readx;?readx; Chapter 676 Crazy Qin Lei

Shangguan Yunhe thought about it, and he really said that he was 'wanting to see your prince', isn't this also the prince of Qin. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info although he knew that it was the other party's quibble, he was still speechless. The old man was blaming himself, but when he saw that Prince Yong was about to walk to the door of the tent, he finally couldn't care about the way, and shouted: "May I ask the prince, do you want to start a war on two fronts?" ”

Qin Li really stood still, turned his head with a solemn face, pressed Shangguan Yunhe step by step, stared at him like a beast, and asked word by word, "Who told you?" ”

His fierce and vicious appearance was a little terrifying, and the old prime minister couldn't help but shrink his neck slightly, and quickly explained: "Don't get me wrong, this is just a guess." ”

Qin Li pursed his lips tightly, his sharp gaze roamed over Shangguan Yunhe, and the old man was in a cold sweat, almost lowering his head and no longer looking at him...... That's a shame for adults.

Just when the old prime minister was about to lose his support, Qin Li suddenly burst into laughter, stretched out his big fan-like hand, patted his thin shoulder, and said roughly: "You old boy, you can really guess!" ”

Shangguan Yunhe's old bones, that could not stop him from slapping violently, the bones were about to fall apart, not to mention, sitting there even breathless. But he was completely stunned by Prince Yong's words, and regardless of the unbearable pain, he muttered, "Are you saying that the Qin State is going to war against the Qi State again?" ”

'You won't shoot him stupid, will you?' Qin Li finally withdrew his hand and helped him confirm: "The troops have set off, and they will cross the river tonight at the latest." He said very politely: "It's a pleasure to chat with you, but I'm going to chase the troops, let's wait to go to the capital and talk slowly." ”

"Oh......" Shangguan Yunhe nodded mechanically, and it took a while to reflect what Qin Li meant, and finally couldn't help but burst out: "Wishful thinking...... but seeing that Prince Nayong had disappeared, he actually said goodbye without saying goodbye when he was in a daze.

"Oops, it hurts...... it hurts" Seeing that there was no one around, Shangguan Yunhe hurriedly covered his swollen shoulders and groaned in a low voice: "This martial artist has scattered my old man's shoulder." "Since we still want to meet each other, Shangguan Yunhe is not in a hurry...... It's useless to be in a hurry, so why hurry?

Love what's going on...... Although he wanted to know where the Qin State had the confidence to start a war with Qi and Chu at the same time after the defeat?

If Shangguan Yunhe knew that Qin Lei had only taken away the First Guards Army, and had left the rest of the troops to attack the Qi State, he would probably not have been so calm anymore.

This was an out-and-out general attack, and in addition to the First Army and the two armies on the Southern Front, the Qin army had already been dispatched...... Some people may ask, is it still necessary to use 700,000 troops to deal with an elite Qi country?

The Qin army will attack in two lines, the eastern front is composed of more than 400,000 troops of three armies, all veterans who have been baptized by war, led by Qin Li and Le Buyi, and plans to cross the Yellow River to the north, capture the Chaoge defense line composed of 200,000 troops of Qi State, and then drive straight into the capital to complete the siege of the capital of Qi State.

This is easy to say, but if you still have an impression, you will remember that from Shangjing City to Tiger Prison Pass, Shangguan Yunhe traveled 80 miles a day according to the standard Qi State Road Post System, a whole month, and a journey of more than 2,500 miles.

Now Qin Li and the others have to follow the road that Prime Minister Shangguan has walked, fight and kill along the way, at least thirty cities must be captured, and they must ensure that they cannot lose too much when they arrive in the capital, so as not to be laughed at by the people of Qi. How difficult must that be? But that's not the most difficult.

In fact, going deep into the enemy's territory, especially in this kind of enemy country with nothing but money, logistics and supply are the biggest problems. Think about it, if you want to besiege the capital of Qi for a long time, you have to rely on a long supply line of more than 2,500 miles...... Of course, if the Huguan defense line can be cleared, the distance will be greatly shortened, but Qin Lei has too deep memories of that narrow canyon that stretches for hundreds of miles and has countless plank roads...... In case the Qi people think of blowing up a section of the mountain road again, do they still want the troops who have penetrated deep into the enemy's territory to live?

He simply vetoed this line and chose the distant but open 2,500 miles. To this end, the Qin State will send 1 million people to transport supplies, and the 200,000 people of the newly formed Volunteer Eighth Army must also be on board to be responsible for the escort of the baggage, so as not to destroy the supply line of the Qi people.

More than 400,000 people are fighting, and 1.2 million people are needed to support it, how ridiculous is this...... In fact, the conventional approach should be to gradually occupy the territory of the other side, and then collect grain on the spot, and then drive the local people to transport, which will greatly reduce the cost.

