Chapter 394: The Battle of Gate Water [Two in One]
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On August 15, the day after Meng Zhong and his army moved to the upper reaches of the Menshui River, he came to the bank of the river to examine the current in front of him and to peek at the Qin army camp on the other side of the river.
In fact, to be precise, although the gate water here is located in the upper reaches of the Qianmen water of Hangu Pass, it is not the upstream of the entire gate water, considering that the gate water originates in the area of Taolinsai in the city of Qin State in the west, so strictly speaking, the water area where Meng Zhong is now located is actually the middle and lower reaches of the entire gate water, and it is only to flow through the river channel in front of Hangu Pass and finally merge into the big river.
In all fairness, in fact, the river channel of Menshui is not narrow, according to Meng Zhong's visual inspection this morning, the Menshui river in this vicinity is about 40 zhang wide, close to 50 zhang, and the width is even more than 60 zhang, like a small lake, but such a wide river, why does Bai Qi think that "there is no danger to defend"?
The reason for this is that the water flow of the gate water is relatively gentle, not as turbulent and rapid as the big river, as long as the person who understands the nature of the water, in fact, has the ability to swim across the opposite bank, and this is the reason why Bai Qi thinks that it is difficult to use this river to block the coalition forces under Meng Zhong's command.
After all, once the coalition forces break through this gate water, it will be difficult for his Qin army to blockade the coalition army, especially among the coalition forces, there are also Fangcheng cavalry, Zhao cavalry and other highly mobile troops, once the coalition army crosses the gate water, from here to hundreds of miles of Pingchuan in Xianyang, they may be wantonly violated and harassed by the cavalry of Wei and Zhao.
With this in mind, after learning that Meng Zhong led the army to arrive here yesterday, Bai Qi decisively gave up the idea of crossing the river to recapture the Menshui camp, and ordered the Qin soldiers under his command to build defensive facilities on the river bank on the west side of Menshui overnight, place a large number of antlers and sharp wood, and send many crossbowmen to deploy on the river bank, and place the coalition army to kill the other bank.
It is precisely for this reason that when Meng Zhong was inspecting this water flow on the west bank of Menshui today, he saw countless Qin soldiers from the opposite bank, some of them were holding weapons and looking at this side vigilantly, while the other part of the Qin soldiers were stepping up their defenses, bringing wood to build sentry posts, fences and other things, as if they were planning to build a wooden wall on the west side of the riverbank.
γβ¦β¦ Looking at this posture, I'm afraid that we won't easily let our army cross this gate water......
Meng Zhong thought secretly with his arms folded.
At this time, a guard beside him reminded: "Yun Jun, Jin Contempt and Lian Po are here." β
Meng Zhong glanced back, and sure enough, he saw Jin Di and Lian Po each walking quickly to this side with two guards, the funny thing is that these two people obviously came together, but their mouths were not idle, and they could vaguely hear that the two seemed to be arguing.
After a while, Jin Con and Lian Po came to Meng Zhong, and after seeing the two of them saluting, they heard Lian Po clasp his fists and say: "Yuncheng Jun, please be sure to hand over the matter of forcibly crossing the gate water, and you will be able to lead the army to attack the other side of the river......
Jin Contempt, who was beside him, was a little anxious when he heard this, and interrupted Lian Po's words and said to Meng Zhong: "Yunchengjun, please leave this matter to the next ......."
"Jin Contempt, you give me enough time!"
"Huh? Why should I listen to you? β
"You ...... guy"
ββ¦β¦ I've put up with you for a long time. β
While speaking, Jin Contempt and Lian Po glared at each other angrily, seeing that if Meng Zhong didn't stop him again, he was afraid that he would have to fight hand-to-hand on the spot.
Not to mention, in fact, Meng Zhong is also very curious in his heart, which of the two Jin Con and Lian Po is more outstanding, after all, these two are warriors who can overwhelm Meng Hu in force, and they are rare brave generals in the world.
However, no matter how curious he was, Meng Zhong couldn't sit back and watch Jin Contempt and Lian Po fight in public, after all, the impact was not good, so he smiled and said, "Two, two, what's wrong?" β
may be due to the fact that in front of Meng Zhong, although Jin Contempt and Lian Po are not angry with each other, they dare not be too presumptuous after all, and you and I have said the reason one by one.
It turned out that when the Qin camp was attacked at night two days ago, when the Qin general Wei Yuan realized that the general trend had gone and led the remnants of the army to retreat to the west bank of Menshui with the help of the bridge, Jin Con and Lian Po had a brief discussion, and finally decided that Lian Po would pursue the remnants of the Wei Yuan, while Jin Con and Wei Qing, Hua Hu and others were responsible for killing the remnants of the Qin camp in Menshui and controlling the camp.
