The Great Wei Empire in the Warring States Period

The siege of Handan had lasted for a year. This period should have been the farming season, but due to the tight siege by the Wei army outside the city, the people in the city could not go out to work, and there was little food left in the city.

Gong Ziang stood on the nest car and observed the situation in the city. Deputy General Baning climbed up and said: "General, it is spring now. We have been besieging this city for ten months. The soldiers are homesick. If we continue to fight, I feel that we will not be able to hold on."

Gong Ziang said cruelly: "General Baning, tell the soldiers to break through Handan. Except for the Zhao royal palace and treasury, they are allowed to plunder for three days!"

"Yes!"

In the tent

Gong Ziang said to everyone: "Everyone, we have been besieging for almost a year. Do you have any good ideas to quickly attack the city?"

Geng Ying suggested: "Why not attack the city directly? Anyway, the morale of the Zhao army has been getting weaker and weaker, and our army is in high spirits. We will definitely be able to break through it in one fell swoop!"

"Yes! General, General Geng Ying is right. Just attack it directly!" said a lieutenant general.

Just as Gongzi Ang was thinking, a spring thunder suddenly sounded, and he immediately thought of a plan and said to everyone: "I have a plan to defeat the enemy!"

Gongzi Ang then said: "I plan to use catapults to break the city! As long as we build 100 catapults and take turns to launch them, even if the walls of Handan are strong, they will not be able to withstand our attack."

"Catapults are good for attacking cities, but their accuracy is too poor." A general complained.

"It's okay. As long as there are enough troops, there's no need to worry about not being able to defeat them." Gongzi Ang then ordered: "Gengying, you lead the people to build the trebuchet immediately and try to build it within ten days."

"Yes!"

When the generals were about to leave, Gongzi Ang called Xiang Ci, and Xiang Ci asked: "Brother Ang, do you have any orders?"

When everyone left and only the two of them were left, Gongzi Ang whispered a few words in Xiang Ci's ear. After listening, Xiang Ci nodded and sighed: "Brother Ang's use of troops is not as good as mine!"

In the city, Zhao Ke had been worried for a long time, and his face was full of disappointment. Why hadn't the reinforcements from Qi arrived yet? What happened? Did Qi regret it?

Zhao Ke sighed: "How much food is left in the city?"

"At most, hold on for another month!" The deputy general replied.

Zhao Ke stood up, walked to the side of the map, and looked at the power map of various countries. His eyes immediately fell on Qi in the east. Why hasn't it come yet?

Zhao Ke helplessly ordered: "Tell the soldiers to continue to hold their ground."

"Yes."

Jinyang Palace

Zhao Yu looked at Fei Yi and Tai Chengwu and said anxiously: "You two, the reinforcements from Qi haven't come yet. Could they regret it?"

Fei Yi thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, we can't rely on others now. We have to rely on ourselves. Please summon troops from all over the country immediately. Well, with the vast land of Zhao, we can also summon more than 200,000 troops. A frontal battle must beWe will definitely not fall into the disadvantage of the Wei army."

Zhao Yu sighed and said, "Military Advisor, it is easier said than done. Now the Zhao army sees the Wei army as if they see a tiger, and I only have this little family background. The Wei army's commander Gongzi Ang has many strategies. I feel that Handan City cannot be saved."

Zhao Yong said, "Father, why don't we do as the military advisor says? What if we can defeat the Wei army head-on?"

"No chance, let's withdraw from the court! "

Ten days later, more than a hundred catapults drove out of the queue. In the eyes of the Zhao army, they tried to throw a round of huge wood and stones, but the range was insufficient and they fell into the moat. Because the Zhao army also had catapults, the Wei army's catapults could only be placed at a safe distance.

The Wei army did not stop the test firing, and continued to shoot at the walls of Handan.

Zhao Ke looked at these catapults that could not reach his own walls and felt very confused. What's the point of building a wall that can't even hit him?

Could it be that Gongzi Ang had another trick? Zhao Ke immediately ordered: "All troops listen to my orders. Anyone who goes out of the city to fight without my order will be killed!"

Gongzi Ang stood on the nest car and looked at Handan City meaningfully, muttering to himself: "Zhao Ke, this battle is the day you die! ”

The next day, the catapults were launched again, and their efficiency was significantly improved. Some of the stone bullets could already roll to the city wall.

More than ten days later, some wood was thrown onto the tower by the wind, and others were able to hit the city wall and make pits.

The entire Zhao army could not understand why the Wei army did this. The attack was not strong, and it could be said that it was almost a tickle to the city wall.

Zhao Ke thought hard and could not figure it out. He said sadly: "If Fei Yi was here at this time, it would be great. He has many strategies and will definitely be able to see it."

