Chapter 27 The fifth quarter of the winter battle in Hanoi

The rumbling jujiang drum rang again! Bai Qi raised his account and issued an order: 50,000 infantry, organized into three battalions - 15,000 Chongche battalion, 10,000 bow and crossbow battalion, led by the Chinese army leader Meng Ao; The commander of the army is Shanjia; the three major battalions set out from the Lishi Fortress in Hexi two days earlier, along the mountains on the east bank of the Great River, and secretly marched towards Anyi, the former capital of Wei State!50,000 cavalry were organized into four groups, the first group was 15,000, led by the former general Wang Lu; the second group was 15,000, led by the rear general Wang Ling; the third group was 15,000, led by the The cavalry leader Ying Bao led them; they all crossed the river from the mountains of Shanyuan in hiding, and Wang He's cavalry lay in ambush in the valley on the north bank of Mengjin; An ambush in the valley at the mouth of the Qishui River; five thousand cavalry led by Bai Qi personally led by the fourth route, crossed the river from the Longmen Canyon, and pressed directly on Pi's family at the mouth of the Fenshui River; That day they launched a fierce attack together.

Bai Qi sternly ordered: "The infantry will go down to Anyi and Puban first, and then conquer the city of Hanoi in turn! The cavalry of the third route must defeat the Wei State and go north to reinforce the army! I will lead 5,000 elite cavalry to clear the sporadic garrisons in Hanoi and rush to help. Coordinate the armies from all walks of life!" So, on the day of Lidong, a fierce siege battle broke out in Hanoi. At the turn of October, Lidong is a solar term.From the beginning of winter, people have entered the nesting winter period.In order to pray for a safe winter and avoid suffering from hunger and cold, there has been a long-standing custom in Dahe: to eat warm soup in Lidong.On the day of the beginning of winter, every family in the mountains, villages and cities will set up a big pot in the courtyard to cook warm winter soup.Soup is also porridge with five grains and vegetables.The pounded yellow millet, smooth and smooth wheat kernels, snow-white and fat almonds, purple-red red dates with pits, green okra and sun-dried Huo Cai, the wealthy family also added all kinds of crushed vegetables. The meat and bones are boiled all at once, and after an hour or two, there will be a pot of multicolored, sticky, slippery and fragrant warm winter soup.Huluhulu drank the hot soup with sweat all over his body, and it was a long winter day.At that time, the common people in the mountain villages saved fire and food, and tried their best to continue the stored grains for the next summer harvest.As a result, the folks also have the custom of eating cold food in winter.At that time, in addition to the Jiangnan of Chu, Qin, Zhao, Yan, Qi, Zhongshan, Wei, Wei, South Korea and other mountain and wild villagers in the whole north had the custom of eating cold food in winter.Although some people say that "cold food" was initiated by Duke Wen of Jin, who set the day before Qingming as the "cold food festival" to commemorate the self-immolation Jie Zitui.But in fact, the long-standing custom of cold food spread in poor villages and remote areas of the world is really the result of difficult livelihoods.

People's livelihood, warm winter soup is followed by nest winter, farmers rest their fields, business travelers rest their feet, and all workers reduce their labor. Major affairs have to wait until the next spring to return to the earth.State government affairs, after the beginning of winter solar terms, are also resourceful and less active. The chariots and horses of the envoys of various countries are greatly neglected, and the use of troops is naturally stopped.Originally, the State of Zhao was going to attack South Korea on a large scale. Seeing that winter was approaching, it was natural to wait until after the beginning of spring.This is a long-standing custom, but it is more widely recognized by the world than etiquette, and it has become an unwritten rule.No matter how many reasons are involved, in a word, it is because of the general trend of "no major events in winter and summer" that there is also the emphasis on "chronicles in spring and autumn"-all major events happen in spring and autumn.

However, even though the nations were staring at each other and there were rumors of an imminent war, the fireworks of the warm winter soup filled the river.Even after the war, it is after the beginning of spring. It is enough to think of countermeasures to nourish your energy during the winter period. It is better to eat warm and frozen soup.But who would have thought that when the smoke from the warm winter soup filled the air, there was a thunder on the north bank of the Dahe River, and the world was dumbfounded—the army of the Qin State swept in like a hurricane, and more than 60 cities in Hanoi were in danger!

The fast horse scouts flew into the girder like a shooting star, and the king and ministers of the state of Wei were in a state of panic. The old King Wei Xiang trembled into a ball: "This, this, this, why is this reasonable? Why, just go to war with others in winter?" The courtiers were also in chaos, and the prime minister Wei Qi kept shouting and asking: "Du How many cities? Ah! How many cities have been lost?" Seeing no one answered, he shouted loudly: "Who is willing to lead the army to help? Seal ten thousand households!" Even so, several military officials also closed their faces tightly Mouth is silent.King Wei Xiang was in a hurry, so he prolonged his cry: "Guo Lieutenant, tell me, who should lead the army?"

The gray-haired old Guowei named Fu Wu was originally a Sikou who was in charge of arresting robbers and punishing criminals, but because of a disagreement with the prime minister Wei Qi, he was transferred to a Guowei who had no real power.Seeing the king asking the question in person, he frowned and said with a dark face: "Since Pang Juan died in battle, Wei Guo has never worshiped a general. Several leading generals are all in the fortress barracks. Who can there be in a hurry?" Wei Qi Seeing that the old man was talking about his disapproval of appointing a general at this fatal juncture, he quickly interrupted loudly with a look of sudden realization: "My lord, my king: Generals Xin Yuanyan and Gongsun Xi are brave and good at fighting, and they can solve the crisis in Hanoi." Dangerous!" Old Fuwu sneered, "The country is alive and well, but the prime minister still blindly appoints private individuals, and the country will not be a country." King Wei Xiang said urgently: "You recommend one!" Old Fuwu said with a pale face "Mr. Xinling! Why don't you use the ready-made general?" Wei Qi blushed and said sharply, "Has Mr. Xinling ever fought a war? State affairs are not a joke!" Old Fu Wukang said: "How can a famous weapon be put in a high cabinet? ?!"

