Chapter 1410: Han Banner World (One Hundred) There Is No Way Out
In Sanchuan County, Qu Wan was planning a large-scale counterattack. Some time ago, he suffered a small loss. The southern frontier army of Qin State successfully deceived him. That bastard Zhou Yu was sold by the Qin people. Don't forget to trick him before leaving. Originally, Zhou Yu was framed and faced with desperation. The possibility of turning to the Chu State was one of the issues that Qu Wan considered. Later, things seemed to be developing in this direction. Zhou Yu's personal letter was delivered In Qu Wan's hands, the Chu people had a full understanding of the enemy's generals. The handwriting and writing tone were all Zhou Yu's own. This move indeed convinced Qu Wan. At that time, Zhou Yu seemed to be at the end of his rope. Qu Wan was very happy to formulate a plan to annihilate the Xuanyi Guards. Of course, the cooperation of Zhou Yu's southern frontier troops was indispensable.
The result made Qu Wan grit his teeth. The southern frontier army did cooperate, but it was not him, but the Xuanyi guards who cooperated. Fortunately, Qu Wan was cautious. Although Zhu-Zhudao-Novel... believed Zhou Yu, he still stayed. After taking a back-up approach, the decline was restored in the second half of the war. Finally, they took advantage of their superior numbers to repel the two groups of enemy attacks, only losing one unit of more than 10,000 people.
After this battle, Qu Wan retreated to Sanchuan County, but the situation in the south became more subtle. After this battle, the southern frontier army and Xuanyi Guards regained their foothold, and still formed a pincer attack on him, one on the left and the other on the right. Fang confronted each other.
Later, through the captured prisoners of the Qin army, it was learned that Zhou Yu had left the southern frontier army of Qin, and the commander of this army was now Meng Tian's son Meng Yong. This made Qu Wan's teeth itch with hatred.
The current situation in the south is not what Qu Wan wants. Now, he wants to completely establish the Chu army's superiority in the south of Qin through a major battle to ensure that Chu can fully bring the south of Qin under its rule.
The southern frontier army of Qin and the Xuanyi Guards were not monolithic. There was such a big incident between the two that even Zhou Yu, who was highly supported by the southern frontier army, was forced to leave, saying that there was no grudge between them. Qu Wan didn't believe it, and Xuan Yiwei was known as the most elite of the Qin State. This time he lost face greatly in front of the southern frontier army, and he must be feeling angry in his heart. As long as there is a contradiction between the two, it can be exploited.
Qu Wan's strategy was to concentrate his forces and defeat the southern frontier army first. The reason was very clear. The southern frontier army was now unstable. Even though Meng Yong was Meng Tian's son, he had great appeal among the southern frontier army. But a junior brother who has never been on the battlefield must have problems in command, even if there are experienced veterans like Wang Ming and Tan Wei in the southern frontier army. The second reason is that if he had attacked Xuanyi Guards first, the southern frontier army would be worried because they had offended Lu Chao, so they must be thinking of making a meritorious deed. They will definitely go to the rescue, but they will attack the southern frontier army first, but the Xuanyi Guards may not go to the rescue, or their rescue pace is not so timely. You can take advantage of it yourself.
After defeating the southern frontier army, a group of Xuanyi guards, and Lu Zhihui, who had rarely been in battle, how long could he hold out? Defeat each one. This is the most ideal outcome, and the worst outcome is for both sides to engage in a battle, but with one's own strength being multiplied by theirs. Even if Xuan Yiwei puts aside all his achievements,
With timely reinforcements, I can take advantage of my military strength and engage in a decisive battle with them in an upright manner, and still win.
After destroying these two armies, Lu Chao had very limited power. He had to control the domestic situation and defend Hangu Pass. In a short period of time, he had absolutely no way to take care of the south. This left the Chu State It left time to integrate and digest the southern part of the country and completely swallow up the southern part of Qin.
Full of confidence, Qu Wan launched an offensive against Qin's southern frontier army in early September. However, to his disappointment, when his attack just started, his intentions seemed to be seen through by the Qin people. Although the southern frontier army Slowly but firmly moving towards Mengyin where the Xuanyi Guards were stationed, their intention to gather the strength of both armies for a battle with Qu Wan was clearly revealed. Although this situation was far from Qu Wan's ideal, it was still expected. A major battle between the two main forces of Mengyin and Qin seemed inevitable.
Qu Wan has full confidence in the final victory of this battle between Qin and Chu. In the past few months, the Chu army has been invincible in the southern part of Qin. The army has established full confidence, with sufficient logistics and smooth food routes, and has laid down Sanchuan County put the Chu army in a favorable position where they could advance, attack, and retreat and defend. On the other hand, the Qin army, although they were fighting on their own territory, had rifts between the two armies, each had its own agenda, and its logistics supplies were not as good as its own. This guest army is suffering from endless wars and low morale in the homeland. Comparing the two situations, if you can't win this situation, then it will be in vain that you have led the troops for decades.
This strong self-confidence lasted until the moment when the southern frontier army of Qin State and the Xuanyi Guards reunited, and the war was about to break out.
