The Great Wei Empire in the Warring States Period

The leader of the Chu army, Jing She, pointed to a city on the map and said:"Everyone, our Chu army has now captured three cities in Qi, but they are only a few small cities and are not of much value. Therefore, if our army wants to occupy Qi's In the land of Huaisi, we must occupy Xiapi. Only by occupying Xiapi can we go deep into the land of Huaisi."

The deputy general said:"General, there are nearly 20,000 defenders in Xiapi City, and the city walls are tall, making it difficult to attack!" Jing She smiled and said:"Everyone, don't worry, I have a plan to defeat Xiapi."

Xiapi City

Xiapi Guards General Tian Meng said to the deputy general:"Have you discovered the movements of the Chu army?""General, our scouts have not The Chu army was discovered," the deputy general said. After hearing this, Tian Meng said:"If you discover the Chu army's movements, report it to me immediately.""Yes, General."The deputy general said with cupped hands.

Just as the deputy general was about to leave, Tian Meng said again:"Tell the whole army again to tighten the defense and move the defensive equipment to the city as soon as possible."——General.

In Tian Ji's house, Tian Ji said worriedly:"Mr. Sun Bin, now that the Chu army has entered the Huaisi region of our country, what should we do?"

Sun Bin smiled and said:"Brother Tian Ji, don't worry, it's not you who will lead the troops in the war. Why worry?" After hearing what Sun Bin said, Tian Ji said:"Mr. Sun Bin, you and I are the same people, how can we not worry when the country is in trouble!"

Sun Bin picked up the tea on the table, took a sip, and said :"This time, if the Chu army attacks our Qi state, Tian Shou's army will be defeated! Brother Tian Ji, you will soon become a general."

Tian Ji was puzzled and said:"Mr. Sun Bin, General Tian Shou is a famous general of our Qi State. How could he be defeated by the Chu army?"

Sun Bin said:"First, Tian Shou is too arrogant. He thinks that he has won several battles. Pay attention to the enemy. The second is that our army is a tired army, and the Chu army is waiting for work, so it will be able to defeat our army. The third is the leader of the Chu army, Jing She. Although this person does not seem to be famous, he uses his troops carefully. He cares about the soldiers and has a good strategy. Tian Shou cannot win against him."

Tian Ji said displeased:"Mr. Sun Bin, you underestimate our Qi army. One hundred thousand martial arts warriors of our Qi country can defeat one enemy." Ten, as elite as the soldiers of Wei Wu!"

Sun Bin did not explain, but asked:"Brother Tian Ji, compared with Tian Shou or Pang Juan, who is better at training troops?" Tian Ji immediately replied:"Of course it is Pang Juan.""Since you all think that Pang Juan's military training is better than that of Tian Shou, then why do you think that the martial arts warriors of Qi State are better than the soldiers of Wei State? When Tian

Ji heard this, he wanted to say something, but he couldn't. Sun Bin smiled and said,"Brother Tian Ji, don't worry anymore. You can stop worrying when your Majesty makes you a general." Tian

Meng, the guard of Xiapi City, looked at the 200,000 Chu troops under the city and couldn't help but feel nervous. He turned around and asked,"Didn't I tell you immediately when I discovered the Chu troops? Why did you wait until the Chu troops arrived at the gates to tell me?"."

The deputy general on the side said:"General, I told the commander of the scout camp your military order. I don't know the rest! Tian Meng looked at the general of the scout camp, the anger in his heart suddenly ignited, and he ordered to the soldiers:"Drag this person who neglects military affairs and kill him.""——yes.

The leader of the scout camp panicked and begged for mercy quickly:"General, I was wrong, please forgive me!" After the soldiers dragged the man down, the generals suddenly became frightened.

Afterwards, Tian Meng said:"In the future, if someone neglects the military situation, it will be just like this person."""General!"The generals said. Tian Meng ordered:"Order the entire army to prepare for defense!"——yes.

In the Chu army's camp, Jing She said to the generals:"Everyone, if our army wants to penetrate deep into the Huaisi area, it must capture Xiapi City. What do you think?"

A general said:"General, Xiapi City has tall walls. It is better for our army to take a detour and borrow a road from Lu State to attack Ju City directly and threaten the hinterland of Qi State."

Jingshe did not refuse, but said:"That's good, but do you know? If our army takes Jucheng directly from the territory of Lu State, what if Lu State cuts off our retreat? Lu State has always been a vassal of Qi State. Therefore, your move is a risky move and the safest move. The first step is to capture Xiapi, go straight to Tancheng from Xiapi, and then capture Jucheng. In this way, half of the Huaisi land will be occupied by our Chu State. Similarly, this is also the most effective way of fighting, because if we fight like this, if If our army is defeated, we can retreat to Xiapi to ensure some victory." After hearing this, the generals said:"Da Sima is still thinking carefully!""Everyone, then take a rest and attack the city at night." The deputy general asked in confusion:" Why did Da Sima attack the city at night?" Jing She said with a smile:"Everyone, it is easiest to attack the city at night, because our army just arrived, so logically we should attack the city, but our army did not attack the city. It will make the enemy think that we intend to besiege the city for a long time, which will make the enemy relax their vigilance. Therefore, I decided not to attack during the day and attack the city at night." After hearing this, the generals said with admiration:"Da Sima Yingming."

