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Before he had time to catch his breath when Lu Zhe received the very unfortunate news that if there was no new food channel, they would run out of food within ten days.

An army can be defeated and demoralized, but it must not run out of food, an army without food and grass, and there is no need for the enemy to defeat them, such an army will collapse on its own. This is a common feature of almost all armies in the world.

As early as when Lu Zhe took over Yiling to suppress the rebellion, he had already asked Zhao Gao who was far away in Xianyang for help, and operated as a close minister of the emperor like the CRRC Order, and it was not difficult to urgently transport grain from Bashu to Nanjun. He expected that Zhao Gao would not refuse this kind of favor, although the grain transported from Bashu would not be much, but it would always alleviate the urgent need. But it would be three months at the earliest, which meant that it was expedient that the grain and grass that had been promised to others would arrive within two months.

For a war that may take several years to determine the winner or loser, ten days is a very short time, and it is not surprising to Lu Zhe, who has long been mentally prepared, that he will run out of food.

"And the turnaround! As long as we defeat this enemy army, we will get some grain and grass, and then we will march to get Gangneung food. The dilemma can also be alleviated. ”

Lu Zhe explained to the main officers that he could not let the news of the food shortage mess up his family's position, but on the contrary, he would use the crisis of the food shortage to arouse everyone's determination to win the victory.

There is no allusion to the destruction of the ship, but Lu Zhe's words really gave the army under his command a sense of victory and death, they are all clear about the dangers of running out of food, if they can't intercept grain and grass from the enemy, it will really be over.

After arranging the matters that could be arranged, Lu Zhe returned to the tent prepared by his subordinates and lay down to sleep.

After two small losses, after dawn, the Baiyue people really found that the Qin army's camp had become empty, and the leader of the Baiyue army, Yi Huze, seemed to have been shadowed by the two ambushes. He hesitated for a long time before sending a force to test it.

What can five hundred Baiyue people do? It's almost a dead army that is treated as an outcast. Of course. The premise is that the Qin army once again set up an ambush.

The Baiyue people, who were selected as the tentative troops, were very frightened, and approached the camp of the Qin army almost step by step. They shrank and shouted outside the ruins of the tents of the First World War, and none of them dared to approach the "danger zone" full of dead bodies.

In the end, it may be forced to do so. Two squads of 500 men crossed the battlefield.

These people who were selected for the second time simply have the heart to scold their mothers. If the Qin army really set up an ambush again. Then they are facing a mortal end.

Trembling or shaking their legs, like frightened rabbits, they finally stepped over the battlefield they had left over from last night. All the way through the ruins of the battlefield to the core of the Qin army's camp, they were never ambushed.

The five hundred Baiyue people who went up to test with the determination to die returned to the camp happily unharmed, and they reported the news that the Qin army had indeed left the camp empty.

Compared with the 500 people who were glad that they were not ambushed, Yi Huze was furious when he heard the news that the Qin army had abandoned the camp and fled.

"Damn!" Yi Huze didn't think it was because of his cowardice that he discovered such an important military situation so late, "It turns out that the two ambushes of the Qin people are laying the groundwork for the retreat!" ”

Asking himself, Yi Huze didn't feel that he had done something wrong, but that the commander of the Qin army was too cunning, and he even made a meaningless confrontation first, and then made a gesture of going to a decisive battle, he thought: "If you change to any commander, you will be deceived, right?" ”

It's time not allowed, otherwise Lu Zhe will play more tactics, but he also set up a game, just wait for Baiyue people to catch up angrily after they find out that they have been fooled.

Yi Huze really didn't fill his chest with anger, he just got a report from Jiangling today, the army of Gui Yue and Minyue has surrounded Jiangling, although I don't know if the main and deputy commanders of the Qin people's southern expeditionary army are dead, but now it is those rebellious people who are defending.

"Is that old guy Fan Zeng dead? Why hasn't it appeared yet!? This was what Yi Huze was frustrated about, and he said to himself: "Shouldn't he be responsible for contacting those chaotic people, and then the two groups of people will work together to destroy the Qin army?" How did it become a rebel soldier defending Gangneung, and refused to hand over the heads of Tu Sui and Ren Huan? ”

Fan Zeng is already dead, and he doesn't know what to say at all, even Gui Yue and Min Yue have cut off contact with those Chu people, and they are now a little hesitant whether to launch an attack, but just surround the messy Jiangling.

