The Great Wei Empire in the Warring States Period

In the palace of the State of Qin

, Duke Ying Shi Xi of Qin was lying on the bed, looking haggard. He thought about how high-spirited he was before setting off to lead an army of 200,000 to attack the State of Wei. Unexpectedly, now, the army was defeated miserably. At this time, the State of Qin had to prepare Accepting Wei's military front and feeling such a huge gap, he felt a little desperate.

At that time, since he became the king, he worked hard to govern and spent 20 years, finally making Qin gradually stronger. In the Battle of Luoyin and the Battle of Shimen, he defeated Wei in both battles, and the emperor of Zhou gave him The title of"Bo" in the State of Qin. Now, due to the Battle of Shaoliang, Qin's 200,000-strong army was completely annihilated by Pang Juan of Wei.

After the defeat, I kept thinking:"It would be great if Pang Juan was in Qin." Unfortunately, I can only think about this idea.

At this time, the senior official Qian Long also entered the palace, looked at Duke Qin lying on the bed, bowed behind him and said:"Your Majesty, I think that the Wei army will definitely attack Yueyang. If you want to defend Yueyang, you must defend Xiagui. Only by defending Xiagui can we save Yueyang."

After hearing this, Duke Qin said:"Then please ask the doctor." Qianlong said again:"Your Majesty, now that Wei's troops have arrived in Qin, I would like to ask you to move the capital to Yongcheng. Avoid Wei Guo Bingfeng""Okay, let’s just follow the doctor’s advice. Duke Qin said weakly.

Just as Qianlong was about to leave, Duke Qin asked again:"Master, who is the general guarding Gui?""My name is Ji Futun. He is from Zhou. He came to Qin ten years ago. He is a descendant of the Mo family and is familiar with Mozi's art of war. He has been guarding Xiagui for five years. Ji Futun will definitely be able to stop Pang Juan." , in order to defend Xiagui, the garrison of Xiagui has increased to 50,000. After hearing this, Duke Qin said,"It's a lonely letter."" Ji

Feitun of Xiaguang City was organizing the city defense on the city. He saw more than ten city-defending ballistas and more than ten trebuchets on the city, and an arrow tower was set up every hundred steps to take charge of defense. The rolling stones and logs were all ready. Ji Futun asked the lieutenant:"Are the rolling stones and logs in the city ready, and are there enough arrows?"

The deputy general replied:"All the things to defend the city are ready, and the arrows can be used by the army for three years.""Well, that's right. Set up more horse formations and wooden walls outside the city. By the way, fill in all the wells within a ten-mile radius so that they will not be used by the Wei army. Finally, dig the trenches deeper."Ji Futun said——obey.

Pang Juan, with an army of 120,000 men, had occupied the city near Luoshui and was approaching Xiagui. Pang Juan stood on the chariot and looked ahead, as if Pang Juan had already seen Xiagui in his eyes. Wei Shen asked:"General Pang, I am not good at attacking cities. I wonder what General Pang has to do to conquer Xiagui?" Pang Juan laughed and said:"Your Highness, in order to conquer Xiagui, General Pang plans to attack from the east to the west, leaving Xiagui behind. The defenders don't know our army's intentions."

After hearing this, Wei Shen asked:"How to attack the east and attack the west?" Pang Juan murmured:"This strategy is what I have recently thought of, and this strategy will also be prepared for Qi and Qin in the future. Our army Attack Qin's capital Yueyang in detail, and leave 10,000 people in the camp to let the Xiagui defenders know that our army is attacking Yueyang. The Xiagui defenders will attack our camp and lure them into battle. In fact, our army As long as 20,000 troops are ambushed in the mountains and forests near the camp, and when the Xiagui defenders attack the camp, my 10,000 soldiers in the camp can attack the Qin army from both sides with the ambush troops, and I will lead the army to attack Yueyang by water and capture it. Break."

After hearing this, Wei Shen said:"General Pang's plan is very good." The messenger came to report:"General, the front is Xiagui City, where can we set up camp?" Pang Juan picked up the map and looked at it and said:"Camp ten miles away from Xiagui City. There is a lake here with a wide view. Set up camp here."——obey. When Pang Juan, the general of the Wei army, saw all the generals arriving, he said:"Everyone, according to the report from the scouts, there are fifty thousand defenders in Xiagui City. The defender is called Ji Futon. This man is good at using Mozi's art of war. I don't know. Is there any way to capture the city of Xiagui?" Lieutenant General Zhang Xun said:"General, it is better for us to send fifty thousand troops to surround and not attack. Since most of the Qin army is in Xiaguang City, it is better for our army to go straight to Yueyang and capture Yueyang. , even if we defend Xiagui, it will have no effect at all."

