After Spring and Autumn

Chapter 427 Attacking Qufu
After Mengdi received the news that Boren in Yangguan had withdrawn his troops, he immediately dispatched his troops, crossed the Wen River and headed straight for Qufu. He was on the way without stopping, completely ignoring the prying eyes of the soldiers from the surrounding cities. He arrived in two days. Under the city of Qufu.

The bed crossbows brought by the army began to be assembled immediately. For this plan, five heavy bed crossbows were specially transported from Huaicheng. After all, this is the capital of Lu State, with high walls and a large population.

Only by taking advantage of the current lack of troops in Qufu of the Lu Kingdom and directly demoralizing the defenders in a short period of time, can the city be captured quickly, but then there will definitely be a tough battle.

Now that the Han army was short of food, Meng Di still hoped to get enough food from Qufu. How long this battle would last was not in his hands, but in Zhao Yang's hands.

If Sun Wu can take down the cavalry of the Jin army this time, then the next battle will be much smoother, otherwise it will be very difficult. The main reason is that this battle came too suddenly.

All aspects of logistical subsidies seem to be somewhat insufficient. This is not the case where tens of thousands of people acted in the past, and they could support the army for a long time with food and grass.

Even if it is said that there is still surplus food in Huai City, it is very difficult to send it over, because the main force is basically concentrated here, and Chen He and Yang Hu still have to show Chu State.

Therefore, the troops cannot be withdrawn. The only troops that can be used are the village soldiers. However, things like transporting food and grass are easy to be attacked by the opponent before they have the initiative to control the war.

Meng Di often led the cavalry to fight, but he had a lot of experience in this, so he pinned his hopes on fighting to support the war. The envoy of Qi State.

In any case, it relieved the food crisis of the army. After reading the letter sent by Tian Chang, Meng Di heaved a sigh of relief. His face eased a little, and he smiled slightly and said to the envoy of Qi Kingdom.

"The current situation of Qi State is also very clear in my heart. Anyway, I am very pleased that Qi State can send a batch of grain at this time. I hope that your envoy will tell Xiangguo after returning."

"Nowadays, there is a bitter relationship between Han and Qi. Qi can take this opportunity to regain its lost territory, but it must also prevent Jin from making a comeback. Therefore, under such circumstances, it is difficult to send this batch of food and grass. is not enough."

"I hope that after the Qi State takes Cangzhou, it will immediately march into Jin State's Jipu. This is the fiefdom of the Zhao family, and it is also their retreat. If Qi State can take this opportunity to cut off the Jin army's retreat, Then we have a better chance of winning.”

The messenger carefully wrote down all these words, and then said with a cupped hand.

"Hanhou, don't worry, these words will be passed on to Xiangguo when we go back next time. I also hope that Han will win this time. In this way, Qi and Han will have nothing to worry about."

Meng Di knew very well in his heart that it was unlikely that Tian Chang would join forces to deal with the Jin State at this time, so he simply backed down and let the Qi State maintain its territory as much as possible.

Jipu is not far from the land of Cangzhou, and it is also close to the border of Jin State. It will not take too much effort to win this place, but it is indeed a strong deterrent to the Jin army, because Jipu is not far from Handan in Jin State. not far.

As long as the Qi army appears here, the Jin army needs to consider the possibility of its own logistical supplies being cut off.

Therefore, this behavior is more strategically deterrent. As long as the Qi army can fight for a period of time, so that Jin cannot fully deal with the Han army. fighting.

After sending the envoys of the Qi State away, Meng Di heaved a sigh of relief, then glanced at Boren and asked.

"The war has reached the point where it is now. What do you think is the most appropriate way for our Han army to deal with it?"

Boren knew that this was Mengdi's test. He had been leading the army for a while, and his vision and vision had grown. So he frowned and thought for a while, carefully staring at the map for a long time, and then said .

"We are going to attack Qufu right now. If we can take it smoothly, then I suggest attacking Fangcheng directly. There are two advantages to taking it here. The first is that once the Jin army returns to help, Fangcheng can mention early warning and delay. effect."

"The second point is that it is good for defense. After we take Qufu, if we concentrate our forces here to defend, it will be too passive, but if we take the defense city, the situation will change."

"If the Jin army attacks Fangcheng, then Qufu can send troops to harass it, and vice versa. The two cities are at the corner of each other. At least it can delay for a while, so that we can calmly formulate the next strategic plan."

Meng Di nodded after listening, with a look of approval on his face, but then immediately denied the battle plan.

"It's pretty good that you can make this suggestion. This is a very safe method, but it is too passive. It is extremely difficult to use such a plan to win a big victory."

"If I leave you 2 people after taking down Qufu City, can you keep Qufu for a month? If you can, then you can put forward the conditions now, and I will try my best to satisfy you."

Using 2 people to resist the Jin army, Boren was still a little uncertain, but he knew that Meng Di would not say that without a reason, so he began to think seriously, and nodded slowly after a while.

"If this is the case, I need sufficient food and grass, and I need to leave all the bed crossbows to defend the city. If I can do these two things, I still have some confidence in defending Qufu City."

Mengdi smiled slightly, stood up slowly, held the saber at his waist, and walked a few steps back and forth in the room.

"You can't leave all the bed crossbows to you. Heavy bed crossbows are fine. You can only leave half of the other bed crossbows. As for food and grass, it depends on how much is left in Qufu City. If there are many left, this condition can also be satisfied for you. "

"If there's not much left, it's up to you to figure out a way. If everything goes well, half a month is almost enough. No matter how much damage there is this time, you must find a way to defend Qufu. "

(End of this chapter)