The Great Wei Empire in the Warring States Period

In Fangcheng, Pang Juan looked at the map on the wall and muttered to himself: "Ambush from all sides, Han River or Dan River?"

Wei Cuo walked in and asked: "Brother Pang, I think the Chu army should be coming soon, how can we defeat the Chu army?"

Pang Juan told his plan: "I plan to set up an ambush from all sides. The Chu army must pass through Ru River to reach Fangcheng, and they must take the shortest way, which is Fengyang beside Ru River. So I plan to set up an ambush here halfway across the river, which is the first ambush; then go to Fushui to flood the seven armies. Our army only needs to build a dam upstream, When the enemy army was about to cross the river, we dug up the dam and broke it with water! Then we sent thousands of soldiers to attack. The enemy suffered three ambushes and arrived at Fangcheng. Our army set up a position outside the city, with armored soldiers in front and many scarecrows in the back, wearing our clothes to pretend that our main force was outside Fangcheng. However, our real main force was placed in the dense forest behind the Chu army. When the enemy army and our army were about to meet, the army in the rear immediately rushed out and caught the Chu army off guard, forming an ambush on three sides. After the Chu army retreated, our army took the opportunity to send cavalry to pursue, and attacked the enemy halfway across the river. The Chu army must have been defeated. They will definitely flee back to Wan County from the small path on the border between Chu and Han. Our army will send another 5,000 Wei Wu soldiers directly to Yiwang Mountain. If the enemy wants to flee back to Wan County, they must pass through. Our army can ambush them here. This is my ambush from all sides! After the Chu army fled again, there was only one way, which was to immediately split into two groups, one to cross the turbulent water in Rangcheng, and the other to Wancheng, forming a pincer attack with them. I sent a detachment as a decoy, so that Rangcheng would mistakenly think that our army was going to cross the river to attack it, but in fact I was planning to occupy Wancheng first. "Wei Cuo nodded and said, "This plan is very good. The Chu army will definitely be defeated by our army. Defeat! Unfortunately, the Han army will take advantage of it. "

Pang Juan laughed and said, "The Han army is a joke. Even if Shen Buhai trained a new army, he still couldn't resist the elite of Wei! Go and make arrangements quickly. The Chu army should be delayed by the Han army for another day. One day is enough for our army to make arrangements."

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Jingshe led 200,000 Chu troops to Fangcheng. The loss of Fangcheng had already made Chu lose face. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Fangcheng of Chu was conquered by Jin, and now it was conquered by Wei. Is the long Great Wall built by Chu just a decoration?

Jing She was also cursing the generals who were guarding Fangcheng in his heart. The Chu State got nothing in this battle, and he was in trouble. Now, he had to rush back to retake Fangcheng. If Fangcheng was not retaken, his position as the Grand Marshal would also come to an end. After all, he was the chief general of the Chu Army, and if he did not win this battle, the Jing family would be greatly weakened. From then on, the Jing family would be the weakest among the three major families. You know, his position has always been coveted by the Zhao family.

Jing Xiu ran over and said, "Grand Marshal, our army should take a break for a while.Get off, many soldiers have already fallen to the ground. "

Jing She looked back and looked at the soldiers around him. The Chu army was already exhausted and panting. He sighed and said, "The whole army will rest for half an hour, and then go to Fangcheng immediately after resting."

Jing She sat on the ground and asked his followers to bring a map and looked at it for a while, and said, "If you want to reach Fangcheng quickly, the shortest way is to cross the Rushui and Fushui."

Jing Xiu said worriedly, "Da Sima, will the Wei army attack you halfway across the river?"

Jing She thought for a while and said, "It should be impossible. The Wei army only occupied Fangcheng of my Chu State. He didn't occupy other places at all. He shouldn't do anything wrong in my Chu State. Let's take a shortcut. If Fangcheng is lost, the Jing family will never have a chance to rise again!"

