At the end of October, General Han and the defender of Taiyuan succeeded, and finally defeated Fenyin with superior military strength. After the city was defeated, General Fenyin, Lord Lintao Wei Ji and Fenyin's order Kou Zheng led the remaining troops to retreat to Anyi.
This was an urgent report sent by Jie Ziyu from Luocheng, who traveled day and night to the king of Su, Zhao Hongrun.
After receiving this urgent report, Zhao Hongrun's heart suddenly sank to the bottom of his heart.
There is nothing much to discuss about Lintao Lord Wei Ji's loss of Fenyin, because General Han successfully led 20,000 Taiyuan troops in Hexi to attack Fenyin, while Lintao Lord Wei Ji only had thousands in his hands to train a few.
Yue's "Fenyin New Army" was inferior to Han General Le Cheng's army in terms of combat capabilities, weapons and equipment, and numbers of soldiers.
In this situation of absolute disadvantage, Lintao Lord Wei Ji relied on a large river and natural moat as a defense to defend until the end of October. This is already a very remarkable thing.
Therefore, even if Lintao Lord Wei Ji lost Fenyin, as the coach of the "Weixi Battlefield", Zhao Hongrun could not blame him. After all, he had tried his best.
If we insist on holding people accountable, the person to be held accountable should not be Lintao Lord Wei Ji, but Su Wang Zhao Hongrun himself as the coach.
Because in Zhao Hongrun's previous strategic arrangement, the Wei army on the "Western Wei Battlefield" adopted the strategy of "First Sichuan and then Qin". As for the Korean army attacking Hedong, Zhao Hongrun handed over this battlefield - let's call it the "Hedong Battlefield".
Wei Ji, Lord of Lintao, was given to the latter to take a defensive position.
After all, even in the entire "Western Wei Battlefield" at that time, Zhao Hongrun had to face three enemies: Sichuan, Qin, and Han.
Therefore, since it was impossible to cover everything, he decided to concentrate his forces to deal with Sichuan and Qin first, because the two were in the same direction and had a higher threat than the Korean army - Qin was a big country after all, and attacking Hedong
The Korean army is actually just a partial division of South Korea.
Therefore, in Zhao Hongrun's plan, he will lead the Wei army to defeat the Wuxu tribe, Jie tribe, and Ling tribe in Sanchuan, and severely inflict heavy losses on the Qin army. He will once again create a miracle and destroy hundreds of thousands of Qin troops, disintegrating the "military meritocracy" of the Qin state.
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After that, Zhao Hongrun could lead the victorious troops and cross the river to attack the Korean general successfully.
However, at that time, Zhao Hongrun never imagined that Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi would be so cautious and difficult to deal with. Zhao Hongrun had no choice but to send out surprise troops and use the method of "running for seven hundred miles to sneak attack on Qin's homeland" to force Qin to withdraw from this country.
A war.
I have to say that this move is very crazy, but Zhao Hongrun just wants to use this madness to warn the people of Qin: Don’t mess with me! Otherwise, we will die together!
Unexpectedly, the people of Qin were not frightened by him, at least not by the King of Qin.
Even when the Wei army came to Xianyang City, the King of Qin had no intention of compromising, so Zhao Hongrun could only stay in the territory of Qin. Although he led the war with Qin, on the other hand, he was also given up by Qin.
He was delayed and failed to support Lintao Lord Wei Ji in time.
Therefore, judging from the results, Zhao Hongrun's original strategic policy can be said to have been shattered: instead of withdrawing from this war, the Qin State was about to launch a full-scale war with the Wei army under his command. On the other hand, in the local battlefield in Hedong County
, Wei Jun has clearly exposed its disadvantages.
"If Fenyin is lost, there will no longer be any way to stop General Han from succeeding..."
Zhao Hongrun leaned on the end of the couch with his forehead in his hand, feeling worried.
Fenyin can be regarded as the gateway from the east of the river to the west of the river. If this city is lost, the Wei army in the east of the river will no longer be able to stop the Han general from succeeding. This means that "Pishi", "Beiqu", "Pu"
The cities of "Ban" and "Jiexian" will be captured by the Korean army one after another, and the Wei army in the east of Hedong will have no choice but to retreat to "Anyi".
But the question is, how long can Anyi hold on?
You must know that Wei General Jiang Bi, who was originally stationed in "Linfen" in the east of Hedong, had already transferred the "Three Northern Armies" to Shangdang, ready to cooperate with the Southern Liang King Zhao Yuanzuo to launch a counterattack against the Korean army in the direction of Handan. The army was once stationed in "Anyi"
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The Northern First Army, that is, Zhao Hongrun's younger brother, King Huan Zhao Hongxuan's Northern First Army, has also been transferred back to Daliang at this time. This has caused the defense of Hedong County to become unprecedentedly weak. There are only about 30,000 newly formed and reorganized troops in the "Five Hedong Counties".
Many armies.
However, Hedong County, which only had more than 30,000 new soldiers, faced attacks from two Korean armies, "Taiyuan Shou Lecheng" and "Yangyi Marquis Han Xu".
Therefore, objectively speaking, it is already a matter of time before Hedong County is captured by the Korean army.
"..."Taiyuan Shou Le Cheng", should it be said that he has replaced Lian Pi's Han general?"
Zhao Hongrun closed his eyes and thought.
He knew that the reason why Lintao Lord Wei Ji lost Fenyin was, on the one hand, due to the huge disparity in strength between the two armies, and on the other hand, it was also because the Han general was not an ordinary person. Otherwise, what would happen to South Korea's powerful minister Kang Gong and Han Hu?