King Wei Xiang pondered for a long time with a dark face, and muttered to himself: "It's okay to ask Lord Xinling to plan a plan, but it's better to fight the war." Said: "My king Mingduan! The official seal holder immediately drafted an edict announcing that the three generals will enter the court to wait for the king's order!" The old rich was not in a hurry, and his face flushed and he shouted: "Hanei is urgent, even if these three people are used, we must immediately Send a special envoy of Kuaima and order Starry Night to go north! Summon Daliang, and the round trip will take two days! Wei Qi! How can there be a prime minister like you? I, Wang Mingduan!" How could Wei Qi see this old stubborn man's arrogance soaring at this moment , then angrily scolded: "Military and state affairs, the survival of the country, my king wants to teach the opportunity face-to-face, and also bestow military talismans and host banquets! Fuwu, your country's lieutenant has done it for nothing? How can you be so hasty in the king's way? ?!"

"It's so noisy." King Wei Xiang waved his hand impatiently, "Okay, okay, immediately send Kuaima special envoy to summon the three generals back to Daliang." The hall was stunned.The white-haired old Fu walked out of the palace without a long sigh.A group of ministers saw that this honest and honest minister was bruised and swollen, so they also quietly dispersed. It was not until the afternoon of the next day that General Jin Bi of Hewai, General Gongsun Xi of Suishui, and General Xin Yuanyan of Changyuan rushed to Daliang from their bases.At this time, there were no generals in the state of Wei, and the prime minister Wei Qi monopolized military and political power.The three generals arrived in a hurry, but they could not directly meet the king to receive the military amulet, but had to go to the prime minister's residence first.Wei Qi set up a welcoming banquet first, and had a very personal talk with the three generals, revealing all the delicate situations of the ministers in the court, and especially told the three people not to touch that unlucky Guowei's mansion side.After the banquet was over, it was already the third watch, and Wei Qi kept repeating: "The survival of the country, the country's affairs come first, so the old man and the three have worked hard together." Only then did he prepare the vehicles and lead the three of them into the palace at night.

King Wei Xiang was always lethargic, and Kui Ye was very displeased when he was woken up by the old servant. He was half hugged and half hugged by several court ladies, but he was completely ignorant. No matter what Wei Qi said, he just nodded and hummed.Wei Qi saw it, so he stopped reporting what had happened, and only said softly: "My king, please grant me a military talisman." How strange!King Wei Xiang's old eyes suddenly opened, and he sized up the three generals for a while, then swayed his old steps, and personally went to the secret room behind the curtain to take out three copper boxes, and carefully picked them off from the fleshy place on his chest. The next exquisite copper key tremblingly opened the soldier talisman box.

"Each person can adjust 50,000 cavalry." King Wei Xiang said solemnly. "My lord, my king." The old general Jin Bi cupped his hands and said, "The Qin army came prepared, the fire was unstoppable, and 150,000 troops were not enough to retreat from the enemy. I ask the three armies to have 100,000 each, and 300,000 troops to retreat from the enemy in one fell swoop!" "Three hundred thousand?" Old Wei Wang suddenly lowered his face, "The Qin army only has one hundred thousand." "My Wang Mingjian!" Xin Yuanyan said bluntly, "Although Qin's army is 100,000, its combat power is stronger than ours. The Great Wei has 400,000 troops. If you get 300,000 elites, you can cut off the enemy's way back and annihilate the Qin army. To avenge the defeat in the Hewai War!"

When it comes to mobilizing troops, King Wei Xiang is not at all like an ignorant old man. He said with a dark face: "This king knows that the Qin army has 100,000 troops, and half of them are cavalry. The great Wei cavalry has 150,000 cavalry, and they can't retreat 100,000 steps." Rider? Have you never fought a war?" "I want to win a big battle! To avenge the shame of the country!" Gongsunxi said generously. "Big victory?" King Wei Xiang smiled coldly. "All the countries have become lunatics. Qi, Zhao, and Chu are not on guard anymore? You wait for a war, and they come to sneak attack on Daliang, who will protect the country?" The three generals fell silent for a moment.Wei Qiji is very experienced, he put in a smile at the right time and said: "My king is a god. That's 150,000. As for gathering and annihilating, don't think about it. The six-nation coalition has 700,000 to 800,000 troops, but they didn't gather and annihilate 200,000 Qin troops. Can we gather and annihilate? As long as Hanoi is not lost, it will be a big victory!" "Exactly." King Wei Xiang smiled reservedly, "This king will add another sentence: there are more than 60 cities in Hanoi, and it doesn't matter if you lose a few small towns. As long as you keep Anyi, Puban, Zuoyi, Chaoge, and Yewang , Cultivate a few big cities, I promise you to wait for great achievements!" "Okay! My king!" Wei Qi was very excited, "Three generals, great achievements are in front of us!" The three generals looked at each other in astonishment, but none of them spoke in the end. King