In the autumn of the eleventh year of Wei Zhaowu, when the Wei army led by Wei generals Shen Yu and Wu Ji fought against Qin general Wang Jian in Ba, Wei's eastern front generals Le Yi, Tian Dan, Tian Wu, Tian Tian and their sons finally led His subordinates were directly under the command of Qubu, which spanned most of the Central Plains and arrived at Luoyang, the capital of the King of Wei.
For the rest of the Wei army on the eastern front, "Cao Yan" led the Hanoi army to garrison Donghai and Langya counties, while "Qu Cheng" led the Yanling army to garrison Guangling and cross the border. As for the naval forces led by generals Yan Kui and Li Qi, they had already Going up the river, he was assisting Generals Sima Shang and Huan Hu in attacking the Chu State that was huddled in Pengli County.
After Le Yi, Tian Dan, Tian Wu, and Tian Tian arrived in Luoyang, as usual, they placed their troops outside Luoyang City and entered the city to meet with Wei King Zhao Run. The latter held a banquet in the palace, first for Le Yi. The second is to reward Le Yi and others for defeating Chu and overthrowing Yue.
Unexpectedly, during the banquet, Le Yi only drank three glasses of wine, and then used the excuse of being too drunk to resign. At the same time, he asked Wei King Zhao Run for detailed battle reports on the Western Front battlefield. Apparently, he hoped to lead his army to the Western Front battlefield. Use the battle reports of the generals on the Western Front to do your homework.
Not to mention Tian Dan, even Tian Wu was a little surprised to see Le Yi being so confused.
However, Zhao Run didn't take it seriously, because he had long heard that Le Yi had an eccentric personality. If not for this, why was Le Yi not as popular as Li Mu because he was also one of the leading generals in South Korea? Isn't it because Le Yi was in some circles? Are you too serious about things, causing others to shy away from you?
Just like the current banquet, although everyone on the side also understood what Le Yi meant, they just felt that their colleagues on the Western Front battlefield were fighting bloody battles, while they were drinking and having fun in the rear. This was unreasonable. However, they had just defeated Chu The country was overthrown and the country of Yue was overthrown. So what if we relax for a few days? - You must know that this is still a banquet hosted by King Zhao Run of Wei!
It has to be said that seeing Le Yi being so ignorant, everyone in the palace was sweating for him, especially Han Chao and Zhao Zhuo, two ministers from Korea, who kept winking at Le Yi.
Fortunately, the king of Wei, Zhao Run, was a wise and powerful leader in the world. Seeing that Le Yi wanted to go back to the inn to carefully read the battle reports of the generals on the Western Front battlefield, instead of being angry, he praised him greatly. Immediately, he clapped his hands and dismissed the dancing girls in the palace and ordered The great eunuch Gao He ordered people to bring in the battle report, so that the fine banquet turned into a strategic seminar for the Qin State, which made Tian Dan and Tian Wu quite speechless, who had planned to relax.
Unlike the eastern battlefield that was responsible for the war against Chu, the Wei army's advantage on the western battlefield was not great. It can even be said that there was almost no advantage.
At first Le Yi, Tian Dan, and Tian Wu thought it was because the number of Wei soldiers on the Western Front battlefield was too small and their strength was weak. It was not until they carefully read the battle report that they realized their mistake.
It is no exaggeration to say that even though the Wei army on the western front battlefield was slightly weaker than the Wei army on the eastern front battlefield, it was definitely not much weaker.
At least in Le Yi's view, the generals of Wei who can be called "generals" on the Western Front battlefield include Lian Pi, Le Cheng, Sima An, and Wei Ji. The others are like Yangyi Marquis Han Xu, Jiu Former defender Feng Ting, King Huan Zhao Xuan, Gong Zhongpeng, Tian Ling, Jin Bo, Anping Marquis Zhao Tan, etc., can be called "good generals" in any case. Therefore, in terms of generals alone, the Wei army on the western front is not weak. .
