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"Retreat! The opposing coalition forces have retreated! ”

"Our army has won!"

"Hooray! Banzai! ”

When the coalition forces on the opposite side fully retreated, the Qin troops on the west bank of Menshui couldn't help but cheer to celebrate what they considered to be the victory.

But as the commander of the Qin army, there was no joy on Bai Qi's face.

Seeing this, Sima Jin, the guard beside him, asked puzzledly: "Bai Shuai, our army has repelled the coalition forces, why do you seem to be unhappy?" ”

Bai Qi glanced at Sima Jin, who had a little joy on his face, and immediately looked at the coalition forces that were retreating in a big way, and said lightly: "In your impression, Meng Zhong is famous for frontal attacks?" ”

"Uh......" Sima Jin was stunned when he heard this.

Even he knew that the strength of the Yuncheng Jun on the other side was not reflected in the command of the army in a head-on battle - of course, that Meng Zhong was not weak in commanding the army in a frontal battle, and so far he had not heard of anyone defeating Meng Zhong when the two sides were evenly matched, but in fact, it was rare for Meng Zhong to defeat the other party in such a situation.

The real strength of Yuncheng Jun Mengzhong lies in his strategy, his accurate prediction and control of the trend of the battle, such as the battle of Yique that year, when he saw the opportunity to lead the defeated army to counter his Qin army, and a few days ago, he launched a night attack on the Qin camp of Hemen Shui, dozens of miles away, and took down the camp that was very important to his Qin army in one fell swoop, etc., this is what made that man make his Qin army feel jealous.

Someone once said that the Qi army under the command of Kuang Zhang and the Qi army without the command of Kuang Zhang are two completely different armies, in fact, this sentence is also suitable for the Wei army and Meng Zhong - he and the Wei state have had many wars in recent decades, but so far, his Qin army has really not been suppressed so badly by the Wei army.

Not to mention the distance, let's just talk about the recent confrontation, that Meng Zhong suppressed his Qin army in front of Hangu Pass some time ago, and on the other hand, he took the opportunity to seize the Qin camp of his Gate, and the control of the battle situation was simply to suppress his Qin army with the power of one person.

Perhaps, this is also the reason why he, Qin's army, felt sincerely happy at the moment because he had repelled the opposing coalition army.

If you think about it carefully, it's actually a little sad - when did his Great Qin's army feel so happy and excited just because it just repelled a wave of enemy attacks?

“…… Meng Zhong's strength does not lie in the frontal battle of the army, but in his wisdom and strategy...... You see him retreating at this moment, but let me tell you, Meng Zhong, who gives up a frontal breakthrough, is the ...... that poses the greatest threat to us."

As he spoke, Bai Qi squinted his eyes and stared at the banner with the words "Wei Yuncheng Junmeng" in the distance, which was slowly retreating, and secretly guessed Meng Zhong's next move in his heart.

I have to say that Sima Cuo's evaluation of Bai Qi and Meng Zhong was quite accurate, Bai Qi and Meng Zhong both belonged to the kind of generals who fought very strongly, and the difference was only in the different ways they focused on.

In today's battle to force the crossing of the water, Meng Zhong deliberately put on an attitude of not hesitating casualties, trying to force Bai Qi to retreat, and replace it with other Qin generals, maybe there will inevitably be hesitation and hesitation at this time, but Bai Qi's attitude is very firm, and even, as Meng Zhong guessed, he is more decisive than Meng Zhong, and he is ready to lose both the coalition forces under Meng Zhong's command here.

The 670,000 Qin army fought a decisive battle with the 150,000 coalition army, and it was naturally impossible to win the victory, and the final result was nothing more than that the 670,000 Qin army under Bai Qi was repulsed, and the 150,000 coalition army under Meng Zhong also suffered heavy casualties.

It seems that this seems to be very unfavorable to the Qin army, after all, even if the coalition army pays huge casualties, it will be able to at least have seventy or eighty thousand troops left in the end, but in fact, like this, the Qin state is relatively advantageous.

