The historical records say:

"In the autumn of 255 B.C., Qin sent 250,000 troops out of Shu to attack Chu, and within two days, they broke through Zengcheng and Xincai, and went to the capital Chencheng to besiege it.

Emperor Zhao Shi Huang inquired, did not intend to send the army north to attack Yan, and personally led the army of 70,000 Xu south to save the Chu State.

Because of the short number of troops, the strategy of "encircling Han and saving Chu" was implemented.

The chief general of the Qin army, Wang Jizhi, sent the general Meng Fu as the commander, supervised the cavalry of 5,000 and less than 20,000, and the Han army of 30,000 went north to save Han.

The first emperor made a plan of "encircling the point to send reinforcements", annihilating 30,000 Han troops in the south of Xinzheng City, the capital of Han, and defeating the Qin army's Mengfu headquarters and Gu Dao.

Qin Han's army was defeated, and only 10,000 people fled back to Chu in panic.

After the coalition army was broken, the Zhao army continued to attack the Han capital Xinzheng, but the Qin army did not save it, but broke it. King Han Huanhui and more than 130 nobles of Xinzheng families all moved to Handan.

The country of Han was broken, and the Qin army was tired of attacking the Chen capital of Chu.

On another 10 days, the Chu army was defeated, but Yin abandoned the city at night. The commander of the Qin army, Wang Di, inspected and indulged in it, and Chen Cheng also wanted to get it.

The more tomorrow, the more Chen Cheng will be obtained without spending a single soldier.

It is to take the Chen Cheng Banquet will be on the outskirts of the city, staggered and all night.

Or say: This, since Changping, the head of the Qin army has won yes!

Those who heard it all wept and sighed.

Or the song says: Old Qin, go to the national disaster together.

The main general, Wang Di and even Gao Tai, swore in blood: I will destroy Qiang Zhao to wash away his humiliation!

All the soldiers responded to the promise. It is to collect the heart of pride, and the north to look ......"

A celebration banquet successfully solved two problems for Wang Yi:

The first is the overall mentality of the Qin army. As mentioned earlier, this is already the sixth year after the Battle of Changping, and in these six years, the Qin army can be described as repeatedly defeated and defeated.

Even last year's attack on the Zhou Dynasty ended in being forced back by the Zhao army, and the Qin army spent a lot of manpower and material resources, but the final result was only a small Yiyang City.

This was a big blow to the Qin army.

Even, especially for low-level sergeants and ordinary people of the Qin State, these years have been particularly bad.

The reason is very simple, the cultivation and warfare system of the Qin State determines that only continuous victories can promote the progress of the Qin State, and only by continuous victories can the people of the Qin State at the bottom get a piece of the fruit of victory and barely maintain a precarious life.

Without victory, for the upper nobles, in order to ensure that their quality of life is not affected, they can only deepen the continuous oppression of the people at the bottom;

On the heads of the people at the bottom, that is, after engaging in heavy farming labor, they are forced to participate in all kinds of heavy forced labor.

The reason why the Qin army and the people of the Qin State are still holding on is nothing more than that they still have hope for the victory of the Qin State and the so-called military merit system.

And such a celebration banquet is not only a vent for the fruitless battles of many times, but also an affirmation of the ardent hope hidden in the hearts of all the Qin troops.

Although there are not many people who have really been rewarded, and the things given are not valuable, there is no doubt that with such an example by their side, the old Qin people will not lose hope, which is very important for the next battle.

After all, it's Zhao Kuo who has to deal with next!

While solving the problem of mentality, Wang Yi also unified the determination of the Qin army to go north to recover the kingdom of Han and fight against the state of Zhao.

As I just said, only a small number of people in Qin Jun were rewarded, and seeing that others were rewarded for themselves, could it be a taste in their hearts?

At this time, tell them that there is another world waiting for them in the north, and it is not a problem to receive awards for meritorious service, but if it is you, will you go?

The answer is self-evident.

Sure enough, on the second day of the celebration banquet, many soldiers took the initiative to ask Ying to go north to attack Zhao.

It's just that every benefit must have a disadvantage, and Wang Di's practice of privately carrying out a celebration banquet is an expedient measure, but it is inevitable that he will exceed his authority.

Although on the night of the evacuation of the Chu army, Wang Di had already passed on his plan to the king of Qin in Xianyang.

But overstepping authority is overstepping authority, even if King Qin doesn't care at this time, he will always inadvertently give out this breath.

However, at this time, Wang Di obviously couldn't care about so much. Seeing that the soldiers came to ask for battle, Wang Di, who had been waiting for this moment for a long time, naturally did not allow it.

It's just that Chendu is a big city after all, and it is the result of the Qin army in the past five years.

And the reorganization of Chen Cheng's defense is already the third day.

Immediately, Wang Yi left 20,000 troops to defend Chencheng, and led the remaining nearly 180,000 troops (Chen Du's attack, the Qin army lost more than 20,000 troops), and slaughtered the country of Han.

On the border between Chu and Han, the more than 10,000 elite Qin troops led by Meng Wei were also anxiously waiting for the arrival of Wang Di's main army.

Compared with other Qin troops, Meng Fu and the more than 10,000 elites of the Qin army under him are obviously looking forward to fighting the Zhao army again.

Of course, just as the Qin army was preparing to leave Chencheng and march north to the country of Han, the news of the Chu army's withdrawal from Chendu also reached the ears of Xinzheng Zhao Kuo.

