Chapter 626: Worries in the palace study, Bai Yan’s offensive and defensive orders
In Xianyang, Qin State, in the palace, Ying Zheng, Wang Jian, Wei Liao, Feng Quji and others were looking at the map in the study, discussing how to send troops to the Chu State after the winter snow melted.
Days passed. Ever since Bai Yan broke through the Chu army's siege and beheaded Jing Qi, and the news of Chang Wenjun came, Ying Zheng's heart during this period once again ignited the hope of defeating Chu in a battle, and day by day.
Stronger than one day.
Half of the world's territory has been included in Qin's territory. It seems that as long as Chu is destroyed, the world will be at your fingertips. After Ying Zheng succeeds to the throne, the grand plan he has dreamed of day and night will come true, and the world will be Qin!
Destroy Chu!
This is the strongest desire in Ying Zheng's heart.
But what stood in front of Ying Zheng was not the Chu army, but the cold winter.
This also made Ying Zheng very uneasy. As the king of Qin, every time a day passed and late at night, Ying Zheng closed his eyes and what came to his mind was how much food and grass the Qin army in Eastern Chu consumed.
Ying Zheng was worried that Bai Yan would be defeated not because of his body but because of his food...
Therefore, Ying Zheng had to get access to the road to Chu almost every day. If there was any situation, he even ordered that the royal tombs that had been repaired for more than 20 years be stopped at this time, and all slaves were sent to repair the road.
Clear snow.
The reason is to send troops to Chu State as soon as possible!
"Your Majesty! General Meng Wu and General Meng Tian are already at the door!"
Han Ye came to the study and walked to Ying Zheng to report.
Hearing this, under Ying Zheng's instructions, Wang Jian, Li Si, Feng Quji and others all saw wearing Qin armor and Meng Wu, walking to the study with Meng Tian.
"The sinner, Meng Wu, comes to see the king!"
After Meng Wu came to the study, he looked at Ying Zheng. Without saying a word, he knelt on the ground and saluted Ying Zheng. Meng Tian beside him was also kneeling on the wooden board with his head on the ground, not daring to raise his head.
Standing beside the wooden frame not far away, Meng Yi looked at the actions of his father and brother, and looked at Ying Zheng's back with a look of guilt in his eyes.
"What crime did General Mengwu commit?"
Ying Zheng quickly stepped forward to help Meng Wu and looked at Meng Tian beside him.
"Meng Tian, I have already said before that the fault is not mine, but the fault of Lord Changping! Get up! General, please get up!"
Ying Zheng said, and then helped Meng Wu get up.
Next to the huge map.
Feng Quji, Wang Wan, Li Si and other Qin ministers all looked at Meng Wu, Meng Tian and his son. Previously, Meng Wu was the chief general of the Qianzhong Camp, and now Ying Zheng specially summoned him to Xianyang.
, it was planned to make Wang Jian the chief general and Meng Wu the deputy general, and send troops together to attack the Chu State.
Through Ying Zheng's actions, everyone saw Ying Zheng's determination to destroy Chu.
After Ying Zheng and Meng Wu talked for a while, Ying Zheng pulled Meng Wu to the map and looked at it with a look of anticipation.
"General Meng Wu, are you confident that you and Wang Jian will attack Chu together this time?"
Ying Zheng said.
In Ying Zheng's eyes, Wang Jian and Meng Wu led the army at the same time. Both of them were generals of the Qin State. They had experienced hundreds of battles, and the Chu State would definitely be unable to resist it, let alone Wang Bi and Bai Yan, who were in the north of the Chu State.
, attack Chu State from these two directions in the east.
The reason why I asked Meng Wu again was because I wanted to hear Meng Wu's confidence and feel better.
"Kings……"
When Meng Wu heard Ying Zheng's words, he suddenly hesitated for a moment and looked at Ying Zheng with worry in his eyes.
Not getting the expected reply, Ying Zheng turned his head and looked at Meng Wu with a surprised expression. He found that Meng Wu looked worried, which made Ying Zheng frown.
"General Meng Wu, do you have concerns?"
Ying Zheng asked curiously.
