Taiyuan County, Pingzhou.

After the siege of Luoyang, the Qin army began to spread the news that the lives of the kings of Han and Zhao were unknown. Although Storm Kite and Lian Po tried their best to restrain the army, it was obvious that the position of the Han and Zhao coalition forces was somewhat unstable. On the surface, Storm Kite and Lian Po are both calm and commanding, but the two of them know that what Qin Jun said is true. Otherwise, the combined forces of Han and Zhao would not have retreated a hundred miles and gained a foothold in Pingzhou. There are many cities near Pingzhou, and the combined forces of Han and Zhao are not only convenient for supply, but also rely on layers of defense lines to consume the Qin army.

Bai Qi knew that although the Qin army had the upper hand at the moment, the advantage was actually very small. Therefore, instead of concentrating a large army to attack the impregnable city of Pingzhou, it encroached on the nearby Xiaoyi. wants to consume the living forces of the Han and Zhao coalition forces step by step, and after cutting off the two wings of Ping Zhou, he will seek to capture Ping Zhou.

Although there was no war in Pingzhou, the atmosphere in Pingzhou was not very good. The more than 200,000 Han and Zhao coalition troops were scattered in the three cities of Pingzhou and the vicinity of Pingzhou, and the smaller towns farther away were almost completely undefended. Especially the violent kite and Lian Po issued a strict order, no one is allowed to bring troops to fight without permission, otherwise even if they win, they will be killed! This naturally caused the Qin army to take more than a dozen small towns lightly, cutting off the grain routes of the Han and Zhao coalition forces. The strength of the two sides is almost the same, but the current situation is almost one-sided, and the morale of the Han and Zhao coalition forces is naturally not high.

Compared with the panic of ordinary soldiers, Lian Po and Violent Kite's mood is far from being as bad as Bai Qi imagined. The two of them were actually in the mood to drink, and they didn't care that their food was cut off by Bai Qi. This was not because Pingzhou and the other three cities had enough food and grass, in fact, each city had enough food and grass to hold out for two months. As long as Bai Qi is willing, the Qin army can completely besiege the Han and Zhao coalition armies and cut off food and grass. The reason why Bai Qi did not immediately attack the city after cutting off the grain route of the Han and Zhao coalition armies. I'm afraid it's also the idea of fighting.

Looking at the sky outside the pavilion, Lian Po said, "This year's harvest is a little bad!" ”

The tyrannical kite nodded silently, and the Qin State invaded on a large scale, and both Han and Zhao used more than 200,000 troops, which directly caused the lack of young and strong people to cultivate the fields. Especially in the area where the two sides are fighting, the fields have been damaged innumerably. It's even more grainless. I'm afraid I'm going to have to eat last year's grain this year.

After nodding, the storm kite said with a little mockery: "Our life is not easy, and the life of the Qin State is even more difficult!" The Qin State launched in three directions and mobilized more than 500,000 troops, if we can leave these 200,000 troops in Baiqi, Guanzhong will starve to death a lot this year! ”

Lian Po was noncommittal, smiled, and said, "In a few days, that partial division should go around to Zhongyang!" I have long heard that your country's tiger is the first in the world. Far better than the martial arts trained by Wu Qi, this time I am going to open my eyes! ”

Storm Kite secretly calculated that the Tiger Ben camp led by Zhu Hai could travel a hundred miles a day, and according to the itinerary, it should have just crossed Huqi Mountain now. At the beginning, after receiving the instructions of King Han, he did not immediately lead his troops south to rescue Luoyang, but retreated to lure the enemy deeper. On the surface, the Qin army had the upper hand. But there is one fatal point, and that is the supply line. After the strategic retreat of the Han and Zhao coalition forces for one hundred and fifty miles, the Qin army refused to give up the hard-won opportunity. Pressing step by step, this directly led to two results, one was that the combined forces of Han and Zhao lost 10,000 troops; The other is that the supply lines of the Qin army were stretched very long.

Originally, there was no need for the Han and Zhao coalition forces to retreat, but in order to achieve better results. Only then did he use 10,000 people as bait to successfully lure the Qin army out of Puyang, a supply point that had been managed with great difficulty, and the task of the Huben battalion was to cut off the retreat of the Qin army and prevent it from crossing the river and escaping back to Shangjun.

