My brother Ying Zheng, who dares to kill me?.

Chapter 915: Our army is not a pitiful army, but the Qin army is! It is not a conspiracy, but an open conspiracy!
same day.

Linle, the allied forces camp.

More than 600,000 allied forces from Dai, Qi and Yan were stationed here.

But the whole camp seemed exceptionally quiet, without any atmosphere of war and battle, but instead was filled with a feeling of cowardice and sadness.

The soldiers on duty walked around numbly, and the soldiers who were resting sat on the ground casually, with sadness or death in their eyes.

Almost all the soldiers had comrades, fellow villagers and even relatives who died in this battle.

Even those soldiers who were lucky enough not to have their relatives die in this battle were filled with despair about their future.

If crying was not a crime in the army, Li Mu had no doubt that the sound of wailing would be endless in the allied camp at this moment!
Retracting his gaze from the soldiers, Li Mu asked in a low voice: "Has the news that Zheng Xian and other immortals were captured alive by the enemy been completely blocked?"

Tian Sheng also lowered his voice and answered: "All those who knew about this have been secretly sent back to the country. They will be placed under house arrest in Linzi until the end of this war. They are not allowed to talk to anyone."

"According to the investigation of the scouts, the Qin army did not publicize this matter."

"Moreover, many soldiers witnessed the immortals leaving the army. Even if the immortals do not return for a long time, the soldiers will not be suspicious."

"I think there is no need to worry about this matter spreading for the time being."

As he spoke, Tian Sheng was still a little surprised.

He thought it would be difficult to block the news, but Tian Sheng never expected that the Qin army did nothing after capturing the eight immortals alive, as if they had captured not eight immortals but eight pawns!
Tian Sheng couldn't understand it, but he was very grateful.

Li Mu nodded and said, "Once the news that Zheng Xian and other immortals were captured alive by the enemy spreads among our army, our already precarious morale will collapse again."

"General Tian, ​​please take more care of this matter."

Tian Sheng nodded in agreement and said with emotion: "I still find it hard to believe that you immortals were captured alive by the enemy!"

"That's an immortal!"

Li Mu's eyes were cold.

Now Li Mu is basically certain that Zheng Anqi and others are just a group of liars!
Li Mu only hated himself for being deceived by Zheng Anqi and others, and not killing them as a sacrifice as soon as he became suspicious of them, which led to such a hidden danger for the coalition forces!
Li Mu firmly skipped the topic and said in a deep voice: "The damage done to our army's morale by the two major defeats and the Earth Dragon's reversal will not be easily healed."

"I think our army needs at least two months of rest before morale can return to normal."

"Please ask the Yan and Qi countries to prepare the baggage and supplies for a long-term defense, and also prepare some meat to send to the front line."

King Yan frowned slightly: "After two months of rest, our army's morale can only return to normal?"

"How long will it take to raise our army's morale to its peak?"

Li Mu glanced at King Xi of Yan and said calmly and firmly, "One year."

King Yan was surprised: "One year?"

"As the Art of War says, the army of sorrow will always win!"

"Our army is now in a desperate situation, why can't we form a situation where the desperate situation will lead to victory?"

Li Mu glanced at King Xi of Yan and said calmly, "The sorrow of the victorious soldiers is the sorrow of grief and indignation, not the sorrow of cowardice."

"If the King of Yan, I, Deputy General Tian, ​​or the respected people of Dai, Qi, and Yan were poisoned, ambushed, or assassinated by Qin, and our soldiers were not seriously injured, our army would be in mourning."

"Now our army is not a pitiful army, but a cowardly army that has been defeated in every battle."

"On the other hand, the Qin army is filled with grief and anger because the King of Qin was assassinated and their allies betrayed their alliance!"

Not everyone who loses the war is a defeated soldier. The prerequisite for being a defeated soldier is to be reasonable!
If the conditions of a mournful army were so easy to achieve, King Xi of Yan would have dominated the world long ago!
Yan Wangxi's eyes flashed with shame, and he turned to ask: "Persisting in waiting for a good opportunity for a year is a huge pressure on the logistics of our Great Yan."

"May I ask if Dai Wu'an Jun has any good ideas to shorten the time it takes for our soldiers to recover their morale?"

Li Mu said frankly: "I have no plan to restore the morale of our army."

"By the end of this year, if the Earth Dragon has not risen again, the story of Qin Chang'an Jun commanding the Earth Dragon will be broken, and our soldiers will no longer be afraid of Qin Chang'an Jun. The morale of our army will naturally return to its peak, and the morale of the Qin army will naturally fall to the bottom."

"The rise and fall of morale is not up to me, but to Qin Chang'an!"

The rise and fall of morale depends on whether Dilong will obey Ying Chengjiao's orders?

King Xi of Yan had even lowered his hopes for the coalition's victory. He weighed the pros and cons in his mind and said in a deep voice, "I will send a message to the court today to send money, food and meat to the army."

Tian Sheng hurriedly bowed: "The same goes for me!"

Li Mu nodded slightly and said, "Inform all the generals in the army who have more than 2,500 commanders and local good men (2,000 men under their command)."

"In the next two months, our army's only mission is to hold on. Do not take the initiative to send troops out because of the enemy's provocation or seduction!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of horse hooves exploded.

Li Mu immediately turned around and saw more than fifty scouts and messengers riding their horses straight into the military camp.

