Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Idea of Cutting Qin (II)

Of course, the fortresses on the border between Qin and South Korea, such as Tongguan and Yaoguan, are still strong, and if the Korean army wants to attack, the casualties will inevitably be not small. But no matter how strong the fortress is, it also needs soldiers to defend it, and the casualties caused by the war have never been unilateral, the king of Han gambled that the 200,000 Xiongnu army would make Qin's troops stretched, and the bet was that Qin did not have enough troops to make up for the casualties of the defenders caused by the Han army's siege! When the number of defenders on these fortresses becomes smaller and smaller, the hope of the Korean army breaking through the city and attacking Guanzhong will be infinite!

This is a big gamble, and if you want to win, you have to put all your chips on it! Only in this way can we force Qin Guo to also press all the chips! Until one side can't stand the heavy pressure and chooses "stud"!

If there were no constraints from Zhao, Qi, and Chu, no one would doubt that South Korea would be all the winners! But up to now, Zhao still has 250,000 troops, Qi still has 190,000 troops, and Chu still has 190,000 troops on the front line (30,000 casualties of the Chu army, 30,000 were transferred to Jiujiang to deal with the invasion of Dongyue, so 190,000 are saved), and the total strength of the three kingdoms exceeds 600,000!

As for South Korea, the 130,000 troops in Mengfu (50,000 in Shangdang and 80,000 in Hanoi), and 390,000 in Li Mu (80,000 in Runan County, 200,000 in Dong County, and 110,000 in Dangjun), a total of 520,000, were pinned down by the army of the Three Kingdoms!

According to the original plan, after the 60,000 army led by Han Teng forced the Chu State to withdraw troops from Huaisi, Li Muhui quietly led the main forces of Dongjun and Dangjun to the south, taking advantage of the huge advantage in strength to defeat the Chu army in one fell swoop! Don't seek total annihilation, but ask to drive the Chu army south of Huaishui! Then, Li Mu will lead the troops to deal with the 190,000 army of the Qi State! Without the strategy of the State of Chu, it should be very easy to force the State of Qi to retreat! Finally, the Korean army attacked Zhao again and ended the war! This is the so-called easy first and then difficult plan!

For this grand plan. South Korea spent more than a month secretly collecting intelligence and mobilizing troops, and now, things are about to succeed! The king of Han changed his mind and wanted to take advantage of the heavenly opportunity of the Xiongnu invasion to attack Qin, and the imagination of the ministers was rich. I also have to admit that King Han has a lot of courage!

In the case of limited troops, the strategy of defeating Chu and then defeating Qi naturally cannot be implemented at the same time as attacking Qin! The ministers began to think about how many troops to draw to attack Qin, how many troops to keep for Zhao, Qi, and Chu, and what strategy to adopt to buy time for defeating Qin!

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that although the war between Shangdang and Hanoi is still stalemate, in fact we are still extremely passive! These two directions. On the contrary, most of the troops have been gathered on the border, and the interior is relatively empty, so I think that we should add 20,000 or 30,000 troops! Or, keep a corresponding number of troops in Luoyang to deal with the total! Prime Minister Zhang Ping was the first to speak.

King Han nodded. Recognized Zhang Ping's construction! As far as Shangdang is concerned, Shangdang is mountainous. The main roads and river valleys connected to the outside world were also heavily guarded by the Korean army, but Zhao Hao was by no means easy to get along with. In addition to strictly ordering the defenders of Yanhe and Shiyi to stay closed, it is also necessary to prevent a small number of Zhao troops from crossing the mountains and mountains to enter the Shangdang! In the direction of Hanoi, the weather is getting colder and colder, and the ice in the river is getting thicker and thicker, so you need to beware of Zhao Jun crossing the ice. Attack Hanoi! It is appropriate to increase the corresponding forces to ensure the heartland of the two counties!

"Dispatch 20,000 elites from Luoyang to Changping, and then order Li Mu to pay attention to the movements of the Zhao army on the other side of the river!" King Han commanded. There are 200,000 troops in Dongjun! At the beginning, the reason why King Han let Li Mu lead so many troops was because Hanoi was narrow. There are too many troops to be used, and there are many soldiers under Li Mu's command, so they can not only gain the strategic advantages of Qi and Chu, but also quickly support Hanoi!

"There are 100,000 troops in Han, and it is necessary to defend the city when you go out, and the general Le Cheng can still mobilize 80,000 troops to attack Guanzhong from the direction of Diagonal Dao, Old Dao, and Meridian Dao! This is the first way to cut Qin! The second road is Nanyang, in the direction of Nanyang, the army is only 40,000, the defense is more than enough, but the attack is slightly insufficient! Chen Jianyì, let General Han Teng lead 60,000 troops to the north, so, can gather 100,000 troops, behind the pass is Lantian, there are 100,000 troops besieging the pass, Xianyang must be difficult to sleep! ”

"The third road is Hangu Pass, Hedong and Sanchuan originally had a total of 110,000 troops, and now 30,000 troops died in Hedong, there are still 40,000 elite troops in Hedong, and Sanchuan only has 40,000 troops, and the number is already insufficient. The danger of Tongguan is not under the pass, and it cannot be taken without a 100,000-strong army! Therefore, an additional 60,000 troops must be added, and an army of 100,000 must be gathered! Chen Jian yì, 60,000 troops were drawn from General Li Mu, the captain of the guard! This way, led by General Jin Wuwei! As for Luoyang, there are 40,000 troops enough to defend it! Zhang Ping continued.