It is not easy for everyone to coax Bai Qi into such tactics, and it is even more difficult to defeat Bai Qi with conspiracy than to defeat Bai Qi with dignity. But Storm Kite and Lian Po still did it. On the one hand, it was a God-given opportunity, Bai Qi thought that King Han and King Zhao were trapped in Luoyang, and he must be in a hurry, and he was busy returning to the division to rescue Luoyang. In fact, the two had no intention of saving them at all at the beginning. Storm Kite and Lian Po want to take advantage of Qin Jun and Bai Qi's psychology of winning and send them an unexpected "surprise"! Their hasty evacuation is just to confuse Bai Qi and lead Bai Qi to be deceived. In order to make Yiqiē look normal, the two of them did not cheer up the low morale in the army, and even held up the free battle card, just to strengthen the Qin army's understanding and judgment of this situation step by step!

On the other hand, the main force of the Qin State was exhausted, and the forces of the two sides were equal. Bai Qi thought that he was sure of victory, and did not leave a sufficient number of reserves at all, and the Qin State did not prepare reinforcements for Bai Qi's army. Once their own side has a slight advantage, the Qin army has no room to win it back.

Therefore, the two of them had the audacity to use themselves as bait to let the Qin army easily cut off the grain route of the Han and Zhao coalition forces. The so-called shipwreck and backwater battle are probably like this. The difference is that some people follow suit, pushing themselves to a dead end without making any preparations, pinning their hopes on a dying counterattack. Storm Kite and Lian Po made the most adequate preparations, although the plan was hasty, but almost all the variables were taken into account.

"The so-called number one in the world is just a reputation. Wu Qi can lead 100,000 soldiers to rampant in the Central Plains, without tasting a single defeat, and even occupying the land of the West River in one fell swoop, Hu Ben can't do it! The two are not the same! However, when the river is crossed, I am looking forward to the appearance of the knight of the sword in your country! Storm Kite laughed and snorted.

Storm Kite naturally won't admit that Tiger Ben's combat power is the first, Lian Po said this to welcome himself, but he admitted that he didn't know how to lift up, and he was arrogant! After all, Han and Zhao formed an alliance to resist Qin, so there is no need to create suspicion because of this.

Lian Po smiled and didn't answer. Which is stronger or weaker, if you really want to care, you will naturally have to pull it out and have a competition, but if you really have a real sword, you will have to wait until Han and Zhao break up before you have a chance.

At the same time, Bai Qi frowned and looked at the map in front of him. The Han and Zhao coalition armies were cowering in the city, closing the city and not coming out, and the morale of the Qin army was so high that it was incomparably high, but how to crack this turtle shell was really embarrassing! Pingzhou impartially blocked the way for the Qin army to go north, and if the Qin army wanted to take a detour to attack the rear of Pingzhou, it would definitely not be able to make the trip. No one would dare to ignore the army of 200,000 enemy countries and take care of the enemy country on their own, unless this person has a funny head.

To be honest, Bai Qi has now completed the task assigned by King Qin. Before sending troops. King Qin just wanted to gain a foothold in Taiyuan in vain, so as to get a glimpse of the party. Today, the Qin army has not only gained a firm foothold, but also occupies half of Taiyuan County. To the west of Shangdang County in South Korea is almost completely bordered by the Qin State's Guanzhì region, which has several paths to Shangdang. But Bai Qi thought that before defeating the current army of more than 200,000 Han and Zhao. The time is not ripe for the party to be overboard. Otherwise, Bai Qi would have been able to drive a nail into Shangdang County.

The adjutant general walked in at this time, and when he saw Bai Qi staring at Yutu, he probably guessed why Bai Qi was upset, and said boldly: "The general is worried about the more than 200,000 Han and Zhao coalition troops?" ”

Bai Qi bowed his head slightly, pointed to Yutu and said: "Pingzhou and the fortresses in the south, north, and west directions are horns of each other, no matter which direction we attack from, the attacking army will bear the blows from three directions. I'm afraid that before we reach the city wall, there will be countless casualties. ”

The adjutant general agreed with Bai Qi's statement. The defense system of Pingzhou was almost impeccable, and there were basically two ways to attack such cities, one was to concentrate superior forces, and besiege the four cities together, so that they could take care of themselves. The other is to besiege but not attack, forcing the enemy army out of the city to fight with it. The former suffered too many casualties, and the latter took too long, neither of which was wanted in vain.

Conventional methods do not achieve the desired results. That's just a matter of finding something else. The adjutant general looked at the Fen River east of Pingzhou and proposed a bold construction. "Why doesn't the general decide the water of the Fen River and flood Pingzhou?"

