As soon as he said this, the generals summoned by the sound of drums all looked at Li Hongyun with incredible eyes.
Obviously, they were all surprised.
Did King Xia suddenly change his gender?
In the eyes of these generals, King Xia's behavior since arriving at Hulao Pass was nothing short of strange.
There were obviously an army of 100,000, but they stood firm and refused to leave the camp. Those who didn't know it thought Liang Jun was the attacking party.
You know, Wang Shichong in Luoyang City may be killed at any time.
Once Luoyang was lost, Xia Jun's behavior in front of Hulao Pass would be completely meaningless.
But even so, the Xia king was still as stable as Mount Tai. Apart from sending Liu Heitai to attack Hedong through the Taihang Mountains, he never gave any orders.
As a result, they suddenly wanted to attack right now?
All the generals were a little confused, but no matter what, everyone was quite happy.
After all, these people have no idea what kind of fate is waiting for them in front of Hulao Pass. They have already been unable to bear it and are all eager to fight.
At this time, more than a month had passed since Xia Jun arrived at Hulao Pass. Although this time was difficult, it was still not too late.
"Your Majesty, how shall we fight?" a general asked eagerly.
Li Hongyun glanced at everyone and asked: "What do you think? Speak freely!"
Soon, the generals began to offer suggestions and suggestions, just like when they discussed Ling Jing's plan before.
"The general believes that Hulao Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack, but after all, Liang's army only has three or four thousand men, while our army still has 70,000. It is better to divide our army into three teams and attack in turns day and night.
, so that the Liang army in the pass is exhausted. As a result, even if the King of Qin uses his troops like a god, it will be difficult to achieve anything under such a general situation!"
Li Hongyun nodded slightly, but did not speak.
This strategy seems to be the least bad strategy.
After all, Xia's army still has 70,000 people. It is impossible for all 70,000 people to deploy in front of Hulao Pass and attack the city together.
In this case, dividing the 70,000 people into three or four teams, taking turns to attack and rest, can continuously consume the energy and physical strength of the defenders in the city.
If such an offensive can last for three or four days, then the defenders in the city will not get a good rest, and the siege will be possible.
But this can only be said to be the least bad option.
Fighting like this will not cause the army to be overwhelmed by a wave of charges, but in terms of fighting will and ability to fight for a long time, the elite Xuanjia Army is not weak either.
Relying on the favorable terrain of Hulao Pass, Liang Jun might still be unable to capture Hulao Pass despite heavy losses.
Another general said: "The general thinks that dividing the troops is unwise!
"At this time, my army is ten times larger than the enemy's, so I focus on attacking the heart!
"The general thought that our army might as well line up along the Si River and press forward with all the troops to increase its military power and gain the upper hand. Liang Jun was frightened by our army's momentum and lost all morale. Hulao Pass can definitely be conquered in one go!
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Li Hongyun silently turned his eyes to him.
Well, the culprit has been found!
You were the one who caused Dou Jiande to list a long snake array next to the Sishui River and was then taken advantage of by the King of Qin, right?
Okay, you are just lucky enough to meet me. As a player, I am also a modern person after all, and I don’t want to be punished for my words. If Dou Jiande sees you again after being reborn, he will have to hang you on the wall of Hulao Pass.
Soon, the generals each put forward their own opinions.
It's just that there is no opinion that can satisfy Li Hongyun.
This is reasonable, after all, with such a big Hulao Pass here, it would be very difficult to fight hard.
Liang Jun's fighting power was so strong that the siege of Luoyang City occupied by Wang Shichong lasted for more than a month without any progress and suffered heavy losses.
At this time, the Xia Army's combat effectiveness was not as good as that of the Liang Army. No matter what method they used to attack the city, without large siege equipment such as returning artillery, it would be in vain.
However, Li Hongyun was not idle during the more than one month of stalemate.
His most important job was to send people to transform the carts used to transport food and grass into chariots that could be used on the battlefield.
