Chapter 332

"The end general was too far away to see the specific situation, but I heard the sound of cannons." The person said.

Wei Pao thought for a while and then said: "You go and report to General Meng, saying that our attack here has been frustrated, and we have lost one hundred thousand troops!" Wei Pao said.

He only lost about sixty thousand, and now he is intentionally exaggerating the loss to one hundred thousand to show Meng Tian that he has tried his best.

"Lost so many? It hasn't even been half a day..." The person was stunned.

"Why, do you think I'm lying to you?" Wei Pao said angrily: "Go to the front line yourself and see how many corpses are on the ground!"

"The end general did not think the Lord was wrong, just shocked and spoke inappropriately, please forgive me!" The person said.

"This place is not far from the front line, you should go and take a look." Wei Pao said: "Someone, accompany him to the front line to take a look, and then return to General Meng's place with him, and then come back to report to me!"

Wei Pao's men immediately took people and the messenger from Meng Tian to the front line.

They came to a small hill and looked at the main road ahead.

I saw corpses everywhere on the road.

They could smell the bloody smell from so far away.

"Too tragic!" The messenger shook his head: "I must go back quickly; the fighting on General Meng's side is also very difficult!"

"Let's go, let's go together!" Wei Pao's men nodded.

Several people rode their horses and rushed toward the direction of Meng Tian's army.

Before dark, several people arrived at Meng Tian's army station.

When Meng Tian heard that Wei Guan had lost one hundred thousand troops there, he couldn't help but show a bitter smile.

Originally there were nearly a million troops, a few tens of thousands were lost in the battle of Xianyang Palace, and Wei Pao lost another one hundred thousand, and now there are only eight hundred thousand left.

"We underestimated Ying Su's ability; now it is impossible to charge out from the front." Meng Tian said.

"General, how is the situation on your side?" A scout from Wei Pao's side asked.

"I sent five thousand elite soldiers, and as soon as they went up, they were dispersed by their shells, and only three thousand returned." Meng Tian said.

"What?" The scout didn't seem to hear clearly.

"We lost about two thousand people." Meng Tian said lightly.

"Then... we will take our leave first." The scout said.

"Go back and tell Lord Wei that we will meet at the original station tomorrow noon." Meng Tian said.

"Yes." The scout responded.

By the time they returned to Wei Pao's territory and told Wei Pao about the situation on Meng Tian's side, Wei Pao and the others were half-dead with anger.

They sent two batches of people to fight one after another, the first time twenty thousand, the second time one hundred thousand, causing very serious losses.

And Meng Tian was good, only sent five thousand people to fight!

Is he too lazy to even pretend?

"Meng Tian, this old fox, is using us as a gun; tomorrow I will question him face to face and see how he explains it!" Wei Pao was furious.

"Lord Wei, calm down, we can't offend General Meng now." Someone on the side advised.

"What can't be offended? Is it allowed for him to pit us, but not for us to talk about him?" Wei Pao said angrily.

"Meng Tian has fought in a hundred battles and is not only the only one among us who knows how to fight, but also one of the famous generals of the Great Qin. His ability is no less than Wang Wang Jian and others."

"To confront Ying Su and that group of people, we can only rely on him!"

Young Master Jianglu said.

"I know he is powerful, but we can't suffer in vain, right? We lost nearly one hundred thousand people, and he lost almost nothing; what is this?" Wei Pao said.

"How about this, next time there is any action, let Meng Tian go." Jianglu said.

Wei Pao thought about it and felt that what Jianglu said made sense.

This time they suffered a loss, but when there is action next time, they can legitimately require Meng Tian to execute it.

The next day, the nobles gathered together again.

Although Wei Pao didn't want to question Meng Tian, he was still angry, so he intentionally asked about the details of Meng Tian's battle yesterday.

He wanted to hear how Meng Tian explained sending only five thousand people to fight.

And Meng Tian also sensed the dissatisfaction of Wei Pao and these people, guessing that these people felt psychologically unbalanced because his side had fewer losses.

Thinking of this, Meng Tian said unhurriedly: "Ying Su has not returned yet, and they are responsible for military affairs by Zhuge Liang."

"This person uses troops cautiously and does not fight battles without certainty."

"Now that they have sent troops to block our way, it shows that they have the confidence to do so."

"According to my speculation, their confidence comes first from Li Li Yuanba, and second from having a large amount of artillery..."

"And the characteristic of artillery is that it has huge lethality and is very effective against soldiers squeezed together."

"So I ordered the soldiers to disperse the formation before charging forward, which can reduce our casualties."

"It's just that once the formation is dispersed, the number of soldiers launching the attack is limited."

"This is the reason why I sent five thousand elite soldiers to make a tentative attack."

Meng Tian explained his reasons in detail.

Wei Pao was speechless after listening.

Because Meng Tian's strategy was correct.

When dealing with artillery, personnel must indeed disperse.

Otherwise, it would be like their side, dying in large numbers.

"Originally, I wanted to wait for the first wave of attacks to pass before sending another batch up to consume their shells."

"But at this time I received the news of your failure, worried that the other party would take advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack, so I dismissed the idea of attacking again."

"Now, as their formation becomes more and more stable, it is even more impossible for us to break out."

Meng Tian summarized.

"Then what should we do?" Wei Pao asked.

"Send people to other places to see if we can find a new way out." Meng Tian said.

Wei Pao and the others discussed for a while, but couldn't think of any new methods, so they could only do as Meng Tian said.

Soon, dozens of reconnaissance teams set off.

They marched in all directions to find possible ways out.

After arranging the reconnaissance teams, Meng Tian returned to his big tent 4.3.

Before long, Feng Feng Qiji walked in.

"General Meng, what is the probability of finding other ways out?" Feng Feng Qiji asked.

"Very difficult." Meng Tian said lightly.

"If we can't find a way out, won't we be trapped to death here?" Feng Feng Qiji said.

"If it were just you and me leaving, it wouldn't be difficult; we could take a small path under the cover of night."

"It's just that if we do this, it's equivalent to abandoning these hundreds of thousands of troops, which is no different from being dead."

Meng Tian said.

"General Meng, we can't sit and wait for death; you should come up with an idea!" Feng Feng Qiji said with a bitter face.

Meng Tian smiled bitterly and didn't make a sound.

If it were ten days ago, he would have come up with many ways.

But not now; he couldn't think of any way to solve the current predicament..

184. The last way

After several battles, Meng Tian realized he was wrong, very wrong.

The biggest mistake was not understanding the opponent's strength.

It was only when he saw Li Li Yuanba's unstoppable force on the battlefield with his own eyes and saw the huge power of those shells with his own eyes that he felt the gap between the two sides.

In addition to the gap in strength and equipment, there was also a gap in organization and ability.

Now he found that Ying Su was very terrifying.

The appearance of Li Li Yuanba, artillery, Zhuge Liang, and others were all related to Ying Su!

It is unwise to be an enemy of such a terrifying person.

But now everything is too late.

The arrow has already been shot, and it is impossible to take it back.

"General Meng, how about we send secret envoys to contact the nobles outside and then work from inside and outside?" Feng Feng Qiji saw that Meng Tian didn't speak for a long time, so he came up with an idea.

"Contact the nobles outside? Will they agree?" Meng Tian asked.