Around noon on May 25, Zhai Zhang and Sima Cuo led the Qin and Wei coalition forces to the west of Taoyi City, and arranged their formations slowly in the western suburbs of Taoyi.

After eliminating the 10,000 troops left behind to build camps, the current forces of the Qin and Wei armies are still very close, with more than 50,000 Qin and about 56,000 Wei army. However, considering that Hua Hu, who has obtained the authority to operate freely, and 4,000 cavalry under Hua Hu, the Wei army has a large number of troops.

However, in terms of the quality of the soldiers, the Wei army except Fangcheng army is not as good as the Qin army.

Even from a distance, Meng Zhong seemed to be able to feel the magnificent desire for war in the Qin army. It is quite appropriate to describe the Qin army in one sentence: there is no need to tell me who the enemy is, just tell me where the enemy is.

On the other hand, the Wei army under Zhai Zhang, and even Fang Cheng army under Meng Zhong, have a morale at this moment, or more accurately, the enthusiasm for fighting, which is far less than the Qin army's passion.

Seeing this, Le Jin privately said to Meng Zhong: "The Qin State launched three battles in two years, and even though more than 100,000 people were sacrificed, there was still a steady stream of troops. This is not without reason."

Meng Zhong nodded slightly. He knew that it was Wei Yang's military merit system that made Qin's country full of offensiveness and made Qin a very aggressive country. Regarding the Qin people's obsession with foreign expansion, this was something that the Central Plains countries could not achieve.

A moment later, Meng Zhong rode his horse to the open space in the formation. There, Sima Cuo's general Jin Kuang was standing on the chariot, waiting for Meng Zhong impatiently.

It turned out that Meng Zhong and Jin Kuang were central generals appointed by Zhai Zhang and Sima Cuo respectively. Simply put, in this battle, except for Zhai Zhang and Sima Cuo, Meng Zhong and Jin Kuang had secondary command power.

In order to better cooperate with the cooperation, Zhai Zhang and Sima Cuo set their respective main formations in one place, while Meng Zhong and Jin Kuang also needed to command the Qin and Wei coalition forces here at a distance that could be communicated with each other, so as not to have any command chaos.

"General Jin Kuang."

"Fangcheng Order."

The two greeted each other.

Speaking of which, although Jin Kuang was able to have conflicts between Meng Hu and Hua Hu and others while discussing military discussions, Jin Kuang still respected Meng Zhong. It is not difficult to guess the reason. It is nothing more than Meng Zhong defeated Qin's foreign wars several times, making Qin's generals such as Jin Kuang feel fearful.

Seeing that both Qin and Wei armies were ready, Jin Kuang sent a general to the camp of the Qi and Zhao coalition forces ahead to fight.

At this time, Li Dui, the Fengyang Jun living in Taoyi City, also received news of the attack of the Qin and Wei coalition forces early, so he immediately came to the camp west of the city, namely the camp where Zhao generals Zhao Xi and Lian Po were stationed.

On the sentry tower in the Xiyingmen area of ​​this camp, Fengyang Jun Li Dui took Zhao Xi, Lian Po, Dong Shu and others to climb high and look at the Qin and Wei coalition forces in the distance. When he saw the Qin and Wei coalition forces densely packed with more than 100,000, Li Dui also felt his scalp numb.

It is true that he does have 100,000 Zhao troops and 50,000 Qi troops under his command, but this does not mean that he is willing to fight with more than 100,000 Qin and Wei coalition forces.

This is not surprising. Although he was indeed a powerful prime minister in Zhao State, and the order he issued is now more effective than King Zhao, he was still a minister of Zhao State after all, so he naturally did not want his Zhao State's strength to be greatly damaged in this battle.

Therefore, if allowed, he tends to have a good talk with the head coach of the Qin army and persuade the other party to withdraw his troops. However, judging from the current situation, the head coach of the Qin army opposite seemed determined to stand on the side of Wei.

"Report!"

A moment later, Li Dui's guards rushed over and said with a fist, "Report to Li Xiang and all Simas, the general flags of the Qin and Wei coalition forces have been found out clearly. The commander of the Qin army was Sima Cuo, the governor of Hanzhong County of Qin, and the commander of the Wei army was the Grand Sima of Wei, and the commander of Yecheng Zhai Zhang."

Hearing this, Fengyang Jun Li Dui's expression became deeper and deeper.

Zhai Zhang was his old rival. When Zhao Zhufu was still alive, Li Dui and Anping Jun Zhao Chengzhu were stationed in Zhongmu. From time to time, they had some friction with Zhai Zhang in Yecheng, and they knew each other well.

Sima Cuo, as the only remaining senior general of Qin and a veteran of the three dynasties, although Sima Cuo's reputation in the Central Plains is far less than that of Wei Zhang, Ying Ji and others, he has also lost the praise of famous generals.

Today, these two people joined forces to attack themselves, and even Fengyang Jun Li Dui felt it was quite difficult.

