Meng Ao leaned down and was about to pay his respects, when Zhao Kuo helped him up.
Zhao Kuo arrived a step late. By the time he arrived at Hangu Pass, Meng Ao had already retreated. He organized the entire army to resist possible enemy attacks at Hangu Pass. Although he suffered a major defeat, the food supply was finally restored.
Now, the soldiers are no longer hungry, but this war has caused very serious casualties to Meng Ao's troops. The number of soldiers who can be engaged in the battle does not exceed 200,000, while on the opposite side, the coalition forces maintain 300,000
combat organization.
Meng Ao did not dare to attack again and allowed the coalition forces to show off their power in front of Hangu Pass and capture the surrounding cities and territories. Qin State lost a large area of territory outside Hangu Pass. Shangdang County, Sanchuan County, Nanyang County, and the areas opened up by King Zhaoxiang
A large area of territory fell in an instant, which made Meng Ao extremely frightened. He already understood in his heart that after experiencing such a disastrous defeat, he would probably never be able to continue to command the army.
At this time, he finally waited for reinforcements from Xianyang.
There are not many reinforcements, only more than 10,000 people.
But the person who rushed to Hangu Pass with these reinforcements was extraordinary. It was Wu Chengjun of Qin State. After confirming this situation, Meng Ao immediately led the army generals to greet them. The generals looked a little disappointed.
...They still followed Meng Ao and saluted Wu Chengjun in the military car. They had never seen Wu Chengjun in military uniform. Zhao Kuo helped Meng Ao up. Every time he saw these people who were much older than him salute to him.
If you salute, he will feel very inappropriate.
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However, the King of Qin once ordered that if the ministers and soldiers wanted to respect the King of Qin as much as they respected King Wu Cheng, Zhao Kuo could not stop them from saluting him.
Meng Ao led Zhao Kuo into Hangu Pass. The surrounding generals lowered their heads and followed behind him. When Zhao Kuo entered Hangu Pass, he felt even more the soldiers here.
Due to the decadence of Hangu Pass, Hangu Pass was built very large, but it cannot be said that it can fully accommodate the 200,000 Qin troops. Therefore, several camps of the Qin people were set up in Hangu Pass, and the soldiers in the pass
We, too, look very decadent at the moment.
The Qin people had not been defeated for a long time. After winning countless wars, the sudden defeat made them feel uneasy and restless for a while. This battle destroyed their self-confidence and seriously
The attrition made them even more miserable... And after the defeat, they would not get any titles, which made them feel very disappointed... Many negative emotions were mixed together, which is why Meng Ao did not dare to fight again.
s reason.
Zhao Kuo looked at Qin's army seriously. At the same time, Qin's soldiers were also looking at him. Wu Chengjun's arrival was probably something they had never thought about. Those officers who were thinking of ways to boost morale finally waited.
When a perfect opportunity came, they smiled and said to the soldiers in an exaggerated and pompous manner: Wu Chengjun is a famous general who can compete with Wu Anjun. With him here, the coalition forces will never dare to be arrogant again!
Zhao Kuo said nothing and followed Meng Ao into the tent.
He sat in the upper position. Lu Buwei had handed over the entire army to him. Meng Ao and others must obey his orders. The generals of Qin State sat beside him, Meng Ao, Hu Yang, and Sima Geng.
, and even young Wang Jian, Qiang, Yang Duanhe and others... Zhao Kuo looked at them and then asked: "How is the war?" Meng Ao stood up again and leaned towards Zhao Kuo.
Said: "General...the war is not going well."
"The enemy's main force is in Quwo, with partial divisions in Guoshan, Jiao, Shimenshan, Wu, Changchengshan and other places... Shangdang, Sanchuan, Hanoi, Nanyang and other places have all been attacked by the enemy... Chu
The people even took the captured Qin people to Hangu Pass and executed them..."
Zhao Kuo frowned and nodded, and Meng Ao sat down.
Sima Geng said solemnly: "Wu Chengjun... you once told us that the army of benevolence and righteousness has no enemies... Today we no longer kill prisoners or maim the people, but the enemies who committed these atrocities defeated us.
, come to harm our people...Excuse me, why is this?!" Sima Geng's words were more like a question. Meng Ao and others' expressions changed greatly. Meng Wu stood up in a hurry and said to Zhao Kuo: "This is what General Sima Geng is like.
Please don’t blame me for my temper.”
Zhao Kuo shook his head, then stood up and said seriously: "The army of Renyi indeed has no enemies. The army of Renyi may be temporarily suppressed... But the final victory must belong to the army of Renyi...
"
"Then please come and lead us to the final victory... Now the coalition forces are attacking our cities outside Hangu Pass, killing our people... They are all waiting for our rescue!", Sima Geng
He continued, Sima Geng is an authentic old Qin man, rigorous, serious, and unsmiling... But no one hates him. Zhao Kuo looked at Meng Ao aside, and he said seriously: "Reward the army immediately
...In three days, I will personally lead the troops to go on an expedition."
