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On 17 August, except for the troops under the command of Dou Xing and Le Jin, the rest of the coalition armies moved south from the Menshui camp and stationed at a distance of about ten miles from each other.

When he saw Tian Touch and Le Yi also leading their respective armies out of the Menshui camp, Le Jin whispered to Meng Zhong, who was also standing by and watching, "I thought that you wouldn't let Tian Touch leave your watch. ”

"There's no need to stare too hard." Meng Zhong said calmly: "You have also seen Tian Touch's attitude in the past few days, and in a short period of time, there should be no problems." ”

Hearing this, Le Jin nodded slightly.

Indeed, in the past two days, Tian Touch has been very cooperative, even if Jin Contempt and Lian Po have hinted at him from time to time that the Qi army is weak, Tian Touch will only smile awkwardly at most, and Quan Dang can't understand it, which shows how weak his heart is.

It's not that Tian Touche will never consider secretly forming an alliance with the Qin State after this incident, but at least in the short term, he shouldn't have that guts.

And according to Meng Zhong's plan, as long as it takes another half a month, the advantage of his coalition army will be infinitely expanded, and when he thinks about it, Tian Touch will not dare to do anything that angers the Three Jin Coalition Army, so it doesn't matter much whether he stares at Tian Touch at this time or not.

"By the way, Ah Yi, what are you going to do?"

As if thinking of something, Le Jin asked Meng Zhongdao.

"I don't know." Meng Zhong shook his head and said bluntly: "He has his position, his opinion, try to ...... Try not to have conflicts. ”

Hearing this, Le Jin glanced at Meng Zhong and did not speak.

Regarding Le Yi, Meng Zhong had told him earlier, for example, that Meng Zhong suspected that Le Yi was likely to support Su Qin's strategy and use Song as a bait to make Qi fall into a trap.

Similar to Meng Zhong's attitude, Le Jin was also quite dissatisfied with this matter, after all, he could roughly guess that if Su Qin, the spy of the Yan State, really used the Song State as a bait to let the Qi State fall into the trap, then the Song State would inevitably suffer some losses because of this, and even this loss might be very large.

The reason is very simple, because Su Qin is a spy of the Yan State, the interests of the Yan State that he prioritizes, and whether the Song State will suffer a disaster in his plan, then Su Qin does not care.

There is nothing wrong with using the Song State as a bait to make the Qi State fall into a trap, but if you do it from the position of the Yan State......

This is where Meng Zhong is dissatisfied with Le Yi.

He felt that maybe Le Yi still had a good impression of Song Guo and had good intentions, and he also hoped that Qi State, the biggest hidden danger of Song State, would be completely solved through this incident, but from a standpoint, Le Yi was already a member of Yan State......

Of course, in fact, there is nothing wrong with Le Yi doing this, on the contrary, this means that Le Yi is responsible for the sovereign he is loyal to, even if it is Meng Zhong, he is not always considering the interests of Wei now, trying to take advantage of the opportunity of the Five Kingdoms to attack Qin as much as possible and fundamentally reverse the situation between Qin and Wei?

In the final analysis, Meng Zhong's dissatisfaction with Le Yi was only due to personal dissatisfaction.

"Having said that, the question raised by Ah Yi at the military meeting yesterday is still very pertinent. …… You have scattered your forces so much, as if you have released your clenched fists again, are you really afraid that Bai Qi will take the opportunity to concentrate your forces and cut off your ten fingers one by one? You and I both know what kind of person Bai Qi is, and he will never be willing to be led by your nose. Le Jin asked Meng Zhongdao.

"I know." Meng Zhong nodded, and then said calmly: "I have calculated, he is too late, I am sure that in half a month, the battlefield situation here will change again, and during this half month, it is not enough for Bai Qi to break through our army." ”

"And what about this camp?"

Le Jin pointed behind his body and said with a strange expression: "Just leaving Dou Xing and me to guard this military camp, I am under a lot of pressure, in case I lose my ......."

Hearing this, Meng Zhong smiled slightly, shook his head and said, "Bai Qi will not risk coming to seize this military camp. ”

"Huh? You mean, Bai Qi gave up on retaking this military camp? Le Jin was a little surprised when he heard this, after all, in his opinion, the role of this Menshui military camp was extremely crucial to the Qin army.

