Chapter 70: The Second Castle
Zhao general Shi Mo was ordered by Lian Po to lead 20,000 soldiers to recapture Gaoping Fortress. Shi Mo led the army to the city of Gaoping Pass, and shouted in formation. Suddenly, the drums beat loudly, and the shouts of killing shook the sky.
Seeing that the Zhao army was coming to recapture the Gaoping fortress, Wang Ling took Wang Ling as the general and led an army of 30,000 to meet the battle.
Shi Mo called for a battle, but saw that the Qin army did not defend it, but took the initiative to go out to meet the battle. Shi Mo stood on top of the chariot and shouted, "Who is you?" ”
Wang Ling said loudly: "I am the fifth doctor of the Qin State, and Wang Ling is also." ”
Shi Mo chuckled and said, "It is said that the military merit system of the Qin State is divided into twenty levels. You are nothing but the fifth doctor, the ninth title of the Qin State. Why don't you ask Wang Yi to come out and fight with me? ”
Wang Ling said: "Who are you?" The official bowed a little. ”
Shi Mo said in a loud voice: "I am the captain of Zhao Guodu, and I am ordered by the old general Lian to recapture Gaoping and kill Er. ”
"Even if you dare to speak out, take away my Gaoping Fortress." Wang Ling laughed and said: "Zhao Guo has no generals, and he actually sent a lieutenant to send him to death. I thought it was Lian Po who came, but it turned out that a lieutenant came. That's it! That's it! Lian Po did not dare to come to recapture the Gaoping fortress in person, so I beheaded his captain. ”
When the soldiers of the Qin State heard this, they also laughed.
"Hugh is going to be rampant." Shi Mo shouted, "Beat the drum." ”
Suddenly, the drums beat loudly. Shi Mo pulled out his long sword and shouted: "The Qin State seized my city and killed my soldiers." All the soldiers, follow me to take Gaoping. ”
The soldiers of the Zhao army said in unison: "Huh." ”
Shi Mo shouted, "Kill me." ”
The soldiers of Zhao State received the order, made a mighty sound, and rushed to the position of the Qin army.
Wang Ling twisted his stiff neck, drew his long sword, and shouted, "Beat the drum." ”
Suddenly, the Qin army camp, the drums beat loudly. Wang Ling also drew his long sword, swung it forward, and said sharply: "Soldiers, you are making meritorious contributions at this time. Follow me, go to war. ”
The soldiers of the Qin army shouted: "Kill, kill, kill." ”
Wang Ling saw that Zhao Jun had entered the firing range, pointed his long sword forward, and ordered: "Release the arrow." ”
Thousands of arrows rushed towards Zhao Jun. Zhao Jun fell to the ground with an arrow, and a wail rang out. Shi Mo saw the soldiers, one after another, and regardless of the casualties, shouted: "Charge me." ”
Wang Ling saw that Zhao Jun was shot by arrows and broke a lot of men and horses. General Zhao still gave the order and continued to rush forward to kill.
"Kill." Wang Ling took the lead and rushed over.
When the soldiers of the Qin army saw the five doctors, they fought bravely to kill the enemy, and their morale was high, and they also rushed to kill them. Wang Ji stood on the city tower and saw Wang Ling taking the lead and rushing into the camp of the Zhao army.
Wang Ji smiled and said: "Wang Ling is worthy of being a fierce general of our army!" As soon as he went out of battle, Zhao Jun was defeated. ”
General Yi Qin pointed to the enemy and the enemy in the melee, and said loudly: "The five doctors have great military achievements, how can Zhao Jun be his opponent." ”
Another Qin general looked forward and said with a smile: "The five doctors are in battle, how can the Zhao army be undefeated." ”
When Wang Ji saw the Great Qin soldiers, he overwhelmed the Zhao army in one piece, and said sharply: "Zhao Guo was first killed by us, and then we broke through the Gaoping fortress. We have defeated this Zhao army, and the Zhao army will definitely be demoralized and scattered. The news that my Great Qin is invincible will quickly spread in the Zhao army. We can carry the aftermath of victory, kill Lian Po in one go, and decide the outcome of the battle. ”
"What does the general mean is that he intends to fight a decisive battle with Zhao State?"
Wang Yi said: "The Zhao army has lost to us many times, and it will definitely shake the morale of the army. The two armies are at war, and the most important thing is the military spirit. The morale of the Zhao army was broken by us. We don't take advantage of the situation, we will defeat the Zhao army in one go, and take Changping, and wait for when. ”
The generals shouted: "The last general, I am willing to follow the general, defeat the Zhao army, and take Changping." ”
One said: "General, the Zhao army is defeated, defeated." ”
Seeing the defeat of the Zhao army, Wang Yi fled eastward, shouting: "Beat the drums, pursue." ”
Wang Ling rushed into the formation and killed several captains of the Zhao army. Shi Mo saw that the Qin army was strong, the offensive was too fierce, and there were many people. Seeing that he couldn't win, Shi Mo ordered: "Withdraw." ”
The sound of war drums of the retreating Zhao army came. When Zhao Jun heard the news, he followed Shi Mo and fled eastward. Wang Ling saw that the Zhao army was defeated and retreated, and heard the sound of the war drums of the pursuit, commanded the soldiers and took advantage of the situation to pursue.
