Bad people in Qin Dynasty

Chapter 196 The Essence of the Art of War
Not to mention Wei's plan, Tian Hao used Dahei to swim along the Wei River to the Yellow River, and then transferred from the Yellow River to Luoshui.

Because the sections of the Weihe River and the Yellow River itself are just flowing down the river, it is much easier and faster. At the same time, there are many swimming fish in the river. It can be said that Dahei eats all the way, and never stops with his big mouth.

"Huh? Why is there a fire over there?"

When the big black head came up to the surface to take a breath, Tian Hao looked up and found a fire to the south. Judging from the distance, it was more than ten miles away. It could be seen from such a long distance, which showed how big the fire was.

Of course, the main reason is that it is so conspicuous at night, and you will definitely not be able to see it during the day.

"That should be Gongcheng. Could it be that they have already invaded and killed people and set fire to it?"

Recalling the topographic map he had seen before setting off, Tian Hao was roughly sure that Gongcheng should be there, which was the capital of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

"Dahei, speed up."

Tian Hao said to Dahei below him that he didn't want to be late and let those people escape.

Dahei understood and rushed along the Luohe River. It didn't take long before he arrived at a fork. There was a tributary. Tian Hao had seen this tributary on the map, leading directly to Gongcheng, and even Gongcheng. The source of the city moat.

"Stop."

Suddenly a voice came from the water. The familiar voice told Tian Hao that it was his master, the Six-Fingered Black Man.

"What's going on over there?"

Signaling Dahei to surface, Tian Hao looked at the increasingly obvious fire over there.

"The food and grass of the Qin army were burned."

The Six-fingered Black Man was also looking over there and started to explain.

They rode the machine Black Bird at a faster speed. They just went there and walked around in person, and roughly understood what happened.

"Is Meng Ao such a good person?"

Tian Hao was shocked. As far as he knew, Meng Ao was one of the few generals in Qin's generation, and he was only one level lower than Bai Qi. This kind of veteran made people burn their food and grass within a few days. Are you laughing?
"The food and grass are completely burned. Even if they are rescued, they won't be able to survive for a few days."

After revealing the doubts he had discovered before, Six Finger Black Man understood that it was definitely not that simple.

"Did someone do it?"

Tian Hao thought deeply and understood that it must be an internal problem, otherwise it would be impossible for outsiders to burn all the food and grass in the Qin army camp. After all, Meng Ao was not a fool.

"Let's go see General Meng first."

"Ok!"

The six-fingered black man responded and jumped to the river, with Tian Hao following closely behind and Dahei sinking his head into the water to avoid being discovered.

Mrs. Xu, Tianze and others are around to prevent anyone from coming over or hiding here.

The Six-Fingered Black Man had already figured out this place, including the Qin Army's open and hidden sentries, and coupled with the ability of the Sun Covering Sword to distort light, he easily led Tian Hao to the Qin Army's central ledger.

In the main tent of the Chinese army, Meng Ao sent away all the generals who came over and sat with his son Meng Wu and his two grandsons.

"This must be Lu Buwei's fault."

Meng Wu was very angry and guessed that Lu Buwei was causing trouble, otherwise the food and grass would not have been burned so comprehensively, and the buckets and tanks used to store water in the military camp happened to be damaged, so they could not put out the fire in time. Everything turned out to be done by insiders.

But this [-]-strong army was brought over by his father from the Qin-Zhao border. He had been led by his father for several years and they all knew the situation well. It couldn't be these people, so the problem could only lie with Lu Buwei.

What's more, just now Lu Buwei came over and proposed to storm Gongcheng and rob the food supply army inside. What kind of intentions he had was clearly revealed.

"Tian'er, what do you think?"

Looking at his son who was already furious, Meng Ao sighed slightly and turned to ask his eldest grandson.

The son himself has a hot temper. Even after so many years of training, he still hasn't corrected himself. When a critical moment comes, he will get angry and angry. This is a taboo for military strategists.

The boy was hopeless, but fortunately he was given two good grandchildren.

“The teacher once said that many things have two sides, and weaknesses and strengths can be transformed under certain conditions.

Sun'er believed that this matter was both a crisis and an opportunity for us. Presumably, people in Gongcheng already knew that our food and grass had been burned, or else the Wei army would also know about it, so that we could take advantage of this to take the initiative in combat and make arrangements in advance.

But with Lu Buwei's behavior, he might not be the same as our Meng clan in the future. "

Meng Tian replied calmly. He was indeed anxious at first, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was nothing. Especially when he saw his grandfather's indifferent expression from beginning to end, he knew that he might have thought of it together.

