Chapter 918: The Chu Army's Dilemma
Turning around and handing Xiaowen Xiaowu into Aunt Ying's hands, Qin Feng looked at the kitten and Guo Jiuling, "Talk inside." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”
The kitten was on the way back to Yuejing, met Guo Jiuling who rushed to Baoqing, and after understanding a rough idea, he rushed back to Baoqing with Guo Jiuling, and the first assistant Quan Yun and a group of ministers of various ministries and institutes rushed to Yuejing day and night, the battle of Qichu will have results, for Daming, the same will also enter a new stage, Daming must immediately work out the corresponding countermeasures.
As soon as Qin Feng sat down, the kitten couldn't wait to speak: "Your Majesty, the situation is much more serious than we imagined. The state of Chu will suffer a big loss this time. ”
Qin Feng took a deep breath, motioned for the two to sit down, and asked Grandpa Le to serve tea.
"Don't be in a hurry, speak slowly." Picking up the teacup, he took a sip, the result of the battle of Qi and Chu, he couldn't help but say that the two in front of him naturally knew the approximate result, because this was originally the result of his conspiracy with Cao Tiancheng, the emperor of Qi.
What Qin Feng wanted was to recover the three counties of Yiyang, Wuling, and Taoyuan, so that the three counties that had been lost in Qianyue would return to the Ming Dynasty, so as to boost morale and inspire people. And the three counties of Yiyang, Wuling, and Taoyuan were also important counties in the Qianyue period, with rich land and a large population.
As for Emperor Cao Tiancheng, the Emperor of Qi, he wanted to take this opportunity to inflict a heavy blow on the Chu State and completely defeat this most threatening enemy.
Now Qin Feng's goal has been achieved, but he is not willing to fight Qi Chu, and the Chu State will be completely defeated, because a completely collapsed Chu State is not conducive to his future layout.
The state of Chu was hit hard, but it still had the strength to resist the state of Qi, so that it could contain the state of Qi for a longer time, so that the Ming could have enough time to strategize the state of Qin, for the Ming Dynasty, this was the best ending.
But now, looking at the appearance of the kitten and Guo Jiuling, it seems that this ending is not what he hopes for the most.
The figure at the door flashed, Min Ruoxi appeared in the house, and when she saw the queen's mother, the kitten and Guo Jiuling stood up together.
"Xi'er, come and sit, you can listen too!" Qin Feng knew what Min Ruoxi was thinking in his heart, and motioned for Min Ruoxi to sit beside him.
"Commander Guo, it's better for you to report it." The kitten turned its head to look at Guo Jiuling.
Guo Jiuling nodded, cleared his throat, and said: "Your Majesty, from the analysis of all the information obtained from the Eagle's Nest, I am afraid that this time the Chu State will suffer a big loss, and it is difficult to say how much the 200,000 eastern border troops can say, and Kunling Pass will definitely not be able to hold it." ”
"How so?" Qin Feng had some mental preparation, but he didn't expect things to deteriorate to such an extent. "How could the Qi army swallow 200,000 eastern border troops of the Chu State?"
Guo Jiuling smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, they will definitely not be able to swallow a bite, they are fishing, fishing one by one for the eastern border army of Chu State like moths to a fire." ”
"Be specific!"
"Your Majesty, since the outbreak of the Qi-Chu War, the State of Qi has been showing weakness, and the troops have been constantly withdrawn, and in the eyes of the State of Chu, this is because of our Ming Dynasty's fierce offensive against the State of Qi, so that the State of Qi has to send troops to confront us." Speaking of this, he glanced at Min Ruoxi, and when he saw this Empress of the Ming Dynasty, the princess of Chu State did not have the slightest expression on her face, and then continued: "In fact, Cao Yun, the commander of Qi State, used these retreating troops to arrange a big trap and was waiting for the Chu army. ”
"Originally, even so, it was impossible for the Qi State to achieve the current results, the problem was that Luo Liang, the commander of the Chu State, gave Cao Yun a big gift." Guo Jiuling said: "After the Chu army entered Luzhou, it immediately divided its troops into several ways and directly attacked several important military towns of Qi State, at this time, in Luo Liang's view, the division of troops to attack can completely disrupt the deployment of Qi State, his goal is to swallow the entire Luzhou completely, if Luzhou is taken, then this time the strategic purpose of Chu State to take the initiative to attack will be completely achieved." They occupied thousands of miles of land in the Qi country. But the problem is in Luzhou. ”
After taking a sip of water, Guo Jiuling continued: "Cao Yun deliberately exposed the location of his Chinese army, and at this time, the army around him was less than 10,000 people, stationed in Chen County, Luzhou. And Luo Liang was overjoyed after learning the news, and Chu Emperor Min Ruoying also wanted to capture Cao Yun in one fell swoop, so as to end the war, in fact, to Luzhou, thousands of kilometers of logistics supply, has overwhelmed the Chu State, and the non-stop attack of the small force of Qi people has made the logistics supply increasingly difficult. Whether it was Emperor Min Ruoying or Luo Liang, both of whom had realized that this war had to be ended, and the expansion of thousands of miles had far exceeded the intended goal when they first sent out their troops. ”
"It can't be that Min Ruoying personally attacked to arrest Cao Yun, right?" Qin Feng glanced at Min Ruoxi and asked.
"Your Majesty is like watching the fire, that's exactly it!" Guo Jiuling sighed: "I don't know what Luo Liang thinks, but he actually agreed that Emperor Min Ruoxi of Chu led 20,000 Huofeng troops to personally attack Chen County." If Cheng Wuben had been there, he would never have agreed. ”
"Where is Cheng Wuben, didn't he accompany Emperor Chu to conquer in person?" Qin Feng asked strangely.
