Chapter 48 Section 6 Yixi battlefield has many strange changes, Wang Jian's army defeated the Yan Dynasty

Wang Jian's military order Yunche stands on an isolated hill on the west bank of Yishui. Seen from a distance, there is only a huge black flag hanging on the top of the mountain, and there is a pale yellow forest besides it.But from the top of this lonely mountain, the field of vision is extremely wide.Even if it is morning mist, autumn frost, the sky and the earth are hazy, Wuyang City, the lower capital of Yan State, is far away in the west, and the South Great Wall of Yan State is in the north. Sparkling as if in front of your eyes, the Laishui in the northwest is also like a silver line far away in the sky, shining into the field of vision.There is only one reason why Wang Jian chose this battlefield: the mountains and rivers to the west of Yishui are the most suitable for a battle of gathering and annihilating.The strategy of fighting the war of gathering and annihilating is not only Wang Jian's plan, but also Li Si's intention to win the government brought by King Qin.The king of Qin's statement relayed by Li Si is: Zhao Canyan is weak, and they are all frightened birds. If they can't destroy their main force in one battle, they will inevitably flee far away, or go to Liaodong or Beihu, and there will be endless troubles!Li Si repeatedly affirmed King Qin's scruples: the Mengtian army in Jiuyuan and Yunzhong only has a strength of more than 100,000. They want to fight against the Xiongnu Linhu in the north and stop the remnants of the Yan Dynasty from fleeing. Not to be caught; for this reason, the battle of attacking Yan Dynasty was aimed at gathering and annihilating its main force.Regarding King Qin's overall strategy, Wang Jian deeply agreed, and after repeated deliberations, only this battlefield was the most suitable for the Qin army to display.

First, let’s talk about the general geography of this battlefield. In the entire land of Yannan, the Yishui River Basin is the most critical.During the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period, this area was originally a trading area for fur and salt valleys between the Hu people and the Huaxia ethnic groups. Because it was unknown, it was directly called "Yi Di" by the Yan and Ji countries at that time.In this land change, the north and south water streams were both called "Yi Shui" by the people of Yan and Ji at that time.Later, Yan State swallowed Ji State and called the two Yishui Rivers North Yishui and Nanyishui respectively.During the Warring States Period, Yannan became the most affluent area in the Yan Kingdom, and Yishui also became famous day by day.However, the Yidi is still an undelimited area, with neither counties nor cities built.Until the later Sui Dynasty, Fang set up Yi County, or Yizhou, in the land of Yishui.Therefore, later generations mistakenly believed that (Warring States) Yishui got its name because it originated in (Warring States) Yi County.This is something.

The direction of flow is: Beiyi water flows from west to east, enters Laishui, and then enters the Dahe River, generally flowing from east to west and slightly northwest-southeast; Great oblique to southeast.Therefore, people at that time thought that Nanyishui was a water flow running from north to south, so there was the theory of Yishui from east to west. The importance of the Yishui River Basin lies in two places: First, on the north bank of the Beiyishui River, there is Wuyang City, the largest fortress in the south of Yan Kingdom.This is the southern important town built by King Yanzhao back then. It is 20 miles from east to west and 17 miles from north to south. On the shore, there is a Yan State South Great Wall, which is a barrier for the Yan State to defend against enemies coming from the south.The Yannan Great Wall was built along the direction of the Nanyi River, winding straight to the southeast, and reaching the "Zhonghe" on the border between Yan and Qi, with a length of more than 400 miles.During the Warring States period, the section of the Yellow River entering the sea was divided into three inflows. The west went north to the Yan State and the east turned to enter the sea in today’s Tianjin area. Both the Zhonghe River and the East River entered the sea at the border of Qi State, which is today’s Shandong Peninsula.The eastern boundary of the Great Wall in the south of Yan State ends at the "Zhonghe" at the junction of Yan and Qi.So far, it is completely clear that the three key points of Yannan are: Nanyi Water, Yan Great Wall, and Wuyang Fortress.

"Report to the general, the Yan Dai coalition forces will investigate clearly!" After listening to the scout general's report, Wang Jian on the commander's cloud car frowned deeply. The enemy situation reported by the scout battalion is: the Yandai coalition forces have crossed Laishui and Beiyishui in a row, and are stationed in three parts: more than 100,000 horses, mainly the Yan army in the hinterland, the cavalry stationed outside Wuyang City, and the infantry stationed in Yan The South Great Wall; the main force of more than 200,000 people composed of Dai Zhao Jun and Yan Guo Liaodong elite, went out to the east bank of Nanyi River and was building a barrier.