The reason is very simple, because the coalition forces cannot work together, and the real proposition of crusading against the Qin State is actually only the 150,000 troops of the Three Jin Dynasty, and the 100,000 troops of the Qi and Yan armies, to put it bluntly, they are just forced to participate in the threat of the Three Jin Dynasty.

In this case, if the elite of the Three Jin Dynasty armies and the Qin State are exhausted, will the Qi and Yan armies continue to crusade against the Qin State as a member of the coalition army? Not necessarily!

According to Bai Qi's own judgment, once the army of Wei, Zhao, Han and Sanjin suffered serious casualties, the Qi State would definitely take action.

Perhaps Qi would not attack Zhao, because this would be tantamount to pushing Zhao to Wei and Han completely, making the Three Jin Alliance stronger.

Perhaps Qi would not take the opportunity to attack Wei, because he wanted to keep Wei to prevent Qin from advancing eastward into the Central Plains, and sit and watch the snipe and mussels fight each other as fishermen.

After excluding Zhao and Wei, it is conceivable that Qi will inevitably take the opportunity to attack Song, after all, at that time, Wei is forced by its own losses and the threat of Qin, and is no longer able to send troops to support Song again.

In general, as long as there are serious casualties among the Wei, Zhao, and Han armies under Meng Zhong, the Qi side will definitely take action, and then the entire Central Plains will undergo drastic changes because of the actions launched by the Qi State against the Song State, which is the confidence of Bai Qi's decision to fight Meng Zhong in Menshui!

First, Meng Zhong, who is kind to women, may not dare to fight him in a decisive battle; Second, even if the army under his command was wiped out, Meng Zhong would also pay huge casualties, and the casualties of the Three Jin Dynasty troops would inevitably stimulate the ambition of the Qi soldiers to swallow the Song State.

Once the State of Qi sent troops to annex the Song State, would the State of Wei still have the heart to crusade against him and the State of Qin? Does Meng Zhong still have the heart to crusade against him Qin State?

Therefore, no matter how he thinks about it, the decisive battle will not lead to the worst outcome for his Qin State.

Of course, this is also Bai Qi's helpless strategy, after all, if he has a choice, he is still more inclined to drag the coalition army for a year and a half, which can also stimulate Qi Guo's ambition for the Song State, but he has no choice at the moment, he can't bear the heavy responsibility once the coalition forces break through the door.

『…… And then that's the point.'"

Seeing the coalition forces on the other side of the river slowly retreating, Bai Qi thought solemnly.

At this time, the coalition forces on the opposite side were retreating in the direction of the Menshui camp.

After retreating to the Menshui camp, Jin Con and Lian Po went straight to the main tent where Meng Zhong was located after disbanding the army under their command.

When meeting Meng Zhong, Jin Contempt and Lian Po's attitudes were surprisingly consistent.

For example, Lian Po said to Meng Zhong: "Yun Chengjun sympathizes with my Zhao army, and I deeply feel your benevolence and righteousness, but I think that our army is really too early to withdraw today." …… At that time, we only need to give some time to the next time, and our army may be able to break through the other side......"

"yes." Jin Wei rarely echoed Lian Po's opinion.

Hearing this, Meng Zhong smiled and shook his head, and said comfortingly: "We have 150,000 people, and there are only 60,000 or 70,000 Qin troops on the opposite side, as long as the method is appropriate, it can break through the gate water after all, why bother to let the soldiers under your command have more unnecessary casualties because of the hurry?" ”

Lian Po and Jin Contempt glanced at each other, both of them looking a little helpless.

What is it like to listen to it under Meng Zhong, taking Lian Po as an example, Lian Po is actually not dissatisfied with listening to it under Meng Zhong's account, on the contrary, he admires Meng Zhong's selfless and non-distinguishing way of commanding troops, and under this account, Lian Po does not need to worry about whether the Wei army will call him Zhao Jun to die in order to reduce his own casualties.

