Battle of Changping Chapter 228 Make up for the strength with space
There is no way, the Qin State will not sit idly by and watch the army be destroyed, and the Qin army has obtained key grain and straw among the Wei army, leaving the Zhao army with limited time.
Since it is necessary to have a hard bar, it is better to gather the heavy troops together, so that at least they are not afraid of being caught by the Qin army and losing the results they have already achieved.
However, in this way, it also greatly increased the possibility of the Qin army escaping, no matter what Zhao Kuo said, it could not change the fact that the net was diluted, if the Qin army rushed out regardless of it, it was very likely to rush out. At least Bai Qi, under the protection of his own soldiers, has a high probability of being able to break out of the encirclement.
Of course, even if the Qin army rushes out, between the lofty mountains and mountains, it is bound to drop a large piece of meat, and if Bai Qi, who is the main general, leaves the army alone, maybe Bai Qi will not be in vain from now on.
In this way, there are two paths in front of Zhao Jun:
First, he organized part of the troops to take advantage of the time difference between the Qin army's reinforcements and the Shangdang Qin army's combat strength being in danger, and fighting with Qin. Although it is also possible to defeat the Qin army and annihilate it completely, it is too risky because the timing is really difficult to grasp.
Second, it is to concentrate forces and fight the Qin army, there is a certain chance that the Qin army can be completely annihilated, but there is a greater chance that the Qin army can escape, of course, the pursuit battle can at least inflict heavy damage on the Qin army.
Thinking about this, how to choose is actually obvious.
"I would like to listen to the general's orders!" Lian Po and Tian Dan glanced at each other, and then bowed to Zhao Kuo.
Seeing that he finally persuaded the two, Zhao Kuo was also overjoyed in his heart, if he said that the previous battle of the party was still a decision made by relying on his own memory of history, this time the change from difficulty to attack was completely a decision made by himself based on his own cognition.
Of course, such a decision is not groundless, just like the tactic of "pulling out broken teeth", which was never imagined by Zhao Kuo.
That's right, Zhao Kuo's tactics are still based on the classic examples of his previous life! No, it should be war!
What do you think I'm talking about is concentrating on one point?
You are so naïve!
What I'm going to say is the big deep thinking: space for time!
Zhao Kuo's strategy is obviously not as simple as turning the siege into annihilation and drawing troops for a decisive battle, but to convert the vast land and tortuous road of Shangdang County into a sharp weapon against the Qin army, delay the escape of the Qin army, and make up for the lack of his own troops. That is, the exchange of space for troops.
Of course, it is not so easy to realize such a strategic vision.
At least, there is still a lot of work to be done in terms of secrecy and speed, and this is exactly what Zhao Kuo wants to emphasize next.
"To achieve a heavy blow to the Qin army, our army must do the following." Zhao Kuo helped Lian Po and Tian Dan and began to explain the key points of the strategy of "turning the encirclement into annihilation".
"First, the drawing and gathering of troops must be decisive, swift and secretive!" Zhao Kuo approached Yutu with Lian Po and Tian Dan, and said slowly: "If you don't move, you must be as quick as a cunning rabbit. It is necessary to readjust the pockets before the Qin army can react. Once the Qin army knew that our army had adjusted its strength, it would be able to immediately guess our army's intention for a decisive battle, and it would not be known that the whole army would flee. Therefore, the actions of our army must be
The north and east are still good, and Sun Gu's headquarters will directly return to the defense Changping Pass to the line along the old pass, and arrange thousands of troops in front of Zoumaling for warning purposes;
The Light Wolf City in the west should immediately send personnel to repair the defense of the first line of Kongcang Ridge, and then complete all the mobilizations within half a day: 10,000 troops quickly retreated to Kongcang Ridge to establish a defensive line, and the other 20,000 troops quickly interspersed with the decisive battle with the Qin army;
And the main force of our fortress must also start to penetrate at the same time, and slightly ahead of the army on the western route, interspersed in place, and immediately launch an attack on the Qin army, and this is also the second point."
As he spoke, Zhao Kuo drew a curve on the black regiment representing the Qin army in the map, and said slowly: "Second, once the war starts, our army must quickly stick to the Qin army with lightning speed, engage the Qin army in as many frontal positions as possible, and force the Qin army to invest a large number of troops
powerless to escape."
Then Zhao Kuo explained slightly: "Bai Qi is not an ordinary general. Although our army deceived its attention in the early stage by "hiding from the sky and crossing the sea", but now the total strength of our army, I am afraid that Bai Qi still knows in his heart, seeing that such a large army of our army is attacking together, it is not difficult to guess the weakness of the defense of the rest of the places. Therefore, only by sticking it up and entangling him can it be possible to completely annihilate the Qin army."
"Maybe our army can reduce its strength a little at the beginning of the war, not to put all the more than 100,000 troops away, and it is okay to confuse the Qin army a little, the more places to be engaged, the Qin army is no longer able to get rid of it, and our army will be pressed by the whole army, so that the Qin army will have nowhere to escape." Lian Po added on the side.
"As General Lian said." Zhao Kuo nodded and continued: "It's just that the so-called method is from the top and gets the middle, and the art of war also has the saying of thinking about defeat in order to win. Therefore, our army still needs to make a little plan for the situation after the Qin army gets rid of the main force of our army and breaks through."
"There are already troops in various places, and after a day or two of defense, my army can keep up, and there should be no major problems." Tian Dan responded.
"Indeed!" Zhao Kuo looked at the map and said slowly, "As long as the Qin army doesn't regain the support of grain and straw."
"What does the Admiral mean?" Tian Dan also looked at the corner of the map, and then pointed with his left hand, which was the former base camp of the Qin army-Light Wolf City.
"Is the general afraid that the Qin army will collect grain after recapturing the Wolf City?" Lian Po then asked.
"It's not just Light Wolf City." Zhao Kuo nodded slightly, and continued: "This is also the third point, just in case, you need to take the strategy of clearing the wilderness along the way, so that the Qin army can get a single meter on the way in. The grain of the Qin army in the light wolf city can be divided into a part of the people, one is brought to the Chinese army with the army, and the other is buried on the spot or transferred to the empty warehouse to receive it. The same is true of the grain in the mountains and the grain in the walls."
As I just said, the most important factor in trapping the Qin army is food, and if the fleeing Qin army is allowed to get food, it is tantamount to repeating the stupid behavior of the former "national government", so that the enemy can get a greater promotion than himself in precious time. Zhao Kuo obviously wouldn't do it.
The two of them also nodded when they heard this, the combat power of the well-fed Qin army and the hungry Qin army were two armies at all.