Chapter 133: Qin General Yinghua raids Lin City
As the last rays of light faded over the horizon, night reigned again. Zhao Jun lit a bonfire, warming himself and eating delicious food while monitoring the movements of the Qin people on the other side of the river. If the Qin people want to cross the river and attack Jinyang, this is the only way to go. Several Zhao soldiers gathered around the campfire, and one asked, "Will the Qin people cross the river and fight over?" ”
"This big river is a natural danger given to Zhao by God. The Qin people want to cross the river and launch a sneak attack, I see! It's harder than climbing to the sky. ”
"The river is so wide, and the water flow is unfathomable, unless the Qin people are gods, it is not so easy to cross the big river."
"Brothers, look at what this is."
"Wine."
"A few brothers came to take a sip and warm up."
"Let's not drink anymore."
"Something wrong with a little drink. It's hard to come to the Qin people, you can't run on your legs. ”
The crowd burst into laughter.
One of them heard movement on the other side of the river and shouted, "The Qin people have crossed the river." ”
"Crossing the river? Hahahaha. You're new here, and you don't know anything. These days! The Qin people had to go down to the river every day to toss for a while. ”
"Qin people, what should I do if I swim across the big river."
"Let's not talk about whether the Qin people can swim across the river. Taking a step back, the Qin people swam across the big river, and they were also exhausted, and they were not yet fish on the board. ”
"Reasonable, reasonable. Come on, come on, let's continue to drink wine and eat meat, and care what the Qin people do. ”
Among the people, you and I say a word, you come and go, drink wine, eat delicious food and chat happily. Suddenly, a man got up and prepared to leave. One of them smiled and said, "Brother, you haven't drunk too much wine and haven't eaten too much meat, so you're going to go on a night patrol alone!" To go, you go yourself. I don't want to suffer this sin. In this kind of weather, there is not a single ghost, what is there to patrol the night. Brothers, do you think this is the case? ”
"Yes, yes, yes. Or drink wine and eat meat is the most real. ”
"After drinking some wine, I can't hold it back, go out to pee, and then come back to eat meat and drink." After saying that, the man quickly left the campfire, came to the shore, looked at the calm river, and made a wine gap, "There are so many fish on the river!" ”
The river breeze made him sober up a lot. He stooped down and picked up a palm-sized stone and threw it into the river. However, he did not hear the sound of stones hitting the river. He thought that his ears had heard it wrong, so he quickly rubbed his eyes and looked at the river. Suddenly, I found that it was not fish on the surface of the river, but people. By the time he found out, it was over. At this moment, Qin Jun, who was hiding in the shadows, came behind him quietly, and before the man could open his mouth to say half a word, he lost his life.
And all the people who were gathered around the campfire saw him go out for a long time, and he did not come back. One of them teased: "It's going to take so long to go out and pee." It's hard to meet a ghost. ”
"Maybe I met a ghost and stole his soul."
The crowd laughed again.
"You two go check it out."
The two Zhao pawns followed the direction where the man had left. One complained: "It takes so long to go out and pee, and we have to go out to look for him." You say that he doesn't enjoy good wine and meat, what do you say about night patrols, and what do you say that the Qin people will cross the big river. ”
Another person pandered, "Okay, he's just here, let's take care of it more." ”
"Needless to say, the sooner we find him, the sooner we can go back. It's late to go back, and I'm afraid there will be no more wine and meat. ”
In the dark, a person came out and said politely: "Two brothers, a friend has drunk too much." I'm sleeping on the shore, I don't know if you know each other? ”
One scolded: "Useless things." ”
The other person listened to the other party's accent and didn't look like a person from Zhao Di, pressed the sharp weapon with one hand, and asked, "Who are you?" ”
"I am the messenger of Hades, and I have come to Thor and wait for my life." The man quickly drew his blade, killing both of them. Then the man waved his hand behind him, and the Qin army hidden in the shadows rushed over.
"General, five thousand men and horses, all crossed the river."
Ying Hua said: "Fight quickly, clean up the Zhao army, and build a pontoon bridge for the army to cross the river." ”
"No."
