Chapter 23: Trapping Wu'an Again
Just when the princes of Zhu Zhao were talking loudly about the battle on the front line, a senior prince said leisurely: "What you say is not the way to go!" ”
Everyone was stunned for a moment and turned their heads to look, but saw that this boy was full of wrinkles and gray hair. Someone who knew respectfully asked, "What does the Father say?" ”
The boy said, "Do you know the time?" It's spring ploughing! A hundred thousand people are tens of millions of acres, and if they lose their farming, they lose 100,000 stones of grain. King Qin and King Zhao are not fools, so they can't be counted! But if you pretend to talk a little, Qin will retreat! Wu'an and Handan are all fine! ”
When some young sons heard this, they all flattered and said, "Father's words, sincerity and others cannot be reached." ”
The boy said, "You are young and know little about the world. The things of the world are not profitable. The king of Qin recruited 100,000 soldiers, fought thousands of miles away, and lost a lot, and Zhao was the same, and what was gained? If you quit the army, it will be profitable to return to the farm! ”
However, another older prince said: "I heard that the king of Qin is angry with Zhao Zhi for deceiving himself, and he will take six cities." King Zhao sticks to his family business, and he does not give up an inch of land, and the situation is six cities! Although the war is unfavorable, it is necessary to fight to the death! Who? I want to Weijia princes too! ”
The former son said: "Brother's words or." However, the plan of the wise will be mixed with the interests and disadvantages. The princes of Weijia are also solid, and the loss of grain is 100,000 stones, which is more important, and there is no judgment? ”
The latter son said: "Those who are deceived by others, although they are still fighting, and the king of the people? It's hard to solve! Brother Qi view. ”
Seeing that the two were about to argue, the other person hurriedly came over and said, "This is all sought by meat eaters, what can we do!" Now that you have a little meat, you will think about it in the temple? Everyone laughed.
After everyone changed the topic, the man sat down next to the former son and arched his hand: "According to my brother's opinion, when will the army be relieved?" ”
The boy said: "Although it is only February today, it has reached mid-spring according to the season, and the hundred stings have turned over, and the spring thunder has moved, and it has come to the time of ploughing." The king of Qin came out of Wu'an with 100,000 people, and he couldn't eat, and there was no way to retreat, what was the benefit? In my opinion, but if Qin envoys enter Handan, the war will be suspended! ”
The man asked, "When will the Qin envoy enter Handan?" ”
The boy said: "My Zhao envoy has entered Xianyang, and the Qin envoy will enter Handan in the near future." ”
The man said, "Childe Takami! ”
Although there is only one ding, one and one lord, everyone still eats from noon to sunset, and then they say goodbye.
In the early morning of the next day, drums rang out at the gates of Wangcheng and Handan, and the gates that had just been opened were quickly closed. The market was closed, and the streets suddenly increased with patrolling soldiers, and someone loudly announced the ban: "The Qin people have arrived in Wu'an, and Handan is grounded; Rectify the fight of each family to prepare for the defense of the city! ”
Handan City, which was defenseless, immediately fell into despair.
After Wang Yi entered Shangdang, 100,000 Qin troops marched into Shangdang, and Shangdang fields were suddenly all over the camp. But no one paid attention, and a group of 10,000 people, under the cover of night and chaos, quietly marched north. The leader is the public passenger who had seized the Yan He with Wang Yi ten years ago. Now he has been promoted to the rank of five doctors for his military exploits. The task given to him by Wang Ji was to make a detour and assault Wu'an.
Because the prison has been heavily defended by the Zhao army, it is attacked at the pass, and the gains outweigh the losses. Wang Yi remembered that he had followed Hu Yang from Yanhe to Wu'an, and the road was very remote, but it was not difficult to walk, it took a long time and a long detour. Wang Yu carefully explained the route to Wuxian, told them not to alarm the Zhao army along the way, and half a month later, in early February, he descended the mountain and went straight to Wu'an. He will launch a fierce offensive in Pi Jiao, contain Pi Lao and Wu'an Zhao Jun, and cooperate with his actions.
Over the next ten days, Wang Ji steadily mobilized troops to the front. Half a month later, at an appointed time, he launched an attack on the leather prison.
After annihilating more than 4,000 people in the royal tombs, the Zhao army of 30,000 people received the news that the Qin army was about to attack on a large scale. Lian Po was in a hurry to return to Handan to rectify the defense, and all the deployments of Wu'an were handed over to Li Chong, the commander of Wu'an. However, Li Chong only cared about mobilizing the remaining forces of Wu'an, and did not check the front line at all, but only ordered the 30,000 men in the leather prison to build a fortress on the spot and move to defense.
When Wang Yi led the front 10,000 people to arrive at Pigao in two ways, what he saw was the Zhao army camping along the ridges and mountain roads all over the mountains.
Wang Yi only sent a partial division to contain the Zhao army on the mountain, and personally commanded the main force to attack and advance along the water. Located behind the mountain, the Yecheng troops, who had made great achievements in intercepting the royal tomb, were completely useless. Wang Yi adopted the strategy of echelon attack, sending four battalions at a time, alternately charging at the Zhao army, generally fighting from morning to afternoon, and then being able to lay down a camp fence. In the past five days, Wang Yu has taken five camps. Wang Yu did not send troops to occupy these barracks, and after emptying the booty inside, he burned the barracks with a fire.
