If the Bashi Kingdom takes the initiative to attack, Ruichuan is confident that he can defeat the invading enemy. However, if the Bashi Kingdom just stands still at the border and lets Ruichuan lead the army to march at this time, he is not sure of success, because such a war has never been successful.
It is difficult to attack but easy to defend. The Bashi Kingdom does not have many troops. Even if many of them are temporarily expanded military formations, they can be used in turns to defend the pass.
If we marched in the past, Baiguo City was the best place, but now Baiguo City has been occupied by the Bashi Kingdom, and the Bashi Kingdom's army has established a defense line in the Yuping Mountain area. This battle is not easy to fight, even if it is forced to break through, it may
They also had to pay a heavy price in terms of casualties, and they were trying to contain Bashi's southern army in vain. In the end, they only allowed Xiangqiong to take the biggest advantage.
However, the army was in full swing and Zhu and others took the lead in the battle, believing that the opportunity was too good to be missed. No matter how the ministers discussed it, the final decision was still made by the king Zheng Gu. Zheng Gu muttered: "Whether this battle is won or lost, the Bashi Kingdom is full of vitality.
Hurt. Some time ago, they suddenly raised their troops and captured Baiguo City. How could we not fight back? No matter how much advantage the young minister took, we will have to repay it many times in the future.
The army in the southern border of Bashi Kingdom has not moved, so we can temporarily hold our troops still and increase our troops to the front line. If Weimang leads a large army back to support Batu City, we will take advantage of the situation and advance. If Xiangqiong breaks Batu City, the Bashi Kingdom's border army will
There will be chaos, and we must send back reinforcements even if we don't. We can also take advantage of the situation and march forward.
Even if Xiangqiong failed to attack Batu City and was forced by Shao Wu to withdraw his troops and fight back, a decisive battle in Xiangshi's territory would be a good opportunity for us to advance. Although Shao Wu has recruited many new troops, their combat power may be limited and they cannot last long.
With such a nationwide war, he can only persist for one year at most, otherwise he will have to disarm without withdrawing his troops. If a decisive battle with Xiangqiong severely damages the national strength, he will not be able to withstand the Zheng Shiguo army by then."
Zheng Gu proposed three situations, in which all of them could take advantage of the situation to attack the Bashi Kingdom: the first was that Weimang's army retreated from the border, the second was that Xiangqiong defeated Batu City, and the third was that Xiangqiong returned to seek help.
Shao Wu’s decisive battle. These ideas are very treacherous and cannot be said to be unreasonable. But if he knew that Shao Wu had no intention of letting Xiang Qi go back and planned to attack Zheng Shiguo in the coming spring, what would he think?
In fact, from the perspective of the overall strategy, sending troops at this moment is indeed the best opportunity, and it will cause the biggest blow to the Bashi Kingdom. However, Zheng Shiguo is just fighting with the border defenders of the Bashi Kingdom, and almost all the real advantages are given to Xiangqiang.
Of course Zhenggu would not take it.
Zheng Gu is greedy, has a sinister temper, and is very calculating. He is only willing to take advantage and refuses to suffer losses. He is not a person who cannot make decisions, but the decisions he makes must always be absolutely beneficial to him.
.For example, last year, he assassinated Shaowu, and at the same time secretly supported Gu Liang to succeed to the throne. The series of plans were perfect, and he could secretly blackmail Gu Liang in the future.
In fact, just from Zheng Gu's perspective, it was the right choice to get rid of Shaowu at the beginning. Just look at the situation after Shaowu returned to the country and succeeded to the throne. However, after spending such a high price and planning such a perfect action, not only did it fail in the end
And it was exposed, which was a huge blow to the monarch's confidence. Now when he faced the young minister, he was still hesitant to make a decision.
In fact, the character and temperament of the monarch Zheng Gu, Jian Sha, Ming Sha, Hou Lin and others are very familiar with each other. They have all analyzed Shaowu. Under what circumstances, Shaowu probably knows what decision he will make.
.If it requires Zheng Gu to pay a high price but does not gain much advantage, this monarch will never do it.
Zheng Gu had already made his decision, and Lord Kuramasa said again: "Master, I listen to your wishes. Sooner or later, we will march into Bashi Kingdom and let the young ministers cough up a lot of benefits, but we can't take action at this time. But we have already contacted Bashi
During the peace talks between the two countries, they promised to cede Baiguo City and compensate for a batch of grain, cloth, and ordnance, which would be delivered to the Bashi Kingdom in three years.
Anyway, Baiguo City is now occupied by the Bashi Kingdom. Needless to say, the first batch of food and military supplies will be sent before the winter solstice this year according to the negotiated terms. Now that there is no war, will the original agreement still be followed?
What to do? If you break the contract and abandon the promise, it will not sound good if it gets out, so you have to have an excuse."
Zheng Gu sneered: "Shaowu and I are already mortal enemies. Sooner or later we will raise troops to attack Bashi Kingdom. Otherwise, even if I want to let him go, he will not let me go! But you didn't hear Rui Chuan just now
What is the general saying? It is not good for us to march at this time. I just want to wait for the best opportunity.
As for those things, I had to agree when I was not ready for war and the young minister raised his troops to suppress the situation. Now that the situation has changed, giving these things to him does not mean that he is weakening himself and endangering the enemy? As for what excuse is used to delay
, Lord Kuramasa, let’s think about it.”
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The Bingzheng Lord Yuxuan who stayed behind to supervise the country received a report from the envoy sent to the Zhengshi Kingdom. Zheng Gu thanked Xiang Qiong for his righteous act of raising troops to mediate, and wished him an early capture of Badu City. Zheng Gu also said
, still adding heavy troops to contain the army on the southern border of Bashi Kingdom, and cooperating with Xiangqiong's advance. After Xiangqiong breaks through Batu City, he will go north to join forces to defeat Shaowu, and celebrate the great victory of the two countries.