Looking at the composition of the army, on the western front battlefield there is the "Hexi Army", which ranks among the top three in Wei State in terms of excellent armaments, the "Shuofang Army", the "Jiuyuan Army", and the "Yunzhong Army" who have been fighting against the Huns and Linhu in the north for a long time.
, and the "Northern First Army" that has been established for more than ten years, etc. Le Yi initially estimates that the number of Wei troops on the Western Front battlefield is about 250,000. Although the soldiers are good and bad, generally speaking, they are qualified.
Above the standard.
With this configuration, even if the Wei troops on the western front battlefield are transferred to the eastern front, these Wei troops can actually defeat the Chu State and overthrow the Yue State.
However, the Wei army on the western front, which was almost as strong as the Wei army on the eastern front, was unable to win. This made Le Yi a little curious and puzzled about the opponent he was about to face - the Qin army.
He had never fought against the Qin army, and his impression of the Qin army was limited to the time when he was "trapped by Li Mu, the defender of Yanmen, and could not advance" during the first melee between the Central Plains countries.
The military strength of a country was never able to capture the Yanmen County guarded by Li Mu. Although Le Yi also understood Li Mu's capabilities, it inevitably made him despise the Qin State.
"Is the strength of Qin State stronger than that of Chu State?" Le Yi asked Wei King Zhao Rundao.
Wei Wang Zhao Run smiled slightly and explained: "In my opinion, the strength of Qin State should be equal to that of Chu State if it goes back one or two years. However, the Qin Army is much more difficult to deal with than the Chu Army... The people of Qin
Feng Biao is fierce, brave and not afraid of death, and can win in battle
Li is very persistent, and the more important thing is that Qin has many excellent generals, which Chu can never match... After the deaths of Jing She, Qu Ping, and Xiang Mo, the Chu State
It’s basically impossible to find a good commander.”
After hearing Zhao Run's words, Tian Dan and Tian Wu nodded slightly.
Maybe there wasn't much change for Le Yi, but for Tian Dan and Tian Wu, they could clearly feel the difference between the Chu army and the past in the war against Chu last year.
Tian Dan still remembers that when he was young, he followed Lu Xi, the late king of Qi State, to conquer Chu State. Although Chu State was repeatedly defeated at that time, in the final analysis, it was just that Chu State did not want to fight Qi State, so he sent several batches of food and soldiers to Qi State.
It was just a military killing, but human life was very cheap in the Chu State anyway.
As for Fuli Fortress where Xiang Mo was stationed at that time, the Qi army tried to attack it countless times, but unfortunately they failed to capture the pass.
Speaking of which, although they had no chance to fight Shouling Lord Jingshe and Xiling Lord Qu Ping, Xiang Mo and Tian Dan had fought against them many times and never got any advantage.
Therefore, even a proud man like Tian Dan admits that Xiang Mo can be equal to him.
However, Xiang Pei, the king of Xinyang who replaced Xiang Mo as the general of Chu after waiting for Xiang Mo's death, was much inferior. Although Tian Dan did not directly fight Xiang Pei, the king of Xinyang, in last year's war, he
We also learned from the battle report that Xiang Pei, Lord of Xinyang, was defeated by Sima Shang, Huan Hu and others, and was defeated again and again.
Although the two generals Sima Shang and Huan Hu who defeated Xinyang Lord Xiang Pei were also accomplished generals, Tian Dan still felt that Xiang Pei and Xiang Mo were too far apart.
After Xiang Mo's death, the majestic Chu State could no longer find an outstanding commander, which is really sad.
Perhaps it is true, as the world laughs, that the aristocracy of the Chu State has long since declined, and no outstanding talents will be born anymore. What is very embarrassing is that the outstanding generals who were born among the common people of the Chu State have been lost one after another because of the lack of attention of the Chu State.
They flowed into the Wei State, causing the Chu State's talents to wither.
Shaking his head, Tian Dan asked Wei King Zhao Run: "Your Majesty, is there anyone in Qin who can rival Xiang Mo?"
"Yes! And quite a few."
