"The Northern Army was defeated in Jinyang County, Taiyuan County, and General Jiang Bi was seriously injured."
After receiving this battle report, Zhao Hongrun could not calm down for a long time.
Who is Jiang Bi?
That was a powerful general who worked with Lintao Lord Wei Ji to protect the Wei Kingdom in Longxi from being annexed by the Qin Kingdom for more than ten years!
I remember that during the "Battle of Sanchuan between Wei and Qin", Wei Ji, Lord of Lintao, once mentioned Jiang Bi and said that Jiang Bi was ten times more talented than him.
Of course, these are humble words from Lintao Lord Wei Ji. After all, no matter how powerful Jiang Bi is, he cannot be ten times as talented as Lintao Lord Wei Ji, because according to Zhao Hongrun's understanding, Lintao Lord Wei Ji is a powerful person who can take charge of one party.
commander in chief.
However, from the words of praise from Lintao Lord Wei Ji, it is not difficult to infer that Wei Ji recognized Jiang Bi very much.
To be fair, Zhao Hongrun didn't know much about Jiang Bi, but one thing he was sure of was that Jiang Bi was not a reckless man who only knew how to show off his courage as rumored.
According to Zhao Hongrun's understanding of Jiang Bi, Jiang Bi had a habit when fighting. He would always arrange his tactics in advance and tell his lieutenant general about them, so that he could suddenly lead his troops out of his own formation when facing battle.
Zhao Hongrun didn't know why Jiang Bi, as a commander, personally went into battle to kill the enemy. It might be that Jiang Bi saw the enemy's flaw when he was commanding on the battlefield; or it might just be the warrior blood in Jiang Bi's body when he was on the battlefield.
Boiling, commonly known as the itchy hands, is unbearable, so he goes into battle to kill the enemy himself.
But this knowledge is enough to prove that Jiang Bi is not a reckless man who only knows how to show off his bravery, because he will carefully formulate tactics before the battle instead of blindly attacking.
Even Jiang Bi frequently went into battle to kill the enemy in person. From this incident, we can also see Jiang Bi's personal martial arts. In other words, he was a commander with both civil and military skills, but his face was rough, unlike Nanliang.
Wang Zhao Yuanzuo, Nanyan General Wei Mu and others were born with the faces of Confucian generals and wise generals, so that people mistakenly thought they were reckless heroes.
Generally speaking, Zhao Hongrun is quite relieved about Jiang Bi.
After all, in Zhao Hongrun's view, only General Jiang Bi and Lintao Lord Wei Ji can be called the commander-in-chief of the Wei family in Longxi. The other generals, such as the concubine Hou Ying, who had a conflict with Zhao Hongrun when they first met,
, he cannot bear the title of commander-in-chief, he is at the level of a general at best.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Bi was defeated when attacking Taiyuan County and was seriously injured. This was something Zhao Hongrun never expected.
It is undeniable that Zhao Hongrun planned well before: Jiang Bi and Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, attacked Taiyuan, while he and several other friendly forces attacked Handan. Attacking both places at the same time made it difficult for South Korea to take care of both.
But now that such changes have occurred, Zhao Hongrun is inevitably worried about the situation in the western part of Hedong County.
Because there is no doubt that the Korean general who defeated and wounded Jiang Bi will definitely take advantage of the situation to regain the city that was previously captured by Jiang Bi's Northern Army, and even attack all the way to the west of Hedong County of Wei State.
In this case, can Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, stabilize the situation there?
Zhao Hongrun is not worried about whether the Southern Liang King Zhao Yuanzuo will send troops to assist Jiang Bi's Northern Army. After all, these two people are on the side of Zhao Hongxin, the fifth son of the emperor. Therefore, the Southern Liang King Zhao Yuanzuo will never sit back and watch something happen to Jiang Bi, otherwise
, if something happens to Jiang Bi, the Tianshui Wei family's voice in the Wei court will be greatly reduced. In this way, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, will lose his domestic political allies. How can he compete with Emperor Wei?
