Chapter 338: Blood is all over the ground outside Hangu Pass
In Hangu Pass, Ying Ji personally wrote a battle letter and ordered his subordinates to send it to the camp of the Sanjin Alliance.
For the war between the Qin State and the Three Jin Dynasty, the most exciting thing is to win Hua. This war has too much meaning for him. Not to mention that this is another course of the hundred-year battle between the Qin people and the Jin, but also a challenge from the disciples to the master!
The reform of the Qin state, although it was led by Shang Ying. However, Shang Ying came from the Wei State controlled by the Wei State, and the origin of Legalist thought still came from the Jin State's militaristic system after all, so it can be said that Legalism originated from the Three Jin Dynasty!
And most importantly, Gongsun Yan, the current commander of the Three Jin Coalition Army, was once a great good man of the Qin State, and obtained the land west of the river for the Qin State, leaving a distinct trace in the army of the Qin State and gaining many admirers! Yinghua is one of Gongsun Yan's admirers, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Gongsun Yan is the master who taught him the art of war.
Now that the apprentice has come to challenge the master, how can Yinghua not be excited!
Compared with Yinghua's excitement, Yinghua is extremely distressed. As a commander-in-chief, he needs to be responsible for the entire army and needs to win for the Qin State! Moreover, as a person who personally participated in the Battle of Hexi and witnessed Gongsun Yan's battlefield command art, he deeply knew how difficult this Wei famous man was!
On the other side, Gongsun Yan faced the army of the Qin State, and he also looked like he had an extremely headache! Although now in order to deal with the battle of Hangu Pass, the Qin State has mobilized almost all the troops that can be recruited in the country, but there are only more than 200,000 people, only half of the current Three Jin Coalition Army! However, Gongsun Yan, as the person who stayed in the Qin State in person and became the Great Liang of the Qin State, deeply knew how terrible the war machine that Shang Ying built for the Qin State was!
The whole country has smooth laws and regulations, and the system of militarism and state integration has made the operation of the whole country in an orderly manner. And all the soldiers of the Qin State had already been trained under the bureaucratic system all over the Qin State before they were drafted into the army!
Coupled with Qin's rules for rewarding military exploits and clear rewards and punishments, as well as the fact that the people of Guanzhong have always been martial and like to fight bravely, the combat effectiveness of the Qin army is unimaginably strong! Gongsun Yan has always believed that he was able to defeat the veteran Wei general Long Jia back then, and his excellent command was certainly an important reason, but the decisive factor for Qin to defeat Wei was that the Qin army was stronger than the Wei army!
Although the Three Jin Coalition Army now has the upper hand in numbers, Gongsun Yan does not think that this is the advantage of the Three Jin Dynasty over the Qin army! You know, one tiger can drive hundreds of sheep!
Knowing that Yingji had sent a battle letter, Gongsun Yan opened it and took a look, but saw that Yingji and everyone directly set up a battle in front of Hangu Pass! Out of a deep understanding of the strength of the Qin army, Gongsun Yan instinctively wanted to refuse, but Han Peng and Fei Yi urged Gongsun Yan to agree!
The original Five Kingdoms attacked Qin, but now it has been reduced to the Three Jin Dynasty attacking Qin, which is already very unfavorable to them. If they can't please the Qin people anymore, then their position in the country will be shaken!
This is the embarrassment of Gongsun Yan as the commander of the Three Jin Coalition Army. In the past, he commanded the Qin army alone as the Great Liang of the Qin State, or now he commanded the Wei army alone as the Wei Xiang, he only needed to be directly responsible to the king, and then directly ordered his subordinates. However, now that he is the commander of the coalition forces, the command of the Han and Zhao armies can only be carried out through negotiation between the two sides. In the case that both Korea and Zhao agreed to a head-on duel with the Qin army, Gongsun Yan actually couldn't refuse directly!
He had to accept the proposal of Han and Zhao to confront the Qin army head-on!
Gongsun Yan originally thought that being forced by Han Zhao to face off against the Qin army was already a very bad thing, but even worse things were to come!
In Gongsun Yan's view, the three Jin coalition forces have their own characteristics, so it is natural that they should give full play to the unique advantages of the three Jin Dynasty to fight against the Qin army! In his assumption, the infantry of Wei and Zhao were strong, so they should be at the forefront to face the Qin army. South Korea's crossbowmen are so strong that they can be used as long-range attacks to hit opponents. However, such a decision, Han Peng and Fei Yi immediately vetoed it!
The reason for the veto of the two is extremely simple: although Gongsun Yan is the commander of the Three Jin Alliance, he is not the actual commander of Korea and Zhao after all! If he wants to mobilize the army of the Three Jins, he must do it through them! This is not only a consideration for the safety of the army, but also a decision made in the interests of the country!
When Gongsun Yan saw that at this time, Han and Zhao were still playing intrigue here, and he was immediately extremely angry: "Do you know how strong the Qin army is? If we don't work together, we're going to lose this war!" ”
However, Gongsun Yan's words, the two of them couldn't listen to them at all! In their minds, the Three Jin Coalition had twice as many troops as the Qin State, and with such an advantage, how could they possibly lose? When Ren Gong Sun Yan talked about how terrifying the actual combat effectiveness of the Qin army was, Han Peng and Fei Yi couldn't listen to it!
