Chapter 766 Three Ways into the Qin Kingdom
In the winter of 252 B.C., Qin Yiqu was in turmoil, Wang Yi could not be peaceful, and Zhao would destroy Chu and return, and the emperor heard about it, but he knew that the destiny of heaven was in Zhao.
Then he re-established 450,000 soldiers, divided the soldiers into three routes, and destroyed Qin.
All the way, led by the general Li Mu, a total of 120,000 cavalry and 30,000 foot soldiers, passed through Zhongshan and entered the Yiqu grassland, and the army of the Yiqu attacked the Qin army Wang Yu.
The second road, commanded by the general Zhou Qi, 150,000 people were all foot soldiers, attacking the Han Valley of Qin.
Its three roads, led by the veteran general Tian Dan, also 150,000 troops, riding half of each half, out of the Dasan Pass and into Xianyang.
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Obviously, although Wang Yi has decided to redeploy and completely solve the problem of Yiqu through tough means, it is a pity that it is still too late.
Although the 150,000 army, under the leadership of Wang Di, quickly besieged the main army of more than 30,000 in Yiqu, but before Wang Di launched a general attack, the news that the cavalry of the Zhao army broke into the grassland of Yiqu had already reached Wang Di's ears.
Wang Yi knew very well that if he continued to attack Yiqu, he would not be able to annihilate it in a short period of time, but would fall into the situation of being attacked by the Yiqu army and the Zhao army inside and outside.
In desperation, Wang Yi could only choose to withdraw from the siege and give up annihilating the Yiqu army that was finally besieged.
The siege of Yiqu was resolved.
However, thanks to Wang Di's veteran way of using soldiers.
In fact, Zhao Jun, under the leadership of Li Mu, was even faster than Qin Jun expected.
As soon as the Qin army withdrew from the siege and gathered up its troops, Li Mu had already appeared with the cavalry of the Zhao army only ten miles away from the battlefield.
Obviously, as long as Wang Ji hesitated for half a day, Qin Zhao was probably already in a battle at this time.
Although Wang Yi also has an army of 150,000, and the main force of the Zhao army may not have fully arrived, in the face of such a form of internal and external attack, the Qin army is very likely to be hit hard.
In other words, Wang Yi almost relied on his keen sense of smell on the battlefield to lead the Qin army to escape.
It's a pity that in today's situation, even Wang Di's sense of smell on the battlefield is keen, he can't return to the sky.
Because of the help of the Zhao army and the understanding of the heavy cavalry of the Zhao army, Wang Di did not dare to stay on the grassland for long.
Almost as soon as the Zhao army was gathering troops, Wang Yi withdrew from the Yiqu grassland with his 150,000 troops, and took the Lishi fortress as a stronghold, and launched a defensive posture, waiting for the arrival of reinforcements.
It's just that in the territory of Qin now, where can you send even a single soldier of reinforcements!
Just when Li Mu led his army to gallop in the Yiqu grassland, Zhou Qi's 150,000 army was already outside the Hangu Valley.
In the face of the 150,000 Zhao army, the 80,000 army in Hangu Guannei did not dare to move lightly.
As for the Qin army in the pass, they were also dragged to death by the Tian Dan army who came out of the pass.
Oh no, not to drag, but to surround to the death.
The Tiandan army department, from the scattered pass, even the battle success, first the monitoring of the Dasan Pass more than 10,000 Qin troops strangled, and then went straight into the pass, even under Liyang, Jingyang, the two former capital of the Qin State.
In the end, Yongcheng, the last gateway before Xianyang, also fell into the hands of Tian Dan.
In order to avoid the loss of Xianyang, Prince Chu of Qin had no choice but to gather all the soldiers in Guanzhong to Xianyang.
Rao is like this, and now Xianyang's pawns are only more than 50,000.
There was no way, although the Mengfu Department was completely annihilated, and Li Mu led the army to occupy Hanzhong and Dasanguan, the Qin prince Chu recruited tens of thousands of troops in a reckless manner.
However, with the continuous attrition in Dasanguan and Hangu Pass over the past year, by the time the Zhao army attacked, the total strength of the Qin State was only about 300,000.
As Tiandan advanced all the way, the Qin State lost not only territory, but also valuable troops.
Therefore, when Tian Dan surrounded Xianyang, Zichu only had 50,000 people in his hands, and the 150,000 troops of Wang Yu's army, which was far away from the stone fortress, was already the strongest place in the Qin army.
Facing the boundless Zhao army camp outside the city, Prince Chu of Qin was also sick and rushed to the hospital.
In order to ensure the integrity of Xianyang, Zichu did not hesitate to order dozens of orders from the king, and ordered the king to leave the fortress and meet the Zhao army in the land of Yiqu, and then led the troops back to Xianyang.
This is as good as that moment.
Qin General Wang Yi finally understood the feeling of Zhao Jiang Lian on the bank of the Mishui River back then.
If you go to war, you will be defeated; If there is no war, the country will perish.
It's never a multiple-choice question, but a fill-in-the-blank question that must be wrong.
The difference is that at that time, Lian Po still had Wei and Chu to support, and Zhao Kuo was born out of thin air to break the deadlock.
But now, in addition to Zhao and Qin, there is only one Qi country left among the seven kingdoms.
Not to mention that today's Qi State is no longer the Qi State that is called the East and West Emperors along with the Qin State, even if it is, it will be too late to wait for the Qi State to send troops to rescue.
