In early April of the thirteenth year of Wei Zhaowu, Wu Xinhou Gongsun launched an army to attack the "(Liangshan) Shannan Camp" of the Northern Army under the command of King Huan Zhao Xuan. Although King Huan Zhao Xuan was cut off from the road to support Pinyang County, he also fell into the siege of the Wei army. Bai Fangming, who was in Pinyang, quickly returned to the south of Liangshan, King Huan Zhao Xuan, and three people from Hedong guard Wei Ji who were stationed in Xia Yang and Heyang were surrounded.
Because half of the troops were allocated to the King of Qin and Zhao Ran, the chief concubine, to guard Chongquan County, Gongsun Qi only had nearly 100,000 troops under his command at this time, and only 40% of them were regular Qin soldiers, and the remaining 60% were recruited. Qin State Militia.
At this time, in Pinyang County, Wei general Bai Fangming still had about 17,000 Hexi troops under his command, plus 20,000 to 30,000 miscellaneous Hu soldiers. As Le Yi thought before, as long as Bai Fangming did not want to sneak attack the Qin army's food road, If they just defend the city, the Qin army will have no way to defeat Pinyang in a short period of time.
After all, given the current situation, the nearly 100,000 troops under the command of Gongsun Qi, Marquis of Wuxin, were almost unable to move, because the more than 60,000 northern troops of King Huan Zhao Xuan had also returned to the plains south of Liangshan, completely targeting Gongsun Qi. Army, if Gongsun Qi tries to use "Shannan Camp" as a base to attack Pinyang, then when he sends troops to attack Pinyang, King Huan Zhao Xuan will immediately attack his rear - based on Le Yi's judgment of Gongsun Qi, The latter should not be tempted to formulate such stupid tactics.
"Could it be that the 100,000 Qin troops stationed in Chongquan were responsible for attacking Pinyang?"
Le Yi thought about it.
He did not believe that the 100,000 Qin troops stationed in Chongquan County were capable of capturing Pinyang.
It's still the same truth. As long as the Qin army dares to act rashly, Le Yi will immediately send troops to recapture Chongquan - this is actually the same reason that the 100,000 troops raised by Gongsun Wuxinhou cannot act rashly.
The key is that if the Qin army loses Chongquan, then they will completely lose the advantage they had in taking the city at the cost of 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers, and the Wei army will regain the advantage.
To put it simply, Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi's "division of troops" put the Qin army into an embarrassing situation like the current one.
What Le Yi couldn't understand was why Gongsun Qi did this?
Isn't Gongsun Qi's goal to win? Why did he let the Qin army give up its favorable conditions and become so passive?
I don’t understand, Le Yi can’t figure it out.
The next day, Le Yi entrusted his "camp in the western suburbs of Linwei" to three generals: Ma Lu, Ji Yan, and Le Qu. He asked the three generals to stay put for the time being. Immediately, he took a group of escort cavalry and headed straight to the plains south of Liangshan. .
By the time Le Yi arrived at the plains south of Liangshan, the First Army of the North under King Huan Zhao Xuan had re-established a camp twenty-five miles south of the "Shannan Camp" occupied by the Qin Army.
When meeting with King Huan Zhao Xuan, Le Yi asked the former: "King Huan, after your army arrived here, did you know what happened to Gongsun Qi?"
King Huan Zhao Xuan shook his head and said: "It just sticks to the "Shannan Camp" and blocks the road to Pinyang. Other than that, there is no change... Even if our army builds a camp here again, he will We didn’t send any troops to harass them, so I don’t know what their intentions are.”
After a pause, he asked for advice again: "I really don't understand how the Qin army has fallen into a trap. Please teach me, General Le."
Next to him, Military Advisor Zhou Min also nodded slightly.
It's no wonder, after all, Le Yi accurately guessed Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi's intention to plot Pinyang a few days ago. Thanks to him, Zongwei General Li Meng under King Huan Zhao Xuan was able to intercept Qin General "Xu Zhi" in time, allowing Bai Fangming to fight with
Pang Meng fled back to Pinyang in time, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.
