Chapter Eighty-Nine: Horses Plundering Qin

In 248 B.C., the Six Kingdoms joined forces to conquer Qin.

Zhao, Chu, Qi, and Wei each sent 150,000 troops, and Yan and Han each sent 100,000 troops, a total of 800,000 troops, and slaughtered the Qin State.

This 800,000-strong army is not the kind of army that Yan attacked Zhao at the beginning, mixed with many old and weak women and children.

This time, almost all of them were composed of young and strong men, and they were also assigned to the best generals and strategists of the vassal states, and the lineup was luxurious and rare in the world.

As soon as the armies of various countries united, Meng Fu hurriedly led the Qin army to withdraw from Wei.

Wei Wuji commanded the army, entered the Qin State from the territory of Korea, broke the Mengfu on the south bank of the Yellow River, and killed more than 60,000 elite Qin troops.

At this time, the state of Qin faced an army of 800,000 columns, the government and the opposition were shaken, and the king of Qin was terrified all day long, so he ordered the whole country to be conscripted, and men over the age of 14 were all conscripted and rushed to the battlefield.

Hangu Pass and its surroundings gathered more than 600,000 Qin troops.

The Qin State, which had mobilized the whole country before, even if the number of the combined army was as high as 800,000, because the princes did not want to lose too many troops, they actually hesitated in front of Hangu Pass.

The Qin State was afraid of joining forces and did not dare to start a war lightly, so the two confronted each other in front of Hangu Pass.

There are two flowers, one on each branch.

However, it is said that in order to resist the Hezhong army, the Qin State has almost conscripted all the adult men in the country, and the rest of the defenders have become extremely empty.

At the foot of Shaoyang Mountain, Zhao Jia was wearing a Hu suit, commanding 20,000 cavalry, and his face was calm.

Beside him, Fan Zeng, Le Jian, Sima Shang, Zhao Bian, Bian Cheng and others, all wearing armor, rode on war horses and looked into the distance.

"Childe really wants to do this?"

Even though he was ready to fly at this time, it was still difficult for him to calm down in his heart, and his face was even more deeply worried.

Zhao Jia stood on the top of the mountain and looked into the distance, taking in the beautiful mountains and rivers below, and said in a deep voice: "If you give up the best opportunity to weaken the enemy and strengthen yourself because you are afraid of the strength of the Qin State, then the Qin State will only get stronger and stronger, and the Zhao State will only get weaker and weaker." ”

"This time the six countries are combined, and the Qin State has gathered almost all the troops around the Hangu Pass, and we just take this opportunity to capture the territory of the Qin State."

For this matter, Zhao Jia has been planning for a long time.

In history, although the Hezhong army defeated the Qin State and even fought to the Hangu Pass, it finally withdrew from the territory of the Qin State and did not occupy any city of the Qin State at all.

Such a mobilization to attack the Qin State, but did not fundamentally weaken the other party, Zhao Jia never understood it before.

After coming to this era, Zhao Jia knew that the vassal states were afraid of the Qin state.

When the army reached Hangu Pass, the Qin State had lost a large amount of land, but it was a pity that several countries adjacent to the Qin State did not dare to really take the Qin State city as their own.

It's just because the strength of the Qin State is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Even if the Hezhong army defeated the Qin State, the vassal states bordering the Qin State were also worried that after the army retreated, they would be retaliated against for occupying the territory of the Qin State.

It is this kind of worry that made Qin State lose an inch of ground after the defeat, which is extremely ironic.

This kind of victory, in addition to temporarily curbing the expansion of Qin, not only could not play a role in weakening Qin, but even greatly consumed the national strength of other countries.

Just because the Qin State was fighting on its own, the supply lines were relatively short.

On the other hand, the combined army comes from various countries, and the supply lines are more complicated, just to supply the daily consumption of the combined army, the vassal states are already exhausted.

In such a large-scale war, the result was that not an inch of land was finally gained, and on the surface, it seemed that the army of Hezong did win the Qin state, but in fact it was defeated.

Since Zhao Jia is determined to change history, he naturally does not allow this kind of thing to happen again.