Ten feet in front of Li Mu, they all dismounted. A group of scouts and messengers quickly ran to Li Mu, bowed and shouted, "General!" "The Qin general Meng Tian led 30,000 troops to attack our Gandao City. Please send troops to help!"

"Qin General Dong Yi is leading 20,000 troops to attack our Quzhou City. Please send troops to help!"

"Qin General Feng Wuze is leading an army of 40,000 soldiers northward along the west side of Linle City, heading towards Fangcheng!"

"General Qin..."

In just one hour, scouts and messengers brought back information on the movements of the six Qin armies.

Taking into account the round-trip distance and reconnaissance range, the actual number of Qin troops would be at least twice as many!
Tian Sheng was stunned, and then a strong sense of vigilance rose in his heart: "Indeed, the Qin army is brave and elite, and they have Qin Chang'an Jun as their commander."

"But the Qin army is already inferior to ours in strength, so why are they still dividing their forces and attacking so crazily?"

"What exactly does Qin Chang'an want to do?!"

For the weaker side, dividing the troops will undoubtedly aggravate this weakness.

Continuing to fight together as before is the most advantageous tactic for the Qin army.

Tian Sheng totally couldn't understand why Ying Chengjiao would divide his troops so crazily!
King Xi of Yan said confidently: "Qin Chang'an must have a conspiracy behind this move!"

However, Li Mu shook his head and sighed softly: "Qin Chang'an's move is an open conspiracy."

Looking at the Kunyu map, the movements of the Qin army emerged in his mind. Li Mu said in a complicated voice: "Although our army has not yet discovered the movements of all the Qin troops, if my prediction is correct, the various Qin armies will attack all the cities and strategic locations in Du Kang area."

"If our army ignores this, the Qin army can retake Du Kang one by one."

"By then, even if our main force is not defeated, our army will have to withdraw from Dukang and retreat to Wuyang City. The baggage routes along Zhongyi will also be cut off again."

"If our army uses its main force to encircle and chase one of the Qin armies, the remaining Qin troops will pounce on us from all directions like a pack of wolves, forming a siege on our army and starting another battle."

"Judging from the current morale of our army, if we fight now, we will undoubtedly be defeated!"

Tian Sheng suddenly had an idea and said: "Our army can order the defenders of the cities to be on high alert, and then send generals to lead the army to rush to the cities for assistance."

"Although our army's morale is low, our army is only defending the city, not attacking it."

"With the strength of the city and the vast number of troops, our army may tire out the Qin army and gain an advantage!"

Li Mu nodded in agreement and said, "What Deputy General Tian said is the best way to deal with this strategy."

Tian Sheng immediately smiled.

But before Tian Sheng's smile reached his eyes, he heard Li Mu's voice asking, "Ran, where will you be?"

"How many generals in our army can defend the city when Qin generals such as Meng Tian and Feng Wuze lead the Qin army to attack fiercely?"

The fledgling Zhuge Liang was able to anticipate the enemy's advance, was extremely wise, and his achievements covered the three kingdoms, and he became famous for his Eight Diagrams Formation.

After decades of experience and growth, Zhuge Liang's demeanor is less than before.

Is it because Zhuge Liang has run out of ideas?

Obviously not.

A very important reason is that a number of top generals such as Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, and Ma Chao died one after another, and middle and high-level generals and Mesozoic generals such as Feng Xi, Zhang Nan, Fu Rong, Yang Qun, Ma Yu, and Deng Tong died in battles in large numbers!

A strategic goal that can be easily accomplished by one of the Five Tiger Generals leading several thousand soldiers and horses would require several or even dozens of times the number of soldiers and horses, and it might not be accomplished if an ordinary general were to lead them.

If the vanguard of the Shu army during Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition had been Huang Zhong instead of Ma Su, would this Northern Expedition have ended in failure?
If all the Five Tiger Generals were present, with Emperor Zhaolie of Han in charge in the rear, and Fa Zheng and Pang Tong as his assistants, would Zhuge Liang's strategic planning for the subsequent Northern Expeditions be so constrained?

War is never decided by a single hero, but by a group of heroes fighting to the death!

At this moment, Li Mu was like Zhuge Liang in his later years.

Even if Li Mu could anticipate the enemy's advance, even if Li Mu was proficient in military strategy, even if Li Mu had great talent, even if Li Mu could look down on 99% of the generals during the hundreds of years of the Warring States Period, what would it matter?

Zhao generals such as Pang Nuan, Fu Di, and Qing She have all died in the battle. Most of the generals trained by Li Mu for many years, such as Sima Shang, Xing Liao, and Fei Li, have also been killed. Even generals like Yan Ju and Zhao Cong, who are all show and no substance, have almost died. The two countries of Yan and Qi combined could not produce many generals who could be used.

Li Mu simply did not have enough outstanding mid- and high-level generals to implement his strategies!
There was inevitably a hint of bitterness in Li Mu's voice: "Qin Chang'an Jun's plan is not to attack Du Kang, nor is it aimed at me."

"It's the weakness of our army that we lack good generals!"

After these words were spoken, Tian Sheng, Zhao Jiang, Yan An and other generals lowered their heads in shame.

Li Mu felt even more bitter when he saw this.

Faced with the aggressiveness of the Qin generals, our generals don’t even have the courage to ask for a fight!

Thinking of the invincible Su Jiao, the undefeated Yang Duanhe, the lightning-fast Li Xin, and the elusive Peng Yue under Ying Chengjiao...

Li Mu, I’m jealous!
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