Zhao Run, the king of Wei, nodded, and immediately told the story like a treasure trove: "The Marquis of Wuxin, Gongsun Qi, the Marquis of Changxin, Wang Jian, the Lord of Yangquan, Ying Bo, and the Lord of Weiyang, Ying Hua, are all not under Xiang Mo. There are also Wang Ling, Wang Lu, Zhang
Tang and many other good generals..."
After hearing this, Le Yi lowered his head and read the battle report. There was nothing unusual about it. However, Tian Dan and Tian Wu showed excited expressions on their faces, obviously looking forward to fighting the Qin army.
During the banquet that day, Le Yi and Tian Dan each chose the direction of their support: Le Yi went to Hexi County to confront Qin's Wuxin Marquis Gongsun Qi; while Tian Dan went to the west of Sanchuan County to assist Anping Marquis Zhao Tan to resist Qin.
The Yangquan Lord of the country Ying Bo.
As for the Loop area that was the only one left behind, because there were three colleagues from Lian Pi, Le Cheng, Han and Xu who were in South Korea, Le Yi did not think there would be any mistakes.
You must know that the former Taiyuan Army, with Lian Pi as the main general and Le Le as the deputy general, was the Taiyuan Army at its peak strength that had repeatedly defeated Lin Hu and the Xiongnu.
In front of this Taiyuan army, even if it was Li Mu, even if he was happy to play, he would have to stay away.
The next day, the imperial court rewarded the troops led by Le Yi, Tian Dan and Tian Wu in advance.
Three days after the reward, Le Yi led the army directly to Hexi County, while Tian Dan, Tian Wu, and Tian Tian's father and son led the army to the west of Sanchuan County.
Due to the distance, Tian Dan was the first to arrive at "Hangu" in the west of Sanchuan County.
The garrison stationed at Hangu was Zhao Tan, the Marquis of Anping. He initially served as the "Luoyang Lieutenant" and was in charge of the security of Luoyang until the end of the second melee between the Central Plains countries, due to the undeclared war between Qin and Wei.
, and tried to send troops from Sanchuan County to attack the Wei capital Luoyang. At that time, Anping Marquis Zhao Tan resolutely led his private army to garrison Hangu.
Soon afterwards, Pang Huan led the anti-rebellion army to come to the rescue and assisted Zhao Tan in repelling the Qin army.
Although the Qin State was successfully repelled this time, the Qin army's sneak attack also sounded the alarm to the Luoyang court. Soon after, the court decided to build a pass in Hangu to prevent the Qin State's old tricks in the west.
Apply again.
The general who supervised the construction of Hangu Pass was Anping Marquis Zhao Tan.
At that time, Zhao Tanshang, the Marquis of Anping, also held the official position of "Luoyang Lieutenant". However, after the completion of Hangu Pass, he officially became the general stationed in Hangu. The anti-rebellion army under Pang Huan was also incorporated into Zhao Tan at the instruction of Wei King Zhao Run.
Tan's command, so far, the anti-rebellion army was under the command of Anping Marquis Zhao Tan, with a full strength of 50,000 and an actual strength of nearly 40,000, stationed at Hangu Pass.
Precisely because Zhao Tan had a large number of troops, when Yang Quanjun Ying Bo led the Qin army to attack Hangu Pass, it was difficult to open the pass in a short period of time.
But having said that, although it is temporarily difficult for Yangquan Jun Yingbo to conquer Hangu, it is not easy for Anping Marquis Zhao Tan to repel this Qin army.
The character of Zhao Tan, the Marquis of Anping, is quite similar to that of Zhao Jiang, the King of Yan. They are both bold and straightforward men, with more courage and less strategy. This can be seen from the battle report between him and Yangquan Jun Ying Bo,
Almost always go straight, most
There is almost nothing commendable about adding an extra night attack. If Hangu Pass had not been there, but Zhao Tan had the anti-rebellion army trained by Zhao Yuanzuo and Pang Huan, the king of Nanliang, maybe Yangquan Jun Yingbo would have already invaded.
To the hinterland of Sanchuan.
