Chapter 1732 The Third Hetao Battle


    Chapter 1730: The Third Hetao Battle


    Hetao.


    Since receiving the news that Yang Guang, Ma Teng and Han Sui formed a coalition to invade Hetao, the senior executives of Hetao and Bingzhou gathered together to jointly formulate a plan to start a war with the Three Kingdoms coalition.


    Wang Meng, the governor of Bingzhou, and Xun Yu, the governor of Hetao, are both great talents who know military and understand politics. Of course, they know how big the third battle in Hetao should be.


    Hetao and Bingzhou are the food and grass supply areas of the Qin army in Hebei. Although the Qin army has occupied most of Jizhou and Qingbei and can be self-sufficient in the short term, nearly half of the food and grass still needs to be supplied by the two places, so the war on Hetao cannot be delayed for too long.


    Originally, Wang Meng was preparing to lead the army himself, gather the elite troops from the river and the two places, and defeated the invading Three Kingdoms coalition forces in Liangzhou at a lightning speed.


    But due to the sudden death of Emperor Yuan, Tolei, the relationship between the two countries also became tense. Before Kublai Khan succeeded to the throne, Yuan Meng could go south at any time. Therefore, before the situation stabilized, Wang Meng naturally could not transfer all the main force to Hetao.


    Under the joint discussion of Wang Meng, Xun Yu and Xi Zhicai, it was finally decided that Meng Tian would be the main general and Xi Zhicai would be the military advisor, leading 30,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry, a total of 50,000 to take charge of Hetao, and fighting against the 100,000 Liangzhou coalition forces that came from afar.


    Wang Meng, the governor of Bingzhou, led an army of 30,000 and personally took charge of Yanmen County, while Xun Yu, the governor of Hetao, led an army of 20,000 and was in Yinshan County. The two governors Yanmen Pass and Zhenbei Pass respectively to prevent Yuan Meng from suddenly moving south and being caught off guard.


    After Meng Tian was ordered to lead the army, although he knew that the enemy''s strength was twice that of his own, he was not panicked at all.


    Meng Tian’s troops are in his hands over the years, but these 50,000 troops are all elite, with 30,000 cavalry in his hands. The total number of cavalry in Liangzhou’s 100,000 coalition forces may not necessarily be 30,000.


    In addition, the Qin army was united, but the three families in Liangzhou were prepared for each other and had many conflicts, so it would be difficult to unite and work together.


    With these two points alone, even if the army of 50,000 to Liangzhou is matched with 100,000, Meng Tian is still sure of winning.


    Shortly after Meng Tian''s army set out in Hetao, neither side had a great war. The four generals Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Dian Wei and Xu Chu were transferred to the Hetao battlefield from the Jizhou battlefield.


    Meng Tian was naturally extremely welcome to the arrival of Zhao Yun and other generals. After all, with their joining, the combat power of the army can be greatly enhanced.


    When everything was ready, Meng Tian did not mean to rely on the city to defend the city. Instead, he led Zhao Yun, Meng Yi and other generals, as well as 50,000 troops to set off the front line, and prepared to defend the enemy outside the national gates and fight the 100,000 Liangzhou coalition forces head-on with 50,000 troops.


    After the two armies met, they did not immediately start a decisive battle, but tried to test each other.


    After some tests, Meng Tian discovered that there were many powerful generals in the Liangzhou coalition.


    Yang Guang''s subordinates include: Gao Ang, Shi Wansui, Wu Yunzhao, Gao Changgong;


    Ma Tengyou: Ma Chao, Ma Yuan, Pang De;


    Han Sui said: Yan Xing…


    In general, the Qin army was slightly at a disadvantage on the general side.


    However, although there are many powerful generals in Liangzhou, they have no cooperation during the battle. They basically fight each other.


    In addition, the defense between Yang, Ma and Han families is much greater than what Meng Tian thought.


    The Yang, Ma and Han families clearly had a coalition force, but they didn''t even have a joint battalion. Each army had its own battalion, which showed that they still had the same bed and different dreams.


    After learning about this information, Meng Tian had basically figured it out, so he used the coalition forces to set up camps separately to take the initiative to launch an attack on the coalition forces with superior forces, and he was stunned by the coalition forces in one battle.