Yuxuan was so angry that he kicked over all the tables and scolded Zhenggu. Although Zhenggu's words sounded nice, if Xiangqiong had not captured Badu City or the Bashi Kingdom's border troops had not retreated, he would
He will not take the initiative to send troops for the time being, but will only mobilize troops to the border to take advantage at any time. After scolding Zheng Gu, Yu Xuan quickly sent someone to report the situation on the front line.
The messenger here had just set off when Yu Xuan received another urgent battle report. He suddenly jumped up and almost fell to the ground. News came from another front that Yue Geng's army failed to hold the water defense line.
Almost the entire army was wiped out, and Gaocheng and Jiuzhang City were successively captured by Shaowu. The vanguard of Shaowu's army is about to approach Taihe City!
This news was like a thunderbolt from the clear sky. Yuxuan urgently summoned the generals for discussion, and at the same time sent people to report the situation at the front line.
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Yue Geng underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly. He wanted to take advantage of the instability of Shaowu's rear to capture Xiangsha Bridge. As a result, he had an encounter with Panhu. After being defeated, he retreated and gathered the remaining troops to defend the defense line. Panhu did not give Yue Geng a chance to buffer and took advantage of the prime minister's room.
Before the reinforcements from the rear of the country arrived, they launched a series of fierce attacks and finally broke through the defense in one fell swoop.
This was the most intense battle since the Shaowu Army entered the Prime Minister's Kingdom. It lasted for seven days in total. It was the first time that newly recruited military formations were put on the battlefield. After the army broke through the defense line from two points, it then outflanked it.
Encircle and annihilate the Xiangshi Kingdom's defenders as much as possible. There were heavy casualties at the beginning of this battle, but after the defense line was broken, most of Yue Geng's remaining soldiers were captured.
The four reinforcements that Yuxuan had transferred from the rear not long ago had not yet arrived at the designated location and were still on the way. Before they had time to line up and put on their armor, they were captured by the advancing Shaowu army and were almost completely defeated.
No matter how they resisted, they were all made prisoners of war. Shaowu wasted some time at Feihong City and the Minshui Defense Line, but then they advanced quickly and captured Gaocheng and Jiuzhang City in one fell swoop.
As for Shanshui City, which is deep in the wilderness, it doesn't matter whether it is captured or not, and Shaowu and Ruoshan had already made an agreement. Ruoshan led two military formations at this time, and Shi Shiran passed through the occupied area of Shaowu's army, and also received Shaowu's provision.
They received military supplies and calmly withdrew to Shanshui City. They had nothing to do with this war anymore.
With so many prisoners of war in this battle, Lingbao was busy. He followed the army to collect and command these captured soldiers. However, when attacking Gaocheng, Lingbao took the initiative to ask for orders and led the soldiers brought from Baixi Village.
The Guards formed and conducted a small-scale quick raid, and the Shao Wu also nodded in agreement.
Yue Geng did not expect that the defense line would be lost in advance, so he did not have time to withdraw the people and supplies within the city walls. As the Shaowu Army entered the country, they did not plunder, and the people had nothing to worry about. Ling Ling
It was Yuegeng who Bao was worried about, because his sister Chubao's family lived in a village in Gaocheng.
Once the Shaowu army broke through the defense line, Lingbao quickly led the guard formation into the hinterland of Gaocheng and rushed to the village where his sister lived as quickly as possible. His worries were indeed correct, and he arrived in time. Yue Geng withdrew.
After entering Gaocheng, I learned the latest news. It was Cun Bao, the military commander of Feihong City, who kidnapped Hong Yuan and surrendered to Kaicheng, while his younger brother Ling Bao also led his tribe to surrender to Shao Wu.
Lingbao also has a younger sister, Chubao, who lives in the countryside of Gaocheng. Not many people knew about it. But as Mr. Xiao’s deeds spread throughout the country, and the incident in Baixi Village was also related to Lingbao, Chubao said proudly
——Lingbao is her elder brother, and this news has spread around the area.
Chu Bao did not expect that a war between the two countries would immediately break out. After Yue Geng returned to the city and received the latest battle report, he sent a small team of guards to capture Chu Bao and his family, intending to kill them to vent his anger. However, these seven guards had not yet entered the village.
, they encountered an army formation led by Lingbao, but were killed by Lingbao instead.
Lingbao rescued his sister in time and sent his family to Feihong City to live temporarily. The young minister heard about this incident, and while appeasing the people, he deliberately publicized the news, which also caused an uproar among the people.
Chu Bao had been married a long time ago, and according to people's ideas at the time, she had nothing to do with her natal brother. She had done nothing detrimental to the Xiangshi Kingdom and Yue Geng in her husband's family. Why did the Xiangshi Kingdom kill innocent people indiscriminately?
When the two countries are at war, the enemy forces occupy the city walls, and the people in the enemy-occupied areas often have to surrender. Are their relatives who are still in Xiangshi Kingdom guilty?
In the areas occupied by Shaowu, many people also have relatives in the hinterland of the Xiangshi Kingdom. After Shaowu captured the city walls, he was free from all the people. Will the Xiangshi Kingdom still punish the relatives of the people in the occupied areas?
The Lingbao incident was originally just a special case with its own special reasons, but Shaowu took the opportunity to publicize it, making this special case have a very general representative significance and making many people feel scared. Next, Shaowu beheaded Yue Geng in public
, which not only established prestige for the army, but also appeased the hearts of the people. r1152