After hearing Zhuge Liang's words, Qin Hao nodded in agreement.
The invading troops of the Liangzhou princes are indeed quite large, but after all, they belong to three parties, and they all have hatred. It is impossible to truly unite as one while being on guard against each other.
Therefore, the threat posed by the coalition forces of the three major princes in Liangzhou to the Qin army was not as good as that of the Chu army, which only dispatched 50,000 troops.
Of course, the Liangzhou coalition also has many difficult opponents, such as Ma Yuan, Ma Chao, Gao Changgong, Shi Wansui, Wu Yunzhao, etc., and there is also the God of War level warrior Gao Aocao.
If we just talk about military strength alone, Meng Tian, who commands 100 troops and has 70,000 elite Meng Tian, faces the Liangzhou coalition forces of 100,000 people. Not to mention just blocking the Liangzhou coalition forces, even defeating them is not a bad idea.
But if the blessings of the generals are taken into account, the Qin army in Hebin and the two places, which does not even have a god of war, is obviously unable to compete with the Liangzhou coalition army gathered with fierce generals.
Therefore, what Hetao lacks the most now is not soldiers, but generals, and bending the waist makes up for the weakness in generals. Meng Tian may not be able to defeat the 100,000 Liangzhou coalition forces head-on.
"What the military advisor said makes sense."
After Qin Hao pondered for a while, he ordered: "In this case, let's mobilize the four generals Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Dian Wei, and Xu Chu to support Meng Tian."
Zhao Yun is now a God of War level warrior, and Dian Wei, who was injured by Luo Shixin, has long since recovered from his injuries. Together with Xu Chu, he can also activate combo skills, and with the peak god general Huang Zhong, it is enough to block Liang.
The state coalition forces.
After Zhuge Liang estimated the strength comparison of the two generals in his mind, he smiled confidently: "Now that the crisis in Liangzhou has been resolved, my lord, just wait for the good news from General Meng Tian."
Seeing Zhuge Liang's confidence, Qin Hao was influenced by it and smiled: "The military advisor only talked about Liangzhou and one road, and there are four other roads, so how should we retreat from the enemy?"
"Our army has deployed 150,000 garrison troops in the two prefectures of Si and Bing, including 80,000 in Jingzhou and 70,000 in Sizhou."
With that said, Zhuge Liang pointed to Jiangxia in the south on the map and said slowly: "Liu Xiu sent 50,000 troops along the way, but he did not attack our Nanjun directly. Instead, he attacked Huang Zu in Jiangxia.
Jiangxia County's military strength was not strong, and Huang Zu's family alone could not stop Liu Xiu's army.
Once Liu Xiu is allowed to take Jiangxia, Liu Xiu and Liu Ji will join forces to form an east-west pincer attack on Jingbei.
The area of Jingzhou's Four Battles is already easy to attack and difficult to defend. If it is attacked from the east and west, it will definitely be extremely difficult to resist, so our army must support Huang against Liu."
"However, military advisors, including the Chu army, there are as many as 280,000 enemy troops attacking Jingbei, while our army only has 80,000 defenders in the north of Jing.
The number of our troops is far inferior to that of the invading enemy. It is not enough to defend the city. How can we have extra troops to support Huang Zu?" Qin Hao asked in confusion.
Zhuge Liang smiled calmly and said: "Our army is indeed unable to support Huang Zu, but it can attract external forces to help Huang Zu."
"Inducing external force?"
After Qin Hao pondered for a while, he immediately understood what Zhuge Liang meant and asked: "The military advisor said that Jiangdong Sun Jian should help Huang Zu fight against Liu Xiu?
However, Sun Jiancai and Liu Xiu fought in Jiaozhou and did not gain any benefit at all. Now that our troops are exhausted, will Sun Jian be willing to send troops?"
"Sun Jian has no choice but to send troops. Please see, my lord."