Pang Juan was pleased to see that, and said to everyone:"General Zhang is right, but our army must not only capture Yueyang but also capture Xiajun in this battle, as long as we capture these two City, our Wei army can occupy all the land east of Jingshui River, and half of Guanzhong will be ours. Therefore, our army, led by General Long Jia, led 10,000 troops to guard the camp. In these three days, our army only surrounded Instead of attacking, just use catapults to fire non-stop at the city. Three days later, General Zhang Xun will lead 20,000 people to ambush in the mountains and forests near the camp. If Xiagui goes out of the city to attack our camp, you and Long Jia will The general is attacking from both sides. Your Royal Highness, you lead 10,000 people to ambush here. This place is called Zhengshan. I observe that General Gui will use his troops cautiously. If the General Gui goes to rescue Yueyang, he will not take the main road. This small road is I sent scouts to find out that the small road passes through Zhengshan. The general of Xiagui will take the small road to prevent our army from ambush. Because few people know this small road, the general of Xiagui will also think that our army does not know this. A small road. I lead an army of 80,000 to attack Yueyang. No matter whether the Xiagui garrison takes advantage of my army to go to Yueyang and the camp is empty to attack my camp, or the Xiagui garrison goes to rescue Yueyang, our army can annihilate it. , do you have any other opinions?"

After hearing this, everyone said:"General is wise, this plan is very good, and it will definitely defeat the Qin army." Long Jia asked:"General, what should I do if the Gui garrison does not come out?"

Pang Juan He smiled and said:"He will come out. Although Ji Futun is good at Mozi's art of war, because there are few people in our army's camp, Ji Futun will definitely go out of the city to attack my camp in order to annihilate our army's effective strength bit by bit. Even if he doesn't come out, he will come out." , but I will attack Yueyang. Yueyang is the capital of Qin State. Twenty years ago, Qin State moved its capital to Yueyang. In the past twenty years, Yueyang has been the capital of Qin State. Yueyang Once lost, the morale of the Xiagui garrison will definitely be low. Ji Futon doesn't want the morale of the army to be low, so he has to go out to rescue the city. Even if he doesn't choose either, I still have a plan to attack his Xiagui."

Long Jia immediately heard this. Said:"General is wise." Wei Shen continued:"General Pang, whether the Xiagui garrison wants to attack our camp while our camp is empty or to rescue Yueyang, our army can attack us when the Xiagui garrison leaves the city. , the defense of Xiagui city must be loose, and the defenders of Xiagui will choose to leave the city at night when they leave the city. After our army waits for them to come out, General Zhang Xun will send five thousand soldiers to sneak attack Xiagui." After hearing this, Pang Juan couldn't help but nodded and said:" Your Highness, this plan is feasible. Everyone understands the arrangement. The attack on the city will begin tomorrow." Early the next morning,

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Futun looked at the more than 100,000 Wei troops under the city with a stray thought in his heart. He saw five people inside the Wei army. Ten catapults were displayed in a row. A group of Wei soldiers put stone projectiles weighing hundreds of kilograms into the catapult frame. Ten Wei soldiers were responsible for pulling the catapult and launching each catapult.

Ji Futun looked at it without changing his expression, and the deputy general on the side said:"General, the Wei soldiers under this city are all Wei Wu soldiers, what should we do?" When Ji Futun heard that the Wei troops were all Wei Wu soldiers, he couldn't help but feel With one move, Wei soldiers can fight fifty thousand against half a million. One Wei soldier can defeat dozens of Qin soldiers.

Ji Futon still said expressionlessly:"Order the entire army to prepare for defense."——obey. Pang Juan looked at Xiagui, which was high up in the city and ordered:"Catapult, release." Fifty stone bullets hit the city wall one after another, bang bang~~, the stone bullets hit the city wall, and the exploding stone bullets hit the surrounding Qin people. The soldiers were injured, and some stone bullets hit the city tower, which was directly destroyed. Three arrow towers on the city were also riddled with holes from the stone bullets.

