Chapter 918: Attacking While Winning (1)

After everyone saw each other, they were naturally overjoyed and greeted each other, and Sima Shang immediately ordered to bring the Qin army into Handan City and arrange a camp for them to rest.

However, Gao Zheng didn't care about resting, and immediately gathered all the generals in the city, including the main officials of the Qin State, to discuss the military situation together.

After everyone arrived, Gao Yuan first briefly told the battle in Xianyang, and focused on what happened last night, and after listening to Gao Yuan's speech, everyone suddenly realized that the 300,000 Qin troops had really surrendered completely. At the same time, he also admired the plateau's trick of "Qin Song on all sides", and he couldn't imagine that the plateau would use such a simple method to make all the 300,000 Qin troops surrender overnight.

At the beginning of the war, the strength of the Han and Qin coalition troops stationed in Handan was about 4.23 million, while the strength of the Three Kingdoms alliance was between 900,000 and 1 million. After several days of fierce fighting, the strength of the Han and Qin coalition forces dropped to 3560,000, while the strength of the Three Kingdoms alliance was around 85 to 900,000.

But the Qin army surrendered, the strength of the Qi and Chu coalition forces will drop to about 600,000, and the strength of the Han and Qin coalition forces can rise to more than 600,000, this is only a change in numbers, if the combat effectiveness of the two armies and the ability of the main general to use troops are calculated, the strength of the Han and Qin coalition forces has actually far exceeded the two armies of Qi and Chu, even if the army of the Jiuli tribe is added, it cannot make up for this gap, because the number of the Jiuli army is too small after all. Therefore, it can also be said that victory is already in front of the Han and Qin coalition forces.

Therefore, after Gao Yuan finished speaking, Sima Shang immediately came out and said: "King, since the Qin army has surrendered to us, then the Three Kingdoms Alliance, only Qi and Chu are left, and the army will inevitably be moved, we have been helped by the Qin army, the strength has increased greatly, and we have occupied the Qin army's camp, which is the elbow of the two armies of Qi and Chu, so why not take advantage of the situation to immediately send troops to attack the enemy army in an all-round way, and we can completely break the enemy army in one fell swoop and achieve a complete victory." ”

Gao Yuan nodded, Sima Shang's plan is indeed in his own arms, in fact, on the way to lead the Qin army to Handan, Gao Yuan is thinking about the next plan, after all, the results of this night are too big, far beyond his own estimates, so the plan behind will naturally have to be adjusted, Gao Yuan is proficient in the art of war, and naturally knows the truth that soldiers change with the situation. And Sima Shang's words coincide with Gao Yuan's thoughts, now is indeed a good time to comprehensively counterattack the Qi and Chu coalition forces, and Gao Yuan also thought that if this battle can be ended as much as possible, it will also be beneficial to himself, after all, he has just controlled the Qin State and is not stable, and he urgently needs time to digest the results he has obtained so far.

So Gao Yuan said: "General Mengda." ”

Meng Wu immediately stepped out and said, "Great King." ”

Gao Yuan said: "Just thank you for your hard work, immediately rush to the camp of the Qin army to preside over the military affairs of the Qin army, help Princess Hehua, command the Qin army to fight, and then listen to the order, we cooperate with each other to defeat the two armies of Qi and Chu." ”

When Meng Wu heard this, he immediately said: "The last general has ordered to immediately set off to the camp of the Qin army." ”

Although Hehua can improve the morale of the Qin army and enhance the combat effectiveness of the Qin army, she does not understand military affairs after all, and she is completely a layman in terms of marching and arranging formations and commanding operations, because if you want to cooperate with the Qin army to defeat the second army of Qi and Chu, then Hehua needs a famous person who has been in battle for a long time and is proficient in the art of war to preside over military affairs and dispatch troops, and the two generals Xin Sheng and Feng Zheng who stayed by Hehua's side on the plateau are obviously not qualified enough, and now only Meng Wu is the most suitable candidate. Therefore, Gao Yuan first sent Mengwu to the Qin army camp.

―――――――― the dividing line――――――――― dividing line―――――――― in fact, after breaking out of the encirclement, Lu Xiuhong, Huo Lieyang, Shui Xinyue, Wang Ben and others fled to the camp of the Qi army, counted the losses, and only more than 300 Kuafu soldiers fled back.

And Lu Xiuhong didn't care about resting, and immediately recruited the main generals of the two armies of Qi and Chu, as well as Wang Ben to discuss the military situation, of course, the decision had already been made, that is, to withdraw the army as much as possible, because of this self-knowledge Lu Xiuhong still has, the Qin army as a whole defected, plus Sang Qingti led the armies of Sang, Tu Yong, and Jiang Li to leave the Qi army camp, and the Kuafu clan was also disabled, and his own side had been greatly injured, and he was unable to fight with the Han and Qin troops at all, so he still withdrew to Daliang as soon as possible to garrison, relying on the thick walls of Daliang City, It is easy to defend and difficult to defend, and it can also form a trend of opposition between the east and the west of the world, and the Jiuli clan can still keep at least half of the world.

In addition, Hehua's appearance in Handan means that the war in Xianyang is definitely not conducive to the Jiuli clan, and Han Teng, Feng Bo, Yushi and others do not know whether they are alive or dead, Lu Xiuhong estimates that if they are not killed, it is very likely that they will return to the Jiuli clan, so now Lu Xiuhong has no intention of doing more entanglement here, just thinking about rushing back to the Jiuli clan and figuring out the battle situation.

