Chapter 19: You Sing and I'll Appear
Qin State, Xianyang.
Regarding the chaos in Shandong, the monarchs and ministers of the Qin State watched the excitement with great interest. The reason is very simple, the more the consumption of Shandong countries, the more incompatible water and fire are, and the more Qin can fish in troubled waters. Countless Qin lobbyists traveled back and forth between Linzi, Handan, Daliang, and Xinzheng under various banners, doing things to sow discord and trying to make this war more intense.
The development of things is also in line with the wishes of the Qin State, after learning that the Wei State finally made a move against the Chu State, the King of Qin stroked his palms and laughed, and said to the left and right: "The big thing is done!" ”
Five of the seven countries under heaven have been involved in this war, and only Qin and Han have stayed out of the war. But according to the speculation of the Qin monarchs, it is impossible for South Korea to let this chaos last long. The so-called fire at the city gate affected the pond fish, and the Chu State was close to South Korea, and if South Korea allowed the Wei State to expand its power to the south, the interests of South Korea would be damaged. This is definitely not something that South Korea will allow.
After the court meeting, the king of Qin left Prince Zhu, Prime Minister Wei Ran, Keqing Cai Ze, Wu Anjun Bai Qi, Weiwei Wang Jian and Lang Zhong Ling Duke Lu to discuss military affairs. Interested people will naturally guess that what the monarchs and ministers of the Qin State are discussing must be hidden military affairs, otherwise, they can be put forward in the court meeting and let the ministers discuss together. (The following chapters are revised tonight and can be seen tomorrow)
Looking at the phalanx of the Wei army gradually closing, a hint of anticipation flashed in the corner of the Storm Kite's eyes! At present, there are nearly 7,000 Qin troops trapped by the Wei army, as long as they block the Qin army's several breakthroughs, the shape will be greatly beneficial to the Wei army! If the remaining 8,000 Qin troops want to rescue Paoze, they can only attack a little bit! But the Wei army still has 20,000 main forces eager to try, obviously hoping that the Qin army will do this! The Qin army is undoubtedly in a dilemma at this time!
Jin Contempt thought the same thing. Qin Jun was too confident in his attack power, but he ignored his own thick defense! Although the fierce battle in just one hour has lost 5,000 troops, it has successfully trapped 7,000 Qin troops and killed 3,000 Qin troops by the way! Right now, it's good for the Qin army to retreat. Moving forward, I am confident enough to leave most of them behind!
In the face of such a predicament, the Qin army waved the black flag! The rumbling drums of war rang out in a hurry, accompanied by a sudden mutation! A full 10,000 Qin troops poured out from the west gate of Fengling and swept towards the soft underbelly of the Wei army's flank! Looking closely, the first to start was actually three thousand elite riders! Behind the elite cavalry were more than a hundred chariots. And then there's the sprint of the foot soldiers!
Foot charge? In the face of long distances, this method of not cherishing the body is undoubtedly an act of looking for death! But right now, the place where the two sides are fighting is only ten miles away from Fengling! It's a distance between horses and horses, and it's only a quarter of an hour for a foot soldier!
The Qin army dared to set the battlefield at such a close distance from the city wall, undoubtedly because the Wei army could not resist such a temptation! It was also a big meal specially set up for the Wei army by Huan Qi who thought hard in the middle of the night and took advantage of the "weakness" of the Wei army! In Huan Qi's view, his blatant approach would definitely make Wei Jun feel that he wanted to defeat them under the city. This is also undoubtedly humiliating them! When people are angry, they lose their minds. After realizing that even if they were defeated, the Wei army could retreat into the Fengling under the cover of the archers at the head of the city. Sure enough to entangle yourself recklessly! And yourself, the most wanted, this is the case!
The fact is just as Huan Qi expected, based on the "fact" that the total strength of the Qin army is only 20,000, Jin Contempt thinks that even if the Qin army uses conspiracy and trickery, he can use dignified soldiers and yang plots to defeat the Qin army! What's more, once the Qin army is defeated and retreats, he can completely follow up and break through the Fengling! So. Only then did Jin contempt dare to fight with the Qin army at such a close distance from the city!
