Chapter 676: Crazy Qin Lei

When Shangguan Yunhe thought about it, he really said that he was 'I want to see your prince'. Isn't this also the prince of Qin? Although he knew it was the other party's argument, he was speechless. While the old man was blaming himself, he saw that Prince Yong was about to walk to the door of the tent. He finally didn't care about the way and shouted: "Prince, do you want to start a war on two fronts?"

Qin Li really stood up, turned his head with a serious face, pressed Shangguan Yunhe step by step, staring at him like a beast, and asked word by word: "Who told you?"

His fierce and evil look was a little scary. The old prime minister couldn't help but shrink his neck slightly and quickly explained: "Prince, don't get me wrong, this is just a guess."

Qin Li pursed his lips tightly, and his sharp eyes were squirming on Shangguan Yunhe, making the old man sweat coldly, and he almost lowered his head and stopped looking at him...that would be a loss to the adults.

Just when the old prime minister was about to be unable to hold on, Qin Li suddenly burst out laughing, stretched out his big hand like a palm fan, patted his thin shoulders, and said sternly: "You old boy, you really know how to guess!"

Shangguan Yunhe's old bone could withstand his fierce slap. Not only did the bones fall apart, but he was even breathless while sitting there. But he was completely shocked by Prince Yong's words. Regardless of the unbearable pain, he murmured: "Are you saying that Qin is going to start war against Qi again?"

'I won't pat him stupidly, right?' Qin Li finally withdrew his hand and confirmed for him: "The army has set off and crossed the river tonight at the latest." He said politely: "It's so pleasant to chat with you, but I'm going to chase the army. Let's wait to go to Shangjing before chatting slowly."

"Oh..." Shangguan Yunhe nodded mechanically, and after a while he reflected what Qin Li meant, he finally couldn't help but burst out and said, "I was delusional..." But he saw that Prince Yong was gone, and he actually said goodbye without saying goodbye when he was in a daze.

"Oh, it hurts so much..." Seeing that there was no one around, Shangguan Yunhe quickly covered his swollen shoulder and moaned in a low voice: "This martial artist has patted my old man's arms apart." Since he still wants to fight, Shangguan Yunhe is not anxious... It's useless to be anxious, why should he be anxious?

What do you do... Although he really wants to know where the confidence of Qin State gets to go to war with Qi and Chu at the same time after its great defeat?

If Shangguan Yunhe knew that Qin Lei had only taken away the First Guard Army and left the rest of the troops to attack Qi, he would probably not be so calm again.

This is an absolute general attack. In addition to the First Army and the two armies on the Southern Front, the Qin army has been dispatched in full... Some people may ask, is it still necessary to deal with a Qi State where all its elite troops are lost?

The Qin army was attacking in two lines. The eastern line was composed of three armies with more than 400,000 troops, all of which were veterans baptized by war. They were led by Qin Li and Le Buyi. After crossing the Yellow River north, they planned to capture the Chaoge defense line composed of 200,000 troops in Qi State, and then drove straight into the capital, and completed the siege of the capital of Qi State.

This is easy to say, but if you still have the impression, you will remember that from Shangjing City to Hulao Pass, Shangguan Yunhe traveled 80 miles a day according to the standard Qi State Road and Post Station system, and walked for a whole month, with a journey of more than 2,500 miles.

Now Qin Li and the others are going to follow the path that Prime Minister Shangguan has taken, fighting and killing along the way, and at least thirty cities have to be captured. They also have to ensure that they cannot lose too much when they go to the capital, so as not to be laughed at by the people of Qi. How difficult should this be? But this is not the most difficult.

In fact, when going deep into the enemy territory, especially for such an enemy country that has nothing but money, logistics supply is the biggest problem. Think about it, three armies have 450,000 people. If they want to siege the capital of Qi for a long time, they have to rely on a long supply line of more than 2,500 miles... Of course, if the Huguan defense line can be opened, the distance will be greatly shortened, but Qin Lei has too deep memory of the narrow and long canyons that stretch for hundreds of miles and countless plank roads... What if the Qi people find ways to blow up a piece of Zishan Road, should they still survive?

He simply rejected the line and chose the far but open 2,500 miles. For this reason, Qin State would send one million civilians to transport supplies, and the 200,000 newly formed volunteer 8th Army must also be all taken up to be responsible for the escort of the baggage to prevent the Qi people from destroying the supply line.

Forty-million people are fighting and needing 1.2 million people to support. This matter is ridiculous at first glance... In fact, the conventional approach should be to take steps, gradually occupy the other party's territory, then collect grain on the spot, and then drive local people to transport it, which will greatly reduce the consumption.

