Chapter 159: Wei Han Zhanqi was forced to retreat
Wei Si also knew that if such patience dragged on, the soldiers would sooner or later lose their morale, and they would lose the battle before it was fought.
However, Wei Si promised Zhang Yi that after he led the Qin army to defeat the Song and Lu armies, the three kingdoms would work together to repel the Qi army, but now the Qin army has not heard news for a long time, and it is really unlikely that he rashly attacked the Qi army with the Han army.
Thinking of this, Wei Si couldn't help but say to himself:
"Is it necessary to transfer troops from Xiangling and Xiuyu to help now?"
This will certainly defeat the Qi army, but it will make the Great Liang lose its protection and be exposed to the Chu State in the south, which is also the reason why Wei Si immediately asked for help from Zhao, Qin, and Han before that, and was unwilling to transfer troops from these two places.
Su Qin also saw Wei Si's difficulty, so he said:
"King, the reinforcements of Zhao have not come for so long, it seems that it is impossible to come to support our Wei State, and the Qin army may not be reliable, now we can only count on our Wei and Han armies, rather than waiting for death without a fight, it is better to have a big battle, at least there is hope of victory!"
Wei Si clenched his fists and seemed to have made up his mind:
"Now hurry up and order someone to invite Prince Han, and then inform the soldiers to rest well, cheer up tomorrow, our Wei and Han armies will fight a bloody battle!"
So early the next morning, Wei Si and Han Taicang separately inspected their own army and made preparations for a bloody battle with the Qi army.
Wei Si himself served as the commander, Su Qin and Mo Shang were both military advisors, Zhai Zhang was in charge of the Chinese army, Wei Ran was in charge of the army, and Le Yi was in charge of the army.
The Han army was also the commander of the crown prince Han Cang, but only set up two armies, 70,000 people each, to cooperate with the three armies of Wei to attack on two flanks.
After the Qi army learned that Han Wei had set up the five armies, he also quickly made the same deployment of the five armies, but what Wei Si didn't expect was that this time the king of Qi actually came to the battlefield in person, and he also ordered someone to shout to him:
"King Wei, I haven't seen you for more than half a year, but I didn't expect us to meet again on this Guanjin battlefield!"
Wei Si also ordered someone to call back to King Qi:
"Yes, King Qi, do you still miss the life of our Great Liang?"
The king of Qi was not angry, but ordered someone to pass on the message again:
"In the past, Gou Jian had been lying on the salary for ten years, and my Tian Pijiang only lived in your Daliang for a few months, and this king would like to thank King Wei for your kindness to this king back then!"
Wei Si originally wanted to ridicule King Qi, but seeing that he was not fooled, he asked people to reply again:
"Well, let's stop talking nonsense and go to war!"
Wei Si first went to war with the lower army led by Le Yi, and the Qi army did not show weakness, imitating Tian Ji horse racing, and used the Chinese army to fight against the lower army of Wei, but the lower army led by Le Yi of Wei was defeated and retreated back in less than a round.
King Qi couldn't help but be a little curious at this time, so he asked Kuang Zhang:
"Why are Wei's troops so vulnerable?"
Kuang Zhang replied:
"Maybe our Qi army is too strong!"
King Qi nodded:
"Yes, after all, our Qi army is experienced in a hundred battles, while the elite of the Wei army is distributed in Hexi and Xiuyu!"
Then ask Kuang Zhang:
"What should we do next to deal with Wei Jun?"
Kuang Zhang replied:
"If you want to win the other side, of course you know that you know the other, you better let the King of Wei go out first, if the King of Wei does not come out, then it is not too late for our army to go out, anyway, we have already won one!"
Qi Wang says:
"Yes, it's still General Tian Ji's superior mark medium horse, medium mark inferior horse is easy to use, this time the widow can avoid the Wei army and face the Wei army, it will be a victory."
So the king of Qi sent someone to send a message to the king of Wei, asking the king of Wei to send troops first.
Wei Si did not hesitate to order Zhai Zhang's Chinese army to fight, and Qi immediately sent the upper army to fight, and as a result, more than 20 rounds of fighting were fought, and it was obvious that the number of chariots and horses in the Wei army was far greater than that of the Qi army, and the Qi army was already in decline.
King Qi was anxious all of a sudden, so he asked Kuang Zhang:
"What's going on? Why is the Chinese army of Wei so strong in battle? ”
Kuang Zhang suddenly thought of something:
"Your Majesty, this ...... This...... Could it be that this Wei army was filled with the Chinese army before? And is the middle army the real upper army? No wonder the combat effectiveness of the Wei army is so weak! ”
King Qi himself wanted to defeat Wei with Tian Ji's horse racing strategy, but he didn't expect King Wei to counter him, and King Qi knew that he was fooled, so he quickly ordered his army to retreat.
Wei Si saw that the Qi army had not moved for a long time, so he ordered someone to urge the king of Qi to fight:
"King Qi, the first two battles were all made by our Wei State first, this time it's your turn to King Qi, please King Qi hurry up!"
After King Qi received the news, he asked Kuang Zhang:
"What now? The only thing left for our Qi State to prepare for the battle now is the lower army, which is absolutely impossible to defeat the upper army of the Wei State! ”
Kuang Zhang replied:
"If we go to the army, we will definitely not be able to win, which will inevitably hurt the morale of our army, it is better to inform the King of Wei, don't fight, let's attack directly with the three armies!"