At this time, Lian Po said angrily: "The Qin and Wei armies are so arrogant. When they first arrived here, they would not set up a village first, so they dared to lead their troops to fight..." As he said that, he turned around and said to Li Dui: "Li Xiang, I would like to be the vanguard to defeat these two armies for Li Xiang!"

Li Dui pressed his hands and signaled Lian Po to be calm.

He knew that Lian Po was brave and resourceful. If it were on weekdays, he would probably agree with Lian Po's suggestion, but this time, the benefits were too great.

After thinking about it, he asked Zhao Xi, "Zhao Xi, in your opinion, can we need to go out to fight?"

Zhao Xi thought for a moment when he heard this, shook his head and said, "The Qin and Wei coalition soldiers are numerous, and we don't know much about it. According to my opinion, it is better to wait and see for a few days..."

From the side, Lian Po frowned and said, "Sima Zhao, Qin and Wei coalition forces came to fight but our side refused to fight, which may hurt the morale of the soldiers..."

As he was speaking, the Qin army officer who was originally fighting outside the camp retreated and replaced him with a general of the Wei army. It was Le Jin's deputy general Yu Ying. He saw this man and dozens of Wei soldiers cursing outside the camp. Perhaps it was nothing more than sneering at the Qi and Zhao coalition forces that were timid and incompetent, and did not dare to go to fight.

Seeing this, although Fengyang Jun Li Dui was angry, he still suppressed his anger and comforted the generals and said, "He has never brought any siege equipment and must not dare to attack our army's camps. Let's wait and see what happened first..."

Except for Lian Po who was a little dissatisfied with this, the other generals Zhao nodded.

At this time, seeing Zhao Ying's camp not responding from afar under the humiliation and provocation of Wei General Yu Ying, Qin general Jin Kuang said to Meng Zhong with a little smile: "The Zhao people are weaker than I thought... They can't defend themselves, what can they do?"

Meng Zhong stared at Zhao Ying in the distance for a moment and said calmly: "Try to curb the morale of Zhao Jun first..."

Jin Kuang nodded, turned around and gave a few instructions to the guard beside him.

After a while, 50,000 Qin troops began to demonstrate one after another, that is, soldiers in the army tapped their shields with their weapons in their hands, making a neat and loud noise.

"Bangbangbang"

"Bangbangbang"

I have to say that even Meng Zhong couldn't help but turn his head and look at the Qin army's array in a little surprised.

Speaking of which, demonstrations like this seem to be a unique deterrent method of the Qin army. I remember that Bai Qi used it in Fangcheng and Yangguan before, and the effect was excellent. At that time, the new soldiers of Fangcheng army were pale and at a loss.

The so-called predecessor is probably what it means.

“A very good way to demonstrate.”

Meng Zhong nodded and praised, and immediately ordered him to follow the Qin army's actions, which made the loud noise more powerful.

Seeing this, Jin Kuang looked at Meng Zhong with a strange look, but said nothing.

To be fair, is this kind of demonstration really useful?

It is actually useful and very effective.

This is the same as two beasts encountering them in the mountains and forests. They do not bite them immediately, but will roar each other. One side's roar is louder and louder, and it will inevitably make the other side feel afraid. This is the instinct of an animal.

Humans are actually animals, and they are used to obeying "momentum".

Just like at this moment, the soldiers of the Qin and Wei armies tapped the shields with their weapons in their hands, and their momentum completely overshadowed the Zhao camp. Gradually, they were no longer confused and timid, because they felt that their momentum was so huge that they would not ignore it?

Yes, this is a psychological hint.

On the other hand, the soldiers in Zhao camp were like the new soldiers of the Fangcheng Army, amid the huge attacks of the Qin and Wei coalition forces, their faces were as dark as the faces and sweating on their foreheads.

Even though some of the Zhao soldiers were so angry that they cursed at Wei generals Yu Ying and others outside the camp, these scoldings were completely submerged by the torrent of the Qin and Wei coalition forces knocking on shields.

"The momentum of our army... has been completely suppressed."

Fengyang Jun Li Dui noticed something was wrong and frowned and looked at the Zhao soldiers below. Seeing that these soldiers were panicked and at a loss.

"So that's it, demonstration... is this the purpose of you and the two of you? Zhai Zhang, Sima Chou?"

He murmured to himself.

If Li Dui had no confidence in defeating the Qin and Wei coalition forces opposite before, then he would not dare to fight now. After all, the momentum of the Qin and Wei coalition forces opposite was too strong, which was daunting.

After a full moment, the sound of the Qin and Wei coalition forces knocking on the shield gradually stopped. At this time, Meng Zhong stared at Zhao camp in the distance for a moment and said to Jin Kuang: "It seems that the Zhao army should not dare to fight. We will continue to stay here, but it will only consume the physical strength of the soldiers, and will give the Zhao army an opportunity to take advantage of it. It is better to retreat first..."

