As an old wolf king, Old King Qin has really tried his best.
Reuniting a country that was on the verge of fragmentation had consumed the last of the old King Qin's energy and reputation.
Especially the blow of "Self-destruction of the King's Hao", although it was just a delaying tactic against Zhao Guo, it was like a sharp thorn that penetrated the old man's heart.
The title of "King of Qin" was the greatest honor he inherited from his father and brother.
In countless dangers and difficulties, these simple three horizontal lines and one vertical line silently gave him strength.
For this simple act of three horizontal strokes and one vertical stroke, he ruthlessly drove his uncle, who supported him to the throne, out of the country;
For the sake of this "king", he has been walking on thin ice for decades, fearing that he would make a mistake;
For the sake of Qin, he finally spent his last effort.
How could it not be a pity? He is obviously only a little bit behind the only King of Qin. As long as he captures Changping and Handan, there will be no combat power in the world that can stop the Qin army.
But it was this simple last step that severely tripped him to the top of the party.
How could you not sigh? If I don't use my brain and replace the seemingly harmless Zhao Kuo, even if I continue to fight with Lian Po for ten or eight years, even if I wipe out all the people in Hanoi, Hedong, and Hexi, this time The Qin State at that time should still be a dominant family!
"Since Ji is born, why is Kuo Zai born?" The chant echoed repeatedly in the mind of the old King Qin.
It's a pity that the old King Qin has moved into the ancestral temple and is completely isolated from the world. No one listens to his story anymore.
However, the new Qin chariot built by the old King Qin with his last effort was restarted as the door of the ancestral temple was closed. XiuShu.com
Of course, Zhao Kuo ignored Qin's so-called peace talks.
For the northern and southern front armies, Zhao Kuo had only one instruction: It is better to use the remaining brave men to chase the poor invaders!
The translation is: Don't give me any trouble, don't pay attention to any request for a truce from Qin, give me a hard fight, and win the King of Qin until you reach Xianyang Palace.
Naturally, as Zhao Kuo's intention became clear, the armies from the north and the south also stepped up their attacks.
Of course, Li Mu's troops on the South Road were still clearing the rest of the Ying land without haste, but they were besieging Yingdu instead of attacking it;
On the other hand, the Northern Route Army's attack on Hangu Pass became increasingly sharp.
Even though reinforcements from Hangu Pass have arrived one after another, the Northern Route Army commanded by Tian Dan still attacks day and night.
On the one hand, it attracted more attention of the Qin army and made it unable to take care of the Yanying land in the south. On the other hand, Tian Dan's attack at all costs was actually to temper the troops.
After all, tens of thousands of Tian Dan's troops were adapted from the Wei army.
The battlefield will be the place where this Wei army will be reborn as soon as possible.
At the same time, in Yingchuan County, Lu Buwei also tried his best to reorganize the surrendered troops. After reorganizing one, he immediately sent it to the Hangu battlefield, which kept Tian Dan's troops in an advantageous position.
In this way, troops were trained in the north, organized in the middle, and besieged in the south. Everything was moving in the direction Zhao Kuo wanted.
However, just after the old King Qin made his last ditch effort, the situation quietly changed.
Of course, changes occurred on the southern battlefield. Meng Ao, who had already passed King Qin's imperial edict and Wang Lu's letter, knew clearly that no troops would come to rescue him, and began to try to break out.
Yes, breakout.
According to Wang Lu's letter: Even if one soldier breaks out of the encirclement, it is a victory.
However, it sounds simple, but it is really difficult to break through, especially when the troops are obviously insufficient.
Of course, in fact, Meng Ao never gave up investigating the breakout route after retreating to Yingdu.
However, Meng Ao did not want to carry out this risky breakout operation unless it was absolutely necessary.
Without him, even under the best results, the root
According to Meng Ao's calculations, he will lose at least more than half of his troops, and if things go wrong, it is very likely that his breakout will accelerate the demise of the entire army.
But as King Qin's edict arrived, Meng Ao had to make up his mind in the face of the dwindling supply of grain in the granary.
"Instruct all armies to prepare pots for cooking at three o'clock tomorrow. The men and horses are half full, and each hero is carrying five days' worth of food to prepare for a breakout." In the Chinese military tent, Meng Ao was making final tactical arrangements.
"Jin Fu, you lead the army of 10,000 troops as the left route army, and leave the south gate to the west at Mao hour."
"Shen Tufei, you are the vanguard on the right. At 2:00 a.m., you leave the north gate and turn southwest, opening roads over mountains and building bridges over rivers."
"Mu Yi, you lead the main army, except for my 20,000-strong army, and march towards the middle of Shu at three o'clock after Shentu. Remember, no matter what happens, you are not allowed to stop and bring the army back to the middle of Shu. , which is great merit." xь.
"The remaining generals of the central army, together with the 20,000-strong army of the central army, will serve as the middle route army. At the quarter of Mao hour, they will follow my general out of the west gate."
