Chapter 63 Gambling
Xiong Han was sent away on the same day - according to the previous trade plan, a Suzaku-class flying scissor was built for every ten Taotie-class sea boats built. However, this matter changed due to insufficient strength of Suzaku-class. As of last year, the Zaofu had only launched (renovated) twelve new Suzaku-class ships. These twelve new Suzaku-class ships were distributed in various oceans. As a contact boat, Xiong Han would take one of them to Xinying.
Xiong Jing was helpless when he drove his younger brother away. He didn't want him to die on this battlefield. Ele, Peng Zong and others knew his thoughts. After seeing Xiong Han leave, Xiong Jing was still frowning and quickly turned back to the original topic of discussion: whether to attack the Shahai Camp under the frozen winter in winter.
Whether it is the rescue of the Daliang siege or the migration of Penglai, the root of these problems is the Qin army. As long as the Qin army is defeated, all problems will be solved. In winter, riding the frozen water seeds into the Shahai camp, the Qin army may flee in panic like the time in Linzi, or they may hold on to the decisive battle with the Chu army. The Qin army had 600,000 people (the cavalry saw sixty Duwei flags), which was ten times that of the Chu army and six times that of the three-country coalition forces of the Chu Wei and Zhao.
These 600,000 people are not mobs. If they are mobs, one million people will be fearless. The Qin army is a established military organization, and the generals are the old and strong Wang Jian. They are not simply infantrymen. After the Battle of Shashui, the Qin army had nearly 30,000 cavalry, and the number is still twice that of the Chu army. Relying on a larger number, the Qin army cavalry offset the advantage of the dragon cavalry of the Chu army. If you don’t pay attention, the Qin army cavalry will bite back.
"I think it's wrong." Peng Zong continued the previous topic with a clear cough. "Our army attacked and pulled out the sand sea. Wang Jian could fight or retreat. If you don't say anything, what about the battle? Moreover, if the battle is over, the Yue army should be summoned to Qifeng. The troops of Lu, Song, Ba, and Yue should also be summoned to Qifeng. The troops of Qiang land should not eat Longxi and retreat to Qiang land, but should attack Guanzhong in Longxi and go straight to Xianyang.
Qi surrendered to the Qin people, and the King of Qi was relegated to Qi. Qi had been hating Qin for a long time. I should send envoys to Qi again and lobby the people of Qi. The Qi army did not help me, nor should I harm me. In this way, Muling Pass could not be defended, and this was a decisive relationship with the Qin army. It was inappropriate that only the Qifeng army and the Wei and Zhao army attacked the Shahai, and the Qin army fought with me.
"In my opinion, I should not attack Qin but resist Qin to attack me." The E-Shima Sima E Cao and Naojiu had an idea. Now is the time to drag the Qin army to death, not the time to kill the Qin army. "The King of Qin ordered the Qi people to offer millions of stones in the valley of Dongzhou, which is a sign of shortage of food. If this battle can be delayed until next year and next year, the Qin people will be defeated."
"Our army attacked Guanzhong four years ago, and billions of stones of corn were burned in Xianyang's warehouse. Since Qin destroyed Zhao, it has been nine years since the war, and the Qin people have accumulated grains. Since the Battle of Weinan, our army has killed more than 500,000 Qin people, and the Zhao army killed more than 200,000 Qin people. The number of people in Yu died several times in the army is that the Qin people are over." Dou Chang reminds everyone of the continuous battles to consume food and fodder and the soldiers. "Our soldiers have lived in Qifeng for a long time, but the morale of the Qin people is lazy, but the Qin people are at the end of their strength. The longer the time, the less food and fodder. Therefore, I think that it is necessary to lift the siege of Daliang, but it is absolutely impossible to be with the Qin army."
"It is indeed not necessary to fight quickly with the Qin people..." The Huainan Division led Hou Ruozhou also said. As soon as he spoke, all eight divisions outside the Ying Division opposed the attack on the Shahai Camp. Deng Sui, the general of the Ying Division, had to look at Xiong Jing on Ao Xi, and he said: "If you fight, the Yue, Song, Lu, and Ba troops should be summoned to Qifeng quickly. In this way, our army has 140,000 people, plus the Wei and Zhao armies, nearly 200,000 people; if you don't fight, you can lift the siege of Daliang, but you can't fight with the Qin army."
"If we fight, it should be like this." Zhuang Wudi also spoke. "Although our army won the battle of Shashui, our army's enemy was only 100,000 rear troops, not 300,000 Qin troops. If we attacked the Shashui Sea, we would not gather the troops from all over the country, otherwise..."
Sima of each army said that the Qin people were short of food, and the Qin army was short of men and strong. In fact, Xiong Jing's idea was to attack the sand sea with the soldiers of the 12th Division, rather than concentrating all the concentrated troops. However, after this discussion, he did have an ambiguous problem because of underestimating the enemy. He either had a decisive battle or did not. If he had a decisive battle, he had to concentrate all his troops, instead of relying solely on the Chu army of the 12th Division, which was open to the seal, and he imagined that Wang Jian would flee like Linzi back then.
"I have another thing." Peng Zong was not afraid of offending Xiong Jing, so he continued to point out that Xiong Jing was inappropriate in attacking the Shahai. "Is our army stationed in Qifeng? Is it Weiguo? If the Weiguo moved the people to Penglai, they should not fight with the Qin people. Even if they were fighting, they should be the Qin people attacking me, not me attacking the Qin people. If they defeat Qin, how can they ask the Grand Sima Mansion defeat Qin?"
Since it was a battle, Yin Li, the Minister of the Operations Department, was also present, but he rarely spoke during this battle. Peng Zong's words made all his eyes look at him, and at this time he still said nothing. The general led Sima suddenly looked at each other and vaguely felt that it was probably not the idea of attacking the Shahai Camp, but Xiong Jing's idea.
"I think Da Ao should make a choice." Peng Zong was not worried about angering Xiong Jing, and continued. "With my current situation, I should defend the country rather than seek victory. The later I fought with the Qin people, the more people who migrated to Penglai would be."
"The Qin people are common people, and the nature of common people is different from that of noble people. A noble person will fight for his life if he is humiliated lightly, and a common person will accept it if he is humiliated lightly. However, if he is bound to die, the noble person will accept it safely. The common people will ignore the bottom line and swear to die with others." After Peng Zong said that, Xiong Jing began to speak, and everyone looked at him and listened quietly. The Simas were all nobles. They did not understand the common people. Xiong Jing understood that he knew very well what choices would be made for the common people facing a dead end.
"So, I say that with the nature of the Qin people, if there is a shortage of food, I will fight back. Instead of waiting for the Qin people to prepare everything and attack me, it is better for me to attack Qin while the Qin people are not prepared."
"In this way, we should gather all the teachers to Qifeng." Zhuang Wudi first reacted. "If the Qin people had finished their food and attacked me, I would be prepared."
"If the Qin people are exhausted and attacked me, we should summon all the troops to Qifeng, but what will the Qin people have to eat?" E Cao asked. "The third division of Lu Song Ba insists on its territory, so what if it is not summoned? Or the Qin people are summoned to Qifeng, but the Qin people have not finished their food, so what if it is to take this opportunity to attack the three places?" E Cao asked several questions in a row, and he finally said: "In the opinion of my ministers, the Qi people must not be trusted. Once the Lu army evacuated Muling Pass, the Qi army will occupy it."
After E Cao said that, everyone nodded. Not to mention the Qi people, they would talk about the problem of the Qin people's food being exhausted. If the Qin people could not have enough food and fodder, they would definitely take the opportunity to invade the three places of Lu Songba.
Chapter completed!