Infinite War Begins with Cao Thief

Changping Jun was really a little panicked.

He originally wanted to wait for the autumn harvest to prepare to recover Ba County in one go, but he didn't expect that in just a few months, he missed the best opportunity.

The news of Qin's defeat in the Battle of Yingdu from Xianyang and the top-secret military intelligence that Qin was preparing to focus on the eastern front made Changping Jun understand that his battle plan for Ba County had to be changed again.

And it was a major change in the overall strategy.

Changping Jun still had strategic acumen. Qin's focus on attacking the eastern front did not have much impact on Bashu, but the defeat in the Battle of Yingdu had a great impact on the battle situation in Bashu.

Although Qin suffered little loss in the Battle of Yingdu, Qin gave up Yingdu and retreated, which not only meant that the natural barrier of the Yangtze River was no longer a threat to the Dayu army, but also meant that the main force assembled by Yu in Yingdu was liberated.

A single move can affect the whole body. When Yu did not have a particularly high demand for operations on other fronts, where would Dayu's empty troops be deployed?

Even if Dayu was not good at fighting, as long as one-third of the troops in the Battle of Yingdu were pulled to Bashu, the situation in the Battle of Bashu would change.

Changping Jun realized that Bashu needed new reinforcements.

In fact, Daqin also realized this problem. When it decided to abandon Yingdu, Daqin had already started some combat mobilization.

However, the disastrous defeat of Duke Bi in Juan forced Qin to send all the mobile troops that could have been used in Bashu to support Meng Ao, led by Li Chong and Li Yao. On the Bashu side, Daqin only asked Changping Jun to defend it.

In the eyes of the Qin central government, this requirement was not high.

Changping Jun had 20,000 elite soldiers and 180,000 elite soldiers under his command! There were more auxiliary troops. After such a long period of training, Changping Jun selected another 10,000 elite soldiers from the elite and 30,000 elite soldiers from the auxiliary troops to gather 30,000 elite soldiers and 200,000 elite troops. Isn't this difficult?

Wang Jian also has 10,000 elite soldiers and 50,000 elite soldiers, which can at least contain Dayu's 100,000 soldiers, right?

At the same time, there are a large number of naturalized barbarians who can also contribute. How can these barbarians be as effective as 100,000 elite soldiers?

With such military strength, it should be no problem to defend Bashu, right? At least it can defend the Chengdu Plain!

After all, the level of the Yu army's plain combat is well known, and some Qin soldiers even shouted the slogan "One Qin is ten Yu".

Even if this slogan is a bit exaggerated, it is not a problem to fight on the plains, "One Qin is three Yu", right?

Some senior officials of the Qin army were even afraid that there were too many Qin reinforcements, which made the Yu army dare not come!

It was precisely based on this consideration that Qin did not force conscription again.

The source of Qin's soldiers was naturally far from being exhausted, but the two-year campaign consumed too much of the Qin army's logistics, and the Qin army's finances and food were a bit overwhelmed.

In addition, the Queen Mother Huayang, who was originally the core of the Chu faction, could only miss Dong Huang and stick to Zhao Ji recently, and did not give enough support to the Chu faction, which made it difficult for Changwen Jun, who wanted to support Changping Jun, to do so alone. Therefore, Changping Jun hardly received any new support.

The only support was a newly trained Qin Ruishi of 10,000 people.

It is better to have it than not, even if the newly trained Qin Ruishi is far inferior to the elite Qin Ruishi who have fought hundreds of battles, but it depends on who you are compared with.

Changping Jun reorganized this Qin Ruishi with the original 20,000 veteran Qin Ruishi and 10,000 newly selected Qin Ruishi, stepped up training, and finally had a 40,000 Qin Ruishi army that could be used as a facade.

This is the biggest trump card in Changping Jun's hand.

With 40,000 Qin Ruishi and 200,000 elite legion soldiers, in the eyes of some people, Changping Jun can at least completely defeat the 600,000 Dayu army, but Changping Jun has always been very clear-headed.

Changping Jun has reviewed the battles of the Yu Army since its debut more than once. He found that the strategic layout ability of the Yu Army is really strong. This strength is not only reflected in the overall combat, but even the ordinary generals of the Yu Army have extraordinary strategic vision.

The battle of destroying Chu, the battle of Yingdu, the battle of entering Ba, and even the battle of Hanzhong harassment and the battle of Jiameng Pass all reflect the extraordinary strategic vision and layout ability of the Yu Army.

