The Great Wei Empire in the Warring States Period

Chapter 203

The next morning

Zhao Ke boarded the nest car early to observe the movements of the Wei army. The battle yesterday was really exciting. Not only did they repel the offensive of the Wei army on the front, but they also defeated the Wei army's surprise troops. Now his confidence has already swelled. It turns out that Gongzi Ang is just like that. I thought he would come up with some other ways to cross the river and fight, but I didn't expect him to be more stubborn than him and want to use the same strategy for the second time. He had heard that some of Gongzi Ang's strategies were secretly told to him by Pang Juan. It is estimated that Gongzi Ang's previous victories were won by relying on Pang Juan's strategies.

Zhao Ke observed the Wei army camp. There was no movement in the camp. It is possible that the defeat yesterday reduced the morale of the Wei army.

Deputy General Zhao Ning climbed up and said, "General, should we take advantage of the enemy's low morale to attack?"

Zhao Ke thought for a while and said, "No, although the Wei army suffered a setback, their army is still very strong, and Gongzi Ang is not that bad, if he doesn't even know this, then what kind of general is he!"

Zhao Ning sarcastically said, "General, I guess the enemies Gongzi Ang faced before were all garbage. After all, I heard that when Gongzi Ang fought against my Zhao State, he was mainly a deputy general and did not personally lead the army to attack my Zhao State. He followed the former prime minister of Wei State, Gongshu Zhuo, to earn credit. That is, he was sent as the main general to attack Han State. The generals of Han State were weak, especially their army was simply garbage among garbage. Even Zheng State could surround the capital of Han State back then."

After listening, Zhao Ke also agreed, "It seems that what you said is a bit It makes sense. It seems that this Gongzi Ang has only fought with Han and only three times. We haven't seen his other achievements. "

Although what the deputy general Zhao Lin said makes sense, Zhao Ke is still worried. After all, the other side is also experienced and can't be that bad. He ordered: "Let's wait and see. After all, you see, the camp of the Wei army is well arranged. I'm afraid that the other side will recover soon. It's better to defend first and wait for an opportunity to move!"

"Yes!"

At night, Gongzi Ang led 100,000 troops to the back of Zhongmu. There was no Zhao army defending the banks of the Zhangshui River here. Even the Zhao army in Zhongmu City did not send any scouts nearby. Gongzi Ang thought that he would encounter Zhao scouts nearby, but he didn't expect that there was not even a Zhao scout here. You know, this is Zhongmu of Zhao State. It's not very important, but it can be regarded as an important town of Zhao State.

Gong Zi Ang did not order the army to rest, but quickly issued an order to build a ferry and cross the river immediately. After all, speed is the essence of war.

Gong Zi Ang thought about what he had planned with Pang Juan at that time. According to Pang Juan and his plan, it seemed that there was a granary of Zhao State in the north for more than ten miles, and it was all stored with grain and grass from Handan. At that time, he was very confused. Why was the grain and grass from Handan, Zhao State stored here? In the end, he learned that this granary was not only for supplying Handan, but also for Zhongmu. According to Pang Juan's estimation, as long as this granary was burned, the morale of the Zhao army would definitely drop, and nowIt was still spring, so there must not be much surplus food in Handan, Zhao.

Deputy General Baning came over and said, "General, the ferry has been built. Shall we cross the river now?"

"Yes, cross the river!"

Just as the Wei army was preparing to cross the river, a group of cavalry suddenly appeared not far away. The cavalry captain seemed to see them and shouted, "It's the Wei army! Quickly notify the army in the city to stop the Wei army from crossing the river immediately!"

"No! We've been discovered!" Gongzi Ang regretted.

Order: "Chen Yin, you lead 20,000 troops to stop the Zhao army!"

"The whole army will cross the river immediately!"

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Early morning

Zhao Ke held a meeting early as usual and said to everyone: "Everyone, there was no movement in the Wei army camp yesterday. I guess the Wei army must be scared, or it may be helpless. As long as we continue to persist, the Wei army will be defeated!"

