Three days later, on June 14, the 13th year of Wei Zhaowu, in response to Wei King Zhao Run's decisive battle, the Qin King summoned the Qin army that had been stationed in Pinyang, Yueyang and other places to gather in Chongquan, and then advanced eastward from Chongquan. Cross the Luoshui River (upstream) and head to the plain to the west of Linwei City - let's call it 'Linwei Xiyuan'.
Since it was a decisive battle, even the Marquis of Wuxin, Gongsun Qi, and the Lord of Weiyang, Ying Hua, were quite nervous. They were cautious and cautious. When crossing the river, they carefully searched the other side of the Luoshui River to see if there was any trace of an ambush by the Wei people.
But it was obvious that they underestimated the courage of Wei King Zhao Run. Since the latter clearly stated that he would fight the Qin army in an upright and upright battle today, he would not play tricks and tricks. This was probably because Wei King Zhao Run was convinced of the strength of his Wei army.
Around the second quarter of the hour, the King of Qin led the Qin army to the Western Plains of Linwei. At this time, on this wide plain, the Wei army also formed a formation in the distance.
Today's Wei army chooses the Crane Wing Formation. It is named because the left and right wings are spread out like the wings of a crane. It can not only outflank the enemy on both sides, but also work together to attack the enemy who breaks into the center of the formation. It is a kind of offensive and defensive formation. formation, but it requires higher command and judgment abilities of generals.
According to Le Yi's formation, Wei Jun's Crane Wing Formation can be roughly divided into six components: "Front Formation", "Second Formation", "Third Formation", "Main Formation", "Traveling Formation", and "Rear Formation" .
As the name suggests, the front formation is the vanguard army, which is composed of the Northern First Army under the command of King Huan Zhao Xuan. There are not many tricks in the formation changes. Either it breaks through the enemy's army, or it is broken through by the enemy's army. Generally speaking, there are only two results.
The second formation has more tricks than the front formation, because in this position, the second formation can spread out to the two wings to deliberately let the enemy troops in, making it easier for the two wings to attack together and outflank. You can also choose to assemble in the middle to deny the enemy troops a breakthrough. The requirements for commanding generals are very high, so Le Yi was handed over to the Hedong Army of Lintao Lord Wei Ji.
The third formation is the formation hidden behind the second formation. If you look at it from the direction of the enemy, the enemy can only see the second formation at most, but not this army. It is more reflected in assisting the second formation—— When the second formation retreats to both sides, it will be responsible for blocking the enemy troops, allowing the soldiers of the second formation to disperse to both sides to flank the enemy troops that rush into the center; when the second formation chooses to assemble in the middle, the third formation will choose according to the situation. Outflanking or strengthening the defense of the second formation.
In general, there are more tricks, but not as important as the second formation.
After much consideration, Le Yi placed the four generals under Sima An, Ji Yan, Le Qu, Bai Fangming, and Pang Meng, here. If the time is right, the three formations will be Le Yi's support for a surprise victory.
There is no need to go into details about this formation, which is where Wei King Zhao Run and his commander Le Yi are located. The garrisoned army is 30,000 Luoyang Imperial Guards.
As for the wandering force, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is the two forces that protect the main formation. If the enemy army attacks the Wei army's main formation in a roundabout way, these two armies are responsible for intercepting it.
To control the situation, Le Yi entrusted Zongwei generals Lu Mu and Mu Qing.
As for the rear formation, it is mostly composed of crossbowmen and machine-operated crossbow operators, led by Ma Lu of the Hexi Army. Compared with the other formations, the tasks are lighter, but they will also be asked to advance when necessary, depending on the situation.
Let's talk about the Qin army. The Qin army just set up a very ordinary square formation, that is, a thousand-man team was used as a square formation, arranged neatly horizontally and vertically. There was nothing complicated.
There is nothing we can do about this. After all, most of the Wei army is a regular army and has been drilled for a long time. However, nearly half of the Qin army are servants who lack training. Naturally, they cannot play any complicated and difficult formations - if they are forced to arrange it With such a complex formation, the Qin army may fall into a situation where they are trampling on each other.
Therefore, for the Qin army, the simpler, the better.
About an hour later, the armies of Wei and Qin completed their formations one after another. Due to common practice, the commanders of both sides met at the center of the two armies and said some harsh words.