King Qi nodded:
"Yes, this can't be compared, the whole army must attack!"
immediately ordered someone to send a message to Wei Si.
After Wei Si listened, he asked Mo Shang:
"What do you think, sir?"
Moshan replied:
"Since the Qi State wants the three armies to attack, I am afraid that we will not be able to win if we fight, why don't we defend first and wait for the opportunity?"
Wei Si asked Su Qin again:
"Jizi, what do you think?"
Su Qin also replied:
"I didn't expect the King of Qi to cheat, but this is also expected, according to the current situation, although our Chinese army defeated the Qi army, the momentum has increased a little, but in terms of strength, I'm afraid we are still inferior to the Qi army, so I agree with Mr. Mo Shang, defend and wait for opportunities!"
Wei Si ordered the three armies of Wei to quickly form a large defensive formation and fight with the Qi army.
When the two armies fought for a while, the left and right armies of Qi also joined from the two flanks.
Wei Si also hurriedly asked Han Cang to also command the Han army to go to the battle.
As a result, a melee of nearly 600,000 troops on both sides was staged in this Guanze land, and the sound of soldiers' confrontations, roars, and shouts completely resounded all over the land within a radius of 100 miles.
Although the Wei army responded to the battle, it was a defensive counterattack, and the Qi army was very uncomfortable at first, which made the Wei army somewhat advantageous, but when the two wings of the Qi army joined, the Wei army gradually became a decline, even if the Korean army came to support, it seemed that it was no longer under control, and it lasted until ten o'clock in the evening, and the two sides were still fighting.
After Wei Si found out that the situation seemed to be a little out of control, he was also worried, so he hurriedly asked Su Qin and Mo Shang:
"How is this good, how is this good? If we continue to fight like this, will we be finished? ”
Mo Shang comforted Wei Si:
"King, don't be too anxious, although our Wei and Han coalition forces are in decline now, but because we have always been defensive, our soldiers' physical strength preservation is better than that of the Qi army!"
Su Qin suddenly smiled at this time:
"Yes, since our physical strength is better than that of the Qi army, then why don't we take advantage of our Wei army's current advantage?
Wei Si couldn't help but be curious:
"Could it be that Ji Zi did you mean that our Wei army can use the advantage of its physical strength to drag down the Qi army? But according to the current situation, the situation on the battlefield is already extremely unfavorable to our Wei army, I am afraid that our army has already been defeated if it does not drag down the Qi army! ”
Su Qin said:
"Of course it's not dragging on the battlefield, we must sacrifice some soldiers now, so that the Qi army can pursue us, so that we can give full play to the advantage of our physical strength!"
Moshan also says:
"Brother Ji Zi is right, but it may be very difficult for our Wei army to get out of the battlefield!"
Su Qin said again:
"Yes, that's why I just said that I would sacrifice some soldiers, so that these soldiers can temporarily resist the Qi army and give others a chance to retreat!"
Wei Si asked:
"How many soldiers do you think you have to sacrifice Jizi?"
Su Qin replied:
"About 30,000!"
Wei Si was taken aback:
"What? Thirty thousand, so much? Our Wei State has to sacrifice so many soldiers and soldiers? ”
Su Qin replied:
"Yes, if we don't sacrifice these 30,000 soldiers for their lives, then our 170,000 soldiers in this battle will probably be wiped out!"
Wei Si asked again:
"Can you only gamble like this once?"
Mo Shang also explained at this time:
"Ji Zi is right, now there may be only one way, otherwise our Wei and Wei will be defeated this time!"
Although Wei Si's expression was very reluctant, after all, he had led the Wei State to fight for several years, and he had never given up so many soldiers at one time, but for the sake of the overall situation, he still had no choice but to order 30,000 soldiers to break the rear, and all the others retreated.
After the Qi army killed the 30,000 Wei troops after the break, they immediately pursued the retreating Wei army and the Han army again.
Wei Si obeyed Su Qin and Mo Shang, directly abandoned Guanjin and retreated west.
The Qi army pressed on, and after occupying Guanjin, it continued to advance westward to pursue the Wei and Han armies.
At this time, Wei Si had already led the army to Puyang, the former capital of Wei, and after seeing that the Qi army was about to chase closer, Wei Si asked Su Qin and Mo Shang again:
"Now that our Wei and Han armies have retreated sixty miles to Puyang, the Qi army is still so full of physical strength, following behind and constantly chasing us, does this king still want to give up this Puyang City?"
Moshan replied:
"Now the deeper the Qi army chases, the more beneficial it will be to our Wei State, and the Qi army can now have 200,000 troops of the Qin State in the rear?"
Wei Si said:
"But the widows gave up Guanze and Puyang one after another, which ...... How will this widow face the people of my Wei country in the future! ”
Mo Shang saw that Wei Si was very worried about the people, so he comforted:
"You don't have to worry, the king has already sent someone to inform all the people nearby to evacuate, and the queen has already gone to personally assist the people to retreat when you think you are retreating, this time it's a big deal to lose some of the houses in the city, and then we will win the Qi army, and then help the people rebuild!"
Wei Si nodded:
"It seems that this is the only way to go!"
Then he glanced at Su Qin, who had not spoken for a long time and seemed to be thinking about something:
"Jizi, why don't you speak?"
Su Qin took out a sheepskin map from his sleeve:
"King, Ji Zi, I have thought of a way to defeat the Qi army...... I've figured it out! ”