In the hearts of all Qin generals, Xiao Yuan is their backbone.
Peng Shuang's tone was as if he had found someone to complain to: "He ordered me to march, saying it was to block the attack, but he ran away, putting our troops into a heavy siege. Almost all of the 20,000 soldiers died in the battle, Your Majesty... ..."
After Xiao Yuan listened, his eyes were dark.
After a pause, he said with relief: "General, you are overthinking it. As the commander-in-chief of an army, Su Yi will never ignore the war, let alone harm you."
Xiao Yuan had already understood the situation of Su Yi's troops crossing the Baisha River three times, and highly praised his commanding ability. From the perspective of a military commander, there was no doubt that Su Yi wanted to let Peng Shuang attract the enemy. Army, creating opportunities for one's own army of 100,000.
In the grand scheme of things, this is not wrong.
On the other side, inside Jialing Pass.
King Ling was very anxious now. Although the strategic plan of encirclement and suppression by divisions destroyed 20,000 Qin troops, the overall encirclement and suppression of Su Yi's tribe was not successful.
And after Su Yi jumped out of the battle circle, he did not stop. Instead, he took advantage of the gap in the Jingyang front to advance eastward, and then went diagonally south. In a short period of time, he had already reached the fourteenth city of Lingdi and was approaching Jialing Pass.
This approach is not from the outside, but from the inside.
In other words, Su Yi's 100,000 troops have already appeared in Lingguo.
When the time comes, Xiao Yuan's main force attacks fiercely outside, and if Su Yi supports him inside, this pass will be lost.
Full of anxiety, King Ling couldn't help but start to complain about Cheng Ping: "This is the strategy you gave me. It's good now. If we fail to encircle and suppress Su Yi, our country will lose ground one after another. What's even more frightening is that Su Yi has almost reached Jialing." closed!"
Cheng Ping swallowed. Actually, he couldn't be blamed. There was no problem with the strategic encirclement and suppression. It could only be said that Huang Zu was defeated by Su Yi because of the difference in command between the two commanders.
After a pause, he plucked up the courage to say: "Su Yi is really difficult to deal with. He crossed the Baisha River three times, affected the entire front, and set up empty camps. He has many tricks. Who would have thought that he would face an encirclement and suppression by an army of 400,000 people?" , don’t retreat but advance instead.”
"What's the use of talking about this now!" King Ling said angrily: "Su Yi is about to attack! Now all the troops at Jialing Pass have been mobilized. If he and King Qin attack from inside and outside, how can he defend it!"
In his anger, Cheng Ping stammered: "To protect Jialing Pass, the only way is to divide the troops and station them in Jicheng, and then order General Huang to return quickly."
Jicheng, within Jialing Pass, at the top left, is also the only way Su Yi must pass if he wants to approach Jialing Pass from the inside.
As for Huang Zu's army, after a series of mobilizations and sieges, it is now outside Jialing. It is impossible for him to directly return to defend Jialing Pass, because Xiao Yuan's troops are here and occupy all the transportation arteries.
He had only one choice, and that was to return to the Jingyang war zone, then move eastward, following the route Su Yi had taken.
It takes time to be able to march. Otherwise, Su Yi would not have crossed the Baisha River three times and left the Ling Army so far away. This was the time difference.
Another point is that due to the encirclement and suppression, there are currently not many troops in Jialing Pass. There were originally 100,000, but Xiao Yuan has attacked these days. After several fierce battles, there are less than 70,000.
Seventy thousand people had to face the main force of King Qin outside, and they had to divide their troops to garrison Jicheng. King Ling could only mobilize 20,000 at most, because Xiao Yuan's next attack would definitely be more ferocious.
The overall war situation in Lingguo has undergone earth-shaking changes due to the failure of the encirclement and suppression campaign.
To put it simply, they still have a lot of troops in the war zone, but they are all left on the periphery, which leads to insufficient defense of Jialing Pass.
This result was all due to Su Yi's use of troops.
After Cheng Ping finished speaking, although King Ling was reluctant, he could only say: "Based on the current situation, this is the only way. Go quickly and pass the order. The garrison of Jicheng will be handed over to Yuan Ming, and he must stop it." Su Yi asked Huang Zu to quicken his pace and travel day and night!"
"As ordered." Cheng Ping quickly saluted and responded.
The next battle situation is very clear. Su Yi is fighting from another route to Jialing Pass. The spirit general Yuan Ming leads 20,000 troops and enters Jicheng to intercept them. They must block it here for at least half a month to give Huang Zu a chance to return reinforcements. .
It is possible for 20,000 people to defend a city against an army of 100,000 for ten days and a half, or even more than half a year.
But now he was facing a famous general from the Qin State. Yuan Ming was a little afraid from the bottom of his heart. On the way to stationed in Jicheng, it could be said that he was full of worries.
Seeing his ugly face, the young general beside him couldn't help but said: "General, what are your concerns?"
Yuan Ming shook his head and sighed: "Well, Su Yi is a famous general in the world. He has killed so many soldiers from all over the world. Against him, I feel uneasy."
As a spiritual general, Yuan Ming had studied Su Yi's achievements to some extent during his military career. The more this happened, the more guilty he felt. On the contrary, the young general did not have so many worries and said indifferently: "The general is worrying too much, why not think like this , Su Yi is a famous general, if our troops defeat him, won’t the general also become famous all over the world?"
"You mean it nicely." Yuan Ming smiled bitterly.
Jialing Pass is not far from Jicheng. If you march normally, you can reach it in one or two days.
Faced with Su Yi's pressure, Yuan Ming did not dare to delay. Instead, he hurried in a hurry. On the afternoon of the next day, he entered Jicheng. Then, he began to fully deploy his defenses, and asked people to quarry rocks and reserve oil tanks. A large number of city defense equipment was transported to the city defense, and a posture of strict defense was established.
At this time, Su Yi was actually close to Jicheng, but he did not launch an attack immediately. Instead, he studied all the mountains and terrain near the city.
This is his military habit.
As a commander-in-chief, he must have the right time, place, people and people in his mind.
Jicheng entered the defense of 20,000 spiritual troops. The Qin army naturally knew about such a big movement. During the first military meeting, some generals proposed that soldiers must be quick and they should immediately launch a strong attack on Jicheng with overwhelming momentum. The sun can be broken.
Ning Zhan also agreed with this and said: "The garrison of Jicheng is only 20,000. How big is it? Let's fight hard and vicious battles with them and fight to the death! Anyway, in terms of time, we must win within ten days. Take this place."
This proposal is simple, that is, lose one thousand, kill eight hundred, or even exchange two for one. After all, in a siege, the defending side has the advantage.
The generals believed that they should do so at all costs. In fact, they could do so, but Su Yi did not agree because he had a better plan to defeat the enemy.
Next, after the Qin army attacked Linji City, they not only did not launch an offensive, but instead faced each other in pairs, and the two armies became peaceful.
In Yuan Ming's view, this was quite surprising, but after thinking about it, he was happy to see it happen. For him, the longer the Qin army delayed, the better. In another half month, Huang Zu's army would come over. .
