Episode 10 Chapter 534
Chapter 534
The sharp decline in the number of the central army of Anguo was certainly related to the disastrous defeat in the battle of Tiantu County, and the large number of deserters was also one of the main reasons. Anguo's national strength is strong, but its military strength is weak. This has almost become Anguo's tradition and the consensus of the world.
The reason for this is also related to the geographical location of Anguo. It is located in the central and eastern part of the entire Haotian Empire and borders the imperial capital Shangjing. It can be said that it is not adjacent to foreign countries in the southeast, northwest, and has never been threatened by foreign forces. The people live a comfortable and peaceful life. In addition, its location is in the center and is well connected, which is very suitable for business. After thousands of years of inheritance, the people of Anguo have the personality of businessmen, who are very hardworking and willing to go out. They don't care about traveling all year round, but at the same time they are selfish, timid, and weak in national consciousness. As far as the countries at that time were concerned, the cohesion of the people of Anguo was the weakest.
In fact, this is easy to understand. There are many merchants in Anguo, who have been wandering outside for many years. The concept of home is already very light. If a person does not have a home in his heart, how can he talk about having a country?
In Anguo, conscription is an extremely difficult thing. Now the war is not going well in the front, and more than 200,000 people have been killed and injured at once. The large-scale appearance of deserters has become a matter of course. Even the people who fled Anguo with their families are many, and there are not a few.
As the saying goes, misfortunes never come alone. The invading Huan army has made Anguo panic. How to deal with it? At this time, the Sichuan army also attacked Anguo from the south, which was a huge difference from Fengguo's idea.
According to Fengguo's understanding of Sichuan, Sichuan would not easily mobilize troops, and would never take action until the last moment. However, this time, it was uncharacteristic. When its allies were in full advantage and Fengguo had not yet joined the war, it resolutely sent troops to attack An.
As for whether to send troops now, Sichuan actually had great differences. Most of the nobles in Chuan State were against joining the war so early. First, the current situation was not yet completely clear. If they joined the war rashly, they would expose their intentions and be disadvantageous to themselves. Second, and most importantly, these nobles believed that Chuan State was not ready for a large-scale war. If they wanted to join the war, they should wait until after the autumn harvest when the grain and grass were stored sufficiently.
However, the young nobles in Chuan State were of the same opinion and agreed that the country should join the war immediately. 15
Their reasons were also very sufficient. Regardless of whether the current situation was clear or not, even if the Huan army was already at a comprehensive disadvantage, could they still ignore it? Since they had to send troops sooner or later, why did they have to drag it to the last minute and be so passive? Second, they were short of grain and grass now, but Feng and An were not much better. After the autumn harvest, they had enough grain and grass, but wouldn't Feng and An also have accumulated grain and grass? Another point is that Anguo is now in danger of being beaten by Huan's army. It is a good time for us to grab the spoils. If Anguo is finally defeated by Huan's family, and we have not sent a single soldier, how can you still have the face to ask Huan for Anguo's territory? I am afraid that they will not even give you a county or a city.
Here they can be regarded as an emerging force in Chuanguo. They are more ambitious, more passionate, and love Chuanguo more than those old nobles.
The power of the old nobles is deeply rooted in Chuanguo. Sometimes even Chuan Wang Xiaoxuan can't do anything about them. This time he intends to use the young nobles to suppress those powerful old nobles and promote the young faction so that the power of the court will not be in the hands of those old nobles. In addition, he himself agrees with the proposition of the young nobles. Therefore, Xiaoxuan finally rejected all the opinions and accepted the proposal of the young faction. He immediately sent troops to Anguo to form a pincer attack with Huan's army from the north and the south to put pressure on the capital of Anguo, Yuzhen.
If the combat effectiveness of the Huan army is one, then the combat effectiveness of the Sichuan army is equivalent to one hundred, and the combat effectiveness of the An country is undoubtedly negative one hundred.
With the massive attack of the Sichuan army, the southern part of the An country suddenly fell into the brink of collapse. A large number of An army fled without fighting, and their escape speed was faster than the people fleeing from famine. It is no exaggeration to describe it as "collapse without fighting, and collapse a thousand miles away".
The situation of the war took a sharp turn for the worse, and Fengguo's original plan to sit back and wait and see could no longer be implemented. As Anguo's emergency documents were passed to Tang Yin like snowflakes, he summoned all the generals overnight to urgently discuss their own strategies and tactics.
Chuanguo's uncharacteristic behavior surprised all the generals of Fengguo, especially Nie Ze. It was he who judged that Chuanguo would not quickly join the war, but in fact, it was completely opposite to his inference.
Fengjun camp, in the central army tent. At this time, Tang Yin had not arrived yet. The generals of Fengguo knelt on both sides, talking to each other, and they were all pessimistic about the war in front of them.
