Tian Dan was obviously a little confused when he heard this. The pouring rain blocked their sight. Wasn't it helping the Wei army break through? How could it still ruin our army's plan?
Lian Po also sighed softly and said: "General Tian doesn't know something. I led the Wei reinforcements here. I wanted to join forces with Qin and form a battle of attrition, but I didn't want the Wei army to be weak in combat. Although the Qin army was also consumed, We have a fighting strength of 70,000 to 80,000, but because time is still short, there is still a lot of food in the army."
"Huh?" Hearing this, Tian Dan was greatly disturbed and even stood there in a daze.
No wonder Tian Dan, with his own army and hundreds of thousands of people, worked hard to put on a big show, but when the stage came on, the stage collapsed because of a minor supporting actor's mistake. Who could bear this? !
However, Tian Dan soon realized that General Lian Po couldn't have just thought of something as important as grain and fodder now. Since General Lian Po knew about it, he should be able to break it.
Sure enough, Lian Po immediately continued: "I wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of being the queen of Lord Xinling to burn the remaining grain and the camp with a fire! I might as well have taken advantage of the fire to break out, but it's a pity that ..."
As he spoke, Lian Po slapped the wooden frame of the sand table hard with his palm, and continued: "It's just that God is not as good as man. The camp was filled with kerosene, and the fire was already raging, and there were even more fires. The power of a prairie fire can suddenly fall with heavy rain. From what I can see, the fire in the camp will be extinguished in less than a moment."
"Hi..." Tian Dan sighed unconsciously. I couldn't help but feel more and more sour in my heart. Obviously I had already thought about the problem of food and grass, and even poured fire oil on it, but the sky that had been sunny for more than a month suddenly started to rain heavily. Who could have predicted this?
"Based on the general's judgment, how much food can the Qin army still get after the fire?" Tian Dan asked unwillingly.
Lian Po pondered for a moment and continued: "With the speed of the fire spreading, the Qin army can save at least one-sixth to one-fifth of the grain. It should be enough to support the Qin army's remaining 120,000 to 30,000 troops at least. If we use the minimum amount of food for seven or eight days, I'm afraid it won't be a big problem to last for more than twenty days."
Obviously, Lian Po overestimated the harvest of the Qin army. In fact, adding the Qin army's own food reserves, it was enough to last seven or eight days. The difference in this difference was due to Lian Po's consistent conservative thinking. , also related to the waste caused by the greedy eating of the Qin army soldiers.
Of course, such judgments will not have much impact on strategic judgments. After all, there is a big gap between one or two days' food reserves and five or six days' food reserves, but the gap between five or six days and six or seven days is actually not as big as imagined.
If we can't break out in five or six days, I'm afraid it will be difficult to break out in six or seven days without making great progress. If you can break out in six or seven days, you should be able to break out in five or six days.
However, the difference between having enough food for five or six days and only having enough food for one or two days is a huge difference between "having" and "having nothing". Not to mention the number of days that can be sustained if the dosage is reduced, just moving a single bag of grain into the camp will boost the morale of all the soldiers, which is enough to be worth tens of thousands of elite soldiers.
What's even more terrible is that more than twenty days are enough for the Qin State to mobilize troops and generals. And once the Qin State sends reinforcements again, marching directly into Guanglang City under the leadership of Kongcang, and under attack from Shangdang's Qin army, how long can the Guanglang City barrier, which is not very strong, be able to hold on?
Once the Qin army joins forces at Guanglang City again, the pocket formation that Zhao Jun has worked so hard to set up will be considered broken, and the battlefield will flow to the east. What will follow is likely to be another long-term confrontation.
In other words, under the current circumstances, it is impossible for the Zhao army to continue to use siege methods and wait for the Qin army to run out of food and be defeated!
Obviously, after hearing Lian Po's judgment on Liang Mo, Tian Dan immediately thought of this consequence.
The two looked at each other again, with a little solemnity in their eyes.
Well, just a little dignified, not much!
"For the current plan, perhaps we can only switch from defense to offense!" Tian Dan sighed softly.
Lian Po also nodded silently.
Both of them understood that although a heavy rain destroyed a good situation, it was far from depressing. The Qin army still has flaws to find, and the battle
The absolute initiative in the field is still firmly in his own hands.
Because before the reinforcements of the Qin Army arrive, the Qin Army will still have a long period of strength vacuum due to the shortage of food and fodder.
And this period is the time for a decisive battle with the Qin army! It is also the best time to destroy them in one fell swoop.
Judging from the current comparison of the strength of the enemy and ourselves, the Qin army only has 120,000 to 30,000 troops, and they are all exhausted soldiers who have fought fiercely for more than a month. After the battle with the Wei army, almost everyone was injured, and their morale was severely damaged due to repeated saw-sawing. Coupled with the shortage of food and fodder, the morale and combat effectiveness of the Qin army will further decline to a dangerous level.
Looking at the Zhao army, regardless of the nearly 50,000 troops brought by Zhao Kuo, the number of troops known to Tian Dan and Lian Po alone was as many as 140,000, and in addition to the 20,000 troops in Guanglang City, , the rest of the armies are waiting for work, and their combat power can be said to be strong.
Comparing the two, the gap in combat power is clear at a glance. It can be said that as long as this opportunity is found correctly, even if the Qin army cannot be completely annihilated, it can still give the Qin army a painful blow.
The advantage is still with me!
But if we really want to fight the Qin army, we must go with the mentality of a lion fighting a rabbit, which means that we must mobilize all the troops that can be mobilized to fight.
Obviously this involves a fundamental change in the tactics of warfare, and must be approved by General Zhao Kuo, the person who coordinates the layout.
However, even if Zhao Kuo agreed to the change in tactics, this decisive battle is still not something you can fight if you want to fight!
Bai Qi of the Qin Army was not a fool. He knew that he was invincible and it was not the behavior of a wise man to attack him. The most likely situation is that the Qin army pretends to engage in battle, but secretly learns from Zhao Jun's method, taking advantage of the opportunity of Zhao Jun's main force, using a small number of troops as a lure, and a large force to seize the barrier or boundary ridge. , and left.
No matter what, the two people present quickly reached a consensus on the only solution of turning from defense to offense.
"This matter still needs to be reported to the general. We will report the current situation and our strategy of switching from defense to attack in a silk letter to the general for his decision." Tian Dan continued.
"Of course." Lian Po also nodded and said, "We still need to send out a large number of scouts. We must clearly detect the movements of the Qin army. We must not fall into Bai Qisheng's plan of attacking from the east to the west."
Tian Dan nodded and shouted outside the tent, "Here comes someone!"