Many people were stunned by Zhang Ping's plan of 300,000 troops to attack the Qin State in three ways! King Han just said that he would gather a large army to attack the Qin State, but how much it was was not revealed! An army of 100,000 is already a lot in the eyes of many ministers, but 200,000 is very safe! The 300,000 reported by Zhang Ping is already one-third of South Korea's troops! This means that South Korea will use the remaining forces to deal with the three kingdoms of Zhao, Qi, and Chu!

At the beginning, Li Mu led an army of 400,000 to deal with the 450,000 army of Qi and Chu, Meng Wei led an army of 150,000 to deal with the 300,000 army of Zhao, and Tyrant Kite led 150,000 to deal with the 250,000 army of Qin, and the 100,000 army was in the center! Among the 100,000 mobile troops, 60,000 have been transferred to Lantian and used to threaten Yingdu!

According to Zhang Ping's Jianyì, in this way, in the direction of Shangdang and Hanoi, the 150,000 army of Korea (20,000 lost, and the Luoyang side added 20,000, still 150,000) against the 250,000 army of Zhao; In the direction of Dongjun, Dangjun, and Runan, the 330,000 army of South Korea will deal with the 380,000 army of Qi and Chu, but in this way, the 80,000 army of Yingdu will become a big variable!

"Your Majesty! General Han Teng's 60,000 military commission really can't be mobilized! Nanyang's 40,000 army plus the 60,000 army under General Han Teng's command is only 100,000 in total! If it is all used to attack the pass, Nanyang will be empty, and if the Chu State learns this news, I am afraid that it will attack Nanyang. This way the Korean army was cut off, and it was extremely dangerous! Suddenly, some ministers objected, but they did not deny it entirely, thinking about it, they also thought that what Zhang Ping said was quite in line with King Han's consistent boldness!

"Yes! Your Majesty! The envoy of Yingdu asking for help must have arrived in Huaisi! It is very likely that Jingyang will send tens of thousands of troops back to Yingdu! Therefore, the state of Chu (Yingdu) can mobilize more than 80,000 soldiers and horses. Even, maybe 150,000 people! Someone chimed in.

Zhang Ping nodded with a smile and said, "What you said is very true! It is very likely that the state of Chu will draw forty or fifty thousand troops from Huaisi, so that the soldiers under General Li Mu will be almost the same as the combined forces of Qi and Chu! The advantage of our country in this direction is still obvious! It's just that don't panic. I feel that Nanyang is empty, and I am afraid that it will be taken advantage of by the Chu State! I'm afraid you have forgotten that in the direction of Bashu, there are still 100,000 elites who can be called! As long as we conquer the pass and surround Yiling, the direction of Yingdu will never dare to act rashly! ”

Fan Sui smiled and supported Zhang Ping and said, "What the prime minister said is very true! Without General Han Teng to contain the Chu State, we still have the 100,000 troops of Bashu to threaten Yingdu! Isn't the state of Chu pretending to make peace with us now? Zuotu Huang Xie has been hanging for several days, why don't we deal with Chu Guoxu and the snake, and wait to overcome the pass. Coerce the state of Chu to withdraw from this war again?! When the state of Chu finds out that this is our delaying tactic, I am afraid that we have a large army that has already entered the pass! The minister has a plan, when the army in the direction of Hanzhong and Sanchuan begins to attack, we pretend to be very sincere and retreat for thirty miles, deceive the Chu State with suspicious soldiers, and take advantage of this time to make the Bashu army go downstream! ”

Many ministers couldn't help but begin to fantasize about it, just when Chu Guo felt that South Korea was deceived by himself. An army of 100,000 marched down the river from Bashu and conquered the pass. The jaw-dropping scene of Chu State! At this time, even if the Chu State found out that the Han army outside Lantian City had already gone to the camp empty, it would be useless!

Of course, King Han knew that although the plan to attack Qin seemed to have enough troops, it only seemed to be enough! After all, the Qin State still had an army of 100,000 in Hedong, if it was used properly. It is still possible to pose a sufficient threat to South Korea! Whether it is to take Hedong completely, attack Shangdang or go south to Sanchuan, the pressure on South Korea is not ordinarily great! After all, after the 300,000-strong army attacked the Qin State, Sanchuan and Shangdang could be called strong and middle-class. Emptiness inside. Of course, the pressure on the Qin State is much greater than that of South Korea, and under normal circumstances, the Xianyang side will be even more unable to withstand it!

"What objections do you Aiqing have to the Prime Minister's three-way expedition to Qin?" King Han asked out loud.

