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

Chapter 81 Battle of Broken Rock Valley, Battle of Daliang
There are no boundaries if there are tens of thousands of people, let alone one hundred thousand.

The general of the 100,000-strong army was Wei Jing, who walked very easily in the marching ranks. One of the generals said: "General, we are going to rescue. It's not good to go so slowly!"

Wei Jing glanced at the general and said, "What are you worried about? I heard that the Bai Kingdom only has a population of more than one million and an army of less than 100,000. How can a country with such strength dare to stroke the beard of Wei?

Besides, Shanyang and Zhongmu are both big cities with strong walls. The White Army cannot attack them in less than a month. If we pass slowly, we can not only arrive when the White Army is most tired, but also maintain the physical strength of our army. This will Isn't it right? "

The general had nothing to say. At this time, a secretary said: "General, I heard that the Bai Kingdom relied on military merit to make its fortune. Why don't we despise it so much?"

Wei Jing laughed loudly and said: "Don't worry, that's all old history. Today's Bai family are all a bunch of nerds. Even if they understand strategy, their minds are rigid, what's the use? Even if top-level military books are placed in front of them, they will It may not be possible to research anything useful.

Fighting depends on experience! The White Kingdom has not fought a major war in hundreds of years, so I remain skeptical of their combat effectiveness. "

Another scribe said: "I heard that there are many Mohists in the White Kingdom. Mohists are not easy to mess with! Mohists are good at weapons and armaments. The White Army's armaments must be very strong!"

Wei Jing said contemptuously: "Don't worry, I've seen those mud-legged people. They are all common people in the countryside. How can they become great? After Mo Zhai's death, the Mo sect will not be able to survive. Besides, the Mo family is good at guarding, but I didn't listen." He is said to be good at attacking cities. Send the order, slow down, and try to wait for the troops from the direction of Anyi to attack together to prevent our army from becoming a lone army."

"As ordered!"

Bai Wei and Yuan Zhao have been waiting at the ambush site for five days, but no one has been seen. Bai Wei is a little anxious.

"Somebody come!"

"Chen is here!"

"Quan Wu, you send Shadow Guards and Mo Zhe to find out where the Wei army from Daliang is. Don't change their route."

"Here!"

Two days later, Quanwu came back.

"How about it?"

"Young Master, the Wei army is still ahead, but its march is extremely slow. I estimate it will take ten days to reach us."

"So slow? They won't save Shanyang and Zhongmu?"

Yuan Zhao thought about it and replied: "Young Master, they don't think that two cities can resist us for a month!"

After Bai Wei thought about it, he smiled and said, "You really look down on me! Sure enough, if we don't come out of the mountain, the world will probably forget about us!"

After finishing speaking, he gave an order to the generals: "Send the order, the army will set off, turn forward a hundred miles, and ambush in the Broken Rock Valley a hundred miles away."

"As ordered!"

Three days later, the Bai army arrived at their destination, and Bai Wei sent out Shadow Guards and Mo Zhe to clear out the surrounding Wei army scouts. After a day's rest, the army entered an ambush position.

Two days later, the Wei army arrived at Broken Rock Valley, and they entered the valley without any warning.

When the front of the Wei army was about to leave the valley, "Boom!" Two large rocks rolled down from both sides of the valley, blocking the way of the Wei army.

"What's so noisy ahead?" Wei Jing asked loudly.

"Big rocks have fallen on both sides of the general's valley, blocking our army's path."

Wei Jing glanced at the terrain on both sides and felt a little scared in his heart, but he thought that the White Army should still be attacking the city, so he said: "Quickly ask people to move away. After moving away, the army quickly passed through the valley!"

"As ordered!"

After Wei Jing thought for a while, he ordered: "Come here, send someone to climb the ridges on both sides and take a look!"

"Here!"

Here Bai Wei saw the Wei army commotion for a moment, and then calmed down quickly. He knew that the Wei army had not noticed it yet, but he saw a group of enemy troops coming from both sides, and ordered: "Let the crossbowmen release arrows down the mountain. .”

"Archers, prepare!" "Crossbowmen, prepare!"

"put!"

When Wei Jing was relieved, he saw many figures emerging from both sides, and soon a rain of arrows like locusts came toward him and others.

"Avoid arrows!"

"Ding ding ding!" "Pfft!" "Swish!" "Ton!" This is the sound of arrows nailing people, metal, and shields.

Wei Jingliang quickly dismounted and rolled under the carriage.

