Chapter Seventy-Five: The Abandoned Dan River
Lian Po ordered his soldiers to beat the drums and prepare for war. Three-way drum beating, just past. Lian Po raised his long sword and shouted, "Wang Di, you can know what kind of formation this is." ”
Wang Yu looked into the Zhao army's formation, but saw that the formation put forward by Lian Po was the most common phalanx. Wang Yi laughed and said: "On the phalanx, Wei Wu's phalanx, dare to say second, no one dares to say first." I, the Great Qin soldiers, are not even afraid of the Wei Wushu phalanx. How could he be afraid of the phalanx of the old general Lian. ”
Lian Po saw that the other party despised his formation, and shouted: "You dare to speak wildly, why don't you break the formation." ”
Wang Ling had long wanted to rub the sharp spirit of the Zhao army, and asked Zhan to say: "General, let the last general go to break the formation." ”
"Okay." Wang Yi also felt that he wanted to break this formation, and Wang Ling was the best candidate, so he agreed: "Fifth doctor, you go and break this formation." ”
Wang Ling commanded: "Oh." ”
Wang Yi shouted: "Beat the drum and cheer for the five doctors." ”
Wang Ling led the army into the formation, and the formation of the Zhao army changed constantly with the sound of drums. Wang Ling led the army to fight and kill, but was always divided and surrounded by the Zhao army.
Wang Di stood in the distance and saw the Zhao military array, which changed with the terrain and could be rounded. According to the number of enemies, it becomes several small formations. The Zhao army cooperated closely, and the charge was not only orderly, but also evolved the formation according to the battle situation, waiting for the enemy to work at ease, and at the same time was not in the danger of being attacked by the enemy on the belly and back.
Seeing that the formation of the Zhao army was endlessly changing, and the 10,000 soldiers of Wang Ling were divided and surrounded, they were left behind, and shouted: "General, it's not good." ”
Wang Yi also saw that the battle situation was unfavorable, and praised: "I have followed the Wu'an army to fight against the princes. Formations, I've seen quite a few. This formation can both defend and attack. It not only has the effect of intercepting the enemy in the phalanx, but also has the ability of the circle formation to concentrate its forces to defend, as well as the momentum of sparse formation, the power of several formations, and the advantage of cutting off the connection of our army in a cone formation. Old General Lian is worthy of being a person who can use soldiers! ”
Meng Fu saw that Lian Po used Sun Bin's Ten Formations method freely, and exclaimed: "General, do you think that Lian Po's Formation is a long-lost Zodiac Formation." ”
"General Meng means that this array is the Great Array of the Ancients."
Meng Wei watched the changes in the formation of the Zhao army and said: "The Zhao army attacked in an orderly manner, and the formation changed endlessly, to the point that it had a bit of the momentum of the Zodiac Great Array. ”
Wang Ye didn't care what kind of formation Zhao Jun had, and when he saw that Wang Ling was at a disadvantage, he shouted: "General, the last general will go to help the five doctors." ”
Wang Ji didn't want his soldiers to fall into the battle and be besieged and killed, shouting: "You lead 20,000 to the rescue." ”
"Whoa." Wang Ye ordered his troops and horses and rushed towards the Zhao army.
Wang Yi saw that Wang Ye led the army to help, but was intercepted by Lian Po's troops. If you don't break Lian Po's formation, I'm afraid you will break two generals.
Wang Yi asked: "General Meng knows this formation, can he break it." ”
"Although I know this formation, I don't know how to break it." Meng Wei suggested: "General, our number is far greater than that of the Zhao army. It is better for us to attack with the whole army and overwhelm the Zhao army in momentum. ”
Seeing that his subordinates were in danger, Wang Yi couldn't care about it so much, so he immediately made a decision and said in a loud voice: "Okay, just use General Meng's strategy." ”
Wang Yi said again: "General Meng led 30,000 soldiers to attack from the left. ”
Meng Fu said: "Oh." ”
"Doctor Zhang, lead an army of 10,000 to attack from the right."
