Bai Qi guessed very accurately, and the violent kite really put forward a request to Meng Zhong to "jointly attack the two cities of Fox and Yangren", and this request did make Meng Zhong quite difficult.

Everyone knows that people die in battle, and siege warfare is the one with the highest proportion of casualties, and it is especially bad for the besieging side.

Even in the "Art of War", it is mentioned: go up to the army to attack and plan, then to attack the enemy, then to attack the army, and then to attack the city. The siege of the city is a last resort.

This sentence "the method of siege is a last resort", it means that there is really no way to choose to storm the city, otherwise as long as there is another way, it will never storm the city.

The reason is very simple, if you use "kill a thousand enemies and lose 800 yourself" to compare conventional warfare, then siege warfare is "kill 1,000 enemies and lose 2,000 yourself", think about when Meng Zhong was in the Song State to force Yang City, he only had more than 20,000 troops under his command, and his opponent, that is, his righteous brother Tian Zhang, led at least 80,000 Qi troops to attack Yang City.

But the result? Tian Zhang did not break through Qiyang County in the end.

Is it because Meng Zhong is better than Tian Zhang? No! It's just because Tian Zhang, as the besieging party, suffers a loss, especially when Qiyang was already prepared for defense in all aspects.

"Storm the Fox...... Is it? ”

After hearing the so-called suggestion made by the storm kite, Meng Zhong frowned, thinking in his heart how to refuse.

He thought about attacking the city, but it was in a calculated way, not a storm.

Probably noticing Meng Zhong's expression, the storm kite said in a low voice: "Master Meng, the old man has brought 30,000 soldiers this time, you and I have a combined army, and the soldiers can reach more than 90,000, while the Qin army on the opposite side is only 40,000 or 50,000, and they are divided into troops to defend two cities, I think there is a chance of victory......"

Meng Zhong frowned and glanced at the violent kite, and was silent.

Attacking the 40,000 or 50,000 Qin army with 90,000 troops, of course, there is a chance of victory, and the problem lies in the losses of your own side.

It may be that seeing that Meng Zhong didn't respond for a long time, the violent kite changed slightly, and said unhappily: "Master Meng, you and I met in front of the Gongsun Army General that day to join forces to deal with the Qin army, isn't this agreement counted?" ”

"Da Sima and calm his anger, that's not what he means."

Meng Zhong shook his head, and said calmly to the storm kite: "Da Sima should also know that this time my Wei State supported your country and sent 180,000 troops, including 100,000 troops, all of which were soldiers from Hedong...... If the 50,000 Hedong army suffered huge losses again because of the strong attack on the fox, when the Qin State sent troops to attack our Hedong in the future, our Hedong army would not have enough soldiers to resist the Qin division...... If Hedong is lost, it will undoubtedly bury half of the country's land for our Wei country, and for your country, I am afraid it is not a good thing. ”

"Hmm......"

Hearing Meng Zhong's explanation, the storm kite calmed down a little.

He originally thought that Meng Zhong was planning to learn from Gongsun Xi, but in fact, what they said was very reasonable: the 100,000 Hedong Wei army had already lost more than half of the Yique Mountain, and if they suffered any more losses, they would indeed not be able to withstand the attack of the Qin State; Moreover, if Wei loses Hedong (county), this is indeed not a good thing for Korea.

You must know that Wei has an "enclave", in fact, South Korea also has such a piece of Shangdang (county) north of the river as it is difficult to take care of the territory, if Wei loses Hedong, Shangdang will inevitably bear the brunt of Qin's eastward advance, which is not in the interests of South Korea.

Seeing that the violent kite lowered his head and was silent, Meng Zhong persuaded him: "Da Sima, what do you think of this? …… I guess you still have about 60,000 or 70,000 troops under your command, and you can divide 20,000 troops and garrison Yishui in the vicinity of Xincheng to prevent this Qin army from fleeing westward, or even sneaking into Xincheng; As for Zaixia, he tried his best to lead the Wei army to besiege this Qin army so far, and he would never let it escape easily...... Although the Qin army invaded the two cities of Fox and Yangren and obtained the grain reserves of the two cities, our army currently has your country to supply grain and grass, and only the two cities of Fox and Yangren can compete with their grain reserves over the entire country? When the Qin army ran out of food and grass and thought of retreating, wouldn't it be better to force the city at this moment to force the city under the command of the Wei army to follow and kill? ”

"That being said......"