But what makes Lian Po a little complaining is that this Yuncheng Jun often launches some anticlimactic wars.

For example, this time, he selected 50,000 elites in his coalition army and slaughtered the other side, and the momentum is not strong, right? There is a big intention to attack the other side of the river, so Lian Po also encouraged his generals, saying that he will be able to break through the gate today.

But as a result, there was only one wave of offensive in total, and the total casualties of his coalition army were only 5,000, so this Yuncheng Jun immediately gave the order to retreat.

In Lian Po's opinion, the casualties of the Qin army on the opposite side at that time were also very heavy, and they could have continued to fight at that time, so why retreat and give the opposite Qin army a small victory in vain, and advocate the morale of the Qin army's soldiers?

Seeing that Lian Po and Jin were a little dissatisfied, Meng Zhong smiled and reassured: "Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, as long as you grasp the overall situation, even if you let the Qin army get one or two small victories, it is nothing...... Rather than killing the enemy at any cost, I am more inclined to reduce my own casualties, and the fewer casualties our troops have, the more options they have. ”

"More options?"

Lian Po seemed to hear something, and said tentatively in surprise: "Could it be that Yuncheng Jun has already a strategy to break the enemy?" ”

Meng Zhong smiled but did not speak.

Seeing this, Jin Con and Lian Po were both surprised.

How long has it been since this Yuncheng Jun has a countermeasure?

A moment later, Dou Xing, Han Zu, Le Jin and other generals in the army, including Tian Touch and Le Yi, all gathered in Mengzhong's main tent one after another to discuss the strategy of breaking the enemy again.

At the beginning of the meeting, Meng Zhong laughed at himself with a somewhat helpless smile: "Today, I originally wanted to scare Bai Qi and force him to withdraw his troops and retreat, but I didn't expect his attitude to be so resolute...... This was my mistake. ”

Including Tian Touch, all the generals in the tent laughed, after all, it was rare to see Meng Zhong's misjudgment.

Only Le Yi didn't laugh, he looked at Meng Zhong without saying a word, secretly wondering how Meng Zhong planned to break through the door.

Speaking of which, since Meng Zhong led the army to the Menshui camp, although the two did not meet many times on weekdays, they did not meet in private once - Meng Zhong did not meet him privately as before.

"Alright."

Clapping his hands, Meng Zhong put away the helpless smile on his face, and said in a deep voice: "Through today's temptation, Bai Qi's attitude has been very clear, that is, he has decided to prevent our coalition forces from breaking through the gate at any cost...... I think he may have thought that hundreds of miles west of Menshui Pingchuan were not in danger to defend, so he decided to block the approach of our army at this Menshui. …… Fang Cai Jin and Lian Po complained to me that I withdrew my troops too early, but I don't think that paying tens of thousands of casualties to break through the gate water is not a victory. …… Moreover, just one gate of water has cost our army tens of thousands of casualties, so how can our coalition continue to crusade against Qin? You must know that there are still hundreds of miles or even thousands of miles away from the capital of the Qin State! ”

"This one...... Are you really planning to attack the capital of Qin?"

Hearing Meng Zhong's words, all the generals in the tent looked at Meng Zhong with strange expressions.

Even Tian Touch and Le Yi are the same.

For a moment, there was an eerie silence in the tent.

It is no wonder that, after all, the coalition forces organized by the countries of the Central Plains have no precedent for reaching Xianyang, the capital of the Qin State, so far, because in most cases, the coalition forces will run into a wall at Hangu Pass, and then give up the crusade because they cannot continue to attack; In a few cases, the Qin State will also seek peace with the other countries at this time.

Combined with the strength of the Qin State, the actions of the Central Plains countries in the crusade against the Qin State in recent years have only taken the breakthrough of Hangu Pass and forcing the Qin State to sue for peace as the ultimate goal, and few people have ever thought of going straight to Xianyang, the capital of the Qin State.

