Chapter 945: Wang Jia Walks Into a Trap! He Uses Himself as a Chess Piece and Invites Qin to Join the Game!

Ying Chengjiao's first reaction was that something was wrong!

Although Dai Wangjia was also familiar with military strategy, his ability to lead the army was probably only between second-rate and third-rate.

On the battlefields of Qin and Zhao, people of this level could only be a captain at most. Even with Mao Sui and other Dai ministers as staff, it was difficult for them to lead an army alone.

The most correct way for Dai Wangjia to fight was to be with Li Mu and use the special status to boost the morale of the army.

But now, Dai Wangjia was advancing towards Hongshangsai openly. Not to mention the marching direction, even the composition of the army was clearly discovered by the Qin army, while Li Mu's troops were nowhere to be found.

It was hard not to make Ying Chengjiao suspect that Dai Wangjia was implementing the strategy of repairing the plank road in the open and crossing Chencang in secret!

Su Jiao asked tentatively: "Commander-in-chief, do you think the Dai army is cheating?"

Ying Chengjiao did not answer Su Jiao immediately, but scanned the Kunyu map inch by inch with his eyes.

After a while, Ying Chengjiao pointed the stick in his hand at Hongshang Pass and said in a deep voice: "Hongshang Pass is the best breakthrough point to break through the northern defense line of our Great Qin."

"There are mountains to the south of Hongshang Pass, but there are no more strong passes and fortresses."

"If the Dai army can break through Hongshang Pass, they can cross the mountains to the south from Hongshang Pass, and then advance quickly to Fanwu (around Pingshan County, Hebei) in the southwest."

"As long as the Dai army controls Fanwu, it can use it to control Jingxing and cut off the way for our Great Qin Guanzhong to rush to the old Zhao from the west and northwest."

"Then the Dai army can use Fanwu as a starting point to quickly seize the territory of the old Zhao in the east and south, and even have the hope of regaining Handan City as the capital!"

At first glance, there is no problem with the strategic planning shown by the Dai army.

If the Dai army's strategy can be realized this time, although the Dai army will definitely lose the already dilapidated Dai County, it will regain the core area of ​​the old Zhao.

Blood profit!

But, at first glance, there is nothing wrong.

Ying Chengjiao slid the stick in his hand from Hongshang Pass to Juzhu Pass, and said in a deep voice: "Yes!"

"General Wu and Deputy General Xin Wu are leading 100,000 border troops to guard Juzhu Pass!"

"General Jian and most of the soldiers in Lantian Camp are resting in Xianyang City!"

"Before the Dai army took action, Yang Wengzi led more than 100,000 Qin troops to camp in Pingyuanjin!"

"I will lead 200,000 troops to cross the line of Linzi City!"

"Deputy General Wang leads more than 400,000 comrades to guard Dukang!"

"Do you see the problem?"

Su Jiao's eyes followed the stick in Ying Chengjiao's hand and turned a big circle along Juzhu Pass, Xianyang City, Pingyuanjin, Linzi City and Dukang, and finally followed the stick in Ying Chengjiao's hand back to Hongshang Pass, and exclaimed in astonishment: "Hongshang Pass is at the center of all the troops of my Great Qin!"

Combining the time required for each army to arrive and the status of each army, Hongshang Pass is in a relatively balanced position for each Qin army.

If the Qin army intends to lure the enemy deep into the territory of the Qin army and launch a large-scale battle within the Qin army, then the Hongshang Pass line is definitely the first choice for the Qin army.

But now, Dai Wangjia actually took the initiative to kill Hongshang Pass without the Qin army taking any means to lure the enemy.

What is the difference between this and actively putting his head on the Qin army's sword?

Ying Chengjiao nodded slightly, slapped his palm with the wooden stick in his hand, and said with a complicated look: "Yes!"

"The Dai Wang's military strategy is really a blatant trap!"

"And Hongshang Pass is related to the northern defense line of the Qin army and the safety of Zhao."

"The Qin army cannot let the Dai Wang attack Hongshang Pass without doing anything. It must tighten this net and trap the Dai Wang's troops in the net."