Yinghua led 3,000 soldiers and swaggered to the position of the Zhao army.
One of them scolded: "Stop, who are you?" ”
"On the order of General Zhao Zhuang, I was ordered to come to my brothers with wine and food. After enjoying the good food and wine, brothers, you can go back. ”
"Great, I can finally go back."
Yinghua took advantage of Zhao's unpreparedness and launched a surprise attack. Because the number of enemies could not be seen clearly in the night, the Zhao army was not well prepared, and hurriedly met the battle. The Zhao army was defeated and jumped into the river to drown, countless people died. After half an hour of fighting, Yinghua successfully captured all the positions on the east bank of the Zhao Army. Yinghua ordered people to hold torches and sway in the air, sending a signal to the army to cross the river.
Seeing the news from the other side of the river, Yingjian said happily: "Great, Yinghua has succeeded." The order went down, and the army crossed the river quickly. ”
Yinghua captured the position of the Zhao army, leaving 2,000 men and horses for the deputy general Wu Xu.
Wu Yu was puzzled: "General, what are you going to do?" ”
Ying Hua said: "Zhao Jun still doesn't know that he has lost his position. I plan to take advantage of the situation to capture Lin Cheng and Lishi of Zhao State in one go. Remove all obstacles for our army to attack Jinyang. ”
"The lord ordered us to occupy the position on the riverbank, and did not give an order to Lin Cheng and Lishi of Zhao State." Wu Shu said: "General, should we wait for the army to cross the river, and ask the main general to do the march." ”
"The Zhao army did not know the position and was captured by our army. The Zhao army in the vicinity of Lin Cheng was negligent in taking precautions. As soon as we fight, we can take the city. Ying Hua glanced at the army on the other side of the river, and continued: "Let's wait until the army crosses the river, and then ask the main general to attack Lin Cheng, Lishi and other places. By that time, we had already missed out on the best fighters. Once Lishi and Lin Cheng Zhao learned that the river bank was lost, they would readjust their strategy and strictly defend themselves. On the contrary, it is not good for our army. ”
"The Zhao army is overwhelming, and the general is alone. Please think twice, general. ”
"The Zhao army on the bank of the river is several times more numerous than our army, but it was still defeated by our army. In this battle, our army was able to win, not because the Zhao army was not good at fighting, but because it was too careless to take precautions. Ying Hua pointed at Zhao Di and said: "We should take advantage of the situation and use the cover of the night to create another record." ”
"However, the road to attack Zhao is too dangerous."
"Well, no more need to say. Something happened, and I was on top of it. Yinghua ordered people to gather 3,000 people, pointed to the direction of Lin City, and raised his voice: "Soldiers, it will be tonight to capture Lin City." ”
Lin Cheng is less than fifty miles away from the big river, and it is the only way for Qin Guodong to attack Jinyang. It is also the most important city for Zhao to prepare the Qin people to the west. In 328 BC, the Qin State took advantage of the war between Zhao Su Houyu and Wei Qi to send troops to attack the land west of the Zhao River. The Qin army defeated the Zhao army and Hexi, and killed the Zhao general Gongzi. The Qin State took advantage of the situation to cross the Great River and captured the important cities of the Zhao State, such as Lin City and Lishi. Qin forced Zhao to cede land and sue for peace. However, Zhao Suhou is also a person. Throughout his life, he fought against the princes everywhere, and he would rather lose the country than make peace with the Qin State.
After Zhao Suhou stabilized the relationship between Qi and Wei, he raised the people of Jinyang and Shangdang counties to attack the Qin army. After a bloody battle, Zhao recovered Lishi, Lin Cheng and other places, and also drove the Qin people back to Hexi. However, the land west of the river of Zhao was incorporated into Shangjun by Qin. After Zhao Suhou recovered Lishi and Lin Cheng, in order to avoid the Qin people from making a comeback, he handed over the responsibility of defense to the local dignitaries of the Lin clan.