The leaders of Gui Yue and Min Yue were already impatient to wait, and they announced to Yi Huze that they were only willing to wait for three days, and if the rebels did not know how to raise their ranks, they would break through the defenses of the rebels after three days.

Where did the Baiyue people know about the distress of the rebellious people in Jiangling, they are now not only divided into three factions, but the most embarrassing thing is that they can't hand over the heads of Tu Sui and Ren Huan if they want to. It's not that he doesn't want to hand it over, but Tu Sui set himself on fire, and his body has already been burned to charcoal. And Ren Huan also lost his trace.

In addition to the wall-to-wall neutral faction, there are two factions in Gangneung, and these two factions are actually chaotic in the true sense of the word. To put it simply, the two factions have their own positions, but they are not composed of a single country, for example, although the rebels are mainly Chu and Qi, there are also a small number of Wei, Zhao, and Yan people, and the refuge faction is also such an element. And the weirdest thing is the Koreans, they don't know what Lu Dao is thinking, they are actually their own faction, that is, the so-called neutral faction, and some people who have no intention of making a choice are naturally included.

The neutral is actually the most indifferent and anxious party, and such an adjective sounds paradoxical. But in fact, this is really the mentality. Their indifference was that they felt that Tu Sui's self-immolation had nothing to do with them, and the culprits were the staunch rebels led by the Zheng and Zhao clans. The reason for their anxiety is also very simple, as neutrals, it is difficult for them to act excessively, so that Gangneung's grain and grass have lost their share, and almost all of them have been divided between the rebels and the defectors. In other words, if the matter is not resolved, they will also run out of food!

Under such realistic conditions, Yiling is divided into three pieces and three factions, so that in normal times, they may only confront and contain each other. But from the arrival of 50,000 Baiyue troops, they had to cooperate temporarily. Such cooperation is not destined to be entirely at the behest of one person. As a result, no one can come up with an idea.

An embarrassing situation arose, the rebels wanted to cooperate with the Baiyue people very much, but they could not come up with the precondition for cooperation, that is, the head of the chief and deputy commander of the Qin army's southern expeditionary army. At the same time, Fan Zeng, who was in charge of contact, died. In this way, the necessary mutual trust cannot be formed.

On the Gangneung side. Among the Quartet, the Baiyue people, with 50,000 troops, were the strongest, then the defectors, and then the rebels. At the bottom are the neutrals.

If the rebels have the advantage, they will not feel jealous, the problem is that they are not the strongest, and there is a concern. They felt that if they cooperated with the Baiyue people, not only would the neutral faction join the defectors, but they would also have to play the role of a vanguard to consume. Of course, the victory will be won in the end, but at that time, what if the Baiyue people turn their faces and deny that they will destroy their side?

Not to mention, the Baiyue people are definitely capable of doing such a thing, which has not happened in history, for example, who is the Chu people but took refuge in the Wu people and attacked the Chu State in turn, almost beat the Chu State to the point of destroying the country and whipped the corpse of the king of the Chu State.

Although this is a matter of the Wu people, but the sky is pitiful, the so-called Wu Yue Wu Yue, many people in Baiyue now have Wu people's ancestors, and these Chu people have always been at odds with Wu Yue people, and it is difficult to guarantee that history will not repeat itself again!

In fact, these are not the key, the most important thing is that the rebels do not have the advantage, and the internal is not monolithic.

Combined with the above news, Yi Hu Ze felt that his head was big, he wanted to resolutely implement his brother Yi Hu Song's strategy, but once Gui Yue and Min Yue launched an indiscriminate attack, what should he do?

"Regardless of whether that Qin army rushes to Jiangling, or how to do it?" Yi Huze was fighting between heaven and man, he thought about it for a long time, and even did not order the troops to assemble because of hesitation: "Forget it, it's important to rush to Jiangling, this retreating Qin army will be put first, anyway, they won't be able to escape after the worst." ”

I have to say that Yi Huze's choice is correct. As long as the three armies of Baiyue meet, even if Yihuze has lost almost 20,000 combat power here, then the strength of the army after they join will reach an astonishing 80,000, if Baiyue conquers the power of Jiangling and fights with Lu Zhe's troops, what can Lu Zhe, who has less than 20,000 people do at that time?

