Needless to say what happened, the Wei army was discovered by the Qin army and was immediately fired at indiscriminately by the Qin army's crossbows from both sides.
Knowing that his plan failed, Wei Yao quickly ordered his troops to withdraw and return to the city.
But there was no rush to return to the city at this time... The Qin army's crossbow arrows were fired everywhere into the river. Two thousand elite soldiers were unable to resist and there were countless casualties. The entire river was dyed red with blood.
The personal guards used their shields to protect Wei Wei from retreating, and then they took Wei Wei back to the city.
But even so, Wei Wei was hit by several arrows and covered in blood.
When Xicheng heard the news, he falsely reported to King Wei:
"Your Majesty, General Wei was seriously injured and has been carried back to the city by his personal guards."
Xicheng originally thought that King Wei would immediately go with him to see Wei Wei's injury after hearing the news, but he didn't expect King Wei to "hum" and said:
"I already knew you wouldn't go into battle easily."
"Now you know what I said is right, right?"
Xi Cheng was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to answer.
The King of Wei smiled quite proudly, and then said to his left and right:
"Having started driving, I've disturbed everyone's dreams. I just happened to go to the Mastiff Palace to have a look!"
Hearing this, Xi Cheng almost spit out a mouthful of blood. This general is really worse than a dog!
Of course, Xicheng would not dare to say these words to Wei Wei, otherwise Wei Wei would be angry to death.
Shen Bing on the other side was surprised when he heard that Wei troops had stolen the camp in the river.
There are still a few capable people in this Wei army, who know how to steal out of the encirclement by using the tactic of attacking in the east and attacking in the west.
Going north...then the destination is Guangwu Mountain?
It is indeed a good plan. If the sneak attack on Guangwu Mountain is successful, it will really cause big trouble for the Qin army.
But why did the Wei army retreat at the critical moment?
Unbelievable.
Suddenly, a messenger came to Shen Bing and reported:
"Stingy husband, the general invites you."
Shen Bing responded, then ordered his carriage and followed the messenger towards Yang Duanhe's handsome tent.
Shen Bing felt a little strange on the road. At this time, Shen Bing's camp was quite far away from Yang Duanhe's commander's tent, and it took about half an hour for the carriage to come and go.
If it was not an urgent matter, Yang Duanhe would not ask Shen Bing to discuss it at this time.
Is it because of the Wei army's counterattack?
Shen Bing thinks this is not the case.
It is normal for the Wei army to counterattack and break through. After all, they have been surrounded and it is clear that they are going to flood the beams. If they don't do anything, they will be dead.
If there was any surprise, it was the appearance of a Wei army in the Bianhe River.
However, the Wei army was discovered in time and returned to the city with heavy casualties, so in the end there was no danger.
What could happen then?
Could it be... Shen Bing had an ominous premonition.
Sure enough, when Shen Bing arrived at the commander's tent, he saw that the atmosphere in the commander's tent was quite tense. Li Yan and several other generals gathered with Yang Duanhe to discuss something.
Seeing Shen Bing come in, Yang Duanhe said:
"The stingy man is really good at predicting things. What you were worried about a few days ago has become a reality."
"But it's not the Wei army, but the Chu army!"
Shen Bing was shocked:
"Chu Army?"
"Is the Chu army coming for reinforcements?"
Yang Duanhe nodded, then pointed at the map solemnly and said:
"It is said that the Chu army has 200,000 troops."
"They have been prepared for a long time. At this time, they have penetrated our army from Caozhou (today's Heze) and have captured Qiancheng, Yongyu, and Dunqiu..."
Needless to say, Shen Bing also knew what happened.
That area is the water network area between Handan and Daliang, and it is also the transportation channel for the Qin army.
If these positions are occupied by the Chu army, they will almost hit the Qin army seven inches.
Li Yan asked:
"Can we transport food from Yangzhai?"
Yangzhai is the capital of South Korea. After South Korea is destroyed, it will naturally become the land of Qin.
If the Chu army cuts off the food route from the north, then go to South Korea to find a way to survive.
But Yang Duanhe shook his head and replied:
"The Chu army deployed heavy troops in Chencheng. At this time, they have sent 50,000 troops to capture Yangdi. Yangdi is afraid that it will not be able to protect itself."
The characteristic of the Chu State is that it has many people and many soldiers. The Wei State has only 200,000 troops in the entire country, while the Chu State has 250,000 troops at any time.
In addition, I don’t know if there are any reserve teams in Chencheng and Caozhou, the bases where he sent troops.
This caused trouble: although Yang Duan and the 100,000 Qin troops surrounded Daliang, they were completely surrounded by 250,000 troops.
Although the encirclement has not yet been closed, it is conceivable that the Chu army with 200,000 troops from Caozhou will march westward and penetrate to the rear. By then, the Qin army will have no way to escape.
Shen Bing thought to himself that this is wrong!
This was not the case when Wang Ben destroyed Wei!
But when I thought about it again, I understood the reason.
Wang Ben did not have such a dilemma when he destroyed Wei.
But they thought in advance that the Chu State would come to aid Wei, so they first captured more than a dozen cities of the Chu State and defended them.
This was a shock to the Chu State, and the second was that the Chu State was unable to aid Wei in guarding these key points of the city.
Now that the Qin army has temporarily decided to destroy Wei, the situation is of course different.
Shen Bing asked:
"Then the general's reinforcements..."
Yang Duanhe replied:
"The general has led an army of 100,000 to come to our aid."
"But the Chu army deployed formations along the river and used water nets to defend it, and it was difficult for the general to advance."
Now it seems that the Qin army has no choice but to retreat.
Moreover, it is necessary to retreat early, otherwise it will be too late by the time the Chu army closes the encirclement.
As for the Chu army, Xiang Yan was of course the mastermind.
At this time, Xiang Yan's appetite was not just to force the Qin army to retreat and aid Wei.
A general asked Xiang Yan:
"General, the Qin army is attacking Daliang. I'm afraid Daliang will be breached in a few days."
"Why don't we reinforce Daliang and instead mobilize troops to attack Yangdi and seize its food routes?"
Xiang Yan hummed and replied:
"The king of Wei pretends to be a plaything and loses his ambition and is foolish. What can we do to save him?"
"If this guy dies in the hands of the Qin army, it's better to let the Chu army defend Wei!"
It turned out that Wei's performance in responding to the enemy this time disappointed Xiang Yan and even Chu King Fu Chu.
Chu's interest is to hope that Wei can consume the Qin army's military strength and become a buffer zone between Qin and Chu.
But if the Wei army only knows how to flee back to the city to protect themselves like it is now, then this buffer zone will have no meaning to Chu.
On which day the Qin army will pass through Wei to attack Chu. Will the Wei soldiers still hide in the city like this?
If one day the Qin army comes to Wei to grab grain, will the Wei soldiers do the same?
Then isn't the Wei State equal to the Qin State?
What is the difference between having and not having this buffer?
Therefore, Xiang Yan did not stop doing anything. He originally planned for the Qin army to fight a battle to directly support Daliang, but suddenly changed his mind and turned to encirclement.
This siege and rescue are different.
Rescue is a favor, retreat after the fight is over.
To besiege means to occupy Wei's land and fortresses along the way, and they are not prepared to return them.
Especially in Daliang, when the Qin army and the Wei army were almost at the same level, the Chu army came back to clean up the mess.