Chapter 13 The Terrifying Strength of the Three-Jin Allied Forces

Weiss can now sit back and relax, Tian Zifang and Duan Ganmu advise him, Zhai Huang introduces talents for him, Li Kui manages internal affairs for him, Wu Qi and Leyang open up territories for him, and Ximen Bao governs for him Hequ, Wei's regime is getting stronger and stronger, making the princes of the world envy and hate. But Weiss wasn't satisfied with that.When he was still the eldest son, he went out with his father Wei Ju, experienced the flooding of Jinyang, witnessed the cruelty of this era, and knew that sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat. For the future of the Wei family, he must work harder.

The most urgent task at the moment is to use the emotional bond of the state of Jin, which exists in name only, to unite Zhao and Han to advance and retreat together. At that time, the suzerain of the Zhao clan was Zhao Ji, and the suzerain of the Han clan was Han Qian (grandson of Han Hu). According to "Han Feizi" records, Zhao and Han had conflicts, and both sent people to Weiss to ask for military assistance.Weiss rejected their request, and instead invited them together to talk about the historical relationship between the two families. In the reign of Duke Ling of Jin, Zhao Dun monopolized the power and promoted his retainer Han Jue to be Sima. From this, the Han family made a fortune and gradually entered the ranks of the ministers. It became a famous family in the state of Jin.

During Jin Jinggong's reign, the Zhao family was persecuted, leaving only the "Zhao's orphan" Zhao Wu, a single seedling. Han Jue stepped forward and did a lot of work to preserve the Zhao family business, which can be regarded as gratitude. Since then, no matter how the current situation changes, the two families of Zhao and Han have always depended on each other and depended on each other.In 497 B.C., the Fan clan and the Zhongxing clan rebelled. If the Han and Wei families hadn't rescued each other, the Zhao clan would have been doomed.When Jinyang was flooded in 453 BC, it was Han and Wei who turned against each other and saved the Zhao family from danger.

"Zhao and Han are actually brothers. Wouldn't it be a pity to destroy the two-hundred-year friendship for a trivial matter?" Weiss persuaded, "Besides, there are many wars and powerful enemies. We should strengthen our unity and work together. Resist foreign enemies. The Zhao, Wei, and Han families will prosper together if they are in harmony, and will perish if they are not in harmony. Please think carefully about it." Weiss' words can be said to be moved with emotion and reason, which greatly moved Zhao Ji and Han Qian.Therefore, the three formed an alliance, elected Weiss as the leader, and delineated their respective spheres of influence-Zhao Guo went east, targeting Qi and Wei; Wei Guo went west, targeting Qin; as a target.

The first military alliance was formed during the Warring States period, and the people of the world will soon see the terrifying power of this alliance. In 405 BC, Tian Bai (grandson of Tian Heng), a powerful official of the State of Qi and suzerain of the Tian family, died, and his son Tian He inherited the family business. Gongsunsun, a son of the official family who had always been dissatisfied with Tian's monopoly, publicly challenged Tian He at the court meeting, but was killed by Tian Bu, a retainer of Tian's family.Gongsunsun's brother, Gongsunhui, fled back to his territory, Baoqiu (now Yuncheng, Shandong Province), sent someone to ask for help from the Zhao family, and expressed his willingness to dedicate Baoqiu to the Zhao family.

Benqiu and Zhao's territories are not connected, and there are Wei and Song in the middle.But for Zhao Ji, who is eager to expand eastward, Jinqiu is an excellent bridgehead-once occupying Qiuqiu, the state of Wei will be completely under the control of the Zhao family, and the state of Qi will also open its doors and be able to directly deter Taodi, the world's logistics center at that time, brought huge economic benefits to the Zhao family.Of course Zhao Ji would not give up on this great opportunity, and immediately sent troops across the border to support Gongsunhui. The Qi and Zhao armies fought a battle under the city of Baoqiu.The Qi army was responsible for guarding the soil, and their morale was high. Taking advantage of the fact that Zhao Jun had come a long way and had no foothold, he fought a beautiful blocking battle, forcing Zhao Jun to retreat to the territory.

Zhao Ji was in a hurry and sent a letter to Weiss for help. As an alliance, Zhao Ji's request is actually very unreasonable.Because the Qi army did not invade Zhao's territory, nor did it threaten Zhao's safety, it was entirely because Zhao wanted to take advantage of others.If all such things come to the alliance for help, then South Korea lost the crusade against Zheng Guo two years ago, and Weiss can also be asked for help. Weiss is too busy to satisfy the greed of the two alliances all day long. However, Weiss readily agreed to Zhao Ji's request.He has his own considerations. First, the last time the Wei family attacked Zhongshan, they borrowed from the Zhao family, and the Zhao family did not shirk; The two are convinced; the third and most important point is that after the Jinyang War, the Sanjin has actually been three countries, but there has been no real name. He hopes to rectify the name of the Sanjin through this action and give the "three divisions" Jin" draws a perfect ending.