Hearing Le Jin's rhetorical question, Meng Zhong shook his head and corrected: "I didn't say that Bai Qi had given up on retaking this military camp, what I said was that he would not risk taking it to recapture this military camp. …… If it can be easily recaptured with a small number of troops, then Bai Qi will inevitably recover this military camp; But if it takes him a lot to recapture this barracks, then Bai Qi will give up for the time being, and that's what I mean. ”

Le Jin touched his chin when he heard this: "I don't understand, let's be detailed." ”

Seeing this, Meng Zhong had no choice but to explain: "You think so, right now, there are Dou Xing and your two armies stationed here, about 20,000 troops, if Bai Qi wants to forcibly recapture the Menshui Qin camp, then he has to at least send 30,000 or 40,000 troops, right?" The Qin army on the other side of the river was only 60,000 or 70,000 people in total, and Bai Qi used half of his troops to recapture this military camp, which created an opportunity for more than ten other strong crossings of Menshui by our army...... You must know that once our army crosses the Mumsui, it can directly attack the west side of Hangu Road from the rear, put Fengyangjun and the army under the command of the tyrant into the pass, and then the army will converge and capture Taolinsai...... Under this general trend, even if Bai Qi recaptures the Menshui military camp and cuts off the retreat of our army, so what? …… To be exact, it was actually our side that cut off his return to China! ”

"I see."

After listening to Meng Zhong's analysis, Le Jin suddenly realized, nodded and said: "I said that you are not worried about this military camp being recaptured by Bai Qi at all, it turns out that you are sure that he will not take the risk and gather a large number of troops to attack ......"

Meng Zhong smiled and said, "As long as you don't push Bai Qi to a dead end, then he is a very calm person......"

"What if you're cornered?" Le Jin asked with interest.

Meng Zhong thought for a moment and said, "Then it will be ...... It's troublesome. ”

Of course, Le Jin knew what Meng Zhong was referring to when he was very troublesome, he still remembered that in the battle of Wanfang, when they attacked Wancheng and burned the grain and grass of the Qin army, they thought that Bai Qi would be defeated by them because of the exhaustion of grain and grass in the army, but what was the result?

In the case of lack of food, Bai Qi stormed Yangguan and burned a jade stone with Yangguan, causing heavy losses to the Fangcheng army under Meng Zhong, and losing the ability to take the opportunity to break Sima Cuo's army in the future.

Bai Qi is a ferocious tiger, and the consequences of driving such beasts to a dead end are quite serious.

The two were chatting, and suddenly a group of cavalry galloped in the distance, and after a closer look, it was Menghu and Huahu who were the leaders.

I saw Meng Hu riding his horse close to Meng Zhong and Le Jin, turned over and dismounted and said hello to the two, and then pointed to several coalition forces moving south in the distance and asked, "When I came back, I saw several armies moving south on the way...... I asked and said what you meant. What's wrong? ”

At this time, Hua Hu also dismounted not far away and walked over, and asked the same question in confusion: "Ah Zhong, why are you scattering your troops?" Besides, you suddenly recalled Ah Hu and me, could it be something important? ”

Meng Zhong nodded when he heard this, and said, "This matter is a long story, let's go to the camp first, and then talk about it in the military tent." ”

Meng Hu and Hua Hu nodded, followed behind Meng Zhong and Le Jin, came to the main tent in the army, and listened to Meng Zhong explain his thoughts in detail and the strategies he advocated.

At that time, Meng Zhong said to Meng Hu and Hua Hu: "...... This matter is extremely dangerous, but only the two of you and the cavalry under your command can take on this heavy responsibility, please! ”

Previously, Hua Hu listened to Meng Zhong's narration with a solemn expression, but after hearing this, a smile appeared on his face, and he said solemnly: "Don't worry, this matter is covered in ......"

"Wrap it up on me!" Before Hua Hu finished speaking, Meng Hu interrupted the former's words and said with a smile: "Sure enough, it depends on us at the critical time!" …… You two are here to watch with your eyes wide open, and see how the first warrior of our coalition army can defeat those Qin troops! ”

"What warrior?" Hua Hu asked lightly.

"No. ......" Meng Hu subconsciously turned his head to look at Hua Hu, and then his voice stopped abruptly, and he said with a sneering face: "No. ...... Two? That's all right, right? ”

Hua Hu rolled his eyes, too lazy to pay attention to this reckless man, Gu Zi said to Meng Zhong: "You must have instructed Jin Con, Lian Po, and Han Zu in advance, right?" They'll cooperate with me and Hu, right? ”

"Hmm." Meng Zhong nodded, and immediately did not forget to advise: "Although Jin Cong, Lian Po, and Han Zu will cooperate with the two of you, I still hope that the two of you will hide your traces and try not to be discovered by the Qin army...... You also know that any movement will arouse his suspicions, and then he will see through our intentions. ”

"Got it!"

Hua Hu nodded and said, "In that case, Ah Hu and I immediately went to gather the cavalry under our command and told them to go back to the camp to prepare enough dry food......

As soon as he heard this, Meng Hu exclaimed in astonishment: "Immediately? I'm thinking I'll get to the camp and get a good meal......"

However, before he could finish complaining, he was forcibly pulled away by Hua Hu.

