Pang Juan of Wei led an army of 100,000 to attack Korea. When Han Zhaohou learned the news, on the one hand, he asked Shen Buxian to organize elite soldiers to prepare for battle, and they were fully prepared with food, grass, weapons, etc. On the other hand, he went to Qi to ask for help, after all, South Korea and Qi made an alliance treaty.

Han envoys came to Linzi and informed King Qi Xuan of Han Zhaohou's distress on the main hall. After King Qi Xuan learned of Han Suhou's request, he asked the Korean envoy to go to the side hall to rest. Then convene the ministers to discuss.

"Pang Juan led a large army to attack South Korea, and South Korea has sent an envoy to me for help. If you don't know what you think, let's talk about it. ”

Zou Ji suggested: "As the saying goes, shrimp and mussels compete with each other, and fishermen benefit." We don't have to save Han at all, we watch them both lose, and then we attack. In this way, the benefits can be maximized. ”

Tian Ji disagreed: "We can't sit idly by. After all, there is an alliance between Korea and Qi. We watched as Korea perished and then was annexed by Wei. This will lead the king into unkindness and injustice. Therefore, I think it is better to send troops to help as soon as possible. ”

"Military advisor, I don't know what you think?" King Qi Xuan was not satisfied with the answers of both, and what Zou Ji and Tian Ji said was not what he thought in his heart.

Sun Bin said: "Now that Korea and Wei have not yet started a war, the strength of both sides is in good condition, and the morale of the army is booming. If we send troops at this time, although it shows the integrity of our king, it makes people feel that we are obeying the orders of South Korea, and at the same time, we are also carrying the cauldron of Wei for South Korea, so that our Qi country will not lose in the end. This time, Wei had the idea of annexing Korea, and Korea would also resist desperately, so it was a long-term battle. When the South Korean and Feeding Dog forces are about the same, but we can't let the South Korean troops lose too much, we will send troops to the rescue. In this way, you can take advantage of the fatigue of the Wei * team and defeat the Wei State in one fell swoop, and be able to fulfill the covenant, so that the king will not lose the support of the people, and at the same time weaken the strength of Korea and Wei, so that Wei will have no time to look eastward, and Qi will just develop, and South Korea will also be grateful to my Qi State and become a good ally to restrain Qin and Wei. That's a big deal. ”

"Good, good, good, I really deserve to be a military advisor, and the first way to understand and analyze things. Just do what the military advisor says. King Qi Xuan said three good things in a row, which shows the praise for Sun Bin's suggestion.

King Xuan of Qi ordered the Korean envoy to be invited to the main hall and said to him: "You go back and tell the king, I will fulfill the covenant, our Qi country has decided that Tian Ji is the general, Tian Ying is the auxiliary general, and Sun Bin is the military advisor, and 100,000 troops will be dispatched to attack Wei." It's just that the army is assembled, and the distribution of grain and grass may take some time. ”

The Korean envoy repeated the words of King Qi to Han Zhaohou, and Han Zhaohou was very happy to hear it. He ordered Shen to lead the army to resist hard. South Korea also has an army of 100,000 after years of development. With the news of the support of the Qi army, all the sergeants were full of confidence in this war.

Korea and Wei fought a great war in Xishan. Every time Pang Juan asked the soldiers to rush to the wall, they were captured by Shen Buxian's army.

Because the two sides are fighting fiercely. After three times, the armies of Wei and Korea had lost nearly half.

Sun Bin felt that the time had come, so he led a large army towards Wei with Tian Ji and Tian Ying.

Sun Bin did not directly lead the army to Xishan, but only took Tian Ying and Tian Ji to lead the army straight to Shangliang.

This Sun Bin directly attacked the Great Liang of Wei, and King Wei Hui immediately sent troops to let Pang Juan come to help, and the siege of Korea was relieved. The whole of Korea fell into the joy of a post-war victory.

Pang Juan transferred all the troops back, and at the same time sent back the military order, so that Gongzi must cooperate with him inside and outside, and defeated the Qi army.

When the news of Pang Juan's whirlwind came, Sun Bin discussed countermeasures with Tian Ji and Tian Ying in the big tent.

Sun Bin said to Tian Ji: "Since the last defeat of the Qi army by Wei and Zhao's armies, they have looked down on the Qi country quite a bit. Qi did lose badly last time. This time, we must play the style of Qi country. But we can't fight hard, so the damage to the alignment country will be great. Therefore, we must make use of our strengths and avoid our weaknesses, take advantage of the situation, and take advantage of Pang Juan's arrogance and hatred for me to make him lose everything. This time, Tian Ying led the army to set up an ambush in Maling. Now that the siege of Korea has been lifted, we must still give Pang Juan a heavy blow, otherwise we will withdraw to Qi and Wei will attack Korea again, then we will be busy in vain.

