Chapter 578: The Qin army marched to welcome the coalition army
"Report!" An urgent report once again entered the already devastated capital of the Zhou Dynasty, but the person who received the report was replaced by Wang Di, the general of the Qin State.
"General, the alliance army has come from all the camps, and it is less than fifteen miles away from here." With permission, the scouts briefly reported to Wang that the coalition was coming.
"Good time!" Without waiting for Wang Di to make a judgment, Meng Fu, who had just returned from victory, had already stood up, and then clasped his hands into fists and asked Wang Di to fight: "The last general is willing to lead the cavalry of his headquarters to meet the coalition army." Hearing this, Wang Yi smiled helplessly, and said: "The enemy army is coming from the camp, not to mention 200,000 soldiers and horses, your cavalry is only 30,000, not as good as Zhao Guo's 80,000 army, how can it be the enemy?" "Looking at the somewhat young and unwilling Meng Qi, of course Wang Ji knows what it means to be young and vigorous, if General Bai Qi is still alive and the Battle of Changping is not defeated, even if these 30,000 cavalry are put into battle, what does it matter if Meng Qi is taught a lesson.
can cultivate an excellent general, this loss, Qin State does not care at all. It's just that today's Great Qin can no longer withstand such a waste, and even if he wants to teach, he can only use a more gentle method.
"It's okay for other countries, this army of Zhao State must not be taken lightly." Wang Ji continued to preach.
Obviously, the easiest way Wang can think of is to preach. However, the preaching obviously did not have much impact on a young officer, especially since this officer had just led his army to break through the vanguard of the coalition forces.
Wang Yi naturally saw the resentment in Meng Fu's heart, and even knew that only the vivid classroom of the battlefield could really teach Meng Fu a lesson.
Of course, you still can't do the thing of losing 30,000 troops in vain! But if you can exchange 30,000 casualties for 30,000 or 40,000 casualties of the coalition army, then there will be an educational surprise.
It's a good deal. Then push out the more than 200,000 troops, take advantage of the victory of destroying the Zhou and breaking the enemy, and do a battle with the coalition army.
It just so happened that the army had been repaired for several hours. Wang Di, who had already made up his mind in his heart, did not give an order immediately, but continued to look at the scout and asked, "How is the layout of the enemy's front, middle, and rear armies?" What is the speed of travel? How long will it take to get to the outskirts of Los Angeles? The scout thought for a moment, and then replied fluently: "General Yushang: The enemy's forward is about 40,000 people, or mainly the Chu army, the Chinese army of Wei is in the middle, the cavalry of Zhao protects the two wings, and the rear army should be the rear of the Han army. ”
"Good!" When Wang Yi heard this, he immediately stood up, looked at the generals present and said: "It seems that the coalition forces see that Luodu is occupied by our army, and finally they can't sit still, this is going to fight with our army!" The headquarters of the coalition army was not worried, but Zhao Guo was involved, but our army had to be careful. Hearing this, even the proud Meng Fu has reined in.
After all, Meng Fu grew up listening to Bai Qi's stories, and even General Bai Qi was folded in the hands of Zhao Jun, so he couldn't help but be in awe.
"However, the Zhao army is only 80,000 troops against our 220,000 army, and the person who leads the troops is just an old man, and his Zhao army is a little too big." Seeing that the generals' emotions cooled slightly, Wang Yi agitated again.
When the generals heard it, it seemed that there was some truth, if the opposite side was all Zhao army, or the army was led by King Zhao, it might be really difficult to do, but now it is only a mere 80,000 troops, what is there to fear!
Immediately, the generals regained their confidence. As for the remaining more than 100,000 troops of the coalition army, they are just a bunch of feats in the eyes of everyone.
As a result, several generals, including Meng Fu, once again asked Wang Di to fight the coalition army. Seeing that the morale of the generals had been boosted, and they were even gearing up to go to the battlefield to show their skills again, Wang Yi immediately continued to agitate: "Since the coalition forces dare to come, how can our army not fight?" ”
"Fight!"
"Fight!" The generals shouted in unison.
"Herald." Wang Ji struck while the iron was hot and issued a military order: "The army can prepare for battle, and after two quarters of an hour, the whole army will attack to meet the coalition army." ”
"Yes!" All the generals agreed. A big battle quietly kicked off in this dusk, which was already getting dark.
The speed of the Qin army was very fast, and in less than two quarters of an hour, the 200,000 army had been assembled, except for more than 20,000 soldiers defending the city and thousands of wounded soldiers, this was already the entire Qin army.
It should be said that the resistance of the Zhou Dynasty still played a certain role. 220,000 against 260,000, the strength of the Qin army is obviously at a disadvantage, but the combat power of the Qin army is significantly higher than that of the coalition army, not only because the troops of the coalition army come from four countries, but more importantly, the strength of the Qin army is not comparable to the armies of several countries except Zhao.
Of course, with Zhao Guo pressing the formation on the side, coupled with the advantage of troops, it is not so simple for the Qin army to break through the coalition army.