Huanjun has currently deployed 400,000 troops. According to reports, the troops of Chuanguo invading the south of Anguo are also over 400,000. Just after the war started, the total troops of the two countries are close to one million. With so many enemy troops, Anjun can hardly count on them and can only rely on Fengguo alone to deal with them. The difficulty of this war can be imagined.
Even Jiang Fan, who usually doesn't like to talk much in military meetings, couldn't help asking Xiao Muqing at this time, "General Xiao, how should our army fight against Chuan and Huan now?"
Hearing his question, others stopped talking and their eyes were focused on Xiao Muqing. If it is said who can be sent to the first place among Fengguo's famous generals, Xiao Muqing is naturally the first choice. His opinions and analysis are also highly valued by others.
Xiao Muqing frowned solemnly for a long time, then stretched out two fingers and said, "There are two things to do. First, ask the Yu State for help and ask the Yu State to send troops for reinforcements. Second, break into Chizhou County and liberate Bai Qing's troops." In the danger of being trapped, the 200,000 An army will be taken over and commanded by our country. Only by doing these two things can the situation in the north of An country be temporarily stabilized. As for the south... then we have to rely on Anguo itself. We are far away from water. If you can’t get close to thirst, you can’t reach it!”
After listening to Xiao Muqing's analysis, everyone present nodded and felt that what he said was reasonable. Shangguan: "That's right!" Wuying continued, "Even if you really hand over the 200,000 Anjun to us, Anjun will still be Anjun. Not to mention it won't help our army, it will only drag our army down. On the contrary, Anjun will be an army." become a burden."
"I really don't know how Anren fought this war. The whole country is extremely rich. Even the weapons used by the soldiers below are made of fine steel, and the armor is strong, beautiful and coveted. But once we get to the On the battlefield, the entire army seemed to have turned into wooden men, allowing themselves to be slaughtered without the ability to fight back. By forming an alliance with Anguo, our country has really suffered eight lifetimes of bad luck..." Shangguan Yuanrang became more and more angry as he spoke, and in the end, he still The hammer hit the ground hard, making a muffled sound.
"It is precisely because Anguo is weak in combat that we have to form an alliance with it. This is why it is bitter first and then sweet!" Following the words, Tang Yin strode in from the Zhongjun tent, untied the rope buckle around his neck, and shook it off. He took off his outer cloak and threw it to Ah San behind him.
"Your Majesty!" Seeing Tang Yin's arrival, everyone immediately shut up, straightened their bodies, knelt on the ground, and bowed to salute. Later, seeing Yin Rou also coming in, everyone saluted again and said in unison, "Your Highness."
Tang Yin took Yin Rou and sat in the middle. Then he waved to Ah Si, took a thick stack of documents, threw it on the commander's desk, and said in a deep voice without expression, "Wang An Yueze is now like a hot pot." "The ants sent out twelve letters in a row in one day. Let's talk about it. Next, whether our army will fight or not, and if so, how will we fight?"
"Your Majesty, we must go to war now! Judging from the current war situation, if our army does not join the war, Yuzhen, the capital of Anguo, will be captured by the Sichuan-Huan coalition forces in less than three months!" Xiao Muqing took the lead in saying.
"Three months? Mu Qing, you overestimate Anguo. If it can last for another month, I can take off my head and give it to you."
Shangguan Yuanrang scorned An Jun's combat prowess. He felt that even if a group of bandits gathered together, their combat prowess would not be worse than that of An Jun.
"Yes!" Tang Yin nodded and said, "If our army does not participate in the war, Anguo will be defeated very quickly..." After a pause, he said, "Since everyone thinks we should participate in the war, how should we fight?"
Wuying said hurriedly, "General Xiao has analyzed it just now. On the one hand, our army must rescue the Yu State and ask the Yu State to send troops to assist. On the other hand, we must rescue the An Army from Meicheng and let us take over temporarily."
Tang Yin listened and nodded, feeling that Xiao Muqing's opinion was quite good. It was necessary to win over the Yu State, and rescuing the 200,000 An army was also his top priority.
Before he could speak, Nie Ze, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "Our army should divide its troops and send a legion into Tiantu County of Anguo to destroy the Huan army that captured it. Otherwise, if this Huan army is allowed to If the army goes all the way south and goes straight into the hinterland of Anguo, it will make the situation in Anguo even more chaotic."
"It makes sense." Tang Yin nodded his head and Nie Ze said, "The Huan Army did not have many troops to besiege Meicheng. Your Majesty only needs to send out the Pingyuan Army to break the siege. The Huan Army that invaded Tiantu County is the main force of the enemy. The weak ministers I want to lead a hundred armies to fight to the death!"
His words may not sound like much to others, but Xiao Muqing found them harsh.
Meicheng was besieged by only a small force of the Huan Army. It was up to the Pingyuan Army to fight, but the main force of the enemy army was to be fought by the Hundred Battles Army. Isn't it obvious that the Pingyuan Army was not as good as his Hundred Battles Army?