The Great Wei Empire in the Warring States Period

Chapter 142

The next morning, after Gongsun Zao arranged the affairs of the Wei State, he led 60,000 troops to attack the Song State, which was unaware of the situation.

Jiqiu

The Qi army had been stationed here for more than half a month, but had not yet waited for the arrival of the Wei army. The soldiers were dissatisfied. They could not cook and keep warm in the wild, and could only eat the dry cold food brought from Linzi.

One of the centurions could not stand it and said in front of the soldiers: "Everyone, continue to eat these dry food, I really want to vomit. I want to tell the general in person! If the Wei army does not come, I want to leave!"

The centurion confided his pain to Tian Ji, and Tian Ji comforted him: "Be patient for a while, I will take out my private collection of fine wine and let everyone drink it. I will go to consult the military advisor first."

When the soldiers heard that there was fine wine to drink, their morale eased a little, and they returned to their respective posts. Tian Ji watched everyone leave, sighed, and murmured to himself: "Why hasn't the Wei army come yet? If they don't come, our army won't be able to hold on!"

Then Tian Ji came to Sun Bin. Sun Bin was leisurely eating oranges. Seeing Tian Ji's dissatisfied expression, he smiled and said, "Brother Tian Ji, do you want an orange?" Tian Ji said impatiently, "Mr. Sun Bin, the Wei army has not arrived yet. If it continues like this, the soldiers will riot!" Sun Bin smiled and explained, "It took us ten days to get here from Qi; it also took the Wei envoy ten days to get from Puyang to Linzi, Qi. It is estimated that it will take more than twenty days for the Wei army to break through Puyang. Therefore, when we just arrived here, the Wei army had just broken through Puyang. After the Wei army broke through Puyang, it was definitely impossible for them to rush directly to attack Taodi in Song. They had to appease the people of Wei and send people to notify the King of Wei. It would take at least twenty days to go back and forth. Don't worry, in two days, the Wei army will definitely come. will definitely arrive here. "

Tian Ji said distressedly: "I feel that the soldiers can't hold out for two days. "

Sun Bin smiled and said: "I understand that when people have nothing to do, they will naturally be upset. Since the soldiers are in a low mood, I will make up a story for them to tell and help them relieve their emotions! "

Tian Ji asked with some doubts: "Can telling stories make them hold out for two days? "

Sun Bin smiled and said: "Of course not. I was just joking. In fact, before we set off, I have asked the king for five carts of important things. "

Tian Ji asked eagerly: "What is it? "

Sun Bin pretended to be mysterious and said: "Guess what the soldiers like to eat the most? "

"Meat!" Tian Ji answered directly.

Sun Bin nodded and said with a smile: "That's right. I specifically asked the king for five carts of bacon. It is estimated that the Wei army will arrive in the next two days. Go and take out two carts of bacon, chop it into minced meat, and distribute it to the soldiers."

After hearing this, Tian Ji was overjoyed and said: "Great, the problem is solved."

The soldiers were very excited after getting the minced meat. They rarely had the opportunity to eat meat during the war. In an instant, the soldiers of the entire armyThe morale of the army was greatly improved.

Tian Ji felt relieved when he saw the morale of the army improved. He prayed silently: "I hope the Wei army can arrive soon."

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Gongsun Cuo led the army to rush to Taodi desperately. Gongsun Cuo took out the map and looked at it. He asked the scout camp leader beside him: "What is the place ahead?"

The scout camp leader replied: "General, the road ahead is Jiqiu. The road is relatively narrow and the total length is more than 30 miles. I am afraid there will be an ambush."

Gongsun Cuo smiled and said: "Our army is attacking Song secretly. How could Song know our marching route? Qi is still being restrained by Zhao. Don't be careful. Gongsun Hong, you stay in the rear army."

Gongsun Cuo waved his hand and said: "The whole army keeps the formation and moves forward!"

The Wei army marched to Jiqiu in a mighty manner, not knowing the danger that was about to come.

The Qi army scout saw the Wei army coming and hurried to report to Tian Ji.

When Tian Ji learned that the Wei army had arrived, he said to Sun Bin happily: "Mr. Sun Bin, the Wei army is here, about 60,000 people."

Sun Bin smiled and said: "Okay, when all the Wei army comes in, we will immediately block the entrance and exit with huge stones, and then shoot thousands of arrows to annihilate the Wei army!"

Gongsun Cuo led the army into Jiqiu, and the deputy general beside him said: "General, it's too quiet here, I feel a little bad!"

Gongsun Cuo said nonchalantly: "Okay, there are not so many ambushes, the whole army will speed up and pass here."

The messenger rode all the way to the rear army and shouted: "The whole army will speed up and pass this place immediately."

When the Wei army came in completely, suddenly countless stones and wood were thrown down from both sides to block the road. The Wei army could not move forward or backward, and they were all blocked in the middle.

Gongsun Zao shouted: "Don't panic, the front army quickly move all the fallen stones and wood away."

As soon as the voice fell, flags suddenly fluttered on both sides, and countless Qi soldiers came out from both sides to draw their bows and arrows, and instantly thousands of arrows were fired. At this time, the Wei army realized that they had entered the encirclement of the Qi army.

