Chapter 55: Seize the Ferry

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When people's hearts are scattered, the team will not be easy to lead. Wei Qing naturally knew that with less than 50,000 soldiers under his command who had lost their fighting spirit, and a simple camp, there was only one way to die if they resisted. But the grace of King Wei's acquaintance was there, and Wei Qing was not an ungrateful person, so he was embarrassed for a while.

All the people in the big tent were holding their breath, and everyone knew that Wei Qing's next words would determine the fate of countless people. It is war, it is surrender, it is life, it is death, it is all in Wei Qing's thoughts. Although the envoy of the Korean army had an expression of confidence, he was also uneasy in his heart. If Wei Qing stubbornly wanted to accompany the Wei State to the funeral, then Korea could only endure the pain to eliminate the army of 47,000 people.

The reason why Korea wants to destroy Wei at the smallest cost is that it is not willing to consume too much vitality. If the defenders of every city in Wei State were sworn to the death, Korea would only get one destroyed city after another. A Wei State that has lost most of its youth and strength and only the old and weak women and children is by no means what South Korea wants, what South Korea wants is a complete Wei State.

Wei Qingchang sighed, finally succumbed to reality, and said tiredly: "Can South Korea guarantee that after the surrender of the general, South Korea will not restrain the soldiers under the general." If they want to go home, South Korea will not stop them; If you want to join the South Korean army, South Korea will also be treated equally? ”

The envoy of the Han army nodded solemnly and agreed, "This is natural!" If you are willing to return home, we will pay the travel expenses. Those who are willing to accept the reorganization, we will treat them equally. However, this is wartime. Before the Great Liang was conquered, I could only wronged you to restrain the army and stay in Linxian. ”

Wei Qing and many lieutenants glanced at each other, and South Korea's request was not too much. After all, if the soldiers under his command return to their hometowns at this time, they will still be drafted, so it is better to stay in Linxian honestly. Waiting for this war to end. The elite soldiers of Wei are all in Daliang, and Wei Qing knows how empty the garrisons of other cities are. As long as the Han army can conquer Daliang, the Wei state will also be destroyed.

"Well, please go back and report to your commander, we are willing to surrender! Half an hour later, we opened our camp. I hope you won't break your word! Wei Qing said with some sadness.

The envoy of the Han army solemnly waved and said gratefully: "General! One decision of yours has saved tens of thousands of families! In this world, there are enough dead people! I will tell the king what the general has said!" ”

"King Han is the main general?" Wei Qing was surprised.

The Han army envoy smiled and nodded. "Yes! How could our king stand idly by and watch such a major event as the destruction of Wei! Say goodbye first! ”

Half an hour later, the Wei army opened the gate of the camp as promised, and a column of Wei troops walked out with their bare hands down. The Han army who came to accept the surrender was also very polite, and did not make it difficult for Wei to surrender. One qiΔ“ is orderly and orderly.

Despite the opposition of the generals, King Han came with great interest to participate in accepting the surrender of the Wei army. This is also King Han's thoughtful calculation, and King Han wants to use this to release a signal. That is, those who follow Korea prosper, and those who oppose Korea die. Wei Qing was the commander of Wei State. The status is respected, and King Han can generously accept Wei Qing's surrender and reuse, which shows that Korea is the only one to move, and the only one is to use.

"The general of the defeated army, offended the power of heaven, and apologized to the king!" Wei Qing knelt on one knee. With his head bowed, he held his sword high with both hands, and posed very low.

For the sake of prudence, Li Mu took Wei Qing's sword on behalf of King Han and handed it to King Han. Only then did King Han say: "General, please get up quickly!" The widow has long heard that the general is both wise and brave. But they have never had the chance to meet. The general's defeat today is not a crime of war, not the failure of the soldiers of Wei to die, not the unwisdom of the general, but the will of heaven. Even if Sun Tzu and Wu Qi led the troops instead of the generals, it was just a defeat. The general can sacrifice personal honor and disgrace in exchange for the integrity of tens of thousands of families, and the widow admires him very much. Speaking of which, the widow is very ashamed! Surround the general with five times as many troops, and win without force! ”

For King Han to surrender his identity and give himself a step, Wei Qing felt a touch of bitterness in his heart. Throughout the ages, King Han alone would attach so much importance to a courtier who surrendered and renegade! In other words, King Wei faced himself, at most, he tempted himself with heavy profits, and even hung himself for a few days before summoning him.

"I dare not be ashamed!" Wei Qing said ashamedly.

"The general is humble! The widow has an idea and wants to make a decision for the general! King Han pondered his language.

"The king only needs to give an order, and the minister will never object!" joke, Wei Qing knows his identity. If you dare to refuse to obey your orders, no matter how good your cultivation is, King Han will be annoyed and angry! Wei Qing didn't want to annoy King Han, and joked with the lives of his subordinates, who were now sizeless soldiers.

King Han smiled, waved his hand, stopped Wei Qing, who was about to kneel down to show his loyalty, and said, "I know King Wei's temperament!" Although the general surrendered for the sake of tens of thousands of people at the expense of his reputation, once the general's surrender was known to the King of Wei, it was inevitable that the King of Wei would be innocent under his anger. The general's family in Daliang will inevitably be implicated and suffer from unjustified disasters! There are also many family members under the command of the general! It's better to be like this, the widow publicized that the general had died in battle, and the 50,000 Wei troops who crossed the river had been wiped out after the battle! In this way, King Wei will not embarrass your family in Daliang! When we conquer Daliang in South Korea, the general can also be reunited with his family! As for this period of time, I can only aggrieved the general to stay here incognito. Of course, the general can also walk around if he wants. After all, the widowed South Korea is also very large, and there are still a lot of interesting things! Maybe it will benefit the general a lot! ”

Wei Qing knew that King Han wanted to avoid suspicion by himself, so as not to face the old master. After all, surrender is already considered a betrayal, and if you turn against it again, it will be too undisciplined! What's more, if he appears under Daliang City, he is likely to be seen by the Wei State, and then it will seem that the gains outweigh the losses.

"Minister, thank you for your compassion!" Wei Qing was deeply moved by King Han's thoughtfulness, and the shame of surrender was temporarily put aside.

King Han waved his hand disapprovingly, and said with a smile: "The widow is also selfish!" The general can visit the military academy during this time. South Korea's military is still different from the military of other countries. When the time comes, when the widow sends a general to expand the territory for the widow, don't let the captains under him be unconvinced! ”

"Whoa!" Wei Qing clasped his hands into fists and respectfully agreed.

A day later, above the Dan water upstream of the girder. The mighty Korean boatman covers the sky and the earth, stretching for dozens of miles, occupying most of the Danshui River. Although there are many people, they are orderly and silent. Anyone can see that the Korean boatman definitely did not come to Wei for an outing. According to rough statistics, at least 20,000 Korean boat masters went down the river and headed straight for the girder. With such a big move in South Korea, it is natural that the defenders of Wei State cannot hide it.

The nearest ferry port to the Korean Boat Master is the Xitang Ferry. Wei had a garrison of 25,000 men here. Fifty miles downstream of the Xitang ferry, that is, the girder. Fifteen miles away, there was a camp of 50,000 Wei troops. The arrival of the Korean boat division obviously made Wei panic for a while, didn't the Korean army retreat, why did the Korean army's foot soldiers just retreat, and the Korean boat division came again?!

On the one hand, the Wei army guards at the Xitang Ferry made people ask for help from the Wei army camp fifteen miles away, and sent a report to the Liang to let the Wei king know, and on the other hand, they hurriedly prepared trebuchets, siege crossbows and other dry equipment. Prepare to cut off the invading Korean boat division.

It's just that the Wei army guards at the Xitang Ferry don't know yet. The reinforcements he had hoped for had collapsed. Two hours ago, at dawn, the Huben battalion raided the camp of 50,000 Wei troops. The Wei army, which was caught off guard, finally organized an effective defense after sacrificing tens of thousands of people. But in the face of the Han army's unusually sharp weapons, Wei Jun had the illusion that the bronze sword in his hand was as vulnerable as paper paste. No more than three collisions will occur, and the weapon in the hands of the Wei army will inevitably break. Many Wei soldiers died at the hands of the Han army for no apparent reason, and they couldn't turn a blind eye.

Many Wei troops thought that the Han army opposite them had used a demon spell and immediately collapsed. The only Wei army that could still muster up the courage to fight was less than 20,000 people, facing a small formation of three or five people who were skillful in the face of the Tiger Ben battalion. The Wei army, which suffered increasing casualties, also lost the last of its courage and fled in a hurry.

When the messenger from Xitang Ferry arrived at the camp, the camp was already occupied by the Tiger Camp. Zhu Hai shot the messenger for help who wanted to flee when he saw that the situation was not good, and then swaggered to lead the Huben battalion to the Xitang ferry.

The arrival of the Korean boat division attracted most of the attention of the Wei army at the Xitang ferry to the Danshui River, and in the Wei army's view, it would not take an hour for reinforcements to arrive, and their most important task was to intercept the Korean boat division going downstream, rather than to divide the precious forces to guard the unnecessary belly and back.

In the face of the belly and back death hole handed over by the Wei army, the tiger camp naturally laughed. When the heavy infantry of the 3,000 Tiger Camp appeared on the hillside only three miles away from the ferry, the Wei army, which realized it later, had no time to mobilize a large army to stop the Tiger Camp's sprint. The tiger camp that rushed into the Xitang ferry port killed every person, leaving no mercy. The battle at the Xitang Ferry ended much sooner than both sides had imagined. Originally, the Wei army at Xitang Ferry, which was still evenly matched with the Korean boat division, was in chaos when it landed after being attacked by the enemy on its belly and back. Because of the wanton slaughter of the Tiger Camp, the panicked Wei army jumped into Danshui one after another, but they forgot that the Korean boaters on Danshui would not let them swim across Danshui at all. The Wei army, which was both watery and physical, was lucky to go ashore downstream and escaped with his life; Most of the Wei troops who jumped into the river were either shot and killed by the Han army, or they were drowning in the Danshui. On this day, the Danshui was dyed blood-red, and the corpses of the Wei army almost blocked the river.

After taking the Xitang ferry, the Huben camp was only slightly relieved. No one knows that after the loss of the Xitang Ferry, reinforcements from the Daliang side will continue to attack, wanting to drive the Korean army into Danshui to feed the fish and shrimp. The Korean army had to hold out for at least twelve hours before waiting for the next batch of reinforcements to arrive across the river.

According to the original plan, the Tiger Ben camp only needed to take the ferry and hold on for two or three hours. But the plan could not catch up with the change, and Zhu Hai found that a Wei army with 50,000 people was stationed fifteen miles behind the Xitang Ferry. This was not discovered by the previous reconnaissance, and it is very likely that it was a recent transfer of the Wei State. In this way, it is an embarrassing problem in front of the Huben battalion, as long as the battle to attack the Xitang ferry is a little unsmooth, the 50,000 Wei troops will rush to the rescue, and when the time comes, the Huben battalion will inevitably suffer from the enemy.

Therefore, Zhu Hai temporarily decided to take the camp where 50,000 Wei troops were stationed first. Guarantee your own back road. If it can't be completely annihilated, at least, it will also defeat and crush this Wei army. Zhu Hai therefore launched an offensive in advance without authorization, but fortunately, the Wei army was too paralyzed and careless, and there were hills to block it. Without alarming the Wei army at the Xitang Ferry, the Huben battalion was fortunate to defeat 50,000 Wei troops within the planned time, and did not delay in conquering the Xitang Ferry under the guidance of the boat division.

Wei State, Great Liang.

The calm Liang became noisy because of the arrival of two groups of people, the first wave was the men and horses sent by the general Duan De, and the 50,000 Wei troops defeated by the Tiger camp were led by the general Duan De. After retreating in a hurry, Duan De checked his remaining men and horses, only to find that it was only two hours of fierce fighting, and he actually lost more than 20,000 men and horses. Of course. Duan De, who was accustomed to making excuses for his failures, tried his best to exaggerate that he had encountered the elite of the Korean army, the Tiger Battalion. Everyone in the world knows that the two elites of South Korea, the cavalry belongs to the Yulin Army, and the foot soldiers push the tiger camp. There are 4,000 heavy infantry in the Tiger Camp, and half of the remaining 6,000 light infantry can also be used as heavy infantry in other countries. It's just that. Lost so fast, lost so badly. Duan De still needs another excuse. Therefore, the envoy sent by Duan De emphasized to the king of Wei the strange weapons used in the Huben camp. Whether it is a spear or a long sword, it is extremely sharp, and the bronze weapons equipped by the Wei army are simply broken when encountered, although the three armies under Duan De's command are killed. However, flesh and blood could not defeat the magic weapons of the Korean army after all, so the Wei army was defeated.