"Xin Sheng, according to the situation, what's the deal?" Wang Jian asked his deputy. "General, our army will definitely be able to gather and annihilate the coalition forces!" Xin Sheng did not hesitate at all. "What proof?" "First, the deployment of the coalition forces is improper! Second, our army's combat power far exceeds that of the coalition forces!" "Even so, it's difficult!" "Being suspicious before a battle is a taboo for generals. The general should have the determination to win!" The mountain wind resounded with Xin Sheng's impassioned enthusiasm, and the banners of military orders and flags were repeatedly crackled.Wang Jian looked at the fiery red coalition camp in the eastern morning light, and did not speak for a long time.Among the generals of the Qin army, Wang Jian is the weakest "Xiongfeng".No matter how big or small the battle was, Wang Jian never made an impassioned declaration of victory. What he told the generals more was precisely the difficulty of this battle.That's the only reason why Wang Jian's shogunate generals are always so strange: the young generals are screaming, but Wang Jian with gray beard and hair always has a dark face.If Wang Jian's thesis hadn't been confirmed countless times by the actual evolution of the battlefield, probably no one would be convinced by Wang Jian, a general.Even so, every time there is a big war, it is still inevitable to repeat the scene where the generals are proud and the commander walks alone.For example, at present, Xin Sheng, the deputy commander in chief of attacking Yan, does not take Wang Jian's concerns very seriously.

The general of the Qin army at this time is really a gathering of talents.From Wang Jian to Mengtian, the young generals in their thirties are all outstanding: Li Xin, Wang Ben, Xin Sheng, Feng Jie, Feng Quji, Yang Duanhe, Zhang Han, Qiang Li, Tu Ju, Zhao Tuo.There are also generals of the Guowei Mansion who are in charge of pass city defense and transportation of food and grass: Meng Yi, Zhao Ping, Ma Xing, Du He and other professionals who are both military and political.All of these young generals were the pillars of the later great empire.In particular, Li Xin, Wang Ben, Yang Duanhe, and Xin Sheng were unanimously called the "Four Pillars of Youth" by the army. .

Only in this way, there was never a time in the military consultations of the Qin army shogunate that did not have a lot of controversy and insight into the battle situation. For example, at present, almost all the generals of the Qin Army understand the real plan of Zhao Ping, the commander of the coalition army: the 200,000 main force of the coalition army will cross Yishui to drag the main force of the Qin army to fight fiercely, and build barriers as a defense. The tens of thousands of infantry stationed on the Great Wall are preparing for Wang Ben's return to the army; the cavalry stationed outside Wuyang City are ready to rescue Daiguo at any time.That is to say, Zhao Ping was suspicious, he was not sure about his tactics of besieging Wei and saving Zhao, and behind the cleverness was the commander's lack of self-confidence.The crux of Zhao Ping's suspicion is that he can't be sure about the real movements of Wang Ben's tribe—what should he focus on when he really destroys the dynasty and lures the enemy into suspicious soldiers?For this reason, Zhao Ping set up a seemingly flexible formation: if Wang Ben did not attack Dai and returned to his division to assist in the battle, the Wuyang Army and the Great Wall Army could encircle him; if Wang Ben really attacked Dai, Wuyang Army could go north to rescue; The Great Wall Army can respond accordingly, taking into account both the battle of Yixi and the battle to save the generation, so as to protect the battle and save the generation.As for the battle of Yixi, Zhao Ping's plan is also obvious: more than 100,000 Wang Ben's troops went north, and the main force of the Qin army was only more than 200,000, which was equivalent to the strength of the coalition forces of the Yan Dynasty; Possessed, when there is a great chance of winning.For Prince Dan and Song Ruyi who are not familiar with military affairs, this may be called a flexible and wise strategy.But in the eyes of the increasingly sophisticated Wang Jian, and in the eyes of a group of talented generals of the Qin army, this is a very flawed strategy that reveals suspicion.The commander-in-chief had scruples and did not dare to invest most of the main force in the main battlefield. In fact, the main battlefield was unknown, and he had already lost a bit in terms of strategy.In terms of the combat strength of the two armies, the coalition forces of the Yan Dynasty were even more unable to compete with the elite soldiers of the Qin army.

Therefore, none of the generals of the Qin army was worried about whether the Qin army could gather and wipe out the Yan-Dai coalition forces. As the deputy commander-in-chief of this battle, Xin Sheng said: "The Yixi battlefield will not flee from the enemy! Wuyang and Yannan Great Wall will be intercepted by Wang Ben's troops from behind, and they will not flee from the enemy! Such a battlefield, how can we not gather and annihilate!" In fact, Xin Sheng and the generals felt unbelievable about Wang Jian's heaviness and worry. "Report to the general, the special envoy of the coalition forces is here to fight!" Sima reported loudly and flew onto the cloud car.

"Let's go! The shogunate gathers the generals." Wang Jian waved his hand and immediately walked into the elevator compartment of the cloud car. Xin Sheng nodded to the military commander Sima, and the big black banner swung across the sky to give a unique order.By the time Xin Sheng stepped into the elevator car and followed Wang Jian out of the cloud car, the Jujiang drum had already sounded twice.When he first entered the shogunate, the generals could gather together.Wang Jian didn't even look at the letter of war brought by the special envoy of the coalition forces, and wrote "tomorrow's battle" with a big pen.As soon as the special envoy of the coalition army left the shogunate, Wang Jian said with a dark face: "There are still uncertainties in gathering and annihilating the Yan Dai army, and all ministries must pay attention to it!"