"Flooded Pingzhou?" A flash of lightning flashed through Bai Qi's mind.

As a soldier, Bai Qi naturally knows the truth of the ruthlessness of fire and water. Flooding Yancheng and defeating hundreds of thousands of Chu troops in World War I is his masterpiece. However, the shape of Pingzhou and Yancheng is different, Yancheng is built on water, and Pingzhou is still twenty miles away from the Fen River. And. The terrain of Pingzhou is several meters higher than the water surface of the Fen River, and it is a little inappropriate to think of using water to attack. So at the beginning, Bai Qi vetoed this plan. But if you think about it differently, isn't it to conquer Pingzhou with water?!

"You've done a great job this time! If it happens. Ben will personally ask the king for credit for you! Bai Qi said happily.

The adjutant general thought that Bai Qi had ignored the water attack, not only was he secretly proud, but on the surface, he became more and more humble, and said: "Then the general will send someone to intercept Fenshui!" ”

Luoyang City, the sunset is slanting westward, and the remnant sun is like blood. As the horn sounded, the Qin army faded like a tide. Burning battle flags, badly wounded and wailing war horses, cold corpses, and an atmosphere called desolation permeated the air. The living breathed a sigh of relief, but only temporarily. Everyone knows that the Qin army is determined to win Luoyang. Although the darkness gradually engulfed the land, the siege of the Qin army did not stop five days ago, although most of the offensives were small, but no one in the defenders knew which time, the Qin army would increase its chips and launch a tidal onslaught.

"Do you say you have no clothes? with the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my spear. Enmity with the Son. How can you say that you have no clothes? With the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my spear halberd. Work with the child. How can you say that you have no clothes? with the Son. Wang Yuxingshi, repair my armor soldiers. Walk with the son. ”

Under the raging fire, hundreds of Qin soldiers continuously threw the corpses of Pao Ze into the piled firewood, and the fire reflected half of the sky. All the people knew that the Qin army was following their tradition of letting the souls of the dead rest in peace. After all, the weather is getting hotter and hotter day by day, and I don't know how long this battle will last, and if the corpses of those who died in the war are not disposed of in time, it will lead to a plague. The Horse Leather Shroud is just a beautiful thought, and the only thing most people can return to their homeland after dying in a foreign land is a handful of ashes.

Maybe it was unintentional, maybe it was intentional, the place where the Qin army burned the robes that died in battle was located upwind, and now the evening breeze is gradually rising, and the entire Luoyang City is filled with a burnt smell of "human flesh", even if the nerves are big, when they think that this is the smell of dead corpses, their appetite will be greatly reduced. Some people with poor psychological qualities will simply vomit out all the food that they have eaten for a short time.

It was already the fifth day that the Qin army had attacked the city in a row, and after tonight, it was the sixth day. Although the city of Luoyang City was in a mess, and although the defenders of Luoyang were unbearable and suffered heavy casualties, Luoyang was still in the hands of Han and Zhao's armies. Each time, the Qin army occupied the city almost like a tide, dressing the entire Luoyang city into a black water world, but each time, the defenders of Luoyang used tenacious will and tragic sacrifices. beat Qin Junsheng back.

It was an unfair battle, from the very beginning! Luoyang, as the royal city of Zhou Tianzi, should have been extremely strong, but because Zhou Tianzi only governed one city in Luoyang, the population was poor, and there were strong enemies that could not be provoked all around. Therefore, Zhou Tianzi simply turned Luoyang into an undefended city. If it weren't for the fact that the Korean army took Luoyang three days in advance and repaired it; If it weren't for the fact that the defenders of Luoyang kept repairing the city walls and demolished many houses in the city to defend the city during these five days, perhaps, Luoyang would have been lost long ago.

Of course, the Qin army knew that the defenders of Luoyang had no way to retreat, because behind them was King Han. It's King Zhao! Even if the kings of the two countries did not allow a heavy reward, the felony of the monarch falling into the hands of the enemy country alone would be enough to make everyone in the defenders of Luoyang die. To live for the king, to die for the king. If it weren't for the fact that Luoyang was too important to the Qin army, so important that it was comparable to his own 100,000 army, Duke Qi would have wanted to give up.

