In the battle of Yinque, the Han and Wei coalition forces were 240,000 horses, and the whole army was annihilated.

The Wu army beheaded 130,000 and captured more than 100,000 people.

Han Prince Geng, Wei Man and other generals were all captured by Wu Junsheng.

It is true that Qingji is reluctant to kill too much, but if he does not destroy the enemy's living force as much as possible, how can he make Wu State dominate the world more smoothly?

After this battle, the elite divisions of Han and Wei were basically wiped out and completely disabled, and there was no possibility of turning the tables around.

Without more than ten years, it is impossible for South Korea and Wei to ease their breath.

After learning the result of the battle of Yin Que, the 100,000 Zhao troops who had originally gone south were exhausted, and under the discussion of Bolu and Dou Yin, they decided to return to Zhao and preserve their strength.

But, how could Qingji let Zhao Jun go?

Qingji, Sun Wu, Wu Zixu, Tian Sui Tho and other Wu armies were merged in one place, and 200,000 people continued to go north.

In order to eliminate this Zhao army, Qingji sent Tian Sui Tho, led more than 30,000 iron cavalry, day and night, galloping, and finally caught up with the Zhao army in Lidi.

The Zhao army had to rush into battle, was defeated, was beheaded 40,000, captured more than 20,000 people, and only some of the Zhao soldiers could escape back to China.

……

The middle of the seventh month of the lunar calendar.

into a week.

At this time, Qingji was in the palace, convening Sun Wu, Wu Zixu, Bo Yan, Fan Li and other generals to discuss major matters.

What they wanted to discuss was how the Wu army would fight against the Sanjin in the next step.

It is worth mentioning that Gongzi Fan and Gongzi Xi have each led tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to meet from Nanjun and Nanyang County, which makes the total strength of the Wu army on the front line of Chengzhou and Yin Que reach 250,000 horses.

In the eastern part of the Kwantung region, the Wu army, which also had 50,000 people, was scattered in the land west of the river, as well as Chengzhou, Luoyi, and Mengjin, which originally belonged to Zhou Wangji.

With 250,000 mobile troops in hand, coupled with a continuous stream of conscripts from the country, this makes Qingji very promising.

Cheng Bo was the first to stand up in the imperial history, with a flattering look on his face, and bowed to Qingji and said: "King, Yin Que fought a battle, and the elite divisions of Han and Wei were completely lost, and there was no strength to fight with our Wu army. ”

"The minister thought that the king could take advantage of the great victory, destroy Han Wei in one fell swoop, and then go north to annex Zhao. In this way, the land of the Three Jin Dynasty will be owned by my Great Wu! ”

"The rest of the countries are just surviving, and in another ten or eight years, my Great Wu will rule the world and make China one family!"

Bo Yan's words, the monarchs and ministers of Wu who were present were all fascinated.

After all, isn't it their life's wish to sweep away the nations and rule the world?

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks ...... Inappropriate. ”

The one who raised the objection was actually Fan Li, the imperial historian.

"Doctor Yushi, what is your objection?"

Bo Yan asked dissatisfied.

Fan Li raised an objection at this time, wasn't it just to discourage their enthusiasm and pour a basin of cold water on everyone's heads?

In view of this, for the sake of the future of Wu and his lifelong ambition as a king, Fan Li had to bite the bullet and speak to Qingji: "King, in this year's three battles of Hangu Pass, Yin Que, and Li, regardless of the minor and serious injuries, there are as many as 70,000 soldiers killed in front and back of my Wu Kingdom. ”

"Not to say that I killed a thousand enemies and lost eight hundred, but for every two or three enemies I killed, one of my Wu soldiers would be killed."

"Your Majesty, the war is so cruel. The minister is really worried! ”

"In the first battle of Yin Que, although the main forces of Han and Wei were lost, there was still residual strength in the country."

"The king wants to destroy Han Wei and get the land of the Three Jins, I am afraid that the soldiers and civilians of the Three Jin Dynasty will resist stubbornly."

"Only in the battle of defending the city, they can recruit young and strong, able-bodied women, and even young or old and weak, and they can still fight. The ministers were afraid that the war would be further stalemate, and the rest of the Qi, Wei, and Song states would send reinforcements. ”

"Won't the war situation be in jeopardy?"

"Great King, the protracted war is really not conducive to the Wu Kingdom."

"Please think twice!"

Fan Li's worries are not unreasonable.

The Wu army was strong, and the army of the Three Jin Dynasty was not much weaker.

Especially when encountering mortal danger, the soldiers of the Sanjin Dynasty can often burst out with unprecedented courage and fight to the death against the Wu army......

For example, Bai Qi, a famous general of the Qin State in history, his combat art represents the development level of warfare during the Warring States Period.

Bai Qi has commanded more than 70 battles of all sizes, and has never been defeated, and the most famous is the Battle of Changping.

Bai Qi, known as the "first god of war through the ages", is known as the four famous generals of the Warring States along with Lian Po, Li Mu, and Wang Qian, ranking first among the four famous generals of the Warring States.

Among them, there are as many as 930,000 beheading records, which almost slaughtered the elites of Korea, Wei, and Zhao, and laid a good foundation for the rise of Qin and the unification of the six countries.

In the Battle of Changping, 450,000 people died in the Zhao army, and about 200,000 people died in the Qin army.

Generally speaking, the strategy adopted from ancient times to the present day is to surround the teacher.

Let go of an opening, give the besieged enemy army a hope of breaking through, and then annihilate its main force in one fell swoop.

And Bai Qi did not adopt this strategy, he fought to the death with the besieged Zhao army.

As a result, with 600,000 troops, the 450,000 troops of Zhao were defeated, and 200,000 Qin troops died.

Of course, the 200,000 people killed by the Qin army were probably killed when Lian Po was the commander of the Zhao army.

However, this can also fully prove that the Zhao army after the Hufu cavalry shooting is indeed strong.

And the most difficult thing to fight a war is to encircle and annihilate.

Ten are to surround it, five to attack it, and to fight it twice.

Only more than ten times the enemy's strength can encircle the other party, and Bai Qi used 600,000 to encircle and annihilate 450,000 Zhao State, less than 1.5 times the strength of the army, and the gold content is extremely high.

That's a miracle in itself!

Now, the Wu army has eliminated nearly 200,000 troops of the princes' coalition army, and it is reasonable to say that it has lost 70,000 soldiers on its own side.

It's almost a three-to-one ratio of enemy and enemy soldiers killed.

"My lord, I think what the imperial doctor said is very true."

Captain Sun Wu stood up, bowed to Qingji and said: "The law of the husband and the soldier, the whole country is the first, and the country is second; The whole army is the first, and the broken army is second; The whole brigade is the first, and the broken brigade is second; The whole pawn is the first, and the broken pawn is second; The whole army is the first, and the army is second. ”

"Therefore, a hundred battles are won, and the good is not good; The soldiers who surrender without a fight, and the good ones are also good. ”

"Therefore, the first army is to attack and plot, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the army, and the next is to attack the city. The method of siege is a last resort. ”

"The king is now trying to annihilate the enemy army, but he has caused heavy casualties to our Wu army. If you go out again, in order to destroy Han Wei, or even annex the land of the Three Jin Dynasty in one fell swoop, you may need more soldiers and horses! ”

"If a general is unable to cope with his anxiety and orders his soldiers to climb the wall like ants to attack the city, and even though a third of the soldiers are killed or wounded, the city is still not captured, this is the disaster brought about by the siege."

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