"Dare to ask the general, what are the variables?" Li Xin asked loudly. "The enemy is divided into three places on both sides of the strait, with a radius of more than a hundred miles. It is easier to escape from the battlefield than before." When Wang Jian finished speaking, the shogunate hall suddenly fell silent.It should be said that this is a fact that was ignored by the generals of the Qin Army. The battlefield; the generals originally believed that the victory was not so much an annihilation, but a defeat.It should be said that without rich practical experience, it is difficult to gain insight into this point.The fact that Wang Jianbi has many young generals under his command lies in his decades of practical experience in combat and his extremely calm disposition.And what the keen young generals lack is this kind of experience that requires time and blood accumulated in actual combat.

"What the general said is true! Zhao Ping divides the garrison into three divisions. I didn't think about it carefully!" "The disadvantage of the three troops stationed is to disperse the army, and the advantage is that it is easy to escape!" "General Wang Ben has only 30,000 horsemen, and it is difficult to stop more than 100,000 horses!" "The main force of our army will fight decisively on the west bank of Yishui. After the victory, the pursuit across the river must be delayed, which is not conducive to encirclement and suppression!" "Scout News: The coalition forces are coming from the south, all of them are lightly armed. Their plot must be to facilitate their escape!" It's fine if Wang Jian doesn't point it out, once he points it out, the young generals immediately wake up, everyone adds to each other's words, and in a moment, the overall situation on the battlefield that may happen is clearly explained.Although Wang Jian still had a stern face, his ears hidden in the ear protectors of the handsome helmet caught everyone's short words, and one possible new strategy after another quickly passed through his mind.However, he did not capture a strategic revelation that could gather and annihilate the coalition forces, and the new strategy that flew across his mind did not have a solid foundation. "This battle can only be fought." The hall was already silent, and Wang Jian finally stood up. "Wish to hear the general order!" Juzhang said in awe. "All ministries fight hard, shorten the Yixi battle as much as possible, and cross the river as soon as possible to encircle and wipe out the fleeing enemy!" "Hi!" "That is to say, the original deployment remains unchanged, and the ministries increase their power to kill the enemy." "Hi!" After the general meeting was over, Wang Jian called the general of the scout battalion into the shogunate military command room.After some instructions, the scout general flew out of the shogunate in the twilight, and flew to Wang Ben's army in the northwest. At the dawn of dawn, with frost and mist, people on the east bank of Yishui began to shout and neigh. The moment when the coalition forces waded into the water was decided by Zhao Ping himself.After arriving at the Yannan Great Wall, the shogunate of the coalition forces had to report urgently: Wang Ben of the Qin army showed no sign of returning to the army, and was still marching northward with great fanfare.At the same time, the Kuaima special envoy of Dai Wang Zhao Jia flew to ask Zhao Ping to go north to protect Dai. If he could not return to the army within three days, the Dai king and ministers had to take the people and flee north to the Xiongnu.Zhao Ping was in a hurry, and before he had time to discuss with Prince Dan, he immediately issued a military order to the main force of the Chinese army: In the early morning of the next day, wading through the water for battle!At this moment, Zhao Ping had only one goal, to force Wang Ben to return to his army. As for the pros and cons of such tactics, he had no time to speculate.Prince Dan and Song Ruyi, one with the mixed cavalry stationed in Wuyang, the lower capital, and the other with the mixed infantry stationed at the Great Wall of Yannan, under the title "Restraining the two armies from dispatching cameras".As soon as the two entered the garrison, they each listened to the general's report on the garrison configuration, and then they were busy discussing the method of participating in the war with the swordsman Ren Xia who was following the death battle. There was no time to rush to the shogunate to discuss the overall strategy with Zhao Ping.By the time Zhao Ping's Central Army Sima's military order was notified, it was already dawn the next day.Although the two main army figures of the Yan Kingdom were not in the same place, the way of handling them was surprisingly consistent: after thinking for a while without saying a word, they led the dead horse team across Yishui and went straight to the battlefield. No matter how hurried the coalition generals are, a battle of life and death has finally begun. Before the sun broke through the hazy frost and fog, the Yandai coalition forces in red armor spread out on the broad river, surging up the plain valley on the west bank of Yishui, and the sky and the earth were chaotic and golden red.When Zhao Ping's commander, Yunche, stood upright, he was too surprised to speak.There was no Qin army in the entire valley battlefield, and black flags were faintly fluttering in the valleys on three sides in the distance, but the sound of camp waves mixed with people shouting horses neighing and drums and horns could not be heard. "Report to Lord Pingyuan! The Qin Army's camp is empty! No