Wei Xiang gave a long yawn wearily: "Okay, rest in peace. Tomorrow afternoon, I will wait for you at the Changting Pavilion." After speaking, he stood up tremblingly, and was hugged by four maids from left to right. go. "Let's go." Wei Qi smiled, "It's such a happy event, why are you still in a daze? Go to my residence and have another drink!" In the afternoon of the next day, banners were displayed outside the South Gate of the Great Liang, and guards of honor were displayed. King Wei Xiang led all the civil and military officials to the Shili Changting Pavilion to honor the three generals. He personally gave each of them a bronze chariot inlaid with huge pearls. .Giving wine, giving chariots, opening tripods, giving banquets, admonishing, appreciating songs, paying thanks, etc., after more than a dozen ceremonial procedures have been completed, it is already the end of the day.Only then did King Wei Xiang solemnly order: "The country is alive and well, and the generals are fighting for their lives! The three generals will return to camp at night and lead their troops to the north!" Finally, amidst the magnificent music and dance, the three generals huddled on the road under the bright six-foot canopy.The fast-moving war horses were tied behind the luxurious bronze chariots and walked in short steps.It is a great violation of the law of the country if the courtiers don't give the king's bestowal.After walking for a whole day and night, the three generals returned to their respective camps.It was already half a month before the Wei State Three Route Army marched to Hanoi. At this time, Bai Qi's army had swept half of Hanoi and captured thirty-two cities. Bai Qi's deployment: first storm Anyi and Puban close to the east bank of the Dahe River, and then advance east and north, capturing the cities of Hanoi one by one.Bai Qi knew very well that how many cities he won in this battle depends on whether he can resist the reinforcements of Wei State.Based on this judgment, Bai Qi always insisted that the three-way cavalry guard the three important military passes that Wei Guo sent reinforcements to Hanoi-Mengjin Ferry in the northwest of Luoyang, Guangwu Ferry on the northwest bank of Aocang, and Baimajin on the west bank of Puyang. Only let the infantry attack the city with all their strength. Bai Qi's predictions for the enemy: Even if the Wei State procrastinates, it will move northward within five or six days; Wei State has 400,000 troops, and in addition to the garrisons in various fortresses, at least 256,000 reinforcements will be dispatched; In decline, the army is famous for its elite infantry—Wei Wuzu, and the reinforcements are likely to be the most powerful infantry. At most, it can only be defeated, and it is almost impossible to wipe it out.For this reason, Bai Qi prepared backup reinforcements, and the Hanguguan infantry would stop them if necessary!As long as the Wei army's elite infantry is blocked for a month, the siege of Hanoi will be a great victory.If the Wei army poured 400,000 troops to the north, the Qin army would have to retreat after capturing dozens of cities and transporting away the treasures of the treasury, and the goal of setting up Hedong County had to be temporarily abandoned. After all, the battlefield is ever-changing. If you want to win a battle, you must first calculate the various possibilities of defeat.This is where Bai Qi's talent in combat lies, rare bravery, rare agility, and even rare calmness. Unexpectedly, all Bai Qi's predictions came to nothing.The scout battalion's flying cavalry was almost an hour's report, but every time it was "no movement from the Wei army!" The state of Yi? Six days and nights, I climbed to Hanoi! Let me put the horse out of the river! If the Wei army fails to find out the fraud, the military law will punish it!" Bai Qi was a general, and this was the first time he had an attack.Chilihu was so anxious that he personally led thirteen elite scouts disguised as businessmen and sneaked into Daliang to spy.In the afternoon of the next day, the three scouts brought back a survivor, but Chilihu still stayed in Daliang, continuing to monitor the movement. This living mouth is a clerk of the Xiangfu, as timid as a mouse, and trembling with fright when he saw Bai Qi's sinister aura, he stammered and said the situation in Daliang without waiting to ask: General Wei Jun has just confirmed that he is on the way. Mobilize soldiers and horses, a total of 150,000 troops from the three routes are expected to arrive in Hanoi after ten days.Bai Qi repeatedly asked for details with a dark face, and the scribes answered without hesitation, without any appearance of falsehood.Even so, Bai Qi still couldn't believe it, how could the once prestigious Wei State be so dull?Is it a trick to lure the army to trap the Qin army in Hanoi?However, the scouts who scouted the horse for three hundred miles around did not find anything unusual, which made Bai Qi, who has always been cautious and meticulous, uneasy.After thinking over and over again, Bai Qi couldn't think of a clue, so he cursed severely: "Straight mother thief! You are a meat head, and I will beat you hard! Wait until you hit me! Bird!" Bai Qi immediately issued an order to the three-way iron cavalry to still ambush at the crossing pass, but led 5,000 elite cavalry to fly directly to the infantry camp to supervise the battle, and to occupy as many cities as possible before the Wei army arrived. Meng Ao