Not to mention King Chu Huai's side, how did everyone open the champagne at half time... In Sima Cuo's Chinese army tent, all the generals sat down and stared at Sima Cuo in the chief seat.
Sima Cuo said in a deep voice: "According to the scout's report - as expected, the Qi people have withdrawn their troops."
"With the restraints of the Yan people, those Qi people will definitely not come back in a short time."
"Our army, the fighter plane has arrived."
After that, Sima Cuo took out a letter he had already written from his arms and said with a smile: "This letter will be sent to the Chu camp tomorrow - to make an appointment with the Chu-Vietnam coalition for another battle!"
"Destroy the Chu people's hegemony and shatter the Southern Barbarians' dream of going north... in this battle!"
The generals were in an uproar.
ah?
Want to fight again?
Gongsun Xi shook his head repeatedly... Even though the Qi people have left, our military strength is still at a disadvantage!
If you can defend [Luguan] well, you have already burned high incense... Why do you want to fight the Chu people again?
Bao Yuan tried his best to stop him: "General Sima, please think twice!"
"In the last battle, our army retreated for dozens of miles... Although the enemy's strength has been slightly weakened now, his strength is still far superior to ours!"
"It would be unwise to engage in another frontal battle."
"In the opinion of the last general - our army should guard Lu Pass and take advantage of the superior terrain to confront the Chu people - the enemy has more troops than us and a longer supply line than us... After three to five months of confrontation, the enemy will not fight. Retreat."
"Isn't it beautiful?"
Sima Cuo looked at Bao Yuan with a worried face, but he laughed leisurely.
The hand in his sleeve robe held a secret letter... Sima Cuo smiled confidently and said: "I have made up my mind. If General Baoyuan recognizes me as the commander of the coalition forces, he will accept the general's order."
"In this second battle, our army will never retreat again - don't worry, General Baoyuan."
"This battle will definitely be won!"
Bao Yuan's face turned pale and he wanted to persuade him again.
Sima Cuo waved his hand without any doubt, and the smile on his face disappeared in an instant: "This is Sima Cuo's general order—General Baoyuan, please accept the order!"
Bao Yuan is mute.
Looking at Sima Cuo's appearance, if he continues to bastard, he may have his head chopped off by this old guy to enforce military law.
No matter how many opinions he had in his heart... Bao Yuan could only look at each other and Gongsun Xi, and reluctantly agreed.
Blanch.
We don't expect to win either.
I just hope that I don’t lose again...
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King Huai of Chu was worried about how to break through the Lu Pass. He was naturally overjoyed to see Sima Cuo actually willing to give up the dangerous pass and take the initiative to fight in the field!
OK OK!
People say that Sima Cuo is all kinds of awesome, but now it seems that he will only rely on Qin's strong military power to fight head-on battles.
Compared with my great nephew who always defeats the strong with the weak, Sima Cuo's level is really average!
In the past, when the Qin State was strong, Sima Cuo could certainly win consecutive battles.
Now, our Chu State's military strength is stronger... This Sima Cuo has shown his true colors!
From this point of view, my military command level seems to be no worse than that of Sima Cuo!
King Chu Huai’s self-confidence has grown unprecedentedly!
Immediately, I wrote in person to reply - OK, OK, come, come, come, watch me beat you to death.
Just like that, two days later, a battle of unprecedented scale officially began!
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Under the wise leadership of the King of Chu, 280,000 Chu troops were divided into three groups——
There are 100,000 Chu troops on each wing - in comparison, the center army is the weakest, with only 80,000 Chu troops.
The benefits of this arrangement are obvious.
After the battle begins, the Chinese army sticks to the main forces of Qin, Wei and Han. The sufficient forces on both wings can maneuver in a wide range and attack from the flanks, enveloping as many enemy forces as possible and achieving the greatest killing effect.
The 20,000 Yue troops were arranged behind the Chu army's Chinese formation.
