Chapter 14: The Beginning (Part II)
The fifty-fifth year of King Zhou (Xin Chou, 260 BC), the forty-seventh year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, the sixth year of King Zhao Xiaocheng, and the twelfth year of King Yan Wucheng.
In late March, the Qin State sent the general Wang Yi as the commander, leading the main force of the Qin State army of 200,000 to the Shangdang by boat from the Weihe Wharf in Xianyang. The Wei River and the Fen River, which stretch for thousands of miles, are full of boats with white sails hanging on them, transporting Qin soldiers, grain, grass, and military supplies.
The commander of the Qin army, Wang Yi, was on the boat to Shangdang at this moment, and received a letter from Wang Jian and Meng Fu, the generals of the Qin army on the front line.
Wang Yi couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh, and said to the generals of the Qin State behind him: "The king and Xiangguo really have a good plan, and when they negotiate peace, they will play with Zhao Wangdan, a child, on applause." Our army has now occupied Tianjing Pass and Duanshi City, and the main force of Shangdang Zhao's army is less than 200,000, how can it be the opponent of our Qin army? I think this time Lian Po is old, how else can I keep the defense line of Kongcangling? ”
The deputy general Wang Ling hurriedly clenched his fists and bowed down and said: "Although the king and Xiangguo have a great strategy, the surprise attack on Tianjing Pass and Duanshi City is the general's strategy. This time, before the main force of our army arrived, it achieved brilliant results that were far superior to those of the party in the past two years, and this time our army was sure to win. ”
Thousands of wears, but sycophants don't wear. The words of the deputy general Wang Ling made the commander of the Qin army, Wang Ji, naturally happy.
When the rest of the Qin generals heard this, they were also extremely excited, and laughed, as if the victory of the battle of the Shangdang was just around the corner.
On the eighth day of the fourth month, the 200,000 army led by Wang Yi converged with the 100,000 Qin army led by Meng Fu, a general of the Qin State who occupied Duanshi City. On the tenth day of the fourth month, he joined Wang Jian and Wang Qian, who occupied the Tianjing Pass in the southern part of the Shangdang, and led 100,000 Qin troops.
The strength of the Qin army at this time has reached 400,000. Immediately, Wang Yi led an army of 400,000 Qin and launched a fierce attack on the Zhao army stationed in Kongcangling.
The decisive battle of the party, which determined the national fortunes of Qin Zhao and even the Central Plains countries, finally broke out in full force.
At this time, the strength of the Zhao army led by Shangdang Lian Po was less than 200,000. While defending, Lian Po sent people to ask King Zhao of Handan for help. At this time, Zhao Wangdan knew that he had fallen for the tricks of the Qin State.
Because at this time, the strength of the Shangdang Zhao army was less than 200,000. In the face of the multi-front attack of the 400,000-strong army of the Qin army, the military strength was seriously insufficient. Although fierce resistance was carried out, it was still unable to stop the advance of the Qin army. The Qin army's attack went smoothly, and the defense line of Kongcangling, which had not been occupied in the previous two years, was broken through by the Qin army in one fell swoop.
On April 13, after three days of fierce offensive and defensive battles, the Qin army captured Gaoping Pass, a fortress at the middle end of Kongcangling, and the Zhao army's defense line of Kongcangling was completely lost.
On April 16, the Qin army captured the western barrier fortress (referred to as the West Barrier) built by the Zhao army from Gaoping Pass to the middle of the defense line of Guangwolf City, and the Zhao army was forced to retreat.
On April 18, the Qin army continued to advance eastward, and then captured the front end of the Light Wolf City, the Eastern Barrier Fortress (referred to as the East Barrier) built by the Zhao army, and the main force of the Zhao army withdrew to the defense line around the Light Wolf City and Jiebei Ridge, and continued to fight fiercely with the Qin army.
On April 20, the main force of the Qin army led by Wang Di, the commander of the Qin army, approached the city of Guangwolf. At the same time, Wang Jian in the south led 100,000 Qin troops to launch a fierce attack on the defense line of the Zhao army in the area of Jiebeiling.
In mid-April, when the decisive battle between Qin and Zhao broke out. Ji Kang was not affected by the assassination, but still accompanied his father and eldest brother Ji Xi to Liaodong County, where they inspected the Fuzhou Bay Salt Works and the Lushun Shipyard.
