Three Kingdoms: Peak Summons

Chapter 2133 King Qin VS Emperor Qing (Part 2)

Chapter 2131: King Qin VS Emperor Qing (Part 2)

Facing the 120,000-strong Qing army, including 70,000 Eight Banners cavalry, was Qin Hao really not worried at all? The answer is of course impossible.

To be honest, even if Nurhachi broke the cauldron and inspired the Qing army to fight to the death, it would still be extremely difficult to defeat the Qin army.

The gap between the Qin Army and the Qing Army covers many areas and cannot be made up by burning cauldrons and sinking boats. Moreover, the Qin Army's strength is twice that of the Qing Army, so if it is a head-on decisive battle, Qin Hao has 100% You can win with 100% certainty.

 But the important point now is that Nurhaci has regarded the Qing army as an abandoned son and voluntarily abandoned the 120,000 troops, just to fight the Qin army and lose both sides.

This is a bit disgusting.

In Qin Hao's plan, the final decisive battle should be extremely easy, and the casualties could be controlled within 10,000 people. However, with Nurhachi's actions, 10,000 people may only be the starting point.

 No one in the Qin army was afraid of the Qing army, but they just didn’t want to pay so many casualties in vain, so someone put forward a proposal to temporarily avoid the limelight.

“My lord, the Qing army only has three days of rations left. As long as our army retreats from Yanshan and defends against the mountain, when the three days are over, the Qing army will run out of food and collapse without a fight.” Long Qie clasped his fists and spoke.

Most of the generals present were bright-eyed, and they all agreed. After all, if you can defeat the enemy without fighting, no one is willing to fight for it.

Everyone thought that with the master's intelligence, he would definitely agree to this method, but what everyone didn't expect was that Qin Hao actually shook his head and refused.

“It’s good to be able to defeat the enemy without fighting, but retreat from Yanshan? It’s easy to say, but not so easy to do.

Our army has a total of 240,000 troops. It took five days to cross Yanshan Mountain. Now if we want to retreat, how can we do it in a short time? Nurhaci cannot let our troops withdraw easily.

Moreover, withdrawing troops will reveal flaws. If the Qing army takes the opportunity to make a surprise attack during the retreat, it will be equivalent to giving the Qing army a chance to defeat our army. "

Qin Hao's words made Long Qie break into a cold sweat. He only thought that temporarily avoiding the edge could minimize casualties, but he ignored that the Qin army who had just crossed Yanshan did not have enough time to retreat. If it really happened, If he withdraws his troops according to what he said, he will put himself in danger.

"What my lord said is true, but I didn't think it through enough."

Long Qie quickly admitted his mistake, and Qin Hao would not pursue it. Who knows that this man is also his uncle.

“If the three military advisors were to fight head-on, how many casualties would they have to pay to win?” Qin Hao asked.

After Zhang Liang, Zhuge Liang, and Liu Bowen looked at each other, Zhang Liang stood up and said: "My lord, after our deduction, when the Qing army fought to the death, even if our army's strength was twice that of the Manchus, I’m afraid there will be more than 30,000 casualties.”

Qin Hao nodded, with no surprise on his face. This was actually lower than the number he estimated.

 Originally, it only took 10,000 casualties at most to annihilate the Qing army, but now it has tripled the number.

Even Qin Hao had to admit that Nurhachi's move was indeed tricky, but that didn't mean he didn't have a way to crack it. But even if he could crack it, the casualties would definitely be higher than originally planned.

Although Qin Hao felt a little distressed about the casualties, he was not afraid of the challenge and could only curse Nurhachi in his heart for being cruel.

"Since the Qing army dares to take the initiative to attack, how can our Qin army retreat?"

A flash of light flashed in Qin Hao's eyes. He had already made a decision in his mind. After a moment of thought, he ordered: "Send the order, and the whole army will march out to fight the Manchus.

In addition, before sending a letter to Nurhachi, he said that the king invited him to meet him in front of the battle and asked him if he dared to come. "

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 All the civil and military personnel present responded in unison.