Meng Ao looked at him in surprise and nodded.
On the same day, Zhao Kuo personally rushed to various places to visit the soldiers. Meng Ao took out the grain that had just been delivered to Hangu Pass to reward the three armies. In fact, Qin would only reward the army when it won.
, it is rare to reward the three armies. After all, the morale of the Qin people does not need to be encouraged, but it is different now. A great defeat has seriously affected the morale of the Qin army. At this time, other methods need to be used.
to boost their morale.
When Zhao Kuo appeared at the garrison, the soldiers stood up one after another, not daring to continue eating or drinking. Zhao Kuo just smiled, waved his hand, and asked them to sit down, and then he accompanied them to eat sesame cakes and meat... Qin
The soldiers of the State of Zhao are different from those of the State of Zhao. The soldiers of the State of Zhao still dare to come up and chat with Zhao Kuo, but the soldiers of the State of Qin do not dare to do so because of the title system and the social hierarchy of the State of Qin is very strict.
And because of the social atmosphere of the Qin State, it is impossible to sit down, chat, joke, and have fun, and here, soldiers will not complain to the general, or report officers. However, Zhao Kuo's
This visit cannot be said to be useless. He told the soldiers of Qin that he had arrived at Hangu Pass. The appearance of Lord Wu Cheng was an inspiration to the soldiers of Qin.
The Qin people quickly made preparations. Three days later, Zhao Kuo summoned the generals and issued his first order.
"General Meng Ao, please bring an army of 50,000 people, and let Meng Wu, Hu Yang and others assist you. You send troops north and cross the river to Wei City." Zhao Kuo ordered, Meng Ao was stunned.
Just then I heard Zhao Kuo say again: "Please keep in touch with me and keep sending scouts. If you encounter a small enemy army, attack, but if you encounter a large army, don't rush to fight."
"only!"
A group of Qin people suddenly came out of Hangu Pass, but they did not attack Quwo directly in front. Instead, they quickly went north... Qin's movements were soon discovered by Quwo's coalition forces, and they acted as scouts When he brought the news from Qin, Lord Xinling couldn't help but squint his eyes and carefully look at the map in front of him, while Wei Qing stood aside, frowning and said, "What do the people of Qin want to do? We are stationed in Quwo, and they still dare to divide their troops?"
"It seems that Kuo has arrived at Hangu Pass... Hahaha, okay." Wei Wuji laughed, and he immediately said to Wei Qing: "Send a scout and tell Pang Nuan stationed at Shimen Mountain... .Ask him to immediately lead troops to attack Qin's partial army... In addition, you can lead the Wei army of 30,000 people to the river bank to block the connection between this partial army and Hangu Pass!!", Wei Qing nodded and left immediately.
After Meng Ao crossed the river, he discovered the movements of Zhao's army. Pang Nuan was leading Zhao's army to kill him. Zhao Kuo quickly sent out scouts and told him to let Meng Wu lead some people on the river bank. After entangling Pang Nuan, Meng Ao led his people to continue to Weicheng. Soon, Wei Qing led his people to cut off the river bank, but at this time, Meng Ao had already rushed to Acropolis and came to Wei City via waterway to meet Zhao Get in touch.
Zhao Kuo once again ordered him to divide his troops and let Hu Yang come to guard Weicheng, while Meng Ao continued to lead his troops to attack Shimen Mountain.
And Pang Gong also realized that something was wrong. When his army came to the river bank, it was entangled by Meng Wu. Meng Wu retreated while fighting, while the Qin army attacked Wei City, and Meng Wu withdrew all the way to Wei. They hid in the city, but Meng Ao had already captured Shimen Mountain and besieged the Zhao army on the river bank. Lord Xinling hurriedly issued an order, asking Pang Gong to withdraw all the way back to Jiao, and rush all the way to Wucheng.
At this time, Zhao Kuo sent out a second partial force. This time the number was slightly larger, 80,000, with Wang Jian as the general. Everyone did not understand why Wu Chengjun valued this young man with no merit so much. He participated in many wars, but he never achieved any great achievements. He just gained some military merit by attacking from behind and the like.
Zhao Kuo ordered Wang Jian to take Sima Geng, Yang Duanhe and others to Changcheng Mountain in the south... Xinlingjun frowned and hurriedly ordered Jingyang in Changcheng Mountain to do defensive work, and Jingyang personally led He went to stop the Qin people, but he did not expect that the Qin people's purpose was not to capture Changcheng Mountain. The Qin people bypassed Changcheng Mountain and directly captured Yincheng behind him.