Deputy General Wu Ling came over and said: "General, according to the scouts' report, no movement of the Wei army was found."

"Then, what are they going to do! ”

The night was filled with thick clouds, and the wind and rain were strong. The Zhao army breathed a sigh of relief, because the range of the catapults would be greatly shortened in the rain. In the darkness of the wind and rain, the Zhao army saw that the Wei army had run into the tents to avoid the rain, and they also went back to their rooms to avoid the rain.

Prince Ang stood on the nest car and gave an order. The Wei army showed thousands of ladders hidden in the camp. Thirty thousand Wei Wu soldiers carried the ladders and crossed the river to climb the city silently. Thunder and lightning were flying, the vision was blurred, and the thunder also covered the sound of horses' hooves.

Most of the Zhao army hid in the city tower to avoid the rain. The city walls in the rain Although there were guards on the top, their eyesight was poor. The Zhao army lowered the scouts with ropes and crossed the moat to investigate the enemy. Although the Zhao army scouts discovered the enemy, it was too late.

Before they climbed the city wall, they were shot and killed by the Wei Wuzu with crossbows. Thousands of ladders were quickly set up on the city wall. Before the Zhao army could react, the first soldiers had already killed them on the city wall.

The Wei army quickly occupied the tower and the city gate with division of labor. The city gate was also opened by the Wei army. 30,000 Wei Wuzu swarmed in, shattering the tired dreams of the soldiers and civilians in Handan City.

WeiOn the military chariot, Gongzi Ang in the rain looked towards Handan City. Others could not see Handan City at all, but his eyes were shining with light, as if he could see the battlefield situation in the dark night as clearly as in the daytime.

The shouts of killing had already shaken the sky in the city, and Gongzi Ang immediately ordered: "All troops attack!"

The Wei army poured into the city with a large number of pent-up resentment, which was finally released at this moment. They held butcher knives and slaughtered the people in the city crazily. No matter whether he was an old man, a woman or a child, they almost killed anyone they met from Zhao.

Zhao Ke went out and saw that the city had already been in full swing. The crazy slaughter of the people by the Wei army made him very angry. The rain at night seemed to be telling the misfortune of the city.

"General! Let's retreat. We are powerless!"

"No! We can't retreat! Soldiers, follow me to kill the enemy!"

"Look! That seems to be the commander of the Zhao army!"

"Capture the commander of the Zhao army alive! A reward of ten thousand gold!"

"Shoot the arrows!"

"Protect the general!"

"Brothers, kill! Kill the Wei dogs!"

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The battle lasted for most of the night. Twelve thousand Zhao soldiers were killed, thousands of them took off their armor and weapons and hid in people's houses to save their lives, and nine thousand surrendered due to hunger and exhaustion.

In this battle, the casualties of Wei Wuzu reached more than a thousand, and the number of other casualties reached as high as ten thousand.

For three whole days, there was no sound of chickens or dogs barking in the entire Handan city. It was completely a dead city, and the people in the city closed their doors. Three days ago, the fighting in the city by the Wei army had frightened the people of Handan so much that they dared not go out to the streets, but there was no general of the Wei army to comfort the people.

Prince Ang said to everyone: "Everyone, Handan City has been broken. Now the soldiers have let out their anger and immediately captured the counties near Handan! Tell the king that Handan City has been broken! And although I did not agree to allow the soldiers to burn, kill and loot at will, please take out the property of the treasury and distribute it to the soldiers!"

"Yes!"

Wei Guo Court

After reading the battle report, Wei Lang laughed and said: "Handan has been broken by our army! Zhao Guo has perished!"

"Long live the king! Long live Wei Guo!"

"Long live the king! Long live Wei Guo!"

"Tell Prince Ang to continue attacking other places in Zhao Guo and occupy the entire territory of Zhao Guo!" Wei Lang ordered.

Prime Minister Hui Shi stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I have heard that after the Wei army captured Handan, they wantonly slaughtered the people, killing nearly 20,000 people. If it weren't for Prince Ang who sent the supervision team to forcibly stop the soldiers from fighting, this city would have become a dead city. In order to appease the soldiers, I think we should send people to reward them!"

"Okay! I agree, and the Prime Minister will be responsible for this matter."

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Tian Ji also learned the news that Handan City was broken, and said to Sun Bin, "Brother Sun Bin, now that the Wei army has captured Handan City, we should go to save Zhao State, right?"

"Okay! Send troops to Wei State!" Sun Bin said happily.

When Tian Ji heard that they were going to Wei, he was already suspicious of what Sun Bin was doing and asked, "Mr. Sun Bin, Zhao is in the north. And why are we going to Wei?"

"Besiege Wei to save Zhao!"

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