Chapter 68: The Upper Party Falls

Chen Si and Jun Cao were given the task of envoys, and they rushed to Puyang first to explain the situation to Wei Jun; Inform Qin Jun that he was just passing through Puyang, returning to Tao County, buying and selling in Puyangping, and there was no invasion, and asked Wei Jun to cooperate. Wei Jun agreed, and also sent envoys to take the initiative to arrange a camp for the three troops to be stationed in Weidi. On the other hand, it is natural that the vigilance has been strengthened in secret. Chen Si and Jun Cao could naturally see that the garrison places arranged by the Wei envoy were far away from the key points of the Wei Land, but because these places were really good and did not hinder the actions of the Qin army, they tacitly accepted Wei Jun's arrangement.

When the Qin army successively assembled in Weidi, Chen Si and Jun Cao went to Taoyi to meet with Chun Shenjun. When he entered the area around Taoyi, he was surprised to find that the Chu army was also pulling out the camp. After several twists and turns, Chen Si and the others met Chun Shenjun. Chun Shenjun told him that in view of the fact that the task of rescuing Handan had been completed, the Chu army would withdraw to the country and return to the farm! Chen Si told Chun Shenjun that the Handan Qin army would enter Tao. Chun Shenjun asked him to stay outside the Qin army outside Tao for ten days to avoid conflict with the Chu army. Chen Si agreed.

The Qin army on the Western Front supervised a large number of ships, transporting materials looted and collected from Zhaodi, Anyang and other places. After landing from Suxukou, the car was transported to Xiajinkou in Puyang City and loaded again. The scale of the looted supplies was huge, and it took several days for the trucks to be transported. Wang Yi personally supervised the army to escort the convoy. Wei Jun sent people to send grain, grass and other things, Qin Jun said that it was a flat buy and a flat sale, but in fact, he also gave some money symbolically, which can be regarded as a civilized robbery!

After loading the ship under Puyang City, Wang Yi immediately led the main force to cross Pushui from the upstream, guarded the south on the south bank of Pushui, and together with the troops on the north bank, guarded the fleet and came to Dayozawa. After entering Onozawa, enter the Jisui River from the mouth of the Jishui River and turn to Taoyi. The reason why we have to go around such a big bend is that there are too many things to rob, and if you use a car to transport it by land, it is almost impossible to take it without a few thousand times. Although it is far away to travel by boat, it is much easier. Moreover, along the Pushui and Jishui coasts, there are mostly townships, and the roads are relatively easy to walk; And from Puyang straight down to Taoyi, on the contrary, you have to pass through a number of lakes, which is actually not easy to walk.

After such a long detour, when they arrived at Taoyi, the Chu army had already gone away. The merchants of Taoyi prepared wine and meat, and went out ten miles away to welcome the king. Seeing Wang Yi and others, the merchants complained bitterly about the occupation of the Chu army, and expressed their longing for the Qin army.

The Qin army completed the field measurement and distribution work with great efficiency, and the ownerless field land was greatly reduced. At the same time, Chen Si asked merchants to buy farming cattle from the surrounding area at a high price and transport them to Taoyi. After allocating the land, the Qin army organized large-scale activities such as field hunting and burning to sow seeds at the last moment.

Not only Taoyi, but also the surrounding Qidi, Chudi, Weidi, and Zhao Didi have also begun to be busy with spring ploughing, and it seems that the war has been far away from this world.

Chen Si, Zi Chu, and Jun Cao, with a few five doctors, public passengers, and public doctors, mixed into a caravan in a small place, and hired a boat in a low-key manner, and went straight to Luoyang from Jishui. In early summer, enter Xianyang.

As soon as they entered Xianyang, they heard a news that surprised them: the Zhao army had captured Shangdang!

Lian Po returned to Handan, and the Qin army that had been making trouble in Zhao had withdrawn, and the crisis in Handan was resolved. And after the Pingyuan Jun sent people to lobby, South Korea agreed to exchange money and grain for the party. Lian Po then sent the wounded and frail soldiers of the army home, and re-recruited new hungry people to replenish his ranks. After a little preparation, when Wang Di's Qin army began to pull out the camp, and the money and grain of Korea had already been delivered, they marched from Wu'an to the party.

Shangdang Shou Pi Juan and Shangdang Captain Li Bing were shocked when they found out that Zhao Jun was attacking Shangdang with 100,000 soldiers. On the one hand, he was preparing to fight, and on the other hand, he flew to Xianyang.

According to the convention, the Shangdang set up layers of defense in the upper reaches of Zhangshui, Licheng, and Lucheng. At the same time, the old and weak, women and children, money, food, and materials were all transported to Duanshi.

The total number of Qin people in Shangdang was less than 100,000, and only 5,000 to 10,000 people were arranged for each defensive line.

There was no city in the upper reaches of Zhangshui, and the Qin army built one or twenty camps along the mountains and rivers. In front of the superior Zhao army, although the Qin army resisted desperately, the positions were still lost one by one. Driven by hunger, the Zhao army did not hesitate to exchange their lives for their lives and launched a decisive attack on the Qin army's camp. Often, thousands of people concentrated on attacking a camp, ignoring the rain of arrows and huge casualties, and never retreating until the camp was captured. This kind of desperate style of play gave Qin Jun a great psychological shock. If the huge casualties are not enough to stop the attack of the Zhao army, it almost means that he will die, the difference is only in the number of pads he can pull! Faced with this mortal end, the Qin army was filled with despair.

