Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 118
Chapter 122

Looking at such a large fire, it is estimated that it will take a long time to wait for the fire to be extinguished.Kong Feng had no choice but to ask someone to fetch water to put out the fire. The golden nanmu was burned with oil, and the fire that started was not easy to extinguish.Hundreds of buckets of water were continuously poured, and a stream formed on the bluestone ground at the door, but the fire did not abate at all!
Kong Feng was very frustrated. He originally thought that a small governor's mansion would be easily captured, but after fighting for more than an hour, more than half of the [-] soldiers were killed or injured, and they didn't even break through the outer wall!
Seeing that Guo Qing's limited time has come, he just needs to go to Guo Qing to return his life in dejection!

However, in Luoyang City, he did not find Guo Qing, and also found that most of the Qin army in Luoyang City had left and disappeared.Then he thought that Chen Xun was so tenacious, he seemed to understand something!
Finally, Kong Feng found Guo Qing in Beiman Mountain through the news informed by the messenger!
Kong Feng held the helmet in his hand, knelt in front of Guo Qing and said, "The last general is incompetent. He didn't follow the general's order to take down the governor's mansion. General, please come down!"

Guo Qingdao: "It seems that we underestimated Chen Xun's will to resist. If it hadn't been for this surprise and taking Luoyang while Chen Xun was unprepared, I'm afraid we would have lost enough blood in Luoyang City!!"

"General, do you still need to continue to attack? The general found out that there are not many troops in the governor's mansion. As long as the casualties are not counted, the general will be able to take down the governor's mansion. Please allow the general to commit crimes and make meritorious service!" Kong Feng said with some anxiety.

Guo Qing pondered for a moment and then said: "If we continue to attack by force, our army will definitely be able to take down the small Governor's Mansion. But Tang Gong ordered us not to occupy every city and pool in Luozhou, and take down the Governor's Mansion and Zhanshi's Mansion." What's the benefit?"

Guo Qing turned around and came to the sand table in the tent and said, "Chen Xun was a bit cowardly, why is he so brave this time? If he had made sufficient preparations earlier, could we have taken Luoyang City easily?"

Kong Feng thought for a while and said, "The general means that Wei's reinforcements will arrive soon?"

Guo Qing nodded and said: "Your Majesty's intention in this battle is to show Wei the military strength of our Great Qin. Your Majesty intends to make peace with Wei. Of course, it is also in the interests of our Qin to make peace with Wei. So this battle It is necessary to fight, but also to fight beautifully! The main general of the Wei army reinforcements this time is the king of Chu, Ran Ming, who has made great military exploits in the Wei state. I heard that this man is like a god in using soldiers and is good at using danger, so I will wait in Beiman Mountain He's coming!"

Luoyang City, to Fu Jian, was like a chicken rib.The prosperity of Luoyang is long gone, the population is less than one-tenth of the original, large tracts of fertile land are barren, bones are exposed, and the land is thousands of miles away.

It is easy to take down Luoyang, but with the [-] soldiers under Fu Luo's command, it is completely achievable.However, if you want to defend Luoyang, I am afraid that even a hundred thousand troops may not be able to do it.

Luoyang, surrounded by eight passes, has a complete defense system.But now the eight passes around Luoyang are all useless.If Di Qin wants to gain a firm foothold in Luoyang, he must build a complete defense system.This not only requires all the elites from Guanzhong to be mobilized, but also requires a lot of money and food to support this huge defense system.

"Ran Ming!" There was a wry smile on Kong Feng's face. No one didn't know the name of the person, the shadow of the tree, and who Ran Min and Ran Ming were.

Now there are many rumors about Ran Ming in the world, rumors that he can call wind and rain, spread beans into soldiers, move mountains and fill seas!
Kong Fengdao: "The general means to ambush Ran Ming here?"

Guo Qing shook his head and said with a smile: "With a weak army of less than 14 people, Ran Ming wiped out Murong Ke's [-] troops in one fell swoop, and with [-] to [-] troops, he defeated Duan Kan's [-] troops almost effortlessly. If he could deal with him with such a simple strategy, Ran Ming wouldn't have such a reputation!"

"That.……"

Guo Qingdao: "The reason why Chen Xun is so courageous and never retreats is mainly due to his loyalty to Ran Ming. In addition, it is estimated that Ran Ming and Chen Xun should have exchanged news. Ran Ming should tell Chen Xun to stand firm and attract our army in Luoyang City. Be careful, he will definitely surround our army again by surprise, and according to the report from the scouts, the reinforcement troops of the Wei army have already arrived at Mengjindu, and they will reach Luoyang in at most an hour!"

Kong Feng seemed to understand what Guo Qing meant. "It turns out that the general is going to do the opposite!"

Guo Qingdao: "I will use my tens of thousands of soldiers and horses as bait to lure Ran Ming to encircle our army. After Ran Ming completes the encirclement of our army, Duke Tang will lead other Eastern Expeditionary Forces to form a larger encirclement circle around the Wei army. .I will cooperate with Tang Gong (Fu Luo) inside and outside, give Ran Ming a center to blossom, and let him experience the might of our great Qin army!"

Guo Qing paused for a while, then suddenly said loudly: "Kong Feng!"

"I am humble!"

"Now this general will give you another thousand soldiers and horses to fight fiercely around Luozhou Governor's Mansion, but remember not to break through the Governor's Mansion. This is a good bait. Whether we can win this battle depends mainly on the General Kong's performance!"

Kong Fengdao: "The last general will not disgrace his life!"

At the same time, a huge fleet came up the Yellow River, and this fleet consisted of about five or six hundred ships of various sizes.There are three big flags on the flagship, one is the word "Wei" in white characters on a black background, the other is "Changshuima" and the other is "Tailor Ran".This fleet is none other than Ran Ming and the navy general Ma Gu.

