At the northern foot of Yangshan, the camp of the North Mink Army.

Due to the sudden withdrawal of the Han army from Jiuyuan, the result gave the Huns the opportunity to take advantage of the situation, and when Meng Yan led 50,000 northern mink cavalry to rush outside the Gaoque Pass, the Xiongnu had already occupied Jiuyuan.

Intriguingly, Meng Yan did not order the attack on Jiuyuan.

The Northern Mink army and the Huns confronted each other outside the Gaoque Pass for more than a month.

Meng Liao strode into the big tent of the Chinese army, first waved at Meng Yan and Meng Yuan, who were discussing in the tent, and said loudly: "Father, brother, our army has been stationed outside Gaoque Pass for more than a month, and the Huns have also sent envoys to come several times, hoping to join forces with our army to go south to sack Guanzhong, but my father just ignored it, do we still want to cut down the Han?" ”

"Of course." Meng Yan said, "What are we going to do with our troops if we don't attack Han?" ”

"Since you want to attack the Han, then hurry up and get an idea, whether it is to bypass Hexi and attack Guanzhong, or to defeat the Huns first and then go south along the straight road, or simply join forces with the Huns to go south, father, you have to give a happy word." Meng Liao clapped his hands and said with a bitter face, "Don't stay like this on this Mobei grassland?" ”

"What's wrong with nesting in the Mobei grassland?" Meng Yan said, "Why are you in a hurry? ”

"Can the child not be in a hurry?" Meng Liao stomped his feet and shouted loudly, "The Ten Route Army is attacking Han at the same time, if we go late, this Pinghan's first merit will be robbed by other families." ”

"What are you yelling about?" Meng Yan said coldly, "Let others snatch the first credit, that's right." ”

"Huh?" Meng Liao was stunned when he heard this, scratched his head and asked Meng Liao, "Father, what do you mean by this?" ”

"Boy. Do you know? Since the death of Concubine Win, our Meng family has been on the cusp, yes, the king has indeed never doubted the loyalty of our Mengshi father and son, but what about the nobles of Chudi? What will they think in their hearts? In the face of his son, Meng Yan did not hide too much, "There are also the two forces behind the crown prince and the prince Xiang Zhi." What would they think? ”

Meng Liao suddenly realized and asked in a low voice: "Father is saying that this time to attack Han." Can't our Meng family be too showy? ”

"Yes." Meng Yuan got up and patted Meng Liao on the shoulder, and said, "Second brother." The Ten Roads Army attacked the Han Dynasty on a large scale, the Han State has exhausted its national strength, the troops are sufficient, and the destruction of the country is already a certainty and inevitable, and now the only suspense is, when will the Han Kingdom be destroyed, in this case, it is necessary for my Meng family to fight for this first merit? ”

Meng Yan also said earnestly: "Liao'er, you have to keep in mind that the tree is a big wind." ”

"Tree big wind?" Meng Liao muttered, "Isn't there still the big tree of the general?" ”

"General?" Meng Yan smiled, shook his head and said. "Liao'er, for my father, I dare to bet with you that this time in the Han attack, the general will not only have no gains, but will also suffer a few defeats."

Meng Yuan and Meng Liao were a little unbelieving when they heard this. Will the general still suffer defeat?

Seeing that the two brothers Meng Yuan and Meng Liao couldn't react at once, Meng Yu didn't explain much, but just advised: "Okay, you should keep an eye on the Great Wall for your father, especially Gaoque Pass, since the Huns have got into the cage of Jiuyuan." They don't want to run out again, let's wait for the Han to die first, and then clean up the Huns. ”

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The eastern suburbs of Shangyong, the camp of the Chu army.

The 200,000 Chu army set up dozens of miles of camp on the wasteland ten miles east of the city, and from a distance, the tents of the Chu army were overlapping and dense, extending from close to the end of the field of vision.

However, what is strange is that since the Chu army came to Shangyong City, there has been no movement, except for the daily horn gathering of troops, daily drills, not even the most basic tentative attack, although the generals in the army are strange, but no one dares to question Bi Shu's strategy of using troops, people are the peerless military gods who defeated Han Xin, the king of Qi.

But now there is finally someone who can't hold his breath, he is Bishu's pro-military captain Tie Niu. …,

"General, when will we wait?" Tie Niu hurriedly entered the big tent of the Chinese army with a horizontal knife, but saw Bi Shu sitting leisurely on the couch and tasting wine, and immediately stepped forward and said, "The soldiers are looking forward to starting the war as soon as possible and winning the war as soon as possible. ”

"Morale will be problematic?" Bi Shu smiled and said, "I have only heard of the morale of the army breaking down due to lack of food, defeat or the death of the main general, but I have never heard that the morale of the army will be weakened because of the confrontation. ”

"But......" Iron Bull said hurriedly, "General, how long are we going to wait?" ”

Bi Shu smiled and waved his hand, and said: "Don't worry, don't forget that Bai Mo is the senior brother of General Ben, and the two of us are out of the Guigu Gate together, whether it is a war strategy or a wise strategy, basically they are not equal, if you want to break the mediocrity of my senior brother's guard, it is not so easy, in short, when it is time to fight, General Ben will naturally give an order." ”

"Hey." Tie Niu sighed and stamped his feet again, and walked away a little sullenly.

Seeing the figure of Tie Niu go away, the smile on Bi Shu's face slowly faded, the reason why he chose to confront instead of attacking Shangyong, Bai Mo's difficulty is actually only one of the reasons, and the deeper reason Bi Shu can't say to people at all, that is, this time, he must ensure the destruction of the Han Kingdom, and his army can't make war exploits along the way.

