Chapter Seven: The Recreation of Mountains and Rivers Seventy-four The Great Duel between Qin and Zhao
The news of the rumbling of the Qin army suddenly shocked the Zhao government and the opposition, the reform has just been carried out for two years, and the country has improved slightly, why didn't the Qin army come early or late, but chose to come at this juncture?
"Didn't the general say that there was no possibility for the Qin army to go east?" At the emergency court meeting, Zhao Wangjia worriedly reprimanded Pang Yuandao.
"Zhao Guo's change of law and Qin have all kinds of harm but no benefit, and Yingzheng naturally does everything possible to obstruct it!" Pang Yuan's face was full of resentment, he didn't expect the Qin army to go east so quickly.
"King, the law has reached a critical moment, don't give up your efforts!" Zhao Kuo's tone was unusually firm, "The treasury is not yet full, this battle must be decided quickly, and it must not be confronted with Changping's consumption!" ”
"Wang Jian has always sought stability, and he may not be willing to settle with me quickly!" Zhao Wangjia shook his head negatively.
"There is a law for the minister, please allow the king." Zhao Kuo stroked his beard and said lightly.
"Please make it clear to the gentleman." Zhao Wangjia straightened up and asked curiously.
Zhao Kuo then got up and walked straight to the Qin and Zhao topographical map hanging on the right side of the royal steps: "The minister has made a clear military report, the Qin army of 500,000 soldiers is divided into three routes, Wang Jian army is 300,000, and the west is forcing Jingcheng; Yang Duan and his army of 100,000 attacked Handan in the south; Li Xinjun 100,000, north to the clouds. ”
Zhao Wangjia gasped, hurriedly walked down the royal steps, and came to the map to take a closer look: "Wang Jian is also vicious!" ”
"Look, the king, the old minister thinks that the key to this battle lies in Jing Chen! Jingcheng is connected to the clouds in the north, Handan in the south, and the soldiers have been in danger since ancient times! If the well is lost, I will be cut off by the waist, and the end and end will not be connected! Zhao Kuo slammed his fist into the location marked with Jingcheng Pass on the map, "However, if there is a large army here to defend with danger, the Qin army will attack in ten directions, and there is no need to be afraid!" ”
Zhao Wangjia nodded again and again, and he took his gaze back from the map: "What Ma Fujun said is not bad, but who is handsome?" ”
Zhao Kuo pondered for a moment, and replied with some hesitation, "Most of the troops in the hinterland are elite infantry combat, and according to the guarding Jingcheng, it is none other than General Pang Yuan. "Now that Zhao Guo is short of talents, except for Pang Yuan, Zhao Kuo really can't think of a second suitable candidate.
"The old general is old...... "You don't have to think about it, you know that it must be a vicious battle in Jingcheng, Pang Yuan is eighty-one years old, can he still withstand the battle at such an advanced age, to be honest, Zhao Wangjia has no bottom in his heart.
"When the national disaster is at the head, the old minister has no hesitation!" Pang Yuan got up resolutely and asked for his life.
"This ......" Zhao Wangjia hesitantly glanced at the fake appearance Li Si, and seeing that Li Si nodded slightly, Zhao Wangjia reluctantly agreed, "That is the case, the old general can lead an army of 200,000 to go!" Speaking of this, Zhao Wangjia couldn't help but have a trace of doubt in his heart, "According to Shoujing, wouldn't it be against Qin again, how to make a quick decision?" ”
"The king doesn't have to worry, the minister still has a backhand!" Zhao Kuo looked confident.
"I want to hear about it!" Seeing that Zhao Kuo was so relaxed, Zhao Wangjia's nervous mood gradually calmed down.
"The ministers led the border army to fly 50,000 horses, and went straight to the hinterland of the west of the Qin River through Jiuyuan!" Zhao Kuo impassionedly gestured on the map.
"Good! With a sword in the head, Wang Jian has to retreat! Li Si couldn't help but applaud.
"The old man heard that Ying Zheng ordered Meng Tian to be the general and the general of Jiuyuan, and the strength of Jiuyuan has also increased to 200,000, so it may be difficult for Ma Fujun to have a chance of winning!" Pang Yuan said worriedly.
"Otherwise, the border army in the clouds is tempered and polished by Li Mu for ten years, and this roundabout attack is exactly what he is good at, and the fierce combat power is bound to make the Qin army frightened!" Zhao Kuo is convinced that as long as he has this elite flying horse in hand, he will be able to play a brilliant record in Hexi that shocks the world!
"Hexi is shaking, Wang Jian will retreat! If our army takes advantage of the situation to attack it, it will surely win! Hearing Zhao Kuo say this, Pang Yuan's hanging heart also relaxed......
After the dispersal of the dynasty, the whole country immediately became busy. Zhao Kuo took Ji Xue and hurried to the camp in the clouds, while Pang Yuan quickly divided the 300,000 hinterland army into two parts, 200,000 followed him to Jingcheng, and the remaining 100,000 were responsible for defending the western gate of Handan, the Wu'an camp.
A few days after the army arrived at Jingcheng, they heard the news of Nei Shi Teng's destruction of Han. In consternation, Pang Yuan was soberly aware that Wang Qian's large-scale military operation was about to begin. He immediately ordered all units to seize the time to build defensive walls and gather more defensive equipment such as rolling wooden arrows. Under the personal supervision of the false appearance Li Si, grain and grass were also continuously transported from various counties to the front line of Jingcheng.
