"No matter how you look at it, Luoyi is the key." In Zhao Jun's tent, Le Yi looked around the map for a long time, and finally made a conclusion.

In the camp, Le Yi can be regarded as the top military division of Zhao State, Pang Cong has also led the troops for many years, calm and cautious, Zhao Hao is also a young general, there is no grand concept of war, only actual combat experience, only Zhao Thirst, is a better brother than Zhao Yong, young and vigorous, this expedition, begging Zhao Yong to allow him to accompany him. Zhao Yong felt that this brother was good and belonged to the material that could be made, so he agreed to the request, of course, it was inevitably decided to win the favor of the clansmen.

Pang Cong looked at the map and said, "To be precise, it should be in Chenggao." He muttered, "Chenggao is bordered by a big river in the north, Songyue in the south, and the mountains are staggered. The most important thing is that the Qin army came from the west, and the terrain was limited, so it was not suitable for the army to be deployed, and no matter how many people there were, it would definitely be useless to arrive here. And if you want to chase the coalition army again, you have to go south to Luoyi and go through the Yuyuan Pass, which is also not conducive to the passage of the army. Moreover, it is not advisable to face the hinterland of South Korea since it came out of the Yuyuan Pass, which is already far from the south. Therefore, if the coalition forces want to retreat completely, the tiger prison in the land of Chenggao must be in their hands. ”

According to legend, this place is the place where King Mu enclosed and raised tigers, so it was called the tiger prison. It seems that if you want to trap Qin, the country of tigers and wolves, you have to rely on the tiger prison. Zhao Yong told Zhao Yu that this time he came, focusing on learning, and less involved in planning and decision-making. He only listened to Le Yi and Pang Cong's analysis on the sidelines, and told jokes coldly to ease the tense atmosphere.

"Since Gongzi said that Qin State is a country of tigers and wolves, you must know that even if it is a tiger prison, it is not easy to trap the fierce tiger of Qin State." Le Yi said with a smile.

"That's why. As long as our army has a tiger prison, won't it be done once and for all? Zhao Qi asked suspiciously. He didn't dare to question Le Yi, after all, Le Yi's status in Zhao State was very high now.

"In the face of absolute strength, all problems will not be a problem." Pang Cong said, "Tiger Prison Pass is not a strong city, it can only be resisted for a while, if the Qin army attacks for a long time, our army will also have no way to hold it." Pang Cong said.

"Uh, what do you mean by that?"

Le Yi looked at Pang Cong with a smile and motioned for him to explain to Zhao Qi. Pang Cong took it upon himself: "As a general, you must not rely only on maps for your sensitivity to the terrain. For example, if it is necessary to guard the Tiger Pass, then the situation of the mountains and rivers in the pass is naturally to be considered, and the repair of the Guancheng should also be paid attention to. ”

"The situation of the mountains and rivers here, as I said just now, is the situation of both sides. Let's look at it again. On the side of Luoyi in Tiger Prison, it is not a towering mountain, it is not more than a hundred zhang high, and it is mostly a gentle slope, not steep, and it can completely attack the mountain. ”

"The hill on the south side of the Tiger Prison Pass is also not high, and because it is close to the Bishui River, it is easy to bypass, forming a situation of internal and external attacks on the Tiger Prison. If this is the case, then the Tiger Prison will become an ornament and will not play any role at all. This is not impossible, one or two thousand Qin troops may be useless; Thirty or forty thousand Qin troops may also be more difficult, but this place is not far from Hangu Pass, the Qin army can transport grain and grass from the big river here, and our five-nation coalition army, the grain and grass are different, which can fight for a long time, obviously. ”

"Therefore, it is not possible for generals to fight, according to the map, even if the king implements the sand table on a large scale in the army, he can only describe the general situation of the mountains and rivers, as for its details, it is up to the generals themselves to explore. It is not entirely possible to refer to the map and sandbox. ”

Zhao Qi was an eye-opener this time, but he didn't expect that he was still too serious, and this kind of thing was really not something that could be done with his mouth. And Zhao Hao, who had been watching from the side for a long time, woke up like a dream, and then he knew why Pang Cong had to take himself to check the surrounding situation when he first entered the Tiger Prison, which turned out to have another deep meaning, this is the wisdom of the veteran.

"If that's the case, it seems that this gatekeeper is not simple." Zhao Qi smiled embarrassedly, he was indeed too rash just now, but fortunately, it was Le Yi and Pang Cong who came this time, one has a good view of the battle situation, and the other has rich combat experience, such a combination at least ensures the safety of Zhao Jun.

