Chapter 113: Pre-War Deployment
The junction of Xiangzhou and Wei is basically in the plain terrain, and there is no danger to defend, so the company camp is a dangerous place, and the camp is guarded according to the danger.
It stands to reason that Qin Zihao's move can be regarded as a taboo in the army, and the war should not care about the gains and losses of a city and a place, as the defender, he should occupy all dangerous passes, camp on the high ground, and defend according to the danger to occupy an advantageous area, but Qin Zihao's move completely gave up the advantage of the defender's geographical advantage.
But in fact, this is not the case at all, because Xiangcheng to the north and northwest is a flat land, there is no danger to defend, and for the sake of geographical advantages, exposing Xiangcheng to the enemy's spears is obviously more than worth the loss, and it is very unwise.
In addition, it was a great disaster for the people who had no time to flee to wreak havoc in the country, and it would take a long time to restore the devastated land caused by the enemy army to prosperity after the war.
Therefore, it is necessary to build a defense line with Xinning City, the barrier in the north of Xiangcheng, as a support point.
Of course, there is a more important reason that the national strength and military strength of Chu are not inferior to that of Wei, and there is no boundless disaster, Wei can ignore attacking Chu, Chu of course also has the ability to attack Wei, and the change of attack and defense is just a matter of fighters.
In other words, Qin Zihao's posture of camping for hundreds of miles is not only to defend the land for the sake of defending the land, but also to attack.
Attacking is the best defense when the ability is sufficient, how could Qin Zihao, who is a world-famous general as the leader of the troops, not understand this reason?
And how could Kuang Zheng, the general of Wei State, who was also a famous general in the world, who fought with Qin Zihao several times without falling behind, not know his intentions? So the same company battalion of a few hundred taels was far away from it.
The camp tent of the Wei State is like a white mountain bag, standing on the top of the mountain at a height of thousands of meters, you can't see the edge at a glance, the red background and black characters inlaid with gold edge dragon pattern fly in the wind to cover the sky, the yellow torrent in the camp shuttles back and forth, the sound of breaking and drinking is endless, and its majestic spirit makes people feel cold.
To be able to command such a large army is probably the lifelong dream of every general, but this is not an easy task, because in such a position is not only the 500,000 lives, but also the heavy responsibility of the country.
Therefore, Kuang Zheng, the leading general of the Wei State, has long lost the slightest surging in his heart, and some are just walking on thin ice and cautious, and they dare not have the slightest carelessness.
In fact, as a famous general in the world and an experienced commander of the army, he naturally had already seen that the opportunity to attack Chu had been lost when the Liang army was defeated, and he had the intention of retreating, but His Majesty listened to what the Tai Lieutenant Wei Chengze and others said, and insisted on attacking Chu, and it was the strength of the whole country, desperate, as the commander of the army, he had to do his best.
But Qin Zihao is worthy of being a person who is extremely good at commanding troops, and he has not been given the slightest chance these days. Of course, this should be the case, otherwise how could he be a famous player who has fought him several times without falling behind?
Although the two have fought many times before, they all have their own wins and losses, but they are all insignificant small wins and small defeats, and the gains and losses are just insignificant.
This is also one of the important reasons why he feels that there is no opportunity to take advantage of it and wants to withdraw from the army.
However, since His Majesty was determined to march into the army, he should obey the general's dissuasion after failing to dissuade him, and concentrate on the war.
After all, this battle is a battle between the two countries, and the outcome will determine the trend of the world in the next ten years.
The two countries have gathered such heavy troops, and the daily consumption is huge, and the competition is not only about the courage of the soldiers, but also the national strength, and the hoarding and transportation of grain and grass. And Wei has an advantage in military strength, then the consumption will be greater than that of Chu, and Chu is rich, and the national strength is not inferior to Wei, and the weight of grain and grass will not be less than that of Wei.
In addition, Wei had the trouble of border disasters, so Kuang Zheng understood that this battle could not be delayed any longer, so he decided to march in formation today, gather all the generals in the camp of the Chinese army, and deploy.
"Nangong Yuan, Nangong Can, Shi Yong, Ling Huxiu,"
"In,"
"Nangong Yuan, Nangong Can led 20,000 iron horsemen to the left; Shi Yong, Ling Huxiu led 20,000 iron horsemen to the right. You are on the left and right sides to harass the enemy's army, and wait for the opportunity to spare the rear road, and if the Chu army is defeated and retreats, cover up and kill on the spot. ”
"Order."
"Yin Jun, Zuo Hong,"
"Yes."
"You lead 30,000 ironclad troops as the front army."
"No."
"Jiang Zheng, Sima An,"
"In,"
"You led 100,000 pikemen to live behind the Ironclad Army, and you rushed with the Ironclad Army to kill."
"No."
"Gong Ba, Gan Xing,"
"In,"
"You lead the Thunderbolt Battle Array to protect the Chinese army."
"Order."
"Mi Kang, Ye Zhong,"
"In,"
"You lead the crossbowmen to shoot at the Chu army's position."
"Order."
"The rest of the men will guard the camp and wait for us to return triumphantly."
"No."
"I mean that the elite of our army are all engaged in this battle, a battle will be decided, this victory, our army is like a bamboo, you can take advantage of the situation to take the state of Chu, this defeat, we have the grace of God, is the country's sinful minister, what is the end of the general, I will not say much. Therefore, I hope that all the generals must fight hard and fight to the death. ”
"No,"
"No,"
……
The Chu army Xinning City, the exploration horse galloped into the city.
"Report! The Wei army camp was in front of the formation, which seemed to have the meaning of a decisive battle. ”
"Report! 200,000 troops had gathered in front of the Wei military camp. ”
"Report! The Wei army has reached 300,000 horses. ”
……
When he first received the battle report, Qin Zihao beat the drum and gathered all the generals, and the generals did not panic at all when they heard the battle report, and they had the intention of avoiding the war. Instead, they were eager to try, and they united to fight with all their might.
Chen Rui also lived on one side, but his eyes looked at his nose and his nose and his heart, and he did not speak.
After all, he was not experienced enough to deal with a frontal battle against the enemy on such a scale.
Qin Zihao glanced around the camp, felt the high morale of the generals, made a decision with a slight groan, pulled out the long sword on his waist and said: "Kuang Zheng wants to fight a battle, I, Qin Zihao, will accompany to the end, and my Chu army soldiers will accompany to the end." ”
"Zheng Hong, Bai Lizheng, Meng Yu, Feng Xian, Xiao Yi,"
"In,"
"The ironclad army of Wei will be in the front, and you will lead 100,000 elite shield-wielding men and pikemen to the front to block them."
"No."
To deal with the most elite infantry of the Wei State Iron Armored Army today, Qin Zihao of course also sent the most elite army.
"Wei Yi, Han Ang, Murong Yan, Kou Feng, Tai Shi Peng, Cui Nan, Yu Ye."
"In,"
"You lead the pikemen on the right and left flanks to stop the enemy's iron cavalry."
"Order."
"Pang Xiong, Wei Chishun,"
"In,"
"Hold the rear, and beware of the enemy's cavalry."
"No,"
"Xie Yan,"
"In,"
"You lead 20,000 iron cavalry to hide in this dense forest, wait for the two armies to fight, and wait for an opportunity to attack the back of the Wei army."
There is no way, the state of Chu is located in the south, and there are fewer war horses than the state of Wei in the Central Plains, and the more than 400,000 Chu troops have gathered these 20,000 iron horses.
"Chen Rui, Ying Ying guards the middle battle, and the rest of the people guard the camp."
"Order."