Seeing that Zhao Jun had lost his armor and even lost his flag, he was very embarrassed, and ordered: "Everyone, we should also fight." ”
The generals said in unison: "Wow." ”
Shi Mo led the remnants of the army and fled eastward. The Qin army was too eager to catch up, and they couldn't care so much. Suddenly, on both sides of the valley, a rain of arrows poured towards the Qin army like flying locusts. Shi Mo saw Sima Lang, the general of Zhao in front of him, appeared in front of him, and shouted: "General Sima, save me." ”
Seeing that Shi Mo was so embarrassed, Sima Lang shouted, "Open the way." ”
The Zhao army quickly made way for the defeated army to pass. Shi Mo came to Sima Lang and pleaded: "The last general has the trust of the old general of Lian and failed to recapture the Gaoping fortress. ”
Seeing that the battle situation was as expected by the old general Lian, Sima Lang was even more impressed and persuaded: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers. You don't have to blame yourself. ”
Shi Mo asked, "General Sima, how did you come here?" ”
"Old General Lian, order me to garrison Eryan City to block the Qin army." Sima Lang said: "I led the army to arrive at Eryan City, but I saw that it would take time to build the city. I led the army, laid an ambush, intercepted the Qin soldiers, and bought time for the construction of the second city. ”
Shi Mo said: "Thanks to the general for saving me, otherwise, my life would be at rest." ”
Sima Lang said: "Here I am, you first retreat into Eryan City and assist in building the city." ”
Shi Mo said: "Everything is up to General Sima." ”
After Shi Mo left, Zhang Duwei came in a hurry and said with great joy: "General Sima, we shot and killed 3,000 people of the Qin army. Qin Jun, has retreated. ”
Seeing that the Qin army had been repulsed, Sima Lang said happily: "Great." ”
Zhang Duwei asked: "General, the Qin army has retreated, should we lead the army to rush and kill." ”
"No." Sima Lang pressed the long sword and said, "The reason why we are able to shoot the Qin army and repel them." It was because the Qin army had just defeated Shi Mo and got carried away. If we lead an army after us, we will be defeated. ”
"That's what General Sima said." Zhang Duwei said again: "General Sima, what should we do." ”
"We caught the Qin army by surprise and shot thousands of their soldiers. The Qin army will take revenge and will attack in a big way. It can't stop the army of Qin here. Sima Lang said: "We are blocking the Qin army again in order to gain time for the construction of Eryan City. The second city was built to be completed, and there was no point in staying here. The order went down, leaving a few soldiers, so a suspicious array was set up to confuse the Qin army. ”
Zhang Duwei commanded: "Oh." ”
It is said that Wang Yi led the army to come to the rescue, but saw that Wang Ling was defeated and retreated.
"The last general is incompetent, in order to take the position of the Zhao army in one go." Wang Ling knelt on the ground and said ashamedly: "The last general led the army to pursue the remnants of the army, but encountered an ambush army and lost 3,000 men and horses. Please, general, punish the crime. ”
Wang Yi stepped forward to support Wang Ling, "The fault of this battle is not that the five doctors are not good at fighting. It's me who underestimates Zhao Jun too much. ”
Wang Ye asked: "Lian Po led the army to attack me with Shi Mo as a general, in order to take the Gaoping Fortress. The Zhao army was defeated, and if we pursued, we could defeat them with one blow. General, the last general can't understand how there could be another Zhao army on the road of our pursuit. ”
Wang Ling also said: "Could it be that the Zhao army deliberately defeated us. The purpose is to lure us in. ”
Wang Yi thought for a while and replied: "The Lian Po faction will attack in the future, and it is bound to recapture Gaoping." Zhao will be defeated, and he will be defeated by us, not deliberately defeated us. ”
"Lian Po first sent a future to attack Gaoping, and then sent another future to ambush us. Could it be that Cheng Lian knew that he couldn't recapture Gaoping, and deliberately sent so many Zhao troops for us to kill. Wang Ling also said: "The last general also thinks that this is not Zhao Jun, so he is not lost." ”
"The five doctors are right." Wang He said: "Su Wenlian loves soldiers like sons, and knows that he can't recapture Gaoping, so how can he let the soldiers come to die." First attack with generals, and then ambush with generals. Such a way of playing, how can it be done? ”
Another said, "Yes! This does not make sense with the art of war. Lian Po will ambush the valley, wouldn't he let 20,000 soldiers die in vain? ”
Wang He said: "Since we know that we can't take Gaoping, we should preserve our military strength." Why bother, let the soldiers come and send them to their deaths. ”
Wang Yi thought about it and said, "Not bad." I have also heard of Lian Po's tactics. It's going to be successful. Keep it, and it will be done. Knowing that he couldn't attack, he let the soldiers come and send them to death, this is not Lian Po's style of play. ”
Wang Ling asked, "General, what should we do?" ”
Wang said: "The sky is changing, and there will be heavy rain. The roads in the valley were narrow, which was not conducive to the passage of large armies. Today, there is an ambush to intercept us, and it is useless for us to go. Let's go back to Kannai for the time being and straighten out the military horses. Wait for the sky to clear up before we send our troops. ”
Three days later, the heavy rain stopped and the sky cleared.