If you win the Qin state, you must seize the land and population of the Qin state, and only in this way can you weaken the Qin state and strengthen itself.

"However, after the retreat of the Hezong army, what if the Qin State sends troops to seize these cities?"

Zhao Jia turned his head to look at Le Jian and asked rhetorically: "Even if Zhao State doesn't take the opportunity to occupy the city of Qin State, after the war is over, won't Qin State retaliate, or even send troops to attack Zhao State?" ”

Rakuma opened his mouth, but eventually shook his head.

This time the six countries joined forces, almost all of which was facilitated by Zhao Guo.

If Zhao Jiayu hadn't deceived the Qin State, ceded the three important cities to the Qin State, and gave the Qin State half of the occupied Yan State cities, how could the Qin State turn to attack the Wei State, so that Gongzi Wuji asked the princes for help and launched the Battle of Hezhong?

Most importantly, when Qin abandoned Zhao and attacked Wei, Zhao also tore up the covenant, refused to cede the three negotiated cities, and expelled Qin's envoys back.

After the end of the Battle of Changping, due to the rebellion of Zhao and the city promised to Qin to the rest of the countries, King Zhaoxiang of Qin was furious and sent troops to besiege Handan again.

Although the Qin State lost that war, it can also be seen that the Qin State will be avenged.

Prior to this, if it weren't for Zhao Jia's envoy to Qin to deceive LΓΌ Buwei, the army of Qin at this time might have been in the territory of Zhao State.

In this way, no matter whether Zhao occupies the territory of Qin at this time or not, Qin will not give up afterwards.

"So, how is Gongzi going to deal with the anger of the Qin State?"

Rakuma asked.

Zhao Jia didn't answer, but Fan Zeng said: "The countries don't dare to occupy the city of Qin, just because they are afraid. ”

"Today, Zhao Guo has set an example, so does the general think that Chu State, Wei State, and Korea will be ready to move?"

"If these three kingdoms follow suit, if Qin attacks Zhao and seizes the land, how can they sit idly by?"

Hearing this, Lema's eyes suddenly brightened.

According to Lejian's original deduction, even if the combined army can defeat the Qin State this time, there will still be a time to retreat.

At that time, the states of Chu, Wei, and Korea might not dare to occupy the cities of Qin.

Now, it's a little different.

If Zhao State takes the lead and takes advantage of the opportunity of the Allied victory in this war to occupy a large territory of Qin, then the rest of the countries bordering Qin State may not let Zhao State be in front of the United States.

They were indeed afraid of Qin's retaliation, but their expansion and ambition also existed in the hearts of each vassal state.

They have been bullied too much by the Qin State, and if possible, they will definitely rebound very violently.

What's more, even if the Qin State retaliates in the future, it will also retaliate against the Zhao State, which took the lead in occupying the territory of the Qin State, and the Chu State, the Wei State, and the South Korean State will have more room for manipulation.

"Lis, you won't disappoint me!"

Zhao Jia looked into the distance, his gaze was extremely profound.

"Pass my military order, kill into the territory of Qin, and if there is anyone who resists and does not surrender, slaughter them!"

With the issuance of Zhao Jia's order, 20,000 cavalry of Zhao State, which had been hidden for a long time, rushed out of the range of Shaoyang Mountain and roared into the territory of Qin.

Since the Zhao Wuling King Hufu cavalry shooting, the people of Zhao are proficient in the art of riding and archery, and can shoot the bow left and right on the war horse.

The 20,000 cavalry are the elite carefully selected from the country, and they are the best among the millions of people of King Zhao in both riding and archery.

On the contrary, where Zhao Jia attacked, the army was almost completely drained by the Qin state.

After the cavalry of Zhao State entered the territory of Qin State and slaughtered the entire clan of the three city guards, they finally began to destroy the withering and decaying, and in just over 20 days, they had occupied hundreds of miles east of Shengshui and north of Puzi.

Zhao Jia's actions shook the Qin State and the princes of the world, and no one expected that the Zhao State would be so bold and reckless.