Chapter 293: Var Qi
Qin Wu entered Zhongshan with 100,000 military troops, and advanced in a straight line towards Qi State, this time Qi Huan Gong, who was the leader of the anti-Qin Alliance, could no longer sit still, and after leaving 20,000 people behind, Qi Huan Gong immediately retreated from Wuguan with only about 200,000 Qi troops left.
Although neither Wei nor Zhao announced their withdrawal from the anti-Qin alliance, in fact, the armies of Wei and Zhao were no longer in the territory of Qin, as if they had withdrawn.
The 300,000 Chu army led by Xiong Fang and Xiang Yan was wiped out by the Wu army, the Yan army, and the Qin army. Now that the Duke of Qi Huan has retreated like this, the four giants of the anti-Qin alliance have either left or been defeated or retreated, where do the remaining small vassal states dare to continue to stay and persist in fighting? It could only retreat with the Qi army of Duke Huan of Qi.
Hangu Pass was under the control of Bai Qi, and it was still firmly in the hands of the Qin army, and the anti-Qin alliance army that went deep into the hinterland of Qin wanted to retreat with its whole body, so it could only walk to the front line of Wuguan when it came.
But the key problem is that the terrain of Wuguan is too narrow to be convenient for the army to march at all, and it will obviously take a certain amount of time for the main army of the anti-Qin alliance to retreat from here.
Everyone else has come to their own house, forcing themselves to be ruined, and the main army of the anti-Qin alliance is stuck at Wuguan, where will Qin Mugong let go of this opportunity? Naturally, he led the main force of the Qin army to attack, and launched a crazy attack on the anti-Qin alliance army led by Qi State in an almost crazy attitude.
On the one hand, there was a 600,000 Qin army with 100,000 Praetorian Guards as the main force, on the other hand, there was a 500,000 anti-Qin alliance with 50,000 Qi Janissaries as the main force, and the Qin army also had a 150,000 army under the command of Wang Di who was hidden in Hangu Pass.
As a result, the Qin army had a total strength of 750,000, while the anti-Qin alliance only had 500,000.
One side has many soldiers, and one side has few soldiers; In order to protect the family and defend the country, the morale is high and the morale is high, and the other side is worried about the rear land and has no intention of fighting again, and there are frequent accidents, repeated defeats, and low morale; One side is unified in command, all are united, and one side is in its own formation, each with a ghost.
The former was naturally the Qin army under the command of Qin Mugong, while the latter was the anti-Qin coalition army under the command of Qi Huangong, the former occupied so many advantages, and the latter occupied so many disadvantages, as soon as the battle outside Wuguan began, the Qin army immediately had the absolute upper hand.
In order to cooperate with Qin Mugong in the battle, Bai Qi, who was sitting in Hangu Pass, left 50,000 people to guard the pass, and he personally led more than 30,000 Qin troops to block the exit of the anti-Qin coalition army, and blocked the anti-Qin coalition army that wanted to jump out of the battlefield of Qin.
"Great King, the retreat of the coalition army has been blocked, and it is impossible to retreat in its entirety, and the country is facing the threat of 100,000 armed troops, and it is simply impossible to send more troops to support. The only plan for now, one is to promise heavy profits, surrender to the Qin State and ask for peace, the second is to promise heavy benefits, ask for help from the Wei State and the Zhao State, and the third is to reflexively fight with the Qin army, blocking the way out Only the 30,000 Qin troops led by Bai Qi, if you attack with elites, you can open up the retreat in less than two days, but in this way, it will take too much time to leave the Qin State, and our army may lose more than half of its strength. ”
In the densely wooded and rocky mountains, Guan Zhong, who had a heavy face, said justice to Qi Huan, who was frowning on the main seat.
"Not counting the two countries that betrayed, the army of the nine countries of the Anti-Qin Alliance attacked one country of Qin, in this battle, I can't and can't surrender, ask for help from Wei and Zhao."
Don't think about it, go to Qi Huan fairly.
Therefore, on the one hand, the Duke of Qi Huan sent messengers to Zhao and Wei to ask for help, and on the other hand, he used Wuguan as the basis to entangle with the main force of the Qin army, and at the same time sent troops to storm the 30,000 Qin troops commanded by Bai Qi, who blocked the way out of the anti-Qin coalition army.
The next day, the messenger sent by the Duke of Qi Huan rushed to the Wei State, and in the face of the heavy benefits promised by the Duke of Qi Huan, Wei Wenhou directly chose to refuse.
The Wei State has lost two battles in a row, and the losses of its troops are huge, now is the time to recuperate, how can it be possible to send troops to the Qin State again for such a little benefit?
Another messenger who rushed to Zhao was also rejected by King Wuling of Zhao.
Now the Zhao State is busy waging war with the Zhongshan State, and his own troops are not enough, where is there anyone to rescue the Qi State.
After failing to ask Zhao Wei for help, Duke Qi Huan had no choice but to choose the last path.
With the combined efforts of the generals of various countries, coupled with the elite Qi Janissaries, it took two days for the Duke of Qi Huan to finally defeat the 30,000 Qin troops and open up the retreat route to return to the country.
But this retreat is as small as an hourglass, and it will take at least ten days for the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Anti-Qin Alliance to escape safely.
So Qi Huan Gong had no choice but to fight with the Qin army on Kunshan and Wuguan, and after ten days, all the troops rushed out, and the remaining strength of the 500,000 army of the anti-Qin alliance was less than 200,000.
Among them, there were 350,000 people when Qi went to Qin, including the 50,000 Qi Janissaries who joined in the middle, but when they returned to China, only 100,000 of the 350,000 people remained, and the 50,000 elite Qi Janissaries only escaped 30,000.
