"General, my subordinates thought they could only withdraw their troops!"
"Even if we capture Daliang and are surrounded by the Chu army, our efforts will be in vain!"
These words speak to everyone's feelings.
The problem Daliang had with Qin was actually not Wei but Chu.
The Chu State was too close to Daliang, and Chu State's Caozhou and Chencheng still controlled Daliang from the south and the north, so it was easy for the Chu army to form a two-sided flanking attack or a deep outflank situation on Daliang.
Wang Jian and Yang Duanhe had not considered the situation of the Chu army arriving for reinforcements.
It's just that they didn't expect that the Chu State could organize an army of 250,000 so quickly after the internal chaos, and the strategy was to intersperse and encircle...
At this time, the generals of the Qin army will think: If they are surrounded by the Chu army, is there any point in taking the beam?
This is equivalent to a big net being cast outside, but the fish and shrimps in the net are still fighting each other.
Yang Duanhe hesitated for a moment, but he was actually inclined to withdraw his troops.
There is a saying that "if you keep the green mountains, you will not be afraid of losing the firewood mountains." For the Qin army, retaining the troops and preserving their strength is the most important thing.
If Wei cannot be destroyed this time, it can wait until next time. If the army is surrounded and annihilated, it will not be so easy to recover.
Yang Duanhe's hesitation was not whether to withdraw his troops, but whether to flood the beams before withdrawing. Even if he could not destroy the beams, he would still make Wei feel uncomfortable.
At this time, Shen Bing said something shocking:
"General, my subordinates think that we cannot withdraw our troops."
Everyone looked sideways after hearing this.
Li Yan retorted with disdain:
"What can you know if you are a coward?"
"Isn't it as easy as you think to lead troops to fight?"
"Just do your woodwork well..."
No wonder Li Yan would question it. If it weren't for Shen Bing's guess that the supply line would be attacked, Shen Bing, a coward, would not even have the right to participate in such a military meeting.
Yang Duanhe glared at Li Yan and interrupted him, then turned to ask Shen Bing:
"It doesn't matter if Che Fudan says it, why can't our army withdraw?"
Shen Bing did not answer but asked:
"I would like to know, if we wait to withdraw our troops, how will we withdraw?"
Yang Duanhe answered without thinking:
"Since then, we have withdrawn from the west to Qin."
The Qin army originally had three directions in which to retreat.
But at this time, the situation changed: there were 200,000 Chu troops in the north and 50,000 Chu troops in the south attacking Yangzhai. The Qin army had only one direction to withdraw...to the west to the Qin territory.
Although there are only 50,000 Chu troops in the south, Yang Duan and the 100,000 troops are fully confident that they can defeat them, but they are afraid that being dragged by them and unable to escape will eventually lead to bad things.
Shen Bing replied:
"If we retreat to the west, I'm afraid we will fall into the trap of the Chu army!"
Li Yan smiled and said:
"It's alarmist. If we can't retreat to the west, why don't we retreat to the east?"
All the generals burst into laughter after hearing this, because the country of Chu was to the east, so it was naturally impossible.
Yang Duanhe, who had the most contact with Shen Bing, knew very well what Shen Bing was capable of, so he did not look down upon him like others. He looked around at everyone with a slightly reproachful look, and then asked Shen Bing:
"Excuse me, stingy man, why did the retreat to the west play into the Chu army's plan?"
Shen Bing asked two questions:
"General, I wonder how far Daliang is from Qin?"
"If our army marches normally, how many days will it take to return to Qin?"
Yang Duanhe replied:
"It's nine hundred miles away, at least it will take more than ten days to return to Qin."
Shen Bing said:
"That's it."
"Most of our troops are infantry and march slowly. How could the Chu army allow me to march for more than ten days and withdraw to Qin..."
Li Yan interrupted Shen Bing:
"The Chu army deceived me because I had no food. Otherwise, with a force of 100,000, how could I be afraid of the 200,000 Chu army?"
This is true. The Qin army is very powerful. If the food route is not cut off, even if it is one against two, it will still be able to fight.
Li Yan added:
"Besides, if our march is slow, how fast can the Chu army go?"
"Use cavalry to outflank? What's the use of cavalry?"
The cavalry in this era was not the main force, and even if there were there were not many, so according to common sense, they could not stop the 100,000 Qin army.
But Shen Bing had a different view.
Shen Bing pointed to the Qin army's withdrawal route on the map and said:
"First of all, the Chu army will not make it easy for me to wait for these nine hundred miles."
"The Chu army will definitely send cavalry ahead of our army to demolish bridges and roads or set up an ambush for a sneak attack."
"So the actual march time of our army will be far longer than ten days. By the time I arrive near the Qin border, we will be exhausted."
Yang Duanhe's expression became more solemn, and he nodded in agreement:
"The Chu army should follow the strategy of a tired army."
Li Yan, don’t be dissatisfied:
"Even so, we can successfully return to Qin with the support of our department."
"General Li Xin is at the border of Qin and Wei!"
"How can those few Chu soldiers stop our army from attacking from both sides?"
Shen Bing replied:
"If it's just the Chu army, it really can't stop our army. But what if we add the Wei army?"
Li Yan was a little confused:
"Wei Jun?"
Shen Bing pointed to the location of Anyi on the map and said:
"Anyi was originally the capital of Chu State, and it happened to be located on the border of Qin and Chu."
"The Chu army can use the excuse to come to rescue the Wei army and attack Qin, and capture Anyi without any effort, and even get the help of Anyi's army and people."
"When……"
Everyone couldn't help but change their colors after hearing this.
Because everyone will think about what will happen if this continues.
Anyi does not need to defeat the Qin army. It only needs to block the Qin army for a few days and then the Chu army will catch up from all directions.
Yang Duanhe sighed:
"What the stingy man said is true."
"Besides that, there's one thing I've overlooked."
"How can those 200,000 Wei soldiers trapped in Daliang be of the same generation as Yi Yu?"
"At this time, they are just unable to leave the city to fight because of poor decision-making."
"If our army withdraws...these Wei soldiers will definitely come out of the city to pursue us."
"When the time comes, what will we have to face are more than 200,000 Chu troops? There are also countless Wei troops!"
This is what Shen Bing wanted to say.
Don't look at the fact that Wei Jun is trapped in the city like a turtle and has no power to fight back.
However, troops with poor quality often have one characteristic, that is, they cannot fight against the wind but can fight against the wind.
They were afraid that the Qin army and the King of Wei would make false decisions, so they were passive.
It would be okay if the Qin army did not withdraw, but once they withdraw, this "Pandora's Box" will be opened.
Coupled with the Qin army's defeat, those Wei soldiers would naturally follow closely behind them.
At this point, Yang Duanhe knew what the point was. He gritted his teeth and said:
"That's why we can't withdraw our troops no matter what."
"Even if we want to withdraw, we must capture the main beam before we can withdraw!"
These two sentences actually mean the same thing, which is to stay where you are and continue to destroy Wei.
Because it was obvious that by the time the Qin army captured Daliang, the Chu army's encirclement would have been closed long ago, and there would be no chance of retreat.
Li Yan asked worriedly:
"But General, that military ration..."
Yang Duanhe replied:
"There is food in Daliang City. As long as we capture Daliang, our army will not have to worry about food."
This is an idea, but...
Just as Shen Bing was about to say something, he found Yang Duanhe giving Shen Bing a meaningful look.