The three Jin coalition forces with the Wei army as the main force were quickly formed.General Zhai Jiao of Wei was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, and Zhao and Han sent troops to help each other, marching towards Bianqiu in a mighty way. At that time, the commander-in-chief of the Qi army who besieged Tianqiu was Tian Bu. Facing the menacing Allied Forces of the Jin Dynasty, Tian Bu did not feel the pressure, because he had 2,000 chariots and 50,000 infantry as his backing. On the land of the Central Plains, chariots have always been the protagonist of wars and an important parameter to measure a country's armed forces. Therefore, there are so-called kingdoms of thousands of vehicles and countries of ten thousand vehicles.

Throughout the history of the Spring and Autumn Period, the scale of wars between princes was basically controlled within a thousand times.In the famous Battle of Chengpu in the early Spring and Autumn Period, Jin dispatched 700 chariots.In the middle and late Spring and Autumn Period, the scale of war continued to expand. As the overlord, the state of Jin could mobilize no more than 4,000 chariots, but that was just to show off its force, and it did not really engage in actual combat. Putting two thousand chariots into battle at one time must be unprecedented in scale.Tian Bu arranged them in a dense formation and launched an attack on the coalition forces, full of confidence in victory.

Only the most well-trained troops can launch a chariot charge in such a dense formation.Anyone who dares to block them will be crushed to pieces! What's more, there are 50,000 infantrymen following closely behind, waiting for the chariots to tear through the enemy's defense line, and then follow up to expand the victory. Suddenly, something unexpected happened. The chariots of the Qi army were still five or six hundred steps away from the coalition army, and a rain of arrows rushed towards them, shooting the chariots in the front row so that they turned their backs, and the wheels of the chariots flew wildly.

Unbeknownst to Tian Bu, the Han family had trained a special crossbow troop. Everyone was "tightly armored, with strong crossbows and sharp swords", and "one man could be a hundred".The crossbows they used were pedal crossbows, which were extremely rare at that time, with a flat shooting range of up to 600 steps, and could penetrate horse armor and iron armor. The Qi army's chariots lined up so densely that it happened to be a living target for the Han army. Tian Bu had been in battle for a long time. Although he was greatly surprised, he remained unruffled in the face of danger. He raised his shield to cover his body, and beat the drums fiercely, ordering the chariots behind to ignore the casualties in front and speed up towards the enemy line. Although the power of the crossbow is strong, it takes time to reload the crossbow between every two shots. The pedal crossbow is especially difficult to wait for, and the reloading time is three times that of the ordinary crossbow.If the Qi army chariot can rush into the coalition formation in this space, there is still a great chance of winning. At this time, the second batch of arrow rain flew over and knocked down the Qi army's chariot several hundred times.This is the arrow shot by the most proud pawn of the Wei army with a twelve-stone crossbow. Although the range is not as far as that of the Han army, the accuracy is greatly improved, and almost no arrows are missed. Tian Bu was also shot by an arrow in the shoulder, and blood flowed out.He suppressed the pain, threw away the shield, and shouted hoarsely: "Don't stop, you will die if you stop, keep going forward, and kill all the Jin people!" Before the words fell, there was commotion behind him.When he looked back, he couldn't help being dumbfounded. It turned out that Zhao General Kong Qing took advantage of the scattered formation of the Qi army and led thousands of cavalry to outflank the flanks and break into the chariot formation. Since the Zhao family annexed Daidi, they have vigorously developed cavalry.Although countries also used cavalry at that time, the scale was not large, and they were generally mixed with chariots and appeared as a supplementary force for chariots.Only the Zhao family had the advantage of Daidi's good horses and established a cavalry independent of all military branches.The impact force of cavalry is not as good as that of chariots, but its flexibility is greatly increased, and it is even more advantageous after breaking into the formation of chariots.I saw them screaming strangely, rushing left and right, stabbing people and chopping horses. Wherever they went, flesh and blood flew everywhere. Seeing that the Qi army's chariot formation was in chaos, the Wei and Han armies in front launched a charge without losing the opportunity.Wei's soldiers ran at the front. These men were all iron men who carried heavy loads for a hundred miles in half a day. They ran three to five hundred steps in full armor, as fast as lightning, and they cut through messes quickly and neatly. Now it is not fighting but massacre.The Qi army's chariots collapsed across the board, which then caused chaos among the infantry. The coalition forces chased and killed the Qi army wantonly on the battlefield until dark. As a result of the battle, Qi general Tian Bu died in battle, and all two thousand chariots became spoils of war for the coalition forces.In addition, the Qi army left 30,000 corpses.Zhao Jun piled up these corpses and built two "Beijing Temples" to show off his military exploits. Someone suggested to Kong Qing: Instead of showing off his martial arts, it is better to return these corpses to Qi State and see if they want it.If you want it, you can make the people of Qi terrified; if you don't, the people of Qi State will have resentment, "there is no way to make the subordinates", and Qi State will completely lose its resistance-this is the so-called "law of internal attack". Kong Qing adopted this suggestion.Sure enough, Qi received these batches of corpses, like receiving 30,000 hot potatoes, and didn't know what to do with them.While hesitating, the coalition forces took advantage of the victory and drove straight in, captured Pingyin (now Pingyin, Shandong Province), a fortress on the western border of Qi State, and then entered the Great Wall of Qi State. In this way, Linzi has no danger to defend, and it is in jeopardy. If the coalition forces launch another offensive, no one thinks that Qi will be able to withstand it for a month.But at this moment, Weiss suddenly ordered the coalition forces to stop attacking, and offered an olive branch to Qi.