So, Wei King Zhao Run took Le Yi and Sima An to meet his father-in-law, King Qin.
On the opposite side, King Qin returned, only bringing the chief concubine Zhao Ran with him.
We are all familiar with each other, so there is no need to speak harshly. Both parties are polite - except for King Qin Hui, who has always been resentful of Zhao Run, his son-in-law, for instigating his daughter Ying Ying to betray Qin. When he saw Zhao Run, he puffed his beard and glared, looking very uncomfortable to deal with.
On the other hand, Zhao Ran, the chief concubine next to him, was still respectful and politely addressed King Wei Zhao Run as His Majesty the King of Wei.
"Old father-in-law, the young master asked his son-in-law to send you a message when he came." Zhao Run smiled and said to King Qin.
When King Qin came back, he probably didn't want to talk to his son-in-law Zhao Run, but when he saw his son-in-law mentioning his favorite daughter Ying Ying, the old monarch finally couldn't keep his face straight and said pretentiously: "Humph! She can still do it. Remember me? Well... whatever she asked you to say, it doesn’t hurt that I listen to it.”
Zhao Run did not expose the King of Qin and replied with a smile: "Young Master hopes that my father-in-law can follow the general trend... In fact, this battle is unnecessary in my opinion. First of all, I, the Wei Dynasty, sit in the Central Plains, there is no way I can lose." , Even if Mr. Yuezhang is lucky enough to win today's war, it will only allow the Qin State to breathe for a while, and it will not be enough to reverse the entire situation; furthermore, even if our great Wei Dynasty overthrows the Qin State, even if it is for the sake of Shaojun , the son-in-law will also protect the Ying family of Gaoyang so that it will not decline due to the war. What is the meaning of this battle? Fighting back and forth only hurts the soldiers and people of Wei and Qin. The same goes for Lord Yue Zhang Benevolent monarch, why don't you follow the heavens and sacrifice your country to surrender, so that the two countries of Wei and Qin can be harmonious, so that there will be no more wars in the world, and the people under your rule can live and work in peace and contentment. During the reign of Emperor Jie, the old father-in-law moved to Luoyang, where he had a filial daughter and a wife. My grandsons Zhao Xing and Zhao An are by my side and they are enjoying the happiness of being a family, so why not?"
After hearing this, King Qin fell silent and couldn't help imagining the harmonious scene in his mind of his daughter and two grandsons accompanying him.
Shaojun Yingying is the daughter he loves most in his life. Perhaps this love has a hint of debt and becomes stronger. His grandsons Zhao Xing and Zhao An are also very popular with him - in Among all the grandchildren, Zhao Xing was the only one who had pulled out the beard of King Qin.
At that time, even his mother Ying Ying scolded her son, but King Qin endured the pain, smiled and said he didn't care, and took the initiative to protect his grandson from being scolded by his mother.
The sons of King Qin's other daughters have never enjoyed this kind of pampering.
"...However, the inheritance of our ancestors cannot be destroyed in the hands of a few people."
Sighing secretly, King Qin recalled his daydreams about family happiness and said to Zhao Run with a stern face: "It is not yet known who will win. Young people, it is better not to be too arrogant."
Hearing those words, the young people, whether it was Zhao Run's guard generals Chu Heng, Yan Shun, Tong Xin, or Zhao Ran and others who were returning from King Qin's side, all had strange expressions. After all, King Zhao Run of Wei was already nearly fifty years old. Although There is no sign of aging yet, but it is undeniable that his hair color is no longer as dark as that of young people.
But having said that, King Qin Hui, who is now over seventy years old, is really qualified to call his son-in-law a young man.
Seeing that King Qin rejected him without hesitation, King Zhao Run of Wei felt regretful, but he still nodded and said warmly: "My son-in-law said this, but my father-in-law refused to listen. In this case, let's fight Let's talk about it later." At this point, he glanced at King Qin and suddenly said with a sly smile: "Is it the father-in-law's idea to ask Lord Weiyang to lead his troops to fight in Hexi? Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, this plan is wonderful, but it will cause disaster later. It’s so big, isn’t your father-in-law worried about our army on the Hetao battlefield and attacking Xianyang directly?”
After hearing this, King Qin's face changed slightly, and he said with a hint of anger: "You'd better take care of today, don't let me, the warriors of Great Qin, beat you to pieces!"