If this is a strategy discussed by the generals of the Qin army, then Ying Chengjiao will applaud.

But now, it is Dai Wangjia who is forcing the Qin army to close the net.

The meaning is completely different!

Su Jiao looked at Ying Chengjiao in shock and said, "Does the commander mean to say..."

"The King of Dai is deliberately luring my Great Qin to surround the King of Dai with heavy troops and start a battle at the Hongshang Pass?!"

"Of course, even if the King of Dai mobilizes all the young and strong men in the country, he only has more than 60,000 soldiers under his command."

"On the other hand, even if General Jian continues to lead the Lantian camp to guard the country, and only General Wu leads the army to join forces with our army, my Great Qin can also invest nearly 800,000 troops to fight the Dai Kingdom at Hongshang Pass."

"Even if the Dai army has many former Qi soldiers, based on our army's strength, combat power, and morale, we can easily defeat the Dai army."

"King of Dai, why is this so?!"

Su Jiao originally thought that the Dai Wangjia's offensive posed a serious threat to the Great Qin, so he forced Ying Chengjiao to return to help quickly.

But now, Su Jiao can no longer understand the Dai Wangjia's thinking.

Isn't this just courting death!

Ying Chengjiao nodded slowly and said, "So, I think the key to this battle lies in the position of Dai Wu'an Jun's troops!"

Ying Chengjiao was basically certain that Dai Wangjia was using him as bait to involve the Qin army's movements.

The real strategic position of the Dai army must fall on Li Mu's shoulders!

Su Jiao scratched his head and said, "Well, didn't the generals of the Qi army, Xue Liang, Tang Ju and others, say that Dai Wu'an Jun wanted to take the Qi troops and rush west, and quickly join forces with the King of Dai, and then turn to attack our Great Qin?"

Ying Chengjiao said in a calm voice, "According to Dai Wu'an Jun's ability, if he really wants to take all the Qi troops, although he can't hold all 600,000 Qi soldiers in his hands, he can at least get more than 550,000 soldiers. It is impossible to make so many Qi troops scatter and flee."

"I think that Dai Wu'an Jun deliberately released the Qi soldiers who were most determined to resist and unwilling to obey Dai Wu'an Jun's orders from the Dai army camp."

"It is not only to reduce the pressure on the Dai army's food and supplies, but also to improve the morale of the Dai army as soon as possible, and to use them to convey news to Qin and Yan."

"Therefore, the news brought back by Xue Liang and other former Qi generals is not credible!"

It is true that the former Qi soldiers are not interested in Dai and are unwilling to fight for Dai.

But will the Xiongnu bandits, mountain bandits and water bandits recruited by the generals, as well as the strong men forcibly conscripted from the people, be willing to fight and kill?

It is the basic skill of a general to use the means of reward and punishment to reorganize the tired soldiers who are unwilling to fight into elite soldiers with high morale.

Ying Chengjiao is sure that if Li Mu is willing to do his best, he must be able to lead at least 550,000 former Qi soldiers to fight Qin.

Now the scene of tens of thousands of Qi soldiers fleeing in all directions is most likely caused by Li Mu's deliberate actions!

Wang Ben said: "As soon as I found out that Dai Wu'an Jun was evacuating Du Kang, I sent scouts to follow and investigate."

"However, Dai Wu'an Jun actually deployed a large number of elite troops to kill our scouts."

"I even suspect that Dai Wu'an Jun personally commanded the Dai army scouts to lure and kill our scouts, completely cutting off the scouts' path of investigation!"

"If Dai Wu'an Jun's marching strategy is really the same as what the Qi generals said, I think Dai Wu'an Jun doesn't need to do this."

"Therefore, I agree with the commander-in-chief's proposal!"

Su Jiao was almost confused by what he heard, and asked blankly: "Dai Wu'an Jun wants to join forces with the King of Dai to attack our Great Qin?"

"Then where does Dai Wu'an Jun want to go?"

Ying Chengjiao and Wang Ben's eyes slowly moved on the Kunyu map, and finally fell on the territory of Yan State at the same time, and said in unison: "Yan State!"

Su Jiao was shocked: "Yan State?"

