Chapter 707: Twenty Thousand Sparrows Fly Southeast! The Key to This Battle Is Not Fukou Pass!

Ying Chengjiao's mad rush to help did save Licheng, making Li Mu's strategic plan bankrupt, and even blocked the possibility of Zhao's army advancing westward to Changzhi through Fukou Pass.

But Ying Chengjiao was also very clear that the fact that he personally led the army to charge but there was no large army to surround and annihilate the enemy would inevitably make Li Mu believe that Ying Chengjiao only led a small vanguard.

The intelligence advantage that Ying Chengjiao had used to deceive Sima Shang had been completely lost.

Ying Chengjiao, whose strengths and weaknesses were exposed, was bound to suffer a fierce attack from Li Mu!

Seeing Ying Chengjiao's frown, Meng Tian couldn't help but speak: "I think that although the Zhao army has many soldiers, our army has few."

"But our army, together with the defenders of Licheng, can still have a total of more than 83,000 soldiers."

"With such a force to defend Licheng, it is enough to resist the offensive of the Zhao army until the reinforcements arrive."

"If Zhao Wuan Jun really attacks our army, it may give our army a chance to fight!"

Ying Chengjiao looked at Meng Tian suddenly: "Does Captain Meng have a good plan?"

Meng Tian bowed and said in a very cautious tone: "The defense of Licheng has hardly been destroyed."

"Although my army has few soldiers, under the command of the commander , it should not be difficult to resist the Zhao army for several months. "

"I think that we can use our army as bait to induce Zhao Wuanjun to launch the main force of the Zhao army to attack."

"Then ask Yang Wengzi to send troops from Liaoyang City, go south through Fukou Beixing, quickly attack the rear of Zhao Wuanjun and burn the Zhao army's food and grass."

"If there is an opportunity, ask Yang Wengzi to attack Shecheng by force, and then lock Zhao Wuanjun's troops between Shecheng, Liaoyang City, and Licheng, and cut off the Zhao army's supply!"

Although Meng Tian is familiar with military strategies, he does not have rich battlefield experience, nor many military achievements, and he has no relatives who have experienced grassroots military career.

At this moment, the suggestion proposed by Meng Tian is to put Ying Chengjiao in an extremely dangerous situation.

So Meng Tian was inevitably short of breath and weak when he gave advice.

But as he was thinking and offering advice, Meng Tian became more and more confident, and finally said passionately: "The Xing Road is difficult to travel, and Zhao does not fully trust Zhao Wu'an Jun. With these two factors combined, Zhao Wu'an Jun's troops will not have too much food and grass stored on the front line."

"The original advantage of the Zhao army is the large number of troops."

"But if its baggage transportation line is cut off, the Zhao army's 600,000 troops will become the biggest burden of the Zhao army."

"As long as this strategy can be successful, the Zhao army will collapse in more than a month at most!"

There are indeed many small roads in Taihang Mountain.

But these small roads are okay for soldiers to walk once, but if the civilians carrying heavy shoulder poles are asked to walk back and forth, it will be a disaster!

Even if we don't hesitate to lose time and manpower and insist on taking these small roads, the supplies that these small roads can carry are definitely not enough to feed and drink the 600,000 troops.

Therefore, Zhao's grain and grass must be transported to Li Mu's army through the pass of Fukouxing. The transportation route is clear, single and cannot be changed.

In this case, if Yang Duan and his troops who are stationed in Liaoyang City can take a small road to avoid Li Mu's troops, they will have the opportunity to cut into the rear of Li Mu's troops and cut off Zhao's supply!

Once Zhao's supply is cut off, Zhao's military advantage will quickly turn into Zhao's grain and grass disadvantage.

At that time, the pressure of time will fall on the shoulders of Zhao's army!

However, Su Jiao shook his head upon hearing this: "Captain Meng's idea is good, but it is difficult to implement."

"The huge force of the Zhao army will indeed consume a lot of food and grass, but the huge force of the Zhao army will also allow the Zhao army to make more comprehensive arrangements."

"Even if Lord Zhao Wuan attacks our Licheng, Lord Zhao Wuan can still easily take out more than 100,000 or even 200,000 troops to attack Liaoyang City."