After that, he signaled the guard driving the car to turn Wang Jia around and left angrily.
Seeing this, Zhao Run chuckled lightly and said to Chu Heng: "Chu Heng, return to the main formation."
"yes!"
While returning to the main formation of the Qin army, Zhao Ran, the chief concubine, saw that King Qin's face was uncertain when he returned. He guessed that it must be the last words of Wei King Zhao Run, so he advised: "The last words of His Majesty the King of Wei are nothing more than To shake the king’s mind, the king must not fall into the trap.”
"How can I not see that Zhuzi's thoughts? It's just..."
Having said this, King Qin looked a little worried on his face.
Of course he understood the purpose of King Zhao Run of Wei deliberately mentioning that incident. The question is, if he didn't think about it, wouldn't Lian Pi, the commander of Wei army on the battlefield of Hetao, attack Qin's homeland directly?
No, this is just self-deception.
After returning to the main formation, the more King Qin thought about it, the more worried he became about Wei General Lian's attack on Qin's homeland. He could not stop thinking about it like the chief concubine Zhao Ran said, so he was upset. Confused.
"That damn Zhuzi!"
King Qin couldn't help but cursed.
Fortunately, at this time, the horns of the two armies sounded one after another, which finally allowed King Qin to focus on the decisive battle in front of him.
The Qin army is temporarily in charge of the main attack, but Weiyang Jun Ying Hua. The army under his command is mainly composed of Qin's main army "Weiyang Army", and is flanked by servant armies composed of Qin civilians.
To be honest, when it comes to the well-trained soldiers of the army, the Qin army is more than one level inferior to the Wei army. After all, nearly half of the Qin army are servants, with poor training and poor equipment. Only in terms of morale and courage, it is quite impressive. .
The question is, in front of the Wei army's mechanical crossbows, what use is the servant army with morale and courage? Human flesh and blood can't stop that kind of terrible war weapon. Even if it can rush to the front of the Wei army's array, it can't do anything. It's just to die.
Fortunately, Wei State not only invented one kind of war weapon. Wei State not only invented a sophisticated and terrifying mechanical crossbow, but also invented a martial arts chariot that is extremely easy to imitate. Although the latter cannot restrain the former, it is undeniable that having weapons The Qin army with gang chariots will greatly reduce the loss of troops.
Even more fortunately, after Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi captured the Wei camp in the south of Liangshan, he ordered his soldiers to build a batch of Wugang chariots. They were originally used to intercept the army of King Huan Zhao Xuan, but today, they were used to restrain the Wei army. Cavalry and flying arrow weapons.
"go ahead!"
Following Weiyang Jun Ying Hua's order, the 30,000 Weiyang troops in the front line pushed Wugang chariots in a formation of thirty thousand-man phalanx, and slowly advanced towards the Wei army.
At the same time, the former commander-in-chief of the Wei army, King Huan Zhao Xuan, also ordered his Northern First Army to advance slowly.
Compared with the Qin Army, the composition of the Northern First Army was more complex. In the center was a combination of martial arts chariots and sword and shield soldiers, followed by densely packed crossbowmen, and even cavalry and machine-operated crossbow chariots on both wings.
The side response, in terms of the variety of attack methods, far surpassed that of the Qin army.
Gradually, the distance between the two armies became closer and closer, with only about three hundred feet remaining.
Seeing this, the machine-gun repeating crossbow tanks of the First Army of the North took the lead to stop advancing and formed a formation on both wings, but they did not fire yet. After all, at this distance, the machine-gun repeating crossbow's lethality was very limited.
The infantry of the Wei and Qin armies continued to move forward.
When they were a hundred feet away from each other, the Wei army infantry immediately stopped advancing, raised their shields, and took a defensive position with the Wugang chariots. The crossbowmen behind the infantry began to fire non-stop, releasing dense crossbow bolts at the enemy.
The top of the Qin army on the opposite side.
On the other hand, the Qin army, which advocated offense, accelerated at this distance, and saw countless soldiers pushing the Wugang chariot forward quickly, forcefully pushing it to the front of the Wei army's formation.
Finally, the martial arts chariots of the Wei and Qin armies collided at the front line. At this time, it was like a basin of cold water was poured into the boiling hot oil. For a time, the entire battlefield suddenly became noisy. Countless Weiyang troops and Qin troops collided.
The soldier, armed with a long sword, rushed out from behind the Wugang chariot and attacked the Wei army's defense line composed of Wugang chariots and sword and shield soldiers.
The Wei soldiers raised their shields to defend themselves and swung their swords to kill the enemy, while the Qin soldiers stabbed their long spears forward without fear of death. No matter whether they hit the enemy or not, they all rushed forward desperately, so that the formation of the Wei soldiers was
The Qin army was so powerful that it was almost destroyed.
"Block them! Block them! Block them with your shield!"
General Zhang Ao of the Wei army personally commanded the front line, shouting at the top of his lungs.
I still remember that when the First Army of the North fought hand-to-hand with Qin soldiers for the first time, they suffered a loss in this regard: compared with the armies of other countries in the Central Plains, the offensive method of the Qin army was too fierce, as if the Qin people were not afraid of death.
It recklessly attacked the defense line of the First Army of the North, so that the First Army of the North was quickly defeated by the front army many times and was completely disrupted.
But this time, it seems that it can block the first wave of Qin army's offensive.
Indeed, as long as the Qin Army's first wave of assault was blocked, the Wei Army's superiority was immediately revealed. Under the free volleys of countless crossbowmen and machine-operated crossbows on the Wei Army's side, the Qin Army's soldiers felt as if they had been blown by the wind in the field.
like wheat
, fell to the ground one by one. Although there were crossbowmen in the Weiyang army, and these crossbowmen also shot back at the Wei army's crossbowmen, in general, the Qin army's crossbowmen were still unable to stop the Wei army's crossbowmen, and were even defeated by the latter.
I can't breathe anymore.
And at this time, the seemingly endless Qin army of servants surged in front of the Wei army like a flood. It has to be said that the Qin soldiers were brave enough, but these servants were even more fierce or reckless than the regular army.
, simply going forward one after another, regardless of casualties.
Even in order to advance, these servant soldiers did not care whether there were corpses of their own soldiers at their feet. It was as if they only had the Wei army in their eyes, and the only thought in their hearts was "kill the enemy and be promoted."
It's no wonder. After all, in order to motivate his own soldiers, King Qin personally made a promise before the battle to "kill an enemy and be promoted to the first rank." What does this mean? This means that as long as he kills eighteen soldiers, Even if you were just a commoner before, as long as you walk off the battlefield alive, you can become a nobleman like Zhao Ran, the concubine, and Wei Yang, the concubine of the left.
Yes, to be promoted to the highest title, you only need to kill eighteen enemy soldiers!
As the saying goes, there must be brave men under heavy rewards. With King Qin's encouragement, how could these servants be afraid?
However, they also don’t think about it: in a war of this scale, how many people can kill eighteen enemy soldiers and walk off the battlefield alive?
In fact, many servants were shot to death by ruthless crossbow arrows without even touching the clothes and armor of Wei soldiers.
In fact, only Wei's Northern First Army and Qin's Weiyang Army and Servant Army participated in the battle that day. Even the Hedong Army, which was deployed in the second formation of the Wei Army's formation, did not even have the presence of the Qin Army. The sight of it ended the day's fighting.
According to post-war statistics, the number of casualties of the Qin army in this battle was more than 20,000, while the number of casualties of Wei's Northern First Army was around 12,000.
It has to be said that the Qin army with high morale is definitely the most terrifying enemy in the history of the Wei army. Even the Korean army has never been as scary as the Qin army.
Because it was getting late, the armies of Wei and Qin each retreated five miles and set up camp on the same spot, waiting to continue the war tomorrow.
Since both sides had no camps for defense, the generals of Wei and Qin were particularly cautious that night. For example, on the Wei side, the Hexi Army, which did not participate in today's fight, like Ji Yan and Le Kui, patrolled all night to prevent the Qin Army from attacking at night.
On the side of the Qin army, the soldiers and generals under the command of Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi also spent the whole night guarding against a sneak attack by the Wei army.
However, it turns out that neither King Hui of Qin nor his son-in-law King Zhao Run of Wei did a sneak attack on their opponent that night. It may be because they are stubborn and arrogant, or it may be because they knew that it was impossible to successfully attack the opponent - instead of attacking the opponent at night but being ambushed by the opponent, Because of this, they would be stigmatized and ridiculed by the other party, so they simply gave up the night attack.
