Chapter 90: The Battle of Guiling
During the reign of King Hui of Wei, Wei sent the general Pang Juan to lead 80,000 elite soldiers to attack Zhao and besiege Handan, the capital of Zhao. King Qi Wei was about to expand outward, so he ordered Tian Ji to be the main general, Sun Bin as the military advisor, and led 80,000 troops to save Zhao State.
I believe that many people know the story of Wei Wei and saving Zhao, but I believe most people don't know what happened specifically.
At the beginning of this war, Tian Ji adopted Sun Bin's tactics of "criticizing and making trouble" and "encircling Wei to save Zhao", and waved his army to Pingling, an important military town of Wei.
The Qi army's attack on Pingling was not resolute, and Pang Juan was not in a hurry to come to the rescue, and continued to do his best to conquer Handan. It was not until the Wei army had occupied Handan and the lost troops were in urgent need of rest and recuperation, that Sun Bin suggested that the Qi army swing his army to smash the Wei capital Liang, forcing King Wei Hui to urgently order Pang Juan to lead the troops back to the rescue.
After Pang Juan received the order, he had to give up Handan, abandon his baggage, and return to his division day and night. Sun Bin judged that the Wei army must pass through Guiling to return to the division, and immediately led the main force of the Qi army to the north and set up an ambush in Guiling.
When the Wei army marched to Guiling after a long journey, the Qi army, which had been waiting for work, suddenly attacked and defeated the Wei army, and Pang Juan fled back to Wei alone.
Although the result of this war did not have a great impact on the Wei State, it mainly made future generations remember the ability of Sun Bin as a soldier, and the example of encircling Wei and saving Zhao for later generations to learn from winning more battles with less. However, this was also the first major defeat in the war after Wei dominated the Central Plains, which was a heavy blow to the prestige of the Wei state that maintained an invincible attack.
As for the battle of Maling between Wei and Qi in the next few years, it directly pulled Wei, the first male lord of the Warring States, off the altar, causing a decline that lasted for nearly a hundred years, and finally evolved into the current dilemma.
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This place in Guiling is very special.
Its south is Pushui, the north is the Yellow River's old road Jindi River, as long as you pass the Guiling, along the Jindi River all the way to the northeast, it is the emperor's hill.
Diqiu was originally the capital of the Wei Kingdom and was located on the south bank of the Jindi River. After Meng Fu seized the territory of Weiguo, he forcibly moved Wei Yuanjun, the monarch of Weiguo, to Yewang, and Weiguo existed in name only at this time.
Speaking of which, this Wei Yuanjun is still related to the Wei royal family, he is the 43rd monarch of Wei Guo, the son of Wei Heijun, the brother of Wei Huaijun, and the son-in-law of King Wei Anjiao.
In the thirty-first year of Wei Huaijun, Wei Huaijun went to Wei to make a pilgrimage to King Wei Anjiao, but was killed, and King Wei Anjiao sent troops to destroy Wei, and Wei Guo perished.
In the end, King Wei Anjiao renamed his son-in-law Wei Yuanjun as the monarch, and the country was restored and continued to be inherited. Now that Wei Yuanjun has been destroyed by the Qin army again, and even the country has become the eastern county of Qin, if it weren't for Qin Wangzheng's bad reputation for not wanting to kill the monarch of another country at this time, maybe this guy would have died completely.
I have to say that this is the sorrow of a small country!
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When Li Chenfeng's 100,000 army came to Guiling, the remnants of the Qin army had already brought their news back to the city, and at this time, in a plain area less than ten miles away from Guiling, the 10,000 iron cavalry of the Qin State had already set up a position and confronted the Wei army.
It has to be said that the commander of the Qin army is full of confidence in his troops, even if the enemy is twenty times his own......
Well, even if this number is just bluffing, but the Qin army doesn't know, but the other party still dares to set up a position with himself in the field, it seems that the other party is not only bold, but also ambitious, this is to rely on the advantages of cavalry mobility and strong impact to scatter the Wei army's formation in one fell swoop, and then divide and encircle and eat!
This is also the most commonly used and most effective tactic of the Qin Iron Cavalry.
But Li Chenfeng won't be afraid of him!
"Array!"
There was a loud shout, and then he saw a flag officer waving the flag in his hand, and then in the sound of the impact of the iron armor, Wei Wushu opened a huge phalanx of thousands of people in front of him.
Boom!
The huge shield behind his back was held in his hand, and his right hand was a long Changge nearly a zhang long, covered with iron armor, like a hell demon god, quietly waiting for the prey to come to the door.
A solemn atmosphere was brewing on the battlefield, and the war horses of the Qin army on the opposite side also seemed to feel the murderous aura around them, and they couldn't help but look up to the sky and neigh, a little excited and difficult to control.
The main general of the iron cavalry of the 10,000 Qin army is named Meng Xi, who is the nephew of Meng Fu, and can be regarded as the rising star of the Meng family, not much worse than Meng Wu.
The Qin army's iron cavalry was the earliest heavy armored cavalry, both men and horses were covered with iron armor, and they seemed to be no weaker than the Wei Wu soldiers of the heavy armored infantry.
Is this a duel between heavy cavalry and heavy infantry in the earliest years?
Meng Xi looked at Wei Jun opposite, his eyes full of the coldness of death.
Drew out his long sword and shouted coldly: "Kill ......!" ”
What was it like for 10,000 cavalry to charge into battle?
Looking at the black pressure in front of him, the Qin army's iron cavalry pressed like a dark cloud, even the most heroic warrior couldn't help but tremble in his heart.
Li Chenfeng exhaled fiercely, even though he was confident that his current strength was definitely no worse than that of the original general Zhu Hai, but in the face of this situation, he still couldn't help but be nervous.
looked at the Wei warriors around him, fortunately, this time Dian Qing brought 10,000 veterans who had been in battle for a long time, otherwise his 10,000 new army, even if his personal combat effectiveness was stronger than others, had not really experienced the baptism of the cruel battle formation, and in the face of this situation, I am afraid it was very likely that he would be directly crushed by the momentum of the other party!
"General, the enemy is rushing over!"
A slightly trembling voice sounded behind Li Chenfeng, it was Mei Sanniang.
Looking at this woman, who is usually more wild and domineering than men, her face turned a little pale at this time, and she was really frightened by this kind of big battle.
"Wait, get closer!" Li Chenfeng had stabilized and said softly.
After the other party had already rushed to a distance of only three hundred meters, Li Chenfeng finally gave the order.
"Ballista forward!"
With the waving of the order flag, the two columns of Wei warriors who were originally standing in front quickly retreated, and then revealed a hundred winding ballista carts hidden behind them.
Li Chenfeng's ballista is all improved, with a total of three bow arms, each ballista can hold five spear-like crossbow arrows at the same time, and can shoot through heavy armor within 300 steps!
Meng Xi, who was taking the lead in the charge, couldn't help frowning as he watched the movements of the Wei army on the other side.
After seeing the huge bows and crossbows with wheels that the Wei army retreated from, he was suddenly shocked!
Bed crossbows have been around for a long time, but at this time these huge crossbow arrows were very bulky, so many of them were only used to defend or siege cities.
Moreover, the bed crossbows equipped by various countries can only shoot one arrow, and it is useless to bring more effort and less belt, especially in this situation where the two armies are facing each other, it will not play a big role at all, let alone in the face of cavalry.
Because the farthest range of the bed crossbow is only one or two hundred paces, this distance, there is only a chance of a wave, and then it will be directly crushed by the cavalry.