Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Battle of Chencang (2)
The Great Qin Border Army has always been elite.
The more than 400 people brought by Menghu are all veterans of the rest of the battle, compared with Li Yuanjun, who has a large number of new soldiers, the addition of this new force will give Li Yuan more freedom to maneuver.
"In that case, please join the ranks." Li Yuan nodded and motioned for Meng Hu to stand in the middle of the general.
In the tent, Li Yuan and a group of generals were discussing the situation of the war. The battle situation in Chen Cang gradually developed from a single counterinsurgency and civil strife to a decisive battle that affected the entire Yongqi, which Li Yuan did not expect before.
The Qiang people living in the Jiangshui and Jishui areas have the same ancestors as the Qin people, but the Qiang people are used to nomadism, while the Qin people gradually put down the whip of shepherding sheep and turned to the Central Plains people to learn to cultivate jishu. After more than 1,000 years of reproduction, these two peoples of the same kind have different cultures, and at the same time, the gap between them is also deepening.
This time, Li Yuan returned to Yongqi with nearly 200,000 Qin people, and the arrival of these Qin people made the Qiang people who originally lived here extremely panicked.
The pastures were usurped.
Cattle and sheep were killed.
The territory of the Qiang people is getting smaller and smaller, which makes them extremely desperate.
On the front of Chen Cang, under the heavy pressure of Xiang Yu, Liu Bang still sent Wang Ling, who was also a general of the Qin State, to increase Qi Gill, and the two Liu armies combined to reach 10,000 people.
On the side of Li Yuan's army, Jiang Yu led 4,000 generals to fight against the Qiang tribe in the Jiangshui area, Luo Jia's cavalry and 3,000 foot soldiers were pinned down by the Qiang people in Jishui, and the remaining 2,000 soldiers were stationed in various places to quell small-scale rebellions in various counties, plus some new soldiers who needed to be reorganized and trained before they could go to the battlefield, Li Yuan was able to invest 16,000 troops in Chencang.
In terms of troops, it is the first time that the opponent is better than the other party's war, Yu Li originally said.
This year, every time he encounters danger and is surrounded by the enemy's heavy troops, Li Yuan is almost used to it, this time, if it weren't for Qi Gill who still has some brains, he knows to incite the Qiang people to rebel first, otherwise, Li Yuan will fight at the door of Chen Cang's house, except for a small number of troops left behind, he can pour out of the nest and directly encircle and annihilate the Qi army.
In ancient times, cold weapon wars were often protracted, and when a war broke out in one place, basically for several years afterward, it was still a barren grass.
Before this war, Li Yuan fought every time, almost no need to think about post-war reconstruction and other matters, but now it is very different, Yongqi is the foundation of Li Yuan's army in the future, the war drags on too long, the pressure on supply will increase, for Li Yuanjun, whose grain supply is already tight, a war of attrition is not the most ideal result.
In addition, the uncertainty of the battle also multiplied the pressure of local warfare, construction is far more difficult than destruction, the relocated Qin people have just sown hope in Yongqi, and are creating wealth with their hands, they are the people Li Yuan must protect, and they are also the future of Li Yuan's army.
"In front of our army, the Qi Gill Army still has 5,000 soldiers, and General Wang Shang is facing off under the city, and the Wang Ling Army also has nearly 5 or 6,000 people, this enemy army has just encountered our army, from the analysis of combat power, the soldiers of these two enemy armies are not very strong in their desire to fight, and the reason is that they were still the troops of the Qin State guarding Hanzhong before." Li Yuan's face was solemn and his movements were skillful, and he pointed to the sign near Chen Cang on the silk map, and analyzed the battle situation to everyone.
Childishness is completely invisible in this young man in his early twenties.
Some are mature that are not commensurate with their age.
It is this calmness that makes Li Bi, Bai Guangji, Cao Xin and other young people sacrifice their lives to accompany them. It also made Menghu, who had just come in, admire.
"Li Yuan, a true hero." Although he didn't say it, Meng Hu secretly admitted it in his heart.
This time he decided to stay in Yongqi, which meant Wang Li, but more importantly, it was Menghu's own thoughts, after the defeat of Julu, Menghu also began to re-understand himself, and re-examine Li Yuan, who always defeated the strong in the war with the anti-Qin princes.
"General, since the enemy was once a Qin pawn, can you say surrender?" Bai Guangji said softly, and shook his head a little unconfidently. He is not used to speaking out at such a meeting that determines the general trend.
"Now, our army is weak, Liu's army is strong, and it is becoming weak at the expense of strength, and it is unlikely that we will be persuaded to surrender." Li Bi interjected, this young man from Li Youfu began to grow slowly in the battles again and again.
Although the other party's soldiers have also worn the armor of the Qin army, but now, the Qin State has been destroyed, and Li Yuan's Qin army is just some remnants of diehards in the eyes of many people.
"If it is not possible, I might as well put the battlefield under Chencang City and tear up the enemy, our army has a strong city, and the geographical advantage is advantageous, and who are you afraid of?" Meng Hu glanced at the map disdainfully and said confidently.
For the pride of the Qin State, for the officers and soldiers of the Great Qin Border Army, what kind of enemy is a chicken, not to mention that the two enemy armies on the opposite side are some of the original county soldiers.
"No, you can't. The enemy's strength is twice as strong as ours. If the city is defended, the war will inevitably be delayed, and the supply of food and straw for our army is insufficient, and it cannot support it for a long time. Li Yuan pondered for a long time, and finally made up his mind.
"General, what if the enemy doesn't chase after you?" Meng Hu was still a little unconvinced, and asked.
"If I go to the front of the battle, shout and curse the enemy general, and lose three battles in a row, the enemy will not chase after me." Li Yuan smiled calmly and replied.
Qi Gill is just a nameless.
In the case that the soldiers' fighting spirit is not strong, the contest between the generals becomes important, and Li Yuan really wants to see if Qi Gill has the courage to attack, and whether he has the courage to go deep alone.
In addition, although the Qi army is strong, there are also weaknesses. That is that the soldiers are not very willing to fight with the Qin army who were once colleagues, in this case, if the Qi army is lured into the encirclement of Li Yuanjun's ambush, then in the melee you can sneak out with fine cavalry and take the head of Qi Gill in one fell swoop, and then the enemy army will collapse without a fight.
"In this way, the Lord will repeatedly put himself in danger and be unrighteous." Meng Hu still argued that because of the lack of strength, Li Yuan was already accustomed to using troops to take risks, and Li Bi, Bai Guangji and others were also a little accustomed to it, but Meng Hu was different, he was born in the border army, and the method of using troops he learned was dignified and upright, and for him, strategy was only an auxiliary, and strength was fundamental.
"Haha, with Captain Meng Du, the enemy column is ten times more than that, what can I do?" The addition of Li Yuan Daxiao and Meng Hu has indeed given Li Yuan the capital to lure the enemy, and compared with Li Yuanjun, who has not yet taken shape, the elite of the border army can be trusted more.
After the loss of the national capital Xianyang, the remaining two Qin armies finally moved from separation to unity under the pinching of Li Yuan, and on the future battlefield, they will shout the war song of the Qin army, march forward bravely, and fight side by side.