The Great Wei Empire in the Warring States Period

Wei Guo Yecheng Wei Jun

Yecheng camp, Wei Cuo sat in the main seat, looking at the generals on both sides, every general was full of confidence, because their leader Wei Cuo had led them to three battles and three victories.

Next to Wei Cuo was the famous general of the Wei State, Gongzi Ang. Wei Cuo said to the generals:"Everyone, this is General Wei Ang. It was he who defeated the 80,000 Korean army and completely annihilated it. Now, we The two armies gathered together in Yecheng. Our army has reached 100,000 people, and Zhao's army has only 40,000. What advice do you have to defeat Zhao's army?"

A general said:"General, our army's number is more than twice that of Zhao's. The last general is willing to lead 50,000 troops to forcefully cross the Zhang River and defeat the Zhao army."

Prince Ang said:"General Wei Cuo, if our army attacks by force, we may suffer heavy losses. We should attack from the enemy's rear. Our army can go north and then cross. Zhangshui, our army will go back to the rear of the Zhao army to attack Zhao Jun from both sides."

Wei Cuo said:"General Gongzi Ang said it is okay, but I also plan to go north across the Zhangshui to capture the people and Feicheng. In this case, the Zhao army can only Abandon the Zhangshui defense and return to Handan. I will personally lead the army to attack the Zhangshui defense line and attract the Zhao army. General Wei Ang, you lead 10,000 people across the Zhangshui. While Lie and Feicheng are coming to support, you will occupy Lie. Renhe Feicheng"——obey.

Wei Cuo added:"This battle is the most important battle between Wei and Zhao. Only if our army wins this battle can we force Zhao to sue for peace. This battle must be won." Zhao Guo's

Zhangshui Camp, Zhao Guo's Prime Minister Gong Zhongle was looking at the map worriedly. Now, the Wei army has increased its troops by 100,000. He doesn't know whether the Zhangshui defense line can still be defended.

A messenger hurriedly came in and said:"Prime Minister, it seems that the Wei army is about to attack."""What, the Wei army is about to attack, by the way, how deep is the Zhang River now?"Gong Zhongle said. The messenger replied:"Prime Minister, the Zhang River is shallow enough for people to cross. In the past few days after the Wei army's reinforcements arrived, the river has become shallower day by day."

"No, the opponent has blocked the river upstream. Hurry, the whole army is preparing for defense."——obey.

The war drums were beating loudly, and the Wei army marched in neat steps to attack the Zhao army's defense line. General Wei Cuo gave the order:"The whole army attacks!" Kill, kill, kill, the Wei army rushed towards the Zhao army, and the Zhao army Thousands of archers formed six square formations and fired arrows together. Suddenly, the sky was filled with arrows, shooting at the Wei army. Some soldiers fell down before they reached the river.

Not to be outdone, the Wei army's crossbowmen formed a square formation in an instant and fired arrows at the Zhao army. Since Zhao Jun's archers did not suffer much damage under the protection of the camp wall, Wei Cuo saw it and issued an order:"Trebuchet, knock down the camp wall."

Dozens of stone bullets weighing a hundred kilograms directly hit Smashing it against the camp wall, there were more than a dozen big holes in the camp wall. Some Zhao soldiers were hit by stone bullets and suddenly became bloody and bloody. Wei Cuo gave another order:"Serial crossbow carts, release arrows." Dozens of repeating crossbow carts fired arrows together, and nearly ten thousand arrows in the air shot over the camp wall into the Zhao army's camp, and there were countless of them at once. Thousands of Zhao soldiers were shot down.

However, Zhao Jun's resistance did not decline, but instead stimulated Zhao Jun's resistance. Finally, the soldiers of the Wei army and the soldiers of the Zhao army came into close combat. The two sides fought to the death. The soldiers of the coalition formed a square formation, holding halberds and constantly harvesting the lives of the Zhao soldiers. There were many strong men in the land of Yan and Zhao. The soldiers of the Zhao army held shields and carried three swords. Chi Jian rushed directly into the Wei army's formation and fought with the Wei army.

