After receiving the news that Yang Guang, Ma Teng, and Han Sui had formed a coalition to invade Hetao, the top leaders of Hetao and Bingzhou gathered together to formulate a plan for war with the three-nation coalition.
Wang Meng, the governor of Bingzhou, and Xun Yu, the governor of Hetao, were both talented people who knew both military and political affairs. Of course they knew how big the third battle of Hetao would be.
Hetao and Bingzhou are the food and grass supply areas for the Qin army in Hebei. Although the Qin army has occupied most of Jizhou and Qingbei areas and has been able to be self-sufficient in the short term, nearly half of the food and grass still needs Hebin and the two places.
supply, so the war on the Hetao side cannot drag on too long.
Originally, Wang Meng was planning to lead the army in person, gathering the elites from Hebin and the two places, and using lightning speed to defeat the invading Liangzhou Three Kingdoms Allied Forces.
However, due to the sudden death of Emperor Yuan Tuo Lei, the relationship between the two countries also became tense. Before Kublai Khan succeeded to the throne, Yuan Meng's army could move south at any time. Therefore, it was naturally impossible for Wang Meng to send all his main forces before the situation stabilized.
Transfer to Hetao.
After the joint discussion between Wang Meng, Xun Yu, and Xi Zhicai, it was finally decided that Meng Tian would be the commander-in-chief and Xi Zhicai would be the military advisor. He would lead 30,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry, a total of 50,000, to guard the Hetao to fight against the 10 troops who came from afar.
Wanliangzhou Allied Forces.
Wang Meng, the governor of Bingzhou, led an army of 30,000 troops and was personally stationed in Yanmen County. Xun Yu, the governor of Hetao, led an army of 20,000 troops and was stationed in Yinshan County. They were governors of Yanmen Pass and Zhenbeiguan respectively, in order to prevent Yuanmeng from being caught off guard when he suddenly moved south.
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After Meng Tian was ordered to lead the army, although he knew that the enemy's strength was twice that of his own, he did not panic at all.
The troops in Meng Tian's hands are old, but the 50,000 troops are all elite, and they also have 30,000 cavalry. However, the total number of cavalry in Liangzhou's 100,000 coalition troops may not be 30,000.
In addition, the Qin army is united as one, but the three Liangzhou families are on guard against each other, and there are many discords. It will definitely be difficult for them to unite and deal with the outside world.
Based on these two points alone, even if an army of fifty thousand faced Liangzhou's hundred thousand, Meng Tian would still be sure of victory.
Shortly after Meng Tian's army marched to Hetao, and before a battle broke out between the two sides, four generals, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Dian Wei, and Xu Chu, were transferred from the Jizhou battlefield to the Hetao battlefield.
Meng Tian naturally welcomed the arrival of Zhao Yun and other generals. After all, their joining would greatly enhance the army's combat effectiveness.
When everything was ready, Meng Tian had no intention of relying on the city to defend. Instead, he led Zhao Yun, Meng Yi and other generals, and an army of 50,000 to the front line. He was actually preparing to defend the enemy outside the country's gate, and faced the enemy with 50,000 troops head-on.
Battle of Wanliangzhou Allied Forces.
After the two armies met, they did not immediately start a decisive battle, but conducted some tests with each other.
After some testing, Meng Tian discovered that the Liangzhou coalition forces had many fierce generals.
Yang Guang's subordinates include: Gao Gao, Shi Wansui, Wu Yunzhao, Gao Changgong;
Ma Teng includes: Ma Chao, Ma Yuan, Pang De;
Han Suiyou: Yan Xing...
In general, the Qin army was at a slight disadvantage on the generals' side.
However, although there are many powerful generals in Liangzhou, there is no cooperation during the battle. They basically fight on their own.
In addition, the defense between the Yang, Ma and Han families is much greater than Meng Tian thought.
The three families of Yang, Ma, and Han are obviously united, but they don't even have a joint camp. Each army has its own camp. It can be seen that they look at each other and treat each other as strangers.
After learning this information, Meng Tian already knew what was going on, so he took advantage of the coalition forces to separate camps and take the initiative to launch an attack on the superior coalition forces, and defeated the coalition forces in one battle.
