Chapter 43: The Prophecy Comes True
Seeing that the handsome banner of the Marquis of Qi quickly disappeared out of sight, and then nearly 100,000 Qi troops collapsed, they also quickly ran eastward, and in the blink of an eye, they ran all over the field, and the Wei army after a little rest, they formed a formation to cover the past, Zhou Bian couldn't help but sigh for the Qi State in his heart, and the defeat was so far, if the Qi State wants to compete with the Wei State for hegemony again, I am afraid that it will have to wait for ten years, and at that time, maybe Pang Juan and Sun Bin will also begin to be famous all over the world. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The Wei army in black armor rolled eastward, hanging behind the Qi army unhurriedly, and several of them quickly inserted in, regardless of killing and injuring the Qi soldiers, perhaps this is the sword arranged by Wei Hou, and the target is naturally Qi Hou.
Seeing Wei Hou's arrangement, Zhou Bian couldn't help but have an idea in his heart, if Qi Hou really confessed here, then his follow-up King Qi, that is, King Qi Wei, could still ascend the throne smoothly? If King Qi Wei can't walk on the stage of history, will Sun Bin still appear as usual? And the famous siege of Wei to save Zhao and the more famous, the battle of Maling, which made the Wei state from prosperity to decline, will it still be staged as scheduled? Without a powerful Qi State to consume the Wei forces first and contain the main force of the Wei State in the east, can the new army of the Qin State after the reform still recapture the land west of the river as promised?
The last possibility is what Zhou Bian is willing to see, but if in order to erase the future strength of the Qin State, and create an incomparably powerful Wei State in the contemporary era, Zhou Bian will never want to see, obviously the balance of the national strength of the countries in the world, and the mutual restraint of the vassal states, is the most conducive to the development of the Zhou royal family.
And an incomparably powerful, unrestrained Wei State or Wei Marquis, can already pose a direct threat to the royal family, who dares to say that the trajectory of history is shifted here, and let this Wei Marquis, who currently seems to be eloquent, become Qin Shi Huang, or more likely to become Qin Shi Huang's father or grandfather.
Therefore, in this war, the Marquis of Qi must not die, this Marquis of Qi is still young, do the math, his son should only be in his teens, and there will be uncontrollable factors in the future of the Qi country.
Therefore, Zhou Bian must not let Qi Hou die in the historical changes brought about by himself.
So what to do?
Closing his eyes, the topographic map from Daliang to Maling, which he had carefully studied some time ago, quickly came to mind, although the surrounding environment was very noisy, Zhou Bian still forced himself to calm down and think.
But soon, Zhou Bian opened his eyes helplessly, he couldn't even control his own fate, how could he still want to save others, isn't it a joke? And the situation on the battlefield is changing in an instant, let's just say that the more than 100,000 Qi troops still have a slight advantage over the Wei army one moment ago, and then they scattered in a hurry like birds and beasts.
Obviously, this is also questionable, but Zhou Bian still doesn't want to completely lose control of the situation, which is by no means the due achievement that can be achieved as a modern person.
At this time, Wei Hou's voice sounded in his ears, and it turned out that unconsciously, Wei Hou's chariot actually leaned over.
"The widow is preparing to take advantage of the victory to chase and kill and go to the battlefield in person, does the king want to follow the widow and go to watch the battle together?"
It turned out that seeing that all the armies were about to chase after him, Wei Hou couldn't help but catch up, thinking of this, Zhou Bian suddenly showed a shy smile,
"The Marquis of Wei went to the battlefield in person, and the king should watch the battle. However, the king has a reluctant request. ”
"But it doesn't hurt to say it!"
Even Sima Cuo, who was a little farther away, also showed a curious expression.
"This king's personal guard, the son Fan Yu, is itchy when he sees the battle, and he wants to lead a team of personal guards to fight in the end, I don't know if it's okay?"