"Will you retreat like this?"

Jin Kuang was stunned and asked in confusion: "What's next?"

Meng Zhong glanced at the Zhao camp in the distance and said calmly: "Now the Zhao army's momentum has been taken away by both of you and us. We dare not confront us head-on in a short period of time. If he wants to regain his momentum, he is very likely to attack our coalition forces at night tonight. While our coalition forces have just arrived here and have not yet gained a foothold, they are waiting for an opportunity to attack... In the meantime, you and I can use the tricks, set up ambush, and wait for the Zhao army to fall into the trap."

Jin Kuang suddenly realized, nodded and said, "A good plan. But... will Zhao Jun really come to attack at night tonight?"

Meng Zhong said calmly: "As long as Li Dui wants to regain his momentum, he will definitely choose to win by surprise. If he doesn't come tonight, he will definitely come tomorrow night... Humph, if he doesn't even have this courage, next, I will send cavalry to cut off the food route. As long as the food route between the Qi and Zhao armies is cut off, even if there are more than 100,000 people, it is not worth fearing."

Jin Kuang didn't expect that Meng Zhong had already thought of a few subsequent plans and was a little stunned.

After coming back to his senses, he immediately said, "Let me report to the National Guard and the Grand Marshal of your country."

After saying that, Jin Kuang sent his guards to tell Sima Cuo and Zhai Zhang what Meng Zhong said.

After hearing all this, Sima Cuo said with emotion: "It seems that Zhao Jun is already trapped in Fang Chengling's strategy..."

Zhai Zhang smiled slightly.

In fact, both of them knew that Meng Zhong suggested that they lead the army straight to Taoyi not to fight the Zhao army in decisive battle. Such reckless behavior did not conform to Meng Zhong's character at all.

To put it bluntly, Meng Zhong predicted that Fengyang Jun Li Dui did not dare to go out to fight, so he deliberately brought him to the Qin and Wei coalition forces to demonstrate with the purpose of destroying the morale of the Zhao army.

Now, thanks to Meng Zhong, the soldiers of his Qin and Wei armies had obviously stopped tapping their shields at this moment, but the Zhao camp opposite was still quiet, without any reprimanding sounds. Is this like a victorious army that had just defeated the Song army?

To put it bluntly, the morale of the Zhao army after the capture of Taoyi was just now cut off by the Qin and Wei coalition forces.

Sima Cuo would not have ridiculed Fengyang Jun Li Dui for not making any conspiracy, and easily fell into Meng Zhong's plan. After all, he was in Li Du's position and suddenly learned that the Qin and Wei coalition forces were coming to fight, he would have waited and watched for a while before talking about the situation.

Even if Meng Zhong was accurate with Li Dui's reaction, Zhao Jun fell into a weak point in momentum from the beginning.

As the saying goes, Sima Cuo, who has been dealing with Meng Zhong, knows this kid's way of using troops very well: as long as you are suppressed by Meng Zhong at the beginning, then Meng Zhong will try every means to lead your nose and let you fall into his rhythm step by step.

Whether it was Bai Qi or Sima Cuo, he had suffered a loss before.

Take today's Fengyang Jun Li Dui as an example. He should lead his army to fight. He has 150,000 Qi and Zhao coalition forces, while Qin and Wei coalition forces are only 130,000. Most of the Wei army is not elite. If we really want to fight, the Qin and Wei coalition forces may not be able to gain any advantage.

As long as Li Dui had enough courage to drag the Qin and Wei coalition forces to fight until nightfall, and then continue to send troops to attack, within two days, the Qin and Wei coalition forces that had not yet established a camp will be dragged by the Qi and Zhao coalition forces and have to retreat and regroup.

But unfortunately, the King of Fengyang Li Dui chose to defend himself and waited for the change. He was able to gain the upper hand in the momentum by the Qin and Wei coalition forces. In this case, even if Li Du led his army to fight, the morale of the Zhao army, whose military morale was affected, would be difficult to exert its due strength in a short period of time.

Thinking of this, Sima Cuo and Zhai Zhang couldn't help but feel a little emotional. They may not have to come forward in this battle. Meng Zhong and Jin Kuang alone were enough to deal with the Qi and Zhao coalition forces.

Of course, this was not beyond their expectations.

At least for Zhai Zhang, he did not intend to command the battle himself when he came here.

He is here because he is the Grand Sima of Wei, who can help intimidate the Qi and Zhao coalition forces, and by the way, he is preventing Sima Cuo from playing tricks with the Qin army under his command.

Yes, compared to Meng Zhong's ability to lead troops to fight, he was actually more worried that Meng Zhong would be humiliated by his "his own people".

Think about Tian Zhang, a famous general of Qi, where was his only defeat in his life? Was he defeated by Ying Ji? To put it bluntly, was he defeated by the Song army, who secretly communicated with the Qin army, his own person!
To be continued...