In the first battle, the Qin army killed nearly 10,000 enemies while suffering less than 1,000 casualties. It could be described as a complete victory and high morale.
Facing the Qin army that was weak yet so strong, the Liangzhou coalition forces who lost their troops were extremely angry. Finally, under the persuasion of Cheng Gongying, the Sui army's military advisor, the three families of Yang, Ma, and Han put down their prejudices and wariness against each other, and united to camp together.
Prevent another fall.
After Yang Mahan united and faced the outside world, Meng Tian had fewer weaknesses for him to target, but Meng Tian didn't care about it.
If there is no weakness to be found, then just use real swords and guns to defeat them with strength.
Liangzhou has a strong and angry people, so it is a high-quality source of soldiers. The three major princes of Liangzhou, together with the Tang King Li Shimin, divided the Qiang land among the Qiang people. The army is filled with a large number of Qiang warriors. With strict training, they can become
The army is strong, so the combat power of the three armies in Liangzhou is not weak.
The resources of the Liangzhou Alliance Army are excellent, but Liangzhou is too poor, and it is divided into three families, which compete with each other and attack continuously.
Military conscription, taxation, and war, under the constant consumption of these three, also made Liangzhou poorer and poorer.
Regardless of the Yang, Ma and Han families, this time they dispatched 100,000 troops to attack the Qin army, but the total force left behind in Liangzhou for defense is estimated to be 100,000 troops.
Liangzhou has only a small population, but it has so many troops. Although Liangzhou alone can barely afford it, the equipment of the army cannot be much better.
After Meng Tian's observation, the armors equipped by Liangzhou's 100,000 coalition troops were less than half of the 50,000 Qin troops. This ratio was the lowest among the princes in the world.
If the equipment is not good, even if the quality of the soldiers is high, the combat effectiveness will be greatly affected. The Qin army not only has high overall quality of soldiers, but also has the best equipment in the world.
Relying on sophisticated equipment and a well-trained elite army, Meng Tian led an army of 50,000 to repeatedly defeat the Yang, Ma and Han coalition forces in Hetao.
After the battle, because the casualties were too great, the three families of Yang Guang, Ma Teng, and Han Sui were distressed about the casualties. They were not willing to fight with the Qin army, but they were also unwilling to withdraw like this, so they simply set up camp and waited for the others.
Something unexpected happened to Lu Dajun.
The Qin army that was supposed to be on the defensive has been taking the initiative to attack, while the Liangzhou coalition army that came to attack was passively defended.
Fighting and not fighting, retreating and not retreating, the behavior of the three families of Yang, Ma and Han was obviously to delay Meng Tian's army and prevent this powerful army from being transferred back to Sizhou and Jingbei.
Meng Tian was angry and helpless for the gangsterism of the three families. He couldn't find a way to defeat the enemy in a short time. Under Xi Zhicai's suggestion, he adopted the method of soaking in water and soaking him with water, killing a hundred of them today and killing him tomorrow.
Kill him eighty times and eat away at the Liangzhou coalition army bit by bit.
There are many resourceful people in the Liangzhou coalition forces, such as Gao Ying, Cheng Gongying, Yang Su, etc. In order to avoid being cannibalized, they would take the initiative to challenge every now and then, but they just didn't break out a big war, so as to control the casualties and wait for the situation to change.
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In this way, there were also constant battles on the Hetao side, but except for the early stage, no major battles occurred. On the contrary, the fighting was extremely fierce.
In this battle, many generals stood out, such as Gao Gao, Ma Yuan, Gao Changgong, etc., who all showed their prominence in this battle in the Hetao.
Especially Gao Gao, who shocked the Qin army for the first time.
Meng Yi was defeated in the first ten rounds and ran away.
After that, he defeated Xu Chu in twenty rounds.
Yang Erlang, Wu Lang, and Qi Lang joined forces, but they were still defeated by Gao Gao alone.
If it weren't for Huang Zhong, a master archer, half of the above-mentioned Qin generals would have died at the hands of Gao Gao.
In the end, it was Zhao Yun who took action to curb the high winning streak.