Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Six Mastering the Barbarians to Control Barbarians (2 in 1)
The battlefield in Zhongmu was called a cemetery by scouts on both sides.
Lian Po and Wei Wuji sent knights to intercept Bai Qi's scouts, whether they came or rushed from Bai Qi to other battlefields. At this time, it was mid-February. Although the weather was cold, it was much better than before. The scouts had just been glad that they had escaped Kuhan, and encountered such an unprecedented scout war. They never thought that nearly 200,000 people on both sides fought, and the scouts became the most casualty group!!
Month ago, Zhao Kuo wrote a letter to Lian Po.
At that time, Zhao Kuo was already desperate about the war. The Zhao army had no food and grass anymore. Zhao Kuo's main force had a serious shortage of food, and the same was true for several other areas. If it continues like this, there is no need for the Qin people to attack. The Zhao army will starve to death and suffer a great defeat. On the other hand, the time for spring planting is getting closer and closer, and the territory of Zhao is still empty, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers still on the battlefield.
If the war was not ended earlier, I don’t know how serious the famine would be this year.
The desperate Zhao Kuo issued an order to attack Lian Po. He told Lian Po that if he joined forces with the Wei people, Bai Qi's main force was in the direction of Hanoi. I cannot give you too many soldiers. Please do not fight head-on with Bai Qi, and you can adopt the mobile war of advancing and retreating. He also gave Lian Po a sixteen-character policy. He said: If you call someone else, if you fight like this, you will be defeated before you can defeat the enemy.
For example, even though I know this method, I can't do it. I can't keep organizing the soldiers to fight the enemy during the march. You are different. You are Lian Po, you can definitely do it.
Lian Po carefully studied the sixteen words sent by Zhao Kuo, and was extremely happy. Zhao Kuo's compliments inspired the old general. Every time the letters sent by Zhao Kuo had a different sense of admiration. Lian Po didn't know if it was his own illusion. He always felt that this young Ma Fujun had a vague sense of dependence on him as an elder. Every time he said that he knew about General Lian Po when he was a child, the look he looked very bright and admired at that time.
Lian Po felt a little complicated, but he didn't want to let down this young man who trusted him very much.
After successfully meeting Wei Wuji, Zhao Kuo sent his last letter.
He said: Please entangle Bai Qi and cut off the scouts around him, so that he cannot interfere in the northern battlefield.
So, outside the army of both sides, there were countless knights wandering. These knights were constantly intercepting scouts around. Bai Qi's communication with the northern army was directly interrupted. After Bai Qi understood Lian Po's intention, he also sent a lot of knights. The cavalry of both sides continued to fight around and hunt each other's scouts. Lian Po's connection with Zhao Kuo was also interrupted, but Lian Po was not in a hurry. He was not the head general of the army.
Sitting beside the bonfire, Bai Qi lowered his head and drew something on the soil in front of him with his fingers.
Several generals stood around him and took a secret look. Bai Qi was drawing a huge map, omitting many maps of the city. Bai Qi only marked eight important places, Handan, Boyang, Ge Nie, Wu'an, She, Lu, eldest son, Zhongmu... After marking the place name, Bai Qi stared at the map and fell into deep thought. After thinking for a long time, he said, "Zhao Kuo is besieging Wang Yu."
Several generals around were shocked and asked hurriedly: "Our scouts cannot go to deliver orders, and Wang's scouts were also intercepted and killed by Lian Po. How do you know?"
Bai Qi said seriously: "The reason why Lian Po wanted to entangle me and cut off my connection with the northern army must be because Zhao Kuo wanted to take the opportunity to eliminate Wang Yan's army. Zhao Kuo had an advantage in military strength when facing him. Moreover, Wang Yan looked down on Zhao Kuo at all, thinking that Zhao Kuo was a fool who was pushed up by us. I asked him to attack before and involved Zhao Kuo's main army. I didn't want Zhao Kuo and Lian Po to attack us again. This is my fault."
"Wang He attacked She, Zhao Kuo can take a detour and take the road straight, then take the eldest son, cut off the liaison between Wang He and Shangdang, and then besieged Wang He in Zhao. She is a small city and cannot resist Wang He's army. Zhao Kuo should take the initiative to give up She and lead General Wang He to Wu'an and attack... The road here in Wu'an is dangerous and there is no way to retreat... If he is besieged, the entire army will be destroyed..." Bai Qi frowned, no longer indifferent as before.