Mengjin Ferry is actually just a ferry in the north of Luoyang, and has nothing to do with Mengjin County.The earliest Mengjin Ferry existed long before King Wu defeated Zhou. When King Wu defeated Zhou, he raised troops here, so it was also called "Mengjin". Later, it was changed to Mengjin somehow.Mengjindu is only fifteen miles away from Luoyang City, and only six or seven miles away from the original Jin army camp on Beimang Mountain!

The ferry here is open, and the river is relatively gentle.It is a natural and good ferry.

Since the Wei army passed by by boat, they drove the boat directly to the south bank.Just when you're ready to log in.Jing Zhan said to Ran Ming: "Your Highness, enemy scouts have been found in the woods opposite!"

Ran Ming's heart moved, and he secretly exclaimed, it must be that the Qin army was ahead of schedule, and Luoyang might have fallen!
Ran Ming said: "Log in as planned!"

Ran Ming said to Jingzhan and ordered: "You lead people to eliminate all the enemy's scouts. If they are Han people, they should be arrested first and screened slowly. Those who resist will be killed without mercy!"

Ran Ming led Chen Yong, Liu Ke and others into a small boat and slowly approached the river bank.

At this time, the Yellow River was far less turbid than later generations, and the trees on the bank were very lush.Ran Ming jumped onto the river bank and looked up, and found that the surroundings were eerily quiet. Suddenly, Ran Ming smelled a bit of fireworks in the air.He said to Chen Yong, "What do you think?"

"Reporting to my mentor, this disciple thinks that Luoyang may have changed hands!" Chen Yong said respectfully, "If we support Luoyang as originally planned, we will enter the Qin army's ambush circle!"

Ran Ming said: "It's not that you won't fall into the ambush of the Qin army, but you will definitely be ambushed. There is a smell of fireworks in the air, which means that the Qin army set fire to Luoyang in front, and these damn beasts will definitely be killed in Luoyang city. If you start killing, Gu will definitely not let these beasts go!"

Liu Ke was the most expressive among Ran Ming's disciples. He raised his hand to ask Ran Ming to speak.Liu Ke said: "Master, even if the Qin army has already occupied Luoyang, it may be futile for us to rush to help Luoyang. Why don't we divide our troops and create a posture of landing a large army at Mengjindu, and then the main force will continue to move west along the river. As long as we occupy Xin'an Hangu Pass can cut off the Di people's food, and once the Qin army runs out of food, they will collapse without fighting!"

Yes, a good idea! "Ran Ming didn't adopt that kind of cramming teaching method to his hundred disciples. Instead, he adopted the induction and heuristic teaching method!

Ran Ming continued: "However, there are still a few points to pay attention to when implementing this strategy! Does anyone of you know what issues we need to pay attention to if we implement this strategy to defeat the Qin army?"

"The third junior brother proposed to divide the troops to break the retreat of the Western Qin army. This suggestion is very good, but it is not easy to implement!" The second apprentice Wei Feng organized the language and said: "First of all, our army of more than [-] will go to Xin'an County along the river, There is a lot of movement along the way, and it is very difficult to avoid being noticed by the Qin army. If the West Qin army finds out that our army is divided, they will also adopt corresponding strategies. If they arrange an ambush around Luoyang, they can withdraw to Xin'an in time. With the danger of Hangu Pass, our army does not have an absolute superiority in strength, and without heavy siege machinery, the strategy of cutting off the West Qin army’s food road cannot be completed. Not only that, but also miss the favorable opportunity to rescue Luoyang!”

Hearing that Wei Feng belittled his plan like this, Liu Ke was quite displeased, but his city was very deep, and the displeasure in his eyes disappeared in a flash.Although it was only a split second, Ran Ming caught it!

Liu Ke asked back: "In the opinion of the second senior brother, how should our army respond at this time? Could it be that we know that the enemy is laying heavy troops in front and setting up ambushes layer by layer, and we still have to sneak into their ambush?"

Liu Ke's tone was full of gunpowder, Wei Feng laughed disapprovingly and said, "Feng agrees with the third junior brother's plan to divide the troops, but we don't need to attack Hangu Pass, we can go upstream along the Yellow River and directly reach Tongguan, pretending to attack Tongguan. When Fu Luo returns to aid, our army will set up an ambush on the way, if Fu Luo does not return to aid, we can turn falsehood into reality and directly attack Tongguan to threaten Guanzhong."

Liu Ke said coldly: "What about Luoyang? Let's just sit and watch Luoyang fall and remain indifferent?"

Seeing that Liu Ke and Wei Feng were about to quarrel, Ran Ming immediately coughed.

Liu Ke and Wei Feng immediately came back to their senses, facing Ran Ming's lightning-like gaze, lowered their heads and cupped their fists in shame, and said, "Teacher, calm down, this disciple knows his mistake!"

Ran Ming said solemnly: "Threesomes, there must be my teacher! Brothers and sisters can argue if they have different opinions together, but don't wait for academic problems to affect your friendship!"

"Actually, Liu Lang's strategy is not wrong, and it is feasible! It can be implemented with a little improvement!" Ran Mingyu said earnestly: "Soldiers are deceitful, cheating, and confusing the opponent. In fact, it is the most desirable method in war. If we adopt the strategy of deceiving the sky and crossing the sea, and cooperate with the strategy of attacking Guo with false ways, then it will be perfect!"

Then, Ran Ming explained the thoughts in his heart in detail.

All the disciples showed admiration when they heard Ran Ming's plan!

(End of this chapter)