After waiting for the wave of arrows to pass, he quickly climbed out and said: "Quickly retreat, withdraw from the valley, and return the same way!"

When Wei Jun heard that they could withdraw, they quickly ran towards the way they came.

The white army kept shooting arrows along the way. This was a bloody road. There were 100,000 people, but less than 30,000 people ran out of the valley.

Wei Jing looked at the remaining defeated generals and couldn't help but feel bitter in his mouth. General Biand asked, "Are we still going to rescue them?"

Wei Jing looked at the general as if he were a fool. He stared at the general and asked, "What do you think?"

The general suddenly felt that he was talking too much and quickly shut up. Wei Jing then ordered: "Withdraw! We don't have enough troops to continue the rescue mission."

After the White Army cleared the battlefield here, they left a small group of people to transport the loot back to Zhongmou, and the large force drove to the Wei Army's burial ground in the direction of Anyi.

Ten days later, the White Army waited for the Wei Army in Anyi, which was slowly marching. After covering it with arrows, the large force charged forward, and the Wei Army was quickly defeated. In this battle, 50,000 people were captured, 30,000 of the Wei army escaped, and 20,000 were annihilated.

The Bai army retreated to Shanyang City with the prisoners in custody.

Bai Wei was thinking about how to solve the prisoner issue. Some generals said it would be better to send people into the mountains to build roads or increase the population in the mountains.

Bai Wei nodded and said, "Let's do this. First, screen out whether there are places we have occupied. If there are local ones, we will let them go. If they are not local, they will be sent to the mountains to build roads and bridges. Wait until we occupy their hometowns." , and then let them go back. Those who want to settle in the three counties can settle in the three counties after working for one year." "Here!"

Soon, there were 10,000 Bai troops escorting 50,000 Wei troops to the Taihang Mountains.

Now, the army still in Shanyang, after excluding the 5,000 that need to be garrisoned, only 75,000 are left, of which 5,000 are still wounded, and the final available force is 70,000.

Fortunately, we were caught off guard this time, otherwise we wouldn't have suffered such a small loss.

"Let's talk! What should we do next?"

"Young Master, I think we should work together to knock down the last big city beam of the Wei army!"

"We only have 70,000 people. Can we defeat them?"

"Don't forget, Daliang has already lost 70,000 people. Under forced recruitment, they can only recruit 40,000 people at most, and they are all new soldiers. How can they compare with well-trained veterans like us!"

"I also think we can take the opportunity to attack Daliang. Otherwise, it will be difficult to fight when Wei Guo reacts and sends more troops to Daliang."

Bai Wei looked at the generals discussing below, looked at Sun Bin and said, "Sun Bin, what are you talking about?"

Sun Bin said: "The last general also agreed to take Daliang. There are three reasons. First, Daliang is a city that the Wei army occupied not long ago. The people in the city don't have much attachment to the Wei army. But our Bai army is different. The Bai country's many years of benevolence and righteousness have made The common people in Daliang and other places showed little resistance to us.

Second, the Wei army suffered a new defeat and its morale was unstable. In addition, most of its old soldiers were lost in the Battle of Broken Rock Valley, and its combat effectiveness was insufficient.

Third, the Wei State can no longer send strong reinforcements, but what I am worried about is that the Wei army will attack our homeland of the Bai State. "

After hearing Sun Bin's analysis, Bai Wei agreed and said: "Don't worry, with the 10,000 domestic troops, we can resist the 200,000 Wei army at the pass for three months. After three months, we have captured Daliang, we have returned to support."

After seeing that Sun Bin had no worries, Bai Wei waved his right hand forward and ordered: "Send the order, the army will rest for three days, and after three days, command the main beam!"

"As ordered!"

three days later

Seventy thousand white troops marched to Daliang in a mighty manner.

ten days later

The army crossed the Yellow River, but the Wei army did not dare to leave the city to fight.

Three days later, the Bai army arrived at Daliang City. Bai Wei looked at the Daliang City Wall, which was taller than Zhongmu, Shanyang and even Taiyuan City in China, and couldn't help but sigh, "It's a really strong city."

On the other side, after Wei Wuhou signed a contract with Zhao and expelled Gongzi Shuo, he quickly withdrew his troops and supported Dongjun. However, if he wanted to support Dongjun, he had to cross the Taihang Mountains or bypass the Taihang Mountains.