I remember that a few years ago, Kuang Zhang thought about it, but in the end, because the old monarchs of Wei and Han unfortunately passed away, he could only accept Qin's request for peace.

Generally speaking, except for the Chu State that almost attacked the capital of the Qin State in the Battle of the Allure State, almost none of the Central Plains countries were able to kill Xianyang, but in the initial war between the Qin State and the Yiqu State, the Yiqu cavalry had killed the Xianyang area several times.

It was precisely because there had never been a precedent that when Meng Zhong faintly revealed that he was going to kill Xianyang at this moment, all the generals in the tent were stunned and failed to react.

After half a ring, Tian Touch asked with a strange expression: "Listening to Yun Chengjun's meaning, it seems that he plans to kill Xianyang?" ”

"Isn't this the ultimate goal of my Five Kingdoms' army to defeat the Qin State?" Meng Zhong said as a matter of course.

Of course, he knew what Tian Touch was surprised about, it was nothing more than that there was no precedent for the Central Plains countries to attack Xianyang, and even Fengyang Jun Li Dui and South Korea's Great Sima Storm Kite had never thought of this.

But as the general of Wei, Meng Zhong hoped to try, after all, if he could use the power of the armies of the five countries to severely damage Qin and weaken Qin this time, it would be the most beneficial for Wei, after all, Wei is currently the country most targeted by Qin - it is almost impossible for Wei to do this alone.

Therefore, Meng Zhong is actually not without selfishness, since he is the general of the Wei State, he naturally has to consider the Wei State.

But the way he thinks about it, or the level, is not like Gongsun Xi.

To be precise, Meng Zhong was thinking about what was really beneficial to Wei from a higher level, rather than just focusing on the loss of less soldiers in his own country and more losses in soldiers from other countries - that would be too petty.

"That being said......"

was asked by Meng Zhong rhetorically, Tian Touch didn't know how to answer, he instinctively felt that Meng Zhong's words were too exaggerated, after all, it was the Qin State, the Qin State that was more powerful than his Qi State, and the Qin State that was once able to suppress the three kingdoms of Wei, Han, and Chu.

But seeing that Meng Zhong seemed to be quite confident, Tian Touch didn't want to argue with Meng Zhong about this matter, so he changed the topic and asked, "Then according to Yun Chengjun's opinion, how to break through the door water now?" ”

Somewhat unexpected, Meng Zhong said calmly after hearing this: "This is to take advantage of the fact that our army has more troops than the Qin army. …… My proposition is to divide the army, the gate water is very long, it starts from Taolinsai in the west, reaches in front of Hangu Pass in the east, and finally joins the big river, this river is nearly two hundred miles long, since this side cannot be broken through, then choose another place that can be broken through......"

"The Qin army will also divide its troops." Tian Touch reminded.

"Tentacles are right." Meng Zhong nodded, and then said with a smile: "But in conversion, sixty or seventy thousand Qin troops guarded the river for nearly two hundred miles at the same time, and on average, there were three or four hundred Qin soldiers in one mile, and the distance of one zhang was only one person, and our army was twice as large as the Qin army...... In other words, the longer the front is stretched, the greater the superiority of our army......"

This idea is novel.

The generals in the tent listened with interest, but Le Yi couldn't help but raise objections: "The war is not a pure force calculation, you want to force Bai Qi to divide his troops by dividing his troops, so that the Qin army's forces are dispersed, so that you can use a small group of elites to break through one or several riverbanks and break the current stalemate, but you must also know that the Qin army will not be willing to be led by your nose, and while you disperse your forces, the Qin army will also consider directly attacking your base camp...... There is also the pressure of food and grass, and when our troops are dispersed, the daily feeding of the soldiers will become a problem, so you will have to send an extra group of people to distribute rice and grain along the river bank to the scattered soldiers......"

