Chapter 21: The Battle of Shaoliang

Just as Wei Kai was hurrying to make some weapons and equipment, the State of Qi finally sent someone to contact the two kings of Zhao and Han, which made the Wei army, which could have been evacuated quickly, besieged in Xinzheng again, and completely became a lonely army.

Wei Wangying, who learned of this, immediately scolded the ancestors of the King of Qi, and said that Zhao and Han ignored the feelings of the Three Jin Dynasty and so on. Although the curse of the King of Wei did not change the current situation, the poor minister of Wei has always been scolded by the King of Wei in the past few days, so the people are panicked.

It may be that God feels that people who are capable need to be tempered frequently. When the Wei people cursed the Qi people, the news of the Qin attack on Hexi reached Anyi. When the news of Qin's attack on Hexi came, the monarchs and ministers of Wei were taken aback. Qin State? If it weren't for a good court education, Wei Wangying might have forgotten about the country. It's not that Qin's power is small, it's just that compared to Zhao and Han, who are always jumping around him, and Qi, who has always challenged his hegemony, King Wei feels that Qin should be considered a good neighbor, although the Wei people will call Qin a barbarian.

When Wei Wangying heard the news of Qin's attack on Hexi, he said to his ministers: "According to the report from the spies, who can quell the rebellion of the Qin people with 500,000 troops attacking our Hexi this time?" After speaking, he couldn't help but smile, but then his face was gloomy. Wei Wangying thought to himself: Now even the Qin State, which was defeated by the Great Wei, dares to challenge him Wei Wangying. If it weren't for ......., Wei Wangying suddenly cursed King Qi in his heart.

After hearing the inquiry of the King of Wei, the military department Shangshu Gongsun said: "Qi play my king, Xiangguo Gongsun has been the chief general of Hexi for a long time, and he is familiar with Hexi military affairs. The king might as well summon Xiangguo and make a decision."

When Wei Wangying heard this, he thought that he had been worried about Pang Juan being surrounded in Xinzheng during this time, and forgot that his uncle had been grounded in his own mansion all this time. If his uncle had not been ordered to recuperate at home at that time, there might not have been a siege of the Wei army. King Wei patted his head when he thought of this, and said with a smile: "Look at my memory, how can I forget our Lord Xiangguo?" ", and then let people Xuan Gongsun go to the palace.

At this time, Gongzi Wei came out and said: "Enlighten my king, just a Qin person, there is a need for Lord Xiangguo to come out in person." The last general will go to Hexi, so that the Qin people can bathe in the kindness of our king and dare not violate the realm of Hexi. Wei Wangying heard a smile and pointed to Gongzi Wei and said: "Gongzi Wei is loyal to the country and deserves to be a model for my royal family", Gongzi Wei was overjoyed when he heard it, and said: "....", Wei Wangyi shook his head and said: "Wait for Xiangguo, Xiangguo will come and talk about it." This time, the general is besieged in Xinzheng, and there can be no more mistakes in the land west of the river." When Gongzi heard this, he retreated stupidly.

After a while, Gongsun Acne, who had been recuperating at home for many days, came to Shunde Palace, and the King of Wei saw Gongsun Acne coming from afar and immediately stood up and went to the gate of the palace to greet Gongsun Acne.

Gongsun Acne looked at the King of Wei who came to greet him, and his heart was also very moved, originally Gongsun Acne heard that Wei was trapped in Xinzheng in the end, and complained at home that King Wei should not listen to Pang Juan's words. Now, the king of Wei treats himself so politely, Gongsun Yan feels that as long as he advises the king of Wei from time to time, he will definitely be able to make the king of Wei agree with his idea of hegemony and not go astray.

Gongsun acne said: "My king treats Gongsun acne so well, I am very afraid." When King Wei heard this, he said sadly: "My husband and grandson have suffered for the country and have done their best. When the father is the king, he will rely on the kingdom as the cornerstone." Gongsun Acne sighed when he heard it.

