Wei Country, outside the Wild Jujube City, in the Qin army camp.
A chain of tents was set up here. More than 200,000 soldiers were gathered here, ready to take down this bridgehead city of Wei.
The Black Water Dragon Flag that represented Great Qin continuously fluttered in the sky.
One by one, grain carts entered the camp, along with the shattered grain transport troops.
Within the massive tent of the Qin army, the Great Marshal Meng Ao was dressed in military attire and stood at the head of the table. Below him were Great Qin's Generals and Commanders.
"General, according to my advice, the morale of the Wei army in Wild Jujube City is low.”
"If we can break through Suanzao City, then we will break the bridgehead of the Wei army. After that, our army will have many ways to attack, and the Wei army will definitely not be able to resist.”
"This way, our victory is certain.”
A general of the Qin army stepped forward and cupped his fists.
However, his idea was quickly opposed by another Qin general.
"That's not true. Such actions are really too impatient.”
"There is still the main force of the Wei army in Wild Jujube City, and there are also ten thousand elite soldiers of the Wei army. They are like an iron wall that is difficult to conquer.”
"Moreover, the other party is defending the city. If we attack forcefully, I'm afraid our army will suffer a lot of losses.”
The two generals of the Qin army started to quarrel because of their disagreement.
On the one hand, he felt that he should attack Zaozao City and conquer it as soon as possible. Then, he would end this war in one go with an unstoppable momentum.
However, on the other hand, they believed that they should fight steadily and win steadily instead of attacking rashly.
"General! Right now, our morale is high and we have 50,000 reinforcements. As the saying goes, if you work hard, you will be exhausted!”
"The art of war says that the best choice is to attack strategy, the second is to attack friendship, and the second is to attack the army.”
"I also feel that we should charge forward and defeat the main force of the Wei army in one go.”
“........”
The generals in the commander's tent expressed their opinions, but they could not reach a consensus.
It had been more than ten days since they were stopped by the Wei army outside the Wild Jujube City. Some of the generals had already begun to get impatient. They wished that they could break through the city tomorrow and behead all the Wei soldiers inside to turn it into their own battle achievements.
Just as everyone was arguing fiercely, the 70-year-old general, Meng Ao, who was deep in thought, stopped in his tracks. He raised his arm and stopped everyone from arguing.
"All the generals are right, but I have already made my decision.”
"Right now, taking advantage of the Wei Kingdom's unstable situation and quickly taking down the city is the best choice.”
"However, we have to make preparations in advance to reduce the casualties of the various divisions in order to avoid excessive losses.”
Meng Ao said in a deep voice.
As the old general who led the expedition this time, Meng Ao could be said to be very experienced.
He used to be from the State of Qi. Because his talent was not appreciated, he came to the State of Qin to serve King Zhaoxiang of Qin and became a high official.
In 249 B.C., Meng Ao became a general and was ordered to lead the army to attack the Han Country. The Han Country ceded Chenggao and Gong to the Qin Country, and the Qin Country set up Sanchuan Prefecture.
In 248 B.C., King Zhuang Xiang of Qin sent Meng Ao to attack Zhao and pacify Taiyuan.
In 247 B.C., Meng Ao led his army to conquer Gaodu and Jixian of Wei State, and then attacked Yuci, Xincheng, and Langmeng of Zhao State. He seized a total of 37 cities.
The following year, the King of Qin, Ying Zheng, succeeded to the throne. Then, he used Meng Ao to fight everywhere. He almost won every battle. He could be called a famous general of Qin.
Now, it was 242 B.C. Meng Ao dragged his seventy-year-old body and began the last expedition of his life, attacking Wei!
With Meng Ao's words, the quarreling in the commander's tent instantly stopped.
The topic quickly shifted to how to take down the entire Wild Jujube City with the least sacrifice.
"Ta-"
At this moment, a messenger quickly walked into the commander's tent.
When there was an urgent military situation, the messenger had the right to barge in directly.
However, if anyone dared to lie, Great Qin's severe punishments would be no joke. They would be dragged out and executed, and their families would be reduced to slaves.
"General."
"According to the intelligence from the rear, we have successfully protected the rations from being stolen.”
"Our army lost 10% of our rations and 4285 casualties. The Wei army lost 3000 people, including 700 soldiers.”
The messenger said respectfully.
In this battle, because there were too many new recruits in the grain transport unit, the casualties were relatively heavy.
However, they did not gain nothing. At the very least, they had eliminated the elite troops of the Wei Kingdom-the Wei Wu soldiers. This was a total of more than 700 people!
This was a huge loss for the Wei Country…
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