The Qin army held up their shields and hid behind the female wall to prevent being hit by stone bullets. Pang Juan ordered to fire three more waves of stone bombs. Under the fierce attack of the catapults, several cracks appeared in the city wall of Xiagui. Several stone bombs also crossed the city wall and smashed several houses in the city, killing them all at once. More than a dozen civilians were arrested, and a dozen Qin soldiers went to the smashed houses to rescue the injured civilians. Several civilians had their brains smashed out. Pang Juan saw that it was almost done and ordered again:"Shoot the cupping jars into the city, and the fire will burn Xiajun."

Dozens of cupping jars crossed the city wall and smashed directly into the city. Dozens of houses were ignited at once, and the wailing sound continued. Ji Futun looked after He ordered the deputy general:"Hurry up and bring people to put out the fire. Don't let the fire spread.""——General. Pang Juan estimated that the city was already a bit chaotic, so he ordered fire cans to be fired at the Qin army on the city.

Dozens of fire jars were smashed on the city wall, and dozens of Qin soldiers were burned alive by the fire. Seeing the charred corpses, some Qin soldiers were so frightened that they lost their minds. But at this time, Ji Futon was wondering why the Wei army didn't attack yet, and what on earth were they thinking. Dang Dang Dang~~"Ming Jin withdraws his troops." The Wei army withdrawn its troops before attacking the city, and just surrounded the entire Xiagui. At this time, Ji Futon could not understand even more why the Wei army did not attack.

In the afternoon, the Wei army only fired stone bullets and cupping jars without sending troops to attack the city. Finally Ji Futun figured out that the Wei army was encircling rather than attacking. By constantly firing stone bullets and cupping jars, the morale of our army was low. By the time When morale is low, attack the city again to make it easier to attack. The deputy general ran over and said:"General, our army has thirty-four casualties, and the civilian casualties in the city are more than a hundred. General, the morale of our army is low now, what should we do?" Ji Futon said:"The Wei army wants to weaken our army. Morale, the Wei army will definitely continue to attack with catapults in the next few days, and will not send troops. Order the entire army to stand still."——obey.

In the evening, Wei Shen said to Pang Juan:"General Pang, isn't our army going to act according to that plan in two days? I think asking some soldiers to beat drums in Xiagui City for two consecutive nights will make the Qin army mistakenly think that it is The purpose of this strategy is to let our army leave camp the night after tomorrow, so that the enemy will not notice it and will only think it is a strategy to fatigue our troops, so that our army can arrange our plans the night after tomorrow." After hearing this, Pang Juan He said:"This is a very good plan." He asked hundreds of soldiers to beat the drums under Xiagui City. The Qin army in the city was frightened by the sound of the drums. They took up their weapons and climbed up the city wall. They saw pitch black outside the city and could only hear the sound of the drums. Drums were beating, but no one could be seen. At this time, Ji Futun also walked up to the city wall. After listening to the drums outside the city, he said to the soldiers:"Don't panic, everyone. This is a tactic used by the Wei army to tire out the enemy. Everyone, go back to sleep." Just leave some people to guard." After listening to the guard general's words, all the Qin soldiers went back to the camp to sleep.

Sure enough, in the past two days, the Wei army threw stones in the morning and beat drums in the evening. After listening to the guard general's words, the Qin army ignored the Wei army at all, and even a few Qin soldiers started drinking in the city. At this time, the Qin army guard Ji Futun was looking at the map. Suddenly a soldier rushed in. Ji Futun saw that the man was in such a hurry and thought that the Wei army was attacking the city, so he asked:"The Wei army is attacking the city?"

The soldier said:" The Wei army did not come to attack the city, but our army discovered that the encirclement of the Wei army disappeared overnight."

"What, the Wei army is not surrounding us anymore. Let’s send scouts to check the Wei army’s camp to see what the Wei army is doing?"Ji Futun ordered - obey the order. An hour later, the scout came in and said:"General, there are only 10,000 people left in the Wei army camp. The Wei army disappeared overnight."

"What? Go check it out quickly. You must find out for me where the Wei army is!"Ji Futon said anxiously——obey. After an unknown amount of time, the scouts finally arrived. Ji Futon quickly asked,"Where is the Wei army?""General, the Wei army is heading towards Yueyang."