As for why? The reason is very simple, that is, the lesson of the late Qin General Bai Qi.

After the Battle of Changping, the vitality of Zhao was greatly damaged, and Bai Qi was about to take advantage of the victory to destroy Zhao, but in the end he waited for the edict of King Qin Zhao to withdraw his troops, so that he missed the best opportunity to destroy Zhao.

Is it true that King Qin Zhao doesn't understand the fleeting truth of fighter planes?

Of course not, of course King Qin Zhao knew that the fighter plane was fleeting, and if he missed this opportunity, the Qin army would pay a greater price in order to destroy the Zhao State, but King Qin Zhao had no choice, because Bai Qi's military exploits were too big and too high, and King Qin Zhao found that he had nothing to seal, and if Bai Qi was allowed to destroy the Zhao State again, he would simply abdicate and make way for Xian.

It was precisely because of this consideration that King Qin Zhao would recall Bai Qi at the critical moment of destroying Zhao.

After returning to Xianyang, Bai Qi finally came back to his senses, so when the Qin army was unfavorable in the war, and King Qin Zhao had no choice but to use Bai Qi again, Bai Qi refused to lead the troops to the battle, because Bai Qi had seen very clearly that if he led the troops to the battle, if the war was unfavorable to death, if the war was victorious, he would have to die, only if he was sick, or he could still save his life.

However, it is a pity that Bai Qi overestimated the mind of King Qin Zhao and was finally given to death.

Bi Shu Shi Chu has been more than ten years, Bi Shu also has enough understanding of the heart of Xiang Zhuang, the king of Chu, Bi Shu knows very well that the Duke of Guo is already the highest level of title that the meritorious ministers can obtain, as for the prince who is higher than the duke, that is the reverse scale of the King of Chu, whoever dares to covet it will die.

Bi Shu is now the Duke of the Kingdom, if he makes another meritorious service, after pacifying the King of Chu in Guanzhong and ascending the throne as the emperor, there will inevitably be a new round of rewarding ministers, and then he will inevitably be promoted to a knight again, and he will be crowned a king from the Duke of the Kingdom again? Isn't that touching the reverse scales of the King of Chu, isn't it looking for death by yourself?

Therefore, Bi Shu only wants to contain the main force of Bai Mo's Han army in Shangyong, so as to create opportunities for the rest of the Han army, Bi Shu is even already thinking about it, when the rest of the army enters Guanzhong and Bai Mo is forced to return to Xianyang, does he need to come to a light enemy to trade in and let his senior brother fight an ambush?

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Bai Mo was standing on the arrow tower of the east gate looking at the Chu army camp outside the city.

The two armies of Chu and Han have been facing each other in Shangyong for more than a month, and all directions of Tongguan, Beidi, and Shangjun are also calm, whether it is the Chu army, the Han army, the Yan army, the Zhao army, the Beimink army or the Yueshi people, at least from the current signs, there is no sign of breaking through the Han army's defense line and attacking Guanzhong, and Xianyang is still as stable as a rock. …,

I don't know why, Bai Mo always feels a faint uneasiness in his heart.

Bai Mo always felt as if he had neglected something, but every time he repeatedly sorted out his thoughts, he could never find where he was negligent.

Looking at the dense and overlapping tents of the Chu army outside the city, Bai Mo began to sort out his thoughts again.

At this juncture, there was a sudden sound of rubbing footsteps on the stairs, and when I looked back, I saw that the uncle and grandson of the imperial forest Zhonglang had already strode up the arrow tower with a sword, and when he got closer, he bowed his hand and said: "Prime Minister, the food in the city is about to be exhausted, and it will not be possible to consume it like this." ”

Bai Mo was upset for no reason, the Great Han Kingdom was in a difficult situation.

After settling down, Bai Mo asked Uncle Sun Ying, "General Uncle Sun, how much food is there in the city?" ”

"There are only more than 10,000 stones of grain left in the city." Uncle Sun Ying said, "If you only supply 50,000 troops, you can barely last half a month, but the problem is that there are still more than 200,000 people in the city, and they are about to run out of food." ”

Bai Mo's brows became more and more frowned, and he said in a deep voice: "In this way, immediately send troops to gather all the grain in the city, as well as chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep, from today onwards, the people in the city will also follow the soldiers, and distribute rations in a unified manner, and the soldiers' rations will be halved, and the people's rations will only be 20%, so that they can maintain their lives and not starve to death." ”

Uncle Sun Ying said: "But this will last for half a month at most, and what about half a month later?" ”

Bai Mo was silent, yes, what about half a month later? After half a month, there will definitely be no food in the city, but Bai Mo is sure that the Chu army outside the city will definitely not run out of food, and the counties under the rule of Chu State last year can get an unprecedented bumper harvest, how can there be a shortage of food? Looking around, Bai Mo happened to see a team of grain trucks driving into the Chu army camp.

Uncle Sun Ying said: "Prime Minister, why don't you attack the Chu army camp at night, right?" ”

"Nope." Bai Mo flatly refused, "Even Han Xin, the king of Qi, is not Bi Shu's opponent, and our army goes to attack the camp at night, isn't it equivalent to asking for a dead end?" With Shangyong Jiancheng, our army may be able to reluctantly maneuver with the Chu army, if it goes out of the city to fight, it will be defeated, and this prime minister will never do such a stupid move. ”

"Hey." Uncle and grandson stomped their feet in hatred and turned away. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )