Chapter 182: Soldiers Descend on the City
"The person you are talking about, is it Pang Nuan?"
After Zhao Yan was stunned, his eyes lit up slightly, and then he asked with some surprise.
Speaking of Pang Nuan, I'm afraid not many people know.
If you mention Guiguzi Gaotu, Pang Juan, who once held the position of general in Wei State, I am afraid that many people have heard of it.
Pang Juan and Sun Bin were originally brothers in the same school.
However, Pang Juan was jealous of his ability, thinking that his talent was not as good as Sun Bin, and he was worried that the other party would threaten his status, so he fabricated charges and cut off Sun Bin's feet.
never thought that Sun Bin's talent was still known to the Qi people after all.
The Qi people secretly sent it to the Qi State, so Sun Bin assisted the Qi general Tian Ji to defeat Pang Juan twice and won the Battle of Guiling and the Battle of Maling.
These two wars not only laid the foundation for the hegemony of Qi, but also the beginning of the weakening of Wei, and allowed Sun Bin to take revenge.
Judging from the above historical data, Pang Juan can be described as a typical villain.
But don't forget, at that time, the strength of Wei was the best in the world, and Pang Juan was able to serve as the general of Wei, and he was by no means a mediocre person.
It's a pity that compared to Sun Bin, Pang Juan is slightly inferior after all.
Since Pang Juan died in the battle of Ma Ling, the Wei State has collapsed, and the Pang Clan has lost power in the Wei State.
The king of Wei later sent Pang Cong to accompany the crown prince to Zhao as a hostage.
Pang Cong was worried that after this departure, the king of Wei would no longer be close to him, so he told a fable of 'three people become tigers', but later lost the trust of the king of Wei.
Pang Nuan is the descendant of Pang Cong.
At this time, Pang Nuan was close to eighty, and he was a famous general of Zhao who was greatly underestimated at the end of the Warring States Period.
Why?
When Guy Pang Nuan worshipped the general, it was at a time when Lian Po defected to Wei, and Lecheng and Lejian were not reused.
At that time, except for Li Mu, who was stationed in northern Xinjiang, there was almost no one available in Zhao State.
King Yan saw this opportunity and sent troops to attack Zhao again, wanting to be ashamed.
Zhao Yan took Pang Nuan as his general, took 20,000 Yan troops, and killed Xin.
If that's all, Pang Nuan's exploits are nothing.
When Pang Nuan was truly brilliant, it was the last battle launched by the allied forces of Zhao, Chu, Wei, Han, and Yan to attack Qin.
In terms of results, the battle of the five countries attacking Qin ended in failure.
However, from a strategic point of view, Pang Nuan led the joint forces to attack Qin this time, and there was almost a breakthrough.
In the past, all the countries combined to attack Qin, but they all went upriver along the Yellow River, and were finally blocked outside the Hangu Pass and had to withdraw their troops.
Pang Nuan is longitudinal, but he has changed his previous strategy.
Pang Nuan believed that the army attacking Qin repeatedly advanced westward, but was blocked at Hangu Pass, so it was better to make a detour to Puhan, cross the Yellow River in the south, and make a detour to Hangu Pass, so that they could surprise and go straight to Xianyang, the capital of Qin.
This strategy developed by Pang Nuan has proved to be very effective.
The five-nation alliance army went out of Pusaka by different routes, bypassed Hangu Pass, and drove straight into the hinterland of Qin, and actually arrived at Yu.
Where's the Lyros?
The west of Yiyang is Yiyang, and the west of Yiyang is Xianyang, the capital of Qin.
It is only a hundred miles away from Xianyang, the capital of Qin, which is almost equivalent to hitting the city of Xianyang, and it can be predicted how panicked the Qin State was at that time.
Throughout the history of several battles of the Combined Column, who was able to lead the Combined Column army to this place?
It can be said that in this battle of Hezhong, due to the strategy formulated by Pang Nuan, the army of Hezong was like a bamboo splitting in the early stage and occupied an absolute advantage.
It is a pity that it is this kind of marching that breeds the pride of the coalition forces and the feeling of despising the enemy.
Especially the army of the state of Chu.
Because Chu was the strongest, although Pang Nuan was the nominal commander of the coalition army, the Chu army did not obey the command very much.
The Chu army advanced lightly and defended laxly, and was attacked by LΓΌ Buwei at night.
The Chu army was defeated, and after the king of Chu learned the news, he ordered the rout to return to the country, and moved the capital to Shouchun for fear of Qin's retaliation.
The defeat of the Chu State led to the rapid defeat of this joint battle, which had started well.
Since then, the nations have not succeeded in uniting again.
Pang Nuan is resourceful, good at vertical and horizontal, and strategic, but after all, there is a lack of talent in commanding troops, and the people of various countries are not aligned, so there is such a big defeat.
Even so, Pang Nuan's talent cannot be denied.
Zhao Yan thought of Pang Nuan and knew that this big guy had already talked about the art of war with Zhao Wuling when he was in King Zhao Wuling.
Over the years, Pang Nuan has followed the Crane Guanzi to study knowledge.
Pang Nuan wrote a book and said, among which there are three articles of "Pang Xuan" for military power strategists, and two articles of "Pang Xuan" for vertical and horizontal doctrines.
Pang Nuanqi can be described as both civil and military.
"In this case, you went to summon Pang Nuan into the palace, and this prince should take the school exam."
Zhao Yan thought about it for a long time, and finally asked Han Cang to summon Pang Nuan, wanting to see if this veteran, who was nearly eighty years old, could still take on the important responsibility.
The results are clear.
Although Pang Nuan is old, he has a quick mind and has his own ideas for governing the country, and after the two talked, Pang Nuan won Zhao Yan's heart.
Due to Zhao Jia's butterfly effect, Pang Nuan also stepped onto the stage of history a few years ahead of schedule.
Zhao Yan then worshiped Pang Nuan as a general, and ordered him to command 80,000 troops to go to Yin'an to quell Lian Po's rebellion.
Outside the city of Yin'an, the flag fluttered.
Lian Po looked at the dense army outside the city, his fists clenched, and because he was too hard, his nails sank deep into the flesh, and the blood stained his palms red.
Seeing this, the confidant general Guo Xu gritted his teeth and said: "Zhao Yan wants to kill them all, even if the general takes the initiative to write a letter to express his support and submission, he still defines us as rebels." β
"In this case, we simply fulfilled Zhao Yan's wish and directly raised troops to rebel!"
Guo Xu gritted his teeth, obviously disappointed in what Zhao Yan had done.
When many Zhao generals heard this, their faces were different, and many of them were even more frightened.
They just started, and they didn't expect things to become so serious, nor did they expect Zhao Yan to charge Lian Po with rebellion.
They all knew that Lian Po didn't rebel, so what could they do?
Many generals respect Lian Po from the bottom of their hearts, and naturally they are upset about him, but unfortunately if they really want to follow Lian Po to rebel, there will not be many people who are willing to respond.
No matter how meritorious Lian Po is, he is only a general after all, not representing the orthodox royal family.
Throughout the history of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, how many generals raised troops and rebelled to successfully replace the royal family?
What's more, most of the generals' family members have been arrested by Zhao Yan at this time, and if they really follow Lian Po to rebel, it will be absolutely difficult for the family members to be saved.
Lian Po took in everyone's expressions and couldn't help but smile miserably.
He wanted to scream, but he felt that his throat was blocked, and he couldn't make a sound at all, so he could only gasp for air with red eyes.
At this moment, a chariot suddenly appeared in the army outside the city, slowly coming towards Yin'an City.
The person standing on the chariot was none other than Zhao Yan's newly appointed general, Pang Nuan.
The chariot was getting closer and closer, and it was about to come within range of the bow and arrow on the wall, and then it stopped.
"General Lian Po, although some people slander the general for rebellion, the old man knows the general's temperament very well, and he will never do such a rebellious thing."
"If the general can open the city and surrender today, and return to Handan with me to meet the prince, the old man will definitely do his best to ensure that the general is safe!"