In Ying Zheng's heart, let alone Meng Wu and Wang Jian leading the army to attack Chu, even if there was only one person, there should be no worries. Why did Meng Wu look like this?
"Kings!"
Meng Wu raised his hand, saluted Ying Zheng, and then looked at Meng Tian aside.
"Previously, the king ordered Meng Tian to investigate the remnants of Lord Changping in order to prevent the remnants of the Qin State from causing rebellion and to let Meng Tian perform meritorious service to atone for his sins. However, when Meng Tian was searching the residences of Lord Changping and Lord Changwen, he saw something!"
Meng Wu looked at Ying Zheng and explained.
At this time, when Meng Wu saw Feng Quji, Wang Wan and others cast curious glances. He looked at Wang Jian with some worry in his eyes again, and then looked at Ying Zheng.
"What?"
Ying Zheng frowned and asked curiously, first looking at Meng Wu, and then at Meng Tian, who still looked guilty.
I'm not sure what it is that actually allowed Meng Wu to attack Chu.
The Meng family was a famous clan of generals in the Qin State. Whether it was their ancestor Meng Ao or Meng Wu, they all made great military exploits for the Qin State and were loyal to the Qin State.
This is also the reason why Ying Zheng values Meng's family so much. However, Meng Wu's words now make Ying Zheng curious.
"A book of war!"
Meng Wu saluted Ying Zheng.
Then Meng Wu told Ying Zheng that the military book had been brought and was just outside the study.
"Book of war?"
Ying Zheng was a little surprised when he heard Meng Wu's words. It seemed that he didn't expect that what Meng Wu was worried about was actually because of a book on war.
Thinking of this, Ying Zheng was also very curious about what kind of military book it was that actually made Meng Wu unsure of attacking Chu. So Ying Zheng turned around and ordered Han Yezhe to bring in what Meng Wu had brought.
"Book of war?"
"It's actually a military book!"
In the study, those who were confused and curious were not only Ying Zheng, but also Wei Liao, Feng Quji and others. They all looked at each other and whispered.
Even Wang Jian looked at Meng Wu curiously at this moment, and when he saw Meng Wu's worried eyes, Wang Jian couldn't help but frown.
Military book?
Wang Jian, who was also a general in the Qin court, knew Meng Wu's abilities very well and could make even Meng Wu worry. Obviously, the military book was definitely not an ordinary thing.
With this thought, Wang Jian waited patiently.
After a while, when he saw Han Yezhe bringing a volume of military books and several cloth plans into the study, Wang Jian kept his eyes on the bamboo slips and watched Ying Zheng pick up the bamboo slips.
Meng Wu also watched Ying Zheng open the bamboo slips.
"Your Majesty! I speculate that Lord Changping and Lord Changwen decided to rebel against the Qin Dynasty. It was not a sudden move. They may have been planning for a long time. This military book is based on the formation deduced by ancient sages, coupled with their understanding of the Qin army.
Designed to respond to the Qin army!"
Meng Wu reported to Ying Zheng and expressed his speculations and worries.
When he first saw these bamboo slips and layout plans sent by Meng Tian, Meng Wu was also shocked by the contents. He did not expect that the military books that had been lost for a long time would be in the residence of Lord Changping. What he did not expect was that after seeing
Looking at the layout, Meng Wu noticed that Lord Changping and Lord Changwen had obviously understood the changes in the military formation and had set up many countermeasures against the Qin army.
This is also the reason for Meng Wu's panic. After Changping decided to betray Qin, he must have already made a foolproof plan.
"Kings!"
Feng Quji looked at Ying Zheng holding the bamboo slips, his face changed slightly, and he slowly raised his hand while breathing rapidly.
"Open the layout!"
After hearing Feng Quji's words, Ying Zheng came to his senses and asked the eunuch standing in the corner of the study to come over and unfold the layout.
At this time, Ying Zheng's face had already become clouded and he had a deep look on his face. Then he saw Feng Quji's eyes and knew what Feng Quji meant, so he handed the bamboo slip to Wang Jian.
"General Wang Jian, please take a look at it. You must observe its changes and find a way to break the formation for the sake of me!"
