The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 174

The next day.

The trumpets sounded and the drums sounded to remind Hu Tian, ​​and the August bird flew away.

The smoke and dust fill the air and iron hoofs roll, and those who go to the battlefield to die will not regret it.

In view of wasting too much time on the first day of fighting generals, the two sides tacitly agreed not to fight generals, but chose to go directly to the battle to win.

One side is the front of the 20 Xiliang Army-[-] spearmen; the other side is the vanguard of the [-] Hebei Army-[-] elite cavalry.

The Xiliang army took the lead, and the army marched hand in hand, charging forward in a dense mass. The soldiers held their spears high, urged their horses, and advanced as fast as the wind swept the ground.

Not to be outdone, the Hebei army galloped out with thousands of horses, like a romantic mountain of iron, charging forward head on.

During the march, the soldiers on both sides shouted, their shouts shook the whole world, and their murderous aura rose to the sky.

The ground trembled slightly, and the two torrents collided head-on. The horses staggered and rushed to kill each other. The soldiers at the junction were like ice and snow under the scorching sun, quickly disappearing.

Two armies of the same type, with similar equipment, and similar combat power, fought fiercely in an instant.

Gold and iron clashed, flesh and blood flew, and the tragic fighting scene was breathtaking.

All the people who did not participate in the war watched with awe.

This is war, a ruthless and cold-blooded meat grinder.

Thanks to the speed of the spear and the horse, the Xiliang army is extremely brave.

Although Cheng Yuanzhi continued to use tactics of adding troops and ordered flying spearmen to assist the battle on the flanks.Half an hour later, the Hebei Army gradually fell into a disadvantage.

Fortunately, the Hebei Army brought hundreds of generals this time, and the soldiers fought in groups with each general as the core, so as not to be defeated.

Otherwise, like Cao Cao in the original time and space, hundreds of thousands of troops would be scattered by the Xiliang army, defeated, forced to cut their beards and robes, and flee in a hurry.

Since the first day of this era, Cheng Yuanzhi used the northern iron cavalry as the first imaginary enemy to train soldiers and horses.Therefore, although the Hebei army was at a disadvantage, it did not show its defeat.

The fierce battle lasted for a whole day from morning to afternoon, and from afternoon to dusk.

The number of soldiers participating in the war on both sides ranged from [-] to [-] at the beginning, to [-] to [-] later.

It can be said that except for the soldiers left behind, almost all the troops have been invested.

The sky gradually darkened, the shadows of swords and swords disappeared, and the sound of drums and horns disappeared.

The broken limbs and corpses of people and horses covered every place where soldiers of the two armies fought. Endless blood seeped into the ground, staining the soil red.

In the middle of the night, a preliminary inventory of casualties came out.

The Hebei Army killed 1000 people!

The number of deaths of the Xiliang Army is unknown, and it is estimated to be at least [-].

Both sides lost more than one-tenth of their troops.

And this is just the damage from the first battle.

Too tragic!

In the big tent, Cheng Yuanzhi frowned.

No force is willing to bear such a loss.

Although the battle damage was huge and shocking, if there were no accidents, both sides must bite the bullet and continue to fight this battle.

Can't back down.

It was early autumn and the heat was still there.

The night was dark, and the candles were brightly lit in the big tent. Cheng Yuanzhi was still sleepless, with his hands behind his back, pacing back and forth with a solemn expression.

The inability to sleep was not because of the heat, but because of thinking about ways to defeat the enemy.

Before coming here, he was very ambitious and thought that Ma Teng and Han Sui were mediocre, courageous and intrepid.

After the fight, he kind of wanted to retreat.

The opponent's combat power is too strong, and such a battle is a bit uneconomical to fight.

Guo Jia walked into the camp waving his thin fan, opened his mouth, and stopped talking.

"Feng Xiao, you don't have to hesitate, just say what you have to say."

Cheng Yuanzhi glanced at Guo Jia, and raised his hand to signal the latter to speak up if he had something to say.

Guo Jia stopped shaking his fan and murmured: "My lord, the terrain here is wide open, and many strategies are useless. Only a battle of death and a war of attrition can defeat the enemy."

"I don't know how determined the lord is?"

What Guo Jia meant was that as long as he was determined enough, he would be willing to give up the 20 troops.The Xiliang army can be exhausted by consumption alone.

Cheng Yuanzhi nodded first, agreeing with what Guo Jia said, then shook his head and said, "I want to stop fighting and make peace, what does Feng Xiao think?"

Guo Jia was shocked when he heard the words, "The situation in the battle is extremely anxious, and the whole body will be affected by one stroke. Why did the lord retreat?"

Didn't you fight against all opinions at the beginning and vowed to fight to the death with the Xiliang army, why did you withdraw after only two days of fighting?
In this war, before the winner is decided, it is not possible to retreat if you want to.