A Zhao military captain, holding a sword in his hand, directly opened a gap in the Wei army's shield formation and stabbed five Wei soldiers in a row to the right. Wei Cuo, who was in the rear, had been watching the battlefield and saw how brave the Zhao army was, facing him. The deputy general at the side said:"There are many strong men in the land of Yanzhao, but they have torn apart the Wu Qi shield formation deployed by our army."

Wei Cuo ordered:"Order the entire army to change formations, quickly form a cone formation, and break through." Zhao Jun's defense line." After receiving the order, Wei Jun quickly formed a cone formation and advanced slowly. A Zhao Jun warrior held a ChangGe and broke the cone head with force. Under the leadership of this warrior, the Zhao army rushed straight into the Wei army's formation, causing chaos in the Wei army's formation.

When Wei Cuo saw this, he ordered:"Surround the flanks." At this time, Zhao Jun found that Wei Jun's troops were getting larger and larger, and had surrounded Zhao Jun on three sides. Armor, with his upper body naked, holding a round shield in his left hand and a sword in his right hand, rushing towards the Wei army.

As the Zhao army fought bravely to kill the enemy, the Wei army retreated steadily. In order to allow the army to rush into the Wei army's formation, some Zhao army soldiers used their own bodies to clear a way for the army. Since their colleagues in front helped open the way for the army, the morale of the Zhao army was high. When Wei soldiers saw this scene, they were frightened and retreated one after another. Wei Cuo saw from the rear that the Wei army was timid and ordered:"Ming Jin retreats." Dang, Dang, Dang~~"Ming Jin Pull back the troops." Several Wei military captains shouted. When Zhao Jun saw Wei Jun retreating, he cheered loudly. In today's first battle, Zhao Guo won.

Inside the Wei Army camp. In today's first battle, the Wei Army had more troops than the Zhao Army, and the weapons and equipment were better than the Zhao Army. Unexpectedly, the Zhao Army won the first battle! Wei Cuo looked at the map with an expressionless expression. The deputy general next to him felt that Wei Cuo was thinking about today's defeat, so he said to Wei Si:"A general's victory or defeat is a common thing for military officers. It's just a small defeat, nothing."

Wei Cuo smiled and said,"I'm not thinking about today's battle, but where is General Gongzi Ang? In this way, our Wei army can attack the Zhao army from both sides and annihilate them all." After hearing this, the deputy general suddenly realized and said:" Yes, we still have a surprise army." Wei Cuo said to the deputy general:"Slaughter a few fat cattle today to reward our soldiers." After hearing this, the deputy general was very happy and immediately said:"Yes!" At this time, Since the Wei army was defeated by the Zhao army in the first battle today, the morale of the Wei army was a little low. At this time, the deputy general of the Wei army said loudly:"Soldiers, please don't be dejected anymore. The general ordered today to slaughter a few fat cows to reward the whole army."

All the soldiers listened. Afterwards, I was so happy that I forgot all about the defeat in the morning and my morale also increased rapidly. The deputy general said to the soldiers:"Brothers, today we were defeated by Zhao Jun. Tomorrow we must push Zhao Jun underground and beat him." All the Wei soldiers cheered.

Early the next morning, the Prime Minister of Zhao State, Gong Zhongle, was setting up a defense line. Due to the fierce offensive of the Wei army yesterday, he had already issued an order to the surrounding cities to come to support, and Lie and Feicheng also sent 5,000 soldiers each to come to support. At this time, There are already less than a thousand soldiers and garrison troops returning to the city.

However, Gong Zhongle did not find that the Wei army had sent a partial force north to cross the river. I just think that the Wei army intends to use this as a passage to attack Handan.

