Infinite War Begins with Cao Thief

Duke Heng is still a very capable general.

Historically, it was Duke Heng who broke through the Great Wall of Wei and captured Juancheng.

According to historical records, in the second year of the First Emperor's reign, "Hong Gong's soldiers attacked Juan and beheaded 30,000 people."

Historically, Lord Xinling was not dead when Duke Qi attacked the scroll, so Duke Qi's attack was probably a test to see if Wei would release Lord Xinling. In the end, Duke Qi defeated Wei. The Great Wall captured the important town of Wei and beheaded 30,000 people. The King of Wei still did not release Lord Xinling.

It can be seen that for the King of Wei, the threat of Lord Xinling was greater than the threat of Qin, and the stability of the throne was more important than the loss of the country.

Closer to home, although Duke Heng suffered a defeat in Jingling, this does not prevent him from being the third person in the Qin army at this time, and he still has the level of ability he should have.

Even when he was marching in a hurry, even within Qin's territory, he sent out a large number of scouts just in case.

The information about the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms leaving the Great Wall of Wei was quickly learned by him.

This made Duke Hui realize that his own intelligence had been leaked.

Duke He immediately ordered the army to stop advancing, put on armor and change formations.

Many people actually have a big misunderstanding about ambushes and raids. They think that so-called ambushes and raids are caused by one party underestimating the enemy and not sending out scouts or taking good defense at all, which ultimately leads to a huge defeat. However, this is not the case.

Many ambushes in the classical war era do not mean that you are ambushing tens or hundreds of meters in front of the enemy, but the other party does not notice it at all. This is actually almost impossible!

Few ambushes are as perfect as this.

More often, they take advantage of the enemy's marching process, forming a long snake formation. The army does not have heavy armor, the main force and logistics are separated, and it is difficult to command timely and effectively to conduct a surprise attack.

One side has armor, and the other has to go to the rear transport truck to find armor and then bother to put on the armor. One side has already come to kill, and the other side has not yet put on armor, let alone formed a military formation. Even the general of the side being attacked has It is possible that they were divided, surrounded, and killed in a surprise attack.

The same is true for night attacks. One side has all the troops and armor, while the other side sleeps naked. It is not surprising at all to have an exaggerated battle loss ratio.

Duke Heng's army is on the march.

What is the concept of a 200,000-strong army marching?

It is absolutely endless and cannot be connected from beginning to end.

Even the 30,000 Qin Rui soldiers could not form a formation immediately.

While Duke Qin Rui's soldiers were still preparing their armor and car formation, Huang Zhong, Xia Houyuan, and Xiahou Dun's troops had already led their cavalry to rush over.

Even without a military formation, the charge of tens of thousands of cavalry was overwhelming.

The cavalry of Dayu's army was divided into three groups. The purpose was obvious, which was to divide the Qin army, which was hurriedly converging to form a military formation, into four sections.

In this process, the losses of the Dayu Army's cavalry must be high, but once the division is completed and the main forces of the Wei Army and the Korean Army enter the scene, the battle will be stable!

Duke Heng was obviously aware of the purpose of the Yu army, but at this time, the Qin army was already an elite army if it could barely gather its own troops and formations.

"Block it with baggage and grain carts, and shoot with crossbowmen!"

Duke Heng ordered anxiously, but at this time his order could only reach the ears of about 30,000 Qin Rui soldiers around him. He inevitably lost control of the army.

[Damn Yu people, how could there be so many cavalry in the south! 】

Duke He couldn't understand.

At this moment, he just wanted to prepare the military formation as soon as possible.

The elite soldiers of the Qin Army are best at the coordination of troops and vehicles, which is the coordination of infantry and tanks in this era.

The chariots of the Rui Shi are all made of solid materials. They actually have special runes and are pulled by four exotic war horses of at least the eighth level.

There are three armored men in each car, with the driver in the middle, the left chariot on the left, and the right chariot on the right. They are all wearing metal armor, and the charioteers are armed to the teeth.

The equipment on the vehicle is also very comprehensive, including two sets of spears with three-meter-long handles, axes, two sets of bows and arrows, Qin crossbows, shields and crossbows with launchers.

When fighting, they use crossbows to shoot from far away, and they fight with spears and axes from close range.

With the addition of the military formation, a shield collision angle will also be formed, making it completely possible to run amok.

Each tank is also equipped with eight reinforcements, who work closely with the tank to protect the safety of the tank and to expand the results of the battle under the cover of the tank. In the case of the tank's soldiers dying in battle, they can be immediately replenished. .

