Chapter 20: The First Battle
"Most of Shangdang has been captured by the Qin army, and the Qin army can attack from two directions, west and south, but as long as our army is fixed in Changping, it will be very difficult for the Qin army to capture it. Now the biggest weakness of our army is grain and grass. Lian Po pointed to the map and said.
Shangdang County was divided into two parts, one part belonged to Korea and one part belonged to Zhao State, and the Korean part was given to Zhao State by Feng Ting.
Now, it has been occupied by the Qin State.
Behind Changping is Handan, so Zhao has to keep Qin out of Changping no matter what.
Once Changping was breached, the Qin State would be able to drive straight into the hinterland of the Zhao State.
The Zhao State will destroy the country at the heavy, and the State of Qi will be like the Qi State after the Five Kingdoms have been in a slump for decades.
"You can't defend, you have to find a way to attack." Zhao Kuo shook his head.
"The advantage of our army lies in cavalry, can we send cavalry to harass the grain route of the Qin army." Li Mu said.
"The terrain of Shangdang is complicated, which is not conducive to cavalry, and in this kind of terrain, it is too easy for the Qin army to encircle the cavalry, and our army only has 5,000 elite cavalry, and we can't afford to lose." Lian Po shook his head.
Li Mu did not give up, but pointed to a place on the map and said: "It is true that the vicinity of Changping is not suitable for cavalry, but it is suitable here." ”
Zhao Kuo looked at the place pointed by Li Mu, and it was Yewang City.
Judging from the map, Yewang City is a nail set by the Qin State between the north bank of the Yellow River and the Taihang Mountain, which continuously supplies grain and grass to the Qin army.
Moreover, it is surrounded by plains, which is difficult for the Qin army to contain.
"It has a wide field of vision, it is not easy to encircle, and it only takes a few thousand cavalry to inflict a huge blow on the enemy." Li Mu said.
"If we can solve the supply of food and grass for the cavalry, this plan is feasible." Tian Dan said.
Le Yi also nodded.
Lian Po led the troops to seek stability, but Tian Dan and Le Yi used the troops unrestrainedly, and they liked to use small and big.
In Zhao Jun's current situation, blindly defending will undoubtedly lose, but the time to lose is just later.
If you want to turn the situation around, you can only seek wealth in the face of danger.
Even if the opponent is Bai Qi, Tian Dan and Le Yi have nothing to fear.
You are indeed invincible and have never lost!
Make it look like who's not!
The two glanced at each other, and they both saw each other's plans.
"I didn't expect you and me to think of it together." Le Yi laughed.
"If you lose, your reputation will be ruined." Tian Dan also smiled.
"The person who can defeat me Le Yi has not yet appeared."
"What do you mean by looking at Zhujun and Dupingjun?" Zhao Kuo asked.
"Yes, but let's test the Qin army first and see if the commander of the Qin army has been replaced." Le Yi pointed to Light Wolf City and said.
……
Shangdang County, Yewang City.
It was once a channel between Korea and Shangdang, and was captured by Bai Qi two years ago, and now serves as a bridgehead for the Qin State to attack the Three Jin Dynasty.
In an ordinary courtyard in the city, a man in green clothes sat on a low bed, flipping through the bamboo slips in his hand.
The man's body was tall, his palms were wide and large, almost covering the entire bamboo slip, and his fingers were as slender as jade.
He looked very seriously, nodded from time to time, and had a warm smile on his knife-like face, like a great Confucian who had studied for many years, giving people a feeling like a spring breeze.
But when you keep your eyes on the man for a while, you will see a boundless sea of blood rolling behind the man, and the murderous aura is rising in the sky, as if there is a boundless hell.
At this time, someone suddenly walked into the courtyard, bowed to him, and said: "Wu Anjun, news has come from Zhao Guo, Zhao Kuo has set off from Handan, calculate the time, and should have arrived in Changping." ”
"Hmm." Bai Qi continued to look at the book, without raising his head.
"Xiangguo's plan has succeeded, and I think we can ......," Mr. Wang said.
"There's no hurry." Bai Qi said.
Wang Yi sighed.
He understood that Bai Qi was waiting for the King of Qin to ask him to take command, not for him to ask the King of Qin for war.
This is Bai Qi's arrogance, even in the face of King Qin, he is unwilling to bow his head.