"Yes. ”

After resting, the Chu army continued to advance and arrived at the Ru River. Jing She ordered the army to be divided into three teams to cross the river. He said to the generals: "Jing Hong, you lead the front team to cross the river first. After reaching the other side of the river, immediately form a defensive formation. The other two teams will be commanded by me. Zhao Yang, you are responsible for leading some soldiers to rush to the boat. The rest of the generals will perform their duties! ”

"Yes! "The generals bowed and said.

When the boats were ready, Jinghong led the first team of soldiers to cross the river. When the first team of soldiers just stood on the opposite bank, a large group of Wei soldiers suddenly rushed out. The Chu army hurriedly responded and was caught off guard. The Wei army shot at the Chu army with bows and crossbows, and sent elite soldiers to attack the Chu army formation. Then they used burning chariots with blazing flames to hit the Chu army. At this time, the Chu army had already been beaten into chaos by the Wei army.

And Jingshe on the opposite bank was helpless. It was impossible to swim directly and go to rescue. He could only watch Jinghong and his troops desperately resist the Wei army. When the Chu army's formation stabilized, the Wei army fled into the mountains and forests like a gust of wind.

Jinghong immediately asked: "How many casualties did our army suffer?"

A lieutenant said timidly: "General, our army's casualties are close to 7,000."

Jinghong ordered fiercely: "The whole army should prepare a defensive formation! When I catch the Wei army, I will use Pang Juan's head to commemorate the casualties of our army!"

After all the Chu army crossed the river successfully, they reorganized one side and quickly moved towards the Fushui River. After the Chu army arrived at the Fushui River, Jingshe first sent the cautious Jingxiu with hundreds of soldiers to the other side of the river to scout one side.

Jingxiu took hundreds of soldiers to the other side of the river by boat, and then searched the surrounding mountains and forests, and found no trace of the Wei army. Finally, Jingxiu climbed up a high mountain nearby to observe the surroundings, and found that there was no smoke around, and no birds were seen circling in the air and dared not land. Then he sent a signal to tell Jingshe that there was no ambush of the Wei army here. After seeing the signal, Jingshe ordered: "The whole army crosses the river!"

Just when the army crossed the river safely, suddenly there was a loud roar, and the surrounding water vapor was getting more and more, and the ground under his feet was shaking constantly. Jingshe's mind was filled with a lot of thoughts.He flashed past quickly, smiling in his heart, saying: "Water attack!"…………

After the flood, the chariots of the Chu army fell to pieces and scattered all over the ground. Tens of thousands of soldiers were swallowed by the flood. The bodies of the Chu army floated everywhere on the water. The weapons were also buried deep in the mud. The flags could be said to have fallen down. It was completely unrecognizable that this was an army. The morale of the Chu army at this time had reached an extremely low level, and they had completely lost any fighting spirit. Jingshe stood on a high place and looked around. At this time, he was already discouraged. He didn't understand why he fell by the water twice in a row.

Just when he was in a daze, a group of Wei soldiers suddenly rushed out. The Chu army had just been flooded and was exhausted. They did not immediately prepare for anything. When they saw the Wei army rushing out, they were already scared out of their wits and fled. They had no intention of resisting at all. The Chu army generals stopped the Chu soldiers from escaping. Some generals killed several people in succession to prevent the soldiers from escaping. The commotion of the army subsided a little. Jing She also stood up quickly and drew the sword from his waist. With a firm look in his eyes, he shouted: "Whoever dares to escape will be killed without mercy! Soldiers, follow me to kill!"

After a while, the Wei army killed thousands of Chu soldiers and fled, while the Chu army only killed less than a hundred Wei soldiers. Jing She was covered in mud and blood. He threw the broken sword on the ground, sat on the ground, and laughed foolishly.

Jing Hong hurried over to comfort him: "Grand Marshal, our army still has at least 150,000 people, and we have not been completely defeated. Why don't we take a break today and wait until tomorrow to reach Fangcheng?"

Jing She sighed, then quickly cheered up and said firmly: "What a great Pang Juan, you defeated me twice with water. I want to see whether my Chu army's sword is stronger or your Wei army's spear is stronger! The whole army will march ten miles and then camp!"