In view of this incident, Zhao Xuan and Zhou Min cannot say that they obey Le Yi's advice at the moment, but at least they have convinced themselves of Le Yi's judgment.
At this time, the "asking for advice" that Zhao Xuan said was actually a euphemistic expression of his willingness to follow Le Yi's instructions.
Zhao Xuan was the closest brother to King Zhao Run of Wei, so Le Yi naturally did not dare to entrust him with anything, even saying that he did not dare. He only made some suggestions to Zhao Xuan, for example, to stay put for the time being and wait and see what happens.
In fact, Le Yi's approach was actually correct. After all, Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi's army was trapped in a trap. Even if it seized part of the food and grass of the Northern First Army, it would be difficult to persist in the south of Liangshan for a long time. Even if King Huan Zhao Xuan did nothing,
Waiting for this Qin army to run out of food and grass, there is still a chance to defeat this Qin army.
However, this played into the hands of Gongsun Qi, the Marquis of Wuxin. Gongsun Qi wished that the Wei army would not move and asked him to delay until Weiyang Lord Ying Hua arrived with his army.
Of course, the premise is that Weiyang Lord Ying Hua can successfully reach the Hexi battlefield, otherwise, Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi's painstaking planning will be meaningless.
In mid-April, when the Wei and Qin armies on the battlefield in Hexi were once again in the Cold War stage of confrontation, in the southwest of Hetao, that is, in the southern area of "Yinchuan County", the commander of the Qin army here, Weiyang Jun Yinghua, finally received
A letter from the King of Qin.
The content of the letter replied by the King of Qin was very simple, that is, he asked Weiyang Lord Ying Hua to abandon the battlefield of Hetao and immediately go to Hexi.
But when he saw the content of the letter, Weiyang Jun Ying Hua still frowned.
Because he was reluctant to give up the Hetao battlefield.
It is undeniable that when facing Wei General Lian Pi alone, Weiyang Jun Ying Hua struggled to fight. He did not dare to confront Lian Pi head-on. He could only divide his troops to attack on the side, bypassing Lian Pi's main force, and today he attacked Shuofang County.
Attack the Yuanzhong Fortress tomorrow,
In the attack on Jiuyuan County the next day, using this tactic of hitting one to the east and one to the west, Lian Pi was exhausted from running around, making it difficult to take care of both ends - after all, in addition to Lian Pi, the Wei army also had two other generals, Zhao Yue and Feng Ting.
Weiyang Jun Ying Hua is not invincible.
It has to be said that Weiyang Lord Ying Hua is proud enough to be able to force Lian Pi to the point where he does not rely on force but relies on strategy.
After all, at that time, Jiang Bi, the Shangdang guard of Wei State, never showed Lian Pi's strategic ability. The latter just went into battle in person and made a reckless move. Jiang Bi was injured and retreated.
Ten miles.
However, the good times did not last long. Not long after, the Wei State transferred two generals, Cheng Cheng and Han Xu. These two former Korean generals who were good at fighting were much more difficult to deal with than Zhao Yue and Feng Ting. Although they were
Neither of them were generals who were good at using force, but they were excellent at using strategies and commanding on the spot. Not only did Weiyang Lord Ying Hua not get any advantage, but he also suffered several serious losses.
But even so, Weiyang Jun Yinghua still did not give up. It was not that he was unwilling to bear the stigma of defeat, but that he was unwilling to give up the Hetao battlefield. After all, this battlefield determines the ownership of the entire Hetao - this is a very suitable area for grazing.
It is a grassland for livestock. If the Qin State can obtain this land, it will be able to obtain a steady stream of war horses, cattle and sheep.
What's more important is that if he gives up the Hetao area, the Yinchuan County he finally won from Lian Pi and others will have to be handed back to the Wei army, which makes Weiyang Jun Ying Hua quite unwilling.
But unwilling to return, it was hard to disobey the king's order. Even though Weiyang Lord Ying Hua was reluctant to give up the Hetao battlefield, he had no choice but to give up after receiving the order from King Qin to return.
