Chapter 827 The wind rises and the clouds fly (Part 1)
Chapter 825: The strong wind rises and the clouds fly (Part 1)
This time Qin Hao had already thought about the plan to lure the enemy before he even joined the alliance, specifically targeting Li Shimin.
Using the entire Kanto Alliance as bait, what I want is to deal with the Liang army severely, which is obviously not cost-effective than buying and selling expenses and income.
But even so, Qin Hao still disagrees with the public and his work is really big.
If the Liang army commander was not Li Shimin, Qin Hao might not have designed this way, but if Li Shimin had it, Qin Hao would definitely not be indifferent, because Li Shimin is not the kind of conservative person.
You should know that when the Tang Dynasty was first established, Dou Jiande led his army to invade Luoyang, and Li Shimin led three thousand Xuanjia troops and dared to fight against the 100,000 Hebei troops. It can be seen that Li Shimin has no lack of adventurous spirit.
This time, tens of thousands of casualties were used to exchange for the opportunity to wipe out the 550,000 army. Even if Qin Hao encountered it, he would not miss this good opportunity, so Qin Hao believed that Li Shimin would definitely send troops.
Qin Hao was right at all. At this time, Li Shimin was extremely confused.
After Yang Guang''s reminder, Li Shimin also discovered the problem. After all, Qin Hao should not make such a mistake, so the possibility of the trapping of troops was extremely certain.
But even if Li Shimin wanted to break his head, he still couldn''t figure it out. If this was really Qin Hao''s plan, how would Qin Hao prevent avoiding the fire?
Once this fire is burned, it will be difficult to extinguish it. Does Qin Hao want to mobilize his troops to leave the camp in advance?
But it is impossible for the recruitment of the 500,000 army to be concealed from his spies.
If Qin Hao really mobilized his troops to leave the camp in advance, he would not have been foolish enough to deliver them to him.
But besides driving the troops out of the camp in advance, what other ways can Qin Hao escape the fire-burning camp?
Could it be that I really thought too much this time? The camp was just a mistake made by Qin Hao carelessly? Who said Qin Hao would not make any mistakes?
Li Shimin tried hard to convince himself that Qin Hao was definitely not an easy opponent to deal with. There must be something he didn''t know about this, but he really couldn''t figure out the key.
Without knowing how Qin Hao avoided the fire, Li Shimin gave up this great opportunity to wipe out the Kanto Alliance. How could Li Shimin be content?
In the next ten days, Li Shimin spent the rest of his life. He was only thinking about one question in his mind. Will he take risks or not?
Of course, it is up to the entanglement, and Li Shimin will naturally not forget the strategy of cracking down on the coalition forces.
There are 50,000 cavalry in Hulao Pass. Of course, Li Shimin cannot let go of such a powerful combat power.
Li Shimin sent dozens of small-scale cavalry to harass the coalition rations day and night.
In just ten days, the coalition''s grain transport team was attacked by the Western Liang Iron Cavalry for more than 20 times, losing nearly 100,000 stones of food and grass.
Qin Hao had long expected Li Shimin to do this. Although the number of cavalry in his hands was Li Shimin''s, it was still difficult to completely solve this problem.
The Liangzhou cavalry only attacked the food route and did not fight with the coalition cavalry at all. Once the cavalry sent by Qin Hao arrived, the Liangzhou cavalry would run away immediately.
The sour jujube is only a hundred miles away from Hulao Pass. After the attack, the Western Liang Iron Cavalry did not matter whether it hit or not, and fled back to Hulao Pass. No matter how many times the number of cavalry in the coalition was that of the other party, he could only sigh at the gate.
In order not to make the losses bigger, Qin Hao increased the number of grain protection teams to three times the original, and at the same time increased the patrol of the cavalry, which did not allow Li Shimin to continue to succeed.
Time passes by little by little. Fifteen days have passed, and Li Shimin and his counselors still did not expect the specific way for the coalition forces to avoid the fire after the fire broke out.
On the 16th day, Li Shimin discovered that the wind direction of the military flag on Hulao had changed. He knew that the strong wind he needed was about to come, but he had not made up his mind.
On the seventeenth day, the west wind gradually became stronger, and the time left for Li Shimin was less and less, because once the gust of wind passed, he could not even burn it even if he wanted to set fire.
On the 18th day, after Li Shimin had been struggling for eighteen days, he finally made up his mind.
If you don’t take risks, there is no risk at all, but this is not what Li Shimin wants. What he wants is to defeat Qin Hao to prove himself.
There is indeed a possibility of taking risks, but once you succeed, you will make unparalleled achievements.
To send troops, even if you know it is a plan, you still have to send troops, but you must ensure the safety of Hulao Pass.
"The west wind has risen, and I will decide to lead the army eastward and burn the coalition camp."
After Li Shimin finished speaking, not only did he breathe a sigh of relief, but the other generals also breathed a sigh of relief. After all, Li Shimin was not the only one who was struggling during this period.
The opportunity to wipe out 550,000 troops in one battle will never give up. Now Li Shimin finally made up his mind and put down the big stone in their hearts.
Not all the generals in Liangzhou supported the adventure. After hearing what Li Shimin said, Xu Rong immediately frowned and stood up and said in a deep voice: "General, our army only needs to stay in Huzhu for half a year. After the coalition rations are exhausted, our army will naturally win. Why risk coming out of seclusion?"
As soon as Xu Rong said this, it immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of the generals who supported the adventure. Wu Yunzhao was the first to stand up and said disdainfully: "Xu Rong, you are so brave."
"That''s right, if you miss such a good opportunity, you will regret it for life."
"yes…"
Although he was condemned by his colleagues, Xu Rong still remained calm and said in a humble and arrogant manner: "If the general decides to send troops, please ensure the safety of Hulao Pass and then send troops."
Li Shimin''s eyes were full of praise and said seriously: "Please rest assured General Xu. I will only lead the cavalry out of the pass this time, and all 50,000 infantrymen were left to guard the Huzhu..."
Before Li Shimin finished speaking, Hou Junji hurriedly said, "Lord, if we rely solely on 50,000 cavalry, our army will probably not be able to do its best?"
With just one fire attack strategy, of course it is impossible to burn all the Kanto coalition forces to death. After all, the 550,000 coalition forces are not puppets, and they will not stand still waiting to be burned.
Once the fire starts, the coalition forces will definitely flee everywhere. It would be great if the fire can kill half of the people. The remaining half of the Kanto coalition forces naturally need the Liang army who came out of seclusion to solve the problem by themselves.
After the fire attack, the coalition forces will definitely have no fighting spirit, their morale is extremely low, and their combat power is less than 10% as before. How could they be the opponent of the Liangzhou warriors?
But even so, there are still 200,000 to 300,000 troops in the coalition. The 100,000 troops from Huzhu can naturally be easily defeated. However, if only 50,000 cavalry are dispatched, although it can defeat the opponent, it will be difficult to wipe out the entire enemy.
(This chapter ends)