Zhao Shou smiled and complimented: "General, you are right. The Wei army has been frightened by our Zhao army. According to the scouts, the Wei army in the direction of Yecheng also closed the gates and seemed to hang up a sign of no war!"

After hearing this, the generals laughed. One general said with a smile: "It seems that the Wei army is really scared by our Zhao army. They even hung up a sign of no war!"

Haha~~

Report~~ "Urgent report! Urgent report from Zhongmu!" A soldier covered in dust rushed in and panted as he spoke. When he saw the commander, he fainted.

Zhao Ke felt something was wrong, and had a hunch that the Wei army was cheating.

He said hurriedly: "Help him to rest, ask the military doctor to take a look at him, and bring the letter in his hand."

Zhao Ke took the bamboo slips, opened it, stood up, and shouted: "All troops, gather and go to Zhongmu immediately!"

"General, what's wrong?" Zhao Shou asked in confusion.

"Stupid! The main force of the Wei army is no longer here. They have crossed the Zhang River to the back of Zhongmu! Now the Zhongmu garrison is holding back the Wei army. Immediately move the camp to stop the Wei army!"

"Yes!"

At this time, Zhao Ke also woke up. It seems that the Wei army's main general Gongzi Ang is not an ordinary person. He thought that his previous pediatric operations were due to his own ability. Unexpectedly, it was just to confuse him. After thinking about it carefully, it is estimated that Wei State has started planning to attack Zhao State a long time ago, otherwise the Wei army would not lead them by the nose.

Zhao Ke immediately wrote a letter and ordered someone to inform the king 800 miles away urgently that once the Wei army crossed the Zhang River, the next step would be Handan, Zhao State.

Gong Zi Ang commanded the army to cross the river quickly. After all, it would take too long for 100,000 people to cross the river so quickly, and if they were discovered by the Zhao army, it would be even later. They had been fighting guerrilla warfare with the Zhao army in Zhongmu all night last night, and they were almost frightened all night. If the Zhao army found a flaw, the whole army would be finished. After all, it was not easy to deploy troops in this place, and there was no time to deploy troops so quickly. Therefore, Gong Zi Ang could only wait for the opportunity while ordering the army to resist the Zhao army's offensive.

Deputy General Baning came over and said, "General, 30,000 people have successfully crossed the river. Do you want to continue crossing the river?"

"Go on, tell Yin Chen to continue to resist the Zhao army. The whole army must be well prepared and not make any mistakes. Once there is a little mistake, this time it will be a failure!" Gongzi Ang said calmly.

Just then, a messenger ran over and said, "General, the army of Jinyang, Zhao has arrived!"

"What! Jinyang soldiers!" Gongzi Ang was slightly surprised. The soldiers of Jinyang, Zhao are not ordinary soldiers. You must know that when Zhibo led the army to destroy the Zhao family, the Zhao family relied on Jinyang to preserve the foundation of the Zhao family and relied on the soldiers of Jinyang to defeat Zhibo. Although the defeat of Zhibo also relied on the soldiers of Wei and Han, it did not affect the reputation of the soldiers of Jinyang in Zhao. Until now, the State of Zhao in Jinyang has been collecting very low taxes as before. Every household has its own land, and the weapons and equipment of the soldiers there are also the best.

Just when he was still thinking, another messenger ran over and said, "General! General Yinchen can't resist the soldiers of Jinyang. Please send troops to support immediately!"

"Gengying, you lead 20,000 troops to support immediately! Be sure to stop the Zhao army!" Prince Ang ordered.

Until the afternoon, the Zhao army was still confronting the Wei army, and only half of the Wei army had crossed the river. Gongzi Ang originally planned to continue crossing the river at night, but his deputy general Baning dissuaded him, saying, "General, when our army was crossing the river last night, the Zhao army attacked us several times at night, making it very difficult for us to cross the river. Now the number of Zhao troops is close to 30,000. If we cross the river at this time, we may be attacked by the enemy again, which will be dangerous!"