Yes, it was the way General Deng Yuanjing used it against the Northern Barbarian cavalry during the Great Sage Dynasty.
Although Dou Jiande's army did not have specialized tanks at this time, the carts used to transport baggage could be slightly modified to achieve a similar effect.
After all, Li Hongyun had the talent of a divine machine and was very proficient in carpentry. With some craftsmen, he quickly completed the transformation.
"Becoming an Immortal in One Step"
It's a pity that the level of science and technology at this time is still far behind the Qi Dynasty, and Li Hongyun can't carry the magic machine box. It's impossible for one person to forcibly pull out the high technology for hundreds of years, so he wants to cut down trees nearby and make Huihui. Forget about large trebuchets such as cannons.
Otherwise, the odds of winning would be a few points higher.
At this time, Li Hongyun was generally fully prepared, so he decided to go out and give it a try.
"Generals, listen to my orders!
"Tomorrow the whole army will set off, beat the drums and march! Arrange along the Si River to strengthen our reputation and seize Hulao!"
However, after the meeting ended, he named several generals and gave them more details.
"Zhang Qingte, you lead the elite front army and line up along the Si River to show your prestige!
"If Liang Jun's cavalry tries to test him, he will show commotion and lure the enemy.
"Wang Wan, lead 300 cavalry across the north bank of the Yellow River and give me the direction of Hulao Pass. If Liang Jun comes to take back the horses grazing in Hebei, they will chase after them and beat them fiercely!
"Su Dingfang, you and I will stand firm in the middle of the army, surround the modified carts into a formation, raise my royal flag, and wait for the King of Qin to charge into the formation!"
After some arrangements, Li Hongyun arranged for all the generals he knew to go out.
Zhang Qingte, Wang Wan, and Su Dingfang are all generals under him who know everything about them, and they are not worried about leaking the information.
Therefore, he deliberately kept these people and assigned them important tasks.
These people were obviously a little confused and didn't know the purpose of such an arrangement.
Because in their opinion, although the Xia army divided into 30,000 troops, there were still 70,000 people.
Once this battle starts, the Xia army will attack the city and the Liang army will defend. There will be no other possibility.
In this case, what is the purpose of sending elite cavalry across the north bank of the Yellow River? What is the purpose of forming a car formation around the Chinese army?
But they didn't ask any more questions and just took their orders.
Li Hongyun, on the other hand, patiently waited for the war to come.
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Early the next morning, when the sky was slightly bright, Xia's army had already set out and marched with drums.
All of a sudden, Hulao Pass's flags were fluttering and its horses neighed, looking majestic.
General Zhang Qingte led more than 20,000 front troops to form a long snake formation along the Si River.
In real history, Dou Jiande ordered a hundred thousand troops to form a long snake formation, which stretched for more than 20 miles. At this time, Zhang Qingte's front army only had more than 20,000 people, and then formed a long snake formation. Apparently a large section was broken off and could only stretch for three or four miles.
But that doesn't matter, as long as it makes sense.
The more than 20,000 people in the front army were relatively elite among the Xia army, and they had a strong will to fight. Even if they were defeated at first, they could gradually restore their organization and avoid being defeated in one wave.
And Li Hongyun specifically told Zhang Qingte to make the soldiers immediately show commotion when they met the cavalry who came to test him - no matter whether they were really commotion or not.
This is a key link in luring the enemy deeper.
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At the same time, King Qin had already boarded Hulao Pass and looked at Dou Jiande's army in the distance.
After seeing Zhang Qingte's long snake formation at the front, King Qin couldn't help but laugh.
"The thieves have never seen a strong enemy since they came from Shandong. They dare to be so arrogant in a dangerous pass! Our army only needs to stand still. After a while, the courage of the thieves will weaken. When the time comes, if we pursue them and attack them, we will defeat the thieves!"
In King Qin's words, there was not only excitement, but also a little bit of happiness.