Storm Kite thought for a moment, frowned and said, "I'm afraid that the Qin State will send reinforcements." As he spoke, he exhaled and said to Meng Zhong: "Master Meng, I won't hide it from you, when I got the news from your army a few days ago, I was attacking Yiyang. Attacking Yiyang is different from attacking Xincheng, Xiang Shou reined in Yiyang the Qin soldiers who returned from the rout of Xincheng, and the available soldiers may have more than 30,000, and the Yiyang city wall is strong, I am afraid that I will not be able to capture Yiyang before the Qin State sends reinforcements...... Once the Qin State sends reinforcements out of the mountains and arrives in Yiyang, I will miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. …… As Meng Shishuai said, the Wei army in Hedong should not lose more than half, otherwise Hedong may not be able to be preserved, this matter is not a good thing for our Han and Wei countries, but Yiyang ...... I hope Meng Shishuai can also understand, this may be my only chance for South Korea to retake Yiyang. If our country can recapture Yiyang, we can garrison our troops in Yushui, so that the Qin State will not be able to build a land of hundreds of miles and three rivers with peace of mind, which will be an extremely beneficial thing for both our South Korea and your country. ”

After that, he raised his head, looked at Meng Zhong, and said with a pleading attitude: "Master Meng, Brother Meng, let's help my brother, let's first join forces to break through the two cities of Yihu and Yangren, kill all the Qin army, and then go to Yiyang together." …… As long as Yiyang is defeated, my South Korea will have a greater certainty to resist the Qin State, and when the time comes, my brother and I will personally ask for credit for my brother in front of the king, and I, South Korea, will also remember this kindness of your country. ”

"This ......"

Meng Zhong frowned and hesitated.

In all fairness, in fact, Storm Kite has a point: although helping Storm Kite recapture Yiyang may seem like marrying someone, considering that after South Korea recaptures Yiyang, it will inevitably have more confidence to resist Qin, which is actually good for Wei.

After all, if South Korea really can't stop Qin, it will inevitably fall to Qin in order to protect the country, otherwise, South Korea will firmly stand on the side of Wei and resist the powerful Qin in the way of "weak alliance".

In addition, after Korea recaptured Yiyang, it could also share part of the pressure on Wei caused by Qin.

To be honest, this can be done, but the key is that in order to capture this city before Qin sent reinforcements to reinforce Yiyang, Storm Kite hoped to save time by storming, while Meng Zhong did not want to do that, after all, the time saved like this was piled up with the lives of the soldiers of the Wei and Han armies.

Han Jun didn't care, these people were not familiar with him, and Meng Zhong would not pity him, but the Wei soldiers under his command ...... That is now when I see him, I will respectfully clasp my fists and salute and call my subordinates "Master Meng".

Since Meng Zhong is now in charge of the army, he is naturally responsible for these Wei soldiers under his command, how can he casually use the lives of the soldiers to pile up victories?

Thinking of this, he said with a straight face: "What Da Sima said, most of them are recognized in the Xia, and they will do their best to help your army recapture Yiyang, but they will attack the Huhu ......."

At this, he shook his head slightly.

Seeing this, the storm kite was inevitably a little anxious.

This battle has been fought so far, and he finally saw the opportunity to turn the situation around, how could he sit back and watch the Wei army ink here?

Not to mention recapturing Yiyang, if he has the chance, he also plans to unite with the Wei army to attack Qin's Hangu Pass again!

So he gritted his teeth and said: "Brother Meng, in this way, when the city is attacked, I will be the vanguard, and if our army gains an advantage, I implore Brother Meng to help." ”

“……”

Meng Zhong glanced at Storm Kite in surprise, even though he didn't expect Storm Kite to bring up the matter.

It can be seen that the storm kite is really eager to recover Yiyang, and does not hesitate to pay a heavy price for it.

If you think about it carefully, this may not be the desire of Storm Kite personally, but the desire of the whole of Korea, I remember that Gong Zhong Hao once said to Meng Zhong that he was so fatal after losing Yiyang.

"Brother, how's it going? Our Korean army will take the lead! Storm Kite looked at Meng Zhong expectantly.