Therefore, it is inevitable that Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, sends troops to support Jiang Bi's Northern Army.
The only thing worth considering is whether Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, can stabilize the situation in the western part of Hedong County, or to put it simply, whether he can stop the Korean general who defeated Jiang Bi - "Taiyuan Shou" Lian Pi.
"Lian Pi...Taiyuan Shou Lian Pi..."
Secretly reciting the name of the Korean general who defeated Jiang Bi in the battle report, Zhao Hongrun let out a long breath.
He suddenly felt that both he and Jiang Bi had been a little too optimistic in their previous judgments about this war.
You must know that Taiyuan County is the border border in the west of South Korea, and outside the border, there lives South Korea's powerful enemy-"Hu".
It is undeniable that South Korea’s army was once the most comprehensive army in the Central Plains countries:
The State of Qi is close to the State of Lu, and it is the richest country among the countries in the Central Plains. Therefore, the equipment of the Qi Army has always been the most advanced. The weapons and equipment of the Qi Army, including various war weapons, even the current King Su's army has
It is not necessarily that they have caught up. But unfortunately, the people of Qi are used to living a comfortable life, and most of them have been worn away by the peaceful life. Therefore, it is often difficult for Qi soldiers to risk their lives and join the battle on the battlefield.
To put it bluntly, Qi Bing simply relied on weaponry and war weapons that were far superior to other countries to fight the war, especially when they bullied Chu's army.
On the contrary, Wei's army was on the contrary. Before Zhao Hongrun took charge of the Smelting Bureau, Wei's weapons and equipment, including war weapons, were far inferior to those of Qi. However, Wei was very experienced in training infantry. Therefore,
The bravery of Wei's infantry is well known to all countries in the Central Plains.
Some people may think of Qin soldiers because of this, but in fact, there is a difference between the strength of Qin soldiers and the strength of Wei soldiers: Qin soldiers are strong because they are not afraid of death, and their strength is actually average; while Wei soldiers are strong
, because they have undergone rigorous and arduous training, so that when they set foot on the battlefield
On the battlefield, as long as they overcome the fear of the battlefield, the rest is just to follow their instincts. Because of their high-intensity training, their bodies have already memorized the movements of wielding weapons, and they can often achieve accurate results with just one thought.
He swung his sword and killed the enemy.
Of course, this does not mean that the Wei soldiers are not as bloody as the Qin soldiers. It just means that in comparison, the reason why the Wei soldiers are strong is firstly that their high-intensity training makes their bodies remember the instinct to kill enemies, and secondly that they are not afraid of the enemy.
The bloody nature of death.
The strength of the Korean army is between the Qi soldiers and the Wei soldiers: their weapons and equipment are not as good as the Qi soldiers, but they are definitely far superior to the previous Wei soldiers; their bravery is not as good as the Wei soldiers, but
Compared with Qi Bing, he is definitely much braver.
Because of this, it is said that the Korean army has the highest comprehensive force.
But why has South Korea, which has such a powerful military, failed to dominate the Central Plains so far?
The reason is that South Korea has the "Barbarians", a powerful enemy that has existed for centuries or even hundreds of years.
Korea's foreign aggression was the most serious among the countries in the Central Plains. The Wei State had only one Sanchuan "Yinrong" in the west to cause trouble, the Qi State was caused by the barbarians from Donglai, and the Chu State was caused by the Yue people and Nanyi.
Only South Korea, the northern side of its country, is completely surrounded by barbarians
, from "Beiyan" in the northeast, "Shanggu" and "Yanmen" in the north, to "Taiyuan" in the northwest, these Korean counties have been frequently harassed, attacked and plundered by barbarians over the years.
, forcing South Korea to deploy powerful troops on these borders.
It is precisely because South Korea has been dragged down by the foreign aggression of the barbarians that it still has no power to dominate the Central Plains.
Perhaps Zhao Hongrun initially felt that this was the reason why the rumored to be powerful South Korean army was so vulnerable.