But. After discovering that the strength of the Qin army was far from the "20,000" mentioned by Xi Zuo, but an extra 10,000 troops out of thin air, Jin Contempt suddenly panicked! The first reaction was to misunderstand me! The second reaction is to be damn fooled! The iron cavalry of the Qin army was charging rapidly towards their own formation, and the distance of ten miles was instantaneous. Jin Contempt knew that at this time, there must not be the slightest hesitation, nor can there be a step back! Otherwise, it will be a great chaos, and a great chaos will mean the destruction of the whole army! So. His first order was not to order a formation of resistance, but to announce that those who took a step back would be immediately beheaded! The law enforcement team was the most ruthless, and immediately wandered in the phalanx, killing the soldiers who looked terrified and couldn't help retreating on the spot! The stimulation of blood and skulls calmed Wei Jun. At this time, the first wave of arrows of the Qin army had already been shot!
When metal arrows collide with flesh and blood, it is always flesh and blood that are injured! The Wei army that died under the first round of arrow rain reached more than 400 people! But Wei Jun obviously didn't have time to grieve! If the phalanx was knocked out by the iron cavalry of the 3,000 Qin army, and the Wei army, which had lost the protection of the phalanx, was just a lamb to be slaughtered, their death would be even more miserable. Holding back the fear in his heart, the Wei army met the impact of the Qin army's iron cavalry with a large shield and spear. Such a scene is like a moth fighting a fire, but the moth is instinctive, but Wei Jun has no choice but to survive in death!
After killing another 800 Wei troops, the impact speed of the Qin army's iron cavalry finally slowed down. The cavalry that lost their speed was just a foot soldier on a horse, and the Wei army would not let go of such a good opportunity, some of them went to hook the legs and feet of the war horse, some used a spear to stab the heart of the war horse, and some aimed the crossbow arrow at the foot soldier on the horse. The Qin army behind had not yet completely fallen into the "quagmire" with the Wei army's foot soldiers, and took the initiative to withdraw from this stalemate, because the killing shouts of the robe behind him were getting louder and closer. After all, cavalry needs speed, and the foot soldiers are stalked? That's not what cavalry is all about!
When 10,000 Qin troops suddenly swarmed out of the west gate of Fengling, the storm kite was also scared into a cold sweat! When did the Qin army send troops to Fengling? Why haven't you received the slightest message? The violent kite couldn't help but blame himself, this information hurt the Wei State! Now the strength of the Qin army and the Wei army has reached a ratio of 1:2, and the Wei state does not have any advantage in comparison with such a force!
Moreover, considering that the Wei State has always had the upper hand, now that 10,000 Qin troops have suddenly appeared, the shape has changed greatly, which is definitely a heavy impact on the psychology of both sides. To put it simply, the Qin army can exert 12 percent of its strength, while the Wei army can only play to the level of 90 percent or even 80 percent! As soon as it went up and down, Wei Jun's shape was even worse!
"General! Why don't you bring people to support the Wei army?! The lieutenant next to him said eagerly.
In this situation, Wei Jun was quite caught off guard! After experiencing the destruction of 3,000 cavalry and 100 chariots, the phalanx of the Wei army could barely see its original appearance. However, after facing the six thousand foot soldiers behind. The Wei army, which had a numerical advantage, actually just held the defensive line and did not let the Qin army take a few more steps! Moreover, the surviving Qin army iron cavalry began to roam around the huge battle group to support Paoze, and the only 1,000 cavalry of the Wei army only held out for two quarters of an hour under the pursuit of 3,000 Qin army iron cavalry! The morale of the Wei army quickly slumped almost at a visible rate!
"Hmm!" The storm kite didn't answer, but just signaled that Zhao Jun in the distance was still eyeing him! 30,000 Zhao troops have 10,000 cavalry! Han and Zhao sparked. The pressure on South Korea is not necessarily much less than that of Wei Jun! Pull a hair and move the whole body, the violent kite doesn't want to stimulate Zhao Guo now! No matter the outcome of the battle between Han and Zhao, the winner will not feel good! The so-called two tigers fight, there will be one death and one injury! Wouldn't it be nice for everyone to get along with Meimei?
If the deputy general knew that there was such a little Jiujiu in the heart of the violent kite, he would definitely be scared to death! Fortunately, the lieutenant general was loyal and didn't realize the problem, but just subconsciously cared: "General! But if we don't save the Wei army, the Wei army won't be able to stop it for long! Now there is only one Wei army begging to surrender. The Wei army must have heard the wind and surrendered! We can't afford to watch our allies defeat miserably! The Wei army is defeated, and we will be caught between Qin and Zhao! ”
The storm kite nodded expressionlessly, and said approvingly: "I understand this truth!" However, if you want to save Wei Jun, you might as well tell me first! ”
The adjutant general's face was overjoyed, and he couldn't wait to say, "General! The last general is willing to lead 3,000 elite cavalry to rob and kill the cavalry of the Qin army! As long as there is no harassment from the cavalry of the Qin army, with the strength of the Wei army, it can still be a sure victory! ”
"Really? You see! The kite-kite pointed to the east.