The storm kite had all said this, and Meng Zhong naturally couldn't refuse anymore, so he nodded reluctantly: "Then ...... Let's just follow the meaning of Da Sima. ”

Hearing this, Storm Kite's face turned overjoyed, and he patted Meng Zhong's shoulder again and again and said, "Okay, brother, I remember my brother's kindness today." After this battle is recaptured in Yiyang, my brother will personally ask for credit for my brother in front of the king, maybe the king will reward my brother with a fief under his joy......"

Meng Zhong shook his head with a wry smile, and was about to speak, but he saw the violent kite and said, "It's not that I made a promise to buy my brother, I just want my brother to understand how important Yiyang is to me in Korea." ”

“……”

Looking at the solemn expression of the storm kite, Meng Zhong nodded as if he didn't understand.

Seeing this, the storm kite smiled again: "Okay, now that the business is over...... Do you have wine in the army, I am in a good mood at the moment, why don't you and I have a few bowls? ”

Meng Zhong shook his head regretfully when he heard this: "I'm afraid I can only replace wine with water......"

"Tsk!"

Storm Kite pursed his lips, and then patted Meng Zhong on the shoulder and said, "In this case, I will make a note of this wine first, and after I recapture Yiyang, I will drink it with my brother." ”

Afterwards, Storm Kite chatted with Meng Zhong for a few more words, and agreed to use troops against Fox City the next day, and then Storm Kite left in a chariot.

After personally sending off the violent kite outside the camp, Meng Zhong returned to the commander's office in the camp and ordered people to summon the generals in the army, including Dou Xing, who had led the army to be stationed on the southeast side of the fox city at this moment.

About an hour later, all the soldiers in the army, including Dou Xing, gathered under Meng Zhong's thatched hut, and Meng Zhong told the generals what he had discussed with the kite.

However, refusing to storm was only Meng Zhong's personal opinion, and for these generals in the army, they were eager to attack Fox City immediately.

Especially the three military Simas, Dou Xing, Wei Qing, and Fei Hui, they have long been eager to kill all those Qin people, avenge their former commander Gongsun Xi, and avenge the seventy or eighty thousand Tongze who died in the battle of Yique Mountain under the sneak attack of the Qin army.

At that time, Meng Zhong asked the generals: "Don't you blame me for agreeing with the storm kite about this?" ”

Hearing this, Dou Xing laughed and said, "Master Meng is serious. I have repeatedly wiped my sword in the past few days, just so that I can kill more Qin people, so as to repay the account of the night attack on our army by the Qin army in Yique Mountain that day! ”

From the side, Wei Qing also said: "I'm afraid that Master Meng doesn't know, and the sergeants and soldiers of the Japanese army in the past two days are also complaining, hoping to start a war with the Qin army as soon as possible......"

Don't say that Wei Qing really didn't talk about it, thanks to Meng Zhong's "battlefield letter" that day, and now the Wei soldiers under his command are all convinced of the fact that "they will inevitably defeat the Qin army", who let Bai Qi take the initiative to avoid the Wei army that day and night.

One after another, Tang Zhi, Jiao Ge, Fei Hui and other military commanders also expressed their support for Meng Zhong.

This made Meng Zhong really relieved.

After all, he didn't want to cause another rift in the unity of the Wei army because of himself.

But fortunately, the Wei army was holding back a fire against the Qin army, and the Qin army was always the one who "escaped" in front of them, so that all the military commanders supported Meng Zhong's decision.

"Good!"

Since everyone agreed, Meng Zhong also had a little more confidence, and ordered in a deep voice: "In this case, pass on my order, and order the sergeants of the army to prepare immediately, build siege equipment within three days, and attack the fox!" ”

"Whoa!" The generals clenched their fists and received their orders.

After the end of the military discussion, considering that the Wei army only knew how to build siege ladders and rushing cars, Meng Zhong summoned Meng Sui and Xiang Yi, and ordered them to assist Fei Hui and Wei Qing to build the well car.

I have to say that the three days were too hasty, even if Fei Hui, Wei Qing, Meng Sui, and Xiang Yi urged thousands of Wei soldiers to rush to work day and night, they only built eight well cars.

However, it was almost enough for the first siege.

Three days later, on May 19, Meng Zhong gave the order to attack the city.

Before leaving, he made arrangements for the army Sima in the army: Dou Xing and Wei Qing led 20,000 Wei troops to attack the east wall of Fox City, while Meng Zhong himself led Fei Hui, Tang Zhi, Jiao Ge, Cai Wu, and the army under the command of Storm Kite to attack the north wall of Fox City.