and Shanjia's 50,000 infantry had concentrated on attacking the city all the way, and they had already captured the two cities of Anyi and Puban.When Bai Qi arrived, he immediately ordered the infantry to be divided into three groups and pushed eastward, but he attacked the city as soon as he saw it, so as to make a quick decision!Meng Ao Shanjia was very excited, and immediately divided into three groups with large equipment as the axis, rumbling along the river to the east. During the Warring States Period, Chu and Wei had the most cities, nearly three hundred cities in Chu State, and about two hundred cities in Wei State.The other big countries are all within a hundred cities. Qi has more than 70 cities, Qin has more than 80 cities, Zhao has more than 60 cities, South Korea has more than 60 cities, and Yan has more than 50 cities.There are many cities in Chu State because it annexed the two big countries of Wu and Yue, dozens of mountain states and hundreds of mountain and water village tribes.Most of the mountain-dwelling tribes have castles, and usually all the tribes live in castles of various sizes. Seizing the castles is actually occupying the center of the state or tribe.After hundreds of years of devouring the land and destroying the country, Chu State has the largest number of cities in the world.Due to its earliest rise, Wei State gradually annexed the most affluent plains on both sides of the river.Hanoi and the outside of the river were originally a place where there were many princes.The small princes have two or three cities within tens of miles of land, and almost all the population lives in the cities.After the Wei State occupied it, counties were set up as prefectures and counties, which gradually became a unified system of prefectures and counties. Large and small cities became county prefectures, or became lord cities of noble fiefdoms. This kind of city is a place where wealth is concentrated, but there are very few defenders. The government only has county guards and officials guarding soldiers to catch thieves, and a large city is no more than three to five hundred soldiers.In the fiefdoms of noble ministers, private soldiers are not allowed in the law, and at most there are only a few hundred households of their own family who are strong and strong, and they cannot openly form an army, they can only be emergency.There are more than 60 cities in Hanoi, large and small. Except Anyi, which was once the capital of Wei State and had 3,000 soldiers stationed there, the rest of the cities are almost all a small number of non-combat soldiers. It is a common practice in the world that no troops are stationed in ordinary cities.If the cities are all garrisoned, there will be as many soldiers as a cow's hair. No matter how rich your country is, it will be overwhelmed.But this is the case, apart from fortresses, ferry crossings and other places that military strategists must contend for, it has been a common rule since ancient times for a country's large army to garrison and fight concentratedly.Wherever there is an enemy situation, the army will rush there immediately. This is the principle of the impermanence of soldiers.If there is a danger and the army cannot arrive, it means that the area in distress must fall!After all, ordinary people simply cannot fight against a well-trained and well-equipped powerful army. Wei Jun did not arrive for a long time, and Hanoi became a battlefield without opponents. The Qin army first attacked Anyi.Hundreds of large piles and tens of thousands of powerful crossbows lined up in a dense row under the city.Chongche cloud ladder watchtower, the mountains generally stand stacked.The 20,000 siege warriors arrayed up, and the black shields shone brightly!Just this unprecedented momentum made the 3,000 defenders at the head of Anyi's city turn pale with horror.When the war drums sounded like thunder and horns, boulders and arrows poured down to the watchtower of Nvqiang like a storm, and the rushing cars rumbled and slammed into the city gate.In a moment, the arrow tower collapsed, and the city gate shattered!In less than an hour, the Qin army poured into the largest castle in Hanoi like a tsunami. Attack Puban again.As soon as the black phalanx of the Qin Army was formed, a huge white cloth was hung from the top of the city wall, and a person shouted hissingly: "I am the order of Pu Ban! —!” Meng Ao, who looked up at the tower, shouted: “You are allowed to surrender! All the officials and soldiers leave the city! The Qin army will not offend the common people——!” In this way, when the two cities come together, the adjacent cities are expected to surrender.The infantry of the Qin army was marching day and night, just busy taking over the city.In less than ten days, they "captured" more than 30 cities in the west of Hanoi.Afterwards, it was Wei Xun's civil servants and oxcart brigade who took over. After entering a city, they immediately counted the government treasury, loaded the stored goods together with the demoted officials, and transported them back to Xianyang; Immediately stipulate that even sit in Luli, restore the market and so on.And so on, even without stopping, it is difficult to keep up with the speed of the army's capture.Wei Xun was angry and laughed, and kept laughing and cursing: "Straight mother thief! This old Wei Si also eats his mother's tofu, and the old man is too late to eat!" In desperation, Wei Xun had no choice but Feishu Xianyang