The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 598 Goodbye Yang Duanhe [Subscribe*Monthly Tickets]

"Although I won, I always feel a little..." Wang Jian didn't know how to describe his feelings.

"It's so boring!" Yan Yan added.

"Yes, it's just boring!" Wang Jian nodded.

This time, apart from encountering some decent resistance in Yanyu City, there was almost no decent opponent to fight against along the way.

Although I know that such thoughts are wrong, as an aspiring general, I also hope to meet an opponent of equal strength.

"He who is good at fighting has no glorious achievements!"

Yan Yan reminded Wang Jian that this kind of thinking was really unacceptable.

There are actually many explanations for the saying that those who are good at fighting may not have great achievements.

But Yan Yan’s current understanding is that a true master of military strategy can make the opponent obscure and unknown, because the gap is so huge that the opponent will not even have the chance to appear in history books.

These were all crushing wins, what is there to brag about?

Take Bai Qi for example. Apart from the Battle of Changping against Lian Po and Zhao Kuo, which left his name as a general, the other battles such as the Battle of Yique and the Battle of Ying were also large-scale battlefields, but his opponents did not leave him a resounding name.

Zhao Kuo became famous not because he was able to fight against Bai Qi, but because of his ability to talk about war on paper.

"I'm just expressing my feelings!" Wang Jian smiled and nodded.

Who would want to waste their brains when they can win without any effort?

He had heard that Li Ren led an army of 500,000 in battle, and in less than a month, half of his hair fell out and the other half turned white. Now, at night, he could see half of his head clearly without even turning on a light.

Thinking of this, Wang Jian hurriedly grabbed his hair and took a closer look. Fortunately, it had not fallen off.

"Then, it's time for me to leave!" Yan Yan said with a smile.

Now whether he is in the Qin army camp or not has no effect on the situation on the Qin-Zhao battlefield.

Even if Bingzhou sent troops now, it would not affect Qin's destruction of Zhao.

Even if Bingzhou sent troops, Qin would still bite the bullet and take down Zhao.

So, it doesn’t matter whether he is there or not.

"Is Lord Bing going to Handan?" Wang Jian guessed.

"Yeah!" Yan Yan nodded.

Wang Jian understood.

The hatred between Bingzhou and Zhao State is too great.

How can we eliminate the hatred of having our house robbed when the whole country is at war?

The revenge of nine generations can still be avenged.

What's more, Bingjun has never been a generous person.

Ying Zheng actually wanted to go with Yan Yan, but he was the king of Qin after all. Even if he wanted to go, no civil or military official of Qin would allow it, and the censor would definitely advise against it.

Meng Tian and Meng Yi stayed in the Qin army camp to learn how to attack the city, while Yan Yan took Mo Ya on a fast horse to Handan.

"General Yang, I'm here!" Yan Yan did not enter the city directly, but came to the Qin army camp under Handan City.

When Yang Duanhe heard the sound, he subconsciously wanted to avoid it, but unfortunately he couldn't.

"Hello, Mr. Bing!" Yang Duanhe was helpless, very helpless.

With this guy around, it's easy for anyone to become a background figure.

"What's the situation in Handan now?" Yan Yan asked curiously.

Yang Duanhe attacked the Qin army from the south to the north and was the first to reach the city of Handan.

The main reason was that Yang Duanhe sent troops from Yingchuan and did not encounter any decent opponents or defenses on his way north. Even when he attacked Yecheng and Anyang, the Wei State acquiesced to the fall of the two cities and did not put up any resistance at all.

"The walls are high and thick, and there are many soldiers and generals. We can't take it down!" Yang Duanhe said angrily. He only had 50,000 men, and half of them were left to garrison Yecheng and Anyang. The number he could bring to Handan was less than 20,000.

"I mean, you only have so few men and Handan didn't send troops to suppress the bandits?" Yan Yan said with a smile.

"..." Yang Duanhe's mouth twitched. Are you talking like a human? What do you mean by suppressing bandits? I am the Qin army, a regular army!
But Yan Yan really hit his pain point.

Handan would naturally not tolerate his troops roaming outside the city.

From time to time, a large army was sent to drive them away. However, before the main force of the army arrived, Yang Duanhe did not dare to confront the defenders of Handan. He could only run back to Yecheng or Anyang like a chased rabbit when the Handan army was dispatched.

It's really no different from being a bandit.

"I'm just curious. You don't have enough soldiers and manpower, and you don't have any large siege equipment. Why do you come to the city of Handan for no reason?" Yan Yan really didn't understand what Yang Duanhe wanted to do.

Wouldn't it be better to stay in Yecheng or Anyang and wait for the arrival of Wang Jian and Li Xin's army and then besiege Handan together? Instead, he brought a small army to the city of Handan to seek trouble.

"I'd love to!" Yang Duanhe rolled his eyes.

You think siege warfare is the same as your grassland warfare.

There are so many things involved in a siege.

We had to worry about reinforcements from other cities arriving, cut off the enemy's food supply, and attack the enemy's mind to keep Handan in a state of panic...

Even though he was being chased everywhere by the Handan defenders, the Handan defenders did not dare to go too far out of the city for fear of being ambushed.

As the first to arrive, they also had a task to prevent the defenders of Handan from leaving the city and building fortifications outside the city to create favorable conditions for the arrival of the main army.

At the same time, they were also responsible for surveying the terrain around Handan and the situation within Handan City.

In short, they have a lot to do.

"Why does Lord Bing want to come to Handan instead of basking in the sun with the main force of the central army?" Yang Duanhe also retorted.

But he had heard that Bing Jun was in the main camp of the central army, doing nothing but eating and sleeping all day long. He was treated like a pig, and even Wang Ben had to go up the mountain to hunt game for him.

"Let me teach you how to be a mountain king!" Yan Yan said with a smile.

"..." Yang Duanhe didn't want to talk anymore.

I am a regular soldier, not a bandit!

"The Zhao army of 100,000 will soon withdraw to Handan!" Yan Yan spoke again to threaten Yang Duanhe.

"Damn it~ Why didn't you say it earlier!" Yang Duanhe broke out in a cold sweat.

The main force of the central army was separated from them by Shecheng and Wu'ancheng, and the information transmission was not so fast. They only knew that the Zhao army had retreated, but did not know that they had already collapsed.

"Don't be impatient!" Yan Yan continued to tease Yang Duanhe.

"If you don't retreat now, you won't be able to retreat!" Yang Duanhe was too lazy to pay attention to him.

That's an army of 100,000, they could easily turn his army into a roujiamo (a steamed bun).

"The good news is that this army no longer exists!" Yan Yan spoke again.

"Huh?" Yang Duanhe was stunned. "Wang Jian is so fierce?"

"Why do you think so? Even if Wang Jian were to catch 100,000 pigs, it would take him ten days or half a month."

"What's going on?" Yang Duanhe was confused.

"I used a little trick and the 100,000-strong Zhao army collapsed without even a fight!" Yan Yan said proudly.

"Why didn't you tell me you could go to heaven?" Yang Duanhe rolled his eyes, not believing it at all.

"Look for yourself!" Yan Yan handed the command of Qin's central army to Yang Duanhe.

Yang Duanhe took the central army order doubtfully, read it carefully, and looked at Yan Yan in astonishment, it was actually true!
"How did you do it?"

"I call you when nothing happens, and I call Bingjun when something happens! Bah, scumbag!" Yan Yan complained.

(End of this chapter)