After a long time, the king of Wei asked Gongsun Acne and said, "Lord Xiangguo, now the Qin State is attacking my land west of the river." Why did Sangkoku-sama teach me? When Gongsun Acne heard that the Qin State had raised heavy troops to conquer the land west of the river, he was immediately shocked. You must know that if the land west of the river is lost, as long as the army of Qin crosses the river, the peak of the army will be directed to Anyi. Hurriedly said: "My king has no worries, and the old minister will immediately rush back to the land west of the river to ensure that the land west of the river is not lost."

When King Wei heard that Gongsun Xuan took the initiative to go to the land west of the river to defend the Qin State, he immediately felt that his courtesy just now was not in vain. So, he took Gongsun Acne's hand and said: "Xiangguo must be very careful when he goes, the widows and the people of Anyi are waiting for Xiangguo's good news." Gongsun acne repeatedly promised and rushed to the west of the river overnight.

At night, Wei Kai took a small number of soldiers and horses to a high place and quietly looked at the boundless Wei State camp in the distance.

The Wei military camp is built on the basis of Shaoliang City, and there is a village in the wall, and the village is connected. Among them, there are bow towers, arrow towers, watchtowers and other buildings distributed among them. Looking at the fluttering banner of the Wei army, the handsome flag of Gongsun Acne suddenly fluttered, Wei Kai said to the soldiers beside him: "Let's go, Gongsun Acne has arrived." Go quickly and report to my king." Looking at the Qin sentinels who were far away to report to the war, Wei Kai turned his head to look at the banner of Gongzi Wei that was still fluttering in the banner of the Wei army, and said to himself with a smile: "Gongzi Wei, you have finally arrived."

A sharp weapon that can kill enemies, but it can also hurt yourself. Obviously, Gongsun didn't realize how stupid it was for him to accept Gongzi Wei to come to the land west of the river together.

Wei Wushu is famous for his excellent weapons and equipment and the powerful combat power brought by the military array, and Wei Wushu's discipline is also the strictest among the armies of all countries. After all, only with strict discipline can the powerful Wei Wushu be restrained, and by concentrating all the forces together, can the most violent blow be struck.

Gongsun Acne didn't know why he actually allowed Gongzi Wei to open up another camp outside his main camp as Gongzi Wei's camp, and he was not under his control. However, when he looked at the flags of Gongzi Wei planted everywhere, and seemed to want to compete with Gongsun Xuan's handsome flags, Wei Kai felt funny.

After returning to the Qin army camp, Yingquliang was already waiting for Wei Kai in Wei Kai's tent. After Wei Kai saw Yingqu Liang, he said: "At home", Ying Quliang said to Wei Kai: "Mr. Wei Kai, that Gongsun acne has come?" ”

Wei Kai poured himself a glass of water and said: "Gongsun Acne's handsome flag has been erected in the Wei army camp, and the Wei army, which has been truceing for many days, will meet our army tomorrow." After hearing this, Yingquliang said abruptly: "Tomorrow I will fight with the Wei army, and I will meet a few axes of the old man and grandson." Wei Kai said with a smile: "We have been preparing for this war for a long time, and it is finally about to begin." Ying Quliang talked with Wei Kai for a while, and then went out to inspect the military camp and prepare for tomorrow's battle.

In the camp of the Wei army, Wei Ying looked at Gongsun Acne, who was dealing with military affairs, and said, "Teacher, Gongzi Wei replied to the letter: I will see the opportunity to act tomorrow." Gongzi Wei This is obviously disobeying the military order, it is better to...", Gongsun Xuan said: "As long as Gongzi Wei assists our army a little tomorrow, our army and the Qin army will win." I have dealt with the Qin people for more than 30 years, and the old man is very familiar with the combat power of the Qin army, so I should not be afraid if I pay a little attention." Wei Ying saw that Gongsun Acne insisted on this, so he no longer argued, but there was a haze in his heart that could not be dissipated for a long time.

As soon as the sun in the distance showed its head, the camps of Qin and Wei sounded the sound of horns. The battle between the two armies is about to break out.