"Haha! Ha ha! ”
Wei Hou raised his head and laughed when he heard this, "What's the matter, now that the Qi State is in a rout, just end up fighting." ”
At the same time, Sima Cuo on the side also shouted, "The prince can't, this battle has been decided, and there is no need for people from the royal family to participate in the war." ”
"It's okay, it's okay, just let it go, it's okay, let's go!" Wei Hou showed an extremely generous smile and turned his head to look at Fan Yu beside Zhou Bian, but the latter opened his mouth slightly, with a slightly surprised expression, but in Wei Hou's opinion, this expression was an unexpected feeling of his wish.
"Don't thank Wei Hou soon!" Zhou Bian rushed to Fan Yu who was in a daze and shouted softly.
This Fan Yu is also a good person, and he quickly figured out that the king must have a good intention to spend himself, and then he heard the king's reminder, when he gave his hand, "Fan Yu thanked Wei Hou!" ”
"Go ahead, young people should fight more." Wei Hou waved his hand generously.
"Thank you Marquis Wei, I still have something to say to the king." Fan Yu's tone was a little nervous, in fact, he was afraid that Wei Hou would drive him away directly and not hear the king's explanation, but in Wei Hou's opinion, this became a young man who was afraid that he would die before he went to the battlefield, so he wanted to explain the future, although Fan Yu also had the move to assassinate Wei Hou, but Wei Hou always thought that Fan Yu was just a slightly impulsive half-grown child.
So Wei Hou nodded lightly and smiled. "Let's take it slowly, the widow is one step ahead." With a wave of his hand, Marquis Wei quickly went downhill with Sima Cuo and thousands of troops, leaving only the people of the royal family and the thousand Baning troops guarding the royal family.
Immediately afterwards, after Zhou Bian's whispering, Fan Yu drove away quickly with thirty elite soldiers, with Zhou Bian's expectations, and added a variable brought by people from later generations to this era that has deviated from history, but what will this variable be? Zhou Bian didn't know, or maybe since he crossed over, history has already been doomed.
After watching Fan Yu's group of men and horses advance rapidly, until it didn't take long to surpass Wei Hou's Chinese army, Zhou Bian turned his head and smiled at Baning, "General Ba, you can go, otherwise you won't be able to catch up with your Hou Ye for a while." ”
"The ministers obey the order, the king, please!" As soon as General Baning gave up his hand, the group chased after Wei Hou unhurriedly, and since then, Zhou Bian finally stepped into the main battlefield of Qi and Wei in person.
In the early morning, when the rumbling war drums in the distance came, the officers and soldiers who stayed in the camp rushed out of the barracks and looked westward.
Many people know that today is the moment of the decisive battle, some of them heard it from the mouth of the commander, and some of them heard it from the mouths of other soldiers, in fact, the meeting in the commander's tent last night has already decided today's decisive battle, and the generals in the Qi army obviously do not know the hidden news, they are not aware of it at all.
Therefore, those who stayed in the barracks today, whether they were sick or not, were all looking forward to it, 110,000 against 50,000, and almost every Qi soldier thought that he would be victorious.
However, there was still a group of attentive soldiers, only to find that there was one person whose face was full of sorrow and worry, and that was their commander. It is no wonder that these soldiers can clearly see it, because their commander has gathered all the soldiers under his jurisdiction after the army has left, and waited outside the barracks, ignoring the doubtful eyes of the rest of the soldiers. And their commander is Tian Ji.
Tian Ji, who is the right junior colonel of the left front army, should have appeared on the main battlefield of the battle with the Wei army at this time, but before the first war of Qi and Wei, after a quarrel with his ancestor Tian Zhong, he has been leading the team to stay in the barracks, and the reason is naturally the words of Dr. Duan Ganpeng that day.
These words still echo in Tian Ji's mind.
"I thought that this time our Qi army would be defeated, and Wei Hou dared to bring 50,000 soldiers to come, there must be other preparations, maybe this time Wei Hou will have countermeasures against Jun Hou, when the time comes, you have to do this."
Duan Ganpeng's words, Tian Ji has always kept in his heart, although the position is not high, but the identity of the son of the noble, so that Tian Ji also participated in the military meeting in front of the Qi Hou's tent, plus heard from others, for Duan Ganpeng's knowledge and opinions, Tian Ji was very impressed, and by chance, he let such a capable person give himself a strategy, how can it not make people excited?