After gritting his teeth and giving up on the Hetao battlefield, Weiyang Jun Yinghua came to the table where the marching plan was placed, and leaned over to find the location of "Diaoyin (sweet spring)".
After a while, after finding the location of Diaoyin City, he frowned.
Because Diaoyin is located on the mountain path of Liupan Mountain, the highest mountain in the "Hexi Plateau (High Soil Plateau)", guarding one of the passages from Hetao to Hexi, it is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and extremely difficult to capture.
The reason why Wei State was able to capture this city back then was because Wei State's enemies at that time were Zahu, whose strength was far inferior to that of Wei State. But now, if Weiyang Lord Ying Hua wants to capture this city, what he has to face is: It is true that the overall strength of the Wei army is stronger than that of the Qin army, so this is not an easy task.
More importantly, the north side of Diaoyin, at the northern foot of Liupan Mountain, is "Fushi (Yan'an)". According to Weiyang Jun Yinghua's knowledge, "Wen Xu", the former deputy general of Sima An in Hexi, is The generals stationed in Diaoyin and Fushi.
Weiyang Jun Ying Hua had never had any dealings with Wei general Wen Xu. Even though he and Lian Pi were at odds with each other in the Hetao in recent years, Wen Xu did not lead troops to assist Lian Pi and was still guarding Liupan Mountain. It is said that he is a very strict general.
The enemy general's character is strict and stable, which is not good news for our own side. Not to mention, this Wei general was also sneak attacked by Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi. Because of his hasty response to the enemy, Fushi and Diaoyin were lost. However, It is conceivable that after learning a lesson, Na Wenxu will definitely be more cautious, which greatly increases the difficulty for Weiyang Lord Yinghua to capture Fushi and Diaoyin.
But again, it is hard to disobey the king's order. The King of Qin ordered him to immediately support the Hexi battlefield. Then, he must overcome all difficulties, no matter how bumpy the road ahead is.
After thinking for a while, Weiyang Jun Yinghua called his deputy "Wang Lang". After informing the latter of King Qin's order, he said in a deep voice: "I will lead more than a hundred sharp cavalry to go first to the Fushi area. After looking at the situation, you quietly break camp at midnight tonight, remember not to alert the Wei army on the opposite side."
Wang Lang clasped his fists in response.
Entrusting the army to the deputy general Wang Lang, Weiyang Jun Yinghua took more than a hundred cavalry, pretending to be patrolling cavalry, and quickly headed for the Hexi Plateau.
Although he also encountered patrolling cavalry of the Wei army on the way, including Shuofang cavalry, Jiuyuan cavalry, and Yunzhong cavalry, those Wei cavalry did not attack them because they only had a dozen cavalry on their side, and only followed them for a while.
After spending a lot of energy to get rid of these Wei troops, it was already approaching dusk. Weiyang Jun Ying Hua still rushed to the Liupan Mountain area without stopping. After driving for six days, he finally arrived in the Fushi area.
At this time, Weiyang Jun Yinghua abandoned his horse and climbed to the northwest top of Liupan Mountain. He climbed up and overlooked the two cities of Fushi and Diaoyin. In fact, due to the different heights of the Liupan Mountains, he could not actually see the two cities. The distance between Fushi City at the foot of the mountain and Diaoyin City in the middle of the mountain can only be roughly estimated based on feeling.
After climbing one mountain after another and repeatedly estimating the distance between the two cities, Weiyang Jun Yinghua came to a rough conclusion that Fushi was about eighty miles away from Diaoyin. Taking into account the rugged and difficult mountain road, if he attacked Fushi,
The Wei army in Diaoyin should arrive to support within two to two and a half days - if the two Wei cities rely on smoke to convey the enemy's situation, then the time for reinforcements to arrive should be shortened to about one to one and a half days
.
"Capture Fushi in one and a half days?"
Weiyang Jun Yinghua frowned, feeling that this matter was very difficult.