...... bang, the sound of war drums instantly filled the heavens and the earth.

The Wei army's walled gate, which had been closed for many days, finally opened, and in the dull sound of drums, a huge shield carved with tiger and leopard patterns slowly moved from the Wei army's barracks. Wei Kai watched from afar as the Wei soldiers pulled out of the camp in groups, in an orderly manner, the various arms were staggered with each other, accompanied by the sound of the Wei army's military drums, Wei Kai felt a murderous aura coming towards him.

Wei Kai looked at the Wei army formation that was about to be completed, rode forward and said to Yingquliang beside him: "Home, you can start acting according to the previous plan." Ying Quliang looked at Wei Kai and nodded to Wei Kai. Wei Kai immediately looked at the two generals next to him and said, "You Jin, you will receive the order from the two generals." As soon as the words fell, two people wearing cowhide armor and long swords on their bodies, You Jin, and the two of them immediately came out of the ranks, knelt down and said: "You Jin (Da), take the order." Wei Kai looked at the two men and said, "Order you to lead 20,000 men and bring your troops and horses to the designated location according to the previous plan." From the enter, the Dadah immediately said, "No," and rode away.

Wei Kai then turned his head to Yingquliang and said: "Home, we also have to start preparing for action", Yingquliang looked at the Wei army in the distance, and then hugged Wei Kai and said: "This time, it's all thanks to Mr. Wei Kai."

Suddenly, the horn of the Qin army sounded, and the Qin army began to attack.

In the middle of the Wei army, Gongsun Xuan, who was standing under the banner of Shuai, looked at the Qin army that was moving frequently in front of him, and ordered the Wei army to start responding to the enemy. The two generals, Youjin and Youda, did not move with the Qin army at this time, and walked straight towards the formation of the Wei army, shouting: "Wind, wind, wind......"

Knock knock, war drums also sounded in the Wei army. At this time, the Qin army was 500,000, and the Wei Hexi army was 250,000.

Gongsun Xuan looked at the Qin army array coming from afar, was stunned for a moment, and said: "Fate the archers, defeat the invading enemy", and in an instant, the archers of the Wei army began to draw their bows, and the bow engraved with the word Wei was pulled into the shape of a half-moon, and the Wei army was ready to attack.

Looking at the sparse Wei arrow feathers flying in the distance, Yu Da Yi sword cut off the incoming arrow feathers, said: "The Wei archers are measuring the distance", and shouted: "Shield". Qin Jun then shouted: "Shield". The huge shields that had been prepared for a long time were taken out and placed around the Qin army, and the Qin army also picked up the shields equipped to protect the top of the Qin army.

After a while, the fiery red arrow cloud in the sky, from small to large, instantly hit the shield of the Qin army, and with a bang, the Qin army's military formation was engulfed by red arrow feathers. Although there were still a small number of soldiers in the Qin army who were shot by flying arrows, Wei Kai for the Qin army, imitating the turtle tactics designed by the Roman army, allowed a considerable number of soldiers to break through to the Wei army and survived several waves of arrows of the Wei army. The Youjin (Da) Department never went to attack Gongsun Acne's Chinese army, but formed a formation and garrisoned not far from the Wei army.

Gongsun Yan looked at the large array of the Qin army, which was guarded with shields on all sides, not far away, and was also very puzzled. He has fought battles with the Qin army for nearly 30 years, and the Qin army has always directly discovered and attacked the enemy, using individual soldiers to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, and conducting melee battles, without any tactics.

Looking at the Qin army's phalanx between the Qin and Wei armies, Gongsun Yan always felt that the Qin army was planning something. He ordered the cavalry of the headquarters to go to break the formation, and as soon as the order was about to be issued, Nangong Gui, the commander of the right wing, sent troops to report to the country: "Qi Xiangguo, the Qin army is about 50,000, attacking the right flank of our army."

When Gongsun acne heard this, he then climbed to the lookout. Sure enough, the right flank of the Wei army was fighting fiercely with the Qin army, and there were gusts of wind and sand.

