999 Behind the Scenes
The problem of the supply of paper money in the Qin State is extremely extensive, but if it cannot be solved in time, then it will cause a big financial crisis. Shang Wen knew this, but took a wrong mistake. However, the focus of the media coverage in Qin State shifted to the besieged soldiers of Qin State, and they showed great concern for the war in Yan State.
"Excuse me, how did you persevere? Can you tell us about it? A Qin reporter quickly arrived at the front line to interview the soldiers of the Qin Army who had just been freed.
"We." A soldier of the Qin State Marine looked up at the reporter and said.
"I don't know, everything is normal." The soldier told the truth. The encirclement was fierce at the beginning, but in the middle of the battle, it was no longer so intense, and a long confrontation followed, obviously, the Qin army had a lot of experience in confrontation, and their excellent defense system resisted the Qi army's charge and attack again and again.
And in the later confrontation. The Qi army had reduced a large number of troops, and they could not afford to continue the attack. In the end, a confrontation situation had to be formed. As for the soldiers of the Qin army, the place where they are stationed does not have much impact on usual, but they cannot show their heads at will. The Qi army lacked heavy artillery, and could not bombard the Qin army at will, and even if they had, they could not fire it at will, and their shells were extremely lacking.
"I'll tell you about everything that's going on here." At this time, a lieutenant came over to be interviewed by reporters. Reporters quickly gathered around him.
"We relied on the great strength of our Qin State to survive. We have plenty of ammunition, plenty of food supplies, and a well-developed defense system, and we have advanced weapons, and the enemy has nothing to do with us, and they will have to pay a heavy price if they want to move forward. The lieutenant said stiffly.
"In this regard, I say that our Qin State will not be able to defeat." The lieutenant continued. The reporter agreed with the lieutenant's official statement, saying that although negative coverage of the war would bring great attraction, it could also bring fatal disasters. Because, if it is reported that it causes dissatisfaction with the military, then the consequences are also very serious, you know, Qin is a martial country, and the people of no country will like their army to lose a battle, and everyone has a patriotic heart.
For the combat performance of the besieged Qin army during the siege. King Qin has already made this clear.
"These outstanding soldiers of the Qin Army are excellent representatives of my Great Qin State, and they have shown the qualities that a soldier of the Qin State should have in the war." King Qin said in his speech.
"In war, they showed the qualities that a soldier should have, perseverance, bravery. and hard-working, and so on. The King of Qin praised his soldiers.
"Those commanders also played their part, with their courage and wisdom, to hold their ground. They showed the responsibilities and obligations that a soldier should have, and the widow appreciated this very much. King Qin also made a positive assessment of the role of the officers.
"In this regard, the widow will give these officers and soldiers a collective medal of honor, and give individual rewards to individual brave officers and soldiers." King Qin said to reporters. The King of Qin had already made it clear that he would reward these soldiers. The medal is what motivates officers and soldiers to continue fighting and maintain glory.
The besieged Qin army received positive reports from reporters. But. Some other places. The journalists did not notice. This unnoticed place is the guerrilla regiment of the Qin State. They are not the regular military force of the Qin army, they are not recognized in the General Staff, the State Captain's Office, and the Qin army's battle sequence, they are completely voluntary, they rely on their own will to fight to fight, they are the real soldiers, although they are not regular soldiers. A reporter joined the Qin guerrilla regiment by chance. The journalist recorded in detail the daily life of the guerrilla regiment.
"The guerrilla regiment of the Qin State. This legion, which has no organization, is recognized personally, they fight all over the southern part of the Yan Kingdom, and they are a group of brave people. The reporter wrote in his notes.
"These people are from the northern territory of the Qin State, they all have some combat experience, they have horses, guns and ammunition, etc., they have rich combat skills. These are all very important, and most importantly, they are not afraid of anything. ”
"You know, it is very dangerous for the enemy to fight in the rear. There are Qi troops everywhere here. They pose a serious threat to our very existence. The reporter said.