At this time, the cavalry under his command reported the news that several soldiers had found a mountain road that could enter the mountain from the west of Liupan Mountain and reach Diaoyin without passing through Fushi, although this mountain road was extremely bumpy.
Hearing this news, Weiyang Lord Ying Hua raised his brows and took it into consideration.
He intuitively estimated that the Wei general Wen Xu should probably be in Fushi City, because Fushi City is close to the Hetao, and Wen Xu should also know that his Qin army is on the battlefield in the Hetao, so the focus of defense will probably be in Fushi;
As for Diaoyin, given that there is Wei City "Pin Yang" to the south of Liupan Mountain, it stands to reason that Diaoyin's defense strength is relatively inferior to Fushi.
"How about attacking Diaoyin first?"
Weiyang Jun Ying Hua stroked his beard and secretly thought about a strategy that would give him a chance to seize Diaoyin and Fushi at the same time.
Although the King of Qin only asked him to seize Diaoyin, in fact, if Ying Hua needs to garrison here in the future and block the Wei army of Lian Pi and others to the north of Liupan Mountain, then Fushi must also seize it, otherwise
Leaving the city in the hands of the Wei army would cause too much trouble.
Thinking of this, Weiyang Jun Yinghua immediately sent someone to meet the army of deputy general Wang Lang and ordered the latter to take the army to the northwest corner of Liupan Mountain. Since this place is a full 130 to 40 miles away from Fushi City, garrison Fushi
Of course Wei Jun in the county would not notice.
Ten days later, deputy general Wang Lang arrived with a large army. Seeing this, Weiyang Jun Yinghua led 3,000 infantry to climb Liupan Mountain and wind along the mountain path to Diaoyin.
It is undeniable that he was also gambling, betting that Diaoyin is located in Fushi and is very safe between Pinyang and Pinyang. Therefore, the Wei soldiers guarding the city will inevitably relax a little. As long as he suddenly attacks and the Wei army rushes to fight, there is no chance that they will capture it.
This city.
Facts have proved that Weiyang Jun Yinghua is worthy of being a strong general of the Gaoyang Ying clan. His judgment is very accurate. When he led three thousand Qin soldiers to Diaoyin City, the Wei army in the city could not predict the enemy's situation until he
The Qin army under his command launched a fierce attack on the city, and the Wei army inside the city hurriedly climbed onto the city wall.
But unfortunately, it was not too late at this time. Encouraged by Weiyang Lord Ying Hua's example, the Qin army had already attacked the city wall.
It is worth mentioning that when the Qin army attacked, the Wei army in Diaoyin City hurriedly lit up the smoke.
Looking at the rising smoke, Weiyang Jun Yinghua's expression remained unchanged.
Because he had already calculated this - Wei Jun's use of smoke to send warning messages was just learned from Korea, because Korea has been at war with the Xiongnu, Lin Hu, Chi Di, Lou Fan, Dong Hu and other foreign tribes all year round, so they could only use smoke to send warning messages.
Only then can they keep up with the speed of the foreign cavalry.
But don’t forget, the Qin State is also a country that has been at war with foreign tribes such as the Xiqiang all year round. How could it not be ignorant of the convenience of war smoke?
Even considering that there might be a Wei army's beacon tower in the Liupan Mountain area, he specially sent several teams of Qin troops to search the mountain in an attempt to completely cut off the warning signal from Fushi City.
However, what makes Weiyang Jun Ying Hua quite depressed is that he doesn’t know whether the soldiers he sent out went in the wrong direction or whether there were fish that slipped through the net. After a while, there were also several places in the distance of Liupan Mountain.
The smoke was lit - it was obviously the beacon tower of the Wei army.
Of course, although he was a little depressed, Weiyang Jun Yinghua was not worried. After all, he had already estimated the distance between Fushi and Diaoyin before, and calculated that Wei General Wen Xu would have to lead his army to Diaoyin tomorrow at the earliest. This was already
It was enough for his soldiers to capture Diaoyin.