The sharp warriors on whom the duke had high hopes included two thousand chariots and soldiers.

Under his leadership, these chariot soldiers and other warriors can form a powerful warrior formation, which is his only trump card for a comeback.

"Hong Sheng, take my short soldiers and block them for me!"

Duke He ordered.

In the military system of the Qin State, starting from the 500th Lord, the generals had direct soldiers (personal soldiers) to protect them, and the number was about one-tenth of the army in command.

However, Duke Heng's short-term soldiers only had 5,000 men, which was not a large number, but they were all sharp men.

Hesheng took the order and left.

He knew that he had to block the Yu army's cavalry and buy time for the main force.

The five thousand warriors under his command immediately had no hesitation, and regardless of their incomplete armor, they formed a military formation and charged against Huang Zhong's command.

"Well done!"

Huang Zhong laughed loudly, and the commander-in-chief began to rain arrows. Three waves of arrows took away the lives of more than a thousand people in Hesheng's command. Hesheng was also stabbed in the throat by an arrow from Huang Zhong.

If it were an ordinary army, it would have collapsed long ago after suffering such huge losses, but this wave of Qin Rui soldiers became even more excited. They all seemed to be crazy and still charged towards Huang Zhong's troops.

"Rush over!"

After firing several more waves of arrows, Huang Zhong gritted his teeth and ordered a charge.

He was afraid that if he didn't charge, the enemy would prepare the most powerful military formation.

However, after the two armies collided, Huang Zhong realized the elite and tenacity of the Qin army's warriors. His soldiers still had the advantage of the horse, and they could not fight one to one. After the collision, Huang Zhong It suddenly became very difficult for the troops to pull and charge again.

The army was stuck as if it was stuck in a mud pit.

"go away!"

Realizing that the situation was not good, Huang Zhong directly exerted the tyrannical combat power of the third level of the myth. He rushed from left to right, took the rear in person, and killed all parties, giving his troops another chance to attack.

After the second rain of arrows covered Jiawanqi's charge, this group of short-term warriors could not withstand it. However, at this time, Duke Lu's military formation was finally completed. Duke Xi and a kind of Qin army charged with endless anger. He went to Huang Zhong's headquarters, which had just caused heavy casualties to the Qin army.

Huang Zhong sneered with regret and led his troops to retreat from both wings.

Only then did Duke Hui notice that there was actually a troop of about two to three thousand chariots and more than 30,000 men on the opposite side, already in formation.

Wei Wuzu!

Duke Heng could not help but let out a long sigh. He realized that if he did not defeat this Wei soldiers first, he would not have the chance to pursue Huang Zhong's troops or even save other troops.

A more bloody decisive battle officially began.

Twenty-six thousand Qin Rui soldiers faced off against thirty thousand Wei soldiers. The battle between the two sides became intense from the beginning.

While the main force was engaged in a decisive battle, the infantry units of the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces also arrived one after another, and the two sides launched a battle on the south bank of the Yellow River from Xingkou to the Hu line.

The battle lasted from noon to evening. The Qin army, which had been marching hastily for days, was at a disadvantage from the beginning, but it showed extraordinary resilience.

In the end, more than 10,000 Hung Gong soldiers were surrounded on the south bank of the Yellow River.

Unwilling to be humiliated again, Duke Hao led his army to launch a desperate charge and eventually died in battle.

In this battle, the Qin army's 30,000 elite soldiers and 180,000 elite regiments were almost completely wiped out. A large number of Qin troops either died in battle, threw themselves into the river, or surrendered. Only more than 30,000 troops who were originally at the end of the team fled to Xingyang.

The coalition forces took the opportunity to capture the twelve cities outside the Great Wall of Wei, including Hu and Ji, which were originally occupied by the Qin army, and then continued to siege Juan.

Of course, although the coalition forces won this battle, the losses were also very heavy. There were only less than 10,000 Wei soldiers left, and they were completely disabled; Many middle-level generals were killed; Guo Jia's bloody army suffered more than 20% casualties.

It can almost be said to be a tragic victory, but it was also a hearty victory on the frontal battlefield.

This battle was Qin's most painful defeat since Meng Ao was defeated by Lord Xinling.

The elites of the ordinary legion are nothing more than that. The sharp soldiers that Meng Ao and Lu Gong lost twice were enough to cause Qin's heartache!

It's not an exaggeration to call it a strain.

The effects of the war did not spread that quickly.

At this time, Meng Ao still didn't know that his strategy of concealing the enemy from the outside and encircling and annihilating the enemy had failed.

