Chapter 125: Soldier Immortal Han Xin, Killing God Bai Qi

(Yesterday, I spent a lot of time checking the details of the Battle of Changping again, so I didn't update the second chapter.) Now a chapter of 5500+ big chapters,It's not divided into two chapters.,Make up for yesterday's second update and count today's first update.。 There will be another chapter later. Also, ask for a subscription, ask for a monthly pass!! )

The Battle of Changping was one of the largest battles in ancient Chinese history during the Warring States Period. The general process of the battle has been heard by many middle school students, according to the description that Chen Yu saw from the middle school textbook before, it is about the Qin and Zhao War, Zhao Guo used the veteran Lian Po to fight at the beginning, Lian Po according to the situation of the two sides, that "the Qin army came from afar, and the advantage is in the quick battle", so he took advantage of the advantageous geographical advantages he occupied, built a strong wall, stuck to the position, and responded to all changes with the same change, let the Qin army challenge, Zhao Bing could not hold out, and insisted on it for two or three years. At this time, the Qin State used a counter-plot to send people to Handan, the capital of the Zhao State, to spread rumors, bribe the left and right ministers of the King of Zhao, and sow discord between the King of Zhao and Lian Po, saying that Lian Po was not to be afraid, and the reason why he was stubborn was because he was ready to surrender to the Qin army, and the Qin army was most afraid of only Zhao Kuo, the son of "Ma Fujun" Zhao Hao, as a general.

King Zhao listened to the slander, so he replaced Lian Po with Zhao Kuo, who could only "talk on paper". Although Zhao Kuo had previously accompanied his famous general father Zhao Hao to defeat the Qin army in a major battle and won a great victory, he was only a staff officer at that time and had no experience in personally commanding the army. His father Zhao Hao also said to Zhao Kuo's mother before he died, "Fighting a war is a matter of life and death, but Zhao Kuo always talks about it very rashly." If Zhao Guo doesn't use Zhao Kuo as a general, that's fine, but if Zhao Guo must make him a general, then it must be Zhao Kuo himself who destroys Zhao Jun." Therefore, knowing that King Zhao wanted to order Zhao Kuo to be the main general, Zhao Kuo's mother quickly went to see King Zhao, asking not to let Zhao Kuo be the commander, King Zhao did not listen, insisted on making Zhao Kuo the commander, Zhao's mother had no choice but to ask King Zhao to agree, if Zhao Jun was buried in the hands of Zhao Kuo, then please do not implicate other people in the family because of the defeat in this battle. King Zhao agreed to her request, and then continued to let Zhao Kuo be the head coach and go to replace Lian Po.

Zhao Kuo is a person with his own wisdom, but he is very rash and lacks practical experience, and after taking office, he did not listen to the advice of Lian Po, who was about to leave his post, and quickly changed Lian Po's approach comprehensively. He also changed Lian Po's strategic defense policy and actively planned strategic offensives in an attempt to win in one fell swoop.

Of course, although Zhao Kuo's active offensive strategy is simply written as Zhao Kuo's own proposition in many books, more historians believe that three years before the Battle of Changping, Qin and Zhao each led hundreds of thousands of troops for so long, and the economies of both sides could no longer afford it, and Qin was a little better, after all, there was the famous "Guanzhong Plain", and after the previous "Shang Disaster Reform", the amount of grain accumulation was also sufficient, so it could last for a while, but Zhao State had already fallen to the point of going to Qi to borrow grain at this time- Of course, the result was that the food was not borrowed, and several other surrounding countries took advantage of Zhao's lack of strength to attack - therefore, Zhao itself was about to be unable to hold on at this time, and replaced Lian Po, who had been delaying and defending, with generals who advocated attacking, and quickly ended this war that was about to be unsustainable, in fact, it was more the opinion of the Zhao royal family, and Zhao Kuo just happened to be the candidate they needed.

However, in any case, Zhao Kuo himself does not have actual combat experience, and he talks on paper and recklessly underestimates the enemy. After confirming that Zhao had appointed Zhao Kuo as a general, Qin immediately adjusted his military deployment: immediately increased his troops, and recruited Bai Qi, who had rich experience in actual combat, as the main general to command the whole army. In order to avoid the famous general Bai Qi who won a hundred battles from attracting the attention of the Zhao army, the king of Qin also specially ordered the army to strictly guard this secret: "Those who dare to leak Bai Qi as a general will be beheaded."