In particular, the two battles of Hanzhong harassment and Jiameng Pass, which were small in scale and low in casualties but far-reaching, directly affected the overall strategic layout of Changping Jun's battle in Bashu, and made Changping Jun fall into a disadvantage in the battle of Bashu from the beginning.

If Wang Jian was not strong enough, the Qin army would probably be blocked in Shu and unable to move.

In fact, Changping Jun had already regretted that the army did not follow Wang Jian to enter Ba at once. If the army had entered Baxi at that time, it would have surrounded the Yu army in Bacheng. Even if the Yu army came to reinforce, the two sides would have fought a decisive battle near Bacheng, instead of defending the long river as it is now.

Changping Jun knew very well that with the strength of the Yu army's navy, it was meaningless to advance step by step in the cities along the river; rashly fighting on the water would probably only follow the footsteps of Meng Wu, so Changping Jun's idea was to lure the enemy deep into the country, harass along the way, constantly tire the enemy, and finally fight a decisive battle on the battlefield that was most favorable to the Qin army.

This was also an important reason why Bai Jie and Qiang Wei's troops retreated after a symbolic resistance in Jiangyang.

They had already made sufficient preparations for retreat.

As Changping Jun thought, the Yu army split up to pursue Bai Jie and Qiang Wei's troops.

This division of troops, regardless of the outcome of the two sides, would not be able to be used on the main battlefield for at least three months.

After Jiangyang, the most important strategic location was Bodao. Although the Qin State had already developed this area during the era of Li Bing and his son, and even dug a five-foot road, when it comes to controlling these ethnic groups, it can only be said to be better than nothing. , at most it can be regarded as a restraint, supplemented by war and mainly friendly exchanges.

Lord Changping believed that it had taken so many years for Da Qin to reach this point in its relationship with these barbarians. As an invader, Dayu would inevitably attract the hostility of these barbarians.

Changping Jun also deliberately added fuel to the fire. When he first arrived in Chengdu, he began to show favor to these barbarian tribes and continued to promote the evil of Dayu. Originally, Changping Jun wanted to use this to build a team that was good at mountain warfare and running raids. The soldiers and horses of the Yu army were prepared to fight against the elite mountain warfare of the Yu army.

As a result, the plan could not keep up with the rapid changes, and Changpingjun had to switch from strategic offense to strategic defense. The purpose of these barbarians became to harass the Yu army.

The barbarians all agreed to Lord Changping's request and expressed that they must let the Yu people taste their benefits.

Lord Changping believed it.

Lord Changping felt that the Yu army would definitely fall into the sea of ​​barbarian people's war in the vast area from Jiangyang to Bodao.

However, the fact is that the back-up men he left along the route, the lurking troops, and the chiefs he attracted were either killed or rebelled.

The barbarians along the route greeted their gods with joy.

When the hill-like Wutu Bone led the huge army of holy war elephants to clear the way, and the majestic, sacred, and invisible Dong Huang descended from the sky on the Sun Bird and landed on the elephant chariot, the cheers of the barbarians reached their peak. .

The praise from Yue Fei, the three adopted brothers and others, the god-like way of coming, and the status bonus of "King of the Southern Barbarians" made Dong Huang gain countless fanatical fans in an instant.

In a simple alliance, the hundreds of barbarian tribes participating in the alliance all offered their loyalty to their Majesty, and they could casually dedicate a hundred thousand troops to their Emperor!

Dong Huang now had plenty of food and grass, so he took all the 100,000 people as ordered. Among them, the most elite and fanatical 10,000 people were directly included in the reserve force of the Huben Army.

There are still many such reserves, and 50,000 barbarians in Jingnan have become reserve forces for the Huben Army.

It is worth mentioning that the previous four commanders of Dong Huang’s Tiger Army, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Zhao Yun, and Zhou Tai, because Zhao Yun and Zhou Tai often went out to lead troops, now Dian Wei also went out to play Ji Wuye, so Dong Huang also promoted Wu Tu Gu and Lu Lingqi to the commanders of the Huben Army. All the 20,000 Xiang soldiers under Wu Tu Gu were integrated into the Huben Army. Lu Lingqi trained some female cavalry and also won over Sun Shangxiang, who did not like red clothes and preferred weapons. Basic Princess Tianxiang and others joined.

In addition, Chen Dao and Fu Wei, who were formerly deputy generals of the Huben Army, were also promoted to regular positions. Wang Shuang and Niu Jin were also reused by outsiders.

Lord Changping was completely unaware of what happened in Bodao, and he had no idea at all.

He felt that the barbarians should have a good fight with Dayu.

It wasn't until Yue Fei's vanguard was about to arrive in Nan'an that Changping Jun had to abandon his illusions and prepare for a war.

