Chapter Forty-Nine: Le Yi Surrenders
Outside Fangcheng, the Han army was in full array. An hour passed, and the city gate still hadn't opened, and Wang Zijin waited quietly with his eyes closed. The soldiers under him were a little anxious, and they all wondered if Le Yi had changed his mind. Seeing his lord's expression, he didn't say anything anymore.
About another tea time passed, and with a creak, the gate of Fangcheng opened, and the leader was Le Yi, dressed in cloth, followed by the soldier general who took off the armor of the Yan Kingdom and discarded the soldiers.
Le Yi came to the Han army, "The criminal general Le Yi led 10,000 defenders of the city to surrender, please accept it." ”
Looking at Le Yi in front of him, he looked dignified, although he was dressed in cloth, he couldn't hide the edge. Wang Zijin stepped forward to support Le Yi, "General Le, please get up quickly, I have General Le, like a fish in water." Haha,"
In the evening, Fangcheng held a banquet, on the one hand, to celebrate Le Yi's service, and on the other hand, to celebrate the victory that was about to end. The general of Yan Guo drank the celebration wine, but the taste was a little different, and there was a feeling of forced laughter.
During the banquet, Wang Zijin asked: "General Le, why didn't you see Luo Cheng who fought with General Zhao Zilong a few days ago today?"
Le Yi got up and replied: "King, in the battle a few days ago, General Luo Cheng was seriously injured and didn't know where he went, and his whereabouts are still unknown. ”
Since I don't know, I can only look for it later, presumably Luo Cheng should not die tragically on the street. Everyone did not continue to dwell on this matter, and continued their celebration.
Qin Qiong learned that there were still 10,000 Beiwei troops in Jicheng in front of him, so he did not rashly lead the soldiers forward, after all, these 10,000 Xiangping defenders were Qin Qiong's brothers who were born and died. And Qin Qiong is not the kind of die-hard person to King Yan Zhao, and he became an official of Yan Guo purely because of his uncle Luo Yi's strong invitation.
In the following time, Yue Fei occupied the city near Jicheng while maintaining local law and order. Soon, the nearby cities around Jicheng were included in the Han Kingdom's pocket.
And with the death of King Yan Zhao, the city lords took the opportunity to fish in troubled waters to establish themselves and occupy the city as the king. It's a pity that they ignored the determination of the Han State to conquer the Yan State, and they were crushed to death by the Han army one by one like a mantis arm, and fell to the end of a broken city.
A month later, the territory of Yan was basically taken over by the Han State, and during this period, the Qi State wanted to send troops several times, but they were all overwhelmed by Wu Qi's feint attack on the Qi State, and the Zhao State fell into a crisis of confidence. The trust of the Minister General in the DPRK is in the DPRK to guard against the Minister General who is suspected of rebellion in the DPRK.
Qin general Wang Jian suggested that Qin Wang Yingzheng ordered most of the Qin army to hoard Hangu Pass, although it was just a matter of not moving, but it could also play a role in providing confidence for the friction between the two kingdoms of Bashu, after all, the strong army pressed the realm and then made a contradiction, that is, to find death, and also fulfilled Bai Qi's wish to suppress the three Jin at the same time, and also had an explanation for the old superiors, secretly encouraging the two countries of Bashu to fight, and the two countries will lose the battle, and they can send an elite army into Shu to collect all their land.
So the Qin army pretended to mobilize a large number of troops to hoard at Hangu Pass, with Bai Qi as the general. And the two kingdoms of Bashu have always been feuding, without the suppression of Qin's troops, contradictions immediately broke out, and the two countries sent troops to attack each other, but the strength of Shu's army was significantly higher than that of Ba. The Ba State was defeated and retreated, and secretly asked for the support of the Qin army, and built a plank road to the land of Bashu for the Qin State. And Sima, who had secretly gathered an elite army to prepare for standby, was mistakenly commanded 80,000 Qin troops to attack Shu through the plank road built by Ba.
