Chapter 10 The soldiers sent a letter to the valley and the world was shocked
Ying Zheng rushed to Hangu Pass with 80,000 reinforcements all the way, and immediately went to Wang Yi who guarded Hangu Pass after coming to Hangu Pass. Wang Yi was just about to bow his hand, when Ying Zheng spoke and asked, "General Wang, how are the soldiers in Hangu Pass now?" What about the garrison of our army? β
Wang Yi was stunned for a moment, and said: "Returning to Gongzi, Hangu Pass, counting the reinforcements you brought, there are about 100,000 defenders. The Sanjin coalition army has been calling for battle in front of the pass for the past few days, and has not attacked strongly. β
Ying Zheng asked, "Never stormed?" β
Wang Yi said: "Never attacked. β
Ying Zheng thought for a moment and asked, "The general thinks that why did they call for so long this time, but they didn't come to storm Hangu Pass?" β
Wang Yi said: "The Sanjin Dynasty seems to be close, but in fact, it has always been dirty. This time, it was under the instigation of Qi and Chu that he had the courage to join forces to deal with my Great Qin. This time, it is estimated that none of them wants to come out of this, and they are afraid of losing their own troops, but they will be calculated by the other two countries. β
"Really?" General Ying Zheng asked suspiciously.
Wang Yi said: "Almost! It's not the first time they've joined forces. β
"It's not about the same." Ying Zheng pondered for a while and said, "Are they still calling for battle in front of the pass?" β
Wang Yi said: "There are only tens of thousands of forwards, and the rest are two or three miles outside the gate. After all, Hangu Pass is so big, and the Sanjin Coalition Army is known as one million, but seven or eight hundred thousand will definitely not be bad, if it is all put on the table, it will not become a live target for the crossbow at the head of the city. β
"Order 30,000 soldiers and horses, and go with me!" Ying Zheng said.
"Huh~!?" Wang Yi was stunned by Yingzheng's words.
Ying Zheng personally led 30,000 horses to battle in front of Hangu Pass, preparing to confront the 50,000 Wei troops who called for battle in front of the pass. When the news came back to the coalition camp, the Wei army commander was shocked and shouted: "Quickly withdraw the army before the pass!" β
But before the people below could go out to give the order, they were stopped by the commander of the Zhao army: "Wait! The resignation of the Wei army was called in front of the pass, how could the enemy retreat in a hurry as soon as the enemy army came out? β
The commander of the Wei army said: "The Qin army is the army of tigers and wolves. In front of the pass is the main family foundation that my Wei army has managed to save over the years, if all the battles are folded here, how can I explain to me when I go back! β
The commander of the Han army said: "What are you talking about! This time the troops were sent to Guguan, and the one of our three kingdoms was not the elite. β
The commander of the Wei army said angrily: "Then you should pull your soldiers to Hangu Pass!" β
While the three of them were arguing in front of the battle, Yingzheng in front of Hangu Pass had already led people to fight with the Wei army. In this battle, Ying Zheng could give up the Chinese army, lead the Wei army deep, and then outflank the Wei army from both flanks to the rear of the Wei army, blocking all the Wei army in front of Hangu Pass. Most of the soldiers of the Qin army were the elite of the forbidden army, and their combat strength, ordnance, and fighting spirit were above the Wei army, and the place where the battle was confirmed was confirmed, so he personally led a hundred cavalry to rush into the Wei army formation and kill the Wei army's forward command. The Wei army, which had lost its command with its back to the city wall, withstood the rain of arrows that closed the Qin army, and was slaughtered by the Qin army like a pig, and had no power to fight back.
At this time, the gate of Hangu Pass suddenly opened, and the panicked Wei army rushed into the pass for no reason, and was finally attacked by the defenders of Hangu Pass inside and outside, and all annihilated in front of Hangu Pass.
The first battle of Yingzheng not only rubbed the spirit of the Three Kingdoms Alliance, but also found out the bottom of the military spirit and combat power of the Three Kingdoms Alliance. Compared with this, what made Ying Zheng even more excited was that for the first time in his life, he led the troops to the battlefield to verify what he had learned before, and finally proved that what he had learned before was not empty talk, and there was indeed merit on the battlefield.
Ying Zheng returned to the gate with blood all over his body at this time, and Wang Yi looked at the son who came only for Xianyang, obviously changing his eyes. From the previous contempt and perseverance, it was replaced by some admiration. Not to mention anything else, in the face of the enemy's million troops, he dared to wear 30,000 soldiers and horses to meet the opponent's 50,000 forwards, but this courage is not comparable to a case. Wang Yi clenched his fists and said, "Childe really ......"