Without him, Wang Di's grain would have been insufficient.
It was not that the king of Qin threatened Wang Yi to lead his army to battle immediately by cutting off the grain, but with the advance of Tiandan, especially the successive losses of Liyang, Jingyang, Yongcheng and other places, most of the grain and grass that Qin had hoarded for many years went to the hands of the Zhao army.
No way, as the former national capital, Liyang, Jingyang, Yongcheng and other places have a large number of granaries, so these places are also used as important grain reserves in addition to Xianyang.
The Zhao army's attack this time was too sudden, and the Qin State had no time to transfer the grain in the cities.
Well, it may be said that from the bottom of his bones, the Qin State was still not prepared for Guanzhong to be easily broken through and occupied by the Zhao army, which made a lot of grain and grass fall into the hands of the Zhao army.
Of course, with Tian Dan's siege of Xianyang and the sweep of the surrounding cities, in fact, the king of Qin was no longer able to provide Wang Yi with more grain through Xianyang.
In the cities controlled by the Qin army such as Lishi Fortress, although there are also more or less grain stocks, these stocks are obviously not enough for Wang Di's army of 150,000 people to consume.
Therefore, whether it is out of the consideration of grain or obedience to the king's orders, the king must take action.
However, fighting against the Zhao army with heavy cavalry on the grassland was no different from looking for death, and Wang Yi would not consider this option at all.
Then, there are actually not many options left for Wang Di, and almost all the options he wants are accompanied by great risks.
But in the end, Wang Di still made up his mind: if he doesn't succeed, he will become benevolent.
"The herald army, from now on, will withdraw from the Lishi Fortress in batches and march towards Xianyang." Wang Yi said seriously: "We can't show the news, and we can't let the Zhao army on the other side feel our departure."
"The Chinese army left 10,000 men." Wang Yi then continued: "Pretending to be the main force, resist the temptation and attack of the Zhao army at the Lishi Fortress."
Uneasy, Wang Yi immediately instructed, "In the face of the Zhao army's attack, the reaction must be fast and tough. Li Mu can't be given any chance to doubt."
"Yes." The herald beside him immediately agreed.
Wang Yi's method was very simple: pretend to be the main force with a small number of troops, attract the Zhao army on the frontal battlefield, and thus buy time for the real main force to return to Xianyang to relieve the siege.
The reason why it is back to Xianyang and not Hanguguan.
The reason is also very simple, even if the war in Hangu Pass is urgent, it is also within the controllable range, but Xianyang is different, once the King of Qin can't bear the pressure, or is desperate, opens the gate of Xianyang City and surrenders, then he really has no meaning.
It should be said that this is already the only hopeful way that Wang Yi can think of and can do to turn the tables.
Although this plan is not ordinarily difficult to implement.
The first thing to do is to deceive Li Mu's eyes on the Yiqu grassland.
Once Li Mu found out the news of Wang Di's departure, he was bound to take all the troops and follow it, and it was difficult for the Qin army not to suffer under the pursuit of the cavalry-based Zhao army.
The second thing to do is to strangle the Zhao army besieging Xianyang in the shortest possible time.
Yes, if you want to strangle, you can't just repel it, at least you have to defeat and cause great damage to the Zhao army.
If it is just repulsed, the Zhao army can be stationed in Yongcheng, and wait for the Zhao army of Yiqu to go south together and continue to attack from both sides, but the dilemma of Xianyang still cannot be solved.
Only by inflicting greater losses on this Zhao army, and even recovering many lost territories in one fell swoop, and even recovering the Great Dispersion Pass, can we completely avoid the possibility of being attacked by the north and the south.
Finally, after defeating the Zhao army besieging Xianyang, it was necessary to continue to meet the Li Musuo troops who were moving south from Yiqu.
After a big battle, it is easy to continue to take on a team that is not weaker than yourself.
It can be said that none of these three are simple, but none of them can fail, and the defeat of the Qin State will be over.
However, it is not entirely impossible to do so.
As long as the army remaining in Lishi Fortress is firm enough, in the face of the attack of the Zhao army, it is still possible to go back without hesitation and temporarily deceive Li Mu;
At the same time, because the march was secretive enough, it should not be too much of a problem to launch a surprise attack on the Zhao army after approaching Xianyang, not to mention completely strangling this force, at least to defeat this group of troops.
As for facing Li Mu in the end.
It can be said that this is the most bottomless step in Wang Di's heart. After all, in a head-to-head duel, Qin Jun no longer seemed to be Zhao Jun's opponent.
This really made Wang Yi feel a little ashamed.
Either way, this is the only way to succeed.
Immediately, the Qin army was also under the command of Wang Yi, and slowly withdrew from the Lishi Fortress.
It's a pity that Wang Di still underestimated Zhao Guo's intelligence department.
There is no way, in the previous battles, there are many things that impressed Wang Yi in the Zhao army, such as the former heavy cavalry, but the intelligence work, which is hidden behind the scenes, Wang Yi has not known too much.
Therefore, just as Wang Yi cautiously began to increase and reduce his troops, his plan had actually been exposed to Zhao Jun's eyes.
Not only Li Mu, but even Tian Dan and even Zhou Qi outside Hangu Pass have already gotten the news.
There is no way, in such a situation where the world is about to be unified, who in the world does not understand Zhao?!