Qin Army has been seen in the river valley!" "Flying for thirty miles! Check again and report again!" Tan Ma flew away, Zhao Ping's face was terribly gloomy.Wang Jian clearly approved the battle in the future in the war book, but there is no army on the battlefield today. This is clearly a conspiracy battle.It's not that Zhao Ping believed the four big characters on the parchment, but that Zhao Ping believed that it was impossible for the Qin army to flee on the spot, and the Qin army was coveting the battlefield where he could not see it!There is a conspiracy, either a sneak attack or an ambush, so what else?What Zhao Ping can't figure out is that if the Qin army wants to fight a conspiracy, as long as the coalition forces "half-cross and attack" when the coalition forces cross the river, the coalition forces will undoubtedly lose; , but Qin Jun has disappeared, is this a conspiracy?Even if you have surprise soldiers in ambush, you still have to lure me into the steep valley.Now our army is at least three to five miles away from the valley of the Qin army camp, not to mention that I am outside the mountain, or entering the mountain. How many people can be ambushed by the low and gentle hills on both sides?Zhao Ping was pondering, shaking his head and smiling wryly. Gradually, his suspicions became more and more serious—could it be that Wang Jian left the empty battalion and went north to join Wang Ben's troops to attack Dai?If it weren't for this, could the army of more than two hundred thousand have escaped out of thin air? "Report to Mr. Pingyuan! No Qin army has been seen in Fangyuan Mountain!" When the horse scouts came to report again like meteors, Zhao Ping suddenly broke out in a cold sweat—he was sure that the main force of the Qin army must have gone north!For a moment, Zhao Ping had no time to think about it and shouted an order: "Cross the valley! Go north to Daiguo!" After issuing the order, Zhao Pingfei stepped off the cloud chariot and mounted his horse, and flew forward with the 3,000 elite cavalry guarding the shogunate. military.Zhao Ping is very familiar with the geography of the Yan Dynasty: once you cross Yishui, the shortest way to go north to Daiguo is to cross the valley where the Qin army camp is located, and then cross the upper reaches of Laishui River to enter Daiguo; if you go back to Yishui, go north from Wuyang , The distance is at least one or two days away. For the Qin army who has been chasing the Qin army that has set off for one night or at least most of the night, the return journey is completely hopeless.Within half an hour, more than 200,000 main forces of the Yan-Dai Allied Forces had rumbled into the valley where the flag of the Qin Army was falsely planted.Only the two white horse teams of Prince Dan and Song Ruyi managed to arrive, and they have not yet entered the Taniguchi... All of a sudden, the rumbling war drums completely submerged the valley, and the sound of killing was everywhere. (Wen'heart'hand'beat'group'hand'beat'organization') Prince Dan and Song Ruyi outside the mountain pass were completely astonished.Looking at the valley that was still empty just now, in an instant, the black Qin army swept across the field, like a violent flood gushing out from the ground; A jungle of swords and spears was formed.What's even more frightening is that a black fortress miraculously stood up on the west bank of Yishui, and a big banner with the word "Zhang" danced vigorously: Prince Dan could clearly see at a glance that it was a large crossbow formation of the Qin Army.In other words, the strong bows and crossbows of the Qin Army's Zhanghan Division have blocked Yishui's retreat. If the main force of the coalition forces cannot break through the Qin Army's valley ambush, they can only let the terrifying stormy arrows shoot them clean. "Military division! Enter the valley! Meet Pingyuan Lord!" Prince Dan roared. "No!" But before fighting on the battlefield, the warrior Song Ruyi was sober after all, grabbed the reins of Prince Dan's horse and shouted, "There are so many people and horses, you can't find them! For the current plan, the only way to go back to the Great Wall is to make a fuss." Prince Dan immediately woke up and shouted loudly: "Okay! The cavalry is dispatched by the military commander! Go back to the Great Wall!" Song Ruyi shouted: "The royal cavalry guards the prince! The cavalry of the knights will charge forward with fifty horses, and Lu Jujian will ride fifty Cut off! Kill me—" With one stroke of the long sword, the snow-white war horse flew out like lightning. But in the valley, Zhao Ping's main army saw Taniguchi far away, and suddenly the sound of war drums was like thunder and killing.Although Zhao Ping is a courageous general, he lacks the experience of leading an army in actual combat. When he was in a hurry and suspicious, he heard the sound of drums and drums exploding like thunder.Before a military order was issued, Zhao Ping was wrapped into the core of the cavalry by a group of veteran Sima around him.When Zhao Ping came to his senses and roared repeatedly, wanting to command the army to break out of the valley, the Qin army from the two mountains was already pressing down like a tsunami, and the entire army immediately fell into an involuntary chaotic fight.Zhao Ping's Chinese army guard horse team is the remaining elite flying cavalry of the Zhao army back then. Everyone is a warrior on the battlefield. Before the general guards give an order, they have already wrapped the Sima of the entire Chinese army shogunate and Zhao Ping in the core and rushed towards the mountain