Although the assembly of the Qin army was fast, the movement was not small, and it was naturally detected by the scouts released by the coalition forces in advance, but the Qin army did not want to prevent the coalition scouts from returning.
The reason is very simple, Wang Yi just wants to touch the coalition army head-on. After five years of no war, people seem to have forgotten the feeling of being dominated by the army of Qin, and they actually dare to organize a coalition army to fight against the Rui soldiers of our Great Qin.
Wang Di wanted to defeat this enemy head-on with a dignified formation. Let the Shandong states no longer dare to appear in front of the Qin army.
This is not Wang Yi's arrogance, but the original appearance of war - there are no such strange tricks, and the dignified battle is the eternal main theme.
Soon, the black-water-like Qin army once again completed the assembly in front of the city of Luodu. The vanguard army of 40,000 was still led by Meng Fu, the middle army was 120,000, the rear army was 40,000, a total of 200,000 troops were deployed in front of Luodu, and after slowly advancing for a mile, they stopped, quietly waiting for the arrival of the coalition army.
The movements of the Qin army here were also quickly spread to the coalition forces. The general of the state of Chu, who was responsible for the vanguard, was not as incompetent as his subordinates, but was a little too cautious.
As soon as the Qin army attacked, he ordered the whole army to stop advancing, protect the formation on the spot, and wait for reinforcements from the rear army.
Of course, at the same time, the general of the Chu State naturally did not forget to report the matter to the Xinling Jun of the Chinese army.
Of course, this is not to say that Chu Jiang is timid, on the contrary, such caution is the most correct choice. At the same time, General Chu was also secretly glad that he did not obey Xinlingjun's arrangement and personally led a large army to attack the Qin army.
Just looking at the arrangement of the Qin army, General Chu knew that there was no danger in the combat strength of the Qin army.
If you rush headlong and don't break your head, it's strange! Unconsciously, General Chu's heart also became more and more biased towards General Lian Po - in the end, it was the old general who had confronted the Qin army for three years, and he was much more reliable than that Xinling Jun.
Therefore, while reporting to Xinlingjun, General Chu did not forget to bring news to General Zhao Junlianpo and General Han Zhiguo, who were protecting the left and right, and what he was afraid of was that Xinlingjun would make his own decisions again.
Immediately, General Chu arranged the deployment of the front army while waiting for the reply order of the Chinese army. Simply, the forward army is not far from the Chinese army, but in just a short cup of tea, Pegasus has already informed Xinlingjun of the situation.
It just so happened that at the invitation of Xin Lingjun, Lian Po also went to the Chinese army, but the envoy sent by the Chu general to the Zhao army was empty.
And Xin Lingjun, who got the reaction of the Qin army, did not judge the Qin army's shame at all, and did not even have a trace of surprise expression, obviously for the Qin army's combat strength, Xin Lingjun had also expected it.
But the problem will not dissipate because of Xin Lingjun's cheekiness, and a choice is firmly placed in front of Xin Lingjun - to fight or not to fight?
Fight, to be honest, Xin Lingjun's heart is bottomless. Not only did the Changping battlefield leave a deep impression on him, but the demise of the vanguard army also made him a little frightened, and another important reason was that he was not at ease with his own rabble.
For Zhao Jun and the Wei army trained by himself, Xin Lingjun still has some confidence, but what about the Chu army and the Han army?
But don't fight? Not to mention the impact of retreating in this first battle, on morale, he said that he had come so far through mountains and rivers that he didn't even have a battle, and he couldn't make a difference when he returned to Wei.
Xin Lingjun really couldn't make up his mind. In desperation, he could only look at Lian Po with an inquiring gaze.
Lian Po looked at it, of course he understood what Xin Lingjun meant, and then waved his hand to let the scout retreat, and then said to Xin Lingjun: "I don't know if I can defeat the Qin army, but I know that fighting at this time may be the worst time for the Qin army to fight for a long time in the future." ”
"Huh?" Xin Lingjun was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then reacted. No matter how high the combat power of the Qin army is, how strong the will to fight is, the loss is always a loss, whether it is strength or spirit, after the fierce battle of the Zhou Dynasty, there is bound to be a big attenuation.
If you can't even defeat the Qin army at this time, don't think about taking on the field battle in a dignified manner in the future. It's just that it is necessary for me to take on this field battle?
"Old General Lian." Xin Lingjun organized the language and then said: "Why don't our army be stationed on the spot and wait for the Qin army to attack?" ”
"Yes." Lian Po nodded seriously and continued: "If this army only has the combined forces of Zhao and Wei, or the army of Wei State, it is of course the best choice to wait for the Qin army on the spot. ”
"Unfortunately, we're not." Lian Po then analyzed: "Because of the particularity of our army, once we give up this opportunity, then in the next days of confrontation, you will be constantly questioned, and you will receive countless invitations to fight, and you will even start to question yourself constantly. Because, before the real fight, everyone will not think that they really can't fight, they will only think that there is still a glimmer of life. ”
"And this imaginary glimmer of life will eventually become the cause of the destruction of our army." Lian Po continued.