Xiapi City guard Tian Meng looked at the Chu army's camp. The Qi army had been waiting for a long time, but the Chu army did not come out of the camp to attack. Tian Meng felt a little confused, just when he was thinking about it.

Suddenly, the deputy general next to him said:"General, is it possible that the Chu army wants to besiege us?" Tian Meng thought for a while and said,"It's possible." Then Tian Meng said,"Since the other party wants to besiege us, our army has been Rest for ten days. Wait until the reinforcements arrive, and then attack the Chu army from both sides."——yes.

At night, a group of Chu soldiers dressed in Qi army secretly walked to Xiapi City. The leading captain said:"After entering the city, burn the enemy's granary first. When the enemy army is in chaos, then open the city gate." Open!""Yes." Everyone whispered. Several flying hooks hooked on the city wall, and then the Chu soldiers climbed onto the city wall one by one. After climbing the city wall, the leading captain took out a map of the city, looked at it, and said:"Take ten people and secretly set fire to the houses near the opponent's city gate. The rest will follow me to burn the opponent's granary. Remember. Stay, you must wait until we light the granary, then you can light it again"——yes.

In the county house, Tian Meng had fallen asleep. In his dream, he saw the Chu army general laughing at him and saying to him:"I have taken your Xiapi, I have taken your Xiapi." He kept talking in his ears, as the shouts of killing continued, and there were fires everywhere. Tian Meng woke up with a cry.

All I was worried about was that Xiapi would be captured, and I waited until my heart calmed down. He murmured:"I was scared to death. I really thought that Xiapi had been conquered. This dream was so scary!" Suddenly, he found that the cry of killing was coming from his ears. He shook his head again and said seriously. After listening for a while, I found that there were really shouts of killing outside. He immediately took his sword and planned to go out. As soon as he opened the door, the soldiers bumped into him.

The soldier didn't care too much and said quickly:"The general is not good! The Chu army has entered the city!""What!" Tian Meng said in shock. Tian Meng pulled out his sword and said loudly:"Everyone, please follow me to defend the city!"——yes. The soldiers said.

Tian Meng led his soldiers out of the county house and saw the Chu soldiers on the street. Tian Meng took the lead and rushed towards the Chu army's formation, slashing left and right, advancing bravely and killing the Chu soldiers. Kill, kill, kill, Tian Meng held a sword in his hand and killed three Chu soldiers in a row. When he saw a Chu army captain, when he was about to rush forward, more than ten arrows hit him. Tian Meng paused and took He fell down deeply unwilling. When the Qi army saw that their general was dead, they also surrendered.

In the early morning, Jingshe stood on Xiapi City, looking into the distance. The deputy general came over and said,"Da Sima, according to our army's detailed report, the vanguard of the Qi army is led by Tian Shu." When Jingshe heard this, he burst out laughing..

The lieutenant general said in confusion:"General, according to Tian Shu, this is a famous general in the Qi State who is good at fighting and quick, so why does the Great Sima laugh?"

Jing She then said,"This Tian Shu has been imitating the famous generals of the Wei State. Unfortunately, Ang only learned the superficial knowledge of how to lead troops in combat, and did not learn the essence. He led the vanguard here to kill our army."

After hearing this, the deputy general also understood and immediately said:"Da Sima, this shows that our army We must win!" Jing She ordered:"Order the army to rest for two hours, and then the whole army attacks Tancheng."——obey.

The Qi army, Tian Shu, with 30,000 vanguard troops, was rushing towards the land of Huaisi. The deputy general beside him said:"General Chu has sent their famous general Jing She to come to our army in person. Do you want to be more careful?"

Tian Shu did not take the lieutenant's words to heart at all, but said:"Our Qi elite can fight one against ten, and even the Wei warriors are not as good as our Qi warriors, not to mention that all my vanguard troops are martial warriors. What do two hundred thousand Chu troops count? Order the whole army to advance at full speed!"

The deputy general advised again:"General, martial arts warriors are only good at fighting alone, but martial arts warriors have poor endurance. Even if they advance at full speed for half a day, they can only Walk 80 miles, General. If you go any faster, I'll be careful.……"

"That's enough, stop talking and order the entire army to advance at full speed!"Tian Shu said. The deputy general could not be persuaded, so he could only issue an order. Little did he know that it was the urgent march requested by Tian Shu that led to the disastrous defeat of the Qi Army's vanguard!