Since the city wall was captured by the Qin army, the Wei soldiers stationed in Diaoyin were demoralized from the beginning. After resisting for several hours, they saw that they could not recapture the city, so they decided to abandon the defense and flee to the south of Liupan Mountain -
Therefore, he did not choose to flee to Fushi because Wang Lang, the deputy general of Weiyang Jun Yinghua, cut off the mountain road from Diaoyin to Fushi.
By around dusk, Diaoyin had basically been captured by the Qin army.
However, because the Qin soldiers did not search the Wei army's beacon tower thoroughly, the Wei army in Fushi City still saw the smoke in the sky and hurriedly reported the news to the general.
After hearing the news, Wei General Wenxu hurriedly walked out of the house, climbed up the city wall and looked out. Sure enough, he saw smoke rising from Liupan Mountain in the distance, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat.
You must know that these beacon towers and beacons were all arranged by him. In addition, neither the Wei army in Hetao nor the Wei army in Hexi had the habit of using beacons to send warning signals.
In other words, when he saw smoke rising from Liupan Mountain at this moment, Diaoyin City must have been attacked.
However...who is it? Who is attacking Diaoyin?
No wonder Wen Xu was a little confused. After all, Fushi City was safe and sound, and he had never heard that Pinyang, south of Liupan Mountain, was captured by the Qin army. So, how did the Qin army attack Diaoyin?
"Is it a mountain road?"
Wen Xu frowned and looked at Liupan Mountain in the distance. It didn't take long to guess the reason. However, he was still not sure which Qin army it was, and what was the significance of this Qin army attacking Diaoyin?
But no matter what, rescue was still necessary, so he immediately sent troops to rescue Diaoyin City.
It is worth mentioning that, with Wenxu's caution and prudent attitude, he would certainly consider the possibility of encountering an ambush along the way, so he was very careful along the way.
However, Weiyang Jun Ying Hua was not mediocre. He guessed that Yi Wen Xu's character would be very cautious, so he asked his deputy Wang Lang who was ambushing on both sides of the mountain road at that time. He did not ambush Wen Xu, but watched him.
Wen Xu passed through the ambush circle.
After Wen Xu passed by, the deputy general Wang Lang showed up. He took his soldiers wearing Wei army armor and pretended to be the Wei army from Diaoyin City. They followed the way Wen Xu came to Fushi and defrauded Fushi City.
Since he did not encounter an ambush by the Qin army on the way, Wei General Wenxu mistakenly believed that Diaoyin County might not have been completely captured by the Qin army. So when he led his army to Diaoyin City, he heard constant shouts of killing in the city.
At that time, he gave the order without thinking carefully.
To support the Wei army, they never thought that the shouts of killing in the city were just Weiyang Lord Ying Hua's trick to lure the enemy. When the latter saw Wen Xu leading the Wei army into the city, he immediately ordered the Qin army ambushing everywhere to launch an offensive. Wen Xu's army was caught off guard
, were killed and defeated.
After a fierce battle for more than two hours, Wei general Wen Xu led the Wei army to break out of the encirclement and fled back to Fushi in a hurry.
However, at this time, Fushi City had been defrauded by Wang Lang, the deputy general of Weiyang Lord Ying Hua.
In desperation, Wen Xu had no choice but to take the remaining soldiers to the Yuanzhong Fortress and defect to Wei General Lian Pi.
In late April of the thirteenth year of Wei Zhaowu's reign, Qin general Ying Hua attacked Diaoyin and Fushi. Wei general Wen Xu was caught off guard, resulting in the fall of the two cities.
Three days later, on the first day of the fifth lunar month, Weiyang Lord Ying Hua ordered his deputy general Wang Lang to defend Diaoyin, Fushi and other cities, and personally led his army across Liupan Mountain to attack Pinyang.
After ten days of traveling, the Qin army led by Weiyang Jun Ying Hua finally arrived in Pinyang in mid-May and launched a fierce attack on the city.
At that time, after seeing the flag of "Weiyang Lord", Pinyang guard Bai Fangming was stunned. He never expected that Weiyang Lord Ying Hua, who was clearly far away in Hetao, would quietly lead his army to reach Pinyang.
