The system forced me to be emperor

Apply to the imperial court for reinforcements?

How could the imperial court have any extra troops? The Daxia soldiers were divided into eight groups and attacked from eight directions. Qin had to defend each route, which required nearly 200 million troops!Moreover, heavy troops had to be garrisoned near the capital of Qin, so as not to make mistakes, and Daxia seized the opportunity to directly attack the capital of Qin.

This situation is impossible?

Then how did the three passes of the Qinling Mountains get lost?

That's why Qin Zheng was also afraid that Xia Guoming's repair of the plank road would secretly hide Chen Cang, and he directly came up with a beheading plan.

"If there is no reinforcements, then defend this city to the death!" Zhang Chao made up his mind and decided to live and die with Yangyang County.

But in the next few days, the Daxia soldiers and horses had no intention of attacking the city.

At the same time, the temperature is getting colder and colder, and the water in the river has formed thick ice.

Chapter 672: The Yuan Army Invaded, Trying to Draw Out the Bottom

Meng Tian, ​​as the Generalissimo of the soldiers and horses who resisted the invasion of the Xia Kingdom this time, he sits in Fenglin County and commands the soldiers and horses of the world.

Xia Guo's army was divided into eight groups, and he also had to divide his troops into three lines of defense to resist, especially Xia's central army, which was the route of Emperor Xia Xiao Rui's personal conquest, which attracted his attention the most.

But when the news of Zhang Chao's defeat and defending Yangyang county came back, Meng Tian was full of expectations and was disappointed.

He walked to the table, looked at the map on the table, and thought about how to resist next.

At this moment, Bai Meng opened the curtain of the tent and walked in, the cold whistling sound blew into the tent, making the charcoal in the charcoal basin make the sound of thunder, and the cold wind poured into Meng Tian's neck, making him shiver .

"It's so cold!"

Meng Tian came back to his senses, and then focused on the outside.

Bai Meng nodded, and said: "The temperature started to drop last night, and the ice in the river is covered with a thick layer of ice."

Now that the winter solstice has passed, the cold winter has completely gone through. In the past, the winter temperature in Qin State was not cold, and the river surface would be covered with a thin layer of ice at most, but now it is freezing cold. After one winter, the ice layer in the river is thick. .

And it gets colder every year.

Meng Tian's heart sank, and he sighed: "The weather is getting colder and colder, and the crops will be endless. And in such a cold day, how can the soldiers stretch out their hands and feet? Lao Bai, have you patrolled the barracks? How are the soldiers?"

Bai Meng sighed, and said: "The winter clothes prepared by the imperial court are just like that. It's not like you don't know it. It's mainly made of hemp, with cotton wool added inside. If it's changed to the previous temperature, it will pass after a while, but now it's freezing cold." In the long run, the soldiers will suffer from frostbite, and their physical fitness will also decline, let alone fighting. I have ordered to boil broth to keep the soldiers warm, but this is not a long-term solution.”

Meng Tian nodded and sighed: "The thing I was most worried about happened! Daxia has cotton, and the cotton coats prepared for the soldiers are very effective in keeping warm. They are not cold, and they can hold weapons with both hands. Once they fight with us, they will They have the advantage. Why is the Xia army marching so slowly? They are just waiting for the temperature to cool down. Zhang Chao can't hold the balcony city, and will soon lose it. Xia will speed up the march, and our defeats will follow."

Bai Meng also lamented, and said: "Xia Guo relies on the weather, which cannot be stopped by manpower. Now the weather will get colder and colder, and our situation will be more difficult. We must think of a good strategy that will work, otherwise Daqin will It's dangerous!"

This is not to scare yourself, but what will happen.When the soldiers are shivering and unable to hold their weapons, they are lambs waiting to be slaughtered. How can they be attacked by the Xia army?

Meng Tian looked at the map again, and said: "Your Majesty sent a secret letter, Lord Xiang has already gone to Yuan Kingdom in person, and will do his best to persuade Yuan Kingdom to attack the Dongqi area. This is also a great opportunity for us to fight back, but Time waits for no one, we have to delay!"

"What do you want to do?" Bai Meng knew that Meng Tian had already thought up a strategy.

Meng Fang gritted his teeth, and said: "I'm going to withdraw the third line of defense and place troops in the main counties and prefectures. I don't want to resist Xia's army, just slow down the opponent's speed! Enough time!"

Bai Meng nodded, and said: "This is the only way for the current plan. But this is very risky. We disperse our troops to various cities. If the Khan of the Yuan Kingdom cannot take the Dongqi area, or even lose, then the Xia army will be defeated." We can easily defeat them one by one, and we have no room for maneuver, and finally only the capital of Qin is left."