At dawn the next day, after the two soldiers buried the pots and made rice, they rushed to the western suburbs of Linwei again to continue the battle that had not been completed yesterday.
On that day, the Wei army still only dispatched the Northern First Army in the front line, while the Qin army still sent out a combination of Weiyang army and servant soldiers. The remaining armies of both sides seemed to be waiting for the right opportunity.
For three days in a row, the Qin army suffered heavy losses, but the Northern Army also suffered. The strength of 60,000 to 70,000 troops was reduced by half after three days of fighting, which made King Huan Zhao Xuan extremely sad.
If he hadn't thought that he had not offended Le Yi in any way, he might not have been able to help but wonder if he had offended Le Yi in some way, so that Le Yi deliberately made his soldiers bear the casualties.
Of course, in fact, Le Yi did not deliberately target Bei Yijun, he had his own intentions.
No, on the fourth day, the Wei army's commander Le Yi discovered that the Qin army's offensive was no longer as fierce and aggressive as the previous three days. He realized that the Qin army's vigor had been almost worn out by the Northern Army, so he immediately He sent an order to King Huan Zhao Xuan, ordering the latter's soldiers to disperse to the two wings immediately after blocking the first wave of Qin army's offensive.
Yes, the real mission of the Northern Army is to weaken the Qin Army. After all, the strength of the Qin Army lies in the fact that its first few rounds of offensives were very fierce. Even the Wei Army was a bit overwhelmed. But if the Wei Army can survive the first few waves,
, then the balance of victory will gradually tilt towards the Wei army - after all, the Wei army is well-equipped and well-trained, and in terms of a protracted war, the Qin army cannot defeat the Wei army at all.
After receiving Le Yi's order, King Huan Zhao Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. After blocking the first wave of Qin army's offensive, he immediately ordered the entire army to retreat to the two wings.
When the Northern First Army gave up its defense, the Weiyang soldiers and servants were able to advance forward immediately. Unfortunately, the Hedong Army of the Wei Army's second formation took over the defense of the Northern First Army and intercepted the Qin Dynasty.
military.
Even, in cooperation with the Northern First Army that had retreated to the two wings, it launched a three-sided pincer attack on the Qin Army. If Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi had not realized Le Yi's intention, he sent troops in time to pursue the Northern First Army on both wings, leaving the latter with no time to attack Weiyang.
Jun Yinghua, it is possible that the Qin army will suffer heavy losses that day.
But having said that, even if the troops under Wuxinhou Gongsun Qi participated in the battle, given that the Weiyang army and the servant army responsible for the main attack had lost their spirit, they ultimately did not pose any threat to the Wei army in Hedong. After several raids, Lintao Jun Wei Ji saw
There is no pain or itching at all.
After six or seven days of fierce fighting, the soldiers of the Wei and Qin armies were quite tired, so the two sides agreed to stop fighting for two days and then fight again.
In fact, at this moment, the Qin army's chance of victory was already very small. Even the morale of the servant soldiers was gradually declining and they were no longer as ferocious as they were at the beginning.
Although the situation on the Wei army's side is similar, don't forget that the Wei army on the battlefield in Hexi is only one-third of Wei's troops. Wei can still mobilize the remaining two-thirds of its troops to continue fighting against Qin, and
As for the Qin State, it has deployed nearly 90% of its regular army. Although it can still continue to recruit servants, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Qin State has almost no hope of victory in this battle. Even if it continues to recruit a large number of servants
Soldiers, this is just drinking poison to quench thirst, using the lives of servant soldiers to delay the fate of the country.
Meaningless.
All in all, in the first three days of confrontation, Weiyang Lord Ying Hua failed to defeat the Northern Army of King Huan Zhao Xuan when his Qin army was at its peak, so Qin had almost no hope of victory in this battle.
On June 23, the night before the Wei and Qin armies agreed to fight again, the King of Qin received bad news: Lian Pi, the leader of the Wei army in Hetao, marched into the north (Yiqu).
As Wei Wang Zhao Run said, Weiyang Lord Yinghua moved to Hexi. Although this move allowed the Qin army to successfully capture Pinyang, it also laid the foundation for disaster.
When Qin was in its homeland, no one could resist the Wei army.
After hearing the news, King Qin felt dizzy.
His vision went dark and he fainted on the ground.