The presence or absence of grain and grass and the amount of grain and grass will directly or indirectly affect the form of the battlefield and the final trend of the war. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

What puzzled Meng Shuo in front of him was that the army was about to run out of food, although most of the Qin army was a semi-nomadic and semi-agricultural people, and the supply of logistics was not as urgent as other farming peoples in the Central Plains.

If the grain and grass are exhausted, most of the time you can still get food by slaughtering horses, but now is really not the time to slaughter the bellies of war horses, if the army is defending the city and is besieged in the city, it is not a good thing to kill the horses to eat the belly, but now it is different.

The Qin army was besieged outside Chengdu, and it still needed highly mobile cavalry to make up for the lack of personnel. The cavalry moving at high speed can tighten the woven encirclement circle by circle at the same time, and when the victory or defeat is undecided, the war horse is related to success or failure, how can it be easily damaged.

The current situation outside the city, as carefully explored, although the combat effectiveness of the Bashu people is not as strong as that of the Qin army, their ability to carry things is really impressive.

The villages, farmhouses, granaries, and arsenals outside Chengdu have all been pulled into the city of Chengdu, and the nearby houses have long been empty. Even the yellow dogs who took care of the home were addicted to entering the city and barked in the city.

The messenger who came from Jiangyou that day had already spread the news along the way, although it did not arouse the concern of Du Yu, the king of Shu, but for these people, it was extremely important.

As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, these people have long been tired of the harshness of the Qin law, and they finally regained their freedom, so they naturally did not want to be enslaved by the Qin army anymore.

Although the destitute have no goods, they also cherish their lives, so naturally they will not stay here and wait for the Qin army to kill. Or with the rich people can not escape to save their lives, or flee into the deep mountains, hunting for a living, no longer willing to survive under the harsh Qin law.

"Haha... It's just great! This trick is really vicious! Our army came from afar, and the grain and grass were insufficient, and this battle forced our army to finish the consumption of grain and grass, and retreat without a fight!

I never thought that the granary of Bashu was also known to our army, and it seems that the death of these southern barbarians is not far away.

The general is willing to lead a sentry and rush into the city to burn the grain and grass of Bashu! When the time comes, we will have to see what tricks these barbarians have. Bai Qi asked loudly on the side.

It was really difficult to suppress the joy in his heart, and Bai Qi thought to himself, "In this way, if Bashu's grain and grass are burned, Bashu will be like the Qin army."

The Qin army has no grain and grass in the short term, and there will be no damage to the combat effectiveness, but Bashu is different, the grain and grass were burned at his own door, the loss of grain and grass is a big deal, and the psychological trauma is even greater! ’

Meng said that he was slow to see things, and at this time he was thinking about how to deal with the current things in his mind, and when he heard Bai Qi's instructions, a trace of disgust drifted through his heart.

"Nonsense! Food is the essence of heaven and earth, people can only live by eating grains, why should they be burned by fire? Meng said.

"General! On the battlefield, it is your life and death, if you take away his love first, Bashu will listen.

Earlier today, it was precisely because the Bashu army accepted the grain brought from the city that it became more and more arrogant.

Our army also has a fluctuating army because of the lack of food and grass! I also hope that the general will not care about the temporary gains and losses, the grain is gone, and it can be planted again in the coming year. Bai Qi insisted on entering Chengdu to burn grain.

The meticulous work from the city was also very disgusted with this young general, and he really didn't expect that this person would be so arrogant and domineering, and he would dare to openly contradict it in front of the general.

Meng Shuo looked at Bai Qi and did not speak, but asked at the fine work who came from the city:

"Why didn't the general burn the grain and grass in the city?"

After listening carefully, he hurriedly said:

"General Qiqi! The reason why the last general did not act so recklessly was because there were still innocent people in the city, and the fire was merciless, and if a fire was burned, I am afraid that the people would suffer! ”

"It's not a pity for the people to die! What's the harm in dying some people! Bai Qi retorted on the side.

Xizuo looked at Meng Shuo, Meng Shuo smiled slightly, what a shrewd person he was, and he immediately figured out that this was the general's intention to let the two of them defend themselves, and also to see what each other's strategies were!

"General Qiyu, although the head is light, but its number is huge, and its momentum is more difficult to stop, like the water of a great river.

Compared with Jiangshan Sheji, it is just a flat boat in the river, and if the fire burns Chengdu today, it will burn the people of Bashu to death.

The people will hate it to the core, and naturally it will be difficult for our army to enter Chengdu, and the people near Bashu will not be willing to submit to Daqin. If there is no food, it can be planted next year, but if there is no human heart, I am afraid it will be difficult to get it. "Talk about it carefully.

"Good! Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, the general's lofty remarks are really like thunder and explosion, waking up me, the person in my dream! Meng said and laughed.

When Bai Qi heard this, he figured it out in his heart, it turned out that there was such a profound truth in it, which he really didn't expect.

"Fighting and killing is not the best strategy to lead the army to fight," Bai Qi said in his heart.

"The law of the husband and the soldier, the whole country is the first, and the country is second; The whole army is the first, and the broken army is second; The whole brigade is the first, and the broken brigade is second; The whole pawn is the first, and the broken pawn is second; The whole army is the first, and the army is second. Therefore, a hundred battles are won, and the good ones who are not good are also; The soldiers who surrender without a fight, and the good ones are also good.

Therefore, the army is attacked, the second is the enemy, the second is the army, and the next is to attack the city. The method of siege is a last resort. Repair the oar, with equipment, three months and then become, distance from the trench, and then three months and then be. The one who will be overwhelmed by the anger and the ants will possess it, and the one who kills one-third of the soldiers and the city will not be pulled out, and this attack will also be a disaster.

Therefore, those who make good use of soldiers, the soldiers of the people instead of the war, the city of the people instead of the attack, the destruction of the country of the people instead of the long, will fight for the whole world, so the soldiers will not stop, and the benefits can be complete, this method of attacking is also.

Therefore, the method of using soldiers, ten is to surround it, five is to attack it, and the multiple is divided, the enemy can fight, the few can escape, and if not, it can be avoided. Therefore, the small enemy is strong, and the big enemy is also captured.

The husband and the general, the auxiliary of the country, the auxiliary Zhou will make the country strong, and the auxiliary gap will make the country weak.

Therefore, the reason why the monarch suffers from the army is that he does not know that the army can not be called advancing, and he does not know that the army cannot retreat and is called retreating, which is called the army. Those who do not know the affairs of the three armies but are in the same position as the three armies are confused. If you don't know the power of the three armies and the responsibilities of the three armies, the sergeant is suspicious. If the three armies are confused and suspicious, the princes will be in difficulty. It is said that the rebel army wins.

Therefore, there are five ways to win: those who know what they can fight and those who can't win win; The one who knows the few wins; The one who wants the same wins; Treat those who are not safe to win; The one who can but does not win wins. These five are the way to win.

Therefore, it is said: know each other and know yourself, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles; Knowing oneself without knowing the other, one wins and one loses; I don't know who I am, I don't know myself, I will die in every battle! Meng said that he stood up and drew the atlas of mountains and rivers in front of him, and said bitterly to Bai Qi.

"Thank you for the general's advice, the last general understands!" Bai Qi knew that Fang Cai's words were all for himself, and his face was flushed with shame. (To be continued.) )