I have to say that at that time, Jin Con and Lian Po rarely reached an agreement on opinions, the reason was that these two guys were cautious that they should control the Menshui Qin camp by themselves, not the two armies of Qi and Yan - not to mention, in front of the "outsiders" of the two armies of Qi and Yan, Jin Con and Lian Po really cooperated rarely.
But in the end, because the Qin general Wei Yuan ordered the destruction of the pontoon bridge, Lian Po did not take advantage of the situation to kill the other side of the river and launched another pursuit of the Wei reinforcements.
After learning about this incident later, Jin Contempt was dissatisfied, and said in front of Lian Po that if he led Wei Wushu to pursue the guards, he would definitely be able to defeat it in one fell swoop.
Lian Po is not an instigator, and after listening to Jin Contempt's ridicule, he quarreled with him.
After arguing and arguing, the two fought for the vanguard of the river crossing battle - Lian Po vowed to let Jin Con see the strength of his Zhao army, and Jin Con vowed to let Lian Po see the strength of his Hedong warriors.
As for the habitual quarrel between Jin Cong and Lian Po, Wei Qing and Hua Hu didn't bother to interfere at all, and the two of them invariably led the question to Meng Zhong's side: "After Yun Chengjun comes, the two of them can discuss this matter with Yun Chengjun." β¦β¦ I still have something to do, so I'll go first. β
Yesterday, in view of the fact that it was close to dusk when Meng Zhong led the army from the main camp of Qi and Yan's armies to this place, and Meng Zhong felt tired from the rapid march of the army all the way, he felt very sleepy and rested early, and Jin and Lian Po were not embarrassed to disturb.
And this morning, no, in order to grab the position of the pioneer of the river-crossing war, Jin Contempt and Lian Po made trouble in front of Meng Zhong.
I have to say that looking at Jin Con and Lian Po who are both looking at him with anticipation on their faces, Meng Zhong really has a headache, because in his opinion, both Jin Con and Lian Po actually have enough strength as the vanguard of the river crossing battle.
With a wry smile, Meng Zhong could only use a similar and muddy way to allow Jin Con and Lian Po to be the vanguard generals of the battle to force the crossing of the gate water in the future, but obviously this answer could not satisfy Jin Con and Lian Po.
No, after hearing Meng Zhong's words, Jin Contempt sneered and said: "Forcibly crossing the gate water, it is enough to have me, what is the use of this rough man?" β
Lian Po was angry when he heard it.
If others say that he is a rough man, and it is okay to make fun of him for being reckless and impulsive, what qualifications do you have to make fun of others for being a rough man? Obviously you yourself are a rude and brainless wretch!
He immediately sneered and said, "I don't know who almost provoked a decisive battle with the Qin army in front of Hangu Pass, and almost ruined Yunchengjun's plan!" β
Jin was angry and ashamed when he heard this, and his face was annoyed and angry.
Seeing this, Meng Zhong hurriedly changed the topic: "Two, two, don't be impatient...... Speaking of which, in the past two days, I heard that Tian Touch had fought with the Qin army on the opposite side once or twice, I don't know what the specific situation is? β
Seeing that Jin Con was so angry with himself but didn't dare to attack in front of Yun Chengjun, Lian Po was very proud, and after deliberately laughing twice at Jin Con as a mockery, he turned his head to Meng Zhong and explained respectfully: "To be exact, there are two times." β¦β¦ One time was the proposition of Wei Qing and Hua Hu, thinking that our side should take advantage of the victory to pursue, and Tian Touch did not refute it at that time, and tried to attack the other side the day before yesterday...... However, due to the desperate resistance of the Qin generals on the opposite side, the Qi army was finally repulsed......"
When he said this, he pursed his lips disdainfully, obviously looking down on the army of Qi State.
Meng Zhong nodded thoughtfully, counting the days, the "day before yesterday" in Lian Po's mouth, that is, the day after the night attack on the Shui Qin camp.
At this time, Lian Po said again: "And the second time, yesterday, Qin General Bai Qi led a large army to rush to reinforcements, and joined forces with the guards, and then launched a strong attack on us, but in the end it was repelled by our side......"
γβ¦β¦ It seems that the loss of the water camp has indeed made Bai Qi lose a little bit."
After listening to Lian Po's words, Meng Zhong thought secretly in his heart.
Thinking about it, I also know that yesterday on his coalition side, not only did he have 100,000 troops of Qi and Yan's two armies, but also a total of more than 20,000 Wei and Zhao elites led by Wei Qing, Jin Confu, Lian Po, and Hua Hu.
The question is, do you hit the ground?
It can be seen that after losing the Menshui Qin camp, Bai Qi was also a little anxious, and there was a bit of chaos, which was not as calm and calm as Meng Zhong's impression in the past.