Sure enough, five days later, 300,000 Qin troops pressed outside Jingcheng Mountain. Without resting, the Qin army, under the personal command of Wang Qian, launched a fierce attack on Jingcheng Pass.
The topography of Jingcheng Pass is similar to that of Hangu Pass, and outside the pass is a narrow and dangerous mountain road, which cannot be deployed by hundreds of thousands of troops. However, compared with the six countries of Shandong, the Qin army has an invincible machine-fired crossbow array in the world. Accompanied by the rumbling sound of war drums, the Qin army's powerful crossbows fired in salvos from three sides, and thousands of spear-like arrows roared under the launch of the large crossbow machine. Although the soldiers of the Zhao army have been in battle for a long time, when have they seen such a terrifying scene, many people have been confused for a while.
Taking advantage of the fact that the defenders were so pressed by the crossbows that they couldn't raise their heads, the Qin army's foot soldiers pushed towards the direction of the city step by step, and all kinds of siege equipment also followed the infantry phalanx and quickly passed through the narrow mountain road. Seeing dozens of large ladders lined up under the city, the Qin army sounded the horn of attack, just waiting for the ladder to get slightly closer to the city, Wang Jian gave another order, and the Qin army soldiers who followed immediately flocked to the ladder with overwhelming momentum.
At the moment when the Qin army's strong crossbow array stopped, the Zhao army also launched a fierce counterattack, and the rain of rolling wooden arrows suddenly poured down like an overwhelming land. Although the Qin army suffered many casualties, they still bravely attacked the city, and soon many people rushed to the city, and the two armies immediately launched a fierce hand-to-hand combat on the city......
After a whole day of fierce fighting, the offensive and defensive battle of Guancheng was still indistinguishable, and both sides suffered heavy losses.
"Collect the troops!" Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Wang Jian decisively gave the order to retreat.
"Pass my general order, from now on stop the frontal offensive, only make a feint and sneak attack, and be sure to drag the main force of the Zhao army to death!" Wang Jian strode into the Qin army's shogunate tent with a tired face.
"No!" Sima Xian, the military commander who followed behind Wang Qian, immediately took the order and left.
"Feiyu passed the book, ordering General Li Xin and General Yang Duanhe to step up the offensive, and the north and south will work together to occupy more cities, just wait for their grain routes to be cut off, and our army will be surrounded by three routes, gather and annihilate them!" Wang Jian threw his helmet on the military case, turned his head and commanded the Chinese army Sima.
"No!" Sima Yi of the Chinese army also walked out.
When Pang Yuan and Wang Jian couldn't hold each other in the area of Jingcheng Mountain, Zhao Kuo also hurried to the camp in the clouds.
Just after the Yanmen Pass, Sima Shang, the general of Yunzhong who got the news, led thousands of flying horses to meet him a hundred miles away, looking at the billowing smoke and dust, Zhao Kuo couldn't help frowning: "Why is the general so excited?" ”
"The Qin army is close at hand, and the last general has to guard against it!" Sima Shanglema replied solemnly.
Zhao Kuo waved his hand helplessly: "That's it, how is the army prepared?" ”
"General, 50,000 flying horsemen are ready to go!" Sima Shang opened the way in front, and the two talked as they walked.
"The Qin army is coming, and the Huns are also ready to move, can there be worries in the clouds?" On the Huns, Zhao Kuo was a little worried. Attacking Jiuyuan was undoubtedly a great risk, but in addition, Zhao Guo had no way out, and he could only make a risky move.
"Although the general is relieved, this surprise attack, the main force of the flying cavalry in the clouds has not moved, and the 100,000 strong herdsmen in the Yanmen area can also be used urgently for me, if the Huns dare to attack, they will not return to their armor!" The stakes were very high, and Sima Shang had already prepared for the Xiongnu to attack.
"That's very good." Zhao Kuo nodded with relief.
As he spoke, the camp in the clouds gradually appeared on the vast grassland. In the past two years, Zhao Kuo has never entered the camp in the clouds, and saw 50,000 elite flying cavalry neatly assembled in the training ground outside the camp.
"The border army is so weather, thanks to Li Mu's work!" Tears instantly blurred Zhao Kuo's cheeks, if it weren't for Li Mu guarding the north for decades, the future of Zhao would be unimaginable!
Zhao Kuo calmed down for a while, then dismounted and passed through the corridor left by the large army formation, and went straight to the central point general platform, where the five generals wearing cowhide armor lined up solemnly on both sides. As the rumbling drums were finished, a long and loud horn whistled followed.
"Hexi, Qin's heart is also! This attack only breaks the city, not occupies an area! The city will be withdrawn as soon as it is broken, and no love is allowed to fight! Zhao Kuo stared at the 50,000 soldiers in the audience with fierce eyes, "What our army is trying to do is only to shock the Qin State and force Wang Jian to return to the army!" Do you understand? ”
"Understood!" The whole army shouted in unison.
"Good! The army set off immediately and went straight to Jiuyuan! Zhao Kuohuo Ran pulled out his long sword and resolutely pointed into the distance......