After receiving the news that the 200,000-strong army was defeated and that the White Army was already attacking Daliang, Wei Wuhou seemed very anxious. Some ministers suggested: "It is better to attack Beidi Pass in the north of Taihang Mountain directly. It is very close to us. Only five days.

When the White Army hears the news that their country is being attacked, they will definitely rush back to help anxiously, and the siege of Daliang can be solved. "

Wei Wuhou agreed.

five days later

One hundred thousand of Wei's most elite Wei troops arrived at Beidiguan. After hundreds of years of construction by the Bai Kingdom, Beidiguan was already high and strong. Seeing this, Marquis Wu of Wei had no choice but to attack forcefully. The defenders of Beidiguan at this time were only five thousand.

After paying a certain price, the Wei army finally reached the foot of the pass. Cloud ladders and bamboo ladders were put up on the city wall. However, because they were too high, the ladders were almost vertical, making it impossible for the Wei army to climb the city wall. Only two ladders rested on the battlements of the pass. Below, you need to climb over the battlements before you can step onto the city wall.

The losses were huge, and Wei Wuhou had no choice but to temporarily withdraw his troops. The pass guard quickly sent a message to the country, asking for support.

On the second day, after adjusting the size of the siege, the Wei army began to attack again.

At the same time, the offensive and defensive battle in Daliang was also fierce. The White Army has been attacking for ten days, but has not yet reached the city wall, and has lost nearly 10,000 soldiers. Bai Wei looked at the tall city wall and felt helpless.

The walls of Daliang were too high, making it impossible for the White Army to use their arrow advantage. Although they climbed onto the city wall several times and occupied a section of the city wall, they were all driven down by the guards.

At this time, Sun Bin offered his advice and said: "Young master, why not dig a tunnel? The excavated soil can be piled into a mound, and the archers and crossbowmen can be placed on it to suppress the enemy troops on the city wall."

Bai Wei's eyes lit up, and he immediately asked people to dig a tunnel from outside the city to the inside, and then built a high platform with mud, allowing archers and crossbowmen to suppress the Wei army on it.

Three days later, the earthen platform was completed. With the assistance of crossbowmen, the White army quickly climbed onto the city wall. However, due to several days of training, the Wei army's combat effectiveness improved. So we still didn't get in.

Bai Wei gave the order to start a feint attack without using his life, focusing on protecting his life and waiting for the tunnel to be dug. Wei Jing saw that the White Army's attack intensity had dropped, and thought that the White Army was unable to succeed and was preparing to withdraw. So he was very happy. After informing the entire army of this discovery, the morale of the Wei Army increased significantly.

After another five days, with the efforts of the White Army working day and night and in several shifts, the tunnel was finally dug. With the help of Mo Zhe's technology and the Shadow Guard's intelligence, the tunnel was successfully dug into a Shadow Guard stronghold in Daliang City.

At night, three thousand White Guards entered Daliang City through the tunnel and waited.

On the second day, the White Army prepared to attack with all its strength. The pressure on the Wei Army once exceeded the threshold. Wei Jing kept saying: "This is just the White Army's last blow. If we survive, we will win."

With Wei Jing's propaganda, the Wei army never collapsed, which caused the battle on the city wall to fall into a tug-of-war. When Wei Jing breathed a sigh of relief and thought he had blocked it, he suddenly heard a cry of killing from below the city. He didn't know how a group of white troops came out of the city and were capturing the city gate and attacking the city wall. What was even worse was Yes, this group of white troops looks very elite, and the Wei army in front of them has no single enemy.

Soon the city gate of Daliang City, which had been closed for half a month, was opened wide. The white troops were like termites, swarming into the beams.

"It's over! The beam is broken!" Wei Jing thought.

Bai Wei looked at the white flag with black characters on a white background and a cloud-like pattern stuck at the head of Daliang City. Knowing that Daliang City was captured, he couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. Then he turned around and patted Sun Bin on the shoulder and said, "I need you. Just like Uncle Kang in the picture, he has his ancestor Si Zhu!"

Sun Bin raised his hand and said he didn't dare. Bai Wei said with a smile: "Don't be humble, you can shoulder the responsibility. These two battles are all your contribution. You are now a general of the army! I have decided to promote you." General of the army, when the day comes when I think you can take charge of your own affairs, I will make you the general of the Bai Kingdom."

Sun Bin said excitedly: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" Bai Wei looked at young Sun Bin and felt very happy.

Twenty-three-year-old Sun Bin became the lieutenant general of the Bai Kingdom. He was already the youngest general in the world to hold military power.

(End of this chapter)