The Great Wei Empire in the Warring States Period

Wei Guo Court

After reading the battle report, Wei Ling said unhappily: "Everyone, Prince Ang has been fighting for almost a year, and he has not yet conquered Handan! Should I change the general temporarily?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the counselor Ji Liang stood up and objected: "Your Majesty, you must not change the general on the battlefield. Changing the general on the battlefield is a taboo in military strategy!"

Prime Minister Hui Shi also stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Doctor Ji Liang is right. Changing the general on the battlefield is a taboo in military strategy! On the contrary, it may allow the enemy to find a flaw."

Almost all the civil officials stood up to object, except for the military generals. After all, the military generals are not good at talking. Even if they speak, the King of Wei may not listen, so it is better not to speak.

Even Pang Juan is the same. Since the King of Wei did not agree with his plan to destroy Qin, he basically only stands up to answer when the King of Wei asks him. He basically does not speak unless there is something too important.

Wei Ling did not listen to the civil officials, but asked: "General, if you go, how long will it take to destroy Zhao?"

"It will probably take more than a year." Pang Juan stood up and replied.

Wei Ling was very surprised and said: "Can't the general destroy Zhao quickly if he goes in person?"

"Your Majesty, even if the military saint is alive, it is impossible to destroy a country so quickly! To deal with Zhao, you must take steady steps, just like Le Yang attacked Zhongshan. It took Le Yang three years to attack a small country like Zhongshan, let alone attacking a big country like Zhao." Pang Juan replied.

Wei Ling still did not change his mind. He asked, "Why did you destroy countries like Wei and Lu so quickly?"

"Your Majesty, Lu may seem to have a land area of ​​several hundred miles, but its monarch has always been righteous and never cared about the army, so it was easy to destroy. Wei's land area is only 200 miles, and we attacked Wei by surprise, so it was so easy to destroy it! And it took us two months to destroy Lu and Wei!" Pang Juan replied.

After hearing this, Wei Ling asked Zhai Kai and Zhai Liang, "Zhai Kai, Zhai Liang, if you two lead the army, can we quickly destroy Zhao?"

Zhai Kai and Zhai Liang's eyes were wide open. Pang Juan didn't have the confidence to destroy Zhao so quickly, so what virtue and ability did they have?

Zhai Kai shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, my ability to command troops is second only to General Xiang Ci. At most, I can lead an army to attack the cities of Zhao."

Zhai Liang also nodded in agreement. Wei Ling saw that the entire court opposed his replacement of generals in the middle of a battle, and none of the generals were willing to lead troops to attack Zhao. He said angrily, "Does Wei not even have a talented general?"

Wei Shen stood up and persuaded, "Father, calm down. Zhao is not so easy to be destroyed. If you want to destroy Zhao quickly, you can only continue to gather troops to Handan to support your uncle's army."

Wei Ling did not want to continue recruiting troops and said, "Why don't I ask Xiang Ci's 20,000 troops to go to Handan for support? I wonder what you think? After all, he is in Neihuang, not far from Handan."

Pang Juan stood upHe said, "Okay! But I think it's better to gather some soldiers to Handan again."

"Okay! Order Xiang Ci to lead the army to Handan immediately, and take down the two cities of Lieren and Feicheng!" Wei Ling ordered.

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Wei Army Camp

Prince Ang was sitting sideways, drinking and reading a book, when his deputy general Baning rushed in and said, "General, General Xiang Ci is here with 20,000 troops."

The bamboo slips in Prince Ang's hand fell unnaturally. Thinking of the previous replacement of troops, he was worried that the King of Wei might replace him. Could it be another attempt by Zhao to sow discord? Asked: "What is Xiang Ci doing here?"

"I don't know!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiang Ci rushed in with several followers and said with a smile: "Brother Ang! I came to support you by order of the king!"

Prince Ang's heart instantly relaxed, and he stood up and said with a smile: "General Xiang Ci came just in time! I was just worried that I didn't have enough soldiers to attack Handan."

Xiang Ci asked: "Brother Ang, what's the situation here?"

"The troops from all over Zhao wanted to come to rescue Handan, but they were all repelled by our army, and the food in the city is running out. I plan to starve the enemy for a while, and then send troops to attack the city when the enemy is unable to fight with our army again!" Prince Ang said.

Xiang Ci said after hearing this: "I think it won't be long before the King of Zhao will find a way to escape."

"It's possible. Brother Xiang Ci, do you want to capture the King of Zhao?"

"No, even if you capture the King of Zhao, Zhao can still let someone else be the King of Zhao. I will be responsible for guarding the rear army." Xiang Ci said and left with a few followers.

At night, Tai Chengwu came to the north gate quietly with hundreds of elite soldiers and a carriage. Tai Chengwu said meaningfully: "General Zhao Ke, the success of Handan depends on you."

Zhao Ke responded: "Prime Minister, please rest assured that I will definitely guard Handan City. Please flee to Jinyang with the king, the queen and the prince immediately! I will guard here and will never let the Wei army attack Handan!"

