The decisive factor in the outcome of a battle must be viewed from multiple perspectives including the commander, generals, and troops.
Let's take the commander as an example. In this battle of Yicheng, the commanders of both sides were not at the same level.
Bai Qi, the leader of the Qin Army, is the highest basic commander in history, with a peak basic commander of 105.
Perhaps because Bai Qi was special, he only had 100 commander points when he was born, and it took a little bit of accumulated experience to recover.
It has been three years since Bai Qi was born. In these three years, Bai Qi fought many battles, such as forcing Chen Youliang to surrender, and small ones such as suppressing bandits in Nanyang.
Under Qin Hao's deliberate bias, Commander Bai Qi has also recovered to 102. He is almost the commander with the highest attendance rate among the generals of the Qin army.
As for the coalition leader Liu Xiu, his peak commander level is only 99. Compared with Bai Qi, a famous commander through the ages, he is obviously more than one level behind.
In terms of generals, because Qin Hao attaches great importance to Liu Xiu, the lineup of generals given to Bai Qi this time is also unprecedentedly luxurious.
The three strongest god-level generals in the Qin army, Li Cunxiao, Ran Min, and Jiang Song, were all under Bai Qi's command this time.
The divine generals include Pei Yuanqing, Xiong Kuohai, Huang Zhong, Xu Chu, Yang Zaixing, as well as Xin Qiji, Gao Shun, Wenpin, Jiang, Zhou Yu and other good generals.
In contrast, Liu Xiu only had some of the twenty-eight Yuntai generals under his command. Among them, the strongest Jia Fu was still under the command of Dong Zhuo, and then there were the generals under the five major princes of Jingzhou.
In terms of generals, the coalition forces and the Qin army are not at the same level at all. No one can deal with the three war gods such as Li Cunxiao, let alone other generals?
As for the army, the Qin army was not only armed to the teeth, but also trained jointly by many famous generals for two years. Almost all of them were elite soldiers.
The coalition forces were just improvised, and their internal combat capabilities were uneven. They could not be compared with the Qin army at all.
Regardless of the commander, generals or soldiers, the Qin army crushed the coalition forces, so Qin Hao really could not imagine that there would be a possibility of defeat in this battle.
"Liu Xiu brought 15 people with him this time. Except for Jia Fu, who is the most powerful, the others should still be with him. I hope Bai Qi can kill them all at once this time. It is best to kill Liu Xiu." The evil will also be eliminated.”
Although Liu Xiu is not a big threat now, if he is allowed to develop, there will be endless troubles in the future. That's why Qin Hao gave Bai Qi such a luxurious lineup to nip this threat in the bud.
"Report... urgent news from Chang'an."
Qin Hao took the letter with a solemn expression. Although he was in Xiangyang now, he still paid great attention to Chang'an, and a series of intelligence he had recently obtained all confirmed one thing, that is, a heavy rain was coming.
After Qin Hao gently opened it and quickly read it, his expression became a little strange, and he whispered to himself: "Dong Zhuo actually fought against the aristocratic family for the benefit of the people. That series of suicide incidents turned out to be Was it framed by the noble family?"
Although Dong Zhuo's purpose was not to benefit the people, his policies did benefit the people under his rule, which made Qin Hao look at him with admiration.
Perhaps because of conflicts of interest, Qin Hao had never had a good impression of Dong Zhuo. However, after experiencing the whole process personally, Qin Hao realized that he was still too narrow-minded and had an indescribable feeling for Dong Zhuo in his heart.
Zhang Jiao and Dong Zhuo both fought against the aristocratic family for the sake of the people, but their final outcome was to be infamous for thousands of years. It was only a matter of time before Qin Hao and the aristocratic family completely confronted each other, so it was inevitable that they would feel the sadness of the rabbit dying and the fox dying.
"The aristocratic family is playing with fire. If they continue to press like this, Dong Zhuo will transform into Demon King Dong, and then..."
As soon as he thought about this, Qin Hao's eyes felt a sense of expectation.
Zhang Jue has already severely damaged the Guandong family. If Dong Zhuo can severely damage the two major families in the East and the West, no matter who succeeds in unifying the world in the future, they will no longer be constrained by the family.
"Dong Zhuo, you will not succeed. It will be me, Qin Hao, who will dominate the world in the future, so I would like to thank you in advance for your help. I will fight you again after you have completely transformed into the Demon King."
Qin Hao secretly thought, and at the same time, he had already thought that after Dong Zhuo killed the emperor, it would be the best time for him to launch an alliance to challenge Dong.
On the Yicheng side, after Bai Qi defeated Liu Xiu's former army ambush, just when he was about to reach Yicheng, he was blocked by a large village.
Naturally, Liu Xiu established this stronghold in order to force Bai Qi to fight him, otherwise he would have to take a detour.
"Report...to the general, Liu Xiu's letter of war has been delivered."
"Send it up." Bai Qi said calmly.
The soldier respectfully presented the letter of challenge, and while Bai Qi was browsing, Li Cunxiao below laughed and said: "Liu Xiu is so incompetent that he even thought of using such a stupid method to force our army to fight, even if our army detoured and gave him enough He still couldn't capture Yicheng despite the time."
"Yes, although Yicheng is a small city, the general has specially hoarded a large amount of defense materials and equipment in the city. It is impossible for him, Liu Xiu, to come down in a short time." Ran Min also smiled.
Pei Yuanqing rolled his eyes and said: "General, why don't our army simply take a detour and let Liu Xiu hit a wall in Yicheng to dampen his spirit, and then fight with him with all his strength? What do you think of this method?"
Bai Qi also finished reading it at this time. After hearing what Pei Yuanqing said, he put down the gauntlet and said calmly: "Not very good."
"ah?"
"Even if our army takes a detour, Liu Xiu will definitely have backup plans, such as sending small groups of troops to continuously harass our army's food routes. Then he will be really passive."
Pei Yuanqing nodded subconsciously, and when he saw everyone looking at him, he said a little embarrassedly: "It's the boy who didn't think well."
Bai Qi glanced at Zhou Yu and said calmly: "Gong Jin, what do you think our army should do next?"
Zhou Yu was immediately overjoyed when he heard this. He thought for a moment and then clasped his fists and said, "I think we should fight."
"reason?"
"My subordinates believe that our army is strong enough to defeat the enemy, so there is no need to create extraneous matters. Just fight in an upright and honest manner."
"It's a fair fight."
A smile appeared at the corner of Bai Qi's mouth, and his eyes were filled with admiration.
Seeing that Bai Qi actually smiled, all the generals looked like they had seen a ghost, while Bai Qi said solemnly: "I, Bai Qi, have accepted Liu Xiu's letter of challenge, but the time and place of the decisive battle , it will be decided by the present and the future.”
Liu Xiu was overjoyed when he learned that Bai Qi had accepted the challenge. As for Bai Qi's additional request, he thought for a while before agreeing.
After Bai Qi learned that Liu Xiu had agreed, he couldn't help but smile, and then said to the envoy: "Go back and tell Liu Xiu that the decisive battle will be in two days. As for the location..."