"Yier, what do you think?"

Meng Ao did not comment on this, and turned to his second grandson Mengyi.

Compared to the eldest grandson Mengtian who was more interested in military affairs, this second grandson was more interested in civil servants and both had great potential.

"Lu Buwei does things unscrupulously. If he doesn't like him, he will definitely do more terrible things. At this time, the king still needs him to deal with the Chu family. Even if there is evidence, he can't be moved. This time, he can only follow him. I want a quick victory."

Meng Yi glanced at his brother, thought for a moment and expressed his opinion.

He is usually more interested in government affairs and knows more about it. If you combine it, you can guess Lu Buwei's thoughts on doing this.

"Tian'er, if you have the opportunity in the future, I will recommend you to your teacher as your younger brother."

Meng Ao also didn't comment, but he asked Meng Tian to take Meng Yi over to become a disciple. Meng Yi's face suddenly collapsed, knowing that his grandfather was not satisfied with his answer this time.

"Old General Meng thinks so highly of me."

At this time, a voice sounded, and everyone looked up and found that there was someone sitting next to Meng Wu, eating the night food in front of Meng Wu.

"teacher!"

Seeing the familiar face of the visitor, Meng Tian quickly stood up and saluted, looking very happy.

The teacher did not take him to Longxi at first, but stayed with his father to practice. He did not expect to see the teacher so soon.

Meng Yi followed his brother and stood up to salute, while looking at the burly figure curiously.

"Tian'er has grown taller again!"

After swallowing the noodles in his mouth, Tian Hao smiled at Meng Tian.

"Brother...Master Hou, why are you here?"

Meng Wu was also very surprised and didn't understand why this person suddenly came here.

"Call me Marquis to get married. In private, brother, you can still call me brother as before. I came here this time to deal with some enemies in advance."

Tian Hao smiled. This time he and Meng Ao's family had the same goal.

"Huang Tianhou, I finally meet you. You are indeed a formidable person."

Meng Ao, who had been sizing him up, sighed with emotion. He had heard of Huang Tianhou’s deeds before, especially from his eldest grandson. What this man did made him feel incredible, especially when he was not even ten years old. He was granted the title of Marquis of Guannei at the age of [-]. Lord Wu An at that time did not have such an achievement at this age.

"Juniors have been fascinated by General Meng for a long time. Today, when we meet him, he is truly worthy of his reputation."

Tian Hao bowed his hand to Meng Ao. This was a veteran of the same generation as Bai Qi, so he must be respected.

"What do I have to be fascinated by?"

Meng Ao smiled. He could see that Tian Hao was not perfunctory. He was also very happy to be respected by such a young and talented man.

"We are all our own people, so I won't make any detours. I came here mainly to kill the Hanguang Sword Master. I would like to ask General Meng to cooperate with me."

Without any further nonsense, Tian Hao got straight to the point and stated his intention.

Naturally, he would not stupidly rush in and fight alone. Since there were [-] friendly troops here, he naturally had to take advantage of them. At least he had to take down the bed crossbows on the top of the four walls, so as not to limit Yan Lingji's performance.

"The master of the Hanguang Sword who dares to assassinate the sacred beast that protects our country in Great Qin is the enemy of our entire Great Qin. He will die in this battle!"

With a cold look on his face, Meng Ao agreed to this matter. That was also the goal given to him by the king. He must kill the master of the Hanguang Sword. It was a good thing that Huang Tianhou came over this time.

He was worried that he couldn't find a way to restrain the Hanguang Sword Master. After all, he was a strong man in the heavenly realm, so it would be difficult to restrain and surround him.

"Tian'er, tell your teacher about the current situation."

After signaling to Changsun, Meng Ao had some thoughts on the current situation, but he still wanted to hear Huang Tianhou's thoughts.

Although this man has been using strange and dangerous methods to fight in the Baiyue War, it is also a kind of military art.

I am good at frontal combat, and I can be regarded as the righteous in the art of war. I just need a wizard to complement it, so that the combination of odd and positive can arrange a flawless battle situation.

Meng Tian did not waste any time and gave the current information in detail, including some information about Eastern Zhou State and Gongcheng, as well as the affairs of Lu Buwei and Wei State.

"Do you have a topographic map?"

Tian Hao asked. Their main focus before was on the Longxi area. The terrain there was very detailed, but it was much different in other places. Especially these foreign sites, they could only get a rough idea. "some."

Meng Tian stood up and walked to the side of his grandfather, took down several templates and spliced ​​them together to form a topographic map.