After making up his mind, Yi Huze unhurriedly let the troops enter a period of recuperation, which made Lu Zhe fall into a kind of confusion.

Lu Zhe's original judgment that the enemy army would catch up in a hurry did not happen, and he ordered his troops to be ready to meet the battle at any time, which turned into a wrong way to drain his own morale.

Almost a whole day, Lu Zhejun, who had reverted to 18,000 subordinates by meeting Yiling reinforcements, was really mentally prepared to wait for the day.

The idiom of pillowing and waiting for the end is really good, and it completely describes the atmosphere in which the body is both resting and nervous.

Just like this, throughout the day and night, the main force of nearly 10,000 people had one eye open even when they were sleeping, and Lu Zhe, who was the main general, had no rest at all.

"What happened?" This was Lu Zhe's very confused idea.

In this era when there were no telephones, the transmission of information was very slow, and it was not until the early hours of that night that Lu Zhe received the news from Jiangling.

Jiangling was besieged by 50,000 Baiyue people, and it was divided into three factions internally, and these were not the worst news for Lu Zhe. The most important thing is that Tu Sui died, and he died very thoroughly, and he really achieved the point of "unrecognizable". The deputy marshal of the Southern Expeditionary Army was gone, and when the riot broke out, the deputy marshal of the Southern Expeditionary Army did not know how to do it, and he was able to leave the whole army and disappear without a trace.

Hearing the news, Lu Zhe felt admiration for Tu Sui's self-immolation, and Tu Sui's choice was full of tragedy when he had no ability to resist at all. At the same time, he also felt disgusted or worried because Ren Huan left the Qin army who was still resisting and fled by himself, and the ghost knew how Ren Huan escaped. However, since he can escape in front of everyone, it means that he may suddenly appear in front of him.

"You need to do a little more preparation!" Lu Zhe said this to himself.

However, there were very few options that could be given to Lu Zhe, and there were less than 4,000 Qin troops left in the army of 18,000 under his command, and this also included 1,500 soldiers in the nature of auxiliaries, and the remaining 2,500 soldiers were not completely under his control. The remaining 14,000 soldiers were worrisome in combat, and the number of them who could become qualified soldiers was less than a pitiful 8,000, and the rest could only be used as auxiliaries.

This may not be the worst, because of the resistance of Li Yuncong, Haojian, and Liang Qu, sooner or later the Qin army will have problems again. Lu Zhe was already thinking about whether he should create an opportunity for these three people to die in battle.

The war has been fought until now. Lü Zhe lost 1,000 orthodox Qin troops and about 3,000 soldiers, and in exchange for killing at least 13,000 enemy troops, so that the Baiyue people lost at least 20,000 combat strength (including wounded).

Five-to-one battle losses were the norm in the war between the Central Plains army and the Baiyue, and even reached a battle loss ratio of twelve to one at some times. So Lu Zhe has nothing to be proud of in achieving such an advantage.

At present, there are only about 2,500 soldiers left in the Qin army. And the Baiyue troops, including Jiangling, are still in the early 80,000s. If it were to rely entirely on the Qin army's soldiers to fight, it would be impossible for a Qin army to kill at least thirty-two enemy troops.

After a series of campaigns and battles. Not only did Lu Zhe himself feel tired, but all the soldiers, including the Qin army, were actually very tired, he had to face up to such a situation, and he couldn't blindly fight without stopping, otherwise it would only collapse overnight.

The most embarrassing thing is that Lu Zhe can't stop, because the initiative is now in the hands of Baiyue people.

"What should I do?" As if wandering at a crossroads, Lu Zhe gritted his teeth: "Only support it, even if you are tired, you should continue to support it!" ”

It's about to run out of food, and it's the situation that forces the 30,000-strong Baiyue army, no matter how tired they are, to defeat Yi Huze's 30,000-strong army, hoping to capture some grain and grass from this enemy army to relieve their urgent needs.

At this time, the importance of scouts was highlighted again, and their reward gave Lu Zhe a basis to judge the situation.

Lu Zhe received a reward from the scouts, the enemy army that had been engaged earlier was revising its troops, and there was no sign of opening for the time being, which made him feel relieved and his face turned strangely worse.

It's contradictory again, isn't it? Lu Zhe will relax because the troops under his command have a chance to breathe, and they will change their faces because it will be unfavorable to them if time drags on, after all, Baiyue is not only the 30,000-strong army of Yihuze, there are at least 50,000 Baiyue people in Jiangling!

