It's hard to walk in snow, not to mention the long and narrow ancient road.

He led the Qin army to chase the scattered coalition army and entered the Kunshan Road. But Daxue won't be polite to you just because you're Qin Jun. The Five-Nation Alliance was difficult to march, and the pursuit of the Qin army was not so easy. The Five-Nation Coalition can finally breathe a sigh of relief. However, the road was rugged and difficult to travel, and it was difficult for the team to clean up and count the losses, so Gongsun Yan could only give an order, and everyone garrisoned near Yiyang to repair and count the casualties.

Looking at the embarrassed coalition troops, Gongsun Yan felt very heavy. The defeat in this battle, in addition to the Qin army's courage in battle and heavy snowfall, was also one of the important reasons why his commander-in-chief was constrained everywhere. Although his command ability in the battle is average, he hopes to complete the battle like the Han army, and Le Yi's patience in telling Gongsun Yan to find fighters is completely opposite, which can only be blamed for his incompetence in commanding the battle, and he can't resist the overstepping of his authority by Prince Huan and others.

But so far in the war, it cannot be said that the coalition forces have been defeated. The Cuishan Road can not only become a natural danger to hinder the offensive of the coalition forces, but also delay the pursuit of the coalition forces by the Qin army. As long as he reorganizes, he may not be able to attack Hangu Pass again, as long as he can persuade Han and Wei to continue to support him, then he will lead troops to attack Qin again.

But before that, he had to solve the problem of command.

Yiyang, the headquarters of the coalition forces.

On the long table in the middle, there is a map. Gongsun Yan and Prince Huan sat in a section, and on the left and right were Shen Cha and Gongsun Xi, Shi Shu and Le Yi, and even Storm Kite, Gongzi Zhao Qi and Pang Cong, all sat here. This scale can be regarded as the first gathering of the main generals of the coalition forces. Originally, Gongsun Yan also informed Wei Yu, but Wei Yu claimed that he ate well and slept well in the Tiger Prison Pass, and was unwilling to bump back and forth, so he did not come to Yiyang.

As soon as the atmosphere began, there was silence, and no one was willing to speak first. Under Hangu Pass, tens of thousands of Han and Wei soldiers died there, and the Korean veteran Kun was also captured in that battle, and his life and death are still uncertain. The corpses, the river of blood, the city, the sunset, the originally magnificent scenery of mountains and rivers, now left to those who have experienced it, are just the corpses of the children of the Three Jin Dynasty who cannot return to their hometowns, and the red snowflakes in the sky. Those of you who are doing it, even if you have experienced a hundred battles, will not be able to get rid of the shadow of these deaths in such a short time.

Gongsun Yan looked around and saw that no one spoke, so he stood up and said slowly: "Now, let's make arrangements, and the next stage of the operation is ......."

"Rhino Head, are we going to continue to attack Hangu Pass?" A discordant note.

Gongsun Yan raised his head and looked at the prince next to him, but the other party was expressionless, and looked at Shen Cha again, "What does the general mean?" ”

"Under the Hanguan Valley, my 200,000 army has 20,000 dead and 50,000 casualties, and the loss of the Qin army is probably less than 10,000.

Gongsun Yan glanced at Prince Huan again, he knew that without Prince Huan's acquiescence, Shen Cha would definitely not say such a thing, but Prince Huan did not say anything at all, "As the initiator of the Five Kingdoms Alliance, if it were not for the personal order of the King of the Five Kingdoms, as a general, I am afraid it would not be appropriate to make this request." ”

"The rhino head, it is not that the last general is reckless and cowardly, but that there must be a statement." Shen Cha continued, "Han and Wei launched a large army of 200,000 and attacked the city about thirteen times under Hangu Pass, and the result of the exchange was indeed the loss of troops and the defeat of generals. If you continue to fight like this, you will not be killing yourself! ”

"Old General, please pay attention to your identity." Gongsun Yan gritted his teeth and said, "As the commander of the army, if there is someone who shakes the heart of the army, he can personally order the beheading." Does the old general think he can be spared? ”

"Humph! Gongsun Yan, don't think that you are the boss, you can be bold. Your improper command led to the defeat of the battle by the Qin army, and you never said a word about such a heavy responsibility, and now you are threatening the old man. Tell you, even King Han doesn't dare to threaten the old man, how dare you? ”

When the prince heard this, his body shrank back. He knew very well that if he hadn't listened to Kun's words and let him lead the last army of South Korea to rush forward to participate in the battle, I am afraid that the Qin army might not be able to come up with such a dangerous Jedi counterattack, and at the same time, Gongsun Yan really persuaded himself. If it is really calculated, the person who should be most responsible for this should be himself.

