Chapter 1645: Kong Ming’s Strategy (Part 2)
Chapter 1645 Kong Ming’s Strategy (Part 2)
Chapter 1643: Kong Ming’s Strategy (Part 2)
After hearing Zhuge Liang's words, Qin Hao also nodded in agreement.
The invading troops from Liangzhou princes are indeed quite large, but after all, they belong to three parties, and they all have hatred. It is impossible to truly unite as one while being on guard against each other.
Therefore, the threat to the Qin army from the coalition forces of the three major princes in Liangzhou is actually worse than the Chu army that only dispatched 50,000 troops.
Of course, the Liangzhou coalition also has many difficult opponents, such as: Ma Yuan, Ma Chao, Gao Changgong, Shi Wansui, Wu Yunzhao, etc., and there is also the God of War level general Gao Aocao.
If we just talk about the military strength duel, Meng Tian, who commands 100 troops and has 70,000 elite Meng Tian, faces 100,000 Liangzhou coalition forces. Not to mention just blocking the Liangzhou coalition forces, even defeating them is not a bad idea.
But if we include the blessings of the generals, the Qin army in Hebin and the two places, which does not even have a **** of war, is obviously unable to compete with the Liangzhou coalition army that has gathered fierce generals.
Therefore, what Hetao lacks most now is not soldiers, but generals. As long as the weakness in generals is made up for, Meng Tian may not be able to defeat the 100,000 Liangzhou coalition forces head-on.
“What the military advisor said makes sense.”
After Qin Hao pondered for a while, he ordered: "In this case, let's dispatch the four generals Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Dian Wei, and Xu Chu to support Meng Tian."
Zhao Yun is now a God of War general, and Dian Wei, who was injured by Luo Shixin, has long since recovered from his injuries. Together with Xu Chu, he can also activate combo skills, and with the peak general Huang Zhong, it is enough to block Liang. The state coalition has joined forces.
Zhuge Liang estimated the strength comparison of the two generals in his mind, and said with a confident smile: "The crisis along the way in Liangzhou has been resolved, my lord, just wait for the good news from General Meng Tian."
Seeing Zhuge Liang's confidence, Qin Hao was inspired by it and smiled: "The military advisor only talked about the Liangzhou route, and there are four other routes. How should we retreat from the enemy?"
“Our army has deployed 150,000 garrison troops in the two prefectures of Si and Bing, including 80,000 in Jingzhou and 70,000 in Sizhou.”
With that said, Zhuge Liang pointed to Jiangxia in the south on the map and said slowly: "Liu Xiu sent 50,000 troops along the way, but he did not directly attack our Nanjun. Instead, he attacked Huang Zu in Jiangxia.
Jiangxia County's combat power is not strong. It is difficult for Huang Zu's family to reach Liu Xiu's army with only the strength of Huang Zu's family.
Once Liu Xiu takes Jiangxia, Liu Xiu and Liu Ji will join forces to form an east-west pincer attack on Jingbei.
Jingzhou’s Fourth Battle Area is already easy to attack and difficult to defend. If it is attacked from the east and west again, it will definitely be extremely difficult to resist. Therefore, our army must support Huang and resist Liu. "
“However, military advisors, including the Chu army, there are as many as 280,000 enemy troops attacking Jingbei, while our army only has 80,000 defenders in Jingbei.
The number of our troops is far inferior to that of the invading enemy. It is not enough to defend the city. How can we have any extra troops to support Huang Zu? Qin Hao asked puzzledly.
Zhuge Liang smiled calmly and said: "Our army is indeed unable to support Huang Zu, but it can attract external forces to help Huang Zu."
“Attract external force?”
After Qin Hao pondered for a moment, he immediately understood what Zhuge Liang meant and asked, "Did the military advisor ask Jiangdong Sun Jian to help Huang Zu fight against Liu Xiu?"
However, Sun Jiancai and Liu Xiu had a great battle in Jiaozhou and did not gain any benefit at all. Now that the army is exhausted, will Sun Jian be willing to send troops? "
“Sun Jian has no choice but to send troops, my lord, please take a look.”