"This was true at first, but later Cheng Wuben was assigned to lead a partial division to attack Yizhou, and he was not on the side of the main force." Guo Jiuling said.
"Cao Yun dug a big hole, but Chu Emperor Min Ruoying jumped into it." Guo Jiuling said: "The 20,000 Fire Phoenix Army attacked Chen County, but it was a successful blow and captured Chen County, but Cao Yun was not found, but was surrounded by a full 50,000 dragon inlay army in Chen County, the Fire Phoenix Army repeatedly broke through and failed, although the fire phoenix is a strong army in the world, but where will the dragon inlay lose to him?" What's more, it was Cao Yun who commanded the dragon inlay, and Chu Emperor Min Ruoying's personal martial arts may be far superior to Cao Yun, but in terms of military strategy, it is far inferior. ”
Qin Feng nodded slightly: "Then Cao Yun used Min Ruoying as bait to make the Chu army who went to the camp to beg for self-destruction one after another?" ”
"The emperor is besieged and in danger, and the Chu army is naturally scrambling to rescue him!" Guo Jiuling showed a wry smile on his face: "Cao Yun deliberately released some captured Fire Phoenix Sergeant officers, and leaked some specious news to them, after these escaped Fire Phoenix Sergeants escaped, they went to ask for help, unexpectedly, it was in the hands of the Qi army, front and back, five front rescue troops, a full 50,000 people, were wiped out by Cao Yun one after another in Luzhou. Later, Luo Liang finally came to his senses and began to gather troops, preparing to fight Cao Yun to the death, but at this time, he had less than 100,000 people left on hand. However, Cao Yun, at the moment when Luo Liang gathered the Chu army, sent one Qi army after another, went around behind the Chu army, cut off the retreat of the Chu army, and completely surrounded them in Luzhou. ”
"At this time, Luo Liang was anxious for a decisive battle, but Cao Yun was not in a hurry at all, the Chu army was trapped in Luzhou, the back road was cut off, the grain and grass in the army were limited, the ice and snow, it was extremely difficult to raise grain and grass on the spot, Cao Yun was waiting for the day when the Chu army ran out of food." The kitten sighed and said: "Cao Yun used soldiers, when he was really elusive, unexpected, even if I knew what he was going to do in advance, I still couldn't imagine that he could do this, now I think carefully about every step of him, it is very meaningful, and it is extremely scary to think about it, Your Majesty, when you fight against this person in the future, you should be careful when you mention twelve." ”
Min Ruoxi listened to Guo Jiuling's narration without the slightest emotion, although her face was silent, her slightly trembling clothes still revealed her excitement. After all, Min Ruoying is the brother of her mother's compatriots.
"Luo Liang missed the best opportunity to redeem all this, if he did not gather troops to rescue under the siege of Min Ruoying, but withdrew his troops from Luzhou, then the Qi army would be in a dilemma. On the contrary, he will have an advantage, after all, the combat power of the 20,000 Fire Phoenix Army is still there, and it is not so easy for the Qi people to completely gnaw this hard bone. Qin Feng shook his head and said. If he had the courage to ignore Min Ruoying, who would be besieged, and instead led his troops directly into the heart of Qi State, Cao Yun would have to be passive. ”
"Your Majesty, having said that, who would dare to do that?" The kitten shook his head and objected: "If your majesty you are surrounded, the kitten's only thought is to save you instead of leading the army to other places, and the other generals are afraid that they will have the same idea." ”
"General Zhang is based on his deep friendship with His Majesty, but Luo Liang has to save Min Ruoying." Guo Jiuling said: "Luo Liang's power is based on Min Ruoying, he is in the court, and his connections are not deep, on the contrary, when he liquidated Yang Yihe and others, he had a deep grudge. In the court, he can be described as a lonely minister. Without Min Ruoying's support, he would be in a worrying situation, so his only hope was to rescue Min Ruoying, and he didn't care how many people he lost because of this. ”
"Where's Cheng Wuben?" Qin Feng suddenly frowned: "What Luo Liang didn't dare to do, he didn't dare to do." ”
Cao Yun obviously realized this, so it was Zhou Jiyun who was fighting against Cheng Wuben in Defense Wanzhou, the second general under Emperor Qi after Cao Yun. Judging from the information we have now, Zhou Jiyun's purpose is obvious, the first is to prevent Cheng Wuben from directly attacking the heart of Qi State, and the second is to force the 50,000 soldiers under Cheng Wuben's command to also go to the Luzhou battlefield. Where to fight to the death. ”
"If Cheng Wuben does this, he will be asking for his own death." Qin Feng took a deep breath: "In this way, the eastern border army of the Chu State will be completely finished. ”
"Now we don't know what choice Cheng Wuben is going to make, in addition, Your Majesty, in order to echo the eastern border army of Chu State to attack Qi State, An Ruhai, the general of the western part of Chu State, led 10,000 elite soldiers through the Luoying Mountains, this information, Qi people don't know, but because of the relationship between kittens, we know this top-secret information, if An Ruhai can appear on the territory of Qi at this time, or can be a little helpful to the battle of Luzhou."
"It's only 10,000 people, and it can't set off much wind and waves, at most, it will make the southern part of Qi turbulent for a while. Whether it is Emperor Cao or Cao Yun, he will not be moved by this. Qin Feng sighed.
"Your Majesty, we're going to have to deal with it." Kitten Road. "If the Chu State fails too completely, it will not be a good thing for me to be Ming."
"Of course, we have to move." Qin Feng said: "We must let Cao Tiancheng know our attitude and know where our bottom line is." ”