In this way, on the one hand, he had already begun to plan an ambush, on the other hand, he was careless and thought that he could break the enemy, and the war soon began in full swing, the Qin army attacked, and then feint defeat, Zhao Kuo did not care about the truth and reality, and immediately led the main force to pursue it. Then, when the Zhao army was led into the already prepared pocket of the Qin army, the Qin army's surprise troops quickly attacked, interspersed with the flank of the Zhao army's attacking troops, seized the dangerous place, and cut off the connection between the Zhao army and its large battalion where the grain and grass were stored, and achieved a comprehensive encirclement. The Zhao army was besieged for more than 40 days, the food was cut off, and even developed to the point of secretly killing people and cannibalism, Zhao Kuo had to make a desperate bet and personally led the elite troops of the Zhao army to forcibly break through, but still suffered a crushing defeat, and he was also killed by the arrows of the Qin army. The Zhao army lost its commander, and has been starving for many days, and then hundreds of thousands of troops surrendered - and then, these 400,000 soldiers except for the young 240 people were released back to Zhao to report the news, the rest were all killed, Zhao almost lost all the strong men in this battle, and since then it has been in a slump, Qin State took advantage of the situation to attack, almost directly destroyed Zhao State, fortunately, Qin State will fight secretly, and at the same time, Wei State has "Xinling Jun stolen talismans to save Zhao", Zhao State can barely survive.

In one fell swoop, the more than 400,000 troops of Zhao State, the most combat-effective of the six eastern countries, the impact of the Battle of Changping on the situation of various countries at the end of the Warring States period is self-evident, because of its great influence, this war has been mentioned many times in various history books or books related to history. So in general, now Chen Yu, Wu Ren and Lin Fei still know more or less about the process of this war, and of course the heroic spirits are the same.

In this battle, the ratio of the number of NPCs to the number of soldiers invested in that battle in history is 1:5, that is, one NPC is equivalent to five soldiers, and the current number of NPCs in Qin and Zhao is 70,000:90,000, which corresponds to historical facts, that is, 350,000 Qin troops against 450,000 Zhao troops. According to records, in the middle of the war, the king of Qin also personally went to Hanoi and gave the people the rank of knight, so that all young men over the age of 15 in Hanoi were thrown into the battlefield to block the reinforcements on the periphery of the Zhao army. These subsequently temporary requisitions have not yet been included in the total.

The battlefield is scaled at a 1:2 ratio, but the width of the river and the height of the mountains are not scaled. The terrain of the whole map is very complicated, and the periphery of the battlefield is surrounded by tall mountains that cannot be climbed, with the Taihang Mountains in the east and southeast, the Wangwu and Zhongtiao Mountains in the southwest, the Taiyue Mountains in the west, and the Wuyun Mountains and Bafuling Mountains in the north. Only in the northeast corner was a pass called "Guguan", which was the only route for the Zhao army to send reinforcements from Handan, while in the southwest corner there was a long narrow road in the mountains, which was the only option for the Qin army to advance from the west. In addition, on the edge of the battlefield and on the back of Mount Taiyue to the west, there is a long and narrow river valley, although it is not convenient for the march of large armies, but a small number of troops can still make a detour. This river valley was the most important route for the Qin army to send surprise troops to outflank the back road of the Zhao army and cut off the reinforcements of Handan of the Zhao State.

In the center of the map, there is a river that runs from north to south, from the mountains in the northwest to the east, and can be said to run through almost the entire battlefield, called the Dan River (Dan Shui). To the southwest of the river was the Qin army's camped area, which was mountainous and almost not flat, making it easy for the Qin infantry to fight. The northeast is the area controlled by the Zhao army, and there are many mountains, but there is still a certain amount of flat land between a large mountain called "Hanwang Mountain" and the Dan River from due north to due south in the "center". This flat land is also the place where the Qin army later made a "pocket" for the Zhao army, because Hanwang Mountain extends from due north to due south to near the Dan River, and the Dan River flowing from the northwest to the southeast "cooperates", and naturally forms a natural narrow mouth in the area where the two meet, just like two thick straight lines intersect, this intersection area is obviously a place where soldiers must fight, the camp of the Zhao army was originally located here, and there was a strong fortress, but later after Zhao Kuo's rash attack, the position was occupied by another strange army of the Qin army. The fortified fortress built by the Zhao army has instead become the "bag mouth" for the Qin army to strangle the Zhao army's attacking army.