Ever since he learned how to draw this kind of topographic map from his teacher, he would collect information about the surrounding terrain wherever he went and then draw it. Naturally, there was one here, even part of Wei State.

"South Korea has a piece of land here, which is stuck between the Wei State and the Eastern Zhou State, and a pass has been established based on the terrain. It will be difficult for the Wei State to break through the pass in a short time. They will definitely use the Yellow River to bypass this area. There is only one ferry here in the area.”

Pointing to the above places to explain to the teacher, Meng Tian had already guessed Wei Guo's possible response.

"How many ships do you have in your collection?"

After looking at the topographic map, Tian Hao suddenly asked, having some ideas in his mind.

"It's enough to carry 1 people, but our army is not good at water battles and can only barely row the boats, and most of them are just small boats, which are not conducive to water battles."

Meng Yi said, he is responsible for this.

He and his eldest brother work together in civil and military affairs. The eldest brother is in charge of the troops and he is in charge of the logistics.

"You don't need to know how to fight in water, just being able to spear fish will be enough. Tomorrow morning, we will select [-] soldiers who are barely able to swim and take a boat to Luoshui to spear fish with long halberds."

Tian Hao said, let those people practice before the war starts, so as not to make a fool of themselves then.

"Tian'er, you are responsible for this."

Meng Ao didn't ask much about the reason and directly gave the order to Changsun.

Although the eldest grandson is young, he grew up in the army and was carefully taught by himself. He is already considered a general. He is not close to leading troops to fight, but he is more than enough to lead people to spear fish.

"General Meng, next we have to send [-] troops, [-] shield soldiers, [-] spearmen, and [-] archers to the ferry to form a solid defensive line. We also have to send the Golden Fire Cavalry to force Wei The soldiers gathered together and came together to seize the ferry."

Pointing towards the only ferry nearby, Tian Hao wanted to kill Wei Wuzu here.

"You want to kill Wei Wu soldiers in the Yellow River?"

After looking at the topographic map for a while, Meng Ao seemed to have thought of something, and his old eyes stared suddenly.

"Did you bring the black dragon?"

This posture was completely designed to kill Wei Wu's soldiers in the water. Even letting the 1 people practice spearfishing must have been to clean up the battlefield after the war and kill the remaining Wei Wu soldiers.

If you want to do this, you can only rely on the power of the black dragon. Those behemoths in the water are absolutely invincible.

Tian Hao smiled and nodded. He really wanted to use Dahei to kill Wei Wuzu. He didn't need to confront Wei Wuzu directly. He just had to destroy the boat Wei Wuzu was riding and let him fall into the water.

With the weight of that heavy armor, even a person with good water skills would have to sink to the bottom of the water.

"Okay, I will cooperate fully with you in this battle!"

With a flash of light in his old eyes, Meng Ao immediately threw away the countermeasure he had thought up before. Although he had a way to fight against Wei Wuzu, there would definitely be a lot of casualties. Compared with this method, which can almost have zero casualties. Not even close.

"As long as Brother Mengwu is in charge there. Old General, please also launch an attack on Gongcheng at the same time to attract some people's attention here. We can also have fewer variables over there, that is, whether these 5 people can carry it. Can you live there?"

Tian Hao is a little worried about Meng Ao's side. At that time, the Golden Fire Cavalry will be sent back to support at most, which will only be 6 people.

You must know that according to what Meng Tian said, there are [-] troops in Gong City, and there are also some troops in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. It would be very troublesome to gather them together.

"Isn't there still a snare?"

Meng Ao sneered and said, "Lu Buwei wants a quick victory, so how can he do it without putting in some effort?"

"That's true."

Tian Hao nodded in agreement. It would be unreasonable for the father-in-law to not do anything. After all, military achievements cannot be wasted.

"After capturing the city head, prioritize destroying the siege crossbows. Black Dragon and I will return as soon as possible and launch a general attack when we arrive."

"You want the black dragon to attack the city?"

With his brows furrowed, Meng Ao felt that it was too risky. After all, the Eastern Zhou Dynasty had the Light Sword Master, and he would really die if he was attacked by the black dragon again.

The value of an Eastern Zhou country was far inferior to that of Black Dragon. He didn't want Black Dragon to make a mistake here. He couldn't bear the responsibility.

"We specially got a set of armor for the black dragon. It's very thick and can't be cut through."

Tian Hao patted his chest as a guarantee. This kind of steel could be tested by Master Six Finger Black Man himself. Even if he was ready to explode, it would be difficult to cut through it, not to mention that Da Hei had improved a lot in the past few months.

