Bai Qi still held on to his last hope. What if something happened in the city and was delayed? Or maybe there was some landslide accident on the way? Although Bai Qi also knew that the possibility of this was almost slim. Even if it was a landslide disaster, it was impossible for more than ten waves of messengers to be lost without news.
Of course, the reason for sending out the scouts was not just for the hope of eventuality. As the saying goes, "Know yourself and your enemy, you will never be defeated in a hundred battles." What's more, Bai Qi needs to know who his opponent is.
"Yes, one in the dark and one in the light, to check the accurate situation in three places." The leader of the scout camp was not ambiguous at all. He immediately took the order and repeated Bai Qi's order.
"Third, after today's battle, the food and fodder of each camp will be collected and distributed uniformly by the Chinese army." Bai Qi looked at the quartermaster and said, "From tomorrow onwards, from the general down, we will have one meal a day, one meal at a time Ration of two."
"Yes!" the Quartermaster agreed immediately.
Bai Qi knew that the shortage of military rations could not be hidden, so it was better to control the military rations first. If it could last for one more day, that would be one day's hope. Of course, in order to avoid affecting the upcoming battle, Bai Qi still postponed the execution of the order to collect military rations and control diet until tomorrow.
After hearing this order, Sima Cuo naturally understood Bai Qi's deeper meaning: Wei Jun must be eliminated today.
"Let's take action!" Bai Qi waved his hand, and the generals immediately saluted together and filed out.
Bai Qi, who was sitting in the tent, was not idle. He wrote a silk letter and began to draft a request for military reinforcements to the King of Qin. Although Bai Qi was not 100% sure that Light Wolf City had been lost, and even the scouts he had just dispatched had not yet left the camp, Bai Qi's inner uneasiness told him that maybe the situation was more dangerous than he imagined.
For a moment, Bai Qi even wanted to withdraw his troops and rush back to Light Wolf City.
But reason told him not to do this. The current situation in Guanglang City is unclear. If a partial force of 10,000 to 20,000 troops returns, they may be defeated by the enemy troops one by one. However, if the entire army retreats, then the Wei army in front of them will be a big trouble. Although its combat power is average, After all, there are still nearly 100,000 troops, and the hasty withdrawal will give the Wei army a chance.
Therefore, annihilating the Wei army facing them is the top priority of the Qin army now. As for the subsequent actions, I'm afraid we still have to wait for the scout's report before we can decide.
Of course, this is not inconsistent with asking the King of Qin for help.
As the God of War of the Qin State, it is important to write such a letter asking for help, especially when one's own side is very likely to be besieged by an unknown army.
But Bai Qi didn't hesitate at all, just like before this battle, the entire Qin court, including his mortal enemy Fan Sui, unanimously recommended Bai to come out to command this battle. And Bai Qi knew that he was so powerful that he took over the tiger talisman that commanded the entire army without hesitation.
Without him, it is just for the victory of Qin.
Whenever the country is in crisis, the old Qin people will always put aside all their prejudices and work together to fight for the Qin through fire and water.
This is what the saying goes, "The old Qin and the old Qin fought against the national calamity together." Compared with Qin's national destiny, in Bai Qi's eyes, his own gains, losses, and reputation were not worth mentioning.
Suddenly, a military report was written.
He called the sergeant in charge of the carrier pigeons, carefully handed over the silk book, and gave detailed instructions.
Soon, the ever-strong carrier pigeon took off from the central army, fluttering its wings in the opposite direction of the sun.
Under the rising sun, the Qin army commanded by Sima Cuo has also formed its formation, ready to launch a final blow against the Wei army in front of them.
At this time, there was also a lot of noise in Wei Jun's tent. Lian Po, Lord Xinling and Jin Bi were arguing over the map. To be precise, Lord Xinling and Jin Bi were arguing over the breakout. Due to the urgency of the war, the two did not pursue too much into why the Qin army was able to encircle them.
Under normal circumstances, Lian Po would not mind sitting back and watching the internal struggles of the Wei army, and would even go so far as to deepen the gap between the two. But now is obviously not the time.
Feeling the temperature inside the tent gradually rising, Lian Po knew that the sun had gradually risen, and the corresponding Qin army's attack might be at the next moment, and there was no point in continuing to fight. Then he interrupted Lord Xinling's words, waved his hands and said, "You two don't need to argue any more! I will be responsible for the army behind the palace! The army that breaks through will be the responsibility of the Jin Dynasty."
General Bi is in charge, and Lord Xinling is in charge of the central army. "
After saying this, Lian Po raised his head and looked at the two of them. They didn't have any objections to this, but they were just surprised and admired.
Surprisingly, Lian Po, as a general of the Zhao army, would take the initiative to stay behind the throne. You know, the army behind the throne will most likely not be able to come back. Of course, what I admire is Lian Po's mind and responsibility in acting like this.
Of course Lian Po also knew the danger to the rear, but other than taking the initiative to take on this responsibility, there was really no other way.
Needless to say, Lord Xinling, in terms of status, is the true commander of the army. It is impossible for the commander to take the rear. In terms of ability, he does not have the ability to cut off the rear;
Where is Jin Bi? If he were an ordinary general, he would be the best choice for the rear, but Jin Bi also had another identity - the representative of the King of Wei in the army. If Jin Bi died in the end of the war, and the Wei army suffered too much losses in this battle, , what do you want King Wei to think?
Therefore, no matter how intense the discussion just now was between Lord Xinling and Jin Bi, they were only talking about the direction of the breakout and the distribution of troops, but they never touched on the fundamental issue of who will break the rear.
Rather than letting them continue their meaningless discussion, it is better to take down the queen alive. In this way, Lian Po will have more say in the layout of the battle situation - object? That's fine, you can come to the rear.
Of course, Lian Po's move of putting himself and himself in danger was not just to end the discussion and gain the right to speak. There are more important tasks for his stay, but of course, this is a story for another day.
Lian Po looked around the two of them and saw that neither of them had objections. He immediately began to take control of the situation and said, "The troop allocation is going to be 20,000 elites. Do you two have any objections?"
Lord Xinling and Jin Bi looked at each other. Although they had a thousand words in their hearts, they could only keep silent. They knew very well that Lian Po's requirements were not high. Twenty thousand soldiers were really not many to hold back the nearly 100,000 Qin army. But the key issue is that the 20,000 elites cannot include the last thousand or so soldiers of the Wei army. After all, whether they can break through the encirclement depends on the more than a thousand soldiers.
Of course Lian Po understood what they were thinking, and immediately said: "One thousand soldiers and 30,000 troops will follow General Jin Bi to open the way out. The remaining less than 400 soldiers will follow the general in the rear. The other 30,000 troops will follow Xinling You will arrange it. How about it?"
The two people who heard this had surprises in their eyes. They originally thought that Lian Po wanted to keep all the soldiers, but just as they didn't know how to speak, Lian Po made concessions first, and the magnitude of the concession was far beyond their expectations. ——They just want to keep half of the soldiers and that's enough.
Of course, Lian Po's arrangement was not without cost.