For the Qin State, the gains and losses of Luoyang determined the national fortunes of the Qin State. Before leaving, King Qin solemnly admonished Duke Qi. He didn't care about the casualty figures, even if he fought out the 100,000 troops. As long as the king of Han and the king of Zhao can be captured or killed, the Duke of Qin will be the hero of the Qin state, and the king of Qin will not hesitate to reward no matter what kind of medicine he is rewarded.

For South Korea and Zhao Guo, this is not a battle related to national fortunes. Reinforcements from all directions are rushing to Luoyang, as long as they hold on for one more day or an hour. In a quarter of an hour, reinforcements may appear on the horizon, and it will be you who will win, and all your previous sacrifices will be rewarded. If you can't persevere, there will be a certain year and a certain month in the history books. The record of Qin's surprise attack on Luoyang and the capture of King Han and King Zhao is nailed to the pillar of shame in history like King Chu Huai. The difference is that King Chu Huai is stupid and credulous about Qin; King Han and King Zhao were incompetent, and the 30,000 army did not block the siege of the 100,000 army for several days.

In just five days of siege battles, the Qin army paid the price of more than 40,000 casualties, which is also related to the tactics of the Qin army. The strong attack continued day and night, which not only tired the defenders of Luoyang, but also tired the Qin army itself. So far, almost all the Qin troops have participated in at least two sieges, and of the 40,000 people, less than 20,000 have actually been killed, but more than 20,000 have been killed or wounded.

Luoyang City is small, and there are very few barriers that the defenders can rely on. Therefore, in proportion to the huge casualties of the Qin army, the casualties of the defenders of Luoyang. The original 30,000 defenders can now take up arms and fight only half of the number, and more people sleep in this deep land.

In the camp of the Qin army, the Duke of Qi had a worried face, the results of the scout's reconnaissance just now were not optimistic, and the Han army in the direction of Yewang had reached the river (Yellow River) and confronted the partial division he had assigned across the river. It is believed that it will not be long before the South Korean army will collect enough ships to cross the river. The Korean army in this direction is 20,000, although it is not enough to relieve the siege of Luoyang, but it can force itself to divide its troops, and once it divides its troops, the pressure on Luoyang will be sharply reduced. The reason why he attacked Luoyang more than once was because he didn't want to give Luoyang any respite, so in fact, there was not much time left for the Qin army.

As for the direction of Yique to the south, the South Korean army also faintly moved to build. Of course, it is very likely that this is part of the suspicious soldiers of Mikawa County. After all, Yiyang is the place where the army of Sanchuan County gathers, and it is naturally the top priority of the Qin army's defense. What Duke Qi was most worried about was that Luoyang and Yiyang should cooperate with each other, and King Han and King Zhao, who had become the turtles in the urn, fled to the important town of Yiyang.

There is also Chenggao in the east, Xinzheng's reinforcements will generally go to the Chenggao line and cross the river (Yellow River) to support, so far, Qi Gong has not received any news of Chenggao's abnormal movements. This is the same as the latest news from the Wei State, that is, the King of Wei sent an army of 100,000 to surround Xinzheng with Jin as his general. South Korea is now too busy to take care of itself, and the Korean army in Yingchuan County is afraid that they want to rescue Xinzheng again, and they want to cross the river to reinforce Luoyang, and now they are arguing!

Qi Gong looked at the map and analyzed it carefully, and now it seems that there will be no South Korean reinforcements in the direction of Chenggao, and the only ones that South Korea can send reinforcements are Shangdang and Sanchuan. Among them, the 20,000 troops of the Shangdang have already arrived, and if they can't use the river (Yellow River) to block the other party, it is very likely that the shape will be reversed. As for the direction of Sanchuan County, the direction of Yique should be the Han army's feint here, and the real direction of assistance must be Yiyang. This does not rule out one point, that is, South Korea has mobilized a large army from Nanyang, but reinforcements have not yet arrived.

Time! Time! For the first time, he wished that time would pass more slowly. In the worst-case scenario, there are only two days left for the Duke of Qi, two days, if Luoyang cannot be taken in two days, then he will have to divide his troops to deal with the harassment of Sanchuan and Shangdang counties, and it will be delayed for two or three days to take Luoyang! On the surface, this is nothing, but in reality, the variables in betweenness are immeasurable. Now South Korea is in a hurry, once South Korea decides to break the kettle, regardless of Xinzheng's life or death to reinforce Luoyang, then its 100,000 army is very likely to be besieged by more South Korean troops in Luoyang, a small land surrounded by water on three sides, and there is only one way to destroy it! (To be continued......)