Because of this period of confrontation, the pressure on Liang Jun's side is also increasing day by day.
Liu Heitai's military information about the capture of Hedong was naturally sent to Chang'an and Hulao Pass as soon as possible.
At the beginning, Liang Gaozu did not pay too much attention to this 30,000-man partial division, believing that the defenders in Hedong could rely on the dangerous Zhiguanxing defense.
Although King Qin was worried, he could not do anything.
As a result, the battle reports that came one after another were getting worse day by day.
By the time Liang Gaozu realized that the leader of this army, Liu Heitai, was not a simple man, and wanted to squeeze him out and mobilize troops to support Hedong, Liu Heitao's army had already broken through Zhiguanxing and was unstoppable in Hedong.
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Liang Jun who went to rescue them were all defeated by Liu Heitai.
The situation in the entire Hedong land was in chaos.
For Liang Jun, the land east of Hedong is certainly important, but of course Luoyang cannot relax.
Therefore, the final decision was to stick to Hulao Pass and eat Wang Shichong first.
But more than a month passed, and Luoyang City still could not be defeated. Wang Shichong knew that Dou Jiande was outside Hulao Pass and was preparing to rescue him, so he wanted to fight against the trapped beast.
What's more, Wang Shichong's fighting ability is not weak. Although he did not defeat King Qin in the field battle, he once killed several of his horses, which shows his strong fighting ability.
At this time, Liang Jun was defending Luoyang, and there was nothing he could do.
Therefore, unlike the original historical situation, now it was King Qin's turn to lose his composure.
According to the original historical situation, Dou Jiande did not divide his troops to attack Hedong, but stationed 100,000 troops in front of Hulao Pass.
The King of Qin could naturally focus all his attention on Dou Jiande, plundering grain and grass from time to time, and sneaking attacks on the scouts.
Moreover, Liang Jun has sufficient logistics, so he doesn't have to worry about running out of money.
But now, with the addition of Liu Heitai who is constantly attacking cities and territories in Hedong, if the delay is one more day, Liang Jun's situation will become even more unfavorable.
At this time, the King of Qin was not worried that Liu Heitai would really go to Pujin Ferry to attack Chang'an City, but if he was allowed to continue fighting like this, I am afraid that by the time Luoyang was defeated, the entire land east of Hedong would have been occupied by Xia's army.
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The land east of Hedong is a battleground for military strategists, and it can suppress Guanzhong and Hebei from a high position at the same time.
If the Liang army occupies Hedong, it can use it as a springboard to attack Hebei from both sides; conversely, if the Xia army occupies Hedong, it can transport Hebei's troops to Hedong and then threaten Guanzhong.
As a result, even if everything goes well in the future, relying on King Qin's military capabilities, unifying the country will have to be delayed for at least a few more years.
How can this be tolerated?
Therefore, it was Liang Jun who wanted to win as soon as possible.
Finally, during this anxious waiting, Xia Jun revealed his flaw.
The spy reported last night that Dou Jiande would lead an army to come for a decisive battle early this morning.
King Qin was of course overjoyed about this, and he was even more unexpectedly ecstatic after seeing the opponent forming a long snake formation along the Si River.
Because he has seen the possibility of capturing two kings in one battle!
From the perspective of King Qin, the strategy of this battle is as follows:
First, he sent a group of war horses across the Yellow River to graze on the sandbank on the north bank.
He deliberately released the news through spies that "Liang Jun's war horses are about to run out of forage and are going to the north of the Yellow River to graze their horses", just to make Dou Jiande think that the Qin Army is temporarily unable to mobilize cavalry and come to fight with him.
But at the right time, he will send people to secretly transport these horses back and launch a fierce attack.
Secondly, he still held on, which dampened his spirit.
After the morale of Dou Jiande's army arrayed behind the Sishui River dropped, he sent a general to test the situation, passing by the Xia army's formation from north to south.
If Xia Jun is as steady as an old dog and doesn't move, then withdraw.
