Chapter 210: All or Nothing
"Knock knock!"
The drums of war rumbled.
"Kill!"
The shouts of killing shook the heavens and the earth.
Under the city of Shanyang, the combined forces of Chu and Wei launched a tentative attack by relying on the superiority of their troops.
However, the city of Shanyang is tall, there are still 100,000 Qin troops in the city, and there are 300,000 allied troops of Chu and Wei, and it is impossible to storm and take Shanyang.
If you are not careful, the 300,000 Chu and Wei coalition troops may even be in danger of defeat.
Fortunately, the people who commanded the troops of the two countries this time, whether it was Lian Po, who commanded the Wei army, or Xiang Yan, who commanded the Chu army, were all famous generals in later generations, and they were not afraid of being discouraged.
Ever since the King of Wei decided to ally with Zhao, he began to worry about the selection of generals.
In today's Wei State, there are no famous generals who can be used, and even many battlefield generals have lost confidence in the King of Wei because of the depression of Gongzi Wuji, and there are not a few people who have left with their seals.
The king of Wei picked and chosen, but did not pick a suitable general.
In the end, Wei Li strongly recommended Lian Po, and after careful consideration, the king of Wei worshiped Lian Po as the commander and Wei Li as the deputy general, and ordered the two to command 100,000 troops and join forces with the Chu army to attack Shanyang.
"General Lian Po thinks, can we capture Shanyang?"
Chun Shenjun Huang Xie looked at the stalemate in the distance, turned his head to Lian Po and asked.
This time, in order to get back Nanjun, the Chu State sent 200,000 troops, which can be said to have invested enough, Huang Xiegui is the Chu Xiang, and he is the person who relieved the siege of Handan of the Zhao State and defeated the Qin State, so he is naturally the best candidate to lead the army.
Only characters such as Chun Shenjun and Huang Xie can suppress the arrogant generals in the army.
Fortunately, Chun Shenjun also has self-knowledge, knowing that when it comes to commanding troops to fight, he and even all the generals of Chu State are not as good as the veteran Lian Po in front of him, so he humbly asked.
"If it is a field battle, with three times the strength of our Qin army, I am confident that we will be able to defeat it."
"However, Meng Fu relied on Shanyang City to defend it, and it was difficult to break through this city with an army of 300,000."
When Huang Xie heard this, he hurriedly asked: "If we can't conquer Shanyang, we won't be able to join forces with Pingqi Jun, I don't know if the general can deal with it?" ”
Lian Po said with a smile: "It's okay, according to the report from the spies, the grain and grass were burned when Shanyang City was broken, and although South Korea promised to supply the Qin army with grain and grass, it has not been transported to Shanyang to this day." ”
"We can send troops to surround Shanyang, with the huge number of Qin troops in the city, it is difficult for grain and grass to support ten days."
"When the food in the city is exhausted, it will naturally be the day to break the enemy!"
Chunshenjun Huang Xie was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately began to discuss with Lian Po how to divide his troops to besiege Shanyang and cut off the other party's logistics supplies.
Inside Sanyo Castle.
Meng Tian looked at the movements of the armies of Chu and Wei, and couldn't help but show a look of worry.
"Father Wang, my grandson watched the movements of the Chu and Wei coalition forces, I am afraid that they want to surround Shanyang, and then cut off the supply of food and grass for our army, and trap 100,000 Qin troops alive in the city."
At this time, Meng Tian felt extremely puzzled in his heart.
It is said that with Meng Fei's experience in commanding troops, I am afraid that this kind of thing could have been predicted a long time ago, even if it was replaced by Meng Tian, he would not have stationed all the 100,000 Qin troops in Shanyang.
Even if only 30,000 Qin troops were sent to garrison Shanyang, they could block the combined forces of Chu and Wei for more than a month, and the reinforcements had already arrived here at that time.
If Shanyang only garrisons 30,000 Qin troops, the remaining 70,000 Qin troops can be stationed in the rest of the cities respectively, and Shanyang can watch each other, forming a corner situation, so that it can also cover the logistics troops.
