"The military order given to me by the general is that if there is an encirclement and suppression by the main force of the Chu army, we only need to hold on for one month, and the enemy will be defeated without attacking!" Meng Tian announced to the public the military order Li Mu had given him.
"But before the expedition, my father told me that if I was besieged by the main force of the Chu army, I only need to hold on for ten days. Within ten days, he will defeat Shouchun. Even if I die, he will bring down the entire Chu country.
, the entire Xiong family and Mi were buried with me!" Meng Tian continued.
After listening to Meng Tian's words, all the soldiers had expectations. It turned out that they did not need to fight to the death, they only needed to hold on for ten days or a month!
As for the 300,000 troops?
Fight, we may not be able to defeat you, but holding on for ten days or one month, isn’t that an easy matter?
Even if you want to kill pigs, it would take a month or two to kill all 50,000 pigs, not to mention they are not pigs!
"But, I think, why should we wait for the Chinese army and father to come to rescue us?"
"Look what is that outside the city?"
"Enemy? Chu army?"
"No, that's still 300,000 military merits!"
"There are also Chu King Xiong Qi, Chu State General Xiang Yan, and a bunch of Chu State nobles. If you pick one out at random, they are enough for us to be promoted to the third nobility!"
Meng Tian continued to talk, he never thought about blindly defending and being beaten. The Meng family fire cavalry are heavy armored cavalry and are not suitable for defending the city, so what he wants is... a field battle!
Use the mobility of the cavalry to abandon the city and fight with the Chu army outside the city, giving full play to the advantages of the cavalry!
Otherwise, it would be impossible for these 50,000 men to defend the main force of the Chu army, which had large engineering equipment.
"Pass this general's order to evacuate all the people in the city. The entire army will break camp and leave the city tomorrow!" Meng Tian ordered.
This is his understanding of the art of war. Not only must the advantages of heavy armored cavalry be brought into play, but without the protection of the city, the soldiers have no way out, and they can only fight to the death!
"Meng Tian actually drove away all the people in the city!" Xiong Qi and Xiang Yan looked at the information in their hands and fell silent.
Chengfu was originally a city of Chu State, but it was occupied by the Qin army, so they originally planned to send people to secretly communicate with the nobles in the city to create chaos, and cooperate internally and externally to open the city gate. However, they did not expect that Meng Tian, in order to prevent accidents, actually ordered the entire Chengfu city to be occupied by the common people.
All were driven away.
On the night of the second day, Meng Tian led 50,000 Meng family fire cavalry, with coins in their mouths and horses wrapped in hooves, and quietly exited the city father.
It wasn't until the next day that Xiang Yan and others discovered that the people standing on the city tower were actually scarecrows, and there was no one else in the city, not even a Qin soldier.
"Meng Tian withdrew?" Neither Xiang Yan nor Xiong Qi thought that Meng Tian would abandon the city and flee.
You must know that whether it is Qin, Chu or any country, abandoning the city and fleeing is a serious crime against the nine tribes.
"Don't enter the city!" Xiang Yan looked at the vanguard army that had entered the city, and suddenly a bad memory emerged. He hurriedly ran out of the tent and shouted, telling the vanguard army to evacuate the city father.
"How..." Xiong Qi wanted to ask what was wrong, but then he heard a loud boom, and the whole ground shook with the loud noise.
Then everyone saw the entire city turning over like an earth dragon, a huge mushroom cloud rising from the sky above the city, and the entire city instantly collapsed and was razed to the ground.
"Mo Family Qinglong!" Xiang Yan looked at the Chengfu City that was instantly razed to the ground and sighed helplessly.
This is a magically modified version of the Qinglong. They had seen it when they were in Songyang City. The Dragon City at that time also activated the Mohist Qinglong, turning the entire Songyang City into a scorched earth.
But he didn't expect that Meng Tian would do something even more extreme, causing the entire city to be razed to the ground in an instant.
And this is understandable, after all, Meng Tian is backed by the Qin State and has enough resources and fire oil to destroy the entire city father, while Dragon City can only burn Songyang to the ground.
"Kill!" Meng Tian, who had been hiding in the dark for a long time, now led 50,000 Meng family fire cavalry to target the only cavalry in the Chu army - the cavalry headquarters of the Tenglong Legion!
After the loud noise, the war horses must have been frightened and difficult to control for a while, but the Meng family fire cavalry had already known all this. After briefly calming their horses, after Meng Tian's military order was issued, they decisively got on their horses and followed Meng Tian towards the Tenglong Legion.
The cavalry headquarters rushed away.
The cavalry is usually placed on the left and right wings and in the rear of the army to prevent the cavalry from breaking up the formation when charging.
Therefore, when Meng Tian appeared with the Meng family fire cavalry, it was difficult for the Chu army to rush to help.
The calculations were carried out mentally and unintentionally, and the horses were out of control, leaving the entire cavalry battalion of the Tenglong Legion unable to fight back.
"Retreat, don't stop fighting!" After killing the cavalry headquarters of the Tenglong Legion and holding the opponent's war horses, Meng Tian did not wait for the other Chu troops to arrive, and led the Meng family's fire cavalry to rush out of the Chu army's pursuit and interception, and walked away.
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Although heavy cavalry is not as fast as light cavalry and rangers, they are four-legged cavalry after all, and it is impossible for two-legged infantry to catch up with them.
This is also the reason why Meng Tian wants to kill the cavalry first. Once they are entangled by the cavalry, they will be surrounded by the opponent, and then they will really be trapped animals still fighting.
Xiang Yan and Xiong Qi pursued for a while, but after finding that they really couldn't catch up, they had no choice but to order a withdrawal and liquidate the battle losses.
"The men eat food and the horses drink water. After two hours, continue to attack!" Meng Tian saw that the Chu army did not pursue him anymore and stopped outside the Chu army's bow and arrow range. The whole army dismounted and rested.
Chu's cavalry was also divided into several parts. The cavalry battalion they suddenly attacked just now was only one of the Tenglong Legion cavalry battalions, and the others were on the right wing and rear.
However, because the distance was too far, several other cavalry groups could not arrive before the Meng Family Fire Cavalry annihilated this cavalry group.
After a short rest, Meng Tian and his fire cavalry appeared again at the cavalry camp behind the Chu army and charged again.
However, this time Xiang Yan was obviously prepared and immediately had the cavalry battalion move towards the Chinese army, making it impossible for Meng Tian to annihilate them all.
But even so, the cavalry battalion was crippled and unable to stop the fire cavalry who wanted to leave.
"Next battle, vanguard battalion!" Meng Tian was not surprised that Xiang Yan would gather the cavalry, but the sneak attack on the cavalry was just to prevent troublemakers from appearing and entangling them.
The real fear of the heavy cavalry is that when they charge, no one can stop them!
Therefore, after there were not enough cavalry to fight, Meng Tian set his target on the Chu army's vanguard camp, which was half blown up because he entered the city early!
When the fire cavalry, who were wearing heavy armor and armored stomachs and appeared like a torrent of steel, rushed into the Chu army's vanguard camp, both Xiang Yan and Xiong Qi turned pale.
Devastated and unable to fight back, this is the Pioneer Camp!
The vanguard battalion, which was originally used to attack the fortified warriors, was pierced by the Meng family fire cavalry without even having the strength to fight back. Then the vanguard battalion, which could only rejoice that it was lucky enough to survive, could only watch the fire cavalry flourish after setting foot on the camp.