Chapter 32: Needle to Wheat
Attack it unprepared, surprise?
Wei Che, Ruan Xinghe, Yang Jingluo, and Ji Liankai repeatedly pondered Ji Xuanling's strategy.
If you want to run a long distance and surprise the Tiger Army, this is also crazy.
The slightest mistake, like a prey falling into a snare and a rout of the army, must not retreat with all its might.
However, if the implementation is successful, it will quietly appear outside the tent of the Tiger Ben Army, and it will give Gongsun Ang a fatal blow.
In this way, the king is either too naΓ―ve, or he is really proficient in the art of war and tactics.
"Your Majesty, a surprise attack on the Tiger Army, victory or defeat is unpredictable, the last general is willing to lead the troops as the vanguard and try a blow." Yang Jingluo asked for help.
"General Yang, don't be reckless."
Wei Che retorted and reminded: "Have you forgotten the general, every time the autumn harvest comes, Yuan Ci sends troops to break into Qiushui County to harvest grain, and the generals who command the army usually divide the army into zero, and the main force presses the formation, sending more than ten teams of 1,000 people to the counties to plunder.
The king planned a surprise attack, and a certain suggestion that we could send more than ten cavalry squads to frantically pounce on various places, first eradicate the tiger army that plundered grain, and when the army wins, then gather superior forces, confront Gongsun Ang, and try to achieve a great victory. β
"Your Majesty, this method is feasible!" Ji Liankai agreed.
If they can win the first battle, the momentum of the three armies will be restored, and when they face off again, they may not be able to fight again.
"Your Majesty, give the order!" Ruan Xinghe urged.
If there is a way to win, why not win.
Several generals held back their anger, which had been accumulated for several years, and was now released by Ji Xuanling, like a rolling torrent, sweeping the vast land, which would definitely cause a flood.
"Command, O king!" Wei Che anxiously urged.
The Qin army's combat strength was limited, and there were very few soldiers, and when Ji Xuanling pondered for a while, he decided to replace the weak with the strong, and lead the new with the old, and train the troops in the war.
"Yang Jingluo, Ji Liankai, Ruan Xinghe, selected 10,000 Black Flag Army, Snapdragon Army, and Xiaowu Army each selected 10,000 people, mixed into 30,000 forwards, and 3,000 people were organized into a small team.
Yang Jingluo, Ji Liankai, each led three squads, pounced on the southeast of Qiushui County, if the Yuhu Ben army coefficient annihilated, Ruan Xinghe, and this king led the Iron Eagle Ruishi, four cavalry squads, from the north to the south to kill the past.
Ordered the three armies, the military horses and ordnance obtained from the battlefield to be privately owned, one head to reward one hectare of fertile land, five enemy heads to reward one or two gold, ten heads, and be named doctors. β
"Whoa!"
The three generals were ordered, and they felt that the king had won a great victory in the first battle, and the reward was very generous, so they did not dare to underestimate the enemy, and hurriedly rode away.
Seeing Yang Jingluo and other generals going to prepare for the war, Wei Che anxiously asked: "Your Majesty, where will the last general lead the army?" β
"General Wei, you are doing things safely, you have rich combat experience, lead the remaining Black Flag Army, Snapdragon Army, and Xiaowu Army to the south, wait for the vanguard to win a great victory, and the army will assemble in Qiushui County, and then make arrangements."
The fronts of this battle are all out, and the current victory or defeat is unpredictable, and it is necessary to leave the scheming and decisive generals to press the formation, so as not to lose the first battle and the Qin army will be wiped out.
"Your Majesty, the last general is willing to be the vanguard."
Wei Che's pent-up battle intent was like a magma about to erupt, but it was not released, and he was suffocating at the moment.
"General Wei, the overall situation is important, when you confront Gongsun Ang, this king will take the lead in sending you to lead the troops." Ji Xuanling said soothingly.
Wei Che was quite depressed, but he had to take into account the overall situation, and said aggrievedly: "The last general will obey the order." β
Yang Jingluo, Ji Liankai, and Ruan Xinghe quickly conveyed military orders and reported battlefield rewards, and the momentum of the three armies was high, forming ten mixed cavalry.
