A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 273 Le Yi: Overwhelming others with power can be an upright army
(There are some revisions from the previous chapter.)
The Qin army formed a "city wall" connected by chariots, standing on the basin. It was very difficult for Zhao's army to attack upwards, and the "city wall" blocked it, making it even more difficult for the army to attack. The attack was repelled by the Qin army several times.

The Qin army surrounded the Zhao army and was not in a hurry to attack, but continued to improve its defenses.Seeing this situation, Gongzi Cheng and Li Xin led the elite troops to charge to the death.Prince Cheng Li Xin died in the battle. Except for thousands of Zhao troops who escaped in embarrassment, the remaining Zhao troops had no hope of breaking out because their water sources were cut off, so they had no choice but to surrender.

In this battle, Bai Qi besieged Zhao's 20 troops with more than [-] Qin troops. He used his son Cheng's eagerness to win, lured the enemy to go deep, and used the favorable terrain to encircle Zhao's army.The Zhao army had been running for a long distance, and was exhausted, and fell into the trap of the Qin army. As a result, the entire army was wiped out.Only thousands of Zhao Jun who broke out from the encirclement were left, and Li Xian, the prefect of Shangjun, retreated together.

After a fierce battle, tens of thousands of Zhao troops were killed or injured due to various reasons, and a large number of wounded soldiers died due to lack of water. In the end, Qin State captured [-] Zhao troops.When the news reached Handan of Zhao State, Handan was terrified.

Not long ago, Zhao Guocai had just experienced a civil turmoil. All the members of Gongzi Zhang’s group were killed, and King Wuling of Zhao was starved to death.

Zhao Wang summoned a group of ministers overnight and asked them to discuss how to deal with it.Zhao Guo was not sure how to deal with Bai Qi. Zhao Wang saw that no one in the hall dared to stand up, and his face became more and more ugly.

"I am a majestic Zhao, with a place thousands of miles away, and with 50 armors, is there no one who can beat Bai Qi?"

Hearing King Zhao's question, the two generals outside the hall couldn't take it anymore, and immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the last general Lian Po is willing to lead the army to fight!"

"My lord, the last general Zhao She is willing to lead the army to fight!"

The two stood up one after the other and said.

After Zhao Wang saw the two, he was overjoyed and said: "Okay, if you can win this battle, I will not be stingy with rewards!"

"Willing to die for the king." The two thanked again.

Next, the two explained their respective countermeasures to King Zhao. Zhao Guoxin was defeated and his morale was low. He needed to strictly guard the city, fortify the walls and clear the country to deal with the Qin army's siege.

Zhao Guo is fighting locally, and the grain and grass do not need to be transported long distances. The Qin army's grain and grass need to be transported from the country, which causes more losses.At the same time, Zhao Guo is good at cavalry, and he can use cavalry to harass the Qin army's grain roads to fatigue the Qin army.We stick to the city, wait until the veterans of the Qin army are exhausted, and then attack with a large army, we will definitely be able to defeat the Qin army.

Zhao Wang then appointed Lian Po as the chief general and Zhao She as the deputy general to command the army to confront Qin Baiqi.The Qin army attacked aggressively, and Lian Po and Zhao She personally led the army to resist.The army strictly guarded the city, fortified the walls and cleared the fields.At the same time, Li Xian was appointed by King Zhao to dispatch the cavalry of the northern frontier army to harass the Qin army's logistics.

Bai Qi's army was unable to attack for a long time. At the same time, Li Xian's cavalry was haunted in Zhao Guo, and most of the Qin army's food roads were burned.And at this time, an urgent report came from the land of Bashu, and the Huai army attacked Bashu.After receiving the news of Huai State's attack, Qin State was shocked.Immediately ordered Bai Qi to return to aid.

When Bai Qi learned that Huai State was attacking Bashu, he immediately appointed Hu Yang to lead an army of 15. After the end, he himself led [-] Qin troops to go south to support.

The Qin army suddenly retreated, Zhao Jun thought it was a fraudulent withdrawal of the Qin army, and dared not pursue it.After Zhao Jun received the news that Huai State was attacking Bashu of Qin State, Bai Qi's army had already rushed back to Qin State, and then rushed to the middle of Shu for support.