When Duke Heng was defeated, Meng Ao was already standing on the tower of Jujube.

After the simple repairs in Jujube, Meng Ao continued to march westward, directly approaching the coalition forces, and broke through five or six coalition fortresses.

It was at this time that Meng Ao finally realized that something was wrong.

He knew that the coalition forces that he had been fighting against could not be so weak. These large camps were definitely just ordinary auxiliary troops.

So where did the main force of the coalition go?

Meng Ao quickly interrogated and found out that the main force of the Allied forces had moved westward.

Meng Ao suddenly realized something was wrong.

He knew that Hegong's troops were going to suffer.

There are only three roads before Meng Ao now.

One is to return to the original route, take Yan and Xu to cross the river to Hebei, and fight Zhao in Hebei or return directly to Daqin.

The second is to go south to threaten Daliang. Depending on the situation, he can either encircle Wei to rescue Zhao or continue to go south, constantly destroying Wei's war potential, and finding the right time to annihilate the enemy during the movement. Anyway, he still has more than a dozen soldiers in his hands, including 50,000 to 60,000 Qin Rui soldiers. Wan Jingrui, he is not afraid at all.

The third way is to continue the attack westward, find the main force of the coalition forces, and fight at all costs.

Meng Ao chose the third option.

He believed that no matter how stupid he was, he could still bite off a piece of flesh from the coalition army. The coalition army was definitely at its weakest at this time.

Meng Ao sent out enough scouts, and the army moved forward cautiously, without giving the coalition forces an opportunity to take advantage of them like Hegong's troops did.

Seeing that there was no opportunity to take advantage of, the coalition forces could only adopt harassment tactics. In the end, they could only allow Meng Ao's troops to reach the volume. The main force of the coalition forces detoured from Ji outside the Wei Great Wall to the Wei Great Wall, then garrisoned in Ancheng, sent troops to recapture the jujubes, and reorganized the defense line between Ancheng and the jujubes.

This also meant that the coalition forces completely lost the opportunity to regain the volume.

Soon after, the Ji, Hu and other cities outside the Great Wall of Wei were also recaptured by Meng Ao.

After Meng Ao reorganized the defense line, the army went straight to the Suanzao. Just when the coalition thought that Meng Ao was going to fight in Suanzao to save face, Meng Ao's main force suddenly headed east, passing through Yan and Xu again, and then crossed the Yellow River and arrived at Qi, Qin, and In the border area between Zhao and Zhao, they fought with Lian Po again.

The reason why Meng Ao went around in such a big circle was because the Qin army on the side of Ye Wang was about to be unable to withstand it.

Duke Lu's tragic defeat once again shocked the Qin court.

There were rare arguments for peace in the Qin court.

The peace seekers believed that in the past two years of war, starting from Meng Ao's disastrous defeat at the hands of Lord Xinling two years ago to the disastrous defeat of Duke Heng, the Qin State had already suffered casualties of 150,000 warriors, which was already a serious injury. The Qin State must rest and recuperate before considering attacking.

But Lu Buwei defied all opinions and decided to bite the bullet and fight.

His reason is simple: "Qin suffered heavy losses, but Wei didn't suffer heavy losses? Wei's soldiers have been defeated! Now is the best time to destroy Wei!"

Lu Buwei's words were echoed by a large number of Lu Party members.

However, what Lu Buwei did not expect was that Zhao Ji stabbed him in the back again: "I think we can also attack the Zhao Kingdom. Isn't the main force of the Zhao Kingdom confronting General Meng? How about we take the opportunity to attack the Zhao Kingdom?"

Lu Buwei: (／_＼)

It makes sense and makes sense strategically...what a ghost!

“Queen Mother, the top priority is to break the alliance between Han, Wei and Yu first.

After penetrating into the hinterland of the Wei State, not only can the Wei State be destroyed, but the west side of South Korea's key defenses can also be bypassed and an attack on South Korea be launched from the east.

According to intelligence, South Korea actually has two main forces. One is led by Ji Wuye and has about 150,000 people. The other is led by Bai Yifei and has about 100,000 people. And these two troops are far from the opponents of Rui Shi. ! The remaining troops in South Korea are basically at the auxiliary level.

The attack on Wei this time was just enough to wipe out Bai Yifei's troops. Then it would be easy to destroy South Korea! "

Lu Buwei had to talk about the truth.

Among the three Jins, the strongest was Zhao. Although Zhao State has been weakened by the epic battle of Changping, the younger generation who have a bloody feud with Qin State have gradually grown up. When these people face Qin State, they are really willing to fight to the death. Moreover, there are many famous generals in the Zhao Kingdom. Even if Lian Po is not as good as Bai Qi, he is still a being who can compete with Bai Qi. In fantasy terms, that is half a step to the peak of Bai Qi's level.