for help.When the Empress Dowager Xuan saw it, she giggled at King Qin Zhao and said, "It's nothing, it's just a bad wolf entering the flock. Look, you have to think of a way." King Qin Zhao was so young that he was so happy that he slapped the table. Qi Qi: "I'm going to Hanoi, there's such a big piece of fat, I can't keep it if I don't believe it!" The Empress Dowager Xuan said with a smile: "It's okay, it's good to go and experience it. But we can't let Bai Qi know about it, so as not to distract him Woolen cloth." King Qin Zhao was quick to do things, and he ordered overnight: all ox carts in Guanzhong, 300 vehicles for each county, must be assembled at Hangu Pass within three days!Then, under the alias of Gongzi Ji, he immediately rushed eastward with a hundred civil servants and a hundred-man cavalry team, and secretly rushed to Hanoi to join Wei Xie.Wei Xun's spirit was lifted, and he immediately assigned these one hundred civil and military officials to the receiving cities of the former army, and formed up the thousands of ox carts that came behind to transport the treasures of various treasuries in the starry night.All of a sudden, there was an endless stream of ox carts on the Hanoi Avenue, and the smoke and dust filled the sky. The countless wealth accumulated by the Wei State in Hanoi for more than a hundred years flowed into the Qin State with the rolling wheels.The Wei people on the side of the road saw their hearts bleeding, but they could only look up to the sky and sigh.Within a few days, a nursery rhyme spread in Hanoi: The nursery rhyme spread to the ears of an attendant, and he sang it to King Qin Zhao.King Qin Zhao was gifted and intelligent, and laughed after repeating the nursery rhyme a few times: "Okay! The people of Wei regard this battle as retribution, so they will avoid great hatred. It seems that Hedong County has actually been obtained." He smiled and said: "Ah, I understand! Wu Qi captured the west of the Qin State and enriched the State of Wei. Today, Bai Qi captured the East of the Wei State and enriched the State of Qin?" King Zhao of Qin smiled leisurely: "This is the secret of heaven and earth, don't let it out, let it go. Let them sing." In the smoke and dust of thousands of wheels, Wei's three-way army marched northward. King Wei Xiang was strangely claustrophobic. During his twenty-three years in power, he had never appointed a general, which was also a strange thing in the Warring States period.For this reason, the generals of the Wei State were all directly ordered by the king, and they did not belong to each other.This time they went north for rescue, and they didn't order the main general, but they dispatched their own troops to help in three ways.Among the three generals, Jin Bi is the oldest and famous for his loyalty, but his talent is mediocre.Xin Yuanyan was young and good at fighting, but he had very little experience. He was defeated in the only war outside the river. If he was not appreciated by the prime minister Wei Qi, he would have been sentenced to death.Gongsunxi was born in a wealthy family, and had friendship with the Wei Qi family, so he became the general of Suishui, but he never fought a major battle.However, no matter what, the three of them accepted orders in the face of danger, and they all wanted to fight this battle well.But all kinds of grand ceremonies followed one after another, and the three generals had no time to gather business strategies together. On the day they left Daliang, they only agreed on their respective ferry crossings and the direction of attack after crossing the river. Mengjin crossed the river, Gongsunxi's army crossed the river from Xiuwu, and Xinyuanyan crossed the river from Baimajin; the three armies joined forces to attack the north, forcing the Qin army into the Shangdang Mountains, at least back to Hexi. Jin Bi's troops originally consisted of 50,000 troops, and there was no need to increase the number of troops. When they returned to Daying, they immediately crossed the river from Mengjin.The Mengjin Ferry is only two hundred miles away from the two major cities of Anyi and Puban in the northwest, and elite cavalry can reach it in two hours.Jin Bi has received a report: The main force of the Qin army has moved eastward after occupying Puban, Anyi, and the two cities only have a group of civil servants from Qin State and a convoy of civilian workers carrying goods.Jin Bi immediately issued an order: take back Puban, Anyi first, and then advance to the northeast!If this is the case, Daliang will be cheered up when the first good news comes back, and it is naturally a contribution of Jin Bi. With the order of the military, 50,000 cavalry immediately rolled towards Anyi along the mountain plateau on the north bank of the Dahe River like a storm.When they reached the hinterland of a valley, they heard the drums of war on both sides of the hills sound like thunder and horns, and the black cavalry came to kill from all over the mountains!The Jinbi army knew that the main force of the Qin army had moved eastward, and this was already the rear of the Qin army. They never expected that the main force of the Qin army would arrive, and they were panicked for a while.In a hurry, although there were 50,000 cavalry, they were unable to deploy. They trampled on each other and were trapped in the cave. Wang He's iron cavalry had been nesting for more than half a month. Seeing the rapid progress of the infantry's attack