    In the first battle, the Qin army achieved nearly 10,000 killings, but its own casualties were less than 1,000. It was a great victory and its morale was high.


    Faced with the Qin army that was at a disadvantage and still so strong, the Liangzhou coalition forces, which had lost their troops and lost their generals, were extremely indignant. Finally, under the persuasion of the Sui army''s military advisor Cheng Gongying, the Yang, Ma and Han families put down their prejudice and vigilance against each other and united to camp together to prevent them from falling again. After Yang and Mahan united and agreed to the outside world, Meng Tian had fewer weaknesses to target, but Meng Tian didn''t care about this either.


    If there is no weakness to find, then just be a real sword and a gun, and just defeat it with your strength.


    Liangzhou has a strong folk custom and is a place where high-quality soldiers come from. The three princes of Liangzhou, together with the Tang King Li Shimin, divided the Qiang tribes. The army was filled with a large number of Qiang warriors. As long as strict training is used, they can become a strong army. Therefore, the combat power of the three armies of Liangzhou is not weak.


    The Liangzhou coalition''s military source is excellent, but Liangzhou is too poor, and it is divided into three families, competing with each other and attacking continuously.


    Conscription, taxation, and war, under the continuous consumption of these three, Liangzhou has become increasingly poorer and poorer.


    Although Yang, Ma and Han families sent out 100,000 troops to attack the Qin army this time, there is probably still 100,000 troops left to defend Liangzhou.


    Liangzhou has only a total population, but it has so many troops. Although it can only be borne by only one Liangzhou, the military equipment cannot be much better.


    After Meng Tian''s observation, the armor equipped by the 100,000 coalition forces in Liangzhou was less than half of the 50,000 Qin troops, which was the lowest among the princes in the world.


    If the equipment is not good, even if the soldiers are of high quality, their combat effectiveness will be greatly affected. The Qin army not only has high comprehensive quality of soldiers, but also has the best equipment in the world.


    Relying on excellent equipment and a well-trained elite army, Meng Tian defeated the Yang, Ma and Han three-country coalition forces repeatedly in Hetao with an army of 50,000.


    After the battle, the casualties were too great. Yang Guang, Ma Teng and Han Sui''s three families felt sorry for the casualties and were unwilling to fight the Qin army to the death, but they were unwilling to withdraw just like this. So they simply set up camps and guarded the enemy, waiting for the other armies to have any changes.


    The Qin army, which was supposed to defend, has been taking the initiative to attack, while the Liangzhou coalition forces that took the initiative to attack were beaten to defend passively.


    They fought but didn’t fight, and they did not retreat but did not retreat. The behavior of Yang, Ma and Han families was obviously to hold Meng Tian’s army back to Sizhou and Jingbei.


    Meng Tian was both angry and helpless about the hooligan style of the three families. He could not find a way to break the enemy in a short time. With Xi Zhicai''s advice, he used the method of hard-foaming. He killed him 100 today and eighty tomorrow, and eroded the Liangzhou coalition forces little by little.


    There are also many wise people in the Liangzhou coalition. Gao Ying, Cheng Gongying, Yang Su and others are everywhere. In order to get rid of being eroded, they take the initiative to challenge every few days, but they just don’t break out, so as to control casualties and wait for the changes in the world.


    In this way, there were also constant wars in Hetao, but except for the early stage, no war occurred. Instead, the battle was going on extremely fiercely.


    In this battle, many generals also stood out. Gao Ang, Ma Yuan, Gao Changgong and other generals all showed their talents in this Hetao War.


    Especially Gao Ang, the first time he took action, shocked the Qin army.


    Meng Yi, who fought for ten rounds in the first battle, fled in panic.


    After that, he defeated Xu Chu in twenty rounds.


    Yang Erlang, Wulang and Qilang joined forces, but they were still defeated by Gao An.


    If it weren''t for Huang Zhong, the archer, half of the above-mentioned Qin generals would probably die at Gao Ang''s hands.


    In the end, Zhao Yun took action to curb the high winning streak.


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    (This chapter ends)