If there is a riot in the Xia army, then go directly east and start attacking the enemy troops, turning the small riot into a big riot.
Finally, after the first cavalry rushed in, the King of Qin would lead the elite cavalry to rush out suddenly, break through the Xia army's front army, go straight to Dou Jiande's central army, and perform a beheading operation.
Once the central army collapsed, Dou Jiande's tens of thousands of troops were leaderless, and naturally they all became lambs to be slaughtered.
This is a pretty perfect plan, and judging from the current situation, the probability of success is extremely high.
Of course, compared with the real situation in history, the risk of implementing this strategy at this time is still very high.
Because in history, Dou Jiande arranged all his 100,000 troops into a long snake formation, but now, he only arranged more than 20,000 people.
In other words, Dou Jiande still has at least about 50,000 follow-up troops.
If the first round of charges was not carried out and the two sides fell into a fierce battle, it would be very disadvantageous for Liang Jun.
However, King Qin still decided to take the risk.
Because the situation in Hedong no longer allowed him to continue to defend Hulao Pass and wait for the next opportunity.
If Hedong is safe and sound, then the King of Qin will continue to stalemate until he finds a perfect opportunity before taking action.
But at this time, the situation in Hedong was corrupt, and if it continued, even if Dou Jiande was defeated, the loss of Hedong would mean that the process of unifying the country would be delayed for several years, which was unacceptable.
The young King of Qin looked at the Xia army arrayed on the other side of the Sishui River, and felt a rare hesitation in his heart.
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What happened after that developed exactly as King Qin expected.
It is now the fifth month of the lunar calendar and the weather is hot.
The Xia Army's front troops set up a long snake formation in front of the Si River. Although the formation was neatly organized, seeing Liang Jun's lack of movement, most of the Xia Army soldiers mistakenly thought that this was the same as before, and they would definitely not be able to fight.
As a result, these soldiers relaxed their vigilance, sat on the ground, and even competed for water. Military discipline was extremely loose.
When King Qin saw this scene above Hulao Pass, he knew that the time for the decisive battle had come.
He immediately called Yuwen Shiji and warned him again and again.
"You lead three hundred cavalry and pass through the Xia army's formation from north to south! If the enemy army remains unmoved, pull back; if there is a disturbance among the enemy troops, immediately rush eastward into the enemy's formation and disturb the Xia army's formation!
"When the time comes, I will lead all the elite Xuanjia Army out and decide the outcome in one battle!"
Yu Wenshiji took the order and led three hundred cavalry to fight out.
However, not long after he left, someone else came to report.
"Report! When our army was grazing war horses on the north bank of the Yellow River, we were attacked by the Xia army general Wang Wan. Fortunately, we were able to escape after fighting hard, but... our army lost more than a hundred of the horses grazing!"
King Qin's calm face finally showed a look of astonishment.
"How is it possible? How could Xia Jun know where we are grazing our horses?
"No, I should say, how did Xia Jun know the time for us to herd our horses?"
From the King of Qin's point of view, this was obviously a very puzzling thing.
The sandbanks north of the Yellow River are very vast. Generally speaking, if the Xia army did not know the specific time and location in advance, it would be impossible to send out cavalry to try their luck.
In other words, the location can be simulated and the cavalry generals can search on their own, but it is difficult to get the timing right.
"Someone leaked information? Impossible?"
King Qin frowned, puzzled.
Because of the matter of herding war horses, he did deliberately leak the news, but the specific people who herded the horses were his absolute confidants.
In other words, Dou Jiande could know that he was going to herd war horses on the north bank of the Yellow River, but it was impossible to know the specific time when he would go to herd.
Could it be that there is a mole among these confidants?
King Qin naturally didn't believe it, but it still planted a small nail in his heart.
Although the loss of more than a hundred war horses was not huge, after all, King Qin's men only had 3,500 elite Xuanjia troops in total, so it was still a little painful.
In fact, Li Hongyun didn't know the details at all.
