Chapter 47 Fengling Fortress
"The main force of the Baiyue Army has reached Fengling, which is bordered by Shacheng in the east and Chongling in the west, as long as Fengling is broken, the imperial army will be able to drive straight in, and it can push the hinterland of Baiyue and retreat to defend the imperial border." Xiang Liang analyzed the cities and strategic importance of the Baiyue Kingdom, and they decided to march and attack the Baiyue Kingdom.
"As long as we take Fengling, the Baiyue army can only keep retreating, and we advance all the way, and then take Qiuchi, and the two important cities will be shocked, and we will be able to take the Baiyue Kingdom in just three months."
"But Fengling is guarded by the main force of the Baiyue Kingdom, and it is difficult for us to break through, even if we really defeat the enemy army, we will suffer heavy losses." Xue Qing asked.
The Baili Xiong Division stationed 100,000 elite soldiers in Fengling, if it was a hard encounter, it would be defeated and wounded, and the Mengjia army would also suffer countless casualties, and it would be difficult for them to attack the city again.
"The main army of the Baiyue Kingdom is gathered in Fengling, I think it is better to take Shacheng and Chongling first, and then send troops to besiege Fengling, it is much easier to attack Fengling." Xue Qingdao.
Xiang Liang shook his head and said: "No, if we attack the two cities first, and then besiege Fengling, it will take too long, our army food supplies are not enough, as long as the enemy army holds on, we will be defeated without a fight."
If you really want to use Xue Qing's strategy and want to completely defeat Baiyue, it will take at least half a year.
Chu Yun didn't have time to waste on the battlefield, he still had to return to Xianyang City and find a way to capture the Blue Blood and Blue Sky Artemisia to detoxify.
And they went to the southern wilderness to conquer the Baiyue country, the journey was long, just arrived at the border, the military food was almost consumed, although the empire will escort grain and grass, but the long journey, and finally arrived at the border, can not have much grain and grass left.
If the food and grass are insufficient, they can only retreat, and it is empty talk to break through Baiyue.
Therefore, they must have a strategic siege, first occupy the main city of Fengling in the south, enter to capture other cities, and retreat to defend the border.
If they didn't capture Fengling first, the Baiyue Kingdom would be able to transport supplies in the rear, and it would be difficult for them to defeat an enemy force that was more than twice their number.
The Baili Xiongshi obviously also knew the importance of Fengling, so he concentrated the main force like a sharp knife to block the Qin army.
"General Xiang is right, the empire has very little arrangement for the Southern Wilderness, whether it is military or agricultural affairs, it is very weak, and we can't fight a long-term war." Fusu Road.
Although the empire is strong, it is slightly weaker in the southern region, and even though there are dozens of counties in the southern region, its production capacity is limited and agriculture is underdeveloped, so it cannot support the life of an army of 50,000 people.
Even if the empire was able to transport food for them, the amount of food that the troops escorting the rations would have to eat was a huge amount, and by the time they brought the rations, there was not much left to meet the needs of the army.
The Meng family army is in a very embarrassing situation, if they want to conquer the Baiyue country, they must fight quickly, and the longer it drags on, the worse their situation will be.
Fengling is very important, it chokes the throat of the empire to Baiyue, if they can break through Fengling, the imperial army can gallop south, invincible.
However, Fengling gathered the elite troops of the Baiyue Kingdom, if they attacked strongly, it would be a practice of killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800 of themselves, and they might lose both the Baiyue Kingdom.
Now that the main force of the empire is pinned down by the Hu people, the enemy army has always been brave, so they have no more troops and financial resources to throw themselves into the wilderness.
Fusu has always advocated light taxation, so he didn't want the war to last too long and make the burden on the people heavier.
"Chu Shuai, how should we fight, you can say it directly, no matter what you want us to do, I will definitely not frown, rush up with a big axe and kill them." Dian Chou looked at Chu Yun and said roughly.
"Generals, don't worry, if you want to break through Fengling, it's not too difficult." Chu Yun said with a smile.
Everyone turned their eyes to it, Chu Yun was famous in World War I, and his prestige in the army increased exponentially.
He was clever enough to know that the Baili Xiongshi would send elite soldiers to sneak attack, make traps in advance, and wait for the enemy to fall into the net.
If it weren't for Chu Yun's strategy, the Baiyue army would have successfully attacked by sneak attack, and they were tired, tired, and in a sluggish state of combat power, so they couldn't stop the fierce attack of the Baiyue army, so they were defeated and died.
Seeing that Chu Yun didn't speak, they became anxious and asked, "Chu Shuai, are you talking?"
Chu Yun said: "Although the Baili Xiongshi will not come out of the city, I only need five days to break through this city."
"Nephew Chu Xian, don't you have a good plan?" Xiang Liang asked.
Chu Yun nodded and said, "Pass my order, leave six thousand elites and military flags, and the rest of the Mengjia army will retreat three miles."
"Chu Shuai, aren't we going to attack the city, why do we have to retreat?" Dianchou asked suspiciously.
Chu Yun smiled indifferently and explained: "The Baiyue Army is defeated at the beginning, and the Baili Xiongshi will definitely try their best to restore their morale, they are in a moment of high emotions and tension, and their combat strength will definitely surpass the past."
"If we attack Fengling immediately, it is really unwise, only to wear down the morale and spirit of the Baiyue army to the lowest extent and make them lose their fighting spirit, is the moment to break the city."
"Then how are we going to demoralize the Baiyue Army?" Dianchou asked again.
They were all curious, Chu Yun was good at using tricks, if he made a move, he would be sure of victory.
"You don't have to worry about it, as long as we wait for reinforcements to arrive, we can take Fengling without much effort." Chu Yun said confidently.
"We still have reinforcements?" General Dianchou was stunned, even Fusu was at a loss, they only led 50,000 Mengjia troops to come, and the First Emperor did not summon reinforcements, where did this reinforcement come from?
Chu Yun smiled mysteriously and said, "Of course there are reinforcements, you just wait for the good news."
The Mengjia army moved and retreated, leaving only 6,000 soldiers to camp in the camp, Chu Yun ordered them to plant the military flags everywhere, deliberately letting the enemy troops in Fengling City see it, creating the illusion that their 50,000 troops had gathered and wanted to attack the city.
If the Baili Xiongshi had not mastered Chu Yun's intelligence, he would not have sent the army easily.
Sun Tzu's Art of War: The army must not be raised in discouragement.
Although the Baiyue Army was defeated at the beginning and suffered heavy losses, the Baili Xiongshi restrained his emotions and was not reckless.
In Fengling City, the Baili Xiongshi looked at the Qin army from afar, and saw that the Qin army did not want to attack the city, his eyes sank slightly, and he couldn't understand why Chu Yun did this.
The more difficult it is to see through the enemy, the less easily he will go out of the army, if he fights because of his anger, it is very likely that he will encounter a trap, and then be ambushed, and the hundred Vietnamese army will never recover.
The battlefield is changing rapidly, and any mistake may lead to the defeat of the war, so he wants to grasp Chu Yun's intelligence as soon as possible, so as to analyze the actions that Chu Yun wants to take.
"General, have we been guarding Fengling?" His lieutenant asked, puzzled.
The Qin army was stationed outside the city, and the lieutenant general felt that he should take action to defeat the Qin army in one fell swoop.