But this ridiculous plan was the result of Qin Lei and his staff's repeated deliberations, and naturally there was a reason for it. Because Qi is a big country, if it is attacked step by step, it will not be able to enter the capital until next autumn at the earliest. However, if it had not been besieged by that time, the food shortage in Qi caused by Qin Lei would have been greatly alleviated...... Knowing that the deceived Qi people have changed back to growing grain, there will be a harvest at most next summer, and then the war will turn into a tug-of-war! It's not good news for the Qin people who are playing away.

If you fall into the quagmire of the war of alignment, the competition of national strength will become a competition of manpower and perseverance! The victory of Qin Guo, which is one against two, is too small.

We must seize the opportunity to take advantage of his illness and kill him when Qi is at its weakest! This is Qin Lei's guiding ideology. Had it not been for Marshal Birch's accident, he would have personally commanded this military adventure. But now that the southern front needs him more, he can only hand over the handsome banner to Qin Li, and let him complete this great leap forward, which is destined to go down in history regardless of success or failure.

Fortunately, there is still Mr. Le, otherwise Qin Lei would not dare to hand over such a heavy burden to the boss.

Of course, there must be another force to respond.

Qin Lei ordered Xu Xu and Shen Wei to lead a total of 300,000 troops from the Fifth Army of Zhenguo and the Ninth Army of the Volunteers to attack from the northern front, preparing to overcome the outer defense line of Huguan garrisoned by 100,000 people of Qi State, and then block the 200,000 border guards of Qi State who returned from northern Xinjiang to aid the interior. These 300,000 against 300,000 will be a tragic battle of equal strength, the advantage of the Qi State is to occupy the advantage of the home field, and the advantage of the Qin army is that the enemy is not in one place, at least in the early stage there will be a numerical advantage.

But there were too many unknowable factors on the battlefield, Qin Lei did not have much hope for this way, and the order given to them was only to stick to the 200,000 northern frontier border guards of Qi after conquering the Huguan defense line of Qi State, prevent them from returning to Shangjing, and join up with the 200,000 forbidden army, causing insurmountable difficulties to the main attacking troops on the other road.

In order to avoid nomadism in the East Goler grassland and take the opportunity to invade the interior of the country, Qin Lei sent an order to Shen Luo, who had been smuggling on the Goler grassland for decades and had monopolized the northern trade in the past ten years, and instructed him to write more empty checks to stabilize those Tartars, and then take care of them when the country was pacified.

Appeasing the rebellious nomadic tribes can be difficult for others. But for Shen Luo now, it's just a matter of calling them over for a meal and then instructing them.

The reason why Boss Shen is so coaxed is because he is rich and powerful...... With an unusually generous salary, he recruited a convoy of more than 30,000 people. Moreover, the black-clothed officers sent by the royal government have been trained for a long time, and they are all equipped with sophisticated weapons. This is unmatched by any nomadic tribe.

Therefore, although the nomads of the steppe are fierce and the leaders are very warlike, Shen Luo has no scruples about them, and often sends thousands of horses, wearing bright cavalry armor, playing tall horses that are many times higher than the horse-drawn style of the grassland, escorting goods worth millions, and swaggering through the market from their territory...... I guess I must have thought about it, but after being exterminated several times, no one dared to fight Boss Shen's idea anymore.

On the contrary, they were very polite to Boss Shen, and their caravans had to take care of food and shelter when they crossed the border, and they had to give gifts and tribute during the New Year's holidays, lest they offend this rich and soldier uncle.

Of course, in line with the merchant principle of 'harmony and wealth', Shen Luo never treats these sensible guys badly, and every time he passes by, he will use a large number of tea bricks, salt, cloth and other daily necessities, as well as silk, tea, porcelain and other luxury goods for his leaders to enjoy, in exchange for their war horses and livestock, although he still has a great profit, but these things originally need to be robbed, and it is not necessarily impossible to grab them. Now there is no need to rob, who wants to die?

Under this kind of grace and power, everyone takes what they need, and they are happy, and even many tribal leaders call Shen Luo 'Master Shen', do you say that what he says is useless?

Although the Qin State is strong, the national strength is not endless, and the strength they have taken out now has reached their limit, if it fails this time, the situation will be regressed by at least twenty years, in other words, if Qin Lei wants to organize another expedition, he must go through another 'ten years of life and ten years of lessons'.

The risks he took can be imagined.

But this is all for later, because Qin Lei is now facing an impossible task - he has to use only 400,000 troops in three armies to challenge the Chu State, which has the widest territory, the main force has not suffered losses, has never been defeated in water battles, and has just won a battle.

This...... Can it be done?