pass like a hurricane. Roll away.The more than 60,000 generation troops mixed in the main force of the coalition army saw the word "Zhao" flying the flag forward, and immediately understood it. Kill to the mountain pass.The Yan army incorporated into the main force of the coalition forces is the rather mysterious Liaodong hunting cavalry.At this time, the Liaodong knights had never had the experience of joining forces with the Zhao army on the battlefield, let alone fighting with the Qin army; Cursing loudly, they gathered together to fight on their own, trying to compete with the dark Qin army. On the cloud chariot at the top of the mountain, Wang Jian's military order flew over the big banner again and again, and the Qin army had already rushed to the entire battlefield. The general deployment of the Qin army's ambush in the valley was: Li Xin's troops blocked the exit, Yang Duanhe's troops intercepted the entrance, Feng Jie's troops and Feng Quji's troops concealed the attack from the two mountains.These four Qin armies were all infantry, and the cavalry that belonged to the original troops were also converted into infantry.The reason for this is that Wang Jian's general order for ambush warfare: "Build barriers on all sides so that the Yan Dynasty army cannot escape!" Naturally, infantry is superior to cavalry in indestructible barrier warfare.In the Yishui River Valley outside the main battlefield, Wang Jian deployed two sharp divisions to chase and wipe out the remnants of the enemy: one was 20,000 elite cavalry led by deputy commander Xin Sheng himself, and the other was the crossbow battalion under Zhang Han's command.Such a deployment actually formed a division of the battlefield: Commander Wang Jian was in charge of the main battlefield for ambushes, and deputy commander Xin Sheng was in charge of the river valley battlefield.At the same time, Wang Jian's general order to Wang Ben's troops was: fly back to the division, attack Wuyang and Yannan Great Wall, and make sure that the two Yan troops do not flee north!In the overall situation, Taniguchi's interception of Li Xin's department and Wang Ben's department's return to the division are the most critical. If there are mistakes in the two departments, the Yan Dynasty coalition forces may flee a lot, and key figures such as Prince Dan Zhao Ping and Song Ruyi may also break through and escape. go. In the valley, the Qin army had already made full preparations. The barriers of the two mountains were constructed both secretly and firmly, with piles of rolling logs, stones, stone arrowheads and spare knives and spears piled up.Together with the sound of war drums and the shrill ox horns, the rain of arrows from the two mountains poured into the valley, and the rolling wood and rocks leaped and leaped from the hillside, their power was truly frightening.The coalition forces of the Yan Dynasty were still terrified and ignorant, but the black phalanx of sharp soldiers from the Qin army came down from the hillside with spears several feet long, and the momentum was so dense that it made people shudder.The Liaodong Qingqi of the Yan Army was the same as the Flying Cavalry of the Dai Zhao Army. Both were known for their agility and speed, and were oppressed to fight desperately in the valley.It took less than half an hour from the sound of the war drum to the time when the Qin army pressed down the hillside and broke into the valley. The coalition forces of the Yan Dynasty had been divided into countless large and small pieces, like pieces of blood red floating in the black forest. Remnant clouds and sunset glow.Even so, the two armies of Yan and Dai were still screaming and fighting desperately.The Yan army Liaodong Qingqi fought against the Qin army for the first time, and was unwilling.The Dai army fought with all its might—if this Dai army were buried here, the newly-built Dai country would be tantamount to perishing;The difference is that the Yan army fought backwards, crossing Yishui to return to Jicheng and then back to Liaodong; the Dai army fought forward, rushing out of the mountain pass, crossing Laishui, and returning to save Daiguo. The two armies rushed in different directions, and unexpected changes took place on the battlefield. The enemy troops diverted, and the Feng Jie and Feng Quji troops of the Qin Army in the valley were momentarily at a loss.In ambush operations, the ambush party always rushes in one direction with all its strength, forcing the enemy to flee to their own interception barrier.Now the situation has changed suddenly, the Dai army is rushing forward, and the Yan army is rolling back; if the Qin army, which is covered by the two mountains, is still pressing down on the bottom of the valley in one direction, it is bound to be possible to escape from one side.In a hurry, Feng Jie and Feng Quji were on one side of the hillside before discussing, hesitating to kill the Qin army for a while, unavoidably scattered for a short while, shouting and killing each other and rushing in different directions. "Kill in front of the left mountain! Kill in the rear of the right mountain!" Commander Wang Jian's big flag on the cloud car flew across the sky twice, and issued a clear order to attack and kill.Sima, the commander of the two armies who exclusively accepted the banner of Commander-in-Chief Yunche, shouted repeatedly, Feng Jie of Zuoshan and Feng Quji of Youshan immediately woke up, each roared, and immediately moved forward and backward to cover and kill. After a while, Zhao Ping's flying cavalry swept to Taniguchi like a hurricane. More than 30,000 troops of Li