The generals of Qin looked a little panicked at this moment. Wang Feng had an army of 100,000. If he was completely destroyed, the attack on Qin would be huge and might even cause a reversal of the entire war. By that time, Qin would lose all its advantages and be passive. They were noisy. Several generals couldn't help but walk to Bai Qi and said, "General, I will take the knights with me to Lucheng and other places to investigate tomorrow."
"No need... no scout. Lian Po will tell me whether my prediction is correct." Bai Qi looked at the deputy general beside him and said, "Please tell Meng Ao that he will give up Anyang, go straight to Boyang, and attack Zhao Great Wall."
The deputy general was stunned and nodded immediately, but he felt a little suspicious. Could it be that Lian Po was also bribed by Qin?
"Meng Ao rushed to Boyang?" Lian Po looked at the warrior who came to deliver the message in surprise. The warrior was Wei Wuji's disciple and an amazing talent. He was proficient in the words of Qin, Zhao, Wei, Han, Qi, and Yan. It was a waste to let such talents be responsible for conveying the intelligence of both sides. Lian Po looked at him and hurriedly said: "Please tell Xinlingjun that he would stop Meng Ao from entering. Boyang was empty. If he was allowed to take it down, Handan would be in danger!"
The warrior nodded and hurriedly left the place.
Immediately, Wei Wuji ordered his troops to fight with Meng Ao, and the two sides fought against Anyang. Meng Ao led the way and was brave and could not stop it. Wei Wuji could not resist and retreated repeatedly in the direction of Huangcheng.
And this news even reached Bai Qi.
Looking at the confused generals in front of him, Bai Qi said, "If Zhao Kuo's main force is in Boyang, why did Wei Wuji stop Meng Ao and still want to lead him to Huangcheng? They blocked him like this, that means that Zhao Kuo's main force is not in Zhao Great Wall. As I said, his main force is fighting with Wang He. Now Boyang and other areas are empty cities and do not have much force."
"Should you go to support General Wang?"
The deputy general asked seriously.
Bai Qi looked at the map in front of him again. He shook his head and said, "Let Meng Ao attack Ge Nie, the whole army is ready to follow me to attack Boyang."
Bai Qi's subsequent march completely destroyed Lian Po's idea of continuing to entangle him. Zhao Kuo's army was trying to eliminate the Qin army in the north. Although the Zhao Great Wall could not be said to be empty at this moment, the defense was still very weak. At least, it could not stop Bai Qi. Bai Qi attacked in the direction of Boyang, and Meng Ao attacked Ge Nie. Their purpose was actually the same place, Handan City.
You can see the outline of Handan City from Boyang to cross the Great Wall.
From Ge Nie, you can perfectly bypass the Great Wall of Zhao, pass by the Le people, and directly reach Handan.
Bai Qi's march route just caught Lian Po's fatal point. Lian Po could not make any concessions again. He had to stop Bai Qi. If Handan was lost, Zhao would perish. This was absolutely not allowed by Lian Po. However, in front of Bai Qi, Lian Po had to be at a disadvantage in terms of the number and quality of his soldiers, and even in the quality of the lower-level generals and officers, the Qin army was far superior to Zhao's army.
Lian Po thought for a long time, but finally made the decision to withdraw his troops. Wei Wuji retreated to Ge Nie and retreated to Boyang by himself. In the siege, the gap in strength between the two sides would not be so obvious. If he continued to wander outside and entangle with Bai Qi, he was afraid that Bai Qi would be able to capture Boyang in a battle and directly threaten Handan. At that time, no matter how much Lian Po was entangled, it would be useless, so both sides marched towards these two cities at the same time.
Such a strange scene occurred in the Zhongmu battlefield.
The army of both sides rushed on the road at the same time, and no one attacked each other. They rested and marched at the same time. Compared to Bai Qi's calmness, Lian Po still accelerated some of the marching speed and had to enter the city before Bai Qi. Both sides fought for each other. With their familiarity with the terrain and the amount of food they were to carry, Lian Po arrived in Boyang two days in advance. Boyang's current guard was only a commander, with more than 5,000 people.
This made Lian Po breathe a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he came in time. Otherwise, if Bai Qi's army began to attack the city, even if he launched an attack from behind, the five thousand people in the city would not last for a day. At that time, he could only watch Bai Qi march into Handan and chase him desperately. After entering the city, Lian Po carried out a series of defensive measures, first of which was to send soldiers to set fire in the surrounding forests.