Before Wang Yi finished speaking, Ying Zheng said: "General Wang, send a letter to the generals of the defenders of Guguan to come here to listen to the order!" β
Wang Yi has already seen Yingzheng's ability, and it must be important to gather generals at this time. So he was ordered to gather all the generals in front of Yingzheng. Ying Zheng had already opened the map of Hangu Pass and its surroundings in the hall at this time, and ordered Wang Yi to lead the elite iron cavalry to detour outside Hangu Pass overnight and hide behind the camps of the two armies, and bring enough dry food for seven days, yearning for and guaranteeing that this battle will have a result within seven days.
At the same time, the 40,000-strong army was ordered to lie in ambush on both sides of the road that must be passed to attack Hangu Pass on a detour, and the remaining army was divided into three teams to take turns guarding the pass. At first, the generals still felt that Yingzheng's order was inexplicable, but the next morning, the alliance forces of the Three Kingdoms began to storm Hangu Pass. The defenders of Hangu Pass were divided into three teams and took turns to fight, and Hangu Pass could not fully deploy the coalition forces, so it was finally able to withstand it. At the same time, as well as the 40,000 troops who bought the rich, they successfully ambushed the 100,000 Zhao army on the small road who tried to sneak attack the Zhao army behind Hangu Pass, and the Zhao army that was ambushed either died or surrendered. Both the armies of Yizheng and Qiqi suffered heavy losses, and the coalition forces had to retreat and make plans.
Three days later, the previously repaired coalition forces stormed Hangu Pass again. Ying Zheng commanded the defending army to retreat and introduce the coalition army into Hangu Pass, guiding a long and narrow valley. When they retreated to the edge of the Weishui River, they regrouped and fought to the death with the coalition forces. Just when Yingzheng led the army and the more than 200,000 pioneers of the coalition army were in the middle of the battle, 50,000 Qin troops were killed from both sides of the valley bottom, and the coalition army's forward was divided into several sections, and at the same time controlled Hangu Pass to prevent the coalition forces outside the pass from rushing to help. After the forward of the coalition army was divided and surrounded and lost contact with the main force of the army behind it, it was instantly chaotic, and was broken and annihilated by Yingzheng.
At the same time, according to Ying Zheng's earlier plan, Wang Yi led people to rush into the camp behind the coalition army when the arrogance of the coalition army was relaxed in Hangu Pass, and after easily annihilating thousands of defenders, he began to prevent fire everywhere, looking for the army's grain and grass and burning it all. For a time, the sky was full of fire, and the mountains and rivers were stained with blood. The coalition forces saw the camp on fire from a distance, and they only knew that the camp had been breached, but they didn't know how many people came, especially the grain and grass were also in the camp, and they began to become chaotic. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ying Zheng led people to rush out of Hangu Pass, and in a panic, the chaotic coalition army did not have time to regroup and was dispersed by Ying Zheng and others, and for a while, the coalition army trampled on each other and the dead were cautious.
As soon as the lieutenant general of the coalition army saw that he was outnumbered, he led his troops to flee in all directions, and finally about 200,000 people fled back to the border of Wei, and the rest were either killed or trampled to death by their own people in panic, or fled to an unknown place. Seeing this, Ying Zheng once again ordered the whole army to correct on the spot, and wait until nightfall to cover their whereabouts and catch up with the exhausted coalition army. They were surrounded while they rested, and by dawn the coalition forces had re-attacked before they saw their pursuers approaching. More than 200,000 troops were killed or surrendered, and none of them were able to return home.
Above the court of the Qin State, King Zhuang Xiang was discussing with the courtiers about gathering a large army and sending troops to Guguan. But at this time, the battle report came from the front line of Hangu Pass, and King Zhuang Xiang hurriedly called the herald to the court, and when he heard that Ying Zheng had repelled the foreign coalition army in Hangu Pass, he laughed out loud in combination with the case. All the ministers in the court also chanted the king's wisdom. At this time, there was a military report from Hangu Pass, and Yingzheng asked King Zhuangxiang to increase his troops, taking advantage of the panic in the three kingdoms to invade the country and destroy his country.
King Zhuang Xiang of course agreed, and immediately transferred more than 400,000 troops from all over the country to Hangu Pass, and at the same time ordered LΓΌ Buwei and Cheng Jiao to go to Hangu Pass together to lead troops to assist Yingzheng. But when it comes to assistance, it's more about containment.
And what happened next was not expected by King Zhuang Xiang. The army was assembled a month later, and Ying Zheng, LΓΌ Buwei, and Cheng Jiao each ordered the armies of the first road to attack Zhao, Wei, and Han respectively. Ying Zheng led the troops to the fifteen cities of Wei State, and went straight to the Wei capital Liang. However, after LΓΌ Buwei broke through the five cities of South Korea, he stagnated, and it was difficult to attack half a step forward. Cheng Jiao was defeated by Li Mu's troops and retreated to Hangu Pass. In order not to be cut off by the Zhao army, Ying Zheng could only withdraw his troops back to the territory of Qin and wait for the next move.