The Qin army, which had no armor and was armed with weapons, was consumed a lot by the dense arrow array of the Wei army on the way to charge the Wei army, leaving behind a lot of corpses. The charging Qin army encountered the Wei army's shield soldiers who formed a dense phalanx with a shield in one hand and a sword in the other, and the Qin army's offensive was immediately blocked and fell into a bitter battle.

But the old Qin people were brave and rushed into the Qin army in front of the Wei army, some accelerated between them, and used their bodies to crash through the Wei army's ironclad army formation, and some climbed directly into the Wei army's military formation. The old Qin people went forward one after another, gradually breaking away from the Wei army's ironclad army formation, fighting the heavily armed Wei army with long swords, and some even cooperated with each other with farm tools to kill the Wei soldiers hiding behind the shield array. The war between the two sides was instantly scorched.

Gongsun Yan looked at the Qin army that was still reinforcing in the distance, and immediately said to the deputy general beside him: "Long Jia, you immediately lead the 5,000 cavalry of your headquarters to intercept and kill the Qin reinforcements on the right flank", and after Long Jia got the order, he immediately rode away.

At this time, Yan Ming, the commander of the left wing, sent troops to report: "Qi Xiangguo, the Qin army led the army to attack the left flank of our army. The Qin army was numerous, and among them was a large number of cavalry of the Qin army. General Yan Ming is trying his best to lead his troops to defend and ask Xiangguo to send troops to support." When Gongsun Yan heard this, he looked down at the right flank of the Wei army, thinking that the Qin army adopted the strategy of attacking the east and the west?

When Gongsun Acne hesitated, Long Jia, who went to the right flank to intercept and kill the Qin State reinforcements, sent troops to report, only to see a small soldier riding a war horse and carrying a red order flag behind him dismounted and said to Gongsun Acne: "Qi Xiangguo, General Long Jia report: Qin State reinforcements began to retreat, General Long Jia and General Nangong are intercepting and killing the Qin State rout."

When Gongsun Acne heard this, he said, "Okay. The Qin people were barbaric, and they actually wanted to play tricks in front of our Wei army", so they immediately sent troops to reinforce the left flank of the Wei army. No matter how the Qin army attacked, Gongsun Xuan was ready to use the Wei army's layers of large formations, relying on the camp, and taking advantage of the advantages in weapons and equipment to slowly wear down the Qin army. Now that the Qin army did not directly attack and attacked everywhere, Gongsun Acne was relieved.

Gongzi Qian led an army that was attacking the left flank of the Wei army at this time. The cavalry of the Qin army with all kinds of swords attacked the Wei army, followed by a group of Qin soldiers with weapons.

Yan Ming, the commander of the left wing of the Wei army, immediately asked the Wei army to make a defensive posture, and the huge shields were erected by the soldiers. After a rain of arrows, the menacing Qin soldiers finally handed over to the Wei army. When the cavalry of the Qin State collided with the large shield soldiers of the Wei army, both the cavalry and the intercepted Wei soldiers were shocked by the impact. However, the Wei army borrowed this collision after collision, and the incoming Qin cavalry was blocked again and again, and was gradually besieged.

However, Gongziqian is also a person who knows the soldiers, and the purpose of his cavalry attack is only to cover the Qin infantry that followed, and when the Qin infantry rushes the Wei army, the cavalry can fight wantonly among the Wei army.

However, Gongzi Qian did not expect that Gongsun Xuan was very familiar with the tactics of the Qin army. When the cavalry of the Wei State waited for Gongzi Qian to attack the army formation to cover the Qin army's foot soldiers, the Wei cavalry outflanked the Qin army's foot soldiers and strangled the Qin army's foot soldiers. However, the Qin army had a great advantage in strength in this battle, and the Wei cavalry that came with the wind was also killed by the Qin army while strangling the Qin soldiers. There was even a Qin army that directly pounced on the oncoming Wei cavalry, and then was knocked into the air, and the blocked Wei army was immediately killed by the surrounding soldiers.