on the city, the knights screamed from the morning, fearing that if the Wei army didn't come, they would not be able to behead and make meritorious service without fighting.Now that the Wei army finally appeared, the knights of the Qin army had already suffocated their energy and waited for work, charging bravely, it was unstoppable!In half a month, Wang Yan had already carefully planned the ambush area. The dead forests in the mountains and valleys, and every big tree were painted with fire oil more than ten times, and there were fire starters hidden on every hill.After Qin Jun's iron cavalry charged Wei Jun into the big and small ditches, the fire starter immediately threw the torch violently. In an instant, the fire burned violently in all the ditches and ditches!The iron cavalry of the Wei Army was made of cowhide armor. When the knights clashed in the fire, the leather armor became a fire starter. The knights were covered in fire, and they dismounted in panic and rolled to put out the fire!In this way, the war horse left its master and ran in panic, entangled with each other, and could no longer form a charge.Qin Jun just guarded the main road of the mountain pass and intercepted and killed the fleeing knights. Jin Bi was old on the battlefield, and when he saw the fire, he knew it was not good, and immediately shouted: "Return to the south! Kill to the river bank!" The remnants of the rebel army shouted, and rushed towards the open river bank in the southwest.However, the Qin army only chased and killed for a while, then withdrew, only guarding the main road leading to Anyi.Jin Bi's remnant soldiers entered the river bank, seeing that the Qin army was not chasing after them, they rushed into the mud puddle to put out the fire. Half an hour later, the fire was extinguished, but everyone was covered in mud and water, and they were too embarrassed to fight again.Jin Bi couldn't help crying, looked up to the sky and sighed: "Heaven will destroy Wei! What can I do?" After thinking over and over again, he could only order to return to the army immediately, and at the same time, the flying horse reported to Daliang, asking the king of Wei to send elite infantry northward as soon as possible. Gongsun Xi in the middle road was staggering.It took three days to get all 50,000 cavalry, and when they arrived at the Aocang Ferry, it happened that all the dozen or so large ships carrying troops were requisitioned by the Aocang Order, and there were only more than 30 small and medium-sized ships left at the ferry. vessel.The large warship was built by Marquis Wu of Wei when Wu Qi was a general. Each ship can carry 500 soldiers across the river.The law of the State of Wei: No official business traveler may use warships unless ordered by the general to go to the expedition.If there is a large military ship, together with more than 30 small and medium-sized boats, and 50,000 cavalry with men and horses, it will take about half a day to cross the river.Now that the big warships are gone, it is clear that even 50,000 horses cannot survive in three days and three nights. "Pig head! Raise the goods!" Gongsun Xi yelled at the Sima who had rushed to the ferry in advance to prepare the ships, "You damn leopard, how dare you let go of the warships, I will kill you all!" "Please look, general." The baggage Sima handed over an ancient bronze token with a mournful face, "The Aocang Order said that the goods from the Winter Order must be transported to the Daliang Palace without delay. Every winter, warships are requisitioned. In the end, the general dare not disobey." There was a loud noise, and Gongsun Xi smashed the amulet on the wharf stone, and shouted, "Fuck! Cross the river!" The Aocang River section is the main waterway connecting the north and the north of the Dahe River in the State of Wei. The water flow is stable and the waterway is wide. More than 30 small and medium-sized boats lined up with white sails, which is quite spectacular.It's just that there are only a dozen or so people on each boat, including people and horses, and it took four hours to pass the two thousand people and horses. Seeing the winter sun, they slept on the top of the mountain.Gongsun Xi yelled with a livid face: "Light the torches! Yedu!" After a while, the sunset glowed, and the continuous torches illuminated the Aocang Ferry.Even so, when the east turned white, more than 5,000 horsemen passed by, and five boats capsized in the dark night.Gongsun Xi's voice became hoarse, but there was nothing he could do.In the afternoon, six large warships unexpectedly came back. Gongsun Xi took heart and immediately ordered the large ships to cross immediately.In the evening, seeing that there were more than 30,000 people crossing the river, Gongsun Xi ordered sharply: "All the rest of the people must cross the river at night! All must cross the river before dawn!" After saying that, he handed over the general's flag urging night crossing to the deputy general , I boarded a boat and crossed the river to rectify the army. The night was dark, and the big boat was just entering the river, when suddenly it was seen that the originally dark north bank of the big river was actually full of flames and killing noises!All of a sudden, Gongsun Xi who was standing at the bow of the boat felt a bone-piercing coldness permeate his whole body, and hissed loudly: "Quick! Fast boat!" "Report to the general!" The leader of the oarsman of the warship walked quickly, "There is a fire at the pier on the north bank! You can't rely on the boat!" "Damn! It's Daoshan, let me lean on it!" Gongsun Xi's eyes were almost bleeding. "Hi!" The leader yelled sharply, "Slow boat, keep the rudder! Get on the pier—!" Gongsunxi yelled sharply: "Everyone draw their bows! Shoot me out of the pier!" At the moment when the knights raised their bows and set their arrows, there was continuous screaming in the boundless dark night, and the powerful arrows with roaring flames, like dense snakes, slammed into the bow of the mast and scull sailboat, nailed to the bow. Wherever there is a raging fire!Wei Jun hadn't finished shooting a round of long arrows, most of the people at the bow had fallen down, and the whole big ship was burned into a bright flaming mountain! "Lang Qin! I'll beat you to death!" There was a loud roar in the sea of ​​fire, and a ball of flames flew up from the bow of the ship more than two feet high, and rushed towards the rolling river. "General!" "The general went ashore to kill the enemy!" "Jump! Fight!" The sea of ​​flames screamed at the bow of the ship, and then balls of flames rushed down the river, and the dark river surface suddenly brightened! As the flames plunged into the water, the rockets on the shore immediately followed. Seeing the soldiers in the water screaming with fire on their bodies, they suddenly heard a few short horns on the shore, and the rockets suddenly stopped!A rough and loud voice flew straight out from the shore: "Gongsun Xi listened: I have killed all the people who went ashore in this general's tomb! If you risk your life, the old Qin will let you go!" Go ashore to collect the corpse, put it on a big ship and transport it back——!" Gongsunxi swam to the dilapidated wharf, swaying ashore in muddy water, but saw that there were bones like bones on the huge cargo yard where goods were piled up on weekdays, and the heart was palpitating in the embers of the burning fire, and the strong smell of corpses was howling. In the cold north wind, it was almost suffocating.Gongsun Xi, who had never seen such a fierce battle, suddenly vomited violently!But the rough and loud voice floated over with the wind again, and it burst into laughter: "Gongsun Xi, don't you see the corpse fighting? Go back quickly, be careful I will change my mind at dawn! Hahahahahaha!" Gongsun Xi, whose face was pale and palpitations were unbearable, stood up tremblingly, facing the laughter, he wanted to roar, but in the end he was too limp and unable to yell. Seeing a white blade standing tall in the pile of bones, he staggered and rushed forward , "Poof!" With a sound of blood splashing everywhere, Gongsun Xi fell down softly.The cries were silenced, and the fire was extinguished.In the darkness, Wang Ling could only hear a sigh: "The boy is kind! It's a pity!" At this moment, a fast horse flew to the pier: "Guo Wei ordered: General Wang Ling will guard Huaicheng, wait for the prime minister to receive it, and follow the guard prime minister." Wang Ling was anxious: "What are you doing here without fighting? I'm going to reinforce Baimajin!" Kuaima's envoy said loudly: "The captain of the country has a word: everyone should perform their duties and not fight against orders!" Wang Ling said anxiously: "Okay, okay, I won't fight. Then what do you say Say, what happened to Baimajin?" The envoy said, "It's a fierce battle!" Then flew away. The Qiyang River on the other side of Baimajin was a bloody battle! Xin Yuanyan was brave and good at fighting, and he was eager to make contributions after Hewai's defeat. As soon as he returned to the camp, he dispatched troops starry night. Before the 20,000 cavalry stationed in Juyeze arrived, Xin Yuanyan led 30,000 cavalry to cross the river first.As soon as they crossed the river, Xinyuanyan received a spy report: The Qin army had 15,000 infantry and had already entered the Xiuwu area eastward, only about 200 miles away from Qishui!Xin Yuanyan was shocked when he heard that, 30,000 cavalry against more than 10,000 infantry, that is a sure chance of victory.It was noon at that time, and Xin Yuanyan immediately rectified his army and horses, and rushed to the southwest along the North Bank Avenue of the Dahe River.According to the speed of the cavalry galloping, it would take at most two hours to reach Xiuwu. In the middle of this avenue, Qishui flows into the Yellow River from north to south. The angle between the east bank of Qishui and the north bank of Dahe River is a continuous mountain plateau, which was called Qiyangchuan by people at that time.There is a castle at the center of the avenue, which is Qiyang.This Qiyang city is built on the mountain plateau, with streams and Qi, and the pavilions are extremely steep.The road from Baimajin to the west of Hanoi just passes under the city, and Qiyang is guarding the throat area condescendingly.The Yingbao Iron Cavalry had already arrived early, but they were lying in ambush at Qiyangchuan, waiting for battle.Unexpectedly, after three days, there was no movement of Wei Jun.Yingbao changed his mind and ordered 5,000 knights to become infantry. They made a surprise attack in the middle of the night and captured this dangerous castle with only a few hundred non-combatant soldiers.As soon as Qiyang was captured, Yingbao immediately sent a report to Baiqi and divided the troops to guard: 10,000 cavalry ambushed in the mountains on both sides of the road, and 5,000 cavalry hid in the city.After waiting anxiously for half a month, Yingbao didn't dare to be careless at all. He scouted the horse and flew a hundred miles around, for fear that the Wei army would not take the Baimajin road.As soon as Xinyuanyan moved, Yingbao was very excited, and immediately sat down outside the city to ambush the hills, trying to annihilate Xinyuanyan's 30,000 cavalry in one fell swoop. Xin Yuanyan's iron cavalry was galloping like lightning, and it took less than half an hour to charge into Qiyangchuan Avenue. When the brigade flew past Qiyang City, it happened that the entire army entered Taniguchi.At this moment, one heard the war drums and horns shrieking on the hills on both sides of the strait, the banners were flying on the sparsely forested plateau, and the black cavalry roared all over the mountains and rushed towards the top.Almost at the same time, the battle drums were rumbling at the top of Qiyang city, and five thousand black cavalry rushed out, blocking the entrance of Tani directly. Xin Yuanyan quickly looked at the two hillsides, and then shouted: "There are not many Qin troops! Hundreds of riders, kill Qiyangchuan!" After a roar, he seized the big flag in the hands of the Sima of the Chinese Army and waved the order again and again: "10,000 troops in the front, kill forward! Ten thousand troops in the rear, kill back! Ten thousand troops in the middle, kill on both sides of the hills—!" After a while of issuing orders, he put the banner into the arms of Sima in the middle army, and raised his sword Shouting: "Follow me!" He led a thousand elite guards to fight towards the east hillside like a whirlwind. Whenever a sudden ambush is encountered and the way back is cut off, the general's courage is the most important thing.Also in the Wei army, Xin Yuanyan took the lead in fighting bravely, and the fighting spirit of the 30,000 Wei army knights rose sharply. Everyone was eager to fight to the death, and the battlefield situation changed immediately.At this time, the iron cavalry of the Qin army was already the best in the world in terms of combat power, and they were also recharging their energy to wait for work. Everyone thought that a single charge could defeat the Wei army.Who would have thought that Wei Jun didn't panic and panic, but rushed forward to fight back against Qin Jun!Although the combat power is poor and they traveled a long distance, their strength is twice that of the Qin army, and they have the ambition to break through the siege. For a while, they were entangled with the Qin army on a large scale, and they were indistinguishable from each other. Ying Bao was the chief cavalry general of the Qin army. In normal times, all the 100,000 cavalry belonged to him. He was a famous warrior general of the Qin army.In today's ambush, he used the golden drum banner to issue orders on the top of the mountain, directing the whole army to intercept and kill, because the Qin army had few troops and was afraid that it would not be able to cover the Wei army.开战片刻，他便看出情势不对，紧皱的眉头猛然一挑：“司马掌旗！铁鹰骑士上马，随我下山，直捣新垣衍大旗！”话音落点，人已飞身上马，长剑只一举，便带着两百最精锐的铁鹰骑士惊雷闪电般压下山来！ 秦军的铁鹰骑士是重装骑兵，骑士本人首先须得是铁鹰剑士，人人一口十五六斤重的长剑，人马皆是铁甲裹身，只露出两只眼睛，铿锵压来，寻常刀剑箭矢碰到便飞，根本无法凑上去厮杀。如此两百骑激荡烟尘，却是没有任何呐喊，竟是直对着“新”字大旗卷来。战国军法通例：大将被俘，领兵五十人以上之官佐全部斩首！护卫与大将同死，有功无罪。惟其如此，大将的护卫亲兵都是精锐死士，新垣衍的一千护卫铁骑自然也是魏军精锐骑士无疑。眼见这股没有旗帜的黑色铁流汹涌压来，护卫千夫长便是一声大吼：“百人队护旗护将！他队三层列阵！杀！”顷刻间便与黑色铁流轰然相撞。 一交手，嬴豹的铁鹰骑士便大显威风，也不列秦军骑士最擅长的三骑锥，只是单兵散开一个扇面，竟是一路砍杀过来。饶是魏军护卫死战不退，却是木片撞到铁塔一般，搭上去便喀嚓飞迸出去。新垣衍在河外与秦军曾有过恶战，冷眼一看，便知不是对手，举剑一声大喝：“退下山坡！东向突围！”此时恰恰有一股魏军骑兵冲来裹住了黑色铁流，新垣衍与残余的几百名护卫骑士趁机摆脱厮杀，冲下山便号令魏军全部回头向来路冲杀突围。 眼见魏军的红色骑兵潮水般卷回，谷口的五千秦军铁骑迅速退后，摆开了三个方阵轮番截杀。但是，拼死突围的魏军却是死命蜂拥而上，秦军骑士拼死力战，伤亡过半也是无法堵住。正在此时，东面喊杀声骤然大起，漫天火把中却见大队黑色铁骑飓风般杀来，一面“白”字大旗在火光照耀下竟是分外清楚。 乱军中的新垣衍立时凉气罐顶，嘶声大喊：“白起主力来了！卷旗！快逃——！”魏军轰然炸开，纷纷向黑暗中夺路逃命，“新”字大旗骤然消失，新垣衍与残余护卫也四散消失在无边无际的黑暗之中去了。秦军追杀出三五里，白起便断然下令回兵。嬴豹已经杀得性起，大叫着要捉回新垣衍祭旗。白起大喝一声：“军令如山！收兵！”嬴豹见白起恼怒，才气咻咻地收兵回营。 次日清晨清点战场，魏军尸体两万六千余；秦军战死八千，重伤两千余，轻伤三千余，也就是说，嬴豹的一万五千铁骑几乎非死即伤，竟是前所未有的惨胜。更要紧的是，若非白起的五千精锐铁骑杀到，很可能伤亡更为惨重。气得嬴豹咬牙切齿地发誓：“新垣衍！下次不杀你复仇，嬴豹誓不为人！”白起默然半日，却是长长地一声叹息：“惨胜若败，我之错也！我军兵少，新垣衍才敢死战。看来，不能纯粹靠战力，还是要有兵力优势。”见白起如此自责，嬴豹哈哈大笑：“说甚来？打仗能不死人？他死战，我才上劲，有咬头！”白起摇咬头，却再没有说话。 三日之后，大梁传来消息：信陵君冒死强谏，请自率二十万步军北上，与秦军决战河内，却被魏襄王与丞相魏齐托词拒绝。秦昭王很是纳闷：“这魏嗣当真老了？还有几十万大军，为何就不发兵？怪煞！”魏冄笑道：“这老小子，只要看住自己那张王座，管你丢城失地！信陵君本来就差点儿成了太子，若大军在握，老小子能放心了？”秦昭王大是感慨，摇头叹息一声：“国王做到这般地步，只怕是上天难救也！”魏冄拍案道：“不管他！我看，立即设置河东郡，大跨一步出山东！”秦昭王思忖道：“设郡守土，诸事繁多，王舅都想好了？”魏冄悠然笑道：“当此之时，先要有设郡魄力。河内设郡，大出山东三百里，何等震慑之威？至于诸般细务，我自会与白起商讨妥当，禀明太后定夺。你尚年青，回咸阳读书便了，操个甚心？”秦昭王目光一闪笑道：“我留在王舅身边，也是想长长本事，回咸阳憋闷得慌呢。”魏冄笑道：“只是不要出事，便随你了。” 大梁不发兵的消息在河内迅速传开，河内魏人大失所望，只要秦军一到，便立即开城投降。不消旬日，秦军便兵不血刃地接收了剩余城堡。至此刚好一个月，河内六十三城便全部被秦军占领，竟是无一遗漏。 白起飞马赶到怀城与魏冄会合。匆匆咥完一顿军食，魏冄便递过来一卷竹简：“看看，你我磋商一番，便报太后定夺施行了。”白起打开竹简，便是眼前一亮！ “好！”白起阖起竹简，“丞相思虑周全，我无异议。只是，丞相这次拉上我……”魏冄大手一挥打断笑道：“不是送你功劳，是老夫要借你大将军威风！”白起不惯笑谈，脸色通红道：“丞相哪里话来？这一仗打得不干净，有甚威风来？”魏冄哈哈大笑：“呜呼哀哉！一个月拿下六十余城，还叫不干净？”白起喃喃道：“淇阳川太窝心，战死八千骑士。”魏冄眼睛便是一瞪：“日后不得将此事挂在嘴边絮叨！天下本无事，絮叨多了便出事。你是严于责己，未必人人如此看！明白了？你只记住：只要打胜，莫说死八千人，就是死八万人，老夫也给你兜了！看谁个敢多嘴？”白起便是一笑：“丞相胆气，也是为将者之福呢。”魏冄却是喟然一叹：“官场如战场，自古皆然也。老夫也只是给做事者搂住后腰了，岂有他哉！” 白起恍然想起方才一个念头，指着竹简笑道：“丞相啊，这郡所何以设在怀城？安邑是魏国旧都，何不设在那里？” “这你却不明白。”魏冄呵呵笑着，“安邑虽是旧都，城大繁华，然也是魏国老根，许多事只能睁一眼闭一眼。若官府在此，反倒是多有不便。但凡敌方旧都，只能文火细炖，岁月化之。怀却不同，此地本是殷商古邢国，城名邢丘，周武王伐纣灭之，改邢丘为怀。怀者，安抚追念也。怀城居三河之冲要，又靠近洛阳，本是晋国老周人根基。民有周秦同源之说，料民理事便要顺当一些。再说，国尉不以为，怀地乃是兵家咽喉么？” 白起点头笑道：“这倒是了。安邑有事，函谷关大军半日可达。怀城两万铁骑，可是令赵魏韩寝食难安了。” “着！正是这个道理。”魏冄一阵大笑。 三日后，宣太后书令直达河内，由秦昭王宣读立行：对白起战功与魏冄谋划大加褒奖，当场擢升白起为大良造爵，职封上将军；魏冄进爵封侯，虚封穰地，是为穰侯；三军将士并河内吏员，即时论功封赏，尽皆进爵一到三级，一时人人振奋。魏冄立即雷厉风行的在河内设置郡县、颁布秦国法令，要将这片中原冲要地带结结实实地化入秦国。 便在这忙碌时刻，咸阳接到郢都秦商的快马义报：鲁仲连入楚，正在策动屈原复出恢复合纵，联兵抗击秦国！