"Liaoyang City can't take care of itself, so how can it have the spare energy to cut off the Zhao army's supply?"

"And the single and rigid transportation route also means that the Zhao army can more easily protect this route."

"It's too difficult to cut off this supply line!"

From a strategic perspective, Meng Tian's strategy is correct.

But when the strategy is implemented in tactics, Su Jiao knows very well that Meng Tian's seemingly gorgeous strategy is almost impossible to achieve!

Meng Tian was slightly startled, and then humbly bowed: "I will learn from you!"

"The strategy of intercepting food and grass is indeed not suitable for this battle."

However, Ying Chengjiao slowly shook his head: "Not necessarily."

Su Jiao immediately looked at Ying Chengjiao excitedly: "Does your Majesty have a good plan?"

"I am willing to be the vanguard!"

Meng Tian: ? ? ?

Meng Tian was a little confused.

I started talking about this strategy, and you said without hesitation that this strategy is difficult to implement, and I think it makes sense.

As a result, the commander-in-chief just said "not necessarily", and you started to ask to be the vanguard? !

Ying Chengjiao ignored Su Jiao's request for battle, but said in a deep voice: "Take the Kunyu map!"

A Kunyu map that is clearer and more detailed than the Kunyu map in Li Mu's hand appeared in front of Ying Chengjiao.

Ying Chengjiao held a torch to illuminate the location of Liaoyang City, thinking and speaking: "The road of Fukou Beixing is more rugged and narrow than Fukou Nanxing, and the terrain around Liaoyang City is more complex and steep."

"Even if the Zhao army sends several times more troops to attack Liaoyang City, Liaoyang City still has the spare capacity to dispatch some troops to complete the task of harassment and interception of grain."

"Zhao Wuan Jun will definitely protect the grain road well, but Fukou Xing is long, how can Zhao Wuan Jun be perfect!"

"Meng Duwei's strategy..."

After pondering for more than ten breaths, Ying Chengjiao suddenly looked to his side: "Where is Duwei Peng Yue!"

Peng Yue immediately stepped forward and saluted: "I am here!"

"I am willing to lead my troops to swim behind the enemy and attack them!"

When Peng Yue heard his name from Ying Chengjiao, he guessed Ying Chengjiao's plan.

Ying Chengjiao was not going to send a surprise force to attack the Zhao army's baggage line as Meng Tian said, or even to attack them by force.

Instead, he was going to let Peng Yue lead a group of elite soldiers to roam behind the Zhao army with the help of the Qin's operations in the Taihang Mountains over the past decade.

Conduct guerrilla warfare!

Ying Chengjiao nodded happily, and then shook his head: "Taihang Mountain is different from Wu and Yue."

"The mountain roads around Fukou Xing are even more rugged and difficult to travel, and cannot accommodate large armies to fight."

"Therefore, I want to order Captain Peng Yue to lead elite infantry to conduct guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines, but I cannot lead heavy troops to attack left and right as I did during the war against Chu."

"I need Captain Peng Yue to divide his small forces into garrisons and spread them to both sides of Fukou Xing. Once they find a small group of Zhao troops, they will launch a surprise attack. Then, no matter what the outcome of the battle is, as long as the Zhao army reacts, they will immediately retreat."

"Don't take the Zhao army's baggage as the first goal, and don't seek a big victory."

"Instead, you should gather and disperse like a sparrow foraging for food, appear and disappear unpredictably, and kill, consume, confuse and tire the Zhao army in a hidden and sudden manner."

"In the end, accumulate small victories into a big victory!"

The tactical thinking of the hot weapon era cannot be fully adapted to the cold weapon era.

But in Ying Chengjiao's opinion, the Sparrow War is absolutely very suitable for the strategic layout to be carried out in the mountainous territory of his country.

Even without long guns, cannons and earth explosives, Ying Chengjiao cannot copy the tactics of the Sparrow War.

But the strategic thinking of the Sparrow War can still help Ying Chengjiao defeat the enemy!

