Sima Cuo was confident that the topography of the pond was a natural barrier for the Qin army, so he was extremely confident. Sure enough, when Su Qin led his army to Sogo City, he was faced with the terrain of the Mianchi area, and he made a difficulty. Mountainous terrain is not conducive to the deployment of large armies.

The reason why the Qin army was able to take Michi lightly was that the troops advanced quickly, and the sneak attack was successful without knowing it, and the Korean army was negligent in taking precautions, so it abandoned the city under the overwhelming offensive of the Qin army with little resistance.

With a little vigilance, Li Qi, the defender of Shangguan City, was able to resist the Qin army's 80,000 men for nearly three months with a few thousand soldiers.

Although the combined coalition army was superior in numbers, the Qin army was well prepared, occupied favorable terrain, and unified command. Therefore, there are almost no opportunities for the coalition forces to take advantage of. Wanting to take a military action like the Qin army's attack on Michi City is tantamount to sending sheep into the wolf's mouth and killing oneself.

Hanhou Han Gu was worried that Shangguan City was breached, and sent envoys almost every day to ask when Su Qin would send troops to rescue the defenders.

When Su Qin received Han Hou's letters, most of them were set aside and did not reply. He did not have the leisure to argue with Han Hou, each of them had different positions, Han Hou was worried about his own troops, and Su Qin was responsible for the nearly 300,000 coalition troops.

Su Qin doesn't even have a trustworthy person around him to discuss countermeasures, and Senior Brother Zhang Yi was originally a very good candidate, but he has gone to Xianyang, and there has been no news so far. Ning Jun is brave and strategic, but the deployment and command in the battle are first-class, but when it comes to such a major decision of the overall situation, he is obviously powerless.

At this time, Su Qin missed Zhang Yi and Wei Wei and other bosom friends who could have a common word, he had bitterness in his heart, but he couldn't find anyone to talk to.

In the middle of the night, Su Qin got up from the cold bed, and sometimes unconsciously touched his side in a daze, but found that the bed was empty, and even Meng Ting, who used to know cold and hot, and followed his confidante Meng Ting, is no longer around.

He couldn't help but use his arms as a pillow, looking at the roof of the big tent, and a chill welled up in his heart. The lord of the alliance is naturally infinitely beautiful, but who knows the bitterness behind the road. He touched the scabbed back, and there was still a faint pain, and he was even more distressed.

After Su Qin woke up in the middle of the night, he couldn't sleep anymore, he got up from the bed in his clothes, came to the front hall of the Chinese army's tent, took the lamp and candle, illuminated the map of the pond, and began to think hard again.

Su Qin thought: "I have a superior number of troops, but I can't use them in the mountains, so I will inevitably have to act separately." Han Hou wanted to save Shangguancheng, and the 300,000 troops all went there, but they lost all their advantages due to the narrow mountain roads and the difficulty of passing the troops. ”

Su Qin thought about it for a long time, and he didn't have a completely sure plan, so he wandered in the treasure tent. The guard outside the big tent heard the movement in the treasure tent, and knew that the boss had gotten up in the middle of the night again, pacing and thinking, thinking of a good way to break the enemy.

Su Qin often arrives at dawn as soon as he thinks about it. After that, he had to go to the training ground after breakfast to inspect the military drills. After repeating this for many days, Su Qin couldn't sleep well, and he was obviously emaciated.

Ning Jun also knew Su Qin's inner thoughts, he worked hard to share Su Qin's worries, took the initiative to take on the task of supervising and training troops, and ran between the various military camps of the coalition army all day long, running east and west, and directing the drills of the princes' armies.

Tonight, Su Qin couldn't sleep at night again, and still couldn't think of a good way to break the enemy, so he simply lay on the bed and was stunned.

His hand inadvertently touched a small bag that he was carrying, which he had specially carried with him when he set off from Luoyang. Everywhere Su Qin went, he pressed this burden under his pillow, careful not to let others find out. He can also take it out and look at it at any time.

The bag contained a strand of green silk cut to him by the ladies, and he looked at the green silk and his heart swelled with warmth. When he put the green silk back into his baggage, he came across two pieces of silk, which were the "Art of War" given by Wei Wei and the book on the art of war left by Senior Brother Sun Bin.

Su Qin suddenly thought: "Since I can't think of any good way, why don't I take some scriptures from the two seniors." He then read books on the art of war, trying to find something useful.

However, the works on the art of war are more about arranging troops, commanding operations, and conducting troop drills, and none of them can be completely transferred to apply to the battle of Michi.

Su Qin folded the book on the art of war in disappointment and put it into the burden again, and at this moment, he suddenly thought: "Master Guigu often says: There is no law of impermanence, and water is impermanent. If Senior Brother Sun Bin was a great art of war and encountered this situation, what would he do? Will they also fight according to the routine? ”

Su Qin shook his head, and quickly denied his thoughts, he felt that with Senior Brother Sun Bin's great talent, he would definitely be surprisingly successful as the situation changed. He is an unconventional person, so he was able to defeat another senior brother, Pang Juan, by encircling Wei and saving Zhao.

If Senior Brother Sun Bin is also the same as Senior Brother Pang Juan, and keeps the inherent art of war unchanged, I am afraid that he will never defeat the Wei army in its heyday, and he will not have the prestige behind him.

At this moment, Su Qin made it clear the direction of thinking about operations, that is, he must change with the situation, take the real-time situation on the ground as the foundation, plan the strategy of the campaign layout, adopt a flexible combat policy, and do not have to think about conventions everywhere.

He thought: "The fundamental principle of combat strategy is as Senior Brother Sun Bin said, it is necessary to combine Qi Zheng. Take the routine as the benchmark, and change in the routine. However, the magic weapon to win lies in change, which is the so-called 'winning with the right and winning with the odd'. ”

Su Qin gradually figured out the main strategy adopted by the coalition army in the battle of Michi, and with this strategy, Su Qin felt much more at ease.

At this time, the sky was already bright, and a strong light came out of the window paper in the front hall of the Chinese army, and the entire inner room also appeared bright.

Su Qin packed up his personal baggage, carefully pressed it back under the pillow, relaxed his waist, and his mood became extraordinarily happy, this was the first rare happy moment since he presided over the joint alliance.

He enjoyed a little bit of happiness, and was about to get up when the voice of the guard on duty came from outside the gate of the Chinese army's treasure tent: "Report! ”。 As is customary, they reported three times in a row, and this was especially loud in the early morning when the camp had just woken up from its silence.

They usually waited for Su Qin to get up completely before reporting the situation on duty to Su Qin, but today they made an exception and didn't wait for Su Qin to get up, so they spoke loudly.

"There must be some emergency military situation happening!" Su Qin was stunned in his heart, and hurriedly got up and dressed.