Lord Xinling himself also went out. He ordered people to prepare siege equipment and prepare to attack Hangu Pass.
At this time, Meng Ao's soldiers from the north gathered in Shimen Mountain and sent troops towards Yanshi City again. Lord Xinling hurriedly sent Pang Nuan to attack Shimen Mountain and Gongsun Ying to support Yanshi Mountain, while Meng Ao ordered Hu Yang defended Pang Nuan in Shimen Mountain, and ordered Mengwu to tangle with Gongsun Ying in Yanshi City, while he led the army directly to Anyi... In the south, Jingyang Valley went to attack Chengyin, and Wang Jian left Sima behind. Jian Lai was pestering the Chu people, but he continued to struggle with the main force to regain Yiyang.
These actions of the Qin State are confusing, and people have no idea what they want to do... Lord Xinling is also a little confused. What kind of tactics is Zhao Kuo? He does not attack the city or fight head-on. , just kept advancing, constantly changing the direction of attack... Lord Xinling sat in the camp, looked at the map in front of him, and thought seriously for a moment. In an instant, his expression changed drastically.
His eyes were focused on Mianchi. The enemy's northern division could pass through Anyi and then go south to cross the river and reach Mianchi. However, the enemy's southern division could reach Mianchi through Yiyang. When the two armies met, the 300,000 coalition troops He was about to be surrounded by the Qin people... Lord Xinling's eyes widened and he took a breath. After not seeing each other for many years, Kuo was really getting more powerful. He had to make a detour of a thousand miles. This guy was going to come two thousand miles away. What a roundabout way!
After understanding the Qin people's thoughts, Lord Xinling immediately made a response. Pang Nuan and Jing Yang also discovered the strangeness of the Qin people, but they did not see it as clearly as Lord Xinling. Lord Xinling ordered Pang Gong to stop attacking Shimen Mountain and march directly to Jingshan to prevent Qin's northern division from going south to Mianchi. On the other hand, he ordered Jingyang to shrink his troops and set off directly for Qiang. Qiang was to the east of Mianchi and as long as he occupied it Here, there is no fear that Qin’s army will successfully join forces.
Soon, Pang Gong was stationed in Jingshan and Jingyang was stationed in Qiang. Just when Lord Xinling felt that he had destroyed Zhao Kuo's strategic plan, Pang Gong sent someone to send news that the Qin people had once again bypassed Jingshan and headed north. Wenxi... In the south, news also came from Jingyang. The Qin people continued to advance eastward, bypassing Qiang, and attacked Gaodu directly. Lord Xinling was confused for a while, and ordered Pang Gong to continue eastward and garrison the king. Yuancheng, and the Qin people rushed into Pingshan again.
In the south, Jingyang had just entered Henan City, and the Qin people came to Yique again...
Lord Xinling tugged at his hair and looked at the map in front of him again. The Qin people on the north road seemed to be aiming for Wu Sui. If they continued to advance, they could pass through Wu Sui and kill Gong County. The army on the south road also You can rush to Gongxian through Jiuli City. The two sides will meet up in Gongxian and surround the coalition forces... Lord Xinling led the main army to attack Hangu Pass. However, Hangu Pass is very majestic and tall, and the morale of the Qin people It is also very high, and Lord Xinling has no chance of breaking through.
Lord Xinling immediately withdrew to Mianchi with his main army. Staying in Quwo was really not conducive to him commanding the entire army.
At this time, Zhao Kuo led the main force to easily defeat Quwo and faced off with Lord Xinling again.
Lord Xinling looked at Gong County and had no choice but to ask Pang Gong to defend Wu Sui and Jingyang to defend Jiuli to prevent the Qin people from joining forces... Of course, the result was that the Qin people bypassed these two areas again and made another sudden advance. ...these areas where the Qin people made sudden advances were all Qin's native areas. In these places, the Qin people could continuously receive supplies and even replenish their manpower, and their marching speed was extremely fast. Meng Ao and Wang Jian were both In compliance with Zhao Kuo's orders, rush forward, keep advancing, do not fight the enemy head-on, just rush forward!
Zhao Kuo and Wei Wuji broke into defense one after another, stretching the two sides' battle lines thousands of miles apart. The Qin people continued to advance, but Wei Wuji could not summon any more troops, because his army was scattered across thousands of miles of battle lines. Above... Such a war has never happened before, and Zhao Kuo's sudden advance strategy surprised everyone. Except for Lord Xinling, no one could see Zhao Kuo's deployment.
They only saw Zhao Kuo's two partial divisions marching continuously, while the coalition troops continued to block their road.
If this continues, the two partial armies of Qin will reach Handan and Daliang!!
The generals were all confused. What was going on? Aren't the Qin people suppressed? Why does the current battlefield seem to be that Qin is constantly attacking and winning, while the coalition forces can only be passively beaten?