Chapter 329

180. In a dilemma

"This won't work, that won't work, so what should we do now?"

"It wasn't said like this before; you guys originally said that everyone spitting once could drown Li Li Yuanba!"

Everyone complained one after another.

Feng Feng Qiji closed his mouth.

He had nothing to say.

In terms of military affairs, he could be considered a layman.

But he knew Meng Tian was an expert, and the best way currently was to wait for Meng Tian to come up with an idea.

The next day, the nobles gathered together again.

This time Meng Tian laid his cards on the table to everyone.

They had two choices: one was to charge down the mountain and fight the government troops to the death, but that would very likely end in failure.

The second was to hold their ground in the mountain while looking for another way out.

If they could find another way out, then the troops could slip out of Huashan.

"General Meng, can we implement both plans together?" Wei Pao said.

"Implement together? Do you mean sending people to find a way out while charging out?" Meng Tian asked.

"Yes." Wei Pao nodded: "I'm not reconciled without fighting a battle! What if we can charge out directly?"

"What are the opinions of others?" Meng Tian looked at the crowd.

"Let's fight; if it really doesn't work, we can retreat back!" Someone said.

"I think it's better to hold our ground here." Someone raised an objection.

"Or can we break into parts and leave?" Another person proposed a new idea.

Meng Tian listened to the crowd's discussion for a while, and his heart went cold by half.

He found that these people didn't understand fighting at all, and could even think of the plan of breaking into parts!

You must know that a million-strong army is not that easy to command.

The vast majority of the grassroots soldiers among them were not of one mind with them and relied on strict military law to control and command them.

If they broke into parts, those soldiers would have taken the opportunity to flee long ago!

Therefore, only a few of the most loyal soldiers could be trusted to leave alone.

However, Meng Tian was too lazy to say anything.

His own troops only accounted for about one-third, and the remaining majority of the troops were the private armies of nobles like Wei Pao.

Therefore, his words didn't count here; on the contrary, Wei Pao's opinion could more influence those nobles.

"I think so, let everyone decide by raising their hands." Feng Feng Qiji saw that the crowd was arguing endlessly, so he came up with an idea.

Everyone felt that this idea was good, so they agreed.

"First, let's talk about the first plan, which is to fight our way out directly; those who agree, raise your hands!" Feng Feng Qiji said.

Wei Pao raised his hand first, and Young Master Lu also followed and raised his hand.

Most of the other nobles also raised their hands to indicate agreement.

Meng Tian and Feng Feng Qiji did not raise their hands, and a few other small nobles did not raise their hands.

"The majority agreed to the first plan." Feng Feng Qiji said: "Then please, Brother Wei, lead the troops to attack!"

"Wait!" Wei Pao was stunned: "Isn't it General Meng who should attack? My military ability is far inferior to General Meng's, so it's more appropriate for him to lead the troops."

"What kind of command does this need? Just order the army to charge forward." Meng Tian said lightly.

"It's better for you to lead the troops, General." Wei Pao said.

"My army originally had thirty thousand, but during the battle of Xianyang some time ago, my men suffered quite a few losses, and now only twenty-something thousand are left. That is to say, the majority of the remaining troops are yours, so your troops should naturally be led by you."

"Of course, if you are willing to hand over the military power to me, I can lead the troops too."

Meng Tian said lightly.

Wei Pao and the others were stunned as soon as they heard this.

Hand over the military power to Meng Tian? That way Meng Tian would become the actual commander.

By then they would all have to listen to Meng Tian.

No one would be willing to do such a thing.

"Then how about this, I lead the team to attack from the left, and you lead your army to attack from the right?" Wei Pao said.

"Can." Meng Tian nodded.

"Good, then we will go and prepare immediately, and launch a counterattack early tomorrow morning!" Wei Pao said.

Soon, Wei Pao left with the nobles.

In the big tent, only Meng Tian, Feng Feng Qiji, and their few trusted aides remained.

"General Meng, are we really going to charge out from the right?" Feng Feng Qiji asked.

"That is natural." Meng Tian nodded: "Things decided by everyone raising their hands must be executed by everyone."

"I just hope Li Li Yuanba is not on the right." Feng Feng Qiji muttered to himself.

"I actually hope he is on the right." Meng Tian said.

"Why is this? Does the General think that Li Xin, Wang Li, Fu Hao, and their ilk are stronger than Li Li Yuanba?" Feng Feng Qiji asked.

"Li Li Yuanba has the courage of ten thousand men, but he cannot be in two places at once. We don't need to worry about him when we meet him; just charge past him. No matter how powerful he is, can he stop everyone?"

"I am instead worried about the route without Li Li Yuanba, because that route will be guarded by heavy troops, and the number of artillery must be greater than the route with Li Li Yuanba."

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"You have seen the power of artillery; if there are enough of them, then we will be in trouble!"

Meng Tian said.

"Then isn't the plan to charge out extremely risky?" Feng Feng Qiji panicked.

"Other plans are equally risky, because there is simply no good plan now!" Meng Tian said.

Hearing Meng Tian say this, Feng Feng Qiji couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Now he had calmed down.

Thinking carefully, what Meng Tian said made a lot of sense.

No matter what they do, the outcome will not be good.

And the root cause is opposing Ying Su!

Li Li Yuanba, artillery, Zhuge Liang who is good at strategy, and great generals like Wang Li and Li Xin.

These trump cards all belong to Ying Su.

When the opponent has so many trump cards, how can this battle be fought?

Now Feng Feng Qiji somewhat regretted rebelling.

If he bowed his head to Ying Su, he could still live his life.

It would just be a lower income and less power.

But now, he might lose his life!

The next day, the army was divided into two routes and marched toward two directions outside the mountain.

The left side was led by Wei Pao with six hundred thousand troops, and the right side was nearly three hundred thousand troops led by Meng Tian.

Wei Pao kept a heart; he divided the army into three parts, keeping a certain distance between them.

Twenty thousand in the front to lead the charge, and the remaining forty thousand would decide whether to charge up or retreat based on the battle situation.

In addition, the twenty thousand troops leading the charge were also divided into several parts. 3.6 Only twenty thousand were charging at the very front.

And these twenty thousand were all "miscellaneous troops," all farmers forcibly conscripted by these nobles.

As for the direct troops of the nobles, they were placed in the back.

When the two-thousand-strong vanguard arrived at the main road, they did not encounter any obstruction from government troops.

After walking a long distance forward, the leader Hou Yuan felt something was wrong.

Wasn't it said that the government troops had blocked the road?

Where are they now?

"Order the troops to stop moving forward!"

"You send a team to the front to take a look."

Hou Yuan said to the deputy general.