Chapter 899 Wherever He Is, It Is a Strategic Location! Going Against the Will of Heaven Is so Difficult!
"Order Deputy General Wang Ben's troops to turn west and march in secret!"
"Distribute 5,000 troops to each of the three divisions of Commander Huang Kuang, Commander Ge Ping, and Commander Deng Ming, and order them to march to the east, south, and north slopes of Dongpo Mountain!"
"Commander Li Bo and Commander Feng Wuzhe lead their troops to cruise outside, waiting for reinforcements."
"Commander..."
"The rest of you follow me to Dongpo Mountain!"
A series of orders were issued one after another, and Ying Chengjiao led 330,000 troops to Dongpo Mountain, 15 miles northwest of Yicheng, and ordered his troops to quickly occupy the strategic location from Dongpo Mountain to Juma River.
Watching Ying Chengjiao's movements, Tian Sheng's eyes were full of confusion: "Is the Qin army going to... Dongpo Mountain to build a defense line?"
"Dongpo Mountain is just an ordinary mountain surrounded by mountains on three sides and flat on one side. It is not a strategic location."
"Why did Qin Chang'an Jun go here instead of leading his troops directly to the Yishui Great Wall?"
Dongpo Mountain is indeed a relatively easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack terrain, but this place cannot block the main road and is not convenient for launching a surprise attack, so it is not a strategic location.
Moreover, Dongpo Mountain is only fifteen miles away from Yicheng and more than twenty miles away from Yiguan. Instead of setting up a defense line in Dongpo Mountain, it is better to set up a defense line in Yicheng and Yiguan, which is more stable.
From the perspective of military strategy, this is an inexplicable layout!
But Li Mu's face has become gloomy: "Dongpo Mountain is indeed not a strategic location, but Dongpo Mountain has excellent soil, especially suitable for mining soil to build an altar!"
Li Mu used only one sentence to make all the coalition generals tremble.
Is Qin Changan going to prepare to collect soil to build the altar?
Do you want to keep your word?
Li Hong looked at the Kunyu map and said angrily: "Although Dongpo Mountain is not a strategic location, our army cannot allow Qin Chang'an Jun to build an altar to command the earth dragon, otherwise our army will not only lose soldiers and generals due to the earth dragon's reversal, but also lose morale due to the earth dragon's reversal."
"If Qin Chang'an Jun really built an altar on Dongpo Mountain, Dongpo Mountain would become a strategic location, and our army would have to destroy the altar built by Qin Chang'an Jun on Dongpo Mountain!"
Li Mu said in a calm voice: "During the battle of Fukouxing, the general never found out the location of Qin Chang'an Jun's altar from beginning to end."
"It can be seen that the altar built by Qin Chang'an Jun does not need to be adjacent to the place where the earth dragon reversals."
"Now Qin Chang'an Jun built an altar on Dongpo Mountain, obviously to lure our army into the encirclement of the Qin army."
Li Mu's voice was very calm, and it was obvious that he had anticipated the current situation when formulating the strategy of "destroying the altar and cutting off the sacrifices."
But it was not until now that Li Hong finally understood what kind of difficult situation the coalition forces would face.
"Commander!" Li Hong looked at Li Mu and said urgently: "Even if our army destroyed the altar built by Qin Chang'an Jun on Dongpo Mountain, Qin Chang'an Jun can still build altars in other places that are easy to defend and difficult to attack."
"In this way, our army will always be led by the nose by the Qin army!"
Li Mu nodded lightly: "Yes, but what can our army do?"
Yes, I will be led by the nose by Qin Chang'an Jun?
But what can I do!
Even if I cut out my heart, liver and lungs and present them to heaven and earth, heaven and earth will not show mercy to me at all!
When confronting Ying Chengjiao, Li Mu felt for the first time how difficult it was to go against the will of heaven!
After thinking for a moment, Tian Sheng solemnly bowed and said: "At the time of the alliance, our Great Qi agreed to find witches, alchemists, and immortals to resist Qin Chang'an Jun."
"I am willing to send a message to the country, asking my king to invite all the witches and alchemists of our Great Qi to the front line, and then try my best to find immortals who can counter Qin Chang'an Jun's witchcraft!"