Meng Tian replied: "So I have been hesitating, this is a dangerous move. In fact, Khan of the Yuan Kingdom is also very anxious, the weather is getting worse and worse, and now the main forces of the Xia Kingdom are dealing with our Qin Kingdom. If he does not take advantage of this God-given opportunity to plunder the Dongqi area, and then there will be no chance, so the Khan of the Yuan Kingdom will definitely attack the Xia Kingdom at any cost, he is helping us, and even helping himself."

Bai Meng slapped the table and shouted: "Duan will continue to be disturbed by it, Lao Meng, I support you!"

Meng Tian nodded, then made up his mind.

Afterwards, a series of transfer orders were sent out from the military account, and Meng Tian distributed his army to various counties or prefectures, forming chess pieces blocking the way, blocking Xia's marching speed.

......

At this time, the army in the middle, Han Xin has already won the balcony county.

The city originally had a small army, and most of them were forced conscripts. The weather was severe and cold. They stood on the city gate shivering. Facing Daxia's strong bows and crossbows, it was not too difficult to take down the city.

Afterwards, Xiao Rui's military order was issued to the other seven soldiers and horses in the form of eagle report, and finally the marching speed could be increased, and now the Great Xia began to show its power.

Next, the speed of Xiao Rui's central army also increased significantly.Although the weather is very cold, the imperial court has prepared warm clothes for the soldiers.In addition to cotton clothes, there are also gloves, hats, and cotton shoes. Although it is hard to travel in the cold wind, compared with Qin Jun, the soldiers of Daxia are already very happy.

After passing through Balcony County, they entered Shannan County.

Soon, when the army of the middle road passed a prefectural city, they found that there were [-] to [-] Qin soldiers stationed in the prefectural city, blocking their way.

Han Xin sent forward to call for battle, but the other party didn't respond, and he huddled in the city, and persuading him to surrender didn't work. In desperation, he had to forcefully attack the city.

Continuing to march, another Qin army was blocked by the terrain.There are only more than 2 people on the other side, who gave them the courage?

The army came under pressure, and the opponent fled in a hurry after being defeated, but this delay lasted for a few more days.

At the same time, the other seven roads also encountered this situation. The Qin army was dispersed into various points from the original concentrated force, harassing and obstructing the advance of Daxia soldiers and horses.Obviously, their intention was achieved, and it did affect the marching speed of the Daxia soldiers and horses.

"It seems that Qin State has begun to collude with Yuan State."

As night fell, the army set up camp to rest, and Han Xin, Zhang Liang and others were all in the tent where Xiao Rui was resting, Xiao Rui said with a smile.

With a brilliant commander and resourceful counselors, how could he fail to see Qin's real intention to change his strategy, which was just to delay time. After all, it would take at least a month's journey for the Khan of the Yuan Kingdom to gather troops to fight in the Dongqi area. The country must buy time.

Zhang Liang said with a smile: "This is inevitable. If the Qin State wants to repel us now, it has to draw its salary from the bottom of the pot. Once the Yuan army takes the Dongqi area and takes the three passes of the Qinling Mountains, then we will become rootless. This is a good strategy. The Khan of the Yuan Kingdom would definitely attack, but they didn’t think about it. If we raise our troops to attack Qin, how could we not be prepared? We are not afraid of the Yuan army’s actions, but we are afraid of their inaction.”

"Yeah, I'm not afraid of them moving, but afraid of them not moving." Xiao Rui also smiled.

Why did Huo Qubing stay in the northern part of the Dongqi area?Isn't it just to guard against the Yuan army?

Moreover, the eastern part of the Dongqi area is Suzhou and Ganzhou in Anbei, where Changsheng Houtian and Zhenyuanhou garrison troops can respond to Huo Qubing at any time.

Xiao Rui had already left enough troops, and he was waiting for the impatient Yuan cavalry to attack.

In addition, why didn't Temujin cooperate with Qin?Of course it was because of Guo Jia.Guo Jia persuaded Temujin that for Temujin, unifying the Yuan Kingdom and becoming a new Khan is his highest pursuit at this stage. Let Xia Guo consume the Khan's troops, and Temujin can really rise.

So under Guo Jia's suggestion, Temujin would take advantage of the time to stab Yuan Khan in the back.

At that time, the Yuan Kingdom will be in chaos.

"Han Xin, since the Qin army wants to delay the time, we should report according to their thoughts. Although it delays our speed, the loss of every city will make Qin's army and people's hearts even more devastated." Xiao Rui ordered.

Han Xin got up to receive the order, and said: "The humble post receives the order."

Xiao Rui nodded, and took out another Eagle newspaper.

This is the latest battle situation from Wei State. Daxia sent 50 troops to aid Yan State. Not only did it help Yan State reverse the situation, but also started a counterattack from being beaten. Wei State has been retreating steadily.

However, with the sudden drop in temperature, the fighting between Yan State and Wei State has also decreased, and their soldiers have no winter coats.

For this reason, Yan Linglong begged Daxia to buy cotton many times, but was rejected.