Meng Fu went the opposite way, gathered all the soldiers and horses in Shanyang, and put on a posture of defending Shanyang, which completely violated the common sense of the art of war.
When Meng Fu heard this, he just looked calmly at the outside of the city, and the Chu and Wei coalition forces that had begun to disperse and surround Shanyang did not explain anything.
In fact, Meng Fu naturally has his own intentions in doing this.
Above the court of the Qin State, the struggle between the outsiders led by Lü Buwei and Meng Fu and the local forces of the Qin State has long been surging.
Even if Lü Buwei and Meng Fu launched a mutiny and killed Wang Qian's uncle, they also took the opportunity to clean up many hostile forces, and it was still impossible to purge the Qin State from top to bottom.
In the final analysis, the Qin State still needs local people as its foundation, and without the local people of the Qin State, the Qin State will no longer be the Qin State.
If it is said that Meng Biao can win many battles and win as in history and lay down a vast territory for the Qin State, even if the local forces of the Qin State are dissatisfied, they have no choice but to watch the Meng Clan go to glory in the Qin State.
Unfortunately, due to the appearance of Zhao Jia, Meng's troops suffered repeated setbacks, so that the local forces of Qin continued to impeach Mengfu.
If it weren't for Lu Buwei's backing, I'm afraid Meng Fu would not be able to maintain his current status.
Rao is like this, this time Lü Buwei finally won the fat difference to attack Korea, and because of Zhao Jia's behavior of picking peaches halfway, Meng Fu became the laughing stock of the Qin State.
If Meng Fu does not change this situation, after Fan Yuzhi and Zhang Tang lead the troops to South Korea and make meritorious achievements, even if Meng Fu has Lü Buwei's support behind him, he will no longer have a chance to turn over.
Even Lü Buwei may be implicated.
Therefore, as early as when Fan Yuqi and Zhang Tang had not yet sent troops, Lü Buwei had secretly written a letter to Meng Fu, ordering him to make a great contribution before the two arrived in Korea anyway.
Only in this way can Lü Buwei and Meng Fu regain the right to speak in the Qin court.
It was precisely for this reason that Meng Fu had to take a risk, preparing to use the 300,000 Chu and Wei coalition troops outside the city as a merit to consolidate his position.
"With 100,000 Qin troops fighting head-on with 300,000 Chu and Wei coalition forces, and the other party's generals are still famous generals like Lian Po, it is very unlikely to win."
"Only by dividing the 300,000 allied troops, concentrating the 100,000 Qin troops, and attacking them with the force of thunder, can there be a possibility of victory."
I have to say that Meng Fu is definitely an extremely rare celebrity in the world.
He had already explored the terrain near Shanyang, which was flat and well-connected by roads, and if he wanted to completely trap Shanyang into an isolated city, the coalition army had to divide his troops into six places.
As long as the coalition forces are divided, the opportunity to be defeated will come.
Of course, it is also extremely dangerous for Meng Fu to do this, and it can even be regarded as a desperate bet, if he can't break the coalition army, he will inevitably be trapped in Shanyang, and eventually run out of food and grass, and all 100,000 Qin troops will die here.
It's just that in the face of the increasingly complicated situation in Qin, Meng Wei can only choose to make a desperate bet.
Standing at the head of the city, his robes blown by the wind, his eyes were still like falcons, carefully observing the movements of the coalition forces.
Sure enough, in order to completely trap the Qin army, the coalition army divided its troops into six camps, which not only blocked the road for the Han army to transport grain and grass to Shanyang, but also completely blocked the road for 100,000 Qin troops to leave the city.
"The southwest direction is where Huang Xie, the commander of the Chu army, is."
Soon, Meng Xiao's gaze could no longer be taken off, and he stared at the direction where Huang Xie was.
Compared with Lian Po, who is brave and good at fighting, Huang Xie, who is a Chu Xiang who has some great achievements, is undoubtedly the best breakthrough.
As long as Huang Xie is defeated, the 200,000 Chu army will inevitably be frightened, and the Chu and Wei coalition forces will not attack themselves.
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