The lieutenant general stared intently. His face was shocked. The Chinese army of the Qin army, which had not been dispatched, actually made a move, and a full 8,000 troops rushed to the Wei army array! And. They did not directly rush to the front of the Wei army formation in front of them, but went around to the flank, and were helping the 10,000 Qin army to gradually trap the Wei army's Chinese army!
In the original situation, the 7,000 Qin army was trapped by nearly 30,000 Wei troops, and the shape was extremely unfavorable; The 10,000 Qin army is pressing the 20,000 Wei army to attack the Chinese army! According to the ideas of ordinary people, the Chinese army of the Qin army. That is, the 8,000 army where Huan Qi is located should quickly support the trapped Qin army. But Huan Qi made a surprise move, allowing the 7,000 Qin army to kill less and less, but instead helping to deal with the 10,000 Qin army at ease! However, this approach also revealed Huan Qi's own goal - that is, to quickly defeat the Chinese army of Jin Contemp, the main general of the Wei army, as long as Jin Con's head landed. The Wei army is bound to be in chaos! The siege of the 7,000 Qin army will be solved!
With a heavy face, the tyrant kite pointed to the battlefield where Qin and Wei were fighting, and said, "Ben will now give you 3,000 troops to support the Wei army!" But the target is not there, but ......." The storm kite paused, pointed to the Fengling City at the rear of the battlefield and said, "There! ”
The deputy general was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "The last general understands!" After saying that, he hurried away with a slight fist! In this situation, if you want to turn the situation around, you have to take it by surprise. Isn't the Qin army fighting a fierce battle with the Wei army, and continuing to increase the Wei army is just a drop in the bucket, unless more than 10,000 troops are used, but the Zhao army will definitely not do this! If you want to use a small number of elites to break the siege, you need to attack it unprepared, and attack the west! Fengling is now garrisoned empty, if South Korea storms Fengling, it will definitely have an immediate effect - the Qin army finds that there is a threat of being cut off from the back road, and it must take self-preservation! What's more, Zhao Jun's stimulation must be small!
Soon, 3,000 carts rushed towards Fengling! After discovering that the Han army was approaching the battlefield, Qin Jun's heart was tight. Now at this critical juncture, what Qin Jun is most afraid of is disturbing. Immediately, a thousand cavalry of the Qin army branched out, wanting to disperse the Korean army! The Han army had no intention of contacting the Qin army at all, bypassed the battlefield and went straight to Fengling!
Huan Qi's face changed suddenly, and now the defenders of Fengling are less than two thousand people! Seeing that the Han army was a ladder and a siege crossbow, and looked like a rejuvenating army and moving people into the city to "reward", Huan Qi knew the idea of the Han army. But even if you know, what's the use, the same can't be helped! The Qin army lacks troops, so it can't be divided into two or three thousand troops to encircle it! What's more, this is not a signal from the Han army, if the Qin army retreats with interest, the Han army may be pretentious, if the Qin army insists on not retreating. If you insist on obstructing it, then the South Korean army will have to increase its troops! Anyway, the Han army has an army of 50,000, which is 20,000 more than the 30,000 Zhao army!
Of course, Huan Qi was unwilling to divide more troops to stop the South Korean army, especially after the South Korean army made up its mind to adopt refueling tactics. At this time, the only thing he could count on was Zhao Jun. As long as Zhao Haoken sent 10,000 iron cavalry to walk near the South Korean army's formation, the South Korean army would never dare to act rashly again. Just buy yourself more than two hours. A big win is just around the corner!
Thirty miles west of Gaotang, a Zhao army was advancing at full speed. Since three days ago, Handan received an urgent report of 800 miles from Gaotang, and learned that the 130,000 Qi and Wei allied troops had committed Gaotang, and Zhao Guo realized that something was wrong. Gao Tang only has a mere 4,000 troops, and how long he can hold out under the strong attack of the Qi and Wei coalition forces can be imagined with his toes. It is foreseeable that the loss of Gaotang is inevitable. Zhao Guo has long been prepared for this.