But this absurd plan came from the repeated considerations of Qin Lei and his staff, so it was naturally reasonable. Because Qi is a big country, if it attacks step by step, it will be impossible to advance to Shangjing as soon as next autumn. But if it is not besieged by Shangjing by then, the food shortage of Qi caused by Qin Lei's spending will be greatly alleviated... Knowing that the deceived Qi people have changed back to grow food, and at most will be harvested next summer, and the war will turn into a tug-of-war! It is not good news for the Qin people who are fighting away.

If you fall into the quagmire of war of alignment, the national strength competition will become a human strength competition and a perseverance competition! The Qin State, which is one against two, is too small in victory.

We must seize the opportunity and take advantage of his illness when Qi is the weakest! This is Qin Lei's guiding ideology. If Marshal Boshang had not had an accident, he would personally direct this military adventure. But now the southern front needs him even more, so he can only hand over the flag of the commander to Qin Li, and let him, with the assistance of Le Buyi, complete this great leap forward that is destined to be recorded in history, regardless of success or failure.

Fortunately, there is Mr. Le, otherwise Qin Lei would not dare to hand over such a heavy burden to the boss.

Of course, there must be another support force.

Qin Lei ordered Xu Xu and Shen Wei to lead the Fifth Army of Zhenguo, and the 9th Army of Volunteer 300,000 troops attacked from the northern line, preparing to block the 200,000 Qi border defense troops who returned to the mainland from the northern border to aid. These 300,000 to 300,000 will be a fierce battle evenly. Qi's advantage lies in the advantage of the home court, and the Qin army's advantage lies in the enemy's absence, at least in the early stage.

However, there are too many unknown factors on the battlefield, and Qin Lei did not have much hope for this journey. The order given to them was to stick to the 200,000 northern border defense forces of Qi after conquering the Huguan defense line of Qi, preventing them from returning to Shangjing and joining the 200,000 imperial guards, causing insurmountable difficulties for the main attacking troops of the other route.

In order to avoid the nomadic land of the East Goral grassland and take the opportunity to go south to invade the mainland, Qin Lei sent an order to smuggle the Goral grassland for decades. Over the past decade, he has monopolized the northern trade and instructed him to write more blank checks to stabilize the Tartars, and then go and treat them after the country is pacified.

To appease the unruly nomadic tribes may be difficult for others. But for the current Chenluo, it is just a matter of calling them over for a meal and giving instructions.

The reason why Boss Shen is so arrogant is because he is rich and powerful... With his extremely generous treatment, he recruited a guard team of more than 30,000 people. Moreover, the black-clothed guard officers sent by the royal palace to train for a long time, and are equipped with excellent weapons. This is incomparable to all nomadic tribes.

Therefore, although the nomads on the grassland are fierce and the leaders are very wary, Chen Luo has no scruples on them. He often sends teams of thousands of horses wearing bright cavalry armor, and is a big horse that is many times taller than the grassland horses. He escorts goods worth millions and passes through the market from their territory. These people dare not fight Qiu Feng, rob or something... I guess they must have thought about it, but after being exterminated several times, no one dares to attack Boss Shen.

On the contrary, they were very polite to Boss Shen. His caravan had to control food and accommodation when passing through the border, and gave gifts and tributes during festivals, for fear of offending this rich and military man.

Of course, based on the principle of "harmony brings wealth", Chen Luo never treats these sensible guys unfairly. Every time he passes by, he uses a large amount of tea bricks, salt, cloth and other daily necessities, as well as silk, tea, porcelain and other luxury goods for his leader to enjoy in exchange for their war horses and livestock. Although he still benefits a lot, these things were originally needed to be snatched, and it may not be possible to snatch them. Now if you don't have to snatch them, who is willing to die?

With this kind of kindness and power, everyone takes what they need and is happy. Many tribal leaders even call Chen Luo "Master Shen". Do you think his words are effective?

Although Qin State is strong, its national strength is not endless. The strength it has now reached their limit. If this failure this time, the situation will be backed back at least twenty years. In other words, if Qin Lei wants to organize a conquest again, he must go through another "ten years of life and ten years of learning."

The risks he takes can be imagined.

But this is all a story, because Qin Lei is now facing an impossible task - he has to use three armies with only 400,000 troops to challenge the widest territory, the main force has not suffered losses, the water battle has never been defeated, and he has just won a victory in the Chu State.
Chapter completed!