On the same day, Meng Hu and Hua Hu left the Menshui Qin camp again and gathered more than 4,000 Fangcheng cavalry under their command.

The next day, more than 4,000 Fangcheng cavalry returned to the Menshui camp one after another, and immediately left the camp in batches after they had prepared enough food.

The matter of the cavalry of the four thousand square city returning to the camp to replenish grain and grass, Bai Qi naturally learned about it through the eyes of his Qin army, but after thinking about it carefully, he couldn't think of any problems with these cavalry for the time being - returning to the camp to replenish grain and grass, and leaving immediately after replenishing grain and grass, this is really not something to make a fuss about.

In contrast, Bai Qi was more concerned about the more than a dozen 10,000-strong troops that Meng Zhong took the initiative to disperse.

Among these more than a dozen 10,000-strong troops, Wei General Jin Contempt, Zhao General Lian Po, and Han General Han Zu are the objects of Bai Qi's attention.

It's not because the abilities of these three people have attracted Bai Qi's attention, the reason why Bai Qi pays special attention to Jin Con, Lian Po, and Han Zu is because these three people are currently the most convenient generals for Meng Zhong, if Meng Zhong really has any ulterior tricks, these three generals are the most suspicious - Meng Zhong can't always hand over important tasks to Qi Yan's two armies, right?

In this way, two days later, that is, on 20 August, the two sides of the river were still calm, but the atmosphere of war here became more and more intense.

In these two days, Bai Qi really did not try to recapture the Menshui camp.

Because just like Meng Zhong's analysis, it is actually a very stupid act to use a large force to forcibly recapture the Menshui camp at this time - how can Bai Qi not see such a simple truth?

On the side of the coalition army, except for the Dou Xingjun and Le Jinjun stationed in the Menshui camp, which are still standing still, the rest of the more than 100,000 troops that have been dispersed have been stationed on the east bank of the Menshui River one after another.

Looking at the marching map in Bai Qi's hand at this moment, the points on the east bank of Menshui each represent a coalition of 10,000 people.

I have to say that there are more than a dozen coalition forces with a scale of 10,000 people distributed along the river, and no one can guess which 10,000-person coalition army will launch the battle to cross the river, which really makes the generals of the Qin army pinch a cold sweat, so that the defense during the day and night has become more and more strict.

But Bai Qi's point of view was still very firm, he believed that no matter what Meng Zhong had, he would inevitably hand it over to Jin Cong, Lian Po, and Han Zu, so he only had to keep an eye on the armies of these three people to grasp Meng Zhong's tricks.

To this end, Bai Qi sent three generals, Ji Hong, Tong Yang, and Zhong Xu, to garrison on the other side of the river of the three armies of Jin, Lianpo, and Hanzu, specifically to keep an eye on the latter three.

But unexpectedly, the first to break the dead silence before the war was not Jin Confu, Lian Po, and Han Zu, but Qi General Tian Touch.

On the evening of 21 August, Tian Touch led his Qi army to attempt to force a crossing from the river basin where he was stationed, and the Qin general Meng Yi fought back, and then, with the timely support of Jin Kuang, Meng Yi finally repelled the Qi army.

In the early morning of the next day, Bai Qi received the battle report, and after a cursory glance, he put it aside disapprovingly.

Unexpectedly, that night, a military Sima named Yan Zhang in the Yan army also launched a night attack to force the crossing of Menshui, and fought with the Qin general Wurong for more than an hour, and was finally repulsed.

The next day, Bai Qi received this battle report again.

At that time, Sima Jin said in surprise: "Is it actually the main attack of the two armies of Qi and Yan this time?" Strange, why are the two armies of Qi and Yan so active? Could it be that Meng Zhong took the handle of Tian Touch and Le Yi, so that the two had to obey? …… If this is the case, should we mobilize our troops and strengthen the garrison of those Qiyan troops? ”

Hearing this, Bai Qi sneered and said, "This is just Meng Zhong's trickery. …… He just hopes that our army will shift the focus of the garrison to the Qi and Yan armies, if you think about it carefully, the interests of the Qi and Yan armies are different from the Three Jin Coalition Army, how can they really contribute to the Three Jin Coalition Army? ”

"Yes...... But Qi Yan's army did launch a fierce attack......"

