The strongest Marquis in history

Mi Huang nodded and said: "Your Majesty, I second the proposal. For the time being, we should mobilize more troops to fight. This time the battle to destroy the country will require at least [-] troops."

The rest of the people also echoed.

Everyone agrees, because right now, fighting a war means fighting with your life.

Wang Qi shook his head and said: "In our country of Qi, fighting is no longer simply based on the lives of soldiers. More, there is also a contest of weapons. Cannons, rifles, etc. are the basis of the contest. So now, it is resources A contest with wisdom. Next, all armies will be equipped with rifles and cannons in the army. Some of you don’t know these weapons, so don’t worry. We are enough to win this battle.”

Xiao Qingzhi is very familiar with grenades, cannons and other weapons. After all, the army has gradually begun to promote them. He nodded and said, "My lords, what your majesty said is true. For this battle, all the soldiers of our Chang'an military region are enough." Yes. In this battle, 5 of us will fight, and we will win."

Wang Qi arranged everything properly and let everyone go down to prepare.

The whole country of Qi began to mobilize.

This time the mobilization was not a covert mobilization, but a real announcement to the outside world, so the news spread quickly.

Chapter 810

In Xiliang at the end of February, it was still a little cold, and even where the mountains were, there was still snow.However, in Weiwu County, there is no snow, and the sun is basking in the daytime, which is quite comfortable.It's just that the temperature difference between day and night is large, and it is colder at night.

In today's Weiwu County, the light is so strong that people living in these places have darker skin after being exposed to the sun for a long time.

Cao Xuan was originally dark, but now he is even darker.

He is not the emperor like Zhao Gan, the little emperor Zhao Gan stays in the palace all day.On weekdays, Cao Xuan, apart from handling military government affairs in the palace, often went to the barracks to supervise the drills of the soldiers.

Today's soldiers practice using rifles on a large scale.However, sometimes the practice is just to touch the gun to aim, and sometimes to use bullets to practice.

There are not many resources in the Western Regions, even if Cao Xuan can manufacture guns and ammunition by himself, it is still very economical.

In terms of weapons, Cao Xuan didn't think too little, so he saved more, so that he could deal with it at any time when he encountered a war.

On this day, Cao Xuan watched the soldiers shooting targets in the army.Today is the practice of real guns and live ammunition, and it is also the day of the military assessment.In Cao Xuan's army, the soldiers have already used weapons such as rifles, so today's drills are more about gun shooting contests.

Cao Xuan was quite satisfied with the results of the soldiers' hundred-step shooting.If the soldiers are willing to endure hardships, the army will be able to train and produce results.

While Cao Xuan was watching, it was Jiang Jiuge who came in a hurry.

Jiang Jiuge looked serious, bowed and stood beside Cao Xuan, and reported: "Your Majesty, there is the latest news about Qi."

Cao Xuandao: "What's the situation?"

Jiang Jiuge said: "After the Qi State defeated the Haixi Empire last year, it has not attacked our Wei State for the time being. But before that, the sudden mobilization of troops has been widely publicized, saying that it is preparing for war and will soon send troops to attack our Wei State. .”

Cao Xuan said: "Let's go back to the palace."

"Yes!"

Jiang Jiuge replied.

He followed Cao Xuan and went straight to the palace.

When Cao Xuan returned to the palace, he immediately arranged for people to notify the six ministers and the main officials of the court to gather.

When everyone arrived, Cao Xuan didn't go around in circles, he cut straight to the point and said: "Just now Heilongtai got the news that Qi State has mobilized troops and is about to attack Wei State. This time Qi State's action is to put us in a pot and destroy us. Drop my Wei country."

"It can be said that this is a battle to destroy the country."

"Once defeated, the Wei state cannot survive, so we must win."

Cao Xuan glanced at everyone present, and asked, "Do you have any suggestions for this?"

Li Hongzhong's qualifications are old, although he is not Cao Xuan's most trusted confidant, but in the court, Li Hongzhong has always been quite active and has a certain right to speak.

