The day after he learned that Li Xin had defeated Chu's plan, Zhao Tuo stayed in his camp and asked his subordinates, two to five hundred men, to train soldiers outside.
He leaned on the desk, touched his chin, and kept thinking in his head.
"Li Xin's surprise attack strategy is too risky. Although he asked Meng Wu to hold up his big banner outside Xiang City to confuse and contain the Chu army, as soon as Li Xin starts attacking Pingyu, the news will be exposed, and Xiang Yan will know it.
A Qin army's surprise troops circled behind him."
"Even if Mengwu storms Xiangcheng to cover him, Xiang Yan will definitely react. The Chu army in Xiangcheng cannot move and needs to resist the main force of Mengwu's command. But Xiang Yan will definitely mobilize the Chu army from other places to besiege and intercept Li
letter."
"Li Xin is galloping with elite chariots, and his speed is definitely faster than the Chu army. As long as the journey goes smoothly, he can reach Shouchun City before the Chu army intercepts him."
Zhao Tuo smiled bitterly when he thought of this.
Under normal circumstances, the first half of Li Xin's strategy is not a big problem.
As long as the Chu army was not prepared for the sudden attack by chariots and cavalry, it was very likely that he would pass through the empty land of Huaibei and drive directly to Shouchun City as planned.
This is where the real problem lies.
Even if, as Li Xin said, the Qin army relied on grabbing grain to maintain supplies, what about when they got to Shouchun City?
As the current capital of Chu, Shouchun has been continuously reinforced for more than ten years. The city has high walls and thick walls, and the defense is absolutely strong. According to Li Xin, if he can frighten the Chu people with a surprise attack, he can defeat the city in one battle.
, that is naturally good.
This will directly take away the Chu State's background, defeat the Chu capital, capture the King of Chu, and determine the outcome in one battle.
His name as Li Xin will be resounding throughout the world, comparable to that of Bai Qi, the former Lord of Wu'an.
Even thousands of years later, the strategies and tactics used by Li Xin in this battle will be written into military textbooks for countless people to learn and worship.
But what if the raid fails?
Thirty thousand chariots and cavalry stopped at the foot of Shouchun City, and the army went deep alone. How to supply food and fodder?
If Shouchun cannot be defeated for a long time, the Qin army will be in a dilemma.
After receiving the order, the reinforcements of the Chu army will also follow. Li Xin's 30,000 men are instantly surrounded by the enemy. If the King of Chu in Shouchun City is more bold, he sends the defenders in the city to join forces with the reinforcements outside the city to attack Qin.
If the army comes to attack from both inside and outside, wouldn't it be a complete defeat on the spot?
Zhao Tuo started to break into a cold sweat when he thought of this.
Li Xin is playing a game!
Either make a great contribution that will shock the world and destroy Chu in one battle.
Or suffer a shocking defeat and finish the game directly.
"With General Li's current arrogance, even if I were to analyze the situation to him, he would be nonchalant about it. He might even make bold claims, saying that he could defeat the pursuing Chu troops one by one."
Li Xin's passionate face appeared in Zhao Tuo's mind. This was Li Xin's character.
And Zhao Tuo also roughly guessed why Li Xin came up with this strategy.
"When Wang Jian destroyed Zhao and took hundreds of thousands of troops to Zhang and Ye, Li Xin led a partial army out of Taiyuan and Yunzhong to flank Zhao."
"Wang Jian destroyed Yan and led a large army to fight against the Yan Dynasty coalition forces to the west of Yishui. Li Xin led his troops to surround the Great Wall of Yishui and steal the Yan army's retreat. Later, in the battle of chasing Yan and Dan, Li Xin followed my strategy.
Detour west of Liaoning to intercept and kill the Duke of Yan."
In both battles to destroy the country, Li Xin led a side attack from the side, and both achieved great success!
Li Xin was accustomed to chariots and cavalry, and was used to surprise attacks with partial divisions. He looked down upon the rigid siege warfare and disliked the rigid and slow style of fighting, which made it difficult to accomplish extraordinary feats.
Even when he became the commander of an army of 200,000, Li Xin still used his previous experience of leading partial divisions to do the same thing, without realizing that his responsibilities were different from those of the partial division generals of the past.
Coupled with the so-called "internal support" of Lord Changping, Li Xinxin was extremely proud and looked down on Chu State at all, so he came up with such a strategy that was similar to gambling.
Win or lose with one bet!
I, Li Xin, can definitely win!
"And there is a mole."
Zhao Tuo narrowed his eyes slightly. The above deduction is based on normal development. If the involvement of moles in the army is added, the ending may be even worse. Maybe Li Xin can't even reach Shouchun City and is blocked by the Chu people.
Already.
Zhao Tuo didn't know whether Li Xin's attack on Chu was like this in history. Anyway, judging from the current situation, the battle he was about to participate in was unwinnable.