After arriving at Hangu Pass, Tian Dan took the initiative to lower his profile. After all, Anping Marquis Zhao Tan was also a descendant of the Zhao royal family.
However, to Tian Dan's surprise, although Anping Hou Zhao Tan was a member of the royal family, he was not the kind of person who liked fighting for power and intrigue. He hosted a banquet for Tian Dan, Tian Wu, and Tian Tian very cordially, and even
At the banquet, he recounted his hardships and laughed at himself for being beaten to the ground by Ying Bo, Lord Yangquan of the Qin State, and being unable to fight back. Now he finally hoped for reinforcements.
It was already late October, and the weather was about to turn cold. There was not much time left for the Wei and Qin armies to fight. Therefore, neither Tian Dan nor Tian Wu had any illusions about defeating Yangquan Jun in less than a month before winter.
Ying Bo.
However, they still suggested that Anping Marquis Zhao Tan take the initiative to attack because they wanted to see with their own eyes the strength of the Qin army.
Perhaps because of the support from Tian Dan and Tian Wu, Anping Hou Zhao Tan was also confident. On October 27, he led 10,000 Wei troops out of Hangu Pass with Tian Dan and Tian Wu, and marched directly to Hangu Pass.
Ben Yang Quanjun Ying Bo's camp of the Qin army.
As he was discovered by Qin's cavalry scouts on the way, Yangquan Jun Yingbo also learned that the Wei army had taken the initiative to attack, but he didn't take it seriously.
After all, he and Anping Marquis Zhao Tan had been in a stalemate at Hangu Pass for more than half a year, and they had already figured out the former's strategy for using troops.
He just felt a little puzzled. After all, Anping Hou Zhao Tan had been defeated by him for a while because he took the initiative to fight off him. Why did this reckless man come again within a few days?
After all, in his opinion, Anping Marquis Zhao Tan only had two bases to rely on, one was Hangu Pass, and the other was to suppress the rebels, although Hangu Pass could not be captured for the time being.
, but if he can annihilate some elite anti-rebel forces, it will also be beneficial to his future attacks.
Two hours later, the armies of Wei and Qin fought in the wilderness.
During this period, Tian Dan carefully observed the enemy and our armies.
He discovered that in the face-to-face confrontation, the anti-rebellion army led by Anping Marquis Zhao Tan actually had the upper hand, and there were no serious omissions in Zhao Tan's own battlefield command.
The bad thing was in the process of chasing the Qin army.
From Tian Dan's point of view, it was obvious that the Qin army on the opposite side was trying to lure the enemy into defeat, but Zhao Tan, the Marquis of Anping, still pursued him with his troops. As a result, the Wei army's formation was in chaos, and the Qin army's servants, who were also in the same formation, rushed and killed them.
Although both sides have suffered casualties, there is a problem in itself to consume the other side's peasants and soldiers at the expense of their elite soldiers, right?
After thinking about it, Tian Dan said to Zhao Tan, the Marquis of Anping: "Marquis Anping, those Qin soldiers are peasant soldiers similar to those recruited by the Chu State, aren't they?"
"Hmm." Anping Marquis Zhao Tan nodded and explained to Tian Dan: "Those are indeed some peasant soldiers, but we call them "Tattooed Faces" just because the Qin State's Tattooed Faces Army is quite famous...
In fact, peasant soldiers are not necessarily tattooed soldiers."
However, Tian Dan was not interested in understanding what tattooing meant. He frowned and asked, "Marquis Anping, the Qin people are trying to use miscellaneous soldiers to kill your elite soldiers. Can you see that?"
Anping Hou Zhao Tan looked at Tian Dan in disbelief, his expression seemed to say: I'm not blind, of course I can see.
"Then why are you still chasing the Qin army?" Tian Dan asked puzzledly.
After hearing this, Anping Hou Zhao Tan said naturally: "If we don't pursue the Qin army, how can we repel it?"
This was so true that Tian Dan was speechless and finally had to say: "You are really too upright."
After returning to Hangu Pass, Tian Dan carefully recalled the process of today's confrontation.
