It was impossible for White House Bo to think about Dingyang, because the situation he saw was completely different from what He Ran saw.
It would be an exaggeration to say that Yi Jun went to "take over" the city with great success, but the Shun army here took the city with blood.
This does not mean that the Zhao State used more troops to defend the Shun Army than the Yi State. On the contrary, the Zhao State used no less than 50,000 elite troops to set up an ambush for the Yi Army, and only 30,000 more troops were deployed to defend the Shun Army.
Thousands, but the 50,000 troops have not yet entered the battlefield, but all the 30,000 here have been used. With the original defenders, the Shun army does not have an advantage in terms of strength, so it is not surprising that the battle is difficult.
In fact, the orders given to the Zhao State defenders on both sides were the same: to resist at every turn and to buy time for the relocation of the capital and the people. The reason why the Yi army was able to fight so smoothly was, as He Ran said, because it was reaping the benefits of the New Deal.
As a result of the erosion, although many of the defenders were loyal to King Zhao and wanted to die to serve the country, the Yi army did not give them this opportunity and only selected those cities that were willing to surrender to occupy. As a result, these cities that wanted to defend were faced with
In order to avoid the danger of becoming an isolated city, as the Yi army advanced, this danger became greater and greater, and the morale of the military was naturally shaken. Some of them eventually turned into mutinies. Most of the cities that could still hold on focused on suppressing the city.
In terms of people's resistance, they can only seek to protect themselves and are unable to lend a helping hand to others.
The situation encountered by Shun State was exactly the opposite. Both the people and the defenders looked down upon Shun State. Over the years, everyone had watched helplessly how it was beaten to pieces by Yi State, which only had three cities.
In addition to looking down upon, the soldiers and civilians of the Zhao State also despise and hate the Shun people. Previously, the two countries were allies against the Fan State, but the last time the Shun State shamelessly colluded with the Fan soldiers and jointly invaded the Zhao territory, which caused great harm to the soldiers and people here.
Therefore, everyone is united in hating the enemy, and the people are itching with hatred. They would rather destroy the houses and transport the dismantled bricks and stones to the city for defense than surrender. With such people, how can the defenders not be moved? Every time
Although the city was broken, the soldiers and civilians of Zhao State still fought desperately, and their heroic behavior made all the soldiers secretly tremble.
Faced with this situation, how could White House Bo think about the issue of Dingyang's ownership? After capturing three cities, he wanted to postpone the offensive, hoping that Zhao State could transfer some of its troops to Yi State. Although he thought so, but
But it can't be too explicit, because this joint operation is easy, and both sides have sent inspectors to each other.
After much thought, White House Bo summoned one of his powerful generals, Ping Kou General Lou Huan, and ordered him to lead 3,000 men to attack Jiuhu City.
Although Jiuhu City does not really have only nine households, it is still small and pitiful. The city wall made of rammed loess is no more than ten feet. In fact, there is no need to attack such a small city so seriously. It can be leveled along the way during the march. This move
It's just to delay time.
The person who was ordered to supervise the use of troops in Shun State was Su Ming's general Tao Lang. After hearing this military order, he went to White House Bo with some dissatisfaction and raised objections: "General, although the last general is dull, he still knows a little bit about the art of war.
, why do we need to go out of our way to attack this Jiuhu City? Please give me some advice, General."
The White House blogger had already thought of an excuse, and kindly pulled him to the geographical map and said with a smile: "The general may have mistakenly thought that I was lazy in attacking. Please don't worry about it. Is Mr. Bai a person who doesn't keep his word?"
It is the consensus between me and Military Advisor He to attack Zhao with all our strength. Our country will never break its promise to your country. General, please see, although Jiuhu City is small, there are deep ravines and dense forests on its right side.
"As he spoke, he pointed on the picture with his hand.
It is impossible to draw any ravines and dense forests in this kind of map. Tao Lang didn't know the local terrain very well, so he frowned and said, "So what?"
The White House expert moved his finger to Baipu City aside and whispered: "We are going to take this place next. It is only twenty miles away from Jiuhu City. If the enemy has ambushed an army there, they will attack the city when we attack it.
But suddenly someone came from behind and cut off my retreat. The terrain there was complicated and not conducive to investigation. Even if there were ten or twenty thousand men hiding, it would be difficult to detect them. Only by first taking down Jiuhe Castle as an outpost could we safely attack White Falls City. The general was very resourceful.
Understand that this is not unnecessary.”
Tao Lang frowned and said, "If you want to prevent the enemy from coming here, you only need to leave a force to station in this direction when attacking the city. Isn't it necessary to capture Jiuhu City?"
Bai Guangbo patted his shoulder affectionately and said: "Brother Tao, don't worry too much. Bai can't compare with your military advisor He. It seems to you that he is not very smart, but I
I definitely don’t want to delay, it’s better to be cautious.”
Tao Lang had nothing to say, so he could only say: "The general said that I can't bear it. How can I dare to underestimate the general's military strategy? Since the general has planned it, I will just wait and see."
That’s good news, but after taking down Jiuhe Castle, we immediately marched into Baitaki Castle?”
"Of course." He sighed and said, "Brother Tao, I'm actually more anxious than you are. I wish I could take advantage of the opportunity of the two countries to join forces to attack Zhao to gain more land for my king. Your country is
Nearly half of the country was divided from us. The whole country hopes to make up for it more from Zhao this time. If our efforts are in vain, I cannot go back to explain."
Tao Lang smiled awkwardly and said: "Now that we are joining forces to attack Zhao, let's not talk about the past."
The White House boss pinned him down on the seat, filled a cup of tea for him with his own hands, and said with a kind face: "There's nothing to say. After all, we made the mistake first, and we asked for it when we were taught a lesson by Military Master He. I'm not afraid of your jokes, Brother Tao."
, even though Military Advisor He was defeated again and again, Bai not only did not hate him but admired him sincerely. Last time we had a secret meeting by the river, we talked and laughed happily. You Military Advisor He, haha, can you be the first to do so?
Putting it aside, he is really interesting. I have never met a more interesting person than him. I really hope that one day our two countries will be at war forever. Then I will kneel down and beg to let him and me
Become brothers.
Mentioning the interestingness of military advisors, Tao Lang showed a knowing smile and unknowingly got closer to General Shun Guo. He had to tell him some interesting stories about military advisors that he knew. The White House doctor also told him about the past.
Some interesting stories about their interactions with He Ran during the alliance and the expedition to Xiping. The two of them got closer and closer as they talked, as if they were talking about another common friend. However, one was sincere and the other was false. The reason why the always unsmiling White House Bo was so uncharacteristic
Joking with him, the purpose is self-evident.
But what Bai Baibo didn't expect was that his prophecy came true this time. His original intention was just to delay the use of troops, but he accidentally provoked the Zhao army ambushing in Jiuhu City, and he was a powerful opponent.
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