On the same night that Wang took the fifth barracket, the patrol reported that the Zhao army was in a queue and in a hurry, and there seemed to be signs of retreat. Wang Yi was overjoyed and thought that he should have been beaten down from the mountain without injury. Immediately ordered the whole army to beat drums and form a formation and launch an attack on the enemy in front of them overnight.
The Zhao army along the river resisted in an orderly manner, but soon retreated. The Zhao army on the mountain was not only oppressed by the Qin army, but also forced to travel on the mountain road, and soon lost its formation and became a rout. Due to the darkness of the Qin army, the mountain road was difficult to walk, and it was difficult to maintain the formation, so they had to follow behind unhurriedly, although they occupied the camp gate of the Zhao army one after another, but there was not much success. The Zhao army behind the mountain was neither oppressed by the Qin army, and the road was relatively easy to walk, and the formation was not lost. But their mountain road leads to the direction of Fukou and Yecheng, and they can't reach Wu'an.
Wang Di's troops followed very closely, and after a night of marching and fighting, they followed Zhao's army across the river at dawn, entered Wu'an, and approached the city of Wuji.
While Wang Yi commanded the troops to beat drums and march into the army, the military envoys also rushed to Jianzicheng and Licheng overnight, and ordered the follow-up troops to quickly follow. At dawn the next day, the Qin army also marched towards Pigao.
Of the 30,000 Qin troops, 10,000 retreated to Fukou, 10,000 were scattered, and 10,000 were caught up by the Qin army when they crossed the water. The main force led by Wang Ji immediately surrounded the city and sent patrols to get in touch with the uninjured troops in the north. An hour later, the Qin army, which was responsible for containing the Zhao army on the mountain, also crossed the river and strengthened the encirclement of Wuji, and at that time sent 2,000 soldiers to kill the remnants of the Zhao army.
The uninjured department passed through high mountains and deep ravines, and arrived at the mountain pass fifty miles outside the city ten days ago. They did not alarm the Zhao army in the city, but after resting for a day, they went down the mountain by night. After descending the mountain, they rested in the dense forest for a daytime, and then suddenly attacked at dusk, and almost without resistance, they occupied the small towns along the way, and drove all the inhabitants out. For a while, people shouted horses and cows, and they didn't know how many troops the Qin army had, and the military security situation was chaotic. Wu An ordered Li Chong to immediately order the closure of all cities. Outside the city of Wu'an, the newly mobilized 20,000 soldiers were assembled, and all of them retreated into the city. Those cities that did not have time to close the gates were breached by the Qin army; Those who barely closed the gates of the city also left the people outside the city, and there were only a few soldiers guarding the city, like a flat boat in a strong wind, which could capsize at any time.
Without being sad and ruthless, he ordered the soldiers to enter the city and kill anyone they saw; And once they have escaped from the city, they will not be killed unless they resist. It only took one or two hundred soldiers to wipe out all the people in a city. The city that could not be conquered, there were only 100 people who were not injured and only put under surveillance, and all the main forces followed behind the fleeing crowd and killed all the way to Wu'an City.
Since almost all the strong and strong people were mobilized, most of the fleeing people were old and weak women and children, although they ran out of breath, the voices were loud, and the momentum was huge, but in fact they did not run fast. Without injury, he followed behind the fleeing people, and the speed of progress was not too fast. But with this group of people taking the lead and leading the way, the task of not being injured was much lightened, and many cities went down without a fight, and they did not have to spend time exploring the way. The losses of the troops were very small, and the results were brilliant! After dawn, he followed the fleeing people to the city of Wu'an without injury. The people of Yi begged the city to open the city under the city, and the Zhao army behind them pressed in a dense formation, step by step. Finally, Wu'an City was crowded with old and weak women and children, and their periphery was heavily armed Qin troops. The Qin army and the Zhao army looked at each other from each other, but they could not fight.
Soon, Wang's envoys were found unharmed, and the two sides quickly established mutual contact. Wang Yu ordered that there be no injuries, as long as the cities were monitored for no abnormal movements, and the army was estimated to arrive tonight.
Wang Ji successively sent military envoys to urge the Qin army to advance. At dusk, Jian Zicheng's elite strikers reached the shore of the water. The king did not allow them to rest, and ordered them to quickly reinforce and surround the isolated cities unharmed. At the same time, Wang Di ordered that all those who voluntarily opened the city would not be killed!
The Chinese army of Jianzi City arrived in the middle of the night, and the rear army arrived at dawn with their baggage. At present, there are only 1,000 defenders left in Jianzi City, but the vanguard of Li Cheng has arrived under Jianzi City.
The armies marched in one stream, and the small cities that were surrounded either took the initiative to open the city or were captured by the Qin army. Those who took the initiative to open the city, the Qin army generally stationed a battalion, and the people of Yi provided food. All the men who were captured were killed. Like the head of the mountain, the sky-high fire here and there, the screams of women and children, Wu'an fell into a terror.
Three days later, all the small cities in Wu'an were conquered by the Qin army, more than 100 cities, a total of more than 100 battalions, and nearly 50,000 people were stationed. 40,000 soldiers surrounded Wu'an City and Wuji City respectively. The other 10,000 soldiers divided into two groups and attacked the city on the north and south sides. Reaching the mouth of the river from the south, the troops stopped. Wang Ji sent these 5,000 men to garrison here to cover the south of Wu'an. And the search in the north is even more unexpected, at the mouth of the mountain pass, there is a majestic city, the surrounding people say that the name of this city is Yiyang, it is a royal city!