Ying Zheng suppressed his emotions and looked at Wang Jian with a humble and easy-going expression.
Ying Zheng knew very well about military formation calculations. Not to mention him, even in the entire Qin State, there was probably no one who could compare with Meng Wu and Wang Jian.
Therefore, when he saw that Meng Wu had no way to crack it, Ying Zheng could only place his hope on Wang Jian. After all, Wang Jian had experienced hundreds of battles and spent half his life in the army, and his experience was beyond the reach of others.
Wei Liao, Li Si, Feng Quji and others also stood aside curiously and looked at Wang Jian.
"Square array!"
Wang Jian took the bamboo slip from Ying Zheng's hand. When he opened it, he saw the military formation inside, and a look of surprise appeared on his old face.
Whether it was Sun Bin or the Battle of Changping, Wang Jian had studied it in detail. Therefore, when he saw the long-lost military formation, he finally understood why Meng Wu had concerns.
"Square and round formation?~!"
Next to the map, two eunuchs were carefully opening the pieces of cloth and placing them on the huge map. Feng Quji, Wei Liao, Li Si and others who were still confused were shocked when they heard Wang Jian's words and looked towards them.
Wang Jian and Meng Wu then looked at each other.
Especially Wei Liao and Li Si were the first to react.
"Sun Bin!"
Wei Liao and Li Si said the name at the same time, and then looked at each other.
At this time, Li Si frowned and looked at Wang Jian. Although he was a Legalist, Li Si was no stranger to Sun Bin, a great sage.
"General Wang Jian, do you have a way to break the formation?"
Ying Zheng asked.
Ying Zheng was wearing a black royal uniform. He looked at Wang Jian's expression, and then looked at the other ministers, with a heavy heart.
At this time, Wang Jian put away the bamboo slips. Hearing Ying Zheng's words, he looked at Ying Zheng and shook his head rarely. Then he came to the map and looked at the layout carefully. In the layout, all of them were Lord Changping.
The momentum of deduction with Chang Wenjun.
It can be seen that on the basis of the square formation, Lord Changping and Lord Changwen are already making defensive and offensive changes against the Qin army.
Perhaps Lord Changping and Lord Changwen still wanted to deduce the way to conquer Qin, so they did not destroy these deduction diagrams, and they left in a hurry before but did not take them away...
In other words, there is no need to take it away at all! Because there is no fear of being seen.
"The Square Formation, it really is the Square Formation! It was an formation that even Bai Qi was helpless to do anything about!"
Wang Jian said with a look of amazement.
As he carefully looked at the layout above, Wang Jian's face became more solemn, the formation changes were subtle, and there were gaps between defenses.
"The round formation is a shield, the square formation is a sword, and division and combination are the changes. The round formation is combination, and the square formation is division. Division and combination alternate, to defeat the enemy with weakness, to defeat the enemy with weakness..."
In the eyes of all the ministers and even Ying Zheng, Wang Jian looked at the map and deduced it. Even without words, Wang Jian could tell the evolving meaning of each pattern.
Not to mention the expressions of others, just as he blurted out each word, Wang Jian began to breathe quickly. Looking at the detailed formation deduction of square and circular formations in front of him, after comprehending the essence, Wang Jian, who had led troops for decades,
My body, mind, and soul were trembling, and my whole person was trembling with excitement.
Square array! Square array!!!
You are worthy of rejecting Bai Qi, he is a famous formation in the world! When Wang Jian thought of this, he couldn't help but have an idea in his mind, how knowledgeable Sun Bin, the great talent from a hundred years ago, was.
If I could see you once, I would have no regrets in this life!
After a long time, Wang Jian finally came back to his senses and sighed.
"Kings!"
Wang Jian turned to look at Ying Zheng, and said with a solemn expression.
"If Lord Changping leads the Chu army to set up this formation, Wang Jian will have no way to defeat the enemy!"
Wang Jian said to Ying Zheng.
Having led troops for half his life, Wang Jian knew very well about any war. If you are sure, say you are sure. If you are not sure, you must not show off. Whether it is against Li Mu or attacking the Chu State, soldiers are in a place of life and death. They must not be careless or make false claims.