Xin's troops intercepting Taniguchi were specially equipped with 1,000 large continuous crossbows and 500 large catapults.Li Xin set up a large continuous crossbow array in front of the two hills outside the mountain pass.These two hills are just two or three miles away from the mountain pass, facing the ambush valley far away, forming a valley with four exits.The range of the large continuous crossbow can reach about one or two miles, and it can shoot back to lock the enemy in this valley, which has great lethality.Five hundred trebuchets were deployed, and Li Xin was deployed in the Taniguchi area to deal a head-on blow to the fleeing enemy.For the remaining 30,000 elite infantry, Li Xin deployed 20,000 infantry in the woods on the hillsides on both sides. As soon as they heard the drums and horns of the war in the valley, the 20,000 infantry drove down the hillside and divided them into two square formations to intercept and kill them. The remaining 10,000 infantry were led by Li Xin himself and guarded on both sides of the hillside to prevent the remnants of the enemy from rushing up the hillside to break through.Such deployment, from the geographical situation and the use of large weapons, to the display of the Qin army's combat power, can be said to be foolproof. However, when the Dai army swept in front of them like a hurricane, because there were no strong soldiers behind them, this death-fighting flying cavalry immediately showed the fierce combat power of the old Zhao army.Facing the infantry of the Qin army who had just rushed down the hillside and had not yet formed a purge formation, the knights of the acting army did not wait for any orders, and took off their longbows and put on their feathered arrows to shoot together. It is like a shadow, whistling and rushing.In terms of power, the bows and arrows immediately are far inferior to the large continuous crossbows of the Qin army, and even inferior to the arrow crossbows of the Qin army's infantry.However, today the Qin army's crossbows were concentrated outside the mountain pass, and the infantry who were concealed by the two mountains all took off their individual crossbows and only wielded spears.That is to say, the infantry of the Qin army who only focused on charging to intercept the remnant enemy in front of them did not have bows and arrows.At this time, the dense arrow rain of these powerful knights who were proficient in riding and archery showed great power. While the Qin army's infantry fell to the ground one after another, the hurricane-like red cavalry rushed over the dam like a tide.Li Xin, who was on the high slope of the mountain pass, was in a hurry, and with a loud roar, five hundred stone catapults were launched immediately, and large stones were thrown at the Yamaguchi Daijun in dense circles.At the same time, Li Xin's banner swung rapidly, and a thousand large crossbows in front of two mountains in the distance also launched one after another. ride.By the time the infantry of the Qin Army in the valley rushed out in black, the corpses of the horse knights of the generation army had covered the valley layer by layer. "Zhao Ping escaped! Follow me to kill!!" Li Xin yelled like thunder, and flew on his horse. "The general ordered—" The military commander Sima Feiqi arrived and relayed Wang Jian's general order to Li Xin: Stop chasing and killing the Dai army, and immediately return to the army to cross Yishui to the east, and attack the remnant of Prince Dan of Yan.Although Li Xin was unwilling, he still waved his big hand angrily, and ordered the whole army to go out of the mountain and fight towards Yishui Valley. At this time, the West Bank of Yishui was in chaos. The Liaodong Qingqi of the Yan army fought back desperately, fighting all the way to the mountain pass, and lost most of their troops.There were two Qin armies that intercepted the Yan army's retreat, one was Xin Sheng's 20,000 cavalry, and the other was Zhang Han's large Liannu battalion.According to the normal tactics, once the Yan army that breaks through the encirclement breaks out of the back mountain pass, Xin Sheng's cavalry will be the first to intercept and kill; after the interception, the remaining Yan army will be intercepted and shot by Zhang Han's Liannu battalion deployed on the bank of Yishui. kill them, or force them all to surrender.The premise of the Liannu battalion is that the cavalry of the Qin army withdraws from the range and does not chase and entangle with the remnants of the Yan army, otherwise, the Liannu will not be able to shoot all over the sky.As soon as the battlefield in the valley opened, Prince Dan and Song Ruyi immediately turned around and headed towards Yishui Ferry.Xin Sheng, who was on the top of the back mountain, saw a piece of white clothes and white flags, and knew that it was the royal flying cavalry under Prince Dan.Xin Sheng didn't hesitate for a moment, and ordered the rest of the cavalry to intercept and kill the Liaodong Qingqi who broke through the siege, and then got on his horse and led 5,000 cavalry to chase and kill Prince Dan.Xin Sheng knew very well that after this battle, no one can leave this prince Dan. If the prince Dan who assassinated the king of Qin escaped from the encirclement of the Qin army, it would be the greatest shame that the Qin army could not tolerate.There can only be one ending for Prince Dan: he was captured by the Qin army and handed over to King Qin for disposal.Even if Prince Dan was shot and killed by Zhang Han, it would not be the glory of the Qin army.At this time, there was no scuffle on the west bank of Yishui, Xin