A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 119 The anti-Qin cause fell into depression

The second year of Qin II

The vigorous anti-Qin movement in the world reached its climax. Since Chen Sheng, the king of Zhang Chu, took the lead in taking action, counties and counties all over the country responded one after another, and soon millions of troops gathered.

Then King Zhang Chu sent his generals to attack everywhere. Wu Guang and others besieged Rongyang, Zhou Zhang marched westward to Hangu Pass, Wu Chen and others captured the old territory of Zhao State in Handan County, Zhou Shi and others captured the old territory of Bai Kingdom in Dongjun, and general Han Guang captured the old territory of Yan State.

Later, the more famous ones include Bai Qing, a descendant of Bai Kingdom in Hanoi County, Xiang Liang, a descendant of Xiang Yan in Kuaiji County, Tian Dan, a descendant of King Qi, Liu Bang of Peixian County, Sishui County, etc.

The Wu Guang army that besieged Rongyang was unable to attack for a long time and internal strife broke out. The rebel general Tian Zang had a disagreement with Wu Guang and actually killed Wu Guang on Chen Sheng's orders. As a result, the entire rebel army was destroyed.

When Zhou Zhang's army attacked Hangu Pass, Qin sent Shaofu Zhang Han to lead an army of 700,000 prisoners out of the pass to quell the rebellion. In the first battle, Zhou Zhang's army of one million was defeated. In the end, the Qin army killed Zhou Zhang in Caoyang. , millions of rebels dispersed, and some fled to Chen County.

In September, the army led by Zhang Han arrived at Chen County, the capital of King Zhang Chu.

At this time, the number of rebels in Chen County was not large, only more than 100,000. Zhang Han's army numbered 600,000. After destroying Zhou Zhang's army, Qin Ting sent chief scribes Sima Xin and Dong Yi to assist Zhang Han.

A month later, Chen County was captured, and King Zhang Chu fled to the city. Zhang Han sent Sima Xin to pursue him, and finally surrounded King Zhang Chu in the city.

There are currently only five or six thousand rebels in Chengfu County, while there are 30,000 Qin troops outside the city.

Chen Sheng, with disheveled hair, stood on the city wall and looked at the army outside the city. A feeling of sadness arose in his heart, and he couldn't help but recall his life.

The young man was poor, his family had no grain of rice, and his parents farmed the fields all year round until their early death;
The young man worked as a long-term worker for a wealthy family, and when he met a Baiguo man who unraveled his blindness, he set his ambition to become a great man. Although he was often in the fields, he still had a heroic spirit;
When he met Wu Guang in his prime, he had the opportunity to achieve a great career as a prince. But within ten months, all this was like the moon in the water, the flowers in the mirror, like a dream in the world.

Chen Sheng looked up at the gloomy sky, opened his hands and closed his eyes, feeling everything in the world.

Suddenly I felt a stabbing pain in my chest. When I looked down, I saw a sword tip leaking from the heart. The bright red blood was like ink dripping on the white cloth, spreading to the surroundings.

Chen Sheng turned around. It was Zhuang Jia, the coachman he had just taken in a few months ago. He said that he was from his own hometown, and kept begging Chen Sheng to take him in, telling him about the misfortunes in his family and his miserable life.

Chen Sheng saw that he was sincere, so he accepted him as a coachman and regarded him as a confidant. But I didn't want to cause this situation today.

"Your Majesty, I'm sorry, please spare me! I really want to get ahead, so please help me! Qin Jun said that your head is worth thousands of gold, and you have failed anyway, why not help me?"

Zhuang Jia tremblingly pulled out his bronze sword and kept mumbling to himself.

Chen Sheng had difficulty breathing. He wanted to say something, but was blocked by the blood in his mouth. He had to cough continuously. After a while, he felt that his whole body was losing strength. He collapsed under the city wall, his eyes open, and he lost his breath.

The surrounding rebels seemed not to have seen it. Soon, the city gate opened, and Zhuang Jia held Chen Sheng's head and came to Sima Xin's horse.

Sima Xin asked people to take the heads, and without even looking at Zhuang Jia, he just led his troops into the city.

In October, the king of Zhang Chu, Chen Sheng, was killed in the city. After receiving the news, the generals of the Zhang Chu army broke away from the Zhang Chu army and declared themselves king.

In order not to get rid of the influence of the Bai Kingdom, Zhou Shi found a descendant of the Wei family and elected him as the king of Wei. The military minister proclaimed himself the king of Zhao in Handan, Han Guang proclaimed himself the king of Yan, and Zhang Liang, a descendant of the Han prime minister, was elected in Sanchuan County. The uprising flag wanted to regain Korea, but was defeated by Zhang Han's partial army. Zhang Liang fled eastward and fled into Sishui County.

