In the main camp of the Qin army, General Wang Lu, who had just bandaged the arrow wound on his shoulder blade, came to the commander's tent in the camp, clasped his fists at Qin Shaojun, who seemed to be distraught, and said: "Jirong of the Lu family has also switched sides.
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"What?" Qin Shaojun was shocked when he heard this, and asked subconsciously: "Why? Didn't the two sides reach a truce a few days ago..."
Just as he said this, his voice stopped suddenly.
Why? Is there any other reason? It’s just because their Qin army is now completely at a disadvantage.
"Are you eager to please the winner?" Qin Shaojun showed a miserable smile and murmured: "Or is it coercion from the winner?"
He is more inclined to the former guess, because the former guess only means that Sanchuan Jirong is a bully and afraid of the strong, and the latter guess means that His Royal Highness King Su of the Wei State clearly wants to kill all their Qin troops.
Buried here.
"If I had known this, I would have killed him at that abandoned watchtower in Huashan even if I risked my life...even if I died together with him."
Qin Shaojun murmured sadly.
Hearing this, the guard chief Peng Zhong, who was standing in the tent, frowned slightly and persuaded in a low voice: "Young Master..."
Qin Shaojun waved his hand, then shook his head and said: "I'm fine... In fact, that's what Ji Run should judge. Mr. Wei Ji Run is really an outstanding commander..." After that, he turned to the king
He said: "General Wang He, prepare to evacuate the entire army."
Wang Hao was silent for a moment after hearing this, and then said in a low tone: "I have made arrangements for this matter, but judging from the appearance of the Wei army, they do not intend to sit back and watch our army withdraw... Therefore, I decided to leave Ge Dun's troops behind after dusk today.
, the rest of the army withdraws into the country at full speed..."
Qin Shaojun opened his mouth but was speechless.
It's not that the Ge Shield Soldiers carry a heavy load and their movement remains unchanged. In fact, as long as the Ge Shield Soldiers discard their heavy shields, the light armor on their bodies will not affect their evacuation.
The problem is that the Ge Dun soldiers are the only short-range arms in the Qin army that are qualified to fight with the Wei army. Of course, they are only qualified.
But having said that, if the Ge Dun soldiers were not left behind to break up the rear, or to put it more harshly, if this unit was used as abandoned soldiers to attract the Wei army, the backbone of the Wei army, those terrifying sword and shield soldiers, would have caused devastating damage to the entire Qin people.
blow.
Even the people of Qin would feel despair when faced with the heavy armored infantry who were skilled in using a sword and a shield and were fully armed from top to bottom.
In addition to lacking long-range attack means, heavy armored infantry such as Wei's sword and shield soldiers can attack and defend, and have almost no weaknesses.
What's more, if Wei's sword and shield soldiers and Wei's crossbow soldiers were allowed to fight together, the lethality of the two would be far from the concept of one plus one equaling two.
Simply unrivaled!
If you add those slow-moving but indestructible tortoise-shell chariots, Qin Shaojun really can't think of anyone in the world who can defeat such a powerful Wei army.
"Can you think of a way to send a letter to Ji Run?" Qin Shaojun let out a breath, turned to the chief of guard Peng Zhong and said.
Peng Dian nodded and said: "I am willing to go, and I believe that Prince Su will not embarrass me. But... in what name?"
After a pause, he did not wait for Qin Shaojun to speak, and then continued: "Shaojun, in my opinion, if you want the Wei army to allow our army to retreat, you must agree to a condition, and this condition is absolutely unacceptable."
"..." Qin Shaojun opened his mouth, and then murmured: "Give up attacking Sanchuan and Hedong..."
"Exactly." Peng Dian nodded, and then said sternly: "As your teacher Wei Yang, Shaojun, said, some defeats in the war will not damage the strength of our Great Qin, but if we give up external war, our Great Qin will not be able to protect it.
Given the current strength, moreover, those princes in the country who were originally dissatisfied with Lord Wei Yang would also take the opportunity to deal with Lord Wei Yang... But if he refuses this condition, I believe that King Su will never agree to Shaojun's request.
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After hearing this, Qin Shaojun slowly raised his head and exhaled slowly.
Ji Run, the king of Wei, did have an unclear friendship with him, but after today's "Hangu War between Qin and Wei", Qin Shaojun has clearly realized that his friend has a personality that distinguishes between public and private matters, or
To put it simply, the friendship between the two of them is not comparable to the latter's responsibility as a Wei person and the son of the King of Wei.
If nothing else, that "friend" probably planned to keep their remaining nearly 100,000 Qin troops in Sanchuan County and frighten Qin through this war.
If he, Shaojun Qin, cares about the lives of the nearly 100,000 soldiers under his command, he should make a solemn promise at this moment, admit defeat, and promise not to invade Wei's Sanchuan and Hedong counties in the future.
If this is the case, I believe that "friend" will be more tolerant.
But the key is that once Qin Shaojun makes such a promise, the Qin State will not be able to launch attacks on Sanchuan County and Hedong County in the future, and it will be difficult to expand externally. In this way, the internal conflicts of the Qin State will intensify.
You must know that the princes with the surname Ying in the Qin State were very dissatisfied with people not named Ying entering the Qin Palace. They felt that the reformists such as Wei Yang and others had taken away some rights that belonged to their clan with the surname Ying.
At present, the contradiction between the two has not intensified. That is because the various reforms proposed by Wei Yang have given Qin a momentum of crazy expansion. Through war, Qin has gained great benefits, such as the entire Longxi province it just obtained.