The surname Lin comes from the Han surname, and the Han surname comes from the Ji surname, which is a clan branch of the Korean royal family, a descendant of the Lin monarch's family, and takes the land as the clan.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, Jin Xiangong sealed the young son into a teacher in Quwo. Wan, the son of Qu Wo Chengshi, was sealed in Han for his merits. And because the title is viscount, he is called Hanzi. The descendants of Hanzi then took Han as their surname. When it was passed to Han Ju, his great-grandson Han Kangzi was an official in Zhao State and was awarded the title of Lin State for his military exploits. Lin is a vassal state of Zhao, Han Kangzi is the founding king, and his descendants then take the name of the country as their surname, and call the surname Lin. Garrisoned in Lin Cheng was an old general named Lin Xing.
Lin Cheng will defend the city and Lin Yuan. Suddenly, there was a great crowd outside the city.
Lin Yuan asked, "Who is coming?" ”
"General, let's get into the city." The soldiers under the city shouted: "The Qin people have attacked." ”
Lin Yuan exclaimed: "My 20,000 soldiers are stationed on the riverbank, and the Qin people are attacking, why no one has come to report." ”
"Like ghosts, the Qin people suddenly appeared in front of us. Attacked us by surprise. The general didn't wait for me to report, because it was too late to report. ”
The people in the city coaxed: "General, let me in." ”
Lin Yuan said: "Without the order of the old general, we dare not open the city gate without authorization." Allow me to inform the old general. ”
Lin Yuan explained a few words to the people around him, and hurried to Lin Xingdi's residence. Lin Xing had just finished inspecting the city defense and was handling official business. Suddenly, I heard a voice outside the door and asked, "Who's outside?" ”
Lin Yuan said: "The old general is me." ”
Lin Xing asked, "You don't guard the city gate, what are you doing here?" ”
"Please forgive the old general." Lin Yuan raised his voice and said, "I have an urgent military affairs to report. ”
"Come in!"
Lin Yuan walked in and bowed.
Lin Xing put down his hand and was dealing with military affairs, and asked, "Is there anything you have to say now?" ”
"Old general, the Qin people have crossed the river."
"What are you talking about, the Qin people have crossed the river." When Lin Xing heard this, he was surprised: "Why didn't any soldiers come to report." ”
"The Qin people took advantage of the night to cross the river and sneak attack our army's position. Our army was defeated, and many of the soldiers who had fled back were outside the city. Old general, do you want to open the gates and let them in. ”
Lin Xing hurriedly said: "Take me to see." ”
When the soldiers outside the city saw the old general Lin Xing ascending the city tower, they shouted: "Please open the door and let me in." ”
"It's Zhao Ying under the city."
Zhao Ying replied: "The old general is going down again." ”
"Ladies and gentlemen, you have suffered." Lin Xing said hurriedly: "Open the city gate and let them in quickly." ”
Lin Yuan said loudly: "Open the city gate and welcome the soldiers outside the city." ”
The gates opened heavily. Suddenly, a crowd rushed to the city gates. Zhao Ying sensed that something was wrong and shouted: "The old general is from Qin to close the city gate." ”
As soon as Zhao Ying finished speaking, a sharp weapon passed through the fierce.
"Thank you, General, for helping me trick me into opening the gates. If it weren't for you, how could General Lin Xing fall for the scheme. ”
Yinghua drew his long sword and sent it forward, giving the order to attack. Lin Xing on the city tower also saw that something had happened, but the Qin army hidden in the Zhao army had already captured the city gate and rushed into the city.
Lin Yuan shouted: "Protect the old general and leave." ”
"Where to go." Lin Xing pulled out his long sword and said, "The city is inhabited by our wives, children, parents, and brothers. I retreated, what will they do. ”
"Old general, let's go! If we don't leave, we won't be able to leave. ”
"Lin Yuan, you go and evacuate the people in the city, and I will stop the Qin army and buy time for you." Lin Xing drew his long sword and commanded the guards around him to meet the battle, saying in his heart, "The tragedy of ten years ago must not be repeated again." ”