This is really not good news, but Zhao Kuo is not worried at all, and there is even a pity left in his heart.

It turned out that on the night when the Chu army withdrew from Chencheng, Zhao Kuo also received a flying pigeon biography from Lian Po and Tian Dan.

Well, to be exact, it should be the flying pigeon biography of the two forwarded by Handan.

The content is also very simple: Jicheng has finally been taken.

Immediately, Zhao Kuo sent someone to deliver a letter to the King of Chu, asking him to hold out for another ten days no matter what. Unfortunately, before the letter was delivered, the news of the Chu army's abandonment of the city arrived first.

Compared with the Chu army that took the initiative to evacuate, King Yan held out in Jicheng until the last moment.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that King Yan has no way to retreat.

And the reason why Jicheng was able to win it so quickly was thanks to its prime minister. Even when it came to life and death, Chestnut Belly still did not change its greedy nature.

Power, he wants to be greedy, gold silk, he wants to be greedy even more!

As a result, famous generals such as Lejian were quickly exchanged for chestnut belly and returned home, and even a few who could not be missing were deprived of many rights, especially the purchase of materials.

Soon, the food of the soldiers defending the city was worse day by day, and even in the end, only one gruel was served a day.

Of course, when it came to the survival of the Yan Kingdom, the soldiers couldn't take care of it, and the generals led by Le Jian soon told the King of Yan what they had done to withhold food and wages.

It's just that how can the cunning belly not have measures to deal with it.

Li Belly immediately took King Yan and everyone to the market, and everyone suddenly discovered that the price of grain in Jicheng had already risen a hundred times!

Immediately, chestnut belly fell to his knees, and said with tears and snot that he had gone bankrupt to fill the hole, which barely provided the army's food and salary.

King Yan, who was already eccentric, even if he believed the nonsense of chestnut, he even called chestnut belly a capable minister and a godminister, which really made the generals of Yan Kingdom disheartened.

Everyone knows very well that the siege of Zhao State is only worth more than a month, and even half a month ago, the price of grain was still very stable, why did the price of grain suddenly rise a hundred times?

Jicheng, as the capital, has grain reserves in it, not to mention that it can last for a few years, at least for a year and a half, it is obviously not a problem, and there should never be a food shortage, but it just appeared out of thin air.

And the price of food is 100 times more outrageous! You must know that even Handan, the state of Zhao, which was besieged by the Qin army for nearly a year, saw its grain prices rise only tenfold.

Now that Jicheng has only been besieged for a month, the price of grain has risen a hundredfold, which is obviously manipulated by someone in secret.

This person, don't think everyone knows who it is.

But what can be done? Without evidence, King Yan would not believe it at all, and in this situation now, where can he find evidence?

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Nai, everyone can only turn back to the city wall in despair.

There are still a few generals who really feel sorry for the soldiers of their subordinates, and send the grain and straw from their homes to eat and wear with the soldiers, but even if it is the family of the minister, even if there is some grain, how long can it last in the face of thousands of mouths?

Winning a meal for all the soldiers is already all these generals can do.

But even to this point, the Yan army, led by a few generals, was still trying its best to resist the siege of the Zhao army.

It's just that even the minimum food can't be guaranteed, so how can the soldiers continue to fight such a long and high-intensity battle?

Coupled with the disparity in strength, the Zhao army attacked almost in turns, and the Yan army was finally defeated due to exhaustion and hunger.

Breaking through Jicheng, King Yan was captured and sent to Handan, and many generals were reduced to prisons, even Lejian, because of his father Le Yi's relationship as a general in Zhao State, was also claustrophobic in the house.

Only the prime minister of the country chestnut belly, after the city was broken, immediately for Zhao Jun to offer a large amount of military rations, he should have been imprisoned, but he also enjoyed the same treatment as Lejian, but he was claustrophobic in the house.

But no matter what, Jicheng was finally taken by Zhao Jun.

The 150,000 Zhao army can finally be liberated. (More than 10,000 soldiers were lost in the attack on Jicheng)

General Tian Dan immediately led 30,000 soldiers to continue to garrison Jicheng to prevent changes, and General Lian Po led an army of 120,000 to kill the country of Han.

It's a pity that because the flying pigeon has to pass through Handan, it is inevitable that it will be a few days late.

It was the relationship of a few days that turned a big victory into a small victory.

If it was possible to advance even a day or two, maybe Zhao Kuo would have had time to send the information to the King of Chu, maybe the King of Chu would not have withdrawn from the Chen Capital, or maybe ......

Of course, today's results, Zhao Kuo is also very acceptable.

Qin took only one-third of Chu land, and Zhao Deyan Han, no matter how it was calculated, it was Zhao Guo who took advantage.

As for the Qin army's big attack, Zhao Kuo didn't care even more. After all, now Handan's heavy cavalry was in place, and Lian Po's 120,000 troops had already moved south a few days earlier, and it would only take five or six days at most to reach the country of Han.

Of course, the 70,000 Zhao army has no chance of winning against the 200,000 Qin army, but with Xinzheng City in hand, Zhao Kuo is still sure.

Moreover, the flat terrain in the south of Xinzheng City is the most suitable for heavy cavalry assault, once the reinforcements led by General Lian Po are in place, the ratio of troops will become 190,000 to 200,000.

Zhao Kuo didn't mind giving Qin Jun a good lesson in the south of Xinzheng City, which was already full of Han Jun's blood.

The name of the course is called: On the Use of Heavy Cavalry on the Ancient Battlefield.