The next morning

Jing She led the army to Fangcheng again. As soon as they arrived ten miles away from Fangcheng, they saw that the Wei army had been waiting for the arrival of the Chu army. When Jing She saw Pang Juan in the army, he was already gritting his teeth in anger and immediately ordered: "The whole army should immediately form an offensive formation! Prepare to attack!"

Jing She was indeed a veteran general of the Chu State. In less than a moment, the Chu army had arranged an offensive formation. Finally, Jing She drew his sword, swung it forward, pointed it at the Wei army and shouted fiercely: "The whole army should attack!"

The Chu army rushed towards the Wei army with firm steps, and decided to vent all the anger from yesterday on the Wei army today. The Wei army dared not to do anything with those tricks, and could only launch sneak attacks and ambushes.

Just when the Chu army reached the position of 300 steps, thousands of arrows were fired at once, and countless arrows rained down on the Chu army. The Chu army rushed towards the Wei army position desperately under the strong bows and arrows.

Pang Juan sat in the army holding the command flag and looked at Jingshe with interest, then swung the command flag left and right. When the Chu army was about to join the Wei army, a large number of Wei soldiers rushed out from the side and rear of the Chu army. The Chu army had no time to react and was killed without any resistance. Then, Pang Juan found the right time, drew his sword and led the army to charge directly into the center of the Chu army.

The Chu army was attacked from three sides by the Wei army, and then the WeiThe chariots of the army directly broke up the central army of the Chu army. The Chu army had no power to resist and retreated step by step. The Chu army collapsed across the board and trampled on each other. It can be said that Pang Juan's battle command was absolutely first-class in the world. In less than two hours, Pang Juan ended the battle. The Chu army suffered countless casualties and captured several Chu generals. Jing She could only lead the defeated army to retreat.

Pang Juan did not send anyone to calculate how many Chu soldiers were killed, but immediately sent cavalry to pursue the Chu army.

Led by Jing She, the Chu army desperately fled north. The speed of the Chu army's escape even made the Wei army cavalry sigh that the Chu army was really good at escaping! At this time, Jing She was also tired and panting. In order to escape quickly, he did not even sit in the chariot. He rode a horse and led the army to escape. Around him, Jing Xiu and Jing Hong were responsible for protecting him, while Zhaoyang commanded the army to retreat in an orderly manner in the middle of the army.

After running for an unknown period of time, Jing She saw that the Wei army did not pursue them, so he ordered the entire army to rest temporarily. At this time, Jing Xiu was also exhausted, and walked over and said, "Grand Marshal, there are only 100,000 soldiers left in our army."

When Jing She heard this, he had already prepared himself to be punished by the King of Chu, but he did not expect such heavy casualties. This defeat might cost him his life. Not only did he fail to recapture Fangcheng, but he was also beaten by the Wei army so hard that he could not even lift his head.

Jing She suddenly laughed and swore loudly to the sky: "Pang Juan! This time you made me suffer from an ambush! I curse you to be ambushed and killed in the future!"

Jing She asked his followers to bring a map, looked at it for a while and said: "We can't defend this place now, we must escape back to Wan County!"

Jing Xiu reminded: "But Fangcheng is occupied by the Wei army, we can't get through."

Jing She pointed to the Chu-Han border and said: "We can go along the border, cross the Zanshui River first, then cross the border, and then quickly go south through Yiwang Mountain, we will reach Wan County and be safe. Lead the whole army to rest for a while, and then set off again!"

Jing She stood up and thought to himself: "I will apologize for my crime when I go back! If the king wants my head, I am sorry to the king." Then, he thought of his grandson Jing Cui and sighed: "I hope he can lead the Jing family to continue!"

Half a minute later, the Chu army arrived at the river after half a day's march. The King of Chu was already scared when he saw the water. Jing She looked at the depth of the water and ordered: "Don't build boats, build a bridge immediately!"