Although the Yue soldiers were small, they were actually far more elite than the Chu army's garrison soldiers - Yue King Si Jing's military training methods were still excellent, and the 20,000 Yue soldiers were at least veterans who had fought for several years.
Twenty thousand Vietnamese troops served as a reserve force for this battle.
When the two armies are exhausted from fighting, the 20,000 elite soldiers will go up with pressure, and they will win a complete victory!
It can be seen from the formation of King Huai of Chu that he has absolute confidence in this battle.
All arrangements are made to maximize the results!
It is said that the 300,000-strong army was deployed in an endless formation...the flags were hidden in the sky, and the drums were beating loudly...the breeze blew by, and the flags all over the mountains and plains were swaying like clouds.
The fat King Huai of Chu was sitting on the chariot, laughing loudly and energetically: "Drumming! Invite a battle!"
Boom!
Boom!
Behind the King of Chu's chariot, eighty cowhide drums were beating in unison, and the phalanx of drummers was sweating like rain... The royal flag of the central army was swinging slightly.
The 280,000 Chu army and 20,000 Yue army were in neat formation, and there were many swords and halberds.
After the sound of the drum, the 300,000-strong army raised their swords and halberds in unison, stamped the ground with their right feet, and their low roars gathered together and cut through the sky like rolling thunder: "Long live the overlord!"
"Look, Your Majesty! The Qin, Wei and Han coalition forces are dispatched!" Wu Ben raised his sword high and pointed at the phalanx in the distance.
The formation composed of 230,000 Qin, Wei and Han coalition forces was obviously smaller than that of the Chu and Yue coalition forces... but it was equally powerful.
Qu Ping looked attentively - the Qin army's cavalry and infantry were placed on both wings, the Chinese army was combined with the Wei army's chariot troops and infantry, and the green Korean army arrayed behind the Wei army.
This formation is very familiar - Qin, Wei and Han were in this formation during their first battle a while ago.
Qu Ping did not dare to be careless and raised the sword in his hand: "Three armies! Prepare for war!"
A fool like King Huai of Chu who didn't know how to fight could arrogantly think that Sima Cuo was no more than an expert... But Qu Ping was also a veteran on the battlefield, and he didn't dare to underestimate the long-established Qin Guowei across from him.
Not to mention Sima Cuo's past achievements.
Just from the battle in Pheasant Mountain a while ago - you can see Sima Cuo's superb level!
It is said that in this kind of head-on battle, there are endless troops on both sides, and even the troops on the left and right wings are completely out of sight of the central army commander.
Because such a large-scale battle involving hundreds of thousands of people is by no means the kind of fight limited to a corner of the novel - it is a battle of wits and courage that covers dozens or even hundreds of miles around the battlefield.
The general on the command platform could not even see all the troops under his command, let alone see through the deployment of the opposite side.
In this way, the test for the commander can be imagined——
Not only must they fully understand the situation of each army under their command - their location, troop losses, movement speed, and even the level of morale...
For example, a phalanx of ten thousand people under your command is more than ten miles away from the central army, and the general cannot see it at all - assuming that this army has been seriously reduced in number, the general will order them to move forward to block the enemy's cavalry... then this army It's not far from collapse.
But in this era, there were no telegraphs and telephones... The communication between various ministries and the Chinese army could only be achieved by seeing flags at some distance; at further distances, the only way to communicate was by the messengers running wildly on horseback.
We also need to consider the terrain - a small ravine or an inconspicuous hill may delay the movement of the army - on the battlefield, a misjudgment of half a stick of incense may also be fatal.
It can be seen from this that the brain of an awesome ancient commander should have a function similar to that of a satellite map...
Therefore, this kind of large-scale battle involving hundreds of thousands of people will largely test the commander's ability to predict and even the tacit understanding with his subordinates!
In the previous "Battle of Pheasant Mountain", the commanding ability shown by Sima Cuo was terrifying!
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