"Whoa."
"Doctor Fan, lead the cavalry, detour behind the Zhao army, and stir up the morale of the army."
"Whoa."
"Other soldiers, charge with me and attack the main formation of the Zhao army."
Lian Po saw that the Qin army was divided into three routes, attacking the left all the way, attacking the right all the way, and rushing to kill all the way. Seeing the cavalry of the Qin army, they made a detour to kill and did not fight, so they ordered the gong to be retracted and the troops to withdraw back to the camp. When Wang Ye and Wang Ling saw that the Zhao army was defeated and retreated, they wanted to take the opponent's position in one go.
The soldiers led by Wang Ling had just arrived at the Zhao army camp. As soon as Lian Po gave an order, thousands of arrows flew towards the Qin army like locusts. The Qin army suffered countless casualties.
Seeing that he could not break through the Zhao State camp, Wang ordered the pursuit to be stopped, and Mingjin withdrew his troops.
Wang Ling and Wang Ye wanted to launch a charge, but when they heard the order to withdraw their troops, they ordered to stop the pursuit and withdraw their troops to return to the camp.
Wang Ling led 10,000 soldiers to meet the battle, and returned less than 3,000. Wang Ling lost so many soldiers, and came to the main army's tent angrily and asked, "General, why did you withdraw the army?" ”
Wang Yi understood his feelings, and did not blame the other party for being rude, and said warmly: "Lian Po has the upper hand, but suddenly chooses to withdraw the army, what does this mean." ”
Wang Ling's anger surged, and he didn't think about this sentence seriously, "The general led the whole army to attack, and the Zhao army was afraid, so he naturally withdrew his troops." ”
"Lian Po is not a timid person." Wang Di said again: "Lian Po didn't take advantage of our unstable foothold to hit me with a cone-shaped formation. But he chose to fight us in a phalanx, which is one of the doubts in my heart. ”
Wang Ye asked, "General, what are your doubts?" ”
Zhao Guo chose to camp with his back to Danshui and cut off his own back road. This is not an honest method of using soldiers, and it is also a taboo for soldiers. This is my second suspicion. Wang Yu paused a little, and then said: "Lian Po is a famous general of Zhao State, who has fought against the princes and made many meritorious achievements. Fighting with us and choosing to retreat without a fight is my third suspicion. ”
Meng Fu also said: "The general is right. This style of play is not the tactics of the famous general Lian Po. I think it's a trick on the part of Lian Po. ”
Wang Ling could hear it and shouted: "Even if Lian is quite deceitful. The Zhao army could not resist the offensive of our army. The last general, willing to take the lead in the battle against Lian Po. ”
Wang Ye also lost a lot of soldiers, and asked for battle: "The last general is willing to fight with the five doctors." ”
Wang Yi stopped: "You can't be careless against Lian Po." One wrong step and my army of hundreds of thousands could be. ”
Seeing that the generals were in a state of anger, Meng Fu forgot that his opponent was Lian Po, and echoed: "Our opponent is Lian Po, who is alone in the deep invasion of Qi. This person, with the ability to use soldiers, is not weaker than Wu Anjun. We still have to be careful. ”
Wang Ji didn't give Wang Ling and Wang Ye a chance to speak, and shouted: "Pass my life and set up camp." Tomorrow, fight against Zhao Jun again. ”
Lian Po chose to fight, and he was also forced to have no choice. At first, Lian Po didn't want to split the victory or defeat with the Qin army on the west side of the Dan River. Lian Po wanted to defend east of the Dan River and intercept the Qin army. In Changping, a decisive battle with the Qin army.
Lian Po originally thought that Eryan City and Light Wolf City would be able to intercept the Qin army for three months. But he never thought that the Qin army's offensive was too fierce and the progress was rapid. In order to complete the defensive line constructed between the east side of the Dan River and the boundary pillars; In order to buy time for Pingyuanjun and others to withdraw their troops and cross the river. Lian Po could only personally lead the army and intercept the Qin army. Lian Po knew that the Qin general Wang Di was cautious in his use of troops, and he did not dare to attack rashly in the face of the suspicious array he had laid out.
Lian Po originally wanted to lure the Qin army to attack the camp with the momentum of defeat in order to consume the vitality of the Qin army, but he never thought that Wang Yi was not fooled. Lian Po saw his opponent, so cautious, and had to re-understand this little-known Wang Yu of the Qin State.
The next day, just after noon. Wang Ling led the army to call for battle, but Lian Po ignored it and chose not to defend it.
When Wang Ling saw that the Zhao army was not fighting, he was furious and led the army to attack. Lian Po ordered the soldiers to retreat from the enemy with arrows, and not to fight.
Wang Ji sent a number of generals to seek battle. Lian Po still can't hold on and refuses to fight. Wang Ling and Wang Ye led the army to attack it with wheel tactics, but they lost many soldiers.
Wang Ji saw that he couldn't attack for a long time, and the other party didn't fight. Again, the withdrawal of troops was ordered.
The night was dark, Wang Yi had just fallen asleep, the drums were beating, and the shouts of killing shook the sky, mistakenly thinking that the Zhao army was attacking at night.
Wang Yi put on his battle armor, walked out of the big tent, ordered his troops and horses, and went to meet the battle. Wang Di left the camp, but there was no trace of Zhao Zu. Wang Yu withdrew his troops back to the cottage, and just lay down, but heard the sound of drums.
Zhao Jun repeatedly, which made Wang Yi uneasy. Wang Yi was worried that this was done by Lian Po on purpose, and his purpose was to confuse them. When the Zhao army really came to attack, they were careless and had no defense. In order to avoid being hit, Wang Ji took the initiative to retreat ten miles back and set up camp.
Lian Po saw that the Qin army had retreated, and that uneasy heart finally landed. If the Qin army attacked with all his might, he could only fight with his back. The combat power of the Qin army, he has seen it. In a hard battle with Wang Di, he didn't have much chance of winning.
Waiting for the attack and buying time is the strategy he thought of.
Wang Di tried all means to force Lian Po to fight. even, sent people to insult Lian Po. However, Lian Po is not not without fighting. Wang Yi knew very well that if the war dragged on, it would be extremely detrimental to the Qin State. Qin's successive victories lie in its strong morale. If you can't attack for a long time, your morale will surely decline.
Wang Di was unwilling to fight a war of attrition with Lian Po, so he summoned his generals and asked about tactics. The generals saw that Lian Po was defensive, not leaking, without any flaws, and could not come up with a strategy to meet the battle.
Wang Yi came to the Kanyu map piled up with soil, looked at the mountains, rivers, and terrain on it, pointed to the Dan River, and asked, "Lian Po is located on the west side of the Dan River, isolated and helpless. Do any of you know where this Dan River originates. ”
Meng Fu surveyed the topography of the Dan River Basin, pointed to a high point on the Kanyu map, and replied: "The Dan River originates in Zhu Danling. ”
Wang Yi thought for a while and said with a smile: "I have a way to break through Lian Po's defense." ”
Wang Ling asked, "What is the general's plan?" ”
Wang Yu said: "Wang Ling, tomorrow you will lead 100,000 soldiers to meet the enemy head-on, regardless of casualties to attack the Zhao army. ”
Wang Ling didn't know what he meant, and said, "Oh." ”
Wang Ji said again: "General Meng, lead 30,000 soldiers, attack Zhu Danling, and take the fortress of the Zhao army. Then, down the river, attack the Zhao army. ”
Meng Fu said: "Oh." ”
Wang Yi said again: "Wang Ye, lead 20,000 soldiers to attack the barrier of the lower reaches of the Zhao Guodan River. Then, go up the river and attack the Zhao army. ”
Wang Ye said: "Huh." ”
Wang Ling led a large army and launched a frantic attack. The arrows of the Qin army and the arrows of the Zhao army, you come and go, the soldiers of the two armies, countless casualties.
When Lian Po saw Wang Ling attacking, he thought that the Qin army was eager to win and was about to move seriously, so he didn't dare to be careless. However, Lian Po also believed that his own defense line would be able to block the attack of the Qin army.
The battle lasted from noon to night, and it was still not over.
Niu Duwei asked, "Old General Lian, the person who fought with us is the Qin General Wang Ling. But there was no Wang Di, Wang Ye, Meng Fu and others. These three people, will there be big moves. ”
Lian Po also felt that Wang Ling's attack was different from a few days ago. Calm down and think for a moment. When Lian Po looked at the defensive line he had arranged on the west side of the Dan River, he exclaimed, "It's not good. ”
Seeing that Lian Po's expression had changed greatly, Niu Duwei was also taken aback by the other party's voice, and asked, "Old General Lian, what's wrong." ”
"I only focus on Wang Ling's frontal attack on me, but I ignore that Wang Ling, Wang Ye, and Meng Fu will attack the upper and lower reaches of the Dan River." Lian Po's fingers walked along the Dan River, "Wang Di made a surprise attack, attacked the upper and lower barriers of the Dan River, and attacked me along the Dan River, cutting off my way back." The morale of our army will certainly suffer a heavy blow. The situation is not in our favor. ”
At this time, Qiu Duwei came anxiously and said, "Old General Lian, it's not good. Wang Ji divided his troops to attack the upper and lower barriers of the Dan River. ”
Lian Po came to whatever he wanted, and asked, "The barrier, but there is a loss." ”
"Zhu Danling is still in our hands." Qiu Duwei said again: "The barrier in the lower reaches of the Dan River was lost, and we killed two Duwei. The Qin army broke the barrier downstream of us and went up the river. ”
Lian Po saw that he had lost the barrier in the lower reaches of the Dan River, and said heavily: "It's me who is careless and despises the opponent." ”
Niu Duwei said: "If the Qin army takes the lower barrier of the Dan River, it will be able to attack me along the river and cut off my way back." General Lian, what should we do. ”
"Losing the barrier on the lower Dan River, our defense line will be broken." Lian Po said: "The defense line east of the Dan River is almost complete. Let's withdraw! ”
Niu Duwei said: "Old General Lian, if we withdraw our troops, we will be intercepted and killed by the Qin army." The last general, not in favor of withdrawing troops. ”
Qiu Duwei also said: "The last general is willing to fight a bloody battle with the Qin State. ”
"Once the Qin army takes the barrier of the upper reaches of the Dan River and attacks our pontoon bridge with fire, we will be cut off from retreating, and the whole army will be in danger of being surrounded. Not now, but when. Lian Po saw that the generals were unwilling, and said: "You! Don't care, a city is lost. We went to the Qin army to complete the fortifications on the east side of the Dan River. On the west side of the Dan River, the Qin army could not be stopped. The decisive battle between us and the Qin army was in Changping. ”
When the generals heard Lian Po's words, they said in unison: "Obey the orders of the old general." ”
Lian Po said: "Qiu Hao, you lead a thousand soldiers to intercept the Qin army in the lower reaches of the Dan River. ”
Qiu Duwei said: "The last general will take the order." ”
Lian Po said again: "Niu Sheng led a thousand soldiers to intercept the Qin army in the upper reaches of the Dan River. ”
Niu Duwei said: "Huh." ”
Lian Po said: "Zhao Yao, lead 5,000 soldiers, wave the flag and shout, hold the main formation, confuse the Qin army, and cover the retreat of the army." ”
Zhao Duwei said: "Huh." ”
Lian Po said: "When my army withdrew to the east side of the Dan River, you saw the open fire rising into the air and quickly evacuated. When leaving, he burned down the camp with fire to block the Qin army. ”
The generals said in a loud voice: "Wow." ”