At this time, a messenger said to Gong Zhongle:"Prime Minister, 10,000 reinforcements from Lihe Feicheng have arrived." After hearing this, Gong Zhongle said happily:"Okay, great, hurry up and call they defend"——obey. The Wei army formed a square formation again and charged neatly towards the Zhao army's camp. From behind, the Wei army's crossbowmen fired arrows. Thousands of arrows were fired at Zhao soldiers. The Zhao army immediately raised their shields to block the arrows. It rained, but they still shot down some soldiers. The archers of the Zhao State did not have as far a shooting range as the crossbowmen of the Wei Army, so they could only be beaten passively. When the Wei Army arrived within the shooting range, the archers of the Zhao State fired arrows wildly, because if If they lose, the capital behind them may be in danger.

Once the capital is destroyed, the country will be considered dead. The two armies began a handover again. Since Wei mistakenly rewarded the Wei soldiers last night, the morale of the Wei army did not weaken. On the contrary, it was stronger than yesterday. The soldiers of the Wei army rushed forward under the leadership of the captain, and the Zhao army's defense line Weaknesses have already begun to appear.

But Zhao's army still stood on the defensive line. Use your own flesh and blood to stop the army of Wei. Gong Zhongle stood on the Chao chariot and kept watching the battle situation. He saw the red torrent of Wei State constantly hitting Zhao's defense line. One after another, the red torrent was about to break through the Zhao army's defense line, but was hit again by the Zhao army. go back.

In this way, Zhao Jun and Wei Jun started a tug of war. Kill, kill, kill. On the battlefield, soldiers are shouting to kill. Broken limbs and broken arms can be seen everywhere on the battlefield. The shouts of killing are mixed with a lot of wailing. The generals on both sides have expressionless faces, because this is war, war is... Even if he is going to die, a good general must remain calm and composed.

Although Gong Zhongle's face was expressionless, his heart was extremely anxious, because he saw Wei Jun almost rushing into the defense line many times. Although Zhao Jun fought them back, Gong Zhongle still couldn't calm down. Suddenly, a messenger came and said to Gong Zhongle:"Prime Minister Wei Guo has occupied Leren and Feicheng."

Gong Zhongle was shocked after hearing this. At this time, it was useless to defend Zhangshui. , then Gong Zhongle ordered the entire army to retreat and retreat to Handan. In the rear, Wei Cuo had discovered that Zhao Jun was ready to retreat, and then ordered:"Zhao Jun is about to retreat, the whole army is pressing on!" Zhao Jun was defeated and retreated. Gong Zhongle led the army back to Handan.

After the battle ended, corpses could be seen everywhere on the battlefield, including those of the Wei army and those of the Zhao army. Wei Cuo walked on the battlefield, looked at the setting sun, and saw the tragic situation on the battlefield. He thought to himself: I hope the war in the world can end soon.

At this time, he recalled the time when he was studying with He Guanzi. At that time, He Guanzi said to them many times:"The people of the world have been fighting hard for a long time. I don't know when the war will end." At that time, Wu Tong asked He said:"Sir, how can we end the war?"

He Guanzi just smiled, and then asked them:"Then what method can you use to end the war?" At that time, Wei Cuo replied:"Sir, if you want the world, It is so difficult to end the war. No one can do it!"

At this time, Wu Tong said to He Guanzi:"Sir, I have thought of it. In order to end the war in this world, the only way to end the war is to dominate the world.!"

After He Guanzi heard this, he kept clapping his hands and saying,"Wu Tong, Wu Tong, I believe you will make a difference as a teacher."

Wu Tong instead said,"Sir, I don't want to become an official. I want to discuss world knowledge with you."

A messenger came over and said,"General, our army lost more than 10,000 people in this battle, and Zhao's army also lost more than 10,000 people." After hearing this, Wei Cuo said:"General, soldiers Bury their bodies! By the way, bury Zhao Jun’s body too!"——obey.

Brother Wu Tong, if you come out, I believe the world will soon be unified. Wei Cuo thought silently in his heart. The next chapter will write about how Gongzi Ang captured the following people and Feicheng.