Bai Qi raised his hammer and hit the light wolf city with a fierce punch!
That's right, the gate chosen by Bai Qi is still Jiepailing.
The reason is simple. From here, you can return to the land of Qin in a short time.
Jiepailing, as the name suggests, is the boundary between Shangdang County and Hanoi County. A long and narrow passage runs through the two counties, with Jiepailing on one side and Yewang City on the other. Like a checkpoint in each county, the passage in and out is tightly blocked.
Coincidentally, the Yewang City in Hanoi is now in the hands of Qin. In other words, as long as you leave Dejiepailing, you can reach Yewang City in less than a day.
Once they arrive at Yewang City, problems such as food and grass supplies will be solved. In addition, Yewang City is also a fortified city. It can be said that as long as they enter Yewang City, the Zhao army will be unable to defeat the Qin army even if it has twice the strength.
If you open the door to the north, you will need to climb at least Zoumaling and Danzhu Ridge. The same goes for the west side. You need to climb Kongcang Ridge. The rugged mountain road will not only greatly increase the return time, but also means unknown risks.
Therefore, no matter how you look at it, Jiepai Ridge is the best "breakout point".
Of course, from Bai Qi's own heart, there is another small thought: that is, although Jiepai Ridge is a natural danger, the more dangerous it is, the more often it will be ignored. It is very likely that on that Jiepai Ridge, There are not many troops stationed there. If I am caught by surprise, maybe I still have a chance to attack?
Regardless, it's worth a try!
Having made up his mind, Bai Qi immediately turned around and looked at the two people in the tent: Sima Cuo and Wang Lu.
Seeing Bai Qi turn around, the two of them looked at each other, as if to say: I knew Lord Wu An would eventually find a way.
The three of them looked at each other, nothing could be said.
"This battle has greatly exceeded my expectations." Bai Qi did not hide it from the two of them, because the next battle will require the help of the two and even the entire Qin army: "The extra 100,000 troops from the Zhao army , I am also puzzled as to where the solution comes from. The Art of War says: If you know yourself and the enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger, but in today's battle, you know yourself and don't know the enemy."
Bai Qi pointed at the map and said, "Our army is short of food and grass, and is unable to break out from the east, south, or north. And from the fact that the Wei army burned food and grass, the Zhao army must have known about our army's food shortage. Therefore, Even if we want to fight quickly, Zhao Jun will probably give us such an opportunity."
"Therefore, this battle can no longer continue." Bai Qi finally expressed his decision.
As soon as these words were spoken, it was tantamount to announcing the failure of this unprecedented battle. It’s just that now, what can we do if we don’t make a decision? Judging from the reactions of Wang Lu and Sima Cuo, General Twenty Thousand, we know that they were not surprised by this decision.
"Yes!" The two of them clasped their fists together, expressing support for Bai Qi's decision.
"Send the order!" Bai Qi didn't say anything more: "The whole army will be reorganized tonight and set out at 10:00 tomorrow. The target is Jiepailing. Wang Lu, with you as the main general, we will lead a trial attack on Jiepailing with 30,000 elite troops."
"Yes!" Wang Hao accepted the order without any hesitation.
It’s not that Wang Hao didn’t know that the terrain of Jiepailing was difficult to defend and difficult to attack. It wasn’t that Wang Hao didn’t hear what the scout captain had just said that the Zhao army was already waiting. There was only one reason why he simply agreed – trust.
Trust Bai Qi's military capabilities, trust that Bai Qi will not make any mistakes in such a situation, trust that Bai Qi's instructions will have follow-up and profound meaning.
Sure enough, Bai Qi then continued: "If we can capture it in one fell swoop, that would be the best. If there are a lot of Zhao troops in the city, there is no need to attack by force. Just break out the Zhao troops in the city!"
"Yes!" Wang Hao continued to take orders.
"With the current combat power of our army, it will be difficult to break through the encirclement alone." Bai Qi continued: "It's just that the domestic situation is not optimistic. If we want to raise another army, the outcome is unknown."
Bai nodded, looked at Sima Cuo, and said: "Fei Ge sent a letter to my king, telling him three things: first, those who besieged our army were not soldiers of other countries, but soldiers of Zhao; second, our army was seriously short of food and fodder, even if Implemented with the lowest standards, it can only last for more than 20 days. However, our army's combat strength is already at a critical level and it is no longer expected to go to the party. It is better to preserve the actual situation.
Thirdly, Wei Guo should be deceived by Zhao Guo. He wanted to reap the benefits of the fisherman, but instead acted like a snipe and a clam. You can try to do it.
I also ask my king to do two things: first, to quickly send out 20,000 to 30,000 reinforcements as a threat, and to bring food, military equipment, etc. to the Yewang City to wait for orders; second, to quickly send envoys to Zhao, and in any case, either persuade or If he is forced, King Zhao must order his troops to retreat. "
"Yes!" Sima Cuo also immediately accepted the order.
At this point, Bai Qi's method is already obvious. First, test the quality of Jiepailing with an army of 30,000. If Zhao's army is insufficient, then he will not waste time, fight out and go straight to Jiepailing; If the army's defense is stable, then it will be stationed in front of Jiepailing to await reinforcements.
The reinforcements were not a large army mobilized from the Qin State, but a mere 20,000 troops to intimidate Zhao State and force the Zhao army to open the door through internal conflicts within the Zhao State court.
And this was almost exactly the same as the method discussed by King Qin and Prime Minister Fan Sui who were thousands of miles away.
Obviously, although the senior officials of the Qin State have never heard the sentence "War is the continuation of politics," the essence of this sentence has been integrated into the bones of the senior officials of the Qin State.
It is not difficult to understand that Qin has always wanted to obtain victory at the negotiation table if it cannot get it on the battlefield; if it has won victory on the battlefield, Qin will get more at the negotiation table.
As for how to persuade or coerce King Zhao, and whether King Zhao would submit, Bai Qi could only shrug and said: This is Prime Minister Fan Sui's expertise!
As the saying goes, "do your best and listen to God's will." In the current situation, even Bai Qi can only make dangerous and strange moves. Of course, if it really comes to the last moment, Bai Qi will not hesitate to lead his more than 100,000 soldiers to fight Zhao Jun to the death.
"Jiujiu and Lao Qin, we fight against the national calamity together."
The three big hands held each other tightly again.
Not long after, another homing pigeon flew high from the Qin camp, taking advantage of the darkness, and flew quickly towards Xianyang.
And just when the Qin State was searching for their guts to break through the net, Lian Po also brought the remaining soldiers of the Wei army, less than 3,000 under his command, to the barrier.
The originally imagined fierce battle ended before it even started. What hung on the towering barrier was not the black flag of the Qin army, but the Zhao flag with black characters on a red background.
A neat group of soldiers in red uniforms quickly appeared around them. In the confusion, they heard the order from General Lian Po: line up and enter the city.
So, the three thousand Wei troops exchanged their weapons for clean clothes, bowls of hot soup and millet, then washed each other, put on Zhao Jun's clothes that did not fit, and sat around in the dry barrier. , watching the flames jumping in front of my eyes, the patter of rain ringing in my ears, quietly enjoying the comfort of escaping after the rain.
Not far away from them, the two veterans finally met again.
We met on this rainy night...