Will this person be chosen to replace the "disobedient" Lian Pi?
Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but feel a little regretful: he should have sent Qu Cheng to lead the Yanling Army to reinforce Hedong.
Of course, this thought of regret only lingered in his mind for a moment, and then disappeared.
The reason is simple. If he had originally ordered Qu Cheng to lead 50,000 Yanling troops to reinforce Hedong, the 50,000 merchant navy troops alone would not be enough to deter Sanchuan.
For example, the "Northern Sichuan Alliance", which is about to inherit the title of "Jie Tribe", and its affiliated 50,000 Jiejiao Army, Gu Yigu and Boxi Le, did so because they felt that Zhao Hongrun's side had a higher chance of winning than Qin.
Stand firmly on Wei's side.
On the other hand, if Zhao Hongrun only brought 50,000 merchant navy troops and more than 10,000 Dangshan troops into Sanchuan, Guyigu and Bosile might think more about it.
What's more, Zhao Hongrun wanted to quickly eradicate the three major tribes of Wuxu, Jie, and Ling with thunderous power, and it was impossible for the Yanling Army to support Hedong.
It is no exaggeration to say that if the Wei army under Zhao Hongrun had not been so powerful at the beginning, I believe that even the Sichuan-Luo Alliance would have raised objections - especially the Yi people, who were quite emotional about Zhao Hongrun's attack on Wuxu, Jie and Ling.
At that time, Zhao Hongrun was so strong that he almost shouted the slogan "Those who obey will prosper, those who go against will perish", which frightened the group of people so that they did not dare to make mistakes.
Therefore, objectively speaking, Zhao Hongrun's strategy was not wrong, but he missed the "negative tactics" of Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi, and at the same time underestimated the Qin people's backbone in the face of threats.
I have to say that in fact, the war between the Qin State and the Wei Army has been frightened by both sides until now. However, due to various reasons, neither King Qin Hui nor Zhao Hongrun can take the initiative to make peace with the other party, lest they be noticed by the other party.
to one's own guilty conscience.
Therefore, we can only bite the bullet and continue the war.
Two days later, Weiyang Jun Yinghua simply built a military camp more than 20 miles away from Fenghao - to be precise, he just surrounded a piece of land with cut wood, and the rest was like a sentry tower, refusing to
He didn't build any defensive facilities such as horses or antlers.
It's the same reason: Qin can't afford to delay.
After the construction of the crude military camp was completed, Weiyang Jun Yinghua asked his soldiers to build a batch of long ladders for siege overnight, preparing to attack Fenghao.
At this time, Weiyang Lord Ying Hua no longer had only 30,000 Weiyang troops under his command, because Xianyang recruited an army of "Jinhu" and
The militia composed of "criminals" was the "tattooed army" that was once more feared by the Wei army than the regular army of Qin.
On November 24, Weiyang Jun Yinghua led 30,000 Weiyang troops and 40,000 to 50,000 tattooed troops to attack Fenghao's Wei army.
The hasty battle in winter put the army under Weiyang Jun Yinghua at a huge disadvantage: because of Zhao Hongrun's calculations, the Qin army had to carry a long ladder and walk for more than 20 miles in the snow to reach Fenghao.
It is no exaggeration to say that these Qin troops were already shivering with cold when they arrived at Fenghao, especially the tattooed troops who only wore thin clothes, and each one had frostbite; on the other hand, the soldiers of the Wei army and the Shang Shui army
But they were warming themselves comfortably in the city, waiting for work and waiting for the Qin army to attack.
It has to be said that Weiyang Lord Ying Hua has already lost half of the battle at the beginning.
But it must be admitted that even at an absolute disadvantage, the army under the command of Weiyang Lord Ying Hua once again allowed the Wei army to see the fierce side of the Qin people, especially the countless tattooed troops, stimulated by the military merit system.
, ferocious like a jackal, fearlessly climbing the long ladder in an attempt to climb the city wall, turning a blind eye to the sacrifices of his companions who kept falling down from the wall.
This siege battle lasted from noon to nearly dusk, and then Weiyang Lord Ying Hua ordered the withdrawal of troops.
Before withdrawing, he ordered the surviving tattooed troops to take away the bodies of their companions as much as possible.
The three-hour siege battle cost the Qin army heavy sacrifices of 20,000 tattooed soldiers, and the Wei army also suffered nearly 3,000 casualties. One can imagine how intense this siege battle was.
of intensity.
But what Wei Jun didn't expect was that Weiyang Lord Yinghua came back the next day and actually brought more tattooed troops. You know, the more than 20,000 tattooed troops who died in the battle yesterday were still lying outside the city.
On the snow.
It was another brutal siege that lasted for three hours. As dusk approached, Weiyang Lord Ying Hua ordered the withdrawal of troops and asked the surviving tattooed troops to drag away the bodies of their companions.
If the Wei army was still in the mood to cheer for victory yesterday, then today, the Wei army could not shout out because they did not know how many tattooed troops they would face.
The defeat of two siege battles caused Weiyang Jun Yinghua to lose more than 40,000 tattooed troops.
But when Weiyang Jun Ying Hua returned to the military camp that night, his face showed no trace of the frustration caused by two consecutive defeats.
His eyes were still calm.
"After today's battle, the Wei army in Fenghao City should no longer have crossbow arrows..."
Crossing his fingers and sitting behind the table in the handsome tent, Weiyang Jun Ying Hua's eyes flashed with something strange.
Suddenly, he called to the guards outside the tent.
"Go down with the order and summon three thousand cavalry. Follow me to attack Fenghao tonight!"