Because many of the places my father visited now are kept secret.
After Ji Kang explained to his father, under the pretext of avoiding similar assassinations, in addition to his father and eldest brother Ji Xi, his father's entourage only had the historian Gao Yang, the general Wu Yangjing, and a few attendants who had been believed, and came to Yushi County.
Standing around the salt pan, looking at the endless white salt ponds with clear divisions. Ji Kang's father, eldest brother Ji Xi and Ji all came to the historian Gao Yang, General Wu Yangjing and others, all trembling all over their bodies. There is not a single person who is not shocked, there is not a single person who is not amazed!
If Ji Kang hadn't sent someone to stop him in advance, this group would definitely rush into the salt field again like everyone before.
It's not like digging salt wells and opening salt mines anywhere else. That's the atmosphere! That's how heroic! Salt is made directly from seawater. And the quality is much better than the salt produced in salt wells and salt mines.
Historian Gao Yang watched all this, and tears flowed down again. shouted to the crown prince: "Your Royal Highness the prince, this is a 'miracle'!" What a real 'miracle'! ”
And the eldest brother Ji Xi looked at all this, as if he was 'stupid', and kept muttering: "Can it still be like this?" What else can it be? ”
Ji Kang's father watched all this and forcibly calmed himself down.
raised his hand that was still trembling, and said to Ji Kang: "Kang'er, how many pieces of salt field like this are there in my Liaodi?" ”
Ji Kang bowed down to his father and said, "Father, in the Leting Industrial Zone of Liaoxi County, there is also a salt farm like this near the sea. But it's smaller than that, about half the size of this salt farm! ”
Ji Kang's father nodded and whispered to Ji Kang, "Pay attention to secrecy." The recipe and process must not be known to Qi, Chu and other countries. ”
Ji Kang nodded and said to his father, "Father, this son can save it." This is the first time that my son has brought people to see this salt farm, except for his mother. For the father, the son has nothing to keep secret. ”
Ji Kang's father was very satisfied, look, this is my little son. It's just that there was an assassination, and you are so sincere and trusting to me! It's not a loss for my Ji family's young phoenix! At such an age, he does things so magnificently.
"Can these two salt farms supply the salt supply of everyone in my Yan Kingdom? You know, my Yan country is extremely short of salt. Ji Kang's father then asked.
Ji Kang smiled, but didn't want to say more, and said to his father: "Father, these two salt farms are more than enough to supply all the people of my Yan Kingdom. Fathers don't have to worry. ”
Ji Kang's father nodded, smiled, and said to Ji Kang: "In this way, you can rest assured that you are a father!" ”
On April 13, Handan, the capital of Zhao State, the royal palace.
Ji Kang's uncle, Zhao Wangdan, looked at the urgent letter sent by Zheng Zhu from Xianyang, Qin State, and the letter for help sent by the veteran Lian Po from the front line of the party, and his whole body was trembling with anger. This was played by Qin Wang Yingji and Qin Xiang Fan Sui, two old men!
At the end of last year, when the peace was discussed, King Zhao saw that the Qin army had withdrawn its troops, and also asked the more than 100,000 Zhao troops stationed in Shangdang to return to Handan and other original garrisons one after another. Just a few months after he returned, the current Qin army has made a comeback. Moreover, the scale of this time is larger than the scale of any invasion of the Qin army.
A deep sense of shame came over the young king's heart.
looked at the five people below, including Xiangguo Zhao Sheng, Pingyang Jun Zhao Bao, Shangqing Lin Xiangru and Yu Qing, and the eldest husband Lou Chang, and found that the faces of the five people were very heavy.
King Zhao asked the attendants next to him to give the letters of Zheng Zhu and Lian Po to the five people for circulation.
After everyone finished circulating, Zhao Dan said to the five people: "Zhongqing, now the Qin State is playing tricks and deceiving the widows. The negotiation of peace is fake, and the dispatch of troops is real. Now the Qin army of 400,000, under the leadership of the Qin general Wang Di, has attacked the whole line of the party. How should I, Zhao Guo, deal with it? Let's talk about your opinions! ”
(Four more, and one more later).
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