Li Hongzhong stroked his beard under his chin and said, "Your Majesty, no matter how powerful Qi is, we only have one battle now. To be honest, Wei's overall strength is still a bit weak, but our weapons are not bad, and our soldiers are also strong." enough."

"That's why the old minister suggested that we should put all our strength into a battle, mobilize the entire army of Wei State, and directly go to war with Qi State."

"If we win this battle, it will be the battle for the establishment of our country Wei. Since then, we will not be afraid of Qi country. If we lose this battle, then Wei country is in danger, so we must go all out."

"And this battle cannot be avoided, there is no choice."

Li Hongzhong looked righteous and awe-inspiring.

His posture is to go all out for Cao Xuan's consideration, and he can't see anything else.

Cao Xuan praised him very much: "What Li Gong said is true, this battle is to go all out. But although we go all out, how should we arrange it now?"

Cheng Lin thought for a while, and he said: "Your Majesty, according to my suggestion. Can we show the enemy weakness first and let Wang Qi's army enter Longguan. Then, let him enter an area of ​​Long County and lure After the enemy has penetrated deep, they will gather and annihilate them, completely taking down Wang Qi's army."

"inappropriate!"

Jia Yu shook his head and spoke.

Cao Xuan asked, "Jia Qing, what do you think about it?"

Jia Yu said: "Qi's army is not weak. It is extremely difficult for us to gather and annihilate them. In my opinion, allowing the other party to enter Wei State and allow Qi State to establish a base in Wei State is to lure wolves into the house."

"We didn't kill the hungry wolf of Qi, but turned against ourselves. I think we should block it step by step, and don't give up any place to resist."

"We took the lead and set up defenses at Longguan in the east of Longxian County. Although the Qi State was bombarded with weapons such as cannons, our soldiers hid in the city and the mountains on both sides of Longguan. With the help of rifles, they were able to Resist Qi's attack."

Jia Yu said: "As long as Qi's offensive is blocked at Longguan, Qi will be unable to advance. Now we must fight for every inch of land, and we cannot voluntarily give up the pass."

Cheng Lin said: "If Longguan is abandoned and the enemy is lured in, we can close the door and beat the dogs."

"Disaster!"

Jia Yu retorted directly.

Cheng Lin asked, "What's the problem?"

Jia Yu said: "Mr. Cheng, as I said just now, we want to close the door to beat dogs, but the problem is that the door cannot be locked. Once we can't stop it, we will be in trouble everywhere, which means we will take the initiative to lose the territory. Therefore, we still need to guard Long County and hold it. Longguan, let’s think about defeating Wang Qi again. Don’t be too ambitious, and take defense as offense, that’s the right way.”

Cheng Lin wanted to refute, but Cao Xuan stretched out his hand to stop him, saying, "I agree with what Jia Qing said. Let's defend first, try to defend Longguan, and stop the Qi army from outside. This is the most important thing."

Cao Xuan also had his own ideas.

He knew very well that Qi State was very powerful, especially with cannons equipped, it was not easy for him to win.

Seeing that Cheng Lin still had a stubborn expression on his old face, Cao Xuan couldn't help laughing, and explained: "Cheng Gong, we don't have cannons now. But Qi State has weapons like cannons. We, Wei State, are indeed not afraid, but delay Time is in our favor."

"On the one hand, we can wait for the news from Aiweier from the Hercynian Empire. He said that he will bring us cannons."

"Second, wait for the army of the Haixi Empire to attack Wang Qi. You must know that this time, the army of the Haixi Empire was completely wiped out. Even if Wang Qi blocks the news, the Haixi Empire will eventually find out."

"So the Haixi Empire will attack Qi again. When the Haixi Empire and Qi fight again, we will face less pressure."

At this moment, Cao Xuan only felt that there seemed to be many flashes of inspiration in his mind. He said: "So now, I think we can fight against Qi, but choosing defense is the best arrangement."