On the way to Fox City with his army, Storm Kite led his army to join Meng Zhong.

Similar to Meng Zhong's idea, Storm Kite also divided 10,000 troops to attack the west wall of Fox City, and only led 20,000 troops to join Meng Zhong's 30,000 troops to gather a total of 50,000 troops to attack Fox City.

Counting the Wei and Han armies on the west and east walls, this time the Wei and Han armies sent a total of 80,000 troops, which is almost all the troops under the command of Meng Zhong and Storm Kite.

After joining forces on the way, Meng Zhong carefully observed the Korean army and found that most of the siege equipment of the Korean army was mainly siege ladders, so he ordered Fei Hui to hand over four well chariots to the Korean army, after all, the well chariots had to cooperate with the crossbowmen to exert the greatest power, and the crossbowmen of the Korean army were really more powerful than the Wei army, much more powerful.

It is worth mentioning that when Meng Zhong explained the purpose of the well chariot to Storm Kite, Storm Kite was quite shocked, and said with wide eyes: "I can't imagine that my brother still knows how to build such a siege weapon?" ”

After that, his eyes rolled slightly, and he deliberately asked: "The elder brother told the elder brother about the power of this thing without concealment, so he was not afraid that the elder brother would order the soldiers to secretly learn?" ”

Meng Zhong smiled faintly when he heard this: "Wei and Han, cooperation is two benefits, and division is two harms, even if it is learned by the soldiers of your country, your country will only use it to deal with the Qin State, so why worry about it?" ”

After taking a deep look at Meng Zhong a few times, Storm Kite nodded and said, "The elder brother is really not a person who is with Xiwu, and Xiwu can't do this with his brother, otherwise...... Alas! That's it, it's useless to talk about it now, in short, my brother accepts your love! ”

Also, the Jing Lang car is quite rare in contemporary times, and it may only be that the disciples of the Mo family and the Gongyi clan know how to build it, at least the storm kite has never seen it with his own eyes before.

And now, Meng Zhong is willing to hand over the well car to him Storm Kite, and he doesn't care that Storm Kite takes the opportunity to steal the method of creating this thing, which makes Storm Kite quite moved - in Storm Kite's opinion, if he were to be Gongsun Xi, he would never do this, and even I'm afraid that he wouldn't let Storm Kite touch it, even if Wei and Han need to unite with each other to resist the pressure of Qin.

『…… If Gongsun Zhu can really persuade the King of Wei to make this son the Shou of Hedong, I might as well persuade the king to give this son as a fiefdom with Wu Sui, so that the party can be safeguarded......

On the way back to his army, Storm Kite thought to himself.

As for Gongsun Zhu, he failed to persuade the King of Wei to make Meng Zhong the ...... of Hedong

『…… Then find a way to kidnap that kid to his Korea!'

Thinking of this, the storm kite himself couldn't help but laugh.

He is a violent kite, and he is also a famous general with a reputation no less than Gongsun Xi, not everyone will call him a brother......

It's just that the other party may not look down on him in South Korea......

That's a pity.

After a journey of about two hours, the Wei and Han armies slowly arrived outside the city of Yuhu.

Seeing this, the Qin soldiers on the city wall immediately reported the matter to the boss Bai Qi.

After only a moment's work, Bai Qi hurriedly climbed the north city wall and climbed up to peep at the Wei and Han coalition forces in the distance outside the city.

Three days ago, he asserted in front of the generals under his command that the Wei-Han coalition army would definitely come back to attack the city, but after three full days, the Wei-Han coalition army did not move for a long time.

It wasn't until today that the Wei and Han armies really came to attack the city as he predicted, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"As I expected!"

With a soft snort, a slight smug smile appeared on his face.

Hearing this, the generals of the Qin army, such as Ji Hong, Zhong Xu, and Tong Yang, who followed Bai Qi, all showed expressions of admiration.

With a look of admiration on his face, Ji Hong asked with a hesitant expression: "Bai Shuai, do you really want to do that?" ”

Bai Qi glanced at Ji Hong and asked casually, "Does General Ji have a good way to defeat the enemy army outside the city?" ”

"......" Ji Hong opened his mouth and shook his head silently.

After half a ring, he exhaled slightly, and said in a low voice: "I just think that it is okay to slaughter and loot, but ...... I'm afraid of provoking the criticism of the world, after all, it is not a glorious thing. ”

"Glory?"