"I just don't know who the rhino will arrange to be the gatekeeper." Zhao Hao looked at Le Yi and couldn't help but ask. It seems that Le Yi should be able to guess Gongsun Yan's thoughts in his heart.

Le Yi frowned, paced back and forth, and said slowly: "It's not hard to guess. The Han army and the Wei army have many generals, and they must be the main force of the siege, and they will definitely not be drawn to guard the pass; The 10,000 Yan army, plus the Han army guarding the pass, was originally the best combination; However, before the Chu army arrived, our army was less than 10,000 people, and in comparison, the Yan army still had strong combat effectiveness, and it was best to use it to attack the city. Then the task of our army is to guard this tiger prison. ”

"What's more, our army came here, and there were no chariots and soldiers with them, mostly cavalry and foot soldiers. Instead of attacking the city, it is better to defend the city here with the Korean defenders. Le Yi said, but in his heart, he always felt that the people of Yan Guo didn't seem to like such an arrangement.

Everyone nodded, but Zhao Hao was still a little confused, and asked, "Why does this person who guards the city choose a small army?" Isn't more the merrier? ”

"If there are too many people, they are going to attack the city. After all, no one wants their troops to obey the command of others, so let him become an independent army to facilitate command. Zhao Qi said with a smug face, thinking that Zhao Hao didn't understand this, how obvious it was.

The other three all looked at each other with blank eyes, if Zhao Hao didn't even understand this, how could he be loved by Pang Cong, it was definitely not the case that he said.

Pang Cong looked at the general and continued to teach: "The so-called battle is not that the more people there are, the better. For example, if the 30,000 army and the 100,000 army are facing each other, if the two sides fight with all their might, the 100,000 soldiers may not be able to fight more than 30,000. ”

"Why is that?" Zhao Qi heard a strange theory like listening to a book from heaven, in his opinion, the more troops the better, and the more the better. Why is what Pang Cong said the opposite of his own feelings?

Pang Cong didn't say a word, and looked at Zhao Hao with a smile. The latter wrinkled his brows, thought hard, and suddenly saw the topographic map in front of him, and suddenly became enlightened: "It's limited by the terrain." ”

"Yes, it's the terrain." Pang Cong was very happy, "The decisive battle between square inches is probably a complex terrain and limited space, just like a house with ten enemies in it, you stuff fifty people into it, not fifty people can hit each other, if you stuff your own people, half of them are idle, and they can't exert their power at all." ”

"What's more, the more people there are, the easier it is to mess up, and the instructions are not so commanding. You are in the cavalry, and you see that most of our cavalry attack in small formations, because small formations are more flexible and mobile. And flexibility and mobility are the essence of cavalry. ”

"For all sieges, the more troops, the greater the success, the easier it is for the enemy to be annihilated, but this kind of pass, if it is not a siege, as long as the other party has elite soldiers to defend it, it can hinder the local tens of thousands of troops from being defeated, which is also the importance of the pass."

Pang Cong's words, Zhao Hao and Zhao Thirst were enlightened, and they were deafening. Zhao Hao can connect with his combat experience, and the conversations with Pang Cong and Le Yi can confirm them one by one to improve himself, and Zhao Yu is completely a "second generation official", he has never been on the battlefield or led soldiers, and his planning and deployment all rely on a map. If he is put in charge of the affairs of this alliance, I am afraid that the Zhao army will be doomed.

However, in fact, in real history, Zhao Qi was responsible for this matter, which did cause Zhao Guo to suffer a heavy loss, which may be related to his military literacy on paper.

"However, even guarding the customs is not easy to say." Le Yi smiled bitterly, "Once the coalition forces really need to retreat to the Tiger Pass, then it will definitely be a rout on the whole front." If the Qin army did not pursue, it was acceptable, and if the Qin army pursued behind, then the alliance forces of the five countries would not be under their control, and at that time, Guanxia would definitely be a big melee. If you don't do it, you can't even hold this pass. ”

"The most optimistic thing is to hope to be able to put up a position under the city, if the pursuing force of the Qin army is cavalry or foot soldiers, I am afraid that there will be a battle." Pang Cong also said worriedly.

Zhao Qi looked at Le Yi, then at Pang Cong, and said cautiously: "Could it be that the coalition forces really have no possibility of victory?" ”

Le Yi nodded and shook his head again, but he didn't know what it meant.