This narrow mouth is called Hyunji Castle, and it is the junction of Hanwang Mountain, the Dan River, and a tributary of the Dan River that flows from the northeast. To the northeast of it, the valley formed by the tributary river between Hanwang Mountain and another mountain range called "Daliang Mountain" is the base of heavy grain and grass that the Zhao army originally placed behind the base camp Hyun Clan, with guards, but not many, and low combat effectiveness. The north side of the river valley is also a high mountain area, which is connected to the "Guguan" pass mentioned earlier in the northeast, and the Zhao army sent reinforcements along the river valley from the Guguan, and also transported grain and grass. In the mountainous area where the "Ancient Pass" is located, the veteran Lian Po has built a "Baili Stone Great Wall" on the mountains from west to east, up to 100 miles, this Great Wall, the east is the Ancient Pass, is the entrance of the Zhao army reinforcements, there is a pass in the west called Changping Pass, which is built on the source of the upper reaches of the Dan River "Danzhu Ridge", which can be used to prevent the Qin army from the river valley behind the Taiyue Mountain sneak attack, but also with the help of the favorable terrain in the high mountains, if necessary, it can be reinforced. However, after Zhao Kuo was carelessly captured by the Qin army's surprise soldiers, this pass became an important base point for the Qin army to block the Zhao army and surround the Zhao army.

That's pretty much the way the terrain of the entire battlefield looks. There are many high mountains, mountains and rivers are intricate, this kind of battlefield is originally the so-called "dangerous place" of the soldiers, and the marching formation should be a place of caution, of course, General Zhao did not care about this -- General Zhao was already starting to deploy troops, because after the Qin army had completed its preliminary preparations, it had officially begun to lure the enemy.

"System prompt: It is reported that the Qin army is marching towards our army."

After everyone hastily introduced each other, soon, the two sides of Qin and Zhao in the copy had already begun to act.

"So, what do we do now?" Uncle said.

As he spoke, he looked at Han Xin beside Lin Fei.

"General Han, tell me what you think." Lin Fei understood what he meant, and then quickly said to Han Xin.

Even though he no longer has the memory of his previous life, Han Xin obviously still has the talent of his previous life. In the current situation, compared to Chen Yu, Uncle and Lin Fei, who are easy to "talk on paper" like Zhao Kuo, it is obvious that it is more reliable for Han Xin to arrange our strategic layout.

"As you can see below, we now have three players and the Heroic Spirits they are carrying, and they are exactly divided into three ways and acting separately." Han Xin thought about it, and quickly squatted down, and while quickly drawing a sketch of the battlefield on the ground, he said unhurriedly, "Although I don't know the detailed process of this battle in history, but at the moment, this kind of battlefield terrain, if I am the commander of the Qin army, in addition to luring the Zhao army into this area as everyone should know." Dead land' (he said, pointing to the area between Hanwang Mountain and the Dan River), it is inevitable that when the Zhao army draws most of its troops during the battle between the two sides, he will send two strange troops, the first one, from behind this mountain range (Taiyue Mountains) to the back of the Zhao army, and then quickly divide the troops into two routes, all the way to quickly capture Changping Pass, all the way to quickly seize the old pass, at Changping Pass to help contain the Zhao army, and at the old pass to block the reinforcements sent by the Zhao army from the periphery. The second branch, taking advantage of the emptiness of the main camp of the Zhao army, quickly occupied the narrow mouth of Hyun City, and with the help of the high mountains and the Dan River, divided the Zhao army into two: the attacking Zhao army was blocked to the west of the narrow pass, with soldiers but no food, and the remaining Zhao army was blocked at the logistics base in the northeast of the narrow pass, with food and no soldiers. Then, with the help of Gaoshan and Dan River, plus Changping Pass and Hyun City, the attacking Zhao army was forced into a 'pocket' type death ground surrounded on all sides and unable to move. After besieging and killing the Zhao army, relying on the dangers of mountains and rivers and defensive barriers, he held on to the danger and exhausted the food brought by the Zhao army. At the same time, Hyun City and Guguan in the northeast used these two high mountains (Hanwang Mountain and Daliangshan) to make the Zhao army that remained in the rear in charge of grain and grass into a second 'pocket', this part of the Zhao army had no combat effectiveness, and it would naturally surrender after a long siege. In this way, the Qin army cooperated with other surprise soldiers and the mountains and rivers to occupy a Hyun city, and made two consecutive bags at once, strangling the Zhao army here. Therefore, this Hyun City is one of the most important in the whole battle. ”

"So what you think, this place...... Do we stick to it? Chen Yu said.

"No, this place needs to be thrown away." Han Xin said slowly, "You have to lend it to Qin Jun temporarily, and then you can slowly drag it down." ”

"What does that mean?" When Chen Yu and his uncle heard this, they immediately said puzzled. Even Han Xin's lord Lin Fei was quite puzzled.

"Have you ever heard of a thing called 'chicken ribs'?" Han Xin said calmly.

"Chicken ribs?"