"In a battle on the second day of February, we encountered an ambush carefully planned by the Qi army, who exposed their logistical supply vehicles to us, while our guerrilla regiment ambushed the opponent on the road according to the original plan, and when we attacked. When the Qi people pretended to retreat. The people of Qi will suddenly surround us. They are regular troops. The combat power is far superior to ours. The ambushes were all elite troops of the Qi army, they were all well-trained, and they had accurate shooting skills. and fighting skills. This is very bad for us. ”
"Wang Er, a young man from the north. He was very burly, his arms were very strong, and he could easily shoot two rifles with two hands, and the rifles were like pistols in his hands. It's a pity that in that battle, in order to cover everyone's breakthrough, he died. He was stabbed several times, when he was killed. There were also enemy bayonets stuck in his body. But in the end, he blocked the enemy's path in pursuit of us. There are many such people, who, at the last moment, detonate a grenade and die with the enemy, and they have a tenacious and unyielding spirit. The reporter wrote in his notes.
"There are usually a lot of such ambushes, but we will try to avoid them, we are irregulars, our combat effectiveness, our training level is here, we can't compete with those regular troops, they are far superior to us in terms of strength and careful planning." The journalist wrote in his notes.
"Therefore, our military operations, after encountering an ambush in one place, will take the initiative to stay away from that area, and we will go to another place and continue to fight."
"However, it is difficult for me to understand that the Yan people, we are helping them, but they are constantly betraying us, or, at all, not cooperating with us, we can still get their help a little further north, they will provide us with some information, food, some of them, will also provide us with some guide services, these are the things we desperately need, after all, we are from the north. Our combat habit is to rely on guerrilla warfare. Constantly maneuvering with the enemy and cutting off the enemy's logistical supply lines. ”
"The people of Qi have taken severe measures against the Yan people who have helped us, I have witnessed with my own eyes how those Yan people who helped us were dealt with by the people of Qi, the whole family, all of them were sentenced to death, and the men were beaten to death, hanged, or set on fire. The women were humiliated to death, and although we wanted to take military action, we had nothing to do about it, and the worst thing was that the Qi army retaliated by a demonstration to cut off their heads the next day, and many Yan people were frightened and stopped cooperating with us, and we were helpless about it. ”
"There are also some Yan people who can't understand it, they don't help us. They also help the Qi people, they will provide some of our information to the Qi people, and they only get some poor money from the Qi people in return, and then, our situation will make us go further south. Attacking more and more places where the Qi army could not be defended. So we went further and further south. ”
"Speaking of supplies, our supplies can only come from the logistics supply line of the Qi army, after we attack the supply line of the Qi army, we will not burn all the supplies, we will save our supplies as much as possible, so that our battle can go further."
"These can be successfully replenished, but the personnel, we have fewer and fewer personnel, we had more than 3,000 people at first, but, at the moment, we are less than 1,500 people, we do not get the personnel we want the most, the further we go south, the more strained our personnel become. Everything was so bad. The reporter wrote in his notebook.
What the reporter wrote about was the details of the daily life of the guerrilla regiments of the Qin State. Although the guerrilla regiments of the Qin State were small in number and they did not have an official name, their influence on the war situation was indelible.
They greatly influenced the development of the war situation, and it was their constant harassment of the Qi army's logistical supply lines that made any military movement of the Qi army slow, and the consequence of the slow action was that the Qi army gradually slowed down the allied forces by a beat, and this beat would lead to the Qi army facing catastrophic consequences.
However, because of news reports and the fact that the military has not made any records against such a group of people, their achievements are still not known. These behind-the-scenes heroes were directly ignored by people. Because the role of the media is to amplify the effect of such propaganda. The military, coupled with the instructions of the King of Qin, their heroic deeds were not known.
But that doesn't matter anymore. The important thing is that the people of Qi are now finally realizing that their current situation is very dangerous. Moreover, they will face new challenges. This kind of challenge made all the generals and officers of the Qi army overwhelmed. They were cut off on the north bank of the river.