Chapter 43: The Battle of Chaoge
"It's difficult, even if the Chu army comes back, our grain and grass are almost exhausted, and it is impossible for the 500,000 army to hold out for too long. Unless Qi is willing to join, with Qi country's sufficient grain and grass, this battle will be won! Coach Pang Xuan said very sadly, "It's a pity, God doesn't bless me, what can I do?" ”
All the generals asked to retire, and the commander of the coalition army, Pang Xuan, had no choice but to agree. So, the armies of Han, Wei, and Yan returned to China first. The countries not only abandoned the occupied cities of Qin, but also successively abandoned the recovered cities and lands of their own countries, so the labor expedition of the Five Nations Alliance was tantamount to a futile.
And Pang Xuan was angry that Qi was attached to Qin alone, and led the Zhao army to capture Qi Rao'an before returning to Zhao.
The fifth joint attack on Qin failed. The Battle of Yucheng was the last joint attack on Qin during the Warring States Period. Although Pang Xuan was resourceful and good at vertical and horizontal, the coalition forces had different dreams and poor coordination, and finally returned in vain. From then on, the Six Kingdoms were even more unable to resist the annexation of the Qin State.
Xianyang, the study room of the palace of the king of Qin.
Meng Yi and Li Si sat at the bottom of King Yingzheng of Qin, and the three discussed the future military and political policies.
"The king will be able to perform the crown ceremony immediately, and when the time comes, he will control the power, destroy the princes, become the emperor, and conquer the world in a few years." Li Si, a member of the Zhongshu House, congratulated.
"Yes, the king should have quickened the pace of various breakthroughs, not giving the countries a chance to act together again, and completely smashed the conspiracy." Meng Yi is also afraid of long nights and dreams, he hasn't found the figure of the Dragon Slayer King for so long, is he hanging up in troubled times?
"It is impossible to achieve real victory in the war without diplomacy of strength. As long as our Qin State adheres to the strategy of distant friendship and close attack, the six countries can no longer unite. The failure of the alliance of the six eastern countries was mainly due to the fact that the six countries were only concerned with their temporary interests and could not establish a solid alliance. On the other hand, as long as we are backed by strong military strength and combined with the strategy of continuous and horizontal, we will definitely be able to wipe out the six countries. On the contrary, King Yingzheng of Qin said to him left and right, the so-called outside must first be settled inside, and the three mountains inside the Qin State have not been eradicated.
"The king is wise!" Meng Yi and Li Si glanced at each other and echoed in unison. This is their rare unanimity.
As soon as he returned to the gate of Mengfu, Meng Yi was intercepted by the heroine Dong Rou!
The heroine Dong Rou is still dressed in a white embroidered samurai uniform, looking heroic and capable, quite masculine; But a pair of black hair that flutters like a waterfall and a pair of amorous eyes show the delicate and charming daughter again. This strange dress and hair ornament would be very abrupt and weird if it were on someone else, but on the body of the heroine Dong Rou, it looks like it has a unique charm! The man's chic and heroic martial arts and the daughter's amorous and coquettish are very skillfully integrated, which is really amazing!
"I don't bring Miss Ben with any fun things lately, do you want to go against the sky?" The heroine Dong Rou was very dissatisfied, with her hands on her hips, looking like she was asking for guilt.
"Xianyang autumn hunting is something you don't want to go! said that it was to avoid the king of Qin; As for the Battle of Yucheng, what are you kidding? In that case, I am not completely sure of self-preservation, and I will take you to death? Meng Yi pursed his lips, with a face that didn't buy it at all, and saw that the chivalrous girl Dong Rou wanted to beat him.
"I heard that the Qin army is going to go on an expedition again, with the aftermath of a big victory, there shouldn't be any danger this time, right?" The heroine Dong Rou flashed her big bright eyes and asked slyly.
"What do you want to do?" As soon as Meng Yi heard the outside words, he immediately became vigilant.