"The ribs of the chicken are mostly bones, there is meat, but not much, if people get it, it is tasteless, but if you want to discard it, you will feel a pity." Han Xin said unhurriedly, "If we defend Hyun City from the beginning, then the Qin army will soon consider other strategies after the defeat of the surprise army, even if they don't attack Hyun City, they will have a lot of other choices, and the initiative is still in their hands, after all, we are not the boss ourselves, even if we have a hundred strategies, we can't get Zhao Kuo's approval, and we can't get Zhao Jun out of the situation of being led by the nose of the famous general of the Qin army." ”

"Then you mean, we use this place...... Take the initiative to lead Qin Jun's nose? Chen Yu exclaimed.

"It's not like leading the other party's nose, but if it can play a certain role, it should still be very helpful to the battle, and at the same time, it also happens to make the main general on our side realize that the opponent's strength is not as simple as he imagined." Han Xin said with a smile, "We lent the key area of Hyun City to the Qin army, the Qin army was not easy to get, and it must not bear to give up, at this time, if this area is attacked fiercely, then the Qin army will have to passively transfer troops over and reinforce here again and again." In this way, Qin Jun was nailed here instead, just like a person who stretched out a palm to take something, but was suddenly nailed by an iron cone, his palm was restrained, and his whole body was passive. If Zhao still has reinforcements from the northeast at this time, the scene will be interesting. ”

"But in this case, the Zhao army that attacked has no food, and it won't last long, right?" Uncle said.

"How long has this Zhao army lasted in history?" Han Xin said with a smile.

"Like...... It's more than forty days...... Chen Yu said stupidly, "Even if Zhao Kuo is rash, he still knows how to carry a little bit of rations, not to mention that he can think of other ways if he is forced to do so - there are many villages near the Dan River." ”

"Then if you want them to hold out for half a month here, it should be okay." Han Xindao.

“……”

Half a month, it should indeed be able to hold on.

"As long as it takes half a month, the 'hand' that Qin Jun was nailed to will shed a lot of their blood." Han Xin continued unhurriedly, "At the same time, I will try my best to find a way to let the Qin army gather as many troops here as possible, when the time comes, if the Zhao army's reinforcements come, and then attack from both sides, in this case, it will be the Qin army itself that is made into a 'pocket' - mountains, rivers, this is not only the terrain that the Qin army can borrow, we can also use it." ”

"......" After listening to him finish his thoughts, Chen Yu and Uncle couldn't help but be silent for a while.

This is a strategy and vision that allows the enemy to turn from active to passive and from encirclement to encirclement......

Sure enough, it is only owned by handsome-level figures.

"But according to your thinking, in addition to the food problem that Wu Ren just mentioned, there are two most important issues." After a while, Chen Yucai opened his mouth again and said, "The first question is the 'fierce attack' you just mentioned. In history, the Zhao army also attacked the Qin army violently in turn and tried to recapture the camp, but in this pocket situation, the attack was unsuccessful many times, and now we ......"

"This attack, we can do it." Without waiting for Chen Yu to finish speaking, Lin Fei on the side pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose habitually, and said indifferently, "The soldiers of the Zhao army are the soldiers of the Zhao army, and we ...... There are soldiers who are stronger and more cooperative. ”

"Is it ......" Chen Yu muttered when he heard this.

Speaking of which, as a "soldier immortal", it is not surprising that people like Han Xin have their own recruiting skills, not to mention that Lin Fei also made it clear before that Han Xin's skills are constantly increasing troops, and Zhang Xun, Ban Chao, and Xu Da are also experts in leading troops, and they must all have corresponding "strong soldiers" skills. Han Xin's soldiers were originally very strong in fighting in groups, not to mention that they were now assisted by the skills of other famous generals.

Therefore, Han Xin said here that he could launch a "fierce attack" on the Qin army, and he could do what he said.

"Soldier Immortal" Han Xin vs "Killing God" Bai Qi, although these two peerless marshals who have never fought each other in history, although they are only separated by less than a hundred years in history, are actually facing each other here.

"Then as you said, the area around Hyun City is up to you to deal with and contain the Qin army," he secretly sighed in his heart, and Chen Yu continued, "But the second question, the reinforcements of the Zhao army you just mentioned ......"

"This is going to be handed over to you or another person, to make the 'Old Pass' a second place to nail the Qin army, and then attract Zhao Guo to come to the rescue with all his might." Han Xin listened to him ask, and smiled unhurriedly, "In the southeast area of the old pass, there is a mountain path between the mountains, which must be the route for the Qin State to send reinforcements from Hanoi in the south in the future. And the reinforcements of the Zhao State can attack the defenders of the old pass sent by the Qin army without backup, and they will inevitably recapture the old pass within fifteen days, and then drive straight to the head of the Hyun Clan, and then they can complete the front and rear flanking attacks of the Qin army in the defenders of Hyun City - then, which of you is going to jam that key point now? ”

"......" (To be continued.) )