If the Qin people wanted to attack the city, they must have to build siege equipment, and Lian Po wanted to destroy their raw materials.
I have to say that Lian Po’s approach is very correct. Bai Qi was stationed outside the city, and the soldiers were dispatched everywhere to cut down dense forests, which was particularly busy. However, the wood around them was still not enough. They needed to spend a longer time looking for wood farther away. In Wei Wuji, good news also came. Wei Wuji successfully entered Ge Nie. Ge Nie was different from Boyang, which was a very small town.
Fortunately, the people behind the Great Wall serve as horns to support each other.
Meng Ao was also camping and preparing for siege equipment.
Now three or four days later, Lian Po suddenly realized something was wrong. Bai Qi attacked Boyang because he saw that the main force of Zhao State was not here. He should be in a hurry to attack the city, because Zhao Kuo's main force could come back to support at any time, but it was really wrong for him to take so long to prepare for the siege. Lian Po did not hesitate and hurriedly sent a team of knights to explore the Qin people's camp opposite.
Lian Po was suspicious at this moment that Bai Qi left the empty village, and he left with the main force.
However, when Lian Po's knights had just arrived at the gate of the other camp, the Qin people suddenly rushed out, and arrows were like rain. The elite knights of a thousand people fell down in an instant. Bai Qi did not leave. He did this on purpose, trying to lure me to attack? Lian Po thought to himself, and hurriedly opened the city gate and let the rest of the knights enter the city, but Lian Po could not be indifferent to the camp. What if Bai Qi deliberately made him think there was an ambush outside the city and left?
Therefore, Lian Po would send scouts to investigate every once in a while. The scouts who came back alive reported that the Qin people were indeed still building siege equipment. Judging from the number of people they saw, the number of Qin people was definitely more than 50,000 or 60,000. Bai Qi's main force was here and did not leave. Lian Po felt a little relieved when he heard these news. It was a good thing that Bai Qi was dragged here by himself.
Ma Fujun can free up his hands to deal with the Qin people's partial masters.
A few days later, Wei Wuji's disciples came again and conveyed a very important news to Lian Po. Meng Ao's camp was empty and he was not sure where he was going. He should have left Bai Qi's side. Lian Po was struck by lightning. He climbed the city wall again. Looking in the distance, he was not Bai Qi's main force at all. Here is Meng Ao's army. Bai Qi relied on the scout to convey the message time difference, which made Lian Po mistakenly think that he was confronting Bai Qi. Where would his main force be now?
Lian Po was shocked and hurriedly invited Wei Wuji to Boyang, and the soldiers in the city were also ready to attack.
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Outside Wu'an City, the scorching sun is like fire.
Zhao Kuo fought with Wang Yu for three days.
Zhao Kuo never thought that it would be so difficult to destroy this Qin people. He probably underestimated the deputy general of Qin. Wang Feng still resisted tenaciously while being besieged from all sides by the Zhao people. The army faced four directions, and there were reserves in the middle, constantly fighting with the Zhao people. Li Mu came out of the city, and Zhao Kuo's army even attacked from three sides, but it was impossible to advance. When surrounded, the Qin people became more and more fierce.
Wang Yi rode the chariot and had already repelled the six attacks of Zhao Kuo's vanguard's army.
During this period, he changed three chariots and ten drivers.
The soldiers on both sides collided again, and the shouts of killing resounded throughout the sky. Under the banner of Ma Fujun, the Zhao people were unwilling to retreat. They frantically killed the Qin people in front of them and approached the other party's central army again. The Qin people could not retreat. When their captain died in battle, the treasury leader immediately came to take over the command. The treasury leader was killed in battle. Naturally, the treasury leader came to take over the command. According to their outfit, the soldiers could always find generals with higher ranks than themselves, gathered around him, and continued to fight.
After the same army was defeated several times, there were still generals who could organize them and counterattack.
The lower-class nobles of the Qin people all climbed out of the sea of blood. Even when facing such a siege, they were not afraid. They had sufficient experience. Outside Wu'an, there was already a tragic scene of hell on earth. The sea of blood was just an adjective that Zhao Kuo knew, but he did not expect that one day he would really see this adjective. The accumulated corpses transformed the plain terrain into a high slope.