Zhao Yong said on the side: "I also want to guard Handan."

Tai Chengwu scolded: "Prince! Now is not the time to be willful. Although you are strong, you must also take the overall situation into consideration!"

"Then I'll leave it to you, General!" Tai Chengwu saluted Zhao Ke respectfully.

The north gate of Handan was quietly opened and the drawbridge was lowered. There were several soldiers patrolling the arrow tower of the Wei army. Suddenly, they saw and discovered the Zhao army sneaking out of the city.

Shouted: "The Zhao army broke through!"

"Not good! One team of sword and shield soldiers, two teams of halberd soldiers, protect the king!" Zhao Keling said.

The crossbowmen of the Wei army did not shoot arrows because they were afraid of hurting their own people at night, and the Wei soldiers rushed to the Zhao army.

The Zhao army formed a formation to protect the king's carriage so that it could break through. Hundreds of elite soldiers guarded around the king's carriage and quickly fled to the gap.

The Wei army pressed forward step by step and did not want to let the Zhao army break through. A deputy general ordered: "We can't letThe Zhao army breaks out! Kill them all! "

"The chariot troops protect the king!" Zhao Keling said.

Due to the obstruction of the Zhao army's chariots, the Wei army could not break through, "Kill them all! If you dare to let one Zhao soldier go, the whole team will be punished!"

Kill~~

"The Zhao army cannot be let go!"

"The rear team archers cover the king's departure! ”

In order to protect the safe evacuation of the national army, the Zhao army deliberately left 1,000 people behind. There were shouts and killings on the battlefield. Both sides kept sending troops and generals. The sky was dark and the stars and moon were dim.

In the tent

Gong Ziang also knew that the Zhao army was breaking through, and there was also a huge credit for the king of Zhao. Gong Ziang had been thinking about whether to send a detachment to pursue?

Geng Ying on the side interrupted Gong Ziang's thoughts and said: "General, I am willing to lead an army in person to capture the king of Zhao!"

Gong Ziang waved his hand to interrupt Geng Ying's request and said: "If the Zhao Hou is gone, Zhao can establish another one." Then he pointed to Handan on the sheepskin map and said excitedly: "If Handan is taken, half of Zhao will be gone, and we will definitely go down in history! ”

Geng Ying, Baning, Yin Chen and other generals beside him were all infected by Gongzi Ang’s momentum and responded loudly: "Yes, sir!"

Outside Handan City, the Zhao army retreated northward like a tide, and the way to break out was unobstructed. Gongzi Ang still sent an army to follow and pretend to pursue, but the main force remained outside Handan City to clean up the battlefield.

The Zhao army lost more than 3,000 people in the breakout battle, mainly the isolated army that fell into the encirclement of the Wei army after the formation was disrupted. The Wei army lost only more than 500 people, mainly the guards of the two trenches and arrow towers, who used their lives to slow down the speed of the Zhao army in the first round of breakout.

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Qi State Court

Qi Gong Tian Yinqi said to everyone after reading the secret report: "Everyone, the king of Zhao State broke out with his companions not long ago and has fled to Jinyang. Now Zhao State is in danger, should we send troops? ”

Tian Ji stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I think it is time to send troops. If we don't send troops, Zhao will be destroyed soon!"

"Okay! General Tian Ji, you will lead 100,000 troops to Handan, Zhao to provide support immediately!" Tian Yinqi ordered.

"Your Majesty is wise."

Three days later, Tian Ji led 100,000 troops to the border of Wei and asked Sun Bin, "Military Advisor, what should we do next? Should we go to Handan, Zhao to provide support immediately?"

Sun Bin smiled slyly and said, "Brother Tian Ji, in fact, we should let Wei break through Handan, Zhao."

"Why! "Tian Ji said in great doubt.

Sun Bin said: "Because what Qi wants is a weak Zhao. Now Zhao has not been weakened too much by Wei. You should know that Zhao still has more than 200,000 troops and the wealth piled up in Handan is incalculable. If we go to rescue it, Zhao will suffer because of its weakness. What Qi needs is a weak Zhao, not a strong Zhao. Let Zhao fight with Wei for a while, and then we will fight after Handan is broken.It is in the interests of Qi to rescue them. "

"But, this is completely against our promise! Military betrayal is wrong. We have agreed that we must rescue Handan, Zhao!" Tian Ji said excitedly.

Sun Bin laughed and said, "In a time of great contention, who cares about morality? Don't you know this common sense, brother Tian Ji? Zhao is an ally of Wei, and Wei went to fight, and we didn't say that we would guarantee that Handan would not be conquered by Wei."

"But, I feel..."

Before Tian Ji finished speaking, Sun Bin interrupted and said, "Brother Tian Ji, you are too honest. All is fair in war, and it is common in the military!"

After thinking for a while, Tian Ji said, "Since we are not going to Handan, we can't stay here forever."

"Yes! Just wait here! Wait for the opportunity. "Sun Bin said.

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