Qin's army attacked Shu, and the war was about to break out and collapse at the first touch. The soldiers of the army of Shu were much worse than the combat strength of the Qin army. So an overwhelming battle is formed. The Qin army only needed to chase after the Shu army and take over the city.
But when he was in Chengdu, an inconspicuous guard general "Liu Bang" appeared on the stage, with three people, the fierce general Fan Hao in front of the battle, Chen Ping, the military advisor, and Han Xin, who transferred troops, led his army to defeat Sima Cuo several times, which greatly reduced Sima Cuo's confidence, and he felt a little suspicious of life, and his army also suffered heavy losses. can only strictly defend the land of northern Shu, while asking for reinforcements to arrive. Guaranteed passage for future attacks.
Liu Bang took advantage of this gap to recruit troops and horses, and at the same time subdued various cities and civil and military occupations as his own, and declared himself the king of Shu. In a short period of time, he conquered the rest of Shu and gathered 150,000 soldiers. Let Han Xin and Fan Hao train and strengthen their combat power.
Yingzheng, the king of Qin, who got the battle report, thought about it and decided to increase the troops, and wanted to transfer 100,000 troops from Bai Qi, but Bai Qi refused to accept the army's life abroad, Ying Zheng smiled bitterly, and the 100,000 army in Wuguan was to guard against the Chu army, and it must not be moved. Meng Tian's 100,000 army in the north defended Yiqu, the Xiongnu. And there were only 50,000 Qiang cavalry left in the Lantian camp. Although these cavalry on the plain were equivalent to the combat power of 200,000 infantry, they were of no use to the rugged Shu land. Ying Zheng ordered 50,000 iron horsemen to be handed over to Bai Qi in exchange for 100,000 elite foot soldiers. Bai Qi has long had the idea of fighting this cavalry, but since its formation, Yingzheng has never let other generals get involved. Bai got cheap and sold a good job, and allocated 150,000 foot soldiers to support Sima Cuo.
In order to show Yingzheng's determination to capture the two places of Bashu, he ordered Wang Jian to be the main general, and personally led an army of 150,000 to attack Bashu, and Zhang Yi accompanied the army. Wang Ben, the son of Wang Qian, was stationed at Wuguan.
Han Xin, known as the Soldier Immortal, is a top-notch existence. One of the characteristics of Han Xin's soldiers is that there are many, and the so-called Han Xin's soldiers, the more the merrier. You must know that the more soldiers there are, the difficulty of commanding will also increase, after all, the difficulty of wielding nunchucks and nunchucks, as well as the nine-section whip, is also different. Commanding every army is extremely draining, which shows Han Xin's ability to use troops. And there is a famous general of the Qin State, Wang Jian is actually similar to Han Xin in this regard, and Wang Jian also likes to lead troops to fight, the more soldiers, the better. When you go out to fight, you will have more troops. During the battle of Chu, Ying Zheng asked Wang Jian how many soldiers he needed, and Wang Jian replied that it was necessary to have 600,000. However, another general, Li Xin, said that he only needed 200,000 troops, so Yingzheng asked Li Xin to attack Chu, and Li Xin was defeated. For this reason, Ying Zheng had to personally invite Wang Jian out of the mountain, and finally Wang Jian led an army of 600,000 to defeat the Chu army and directly destroy the Chu State. The remaining six countries in the Seven Kingdoms Hegemony Except for Korea, which was destroyed early, Wang Jian and his son destroyed the remaining five countries. If Wang Jian hadn't let his son brush up his military exploits before reunification, the remaining two countries would also die at the hands of Wang Qian. It's just that one of the two is to unify the world and face the three clans, and he is charged with rebellion, and the other is to retire after success and be crowned his wife and son.
Wang Jian led the 150,000 troops withdrawn from Hangu Pass on the way to Shudi. At this time, the army was still in the state of Qin, and there were still five days away from the two places of Bashu, even if it was a rapid march.