The body fell on the ground and was constantly trampled by soldiers and chariots from both sides.
Therefore, a blood mud was formed. Zhao Kuo didn't know how to describe this scene. For example, in the horror game in later generations, the disgusting flesh and blood room, the entire ground was covered with remains and blood mud, which made people shudder. Every time Zhao Kuo's chariot advanced, he could hear the sound of flesh and blood being crushed, and the howls of soldiers. This was the mountain of corpses, and the sea of blood had long been mixed with flesh and blood, emitting an extremely unpleasant fishy smell.
The 160,000 people from Zhao State fought with the 90,000 soldiers from Qin State.
The troops from both sides reached 250,000.
Every moment, many people are dying.
Behind each of the cold and cold bodies that fell, it seemed like the cry of a pair of parents, as if the tears of a girl waiting for a good man, and the tears of the children looking at their father's return, Zhao Kuo stood in the carriage, looking at the hell in front of him, and seemed to be tearing something in his heart constantly. Why is there such cruel things in the world?
Killed so many people, I...will not have any good endings.
How can we end such hell and let all sons, benefactors, and fathers stay in their own homes and accompany their families happily.
With another advancement, Zhao Kuo replaced a group of new troops. These people obviously need to be more powerful in the face of the tired Qin people. This advancement was no longer possible. The right wing collapsed completely. Zhao Kuo immediately ordered the chariots to charge and defeat the entire Qin army from the right wing!
Wang Yan stood in the chariot, covered in bruises and hair was dispersed. His left hand was broken from his forearm. The white cloth wrapped around him was also covered with blood. A ferocious wound was almost splitting his nose. Half of his face was covered with blood. Behind him was a big flag. This was the Wu'anjun flag left to him by Bai Qi to confuse the enemy. He always carried the flag with him.
During the battle, he fought against Wu'anjun's flag with one hand and held a spear with the other, and fought hard to kill the enemy.
But now, he couldn't catch it anymore. He asked someone to tie the flagpole tightly behind him, holding the spear in one hand, staring at the defeated soldiers on the right wing, and slowly lifting the spear. He looked at the right hand of his car. The right hand was the same, covered in blood, and his appearance could no longer be seen. Wang smiled, and the wound on his face hurt severely because he was involved. He said, "I want to dismiss your identity as the commander of your personal soldiers and appoint you as the commander of the village."
"You can lead the knights to break through, leave Wu'an, and go to Zhongmu. Wu'an Jun should be there... Please tell him the situation here."
"General...you should come and break through."
"I won't leave." said the young man on the right hand seriously.
Wang Feng was silent, looked into the distance, and said, "I am now dead because of my own fault, but you shouldn't die here." He didn't say anything more, slowly raised the spear in his hand, aimed at the right wing, and said, "Kill!!" The chariot rushed out suddenly, and the chariot troops followed the chariot. The Qin infantry hurriedly made a way, turned around and followed the chariot, and launched a counterattack.
The chariots of both sides collided together, the horses whine, the chariots rolled, and Wang Yu killed one enemy after another!
"Blessing Wu'an Jun!!" Wang Yi pulled out the arrow on his shoulder and roared angrily.
"Dong!Dong!Dong!Dong!" The Qin State's war drum suddenly sounded, and Zhao Kuo, who was in the front army, hurriedly received a report from the scout. The Qin State's army was coming from the south. Zhao Kuo widened his eyes. How could it be? How could there be reinforcements from Qin State here? Isn't Lian Po and the others stopping Bai Qi?
Zhao Kuo frowned and thought for a moment before saying, "Let the troops besieged Qin people from the south retreat, and let the Qin people retreat!!"
At that moment, the soldiers of Zhao State who were attacking the left immediately retreated in the direction of the central army, leaving a way out. The Qin people were overjoyed and even ordered Wang to escape from this gap that could survive. The Qin people in all directions were like this. They shouted loudly and fled from here frantically. As soon as they rushed out, the generals from all over Zhao State saw the Qin people who were finally besieged to escape, and they cursed.
Who is responsible for besieging the south? Why did the Qin people break through so easily?
Bai Qi, who had come from afar, had just formed a formation and was about to launch a fierce attack when he saw the Qin army rushing towards his front army. At that moment, he was stunned.
Zhao Kuo!!! Despicable villain!!!
Use my tactics to deal with me?!!
I???!!
Chapter completed!