Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 888

In the Battle of Yique, the 24-strong coalition army of Han and Wei was wiped out.

Wu Jun beheaded 13 people and captured more than [-] people.

Han Taizigeng, Wei Man and other generals were all captured alive by the Wu army.

It is true that Qing Ji is unwilling to kill too much, but if he does not eliminate the enemy's vital forces as much as possible, how can Wu State be able to unify the world more smoothly?
After this battle, the elite divisions of the Han and Wei countries were basically wiped out and completely disabled, and there was no possibility of a comeback.

In less than ten years, it is impossible for South Korea and Wei to recover.

After learning the result of the Battle of Yique, the [-] Zhao troops who had gone south were completely discouraged. Under the discussion of Bolu and Dou Nian, they decided to return to Zhao to preserve their strength.

However, how could Qingji let Zhao Jun go?
Qingji, Sun Wu, Wu Zixu, Tian Rangju and other Wu armies were merged into one place, and 20 people continued to go north.

In order to destroy this Zhao army, Qingji sent Tian Rangju, leading more than [-] iron cavalry, galloping day and night, and finally caught up with Zhao army in Lidi.

Zhao Jun had no choice but to fight in a hurry, and was defeated. Forty thousand people were beheaded, and more than [-] people were captured. Only a part of Zhao Jun's soldiers could escape back home.

……

Mid-July of the lunar calendar.

into the week.

At this time, Qingji was in the palace, summoning Sun Wu, Wu Zixu, Bo Tong, Fan Li and other generals to discuss important matters.

What they want to discuss is the next step, how Wu Jun will fight against the Three Jins.

It is worth mentioning that Gong Zifan and Gong Zixi have each led tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to join them from Nanjun and Nanyang counties. This has brought the total strength of the Wu army to 25 horses on the Chengzhou and Yique lines.

In the Guandong, the Wu army of the other ministries also has [-] people, scattered in the land of Hexi, as well as Chengzhou, Luoyi, and Mengjin, which originally belonged to Zhou Wangji.

With a mobile force of 25 people in his hands, coupled with the continuous recruitment of soldiers from the country, Qingji has a lot to do.

Yushi Zhongcheng Bo Tong was the first to stand up, with a flattering expression on his face, he bowed to Qingji and said: "My lord, in the battle of Yique, the elite troops of Han and Wei were completely lost, and there is no one to fight with me again." The strength of the Wu army in one battle."

"I think that the king can take advantage of the momentum of great victory, destroy Han and Wei in one fell swoop, and then go north to annex Zhao. In this way, the land of the Three Jins will be owned by my great Wu!"

"The rest of the nations are just lingering. In another ten or eight years, I, Great Wu, will rule the world and make China belong to one family!"

Bo Tong's words made all the kings and ministers of the state of Wu present fascinated.

After all, isn't it their lifelong wish to wipe out the nations and rule the world?

"Your Majesty, I think... it's inappropriate."

It was actually Fan Li, the royal historian, who raised objections.

"Doctor Yushi, what objection do you have?"

Bo Tong asked quite dissatisfied.

Wasn't Fan Li raising objections at this time just to dampen their enthusiasm and pour cold water on everyone's heads?

In view of this, Fan Li had no choice but to bite the bullet and speak to Qing Ji for the future of Wu and for the lifelong ambition of his king, "Your Majesty, this year's three battles at Hangu Pass, Yique, and Li, regardless of the seriousness of the wounded. , Our country of Wu has as many as 7 soldiers killed in battle."

"Not to mention killing one thousand enemies, and self-defeating eight hundred, but every time two or three enemies are killed, one of my Wu soldiers will die."

"My lord, the war is so cruel. I am really worried!"

"In the battle of Yique, although the main forces of the Han and Wei countries were completely lost, there was still spare power in the country."

"Your Majesty wants to destroy Han and Wei, and wants to gain the land of the Three Jins. I am afraid that the soldiers and civilians of the Three Jins will all resist stubbornly."

"Only for the battle of defending the city, they can recruit young and healthy women, even teenagers or old and weak, and they can still fight. I am afraid that the war will become a stalemate, and the rest of the Qi, Wei, and Song kingdoms will send troops to reinforce them. "

"By then, wouldn't the battle situation be dangerous?"

"My lord, the protracted war is really not good for Wu."

"Please think twice, Your Majesty!"

Fan Li's worries were not unreasonable.

The Wu army is strong, and the army of the Three Jin Dynasties is not much weaker.

Especially when encountering fatal dangers, the soldiers of the Three Jin Dynasties can often burst out with unprecedented courage and fight to the death with the Wu army...

For example, the famous Qin general Bai Qi in history, his combat art represented the development level of warfare in the Warring States period.

Bai Qi has commanded more than [-] battles, large and small, without defeat, and the most famous is the Battle of Changping.

Known as the "No. [-] God of War through the ages", Bai Qi, together with Lian Po, Li Mu, and Wang Jian, is known as the Four Great Generals of the Warring States Period, ranking first among the Four Great Generals of the Warring States Period.

Among them, there are as many as 93 with clear records of beheading, which almost wiped out the elites of South Korea, Wei, and Zhao, laying the foundation for the rise of Qin and the unification of the six countries.

In the Battle of Changping, 45 Zhao Jun died, and about 20 Qin Jun died.

Generally speaking, the strategy adopted from ancient times to the present is that all teachers must be surrounded.

Let go of a hole, let the besieged enemy troops have hope of breaking through, and then annihilate their main force in one fell swoop.

But Bai Qi did not adopt this strategy. He fought desperately with the besieged Zhao Jun.

As a result, Zhao's 60 troops were defeated with 45 troops, and 20 Qin's troops died.

Of course, the 20 people who died in the Qin army were probably killed when Lian Po was the leader of the Zhao army.

However, this can also fully prove that the Zhao army after Hufu riding and shooting is indeed powerful.

The most difficult part of fighting lies in encirclement and annihilation.

If it is ten, it will be surrounded, if it is five, it will be attacked, if it is doubled, it will be fought.

Only when the enemy's strength is more than ten times that of the enemy can he surround the opponent, and Bai Qi used 60 to encircle and annihilate Zhao's 45. The strength is less than 1.5 times, and the gold content is extremely high.

That in itself is a miracle!

Now, the Wu army has wiped out nearly 20 allied forces of the princes, and its own side has lost [-] soldiers, which is justified.

It is almost a three to one ratio of enemy soldiers killed in battle.

"Your Majesty, I think what the Yushi doctor said is very true."

Guowei Sun Wu stood up, bowed to Qingji and said: "The method of using soldiers is that the whole country is the top priority, followed by breaking the country; the whole army is the top priority, followed by breaking the army; the whole brigade is the top priority, followed by breaking the brigade ; All pawns are the top, followed by broken pawns; the whole army is the top, followed by broken soldiers.”

"That's why winning a hundred battles is not goodness; defeating the enemy's soldiers without fighting is the goodness of goodness."

"Therefore, the first step is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the army, and the second is to attack the city. The method of attacking the city is a last resort."

"Your Majesty is now trying to annihilate the enemy army, but our Wu army has suffered heavy casualties. If we go out again to destroy Han and Wei, or even annex the three Jins in one fell swoop, we may need more soldiers and horses!"

"If the general can't control his anxiety and orders his soldiers to climb the wall like ants and attack the city, even though one-third of the soldiers are killed or injured, the city is still not captured. This is the disaster brought by the siege."

(End of this chapter)