Chang Pingjun’s idea is to have a water fight here.

Nan'an City is a small city. Although Lord Changping once fortified it, it is still a small city, and once it loses control of the river (Minjiang River) and Qingyi River, Nanchang will become a dead city.

This is obviously not the ideal place for the decisive battle of Lord Changping, because the terrain and hydrology here are hard to say who is more advantageous, but Lord Changping has to fight, at least he must take a bite out of Dong Huang's navy here, otherwise If it is lost, it means that the Qingyi Watershed is in danger.

Qin people, Shu people, barbarians, and Qiang people live together in the Qingyi River Basin, and the composition is complex. Moreover, because of the previous summer harvest, they suffered heavy losses and were squeezed by the Qin army. Therefore, these areas are extremely unstable. If Dayu controls the Qingyi River and stirs up trouble, , these places are likely to rebel.

Chang Pingjun's strategy was to cross the river with iron ropes and fire boats.

The specific arrangement is to lay out iron ropes on the river, and hide several batches of fireboats on the river and river banks behind them that can block the river. When the Yu army and navy arrive, they will attack with fire.

Of course, the fire attack cannot be a fire attack with no technical content like Mengwu's. Changping Jun's specific arrangement is that after the Yu army and the navy have gathered, the Qin army will gather the buildings and ships in a decisive battle posture, and use the buildings and ships to attack. Reduce the vigilance of the Yu army, arrange fire ships behind the building ships, and wait until the two sides are fighting and the Yu army fleet cannot move away, then set off the fire ships.

In this process, the Qin army's shipmen will inevitably suffer heavy losses, and may even be accidentally injured by fire attacks, but if they can defeat Dayu's powerful navy with a mere weak navy brigade from Shu, everything will be worth it. !

Changping-kun also showed his ruthless and decisive side here.

However, what Changping-kun didn't expect was that all the arrangements of his ships would be seen by Shark and Shark's pets.

The sharks quickly passed this information to Yue Fei and Gan Ning.

Yue Fei was the land pioneer appointed by Dong Huang, while Gan Ning became the water pioneer who entered Shu because of his meritorious service in entering Ba.

Yue Fei, Gan Ning and others gathered together, combined with the intelligence from the scouts who used birds and animals, and even personal reconnaissance, to roughly check out the layout of the Qin army.

"The Art of War says: attack by surprise. Since the Qin army's main defense is our navy, why not do the opposite?"

Yue Fei pointed at the map and laughed.

"Pengju means..."

Gan Ning looked at the direction pointed by Yue Fei, thoughtfully.

In terms of his strategic ability, Gan Ning is naturally not as good as Yue Fei, but he is not a fool. He has a very good foundation. He has fought for decades and often dealt with Gao Shun, Xi Zhicai and others, so his vision is naturally good. Practiced it.

"Use the navy to attract the attention of the Qin army, secretly send an elite force to detour and occupy the Qin army's upper reaches, seize the Qin army's ready-made ships, and directly attack the Qin army. However, in order to prevent accidents, we must also be prepared Iron ropes were placed across the river to prevent the Qin army's fire ships from burning over. "

Yue Fei said simply.

"Who can take on this important task?"

Gan Ning couldn't help but ask.

Gan Ning actually wanted to take credit, but he was also very self-aware.

Gan Ning's trump cards are Jinfanjun and Jieyingqi.

The Jinfan Army is a naval force, and it is also one of the facade arms of the Yu Navy Army, but if they go ashore...

There is a saying that it is best for Jiangdong generals not to go ashore.

As for the Jieying Cavalry, their ability is still very good, but they suffered heavy losses in the previous battle with Wang Jian, and the Jieying Cavalry is good at raids rather than long-distance attacks. After a long-distance attack, they have to defeat the Qin army who don't know the depth of it. Gan Ning himself I think the cavalry of the robbery camp is not up to the task.

If he couldn't do it himself, then he could only look at Yue Fei's troops. Gan Ning couldn't help but glance at Yang Zaixing, Gao Chong and other generals. He liked these generals very much, but whether he could handle such a long-distance attack. , then there are two things to say.

Although Dayu's army has the advantage of reconnaissance, it can monitor the enemy's troops to the maximum extent and avoid being discovered by the enemy. However, there are only one or two roads to attack, and it is impossible to completely avoid people, even cities and tribes, and the risk of exposure is not low.

Moreover, no one knows whether the Qin army stationed at the position mentioned by Yue Fei is strong or not.

Gan Ning was not afraid of the Qin Army's elite military formation, but when he really had to face the Qin Army's elite military formation, Gan Ning couldn't help but feel conflicted.

