In Ningxia City, the military and political meeting was held again. The top brass of the Qin and Jin armies gathered together. Everyone knew that the moment of decisive battle had arrived.
Seeing Xue Rengui, Zhao Yun, Jia Fu and other generals below, all in high spirits and with high fighting spirit, Qin Hao also showed a happy smile, and then said in a deep voice: "Everyone, General Huo and Zhuge Military Advisor took the risk to lead 60,000 cavalry out of the fortress. Now not only
He led the 100,000 cavalry from Zhenbeiguan back to the grassland, and also defeated the 100,000 Mongolian cavalry in Longcheng. It can be said that the pre-war deployment was overfulfilled.
Governor Bai Qi used 20,000 troops and sacrificed his life to contain Murong Chui's 200,000 troops. In the end, he not only saved Yinshan City at the cost of one soldier, but also recaptured Zhenbeigua in just one day, which was also overfulfilled.
Deployment before war.
Whether General Huo Bing or Grand Governor Bai Qi, the reason why they risked their lives on the front line was just to create an opportunity for us, an opportunity to defeat Temujin in one fell swoop and completely expel Yuan Meng.
Now this opportunity has finally appeared, and it’s time for us to fight for it.”
"Snapped……"
At this point, Qin Hao slammed the table angrily and shouted: "Immediately submit a letter of challenge to Temujin. This time I will personally lead the army to fight Temujin to the death."
"promise."
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"Report...to report to Your Majesty, Qin Hao has sent someone to issue a letter of war."
Temujin was stunned for a moment when he heard the words. He subconsciously thought that he had heard wrongly, but after confirming that he had heard correctly, he couldn't help but frown.
Although the total strength of the Qin-Jin coalition was large, the maximum number of troops that could leave the city was only 150,000 main troops. After all, the militia did not have the ability to go out of the city to fight in the field, and Yuanmeng had a full 250,000 main troops in Ningxia.
After reading the letter of battle written by Qin Hao himself, Temujin couldn't help but become more confused. Where did Qin Hao get the confidence to challenge his main force of 250,000 iron cavalry with an army of 150,000 infantry and cavalry?
?
"Qin Hao must have a conspiracy." Temujin murmured to himself.
The person who knows him best is often his enemy, and Temujin may know Qin Hao better than Qin Hao knows him.
Based on Temujin's understanding of Qin Hao, he would never do anything he was not sure of. So in this matter of taking the initiative to issue a challenge, Qin Hao must be sure of winning, otherwise he would never do anything.
The decisive battle will begin easily.
Although Temujin saw that Qin Hao had a conspiracy, he could not figure out what the conspiracy was, no matter how hard he racked his brains, but it had no impact.
Temujin didn't care what Qin Hao's plot was. As long as he delayed for half a month and waited for Murong Ke to retake Zhenbeiguan, the initiative would naturally return to his side.
"Send the order, all armies will defend the city and ignore the Han army's challenge." Temujin ordered decisively.
Although Yuanmeng only occupied five cities in Ningxia, he had a full force of 250,000 troops. Therefore, in Temujin's view, with the troops he had, if he went all out to attack and defend, the Han army would not be able to break the city.
hope.
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After learning that Temujin refused to fight, Qin Hao was not surprised and sneered: "Since Temujin dare not come out, then we will force him to come out.
Send the order, trap the camp, break the barracks, Tiger Guard, Iron Guard, Huben Camp, Kowloon Guard...all the main camps are dispatched.
Wang Meng, Xue Rengui, Zhao Yun, Jia Fu, Jiang Juan, Qin Huaiyu, Hua Rong, Yang Zhi, Qin Yi, Qin Lie, Shi Long..."
Every time Qin Hao called on a person's name, someone would immediately stand up and shout, "The final general is here." Some of them entered the Loop with Qin Hao, and some were transferred midway to help in the decisive battle.
In an instant, there were not many generals left in the hall, and Qin Hao said in a deep voice: "You and I will fight together with Temujin."
"promise."
The generals roared like thunder.
"As for the candidates to stay behind?"
At this point, Qin Hao bowed his hands to Xi Zhicai and Liu Bowen: "I will ask these two military advisors to lead the militia to guard the cities in Ningxia County."
Xi Zhicai and Liu Bowen looked at each other and said in unison: "I will definitely live up to my lord's (young lord's) expectations."
Qin Hao looked at the generals again and said in a deep voice: "This time the entire main force is dispatched, leaving only the militiamen to defend the city. If we don't succeed, we will be benevolent."
"If you don't succeed, you will be benevolent..." the generals shouted in unison.
"Set off."
Qin Hao took the lead and walked out of the hall, followed by Xue Rengui and Wang Meng, followed by Jia Fu, Zhao Yun and other generals.
The soldiers and horses from the five cities of Ningxia quickly converged on Ningxia City. There were 115,000 infantry and 35,000 cavalry, totaling 150,000 troops.
Following Qin Hao's order, the 150,000-strong army marched at Xiong Jian's pace and took the initiative to kill the 250,000 enemy troops.
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"What?"
Tiemu's eyes widened, he slapped the document with both hands, and said with disbelief: "Are you saying that Qin Hao took the initiative to lead the entire main force of the Jin coalition to kill our army?"
"That's right, Qin Hao dispatched no more troops and horses this time, exactly 150,000."
Temujin was stunned again. After staying for a while, he couldn't help but sit down and think deeply.
Unreasonable, so unreasonable.
Now that the Yuan army is on the defensive, the Han army is the attacking party. Does Qin Hao still want to use an army of 150,000 yuan to forcibly break through five cities with a strength of 250,000 yuan?
This is simply impossible.
"Your Majesty, do you think this is Qin Hao's trick? He wants to deliberately lure us out of the city?" Wokuotai added.
Temujin glanced at him indifferently and asked expectantly: "Continue."
Wokuotai immediately became energetic after hearing this. In the battle where 70,000 cavalry attacked the Jin army on the eastern front, his performance was so bad that he was beaten into white directly after the war. Now he has the ability to perform in front of Temujin.
Of course, Wo Kuotai would not give up the opportunity easily.
"Your Majesty, Qin Hao must have estimated the speed of Murong Ke's march. He knew that the 100,000 cavalry outside the pass would arrive at Zhenbeiguan in half a month, so he wanted to completely defeat our army within half a month.
But as long as our army defends the city, it is impossible for Qin Hao to win across the city wall, so it is necessary to lure our army out of the city. And Qin Hao took the initiative to expose all the main forces just to lure our army.
It’s just a way to fight to the death.”
After hearing this, Temujin frowned, but he had to admit that Ogodei's analysis still made sense.
"Qin Hao wants to lure our army out of the city for a decisive battle, but what means will he have to enable 150,000 infantry cavalry to defeat my 250,000 iron cavalry?" Zhebie asked with a puzzled look on his face.
Ogedai glanced at Temujin carefully and saw that he was indicating for him to continue speaking, so he smiled and said: "General Zhebie, have you forgotten the method Zhuge Liang used to defeat Huchuquan Ten with less than 50,000 cavalry?
Fifty thousand cavalry?"
Zhebie's eyes suddenly lit up: "You mean the Fire Ox Formation?"
"That's right, now that things have happened, besides the Fire Bull Formation, what else can Qin Hao do to defeat our army head-on with 150,000 cavalry?" Wo Kuotai asked with confidence.