All the Wei soldiers panicked, how could they encounter a strange army here. The Wei army was caught off guard, and then the Qi army poured a large amount of kerosene down, and countless rockets were fired, and the whole area was covered with fire.

The Wei army was in chaos. Gongsun Zhuo stood on the chariot and kept shouting: "Don't panic, don't panic! Hurry up and form a formation to meet the enemy!"

Tian Ji saw the right opportunity and drew his sword after the Wei army was in chaos and shouted: "All troops, attack! Kill!"

After an unknown amount of time, the Wei army was dead or wounded. The bodies of Wei soldiers and the destroyed chariots were everywhere, and the flags of the Wei army could be seen everywhere on the ground.

Wei general Gongsun Zhuo died of exhaustion, and since then, 60,000 Wei troops were completely wiped out here.

Tian Ji walked up and asked Sun Bin: "Mr. Sun Bin, what should we do next?"

Sun Bin said expressionlessly: "Immediately evacuate this place and capture Pinglu City!"

Tian Ji had just won a great victory, so he was very happy, said excitedly: "We have annihilated 60,000. Why don't the Wei army take advantage of this great victory to recover all the lost territory?"

Sun Bin shook his head and said: "No, if we recover all the lost territory, then Wei's attention will be focused on our Qi State, so it is enough to recover Pinglu City, so that Wei's attention will not be on us! Now while Pinglu City is empty, march quickly to capture Pinglu!"

Tian Ji bowed and said: "Yes!"

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After Gongsun Cuo was defeated, Song State also learned that Wei State was going to attack Song State and quickly prepared. However, Gongsun Cuo did not contain the Song army in Taodi, so Xiangzi's surprise attack all the way failed.

Xiang Ci learned that Gongsun Cuo was ambushed by the Qi army and said in panic: "No, this attack may not succeed, retreat immediately!"

Gongsun Yi saw Xiang Ci was going to retreat and asked: "General, why are you retreating?"

Xiang Ci said: "Brother Gongsun was ambushed by the Qi army and his entire army was wiped out. I think Song has made preparations, and we have to be careful whether the Qi army will take the opportunity to attack our reserve army. Now we can only retreat!"

When Gongsun Yi heard that Gongsun Cuo's army was wiped out, his mind went blank in an instant. His uncle and father died in the battle.

Xiang Ci comforted: "Young general, don't be sad. What's more important now is to retreat to a safe area as soon as possible. It's not too late to avenge the general later!"

On the other hand, Pinglu City was attacked by Tian Ji and others because of its poor defense. Pinglu City returned to the hands of Qi.

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Wei Guodi

After hearing the news that Gongsun Zao's army was annihilated and Pinglu City was recaptured by Qi, Wei Ling was furious and yelled: "What, my 60,000 troops are all gone! Isn't Qi at war with Zhao? Where did this Qi army come from!"

The ministers lowered their heads, not daring to look up at the King of Wei who was now in a righteous mood. Wei Ling turned his head and stared at Gongsun Yue angrily and said: "Gongsun Yue! Didn't you say that the Qi army was fighting the Zhao army? What's going on with the Qi army in Jiqiu!"

Gongsun Yue hurriedly knelt on the ground and said in horror: "My king, I don't know either! This is a secret report from a spy, it can't be wrong, unless..."

"Unless what!" Wei Ling roared.

Gongsun Yue trembled all over and whispered: "Unless we fell into a trap..."

Pang Juan stood up and said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. This time, you really can't blame the foreign minister, because Sun Bin, who defeated Qi this time, fooled everyone in the court of Wei. I am willing to lead the army to defeat Qi!"

Wei Lang's heart was bleeding at this time. There were 60,000 troops, and the entire Wei Kingdom had only 400,000 soldiers. It would take several years to recover from the loss of 60,000 soldiers. Moreover, even his beloved general Gongsun Cuo died in the battle.

But Wei Lang did not lose his mind after all. He said slowly: "Stop attacking Song State, send civil servants to plan the occupied land of Wei State and organize it into a county."

Wei Shen stood up and said, "Father, although we were defeated in Jiqiu of Song this time, our Wei State has also occupied Wei State, and the main goal has been achieved. I think the most important thing now is to recuperate and turn the occupied territory into national strength."

Hui Shi also stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I think our Wei State should focus on Qi State. Sun Bin of Qi State is so powerful that we don't know how he mobilizes his troops! He almost makes all of us run around."

Wei Ling thought about it and was about to say that a messenger ran up and said, "Your Majesty, we We received a secret report from Zhao that Zhao's 50,000-man army was defeated by Qi's army and the leader of Qi's army was Tian Pan. "

Wei Lang murmured, "Damn it, I was deceived!"

Shen Dao stood up and said, "Your Majesty, this defeat hurt the foundation of our Wei, and it will only take a few years to recover!"

Wei Lang thought for a while and said, "Okay, order people to support Gongsun Zao and his family, and give his family 500 gold and 5,000 acres of land. Grant Gongsun Zao the title of General Wuwei. His son Gongsun Xi was granted the title of Lower Doctor."

Sun Bin's clever trick tricked Wei, and 60,000 Wei soldiers were buried in Jiqiu. He destroyed the Wei army with ease and took Pinglu. Wei generals were afraid of Wuwei's death. Who in the world can defeat Sun Tzu?

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