At this time, the two sides are like two strong men wrestling, whoever withdraws his strength first, the other side can take advantage of the situation and turn the person who withdraws first into flying ashes.

What's more, to the east of Anding County is the Guanzhong Plain for eight hundred miles. There is a flat river in the wilderness, and there is no danger to defend.If our army is on the way to retreat, the opponent's more than 8 Xiliang cavalry come to chase, and when the horses charge up at high speed, who can stop it?

Use the flesh and blood of Hebei soldiers?Wouldn't the 18 soldiers and horses be killed indiscriminately?

Unlike Guo Jia's shock, Cheng Yuanzhi was very calm.

Although the main purpose of this Western Expedition was to subdue Ma Teng and Han Sui, the war was not limited to fighting with weapons.

If you can't win, just negotiate. Relying on negotiation, you can also get back the victory you didn't win on the battlefield. This method is commonly known as "diplomatic blackmail".

Diplomatic blackmail is also a manifestation of war.

In history, there are many cases where people could not fight head-on, or felt that the loss was too great and did not want to fight, but achieved their goals through diplomatic means.

During the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Song and Liao countries signed the Chanyuan Alliance, agreeing that the two sides are brothers, and the monarch of which country is older will be the elder brother, and the younger one will be the younger brother.

This was originally an equal agreement, but the Liao Kingdom had always been eyeing the Song Dynasty and always wanted to take a piece of meat from the south.

When Song Renzong arrived, the Liao Kingdom took advantage of the military conflict between the Song Dynasty and Xixia. Seeing the opportunity, the Liao Kingdom immediately took advantage of the fire to loot and blackmail the Song Dynasty.

First of all, the Liao Kingdom believed that there was an objection to the delineation of the border, and it used the pretext of renegotiating the national border, increasing troops on the border, and threatening force.

Then asked the Song Dynasty to send envoys to negotiate.

Although the border between the two countries has been agreed long ago, it is clearly written in black and white.But the Song Dynasty was still forced to send envoys to Liao to negotiate.

During the negotiation process, the scholar Shen Kuo prepared a large amount of literature and materials, and with sufficient arguments, he was speechless when he refuted the Liao side.

However, the emperor of Liao still insisted on threatening with the backing of force.The dialogue between the two parties is as follows:
Song Envoy: "This border agreement is clearly written in black and white. Your request is unreasonable, and I, Da Song, do not agree!"

Lord Liao: "Then I don't care. I will renegotiate the border. I want the six counties near our border. Otherwise, I will immediately send troops to beat you!"

Song Envoy: "We have the Chanyuan Alliance, and we are brothers and friends. It is not moral for you to do so."

Lord Liao: "How much is morality worth? Is it worth six counties? Anyway, you have seen that the [-] cavalry of Daliao have already been placed on the border. If you don't give it, I will beat you!"

Song Envoy: "If you abide by morality, we can give you money."

Lord Liao: "How much?"

Song Envoy: "10 taels."

Lord Liao: "The number is too small. You are sending beggars and humiliating me. I will beat you!"

Song Envoy: "20 taels, there is really nothing more, and the landlord's family can't earn so much in a year."

Lord Liao: "Deal!"

In the end, Song Renzong adopted the policy of spending money to buy peace and added 20 years old coins to the Liao Kingdom.

The Liao Kingdom did not spend a single soldier, and did not even move its buttocks (the envoy of the Song Dynasty went to the Liao Kingdom in person), but only moved its lips, and successfully achieved the goal that the war could achieve.

This is exactly the same as the nuclear blackmail of later generations, when countries with atomic bombs bully countries without atomic bombs, saying "If you are disobedient, I will throw atomic bombs at your house".

What Cheng Yuanzhi is thinking at the moment is to blackmail Ma Teng and Han Sui into a war.

I can't beat your Xiliang soldiers, but it doesn't matter, I have some people and some soldiers, if I can't beat you, I just add more troops.

How many people do you have in Xiliang?With a population of only a few hundred thousand at the top of the sky, having one hundred thousand soldiers and horses is already the ultimate.

How many people are there in my six prefectures in Hebei?Tens of millions of people!There are millions of soldiers and horses.

Even if Ma Teng and Han Sui spent 20 soldiers and horses to wipe out all 80 soldiers and horses in Hebei, there will still be [-] soldiers and horses in Hebei.

However, you Ma Teng and Han Sui have no troops.

When the time comes, hum...

Cheng Yuanzhi planned to ask Agudo to be the lobbyist, persuade Ma Teng and Han Sui to admit defeat, obediently hand over the hostages and territory, and then stay in Xiliang honestly.

After Guo Jia heard the whole plan, he was dumbfounded.Stunned, the feather fan dropped to the ground.

It turns out that wars can still be fought like this.

(End of this chapter)