Chapter 61: Empty Dreams
Now it is rumored that the Xian army has crossed the river, obviously taking it for granted that the Jin army took advantage of the illness of the Jin army to take the life of the Jin army.
The previous Jin army was blocked under Yin Yangcheng, and the news that Yin Yangcheng was not broken, King Xian did not send troops, and he must have regretted it at this time. In addition, Gongsun Yue has nothing to show for himself, and he has a great ability to act as an afterthought, completely ignoring the reality of the army's infection, and whimsically rashly crossing the river to defeat the Jin army, which is actually unrealistic.
Not to mention that the main force of the Jin army stationed in the rear occupied area did not break the bones, more than 300,000 troops were raised last year, and the maximum casualties so far are 780,000, mainly due to the death of illness and the casualties of Yin Yangcheng, which accounted for more than 50,000, and the others were mostly casualties along the way, so the Jin army still did not break the bones.
On the contrary, the Jin army could continue to replenish conscripts from the country, recruit civilian troops to participate in the war, and even draw troops from other border garrisons, and the total strength was still twice as high as that of Xianguo.
On the other hand, the Xian army, after the death of Wei Dan, the main force in Jiangdong was wiped out, coupled with the continuous war, the source of troops was seriously insufficient, and it is difficult to say how many troops can be transferred to cross the river for a decisive battle.
If at that time, when more than 10,000 people in Yin Yangcheng dragged the main force of the Jin army, the Xian army sent a large army to cross the river and fought a battle under the city, not to mention the annihilation of the whole army, at least the field battles and array battles left an indelible psychological shadow on the Jin army, which would lead to the collapse of the Jin army.
For today's plan, only by increasing the number of troops to hold Yin Yangcheng can drag the Jin army to death. When the Jin army can't bear it, he will retreat, and then take advantage of the situation to regain the lost ground.
But as the saying goes, the king wants the minister to die, the minister has to die, the father wants the son to die, and the son has to die.
Today's Xianguo is full of stars by Xiangguo Gongsun Yue, and the Xian warship really appeared on the Wangqin River a few days later.
As soon as the warships of the two sides looked at each other like this, the Xian army turned around and ran.
Not for anything else, just because the warship built by Wu Suan is imposing, it is a whole circle larger than the largest warship of the Xian Army, the speed is not slow, and the number is not a lot, and the Xian Army Sailor retracted it in one look.
The Jin army won without a fight, and the news reached the ears of Feicheng Han He, and he finally began to think about attacking Yin Yangcheng again.
On this day, Feicheng was too guarded by the mansion, and Han He privately discussed with Wang Shuo:
"General Wang Shuo, now that the cholera has subsided, after a while, our army can raise troops to attack Yin Yangcheng again."
"Could it be the king's order?"
"Exactly." Han He nodded in affirmation, and then said: "The king is not to blame for the defeat of our army in the previous battle, but he has been constrained by many times in the court and the central government for this. This time, our army must capture Yin Yangcheng and completely prevent the Xian army from crossing the river. ”
"But the last general is worried about whether the Xian army will go ashore in Yin Yangcheng, in case it makes a detour to Beihai and goes ashore behind the flank of our army, which is not good."
Hearing Wang Shuo's words, Han He laughed at him.
"Hahaha......"
"Why did the general laugh." Wang Shuo asked.
"The famous general of the Xian country is only Wei Dan, Wei Dan is dead, who can command the three armies to land behind our army's flank, not to mention the epidemic of plague in the hinterland behind our army's flank, just say that the Xian army is short of food and grass, our army's warships and boats are invincible, and the Xian army is difficult to resist, how can he go ashore in the Xian army."
Wang Shuo thought about it carefully, and thought that what Han He said was not unreasonable, and then said:
"The old general is reasonable, but it is better to be careful, the Xian army is showing signs of crossing the river in a big way, in case it is landed by its naval army, I am afraid that there will be endless troubles in the future."
"The old man has been prepared, and this time the Xianjun will not come back."
Han He swore an oath, and after a while, he turned to Wei Xian and asked about him:
"I asked you to inquire about Wei Xian a few days ago, but there is news."
Wang Shuo shook his head, full of embarrassment:
"It is rumored that this person has lived in my northern land for many years, and is a son of a family of Qiguo. The family lives in Hantun, Qiguo, and is from Yuetian Village, but there is no surname Wei in this Yuetian Village, so it seems that this person is extremely cunning. ”
"Well, most of the casualties of our army are due to this man, and if they cannot be taken for their own use, they must be removed as soon as possible. Whether it is used by the Xian country or by the distorted country, it will not be beneficial to our army. For this reason, the old man plans to lure the Xianguo army across the river this time, and then annihilate it, what do you think? ”
"Let the Xianjun cross the river? If the Xian army sticks to Yin Yangcheng and can't retreat, our army will be helpless. ”
"The old man expects that the Xian army will definitely seek a quick victory, so our army can lead the Xian army out of the city to fight."
