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

Chapter 87: The Battle of Wanghan Valley, troops are approaching the city
At the coalition military camp, Tian Ji, Sun Tao and the main generals of the two armies gathered together to discuss ways to defeat the enemy.

At this time, a general of the Qi army came out and said: "General, I think our army is much more numerous than the enemy's army, and we are two countries fighting one country. South Korea must not be able to afford it. Therefore, as long as we make no mistakes, we can directly confront the opponent head-on." , we will win sooner or later."

Some generals agreed with General Qi's words. At this time, a general of the White Army came out and said: "General, I don't think we should fight head-on. There are three reasons. First, the Korean army is fighting on the homeland and it is a defensive war. The Korean soldiers will fight to the death in order to protect their homeland. This will lead to a significant increase in casualties of our army.

Second, after many years of victories and battles, the Korean army has high morale, and the soldiers at the bottom are rich in experience. Compared with our army, they are slightly more elite. Even if our army has a larger number, it cannot win quickly.

Third, this time the coalition of our two countries is to contain the rise of South Korea. If we are trapped in South Korea, it will certainly be able to slow down the rise of South Korea, but it will also slow down the development of our two countries. If other countries rise at this time, we can take advantage of it. While we are attacking South Korea, wouldn't it be a big loss for us to attack our own country?

Therefore, I believe that we should win quickly and not prolong this war for too long. "

After General Bai finished speaking, he received many rewards and words of support. Even Tian Ji kept nodding his head and turned to Sun Tao and said: "Your country is indeed a country with great military strategists. It is incredible that the generals under your command have such knowledge!"

Sun Tao said modestly: "It's all these generals who strive for success! We just provide them with a platform."

Tian Ji nodded after hearing this and did not argue any more. He turned to look at the generals of Qi and said, "What do you think of what our colleagues from Bai said?"

Although the Qi generals were not willing to be compared, they still admitted that what Bai General said was more reasonable, so they all fell silent under Tian Ji's gaze.

Finally, Tian Ji concluded: "The general of the Bai Kingdom is right. This battle can only be won quickly and cannot be delayed by the Korean army. As for how to win quickly, I already have a way. In order to prevent the Korean army's spies from knowing , I won’t tell you, so the generals just need to obey my orders and act.”

Naturally, there was nothing to refute General Qi, but General Bai looked at Sun Tao. When he saw Sun Tao nodding, he performed a military salute to express his obedience.

Obviously Tian Ji had already discussed this with Sun Tao. Tian Ji divided the coalition forces into two divisions, A and B, each consisting of 100,000 Bai troops and 100,000 Qi troops, in order to prevent the Bai generals from feeling that Tian Ji was using the Bai troops as cannon fodder.

Three days later, the two armies faced off in the suburbs east of the capital.

Soon, the two sides advanced towards each other under constant provocations. First, they fired at each other. Under South Korea's continuous research and imitation, Bai's arrow rain no longer had the same advantage as before, although it had a longer range than South Korea. A little bit, but not much impact.

When the two armies were about to engage in hand-to-hand combat, the archers of the two armies stopped, and a bloody fight ensued.

In the suburbs of Beijing, the green wheat seedlings turned into bloody battlefields, with sounds of fighting and roars echoing repeatedly in the sky above the suburbs of Beijing.

Pang Juan sent 300,000 troops, but Tian Ji only sent 200,000 troops. Tian Ji sent the other 200,000 troops to the rear to take over the subsequent defeat. Yes, Tian Ji already knew that this battle would be defeated, and this was his design.

The behavior of hundreds of thousands of people robbing each other of each other's lives lasted for half a day. The coalition forces could no longer support it. The Korean army was indeed as expected, with high morale and rich combat experience. The coalition army was defeated, and it was a huge rout.

Pang Juan was overjoyed and let the Korean army pursue them. Soon, the pursuing Korean army encountered the allied forces who were waiting for them. The Korean army had to stop. The defeated army of the allied forces ran behind the 200,000 troops in formation and regrouped to repair.