Bai Qi turned his head slightly to glance at Ji Hong, and then looked at the Wei and Han coalition forces outside the city and said lightly: "It is an honor to survive, defeat the two armies outside the city, and return to China as the winner; If defeated...... Oh, where does the glory of the loser come from? Even if there is, it's not worth anything! ”

“……”

Ji Hong opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

At this time, I heard Bai Qi's deep voice command: "Okay, General Ji and tell the generals to act according to the plan!" ”

“…… Here! ”

Ji Hong hesitated for a moment, but finally chose to accept the order.

A moment later, the north gate of Fox City slowly opened, and groups of Qin troops slowly walked out of the city and lined up outside the city.

At this time, Meng Zhong and Storm Kite were both urging the soldiers to arrange their troops in their respective armies, and suddenly heard a report from the soldiers that the Qin army was out of the city to fight, and they couldn't help but be stunned: The Qin army, dare to go out of the city to fight?!

"Ao, go to the front of the battle."

"Okay."

Ordering his clan brother Meng Ao to drive the chariot to the front of the array, Meng Zhong frowned and watched the Qin army lined up outside the city in the distance.

『…… How did you get the courage to go out of the city to face the battle?'

Not to mention, even Meng Zhong was stunned at this moment, because he couldn't imagine that the Qin army would have a few chances of winning when he went out of the city to face the battle.

If he were in Bai Qi's position, he would definitely order to defend the city now, use the city wall defense of Fox City to resist the Wei and Han coalition forces, and make the Wei and Han coalition forces suffer as many casualties as possible, but Bai Qi on the other side dared to let the Qin army go out of the city to fight......

I can't figure it out, Meng Zhong really can't figure it out.

Suddenly, his expression changed slightly.

"That's ......"

I saw that under Meng Zhong's gaze, a group of men and women in cloth clothes slowly walked out of the Fox City in the distance, and these people were trembling in front of the Qin army's array under the rude pushing and scolding of the Qin soldiers, their faces full of panic and uneasiness.

A rough count shows that there are not thousands of people.

Vaguely, it seemed that there were still some women and children crying, which reached Wei Jun's side, which was quite unbearable.

"Those people, aren't they Koreans in Fox City? That white ...... Do you want to use that trick?!'

After a moment's thought, Meng Zhong guessed Qin Jun's intentions and frowned unhappily.

He immediately thought of the scene when Bai Qi killed Gongsun Xi in front of the two armies that day, and immediately understood Bai Qi's character: this is a person who will do anything to achieve victory and achieve the goal!

But compared with the last time, Bai Qi's approach this time made Meng Zhong even more unacceptable.

At the same time, the storm kite also rode in a chariot to watch the array of 20,000 Korean troops, and after seeing this scene, his face was full of anger.

I saw him pinching the railing of the chariot and scolding through gritted teeth: "How dare he...... How dare you do such a despicable thing! It's not a son of man! ”

As a famous general in South Korea, Storm Kite can of course also see the intention of the Qin army, which is nothing more than to use the civilians in the fox city as meat shields, and use the fear of these people to disrupt the formation of his Wei and Han armies.

Does it work? It works! If the soldiers of the Wei and Han armies could not bear to kill these Koreans fleeing in their direction, they would inevitably be broken up in formation, and then the Qin army would take advantage of the situation.

However, effective is effective, and this kind of trick is really despicable, but any general who wants to have a good reputation will not use this kind of trick.

But obviously, the general of the Qin army on the other side, called Bai Qi, didn't care about this - maybe all he cared about was victory!

At this time, Bai Qi also rode a chariot to the ranks of the Qin army, looking at the Wei and Han coalition forces in the distance.

He knew that at this moment, there must be people in the Wei and Han coalition army opposite him with a disdainful attitude, and even the soldiers in his army might have some other opinions.

But he didn't care.

He is Bai Qi, he is the general of the Qin State and the commander of the Qin army, since this is the case, he naturally has to consider the interests of the Qin State and how to lead the Qin division to defeat the enemy army and achieve victory.

What's the point of being unscrupulous?

What about being infamous?

Do your best to achieve victory and seize benefits for the Qin State, this is his duty as a courtier and a general!

"Give the order to go down and drive these Koreans to the opposite army! If anyone dares to flee, kill! ”

Bai Qi calmly and indifferently gave orders to the Qin army under his command.

With a firm hand.