The second wave of envoys was sent by Wei Xuan, a general guarding the Xitang ferry, and Korea sent 1,000 warships with 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers. The surging is coming. Wei Xuan's envoy swore to the king of Wei that the Wei army at the ferry would fight to the death, implying that this might be a trick of the Koreans, and that they should beware of the Koreans coming out of the city. The war between Han and Wei was far from ending as Wei imagined.

Knowing that the South Korean powerhouse Huben Battalion had quietly crossed the Danshui defense line, and even defeated a military camp garrisoned by 50,000 Wei troops, the heart that King Wei had just let go hung again. Coupled with the fact that the Korean boat master went down the river and came straight to the girder, King Wei suddenly panicked! Now the king of Wei is very curious to know two things, the first thing is how many Korean troops there are north of Danshui. Since the Huben camp could cross the Danshui without knowing it, so could the other Korean armies, and Wei had to determine as much as possible how many Korean troops had crossed the Danshui defensive line. This is very important, and it is related to the next response of the Wei state. If it is only the Tiger Ben Camp north of Danshui, then what Wei needs to do is to wipe out the Tiger Ben Camp as quickly as possible to prevent the enemy from being attacked on the belly and back. If a large number of Han troops have crossed the Danshui defense line, then there is no need for the Wei army guarding the river to continue to stay, but to withdraw to the periphery of Daliang at the first time.

The second thing is the situation on the other side of Danshui, a few days ago, the king of Wei sent Lang Zhong to order Wei Qing's generals to recover the lost territory with 50,000 troops, and there has been no news for several days. Judging from the current situation in South Korea, it is very likely that South Korea deliberately confuses Wei by withdrawing troops with great fanfare a few days ago. If this is the case, then the 50,000 Wei troops sent out will be in danger. If these 50,000 Wei troops were unharmed, the situation could have been even worse. Perhaps, Korea played a trick of turning the tiger out of the mountain, bypassing the carefully set defense line of the Wei State from the upper reaches of the Danshui. It's just that how could South Korea complete such a big strategic move in such a short time?! King Wei is very conflicted now!

After some deliberation, the Wei monarchs and ministers decided to temporarily use static braking, and thousands of scouts were assigned to all directions to reconnoiter the enemy's situation. Especially on the other side of the Danshui River, it was the focus of the Wei army's investigation. On the other hand, Daliang sent 30,000 cavalry and infantry troops to aid the Xitang Ferry. The King of Wei sternly ordered the general Duan De to contain the Huben camp at any cost.

It's a pity that the edict of the King of Wei had just been drafted and could not be sent, and the second wave of envoys from General Duan De arrived in Daliang, bringing new bad news - the loss of the Xitang Ferry.

After collecting the defeated troops, Duan De, a general who wanted to atone for his crimes, suddenly realized that the main task of his army was to deal with the Saitang and Saigon ferries. At the beginning, he also had an agreement with the generals of the two ferries that as long as the ferry they were stationed at was attacked, as long as they lit fireworks, they would rush to help. As a result, after the defeat of the army, he only cared about fleeing for his life, and forgot to send someone to remind them. If Han Jun pretended to attack the two ferries by himself, then he would really be dead. The weapons of the Tiger Camp are extremely sharp, but they are not invincible, as long as the Wei army can open up the distance between them and the Han Army's Tiger Camp, deal with them with archers, or cooperate with tacit understanding with numerical superiority, they can still win in battle. Even if you can't defeat it, you can contain the Tiger Camp.

Thinking of this, Duan De immediately sent scouts to the farthest Xitang Ferry. In Duan De's view, the Tiger Ben camp that attacked his army was the closest to Xitang Ferry, and the most likely ferry to attack was Xitang Ferry. As a result, the scout who came back to report told SΓΉ Duande that the Han army really took advantage of their hasty defeat and retreat to attack the Xitang Ferry, and also took it. Moreover, the Huben camp is not isolated, the South Korean boat division is endless, lying above the Danshui, and the South Korean army that took the Xitang ferry is making every effort to strengthen the camp, and it is obvious that it will not be long before a large number of South Korean troops will cross the river. Where did Duan De dare to slack off, he immediately spread the bad news to Daliang as quickly as possible, and he led less than 30,000 remnants of the army to cautiously approach the Xitang Ferry to reconnoiter the Han army. (To be continued......)