"That's just Tian Touch currying favor with Meng Zhong. …… As I said before, Meng Zhong knew very well that Tian Touch had secretly communicated with our Qin army, which was why he would intervene in the battle on the Menshui side at that time, and took the opportunity to seize the Menshui military camp while concealing Tian Touch. Afterwards, the coalition army is still a whole at first glance, but in my opinion, it was just that Meng Zhong took the overall situation into account and did not expose the scandal of Tian Touch's secret connection with our Qin army, and even he might hide it for Tian Touch. …… As Kuang Zhang's optimistic successor, Tian Touch obviously wouldn't be a fool, he must have known in his heart that Meng Zhong had already guessed this matter, and in a weak heart, as long as it didn't cause too serious losses to Qi Yan's two armies, Tian Touch should acquiesce now. …… As you said, Meng Zhong pinched Tian Touch's handle, as long as Meng Zhong didn't press Tian Touch, Tian Touch would not dare to resist...... But this does not mean that Tian Touch will not hesitate to pay a heavy price to help the coalition forces force the crossing of the water, I guess this Tian Touch, at best, is just to help Meng Zhong play a cover, and the real person in charge of the main attack is still Jin Confu, Lian Po, and Han Zu. …… Therefore, it is wisest to keep the current deployment of troops unchanged. ”

"I see."

Sima Jin suddenly realized.

For his own judgment, Bai Qi is very confident.

And the facts have proved that his judgment is correct.

On the night of 24 August, with the Qi Yan army launching night attacks across the river in several places, Jin Contempt launched a fierce attack at the same time.

Different from the previous small fights of the Qi Yan armies, in this battle, the Jin Dynasty poured out all the troops under his command, and in a short period of time, countless Wei soldiers forcibly attacked the other side of the river, and in turn suppressed the garrison of the Qin general Ji Hong.

Ji Hong was shocked and immediately asked for help, on the one hand, he sent people to ask for help from Bai Qi's main camp, and on the other hand, he sent people to ask for help from the neighboring generals Tongyang and Zhongxu.

After receiving Ji Hong's request for help, Bai Qi made a decisive judgment, on the one hand, he sent Jin Kuang to lead the army to provide support overnight, and on the other hand, he ordered Zhong Xu and Tong Yang to immediately return to their respective stations to guard against the night attack of Lian Po and Han Zu.

Sure enough, during the period when Zhong Xu and Tong Yang divided their troops to aid Ji Hong's army, Zhao general Lian Po and Han general Han Zu also launched a ferocious night attack, due to the lack of defenders on the other side of the river, Zhao and Han both armies successfully attacked the other side of the river, and launched a surprise attack on the corresponding Qin army garrison on the other side of the river.

That night, the Qin army under Bai Qi and the elite of the Sanjin Dynasty under Meng Zhong launched a melee in the upper reaches of the gate, and the Qin army defended desperately, so they held their respective camps.

This battle lasted until dawn, and when the sky was bright, they finally failed to break through the three people of Jin, Lian Po, and Han Zu who were stationed in the Qin army on the other side, and then led their soldiers to retreat to the east bank of Menshui.

The attack of the elite of the Three Jin Dynasty this night made the Qin army tremble, after all, if it wasn't for Bai Qi sending reinforcements in time, it would be impossible for Ji Hong, Tong Yang, Zhong Xu and others to be defeated by the armies of Jin Confucius, Lian Po, and Han Zu.

But Bai Qi felt very strange.

Could it be that he overestimated Meng Zhong? Feelings: Meng Zhong has been planning for a long time, and finally only came up with such a stupid idea of launching a river-crossing attack on multiple battlefields at the same time?

Of course, it is actually a bit too much to say that it is a stupid idea, but it is undeniable that this is too far from Bai Qi's expectations.

In the days that followed, calm was restored on both sides of the river, and until early September, the coalition forces on the other side of the river did not take any further offensive.

『…… Wrong...... Am I overlooking something?'

The more Bai Qi thought about it, the more wrong it became.

You know, isn't the calm of the coalition forces at the moment a disguised proof that Meng Zhong's goal may have been achieved?

But what did Meng Zhong do?

Bai Qi really couldn't figure it out.

Until the fifth day of September, urgent reports were sent from the rear one after another.

"On the night of August 28, an unknown cavalry attacked the peach grove and burned the crops in the fields outside the city.

"On the night of August 29, an unknown cavalry attacked Kashiwagu and burned the crops in the fields outside the city......

"On the night of August 30, an unknown cavalry attacked Huayang and burned countless crops......

"September ......"

Seeing these urgent reports, Bai Qi's face suddenly changed.

He bet that these unknown cavalry must be Fangcheng cavalry, but the question is, how did those Fangcheng cavalry get behind them?

"Is it ......?"

Suddenly recalled the abnormal river-crossing onslaught of the coalition forces on the other side of the river a few days ago, especially the three of Jin Cong, Lian Po, and Han Zu, and his white face changed suddenly.

At this moment, he finally understood what Meng Zhong wanted to do.

With a snap, Bai Qi slammed a few urgent reports in his hand to the ground, and gritted his teeth and burst out of his mouth with two words.

"Meng-Zhong!"

Enraged, he grabbed his sword and rushed out of the tent.