After defeating Chen Sheng and wiping out the rebels in Chen County, Zhang Han's army turned to Li County in Dang County.

Stationed in Li County were Xiang Liang faction generals Zhujishi and Yu Fanjun. They followed the subordinate general Zhao Ping and used the name of Chen Sheng to worship Xiang Liang, the son of Xiang Yan, the former famous general of Chu State, as the Shangzhu State, so that he could cross the Wujiang River and go west to attack Qin.

It turns out that Chen Sheng's murder aroused great sorrow and indignation from his former attendant and general Lu Chen. Lu Chen raised the righteous flag again in Xinyang, formed the "Cangtou Army", recaptured Chen County from the Qin Army, and executed the traitor Zhuang Jia who surrendered to the Qin Army. Because he was weak, he wrote a letter asking Yuan to go eastward Zhao Ping, the development minister, asked Xiang Liang for help under the guise of Chen Sheng.

In November, Zhang Han's army arrived in Li County and easily defeated Xiang Liang's partial army. Yu Fanjun died in the battle, and Zhujishi broke through the encirclement and fled to Huling.

After quelling the rebel army south of the Yellow River, Zhang Han left an army of 100,000 to continue to wipe out the remaining small rebel army. He led an army of 500,000 to the north to attack the Wei army gathered in Dongjun.

In December, Zhang Han's army arrived in Hedong County, defeated the Wei army that attacked Hedong County, continued to march, and surrounded Wei Jiu, the king of Wei, in Linji.

For the cause of anti-Qin in the world, Bai Wang Baiqing, Qi General Tianba, and Chu General Xiang Ta one after another led their troops to rescue.

The White Army consisted of 70,000 men, the Qi Army 200,000 men, the Chu Army 100,000 men, and some small insurrectionary armies also came to join together, making the combined army a total of 400,000 men. There are still many rebels who have not arrived, but time is pressing, so these rebels set off first.

Zhang Han's army numbered 500,000, and the Wei army surrounded by Linji numbered 100,000. The strength of both sides is almost equal.

The coalition forces moved towards Linji. The White Army had 70,000 soldiers. Its combat effectiveness was probably only a little higher than that of the rebels. This is because some of the White Army were rebels from the Taihang Mountains and had received one or two years of training. They were not as well trained as the other rebels. Much better.

In addition, there are 3,000 Bai family cavalry in the Bai army, which were adapted from the previous 5,000 Bai family army. Bai Qing racked his brains to collect thousands of war horses. This army is composed of the sons of the public family as the core, and the heart is strong. Based on Xiang Bai's soldiers, they are very powerful in combat and move very fast.

The Bai family's cavalry is led by Bai Wei. Bai Wei is the son of the Bai family and the thirteenth younger brother of Bai Qing. He was crowned only last year. He is one of the few Bai family sons who loves force and military affairs. He may have been affected by his father who was sacrificed in Taiyuan City. Make an impact!
The Bai family's cavalry was established less than three months ago. This was the first time they participated in a war. Bai Qing did not have time for them to train properly. Bai Qing said to Bai Wei: The battlefield is the best school ground.

When the coalition forces arrived at Linji, Zhang Han detached 100,000 Qin troops to continue to surround Linji, and personally led an army of 400,000 to face the coalition forces.

When the two armies faced each other, the Qin army had uniform uniforms, leather armor, and well-equipped weapons. On the other hand, the rebel army had a variety of clothing and weapons. Only the White army's clothing and formation were slightly better, but it was still insufficient compared to the Qin army.

The rebel army relied on one breath, so the coalition army didn't say anything when they came up. They rushed straight up. Upon seeing this, Zhang Han knew that the coalition army did not have anyone who knew military skills, so he asked the crossbowmen to release arrows.

The Qin army's traditional rain of arrows hit the rebels. The coalition forces had insufficient protection, so they caused a lot of damage. The momentum of the coalition forces began to slow down. It was only a few dozen steps away, and it seemed to have become a ravine of death. The coalition generals saw that this situation was not going to work. By the time they really rushed over, there might not be much left of the coalition forces.

At this time, Bai Qing proposed to assemble the entire army's cavalry to attack the Qin army's line from the flanks and interrupt the Qin army's crossbowmen. All the generals agreed that it was feasible.

Soon ten thousand cavalry gathered, including three thousand Bai's cavalry, and ten thousand cavalry led by Bai Wei.

Just when Zhang Han thought that there was nothing the other side could do, a large group of cavalry appeared on the left side of the Qin army, and Zhang Han quickly changed his formation. But as soon as the formation changed, the crossbowmen immediately stopped shooting.

