The battlefield still has its own iron laws.
Strong is strong, weak is weak! Although Lian Po, with the help of Lord Xinling, quickly stabilized the morale of the Wei army, the battlefield line failed to be stabilized as well as the morale of the army.
The weak combat power of the Wei army once again refreshed Lian Po's understanding. Yesterday, he had successfully defeated the Qin army in the offensive battle. Today, after peeling off the Wei soldiers, their true colors were revealed?
It is obvious that there have been enough repairs, and it is obvious that it has a great defensive advantage with its back to the camp. It is obvious that the Qin army on the opposite side does not lock up 20,000 to 30,000 people, which is not much more than its own army of more than 20,000, but it happens , under such circumstances, as soon as the Wei army's rear army came into contact with the Qin army's attack, they were beaten and fled.
The only thing that is a little bit fortunate is that the Wei army may have understood that they could not collapse, but they did not flee. When there were not many front-line positions left, they finally mustered up their last courage to fight with the Qin army.
However, the few remaining support points could not be the Qin army's opponents. Soon, almost all front lines fell, and the Wei army was defeated and retreated to the second line. At the same time, letters asking for help were sent from all directions along with the news of the retreat of the front. Arriving in front of Lian Po.
Listening to the report from the commander in front of him, Lian Po was almost not convinced.
"This? Wasn't it less than a quarter of an hour after the battle? How come the whole front is in panic?! The Qin army doesn't have many troops! Even if there are 20,000 pigs, it will take a while for the Qin army to drive them all out of the front line. Come on!" Lian Po looked at Lord Xinling in confusion.
The meaning couldn't be more naked: Is this what your Wei army is all about?
Looking at Lian Po's probing eyes, Lord Xinling blushed with a loud sound, but he didn't know how to answer.
Lord Xinling was not unaware of the weak combat power of the ordinary soldiers of the Wei army, but he did not know that it could be so bad. Especially in yesterday's battle, the performance of the Wei army was remarkable, which caused many Wei generals, including Lord Xinling, to misjudge the combat effectiveness of the ordinary soldiers of the Wei army.
In fact, the reason why the Wei army was so "brave" yesterday is probably due to the thousands of Wei soldiers. It was the elite soldiers who continued to tear apart the Qin army's defense line. The Wei army that filed in did not need much formation and coordination. Coupled with the morale bonus that had been suppressing the Qin army, this created yesterday's victory. The brilliant results of the Wei army.
Fighting with the wind, even a group of young men can do it. But after the first battle of the barrier, Zhao Jun boldly used a group of young men in the pursuit battle, and the Qin army was defeated steadily.
However, today's battle is no longer a no-brainer battle with the wind. Although it is a defensive war, it should be easier to fight than an offensive war. But firstly, there were no elite soldiers to charge forward, and secondly, the exchange of offense and defense was a big blow to morale, so the true combat power of the Wei army was immediately exposed.
Seemingly seeing Lord Xinling's helplessness, Lian Po sighed softly, and then ordered: "Send the order: The resting regiment will immediately detach 20,000 troops to reinforce the rear army."
The 20,000-strong army was almost more than half of the troops that were on rotation. As a result, the rear army had 40,000 troops, which was 10,000 more than the attacking Qin army.
It has to be said that the situation where the defensive force is more than the offensive force is quite rare in many battles throughout the Warring States Period. Of course, the actual combat power of the army is not only determined by the number of troops, but also the level of elite training, the command ability of the generals, etc. are also important components of combat power.
It was too late to temporarily train this group of Wei troops. In addition to building up troops, all that could be done was to deploy a better general.
"Lord Xinling." Lian Po turned his head and looked at Lord Xinling.
Lord Xinling was shocked when he saw Lian Po suddenly looking over, and then he seemed to have thought of something. The 40,000-strong rear army is almost two-fifths of its remaining combat strength. A general must be in charge. Now that Jin Bi is in front, Lian Po cannot be easily touched. After thinking about it, he may be the best candidate.
But Lord Xinling was a little hesitant in his heart, not because he was afraid of going to the rear army that was fighting fiercely and in danger. After all, Lord Xinling was still confident in defeating the Qin army at this time. What Lord Xinling was worried about was that if
If you leave the Chinese army, you will be giving all the command of the army to Lian Po. In case...
Although there is no doubt about Lian Po's commanding ability from the beginning of the war, if Lian Po had not overcame all opinions to ensure the sufficient combat strength of the rear army and ordered the legions to take turns to rest, I am afraid that the army would have fallen into a more dangerous situation at this time and even been defeated. Maybe.
It can be said that along the way from Wei to Shangdang, except for the issue of the timing of sending troops, there was a slight disagreement between Lian Po and Lord Xinling. For the rest of the time, Lian Po's actions were perfect.
Logically speaking, Lord Xinling should give Lian Po full trust.
Unfortunately, the bad thing is that Lian Po is the general of Zhao! Even though the words "Those who are not of my race must have different hearts" have not yet been circulated in the world, this idea has obviously already existed, especially among the three Jin Dynasties. Although they are brothers, no one has betrayed them after all these years. We have met each other several times.
If Lian Po and Jin Bi were to change their thrones, Lord Xinling would not even need Lian Po's generals, he would have already asked for orders to supervise the battle in the rear army. Now Lord Xinling is asked to put down his position in the central army and go to the rear army to supervise the battle. Even though the situation in the rear army is already somewhat urgent, Lord Xinling is still a little undecided for a while.
Looking at Lord Xinling who was thinking deeply, Lian Po understood almost instantly: To Wei Jun, he was always an outsider, even if he had performed well, even if his orders were for the victory of the entire war!
Fortunately, Lian Po still has his wife in his heart, or in other words, Lian Po did not have too much hope for Lord Xinling and his wife from the beginning. After all, although Lord Xinling has shown superhuman acumen in the overall military situation, it is obvious that what the rear army needs most now is a tactical general who is deeply immersed in techniques and tactics.
Among the Wei army, apart from Lian Po himself, there was only General Jin Bi who was commanding at the front line.
"It seems that we are going to move the command post forward!" Lian Po's sudden words woke up Lord Xinling.
"There must be a general in charge in the follow-up." Lian Po ignored the probing look from Lord Xinling and said to himself: "I and Lord Xinling personally commanded the offensive battle of the front army, and transferred General Jinbi to guard the rear army. What do you think, Lord Ling?"
Lord Xinling was stunned for a moment, but then he knew that this might be the best way now, and immediately expressed his position: "Everything will be obeyed by General Lianpo's orders. There is no one I would not obey."