So Tian Ji, who was excited for a night, finally made up his mind, this time he would take a gamble and obey Duan Ganpeng, for this reason, he did not hesitate to quarrel with his ancestors, and did not hesitate to bear the bad reputation of a coward and a fool.
And today, the moment of the decisive battle of Qi Wei has finally arrived, and while Duan Ganpeng has estimated the date of the decisive battle between the two sides extremely accurately, the worry and nervousness in Tian Ji's heart can no longer be erased since the departure of the army.
Tian Ji is worried about a lot, one is afraid that the Qi army will not be defeated, although this idea is a little unpatriotic, but since he has gambled on this, Tian Ji is naturally worried that Duan Ganpeng's judgment is wrong, and the second is that he is afraid that the Qi army will really be defeated, whether his own people can save Qi Hou as Duan Ganpeng said, and third, he is worried about whether Qi Hou can insist on escaping to the barracks, and fourth, as a Qi person, Tian Ji naturally has a little worry about his own army, his own princes, and the fate of his own Qi country.
As for nervousness, it is obvious that every gambler, no matter how much he has experienced, will be nervous when it comes to the opening of the market.
Yes, Tian Ji is a gambler this time.
So, after the army left, Tian Ji sent several groups of small soldiers to the front to inquire about the news. Although there is no special scout, but sending a few small soldiers to find out the news, Tian Ji, as the commander, can naturally do it, but he cares too much about the battle situation, which will obviously make the rest of the generals a little puzzled.
But there is nothing wrong with this, caring for one's own army and the prince is what you should do as a general and a courtier, so under the leadership of Tian Ji, some other captains also sent small soldiers to inquire about the news. And as the left-behind troops, they should also have a look, so the rest of the generals also gathered their own troops, and the others also ordered the soldiers to stop gathering and chatting, in their opinion, in order to not see the left-behind troops look loose and undisciplined when the Marquis of Qi returned triumphantly. But in the end, they realized that their unintentional imitation at this time saved their own lives in the subsequent rout.
Wave after wave of small soldiers came back, but what they brought was the news that the two sides were evenly matched, or that the Qi army had an advantage, so that Tian Ji fell into deep suspicion, could it be that Duan Ganpeng misjudged? Did you make a mistake this time?
Obviously, this is a big gamble, because Tian Ji's family, although there is also a general Tian Zhong, but the relationship with Qi Hou is a little far away, and most importantly, Tian Ji has many brothers, if he misses the opportunity to make meritorious service this time and is labeled as a coward, then Tian Ji's status in the family will plummet, even if he is still serving as this small colonel, without the support of the family, it is basically difficult to be promoted.
So this is actually a big gamble for Tian Ji.
The chatter and laughter of the rest of the generals in his ears came with the wind, but Tian Ji couldn't listen to a word, and the slightly piercing north wind blew, but it couldn't dry the sweat beads on Tian Ji's face. At this moment, who can Tian Ji talk to about the tension in his heart?
Unconsciously, the faint winter day has climbed high and high, has the big war ahead not yet come to fruition? Tian Ji's sweat had already wet his clenched fists.
Finally, just after noon, several panicked soldiers in front ran back, and some shouted before they could get closer, "Oh no, run away!" This call came close, which made the remaining generals puzzled for a while, but in Tian Ji's ears, it was like a sound of heaven, Duan Ganpeng was really capable, and the prophecy came true.
So, no one noticed that Tian Ji's fists were loosened, and then he was tightly pressed against the sword at his waist.
Soon, in the line of sight, those small soldiers quickly approached, and then each ran to their respective commanders, although they were all tired and out of breath, but this shocking news still made them insist on finishing their words.
"What? Our army collapsed, and the prince did not know his whereabouts? ”
Almost all the remaining generals and lieutenants learned the news from the front at the same time, which was really unbelievable, and even some captains had already pulled out their swords at their waists to slash and kill the subordinates who were "lying" in front of them, but just as his long sword was raised high, the rumbling sound came clearly from afar.