"But if there is a battle, our army is afraid that it will be invincible, and it is better to divide its forces."
"That's what the old man meant, come and see."
Han He spread out the topographic map, pointed to the land east of the Xianguo River and said:
"Come and see, the main force of our army is shrinking to Feicheng at the moment, with less than 80,000 troops, and the Xian army must be a large army crossing the river here, and its number must not be a few, and the old man estimates that it will be 150,000. Moreover, many of our troops were stationed in various cities in Xianguo, so it was difficult to mobilize the garrison troops to come to the battle.
However, the old man wanted to take advantage of what the Xian army thought, and immediately transferred the 50,000 cavalry on the Jin and Zhi borders to attack behind the Xian army for a long time, and then annihilated it with a flanking attack. ”
"But in this way, in case the Zhi army rises to the east, I am afraid that the Western Army battalion will be difficult to stop the Zhiguo offensive."
"This matter has been arranged by the old man, and he has secretly reported to the king earlier, re-activated Wang Yanfei as the general of the western army town, and mobilized all the naval troops from the Pingtang City Navy Dazhai to rush to the western army camp to be on guard, if the Zhi army comes to attack, our army will immediately go south to attack the Zhi after sweeping the Xian army, so that the Xian country will have no worries."
In the attack on Xianguo last year, Han He transferred the main force of 50,000 cavalry to the border of Zhiguo and Jin to assist in the defense of the Western Army camp, but this cavalry has not moved. Now in a field battle with the main force of the Xian army, it must be cavalry. Of course, the quality of this group of cavalry is not cavalry in the true sense of the word, most of them are the mobile force of infantry on horseback, but there is no world of difference.
Han He expected that the supply of food and grass for the Xian army was difficult, the veteran Wei Dan was dead, the humerus pillars of the Xian State were gone, and no one dared to land behind the flank of the Jin army in Beihai to implement counter-outflanking.
This time, when the Xian army came ashore, they would be anxious to find the main force of the Jin army for a decisive battle, and defeat the Jin army once and for all to regain the lost territory, but they didn't know that the veteran Han He's killer weapon was useless. When the 50,000 cavalry of the Jin army arrived, it was the day of the destruction of the Xian army.
Not long after Han He and Wang Shuo agreed, the number of Jin naval forces blockading the Wangqin River decreased sharply, but they changed to warships with the same strength as the Xian army to patrol the river.
On this day, Bailiyan fished on the river bank outside the city gate in the west of the city, and from time to time you can see the wood chips and flags scattered by the destroyed warships on the river, and the flags are both those of the Xian army and the Jin army, and it is difficult to know the results of the water battle.
The crowd worked together to drag the caisson ashore, and boxes of fish were pulled closer to the city.
Recently, I have been busy repairing, not repairing the city walls, but simply to stock up on food. There was enough salted fish to eat, and the city wall was so badly damaged that only half of it was repaired.
Returning to Taishou Mansion from the camp, he saw Zhong Heng report the situation to Zhao Xun again. Zhong Heng had two fingers cut off on his left hand, but he didn't lose his life, and when he saw Bailiyan coming back, he was very enthusiastic:
"Varsity!"
Zhong Heng said, and Bai Liyan replied:
"General Zhong Heng, how is the surrounding situation?"
"The last general is reporting to General Zhao."
"Oh, is there any movement in the Jin army?"
"There is no movement, the defenders everywhere have died of cholera, and they are now busy transferring troops from the Jin State."
About ten days ago, Zhao Xun asked Zhong Heng to go out to investigate the situation of the surrounding cities and investigate the movements of the Jin army. Due to the impact of cholera, many people were killed and injured in various places, although there are no statistics, but the least has also decreased by 10% of the population, enlarged to the entire Xianguo Jiangdong, the death toll will not be less than 1340,000, plus the Jin army and the people who died violently, there must be 1670,000.
In addition, it was also learned that the Jin army was hoarding grain, and a large number of grain ships continued to pass through the Beihai coast of the Jin Kingdom, transported to Xianguo by inland rivers, and then transferred to Feicheng by land.
The most surprising news is about yourself:
"Xiao Junlang, you are a native of Qiguo, but you know that Qiguo has a son Bailiyan."
"It does. Could it be that General Zhong Heng found out what news again. ”
"The king of Qiguo has died in Baili Gui."
"Death!"