Cheng Lin thought about it carefully, then nodded and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

Seeing that Cheng Lin was convinced, Cao Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.At this time, Wei Guo must be united with sincerity, and everyone must work together with one heart and one mind, and there must be no internal strife.

Cao Xuan turned his eyes and landed on Jia Yu, and said in a deep voice, "Jia Qing, I don't worry about the stability of the capital here. You stay here and take charge of the government affairs, and are responsible for the stability of the rear. I will mobilize the army to go to Longguan , Cheng Gong will go with me."

"The minister obeys the order!"

Everyone answered in unison.

Jia Yu has always been the general manager of Cao Xuan's rear.It was no exception for Cao Xuan to go out this time.

After Cao Xuan arranged everything properly, he asked everyone to retreat without delay.He went directly to the army, mobilized the army, took Cheng Lin, Jiang Jiuge and his party, and set off to leave Weiwu County and quickly head towards Long County.

Chapter 811

At the beginning of March, Wang Qi led the army to set off.

The mighty army left Chang'an and headed towards Liangzhou in Longxi.

This time, only 5 people fought.

However, in the army, all kinds of new weapons such as cannons, rifles, grenades, and gunpowder have been fully equipped.The existence of these weapons is enough to change the way of fighting in war.

Soldiers in the army are still equipped with swords.Fighting on the battlefield, once the bombing of hot weapons has passed, and when the distance is shortened, it is a close-range hand-to-hand combat with cold weapons.

The army marched mightily, and when they arrived at Chencang County, west of Chang'an, they were already very close to Liangzhou.

Chencang County, this is almost a barrier to the west of Chang'an.

Going south from Chencang County, you can enter Shuzhong, and you can also enter Wudu County in Liangzhou from the southwest of Chencang County.To the west of Chencang County, there is another undulating Wuyue Mountain, blocking the road to the west.

If you want to go to Liangzhou, you can only go northwest of Chencang County, along the direction of Jianshui.

Jianshui is a river in Chencang County, which passes through three counties: Chencang County, Yumi County and Jian County.The entire Chencang County, as well as other counties, live on this river.

The Northwest has always been dry and rainless.With such a river of life, most people live along the river, because this is the most suitable area for living.

When the army arrived in Chencang County, although they were still on their way, their speed was temporarily slowed down, and a large number of sentries went to inquire about the news.

If it was the way of fighting in the past, everything would be simple.In particular, Wang Qi has sufficient high-end combat strength of a grand master, and can carry out beheading operations.Now that there are hot weapons like rifles, even Grand Masters can hardly resist bullets, so they are more cautious in their actions.

"Report!"

When the army was on its way, another sentry rushed back quickly.The sentry inspector rode his horse and galloped all the way, and got off the horse directly beside Wang Qi, and there was a letter on the ground, saying: "Your Majesty, I have sent back the latest information of the Wei Kingdom, please read it."

Wang Qi took the letter and browsed the contents of the letter.

Qi State's intelligence bureau had continuously placed many spies in Wei State before, sending back news at any time.Because of the disparity in strength between Wei State and Qi State, there are many officials in the Qi State Intelligence Bureau who instigated rebellion against Wei State.

Especially some middle and lower level officials of Wei State, many of them have turned to Qi State.

Even after Cao Xuan gained a foothold in Liangzhou, he continued to expand to the Western Regions, but his strength was still the same.When Wei Guo had a rifle and his strength increased greatly, that was Wei Guo's highlight moment.

Many people believe that the strength of Wei State has increased, and it is possible to counterattack Qi State.

After all, Wei's weapons were purchased from the distant Haixi Empire, and they were more advanced, able to defeat Qi's great masters.However, when the Hercynian Empire attacked the Qi State, the whole army of the Hercynian Empire was destroyed. This news woke up the people of the Wei State and stunned them.

In the eyes of countless people in Wei State, the Haixi Empire has rifles and other weapons, which are the strongest and invincible.However, they suddenly discovered that the Haixi Empire was being taught a lesson like a younger brother in front of Qi.

