Today, Meng Wu is in a very embarrassing situation. Behind him are hundreds of thousands of allied forces from the two countries who are trapped in the valley and have no way to retreat.
In front of him, the 15 reinforcements commanded by the famous Zhao general Li Mu, known as one of the four great generals of the Shang Dynasty, were coming towards him menacingly.
There are a large number of enemy troops on both sides, and the Qin army caught in the middle can easily fall into the embarrassing situation of being attacked from both sides and being attacked from both sides!
However, even though the situation was so bad, fortunately, thanks to Meng Wu's plan, he still had a certain advantage.
The place where the coalition forces of the two countries are now surrounded is in a mountain forest, and the surrounding terrain is relatively dangerous. And the most important thing is that behind the canyon is a mountain range, which is extremely steep. The front of the valley, the only way out, was blocked by the State of Qin.
The allied forces of the two countries who were trapped inside were like turtles in an urn, with nowhere to go. If they wanted to escape, they could only break through the entrance of the valley where Qin had tightly controlled them.
It's just that the Qin army had already planned a siege, so how could it be so simple? Taniguchi has already briefly set up a simple level.
Some preliminary defensive measures were deployed above, and tens of thousands of Qin troops were there to strictly defend at any time.
There is a steady supply of materials from the Qin State in the rear. The two countries' coalition forces in the valley, who are short of food and clothing and have broken weapons, have no ability to break through this defense.
They were just like the Zhao army at the moment of the Changping Battle. They were once again surrounded in a place with nowhere to escape. They were tightly surrounded by a large number of Qin troops, and in the end they could only starve to death.
But there was one thing they were more fortunate than those Zhao troops in the Changping Battle, and that was that the one who was besieged was not Zhao Kuo, but the respective kings of the two countries.
Moreover, unlike Zhao State before, the two countries did not have the slightest ability to send reinforcements, and the Qin army was not as powerful as before.
No, 150,000 reinforcements sent by the two countries are coming here. Now there are only 130,000 Qin troops left. They will face the 150,000 troops in front who are unscathed, have high morale, and have reinforcements led by the military god Li Mu.
Later, he will face a group of people who are going crazy with hunger. The 100,000 allied forces of the two countries that the author makes a desperate last ditch effort can be said to be extremely dangerous.
As mentioned just now, South Korea and Wei were surrounded in a mountain forest. There were naturally many dangerous points in the mountain forest. Meng Wu relied on these dangerous points to establish three lines of defense.
These defenses relied on the terrain and relied on Qin's extremely advanced equipment to gain the allegiance of the public losers. They quickly failed, and there were natural dangers that were daunting enough.
Meng Wu was ready to defend this place to the death. He planned to starve the 100,000 coalition troops inside to him for a month or two.
Therefore, he only left 30,000 people at the entrance of the valley to defend against the desperate coalition forces of the two countries.
He deployed all the remaining 100,000 Qin troops on these three lines of defense. Relying on the established defense facilities, he planned to block the 100,000 Zhao troops layer by layer and drag them to death here.
As for going out to fight in the city, don't be ridiculous. Although Meng Wu is confident and he is also a first-class general in the world, he does not have such confidence when he is asked to fight against a military god-level figure like Li Mu.
Not to mention that the Qin army was not as numerous as the incoming reinforcements, but the numbers on both sides were similar, and Li Mu, who was better at mobile warfare in the field, was many times superior to the Mengwu in terms of tactical command in the field.
So Mengwu has made up his mind to defend. No matter what, he will stay here and hold back Zhao and Wei. Even if all the hundreds of thousands of Qin troops die, it will be worth it.
In the eyes of the people of the world at that time, the real threats to Qin were divided into three parts.
Part of it is a frontal attack on the Qin army led by Yu Guo. Part of it is the Chu State, which has a vast land and rich resources in the south, and has a deep hatred for the Qin State. The other two countries were Zhao and Wei, which were wreaking havoc in the Central Plains and the North and annexing the most territory of the Qin State.
Now that the two most active countries can be defeated and killed, they will no longer be able to provide any assistance to the coalition forces. For the Qin State, that will be a very happy news.
Time passed very quickly. Meng and Wu's defense lines had just been deployed. During this period, they repelled the counterattack of the Zhao and Wei coalition forces and forced them back into the canyon. However, in less than a month, the reinforcements from Zhao and Wei had already Approaching the mountains where Meng Wu is located.
The war is about to break out. Whether it is for the survival of their own country or the safety of their own king, neither side can take a step back. Death will become normal at this moment.
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At the same time, the two countries Zhao and Wei in the north encountered a serious blockage from Qin, and were suddenly weakened and no longer able to attack.
So Chu, who was in charge of the southern front and attacked Qin alone, naturally suffered more fierce blocking and counterattacks from Qin.
This time, the leader of the southern army was Wang Bi, the son of the military god Wang Jian and an equally famous general from Qin.
His opponent was the only famous general in the Chu Kingdom and one of the most active generals in the late Warring States Period. The extremely arrogant Xiang Yan, the leader of the Xiang clan who was known as the strongest clan in the Chu Kingdom.
In terms of strength at the commander level, Wang Bi and Xiang Yan can be said to be equally matched. Next, they will have to compete based on their respective strengths, that is, the logistics and military strength of both sides.
First of all, due to the different strategies of the Qin State, they planned to break through from the center, that is, to defeat the leader of the entire alliance in one fell swoop, the Han Yanyu Three Kingdoms Alliance Army headed by Yu Guo.
In Qin's view, as long as this main force can be defeated and the leader of the alliance is defeated, the remaining states of Zhao, Wei, and Chu will be nothing more than a ragtag group of people, difficult to look at from head to tail, and can be easily broken up separately.
Therefore, Qin's main army was concentrated on the eastern front battlefield, which was opposite Zhong Yu.
In the central battlefield, the Qin army had a total of 450,000 people, and most of them were elites. The old and weak who came from the forced conquest were distributed to the north and south fronts.
On the southern front, Wang Ben commanded only 300,000 old and weak troops composed of old men and children in their teens or fifties.
In comparison, the Chu State on the opposite side is much better-looking, with a strong army composed of young adults in their twenties and thirties. And many of them had just experienced the battles between Nanyang and Nanjun before, and had extremely rich war experience.
With this kind of powerful strength, if they really go head-to-head on the battlefield, Qin will definitely not be an opponent.
Therefore, Wang Ben adopted a roundabout tactic, constantly setting up obstacles along the way and defending along the cities one by one. And from time to time, some elite troops were mobilized to carry out some local surprise counterattacks, which caused great trouble to Chu's offensive.
(End of chapter)