However, I know that Gao Tang is more than lucky. Zhao still had to send a large army to support. The reason is very simple, the 130,000 Qi and Wei coalition forces swore to fight against Zhao Guo at this juncture of endless wars in Hedong and Wuguan, and the meaning behind it is self-evident. Distracting Zhao Guo's attention is still secondary, and Zhao Guo is worried about whether Qi State, under the influence of Wei State, will have expanded ambitions and covet the Lingqiu and Plains around Gaotang.
Therefore, after Zhao Guo received Gao Tang's request for help. On the one hand, it strictly ordered Lingqiu and the plains to clear the wilderness, and collected the soldiers. On the one hand, 80,000 troops were mobilized, with Prime Minister Zhao Sheng as the main general, and rushed to reinforcements. When the reinforcements arrive, if Gaotang has not yet been lost, the reinforcements will naturally deal with the Qi and Wei coalition forces under Gaotang City to ensure that Gaotang is not lost; If Gao Tang has been lost. The reinforcements must not make the Qi and Wei coalition forces go any further - the idea of Zhao is very simple, if Gao Tang loses it, it will be lost, after all, it was originally the capital of Qi State, but the plain and Lingqiu are different, and they have always been the land of Zhao State. If you lose it, you will lose your face.
What's more, if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan. At present, the Qi and Wei coalition forces have more than 100,000 troops, and the Zhao army is not suitable to fight hard. When the Qi Wei army retreats, it is much better for the Zhao army to recapture Gaotang by surprise than to attack immediately after the loss! For Zhao Guo, the outcome of the battle at Wuguan and the outcome of the battle of Fengling are the things he is most concerned about at the moment. Gao Tang had no choice but to endure it. However, Qi Guo dared to brush Zhao Guo's face this time, and Zhao Guo wrote down this "big gift".
"Report! Enlighten the Prime Minister! The main force of the Wei army is only fifteen miles away from our army! ”
"Report! Enlighten the Prime Minister! Gao Tang has been lost! ”
One after another, the scouts of the Zhao army constantly passed on the latest military information to the main general, Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains. Although he was in the army, Zhao Sheng preferred to be called prime minister. There are more titles of generals, but he is the only prime minister of Zhao State. Such thoughts were naturally clear to Zhao Sheng's subordinates, and even the scouts were shouting one by one.
After Zhao Sheng learned the news of Gao Tang's loss, he couldn't help frowning. Although I had this worst-case plan before I set out on the expedition, I really faced it, and I still couldn't accept it in my heart for a while. Carefully calculated, except for a few cities captured by the Qin State five years ago, the Zhao State has not suffered losses in other countries for many years. didn't think about it, this time he actually planted a big heel on Qi Guo.
"Vice General Yan, how to deal with it next, I want to hear your opinion!" Zhao Sheng glanced towards the east and said to a middle-aged general beside him.
The middle-aged general is not only the deputy general of the Zhao army-Yan Zhou. Five years ago, it was he who led the army to take Changcheng first, and then conquer Gaotang, and his achievements were remarkable. If it weren't for the fact that he was not good at drilling camps and was at odds with Lian, he would definitely not have sat in the position of lieutenant for five years without moving.
Yan Zhou did not answer immediately, but said to the scouts who had not yet left: "Let me ask you, how many soldiers and horses are there in the Wei army fifteen miles ahead, and where is the main force of the Qi army?" When did Gaotang fall and did the enemy lose much? Did the Wei army look like they were ready for battle or were they encamped and stubborn? ”
Zhao Sheng was immediately unhappy, but his face was silent. No wonder Yan Zhou has not been promoted and reused, with this attitude of being a supreme official, there are a few people who can stand it. He may be a qualified military man, but he is by no means a qualified officer. In addition to marching and fighting, Yan Zhou is afraid that he is useless!
The scout replied with a solemn face: "The Wei army is camped and fortified, and its soldiers and horses should be more than 30,000. Further inside is the large camp of the Qi army, with a number of about 50,000. Gao Tang was lost a day ago, and his subordinates ventured close to Gao Tang to observe, and found that the Qi army was vigorously repairing the city wall. According to the people nearby, it was the Qi army that attacked the city, and the losses were quite heavy. But this could not be counted, the people only heard the sound of killing morning and evening, and did not dare to approach the city wall, it was all wishful thinking. ”
(I'm really sorry, I just got home, I took the car at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and traveled thousands of miles!) Get ready to stay up late tonight to revise the chapters! Tomorrow's update will be normal! Although there are still a lot of things. Everyone's forgiven me. (To be continued......)
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