Asked the scouts to closely monitor the movements of Yihuze's troops, and at the same time strengthen the connection with the Jiangling side, Lü Zhe ordered the whole army to also enter a state of rest.

At this moment, the disadvantages of no strategist are fully displayed, and Lu Zhe, who is alone, will definitely have limitations in his judgment of the war, no matter how good his overall situation is, he will inevitably ignore some details, and he needs to have a negotiable character!

Yan Bi was actually a good candidate, but because of the needs of the situation, he was sent to Jiangling by Lu Zhe.

So who else? Is it Jibu? Ji Bu, under Lu Zhe's observation, may have the potential to become a general, but Ji Bu is a military general rather than a strategist.

Who? Lu Zhe, who looked around, did not find a person with whom he could discuss military aircraft, which was really bad news.

Two days, two days of respite, Lu Zhe finally received the scout's report that Yi Huze had gathered troops to start with, and he couldn't judge from the scout's report what route Yi Huze would choose, let alone whether Yi Huze was coming at him or what other options he had.

It is actually very hard for the master to do Lu Zhe's job, not only to take care of the feelings of the Qin army but also to take into account the emotions of the soldiers of the six countries. He could imagine that the temporary master of the Qin State in the history of the State might not be the most miserable, but he would definitely be the one who controlled a complex army.

The Qin army was less than 4,000, and there were more than 14,000 soldiers of the Six Kingdoms. Oh my! What kind of army is this, Lu Zhe sometimes doubts that he is not an officer of the Qin army, but a general figure as the commander of the "coalition army".

Seven Kingdoms, anyway, there are all the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, if there are Yue people under his command, then he will really become the commander of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and it is not funny at all, at least Lu Zhe can't laugh at all.

Baiyue people are accustomed to choosing forest marches, which is closely related to the national characteristics of Baiyue. They have a very big advantage in the forest.

The south is full of forests, which is the most hated terrain of the Central Plains, because it is full of forests and the unique humid climate of the south, there are a lot of insects and something, and some places are always full of miasma because of the large number of animal carcasses or some reason. Sometimes, when this miasma floats, it is really a death if you accidentally break into the miasma forest and get lost!

Lü Zhe carefully examined the terrain and found that there were not many ways to get to Gangneung from the previous battle: one was to climb over the mountains on the west side to make a detour, which would take about a day; The second is to pass through this plain, so that it only takes about three or four hours to reach Gangneung; The third is to turn a valley to the southeast and cross the river to Gangneung.

"Take a gamble!" Lu Zhe is not a gambler. He had a reason to be compelled to do so: "No matter what, I can only wait here." ”

Yes. It is unrealistic for the army to move again, and there is a reason why they chose this place as the battlefield, this position is currently stuck on the route from Yiling to Gangneung, and at the same time, it is not too far from the location of Yiling. The army really can't be too far away from Yiling. Otherwise, the people of the Six Kingdoms, who account for the majority of the people under his command, will definitely fry the pot. After all, Yiling still has their relatives.

Lü Zhe issued an order to the whole army to prepare for war.

The order was given. Smoke rose from the makeshift camp, and the soldiers couldn't be left hungry, right? It was a necessary pre-war cooking routine.

One of the good things about the South is that there is never a shortage of wood for cooking. But this is not the key, but Lu Zhe prefers white rice rather than pasta, and in the final analysis, this kind of eating habit is suitable for him.

At the pre-war meeting, Lu Zhe held a basin of white rice with roast mutton and gnawed it very fragrantly, but the five hundred lords of the Qin army and the leading officers of the six countries were a little unaccustomed to eating.

Yes, except for the Ba people, Shu people, Chu people, and Qi people, who like white rice, the rest of the people in the Central Plains are more comfortable eating noodles and even wheat rice.

"Baiyue has already been promoted, and the military information reported by the scouts is ......" Lu Zhe swallowed the food in his mouth, "They are coming towards us, and the number of forwards is five thousand. ”

It is reasonable that Yi Huze needs to meet with Guiyue and Minyue, who are besieging Jiangling, in one day, so he naturally chooses the fastest route.

Lu Zhe didn't know that the deadline for Lu Dao Baiyue to launch an attack on Jiangling in three days was about to arrive, and Yi Huze, the leader of Ouyue, one of the three route armies, would choose this road in such a hurry, and he only thought that his choice at the beginning was not wrong.