"I can't persuade him anymore. We can only wait and see if Meng Wu can persuade him when the final decision is made. All I can do now is to control this unit."
Zhao Tuo sighed, stood up, and walked outside the tent.
The future is uncertain, and if he wants to seek more chances of survival in this uncertain war, he must firmly hold his five thousand men in his hands.
This army is what keeps him alive.
"Marquis."
Zhao Tuo walked out of the tent and greeted the five hundred short soldiers standing at the door, Xi Qigu, who immediately bowed his head and said hello.
"I haven't been back in camp for a short time. I wonder what the soldiers and sergeants think about this attack on Chu. Do they have any complaints?"
Zhao Tuo glanced at the five thousand soldiers who were training in the distant school field. He needed to understand the hearts of these soldiers.
Xiqigu thought for a while and then said: "I have reported to the army, there are some complaints from the soldiers. After all, we have just finished the battle in Wei. Everyone has made a lot of contributions and has been promoted to some extent. The second and third sons are all thinking about it."
Return home as soon as possible. Or you want to see if your family will be allocated corresponding land after your title is promoted, or you miss your relatives and children at home, thinking that if you haven’t heard back for a long time, your family must be worried about their life and death. Some people are worried.
If I haven’t returned home for a long time, the newly married woman at home will be unable to restrain her loneliness..."
Zhao Tuo suddenly asked: "Do you want to go home?"
Xiqigu was stunned for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Yes. I also want to go home."
Zhao Tuo nodded, this is indeed human nature. These 5,000 people went on the expedition after spring plowing, and now they have passed the autumn harvest. They have been away for nearly half a year. How can anyone not miss their relatives at home?
After the war to annihilate the Wei Dynasty, they already had the idea of returning home. However, before receiving news of their return home, they were recruited here again to participate in a new round of the war to annihilate the country.
Who wouldn't be bored with such a situation?
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! There is nowhere to vent the homesickness, so the soldiers can only live like a year, dreaming all day long, which makes them lose their fighting spirit and become more and more tired of war.
This is because the old soldiers are homesick and their morale is low!
When such soldiers go to the battlefield, their combat effectiveness is very limited.
This is a problem that needs to be solved.
Zhao Tuo was pacing outside the tent, thinking about ways to improve morale.
Now he has 5,000 people under his command. They have just experienced the Great War in Wei, and basically everyone has been awarded a title. After the destruction of Daliang City, everyone received more or less money.
In this case, the effect of material rewards is not great. If you want to boost military morale, you can only start from the spiritual point of view.
I miss my loved ones.
Zhao Tuo raised his head and looked to the west.
There was no one in the distant Xianyang Palace that Zhao Tuo missed.
When he was in Xianyang, he met the princess very rarely and could only convey his love through letters. The girl who lived in the palace often wrote down various emotions of her daughter's family in letters to let him know.
letter!
Zhao Tuo had an idea.
Got it!
"Gu, tell all the soldiers in the army that I want them to write letters home! Tell your family that you are safe and express your heartfelt feelings to relieve the pain of missing you!"
"ah?"
Xiqigu blinked and asked five thousand people to write letters home?
But most people are not literate at all!
Seeing Xiqigu's expression, Zhao Tuo knew what he was thinking, so he explained: "Gather all the literate officers in the army. Let the soldiers who want to write home prepare wooden slips. Then the soldiers will dictate it and the officers will write it on their behalf.
Write, this way, it will be fast enough to be completed before the army sets off."
"Then I will ask General Li to transport their family letters back through official channels, so that their respective families can receive their letters and know everyone's situation. In this way, everyone's homesickness will definitely be alleviated, and everyone's homesickness will be relieved.
It can make the second and third sons in the army feel at ease. Although I, Zhao Tuo, cannot take everyone home right away, I will definitely do whatever I can."
Hearing this, Xiqigu's eyes turned dim. He knelt down on the ground and kowtowed: "Xiqigu knows that all the sergeants and soldiers in the army are homesick. It is really a great kindness for the military commander to do this. On behalf of all the soldiers in Ququ, I thank you."
Military Marquis."
"Go ahead."
Zhao Tuo said calmly.
Xiqigu got up and immediately ran to the school grounds.
After a while, as the news spread, bursts of cheers erupted throughout the school grounds.
"Marquis Zhao!"
"A great favor from the military commander!"
"I love the military commander!"
…
Waves of cheers rang out, and although a letter home had not yet been written, the news alone was enough to boost the morale of the army a little.
Zhao Tuo looked at the scene of everyone on the campus jumping for joy. Not to mention the ordinary soldiers, even senior generals such as Shejian and Heiyi were all excited.
Who among them doesn't want to go home?
"The heart of one person is the heart of thousands."
Zhao Tuo sighed lightly.
Then his expression darkened again.
“I don’t know how many of the letters sent home this time will eventually become their suicide notes.”