Pang Juan saw that the 200,000 troops on the opposite side were a fresh force, and was afraid that his tired army would suffer losses, so he decisively withdrew his troops and formed a formation on the opposite side of the coalition. Tian Ji did not take advantage of this to attack the Korean army.

The defeated coalition forces reorganized their troops. After the repairs were completed, like the previous coalition forces, they ran to a place five miles away from where they were now and stood ready.

The next day, the two armies started fighting again, and it was another half-day battle. The coalition forces were defeated, and the Korean army pursued them, but they were stopped by the coalition forces who were waiting in full formation. The defeated coalition forces reorganized, repaired, and formed formations at the rear just like yesterday.

In this way, repeated defeats, pursuits, defeats, the coalition's resistance time became shorter and shorter, from half a day at the beginning, to five hours, four hours, three hours, and finally to one day, the coalition forces had to fight twice in a row. , and then form a team.

At first, Pang Juan thought that Tian Ji was trying to play some trick, but when he saw that the time for the coalition forces to resist was getting shorter and shorter, and there were fewer and fewer military bases for the coalition forces to retreat, Pang Juan thought that Tian Ji was just a famous general in name only, and would only rely on this kind of gradual resistance. The method wanted to consume the Korean army's physical strength. However, the morale of the Korean army became higher with each victory. It is simply impossible to defeat the Korean army with this.

On the other side, the generals of the Bai Kingdom could no longer tolerate Tian Ji's method of defeat after defeat. Even with Sun Tao's comfort, they could not calm down. Even many generals in the Qi army had objections to Tian Ji.

Therefore, at this routine military meeting, a Bai general said: "General Tian, ​​if you want to retreat again and again, I think we can no longer obey your command. We can no longer hold the Bai country." I will sacrifice my life to fight this hopeless war."

After saying that, he looked at Sun Tao and said: "General, if you continue to support General Tian Ji unconditionally and don't care about the lives of Bai Kingdom soldiers, I will send a message to the country and ask the young master to remove you and appoint another general."

The other white generals also expressed their support, while the Qi generals on the other side did not ask for a change of generals, but they also made many complaints.

Tian Ji saw that the time had come and could no longer retreat, so he looked at each other and smiled with Sun Tao, and said to the generals: "Everyone, the time has come to defeat the Korean army!" The generals were still confused, and Sun Tao said: "This Everything is the plan of General Tian and I. Now the Korean army is still arrogant, and I believe you are also holding back your arrogance, so we will defeat the Korean army tomorrow."

At this time, Tian Ji stood up and ordered: "Send my military order. Tomorrow, Department A will still fight the Korean army, and Department B will no longer be on the retreat road, but here!" He pointed to a place on the map.

The generals looked over and saw that Tian Ji was pointing to an unnamed valley with high sides and a level ground in the middle that could allow twenty people to pass abreast.

The generals looked at Tian Ji, who smiled and said: "Part B is stationed on both sides of the valley. When the Korean army pursues them to the valley, and when the last part of the Korean army enters the valley, the ambush troops on both sides will attack together, and when Part A retreats here, , seize the time to form a team, just need to find the chief officer, then turn back and rush to the battlefield in the valley.

After these days of continuous pursuit and fighting, the Korean army, no matter how elite they are and how high their morale is, after being surrounded, they will gradually become discouraged, wait for work, and ambush the tired troops. This battle can be a great victory! "

After listening to Tian Ji's plan, the generals also expressed their sincere admiration. At this time, the white general who had just spoken asked Tian Ji and Sun Tao to be punished. Sun Tao said: "The general also cares about the Bai Kingdom and the soldiers of the White Army. What is the crime? I just hope that the general can ignore the past grudges and fight this battle well for the sake of the Bai Kingdom!"