Sheng's flying soldiers were chasing and killing Prince Dan, and Zhang Han could see it very clearly from Gao Gaoyun's car.Zhang Han immediately ordered the Liannu battalion: Liannu only targets the red-clothed Yan army protruding from the mouth of the valley, not the white-clothed men and horses.In this way, Xin Sheng's 5,000 iron cavalry and Prince Dan Song Ruyi's 3,000 flying cavalry launched a swift chase and fight on the west bank of Yishui.Although Prince Dan is not a soldier on the battlefield, he is deeply popular in Yan Kingdom.This guarding flying cavalry army is all knights carefully selected by Prince Dan and Jing Ke in the past. Everyone is half-hero and half-soldier, vowing to protect the prince.Facing the pursuit of strong soldiers at this moment, instead of panicking, this flying cavalry threw away all the banners and armor, and quickly transformed into a light knight in uniform, rushing left and right on the battlefield looking for opportunities to wade.What cannot be ignored is that Song Ruyi's hundred knights are all outstanding, and occasionally wandering out with a small team of cavalry to fight close combat with the Qin army's cavalry, which greatly interfered with Xin Shengbu's pursuit. However, if there were no unexpected changes on the East Bank of Yishui, Prince Dan would still not be able to escape this catastrophe. The situation on the east coast changed, and it started from the battle of Wuyang under Wang Ben of the Qin army.Wang Ben went northward with great momentum but slow steps. He secretly stationed in a hidden valley before passing Laishui. Every day, he only sent scouts in disguise to go deep into Dai to spread all kinds of news about the Qin army's northward march, which made Dai a rumor.On the eve of the Yan Dynasty's allied forces crossing Yishui, Wang Ben's troops headed back secretly.According to his father's general order, Wang Ben went south for two battles: the first battle conquered Wuyang, the lower capital of the Yan Kingdom, and completely wiped out the foundation of the Yan Dynasty for the Qin army; the road.According to the strength of the Qin army and the current situation of the Yan army, the two battles of Wang Ben's army must be the trend of autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves, and there will be no delay.Wang Ben made interlocking deployments based on the foot strength of the Qin Army's iron cavalry: in the early morning, he approached Wuyang City, and when the ambush was launched on the main battlefield, he began to attack Wuyang; The Yan army used the Yan Great Wall as a barrier to intercept and kill the remaining Yan army.With such a deployment, the time period left for conquering Wuyang can only be two hours at most.Unexpectedly, there was a heavy rain suddenly during the Yelai march. When Wang Ben's troops marched to the foot of Wuyang City, although the sky was clear, it was almost noon.At this time, the main battlefield has been fought for a whole morning, and the situation of the Wuyang defenders has undergone an unexpected change--Zhao Ping's flying cavalry fled into Wuyang after breaking through the encirclement, and joined forces with the Yan army to defend to the death.A wave of onslaught could not work, Wang Ben rushed to attack, and immediately divided his forces to take care of both sides: leaving more than 10,000 troops to continue attacking the city, preventing the remnants of Zhao Ping from escaping; road. However, when Wang Ben arrived at the Yannan Great Wall on the east bank of Yishui, most of the Yan army had fled, leaving only the wounded and the old and the weak, and Prince Dan's white cavalry was nowhere to be seen.Wang Ben was still roaring furiously, but Zhang Han's Central Army Sima flew over to report.Zhang Han Sima said that when Prince Dan was hunted down by Xin Sheng's flying cavalry, the Yan Army, who had not been attacked on the Great Wall on the east bank, immediately dispatched only a few thousand cavalry wading reinforcements. Followed by Xin Sheng's troops, who were chasing after him, they were involved; the knights of the Yan army were able to let go of Prince Dan's cavalry, and fought with Xin Sheng's cavalry of the Qin army; Zhang Han saw the white cavalry wading in the water on the west bank, and there was no black Qin army in Yishui , Immediately ordered the Liannu to turn to shoot violently; the white horse team left more than half of the corpses, and finally escaped on the east bank; the Yan army horse team that rescued Prince Dan all died under the long sword of Xin Sheng's iron cavalry. "Ji Dan! Let me teach you how long your gray hair lasts!" Wang Ben cursed viciously, and immediately led more than ten thousand cavalry to Wuyang—Prince Dan escaped, and Zhao Ping also escaped if he could not teach.Less than half an hour after Wang Benma's team went west, Xin Sheng's troops on the main battlefield on the west bank also crossed Yishui and rushed towards Wuyang.However, when Wang Ben rushed back to Wuyang, the situation changed again: Wuyang City was breached, but Zhao Ping's remnants escaped from the city. "Break the city to flee the enemy, what do you say!" Wang Ben asked the deputy general of the headquarters with a dark face. "Riding against riding, Zhao Jun is not weak!" The lieutenant replied forcefully. When Xin Sheng arrived, after surveying the battlefield, he only said one sentence: "Let go of Wuyang! Go back to Yixi camp!" At dusk, the shogunate gathers.Without saying a word, Wang Jian ordered Sima of the Chinese army to report the results of the battle.Sima reported that in the three battlefields, more than 68,000 