Wang Ji sent a number of scouts to explore the valley, but they all came back to report that there was no trace of Zhao Jun on both sides of the valley. For the sake of prudence, Wang Ye asked Wang Ye to lead a thousand soldiers to the test.
Wang Ye led the army to the valley, but saw the Zhao army rain of arrows. Wang Ye ordered his soldiers to erect shields to resist the rain of arrows from the Zhao army on one side and shoot at the Zhao army on the other. Judging from the density of the Zhao army's arrow rain, Wang Ye said that the Zhao army in the valley was no more than a hundred.
Wang Ye saw that there were few Zhao troops, so he had no fear, and on the one hand, he shot at the Zhao army, cleaning up the remnants of the Zhao army in the valley, and continued to advance on the other side. However, although the number of Zhao troops was small, they relied on the geographical advantage to block the Qin army for three days.
Wang Ye cleaned up the remnants of the Zhao army in the valley, opened the main road, and sent people to tell Wang Yi. Wang Ji left a small number of soldiers, held Gaoping Pass, and led the rest of the men and horses to attack Zhao.
Wang Yu led the army and walked forward for dozens of miles, when he suddenly saw a city, built between two rivers, blocking their way.
Wang Ji knew that if he did not break through this city, he would not be able to advance forward and take Changping. Wang Yu made a quick decision and ordered Wang Ling and Wang Ye to lead the army to attack the city, but they were shot back by the arrows of the Zhao army.
Seeing that he had attacked many times, he could not capture the city, and he had broken many soldiers, so he ordered people to beat drums and withdraw the army. Wang Ling and Wang Ye led the army to attack the city, losing thousands of soldiers, but they could not capture it, although they were unwilling, they still carried out the general's order to withdraw the army.
Wang Ling took the initiative to ask for war and said: "General, the last general is willing to lead the army and continue to attack the city." ”
Wang Yu summoned his generals, came to Kanyutu, pointed to the two rivers, and sighed: "The Zhao army has defeated me several times, and it has already been defeated. But I never thought that Zhao Guo would set up a city along the river to intercept us. You see, this city is located between two rivers, a natural moat. If we want to attack, we will definitely lose a lot of soldiers. ”
Wang Ye said in a rough voice: "How can we let this city block the way of our army." ”
Wang Ling also said: "We want to attack Zhao to the east and take Changping." It is necessary to conquer this city. The Zhao army defended the city and did not go out of the city to face the battle, so what should I do. ”
"This place is not suitable for large armies. Lian Po must have valued this, so he set up a city in this place to block our army. Wang Yi saw Lian Po's intentions and exclaimed: "Lian Po saw that he had lost Lao Maling, and he couldn't recapture Gaoping, and his morale was unstable, so he wanted to use this city to block our advance." I have to say that Lian Po's ability to adapt to the battle, I can't match it! ”
Wang Ye sneered: "Lian Po is not defeated by the general, and he does not dare to face him head-on, so he will use this city to stop me." Behold! Lian Po is a famous general, but he has a false name. ”
Wang Yi shook his head and said: "Lian Po is by no means vain. The Zhao army was defeated in several battles, and the army's morale was weakened. Lian Po chose to defend as an offensive and stabilize the morale of the army, which is also the best policy. Lian Po attacked and became defensive. In this way, Lian Po changed his tactics. ”
Wang Ling said: "General, we will attack Zhao and capture Changping, and this city must be taken." If we don't take it, we can't go forward. ”
"Lian Po is good at fighting, and the name of good guard is well deserved. In this battle, we have met our opponents. "Although Wang Yi saw that this city was not easy to take, he wanted to start a war with the main force of the Zhao army and break through Changping. This city must be taken.
Seeing that this was the real veteran Lian Po, Wang Yi's fighting spirit surged, and he said sharply: "All the soldiers listen to the order, no matter how much it costs." They will all take the city of Eryan. ”