It's just that the road to Shu is difficult, and it is equally difficult for the Qin army to support the land of Bashu.At the same time, Qin State also needs to guard against Huai State taking the opportunity to attack Qin State's Guanzhong from Hanzhong.

There were [-] Qin troops in Shu, and the road was difficult to travel. Although Qin was worried about Huai's attack, it did not think that the Huai army could capture Bashu in a short time.The land of Hanzhong was an important threat to Qin's invasion of Shu, so Bai Qi wrote a letter suggesting that Hanzhong should be conquered first, and then he could enter Shu for rescue.

King Qin agreed with Bai Qi's suggestion and decided to attack Hanzhong with a large army.The Qin army entered Baoxie Road from Yi County and attacked Hanzhong.At the same time, another army went south from Chencang Road, entered Mian City, and then cooperated with the Qin army to attack Hanzhong.

Qin's one hundred thousand troops attacked Hanzhong from the north and the west.Le Yi ordered Wei Zong to guard Hanzhong, and the army blocked the entrance of Baogu, while Wei Zong personally led the army to confront the Qin army in Mian County.

There are mostly mountain roads between Nanzheng and Mian County, the roads are narrow, rugged and difficult to walk, easy to defend but difficult to attack.The two armies of the Qin army were attacking. If the Qin army in Mian County attacked, Hanzhong would be in danger.

At this time, Le Yi was leading his army westward from Jiangzhou to attack Bashu.Le Yi took the Fujiang River in Jiangzhou and went north to attack Chengdu. Qin Guoguo's Wei Sima Cuo led his army to resist.After Sima Cuo captured the land of Bashu, he has been guarding Bashu and is very familiar with the land of Bashu.

The Qin army occupies a favorable location, and the soldiers' morale is high because they guard their homes.Le Yi led his army to fight against him several times, but in the end, except for losing some troops, he didn't gain much.

The roads in Bashu are inherently difficult, and it is extremely difficult to attack. Even if the Huai State has mountainous and elite soldiers, they did not take advantage of Sima Cuo.However, Le Yi has already received Wang Xu's edict, this station is not in a hurry to end, but to consume the vital strength of Qin State, and consume Qin State's food and grass.Although the grain and grass of the Qin army could be collected from Shu County, Huai State had the Yangtze River waterway, and then entered the Fujiang River, so the transportation of grain and grass was also convenient.

The Qin State has been fighting for years, and although the results have been rich, it also consumes a lot of food and grass, which cannot be consumed by the Huai State.This is a complete competition of national power, Huai country is not afraid of anyone at all.Just when Sima mistakenly thought that the Huai army was going to fight him for consumption, Le Yi took his time and ordered the rear army to attack.

Le Yi and Sima Cuo fought against each other. Seeing that Sima Cuo's army was sticking to Suizhou, after successfully mobilizing Sima Cuo, he immediately ordered another army to start from Jiangzhou and continue to attack along the Tuojiang River.In order to attack Shu, Wang Xu recruited 20 troops, plus the original Jiangzhou 30 troops, for a total of [-] troops.

This time Le Yi used force to overwhelm others. Except for 30 of the 27-strong army who stayed behind, the remaining [-] marched all the way to the Fujiang River, all the way to the Tuojiang River, and finally all the way to the Minjiang River.The Huai State is powerful and capable of overwhelming others. No matter how big or small it is, it will naturally not be spared.

It was just that Sima was worried that the [-] Qin army would defend Chengdu by mistake, so Le Yi used this strategy.The most respected in the art of war is to use more to fight less, and to overwhelm others with power.

Sima Cuo only had [-] Qin troops. If he united his troops, he could still fight the Huai army. However, if he dared to split his troops, Le Yi would immediately attack in three directions. When the time came, Sima Cuo would not be able to stop him even if he had three heads and six arms.After Sima Cuo learned that the Huai army was advancing in three directions, he only blocked one army, and the other two armies marched straight in. In the end, he could only grit his teeth, abandon Suizhou, and lead his army back to Chengdu, hoping to rely on Chengdu to defend.

(End of this chapter)