Meng Zhong was a little surprised by Le Yi's reminder, and after looking at Le Yi for a while, he nodded and said: "Le Da Sima said that these are very reasonable, I am just a metaphor, of course, it is impossible to divide the forces so scattered, my proposition is to build more than a dozen military camps on the river bank in units of 10,000 troops, these military camps are located in the shallow position of the river, forcing Bai Qi to have to disperse his troops and send heavy troops to defend." As for the question of the supply of grain and grass raised by Le Da Sima...... Half a month! As long as we can hold out for half a month, Bai Qi will inevitably retreat and give up this door and water! ”

"Half a moon? Isn't it going to build a dozen more military camps along the river? Half a month may not be enough...... But he also said that half a month later, Bai Qi had to give up the door and water...... Half a month later? Wait, half a month later, the autumn harvest is approaching, right? I see......

Hearing this, Le Yi glanced at Meng Zhong a few times in surprise, and then showed a thoughtful expression.

After half a ring, he seemed to think of something and nodded slightly.

In view of Meng Zhong's current status and prestige in the coalition forces, even if he did not tell his full plan in order to avoid leaking information, the generals in the army accepted Meng Zhong's dispatch.

The next day, except for the armies of Dou Xing and Le Jin in the Menshui Qin camp, the rest of the coalition forces, under the leadership of Sima of the First Army, slowly moved southeast along the east bank of Menshui.

The actions of the coalition forces on this side naturally could not hide the eyes of the Qin army, and even if there were Qin soldiers who were monitoring the movements on the other side, they reported the matter to the public.

After learning the news, Bai Qi immediately took out the marching map, and predicted the direction of the movement of the more than ten thousand troops of the coalition army against the marching map, and then frowned.

From the side, Sima Jin asked curiously: "Is there any deep meaning in the division of troops by the coalition forces for no reason?" ”

Bai Qi said sullenly: "He saw that he couldn't break through from me, so he tried to open up multiple battlefields and disperse the strength of our army...... Speaking of this, he couldn't help but scold: "Damn Meng Zhong, he actually used his advantage in strength to bully me......"

Sure enough, he saw through Meng Zhong's intentions at a glance.

But the question is, even if he sees through Meng Zhong's intentions, what can he do? Not a scorer yet? Will they sit idly by and allow the coalition forces to break through to the west bank from a few shallower points upstream?

"That'...... Can you take the opportunity to directly recapture the Menshui camp? ”

After Bai Qi's explanation, Sima Jin made another suggestion.

Hearing this, Bai Qi nodded and said, "Indeed, this is indeed an opportunity, but the question is, would Meng Zhong commit such negligence?" …… I even suspect that I scattered my forces in order to lure me to take advantage of the opportunity to recapture the Menshui camp. Don't come to that time, the Menshui camp was not recaptured, but the coalition forces took this opportunity to break through Menshui from several places upstream and attack the back of our army in a roundabout way......"

"That'...... Then you can only divide your forces to defend? ”

"Hmm." Bai Qiqi nodded and said: "For the time being, I can only be led by Meng Zhong's nose, divide my troops to defend a few places with shallow rivers, and wait for an opportunity...... Let's see if we can recapture the Menshui Qin camp. ”

With that, he continued to stare at the marching map in front of him with a frown.

It is undeniable that Meng Zhong's strategy did have some effect, so that his Qin army had to defend passively, but Bai Qi always felt that dispersing hundreds of thousands of coalition troops to create an opportunity to break through the gate was too "cumbersome", and it was not like a strategy that Meng Zhong would come up with.

In his impression, Meng Zhong's strategies are generally very smooth and flexible.

『…… If what I expected, this move should be just a pretense, and Meng Zhong should have another ......."

Thinking of this, Bai Qi ordered in a deep voice: "Pass the order, send more soldiers to monitor the coalition army, I want to know every move of each coalition army!" ”

"Whoa!"

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