The weather, which has been under the spotlight for a few days, seems to be changing again. Gloomy dark clouds are pressing down, either because of the weather or because the war is about to break out. Everyone's heart seems to be filled with a layer of excitement, and they are even excited. The war drums and horns seemed to have lost their former motivational effect. On this day, Qu Wan received bad news, and it was not the first time.
The first thing to arrive was the news from Wuguan.
It was a logistics escort team that set out from Wuguan to replenish food and weapons for the army ahead. The food and weapons did not come, but two messengers arrived quickly, and the news they brought shocked Qu Wan.
The troops of the First Division of the First Army of the Han Army Youth Guards Corps suddenly appeared outside Wuguan and launched a fierce attack on Wuguan. Wuguan was in danger. After receiving the news, the commander of the escort troops immediately led his 3,000 escort troops to Wuguan for rescue. The two of them were here to deliver the letter. As for the large number of food and grass escorted by the civilians, they were still halfway to Sanchuan County. Without the protection of the troops, they could not care whether they could reach the enemy's land smoothly. Compared with losing this batch of logistical supplies, the gains and losses of Wuguan will affect the lives of hundreds of thousands of troops.
However, this is only the first one.
Before Qu Wan could digest the news, the second and third messengers had arrived. They came from the country of Chu, and the news they brought made Qu Wan almost breathless.
The Han army launched a large-scale attack on Chu. Pengcheng fell and the defender Liu An was killed. The Second Front Army of the Han State, with Cui Chengxiu's 18th Army as the vanguard, had already penetrated deep into Chu territory.
Jiangdong County was in danger. The Han army's inland navy suddenly attacked and wiped out the Chu navy in one fell swoop. Jiangdong County along the Yangtze River no longer had the strength to contain the Han army's navy. The Han army landed at several places along the river in Jiangdong County under the transportation of the navy. Now, except for the city of Jiangdong County, most of Jiangdong County has completely fallen.
On the Daba Mountain defense line, the Han army's second front army, led by deputy officer Bai Yucheng, was attacking day and night, and the defense line was almost collapsed.
Those from Wuguan were urgent, and those from the country urged him to withdraw his troops immediately and return to the country. When these messengers set out, Yingdu was probably unaware that Wuguan had also been attacked.
At this time, Qu Wan finally realized that Qin and Han had colluded, and the strategy of the Han State was also obvious at this time, that is, to destroy the Chu State in one fell swoop. The army attacking Chu State, Daba Mountain, Pengcheng line is the main force of the Second Front Army, the attacking Wuguan is the Youth Guards Corps, and the attack from the Jiangdong County waterway is the main force of the First Front Army of Han State, which should have been in Jinyang or Mengchi to fight against the Qin Army and Wang Jian's troops.
Qin and Han colluded and created a series of illusions to deceive Chu State, making the Chu people mistakenly believe that the Han people must take advantage of the civil strife in Qin State to attack Qin State, so as to destroy Qin State in one fell swoop under this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It is based on this judgment that Chu State is determined to have a share in this drama of Han destroying Qin State.
But when the curtain slowly opened, Chu State, which originally thought it was a hunter and a fisherman, suddenly found that it had become the fish on the felt board and was about to be slaughtered.
Han State played a big game of chess.
"General, withdraw your troops quickly! If we lose Wuguan, we will be trapped in the southern part of Qin." The generals under his command were pale. The importance of Wuguan to them was self-evident. Without Wuguan, they would have no way to retreat, no food and grass supplies, and no weapons replenishment. On the enemy's territory, destruction would be a matter of a blink of an eye.
Taking a deep breath, Qu Wan forced himself to calm down. The general is the courage of the soldiers. If he showed a panic, he was afraid that his troops would be in chaos and collapse without fighting.
"Of course we have to retreat, but don't forget that there are nearly 70,000 to 80,000 troops in front of us. How can we leave whenever we want? If we are not fully prepared, retreating rashly will be a disaster. I am afraid that we will be defeated by the Qin army before we reach Wuguan." Qu Wan looked at the generals and said slowly.
The generals present understood this truth, but as long as they thought of the consequences of losing Wuguan, they were still worried.
"Even if we want to leave, we have to hit the Qin people hard before we can leave, so that they dare not come to entangle us or chase us." Qu Wan looked at everyone, "Even if we are caught off guard, Wuguan is in a dangerous terrain and it is not so easy to take. We have left enough troops at Wuguan, and in order to attack suddenly, the Han army only has the first division of the first army of the Young Guards under Wuguan for the time being, with a similar number of troops as Wuguan. I believe Zhang Qian will be able to support us until we return."
"So, in this battle, we must not only fight, but also fight beautifully and decisively."
The generals slowly calmed down in Qu Wan's words. Yes, if they don't defeat the Qin army in front of them, there is no question of returning to rescue.
"General, give the order. There is no time to waste. We must gather all our strength and defeat the Qin army in front of us in one fell swoop." The generals stood up and asked loudly.
Footsteps sounded outside the house, and an officer strode in and saluted Qu Wan: "General, an envoy from the Qin army has arrived."
Everyone was stunned. The two armies were facing each other, but the Qin army sent an envoy at this time. Did they think that the Chu army was really at the end of its rope and wanted to defeat the enemy without fighting? (To be continued.)