Ten mixed cavalry of old and new, like ten torrents rolling south.
Qiushui County is about 300 miles away from Xianyang City, not very far, and the cavalry is galloping, and it takes nearly two days to reach Qiushui County. However, the army included 20,000 Xiaowu infantry, which inevitably affected the speed of the army's march.
Seeing the advance marching quickly, Wei Che sent a hundred scouts to Qiushui County to reconnoitre, inquiring about the battle situation of Gongsun Ang's army and their location.
In this battle, the king insisted on leading his troops to resist, wanting to show Daqin's determination to defend the country, and even more wanted to win a great victory on the battlefield and warn the enemy countries in all directions.
Invasion of Great Qin will cost you the most bleeding.
He led the main force and did not dare to be sloppy.
South of Qiushui-gun.
Inside the Gongsun Ang military camp.
The huge military camp stretched for several miles, except for the main force of the Tiger Ben Army left behind in the barracks, many military tents were empty, and there was no trace of the Tiger Ben Army.
At the gate, from time to time, there are more than 1,000 tiger army squads rushing out, and there are also tiger army squads of the same size. Carrying grain and grass and captives and the Qin army returned to the barracks, and handed over the plundered money and grain to the army in charge of money and grain.
The barracks were empty, but they were extremely busy.
In the tent, the commander Gongsun Ang, the forward general Zhang Sui, and the general Zhao Rong, who transported grain, were discussing the military situation with several partial generals.
In previous years, Yuan Ci often sent troops to break into Qiushui County to plunder grain during the autumn harvest, and this year he deliberately invaded in advance, which was really a last resort.
Recently, the situation in Dakang changed dramatically, when several princes in the central part of the empire led their armies to conquer Dong Chang, they joined forces with the nobles in the imperial city, and inflicted heavy losses on Dong Chang's army, causing Dong Chang to take the emperor hostage and flee westward, preparing to return to the western fiefdom.
coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes.
Yuan Ci listened to the advice of his advisers, and wanted to take advantage of the competition between the snipe and the clam to reap the fisherman's profits.
Prepare to raise food as soon as possible, and at the end of the battle between the princes of the central part of the country and Dong Chang, wave the army to the south to conquer, eliminate several princes in the central part of the country in one fell swoop, occupy the central part of the empire, replace Dong Chang, and dominate the court.
Yuan Ci didn't dare to offend the Chu State, which was rich in money and grain in the East and had a strong national strength, so he could only bargain for money on Daqin.
As one of the five tiger generals under Yuan Ci's account, Gongsun Ang's purpose in leading the troops this time was to seize the grain, gold, silver, and horses in Qiushui County and consolidate his own strength.
The Qin army that resisted in the counties of Qiushui County, he didn't pay attention to it at all.
As for the reinforcements sent by Xianyang City, he did not believe that the Qin army dared to go south.
If the king of Qin was not interested, he sent a general to lead the army south, just annihilated the other party in a battle, and took the opportunity to occupy Qiushui County and Yanping County.
In order to plunder the money, grain, grain and war horses in Qiushui County as soon as possible, Gongsun Ang divided the Tiger Ben army into more than ten teams of 1,000 people according to the custom, and assigned the captains of each team to lead the troops to various county towns to rob.
Strive to complete your plunder plan as quickly as possible.
In the past few days, the Tiger Ben Army has galloped around Qiushui County, and the harvest has exceeded expectations.
After reading the documents submitted by the lieutenants, Gongsun Ang raised his head and asked Zhao Rong, who was in charge of grain and grass: "General Zhao, how much grain and grass has the army seized recently, if the money, grain, and war horses in Qiushui County are emptied, send people to transport the materials back to the south as soon as possible, and the army will march towards Yanping County." β
"General Yu, the Qin people in Qiushui County, regard the tiger army as tigers, leopards and jackals, and the squires from all over the country have formed private armies to resist, at present, only two counties have been looted, and the rest of the counties are still in fierce battles, and no news has been sent back." Zhao Rong replied.