In this way, the Qin army relied on the large number of Qin troops to attack and harass the Wei army in turn. The Wei army's Gongsun Yan also took corresponding countermeasures to deal with the Qin army's attack. The battle between Qin and Wei gradually became white-hot as the sun rose. The Wei army accounted for the elite soldiers, and the Qin state occupied the fighting spirit, and the two sides fought each other without winning or losing.

Gongzi Wei looked at the army of Gongsun Yan who was fighting in the distance, and was silent. At this time, an adjutant general stepped forward and said, "General, Xiangguo has already sent our army into battle three times to attack the central army of the Qin army." The main force of our army has bitten the Qin army, as long as we cut in from the flank and take advantage of the strength of our Wei army's iron cavalry, we will definitely be able to turn the Qin army upside down." Gongzi glanced at the lieutenant general, and then said, "Now, am I a general, or are you a general?" When the deputy general heard this, he could only confess and retreat.

Gongzi Wei also has his own plans in his heart, and now he follows Gongsun Acne's instructions, even if he wins, it will only be his Gongsun Acne's credit. His son, if he wants to personally lead the Wei army to repel the Qin army at the most critical time for the Wei army in Hexi, that is a great achievement.

However, the sudden shout of the Qin people who sounded "wind, wind, wind...", shattered Gongzi's dream. Looking at the large number of Qin troops that suddenly appeared around, how could the Qin people be here? Childe Wei was a little panicked in an instant.

However, Gongzi Wei is not a straw bag after all, after seeing the foot soldiers of the Qin army swarming in, he laughed and said: "The Qin army took the initiative to come to the door to find death today, and the armies will kill the enemy with me", so he ordered the cavalry under his command to attack the incoming Qin army.

In an instant, after a long time of repair, the cavalry under Gongzi's command launched an attack on the Qin army. However, the Wei army did not notice the difference in the incoming Qin army. A simple version of the flat box car was slowly pushed to the front of the battle by the Qin army.

The roaring cavalry crashed into the heavy flat box cart, and immediately the people turned on their horses, and the heavy flat box cart only made a bang from time to time, and did not move. Among them, the Qin army was also accompanied by a large number of bows and arrows, and the Wei army suffered a dense rain of arrows on the way to charge, and most of the Wei cavalry were shot. The Wei cavalry who rushed to the side of the flat box car, even if they collected their horsepower in time, did not hit it directly. But then the spears that came from behind the flat box cart killed the approaching Wei soldiers. Then, the flat box car continued to be pushed by the soldiers of the Qin State to approach the Wei army, compressing the combat space of the Wei army.

Just when Gongzi Wei found out that something was wrong with the Qin army, the Qin cavalry who had been waiting for a long time instantly killed and outflanked Gongziwei's entire army from the flank. Gongzi Wei hurriedly sent troops to fight, but the Qin cavalry, equipped with simple stirrups, fully exerted their bravery on the horse, and the Wei cavalry fell into disadvantage in an instant.

Seeing that the Wei army that attacked several waves was repulsed, and then looked at the Qin army that was still continuing to attack and spread all over the mountains. Gongzi's heart was cold, and he suddenly had a retreat. He first fled on horseback, and then Gongzi's entire army was in chaos, and the Qin army took advantage of the situation to cover up and kill Gongzi's entire army.

But Gongzi Wei didn't expect that his escape from the battle would bring disaster to Gongsun Acne's entire army. The Qin army did not kill the entire army of Gongzi who were scattered everywhere, but expelled them and forced them to disperse to Gongsun Acne's main formation.

In front of Gongsun Acne's main formation, the army set up by Wei Kaizao used a turtle formation to confront Gongsun Acne's main formation for a long time. Just when Gongsun Xuan commanded the Wei army to defend the Qin army and found that the Qin army not far away did not move at all, he was very puzzled, and suddenly found that there was a large number of routs on his right flank. Suddenly, Gongsun Xuan shouted: "It's not good, Gongzi's army must have been defeated by the Qin people", and then ordered the deputy general to go to the right flank to rectify, take in the defeated army, stabilize the formation, and prevent the Qin army from covering up.