No, Jiang Bi and the Northern Army under his command ran into a wall in Taiyuan County and suffered a bloody blow. Because Taiyuan County is a county that has been severely harassed by "Linhu". It is not difficult to guess from this.
Taiyuan Shou Lian Pi, who was stationed in Taiyuan County, must be an extremely brave and resourceful commander.
"It's not going to be easy now..."
Putting away the battle report, Zhao Hongrun walked out of the temporary tent and looked to the distant west.
To be fair, Zhao Hongrun wanted to protect Jiang Bi in his heart. After all, no matter what Jiang Bi's political position was, he was still essentially a general of the Wei State, and he was also a rare commander-in-chief. Therefore, Zhao Hongrun did not want Jiang Bi to do anything.
Something unexpected happened.
Unfortunately, the army under his command is too far away from Taiyuan County or the west of Hedong County. Even if he wanted to rush to help, he would be out of reach.
More importantly, he is currently on the way to attack Handan, the capital of South Korea, and the momentum of his army is very fast. If he withdraws his troops to assist Jiang Bi at this time, wouldn't all the previous achievements be wasted?
"The only option is to attack quickly... attack Handan City as soon as possible and force South Korea to beg for peace!"
Zhao Hongrun said secretly.
Thinking of this, he returned to the commander's tent and re-formulated his tactics.
Originally, after capturing Qiguan, he planned to attack Qixian next, but the problem was that Qixian was a big city. Hundreds of years ago, when the Wei people had not yet set foot in the Central Plains, this city
The city belonged to Weiguo and was said to be the capital of Weiguo. It was called Moyi at that time.
Since it is a big city, and now Dangyin Hou Han Yang has retreated to Qi County, if King Su's army attacks this city step by step, the early war will definitely not go well, and it is very likely that they will spend a long time here.
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun decided to adopt the leap-frog tactic, leaving Qixian unattacked for the time being, and letting the Yanling army directly attack "Hebi" in the north of Qixian.
It must be said that this consideration was completely beyond Dangyin Hou Han Yang's expectation, so when he learned that the Wei army did not attack Qi County but went straight into Handan County and attacked Hebi in the north, Dangyin Hou Han Yang was shocked and angry.
What surprised him was that he did not expect that Wei Gongzi Run would be so bold and dared to let an army go deep alone; what made him angry was that Wei Gongzi Run really did not take him seriously in his decision.
But being shocked and angry, how should we deal with the Wei army's attack on Hebi?
You must know that the Korean troops currently in Handan County are generally distributed in Linlu, Qixian, Huaxian and other places. In fact, Hebi's defense force is very weak - this is a common problem in many countries when deploying troops. They tend to
Deploy the army in the frontline city.
In this case, King Su's army bypassed Qixian and attacked Hebi directly, which was very fatal to the Korean army.
After hesitating, Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, had no choice but to send reinforcements even though he knew that if he went to reinforce Hebi, he would probably be ambushed by the Wei army.
Sure enough, the troops he sent out to reinforce Hebi were ambushed halfway by Yan Mo, the deputy general of the Yanling Army.
But in the end, nearly 70% of the troops finally entered Hebi safely.
However, Hebi is safe, but the problem in Keqi County is bigger. After all, King Su's army still has a Shang Shui army that has not yet been dispatched.
Sure enough, the day after Dangyin Hou Han Yang sent troops to reinforce Hebi, the Shang Shui army attacked Qi County.
The army under Han Yang, Marquis of Dangyin, had just suffered a defeat, and the soldiers had almost no fighting spirit, so that the Shang Shui Army captured Qi County without any effort.
After capturing Qixian, the Shang Shui army immediately moved north. Instead of helping the Yanling army attack Hebi, they leapfrogged again to attack Zhongmou in the northwest of Hebi, once again putting Dangyin Hou Han Yang in a dilemma.
At this time, in the Handan battlefield, the Korean army was completely at a disadvantage.