It is undeniable that there is no problem with the command of Anping Marquis Zhao Tan today. Even if he later pursues the Qin army, there will be no problem. The key is that the opposite Yangquan Jun Ying Bo is quite 'insidious'. He deliberately let his main army fake defeat.
It induced the Wei army under Zhao Tan to pursue, causing the Wei army's formation to become chaotic.
After that, Yangquan Jun Ying Bo called a group of peasant soldiers to take over the battle and fight against the Wei army in place of his regular army.
Originally, if it were a head-on confrontation, no matter how brave the peasant soldiers of the Qin army were, they would not be able to cause any serious casualties to the neatly arrayed Wei army. But the bad thing was that the Wei army's formation was in chaos when they were chasing the Qin army's main army, so that
They have lost their greatest advantage as regular soldiers and are now fighting on their own.
This invisibly weakened the lethality of the Wei army and increased the threat of the Qin army's peasant soldiers.
It can be said that by using this little trick, Yangquan Jun Ying Bo 'made full use of' the peasant soldiers under his command, allowing the latter to exert considerable combat effectiveness.
Of course, in Tian Dan's view, as long as you figure out the key, it is very simple to use the plan to counter the opponent.
So he suggested to Anpinghou Zhao Tan: "Tomorrow Anpinghou will lead his army to fight again. Tian has a way to defeat the enemy."
Seeing Tian Dan's vow, Anping Marquis Zhao Tan agreed to the matter.
The next day, Zhao Tan once again took Tian Dan and Tian Wu with him and led 10,000 Wei troops to the camp of Yangquan Jun Ying Bo to fight.
Just like yesterday, Yang Quan Jun Ying Bo still planned to repeat his old tricks, adopting tactics of false defeat, luring the enemy, and ambush.
But this time, when the famous peasant soldiers were waiting for them to come out of the ambush, the Wei army that was chasing the Qin army immediately turned around and ran away.
Seeing the Wei army turn around and run away from a distance, Yang Quanjun Ying Bo's heart skipped a beat, and he realized something was wrong, so he immediately offered gold to signal the peasant soldiers not to pursue him.
But unfortunately, the biggest difference between the peasant soldiers and the regular army is reflected in the execution of orders and prohibitions. Seeing the enemy army turn around and run away, those famous peasant soldiers could not remember the orders and swarmed up to pursue the Wei army.
At this time, Tian Wu and Tian Tian's father and son each led a team of a thousand men to outflank and cut off the retreat of the peasant soldiers. They then cooperated with the main force led by Anping Marquis Zhao Tan and Tian Dan to completely surround thousands of Qin's servants.
.
Surrounded by enemies on all sides, even though the servants and soldiers were brave and unafraid of death, they were unable to cause effective casualties to the Wei army due to inconsistent orders. However, the Wei army launched an encirclement and suppression campaign in unison. Compared with the two, the high
Make a judgment.
Although Yang Quan Jun Ying Bo realized that something was wrong and immediately led the main army to come to the rescue in an attempt to rescue the servant soldiers, during this period of time, the Wei army also annihilated at least half of the servant soldiers.
After a fierce battle, the two armies retreated.
On the way to retreat, Anping Marquis Zhao Tan was quite excited. After all, the Wei army under his command had wiped out at least 4,000 enemy troops today, while his own casualties were only about 2,000. Compared with the previous record of killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800,
, I don’t know how much better it would look.
The most terrible thing is that the "eight hundred" enemies killed in the past were not necessarily all regular soldiers under the command of Yangquan Jun Ying Bo.
Tian Dan said with a smile: "The main army is prohibited by the orders, but the miscellaneous soldiers sometimes ignore the orders and focus on chasing the enemy. Therefore, even if Yangquan Jun Yingbo knows our army's countermeasures, it will be difficult for him to let the miscellaneous soldiers under his command for a while."
Not to be ambushed by our army... If he uses this trick to kill our elite soldiers in the future, you and I will retaliate with this."
"What General Tian Dan said is absolutely true."
Anpinghou Zhao Tan nodded, deeply convinced.