Gongzi Ang asked, "Then what good ideas do you have, Baning?"

"General, why don't we take advantage of the situation and attack the Zhao army at night? The Zhao army has been obstructing our army from crossing the river before, and in order to prevent our army from crossing the river, they did not return to Zhongmu, but built a camp near our army, but they kept harassing our army, and the camp was not strong. Our army should attack immediately! Now we still have 50,000 people in our hands, attack immediately!" Baning said.

"Okay! Let's follow Baning's advice!"

The Zhao army was exhausted from blocking the Wei army from crossing the river. Now they only needed to wait for Zhao Ke's army to arrive so that they could attack the Wei army from both sides and annihilate it.

The general in charge of leading this army was Zhao Xiong, who had fought with the Wei army before. At first, he didn't dare to harass the Wei army with all his strength. After all, he only had more than 10,000 people and didn't dare to harass them much. But now he had 20,000 Jinyang soldiers, so he was not afraid this time.

Zhao Xiong called the chief of the scout camp and asked, "Is there any action by the Wei army?"

"No action. They seem to stay quietly in the camp, neither come out nor cross the river. Now only 50,000 Wei army have crossed the river." The chief of the scout camp replied.

"Okay! There's nothing for you to do. Go first! By the way, tell the brothers that it is estimated that the Wei army will not cross the river tonight. Take a rest.! I'm tired after a whole day." Zhao Xiong said.

In the middle of the night, Prince Ang personally led three groups of Wei Wuzu in the army to attack the camp. Among the 100,000 people attacking Zhao, there were 30,000 Wei Wuzu. The entire Wei State only had 50,000 Wei Wuzu. In order to attack Handan of Zhao State, Wei State also spent a lot of money.

Prince Ang ordered: "Divide the troops into three groups and attack Zhao's camp from three sides, with archers covering from behind! ”

Kill, kill~~

After receiving the order from the general, the Wei Wuzu rushed towards the Zhao army camp like a tiger. At this time, most of the Zhao army was asleep and had no idea that danger was coming.

The soldiers guarding the gate of the Zhao army were also at a loss for what to do. They shouted and went to stop the Wei army. As a result, they were beaten back as soon as they came into contact with this Wei army. They had no power to fight back, which was completely different from the Wei army they had encountered before.

The Wei Wuzu pierced the Zhao army's defense line like a sharp spear. They attacked the Zhao army camp. Prince Ang drove Chariot, commanding the army to attack Zhao army, some Zhao soldiers were hacked to death by Wei army in their sleep.

Zhao Xiong was also awakened by the sudden shouting and killing, and rushed out of the tent with a sword in hand without even putting on his armor. As soon as he came out, he saw the camp in chaos with flames rising to the sky.

No matter what order was issued, it was impossible to stop the chaos. Soldiers in the whole camp could not find their generals, and generals could not find their soldiers. It was impossible to stop this disaster.

Zhao Xiong was about to draw his sword and commit suicide to thank the king for his kindness, but his personal soldiers hurriedly stopped him and said: "General, run quickly! There is no need to worry about firewood!"

"Go!"

"I'm sorry to the king!"

"Go, general, it's too late to save it! ”

“Ah… my soldiers…”

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In the early morning, Gongzi Ang didn’t really count how many heads he had killed. After defeating the Zhao army, Gongzi Ang immediately led the remaining 50,000 troops to cross the river and join the 50,000 troops on the other side.

Gongzi Ang pointed his eyes directly at Handan and ordered: “The whole army will rest for a while and then go to Handan!”

Report~~ A scout ran over in a hurry and reported: “General, the main force of the Zhao army was found thirty miles away, that is, the Zhao army that confronted our army in Yecheng!”

“Oh! Then we will take a rest and defeat them when they come over!” Gongzi Ang ordered.

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