Peng Yue was a little embarrassed when he heard this: "Commander-in-chief, guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines will make it difficult for our troops to communicate with each other."

"During the war against Chu, I and five of my comrades led our own troops, and our troops were divided into ten groups to fight separately. It was often difficult to command and mobilize in time."

"If the troops under my command are divided more and more, I am worried that the troops of each group will fight on their own."

"Even secretly surrender to the enemy!"

Ying Chengjiao said without hesitation: "I will select 20,000 local infantrymen from the Taihang Camp and hand them over to you."

"All infantrymen have families and land, and are innocent and debt-free, so they will not easily defect to the enemy."

"Allow another two hundred military academy students to station in your unit as middle-level and grassroots generals."

"When the war is about to begin, you must keep in touch with these two hundred military academy students."

"As for the more detailed front-line command, leave it to these military academy students!"

Guerrilla warfare is a great test of the loyalty and ability of middle-level and grassroots generals.

The sparrow war is an even greater test for the middle and grassroots generals!

But it just so happens that Ying Chengjiao has the most elite generals of this era in his hands!

Even if he loses contact with Peng Yue, Ying Chengjiao believes that these military school students can use their personal wisdom to make judgments that are beneficial to the war situation.

Peng Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief and said excitedly, "Thank you, Commander!"

"I will not fail you!"

Ying Chengjiao looked at Kunyutu again and said in a deep voice, "Liaoyang City is for attack and Licheng is for defense."

"Although the walls of Licheng are strong, it may not last long in front of Zhao Wuanjun."

"Order!"

"Use Nan'ao Mountain and Hou'pei Mountain as the front-line positions to build camps, and the commander Su Jiao and the commander Ren Xiao will each lead 10,000 troops to guard and support each other."

"I will lead 20,000 troops to be stationed in Bei'pei Mountain and coordinate in the middle."

"Order the county magistrate Ge Ping to lead the remaining troops to guard Licheng, and no loss is allowed!"

Under Ying Chengjiao's arrangement, a blockade chain was built with mountains as the basis, stretching across Licheng.

This not only brings out the advantages of the Qin soldiers in mountain warfare, but also wins valuable strategic space and error tolerance for Licheng!

Even if the Beipei Mountain defense chain is broken, Ying Chengjiao's troops can retreat to Licheng and avoid being defeated in one battle!

Su Jiao and other generals accepted the order without hesitation and bowed: "Yes!"

Ying Chengjiao's eyes continued to flow on the Kunyu map, his eyes still solemn.

"If Licheng and Liaoyangcheng are strictly guarded, the route of Zhao's army to break into Changzhi can be blocked."

"However, Zhao Wuanjun will never sit and wait for death!"

"The difficulty and danger of this battle lies in Fukouxing."

"The key to this battle has fallen outside Fukouxing!"

"Captain Meng Tian!"

Meng Tian hurriedly bowed: "I am here!"

Ying Chengjiao said in a deep voice: "Captain Meng's advice just now is very worthy, and it coincides with my opinion."

"I want to order Captain Meng to guard Liaoyangcheng."

"Do you dare to obey my order?"

Meng Tian couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

Meng Tian knew the significance of Liaoyangcheng to this battle.

He had just been on the expedition a few times, and he had to take on such an important strategic task!

But Meng Tian's body had already gotten ahead of his brain, and he bowed loudly: "I will not fail in my mission!"

Ying Chengjiao smiled happily: "Good!"

"Order Captain Meng Tian to leave his troops behind and go to Liaoyang City with Captain Peng Yue, and take over the defense of Liaoyang City and the troops of Taihang Camp."

"Order Yang Wengzi to go south immediately, and follow the order of the army before the war to lead 100,000 troops to the Zhangshui Great Wall as soon as possible!"

"Send the order to General Jian."

"Choose a captain to lead 100,000 troops to speed up the rescue of Licheng."

"General Jian will lead the remaining troops..."

Ying Chengjiao's eyes lingered on the Kunyu map for a long time, and finally said in a broken voice: "Enter Jingxing!"

"Don't hesitate to sacrifice, try your best to open up the Jingxing passage, and then go straight to Handan City!"