Finally, after losing many camps, the Qin army defending Zhangshui couldn't resist the fear in their hearts and fled one after another! Seeing that things were not harmonious, the public passengers felt that if they had planned and exchanged space for time, their troops might have to escape, so they simply launched a counter-charge when the Zhao army attacked. On this day, from morning to night, by the Zhangshui River, corpses were everywhere, and blood stained the river red. In the killing, the Qin army seemed to have forgotten its fear, like a killing machine, desperately harvesting the lives of the other party, and was also harvested by the other party, none of them escaped from the battle, and all the officers and soldiers below the public ride were all killed! Around them, there were also countless Zhao soldiers lying sideways.

After crossing the Zhangshui, the Zhao army still had no food, so they could only eat the corpses of the Qin army. Lian Po dismissed the wounded soldiers without mercy, and the hungry people recruited from Handan took their place, filling the gap of the dead.

After replenishing the shortfall, the Zhao army went straight to Licheng. Zhao Jun, who had eaten human flesh, seemed to have awakened his own bestiality, and launched a ferocious attack on Li Cheng with an extremely wild attitude. Many light and agile Zhao people tied themselves to long poles, and their companions pushed them up to the city, fighting hard. One was chopped down from the city, and the other followed closely, without fear. One 10,000 people will be gone, and another 10,000 people will be on top, day and night, desperately attacking. Although Li Cheng was defended by 10,000 people, it could not withstand such an attack. The city fell after three days, and fierce street fighting continued all day. In the end, the remnants of the Qin army were forced to withdraw from Licheng, and Licheng fell.

Due to the fierce street fighting experienced in the city, the Qin army scattered and broke through, and a large number of Qin troops fell into the city and were killed by the Zhao army. The 5,000 people who retreated came to the outside of Lucheng, and the lord of Lucheng did not dare to open the city, so they set up camp outside the city and became horns with Lucheng.

Occupying Licheng, the losses of the Zhao army were even greater, and almost 30,000 people would be disabled. However, Lian Po still did not hesitate to dismiss the wounded soldiers, and replenished the shortfall from the reserve army sent by Handan. After only resting for three days, he began to attack Lucheng.

The attack and defense of Lucheng were extremely fierce. Lucheng was strengthened by the remnants of Licheng, and the defenders themselves were also very active, never passively defending, but taking the initiative to attack, which brought huge trouble to the Zhao army. Lian Po felt that for this defender, that kind of desperate play might not work. He could only brace himself and attack and defend with Lucheng one by one. After capturing Licheng, the Zhao army was replenished and had the conditions to engage patiently with the Qin people.

The defenders of Lucheng were the Qin army officers released after Zheng Anping's surrender, although the titles of these officers were not high, they were all born in Bai Qi's own camp, and they followed Bai Qi to fight in the south and the north, and had rich experience. Zheng Anping's original team was Hedong and Hanoi soldiers, and after withdrawing from Wu'an, Pi Wan let them go home. However, these officers were left in the party to serve as commanders at all levels. Lucheng was the last line of defense to enter the party, and the most officers were enriched, showing strong combat effectiveness at this time. Although Lian Po has a lot of soldiers, he can't do anything about them for a while.

However, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice. The disadvantage in terms of strength is far from being remedied by heroic combat, especially in such a hard-fought battle of attack and defense. Under Lian Po's patience, although Lucheng seemed to be able to achieve good results every day, his strength was weakening day by day. Ten days later, Lian Po launched a strong attack, and the Qin army, which had gone out of the city to counterattack, was divided and surrounded by the superior Zhao army, and was wiped out little by little. The defenders of the city had to organize another force to rush out of the city, rescue the divided Qin troops one by one, and retreat to the city. And Zhao Jun followed closely behind. The city desperately shot arrows and threw stones to block the pursuit of the Zhao army and cover the Qin army's entry into the city. And the Zhao army launched a siege war.

The Qin army, which had been fighting for many days, held out for a day, and was no longer able to hold on, and the city was breached. The defenders led the defenders to withdraw from Lucheng.

Fighting from the shore of Zhangshui to Lucheng has consumed Zhao Jun for a month. Although the Qin army lost more than 10,000 people, Pi Wan finally transported the old and weak women and children, and the heavy grain and grass of the Shangdang to Duanshi. After the defenders of Lucheng returned, they were personally led by Pi Wan to cover the withdrawal of the last group of Shangdang personnel. Li Bing, on the other hand, led 5,000 troops to garrison his eldest son, and if the Zhao army arrived, he would let Li Bing choose the direction of battle on his own, or retreat to Duanshi or Hedong.

Lian Po still cautiously replenished his own forces, and then entered the party. He saw that the countryside left by the Qin people had sown seeds and were emerging, but the Qin people had already left. Lian Po noticed that the eldest son was stationed in the distance with a Qin army. He restrained his troops on the front line of Lucheng, sent troops to weed and water the fields of the Qin people, and at the same time sent people to his eldest son, who would come out to meet with him.

Li Bing received Lian Po's message, pondered for a long time, and sent a doctor to see Lian Po with the envoy to see what Lian Po had to say. Two days later, the doctor returned and conveyed Lian Po's suggestion: all the fields of the Qin army were handed over to the Zhao people for cultivation, and the Qin army did not intervene; In exchange, the Zhao army did not attack the eldest son and did not enter Changping.

Li Bing thought twice and decided to take the risk of meeting with Lian Po. He sent someone to agree with Lian Po to meet on the shore of the lake between Lucheng and his eldest son, and each side brought a hundred guards. Lian Po readily agreed.