Then Tian Sheng turned his head to look at Zheng Anqi and sincerely requested: "Zheng Xian practices Taidan Dao and is not good at killing."
"But Zheng Xian is a disciple of Heshang Zhangren, and he often travels in the three realms. He must know many immortals."
"I will ask Zheng Xian to recommend an immortal who can resist Qin Chang'an Jun. Our Great Qi is willing to thank you with all its strength!"
Zheng Anqi felt bitter.
Relying on Zheng's colleagues to resist Qin Chang'an Jun's curse?
If they have that ability, can they still be Zheng's colleagues?
But, it is better to die than to die. There is strength in numbers.
If we can find a few more colleagues to join the army, maybe we can help each other and escape from the barracks together!
Thinking of this, Zheng Anqi's smile was less alienated and more sincere, saying: "I will do my best to help you in this great cause of supporting the great way!"
Tian Sheng smiled immediately and bowed loudly: "Thank you, Zheng Xian!"
Then Tian Sheng looked at Li Mu and said excitedly: "With the help of Zheng Xian, my Great Qi will definitely find an immortal who can resist Qin Chang'an Jun!"
"As long as the immortal arrives in the army, our army will no longer have to fear Qin Chang'an Jun's sacrifice!"
Li Mu did not have much hope for this, but this was the only way for Li Mu to get out of such a situation!
With a sigh, Li Mu solemnly bowed his hands: "In this case, I will have to trouble Qi and Zheng Xian!"
Tian Sheng hurriedly bowed his hands in return: "This is the meaning of the alliance!"
Li Mu nodded slightly, and then said in a deep voice: "There is no fixed time for the search for immortals."
"Before the arrival of the immortals, our army must break the sacrifice of Qin Chang'an Jun!"
"Pass on this general's order!"
"Commander Ma Fuxun, General Tian Xun, General Zhai Tian, General Xue Liang, four troops and horses attack the mountain along the mountain road on the east side of Dongpo Mountain, and try their best to seize the camp while the enemy is unstable!"
"Commander Sima Gan and Commander Sun Yi's two light troops rush to the direction of the valley mouth on the west side of Dongpo Mountain to block the movement of the Qin army!"
"Commander..."
After Li Mu made a series of arrangements, he looked at King Xi of Yan who had just returned from the reorganization of the army, and said in a deep voice: "Please ask King Yan to order the elite troops of the Yan army to go straight to the west valley of Dongpo Mountain."
"Take advantage of the opportunity of our soldiers to entangle the Qin army to occupy the valley first, so as to prevent the Qin army from going deep into the Dongpo Valley!"
Yan Wangxi responded coldly: "Our army has just suffered a heavy blow, and a large number of soldiers are scattered outside. We urgently need to reorganize the army and rest!"
At present, the Yan army has only gathered more than 200,000 troops, and nearly 100,000 troops have been killed or disappeared.
On the first day when the main force of the Qin army arrived at the battlefield, the Yan army suffered such a heavy blow. How could King Xi of Yan not be angry?
What made King Xi of Yan even more angry was Li Mu's attitude!
Li Mu clearly made an overall strategy of using the Yan army as bait, but he didn't tell King Xi of Yan a word. What does this mean?
This is clearly Li Mu's contempt for King Xi of Yan and the Yan army!
But the Yan army was really disappointing. Even though they had more troops than the Qin army and there were many friendly troops nearby, they were still defeated by the Qin army!
The combination of opportunistic character, resentment, stinginess and other emotions made King Xi of Yan completely unwilling to let the Yan soldiers fight hard battles again.
Li Mu could see the dissatisfaction in the eyes of King Xi of Yan, but he didn't care. Instead, he said in a louder voice: "I know that the Yan army needs to rest."
"But when the Yan army is resting, the Qin army is also resting!"
"The Qin army has come from a long distance, and they have not rested before they directly fight with our army, and they continue to move forward after a day and night of fighting."
"The Qin army, which has not yet arrived at Dongpo Mountain to set up camp, is at its weakest!"
"The King of Yan claims to be good at military strategy, but he can't even see such a simple truth!"