"I'll go there myself!"

Yue Fei did his part.

In the Battle of Yingdu, Yue Fei faced the terrifying formation of the Qin army's elite troops, and learned from each other's strengths to actively improve his own formation.

Although the Beiwei Army Formation, which has a history of less than three years, is definitely not as perfect as the Rui Shi Army Formation that the Qin Army has honed and improved for hundreds of years, as long as there are less than 5,000 Qin Rui Soldiers, Yue Fei can defeat him as long as he has twice the Bei Wei Army. Dare to fight head-on and have the confidence to win.

If he was given a few more years, he would have the confidence to lead the Beiwei Army in a head-on battle with the same number of Qin Rui soldiers without defeat - even facing Wang Jian, he would dare to say this!

To put it bluntly, the military formations of Dayu's generals and even Dayu's military formation as a whole were in a period of rapid growth, while Qin's military formation actually had little room for improvement.

And people like Yue Fei were the best among the generals of Dong Huang's army.

If we look at history alone, Dong Huang's advisers and generals either did not command as many troops as he did, or their achievements were not as exciting as his, especially in terms of the number of troops they commanded and trained. His Yue family army may be better than that of the five good generals. There are many soldiers combined. In terms of record, except for Zhang Liao's performance in the Battle of Bailang Mountain, the records of the other five generals are not worthy of comparison with Yue Fei.

Historically, Yue Fei was still recognized as the Martial Saint, while Guan Yu's Martial Saint was just a product introduced by the Manchu Qing Dynasty in order to suppress the resistance of the Han people, and its gold content was not comparable.

Of course, in this time and space, the generals under Dong Huang's command have all been supplemented by star power. They have already broken through the stereotypes of a certain space historical figure. Their abilities and potential have been greatly improved. Many of them can command hundreds of thousands. The experience of fighting a large human army cannot be viewed from the perspective of historical figures, but after all, Yue Fei's foundation and foundation are there, and his abilities have also been completed, and his abilities will only be more outstanding than in history.

"good!"

Yue Fei wanted to go in person, so Gan Ning naturally had no objection.

Therefore, Yue Fei personally led 30,000 Wei troops ashore, away from the river bank, and detoured through the mountain and forest roads for a long-distance attack. After three days, he successfully reached the rear of the Qin army on the west bank of the river at the intersection of the river and the Qingyi River.

Although the Qin army had large camps on both sides of the river here, its main purpose was to prevent the Yu army from passing directly and to assist in setting fire to the ships when the two armies' naval forces engaged in battle. Their focus was on the south side, and there was little defense on the back and rear.

Yue Fei led the Beiwei army at night and was attacked by the Qin army at night. The unsuspecting rear camp was quickly defeated. Then Yue Fei ordered Yang Zaixing and Gao Chong to continue the attack, while personally leading Niu Gao and Yue Yun to seize the water stronghold and collect Qin troops. Arms ships were set on fire downstream.

Suddenly, both the river surface and the Qin Army camp and water village on the west bank of the river were ablaze.

In order to prepare for the Yu army's attack, Lord Changping actually arranged 10,000 Qin warriors in the military camps on both sides of the strait, but these warriors mainly hit the southernmost camp. By the time these warriors had finished gathering, the rear and the river were already blazing with flames. Without knowing the specific situation in the rear, these Qin warriors, under the leadership of their generals, finally chose to stick to the camp and wait until dawn.

After the successful sneak attack, Yue Fei's troops saw that Qin Ruishi's camp was strong and the soldiers were calm in the face of danger, so they did not continue the attack, but quickly paid for their troops.

Yue Fei's mission has actually exceeded his expectations.

In this battle, he not only wiped out more than 20,000 enemies, but most importantly burned most of the Qin Army's ships. The Qin Army's Bashu Navy was suddenly broken.

Mr. Changping is also decisive. Since the enemy is superior in skills, I simply don't want Qingyi Shui and I will withdraw.

The next day, Lord Changping directly abandoned the Nan'an defense line and organized the evacuation of the army.

Dong Huang's navy was far away because they had been guarding against the Qin army's fire attack yesterday, so they had no time to chase them. However, Yue Fei did not want to let Changping Jun's troops retreat so easily.

Yue Fei aimed at the troops that defended the camp last night, that is, the elite soldiers of Qin.

Because the Qin army suffered heavy losses in ships, the remaining ships had to defend against the sudden attack of the Yu army's navy, so they had no ability to escort this army across the river. Therefore, this army could only retreat on the east bank of the river, and their retreat target...