In the study room.
Ying Zheng looked at Wang Jian. After listening to Wang Jian's words, his expression changed and his expression gradually became serious. He turned around without saying a word and looked at the cloth map in front of him.
"Your Majesty, the Chu army has this formation, and the only way to win is to use its national strength! Let Chu collapse without attacking! Fortunately, General Bai Yan..."
Wang Jian knew that Ying Zheng was worried at this time, but there was nothing he could do about it at the moment. The only good thing was that Bai Yan took the lead in leading the army to capture Qufu, cutting off the territory between Chu and Qi, and then secretly burned the Chu army to store grain.
, and defended the city, consuming the Chu army.
Obviously Bai Yan also planned to consume Chu's national power and defeat Chu when Qi was unable to assist Chu.
While thinking, Wang Jian's pupils suddenly shrank. He thought of something and suddenly looked at Ying Zheng.
"No! Your Majesty, if Wang Ben leads his troops south, General Bai Yan will definitely send troops. If there is a battle with the Chu army, General Bai Yan does not know this military strategy, and Lord Changping has already been prepared..."
Wang Jian's expression suddenly changed when he thought of what happened before when his eldest son Wang Ben led the troops south.
the other side.
After hearing Wang Jian's words, Feng Quji, Wei Liao, Li Si and others all remembered at this time and turned to look at Meng Wu. Meng Wu had just said that these military formations were all made by Lord Changping, and Lord Changwen had deduced them in advance and betrayed them.
Qin State...
I'm afraid it's been planned!
Doesn't that mean that before everyone knew it, this troop formation had already been secretly handed over to the Chu State, and the Chu Army had already rehearsed its troops and was waiting to fight the Qin Army!!
Thinking of this, Li Si, Feng Quji, Wei Liao, Wang Wan and others were all shocked.
Oh no, I'm afraid something big is going to happen this time!
Previously, Bai Yan led his troops to defend the city and did not engage in a direct battle with the Chu army. He had just resisted the Chu army and found an opportunity. But now, as Wang Ben moves south, Bai Yan will inevitably have to fight the Chu army head-on!
!!
With this thought in their minds, Li Si, Meng Wu and others looked up at Ying Zheng and found that Ying Zheng was looking at the map, with a gloomy face and an uneasy look in his eyes.
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Putun plain.
The sound of howling and killing filled the sky. At a glance, the whole plain was traced to the Qin army and the Chu army. Among the tens of thousands of armies fighting, countless black flags with the word Qin and the flag of Chu alternated. And in the easternmost part of the plain
, and countless Qin troops were watching the formation of the Chu army on the battlefield.
"Square array!"
From Yang Yan, he learned that the Chu army's military formation was actually the square and round formation used by Zhao Kuo to resist Bai Qi.
Zan Shou, Yan Yue, Yu Feng, Yu Lu and other generals of the Qin State all looked at the general Bai Yan.
"Order all officers and men to retreat fifty steps and besiege but not attack!"
Bai Yan was riding on his horse and looking at the battlefield in the distance. He saw that the Qin army soldiers were unable to break through the Chu army's square formation, so he gave the order.
Because on the plain, there were no high mountains overlooking the plain, so for the Chu army, Bai Yan could not see the detailed layout structure of the entire square formation, as well as the changes in the formation.
But perhaps it was also because of this that Bai Yan made up his mind to abandon all obsession with battle tactics and use other methods to deal with the battlefield in front of him.
"General, I am willing to lead the troops to break the formation!"
You took the lead to look at Bai Yan, raised his hands and said.
Looking at the Chu army's formation in the distance, it looked dangerous, but he didn't feel the slightest fear.
"General, please give me orders to lead the cavalry and break the formation!"
Yanmao looked at Mang's actions and looked at Bai Yan not to be outdone, asking to lead his troops to break the formation.
Both Zhang and Yanmao wanted to relieve Bai Yan's worries and forcibly cracked the Chu army's phalanx and achieved their first success.