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For the sake of the new land, the Ying clan in the Qin State even hypocritically praised Wei Yang and promoted Wei Yang to a famous official position. The most fundamental reason for this was that Qin State's foreign policy
The war of expansion brought great benefits to the Ying clan.
However, once the Qin State is forced to end its external expansion, the "military meritocracy" will be the first to be affected. Those Qin people in the country who still hope to change their status through war will develop resentment and will no longer be able to benefit from the war.
Some people in the Ying clan will once again target Wei Yang and attack Wei Yang's various reform systems. Who made this reform system cause certain losses to the interests of the Ying clan?
In other words, the Qin State will never stop its external expansion, even if all the nearly 100,000 Qin troops here are buried here.
Qin Shaojun knows this truth very well, and he even understands that the life and death of the nearly 100,000 Qin soldiers in the camp at this moment are not as important as the fate of the entire Qin country. But the problem is, it is still the lives of nearly 100,000 living people...
He wanted to plead with the "friend" opposite him, but he knew that, as the guard chief Peng Zhong said, that "friend" would never agree.
He, Qin Shaojun, has his own position, and the Wei Gongzi Ji Run opposite him also has his own position.
"Just follow... General Wang Lu's wishes."
After a while, Qin Shaojun sighed and murmured.
"yes!"
Wang Hao bowed and left.
Looking at Wang Ran's leaving figure, Qin Shaojun turned his attention to the crossbows on the table in front of him.
That was not a Qin crossbow, but a Wei crossbow. The Qin soldiers killed several Wei crossbowmen and snatched it back.
Walking forward, Qin Shaojun picked up one of the Wei crossbows and looked at it carefully.
After this battle, he finally understood the gap between the Qin army and the Wei army.
For example, the heavy armored infantry of the Wei army's sword and shield soldiers, the heavy armor on their bodies simply made the Qin army's crossbowmen and infantry despair.
But what impressed Qin Shaojun the most was Wei's crossbow.
Repeating crossbows, mechanical crossbow boxes, and powerful crossbows in the hands of crossbowmen. It is undeniable that the Wei crossbow played a crucial role in this war. It was its existence that caused the Qin army to be completely suppressed by the Wei army, even if the number was several times greater.
Nor could it pose much of a threat to the Wei army.
"Peng Chong, when you evacuate, keep these Wei crossbows carefully and bring them back to Da Qin so that our Da Qin craftsmen can catch them. One day, I, Da Qin, will recover this blood debt from the Wei army." Qin Shaojun seemed calm.
Guard Chief Peng Zhong said.
"...Yes, Young Master."
Glancing at Qin Shaojun, who was pretending to be calm, Peng Zhong responded in a low voice.
After dusk that day, the Qin army, which was still defending the camp at first, suddenly gave up its defense and quickly withdrew to the northwest.
Unfortunately, Zhao Hongrun had already anticipated the Qin army's plan and let part of the Yanling army continue to attack the Qin camp, leading the Shangshui army and the Northern Sichuan cavalry to pursue the fleeing Qin army.
During this period, the chiefs of the three Jie tribes, Yi, Jie and Ling, also sent warriors from their own tribes to pursue and fight the Qin army.
Nearly 100,000 Qin soldiers fled from the grasslands east of Lu, some fled from Kuzong Mountain to Huashan, and some fled to Wushan.
However, no matter which way they fled, they were pursued by the northern Sichuan cavalry and the Jie cavalry. Along the way, the corpses of Qin soldiers covered the entire evacuation road, with corpses everywhere.
This pursuit lasted from dusk that day to early morning the next day.
Waiting for the next day, the ninth day of March, the sun rises slowly. When there is still not much warm sunshine covering the entire Sanchuan grassland again, almost 20 of the more than 200,000 Qin soldiers who attacked Sanchuan County this time.
Thousands of people stayed in this grassland forever.
From Hangu to Lushi, the corpses of Qin soldiers were scattered all over the grassland. The soil here was dyed red with blood, which made the Jie tribesmen who were responsible for cleaning up the battlefield tremble in their hearts.
From the eighth day of March to the ninth day of March, 30,000 Wei troops, nearly 10,000 Chuanluo cavalry and 50,000 Sichuan North cavalry, plus warriors from the Jie tribe, Yi tribe, and Ling tribe who joined the battle one after another, took just one day.
Almost more than 200,000 Qin soldiers were killed, and the enemy's corpses were spread all over the grassland in this area. Only a few 200,000 to 30,000 people were left, still on the way to escape from this grassland.
Therefore, this "Battle of Sanchuan in Qin and Wei Dynasties" is also called "One-day Battle".
From March 10th to March 15th, the Wei army regained Wushan, Shangluo, and Huayang, and pushed the front to the Qinling Mountains at the junction of Qinchuan and Chuanchuan.
In late March, the Wei army passed through the Qinling Mountains and surrounded Lantian, Qin County. They did not attack for three days, making the Qin people in Lantian County tremble with fear.
Three days later, the Wei army quietly withdrew.
Before leaving, they planted flags with the word "Wei" all over the Qinling Mountains.
In the "Battle of Sanchuan of Qin and Wei", the Qin State was defeated miserably, with more than 200,000 troops almost wiped out. However, Wei's military loss, even if the Jie cavalry was included, the casualties were only 10,000.
This huge disparity caused a certain amount of panic in the Qin State.
The Wei army slaughtered more than 200,000 Qin soldiers, and then led its troops to Lantian County to threaten the city with a siege, which also caused the Qin army in Hedong County to shrink its troops. After a few days, it slowly withdrew from Hedong County.
It has to be said that the ferocious momentum of Qin's "eastward expansion" was curbed by the disastrous defeat of the "Battle of Sanchuan".