This sound saved the life of the little soldier, and everyone before the camp heard the noisy sound, as well as the shaking of the ground, this momentum was definitely caused by tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people running together. Could it be that what Fang Cai Xiaobing said is true? This is unacceptable.
But soon they had to accept it, because on a plain, as far as the eye could see, and at this moment there was dust behind a small slope, and soon small black dots appeared on the small slope, and after a while, the mountains were full of small black spots.
It turned out that the whole army really collapsed!
The vast majority of the generals left behind were stunned, and in a short period of time, their brains lost their ability to judge, and in the face of such an almost impossible situation, not everyone could make a quick decision.
However, there is one exception, and that is Tian Ji, who has already won half of the gamble. Although Duan Ganpeng's judgment was finally proved to be correct, Tian Ji was still beating his heart violently, because in the chaotic army, the soldiers he sent out began to run back to avoid losing their lives when they saw the army rushing, and in this chaotic rout, several soldiers claimed that they did not see the handsome banner, let alone the prince, so there were other soldiers shouting "The prince does not know where he is".
And Duan Ganpeng's so-called sending Tian Ji to a rich and noble, that is an excuse to stay in the barracks, and then rescue the driver with a foreign army in the chaotic army, the merit is higher than the rescue, this is true, but the key is that the soldiers sent out now do not know where the prince and the marquis are. So even if you win half of this gamble, it's actually a bit exaggerated.
However, Tian Ji still made a decision quickly, ignoring the daze of the rest of the generals, and shouted, the thousand athletes under his command who had been assembled a long time ago, under the leadership of Tian Ji's chariot, suddenly rushed out, ignoring the main generals who stayed behind the barracks and scolded.
Because at this time, what echoed in Tian Ji's mind was Duan Ganpeng's words at that time.
"At the time, if the Qi army is defeated, the prince will be the main target of the Wei marquis, and the 100,000 army of the Wei marquis may ignore it, but the prince and the marquis, the Wei marquis must have an arrangement, maybe it is a few interceptions, the main battlefield of Qi and Wei must be in the south of Puyang City, so to the north is Puyang City, the west is the Wei army, the prince will definitely flee to the east, and the Wei marquis will obviously be aware of this, so the Wei army will definitely divide a group of troops to quickly insert between the main battlefield and the military camp, then, the prince can only flee south, when you can't find the news of the prince, go south."
The chariot was rolling, the athletes were flying, and a thousand people quickly rushed towards the southwest. Seeing that Tian Ji could not be called, the main general who stayed behind gradually came to his senses and shouted, "Everyone, hurry up and form a formation, don't let the rebel army overwhelm the camp!" ”
Although this wish was good, they knew after a while that in front of the collapsed army of 100,000, the formation of thousands of people was paper-paste, and the large battalion would never be able to save it, but the formed army still allowed these soldiers who stayed behind to save their lives to the greatest extent.
Besides, Tian Ji, in a hurry, led the army straight to the southwest, ran in opposite directions, and soon met the scattered rebel army, Tian Ji did not slow down at all, while rushing away from the chaotic army, while making people inquire about the news of the prince.
However, a quarter of an hour passed, and Tian Ji rushed to the southernmost part of the chaotic army, and the rout gradually became scarce, but there was still no news from the Qing monarch and marquis.
In a hurry, Tian Ji had no choice but to turn his heart sideways and order to ignore the chaotic army and rush directly to the empty south, at this time, Tian Ji could only continue to believe in Duan Ganpeng.
After walking for another half an hour, he met a group of dozens of princes and marquis guards running, and called to ask, it turned out that the prince was riding alone in a chariot, and was chased and killed by more than a dozen chariots of the Wei army, and went straight to the south.
The direction was really right, and in ecstasy, Tian Ji immediately ordered to ignore this group of guards, and the whole army rushed south as fast as possible.
Holding the wheels with both hands, Tian Ji's heartbeat gradually accelerated, "Don't be afraid, I'm Tian Ji here!" ”。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。 Thank you Kyan-Lian for your continued support, your generosity is the biggest motivation for me not to give up.