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Due to time constraints, the army under Weiyang Jun Yinghua had no time to build siege weapons and only built a few siege vehicles and some siege ladders. This caused the Qin army to suffer heavy casualties during the attack on Pinyang County.
But the problem is that under the Qin army's fearless attack, the Pinyang Wei army also suffered terribly.
In late May, knowing that Pinyang City was on the verge of collapse, Wu Xin Hou Gongsun Qi and Great Concubine Chief Zhao Ran each sent 30,000 troops to assist Weiyang Lord Yinghua in his final fierce attack on Pinyang. After three days of fierce fighting, Pinyang City was destroyed.
It was finally broken by the Qin army. Wei generals Bai Fangming and Pang Meng retreated to the south of Liangshan with their defeated troops, where they were ambushed by Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi and suffered heavy losses.
Fortunately, King Zhao Xuan of Yan sent Zongwei generals Zhang Ao, Li Meng and others to rescue them in time, and they were able to rescue Generals Bai Fangming and Pang Meng. However, there were not many Wei troops left under their command.
One day later, when the news of "Pin Yang's fall" reached Le Yi's ears, even Le Yi was stunned for a moment after hearing the news.
After all, even he did not expect that the Qin State would actually transfer the Weiyang Lord Ying Hua from the Hetao battlefield to the Hexi battlefield. Moreover, the Weiyang Lord Ying Hua himself was not simple, and he quietly captured Wei General Wen.
Continue to guard the skin and carve the two cities of Yin.
"...my fault."
This famous general who was good at fighting was silent in his heart.
Only then did he understand why Gongsun Qi, Marquis of Wuxin, had fallen into a trap. At the same time, he also realized that he had made a mistake: out of greed and hoping to reduce the casualties of his own soldiers, he chose to besiege Gongsun Qi instead of stepping up the attack.
, and this just gave Gongsun Qi time to turn decay into magic. If he could defeat Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi early, even if Weiyang Lord Ying Hua led his army to the battlefield in Hexi, nothing would happen.
After being silent for a while, he wrote a battle report. The process of Pinyang's fall and the prediction of the future battlefield in Hexi were all written in the battle report. He sent someone to Luoyang and presented it to Wei Wang Zhao Run.
As Le Yi predicted, after capturing Pinyang, the Qin army in the Hexi battlefield no longer had any worries, so they immediately launched an all-out attack on the Wei army two days later. Gongsun, the Marquis of Wuxin, attacked Huan Wang Zhao Xuan and the troops guarding Wei Ji in Hedong.
Weiyang Jun Yinghua attacked Linwei.
This caused the war between Wei and Qin to escalate in an all-round way and become more and more intense.
In mid-May, Le Yi's battle report was sent to Wei King Zhao Run. After learning that the three cities of Diaoyin, Fushi, and Pinyang had been captured by Weiyang Lord Ying Hua, Zhao Run was greatly surprised.
To be honest, it is not painful for Zhao Run to lose the three cities in Hexi. After all, South Korea has been annexed at this time, and he has truly controlled the entire Central Plains. In this case, what does it mean to lose the three cities?
He was just surprised that Weiyang Lord Ying Hua chose to abandon the Hetao battlefield.
You must know that unless there are special circumstances, even if Weiyang Lord Ying Hua belongs to the Ying family, he has no right to make strategic decisions.
Obviously, this must have been the acquiescence of Zhao Run's father-in-law, King Qin Hui. In other words, King Qin Hui saw that the battlefield in Hexi was not going well, so he abandoned the battlefield in Hetao and tried to concentrate his troops in Hexi to fight the decisive battle with Wei.
"Haha, I'm almost done with my business in Korea anyway, so I can just play with my father-in-law."
Zhao Run thought secretly.
Three days later, on the first day of June in the thirteenth year of Wei Zhaowu, Wei King Zhao Run, together with generals Wei Jiao, Lu Mu, Mu Qing and others, personally led 30,000 Luoyang Imperial Guards to the battlefield in Hexi.