On the other hand, Yang Quan Jun Ying Bo also speculated that "the Wei army may have changed generals" due to the changes in today's war.
After some inquiring, he found out that it was Tian Dan, a general from the former Qi State, who had arrived at Hangu Pass.
Tian Dan was a famous general in the former Qi State. Even though Yang Quanjun Ying Bo was in the Qin State, he had heard of Tian Dan's deeds.
Looking at Hangu Pass in the distance, he shook his head and sighed: "Hangu is not easy to fight. Now that Jinda has arrived here to assist Zhao Tan, this battle will probably become more and more difficult to fight..."
Facts have proved that Yangquan Jun Ying'an's guess was very accurate. Throughout the following November, Yangquan Jun Ying'an and Tian Dan fought four times, three sneak attacks and one head-on confrontation. Neither side took any advantage.
Later, due to the arrival of winter, the armies of Wei and Qin each stopped their troops and called a temporary truce.
If the Wei and Qin armies on the Hangu battlefield were still going back and forth, then the Wei and Qin armies on the Hexi battlefield were in a complete Cold War.
The reason is very simple, because Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi himself is a very cautious person and will not send troops easily unless he is absolutely sure. And Le Yi on the Wei army side is also a cautious and steady person.
The core figures of both armies tend to fight steadily, so it's strange that this battle was fought at all.
So, while the Qin and Wei armies on the Hetao battlefield, the Sanchuan battlefield, and even the Baguo battlefield were fighting each other fiercely, the Qin and Wei armies on the Xihe battlefield were busy reclaiming land and herding sheep, as if
This is preparing for a protracted war.
Until mid-November, when the snow on the ground was already two feet thick, Gongsun Qi, the Marquis of Wuxin, suddenly ordered his Qin army to attack "Pinyang".
Perhaps a general asked, and Gongsun Qi explained: "It is customary to have a winter truce. It seems that the snow is now two feet thick. It seems that the Wei army has already been thinking about spending the winter and has neglected to take precautions. If our army suddenly attacks at this moment,
Then you can kill him by surprise."
Only then did the general suddenly realize.
What I didn't expect was that when Gongsun Qi led his army to rush to "Pinyang County", before his soldiers could assemble wells, siege vehicles and other siege weapons, the city walls of Pinyang County appeared.
He defeated the densely packed Wei army.
Bai Fangming, the deputy general under Sima An, smiled and shouted to the Qin army: "Marquis Wu Xin, General Le Yi has long expected that you would launch a sneak attack in the past few days, and asked me to take strict precautions. How could you let your sneak attack succeed?...
We are fighting in the winter. It’s hard work for both soldiers. You’d better withdraw your troops and return to camp as soon as possible.”
"Le Yi...the former Korean Le Yi?"
Gongsun Qi stared at the city wall of Pinyang County and pondered for a long time, and finally decided to withdraw his troops and return to the camp.
In this way, the last confrontation at the end of the year ended in such an anticlimactic manner.
In the blink of an eye, in the spring of the twelfth year of Wei Zhaowu, the armies of Wei and Qin were stationed in the fields on the border. They did not fight a few hasty battles until they were busy with spring planting in April and May.
The Wei State was suffering from a lack of food and grass and was not able to devote all its troops to a decisive battle with the Qin State. However, the Qin State was unable to break through the Wei army's defense line more than the food and grass problem.
But to be fair, as far as the current Wei State is concerned, it can definitely afford to delay it. In fact, the longer it is delayed, the more advantageous it will be for Wei State.
On the other hand, Qin could not afford to delay it.
Including the Chu State that is currently lingering in Pengli County.
In the summer of the twelfth year of Wei Zhaowu, Wei generals Sima Shang, Huan Hu, Chen Shou, Yan Kui, and Li Ji, including Wu Qi, a surrendered general from the former Yue Kingdom, gathered a crowd to besiege Pengli County.
After six months of fighting, Sima Shang and Huan Hu finally captured "Pengze County" and extracted one of Chu's two front teeth.
This meant that the Chu State could no longer withstand the Wei army's offensive.