In the early spring of the seventh year of the Qin Dynasty, the coldness of winter has not yet dissipated. On the land of Guanzhong, in villages and cities, young and middle-aged people left their families, and people in the same area gathered into groups of hundreds.
team, thinking about the military camp near Xianyang and left.
During this process, one small team after another gradually gathered into a team of a thousand people, and slowly an army of 10,000 people. When they finally arrived at the military camp near Xianyang, they were already a behemoth of more than 400,000 people.
Not long ago, the five kingdoms of Shandong, Chu, Zhao, Wei, Han, and Yan, formally declared war on the Qin State and formed another army with the Chu State's Ling Yin Chunshenjun Huang Xie as the joint commander and the Wei State Xinling Lord Wei Wuji as the commander-in-chief.
of the United Vertical Alliance.
Faced with such a situation, the Qin State did not fluctuate, but gathered troops and horses normally and silently prepared to fight.
In Xianyang Palace, as the prelude to the war unfolded, while troops and horses were mobilized outside the city, all the lieutenant generals of the Qin Army gathered here.
Meng Ao, Wang Yi, Zhang Tang, Yang Duanhe... and Wang Jian, who was previously unknown. Of course, the most surprising thing is a middle-aged man with a strange appearance. He is Gongshuqiu. At this time
The last person who should be here.
"At this time, the strength of the combined forces is about 600,000. Zhao's army of 50,000 crossed the Taihang Mountains to attack Jinyang of Qin State, and Wei's army of 50,000 attacked Dongjun of Qin State. This means that there are 500,000 troops to attack Hangu Pass of Qin State.
In addition to the garrisons in various places, the maximum number of troops our Qin State can muster is 400,000. In other words, without considering Dongjun and Jinyang County, our Qin army has 400,000 against the Five Nations Allied Forces 500,000.
"As the person with the highest position in the list, Meng Ao explained to everyone.
"Half a million? It's not too much." Everyone felt somewhat relieved when they heard Meng Ao's explanation.
"However, this time, whether the main attack direction of the joint forces is Hangu Pass, we need to collect more military information before we can judge." Meng Ao continued.
"Could it be possible that the combined forces could attack from other places? At that time, King Wuling of Zhao had planned to detour to the north and attack Xianyang of the Qin State directly from Shangjun, but that was just a plan on the map." Yang Duanhe said.
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The Qin State has very rich experience in dealing with the coalition forces. It is nothing more than that the coalition forces come, cannot come out, and then wait for the opportunity to counterattack.
Qin has experienced such wars too many times in the past nearly a hundred years.
The so-called joint forces, apart from defeating the Qi State, have never really taken advantage of the Qin State.
"Every war is a new war, and past experience can only be used as a reference, not as a basis." Meng Ao said.
He could only say this to Yang Duanhe. If there was someone else, it might be another dispute.
"This time the coalition forces chose to attack in the spring, which is different from before." Yang Duanhe, who was about to say something else, was stopped by Ying Zheng's words.
"Spring?" Everyone present couldn't help but stare.
It is early spring now, the coldness from winter has not completely dissipated, and the weather is not yet warm, which is not a suitable time for combat.
"This time, the attack direction of the Hezong coalition forces may have changed. The Hezong coalition forces coming from the east may be just a feint. Therefore, 400,000 troops and 300,000 troops were transferred to the direction of Hanguguan, leaving 100,000 troops behind.
Stationed in Xianyang to meet unexpected needs." Ying Zhengdao.
Ying Zheng had been looking forward to this war for a long time, so how could he not be clear about the direction of the coalition's attack?
In another memory, Puban, which entered the Guanzhong land from Hedong, was the main attack direction of the joint forces.
However, at this time, Ying Zheng knew very well that although that memory was important to him, it was not the basis for all actions.
If Ying Zheng at this time deployed heavy troops in the Puban area because of another memory, it would most likely cause Zhao Jun, who was the main force, to retreat in the face of difficulties.
The troops deployed in Puban will let the Hezong coalition know that the Qin State's troops deployed at Hangu Pass are insufficient. When the time comes, Hangu Pass will become the main attack direction of the Hezong coalition.
The actual and actual changes in the art of war are inherently unpredictable, so how could Ying Zheng regard it as inevitable because of a memory.
Therefore, Puban needs to send troops, but not too many. Only in this way can the Hezong coalition be able to confidently and boldly cross Puban and cross the river. Only in this way can Yingzheng have the opportunity to severely damage or even completely annihilate Hezong who crossed the river.
coalition forces.
After all, Ying Zheng has prepared a big surprise for them. If not, Gong Shuqiu would not be here at this time.
You know, he is just a person who makes weapons, not a person who uses weapons.
While Xianyang was raising and deploying troops, Xinzheng, South Korea, thousands of miles away, had already gathered half a million troops.
From the Xinzheng City Tower, Han Wangan looked at the endless military camps outside the city with an excited expression on his face.
If there is such a powerful soldier, then... Han Wangan felt thirsty and quickly stopped his imaginings. At this time, he was not the only one on the city tower, but also the prime minister.
"With such a powerful army, the Qin State should not be able to stop it." Han Wangan said.
"Hangu Pass cannot be broken without human power. Those who can break Hangu Pass are never enemies, only the people of Qin themselves." Kaifangdi said not so optimistically.
"But this time is different after all." Han Wangan said.
"Your Majesty, what do you mean?" Zhang Zhang was slightly startled. He heard something else from Han Wangan's words.
"Does the Prime Minister know that there are few people in the military camp outside the city?" Han Wangan asked.
"Five hundred thousand?" Zhang Kai said with some uncertainty.
"That's only 500,000 in name. The real strength is only 400,000." Han Wang And said.
"Four hundred thousand? Could it be that one hundred thousand Zhao Jun is not here?" Zhang Kaidi said in shock.
He had already thought of some possibility from Han Wangan's words.
"Prime Minister, only the kings of the five kingdoms and the commanders of the armies know about this matter. I will tell you this, but please don't tell others." King Han said.
"Your Majesty, do those 100,000 Zhao troops really have another purpose?" Zhang Kaidi asked uncertainly.
Among the seven kingdoms in the world, the Zhao army has the largest number of cavalry. Even the Qin army is far behind it. The cavalry's ability to attack has been fully proven in the Qin army's attack on South Korea in the past few years.
Is it possible that Zhao Jun also thought of repeating his old tricks and using Qin's methods to defeat Qin?
"When the 500,000-strong 'army' attacks Hangu Pass, Qin will definitely push all its troops to the front line of Hangu Pass. At that time, Zhao Jun will give Qin a big surprise." Han Wang Andao said
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"Is it like the big surprise in Xinzheng back then?" Kaifang said in his heart.
However, he is not very optimistic about Zhao Jun's attack, because so far, it is the Qin Army who has really used the cavalry attack to the extreme. How could they be defeated by their own means.