The coalition infantry finally rushed in front of the Qin army, and the two sides engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat.

On the other side, Bai Wei led the cavalry to continuously penetrate into the Qin army. There was no enemy under his command. Bai Wei, dressed in white armor, was like a general from heaven, charging rampantly in the Qin army's formation.

Three thousand Bai's cavalry could still keep up with Bai Wei's speed, but the remaining seven thousand cavalry were in dire straits. Just because of a delay, the Bai's cavalry led by Bai Wei disappeared, so the seven thousand cavalry were trapped in this situation. In the military formation.

Bai Wei stared at Zhang Han's banner and went straight to kill it. Zhang Han also discovered this cavalry and ordered his troops to lay traps along Bai Wei's path, and then turned to deal with the coalition army.

Bai Wei was about to kill Dahu, but when he killed a Qin army in front of him, he found a car formation in front of him.

Bai Wei had to rein in his horse and wanted to turn. At this time, many crossbowmen emerged from behind the car formation and shot at Bai's cavalry. Many riders were shot down without reacting.

"Trap!" Bai Wei suddenly thought.

"Retreat! Turn to the right!"

Bai Wei used his weapon to deflect an arrow that was shot, and took the lead to kill to the right.

I don't know how long he killed, but Bai Wei finally penetrated the Qin army's formation. They came to the back of the Qin army's formation.

At this time, the number of Bai's cavalry following Bai Wei dropped from three thousand to only one thousand. The cavalry from other forces have all fallen into it.

"General, what should we do now?"

Bai Wei clapped his horse and ran towards a hillside in the distance. Looking down, he saw the Qin army constantly devouring the coalition forces. It was obvious that the coalition forces were defeated.

"Let's go, let me rescue the master of the family!"

Bai Wei led the team and rushed towards the army holding the white flag at the foot of the mountain.

Bai Qing and his team are resisting with difficulty. They were originally rushing into the formation, but now it is the Qin army that is advancing, and the coalition forces are retreating steadily. However, Bai Qing did not dare to rashly order the withdrawal of troops, because this would lead to a collapse of the army.

Bai Qing used all his strength to kill a Qin army in front of him. He saw that the allies had begun to retreat, and knew that if he did not give the order, the Bai army would be surrounded by the Qin army. Just when Bai Qing was about to speak.

"Brother! Bai Wei is here!"

When Bai Qing saw it, it was Bai Wei who came out from behind the Qin army and said with great joy:
"Thirteenth brother has come just in time. You lead the cavalry to cut off the rear of the army!"

"Order!"

"The whole army retreats!" "Ding, ding, ding!" Ming Jin's voice sounded, and the White soldiers gave up on the opponent in front of them, turned around and ran away.

The Qin army still wanted to pursue, but was blocked by Bai Wei's cavalry. Soon the white army broke away from the battle and ran north to Hanoi County.

Seeing that the army was running away, Bai Wei quickly led the remaining cavalry to retreat.

There was a small group of Qin troops who still wanted to pursue. Seeing this, Bai Wei made a circle and attacked from behind the pursuing Qin army. He dispersed the pursuing Qin troops and allowed the large White army to escape. Only the remaining White troops remained. Thirty thousand people.

The Bai army ran away, but the Qi army did not. Qi general Tian Ba ​​and his troops were surrounded by Qin troops and eventually died in battle.

The King of Wei originally wanted to take advantage of the allied attack to break out, but Zhang Han saw through it and was surrounded on a hillside. Wei King Jiu and Wei Prime Minister Zhou Shi were beheaded, and Chu General Xiang Ta led the remaining troops to flee towards Hanoi.

After Zhang Han dealt with the coalition forces, he continued to march north towards Qi. He happened to meet Qi King Tian Dan's follow-up army of 100,000 people who came to support him.

Because the White Army retreated north, crossed the Yellow River, and returned to Hanoi. Xiang Tao, on the other hand, went south and escaped with thousands of people, so he did not meet the King of Qi.

The King of Qi only encountered the retreating troops along the way, and only heard that the Qi army was still resisting, so he rushed to the rescue without stopping, but he just happened to encounter the advancing Qin army.

The Qi army was quickly defeated, and Qi King Tian Dan was captured by the remaining local Qin officials because he was unfamiliar with the terrain, and was beheaded by Zhang Han.

In addition to Bai Jun and Xiang Ta, those who successfully escaped also included Wei Bao, Wei Jiu's younger brother, and Tian Rong, Tian Dan's younger brother.

Tian Rong led the defeated Qi army to retreat towards Dong'e County. At this time, the Qi army only had tens of thousands of people. The Qin army led by Zhang Han surrounded Dong'a.

(End of this chapter)