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As Meng Ao's final orders were arranged, the generals agreed with a bang and then withdrew from the Chinese military tent one by one.
It's not that Meng Ao didn't want to concentrate his efforts to fight out, but that Meng Ao had already tried and failed ruthlessly before Zhao Jun completed the encirclement.
Therefore, if you want to break through, you can only divide your troops.
Use one or more suspicious soldiers to confuse Zhao Jun's sight, allowing the main army to sneak past. Save the seeds of fighting as much as possible.
You can see from Meng Ao's arrangement. It is obvious that he divided his 150,000 army into three parts, coming out from the south, west and north respectively.
Obviously, the left army that was the first to drive out of the south gate was the first bait arranged by Meng Ao for Zhao Jun.
However, what surprised everyone was that the right army he led out of the west gate was the second bait.
But the real main force took a long detour from the north road.
The reason for this is also very simple. From the terrain point of view, the north road is full of jungles. Although it is a long way, it can get rid of the pursuit of Zhao Jun's cavalry as soon as possible. It is naturally the best path for the main force of the army.
As for himself, he has obviously registered with the Zhao army. If he goes around the north with the main force of the army, he may be chased and intercepted by the main force of the Zhao army.
The best way is to appear on the nearest west road.
Of course, in order to further confuse Zhao Jun, Meng Ao also arranged for a troop to come out from the south gate as a suspicious army for his own suspicious army.
According to general thinking, the first troops to come out must be the suspected troops and the partial troops, and the last troops to come out are most likely to be the troops at the rear. The opponent's attention will usually be locked on the second troops to appear, which is the middle troops coming out from the west gate. On the army.
And as long as he shows sufficient combat effectiveness in the battle, he can further attract Zhao Jun's attention to himself.
Coupled with the large banner with the word "Meng", Meng Ao was at least 70% sure that he could attract the main force of Zhao Jun.
In this way, the Qin army on the north road will have greater hope of breaking out.
This is also what Meng Ao most hopes will happen.
However, inevitably, as the person who attracts attention, there is a high probability that he will not be able to return to Shuzhong.
Of course Meng Ao understood, but in order to preserve more seeds for Qin, he could only do this. It should be said that Meng Ao's military arrangement was the best he could think of under the current circumstances.
It's a pity that Meng Ao never has the right to decide whether he can succeed or not.
But no matter what, Meng Ao tried his best, just like his old King Qin.
In Meng Ao's expectation, the sky finally slowly brightened.
The gang leader soldiers quickly got up and started making court food, and the Qin army who had eaten the court food immediately followed Meng Ao's order and began to break out in batches.
The moment the city gate creaked open, Zhao Jun's scouts who had already been ambushing outside the city immediately discovered the situation.
As the Qin armies marched out of Yingdu in a mighty manner, a piece of news converged into a river like a stream and was passed to distant places.
It was only twenty miles away from Yingdu and was in the main tent of the Zhao army.
"The Qin army is going to run away!" Li Mu came to this conclusion almost effortlessly.
Li Mu had obviously expected this situation. After all, with the aggressive nature of the Qin army, surrender was impossible. Instead of starving to death in the city, it was better to give it a try.
Li Mu almost immediately issued an order: "Send the order: The army will gather in the direction of Yingdu as planned to encircle the Qin army."
As Li Mu's order was issued, the originally quiet southern battlefield became lively again.
If it were an ordinary person, what he would have to do now would be to choose the direction in which the main force of the Qin army should flee from these three obvious routes.
But Li Mu didn't do this. He had no choice but to have enough strength in his hands to support him in making this decision.
What decision?
Order for a full-scale pursuit.
Yes, according to the intelligence sent back from the front line, it is obvious that the Qin army is divided into three parts. XiuShu.com
Although the exact number of each part of the Qin Army is not certain, it is at least more than 10,000 people. This means that the Qin Army can only have a maximum of 120,000 troops along each route.
By coincidence, Li Mu only had 300,000 troops in his hands. Even if he divided them into three parts, there would still be 100,000 troops in each part.
Even if they were defeated by the Qin Army's 120,000 main force, they could at least hold back the Qin Army and wait for the rest of the army to encircle them.
In this case, why did Li Mu follow the Qin army and divide his troops?
But Li Mu's prudent measure actually turned into a thorn in Meng Ao's heart.
Meng Ao had obviously thought enough and done enough, but his thoughts and actions seemed so insignificant in the face of absolute strength.
However, Meng Ao, who was riding on the horse at this time, wanted to contact Zhao Jun as soon as possible, and then use his combat power to firmly attract Zhao Jun's attention.
Meng Ao, who was full of patriotism, obviously didn't know that the puzzle he had worked so hard to set up was easily solved by Li Mu with a move of "one force to defeat ten wills".
If you fall behind, you will be beaten. This has been true since ancient times!