Sure enough, at the first meeting of the coalition forces the next day, many people felt that it seemed better to let Yan Guo guard the pass. Although the reasons are messy, everyone understands in their hearts: the combat effectiveness of the Yan army, even if there are 20,000 people, what can it do? The countries of the Central Plains have been fighting for many years, and the Yan State has been tepid and rarely participates in the affairs of the Central Plains, so when it comes to fighting, the combat effectiveness of the Yan army is indeed worrying.

The city was looked at Shen Cha, who was still giving advice to Gongsun Yan, and then looked at Le Yi and Pang Cong, who had no waves, and smiled bitterly in his heart. In fact, he really didn't want to get involved in this matter, but Yan Xiangzi's order came by himself, he is now in full swing, and King Yan trusts him, even if he is good friends with the prince, he can't avoid this kind of errand, and in his opinion, this is Zizhi branching himself out, as for what conspiracy there is, I don't know. I'm afraid it's to destroy the prince who has been working against him recently.

This also shows the attitude of Zizhi and King Yan: If it weren't for the fact that there were five kingdoms, Yan might not have participated this time. You see that people are in the country, with great qualifications and strong skills, and no one dares to mess with them, so if they don't come, they won't come, and no one can do anything; Look at Chu State again, the food looks much better, and I don't say that I can't come, it's just that it is in preparation, don't be impatient. Sure enough, the world still relies on strength to speak.

He was thinking wildly, when he saw Le Yi looking at him and showing a smile, which caught the city off guard, and he could only nod politely to him. The city was still very respectful to the people of Zhao, not only defeated the coalition forces of Yan and Zhongshan, but also forced Zhongshan to the north bank of the Hutuo River, and its own strength has been explained. It's just that this time the border was harassed by the Hu people, and the army went to the north, so they could only send these soldiers to come. Le Yi's smile just now made the city feel that the general Zhao Jun on the opposite side was quite easy-going.

Outside the camp tent, Zhao Hao was bored and leaned on his war horse, staring at the Chinese military tent. Pang Cong was in charge of Zhao Ying, so he could only follow Le Yi to discuss the affairs of the military tent. As a lieutenant general, he is not qualified to enter the inside to observe, so he can only wait outside. Fortunately, he is easy-going by nature and doesn't like to talk, so he doesn't feel like it.

"Captain Zhao, I didn't expect Yan Ling to say goodbye and meet here again today."

Zhao Hao heard that someone was calling him, and turned around to see that it was none other than the head of Yanling City, and the Korean general Tyrant Kite, who had a life-and-death relationship with him.

"I didn't expect to be able to meet the general again. Yan Ling farewell, I don't know if the arrow wound is good? ”

It is said that on that day, the Qin army attacked Yanling, Zhao Hao and Storm Kite supported each other at the head of Yanling City, and after finally repelling the attack of the Qin army, they retreated peacefully at night. After the Qin army found out about the abnormality, Yan Ling had already gone to the empty city, but it was just an empty city. Gongzihua wanted to pursue, but he sighed with hope.

Because of this matter, although in general it has nothing to do with the violent kite has nothing to do with Zhao Hao, but due to the lack of soldiers and food, King Han still removed the position of the general of the violent kite. So this expedition, although it also represents South Korea, is only a deputy general, and the main general will be Shen Cha. So he is not qualified to participate in this kind of meeting, so he has to wait outside like Zhao Hao.

"If it's not good, it will definitely not appear here, and I will fight with the Qin State." Storm Kite smiled, "It's just that you are replaced by your Zhao State to defend the city, and we South Korea are fighting in front." Last time, so-and-so helped you, this time, it's time for you to help so-and-so. ”

Zhao Hao saw that the violent kite met the degraded thing, and he was still able to talk and laugh like this, and he had more admiration in his heart. As for what he said, he would do it even if he didn't talk about it. It's just that he realized that all people of insight know that the Tiger Prison Pass is the key to this coalition, and he and them still have a long way to go.

"Last time, those Korean cavalry boys you led always talked about your Zhao cavalry and admired you, but it's a pity that they weren't here, otherwise they would have to ask you for advice." Storm Kite said that in fact, he had a good impression of the cavalry of the Zhao army last time, and he was very yearning for the tactics of the Zhao army. is to hope that Zhao Hao can talk about it more, but Zhao Hao is much younger than him, and if he asks for advice, he can't erase this face.

The two chatted, and after a while, they saw that the Chinese military tent was opened, and the generals of various countries came out of it. must have made a plan, Zhao Hao hurriedly said goodbye to the violent kite and greeted Le Yi, obviously more concerned about Gongsun Yan's arrangement. Le Yi said with a wry smile: "It is reasonable, unexpected. ”

(End of chapter)