Just as the Chu army was stepping up to build a bridge, the Wei cavalry took advantage of the situation and rushed out. The Chu army's attention had long been on it. In the matter of building a bridge, they had not taken any precautions at all. The Chu army was caught off guard. Some Chu soldiers rushed directly into the river when they saw the Wei army. Countless people were drowned. After the Chu army stabilized its position, the Wei cavalry also quickly fled away, and did not forget to throw a fire on the bridge of the Chu army when they fled.

The Chu army was already terrified. They were terrified at the slightest movement, thinking that the Wei army was coming. Even Jingshe thought that the trees around him wereThe soldiers of the Wei army were so scared that they thought everything was Wei soldiers.

The Chu army was not in high spirits now. After several consecutive defeats, they felt that they could not defeat the Wei army. If they continued to fight like this, they would surrender.

The next morning, the Chu army had built the bridge. Jingshe led the army to pass through the bridge in an orderly manner. Then, they quickly cut through the thorns and crossed the border. In order not to be discovered by the Han army, they bypassed one Han sentry tower after another and finally arrived at Yiwang Mountain safely.

The entire Chu army was already very excited and their morale was improved. After all, as long as they passed Yiwang Mountain, they could reach Wan County of Chu and finally be safe. Just as the Chu army passed Yiwang Mountain with great joy, and just as the army entered the mountain, a large number of arrows suddenly appeared in the sky. The Chu army did not react at all and suffered a large number of casualties.

On both sides of the mountain, flags of the Wei army were erected one after another. The Chu army was already terrified and had no intention of fighting to the death with the Wei army. They fled to the exit one after another, and even ignored the generals' orders. The Chu army generals did not see it, and could no longer command the soldiers to fight, so they could only flee to the exit with the tide of the army.

When the Chu army escaped from Yiwang Mountain, Jingshe was also very scared. He hurriedly touched his head and muttered to himself: "Is my head still there?"

Jing Xiu hurriedly woke Jingshe up and said: "Da Sima, we all got out alive!"

Jingshe calmed his heart strongly, took a few deep breaths, and asked after calming his heart: "How many people are left in our army?"

Zhaoyang said disappointedly: "Da Sima, there are less than 70,000 people left in our army."

Jingshe couldn't help laughing after hearing this, and laughed and laughed: "I laugh at why Pang Juan didn't set up here Heavy troops? If we deploy heavy troops, we will all be defeated in this mountain. It seems that Pang Juan's use of troops is just like this! Pang Juan's ambush plan is indeed good, but it will only defeat our army, not completely annihilate it! Our army still has a lot of manpower! "

After seeing Jing She's calm heart, Zhaoyang suggested: "Grand Sima, if our army wants to defend Wan County now, I think our army can be divided into two groups, one to defend Rangcheng and the other to defend Wancheng. In this way, we can form a horn posture. No matter which one the Wei army attacks, we can support each other and attack the Wei army from both sides!"

"Okay! Just do as you say!" Jing She said calmly.

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After Pang Juan read the battle report, a soldier entered the tent and said with a bow: "General, the Prime Minister of Han is coming with 60,000 troops. Now they have entered Fangcheng."

"Oh, please invite the Prime Minister of Han to the tent quickly." Pang Juan said.

Shen Buhai walked into the tent, Pang Juan stood up and walked over to him, saying, "General Pang Juan of Wei greets the Prime Minister of Han."

Shen Buhai also returned the greeting, saying, "Greetings, General."

Shen Buhai continued to flatter, saying, "General is really a master of military tactics!You ambushed the Chu army and beat them around. You have the initiative firmly in your hands. I guess even Sun Wu is not as good as you in using troops. "

Pang Juan laughed and said, "It's nothing. It's mainly because the commander of the Chu army is incompetent."

Shen Buhai asked, "Excuse me, General, how should we fight after the two armies merge into one?"

Pang Juan pointed to a place on the map and said, "Wancheng!"

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It will be more exciting next. Lu Meng's white clothes crossing the river is really a good strategy!

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