Yue Fei aimed at another location on the map-Wuyang.

Wuyang was a county established by Qin. It was also the place where the last battle of Qin's conquest of Shu took place. "King Hui sent Zhang Yi and Sima Cuo to attack Shu. King Shu Kaiming refused to fight and retreated to Wuyang and captured it."

After Wuyang and going north, it is the Chengdu Plain.

In terms of terrain, Wuyang County is mainly hilly and low mountains. Such terrain is not suitable for large-scale army battles, but it is very suitable for ambushes.

According to Changping Jun's plan, they were going to ambush the Yu army when they arrived nearby.

However, Yue Fei also took a fancy to this place.

"After the sneak attack last night, the Qin army either thought that our army was retreating or that we were waiting for the main force of the army. They never thought that we would take the lead to ambush in Wuyang!"

Yue Fei said to the soldiers around him.

The reason why Yue Fei emphasized this point was actually to mobilize the troops before the station.

Yue Fei's troops had already rushed for three days and fought a big battle. If they rushed to Wuyang to set up an ambush, they would have to rush again in the mountain forest trails, and the speed of the rush would have to be faster than the Qin army marching on the river bank.

This is a challenge.

"General, don't worry, brothers will have no problem."

Yang Zaixing patted his chest and promised.

The other soldiers were also full of fighting spirit.

Since the battle with Duke Bei, which was not considered a battle, the Beiwei Army has been in a state of recuperation. This battle was just a small test. They finally had more opportunities to show their skills, and they were happy to hear about the battle.

"Good!"

Yue Fei nodded.

He immediately ordered the entire army to set out with only one layer of armor, with three people in a group, two people carrying one on a stretcher, and one person rotating every two hours. They marched day and night, taking advantage of their reconnaissance advantages, and finally arrived at the ambush point with 25,000 people, two hours ahead of the Qin army.

At this time, the Qin army was unaware of the impending danger.

They felt that this was considered a march in the hinterland of their own country. Although they wore armor to be on the safe side, they were in a standard marching formation, with a long snake formation, and the soldiers were quite slack.

"Go faster, and try to reach Wuyang City tonight, and then we will reward our brothers!" Qin General Meng Ze encouraged the army. Because the warriors he led guarded the camp tightly in the battle that night, did not give the Yu army a chance to take advantage of, and finally gathered the defeated army, which was also a meritorious service, and was praised by Changping Jun, which made him feel high-spirited and felt that as long as he won this battle, he would definitely be able to rise to prominence. As for why Meng Ze was so confident after losing a battle and being forced to the Chengdu Plain, it was because he had never seen the Yu army dare to fight head-on. To this day, he still believes that as long as it is a head-on battle, the Yu army, which is ten times larger, is not the opponent of the Qin army! The Yu army has always relied on conspiracy and tricks to fight, which is shameful! "When I find an opportunity to fight the Yu army head-on, I must let these Yu army...ah..." Meng Ze was still talking to himself, but unexpectedly, thousands of arrows were fired at once, and Meng Ze, who was personally taken care of by Yue Fei, was shot directly into a hedgehog. "Enemy attack!"

The Qin army, which had faced a wave of arrows, finally reacted, but it was too late.

After the arrows rained, drums and horns sounded, and the Sun Bird Flag and the Yue Character Flag suddenly rose all over the mountains and plains. Countless Yu troops rushed out from the ambush site. Yue Fei, Yang Zaixing, Gao Chong, Yue Yun, Niu Gao and other fierce generals led their personal guards to take the lead and directly cut the Qin army into four sections and surrounded them.

The Qin army, which marched in a long snake formation, was unprepared and could not form an effective response.

Although many old Qin people showed the courage to fight to the death, facing the Yu army that formed a military formation, cooperated closely, and had high morale, even if most of these Qin troops were elite soldiers, they could not effectively respond. Even if they had the courage of ordinary people, they were quickly drowned in the impact of the Yu army.

In this battle, the Qin army, which consisted of 10,000 elite soldiers and 7,000 to 8,000 elite legions, was completely wiped out by Yue Fei's 25,000 troops. General Meng Ze died in the battle, and more than 10,000 people chose to surrender.

After the great victory, Yue Fei did not stop there. Instead, he left more than 10,000 people to guard the surrendered soldiers, and personally led more than 10,000 people wearing Qin army clothes, carrying Qin army's tiger seals and documents to the city.

Yangwu City had long received orders to prepare food for the army, and everything was arranged outside the city to entertain the troops. When Yue Fei arrived, he was not polite and directly captured a group of county civil and military officials who came to greet him, and easily occupied Yangwu City.

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