This is not surprising, after all, the current situation is too unfavorable for Bai Qi, regardless of the bad results that will be caused to the Qin State once the alliance forces break through the gate water, the most critical problem is that this gate water Qin camp and the hidden path were originally deliberately exposed to the coalition army by Bai Qi in order to achieve his goal.
Otherwise, it will take a while for the coalition side to find this path.
And the end result? Bai Qi's purpose was not achieved, and the door water Qin camp was lost, which was not the extent of stealing chickens and not eating rice, but carrying the rice jar at home to steal chickens, but the rice jar was smashed and all the rice was scattered, and the neighbor who raised the chicken was beaten with a stick.
After thinking about going back, he will be scolded by his family - think about it, and know that when this matter is spread to Xianyang, Xianyang will definitely blame all the blame on Bai Qi.
Appalling.
It's no wonder that Bai Qiqi is in a mess, desperate to recapture the Menshui military camp to redeem his defeat.
But judging from the fact that the Qin army built a defense on the riverbank overnight last night, it seems that Bai Qi has calmed down and is ready to take a defensive position, which makes Meng Zhong feel quite regretful.
After all, when you are calm, it is much more difficult to deal with.
After temporarily pacifying the two generals of Jin and Lian Po, Meng Zhong took them back to the Menshui camp.
Returning to the main tent of the camp, Meng Zhong sent people to invite Tian Touch and Le Yi, as well as Wei Qing, Dou Xing, Han Zu, and Le Jin's four generals - Meng Hu and Hua Hu were not in the camp at the moment because they were leading the Fangcheng cavalry to investigate the situation in the surrounding area.
Speaking of which, this main tent, Meng Zhong originally planned to give it to Tian Touch yesterday, with the intention of raising a hand to Tian Touch and acquiescing to Tian Touch as the chief general of the coalition forces here, but because Tian Touch was weak-minded, and Jin Contempt, Lian Po and others showed obvious dissatisfaction on their faces at that time, so that even if Tian Touch understood what Meng Zhong meant, he did not dare to regard himself as the main general, but respected Meng Zhong as the main general.
This result, in fact, is certainly the best.
A moment later, Tian Touch and Le Yi came together.
Seeing this, Meng Zhong smiled and asked, "The tentacle doesn't look good today, didn't he rest last night?" β
Tian Touch smiled reluctantly: "Because I was worried about the night attack of the Qin army, I didn't dare to sleep too hard, so I woke up several times in the middle of the night...... I'm afraid that's why I still feel a little tired when I wake up in the morning. β
"Oh."
Meng Zhong nodded suddenly, and then turned his head and asked Le Yi, "Where is Le Sima?" Did you sleep well last night? β
Looking at the kind look on Meng Zhong's face, Le Yi's mood was very complicated, and he said lightly: "It's okay." β
I have to say that Meng Zhong's deliberate kindness made Tian Touch secretly relieved, but Le Yi felt a little uncomfortable, because he knew very well that the look on Meng Zhong's face at this moment was not from the heart, but just to appease Tian Touch......
He Leyi, since when did he become a person like Tian Touch in Meng Zhong's heart, who needs to be deliberately appeased and wooed?
But in view of the fact that he did have some little secrets that were not easy to reveal from Meng Zhong, Le Yi was not good at asking for anything, he could only comfort himself in his heart: when the time is right, Meng Zhong himself will understand.
After a seemingly cordial conversation, Wei Qing, Dou Xing, Han Zu, and Le Jin also came to the tent.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Meng Zhong, who was sitting on the throne, began today's military discussion.
ββ¦β¦ This morning, I went to the Menshui side to peep at the Qin army on the other side, and found that just as the news sent by Huahu, the Qin army had built a series of defenses on the riverbank overnight, watchtowers, watchtowers, fences, antlers, and countless crossbowmen were deployed on the riverbank......
As soon as the words fell, he heard Jin contempt pretend to be indifferent and said: "I think it's because Yun Chengjun led the army to arrive here that the Qin army will switch from counterattack to defense, right?" β¦β¦ is worthy of Yunchengjun. β
Hearing this, Lian quite rarely did not dismantle the stage, glanced at Tian Touch intentionally or unintentionally, and smiled.
Tian touched the matter of secretly communicating with the Qin army, and only Wei Qing, Le Jin, and Hua Hu under Meng Zhong knew about it, and Lian Po should not have known about it, but on the night of the night attack on the Menshui Qin camp, he asked Hua Hu "Why did Yun Chengjun conclude that he could successfully attack the Menshui Qin camp this time", Hua Hu told Lian Po the secret - this is also where Lian Po felt a little proud, after all, Jin Contempt didn't know about this matter.
Because of this, Lian Po looked down on Tian Touch and the Qi army even more, for example, at this moment, he was eager to expose Tian Touch and ridicule him, but in view of Hua Hu's prior warning, Lian Po finally endured it, snorted twice, and didn't say anything.