"Or is it that the King of Yan doesn't understand military strategy at all, and doesn't know that he should send troops to attack Qin now?!"
If someone accuses Bai Qi of not understanding military strategy, he will only be looked at by Bai Qi as a fool.
But when Li Mu accused the King of Yan, who had just suffered a great defeat, of not understanding military strategy, he was met with the King of Yan's fury: "If Dai Wu'an Jun understood military strategy, how could he have caused our army to suffer such a great defeat!"
Li Mu said as a matter of course: "Because the Yan army did not obey my orders."
Seeing that King of Yan's face was red, Mao Sui hurried forward to make peace: "The bravery of the Yan warriors is known to the world!"
"When it comes to three or two enemies in a narrow place, the Yan knights are invincible in the world!"
"Wu'an Jun did not mean to order the entire Yan army to move to Dongpo Mountain, but only asked the King of Yan to send elite troops to intercept the Qin army."
"Such an important task can only be undertaken by the elite of the Yan army!"
With the step given by Mao Sui, the anger in King of Yan's heart finally dissipated a little.
Considering the necessity of this battle, King Xi of Yan could only hold back his dissatisfaction and said in a deep voice: "Order the cavalry to lead 5,000 elite troops to rush to the west valley of Dongpo Mountain!"
Mao Sui hurriedly bowed: "Thank you, King Yan!"
Li Mu nodded slightly: "Good!"
Then Li Mu drove the warhorse and personally led the central army to rush to Ying Chengjiao's troops.
As Li Mu expected, the Qin army, which had come from a long expedition, was now in a very exhausted state. The Qin soldiers who had been chasing the Chu army were now being pulled closer by the coalition forces.
Just when the Qin army's front army was only three miles away from Dongpo Mountain, Sima Gan, who was only leading a light attack, finally chased from the southeast, and then stabbed the Qin army like a sharp knife!
Ying Chengjiao immediately ordered: "Order Captain Feng Wuze to stop the pursuing troops in the southeast!"
"The rest of you keep moving forward!"
Under Ying Chengjiao's order, the Qin army continued to advance, but Sun Yi, Qi Pao and other troops also arrived at the battlefield, and pounced on the crawling snake like a group of ants!
Seeing this, Ying Chengjiao ordered in a deep voice: "Order Captain Huang Kuang, Captain Ge Ping, and Captain Deng Ming to abandon their original goals and line up on the east side of our army to resist the enemy!"
"Order Captain Li Bo to rush to help."
"Order Captain Xifeng to attack the Yan army's Qi Pao troops and open up the valley entrance defense line!"
The Qin army, which had originally swam towards Dongpo Mountain like a long snake, quickly changed its formation under the coercion of the coalition forces. Only Xifeng's troops bit Qi Pao's troops like the hooked mouth of an alligator turtle.
Tian Sheng heaved a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, the commander acted decisively and finally stopped the Qin army outside Dongpo Mountain."
"The Qin army's attempt to use the terrain of Dongpo Mountain to set up a defense line and build an altar has been in vain!"
"I congratulate the commander!"
However, Li Mu frowned deeply: "The Qin army's strength should not be limited to this!"
"Did the scouts find that the Qin army was divided?"
Ma Fudui said immediately: "No scout reported that they found that the Qin army was divided."
Li Mu was still uneasy and continued to ask: "How wide is the range that our scouts can explore now?"
Ma Fudui responded in a low voice: "Although our army has more scouts, in addition to our Da Dai scouts, the Qi and Yan armies The scouts are no match for the Qin scouts, so the range that our scouts can explore in time is only 20 miles east, 18 miles north, 13 miles south, and 10 miles west of our army. "
"Beyond this distance, the movement of our scouts will be particularly difficult."
Li Mu's mind appeared with the surrounding topographic map, and he substituted the range of the Dai scouts' activities into it and murmured softly: "13 miles south, 10 miles west... 10 miles west?"
Li Mu's eyes suddenly looked to the west, and then suddenly turned to the north, shouting in surprise: "Captain Li Hong, General Chunyu Huang, Shangqing Li Fu!"
"You three troops will quickly turn your troops to the northwest, and report to our army as soon as you encounter the enemy!"
"Quick!!!"