of the branch army is not won by a few people, and only by all efforts can there be today's constant victory.
From Shangluo to Xianyang, about 300 miles away, the Han army originally traveled 50 miles a day, since Wei Qing ordered, the Han army rushed all the way, and arrived at Xianyang City in three days.
When the Han army arrived at the city of Xianyang, it was around noon, and the Han soldiers were sweaty and out of breath, marching in a hurry for three consecutive days, and no one could not shout tired.
"Go into battle in front of the enemy, and fight tomorrow!" Wei Qing ordered.
The soldiers of the Han army lined up in a neat formation, one to prevent a sudden attack by the enemy, and the other to protect the camp.
Under the scorching sun, there was a sound of knocking, and it was the Han soldiers behind the formation who were driving wooden stakes and preparing to set up camp.
On the opposite side, the horn sounded, and five neat Jin military formations appeared.
Wei Qing's eyes widened suddenly.
He really didn't expect the Jin army to take the initiative to attack.
First, they kept threatening to fight Xianyang along the way, and kept increasing the number of stoves, their intention was to scare the Jin army, so that the Jin army thought that the Han army was constantly adding troops, for the Jin army, this Han army that swept through the Central Plains was really not to be the front, no Jin army general would be stupid enough to take the initiative to attack, any normal Jin army general should choose to defend the city.
Second, there are five phalanxes, and at a glance, it is really normal to see that each phalanx has 10,000 people, counting 50,000 people, and attacking nearly 70,000 Han troops with 50,000 people?
Third. Although not every Jin army knows, but at least it is certain that every Jin army general knows that Wei Qing's department has a sharp weapon that the Han army of other departments does not have: the artifact of Pang Tong's suicide note, these weapons are not very ideal for attack, but they are very useful for defense, and they can even be used to defeat 250,000 people with 5,000 people under the condition of geographical advantage, and in this case, they still take the initiative to attack with inferior troops, and there is no concealment, and the 50,000 people are not chaotic in front of the Han army, will people who have not taken the wrong medicine do this?
"Order, bypass the enemy army and check if the enemy is in ambush!" Wei Qing immediately ordered.
Before the Tanma was dispatched, Bai Buxin had already come to Wei Qing's side: "Our previous Tanma report that Xianyang is already an empty city, several Jin army tribes have fled to the north, and all the enemy troops are here!" ”
Wei Qing felt unbelievable for a while.
If there are only 50,000 people, what are they doing here? Sent to death.
Bai Buxin looked at Wei Qing's face and said softly: "If I were the Jin Army, I might also want to lead the army out of the city and fight to the death with the Han Army!" ”
Wei Qing's heart flashed.
Yes, this time he didn't figure it out.
Not every battle was carried out according to plan, and not every general was a master of calculation, and the reason why the Jin army on the opposite side abandoned Xianyang and attacked with 50,000 men was too simple: they were angry.
If you are a general of the Jin Army, seeing the Han army sweeping through their own troops, it is not easy to gather 100,000 people, and when you hear that the Han army is coming, there are 50,000 people who actually flee from the wind, will you be angry, if there are people in the Han army who want to flee from the wind, I am afraid that it is not easy, because the Han army has a clear distinction between the upper and lower levels, which junior officer wants to escape, unless he disobeys, but once he disobeys, the consequences can be imagined, but the Jin army and the Han army have a difference, and it is this difference that makes it difficult for the Jin army to restrain his subordinates, The difference is that the Jin army controls multiple tribes, large and small.
Due to the heavy losses of the main force of the Jin army from the Nanhe River to the Central Plains, the troops of the small tribes had to be used, but a problem arose here: the tribes did not belong to each other, and if any tribe decided to retreat, no one could really stop it. Although the result of retreating may be the punishment of the Jin State, no matter how big the punishment is, it is better than all falling into the Han country, not to mention that now when the Jin State is employing people, countless tribes of all sizes are also watching there? Where can Jin really punish these tribes severely, so when Wei Qing bluffed to announce that he was going to fight Xianyang, and when he increased the number of stoves every day, some small tribes finally couldn't resist, and they had already retreated before the Han army arrived.
Sun Bin increased his troops and reduced his troops, but Wei Qing increased his original troops, one wanted to lure the enemy to chase after him, and the other wanted to scare the enemy away, but as a result, both of them achieved their goals.
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