Zhuge Liang pointed to the position of Jiangxia and said: "Once Liu Xiu captures Jiangxia, it will not only form an east-west pincer attack on our army, but also form a three-way pincer attack on Soochow. Chu will be able to attack from Jiangxia, Changsha, and Jiaozhou
Send troops from three directions to attack Wu.
Even if the Wu State had a peerless commander like Sun Wu, they would still be exhausted in the face of such an offensive, so Sun Jian saving Huang Zu also saved the Wu State."
Hearing this, Qin Hao's eyes suddenly lit up. He naturally understood the conflict of interests involved, but he had too many things to consider in his position, so he didn't think of it for a while, but as soon as it was mentioned, he would
React immediately.
"What a good plan. I will immediately ask Your Majesty to issue an edict and order Sun Jian to lead the army to support Huang Zu."
"With Sun Jian sending troops to intervene, it would not be that easy for Liu Xiu to take Jiangxia, but Liang guessed that Sun Jian might also want to take Jiangxia.
In the dispute between Wu and Chu, Jiangxia's position was very important. Whoever could occupy it would have a bigger position. Therefore, Sun Jian must be eager to get Jiangxia, and there are two possibilities.
1. Sun Jian united with Huang Zu to fight against Liu Xiu. After repelling Liu Xiu, Sun Jian destroyed Huang Zu and occupied Jiangxia.
2. In the name of rescuing Huang Zu, Sun Jian worked with Liu Xiu to carve up Jiangxia, and then defeated Liu Xiu after destroying Huang Zu."
As he spoke, Zhuge Liang flashed a hint of cunning in his eyes and said with a smile: "Liang thinks the former is more likely, but whether it is the former or the latter, as long as Wu and Chu confront each other, Liu Xiu will not be able to threaten our army at all.
, so the crisis in Chu State will be solved by itself."
"Seconds, seconds..." Qin Hao slapped his legs and laughed.
Taking advantage of the power of other countries to prevent disaster for himself, Wu Chuming knew that it would be advantageous for the Qin army, but he had no choice but to jump in. This is a naked conspiracy.
Huang Zu, who was caught between the Three Kingdoms, was destined to become a victim of this war.
Although Huang Zu had always been quite submissive, in a time of great strife, when heroes competed with each other, weakness was the original sin.
In just a few words, Zhuge Liang had retreated from two of the five armies, which made Qin Hao look forward to his next words, but this time Zhuge Liang did not speak directly.
After thinking for a while, Zhuge Liang said: "My lord, regarding the Tang army at Tongguan, General Li Cunxiao is there, and there is a natural barrier at Hangu Pass. We only need 30,000 defenders. Even if the Tang army of 100,000 invades, we still want to break in."
It’s still not easy in Sizhou.”
As he spoke, Zhuge Liang frowned slightly and continued: "If we forcefully attack a majestic pass like Hangu Pass, even if we are able to break through it in the end, Li Tang will definitely suffer heavy casualties.
With Li Shimin's shrewdness, it was impossible for him to do this, but he still asked Yang Jian to attack with 70,000 troops, so it can be seen that the Tang army in Tongguan was just a feint attack."
"Fake attack? So, the Tang army's real main attack direction is Nanyang?"
"That's right."
Zhuge Liang nodded and said solemnly: "Li Shimin sent 70,000 troops out of Tongguan just to drag Sizhou's troops to the Hangu Pass line and prevent Sizhou's troops from supporting Jingzhou.
The Nanyang Plain is easy to attack and difficult to attack. Except for a few fortified cities, there is almost no place to defend.
Therefore, if Sizhou was unable to send reinforcements to Nanyang, it would be impossible to resist the Tang army's attack by relying solely on Nanyang's local defenders.
After Li Shimin captured Nanyang, most of Sizhou's troops were still dragged at Hangu Pass. At that time, the Tang army marched north and captured Guangcheng Pass, then entered Heluo and encroached on Sizhou."