Chapter 1274 Going out of the frontier


    Chapter 1272: Going out of the blockage


    As Ogedei led 30,000 remnants back to Ningxia army, Murong Ke''s plan to severely damage the 100,000 Jin army on the eastern front could be said to have completely failed.


    The 70,000-yuan Meng Iron Cavalry when they set out, but when they came back, there were only less than 30,000 left, and 40,000 cavalry were killed and killed. In addition, the three generals, Murong Jun, Meng Libai and Meng Liyuan, were also damaged, but they only fought over the 40,000 infantry of the Han army and 4,000 Han cavalry.


    In general, Yuan Meng''s battle can be said to have lost a lot.


    Of course, this is just the beginning.


    Ogedei''s trip was extremely unhappy, and the same was true for Murong Ke.


    Murong Ke made sufficient preparations before the war. He had plans to deal with it regardless of whether the Han army sent reinforcements or not. But after 30,000 Han cavalry eastward, he found that he was still thinking too simple.


    Bai Qi, Wang Meng, Zhuge Liang, Liu Bowen, and Xi Zhicai cooperated seamlessly. Murong Ke’s plan was discovered by Zhuge Liang from the beginning, while Bai Qi and Wang Meng were paralyzed and confused Murong Ke.


    If Murong Ke had not been extremely cautious, he would have been trapped by the Han army and suffered heavy casualties.


    The plan was stuck at the beginning, which also made Murong Ke think that he could not compare with the other party with strategy. Since he was too soft, he could only be tough.


    This time, Murong Ke dispatched a total of 200,000 troops. In just a few days, all ten cities in Ningxia were reduced to the battlefield, and more than 20 major and large battles broke out between the two sides.


    Fifteen times of this, Murong Ke personally led the army against Bai Qi and Wang Meng respectively.


    Facing Wang Meng, Murong Ke only felt that he had met a seamless egg, and he could not find any flaws without using all his means.


    Facing Bai Qi, Murong Ke was beaten throughout the process, with military strategy, formation battles, and command all at a disadvantage, and he was convinced.


    There were more than 20 battles in several days, and more than tens of thousands of people were killed or injured on both sides. But you should know that Yuan Meng died, while most of the Han army died were infantry, so it was naturally Yuan Meng''s casualties and heavy losses.


    After all the two combat plans failed, Murong Ke took back the five cities in Ningxia. He did not dare to test the Han army easily. Instead, he planned to wait for Murong Chui to capture Yinshan City and wait for the Yinshan army to move south, and concentrate all his troops to directly push the Han army.


    Murong Ke retracted the army back into the city, which also facilitated Qin Hao''s opportunity to implement the next plan.


    As soon as the Ningxia War ended, Qin Hao was about to take Qin Liangyu back to Ningxia. He handed over the command of the Eastern Front to Meng Tian in this way, but Qin Liangyu was not willing to leave like this.


    Through the previous several battles, Qin Liangyu also realized her lack of ability. If she continued to stay, she would inevitably be targeted by Yuan Meng.


    But if she left like this, Qin Liangyu was unwilling to accept that she wanted to redeem her sins, so she took the initiative to give up the position of the commander to Meng Tian and stayed to assist Meng Tian in controlling the army.


    Seeing this, Qin Hao nodded and agreed. After all, with the assistance of Qin Liangyu, the former general, Meng Tian could control the entire army in the shortest time.


    Qin Hao asked Huo Qubing, Zhao Yun and the cavalry to stay, while he himself brought Jiang Song and Gao Chong back to Ningxia City, and a military and political meeting was held soon after.


    There is only one theme of this conference, that is, counterattack on the grassland, that is,: going out of the frontier.


    "Although our army has a large number of troops now, most of them are infantry, and only cavalry can be used for counterattacking the grassland." Qin Hao put down the report in his hand, looked at the counselors below, and asked, "Tell me, this time, this time, and forced Temujin to mobilize troops back to rescue, how many cavalry should be dispatched best?"


    Bai Qi stood up and said, "Lord, the total cavalry of the Qin and Jin coalition forces is only 120,000 cavalry, and if the number of cavalry gathered is too large, it is likely to cause the Hetao battle situation to collapse, so the last general believes that it should not exceed 40,000."


    "Governor Bai''s words are wrong."


    Xi Zhicai stood up and retorted: "Once our army counterattacks the grassland, it will definitely attract some of the main forces of Yuan Meng to return to the aid, and then Yuan Meng''s troops in Hetao will naturally be reduced."


    "Yes, Yuan Meng has implemented the implementation of the whole people as soldiers, and is still recruiting a large number of new soldiers. Now it can be said that there is no shortage of troops in the country. If our army only dispatches 40,000 cavalry, it may be difficult for Yuan Meng to feel threatened. If Temujin does not transfer the troops back then the subsequent plan will not be implemented." Zhuge Liang said in a deep voice.


    Qin Hao nodded when he heard this.


    Counterattack on the grassland is just the first step of the plan. When the expeditionary army entering the grassland causes a certain degree of damage to the Yuanmeng and forces Temujin to transfer his army back, the Han army will implement the second step of the plan: send troops to support Yinshan City.


    Only after these two steps are successfully implemented can the Han army''s Jedi counterattack be successful, so this first step is the top priority and no mistakes are allowed.


    After most of the day of discussion with the strategists, Qin Hao finally decided to dispatch 60,000 cavalry, which was already the limit to being able to dispatch. No matter how many it was, it would really not work. After all, the subsequent plan also requires the efforts of the cavalry.


    As for the candidate to lead this time, Qin Hao once again chose Huo Qubing.


    Bai Qi has other important responsibilities, and Huo Qubing''s cavalry combat capabilities are among the best among the Qin and Jin armies, and have been recognized in previous battles, so the main general this time must be Huo Qubing.


    As for the candidate for the deputy general, Qin Hao chose Long Qi and Ran Min. Other military generals include: Yuwen Chengdu, Luo Cheng, Luo Yi, Huang Zhong…


    It is worth mentioning that after Xiang Yu learned that Long Gree would participate in this outbound trip, he actually took the initiative to ask Qin Hao to participate in the plan for this outbound trip.


    Although Qin Hao did not understand why Xiang Yu was not afraid of his identity being exposed, he naturally would not refuse this request. So he incorporated Xiang Yu into Huo Qubing''s guard team and let Xiang Yu go out with the army.


    There were already 26,000 cavalry on the eastern front, so this time there were only 34,000 cavalry gathered in Ningxia and dispatched cavalry on the eastern front to join it.


    After the two armies merged, Huo Qubing led 60,000 cavalry to go to Yanmen Pass and storm into the grassland, and then divided the troops into two groups and rushed towards Longcheng, and implemented the scorched earth strategy along the way, forcing Temujin to mobilize troops back to Longcheng.


    Late at night, 34,000 riders gathered at the east gate of Ningxia City, and the two generals led were: Long Qi and Ran Min.


    After the army was assembled, Ran Min and Long looked at each other, Ran Min raised their weapons and shouted: "Go away."


    Thirty-four thousand riders heading towards the east, and they are about to embark on a glorious way out of the fortress.


    On the city wall, Qin Hao watched the army out of the frontier gradually fade away, and couldn''t help but recite with emotion: "The moon was bright during the Qin Dynasty and the Han Dynasty was passive, and the people had not returned from the Long March. But the flying general in Longcheng was there, and the Hu horses were not allowed to cross Yinshan."


    (This chapter ends)