Hearing about Baili Gui's death, Baili Yan's heart was touched a lot, although it was only a biological father-son relationship, but the king of a country, Bai Liyan's biological father, the fluctuations in the depths of his spirit, he could still feel the sadness from the former Bai Li Yan.
Quickly covering up the loss, Bai Liyan asked:
"As far as I know, King Qi is in his prime, why did he die."
"It is believed that the proton Baili Yanlayer of Qiguo came to attack me with the Jin army and died in the chaos of Jiulipo, saying that he was killed by our army, it is just nonsense."
Regarding the rumors spread by the Jin Kingdom, Zhong Heng was angry. Bai Liyan reacted merely, he asked:
"And then?"
"Then the Jin army was brazen, in the name of sending the funeral, the water army took the coffin of Baili Yan to the country of Qi to mourn, this water army is now occupying the seaport of Qi country, and does not plan to withdraw, and I also heard that Qi Guo has a grudge against my Xianguo for this, and in order to avenge Baili Yan Xuexue, he actually gave the Jin army gold, silver and rice grain to fight me, which is very hateful."
Zhong Heng gritted his teeth, and Bai Liyan could fully think of what the situation was at that time.
Baili Gui fell into a slump due to Guo's incident, and since then he has been indulged in wine, and his body is not good at the age of fifty, and now the news of the death of his youngest son has arrived, and he has just buried his son under the excitement, and Lao Tzu has also returned to the west, and Baili Lu succeeded to the throne, that is, Baili Yan's brother, and it is logical to succeed to the throne.
And there is also the Jin army and the navy stationed, feeling that the death of his younger brother has been exchanged for the support of the Jin State, in order to balance the threat of the southern defense of the country, in the face of the blackmail of the envoys of the Jin State, Baililu actually blackmailed people with his own face.
Of course, as a weak country, there is often no room for choice, and it is not all a matter of the monarch and the ruling class.
Hearing this, Bailiyan couldn't help but be angry. At this time, Zhao Xun seemed to have discovered and interrupted Zhong Heng to speak:
"Wei Xian, when General Ben saw the fire in your eyes, did he really think that my soldiers of the Xianguo Kingdom had killed the prince of the Qi Kingdom."
"No, I think this is a poisonous plan of the Jin Kingdom."
"Oh, I'm going to hear it."
General Zhao may not know that although the territory of the Patriotic State west of the Central Plains is large and the population is large, due to the backward governance, the national strength is actually inferior to that of Zhiguo, and it is located inland without a coast, so the naval army is weak. The old king of Weiguo is far older than Bailigui, but he has sat on the throne for decades, and the reasons are nothing more than two.
First, there is no such powerful overlord as Zhiguo around the country, in terms of national territory, the two countries of Xu and Sun in the east combined, barely larger than the country, compared to the population, although the two countries are more than the country, but in terms of a single country, it is far less than the country, this is one of them.
Second, Zhao, Chen, Qi, and Yan of the four countries of the West Sea in the west of the country are all small and weak countries, and they have been subjugated by the defense of the country for many years, so they have also been blackmailed by the defense of the country for many years.
Moreover, the western border of Chen and Zhao borders with the barbarians of Qiushan, Yan and Western Tapir, so the four countries of the West Sea cannot draw troops to resist the defense of the country, and the four countries of the West Sea have repeatedly fought to defend the country, and they will be defeated in every battle.
Just because there are no strong enemies on all sides of the country, and there are Zhao and Chen to resist the barbarians, the country can rest easy.
But because of this, Wei Guo was unable to strive for hegemony, let alone go eastward and swallow up Xu and Sun. However, the Jin State planned to take the Qi State as the foundation, and then first swallow up the Wei Guo, and then seek to advance between the east and the west, and finally unify the Central Plains. ”
Bailiyan's thorough and meticulous analysis was affirmed by Zhao Xun, who said:
There is a lot of truth in that. It's just that Ben Jiang doesn't understand that Wei Guo is such a big country, how can the Jin State win, and the sea route is far away, and the land route is even more unreachable, why does the Jin State have to take the land and map the Central Plains, so is it not a waste of national strength. ”
"What the general said is to the point. Although the country is big, it has never really fought head-on with the Central Plains overlord Zhiguo, although there are millions of troops, but they are all bullying widows with the crowd, which is no different from the strong man Lux ravaging a three-year-old child. And the defense of the country is very barbaric, and it has never been recognized by the Central Plains.
As for the Jin State's plan to swallow and destroy Wei, I don't think this plan is feasible. After all, whether it is by land or sea, the distance is unreachable, and it is nothing more than the empty dream of the uncle of the Xiangguo of the Jin Kingdom. ”
"Hehaha...... This is a very good statement, but in the end it is not a dream. ”