Chapter 450: The Highlights
I don't know what Yue Fei and Meng Heng talked about, anyway, in the meeting after the two of them came back last night, Meng Hui clearly said that he would hand over all the 50,000 troops in the current pass to Yue Fei, and worship him as the marshal of this battle.
Although it is said that in the eyes of later generations, the soldier saint Yue Fei is indeed a rare talent in the world, but how did he convince Meng Hui, the first general of the royal family, at that time, this has always been a mystery, forever, forever~
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It's another morning, the dew spots are dotted with flowers and plants, revealing a different kind of fragrance, it should be the climate to step out of the door to play for a while, but in the largest house in the city not far from Yangping Pass, it is a full house of people sitting in it, and the people are talking non-stop.
"Report to Your Majesty, the first wave of 5,000 soldiers and horses has been led by General Yue Fei to enter Yangping Pass last night, and at present, there are traces found by the Qin army sentinels."
There was a sound of dense footsteps, and a soldier with a red tasseled helmet on his head walked directly into the hall and reported to the young man in a plain robe at the top.
"Hmm, got it~!"
Although it is a plain robe, Meng Li's pampered temperament in the past few years has made him stand like a white crane among this group of chickens, and the rich and compelling extravagance makes people feel deeply ashamed of themselves.
After hearing the emperor's answer, the soldier didn't say anything, and after another military salute, he quickly retreated.
Although he himself was a member of the Emperor's army, his status was not suitable for spending even a minute in this hall surrounded by important ministers.
"Your Majesty, the 50,000 troops we have prepared now will be fully replenished into Yangping Pass within five days. Now the 50,000 army had secretly arrived on the hillside not far from Yangping Pass last night, except for the 5,000 men and horses brought in by General Yue Fei. The rest is hidden in between. ”
After the red-tasseled soldier retreated, Shen Zui, who was standing not far behind Meng Li, suddenly came out of the queue to report to Meng Liyu.
"Hmm~!"
glanced at Shen drunk. Meng Li knew that he meant to let himself confirm the accuracy of the news from another channel, so Meng Li only habitually nodded and waved him back.
"Now that the 400,000 troops of the Qin army have all been exposed to the pass of Yangping Pass, it seems that they want to use the soldiers of the righteous path to quickly attack Yangping Pass to beat us for a time difference~!"
Thinking about the situation where everything is happening smoothly according to the situation imagined by himself and others, Xu Shu said with a smile.
"We can't be careless, our casualties in one day yesterday were close to 10,000, not to mention the wounded, whether these 100,000 troops can drag down the Qin army is a matter of two things, and we have to mobilize at least 30,000 soldiers and horses from the country to guard against everything."
At this moment, Guo Jia was also pulled out of his comfortable days by Meng Li. Thinking about the battle loss ratio sent back overnight yesterday, he was worried for a while, the attack of the Qin army was really terrifying.
After all, if it is considered an ordinary siege battle, the battle loss ratio of the defending side must be one-third of that of the attacking side, or even less, but judging from the intelligence sent back last night, the battle loss ratio of the two sides is close to 1:1, which really makes Guo Jia have to worry.
After all. The Qin army's infantry has more than 200,000 troops, and if the commander of the Qin army makes a bloody attack, these 100,000 horses will not even be able to withstand four days according to the intensity of yesterday's battle.
These four days. It must be impossible to delay the 400,000 Qin troops, and it is worth it to exchange half of the battle losses for 100,000 Han troops plus a Yangping Pass.
And. It doesn't matter so much battle damage, you have to catch an elite team of 5,000 centaurs. It really hurts.
Therefore, this battle is not a strategy, but a command of the battlefield. If Yue Fei was able to keep more soldiers and horses for the Han army, and the longer it was delayed, then it would be possible for the Han army to establish greater merit in the post-war pursuit, and then the more troops stationed at Yangping Pass, the more solid the defense of this critical place would definitely be.
So the most important place in all their calculations was not the post-war news transmission and the one-month field survival of the elite troops, but the defense of Yangping Pass.
How to take advantage of the dangerous terrain of Yangping Pass to consume more enemy troops at the minimum cost is the most important ground in this battle, and all this depends on Yue Fei, who His Majesty inexplicably points as the main general.
"What Feng Xiao said is that although the soldiers and horses in various parts of the country have been reduced to a limit, we can rest assured that we can transfer some more, after all, if you want to make trouble in my Han territory, you have to consider whether our people can support it~! Therefore, the work of maintaining law and order can be handed over to the local government. ”
Xu Shu nodded and agreed with Guo Jia's opinion, after all, although there was a Yellow Turban Rebellion in the Han Dynasty some time ago, it was all tempted by the demon Dao Zhang Jiao using witchcraft, and it was not that the people revolted because they disobeyed the imperial court, so the public security can be assured, and there is no need to leave standing government soldiers.
"Another thing that needs to be considered is how to make the Qin army think that the number of our army has not changed, if it is purely to let the army that secretly entered Yangping Pass 'turn the army into a soldier', and then 'turn the people into a soldier', it is difficult to guarantee that the Qin army's spies will not see anything."
Xu Shu also has this concern, although the troops who secretly entered Yangping Pass are some government soldiers drawn from China, but after all, these government soldiers have undergone systematic military training, and their combat power is definitely not as good as those people in the pass who have just picked up swords and guns.
What's more, this Yangping Pass is not the original residence of the Han Dynasty, and the spies of the Qin army can easily notice these 'newcomers' as long as they pay a little attention and then check.
"These problems, there is no way to cover them up, we can only pay more attention to the Qin army sentry in the pass, and we can hide it for a day, after all, both sides are fighting for the country, and they are red-eyed, who cares about this and that~"
Guo Jia has no way to deal with this problem, but he is not too worried, because according to the fierceness of the Qin army's attack, all the troops will be invested in five or six days, and when the time comes, they will not be able to leave if they want to~!
Looking at the hall below where you said I will come again, Meng Li's thoughts drifted to Yangping Pass in the distance, thinking that after Yue Fei's 50,000 new army had been put into battle after the initial practice, Meng Li was still very distressed, but there was no way, only Yue Fei's 20,000 new army could be put into battle in an instant and maintain a combat force, so he could only do so first.
The days to come, it's still long~ (to be continued......)