"The ministers have no objections!" The ministers said in unison.

Obviously, once the 300,000 army invades Qin, the Qin State will be powerless. The 100,000-strong army of Bashu went down the river, and the state of Chu would inevitably fall into panic. At this time, unless Zhao and Qi add more troops to the front line, otherwise, there will be no room for things to turn around!

"Good! The widow gambled on this time, and the 300,000 army attacked the Qin State in three ways! After all, the Huns come and go like the wind, and they are not good at attacking cities! The longer the war drags on, the more likely it is that the Huns will be defeated! Where is Shang Shuling? ”

"The minister is here!" The Shangshu Order, which was specifically responsible for drafting edicts and issuing decrees, was listed.

"The edict is that General Lecheng will command 80,000 troops from the day he receives the decree to attack the Qin State, and he must enter Guanzhong within one month."

"The edict ordered that the guard lieutenant Li Mu divided 60,000 troops to Shaanxi County immediately to wait for the dispatch, and he must arrive within ten days. The edict ordered that the captain Han Teng would withdraw the army to Deng County in batches within ten days, and not let the Chu army find out the truth and rush to the city of Yaoguan within a month! The edict said that the army of Nanyang County was commanded by Han Teng, and the widow would see the flames of the battle in Yaoguan a month later! ”

"Edict, Captain Han Zheng has 20,000 soldiers to help Changping!"

One after another edicts were issued from King Han's mouth, and Shang Shuling was very busy! Write the edicts one by one quickly, and finally hand them over to King Han for review! King Han swept his eyes twice, and ordered the eunuch to bring his seal and stamp it himself!

At the end, King Han looked around at the ministers and said, "Ladies and gentlemen! According to the solidity of the letter of the Qin State, the land of the four stoppers, the monarchs and ministers insisted on peeking into the Zhou room, and there was the intention of sweeping the world, encompassing the universe, encompassing the four seas, and annexing the heart of the eight wildernesses. Although there have been many defeats and few victories over the years, in terms of topography, there are few people in the seven countries under heaven who can defeat the Qin State! The Wei State was newly destroyed, and the widows did not want to make a big move, so they were reckless, but they were persecuted by the world. Since South Korea wants to dominate the world, it can't back down step by step! The so-called victory is survival, defeat is death, and now the shape of Korea is shìer! The Qin State is a hundred-legged insect, dead but not stiff! This time, the outnumbered people gathered an army of 300,000, once they gain a firm foothold in Guanzhong, the Qin State will never become a problem for my Korea! Zhao, Qi, and Chu must be frightened, and when the time comes, it will be divided into three or five years, and the overall situation of the world can be determined! I hope you will work together! ”

"The ministers must do their best to live up to the king's trust!" The ministers responded in unison.

At this court meeting, the Korean monarchs and ministers reached a consensus on the invasion of Qin. Although the edict has been written and distributed, there is still a lot of work for everyone! Moreover, in order to prevent the Xiongnu from being defeated too quickly, the king of Han had strict requirements for the time to send troops. Therefore, after the end of the court meeting, the ministers prepared to perform their duties in twos and threes and went to their respective posts to work!

The same is true of Prime Minister Zhang Ping and Imperial Doctor Fan Sui, but before the two could turn around and leave, they were stopped by the eunuch order. The eunuch ordered the two of them to discuss, and the king of Han had important matters to discuss.

What else is more important than the war against Qin, the two of them don't know, with extreme curiosity, the two of them walked to the harem under the leadership of the eunuch order!

When I saw King Han again, King Han had already changed into civilian clothes, and when I saw Zhang Ping and Fan Sui coming together, after King Han gave tea and gave a seat, he retreated from everyone and said to the two with a stern face: "I received a secret report from Handan, Zhao State has reached an agreement with Qi State, and the two countries will join forces to attack Dongjun!" ”

Zhang Ping and Fan Sui quickly glanced at each other, and they both saw the surprise in each other's eyes flash! The stalemate in the fighting in Hanoi has been going on for two months, and it is not surprising that such a thing happened! Moreover, South Korea confirmed the news in advance, and the two countries can pose even fewer threats to South Korea!

"Is it news from Lü Buwei?" Fan Sui asked in a deep voice.

King Han nodded, knowing that Fan Sui was worried about whether Lü Buwei would surrender to the Qin State, and said: "Lü Buwei is just a guest now, and the power of the Qin State is now in the hands of Wei Ran, even if Lü Buwei wants to surrender, he will do so after getting rid of Wei Ran, so the news is still reliable!" The widow has already known Li Mu and Meng Fu, let them adapt to the situation! Next, it's the real test for us in Korea! ”

"From the courtier's point of view, the king doesn't need to worry! Li Mu and Meng Fu are both great generals in the world, although the terrain of Dongjun is flat, which is conducive to the formation of the armies of Zhao and Qi, but before our Korean army is defeated and retreated, they will not dare to risk raiding Luoyang! Zhang Ping said unhurriedly. (To be continued......)

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