The border army of the Qin Dynasty has always been elite.

The more than 400 people brought by Meng Hu were all old soldiers who had been fighting for the rest of their lives. Compared with Li Yuanjun, who mostly had new soldiers, the addition of this new force would give Li Yuan a more free room for maneuver.

"Since that's the case, please join the commander of Meng Du." Li Yuan nodded and signaled Meng Hu to stand in the middle of the general.

In the tent, Li Yuan and a group of generals were discussing the war situation. Chen Cang's battle situation gradually developed from a single quelling rebellion and civil strife to a decisive battle that affected the entire Yongqi, which Li Yuan had not expected before.

The Qiang people living in Jiangshui and Jishui have the same ancestors as the Qin people, but the Qiang people are accustomed to nomadic people, and the Qin people gradually put down their sheep's whip and instead learned farming techniques from the Central Plains people. More than a thousand years of reproduction have allowed these two nations to have different cultures, and at the same time, the gap between them is also deepening.

This time, Li Yuan brought nearly 200,000 young and strong Qin people back to Yongqi. The arrival of these Qin people made the Qiang people who originally lived here particularly panic.

The ranch was occupied.

Cattle and sheep were killed.

The territory of the Qiang people is getting smaller and smaller, which makes them extremely desperate.

At the front of Chen Cang, under the pressure of Xiang Yu, Liu Bang still sent Wang Ling, who was also a surrendered general of Qin, to rush to Shuan Qi Ging. The two Liu troops joined forces to reach 10,000 people.

On the Li Yuan army, Jiang Yu led 4,000 generals to fight against the Qiang tribe in the Jiangshui area. Luo Jia's cavalry and 3,000 infantrymen were restrained by the Qiang people in Jishui. The remaining 2,000 soldiers were stationed in various places to quell small-scale rebellions in various counties. In addition, some of the new soldiers who needed reorganization and training to go to the battlefield, Li Yuan could invest 16,000 troops in Chencang.

This is the first time for Li Yuan to fight against the opponent in terms of military strength.

Over the past year, Li Yuan has almost gotten used to it whenever he was in danger and surrounded by heavy enemy troops. This time, if Qi Ji had not been a little smart and knew to incite the Qiang people to rebel first, otherwise Li Yuan would fight at the door of Chen Cang's house, except for a small number of left-behind troops, he could go out and directly encircle and annihilate the Qi army.

In ancient times, cold weapons wars often lasted for a long time. Wars occurred in a place. Basically, in the following years, there were still weeds and graves here.

Before this battle, Li Yuan had almost no need to consider post-war reconstruction and other matters every time he fought. Now it is very different. Yongqi is the foundation of Li Yuanjun's future. If the war is delayed too long, the pressure on supply will increase. For Li Yuanjun, who is already tight in food and fodder supply, a war of attrition is not the ideal result.

In addition, the uncertainty of the battle also doubled the pressure of local operations, and construction was much more difficult than destruction. The Qin people who moved to Yongqi just sowed hope and were creating wealth with their hands. They were the people that Li Yuan had to protect, and they were also the future of Li Yuanjun.

"There are five thousand soldiers on the front of our army, who are confronting General Wang Shang at the city, and Wang Ling's army has nearly five or six thousand people. This enemy army has just encountered our army. From the perspective of combat power, the two enemy soldiers' pursuit of war is not very strong. The reason is that they were the troops guarding Hanzhong in Qin before." Li Yuan's face was steep and his movements were skillful. He pointed to the sign near Chen Cang on the silk map and analyzed the situation of the battle to everyone.

Childishness is completely invisible to this young man in his early twenties.

Some are mature that is not commensurate with age.

It was this calm that made young people such as Li Bi, Bai Guangji, Cao Xin sacrifice their lives to follow him. It also made Meng Hu, who had just entered, admire him.

"Li Yuan is a real hero." Even though he didn't say anything, Meng Hu had already secretly admitted it in his heart.

This time, he decided to stay in Yongqi, which meant Wang Li, but more importantly, Meng Hu himself thoughts. After the defeat of Julu, Meng Hu began to re-understand himself and re-examine Li Yuan, who often defeated the strong in the battle with the anti-Qin princes.

"General, since the enemy has been a Qin soldiers, can you say surrender?" Bai Guangji said softly, and shook his head with some disconfidence. He was not used to expressing his views at such a meeting that decided the general trend.

"Now, our army is weak, and the Liu army is strong, and it is unlikely that it will be weak to persuade people to surrender." Li Bi interrupted. This young man from Li You Mansion began to grow slowly through repeated battles.

Although the opponent's soldiers had also worn the Qin army's armor, the Qin State was now considered to be destruction. In the eyes of many people, Li Yuan's Qin army was just a remnant of hard-working people. When the interest selection was critical, it was quite difficult to make the soldiers who surrendered once surrendered again.

"Since we say that surrender is not successful, we might as well set up a battlefield under Chencang City and fight against the enemy. Our army has a strong city and is in a good position. Who are you afraid of?" Meng Hu glanced at the map disdainfully and said with confidence.

For the pride of Qin and the soldiers of the border army of Qin, all kinds of enemies are all natives, not to mention that the two enemy troops on the opposite side are the original county troops.

"No. The enemy's troops are twice as powerful as us. If we defend the city, the war will inevitably delay. Our army's food and fodder supply is insufficient and it cannot support a long time. In this battle, I plan to use the advantage of the geographical advantage near Chencang to lure the enemy into depth, fight quickly, and encircle and annihilate the enemy at the foot of Jiulong Mountain in one fell swoop." Li Yuan pondered for a long time and finally made up his mind.

"General, what if the enemy does not pursue it?" Meng Hu asked after all.

"If I personally go to the front of the formation, scold the enemy general, and lose three consecutive formations, the enemy will not pursue it." Li Yuan smiled calmly and replied.

Qi Ji is just an unknown person.

When the soldiers were not in a strong sense of fighting, the competition between the generals became important. Li Yuan wanted to see if Qi Ji had the courage to attack, but did he have the courage to go deeper alone.

In addition, although the Qi army has many powers, there are also weaknesses. That is, the soldiers are not very willing to fight with the Qin army, which was once a colleague. In this case, if the Qi army is lured into the encirclement preservation of Li Yuan's army, then they can sneak out with their elite cavalry in the melee and take Qi's head in one fell swoop, and the enemy will collapse without fighting.

"In this way, the generals repeatedly violated dangers, which is not the right way." Meng Hu still argued himself. Because of his poor strength, Li Yuan's use of military risks was a habit. Li Bi, Bai Guangji and others were also a little used to it, while Meng Hu was different. The method of using military forces he learned from the border army was upright. For him, strategy was just an auxiliary, and strength was the foundation.

"Haha, with the Meng Duwei accompanying you, even if there are ten times more enemies, what can I do to me?" Li Yuan laughed. Meng Hu's joining did give Li Yuan the capital to lure the enemy. Compared with the unformed Li Yuan army, the elite troops of the border army can be trusted more.
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