The current generals of the Qin State, such as Meng Ao, are considered to be in the middle stage of Half-step Baiqi, while Wang Hao can barely be regarded as the first to enter the Half-step Baiqi stage.

Nowadays, the weakest among the Three Jins is the Wei State, because the Wei soldiers of the Wei State have basically withdrawn from the stage of history. The remaining army is not said to be vulnerable, but it is almost like a chicken or a dog in front of the Qin Army. .

Therefore, in line with the principle of easy things first and difficult things later, we will destroy Wei first and then talk about it.

Lu Buwei felt that his reasoning had been explained clearly, but as we all know, women are unreasonable.

Zhao Ji was not only unreasonable, but also had a very tricky angle: "Intelligence? Where did you get the information? Why didn't I, who was in control of the net, get the information? You couldn't have kept it secret, right?"

Lu Buwei: ()

This is the court, do you want to listen to what you are saying?

Lu Buwei felt that his blood pressure was a bit high.

Fortunately, Zhao Ji realized that she had made a mistake, so she changed her words and said, "I have a servant named Lao Ai by my side. She is smart and can assist Xiangbang in gathering intelligence."

Lu Buwei: (°д°)

Lu Buwei was completely speechless: I was working hard for the country, but you wanted to take away my power! And what happened to Lao Ai? Do you think your wings are stiff?

Lu Buwei's first reaction was to persuade Zhao Ji to seize all control of Luo Sheng.

Lu Buwei became murderous.

Because of Zhao Ji's chaotic performance, Qin's court meeting was very uncomfortable.

Fortunately, there were still many people in the Qin court who had online minds. In the end, Qin decided to recruit 50,000 Qin warriors, 200,000 elites, and 500,000 auxiliary troops to attack Wei at all costs!

It is worth mentioning that the reason why the Qin State brought so many auxiliary troops this time was because a retainer told Lu Buwei that there were many people in the auxiliary troops who were good at riding horses. Although their combat effectiveness was not good, they would still be useful if they were just robbing, sabotaging or acting as scouts. Competent.

These auxiliary soldiers mentioned by the retainers are naturally under the command of the war agent. There are many sixth-level cavalry under the war agent, some of which can even reach the seventh and eighth levels. It is still possible for these people to imitate the Yu army's harassment tactics.

Stealing each other's homes, who is afraid of whom?

Lu Buwei adopted this strategy and found more and more followers.

Lu Buwei discovered that some diners have really long-term vision and unique views.

Some followers also proposed to build diversion canals in the Guanzhong Plain to expand the irrigation area, and this strategy was also adopted.

Even though the Qin State's top military resources are scarce, there is still no shortage of basic labor force because of the additional manpower and material resources of more than 10,000 cities.

The construction of canals in Guanzhong and the increase of grain production in Guanzhong are great deeds that benefit the present generation and will benefit the future.

After setting the national policy, Qin's war machine quickly started.

By sending troops at this time, we can just grab another wave of Wei's autumn harvest.

However, Lu Buwei's vision is not just about Wei.

The number of cavalry among the auxiliary troops he recruited this time reached 300,000. Even if 150,000 of them were only farmers, it would be okay to mount a horse and set fire to it, right?

Lu Buwei ordered these cavalry to go to the three kingdoms of Han, Zhao and Wei to destroy them.

It does not seek to kill the enemy, but only destroys farmland, burns food, destroys roads, and throws some dead livestock and poultry into wells when they encounter them. The main goal is to destroy the war potential of the Three Kingdoms.

A retainer discovered Lu Buwei's intention and even offered Lu Buwei the strategy of "cavalry guerrilla warfare", which was highly regarded by Lu Buwei.

As for stirrups, horseshoes, saddles, etc., someone had already offered them to them, and they were already accustomed to them.

Therefore, in the last few months of the first year of the First Emperor's reign, the war pattern in the Central Plains suddenly changed drastically, with cavalry burning, killing and looting everywhere.

The war agents, a large number of cavalry who might not be able to break through the defense of the indigenous legions on the frontal battlefield, actually had a collective second spring.

Among all countries, South Korea was naturally the first to react.

South Korea's response was horse-for-horse.