Is it a coincidence?

But to be honest, there are countless coincidences in war, and that is part of victory or defeat.

"We need to be here," Lu Zhe stood up and walked to point to the map hanging on the wooden frame, which was about ten miles after the forest came out, "here to defeat the enemy's 5,000 troops, use the driving tactics to disrupt the enemy's rout, and then ......" he clenched his fist and struck hard, "Take advantage of the temporary chaos of the enemy army, take advantage of the situation to defeat 30,000 enemy troops in one fell swoop!" ”

Cover up tactics, this is a very common tactic in the Central Plains, and the five hundred lords of the Qin army are very familiar with this tactic.

The leading officers looked at each other for a while after hearing this, they also had such a tactic in their memory, but at that time, they were chased by the Qin army behind their butts to cover up.

"Two more important things!" Lu Zhe ignored the wooden frame that was smashed crooked by his own punch, "I need two commanders......" There is no word commander these years, he said it, "It's the deputy general who leads the team." ”

The eyes of the officers who thought they were qualified lit up, and they looked at Lu Zhe expectantly.

The five hundred lords of the Qin army actually basically have the knowledge of the military marquis, and Lu Zhe also knows this. That is, they can lead about two thousand to three thousand soldiers.

In fact, many of the leading officers also have such ability, and many of them used to be officers at the rank of captain, but they were very unconfident after their confidence collapsed again and again. So compared to the expectations of the officers of the Qin army, they have no competitive mood.

"First, I need an officer to lead 3,000 men to make a quick detour after the battle begins, to attack the enemy's baggage troops and take the food and grass we desperately need!" Lu Zhe's face and tone were very serious: "Second, I need a resolute officer to lead a force of 5,000 men to hide in the southeast of the predetermined battlefield first, and kill from the flank at the necessary moment to completely defeat the enemy. ”

All of them quickly deduced in their minds according to their own experience and knowledge, and they came to the conclusion that such a method of warfare was reasonable. Attacking the enemy's baggage is the most common tactic used by the Central Plains army, and it can always achieve good results. The flank raid can catch the enemy by surprise, but there is a more risky ......

Ji Bu appropriately asked: "Commander, with less than 2,000 soldiers on the frontal battlefield arranged in this way, can you block and defeat the enemy's advance?" ”

Lu Zhe glanced at Ji Bu, then at Su Lie, and then at Xu Zhi: "It is not difficult to block the enemy army on the frontal battlefield, the three hundred heavy infantry and one thousand teng shield short spearmen led by Su Lie are enough to do it, and then there are three hundred archers." Xu Zhi had already assembled three hundred cavalry, and they were taken by surprise from the flanks, and the combined offensive of heavy infantry and attacking cavalry was enough to cover his surprise and crush the enemy. ”

Reasonable, at least such an arrangement is the most appropriate thing to do.

Recognized, Lu Zhe looked around: "Who will be the deputy general who will attack the enemy's baggage?" Who is the lieutenant on the flanks? ”

No one spoke, and they were actually surprised by Lu Zhe's question, because this should be the main general's choice, not self-recommendation.

Ji Bu saw Lu Zhe's encouraging gaze, he wanted to stand up several times but didn't dare, not that he didn't have the confidence to lead the army, but there was no such precedent.

In desperation, Lu Zhe named: "Xu Zhi is the main deputy general of the flank, and the lieutenant is the deputy general of the flank; Ji Bu served as the main and deputy general of the raiding force......" He hesitated for a moment and glanced at the six leading officers, "Mian Biao is the deputy general of the raiding force. ”

He was stunned for a moment, he used to be the left leader of the Chu army, which was equivalent to the official position of a captain of the Qin military academy, and he had experience in commanding operations, and at the same time, he had also fought with the Yue people, but he was just ......

Lu Zhe couldn't help but glance at Yuan Chu, who was about to stand up, and sat back with a glare.

"This battle is related to our fate," Lu Zhe smiled, "If we win, we will live a very nourishing life in Nanjun, everyone in the Qin army system is destined to be promoted and knighted, and everyone in the Six Kingdoms can also fight for a good meritorious status." Speaking of this, let them digest it for a while, and then continued: "Defeated...... It's unpredictable! ”

See for yourself! (To be continued......)

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