But he knew that before he led his army to attack, the King of Qin would definitely learn the news and send people to secretly transport the horses grazing north of the Yellow River back to prepare for the decisive battle.
In this case, before the battle starts, let Wang Wan lead the cavalry to keep an eye on the movements of Hulao Pass, wouldn't it be possible to find the approximate location where the horses are grazing?
In real history, Dou Jiande thought that King Qin had no time to use these horses in the decisive battle, so he simply ignored this information.
But since Li Hongyun knew that King Qin would definitely mobilize these horses before the war started, he could make arrangements in advance.
Although Wang Wan couldn't defeat Yuchi Jingde, he was still more than enough to defeat ordinary generals.
The balance of the battlefield once again tilted slightly towards Xia Jun's direction.
But in King Qin's opinion, Liang Jun still had a great chance of winning at this time.
Although the loss of more than a hundred war horses was a pity, it was not enough to have any fundamental impact on the battlefield situation.
At this time, Yu Wenshi and the three hundred cavalry led by him had crossed the Si River and came to the front of the Xia army.
Horse hoofs formed in formation, and three hundred cavalrymen passed by the Xia army's formation from north to south like a whirlwind.
Sure enough, these Xia troops immediately panicked and a commotion broke out.
And Yuwen Shiji immediately followed what King Qin said, leading three hundred cavalry and rushed in directly from the center of the Xia army's array!
The city gate that had been closed at Hulao Pass was now opened.
The King of Qin was already dressed neatly and led three thousand elite Xuanjia troops to attack the Xia army!
Naturally, his goal was to break into the Chinese army and execute Dou Jiande's beheading.
The long snake formation in front of Xia Jun was broken through by Liang Jun almost instantly, tearing a huge gap from the center, causing complete chaos.
Just after rushing into the enemy camp, King Qin discovered that he seemed to have won a big prize.
Because the Chinese army where Dou Jiande was in front seemed to be very empty!
The fighting opportunity was fleeting, and the King of Qin immediately led many powerful generals to rush towards the Xia army's center.
However, just after Liang Jun rushed for a while like chopping melons and vegetables, they found a situation ahead that they had not expected.
Many large vehicles used to transport grain, grass and baggage were neatly arranged in a circle, forming a solid line of defense, covering the core position of the Chinese army where Dou Jiande was located!
These carts are like fortifications rising from the ground. Although there are gaps, at most one or two cavalry can rush in at the same time.
Obviously, it's too dangerous to rush in like this.
Not only that, there were also many Xia army soldiers relying on these carts, setting up spears at the back, and the arrows of their bows and crossbows missed the charging Qin army.
King Qin was stunned.
Because these carts were not brought into formation by Su Dingfang until today's battle. Before that, no one in the Xia army except Li Hongyun knew that these carts were originally used in this way.
After the war started, the spies planted by King Qin were already too late even if they wanted to pass on information.
In the center of the car array, the banner of Xia King Dou Jiande stood high and fluttered in the wind.
In the original history, Dou Jiande was still holding a court meeting at this time.
When the King of Qin rushed in, he wanted to send two wings of cavalry to meet the enemy, but he did not expect that the civil servants who were fleeing in the court blocked the pace of the cavalry and were stabbed by a wave.
But now, Li Hongyun, who has obtained the script in advance, has of course canceled today's court meeting as soon as possible.
He deliberately ambushed his troops in his own formation.
Su Dingfang led the elite infantry and relied on the battle formation formed by carts to defend. At the same time, the Xia Army's cavalry had already outflanked the two wings, directly reorganized the defeated army in the front, and attacked Liang Army's rear!
In Xia Jun's view, coach Dou Jiande's arrangement seemed like he had some serious illness.
70,000 people attacked 3,500 people, and they actually set up an ambush? Moreover, they also set up an ambush in their own Chinese army camp?
Who would bring 3,500 men to attack the Chinese army of 70,000?