In last night's battle, Lu Xiuhong never ordered the transfer of the Qi and Chu armies to the battle, because he was afraid that the armies of Qi and Chu would also be shaken, so he blocked the news from the Qi and Chu armies. But the camp of the Qin army is not far from the camp of the two armies of Qi and Chu, less than ten miles, and there is such a big movement, how can the two armies of Qi and Chu not notice it at all.

However, due to Lu Xiuhong's blockade news, the situation known by the two armies of Qi and Chu is not complete, only that the Qin army collectively betrayed the Three Kingdoms Alliance, but the reason is unknown, or only one or two, and the others are either hearsay, or false rumors, or personal speculation, so there are all kinds of theories, rumors are full, and the two armies of Qi and Chu are also panicked and uneasy.

Lu Xiuhong gathered the main generals of the Qi and Chu armies to gather, and naturally they could no longer hide anything, and told the story of what happened last night as it was. But sometimes things are like the truth, but no one believes it, of course, this is also because what happened last night is too weird, at the beginning, Qin Ge on all sides, the generals of the two armies of Qi and Chu were still half-convinced, but when it came to Hehua's appearance, showing the incarnation of Xuanniao, the generals of the two armies of Qi and Chu just didn't believe it at all.

The legend of Hehua is not a secret among the nations, but except for the Qin State, other countries do not believe it, thinking that it is just a rumor fabricated by the Qin State to deceive the Qin people. Although in this era, the theory of gods and ghosts is widely spread, but most of them are spread among the people, and among the scholars, in fact, it is not very popular, most of the scholars are holding the attitude of "respecting ghosts and gods and staying away", after all, the scholars' knowledge and experience are far stronger than ordinary civilians, such as Confucius even simply did not say anything about strange things and chaos.

Although before the war, Hehua also showed the incarnation of Xuanniao once in front of the two armies, but that time it was all the Qin army, the Qi army did not go out, and the Chu army simply did not rush to Handan, so they didn't see it with their own eyes, so naturally they didn't believe it. And now that Lu Xiuhong said it, the generals of the Qi and Chu armies all had the idea of "this is another set of tricks".

However, for Lu Xiuhong's decision to withdraw the army, the generals of the two armies of Qi and Chu have different attitudes, because the Qi army was trained by the Han army, there has always been a respect for the Han army, because it is the plateau, it is even more reverent, in addition, Tian Kezang suddenly changed his attitude, and the Han State is the enemy, which is also quite suspicious, so the Qi army does not want to be the enemy of the Han army, Lu Xiuhong decided to withdraw the army to Daliang, and the generals of the Qi army are very much agreed.

And the mentality of the Chu army is different, because in the Chu State advocated an alliance with the Han State, it was mainly the Xiang clan, but now the Xiang clan has lost power in the Chu State, and the generals of the Chu State are all from the Zhao, Jing, and Qu tribes, and they do not have a good impression of the plateau, and it can even be said that they are a little jealous, because the plateau is an ally of their political enemies, and after the Chu army came to the Handan battlefield, the Han and Qin coalition forces have retreated to Handan, and the Three Kingdoms coalition has always occupied the initiative on the battlefield, so this also makes the Chu army feel quite good. It is believed that the strength of the Han and Qin coalition forces is no more than that.

After Lu Xiuhong decided to withdraw the army, the generals of the Chu army said to Lu Xiuhong that it was better to take advantage of the fact that the Qin army had not yet withdrawn into Handan City, concentrate the armies of Qi and Chu, attack the Qin army camp, destroy the Qin army first, and then continue to attack Handan.

However, this construction was immediately denied by Wang Ben, because if he did so, he would fall into the arms of the plateau, he was the chief general of the Qin army, and naturally knew that the Qin army's camp was built very strongly, and it was not easy to break through lightly, not to mention that the Han army in Handan City would not sit idly by and watch the Qin army camp be breached, and would definitely send troops to rescue. Gao Yuan is a person who is proficient in the art of war, and of course will not miss such a fighter.

There are still 60,000 or 70,000 Qin troops stationed in Daliang, and a large number of grain and grass materials have been prepared, plus there are two armies of Qi and Chu, Wang Ben is completely sure that he can hold Daliang. Only in this way can the war situation be salvaged.

Lu Xiuhong naturally fully supported Wang Ben's opinion, but the generals of the Chu army seemed to have the strength to carry the same as Wang Ben, the more Wang Ben said that he couldn't fight, the more he wanted to fight, mainly because Chu had always hated Qin, and although Wang Ben betrayed Qin, in the eyes of the generals of the Chu army, he was still a native of Qin, and because of it, the Qin army had surrendered to Hehua, Wang Ben was just a bare pole, and he was here to point fingers and give orders, and the generals of the Chu army were naturally unconvinced, so they also riveted and worked against Wang Ben.

The Jiuli people's control of the Chu State is mainly through the agent of the Chu State to indirectly control the zhì, and Lu Xiuhong is still a member of the Qi army in the name, so he can't directly order the generals of the Chu army, so he can only persuade patiently, so everyone argued for a morning, Lu Xiuhong even released cruel words, the Chu army wants to fight, they will stay and fight, the Qi army will not be accompanied, and still withdraw to Daliang, the generals of the Chu army are only soft, and they also know in their hearts that if they only rely on the Chu army, of course, they will not be able to defeat the Han and Qin coalition forces, I had no choice but to agree to withdraw my troops.