"What else? Miss Ben will supervise you. The heroine Dong Rou stood on the commanding heights of morality and said with righteousness.
"Miss Dong, the army has its own laws, how can it be restricted by you? Even the King of Qin could not intervene in specific operations on the front line. When Meng Yi heard this, he suddenly had a headache and hurriedly persuaded him.
"If there is no restraint, are you going to kill civilians indiscriminately?" The heroine Dong Rou didn't buy it at all, and continued to ask in denunciation.
"This time my grandfather will personally lead the army, and I will dissuade him." Meng Yi had no choice but to throw out his grandfather Meng Fu's signboard, the old general Meng Fu had outstanding achievements, but rarely killed innocent people.
"Miss Ben is still not at ease. In this way, this time my mother will also go with her, with her assistance, the old general will definitely sell us affection. The heroine Dong Rou said with a smile, her smile was like a cunning little fox.
"Mrs. Dong is also going?" Before Meng Yi digested this shocking news, he found that the figure of the heroine Dong Rou was gone.
At the end of 241 BC, in order to punish Wei for borrowing land to attack Qin, the Qin army went out of the pass in one fell swoop and attacked Hanoi County of Wei. The army of Qin was divided into three, the northern route suppressed the Zhao and Yan states, and the southern route suppressed the Korean and Chu states. Only the middle army was the main force of the expedition, and the front of the army was directed at Chaoge City.
Chaoge City, the seat (capital) of Hanoi County of Wei State.
The song of the Shang Dynasty was very prosperous, "the night string of the song is fifty miles, and the eight hundred princes are facing the Ling Mountain". During the dynasty, Emperor Yi moved the capital to the court, hoping that the city would flourish like a loud song in the morning. Time flies, and the throne passed to Emperor Xin, the king of Shang, who was so happy to make a big conquest of all parties, making the people miserable. Ji Fa, the martial king of the Western Zhou Dynasty, together with 800 princes, collectively crusaded against Di Xin, and finally destroyed Yin Shang. Until now, there are still ruins such as Xingxingtai, Lutai, Qishuiguan and so on.
There are two inner and outer city walls, four inner and outer city gates, Qishui has become a natural moat around the city, and with 20,000 defenders in the city, it can be said that it is an easy to defend and difficult to attack city. Wei Cheng, the general of the court, was born in the Wei clan.
At this moment, under Chaoge City, Meng Fu, the commander of the Qin army of the middle army, was accompanying Mrs. Dong, the master of Tianji Pavilion, to check the defense of Chaoge City.
Why "accompaniment"? Because of the power behind the Tianji Pavilion that the old general Meng Fu values very much.
Sun Tzu said: Where the law of war is used, the whole country is the first, and the country is second; The whole army is the first, and the broken army is second; The whole brigade is the first, and the broken brigade is second; The whole pawn is the first, and the broken pawn is second; The whole army is the first, and the army is second. Therefore, a hundred battles are won, and the good ones who are not good are also; The soldiers who surrender without a fight, and the good ones are also good. Tianji Pavilion Master Mrs. Dong has dressed up as a man all her life, and even the heroine Dong Rou was forced to disguise herself as a tomboy, "General Meng, do you know the wonderful use of 'soldiers who surrender without a fight'?" ”
"Madame said this, there must be a clever plan to break the city, I would like to hear it in detail." The old general heard the song and knew the elegant meaning, so he naturally asked for advice sincerely.
"Wei Cheng, the general of Chaoge, is a gentleman who bullies the weak and fears the hard, and is greedy for enjoyment, if the general can first show the might of the Qin army, so that Chaoge City can give birth to a sense of oppression, then it will be easy to recruit this person." Mrs. Dong, the master of the Tianji Pavilion, was very well-informed, and starting from the Qin State, she had a good grasp of the information that the Qin State needed this time.
"Since Wei Cheng is a gentleman who bullies the weak and fears the hard, and is greedy for enjoyment, how can he control the 20,000 defenders in the city? Even if he is willing to surrender, how can the 20,000 defenders settle down? "The veteran general has rich experience in warfare, and immediately pointed out the loopholes in the strategy.
"Wei Cheng alone is definitely not enough, but there are still a few partial generals in the city who have a relationship with my Tianji Pavilion, as long as the Qin State is not stingy with rewards, there will be no suspense in this battle!" Tianji Pavilion Master Mrs. Dong said with a smile.
"Tianji Pavilion really means to the sky, so please ask Mrs. As for the reward of submission, I, Great Qin, will never snub those who have meritorious service. The old general immediately made a guarantee.
After dawn the next day, 100,000 Qin troops formed a formation under Chaoge City, surrounding the entire city.
Countless Qin troops were black-clad and black-armored, with halberds like forests and banners like the sea.
As the saying goes: more than 10,000 soldiers, dense; More than 100,000 soldiers, boundless! An army of 100,000 spread on the earth, like a huge ant colony covering the sky, covering the earth as far as the eye can see. As far as the eye can see, the earth is extremely black, and even the blue sky is a little dark!
"Those who descend don't kill, and those who descend don't surrender? Those who descend do not kill, and those who descend do not fall? ......" The 100,000 army shouted in unison, and the huge shout was like a landslide and the earth cracked, like a volcanic eruption, and even like a tsunami roaring, making the heavens and the earth change color, and seize the glory of the sun and the moon!
At this moment, the old general waved his hand, and the huge shouts like an earthquake and tsunami immediately stopped, and the heaven and earth returned to an amazing tranquility!
"I, Great Qin, have always had clear rewards and punishments, and if the Wei army surrenders, in addition to their lives, the generals will also have heavy rewards. Even if it is an ordinary person, as long as they are willing to become the people of Great Qin, they can still divide the land and divide the land. The old general shouted out generous conditions, and asked the soldiers to shoot into the letter of surrender without cutting their heads.
Seeing this, Wei Cheng, the general of Chaoge, finally fell into his stomach with a small heart that was originally scared. He was originally a greedy person who was afraid of death, but he was afraid that if he fled without a fight, King Wei would cut off his head. Now that the Qin army has besieged Chaoge City, he has no courage to fight to the death to get out of the city, and it seems that the only thing left is surrender.
Of course, Wei Cheng, the general of Chaoge, didn't dare to show his attitude in public, in case everyone refused to surrender, wouldn't he end up in a different place? He hurriedly arranged his defensive forces, and then summoned the generals to the city guard. The Chaoge garrison has a total of eight partial generals, two deputy generals, and one main general who guards the city.
"You have also seen that the Qin army is too powerful, what should I do?" Wei Cheng, the general of Chaoge, picked out the situation and wanted to see the attitude of the generals.
"General, I will definitely not be able to defend the city, why don't I find a way out for my brothers?" A partial general did not hide it, but simply expressed his attitude, and of course changed the surrender to a nice one.
"I think the Qin army is just scaring people, there are 20,000 defenders in the city, how can they surrender easily? Besides, there are still soldiers and horses in the beams, and they will definitely come to our rescue! "One of the lieutenants did not approve of surrender and showed that he wanted to hold on.
The generals debated whether to surrender or hold on.
"Ahem, everyone, stop arguing. Now, Ben Jiang is not afraid to make it clear. The defenders of Daliang City have long been insufficient, and there will be no reinforcements coming. The last time we attacked Qin, our Wei State lost grain and grass, and countless troops, and it was already weak. As for the specific situation of the 20,000 defenders in Chaoge City, you must know better than the general, the soldiers lack food and grass supplies, lack of equipment training, and are just a group of militiamen with hoes, how can they defend the city? Chao Ge Shou saw that Wei Cheng was divided into two factions, and he already knew it in his heart, so he simply leaked the confidential military information.