"How to deal with yourself, there is no need for the general to worry. Since none of the kings have announced their withdrawal from this battle, as the commander, he must fulfill this responsibility. If the South Korean side wants to withdraw from this joint battle, it can just leave. However, South Korea will bear the consequences of what will happen next. ”

"You ......" Shen Cha pointed at Gongsun Yan, and was speechless by his anger. In fact, Shen Cha didn't want to retreat, he also knew that Prince Huan, as the main battle faction, was desperately hoping to achieve great military achievements this time, and for this alone, it was impossible for him to oppose the attack on Qin. What he wanted was just to hope that Gongsun Yan would leave the position of commander because of self-blame, and he could replace him, and then he was ready to defend in Yiyang, waiting for the Qin army to attack, and he also commanded the coalition army to counterattack the Qin army, and at the same time, he could avoid the losses of the Korean army as much as possible. But obviously, in terms of lip service, he can't compare to Gongsun Yan.

There was another silence, and the city was slanted at Shen Chahe, and after looking at Gongsun Yan, he quickly lowered his head and decided not to participate in this battle. The losses of the Yan army can be said to be the smallest, because whether it is attacking the city or arranging the formation, the Yan army appears as an auxiliary army, and before the rout begins, the Yan army has already entered the southern road of Kunshan in order to escape the catastrophe.

"I think that even if you withdraw your troops now, I am afraid that you may not be able to escape the retaliation of the Qin State." Like a glimmer of light in the silence, Le Yi's faint voice sounded. Immediately, all eyes were on him. Gongsun Yan was very happy to see that Le Yi took the initiative to analyze the battle situation. Just like he hoped before, among these people, whether it is experience or qualifications, there are too many above Le Yi, but if you talk about campaign command and planning layout, I am afraid that Le Yi's talent is much higher than yours. "I don't know what General Le means?"

Le Yi didn't say much, pointed to a point on the map and said, "This is Maojindu." Immediately afterwards, he pointed to the Tiger Prison Pass, "This is the Tiger Prison Pass." He used his finger to connect a line with the two dots where the word "Great River" was marked, "This is an excellent route of attack." ”

Le Yi once deduced with Pang Cong that if the coalition forces were really defeated in Hangu, then the narrow Kunshan Road would definitely become a nightmare for the coalition forces. Facts have indeed proved this inference, and the coalition forces have almost lost their entire army because of the narrowness of the Kuoshan Road. Next, according to Le Yi's conjecture, of course the Qin army will take advantage of the victory to pursue, and the coalition army can only gain a firm foothold if it retreats to the Tiger Pass. Because of the Yiyang Jiancheng, it is not suitable to attack, and it takes a lot of time to go south, Luoyi is a horse and a flat river, there is no danger to defend, and only the Tiger Prison Pass is the last barrier. It was he who strongly advocated the refusal to defend the Tiger Prison.

However, to his surprise, the Qin army did not pursue the coalition army to Yiyang, but retreated before entering the Kunshan Road.

That's interesting. The garrison of the coalition forces in Yiyang is nothing more than a temporary repair, as long as they rest and recuperate, they can threaten Hangu Pass again, can't the Qin army think of this? It seems impossible, from the cavalry from Wuguan to contain the Chu State to the north, to the snow day to take advantage of the rout to counterattack the coalition army, it can be seen that the general of the Qin army is a thoughtful person, and there will never be such a mistake, so there is a loophole but does not make up for it, isn't it very strange? Le Yi would not believe that it was the difficulties and dangers of the Kushan Road that stopped the pace of the Qin army, because if the Qin army pursued, its results would definitely expand several times, and the damage to the morale of the coalition army would be greater than now.