Sun Bin asked Tian Ji to start retreating when Pang Juan was about to reach Daliang. On the first day, 150,000 people were cooked, on the second day it was reduced to 100,000 people, on the third day it was reduced to 50,000 people, on the fourth day it was 50,000 people, and on the fifth day it was also 50,000 people.

Pang Juan led the army to chase the Qi army for five days. At first, Pang Jun was cautious, afraid of being ambushed by Sun Bin, and after five days in a row, the Qi army had almost retreated to Maling, and there were still two days to go out of the Wei territory.

After three days of cooking, Pang Juan understood that he might have fallen for Sun Bin's plan. This time, the state of Qi only sent 50,000 troops to Wei to rescue Han, just to fulfill the covenant. In order to exaggerate the impact, he said that it was 150,000, but in fact there were only 50,000, and he took this opportunity to leave all the 50,000 troops of Qi in Wei, so that he could reduce the harm of Qi and reduce the strength of Qi, and after the elimination of Korea, he could eliminate Qi in one fell swoop.

Thinking of this, he said to the Wei army: "This time the Qi army only has 50,000 horses, in order to reload the momentum, call it 150,000, in fact, it is not even half, plus the Qi army is cowardly, tomorrow the army will be pulled, hurry up the horses, we must catch up before the Qi army goes out of the border of Wei, and then wipe it out." ”

From the beginning of the sixth day, Pang Juan ordered the soldiers to pursue quickly. In order to catch up with the Qi army, Pang Juan left the infantry behind, and only led the elite light soldiers to chase the Qi army day and night.

And Sun Bin calculated Pang Juan's march distance and calculated that Pang Juan could arrive at Maling that night. So the march was slowed down, leaving some people to walk slowly on the road, and the other part came to Maling early to prepare an ambush.

Pang Juan came to Maling late at night, and the road in Maling was narrow, dangerous, and easy to ambush. Gongzi must persuade Pang Juan to rest and chase after dawn. But Pang Juan didn't listen and chased after him directly. In this way, Gongzi Su left a few thousand men and horses to wait for the infantry, while Pang Juan continued to pursue.

When Pang Juan came to the road of Maling, he found some Qi troops lying on the side of the road resting. When the Qi army discovered the Wei army, they scattered and ran. Pang Juan grabbed one of the deserters and asked, "What about your army?

"They have already passed through Maling this afternoon, and we are specifically behind to investigate the news of the Wei State. The soldier replied.

"The army of Qi is in front, capturing Sun Bin alive. Hearing the soldier's words, Pang Juan shouted loudly, urging the cavalry to continue the pursuit.

When all the cavalry of the Wei army entered the road of Maling, they saw that the arrows on the mountain were like locusts in a volley, and the road was narrow, and it was difficult for the cavalry to deploy here, and the Wei army was in chaos and could only watch themselves be injured by the rain of arrows, and some people were lucky enough to escape from Maling on foot, but were captured alive by the Qi soldiers on both sides of the road.

A full 30,000 light cavalry was wiped out by the Qi soldiers. When Gongzi Su arrived with his army the next day, he saw corpses all over the ground. It couldn't help but feel glad that it wasn't with Pang Juan last night. At the same time, I also feel sad for Pang Juan's death.

Pang Juan's death caused a great deal of turmoil in the Wei state. You must know that Pang Juan is the general and military advisor of the Wei State. As soon as Pang Juan died, the Wei State lost a beam at once.

When the news of Qi sending troops to Wei reached Qin, Shang Ying found Qin Xiaogong and persuaded him to send troops to Wei. Qin Xiaogong was a little hesitant, after all, the Qin State had just become strong and launched a war against the Wei State, and he was afraid that this would shake the foundation of the Qin State.

Shang Ying stated the reason to Qin Xiaogong: "The relationship between Qin and Wei is like that of enemies for generations, either Wei annexes Qin or Qin conquers Wei. Why? To the east of Wei is the dangerous mountains, and the Qin State is bounded by the Yellow River, and enjoys the geographical advantage to the east of the Kunshan Mountains. When it was strong, it invaded the Qin state to the west, and when it was in distress, it shrank eastward to protect itself. Now the Qin state implemented the reform of the law, and the state became stronger, while the Wei state continued to fight, first with Han, but did not gain any benefit, but lost most of the army. Now that we are fighting against the Qi army, we can take advantage of this time to attack the Wei State. Wei fought in many places, and the troops were lacking, and they would not be able to resist the sharp spirit of our Qin army, so they could only migrate eastward in order to protect themselves. At that time, the Qin State possessed the dangers of the Yellow River and the Kunshan Mountains, and could subdue the vassal states to the east, and laid the grand cause of being the king and hegemon. Qin Xiaogong listened to his advice and sent Shang Ying to send troops to Wei