After World War I, the officials of Wei State knew that Qi State could not be shaken.Therefore, the hearts of the people of Wei State, the success of the Hercynian Empire, and the failure of the Hercynian Empire.Because of the defeat of the Haixi Empire's army, the hearts of Wei Guo fluctuated, and many people's hearts were shaken.

As a result, the Intelligence Bureau continued to instigate rebellion, and many people gradually sided with the Intelligence Bureau.

After reading the contents of the letter, Wang Qi looked at Zhou Zishan and Zhuge Feng who were on their way, and said, "Zishan, brother, Cao Xuan has already led the army and arrived at Longguan in the east of Long County to station."

"The number of troops Cao Xuan led this time is a full [-]."

"Not only that, Cao Xuan's army is equipped with rifles. There are [-] people in Longxi. Concentrating our forces for a battle is quite a big resistance for us."

"Longguan is a natural danger. Cao Xuan guards Longguan, so one man guards the pass and no one can open it."

"Even though we now have cannons to bombard, the mountains on both sides of Longguan are enough to lay out ambushes. It is not easy to conquer Longguan. What do you think of this situation?"

Cao Xuan had a large number of troops, and the situation changed.

After all, the grand master has lost its effect. If you really want the grand master to steal it, once you are discovered, you will be beaten into a sieve by a rifle.In the past, Wang Qi could easily break through with the great master, but now he can't.

Zhou Zishan thought for a while and said: "Cao Xuan's arrangement is to prepare for a decisive battle with us in Longguan. It can be foreseen that his troops deployed in other directions, such as Liangzhou Wudu County in the south of Longguan, must be weakened."

"Besides, the troops in Beidi County in the north of Longguan are also weakened."

"I suggest that we divide our troops directly and dispatch part of our troops to enter Wudu County from Dasan Pass south of Chencang. We also dispatch part of our troops to attack Beidi County from Qixian County north of Chencang."

"We used to be an army along the way, but now we have three armies going hand in hand."

"According to the current situation, if Cao Xuan puts all his strength here at Longguan, the opponent will hold Xiongguan and take the lead in setting up a defensive formation. We will attack by force. Even if we are equipped with cannons, the bombardment of artillery fire cannot kill everyone. We still have to fight. tough battle."

At this time, Zhou Zishan seemed very calm.

His eyes shone with wisdom, and he said: "The three-way army divides up the attack, and Cao Xuan is under more pressure. We also have more means of attack, and we can grasp the initiative."

Zhuge Feng took over the words and said: "Minister Zhou agrees with what Minister Zhou said. However, I think that the troops without fanfare are divided into three routes, but our route is still advancing with great fanfare."

"The remaining two armies, equipped with weapons, attacked quietly, and captured Wudu County and Beidi County in a flash."

"Our people, if we win the land of the two counties, we can move our troops into Hanyang County, where Long County is located, and cut off Cao Xuan's retreat. At that time, Cao Xuan will be flanked and cut off. Can keep it."

"Of course, it would be the best if we can directly defeat Long County. When the time comes, the three armies will advance hand in hand, and the army of Qi will win the victory with ease."

"But fighting on the battlefield, everything may not go smoothly. Therefore, considering that our route was blocked in Long County, and the other two routes were quickly interspersed, they could also cut off Cao Xuan's retreat route and annihilate Cao Xuan in Long County."

Zhuge Feng said: "No matter what, it is easier for us and can break the current situation."

Zhou Zishan thought for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, I agree with Minister Zhuge's suggestion. The other two routes are going to covertly, attack with lightning, quickly cut into the two counties, and strive to win the first battle."

Wang Qidao: "That's how we do it. Divide the troops into three groups. Our route will march with great fanfare, while the other two routes will move quietly. Zhuge Feng, who do you think is the most suitable to lead the army?"

Among the generals in the army, after the integration, Zhuge Feng is the most familiar.

Of course, Zhou Zishan is also familiar with it, because the promotion and assessment of army generals are all in Zhou Zishan's hands.