In desperation, Gongsun Yan had no choice but to agree to the layout of the Three Jin Coalition Army, and the Three Jin Coalition Army each formed three armies on the left, the middle and the right to jointly deal with the Qin army! Among them, South Korea is the left army, Wei is the middle army, and Zhao is the right army! Such a military formation, in the eyes of Gongsun Yan, who is proficient in the art of war, not only cannot give full play to the respective characteristics of the Three Jin Coalition Forces, but also leaves a flaw in the entire coalition army!
When the Qin army went to war, after Ying Ji saw the formation of the Three Jin Coalition Army, as the think tank of the Qin State, he immediately thought of specific tactics to deal with the Three Jin Coalition Army!
On the first day of the official challenge of the two armies, the Qin army and the Sanjin coalition army directly began a frontal battle! For Gongsun Yan and Yingji, who know each other well, in the specific command of the battlefield, they can't hide each other at all! After all, the two are too familiar with each other, and they know each other's combat styles too well!
So such a war is directly a face-to-face war of attrition! Although the Qin army was in a state of few soldiers and weak strength, it still divided the army into three parts to deal with the left, center and right armies of the Three Jin Dynasty respectively!
On the first day of the war, the casualties of the armies on both sides easily exceeded 10,000 people! And the Qin army dealt with the armies of the Three Kingdoms with one army, and it was not at a disadvantage on all fronts!
On the second and even the third day, the situation on the entire battlefield remained the same as the scene of the first day. In this kind of war, the life of a soldier is the cheapest, and the commanders of both sides do not take it to heart!
This kind of direct hard-to-hard war is a war of attrition that constantly fills in with human lives! In such a war, the battlefields outside Hangu Pass were completely dyed red because of this fierce war! On the battlefield, corpses are everywhere, and the blood that flows out can directly float the wooden oars that the dead soldiers fell to the ground!
However, such a cruel war, with the two sides evenly matched, is obviously not able to end in a short time!
And when the battle outside Hangu Pass intensified, the King of Qin in Xianyang suddenly received signs of rebellion from Xirong, who had originally submitted to the western and northern borders, which made the King of Qin extremely angry and terrified! He was angry because of the treachery of these Rong Di again and again, so that these places could never really be included in the rule of the Qin State! He was afraid that at the most critical time for the Qin State, once Xirong invaded, then the Qin State would probably face a catastrophe!
He immediately summoned a number of ministers in Xianyang to discuss how to deal with Xirong's rebellion. After discussing for a long time, we didn't find a better way. After all, for Rong Di, they have always been afraid of power but not virtue, they only value strength, and they will never be interested in preaching!
Now that the main forces of the Qin State army are fighting fiercely against the Three Jin Coalition forces on the front line of Hangu Pass, the Qin State really can't draw more strength to deal with these barbarians! In the eyes of these ministers, the only way to deal with Rong Di now is to stabilize them first by bribery! In the minds of these ministers, Xirong's rebellion must have caused another bad year on the grassland, so they can only make a living by plundering!
Therefore, in the eyes of these ministers, the only way to deal with these Rongdi now is to send envoys with heavy gold and beauties to these Xirong tribes to lobby their leaders, and stabilize these Xirong tribes first!
In the absence of a good way to deal with it, the King of Qin had to agree with the ministers' opinions and sent a jeweled beauty to the grassland to appease Xirong!
On the grassland, where the account of the king of Yiqu was located, Yiqu looked at the envoy of the Qin State who came to Yiqu with jewelry and beauties with a calm face. I only heard the envoy of the Qin State say to Yiqu: "My king heard that there was a catastrophe in the grassland, and with compassion for his people, he ordered him to come down to appease the people of Yiqu. I hope that Yiqu Jun can restrain his subjects well and don't make trouble at will! ”
Looking at the dazzling jewels in the camp tent and the bewitching Qin Nu, Yiqu Xiao's wolf-like eyes immediately revealed wolf-like greedy eyes! Seeing his performance, Qin Envoy knew that this Yiqu Jun must be tempted, and he thought that his mission would be completed soon!
Just when he was beaming with pride in his heart, he heard Yiqu say in horror: "Jewelry, beauty, they are really good things!" In other words, it has been a long time since the Qin State has used such an attitude to appease us, and this king is really happy! ”
The Qin envoy immediately screamed and reprimanded: "Yiqu Jun, now you are the feudal monarch of the Qin State, pay attention to your attitude!" ”
Yiqu laughed after hearing this, and said to the Qin envoy: "Your Qin State took my land and killed my people, even my father died in the hands of your Qin people, I Yiqu has such a deep hatred with your Qin State, and you still want me to have a good attitude towards that Qin Wang Xiao'er?" Some time ago, I was instructed by a master, who said that you, the Qin State, will take us under the knife in peacetime; And when times of danger come, you will bribe us with jeweled beauties to 'appease' us. Now you have taken out these jewels and beauties to my Yiqu, do you want to tell me that the Qin State is in danger now? ”
When Qin Envoy heard Yiqu's horrifying words, he was shocked, but he said quietly: "I don't know where Yiqu Jun heard such absurd words, but if Yiqu disappoints my Qin State so much, he will definitely regret it in the future!" ”
Yiqu Wei stood up directly and said to the Qin envoy: "I'm waiting for the grassland boy, I will do it when I think of it, and I will never regret my decision!" Now I'll borrow your head and bring it to me to sacrifice the banner of Yiqu! Now it's time for the Qin State to show us the strength! ”
After finishing speaking, the Qin envoy who came to Yiqu to pacify him was immediately killed by the Yiqu people! Subsequently, the entire Yiqu tribe, under the leadership of Yiqu Hao, quickly assembled and marched in the direction of Xianyang!