People are like this, the more they encounter familiar things and find the differences, the more they want to find the reasons. The more you concentrate, the more you lose sight of something else.

It turned out that the previous Qin army's repeated attacks were to make Gongsun Acne think that the Qin army was going to fight a decisive battle with him, so that Gongsun Acne's attention stayed on his own army. Especially Yuliang and the abnormality of Yuda's army made Gongsun Acne, who had been fighting with the Qin army for many years, always have doubts in his heart, and he didn't dare to relax his attention.

When Gongsun Yan got that the army on his left and right flanks was being attacked, he repeatedly ordered Gongzi Wei's subordinates to actively cooperate with him, so that Gongzi Wei could be used as a surprise soldier to break the scorching battle situation.

I never thought that Wei Kai had no intention of fighting Gongsun Acne head-on from the beginning, but just dragged Gongsun Acne. Take advantage of the disagreement between Gongsun Acne and Gongzi Wei to divide the two armies. After all, compared to being strict and waiting, wanting to take advantage of the advantages of the Wei army's soldiers and slowly consume the Qin army's Gongsun Acne Division, Gongzi's cavalry was more likely to collapse under the Qin army's concentrated superior equipment and sudden attack, and then use the Wei army's rout to break down Gongsun Acne's ironclad army formation.

Now, Gongsun saw that Gongzi's army was approaching, and wanted to prevent them from breaking through his own army. However, Gongsun acne ignores people's desire to have a life. The Wei army, which was besieged and killed by the Qin army, got a way out of life left by the Qin army, how could it be so easy to be contained and rectified.

The Qin army has always been behind the Wei army, and if you take a step back, you will die, and only if you advance can you survive.

Looking at the swarming rout, the deputy general who was originally going to let them into the battle suddenly saw the Qin people following closely behind, and immediately asked the big shield soldiers to block them.

The Wei army, which had the hope of life, shouted at this time: "I am a Wei person, let me in", "Help" pushed the soldiers in the front row hard. Looking at the miserable appearance of those who were desperately pushing and pushing the rout, the deputy general couldn't bear it, these were all Wei people after all. However, if they were allowed in, the Qin army would cover up and enter the battle. The lieutenant drew his sword, pointed at the routs and shouted, "Hurry up and line up outside the formation to meet the enemy." For the sake of Wei, take up your weapons", shouted over and over again. Unfortunately, the chasing Qin people seemed to like a game of cat and mouse, and when the Wei army gathered a little, they scattered them and forced them to attack Gongsun Acne's main formation.

The rout, who was about to assemble but had no hope in an instant, could only continue to push the soldiers in the front row, seeking the last hope of being alive, and the scene was extremely chaotic. But they all seemed to have forgotten that the Qin army led by Youliang, who had been facing each other for a long time, had been in front of Gongsun Acne's main formation, and it was a lightly clothed dead soldier carefully prepared by Wei Kai.

Hearing only a whoosh, the lieutenant general of the Wei army was killed by an arrow before he could speak. The surrounding Wei Jun was stunned for a moment. In an instant, the Wei army rushed into the right flank of Gongsun Acne. You Liang, 20,000 people led by Youda, immediately converged with the Qin army that was rushing all the way, and the Wei army was suddenly overturned by the Qin army that had been gathering strength for a long time, and the right flank of the Wei army was instantly in chaos. The Qin army began to cover from the right flank of the Wei army, dispersed the Wei army, and reached the Wei army's main formation.

Looking at the chaotic right wing, Gongsun Xuan understood that the wood was already in the boat. He now has no extra forces to intercept the Qin army, and if he doesn't withdraw, more Wei troops will be covered up by the Qin army. Therefore, he ordered the collection of troops and commanded the Wei army, which could still get military orders, to withdraw into the city of Shaoliang to defend against the Qin army.

With the defeat of the Wei army, the Qin army occupied all the Wei army camps outside Shaoliang City, completely besieging the Wei army in Shaoliang City.