"What does General Le mean that the other party will cross the river to the north? This... Seems too bold. Gongsun Xi was a little unconvinced, Storm Kite and Shi were said to be bright, the two of them hadn't figured out what Le Yi meant just now, after Gongsun Xi said it, it seemed very possible.

"This battle has been fought here, and in any case, unless one side surrenders, the other side will definitely not admit defeat. And if it continues, no matter how strong the Qin State is, it will not be able to compare with the Five Nations Alliance. It is said that this battle should be a protracted battle, and it will not be achieved overnight. Moreover, I, Zhao Wangye, have cleared the Beihu, pressed the north bank of the river, and faced the upper county of the Qin State across the river, and the Qin army has no way to fight on both sides. If you want to fight a decisive battle at this moment, it must be a native of Qin. ”

Everyone nodded, deeply impressed. Indeed, at this time, the Qin State only occupied Guanzhong, and the land of Bashu was not yet in its pocket, so it was naturally very difficult to compete with the five countries.

"But Yiyang Jiancheng may not be able to go down day and night; It is the hinterland of Korea to the south, not to mention that if our army moves to the Tiger Prison, it will definitely cut off their food routes, which is very unwise; Storming the Tiger Pass, the battle line is too long, and you will face the same problems as going south. As long as our army holds on, the Qin army can only run around the land of Heluo like a headless fly, and finally be surrounded by our army. Do you think that the generals of the Qin army will understand this? I thought it wouldn't. ”

"Therefore, we can only enter the hinterland of South Korea from the north, so that we can bypass Yiyang, Hujiao and Yique, and thus enter the hinterland of South Korea and force South Korea to withdraw from the United Column." Le Yi said, pointing to Mao Jindu and said: "Back then, the Jin Kingdom crossed the river from then on, and made false roads to cut down the river and achieve hegemony; Later, Qin Mugong sent the general Meng Mingshi to the north here, burned the boat on the Jihe River, and defeated the Jin State. The past is still there, and it may not be the same. Subsequently, he set off from Maojindu all the way down the river to the north of Luoyi, and pointed to a place on the bank of the big river and said: "If I am not mistaken, there should be an ancient ferry port here, which is a ferry used by the prince to lead his troops to the south when the prince rebelled and forced King Jing to run to Diquan. ”

"Yesakadu." Storm Kite said.

"Yes." Le Yi pointed to this place and said, "If the Qin army sends troops from Maojindu to Yebandu and Deng, because our army is not stationed on this front line, and Han and Wei are not defending here, they will definitely be able to hide from the sky and cross the sea, and the momentum is like a bamboo, so Wenyi, Huaizhou, and Xiuyu should all become the targets of the Qin army." At this time, the Tiger Prison was no more than an empty pass, and the Qin army had already bypassed the Tiger Prison and penetrated deep into the hinterland of Han Wei. ”

The more Le Yi analyzed, the more frightened everyone became. Although he knew that this was just Le Yi's speculation, it might not become one of the routes for the Qin State to advance.

"If the Qin army goes deep into the northern front, I'm afraid it will also suffer from the enemy." Gongsun Xi said, "If the coalition army goes north from the Yumen Ferry, won't it cut off the back road of the Qin army?" ”

"General, don't forget, the big river is blocking ahead, how can our army get the news that the Qin army is attacking the city? Taking a step back, even if our army obtains the news of the Qin army, with the number of our army, if we want to cross the river, it must be a large ferry, and the Yumen ferry is counted as one, and the Yebandu on the other bank has been controlled by the Qin army, and it is not easy to recapture it; The next ferry port closest to us is Yeonjindo in Xiuyu. Before that, we had no choice but to watch the Qin army march towards Xiuyu. ”

"What does the general mean? Stationed in Yesakadu? ”

Le Yi straightened up and looked around at everyone, not only seeing Gongsun Yan's encouraging smile, but also seeing the prince's expectant eyes, and even more worshipping by the city and the violent kite, he said slowly: "I think that if you want to be afraid of the Qin army, you might as well let them go ashore and then flee back in embarrassment." He paused and said, "A certain suggestion is to garrison heavy troops in Wenyi to block the Qin army from going north!" ”

My eyes hurt when I flipped through the map, and it was a brain-consuming thing to talk on paper.

(End of chapter)