Chapter 296: Back to Korea
Traveling all the way to the west, Qin Wu left the territory of Yan and first entered Zhongshan Kingdom.
King Heng of China sent an invitation to Qin Wu to fight against the Yan army, but Qin Wu chose to refuse. After a short stop in Zhongshan and a rest near the border, Qin Wu went all the way south and entered the territory of Zhao, which was in a state of hostility with the Wu army.
Zhao was concentrating on the battle of Zhongshan at this time, and when Qin Wu entered the territory of Zhao with more than 100,000 troops at the beginning, he was taken aback and forced out more than 200,000 troops to resist the Wu army.
But after discovering that Qin Wu was just passing by, not about to attack Zhao State, he was a little relieved. However, there were still 100,000 troops left, wary of Qin Wu's sudden attack on Zhao State.
In the territory of Zhao State, Qin Wu did not wreak havoc in the cities and counties along the way this time, and traveled all the way south, but it was inevitable to encounter some Guan generals who were not happy to see Qin Wu deliberately intercept and not let Qin Wu go south.
For these people, Qin Wu was too lazy to be polite, and at the same time, Qin Wu was also quite envious of the story of Guan Yu passing five passes and killing six generals, so when he encountered a general who couldn't open his eyes to intercept, Qin Wu directly rushed up with thousands of soldiers from the martial arts camp, slashed the generals and captured the pass, and broke through all the way, and forced himself to kill a way in the country of Zhao.
Rao is like this, King Zhao Wuling just kept ordering the generals along the way to be released, and did not dare to start a war with Qin Wu. The combat effectiveness of the military army has been recognized by all vassal states in previous wars.
In this way, it took two days for Qin Wu to leave Zhao with a large army, ignoring the threat of 100,000 Wei border troops, and drove into the Wei border to confront the 100,000 Wei border troops.
The relationship between Zhao and Wei is not bad, so on the border of Wei bordering Zhao, although there are 100,000 Wei generals stationed, the guard general is just an ordinary B-level famous general.
Although the enemy's strength is not strong, but now Qin Wu is sandwiched between the borders of Zhao and Wei, and it is very likely to be besieged by the border armies of the two countries, and the lion is still doing his best, Qin Wu is not strong enough to be a lion now, and the border armies of Zhao and Wei are not weak rabbits, so Qin Wu does not dare to underestimate the enemy too much, and sends a large number of scouts to collect information on every move of the border armies of Zhao and Wei at all times.
In the face of 100,000 Wu troops plus 60,000 militia recruited from Yan State, 100,000 Wei troops and 70,000 Zhao troops both took a defensive position, Qin Wu sent a message to Wei Wenhou early in the morning asking for a passage, and the next day Wei Wenhou's envoy arrived, and the 100,000 Wei army gave way for the Wu army to pass.
After sending thousands of scouts to confirm that there were no ambushes around and on the roads along the way, Qin Wu then pulled out the camp and led the Wu army to continue to advance towards Korea.
On the way, Wei Wenhou sent an envoy to bring a large amount of wine and meat to reward the Wu army, and at the same time sent 1,000 gold and many high-grade equipment and items to bring the relationship between Wei and Qin Wu closer.
It seems that Wei Wenhou also understands that Qin Wuzhi's land in Korea, which is now a vassal state of Chu. Instead of fighting to the death with Qin Wu for the sake of interests that do not belong to him, and depleting his own strength, it is better to lead the water south and let Qin Wu and Chu fight each other, and when Qin Wu and Chu fight about the same, that is when Wei comes out to pick up the cheap.
Wei Wenhou gave an order, and the cities and passes in Wei really did not dare to intercept the Wu army, and Qin Wu soon walked out of the territory of Wei and went south into Korea.
"Xianggong, I know that my father is sorry for you first, but please spare my father a way to live, okay?"
Entering the territory of South Korea and camping at night, Qin Wu was ready to rest for a night, and a big war would be launched tomorrow, and in the middle of the night, Han Peier snuggled in Qin Wu's arms and said.
"At the beginning, I treated your father well, and all the cities and counties occupied by Wei were defeated and returned to your father, but as soon as I left Daegu City and prepared to fight with the Zhao army, to get back the dowry promised by your father to go to the party, your father turned around and responded to the call of Zhao to raise troops to crusade against me as his son-in-law, which is a treacherous and despised thing by the people of the world. Whether it's for revenge, or to get back what I've lost, I'll have a big battle with your father and the state of Chu behind me. ”
"But don't worry, if your father refuses to surrender, after I defeat him, I will only make him an ordinary person without any power. But if your father is willing to surrender, I can keep him prosperous and prosperous for the rest of his life. ”
Holding Han Pei'er, Qin Wudao.
"But...... I don't think your father will be willing to lose his power and become an ordinary rich man, and this war is still inevitable. ”
Gently stroking her hair, Qin Wudao.
"As long as you are willing to keep my father from dying."
Han Pei'er showed a hint of reluctance on her face, and with a faint worried smile, she said to Qin Wudao.
The battle between her father and her husband was the last thing she wanted to see, but it was inevitable.
There was no word all night, and early the next morning, Qin Wu, who had infinite fighting intent in his heart, issued an order to continue the march.
In less than an hour, Xiang Yu, who served as the vanguard, sent a horse to report that he had already captured Apricot City and the surrounding townships and counties.
In addition, the scouts had found out the intelligence of the nearby enemy, and after getting that Qin Wu did not participate in the subsequent battle with the Qi State, the three kingdoms of Chu, Han, and Zheng immediately gave up the action of joining forces with the Qi State to attack the Yan State, but from the Qi State, through the Lu State, Wei and Zheng Three Kingdoms, Qin Wu returned to Korea a few days before Qin Wu and began to deploy defenses.
Qin Wu's enemy was the alliance army of Chu, Han and Zheng, of which there were 100,000 Chu troops, and the poor 300,000 Chu troops who went on an expedition to Qin were left with only one-third left. The Zheng army was 40,000 people, and the Zheng army originally had only 20,000 people, but on the way through Zheng State, another 20,000 troops were transferred from Zheng State.
The ROK army is the least, because of the emptiness of troops, bandits are everywhere in South Korea, there are hundreds of bandit forces, ranging from hundreds to tens of thousands, except for the necessary garrisons in various cities and counties, South Korea can only come up with an army of 10,000 people.
The Three Kingdoms Alliance has 150,000 troops, if it is a head-on battle, Qin Wu is not afraid of these 150,000 people at all, but the key thing is that now these 150,000 people are guarding the three cities, blocking Qin Wu's way south like a big net.
Attacking a city always requires the loss of more troops, and the 150,000 coalition army is better than the outnumbered and the 100,000 armed army is better than the soldiers, and the strength of the two sides is equal.
However, South Korea's energy is constantly supported by the troops of the Chu State behind it, which is also the source of confidence of Han Wangan and Xiong Fang and others.
After understanding the situation in front of him, Qin Wu did not rush to launch an offensive, but stopped, stationed his army in the captured cities and counties, and began to arm and train the 60,000 militia obtained from the Yan State.
(To be continued)