In his opinion, the monarch should be courteous and virtuous, and carry the whip for it.
At the beginning, King Qin did exactly that.
It's just that as Bai Qi made more and more meritorious contributions, King Qin became more and more jealous of him, and even began to be reluctant to let him lead the troops.
"Is our army testing first, or waiting for Zhao Kuo to attack? Look at ......," Wang said.
"You are the commander of the army, how can I call the shots for you."
……
Here, the Zhao army was planning a tentative attack on the Qin army.
"I think since it's a temptation, there is no need to have too many troops, about 10,000 people are enough." Lian Po said.
"The Qin army has an army of 600,000, what can 10,000 people test out? If you want me to say, except for the army that left behind to defend, all the other armies were dispatched. Le Yi said boldly.
Zhao Kuo rubbed his head, not knowing who to listen to.
Listen to Lian Po? But the 10,000-strong army really couldn't find out anything.
Listen to Le Yi's? What if the whole army is wiped out as in history?
"Report, general, there are traces of the Qin army in front of you." The scouts rushed into the camp from the outside in a panic.
Zhao Kuo was stunned, he hadn't started the attack yet, but the Qin army had made the first move!
Then he hurriedly asked, "When?" How far is the vanguard away? ”
"Half an hour ago, the vanguard should be about to arrive in Danshui by now." The herald said quickly.
"Beat the drums and gather all the soldiers." Zhao Kuo quickly put on his armor and walked outside.
"Knock knock!"
"Knock knock!"
"Knock knock!"
The sound of the three-way drum resounded through the barracks, and all the soldiers quickly put on their stubbornness and rushed out of the barracks.
……
"The whole army obeyed the order and forcibly crossed the Danshui."
Wang Yu roared, and a cyan light enveloped the 200,000 soldiers under his command.
The marching speed of the Qin army instantly increased by fifty percent, and the formation was not chaotic.
"Rumble!"
Qin Jun's heavy footsteps stepped on the earth, the earth was trembling, and it seemed that thunder was constantly roaring above the nine heavens.
This is the shallowest place in Danshui, there is no need to erect a pontoon bridge at all, and the Qin army chose to force the crossing.
As the Qin army got closer and closer, the waves on the Danshui were also shaken higher and higher, and finally the waves were more than a foot high, constantly lapping against the riverbank.
Tops of feet, ankles, calves, knees...... The soldier's body was constantly flooded with Dan water.
The soldiers of the Qin army who walked in the front were the tallest, each wearing a layer of armor and holding a huge shield in their hands, which was the first shield guard of the Qin army.
"General, do you want to release the arrows?"
"Wait."
Li Mu watched Qin Jun cross the Danshui little by little, his lips trembled slightly, his hands tightly grasped the barrel of the gun, and his fingers were a little white. Whether he is a famous general, or just add to the joke, it depends on this time.
This was the first time he had participated in a war of this scale, and in comparison, the war between the Northern Xinjiang and the Huns was simply a child's play.
"Shoot the arrows."
At the moment when the first Qin soldier stepped ashore, Li Mu gave the order.
"Puff puff!"
The rain of arrows in the sky shot out densely, cutting arcs in the sky, falling towards the Qin army.
"Kill everyone with me!"
With Li Mu's loud roar, the soldiers of the Zhao army rushed towards the Qin army with a roar.
"Not good!" Wang Yi was shocked.
Soldiers who have combat experience know that crossing the river is the most dangerous, so there is no need for the general to remind them, everyone will also tighten their heartstrings, increase their vigilance, and guard against the surprise attack of the Zhao army.
But when someone successfully crosses the river, everyone's tense heartstrings will be relaxed instantly.
Because in everyone's subconscious, it is safe after crossing the river.
The generals of the Zhao army obviously took advantage of this psychology and launched an attack when the Qin army was at its most lax.
"This general of Zhao is not an ordinary person, Zhao is really full of talents, but it's a pity that Mingzhu secretly invested."
With a wave of Wang Di's long knife, a layer of earthy yellow light shrouded all the soldiers, and the thick war clouds rolled, like a mountain suspended in the air, blocking the rain of arrows, and only a small number of arrows fell on the soldiers, causing minor injuries to less than 100 people.
"Immovable as a mountain! I'd like to see if it's the hard mountain or the hard gun. ”
A sharp light flashed in Li Mu's eyes.