General Bai immediately issued a military order, saying that he would not use all his strength in this battle. If he failed to win, he was willing to raise his head to see him! Other generals, including those of the Qi army, also issued military orders one after another. Upon seeing this, Tian Ji and Sun Tao knew that their morale had improved, and they became more confident about tomorrow's battle.

On the second day, the Korean army still fought with the coalition forces. The coalition forces were still defeated, and the Korean army still pursued them.

When the Korean army pursued them to the nameless valley, and was still wondering how the coalition's rear-cutting division was set up so far this time, they heard a hail of arrows from both sides of the valley, and then densely packed coalition soldiers rushed down the hillsides on both sides.

Pang Juan realized that he was ambushed, but because the coalition forces were waiting for work and charging from top to bottom, they were too fast and soon fought with the Korean army.

The Korean army was thrown into chaos by a sudden burst of arrows and the sudden attack of the coalition forces. The Korean army was unable to resist at all. Pang Juan saw that he couldn't get out from behind, so he ordered to charge forward. As long as he got out of the valley, he would survive.

Upon hearing this, the Korean soldiers rushed forward one after another, but soon encountered the coalition forces who had just reorganized their formation. The enemies were extremely jealous when they met, and they were depressed from the defeat just now. The coalition forces here were suddenly more ferocious than the ambush coalition forces.

Pang Juan saw that his way was blocked and despaired. Gradually, the resistance of the Korean army became smaller and smaller. Seeing this, Pang Juan knew that the defeat was irreversible, so he drew his sword and committed suicide. The deputy general of the Korean army, Prince Shen of the King of Han, was captured by the coalition forces.

Sun Tao named this valley Wanghan Valley, which means the valley where the Korean army was defeated.

In this battle, which lasted for half a month, the entire 300,000-strong Korean army was wiped out, with 100,000 killed and 200,000 captured. After a series of battles, the coalition forces only had 300,000 left out of the original 400,000.

In Xinzheng, the capital of Han, while the King of Han was anxiously waiting for the battle situation of the frontline army, the frontline military report came: "Reporting to the king, the frontline army was defeated, and all 300,000 troops were killed."

When King Han heard this, he felt unbelievable. The previous military reports said that they had been winning battles, and even if they lost, the entire army would not be wiped out! The King of Han roared angrily: "Are you telling me false military reports to deceive others?"

The messenger immediately knelt down and told King Han about the battle. King Han seemed to have been drained of strength and collapsed on the throne, muttering: "Pang Juan made a mistake! Pang Juan made a mistake!"

When a minister saw the soulless King of Han, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please cheer up. Now that the army is exhausted, the armies of Bai and Qi are not far from Xinzheng! Please give the order quickly to mobilize all the troops in the country." Minding, come to Xinzheng to defend!"

After hearing this, King Han came back to his senses and said: "Yes, yes, yes! We must pay close attention to defense, otherwise Korea will really be hopeless. How can I be worthy of my ancestors!"

Then he ordered every city, county and county in the country to send strong men to Xinzheng to defend the capital. The time was limited to half a month. Those who did not arrive in time would be executed by the chief officials and the entire clan would be killed.

Soon, the whole country of Korea took action upon hearing the order, and officials recruited young men as quickly as possible and sent them to the capital.

After annihilating the Korean army, the coalition rested for five days, then left 50,000 people to guard the prisoners of war, and led the remaining 250,000 people to attack the capital. As soon as the army arrived in the capital, the defenders of the capital surrendered.

Soon, the coalition forces moved towards Xinzheng. Half a month later, we arrived in Xinzheng, the capital of the Zheng Kingdom.

King Han looked at the army below the city with a slightly panicked expression, because there were only 300,000 strong men gathered in Xinzheng City, which was incomparable to the 250,000 troops of the coalition forces. Even if the 300,000 strong men were distributed with weapons and armors, , and by defending the city, the Korean army has little chance of winning.

The King of Han decided to send envoys to seek peace.

(End of this chapter)