"Yan and Dai are allies!"

"And the King of Dai openly denounced our Great Qin, denounced the commander, and called on everyone in Dai to join the army to attack Qin to avenge the blood feud."

"How could the Dai army not attack our Great Qin , but turned to attack Yan?"

"Is the King of Dai not afraid of going to war with Qin and Yan at the same time!"

Wang Ben shook his head and said: "Since the King of Yan sent envoys to ask for peace with our Great Qin, the alliance between Yan and Dai has been broken!"

"Now Yan and Dai are no longer allies, but enemies!"

"Although the King of Dai openly called on the people of Dai to fight for revenge, he personally led the country's garrison troops to attack Qin in the south, which was a complete revenge, and did not interfere with his ordering Dai Wu'an Jun to attack Yan."

Ying Chengjiao said in a deep voice: "The King of Dai's current priority is to Dai State seeks food and supplies to support Dai State whose fertile land was destroyed by the earth dragon, rather than simply expanding its territory. "

"Retaking the former Zhao land can indeed boost the morale of the Dai army, but it is of no help to the current predicament of Dai State."

"On the contrary, if we break through Jicheng, we can get the grain stored in the granary of Yandu and make up for the emptiness of Dai."

"I think it is very likely that the King of Dai will personally lead a small army to contain the troops of our Great Qin, and then order Dai Wu'an Jun to attack Yan to seize grain for survival!"

However, after the analysis, Ying Chengjiao and Wang Ben still frowned.

It is very likely that Dai Wu'an Jun will attack Yan, but there are also many tricks that are difficult to explain.

Although there are many difficulties in Dai Wu'an Jun's attack on Qin, it is undeniable that the possibility of Dai Wu'an Jun's attack on Qin does exist!

Wang Ben said cautiously: "Commander! I think that the focus of our army in this battle is not to weaken other countries, but to preserve the strength of our Great Qin, and to buy time for our Great Qin to accumulate national strength and train officials."

"Therefore, I think that even if the possibility of the Dai army attacking Yan is very high, our Great Qin should still take the safety of our Great Qin as the most important!"

"I advise that before we can clearly determine the movements of Dai Wu'an Jun, our army should do its best to defend the country and guard against the harassment of the Dai army!"

Ying Chengjiao's eyes fell on Hongshang Pass again, and after a few breaths of silence, he sighed: "The King of Dai uses himself as a chess piece."

"In this game, our Great Qin has to join!"

As Wang Ben said, even if Ying Chengjiao thinks that the possibility of Dai attacking Yan is greater, what does the attack of Dai against Yan have to do with Great Qin?

Although Ying Chengjiao thinks that the possibility of Dai attacking Qin is small, Dai Wangjia has created an atmosphere of not returning until Xianyang is broken, and he personally led his army south to Hongshang Pass. How can the Qin army ignore it?

No matter what judgment Ying Chengjiao and the generals of the Qin Dynasty made, they had only one choice, that is, to defend the Qin border with all their strength and block the Dai army's front!

Ying Chengjiao gave an order in a deep voice: "Pass on my order!"

"Order Deputy General Wu to lead 30,000 troops to guard Juzhu Pass, and order General Wu to lead 70,000 troops to the south to encircle the King of Dai from the north."

"Order General Duanhe to lead 100,000 troops to encircle the King of Dai from the southeast."

"Order Deputy General Ben to lead 400,000 troops to encircle the King of Dai from the northeast."

"Order General Jian to immediately reorganize the Lantian camp and be ready to go to war at any time!"

"At the moment of war, Deputy General Ben and General Wu will coordinate and make decisions!"

Wang Ben and Meng Wu pulled Yang Duanhe with 570,000 troops to encircle, and Wang Jian was ready to reinforce in the rear.

No matter what Dai Wang Jia and Li Mu planned, Ying Chengjiao believed that the Qin army would never be defeated!

All the generals bowed and said, "Yes!"

Then Wang Ben asked hurriedly, "Where do you want to go, commander?"

Ying Chengjiao said in a deep voice, "I will lead the remaining 180,000 troops back to Du Kang!"