Although Dian Wei is known as the best in infantry warfare in the Three Kingdoms, he is actually a real cavalry general. Dong Huang has been fighting with cavalry for many years, and he also equipped a large number of Tiger and Camp troops under his command. In the Three Kingdoms era, these Tiger and Camp troops were at least a hundred men. Now they have the combat effectiveness and command ability of a thousand men at the lowest, and all of them have bows and horses. skilled.

Not only that, Dian Wei also had the Xu Huang Corps and the Taishi Ci Corps who secretly came to assist.

According to the plan of the Central Committee of Dayu, the war between Dayu and Daqin will not end until at least the last drop of blood of South Korea is shed.

Therefore, South Korea has actually received a wave of secret reinforcements. The Xu Huang Army and the Taishi Ci Army each have 100,000 troops, of which 50,000 are part of the Tiger Army, training units, and natural persons newly recruited in this world, and 50,000 are Space soldiers.

At the same time, because a large number of Chu soldiers have defected to South Korea in accordance with King Chu Kaolie's orders, Dian Wei has recently added 100,000 elite troops, and the army has expanded to 250,000.

At this time, South Korea is much stronger than Qin imagined, but it has never shown it, just waiting to dig a hole for Qin.

Moreover, South Korea had an absolute intelligence advantage over the Qin State. As soon as the Qin State cavalry arrived, Dian Wei and Cheng Yu quickly responded. within the territory of Qin.

Although it was impossible to defend against all the cavalry due to the terrain, it was difficult for either side to gain a victory at the beginning of this chaotic battle. Qin even suffered losses in the direction of South Korea. Not only were a large number of fields destroyed, but also At least 200,000 people were taken captive by South Korea.

As for Wei and Zhao, Qin's cavalry harassment tactics achieved considerable results.

In the Zhao State, the State of Zhao did not expect the Qin State to come at all, and suffered a big loss from the beginning.

Fortunately, the State of Zhao has a tradition of riding and shooting in Hufu, and the War Agents in Zhao State have basically united in wanting to carry out a wave of unfavorable operations, so Zhao State quickly responded and dispatched a large number of War Agents' cavalry. , pecking at each other with the Qin cavalry, and a large number of Zhao's cavalry entered the Qin territory and began to destroy.

However, because the main passes on the border between Qin and Zhao were in the hands of Qin, Zhao's achievements were not great.

Although the enemies within the territory were basically eliminated in the end, the loss of food and grass was huge; the Zhao army caused very little damage to Qin.

In the territory of Wei State, the coalition forces had to divide their forces. After recapturing the cities of Yan, Xu and other cities, some of them went to Baima Jin, hoping to seize Baima Jin and build the city. However, they encountered an inspiring counterattack by the Meng Ao tribe here, and the war was quite tense for a while. .

Another unit of the coalition forces surrounded the volume again. Because the entire Wei army was nearly wiped out, it was extremely important for the Wei state to recapture the scrolls and hold the entire line of the Wei Great Wall.

Just in this way, the coalition forces formed a posture with bows drawn east and west, and the vast Yellow River line in the middle was opened, allowing a small group of Qin army's cavalry to cross the river.

Because the main force of Huang Zhong's cavalry went out to destroy Qin's production, Qin's more than 20,000 cavalry came and went without a trace, causing serious damage to the north of Wei.

In fact, the area south of the Wei-Huang River and north of the line between Jujube and Xuzhou has been horribly destroyed due to the war for more than half a year. After this destruction, the autumn harvest has basically failed.

It is conceivable that if there is not enough food support, famine will inevitably occur in these places.

However, as we all know, Dong Huang has never been a cruel person. This year's autumn harvest will be a bumper harvest in Huainan. Dayu's Jiangnan region had two bumper harvests, and Yingzhou's Sanqianchengling rice and rice production were also very good. The entire Dayu, not to mention mountains of food, but in the absence of all-out war and large-scale famine, can definitely support certain countries, provided that these countries are willing to pay a sufficient price.

A food war is also a war.

Even if the people in the areas occupied by Qin are willing to flee to South Korea and Yu State due to lack of food, Dayu can provide them with enough food and land. Of course, as for whether the land is in Jiangnan or Yingzhou, then That’s another story.

The area of ​​Dayu is too large and the population is too sparse. We can’t wait to get more people!

The Qin court saw the benefits of cavalry destroying tactics, but they did not expect that Dayu's real purpose was not only to destroy Qin's productivity, but also to target the populations of Qin, Wei, and Han.

Not only does it target the population, but for the people in the three countries who are short of food and about to starve to death, Dayu who is willing to provide food and land is simply a savior!

The hungry and cold people of the Three Kingdoms have to thank His Majesty the benevolent Emperor Dayu!