The Great Wei Empire in the Warring States Period

Gong Ziang unfolded the map, read it and said: "Now Qi's 100,000 troops are attacking Daliang fiercely. If you want to quickly support them and don't want to be discovered by the enemy's scouts, the best way is to enter Wei County, then go west to Henei County, pass Guiling, and then walk a hundred miles to reach Daliang."

Deputy General Baning advised: "General, we just need to reach Daliang, why bother? Can't we return by the original route?"

"My life's achievements have been fighting against Han and Zhao, and I only served as the main general when attacking Han. The reason why I was able to serve as the main general in this attack on Zhao was thanks to the promotion of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. The most important thing is that the attack on Handan of Zhao was discussed with the general and others, and it was not my own credit." Gong Ziang said slowly.

Gong Ziang continued: "Our army is not only going to rescue Daliang, but also to defeat the Qi army! I heard that Sun Bin has the ability to plan and win a battle thousands of miles away! Even the generals are not as good as him. I want to see if this man is as rumored!"

Geng Ying asked: "General, how should we fight?"

Gong Ziang pointed to the map and said: "As long as we pass Guiling, the Qi army will be weaker than ours in frontal combat. The Qi army will definitely retreat to the Jishui River. Our army will send Wuzu to detour to block the retreat of the Qi army, and the main force will attack the Qi army from behind and annihilate the Qi army at the Jishui River!"

"General, Sun Bin, the military advisor of the Qi army, has an unparalleled strategy. I am worried that we will be surrounded and annihilated by the Qi army like General Gongsun Zao." Yin Chen reminded.

Gong Zi Ang had never met Sun Bin, but he had heard that he was very good at fighting. As for Gong Sun Zao's defeat, Gong Zi Ang was unwilling to compare himself with Gong Sun Zao, because Gong Sun Zao was only good at fighting but not at strategy.

Gong Zi Ang chuckled and said, "The Qi army went deep into the country alone, and its vanguard attacked Pingling of Wei State, but was completely annihilated by our army. This shows that the commander of the Qi army was not very good at using troops, and he also committed a major taboo in military strategy. So even if we can't defeat him, we can slowly wear him down!"

Gong Zi Ang ordered, "General Xiang Ci, you lead 40,000 people to stay in Handan, and I will lead 60,000 people to Daliang!"

"Yes, sir!" The generals bowed.

Qi Army Camp

Tian Ji entered the camp with great joy and said to Sun Bin with a smile: "Mr. Sun Bin, as you said, Gongzi Ang has led the army to Daliang. According to your request, our scouts found that the Wei army did not return along the original route, but passed through Wei County and then went to Henei County. After that, their only way was Guiling!"

Sun Bin smiled and said: "Did the scouts find out how many people there were in the Wei army?"

"The Wei army has about 60,000 people, and there are at least 30,000 Wei Wu soldiers among the 60,000 people." Tian Ji said.

Sun Bin clapped his hands and laughed: "Great! 30,000 Wei Wu soldiers, even if the Wei army is not completely wiped out in this battle, as long as these 30,000 Wei Wu soldiers are defeated, the Wei Kingdom will definitely be seriously injured!"

Sun Bin looked at the map and said: "Immediately ask Tian Pan to lead 20,000 troops to harass the Wei army, which can only be defeated.No victory! In this case, the commander of the Wei army will certainly despise our army, and then lure the Wei army to Guiling. In order to annihilate Tian Pan's troops, the Wei army will definitely not explore too much and will definitely enter Guiling. Then we only need to ambush 10,000 archers on both sides of the road, place more rolling logs and kerosene, and as long as the Wei army comes in, they will definitely die here! "

"Okay! Brother Sun Bin! The King of Wei will be troubled now!" Tian Ji said with a smile.

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Prince Ang led the army to Daliang quickly. After several days of rapid march, they finally arrived at Henei County. Prince Ang stood on the chariot and looked into the distance. Deputy General Baning drove the chariot and said: "General, our scouts found traces of the Qi army nearby."

"Where?" Prince Ang asked.

Ba Ning replied: "Not far, just 30 miles away. There are about 3,000 people. ”

“Order Geng Ying to lead 3,000 troops to fight against the Qi army and test the Qi army’s combat power.” Gongzi Ang ordered.

After walking for a while, Geng Ying drove a chariot to report: “General, the Qi army’s combat power is low. Our army defeated the Qi army, beheaded more than 500 people, and seized ten chariots.”

“It seems that Qi has not achieved anything famous after the reforms in the past few years.” Baning chuckled.