But even so, Tian Touch still felt something, and looked at the generals in the tent in disbelief, as if he was guessing that a few of these people knew that he had secretly communicated with the Qin army.
Just as the atmosphere in the tent gradually froze, someone suddenly sneered.
Everyone turned their heads strangely to look, only to realize that it was Le Jin who was sneering.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
Facing everyone's strange gazes, Le Jin apologized again and again: "I saw that Jin Contempt Sima admired Yunchengjun so much, and I laughed unconsciously...... I remember that at first, Jin Sima also gave Yun Chengjun a face. β
Hearing this, everyone immediately laughed, but Jin Contempt said with an embarrassed expression: "It's in the past, what did Le Sima do when he mentioned it?" β
"Yes, yes, it's my fault."
Le Jin smiled and confessed to everyone, and at the same time quietly gave Meng Zhong a look.
Obviously, Le Jin did it on purpose, in order to break the dull atmosphere in the previous tent, and secretly relieve Tian Touch, lest Tian Touch be annoyed and angry, and leave the scene angrily and spoil the big thing.
"Alright, alright."
After getting the hint from Le Jin's eyes, Meng Zhong quietly uncovered the previous one, and turned the topic back to the battle of crossing the river: "The river channel of Menshui is not narrow, but the water flow in the road, according to my visual observation, is not breathing, relatively gentle, the only problem is that the Qin army on the other side of the river is ready to block our army's forced crossing...... In the meantime, I'm afraid it's a fierce battle. β
At this time, Wei Qing, who knew that Tian Touch had secretly known the inside story of the Qin army, was afraid that the two young generals, Jin Contempt and Lian Po, would once again ridicule Tian Touch and ruin the plan, so he took the first step and said: "But even so, our army still has to force the crossing of the water!" β¦β¦ According to the record on the marching map, from here across the door, a few dozen miles to the west is Taolinsai, as long as Taolinsai can be defeated, our coalition army will have a guarantee that the Qin State can be submitted! β
"Oh?"
Lian Po was puzzled and asked, "Why did Wei Qingsima assert it like this?" β
As soon as the words fell, I heard Han Zu say with a smile: "Lian Sima doesn't know, Taolinsai is located in the rear of Hangu Pass, as long as Taolinsai can be captured, the Qin army can only abandon Hangu Pass, otherwise our army can outflank it from the rear." β¦β¦ What's more important is that from Taolinsai to the west, all the way to Xianyang, the capital of Qin, during this period, hundreds of miles are hundreds of miles of Pingchuan, and there is almost no danger to defend...... In our coalition army, there are the Fangcheng cavalry of Yuncheng Jun, as well as the cavalry of your country, the two cavalry join forces in one place, and gallop and harass in those hundreds of miles of Pingchuan, cutting off the connection between several Qin cities on the way, cutting off their grain routes, how can Qin still win? β
"Really?" Lian Po asked in surprise.
"Don't say anything."
Dou Xing interjected at this moment: "What Han Zu Sima said is roughly right, but along the way, the Qin State is not without danger to defend, and I don't know about the other armies, but in the Huayin area, there is the army of Huayang Jun Qirong to guard it...... This Mi Rong is my old opponent of Hedong County, when the rhino force was still there, Huayang Jun Mi Rong led the army to invade my Hedong County many times, I don't want to increase the morale of others, but this Qin army is indeed elite and cannot be underestimated. β
"Huayang Jun Qirong?"
Wei Qing thought for a while and said, "Calculate the time, the Gongsun Army General should have taken action at this moment, right?" β
He turned his head to look at Meng Zhong.
Meng Zhong shook his head and said, "For the time being, I don't know the situation on the side of General Gongsun. β
The Gongsun generals in their mouths refer to the Wei State Hedong Shou Gongsun Zhu, and it is also the second army dispatched by the Wei State in this war against the Qin State in this war of the alliance of the countries, but this army is mainly to contain a part of the Qin State's army, after all, the Wei State does not want the Hedong Army to be all fought out in this war, otherwise who will guard the Hedong?
Therefore, the Hedong Army under the command of Gongsun Zhu could only pray to contain the role of Huayang Jun Mi Rong in this battle, so that Hua Yang Jun Qi Rong could not lead his army to reinforce Bai Qi.
"Let's try it first, force the gate water."
After some discussion, Meng Zhong said to Tian Touch and Le Yi.
At this time, Tian Touch, of course, did not dare to disobey, even if he was unwilling in his heart, he had to honestly follow Meng Zhong's instructions, and did not dare to play any tricks.
Seeing this, Meng Zhong nodded with satisfaction and said in a deep voice: "Okay, except for Wei Qing who led his headquarters to return to the Nanshan camp, the rest of the armies are ready to wait for tomorrow to force the crossing of the gate water!" β
"Whoa!"
All the generals in the tent responded with their fists clenched.
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