When it was dark, the two armies of Zhao Xing and Zhao Yong converged in the hinterland of Yan State, and they completely surrounded the 150,000 Yan troops crowded inside and outside Liangcheng.

In the hinterland of the enemy country, the army that surrounded the enemy country, and the number was relatively less than that of the Yan army, this was simply a miracle, and only the Zhao people did it.

However, the defenders in all parts of Yan Country could not shrink one by one, and there was no rescue army. This is also a phenomenon that can only be found in the Yan Kingdom, which has enjoyed peace for hundreds of years.

"In the days of peace, people have a temperament of being able to get by and fear of death, such bosses and princes, I wonder how they survived until now without destroying the country." Zhao Yong's behavior towards Yan Guo is simply inexplicably wonderful to the limit.

"Born in sorrow and dying in peace, this is the truest portrayal, and the reason why they have enjoyed the country for so many years is because they have a good terrain position, not the result of their struggle."

"It's a pity that we can't take Yandu in one fell swoop in order to attract attention, it's really a missed opportunity. However, annihilating the 200,000 troops of this Yan before and after weakens their national strength. Let the carrion attract flies and hungry wolves to bite us, and relieve our Zhao State from being involved in the east, which can be regarded as achieving our goal. ”

Zhao Xing looked at Zhao Yong, who was unwilling: "Things have to be done step by step, if you can't be in a hurry, the steps are too big, and it's easy to get eggs." We got to where we are today, and I think we've done really well, beating him, weakening him, and justifying it, and that's the best way for us. ”

Zhao Yong didn't want to say this kind of regretful thing anymore: "Okay, let's rest for a day, tomorrow, we will attack and destroy them." ”

It is a shame to be surrounded by the same number of enemies, and still in your own home. But this humiliation, Qi Jie decided to endure it, because the situation was stronger than people, the enemy on the opposite side was like a rainbow, and his own troops were depressed. That's the difference.

After a night's rest, both sides have regained their energy, what are you going to do? It was a battle, so he ordered Le Qian to ride the Yan army to the Jiezhi Division and make an appointment.

The envoys of Zhao were very arrogant, and they seriously protested: "First point, although Empress Dowager Zhao is the princess of Yan Kingdom, she is already married to the monarch of Zhao State, that is Zhao Ren, how can she stay in her mother's house and not return?" Empress Dowager Zhao must be invited home. Second, the Empress Dowager Zhao and her son had an awkward quarrel, it was a family affair of the Zhao people, outsiders interfered for no reason, and they were arrogant, and third, the 200,000 army and soldiers pressed the border, so that the Zhao State suffered losses, which was a provocation. So, I don't accept your explanation, and we're going to fight today. ”

Since you don't accept explanations, what are you going to do? To put it bluntly, it's just a ceremonial process and pretending, don't you have to fight? Then you have to wait, wait for King Yan's decision, because you are not far from Yan, and you can attack you with the army of Yandu.

So, Qijie did not hesitate to hang out the war-free card.

Seeing the war-free card, this contemporary Zhao Yong was directly stunned and dropped his jaw: "This is the Warring States, not before the Spring and Autumn Period, does it still work to hang this out?" Commander of the Yan Army, is there something sick in his head? ”

Before the Spring and Autumn Period in China, the war between the two countries was very ceremonial. First, politely declare war; Subsequently, they should politely send envoys to each other to send letters of war, and agree on the date of battle; Before the battle, it is necessary to arrange the array in an orderly manner; After the start of the war, the victorious side does not rush to kill the losing side. However, there was no record of using the Battle-Free card at that time, let alone the wars that followed. Today's war is an all-encompassing rule.

No nonsense, let's fight.

In fact, it's not that he doesn't want to fight, but he wants to fight big, taking advantage of the fact that the enemy army is smaller than his own number, taking advantage of his own Liangyi and Yandu to become horns, taking advantage of this rare opportunity, annihilating this Zhao army, and then waving his army to invade Zhao State, and then reversing the occupation.

The news that the cavalry army withdrew to Liangdi and was surrounded by the Zhao army reached the front of Yan Wang Hao and Xiang Bang Zizhi as soon as possible. And the commander of the army, Qi Jie, proposed that he would stick to Liangyi, and ask the king to send troops, inside and outside, to annihilate 150,000 Zhao troops here, and then take advantage of the emptiness of Zhao State, and then wave the army to attack Zhao and destroy Zhao State.

The plan is magnificent, but what will be used to accomplish it?

"Now, we are in Yandu, piecing together and reorganizing the family armies of all the noble families, and only then did we piece together 50,000 troops, which can only barely guard the capital, where is there any extra army to join forces with Qijieli."

Yan was besieged, and King Yan did not send envoys to order the outer counties to recruit soldiers to relieve the siege, but unfortunately, all the envoys were intercepted by Lou Nuan and Zhao Xing outside the city, and they couldn't get out at all.

And the peripheral counties either stick to the old rules and dare not recruit the people to serve in the army without the king's order, or they have a grudge against the two foolish monarchs and ministers of King Yan and Xiangbang, and they simply want to be a watchman. There is also a one that has lived comfortably for too long, and it has become their nature to be greedy for life and afraid of death, so they all shrink their necks and refuse to fight. 877 Good Books Network

As a result, the Great Yan Kingdom of Nuoda actually allowed the enemy to roar and go.

After some arguments, King Yan ordered the cavalry to break through and rescue the capital.

The king's order came, and he was really speechless when he sat in the line in a daze, which already showed that he didn't even think about it when he was looking forward to breaking the siege here, and it seemed that what was left for him was a desperate battle.

Thinking of this, Qi Jie ordered loudly: "The whole army is in a team and goes to battle." ”

When the whole army heard the order, they immediately formed a team, rode and led the Chinese army, the Chinese army lined up on the left, and the lower army should have died in battle, and his team was handed over to a new noble-born general to the right, lined up in formation, and prepared to attack.

Hearing the drums in the enemy camp, Zhao Yong immediately ordered the army to retreat three miles to leave room for the enemy to set up a formation.

This is not that Zhao Yong follows the rules of Zhou etiquette, but to annihilate the Yan army in a dignified battle, rather than forcing them to shrink in the small Liangyi and fight the trapped beasts.

Zhao Yong's chariots retreated, and Zhao Xing's cavalry began to move slowly towards the enemy's flanks, and the drummer looked nervously at Zhao Yong, waiting for his order.

In battle, especially in this kind of confrontation with hundreds of thousands of troops at every turn, the orders of the generals and commanders cannot be transmitted to all corners of the army in this era when communication is completely dependent on roaring, so there are already flags, drums and trumpets in this era.

As Zhao Yong calmly gave orders one by one, the drums beat the drums of war according to the order, and the flag shook the flag and passed the order into the distance.

With the sound of drums, in the blink of an eye, the left moment (phalanx) of the lower army unfolded to the west in turn.

After the Chinese army began to retreat, the reorganization was completed, and Zhao Yong's right army began to spread eastward.

One horizontal, one row at a time, densely covered with plains.

As the battle array spread out like a cloud, all the Zhao people began to put Chang Ge on the ground, and then took out the bow and arrow at their waists, staring at the enemy on the opposite side, they wanted to give the enemy a distant blow at the first time of the enemy's impact.

The Zhao people are all multi-purpose. When the enemy is attacking, it is the archers, when the enemy rushes nearby, they are the long men, and when the enemy rushes into the formation, they take up their shields and draw their iron knives for hand-to-hand combat.

And the Yan army followed the guidance of the war drums, their first group of longbowmen came out of the formation, ready to cover the enemy with longbows, behind them, Changge men were ready to go, as long as the enemy became confused under the blows of the longbow, they followed the armor soldiers on the chariot to attack the enemy.

As soon as they broke away from the enemy's ranks, the sword and shield men burst into the enemy line and began hand-to-hand combat.

When all the two sides were in order, the cavalry standing on the flag cart saw the enemy's entire battle arrangement clearly.

Zhao Yong's 100,000 chariot soldiers faced him head-on. But Zhao Xingna's damn 30,000 cavalry was divided to his left and right, threatening his left and right flanks.

But Qi Jie was not worried, because his own troops were more than Zhao Yong's, so he ordered his Chinese army to attack Zhao Yong's three moments (three phalanxes), that is, the three armies.

His own middle army and lower army defended Zhao Xing's cavalry respectively.

With the order of the cavalry, the large array began to be launched, and slowly began to approach the enemy formation.