Chapter 288: The Brave Win
"This time, the Qin army has come all the way, and the grain and grass needed by the 100,000 army will definitely not be sufficient, and they will definitely have to fight with us quickly, so what about us, we will have a protracted battle with them, and consume their grain and grass little by little, as long as the grain and grass are gone, the Qin soldiers will naturally be defeated without a fight."
The problem of grain and grass is a weakness of the Qin army, Liu Yuetian made two preparations, and if he can't make a quick decision, he will drag it out, Shangjun is a small place, much smaller than Tianshui County, only a little stronger than Jincheng County, with a population of only about 100,000, their food is basically from an oasis swamp outside Shangjun, where there can be thousands of loads of grain and grass harvest every year, plus trade, barely able to eat and drink for these 100,000 people, and the influx of 100,000 troops basically makes Shangjun's economy collapse, of course, Coming to the army from Luntai must have carried a large amount of grain and grass, but how long can this grain and grass last?
Therefore, the longer it drags on, the other party's grain and grass will have problems, and if it is used up, it can only be transferred from other places, and Luhuo County, the nearest Daqin city to Shangjun, is also more than a thousand miles away, and it is a big problem in transportation.
"Lord, if there is a protracted war, then we can send a team to attack the opponent's grain route, as long as their grain route is cut off, the Qin army will be finished."
Fu Jian pointed to a location on the sand table between Shangjun and Luhuo County, which is a small mountainous area with a small area, but there is no problem in hiding tens of thousands of people.
"Now that the Qin soldiers are afraid that they have entered Shangjun, I am afraid that in a few days, the other party's army will rush towards our Hongnong, Han Baohu, you take five hundred cavalry to fight, but don't entangle with them, just inquire about the news and harass the other party."
Fu Jian ordered his subordinate Han to capture the tiger.
"Yes!"
Han Baohu is a fierce general, the force value is close to fifty, this person is upright, seeing the people live a good life is even happier than being an official, so he is loyal to Liu Yuetian, and his loyalty exceeds sixty in a short period of time, Liu Yuetian directly created a captain's long sword for him, and this sword in hand can greatly improve the combat power of his army.
As for other matters related to the arrangement of troops, they were all arranged by Fu Jian, and Liu Yuetian led his 3,000 Tiger Ben Army as a mobile force to attack at any time.
"Everyone, this first battle can be said to be related to our life and death, win, we can get a few years of respite, defeat, then the foundation we have established in the past year is afraid that it no longer exists, our foundation is still too short, if you give me three years, there will be no opponents in the world, so we must win this battle."
Liu Yuetian looked at the generals around him and said solemnly.
"Don't worry, the Qin army will definitely come and go this time!"
Everyone was confident.
A few days later, Han Baohu came from the front with news that 70,000 troops came out of Shangjun, of which 20,000 iron cavalry took the lead in killing Hongnong, he continued to harass the other party and fought and retreated, it is estimated that Hongnong can be reached within two days, and the remaining 50,000 infantry will arrive in about five days.
"These 20,000 iron cavalry must be the vanguard troops, one is to test our strength in advance, if our strength is very weak, these 20,000 iron cavalry will directly charge to capture Hongnong, if this purpose cannot be achieved, then they will camp outside Hongnong City and wait for the follow-up troops to arrive, and then converge and carry out a general attack."
Fu Jian got the information and had a guess.
"Brother Fu Jian is right, but they miscalculated, our troops are no worse than them, his 20,000 cavalry attack in advance just gave us a good opportunity, let's take the initiative to attack, and we will meet the world-famous Great Qin Iron Cavalry."
This first battle gave Liu Yuetian a good opportunity, and he decided to touch the opponent's iron horseman.
Dividing troops to attack is a taboo, often causing local disadvantages, if the opponent seizes the opportunity to hit the troops, then the opponent is in danger.
Of course, the Great Qin army is led by the killing god Bai Qi, this person is like a god, he will never think of this, but he is too confident in his iron cavalry, these cavalry are all composed of the most elite soldiers, not only the soldiers are wearing heavy armor, even the mounts are also approved with iron armor, charging up invulnerable like a torrent of steel, even the crossbow can only be within ten zhang to cause damage to the other party.
With 20,000 iron cavalry, Bai Qi is confident that even if the enemy is three times his own, he can be invincible, as for Hongnong County, he is afraid that he will not even dare to come out of the city when he sees this army.
If Liu Yuetian really only has a repeater, then he may not fight hard with the other party, after all, the heavy cavalry charge is really unstoppable, but now it is different, no matter how strong the opponent's defense is, it will not be able to resist the bombardment of the trebuchet, as long as the impact of the opponent is stopped, the advantage of the heavy cavalry will be reduced by fifty percent, and the two sides will enter a state of close combat, and his repeater crossbow and iron short knife are enough to break through the opponent's defense.
Liu Yuetian stood on the city wall, and the 30,000 soldiers below, including 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry, were now lined up and ready to send troops.
"Brothers, the Qin army's iron cavalry is famous all over the world, and the soldiers are not afraid of life and death, this time it is the killing god Bai Qi who personally leads, and has already set up a decisive battle with us, but in my opinion, our soldiers are not weaker than them, and our generals are not worse than them.
Now the 20,000 heavy cavalry of the Qin army is already killing us fifty miles outside the city, but no matter how hard the armor is, it can't withstand our powerful weapons, they are not far away to attack our homeland, if Hongnong is captured by them, no one can survive, so you are not fighting for me, but for yourself, for parents and children, they want to trample on our relatives and homes, can you agree? ”
Liu Yuetian shouted at the army.
"Can't agree, can't agree!"
All the soldiers listened to the blood boiling, yes, there are their parents, wives and children in this city, once they are defeated, with the cruelty of the Qin soldiers, the whole city will suffer, of course they will not agree.
"When we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins, we have a powerful weapon and a firm belief, then we are the brave, and we will win this war!"
"The brave wins! The brave wins! ”
The sound shook the sky and flew over Hongnong County, and everyone's emotions were aroused, even if they died, they had to protect their homeland.
After some encouragement, Liu Yuetian personally mounted his horse, and all the soldiers drove to the battlefield under the leadership of their respective commanders.
Hundreds of miles away, Wang Jian led 20,000 iron cavalry to kill Hongnong, but Han Baohu's light cavalry always followed hundreds of zhang away, these light cavalry are all chasing the wind BMW, coming and going like a gust of wind, constantly harassing them around, sometimes the other party swept past them, facing is a volley, within ten zhang, the powerful crossbow directly penetrated their armor, they were just about to charge to kill, but the other party relied on the speed of the BMW to pull away from the distance, so that they were not tired.