"Then the war will begin in three days."

Seeing what Tian Hao said, Meng Ao decisively set a date for the war.

Not only did the [-] soldiers have to practice fishing, he also had to be prepared to attack the city. He first used trebuchets to destroy the opponent's city wall to put some pressure on Wei.

He also saw that the King of Wei wanted to take the opportunity to annex the Eastern Zhou Kingdom, so he would definitely not let them capture Gong City, otherwise it would be difficult for the Wei army to defeat them even if they came over.

Although there is only three days' worth of food and grass left, if an army of [-] spearfishes, there will be some gains no matter what, and they can last for an extra day or two.

"There are too many people watching here, including Lu Buwei and Luo Wang. The junior will stay soon. We will see you in three days.

By the way, General Meng will pay attention when the time comes and be sure to destroy all the bed crossbows at the top of the city. Some people may be unreliable. "

After discussing some details, Tian Hao stood up and left. The six-fingered black man who had been standing by the side used the ability of the unity of heaven and man and the sun-shielding sword to bring him in. The two left as quietly as they came.

"What do you think?"

With a smile on his face, Meng Ao asked with a smile.

Before, he could only guarantee a tragic victory. After the war, he would have to lose at least [-] troops. If the Wei side wanted to fight to the death, the casualties would probably be more than half.

But now that Huang Tianhou has joined, he is confident that the damage can be reduced to less than [-], which will be a big victory.

"Flawless!"

Meng Tian stared at the topographic map and thought for a while. He used the method of empathy that the teacher said to think from Wei Guo's point of view, but it was difficult to see through it, at least within three days.

"King Wei will urge you."

Meng Yi thought for a while, thinking from the perspective of the Wei court, and felt that the King of Wei would be very anxious by then.

"I'm afraid my father's offensive must be at a certain pace."

After calming down, Meng Wu also understood that his father's task was the most important, and he needed to control the rhythm of the siege in order to guide Wei Wu's soldiers to cross the river by boat to start the battle.

However, it is not difficult to do this with my father's ability and means. From the beginning, Gong Cheng and Wei Guo were all calculated, so that they could unknowingly enter the trap. I am afraid they may not understand it until they die.

"The core of these plans lies in the word greed. King Wei's greed is destined to be the fatal flaw of the Wei army. Huang Tianhou saw this and arranged such a dead end. Once the ships and Wei soldiers were not transferred, the remaining It is even more impossible for the Wei army to fight over. There are 3 people stationed on the ferry, which is safe enough.

The most important thing is that this battle can minimize our losses and defeat the opponent at the minimum cost. This is the essence of the art of war. "

Expressing his understanding, Meng Ao had some understanding of Huang Tianhou's mental ability. Although this idea seemed simple, it was difficult to make mistakes because of its simplicity.

"But the relationship between Brother Tian and Na Lu Buwei..."

Meng Wu was a little worried. They already knew that Princess Huayun, whom the king granted marriage to, was Lu Buwei's daughter, and she was the one she loved the most.

In other words, Lu Buwei is Huang Tianhou Tian Hao's father-in-law. This relationship always makes people feel uneasy.

"Is that the kind of person a woman can influence?"

He asked back with a sneer. Although Meng Ao had just met that junior for the first time, he could tell that he was a determined person. It might be hard to predict when Princess Huayun would give birth to a child in the future, but it would definitely not affect her at this stage. that.

The thing of beauty can only influence those who are not determined, and for the real superiors, it is nothing more than a plaything in their spare time.

Thinking back on Brother Tian's past actions, it felt like this when Meng Wu smashed his mouth.

"You will lead your army to the ferry tomorrow and show your anger. Don't expose any flaws."

Seeing the son shaking his head again, Meng Ao was ready to send him away as soon as possible. This guy was far inferior to his two grandsons.

"Grandpa, does the teacher's last sentence mean that the snare may become our enemy?"

Meng Tian, ​​who had been thinking about it, suddenly asked, always feeling that there was something wrong with the teacher's last instruction.

"The snare has never belonged to our Great Qin, and our army of [-] people is not really made of one coin."

He said meaningfully, Meng Ao was also very wary of killer organizations like Luo Wang. For example, the burning of military rations must have been done by Lu Buwei under orders of Luo Wang. This proved that in Luo Wang's eyes, the Qin State was nothing. You can be an enemy at any time if necessary.

And being able to do so without leaving any clues proves that the [-]-strong army he leads has some problems of its own.

(End of this chapter)