Yan Liaodong troops and more than 43,000 generation troops were beheaded, and more than 140,000 soldiers from the two armies were captured. Song Ruyi, the military commander, escaped from Zhao Ping, the leader of the acting army; the two armies of the Yan Dynasty escaped a total of more than 100,000 horses. "What a bird fight! There are mistakes everywhere!" Li Xin cursed angrily. "Strange! Run at both ends! Who knows which one to catch!" Feng Jie and Feng Quji said in unison. "Get away from Prince Dan! I accept the crime!" Xin Sheng blushed and yelled. "No one's to blame! It's all because I missed the opportunity!" Wang Ben's face was livid. "Did you lose the battle?" Wang Jian said in a low voice, and the generals fell silent.Wang Jian stood up, leaned on his long sword, walked to the front of the big board map, and said, "The war of destroying a country is by no means an ordinary siege of a city. Different countries have different battle conditions. Trying to wipe out the country in one battle is tantamount to whitewashing." Daydream! Planning and planning must focus on complete annihilation. However, the battlefield has changed, and you are still sticking to the plan and calculating the results. It is Zhao Kuo! It is just talking on paper! In this battle, although the two armies of Yan and Dai are not completely wiped out, they will also get away After Prince Dan and Zhao Ping, it is still a battle to break Yan! What is the reason? The fundamental point is that the main forces of the two armies of Yan Dynasty have been completely lost. How can the two countries resist and survive!" "Wish to hear the general's order! Chase and kill Yan Dai!" The whole hall roared. "In the battle of chasing and killing, make a decision before you move." Wang Jian said coldly, and the meeting was broken up to discuss. That night, Wang Jian proposed a war letter to King Qin. As soon as he mentioned the pen before the case, Wang Jian thought of Li Si.If Li Si was around, these things would be much easier. Maybe Wang Jian would say a few words, and Li Si would do the work for him.Since Li Si is an excellent conversation partner, his handwriting is even more fascinating to read.It's a pity that Li Si was urgently recalled to Xianyang by King Qin before the Battle of Yishui.Although Dunwei who stayed behind was also a great talent, but Dunwei had already been tortured by Guo Kai in Zhao State and became ill all over his body. It was not easy to survive in the military camp. How could he still have regular night talks?This letter was very long, and it wasn't until Diao Dou's fifth watch that the chief secretary Sima finished transcribing the letter written by Wang Jian, put it in a copper tube and sealed it with mud.Wang Jian prepared a detailed report of the battle in his letter, and finally put forward his own strategy of destroying Yan Anyan: it is approaching winter, and it is difficult for the army to march northward. It is time to march into Wuyang, the lower capital of Yan State, to spend the winter, and to go north to destroy Yanyan in spring. During the winter, it is best for Li Si to lead the officials of Anyan into Yan, and properly plan the rule of the people of Yan. The strategy of Shang Zhiyan. One night after half a month, the king of Xianyang sent Yao Jia to fly north. King Qin's reply was very simple: "The general is away, and the emperor's order is not acceptable. The strategy of destroying Yan and eradicating the generation, I have heard the general's plan. I can't say enough about the rest. Yao Jia can discuss it with the general." It is obvious. However, apart from the war, the King of Qin still had secret matters that needed Yao Jia and Wang Jian to discuss face to face.At the welcome banquet, Wang Jian got to the point with some pleasantries, so it's okay to ask Yao Jia to say everything.Yao Jia has always been capable, and before he finished his drink, he explained clearly the pending matter: After the fall of Korea, because the royal family and nobles still lived in the old Han, they only moved Han Wangan to the mainland of Qin; , South Korea's old family has signs of change, plotting to unite with Wei and Dai, and restore Korea with the support of the "old San Jin" forces; it is likely to secretly raise troops in the next spring to support the new Korean king. Li Si can't go north, but he is also fully planning应对此事；安定燕国，秦王已经下书蒙恬在一个月内赶赴武阳。凡此等等，因为姚贾长期主持对三晋邦交，又熟谙政事，所以将诸般消息来源与决断依据都说得清清楚楚，显然不是空穴来风。 “秦王欲如何应对？”王翦大皱眉头。 “一句话，后发制人！” “待其举兵，我再平乱？” “正是！师出有名，对天下好说话。” “秦王要我大将？几个？” “上将军何其明锐也！不多要，一个！” “有人选？” “王贲！” “要否兵马？” “秦王请上将军斟酌。” 良久默然，王翦只说了一句话，容我明日再定。姚贾熟悉军旅，更知道近日秦军战况不尽如人意，王翦分外慎重当在情理之中。于是，姚贾没有多说，起身告辞了。王翦送走姚贾，立即吩咐军令司马调王贲来幕府。自任上将军以来，这是王翦第一次单独召见儿子。军令司马颇感意外，生怕听错，连问两遍无误，这才去了。 “王贲见过上将军！”昂昂一声，儿子来了。 “坐了说话。” 与父亲一般厚重的王贲，局促得红着脸依旧站着，显然对父亲的单独召见很不适应，只搓着双手低声一句：“仗没打好，我知道。”王翦淡淡一挥手道：“打好没打好，不在这里说。秦王有书令，公事。”一句话落点，王贲立见精神抖擞，“嗨”的一声挺直腰板高声道：“愿闻将令！”王翦道：“韩魏有异动，秦王欲调你南下。老实说，自己如何想？”话语很平静，王翦心头却不平静。王翦始终认定这个儿子醉心兵事而秉性耿介，长于战场而弱于政事，唯其如此，留在自己身边只做个战将，会安稳得多；而一旦南下，便是独当一面，既要处置战事又要处置与民治军情相关的政事，局面便要繁杂得多。 “回禀上将军！这是好事！” “好在何处？” “独当一面！少了父子顾忌，我可放手做事！” “噫！老夫碍你手脚了？” “不碍。也不放。” “好！放你。”王翦的黑脸分外阴沉。 “谢过上将军！” “这是去做中原砥柱。自己揣摩，要多少人马？” “五万铁骑！” “五万？” “若是燕代战场吃紧，三万也可！” “轻敌！慢事！”王翦生气了，帅案拍得啪啪响。 “禀报上将军，不能以五万铁骑安定三晋，王贲甘当军法！” 王翦不说话了。站在面前的，就私说是儿子，就公说是三军闻名的前军大将。王贲的将兵之才、谋划之才、勇略胆识等等无一不在军中有口皆碑。以秦王用人之能，指名只要王贲一人南下，秦王选择了儿子，而儿子恰恰只要五万人马，这是巧合么？以王翦之算，震慑中原至少需要三员大将十万精锐，目下，能仅仅因为王贲是自己的儿子，就一口否定他的胆略么？平心而论，自己果真没有因为王贲是儿子而放大对王贲的疑虑么？王翦毕竟明锐深沉，思忖良久，只板着脸说了一句话：“回去再想，明日回话。”径自到后帐去了。 次日清晨，王翦请来姚贾共同召见王贲。王贲没有丝毫改口，还是只要五万，且再次申明三万也可。王翦还没有说话，姚贾已大笑起来：“天意天意！秦王谋划，也是良将一名铁骑五万也！”王翦再不说话，立即吩咐军令司马调兵。 三日之后，王贲部与姚贾一起起程南下了。 --------------------------------------- Notes: