Chapter 49: Save Pang Juan
Long Hui counted the damage of weapons of various armies, the first army of 8,000 people, equipped with 8,000 ancient Roman double-pointed guns, 8,000 Australian wooden shields, 8,000 Javanese bows, and 56,000 bows and arrows. The Second Army was fully manned with 10,000 men, equipped with 10,000 pieces of hard leather armor, 10,000 Zulu bronze javelins, 10,000 Shang bronze spears, and 3,000 Celtic chariots. The Third Army was fully manned with 10,000 Maruki bows, 100,000 bows and arrows, 10,000 Eastern Sudan Besa shields, and 10,000 bronze-eyed battle axes. The Fourth Army had 9,000 men left, equipped with 1,800 Celtic chariots, 9,000 Maori sticks, 9,000 Shang bronze armor, and 9,000 Shang bronze swords. The Fifth Army was fully manned with 10,000 men, equipped with 3,000 Kort chariots, 10,000 bronze knives, 10,000 bronze bows, 100,000 bows and arrows, and 10,000 forged rods. The Sixth Army, 5,000 people reported the loss of 5,000 pieces of equipment, and 5,000 Shang bronze face shields. The Seventh Army was full of 10,000 men, equipped with 5,000 bronze beast masks, 10,000 nose twists, and 10,000 ball-headed sticks. The Eighth Army was fully staffed with 10,000 men, 5,000 bronze beast-faced shields, 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 nailheads. The Ninth Army was fully armed with 10,000 men and was armed with an Etruscan flat-headed axe and an Egyptian bronze sword.
The 10th Army was fully manned with 10,000 men, armed with 10,000 stanzas, 10,000 Australian throwing guns, and 2,000 Greek chariots. The 11th Army was fully manned, with 10,000 men, 10,000 roots, 10,000 war hammers and 10,000 gold rods, and 2,000 Greek chariots. The 12th Army was fully manned with 10,000 Soto tomahawks, 10,000 Hawaiian throwing guns, 10,000 Indian war hammers, and 2,000 Greek chariots. The 7,000 men of the 13th Army were armed with 7,000 rifle sticks, 7,000 European pickaxes, and 1,500 Greek chariots.
In order to compensate for the losses in the Battle of Guiling, Wei sent troops to attack the neighboring and weak Korea. Korea was not an opponent of Wei, so it had to send an envoy to Qi for help. King Qi Wei promised to come to the rescue in order to urge Han to resist Wei with all his might, but in view of the beginning of the war, it was not advantageous to send troops too early. After soliciting Sun Bin's opinion, he decided to sit on the mountain again and watch the tiger fight, and only after Wei Han fought hard did he send troops to the rescue, so that "honorable name" and "heavy profit" were obtained. It was not until the Korean army was defeated in five battles and the situation was critical, and the Wei army was also very tired, that they sent troops to rescue them.
King Qi Wei took Tian Ji as the main general, Tian Ying and Tian Wei as the deputy generals, and Sun Bin as the military advisor, using the strategy of encircling Wei to save Zhao, leading the army to the capital of Wei, Daliang, and inducing the Wei army to come back to rescue in order to relieve the siege of Han. The Qi army rescued Korea and launched the Battle of Maling against the Wei State.
King Wei Hui withdrew the Wei army to Daliang, and with the crown prince Shen as the general and Pang Juan as the general, he led 100,000 troops to the east to meet the Qi army. As a result, he was attacked by Tian Pan's army in Maling, and the whole army was annihilated, and the crown prince Shen was captured and executed.
Prince Shen originally had the intention of retiring from the army, but Pang Juan did not listen. After Tian Pan made contact with the Wei army, he immediately feigned defeat and retreated. Sun Bin believed that the Wei army was brave and could not fight a decisive battle rashly, but could only take advantage of the weakness of the Wei army, which had always despised the Qi army and Pang Juan's eagerness to win. It was to avoid the battle and show weakness, retreat and reduce the focus, and lure the Wei army to pursue. That is, on the first day, 100,000 people were dug to cook and eat stoves, which were reduced to only 50,000 on the second day, and reduced to only 30,000 on the third day, creating the illusion that the Qi soldiers and soldiers were scattered and fled in all directions, and the troops were insufficient. Pang Juan really hit the plan and pursued the Qi army for 3 days in succession. Seeing that the Qi army was decreasing day by day, he thought that the Qi army was demoralized and fled seriously, so he abandoned the infantry and pursued it with light vehicles and elite cavalry.
The Qi army retreated to Maling, where the trees were dense and the road was narrow and dangerous. Sun Bin calculated the itinerary and judged that the Wei army would chase after sunset, that is, lead the army to ambush. Moreover, once Pang Juan is in the scheme, there is no way out. Sun Bin ambushed 10,000 archers on both sides of the Maling Road, agreed to fire 10,000 arrows at night with the light of fire, and peeled off the bark of one of the big trees beside the road in advance, and wrote the words "Pang Juan died under this tree" on it. The Wei army, exhausted after a long pursuit, entered the ambush area at the estimated time of Sun Bin. Pang Juan saw that the bark of a tree had been peeled off and there were still words engraved on it, so he stopped and ordered someone to light a light to read the words engraved on the tree. But before he finished reading, the Qi army was already in full swing, and the Wei army was defeated. Seeing that the situation could not be changed, Pang Juan had to sigh, "So he became the name of the erector, and was ready to commit suicide in shame, at this time, Long Hui's Sixth Army and the Thirteenth Army 1,500 rode chariots and 12,000 soldiers rushed into the battlefield, resisting crossbow arrows with shields, and lost more than 3,000 soldiers, escorting Pang Juan to Longcheng." The Qi army pursued the victory, captured the prince Shen, and completely annihilated the Wei army. The Battle of Maling ended with a great defeat for the Wei army. Sun Bin took advantage of Pang Juan's weakness to create an illusion and induce him to comply, and always took the initiative.
Pang Juan saw Long Hui after arriving in Longcheng, Xie Long's life-saving grace, General Pang was polite, I took the lives of thousands of soldiers in exchange for the general's life because I felt that it was a pity for the general to die like this, and the general would have to fight for my Longcheng in the future. Pang Juan is willing to serve. After that, General Pang will lead the Sixth Army that saved you today, and the 13th Army was merged into the Sixth Army, reaching 9,600 people and 1,200 chariots.
The state of Qi defeated the state of Wei in the Battle of Maling, and the state of Qi rose to prominence. In the following year, Qi, Qin, and Zhao attacked Wei from the east, west, and north, and Qi and Qin were on the same front and jointly hostile to Wei, and the relationship between the two countries was still friendly at this time.
King Hui of Qin was called the queen, and he was interested in marching into the Central Plains, so he appointed Zhang Yi as the prime minister of Qin in the following year, and captured the Shaanxi province of Wei; Sun Yan, the head of the rhino of Wei, initiated the "Five Kingdoms Ministers" of Wei, Zhao, Yan, Han and Zhongshan, which caused dissatisfaction among Qi and Chu. At this time, Qin Prime Minister Zhang Yi was planning to "attack Qi and Chu with the momentum of Qin, Han and Wei, and propose a plan to King Qin Hui, thinking that "if you attack Wei with Chu, Wei will throw herself to Chu if it is frustrated, and Korea is originally a friendly country of Wei, so that Qin will be isolated." It is better to send troops to confuse him, and if Wei and Chu fight a big war, Qin can take territory beyond Hexi and return. So King Qin Hui in turn promised Wei to fight back against the invading Chu army with him in order to gain land beyond the West River of Wei.
At this time, the general of Chu Zhaoyang was moving his army to prepare to attack Qi, and Qi was alone because of the bad relations with Wei, Zhao and other countries, Qin saw this opportunity, so he pretended to attack Qi with Han and Wei, in an attempt to thwart the prestige of Qi.