The 300,000 people when the Chu State went out on the expedition were only 50,000 when they returned. The remaining two small vassal states of Lu and Song each sent 50,000 troops when they went out, and when they returned, there were only more than 20,000 left.
It can be said that when the anti-Qin alliance was established, it was completely defeated in just over a month and became a joke in the world.
The anti-Qin alliance suffered heavy losses, and the losses of the Qin state were also not small. The losses of the anti-Qin alliance were borne by the nine countries together, while the losses of the Qin state were borne by him alone.
Although the anti-Qin alliance's march was unfavorable and did not cause much damage to the towns in the hinterland of the Qin state, it annihilated nearly half of the anti-Qin alliance's army, and the Qin state itself also lost more than 400,000 soldiers, which can be described as a defeat for both sides.
This is the end of the battle of the Qin State in the west, and the battle of the Qi State led by Qin Wu in the east is almost over.
Ten days ago, Qin Wu and the Zhongshan army combined to defeat the border army of Zhao State, and after entering the territory of Zhongshan State, the front of the army pointed directly at Qi State.
Qi Huan killed the general of Yan for no reason in front of the Gong Formation, and let Yan Jun act as a bait to stick to death, his heart of forgetting Yan is known to the world, can Yan Zhao Wang Yan let go of such an opportunity to fall into the well?
And because Zhongshan needed to concentrate its forces to deal with Zhao, and the local territory also needed troops to protect it, it did not participate in this battle of Yan.
Thus, another historical battle was triggered.
"Qi Huan fought against the forces of the coalition, brutalized the generals of my Yan country to protect the people, and framed the army of my Yan country to protect the country, and the heart of Qi country and my Yan country is known to the world. Our Yan State and Qi State now have a common hatred, fortunately there are ministers to assist the king, from now on, the lonely body does not sleep in the soft bed, does not eat sweet food, on the affairs of the public, under the people, willing to fight with the Qi State in the field of Jixi, to the shame of the snow! Besides, the country of Qi is brutal and unkind, although the land is thousands of miles wide, proud and violent, but the world does not tolerate it. ”
"General Le Yi is proficient in ancient and modern art of war strategy, knows the art of advancing and retreating, if he is given the right to command the general, he can unify the world as a family, I hope that the king will worship Le Yi as the commander, and the east will be easy!"
Doctor Zou Yan came out of the line.
King Yan Zhao was overjoyed, announcing that he was personally driving, Bai Leyi was the commander, Sun Long and Sun Hu were the left and right generals, Ju Xin and Zou Yan were the main and deputy military divisions, and the generals under his command were Shi Bing, Xu Gui, Huang Ben, Yan Long and others, raising 400,000 troops and attacking Qi in a big way.
In history, the Yan State attacked Qi because the King of Yan Zhao promised heavy profits and brought in 800,000 troops from the four kingdoms of Qin, Zhao, Han and Wei to help, but now the Yan State does not have the reinforcements of these four countries, but it has been supported by the military army of Qin Wu, who is no longer in history.
And the state of Qi is not in its heyday, the monarch and prime minister, as well as the generals are far away in the Qin state, so they have the strength to cut Qi.
Qin Wu only has 100,000 troops, he can make trouble in the territory of Wei and Zhao, this time there are 400,000 troops of Yan to contain the main force of the Qi army, after Qin Wu entered the Qi country, he annihilated the small units of various towns all the way, while wantonly plundering the towns.
King Yan Zhao wanted Qin Wu to help attack some important towns where Qi had arranged heavy troops, but Qin Wu chose to refuse.
The loss of troops in attacking important towns and cities is too much, although the gains are also large, but for Qin Wu, who has limited troops, it is very impossible to attack these places.
But in the end, after a period of deliberation, Yan and Qin Wu reached a simple agreement, King Yan Zhao hired a military army, and for each county captured, he would pay the Wu army 500 regular troops, and for each city captured, he would give the Wu army 3,000 regular soldiers.
And if the Yan State needed Qin Wu to attack some designated Qi State with heavy troops, the Yan army would compensate Qin Wu for the losses suffered by the siege.
In history, the Yan State attacked Qi, and what was paid was the gold silk and land, Qin Wu plundered everywhere, and the gold silk could not tempt Qin Wu at all, and Qin Wu already had an ideal territory in his heart, and the land promised by the Yan State was of no use to Qin Wu, so only the army that could settle down could impress Qin Wu.
The army and players of the Qi State resisted the attack of Qin Wu and King Yan Zhao, but the arms could not twist the thighs, Qin Wu opened the way with the elite soldiers of the Earth Martial Battalion and the Fengwu Battalion, and the Qi army that fought against it was difficult to resist the strength of the elite soldiers, and the second was difficult to block the courage of Qin Wu and Xiang Yu.
Fighting on the battlefield, either to kill the enemy general, or to break the enemy formation with a strong force, all the way down, ten days, Qin Wu occupied a total of more than 40 counties, more than 10 cities, according to the agreement with Yan State, at least 50,000 troops were paid.
If Qin Wu's martial army is like a sharp knife, capturing more than 40 counties and more than 10 cities in just ten days, then the 400,000 Yan army commanded by Le Yi is like a terrifying mountain opening knife.
In history, Le Yi led the 800,000 troops of the Four Nations Alliance and the 400,000 troops of the Yan State, a total of 1.2 million troops, and it took a full four years to defeat the huge Qi State with only two cities left.
Faith is naturally not the same as history, a battle takes several years, so in just ten days, Le Yi captured nearly 100 counties and more than 20 cities.
(To be continued)