Before Qin Hao makes a decision, everyone can put forward their own suggestions, but once Qin Hao makes a decision, there will be only one voice in the whole army.

The 240,000-strong army marched, covering the sky with flags and flags, and their momentum was overwhelming, like a divine dragon opening its mouth and biting at the dragon that challenged itself.

In order to prevent the Qing cavalry from sneaking up, Qin Hao ordered Huo Qubing and Su Dingfang to each lead 40,000 cavalry, for a total of 80,000 cavalry, to protect the two wings of the army. Qin Hao personally led the 160,000-strong Chinese army to march at full speed.　　　————

 “Qin Hao wants to meet me in front of the formation?”

Nurhachi looked surprised, and then he couldn't help but sneered.

There is obviously a conspiracy here, but no matter what Qin Hao's conspiracy is, it is meaningless to him who wants to abandon his car to protect his commander, and she can also use it to his advantage.

 “Go back and tell Qin Hao, I agree.”

Nurhaci sneered and said: "Tomorrow at 12 o'clock, the two armies will see each other in front of the formation."

After the envoy of the Qin army left, Shanshituo and other civil and military officials stood up to oppose Nurhachi's decision to agree to the meeting. However, Nurhaci had already made up his mind, and naturally it was not something they could change.

“Report...to inform your majesty that the Crown Prince has led the army back from Lulong and will surely arrive at the battlefield tomorrow.”

 “Are you back yet?”

Nurhaci sighed softly, then pointed at the map and said: "Instruct Huang Taiji to station concealed here. When the decisive battle begins tomorrow, we will choose an opportunity to send troops to sneak attack the Qin army's rear."

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Nurhachi did not merge Huang Taiji's army into the main army. After all, in the decisive battle of more than 300,000 troops, it really didn't make much difference whether Huang Taiji's 15,000 troops participated or not. It was better to let him look for opportunities to sneak attack on the rear of the Qin army. , maybe some big gains can be made.

 “The next step is to arrange the backup plan.”

A cold look flashed in Nurhachi's eyes. In his opinion, the possibility of defeating the Qin army was extremely low, so he had to be prepared for defeat.

 First of all, who will evacuate after the defeat? Most of the middle and high-level people will definitely not be able to escape, and only a small number of high-level people can leave.

Secondly, after losing so many elites at once, the Qing Dynasty’s national power plummeted. Where would it go in the future?

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 These need to be arranged by Nurhachi.

Late late at night, Nurhaci secretly summoned a few high-level cronies such as Shan Shituo and Yang Dayan, and hinted to them that if the battle situation was unfavorable, the priority should be to save their own lives.

The sun rises and the moon sets, and the day flies by in the blink of an eye. At Chen hour, both the Qin and Qing armies have entered a plain, and this is the place where both sides agree to a decisive battle.

The Qin Army's 240,000 troops and the Qing Army's 120,000 troops were facing each other across the royal platform in the center of the formation. The atmosphere at the scene was extremely cold.

When they saw Qin Hao appearing alone on the throne without a guard around him, all the Qing army generals were shocked and threatened to send troops to kill Qin Hao directly. However, they were reprimanded by Nurhachi.

"Do you really think that Qin Hao will be so entrusted to this extent? Since he dares to do this, there must be a way to escape."

After snorting coldly, Nurhaci got on his horse, refused the mountain lions, camels and other generals to guard him, and prepared to go alone to meet Qin Hao.

"Your Majesty, you must not do this. Qin Hao himself is also very brave. Your Majesty may be kidnapped by him if you go without any guards."

 After hearing what Mountain Lion Tuo said, Nurha suddenly sneered.

“Wouldn’t it be better if Qin Hao held me hostage?”

Having said that, Nurhachi rode his horse towards the center of the formation without looking back, and jumped directly onto the throne from his horse.

On the throne, Qin Hao was sitting upright and sipping tea with an indifferent expression. When he saw the fully armed Nurhaci jumping up on horseback, he immediately smiled and said: "You are here, sit down."

 (End of this chapter)