Climbing first, breaking the formation, beheading generals, capturing flags, any one of them is the first achievement! And now we are facing the Chu army, the opportunity to make the first achievement is even more rare. If we win this battle, and in this battle
After making the first contribution to the army, he will have enough prestige to gain a foothold in the Qin army and the Qin court in the future.
"Don't worry, the way to break the formation is not to attack by force!"
When Bai Yan heard Zhang and Yanmao's request, he shook his head and did not agree.
Riding on the back of a war horse, wearing Qin army armor, feeling the cold wind on the plains, while thinking, Bai Yan looked at Mang in the eyes of Yang Yan and other Qin generals.
"When the meeting orders more troops, you will lead the armored battalion among them. When we arrive at the battlefield, I will immediately order the troops to withdraw and pretend to be defeated. If the Chu army changes its formation! Listen to his order, you will take the lead and break its formation!"
Bai Yan told him.
The Iron Armored Battalion is Bai Yan's trump card, and it is Bai Yan's means to forcibly block the Chu army's change of formation.
A long time ago, Bai Yan was preparing to attack Chu. Although the number of soldiers in the armored battalion was not large, it was enough to play a decisive role on the battlefield.
"promise!"
After hearing Bai Yan's words, Mu accepted the order and turned around to leave.
After Bai Yan watched Zhang leave, he turned to look at Yanmao.
"Yan Mao, immediately mobilize all the cavalry and soldiers to march to the right wing of the Chu army and attack with bows and crossbows. No attack is allowed without an order! If ordered, we must attack the Chu army with force!"
Bai Yan told Yanmao to move the most mobile iron cavalry and side cavalry to the right wing of the battlefield to deal with any emergencies.
"promise!"
Yanmao accepted the order, then turned and left on horseback, commanding the iron cavalry and side cavalry to the right wing of the battlefield.
Bai Yan rode a war horse and led the Qin army. He looked at the Chu phalanx in the distance. Looking at the battlefield, Qin soldiers kept trying to break the formation. In the end, they were stabbed to the ground by countless Changge, and then died tragically in a pool of blood.
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"Add 10,000 more generals!"
Bai Yan ordered.
"promise!!!"
"Add 10,000 more generals!!!"
Among the Qin army, there were once again countless messengers and scouts. The mighty Qin army galloped back and forth in front of each square formation. In less than a while, under the orders of the Qin army generals, one by one, the Qin army formations once again marched towards the Qin army.
Advance towards the battlefield.
Bai Yan rode his war horse and watched this scene closely, looking at the mighty Qin army formation and rushing to the battlefield again.
"General, no troops have been deployed on the left! If the front army pretends to be defeated, I'm afraid the Chu army will attack the left!"
Yang Yan looked at Bai Yan with a worried look on his face and warned that the left side was empty at this time. If the front army pretended to be defeated, the consequences would be disastrous.
"Just let the Chu army attack!"
Bai Yan listened to Yang Yan's words and said softly.
Looking at the huge military formation of the Chu army from a distance, Bai Yan did not believe that there was any military formation in the world that had no flaws. If there were no flaws, there would be no need for future generations to deduce countless square formations thousands of years later.
There must be a flaw in the square array!
The Square Formation is not the military formation deduced by the ancient sages, nor is it the pinnacle of later military formations. It must have its own flaws.
At present, whether it is the Qin army or the Chu army commanded by Lord Changping, the purpose of fighting is to defeat the opponent. Therefore, in any situation of even strength, any defensive military formation will eventually change into an offensive military formation.
Since in Changping, Bai Qi faced the enemy's defense and the square formation and found no loophole, then the loophole was probably in the Chu army's change of formation or attack!
"You want the Chu army to attack?"
When Yang Yan heard Bai Yan's words, he frowned and looked at Bai Yan with a puzzled expression. Then he looked at the Chu army with some worry in his eyes.
All the other Qin generals around, such as Yu Feng, Yu Lu and others, as well as other Qin generals, did not understand why Bai Yan gave up the offensive and instead let the Qin army fall into the Chu army's counterattack, giving the Chu army a chance.
But because it was Bai Yan's order, no one refuted it, but everyone looked at the battlefield with a slightly uneasy expression.