Zhuge Liang pointed to the position of Jiangxia and said: "Once Liu Xiu captures Jiangxia, it will not only form an east-west pincer attack on our army, but also form a three-way pincer attack on Soochow. Chu will be able to attack from Jiangxia, Changsha, Jiaozhou Send troops from three directions to attack Wu. Even if the Wu State has a peerless commander like Sun Wu, he will still be exhausted in the face of such an offensive. Therefore, Sun Jian saves Huang Zu and saves the Wu State. "
Hearing this, Qin Hao's eyes suddenly lit up. He naturally understood the conflict of interests involved, but he had too many things to consider in his position, so he didn't think of it for a while, but as soon as it was mentioned, he would React immediately.
"It's a good plan. I will immediately ask your Majesty to issue an edict, ordering Sun Jian to lead the army to support Huang Zu."
“With Sun Jian sending troops to intervene, it would not be so easy for Liu Xiu to take Jiangxia, but Liang guessed that Sun Jian might also want to take Jiangxia.
In the dispute between Wu and Chu, Jiangxia's position was crucial, and whoever could occupy it would have a greater advantage. Therefore, Sun Jian must be eager to get Jiangxia, and there are two possibilities.
1, Sun Jian united with Huang Zu to fight against Liu Xiu. After defeating Liu Xiu, Sun Jian then destroyed Huang Zu and monopolized Jiangxia.
Page 2, in the name of rescuing Huang Zu, Sun Jian and Liu Xiu divided Jiangxia. After destroying Huang Zu, he defeated Liu Xiu alone. "
As he spoke, Zhuge Liang flashed a hint of cunning in his eyes and smiled: "Liang thinks the former is more likely, but whether it is the former or the latter, as long as Wu and Chu confront each other, Liu Xiu will not be able to threaten our army at all. , so the crisis in Chu State will be resolved by itself.”
"Wonderful, wonderful..." Qin Hao slapped his legs and laughed.
Using the power of other countries to prevent disasters for himself, Wu Chuming knew that it would be advantageous for the Qin army, but he had no choice but to jump in. This is a naked conspiracy.
Huang Zu, who was caught in the middle of the Three Kingdoms, was destined to become a victim of this war.
Although Huang Zu has always been quite submissive, in a time of great strife, when heroes compete with each other, weakness is the original sin.
Within a few words, Zhuge Liang had retreated from two of the five armies, which made Qin Hao look forward to his next words, but this time Zhuge Liang did not speak directly.
After thinking for a while, Zhuge Liang said: "My lord, regarding the Tang army at Tongguan, General Li Cunxiao is there, and there is a natural barrier at Hangu Pass. We only need 30,000 defenders. Even if the Tang army of 100,000 invades, we want to break into the company." It’s still not easy for the state.”
As he spoke, Zhuge Liang frowned slightly and continued: "If we forcefully attack a powerful pass like Hangu Pass, even if we can break through it in the end, Li Tang will definitely suffer heavy casualties.
With Li Shimin's shrewdness, it was impossible to do this, but he still let Yang Jian lead an army of 70,000 to invade. It can be seen that the Tang army in Tongguan was just a feint attack. "
“Fake attack? So the Tang army’s real main attack direction is Nanyang?”
“That’s right.”
Zhuge Liang nodded and said solemnly: "Li Shimin sent 70,000 troops out of Tongguan just to drag Sizhou's troops to the Hangu Pass line and prevent Sizhou's troops from supporting Jingzhou.
The Nanyang Plain is easy to attack but difficult to defend. Except for a few fortified cities, there is almost no place to defend.
Therefore, if Sizhou was unable to send reinforcements to Nanyang, it would be impossible to resist the Tang army's attack solely relying on Nanyang's local defenders.
After Li Shimin captured Nanyang, most of Sizhou's troops were still dragged at Hangu Pass. By then, the Tang army moved north to capture Guangcheng Pass, then entered Heluo and encroached on Sizhou. "
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