Gongzi Ang frowned and said cautiously: “Don’t underestimate the Qi army. Although I looked down on the fund before, after the development of the Qi army in the past few years, I can’t estimate the strength of the Qi army. After all, Qi’s Prime Minister Zou Ji can be compared with Guan Zhong.”

“The general is teaching. "Ba Ning bowed his head.

After walking for thirty miles, Geng Ying came back to report: "General, our scouts found the Qi army 30 miles ahead, and the number of people is also more than 3,000."

"Geng Ying, try to wipe out the Qi army, otherwise they will keep blocking our advance." Gong Zi Ang ordered.

After a while, the messenger came on a fast horse and reported: "General, our army defeated the Qi army, beheaded more than a thousand people, and killed two Qi army captains."

Ba Ning turned his head and said to Gong Zi Ang: "General, it seems that the Qi army is really weak."

"It's better to be cautious." Gong Zi Ang still said carefully.

Report~~"General, the Qi army took advantage of our rear army's unpreparedness and suddenly killed more than a thousand people to attack our rear army, but the Qi army did not cause much casualties to our rear army. Our casualties were less than 100, while the Qi army's casualties were as high as 500. ”

Ba Ning sneered: "General, the Qi army can't even launch a sneak attack."

Prince Ang didn't say anything, but kept thinking about why the Qi army was so bad. Logically speaking, when the enemy was finishing off and taking the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, the enemy's casualties should be greater and our own casualties should be less. Why is the Qi army the opposite?

Prince Ang ordered: "Don't be disturbed by those small units of the Qi army, just keep moving forward!"

The army had not advanced a hundred miles when another messenger ran over and said: "General, two small enemy units attacked our front army and were defeated by our army. A total of 1,000 Qi soldiers were beheaded, and our army suffered less than 2 casualties.00 people. ”

“General, it seems that the Qi army is really weak.” Yin Chen said.

Prince Ang did not despise the Qi army because of this, but still ordered: “Order the whole army to be cautious and not arrogant! How many armies in ancient times were defeated because of arrogance.”

Prince Ang ordered again: “Order Cuan Xiang to lead the Wei Wuzu army to go in front. All the archers pull the strings and prepare for defense. The army keeps marching in formation.”

At night, the Wei army camped in two places to form a horn. Prince Ang was drinking silently, and suddenly the drums sounded loudly, and a messenger rushed in and said hurriedly: “General, the Qi army attacked the camp! I don’t know how many people there are.”

“Prepare armor and fight!”

“General, are you going to show weakness in this night attack? ”

“Yes, according to the military advisor, we can only continue to lose and not win, and we must confuse the Wei army!”

“Order the army to fight again and then retreat.”

“Yes.”

Gong Zi Ang killed three Qi soldiers in a row and ordered: “Wu Zu in front, bows and crossbows in the back!”

The Wei Wu Zu formed a battle formation and pressed forward. The Qi army was defeated at the first touch and could not stop the Wei Wu Zu’s attack.

Tian Pan saw that the time was almost right and ordered: “Sound the horn and retreat!”

“Retreat!”

The next morning

Gong Zi Ang did not speak after reading the battle report. The deputy general Baning said: “General, it seems that the King of Qi is just so-so.”

“Order the whole army to march to Daliang.”

“Yes! ”

Gong Zi Ang held a map in his hand, estimated the distance to Guiling, and reported~~ "General, we found the Bing army 30 meters ahead, with an estimated number of 20,000 people."

"Yin Chen, you also lead 20,000 people to defeat the Qi army." Gong Zi Ang ordered.

Tian Pan deliberately arranged the Qi army's formation with many weaknesses. Yin Chen led the army to come. When he saw the formation arranged by the Qi army, he laughed and said, "Qi is really a country without people. Who can't arrange the formation like this? It's really stupid for the Qi army to come!"

The order said: "The army will form an offensive formation, focusing on the middle and ignoring the two wings. The left and right armies will contain the two wings of the Qi army, and the central army will attack the central army of the Qi army with all its strength. ”

The two wings of the Qi army were pinned down by the Wei army. The Wei army’s soldiers attacked the Qi army’s center with all their strength. However, the Qi army’s center was in chaos within half an hour. Tian Pan immediately led the remaining troops to flee towards Guiling. The Qi army on the left and right wings seemed to have a large number of people, but they were still defeated by a small number of Wei troops. They did not look like soldiers at all.

Yin Chen laughed after seeing this and said to the captains beside him: “The Qi general is really a coward. The center army has not been completely defeated yet, but he actually fled with the main general’s flag. It’s ridiculous!”

Yin Chen reported this to Gongzi Ang. Gongzi Ang was also convinced at this time and immediately ordered: “The whole army will pursue the Qi army! It must be completely wiped out!”

“Yes!”

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